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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
Era of Prosperity
 Not Very Far Away

1.-THE postwar reconstruction
 U period is witnessing lull in industrial operations, but the dullness in evidence is only temporary. It was what was expected and generally dis cussed. But the era of prosperity foretold by financiers and industrial leaders is not far away.
 A marked improvement should fol- low closely upon the signing of the peace treaty, and by midsummer the wheels of industry should be turning at full speed. That at least is the optimistic view, and it will prove, no doubt, to be the right view.
 There is an unprecedented demand for all sorts of structural material and unless labor acts arbitrarily and makes wage scales prohibitive a building boom will set in within the next two or three months. The latter part of 1919 is almost sure to wit mess a return of normal conditions. Unless all signs fail, it will be a great building period all over the world.
 Taking a look ahead, the Birming- ham district will stride onward in the coming decade at rate never dreamed of twenty or twenty-five years ago. Coal production will climb to an an- nual level of thirty million tons or more. Blast furnaces will increase in number and capacity and the steel output will surprise the most ardent prophet of industrial Alabama. The population of Birmingham will show large gain in the next census over the census of 1910, and it is not too much to expect threefold in- crease from 1920 to 1880.
 That Birmingham is now entering upon it's greatest era is almost self evident.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
WIFELY DEVOTION ILL REQUPTED From the New YnrlS Herald

tTom the NeW I0rk Herald. The determination of Prince Eitel to obtain a divorce from his wife will not mitigate the contempt in which that corpulent Hohenzollern has been held in this country ever since his predatory activities in France and Belgium be- came matter of public Knowledge. The princess thus pil1oried will have the sympathy of all right-minded per- sons and of the wrong-living as well, 1 for criminal records show that in close- ! mouthed fidelity to their husbands or I lovers the wives and sweethearts of | of their sex. No power on earth could have swerved Nancy from her devotion to Bill Sykes. It was the sweethearts of Sharkey who brought a woman's. dress ! to the cell of that murderer and en- abled him to escape from the Tomb5. When Red Leary, the eminent bank burglar. was confined in Ludlow street 1 jail 1t was his wife, the faithful shop litter, who hired the adjacent tene- 1 ment abutting on his cell and with her own hands and his Jimmy" dug through two walls of brick and mortar and effected his release. The annals
 of criminal life in New York are rich | in instances similar to these of un- selfish wifely fidelity.
 l It will be difficult to convince the | world that Princess Eitel has shown herself lacking in those splendid qual- | ities. While her husband was gal head of his corps--the First Royal ! Piano Movers--she was serving no less diligently a home, receiving the fur l niture vans, transferring their con- tents to the castle and sending the
 smaller articles of value to the ! fence" Few there are who realize
 the anxieties that disturb the rest of
 a criminals helpmate while the loved
 one is away on a marauding expedi-
 ton.
 | Though born in the purple, this
 one is none the less woman and ready
 at all cost to herself to swear to an
 alibi. In her dreams she sees her hus- band led by patriotic zeal essay the dangerous second story-work against
 which she has always warned him. She sees the frail ladder bend beneath
 his weight! It breaks and as he
 comes crashing down to earth her an-
 guished cry echoes through the stone
 flagged corridors of the time stained ] schloss.
 And the divorce court is to be the
 reward after this devotion and tendcr- ness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
.x EXPRESSION OF SOLDIERS

AN IMPRESSION OF SOLDAAsHS
 From the Chicago. Herald and Exam
 iner. 'A $ 's e
 Thousands of soldiers have visited the Herald and Examiner office in the last few weeks, Probably 20 per cens were fresh from the battlefields af France. and it is interesting to note their demeanor, not only toward the women employed to assist them. bu. toward each other. ...--..-
 Miss Dorothy Jefferson of the Her. ald and Examiner staff, who person- ally saw each of these men. said: q am impressed, with their modesty courtesy and self-reliance." She did nor hear a profane word from any ot the men. On the contrary. she said that the men were a patient, joke-lov. ing. well-poised lot-grateful for any real service rendered them. All of which leads us to consider the impression made by the soldier whc has been abroad or in the camps, with these deductions;;s M
 That they ahave been made better men by their experiences. 'NsS e That physically they are in splencit . condition, even those who came back from the horrorsaof waribeing in muc' better condition thanswas to, be cx. pected., Y s.s.i '. x s s-, 1 The men are returning to civil lif' wishe better understanding of theil duties to themselves. their families ah,
 the community. and of life in general
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
FABLE, OF THE TURKEYS EGG

