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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21

ert Jemison, Jr.. Groom Beatty, H. Key Milner, R. M. Munger. the Culloms and others for having the courage to buy large tracts of land and erect upon them lovely homes to be sold an easy. terms Their work has not only been profitable, but 1t has beautifed and also made for social, religious and business stability.
 
 It is harly necessary to advert to the demoralizing influence which hotel and apartment life has on the family. I reaSr ize that both are necessities, but at best they are but poor substitutes for home life. They may be all right for couples without children, for bachelors and bach elor maids, but pity thechild which is reared in a hotel or lost in flat; and yet having said this I know full well that there is need here in Birmingham for better hotel accommodation and for the erection of both tenement and apart ments.
 So far I have touched on the physical side of the problem. Its social and re- ligious angles are equally as important. for when men and women and children are huddled in cities they are not only tn- fluenced by the places in which they eat and sfeep but there is the lure of metro politan life with all of it's dissipations and dangers. The family circle is brok- en. Father is at the club. mother may be at the theatre, son at dance and daughter at the movies. I merely take these four distractions to show how in innate home life is in many households a thing of the past Even with all the call of amusements there comes the blase state of mind of 'betng all dressed up and nowhere to go,T which is about the seyerest indictment of the demoralfza- ton of tho home that was ever framed
 There are too many homes where each member goes his own way; where theSe is no story hour and no family outing. Homes where grace is never said at meafs' where there is no family altar and no regular attendance at church. and where the name of Christ is rarely ever men tioned. The sad fact stands out that homes of protesting Christians in which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
EIection Is Vital

John R. Hornady. city commissioner and chairman of the Alabama Towns committed, has completed the last work of the drive to interest the voters In the constitutional amend ment to be voted on December 2s. This amendment provides for home rule in the matter of taxation.
 -I trust that the people of Birming- ham will turn out in large numbers to vote for thfs amendment,e he said TIT it fails. the door of hope is closed to this community for four more years, if not longer. and from an educational standpoint we will face an almost hopeless situation
 'sThe people have voted s2,ooO,oO0 worth of bonds to provide new school buildings that are absolutely neces- sary, but we have no money with which to pay the interest on these bonds and cannot proceed until the way is open for the payments with in- terest
 "Our streets are in deplorable con- dition, with wholly inadequate funds available to put them in proper condi- tion, and this. is another situation that will exist until relief is found under the proposed amendment.
 '-The adoption of this amendment does not impose any taxes, but when it is adopted the people of Birming- ham may vote such amounts as they sec fit for specific purposes, the total not to exceed mills, and the money thus voted must be exclusively for the purposes designated by the people"
 MT. Hornady has canvassed the state fairly well, but unless a large ballot is boiled fear is expressed for the fate of the amendment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
LUKE MLUKE SAYS.


 You can ruin any good thing by overriding it. The wife who risks her husbands clothes every night never finds anything.
 This is the kind of weather that raises goose pimples on chickens who wear 1ow-cut waists.
 This is a great country. But once in while a state elects governor who can't govern himself.
 We can't see where a stingy man saves anything by remaining single. A married man receives the services of a housekeeper a cook, chambermaid, valet and a trained nurse, free.
 A mans idea of an ideal currency system would be one that would enable him to spend his coin and have It, too. It takes man with lot of Will Power to keep from bragging about his Will Power.
 Tell some fellow that 1t is a nice day, and they will hunt up the maximum and minimum temperatures, the humid ity and the precipitation before they will, agree with you. Even though man doesn't know the last name of the married woman he is trying to frirt with, he should have StIlSo onOuSn tO knVW t4i"S a0A AhiooAo name is Trouble.
 When you see skinny girl frown- ing as she reads . fashion publication it is a sign that she has discovered that the skirts arc to be shorter next year.
 No doctor has nerve enough to pre- scribe a little whisky before each meal these days. If he did. the patient would eat about 12 meals day. Your friends may look prosperous But if you want to listen to harrow ing tales of privation and poverty, try to borrow ten spot fromeone of them A wife can't understand why a fool husband wants his own way when her way is SO much better. A man will marry the best kalso- miner in town and then get mad be- cause she doesn't turn out to be the best cook in town.
 You may have noticed that when a foul -mouthed man airs his views he doesn't seem to make them any sweeter.
 We are also willing to bet that the woman who carries her age we'll doesn't find life much of burden.
 Many a married woman has been scorched by spending too much time with an old flame
 The Perfect 36 with a shape like an Hour Glass doesn't know that she will have a shape like an Alarm Clock after she has been married for a while.
 The busiest person in the world is a Princess who has just discovered a pimple on her face.
 The Corn Crop and the Wheat CroI fail once in while. But there Is al ways full crop of men who can talk without saying anything. What has become of the Q. f. man who enters a kaif and stood and hummed and hawed over the forty diff ferent brands of bottled in bond goods on the bar trying to make up his mind which brand he would drink7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
Paderewski No Longer
 Premier of Poland

