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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15

It may be a superior member of Ross family who really exercises the skill and intelligence necessary to cure hams and bacon properly. but Ross can tell you all about it and you would not know from his conversation but that he was the actual expert
 Statistics show that more pigs were raised last year in Alabama than dur ing any other year of it's history.
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 Pigs and produce are needed here now, for Birmingham is growing more rapidly than any other city of the south, ex- cepting, of course, the Texas oil towns.
 The recent city directory shows that from January l, 1915. to January l, 1913, the population of Birmingham increased 7s9o while the increase during the first four months of 1919 was s2o2
 These directory figures show that, on May l of this year we had 2sl,57 people. Last May, zz years dSO, had less than 5000 people.
 There is an element here which takes keen delight in criticizing the big steel, iron and coal corporations. But the en- terprise of the people engaged In mining and manufacturing here has made Bir- minghan what it is today. They have brought the people here, have made the merchants, the banks, the newspapers and everything which goes to make up this thriving prosperous city. At the luncheon for Director of Rail- roads Hines and other visiting railroad men here Friday Hugh Morrow gave some startling figures as to what Bir- mingham had done recently. That lunch cen showed the pull together spirit ex- isting here and it demonstrated the fact that the Chamber of Commerce now has 22oo members all pulling together. We hear talk of prospective labor trou- bles here and contentious of men who think they draw salaries to ferret out unfairness, and who are always com plaining of some injustice to some class of people. But as a matter of fact. these people are. in the minority and the great masses of people here are as en- thusiastic and determined as any set of people in the world.
 An1R,nse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15
Sir A. Conan Doyle
 To Abandon Fiction

TT HE London correspondent of the G Philadelphia Public Ledger has received a note from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in which the distinguished au- thor says, "I am entirely immersed in psychic work and likely to re- main so."
 Conversations Sir Arthur has re- gently had with his publishers would indicate that he has definitely retired from the field of fiction in which he occupies a commanding position. Whatever the critics may say in dis paragement of Sherlock Holmes and his famous companion, Dr. Watson, none of his predecessors ever became so popular and so widely known to read CTS of fiction. Sir Arthur has frankly acknowledge that he got much of his inspiration from Poe, and while his analyses may not be always so deep as those of the American author, Sher- lock Holmes is the creation of mas ter, who seems more like living per sonage than an imaginary character. And in versatility does he not surpass the wizard, Dupin?
 
 If Sir Arthur has permanently re- tired, it is to be regretted. Other works, notably some short stories and few of his novels, like "The Green Flag and "Sir Nigel" have a higher literary value than the Sherlock Holmes series, yet he is chiefly known as a writer of detective stories. His mind is wonderfully fertile and he has by no means exhausted his powers of invention. It cannot be said that Sir Arthur has written himself out," if we judge his later work by that which proceeded it. Few contemporary au- thors have revealed more distinction and charm in composition, while none have surpassed him in imagination and fthe ingenuity of his plots.
 Many brilliant men, scientists, au- thors and the like have recently be- come absorbed in spiritualism, lifting psychic research to higher plane than it has ever enjoyed before, yet those who have found in the pages of Sir Author entertainment and instruc- tion cannot but wish that he would leave the spirit world to others and continue the work for which he is so admirably fitted and by which he has brought pleasure to thousands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15

The Philadelphia manufacturer and big game hunter who financed Profess sor Gamers expedition to the French Congo says he doesn't believe in mon- key talk. As the man who put up the money, he is certainly entitled to his opinion.
 A New York burglar made a dummy of himself with a face modelled in dough and soap that was so much like him he deceived his guards and es- capped from ossining. A talented crim- inal like that will never reform.
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 A North Carolina man who confessed to trading his wife to another man and giving a half-pint of whisky and 25 cents to boot, showed shameless de- sire to ''unload'
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 It is now in order for Borah and Lodge to regret the unseemly haste in which they got an alleged copy of the peace treaty printed in the Congress sional Record.
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 Carranza ordered a wreath placed on the tomb of Washington. The Father of His Country" has presumably been dead long enough for carranza to ad- mire him.
 The drafting committee at Paris was certainly wool gathering when it used the words may" and shall" inter- changeably. There's a world of dif- ference.
 We find it easy to withhold sympathy from disgruntled senators who discover that they have been fighting over something that is already obsolete
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 The hard-hitting Siberian army is apparently doing more than any other agency just now to knock bolshevism into cooked hat. < # x If Villa and Angeles attack Juarez. one of the most famous race tracks on the continent may again be the scene of hostilities. Any minister of the gospel can quail | fly as "red-blooded" preacher by keeping close tab on developments at Toledo.
 1 As we understand it. Conan Doyle will not take Sherlock Holmes with him 1 while exploring the spirit world. s, *s <. 1 Alas, we feared it An cnterprisins New-York producer announces Sergeant York in five palpitating reels aS * x | Plans are being made to hold the political obsequies of solons who fai to vote for woman suffrage. 1 < q $ 1 Szecho-Slovaks are said to call tn, Y. M. c. A the "Imkay," meaning, o ] course. no offense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15
TWENTY YEARS AGO
 IN THE AGE-HERALD

