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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE MAIN THING

My poor man." said the sympathetic prison visitor Do let me send you some cake"
 Thank you. mum. Dat would suit me fine"
 What kind would you prefer?" Any kipd, num-" said the prisoner. lowering his voice to whisper. just so it's got file in it."
 CHEAPEST WAY TO TRAVEL. What are your vacation plans?" "oh, trip through the Canadian Rock ies, a week or two in Montreal, a few days in Quebec and the rest of the time in the Thousand Islands" My! That's an extended tour. When do you expect to start?' "rm not going anywhere. Those have been my vacation plans for the past 10 years"
 SAY IT FAST. Of cheerful mein
 Is William Blink; He has a lien
 Upon drink.
 THE WRONG MAN. 'sWhat do you think of sheiley?' asked the studious person. q can't see him." answered the slangy individual
 .JJmph! I'm not testing your vision" said the studious person with trace of impatience. 'I made the mistake or thinking you might know something about literature"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11
HISTORIC TAVERN BURNED

From the Continental Edition of the Lon-
 don Mail
 An interesting bit of old Edinburgh, dating back to about 1900. has been burned. The destroyed building. which consisted of single story and attic, was one of the landmarks of the Holyrood area. It was the old Yew Tree Tavern, and stood inside the bounds of the Holy rood Sanctuary for Debtors. within which. in days of yore, the fugitive was free from the attentions of his creditors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11
Ap,sI1l2Mtl4au1iI
PHONETIC SPELLING
From the Outlook.

From the OutI0OK.
 A batch of letters from Mrs Thrale. Doctor Johnson's friend. was recently sold at auction. One of them contains this anecdote: A neighbours maid came to her with the request from her mistress for the lending of book. which the maid said was Milk and Asparagus Lost'' Mrs. Thrale says: T did eimmedately comprehend her meaning and sent her Milton's Paradise Lost"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11

from the leaflet: "What better answer could be given to this question than that fifty years from now those who made the word Alabama honored in France and all Europe will be living in the glorious past, and their proudest mental possession will be the thought that I was one of those who went over and aided in establishing that name,' or I was ready to go.'
 "A nation always links it's past with it's present and considers it's record in planning for the future. Glories of the past lend the proper inspiration for the solution of the problems of the present and the solution of these prob- lems means the advancement of the future"
 As has been we'll said, Alabama must preserve the history of it's won- derful fighting organization, the of- ficial records of the regiment, the archieves of the various units compos- ing it and the trophies of war brought back by its soldiers.
 At this time, as is pointed out, there is no place to preserve these records and have them available for exhibi- tion.
 Alabama was the first state in the south to provide for a great depart ment of archives and history, charged with the duty officially to receive, compile and preserve all rec ords, reports, documents, trophies, manuscripts, paintings and other things which make up the states his- tory. Its work is known throughout the nation and in foreign countries, but, sad to relate, it's facilities have not been such as to give the state the maximum benefits of the organiza- tion. The Alabama memorial will furnish just the facilities needed"
 It is proposed to build the memorial |of Alabama marble and to have it adorned with paintings of battles in which Alabama men took part, espe- lcially Chateau Thierry and St. Mihlel. Provision will be made for statues of the men who led the Alabama troops and of those who received recognition for bravery. As the leaf let says, it will be memorial build | ing in every sense of the term. Every man and woman of this state
 will be ready and eager to contribute
 to the memorial fund. A half million
 dollars, the proposed cost, can be
 easily raised by the donations of the
 many.
 |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11