1H HE wisdom of Paderewski's
 9 course in resigning the pre- miership of Poland is approved by American newspapers on the ground that there is only one Paderewski, and now that he has aided his coap- try to weather the storm of political upheaval in Europe, it were better that some other hand carried on the prosaic work of signing state docu- ments while he goes back to his piano.
 Paderewski is one of the worlds most unique figures. Seldom or never is there such combination to be found of extraordinary musical gifts and solid qualities of statesmanship sufficient to enable their possessor to stand at the head of considerable nation of people at a most trying period of their history and emerge with credit to himself and . record of substantial achievement.
 The great names in Polish history that leap readily to the mind num- Der fewer, perhaps, than half a dozen, but henceforth Paderewski's name will stand high in the list of Polish
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
uNPERTuRREn

"Ha" exclaimed the client You D dicted the world was coming to an ( a week ago"
 "Did F" replied the soothsay dreamily.
 You certainly did. But we arc E, here. Nothing has happened. What ha you got to say for yourselsT'
 Just this.v said the soothsayer. T as glad it didn't happen as you a Mustapha," he continued. motioning la guidiy to his dark-skinned assistai show the gentleman out and admit | next seeker after truth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21

Twenty-Five alleged deserters court- martiaied at the New York navy ward claimed they overstayed their leaves be- cause French girls ''insisted'. on n,ak- ing love to them. Iris modest -gob" who won't concede he's irresistible
 * * x
 The warden of the Wyoming state pen- itentiary was on hand to welcome
 Bandit Bilr' Carlisle on his return to that quiet homelike institution. .eBin" win resume shirtmaking as soon as his health permits.
 The White House cook has been mar ried. Strange as it may appear to south ern. she was not a corpulent, ebony hued person with penchant for saying "Go long. chile. an don't poster yo' or mammy"
 correspondent says people usually find in Russia what they 20 there to look for. which is about the most req sonable explanation for the conflicting stories about Russia that could be of. fered.
 < * x A Japanese writer found lurking out side the Kaiser's wall in Holland said he was writing his reflections.r Wilhelm is sensitive about letting people use him as starting point for reflections # x x The navy. says a magazine writer, has never furnished President of the United States Distinguished devotion to duty and indifference to politics char acterize the average navy man. * * E A Connecticut man killed his landlord who kept dunning him for three weeks rent If tried by a jury of his peers who are also renters. the murderer will be leniently dealt with * E < There seems to be some difference oi opinion as to whether tho coal miners 1 yielded to the government or tho gov. ernment yielded to the coal miners. # E * Champion optimists are issuing invi. tations to eggnog parties, just as if the stuff could be ordered over tho tele. phons
 -The world wags on." says tho Brodk- lyn Eagle Quite so. but tho bolshevik, | insist that the times arc out of joint $: * E The old-fashioned country editor who announces NO paper for Christmas week" still survives in Alabama I, x 2. Tho women of Plume are loath to part with p'Annunzio. "Gabe' was ever a lion among the ladies. E x | Inc ex-King of Greece still hopes tc return to Athens without having to travel ''incog.' E * g American clubs in Cuba arc doing a flourishing business There's a reason
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
PROBABLY ERRONEOUS.