Democratic politicians are still anxious ly waiting an answer from Gen. Joe Wheeler to the proposal that he lead the democratic forces of Alabama fin the next campaign. as candidate for governor. John II. Wallace and David A. Grayson have just returned from Washington where they saw General Wheeler
 President Loubet received M Poin- care yesterday morning in Paris for the purpose of entrustipg him with the tas.: Of forming new cabinet.
 The Venezuelan arbitrators held pre- liminary and informal meeting yesterday morning at the ministry of foreign ar- fairs. in Paris. Prof. De Martens, pro- lessor of international law in the Uni. versity of st Petersburg, and memper of tbe neace confarsnco at rh. u. is umpire in the dispute.
 Senator John T. Morgan is expected to arrive in Alabama within week and spend three months in the state. Senator Pettus arrived in Birmingham yesterday Both senators plan to take an active part in the approaching campaign.
 The Alabama Press association close one of the most successful convention. in it's history. Rufus N. Rhodes wa, elected president. succeeding NJ. w. Cam per, editor of the Florenee Times. A large crowd saw the bicycle race. last night at the coliseum. The most ex citing contest was the one-milel race be tween Ped Hickman and Joe Riddle which was won by Hickman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15
A STRANGE THING

By Samuel Minturn Peck Alack-a-day, I wonder why
 We lock our hearts up so And to our dearest ones deny The love within aglow; Loves not perfume swift to wend. To vanish in the air; The more 'tis spent. the more to spend miracle most fair! Why lay that up in lavender
 That s made for every day? Why not. when all our hearts a-stir. The loving message say, And give to all our l>Te- ones near A fond word or ca sSs That they may know iae hold th sm deAr- And leave them to suasss Love should be law had. nsvev doled. Lest death the llvea cpe sasSe.i And all the love W wa Aept uatoid
 Become an endless aches For, ah. no words ran ghsa express The anguish ths feel How vain is sll sss tesiGs.rl ass When by our q sa se sAseu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15

several hundred losers to every big win ner.
 So 1t is in the Texas oil fields. The young men who will stay there and work there and who are willing to under go the hardships have good opportuni- ties.
 In places like Burkeburnett and Ran ger I wonder how the ordinary man can live. There is neither sewerage nor water supply and the streets and roads nothing but heavy wagon or Ford can get over them. People are living in tents and shacks and drinking bot tied waters. Tn Burkeburnett such thing as bath is unknown, because of the scarcity of water. People must travel to Wichita Falls to get a bath and then pay we'll for the privilege.
 There are several men in Texas from Alabama who have been there a year or more and who have made lots of money. But they have remained on the field and been in the game from it's in- cipiency.
 Speaking about money making seem to have been partially responsible for . lot of people around about Birmingham thriving in the pig business. Some two or three years ago I acquired pair of Tamworth pigs down in Demopolis. and all manner of pig meat in profu- sion ever since; have sold something like thousand dollars worth of pigs; have given many to my friends, and find l yet have some 12 strapping fellows. Ross Smith, A. L. Fulenwider. Walter Moore, Scuddar Ryall. Erie Pettus and numerous men about town who have homes round about Birmingham, have srce started in the pig game and are finding it exceedingly profitable. At any rate 1t gives them plenty of good meat and abundant opportunity for boastful conversation Each of them raises the best pigs in the world and cures the best meat of anybody. Indeed. I can vouch for the fact that Ross Smith cures as good hams as any ever made in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
so IT IS.

so IT IS.
 Many multimillionaire can tell you how he made his first dollar
 But how many will tell you how they made their first million?" or less impertinent" VANISHING PROFESSION.
 '"The Jibways are sure. their little boy is going to be a scientist some day. "why do they think .that?"
 He's always playing with bottles.' Well, he may become scientist. It's a cinch he'll never have an opportunity to be bartender" A LAZY MANS LITANY. The lanes that lead through valleys
 sweet Invite my feet to roam; Yet boulde-'s not so soft seat
 As an easy chair at home. THERE PROBABLY IS. .Well, we'll. If there isn't Prof Diggs! wonder what he's doing in a cabaret?' Maybe he's doing little scientific in- vestigating." "Nonsensen'  "He told me q few days ago he had an idea there was some connection between sYncopatiOn and insanity -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15
REASONABLE ATTIRE.