which will make conditions difficult. Not in the next three or four years perhaps five or six years-will the time for building be as propituous as It IS today. Birmingham should lose no time in getting in line with other progressive cities.
 Speaking of Gen. March. Representativ. LaGuardia said, People say he is very capable. but to me he appears to be as autocratic as Gen. Ludendorff and as much of a military genius as the Grown Prince" We trust that Gen. March wil, bear up as becomes soldier under the weight of Representative LaGuardia' s disapproval.
 An American officer writes from the Rhineland that he has played a joke on Jerry by quartering 15o '',nule-skinners', in a convent. That's about the last place
  in the world you would expect to find a mule-skinner"
 That Georgia preacher who stopped the services and shot a jay bird that was flying around and singing in his church must have forgotten that passage in the Scriptures about the sparrow's fall.
 # * $ The poets picture the lost C-5 drifting through the heavens. wrath of the storm Poetic license of course. gas bag won't stay in the air forever. Longtellow' says the Brooklyn Eagle, got only s15 for "The Village Blacksmith. but s15 was equal to $50 or $40 in those halcyon days of the republic.
 x < x Returning soldiers state that there IS nothing to criticize at Brest now. unless it's few of the war brides who might be trifle better looking.
 x # # Wilhelm is said to get highly incan.es when an imperfect log is brought in for him to saw Evidently he can't get over his imperial ways.
 The American Federation of Labor be- gan its convention with a display of conn., mon sense that gives no announcement to the bolsheviki.
 It is unjust to mention the late T Barnum in connection with modern fak- CTS. P. T. always gave the people their moneys worth.
 Tennessee contemporary pleads that Sergeant York be permitted to lead his own life What? On his honeymoony Never.
 Nicaragua and Costa Rica should not be making faces at each other, with the worlds affairs already sadly muddled.
 * x x
 Newport hostesses who entertain the Prince of Wales may rest on their lau- rels for the remainder of their lives.
 F * $
 Brockdorff fRantzau insists that he won't sign. We assume that Gen. Foch is prepared for an emergency.
 < * E
 Secretary Glass says there will be no more popular loans. Therefore, hold on to your Liberty bonds
 4 E r
 So far as copy of the peace treaty is concerned, Senator Borah appears to have delivered the goods.
 x x *
 By loafins about training quarters few former champs contrive to get their photographs taken
 * x x
 In the meantime. apart from passing resolutions, what is being done to sup press lynching?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11
"Jolly Bad. But It Passed

Birmingham heard the Englshman, pr. Saleeby, who was here with Will liam Jennings Bryan sometime ago." said Breck Musgrove '.He was in Washington last week at the time when the constitution for the World League Against Alcoholism was being written. He was very particular to get in every comma and objected to various passages because they were not punctuated correctly In one partic- ular paragraph appeared the words whereas Dr. Saleeby arose and said that they were superflous and needed to be cut out. So they were Then someone asked Well, doctor. does the paragraph suit you now?' and he re- piled. oh, I shall let it pass but it is jolly bad at that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11

Pleasure and revenge Have ears more deaf than adders to the voice Of any true decision.
 -Troilus and Cressida.
 E # F
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Roycrofter in City.


 A Roycrofter-at-large was in the city Sunday. a prominent Talladegian, Leroy Bowie. Mir. Bowie visits the city fre- quently to converse with his fellow Roy crofter, Bill Sims, who attended the Roycroft school. studying under Fra FL bertus. the sage of East Aurora.
 "Roycrofter Bowie can juggle the all phabet into a fusilade of words, blend ing them masterfully into a most fanci- ful oratorieal style" said MT. Sims. He has the only original Bowie line" with abiiity-plus when it comes to carrying the message to Garcia
 Leroy Bowie is a stylist as all Roy crofters are. and it is our purpose to call all Roycrofters in this district to- gether for the purpose of increasing the Roycroft Junta, thereby providing for a more thorough study of the American philosophy, Good men ana great, and erstwhile how to disperse with things too conventional and study how to be yourself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11

BEGINNING THE DAY-Teach me, Lord, the difficult art of for getting myself. May I learn the bIessedness of being interested in another's appearance, in another's pleasure, in another's success. Give me the freedom and the courage which come from fighting my brothers battles rather than my own. For Christ's sake. Amen.-- H. Nj. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11
Likes sneeninx Article

days Age-Herald on 'Sneezing,' said H.
 Key Milner. Tt only goes to show just how versatile Dolly Dalrymple is, for it takes not only a trained newspaper woman, but one really with genius to take up such a homely topic and make it intensely interesting. I asked why she had not run it during the flu epidemic. and she laughingly admitted that she wrote it while every one was sneezing but in some maner it just got hung up in type and was crowded out, and being shy on an aSticle she had resurrected it and used it as an emergency story"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11
Member of the Associated Press