Wireless telegraphy is great sSse tion,' remarked the taIkative traveIt man who hoped to start a conversation I'm not denying that, am IF" repli the crusty old gentleman. why. no sir. But thought you mig be interested in the subject" ''Umphl If Marconi ever showed q, disposition to talk to mo about wirele telegraphy I would give him my respet full attention. but-ahem-what is yo line, sirf''
 Snuff"
 ''But the views of a snuff drummer the subject interest me not at all"
 PAII, COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ourrr A DIFFERENCE.

"The prima donna says she is misunder- stood"
 How so7''
 "one of the local newspapers credited her with having had five husbands"
 well, if she hasn't been married that many times. it seems to be that it's mistake in figures. not a misunderstand- ing of the lady herself"
 ~No. She says the statement that she has had five husbands makes it appear as if she were temperamental and regard ed the marriage VOW lightly. when as husbands"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
THE SHADOWS.

By Frank L. Stanton. J 'Fraid O. de shadders?- Y Tell 'em howdy'do! .. An lissen. li'l' chillun.
 What de Fire say ter you: 'It's me makes de shadders
 What dance on de wall, q Go ter sleep. my. chillun. Whilst I singin' ter you all!s 'Fraid O de Night Win'E
 Hidin' O. yo' head?
 He can't fin de chillun
 Wen day kivered up in beA De Win is a-sayin',
 Whar de dark Night creep: 'Lissen.. 'lfr chillun,
 An I'll sing you to sleeDr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
THE INTELLIGENT JURY.

"That was an impressive pause in ths court room when the celebrated alienist was polishing his glasses and preparing to testify"
 '-so 1t was. could tel by their uneasy movements that the twelve good men and true who don't know the difference between paranoia and nostalgia, were getting ready to give him their undivided attention
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
KISSING DE LUKE.
From the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post =
 Dolores Cassinelli recently posed in "Fives Stages in the Kiss according to the Philadelphia Record. We sup pose there arc that many stages, but our idea is. if the kiss is ono of those eye-rolling, maxim -silenced thrillers of 1000 volts, all consciousness fades the instant that the impuckered lips meet and then the stages arc lost sight of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
A MoUNTAIN LASS.

went down a valley road.
 Passing by a mill; A mountain lass was singing there
 Her music haunts me still. Twas only a song her people know,
 Yet thrillingly it rang. As if a lovely. captive soul
 In some dark prison sang. The majesty of mountain peaks.
 The oak tree and the pine, The cottage meath boulder gray.
 The corn plant and the vine And the yearning for a wider view
 Of the worlds highways a-throng Were blended in the simple words
 Of that untutored song.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
AcuTE SUFFERING.

"He didn't get to France?"
 'No-
 ''Yet. you call him war hero"
 And so he is. He caught every con tagious disease that was going about the cantonments. For nine months life with him was just one quarantine after an- other.r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
PULL FOR UNDERWOOD.

Some Alabama newspapers are pre- dieting MT. Underwood's defeat should he press for the minority leadership in the Senate, but why venture into prophecy? If Underwood wins, an Ala bamian will be the leader. and no mean honor. either. Let us-stick around . bit for our stata,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21

BEGINNING THE DAY. Lord. there are some who seem to be living, but within are dead. There are some who would seem to be dead, but within have an everlasting life. God. give me the inner life, which in spite of burdens, in spite of bIows,i in spite of all things. still is tri- umphant. In His name. Amen H. Nj. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21

Students of our social life in America view with alarm the growing loosing of home ties and home restraints, and I was glad to find that the interchurch world movement was thoroughly alive to the danger and was making an effort not only to call it to the attention of the thoughtful. but seeking way to cure the situation.
 One of it's big tasks is the enthronement of Christ in the home life of America. homes in the United States, but it is also a fact that the complexity of modern life makes it increasingly difficult to keep the hearthstones burning. The shifting of population from the country to the city has brought about conditions which fre- liness and fellowship of the family cirase.
 