REASONABLE ATTIRE. "so this is summer show ?" "Yo,IScan read that on the programme. "But the Eirls couldn't possibly nave m any less than they had on last win ter?"
 "Probably not The idea seems to De that such costumes can be. accepted with more complacency now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15
THE PHILOSOPHERS.

Behold the cheery centipede; Of boots and shoes it has no need. With blithsome heart it onward goes It's hard to stub five hundred toes.
 -Lampoon. And gaze at wonder p6rcupine. Now, as to points, you bet he's fine; I'd have @you know he thinks hes slick He makes the fourteen points look SICK,
 -Yonkers Statesman. ; The anaconda you can bet, Is never known to idly fret About the latest styles in slips, If knows no worries such as hips.
 Youngstown Telegram. Observe the gentle octopus Who never howls or makes fuss; Eight feet he has, but pain he scorns- Sea-water is a cure for corns!
 Cleveland Plain Dealer.  Observe the placid polar bear, Who wears a coat of thickest hair, And no doubt thinks it very nice When sitting on a cake of ice,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15
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JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME. Johnny's marching home to marry.
 Let us hope hell never tire Of the harmless curtain lecture
 And regret the curtain fire
 Keith Preston in Types of Pan" Johnnys marching home to marry.
 May bis path through life be fair, Proof that gallant Johnny finished All his lighting lover there"
 EACH TO HIS TRADE. Sensible man, this macaroni king'' How so?' T asked him what he thought of the Fiume question:
 "WelIr He answered. I maka da spaghet. Senor Orlando, he maka da treaty." CALLING HER FEARS Henry said Mrs Calder, as she bade her spouse goodbye at the station, 'don't forget to have notice put in all the papers that I have gone to spend six : weeks at the fashionable Yarrow Beach," "All right. my dear"
 T don't suppose it would be possible to mention the fact that I am taking along Il trunks?'
 "No. my dear. But the neighbors saw them leave the house and other ladies who scan the society page with envtous hearts will take it for granted that you will wear something else at Yarrow Beach besides a bathing suit''
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15
 Visit After 20 Years

T spent several days in Birmingham in 1898, but had not been here since until now, and, of course, I am impressed with the growth of the city, said John J. Holiday of Chicago. registered at the Hillman.
 Twenty years ago Birmingham was just getting over the depression which began with the panic of 1893. It was talk ing fresh start, and everybody was busy getting on his feet, so to speak. A steel plant was being built at Ensley and Birmingham gave promise of becom- ing great industrial center, but it's strides have been little short of phenom- city on large scale but fIourishing mercantile city as we'll. 5
 Tt is one of the best built cities in the country. I shall watch for the next cen sus figures with interest. predict population of upwards of 200,C00 in 1920"
 Advice to R0tarinns
 q advise the Rotarians going to the International Rotary convention at Salt Lake City not to depend on Birmingham glasses but to get double strength ones when they arrive at their destination" said James R. McGregor, the genial dis trict passenger agent of the St. L. and S. F. R. R., flor I am afraid that they might run across things which might strain the ones they use here If you want to enjoy yourself when on trip there is nothing like being fully pre- pared to see all that is to be seen. Of course l am referring to the beauties o. nature along the scenic route, but some of the 'Rotes may try out their strength ened lenses on Mormon ,assies while talk ing their dips in Salt Lake,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15
Monuments Must
 Not Be Defaced

1T7. HE city authorities should en- J deavor to prevent the deface- ment of monuments in Capitol park and wherever else they may be erected. Hoodlums have damaged the monuments in the park and they should be apprehended and severely punished.
 As statues in memory of the dead are always held sacred, vandalism in la civilized community is we'll nigh in lconceivable.
 With the growth of Birmingham monuments will increase in number. The city must find some way to pro- tect them. Let's have nc. mutilation of statues in the future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15

BEGINNING THE DAY--My Fa- ther, by Thy grace this will be a better day than yesterday. fester- day in the effort to be clever | was unkind. l remembered myself and forgot my brother. I was vain and selfish. I chased the shadow and lost the substance. Lord, help me. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15

dollars. They will be permanent roads and ample provision must be made for upkeep.
 The improved highways of the past were cheaply built. They were in fact only makeshifts and soon became Lad roads.
 Under the progressive policy that has at last been adopted, the first cost will be large, but it will mean economy in the end. The state will build splen- did trunk highways and each county will in time have model lines connecting towns and neighborhoods. The day of flimsy road building will pass into the discard.
 The effect of the new order on farm land value cannot be overestimated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15