The Age-Herald Is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham m carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Precs is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatcb-s credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also ths local news published herein.
 All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11

Washington bureau. POT Hibbs bild- ing
 European bureau. 10 King street, Covent Garden, London, w. c. 7.
 Eastern business office, World build ing, New York city; western business office. Tribune building, Chicago. The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11
Holt Doing Publicity Work

T have just run up from Montgomery to look after the publicity end of the Abama State Memorial fund.-" said David Holt. las Mrs. Gormley, the dear mother of my friend, Fred Gormley, is seriously i'll at a local infrmary, and he wishes to be at her bedside. I feel sure that Alabamians are going to do big thing in building memorial which will be worthy of the men who gave their lives in the cause of freedom. With a record for daring like that of the 1S7th 1t ought to be easy to raise funds to fit- tingly keep alive it's traditions as we'll as those of the other brave Alabama lads who faced death fearlessly."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11
Hornady,. curiou. Drift

'It's curious how a fellow drifts into a thing" said Commissioner John Horna- day. Take my case as a sample For years I thought I was mere writing man and sat contentedly at my desk as a man.
 T got interested in commission form of government and put in a lot of hard work featuring 1t through the press. Then, because of nay interest in the mat ter I got to going to meetings to boost it. Someone happened to see me and was called upon to say something This was the beginning of a change in my profession. for it wasn't long before I was making speeches all over Greater Bir- mingham and orating all over the south, until at present some of my friends kid me about being professional speech maker. certainly can say that since full quota as hot air artist"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald will not be responsible for money sent through the mails Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11
Gets Names Confused

T have lot of funny questions fired at me from day to day as stand behind the cigar counter in the lobby of the Tutwiler,' said Miss Maud Roland. but used as I am to giving information, oame very near collapsing the other morning when a gentleman strol1ed up and leaning on the case, said, Will you be good enough to ten me where I can find MT. Garden City? was just on the eve of disclaiming any Knowledge of the gentleman. when it suddenly dawned on me that he was endeavoring to locate the new assistant manager. You mean MT. Halfacre. do you not? asked, and smiling his thanks. he answered, You got 1t all right. I knew the name was connected with gardening or farming couldn't help firing back. I think you did we'll not to ask for MT. Truckgar- den'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Relecteo manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-11
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-09

U00W ~ yUo DoUvrS 80
Fer many years the old man saavsa
and gathered quite bile \
OF golden coin-at least enough TO
build domicile
The like Of which he'd planned for long.
with every room and door
Laid Just the way he wanted them.
with hard wood parior floor;
A coxy bedroom facing south. with
kitchen large anud light,
A CHEEKY CRATE and reading lamp by
which to read at night;
Tho wood work nicely trimmed ana
grained. good paper on the walls,
With every known convenience In pam
try, bath and halls;
But far a-topping all Of these. from
fathers brain had grown
A fond desire to have a den--a room to
call his own;
A place where he could go to rest, to
loaf. to read. to sleep,
A nook to have n quiet smoke. and pri-
vate treasures keep;
A room where he could take his friends
free from wifely eye,
To chin q bit, or stories swap, to help
the slow hours by.
Well. father had the building made;
tho words he said were true;
This surely is a dandy dump. from
every point of view."
The den was there, all true to life, with
furniture to suit,
With davenport and reading lamp and
pictures rare and QUITE"
So father reveled In the thought OF
happy hours to come
Within its sacred portals, free from
mother, daughter, son.
Alas, alas, for blasted hopesl For
straightway father found
That someone always claimed his room
wheneer he was around.
The son soon found 1t great to smoke
while deep in fathers chair;
Whenever daughters beau came round
she entertained him there.
Then mother sewed within it's walls;
twas there she had her friends.
She soon had cluttered up the room
with, many odds and ends.
So tween the three Of them they kept
the den SO occupied
That father hardly had chance to get
look inside.
At last, filled with disgust, he said:
"I'll hike me, as Of yore,
Down to the basement with my pipe.
open the furnace door,
And there upon an old nail key III
smoke, and think, and dream,
And picture pleasant memories in the
home fires CHEEKY gleam."
That is the way things came about;
now fathers hope is cold,
You'll find him in the basement, in the
evenings, as Of old.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-09
ARMY AVIATOR scHEDULED FOR
EXHIBITION JULY 4 REACHES
CITY.
TWILL CARRY PASSENGERS
w FROM COUNTRY CLUB
cemss - City - Make Settlement
With Al Club and viii Fly This
Aftsrnesn and Evening and Thurs-
day Morning With Passenssrs-
MANY Eager 70 Mako Fllshta