 It is both housing and 8 social quss- tion- With the increase in the value of real estate in cities it is harder and harder for the man in moderate circum- stances to own a home. This is why the question of creating sentiment in our cities to see to it through the organ- ized channels that houses at reasonable prices be erected to accommodate the working and salaried classes not merely as profitable investments but as meet ing civic needs.
 ]. Hill Ferguson. our own foresighted townsman who started the buy h1le campaign which is now nationwide, was promoting not merely a proposition to benefit realtors, but programme which made for better citizenship, for in the last analysis the best antidote for bolsheT vism, anarchism, syndicalism, sabothage and the damnable I. W. W. propaganda is to establish the working classes in comfortable houses situated in attractive surroundings.
 But the problem will not be solved by merely seeing to it that the workers are properly housed, for there is derange- ment of home life among the well-to-do, and even the rich, which is fraught with danger to the body polite. For this cause have felicitated such men as Rob-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
rHE cHR1sTMAs MEssAer.

THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE. When roaring flames up the chimney leap. And whistling winds their revels keep And the trees are white with winters
 rime, How sweetfy sounds the Christmas
 chime, Fraught with message the years fuffll Of peace on earth. to men good wilII
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
CLOTHES AND THE MAN.

From the New York Herald
 Old saying that "clothes make the man. is thoroughly discredited these days by the appearance of hundreds of 'slackers'' in khaki army overcoats bought at gov ernment clearing out sales!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
PRIZE HARD LUCK STORY


 washington.-(Special to tho New York World )-Here is the saddest story of the day:
 A very rich man with a big estate in the District of Columbia has a flock of automobiles and garage accommoda- tions according. He has been getting his gasoline by wholesale. At inter vals one of the big tank trucks drives into his place. His garage chief pipes the gasoline into his reservoir.
 Sometimes the gas truck arrives late and the driver simply leaves 1t at the> garage for the night. When the ga age boss comes on in the morning he empties it.
 This tank truck gave the owner of the place great idea. There are still places Tn the wilds of Maryland where bold and lawless spirits can buy stand ard whislxies- He bought five barrels. Then he borrowed a new tank truck that had never had drop of gasoline in 1t. though properly decorated.
 In barn outside of Baltimore tho barrels were emptied into the tank and unhindered by any federal scout it fum- bered along the Baltimore pike. came into the district after dark and wont it's way.
 This morning the garage superin- tendent sawya tank truck standing by the garage. He poked the end of the hose into the reservoiEA turned the fau- cet handle, and went off to breakfast Now 2 competent garage boss is look ing for job and rich man wonder ing what to do with tank full of whisky blended with gasoline.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
ANYTHING TO PLEASE.

What did young Dubson say when Miss Teacher told him she never wanted to sec his face again?'
 "He said if it would improve his chances any he would grow a beard"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
HAMMER IT DOWN.

From the Nashville Banner.
 Another nail in the coffin of wicked old John Barleycorn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
THE LITTLE PEOPLE.

It's little bits of girls and boys Who swell the tide of Christmas joys. When loving arms are wreathed about
 them An! What would Christmas be without
 them?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
CAT USES THE DOoRKNoCKER.

From the London Chronicle.
 The dog seems to have had It's day; may I champion the cat. pleads cor respondent and tell how, day or two ago. saw one knock at the front door of a suburban villa to gain admittanee!
 It was Persian and, leaping to a small ledge besides the door, stretched out it's paw and rattled the knocker several times. waited on the pave ment for the sequel.
 There was no answer, So the cat re- peated the summons. Result: Admis- sion and a cuff on the ear from the busy housewife who had been disturbed in her household duties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
The Thing to Do