The busy day wak'd by the lark, hath reused the ribaId crows.
 -Troilus and Crcssida.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15

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The Age Herald Is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmlns n@u carrying the Associated Press ois- patches.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

his grasp in proportion to the scope he
gives to his ambition. His most pre-
tcntious picture, "The Self" is hard,
fiat performance, with none of the grace
that belongs to his smaller Sketches
There are some good portraits by Mr..
Maurice Fromkes and Mr. G. L. Nelson
the formers LA Princess Lointaine"
is capitally drawn and contains some
delightful decorative color, but neither
these nor the imaginative design by Mr.
Andrew T. Schwartz, "The Guardian"
can do away with the fact that the eX
hibiton remains one, emphatisally, Of
landscapes. These embrace a number
of admirable productions, paintings by
Ossip Linde. G. Glenn Newell Robert
II. Nsbet, Harry Waltman, William
Baxter Closson, Ernest Albert and
various other capable craftsmen. In the
centre gallery there is quantity Of
sketches, a room in which the brief
rapid memoranda of Mr.. Ernest D.
Roth. M. Lester d. Baronda, Mr.. A. L.
Grell, Mr.. MacGilvary and Mr.. Fromkes
are all clever and entertaining 1t is
our inability to apply the latter epithet
to the exhibition as a whole which we
find most disconcerting. The Allied
Artists pass muster, as the saying goes.
They do not do more than that.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

the incongruity of a monumental arch
IN the American scene may remain open
to argument. But the advocates of
such memorial must as a matter of
course assume the existence of abound
ing space, such space as is available
only in remote parts of the city. Looked
at in the concrete, the skyscraper would
appear to settle the problem rather
ruthlessly and decisively. Not all the
arguments in the world could stand up
against the unfortunate facts of the
case as they are now being made
palmer and palmer every day in Madi-
son Square. While we await, however,
the removal of scaffolding and the
NAL test, it is as we'll to keep in mind
he contribution that is made to the
Square Association In its report for
he year just ended it has this to say
bout the Washington Square arch:
The arch has been greatly neglected
or long time. Last winter it was
discovered that because the roof was
leaking, the water came through the
arch and formed great iccles, which
hung from the span These icicles
were dangerous to people passing M
der the arch, and had a very bad eff
tect upon the stoncwork when thew
thawed, spreading it apart and driving
out the mortar between the stones.
Inc association had very vigorous
correspondence with the park com
mission and the Mayor Estimates
were made for repairing the arch and
cleaning the same, but the price was
exceedingly high. The architects of
the arch, Messrs. McKim, Mead e.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Calendar OF Exhibitions

American Art Galleries. Madison Square souhIngs- orten
Lawrence collection January 90 and Rufus Moore
collection Of Oriental objects
Anderson Galleries. Fiftyninth
Young collection of books and manuscripts and from January
Frederick r. Iasey prints; January Azeez
Khayat collection of ancient works o
Art Alliance Forty-sevenh Sre-Old and
New Textiles to February 10.
Arlington Galleries, PA Madison AvenueSeced American
paintings to February
Arden Galleries, steinen drawings
and lithos o January
Babcok Galleries, Forty-nnh stree-Paintings by
Alexis Jean Fourier o February
Bonaventure Acknowledgement century
pastels drawings.
Galleries. sculptures to
February
by modern artists o February
Daniel Gallery Forty-sevenh Street-Recen work of
Daniel I1alpert to February
Misunderstanding by old masters to
January 81
Galleries. Avenue-Group paintings by Amer
lean painters o February 8.
Building, Fftyseventh Street Allied artists
0 America February TO-
Ferarg Gallery, "a East Foyninth by
Gimpel Wldensen Acknowledgements exhibition
o paintings by Henry Golden Dearh to January
Galleries. engravings bv Timothy
Cole o January
Klenberger Galleries. Avenue-Paintings Jan V
Chelminski to January
Knoeder Galleries. Etchngs by McBey and
paintings by Eugene IIiggens
Majestic Majestic-Panngs by Carlton Fowler
to February
Mcdowell Club los West exhibition
February
Galerieg-Pantngs drawings front by S
Woolf to February %.
o Art, Fifth Avenue.-Loan of
French January 20.
Galleries, Fifth Avenue.-Painngs by Carl
Mechers January IS to February 15
Gallery $50 Fifth Avenue-Panngs by A.
o January 20.
Gallery Fifth AvenuePainings by
md Fl. Davis, to February 8.
National Club Nineteenth Sreet-Rerospective
by life members to January 81.
Studios, az West Twentythird SreetExhibiton of
glass to February l.
Whitney Studio Eighth Strec-Pantngs by Randall
Davey andGi Beal