IieUt. Ralph c. Diggins, Of Chicago,
night raider with tho American exc
peditionary forces In France, arrived
In the city today to attempt to effect
. settlement with the Ad Club for the
appearance here ON Independence Day
Of r. G. Borkland, sent as q substitute
for Diggins to fill the local engage
ment. Diggins, instead Of appearing
here, made a flight in North Dakota
Because of the absence from the
city Of officers of the Ad Club no
agreement was reached up to noon to-
day as to the settlement Lieutenant
Disgins. however, believed that an
amicable settlement could be made.
Will Remain For Flights.
Lieutenant Dtggins did not waste
any time while IN tho city, but an
nounced soon after his arrival that he
would take the air this afternoon with
the machine left here by Borkland and
would carry passengers over the city.
The first hight was scheduled for
late this afternoon, and the aviator
win make flights until late this eve
ming. Those desiring to make flights
may be accommodated by Lieutenant
Dagsinss this evening, starting from
the Country Club. or Thursday morn
ing. at the Same place.
May Make Many Flights.
From tho number of requests for
fights today It seemed probable that
the aviator would be in the air much
Of the time while hero, He planned to
spend most Of the daylight time while
here at the Country Club. This morn
ing Lieutenant Dtggins stated that.
weather permitting. this evening would
be the most favorable time for flights
and he hoped to accommodate as many
a. desired to see Marshalltown from
the clouds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-09
wien oolfers a. Tourney.

OF the five local players who entered
the state golf tournament at Cedar
Rapids Monday the complete score OF
only one for the thirty-six holes Of the
qualifying round was available. e. F.
Thayer turned in 1873 for the qualifying
round, and it Is was expected that
probably 1t would require $50 or bet
ter to qualify in the championship
flight. Elderltin Boardnan was among
the first half dozen low men for the
first eighteen holet Of the qualifying
rounds and It was expected that he
would get into the championship flight.
The qualifying scores Of A. II. E. Mat
thews, James McNally and Sherman
McNally were not obtalnable.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-09
LOCAL MARkET0.

Prices Paid to Farmers BY Marshall-
tewn Merchants.
The following prices are quoted by
HarshAlltown dealers for the different
and produce:
varisties Of farmerS provisions, grain
Reynolds & Sheldon quote the fol-
lowing prices:,
Butter-50.
Eggs-36.
Benedict Flour and Feed Company
win pay the following prices at its
place Of business in this city, subject.
however. to market changes
Oats-s3.
Corn-1.73.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-09
Rsla B,ssIs u Bsl
Rcd nssiias Held
q LsCraal Sekoel

An audience OF perhaps fifty or six
ty that gathered at the LeGrand school
house Tuesday night to hear A. j..
Banks. Of near Montour, argue against
accepting federal and state aid for pri-
mary roads and In favor OF dirt roads
and mud appeared willing to take a
chance on hearing Banks argue but
was not willing to tase n chance on
rain on the dirt roads he was advocat-
Ing. So when the rain storm came UP
soon after Banks got started his audi
ence beat Il for home ahead Of tho
rain, without an audience Banks nat
urally stopped speaking.
Most Of the audience was made up of
farmers from the DUNBAR and Dillon
neighborhoods. Only two business men
Of LeGrand could be counted In tho
crowd.
Banks denied that the Lincoln high
way was a military road In face OF the
fact that right now military train is
| travelling on the Lincoln highway and
| will pass thru the county week after
next. He perhaps was not aware, that
the Lincoln highway In the eastern
states has been used as q military
highway all during the war.
He said to vote yes" to pave the
Lincoln highway II the voters did not
want any other roads paved, but he did
not say that after the Lincoln highway
| and the rest OF the primary road sys-
tenn Of the county Ii paved the pri-
mary system can be extended by in
GLIDING other main roads Of the county.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-09