The members of the Kiwanis club are expecting to have the time of their lives Tuesday. when they will give a Christmas tree for the poor children of the city" said Mrs. Florence Tarrant assistant secretary, land they are as excited over the affair as the children themselves. The members have been called on to give so very much that President J. Mercer Barnett hated to ask them to give any more for this purpose. but one day when he spoke of 1t they all decided 1t was the thing to do and assisted literally. The tree will be big thing and we hope to make It grand success and at the same time make the children, as well as Kiwanians, happy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21

patriots. To Americans in particular he will loom up as truly admirable figure, an artist of tranescendant genius, a statesman and patriot.
 Reports from Warsaw are conflict ing. Whether Paderewski retires through force of circumstances, dis heartened man, or whether he is merely carrying out a previously formed plan to resume his musical career as soon as conditions permitted him to shift the burden to other shoulders, he sacrificed himself, his career and his personal wealth to Po- land. And he stood at the helm when there was no one else, apparently, to guide the destinies of that troubled state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
Socialists Chortle Over
 Berger's Reelection

|WIcToR BERGER's reelection to
 V represent the Fifth congress sional district of Wisconsin, while in no way surprising, is an affront to the American people and the Ameri- can government.
 Denied his seat in Congress, to which he had been elected by his bol- shevik followers of Wisconsin, de- lspite the fact that he had been found guilty of obstructing the govern ment's war policies and sentenced to serve twenty years in prison, Berger has been returned by decisive vote. With single member voting in the negative, Congress sent Berger about his business. The socialists of the Fifth Wisconsin district retaliated by re-electing him. Naturally the result lis hailed as great victory by social lists throughout the country. Berger has been vindicated. By whom, for sooth? By the very pro-German sympathizers and slackers who first elected him to Congress. He boasts that he hasn't changed. Neither have they.
 As for the socialists talk of tri- umph for democracy, a Challenge to those reactionary agents of capital ism who would stif1e the voice of the working class and who would muzzle minority opinions" it is sheerest twaddle. The Fifth congressional dis trict of Wisconsin is a sore spot in America. Victor Berger is an avowed and legally convicted enemy to his country. He will not be permitted to take his seat in Congress. This will iSdVC tAiS oAotIACt WltilOQJ ICpIcScuL8- |tion until the next regular election in 1920, as Governor PhiIlipp sensibly Isays he will not waste any more of of the people money by calling a special election The socialists are welcome to make the most of the sit uation.
 * $ * In 1922. according to the Des Moines Capital. carpenter would work two days shinglins house for goo. But tho fact should not be overlooked slist the s2.oo after he received it would buy almost enough groceries to last him a week.
 * * *
 Wouldn't 1t be a good idea for Field Marshal French to use tank for mo tor1ng in Irelandf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
.HERE's YOUR HATs

From the Chicago NewS.
 Bolshevism may have passport back homo any time 1t wishes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
People Are Buying Good.

Tt is no trouble to sell holiday goods this year." said w. J. Adams, druggist "A1l that is necessary is for the merchant to have what the cus- toner wants. The price makes no dif- ference. Candies, cigars. toilet articles and such h6liday goods as druggist usually carries are sold out almost as fast as we can get them in. A man saw stack of candies packed in boxes of particular kind of wood and wanted to know how many boxes we had I counted them It was an ex- pensive candy and the total was nearly $100. He gave me the address where he wanted it delivered, planked down the cash and walked out without am other word That is just one instance. could mention dozens like it"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
What Muscle Shoals Means


 T think General Pershing can say in few words what expresses more than any man I know said Mason billiard. who came down from Florence yester- day.
 When he was shown the big nitrate plants and developments at Muscle Shoals and told that 10000 men were employed, and that the plants were built in II months he said to Colonel Clements, in charge of the nitrate plants: When I see such plants as these, representing the highest type of construction effort and executive abil- ity, realize fully for the first time the full extent of the support which the expeditionary forces had back home
 Such expressions from this distin-. guished officer and Secretary Newton D. Bakers views, previously expressed, will make us partly realize the mag nitude of Muscle Shoals and the future good for the United States. There are only a few In the south who have as yet grasped the wonderful part the developments at Muscle Shoals will play, and Birmingham will come in for her share"