60 vssRo poeps O0ue0 49,
- ~ - sisl vhe = Slvn -
uDseul wsgk - - q homo - Ne'Dee
. psalius aad 70 eajpy ~ rssponst'
Nillty q Going Ne task aAd doing =
Ven aal y tAns Galnins IN cAasesessN
NuliliaS. n may bs that . ~ y -
pesAsA 10 resp . yaYd In order. % a
orrandA q relisve some one OF care;
or that . GIRL b required to attsnd
10 some household tasks. TO dust .
room, or keep . desk m neat eondf
ton. arrange flowers for the table OF
MAKO Q dainty dessert Little things
fAithfully done, help to form habits Of
nsatnsss. orderliness. thoroughness
These duties may seem small bal
they are Important beginnings
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-09
a.vsd From p,,or.ee.

Little Bob had diSobeyed . charge
aid upon him by his busy mother and
was threatened with having to 20 to
school In untidy clothing. The lad
took the matter bravely, but when
unexpected events mitigatsd the Just
sentence his lips Quivered. I'm 80
dad won't have to wear those torn
trousers to school. mother" he en-
plafnsd. because I don't want the
esst Of the fellows to think I'm .
PREDICTED child"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-09


-rhe lste Cy Warman. novelist and
sathor Of the immortal Sweet Ma
rie.'" said . Chicago editor. al
ways insisted that poetry ought 70 fol-
low the same rules rs prose- He
wouldn't stand for poetical diversions
tho adjective after the noun. the
object before the verb. and 80 forth.
But what difference do these inver-
sions make. Cy7' asked a reporter
once. All the difference In the world.
Cy Warner answered. Did you never
hear Of the minister's wife whose
son sloped from college? The old
lady wasn't much displeased. though
after all, she said, her new daugh'
ter.in-law was. she understood. mod.
el young girl. A model young grill
Numbered the old minister. Non
sense. wifsl She's = young girl
model"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-09
Picnic For The Poor.

An an day picnic for poor mothers
OF the city and their children was Civ
en- Tuesday by the salvation Army at
Riverview Park. One hundred mothers
and children were taken to the park in
automobiles by business men at 10: 81
in the morning. At noon dinner was
served by the army and the afternoon
was given over to . baseball game.
races and various other games in which
prizes were awarded. Later In the
afternoon refreshments were served.
Then the guests were returned to their
homes BY the business men.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-09
biz m DUBUQUE,

Word from Dubuque tells of the
death there on Monday at Asshospital
of Mrs. Harriet A. Johannsen, aged 20
years, and . former resident Of Mar
shaIltown. Death followed an opera
ton. Besides her parents Mrs. Johann
sen is survived ny hei husband and
daughter. Funeral services were held
today at Dubuque.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-09
when M.n Mad. : Mistake.

According to q German biologist,
man made . mistake when, centuries
ago, no changed himself from . quad
ruped to biped, the contention being
that many present day ills are due to
carrying the spine in an upright post
ton whom 1t was intended to be oar
Red horizontally.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-09
ROAD MEETING TONIGHT.
Will Organize Prsolnots For Special
Election Monday.

EVICTION Monoays
A meeting has been called for the Mar
shalltown Club at O'clock tonight
when steps will be taken to form pre-
cinct organizations in preparation for
the special road election to be held next
Monday. It Ia expected to create COM
mittees for each ward in an effort to
interest all voters In the election. The
meeting is called by Merritt Greene
Jr., chairman Of the federal road COM
mittee and r. e. Johnson, chairman
of the city organisation committee, and
III the ward committeeman.