From the Tnri1t MaSdziHe.
 Ali old farmer and his son were ~
 work in the field near the roaas'oe
 when his. son discovered a dead turkef'
 which probably. was discared by an
 other farmer who was on ms way
 the market, Both were curious to leari.
 the cause of it's death. They proush-
 the turkey to the parn, dissected the fowls body and obtained an egg, rue boy set the egg and the result was fine turkey gobbler that was sold the
 next summer for $. With th's money the boy purchased pig. The next summer the young capitalist solo his sow and eight pigs for $50. He then bought two thoroughbred heifers. The ensuing fall he had two miic'' cows and calves which he sold for saOo. His final investment was in tw" one-year-old lilly colts.
 After d lapse of five years the la' was the custodian of two good mares and sloGo in gold which he procured in the sale of their colts. And today thfa farmers son is studying agriculture and animal husbandry in a state university
 as the result of one turkey egg,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
KENYON COX
From the BrrooklYn Eagle.

ffom the Brooklyn Eagle.
 The death of Kenyon Cox. painter. sculptor and critic, will be. loss to American culture. perhaps less for Ahis own work, though his mural painting
 holds a high place, in that field of rart developed here since the worlds flair in Chicago in 1S93 than from the things which Mir Cox represented and his ain- l fluence upon our national thinking upon art
 A man of broad and thorough culture himself, superb draftsman, MT. Cox had scant patience with short cuts or with the notion that a man could "express | himself through keen natural sense of | color without learning to draw. His | own appreciation for and mastery of | form is shown by his sculpture, of which | we have one example here in Brooklyn. l In the frieze of the Institute museum 1 are four massive figures representing | Greek culture. The figure represent ing science was done by Cox. His mura, i paintings adorn some of the finest build- 1 ings in the country, including the con gressional library, appellate courtroom5
 on Madison square dn Manhattan, the
 courthouse in Newark and various im-
 pressive state capitols in the west. | But Mr. Cox was versatile as we'll as able. He wrote and talked about art | quite as well as he painted and his | frank and forcihle championship of the | solid and thoughtful work in which he
 believed did much to influence the
 taste of his time. That influence was | wholesome. increasing the public re- spect for as well as Knowledge of art, and it will be missed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
@CIrIEs. SEEN FROM THE SKY


 From the Red Cross Magazine. Your city-what does it really looh Entertaining individual characteristics of large cities as seen from airpianes are described in "Air Routing the united States" an account in the April ISSUE of the Red Cross magazine of expe- fences of the army aviators who re- cently completed. map-making Insh' from the Pacific to the Atlantic .New orleans was the most beauti1o' city seen from the sky says the writei' Henry Jay Case, recently of the AIT service. iAs an air picture 'lt haa . distinction all it's own in color, size anu design. Lying in one of the OK pows ol n the Mississippi, with its unusual outiihe' lie raised cemeteries with their white tompstones, it's diagonal avenues anu white hotises, the city looks like pat- tern in, lace set upon cloth Of green : "savannah from the air at this tune of the year was a gray city, dull and uh' interesting. but the Savannah river al flood was golden stream, running ne" the blue of the Atlantic as far as the eye could see.
 ..,rhe big feature of Washinston, ffon' inc sky. is not the monument. Washing lon shows as white city, but standing ,,t clear and distinct above everything else is the dome of the capitol. and 'hs circles and angles made by the w2'ko ona drives in the park around it"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22

A thoughtful contemporary pub fishes a list of the old blue laws of Connecticut. But what's the use 9f digging up the old ones when we have more new ones than we can cope with? < * g l It appears that Mir. Willard and Mir. Dempsey will continue to devote some of their time to uplifting the movies and the stage while training for their gory encounter next July.
 A cartoonist suggests that the White House. the capitol and other goverr- ment departments put to sea. That would certainly enable tug owners ;a "clean up."
 The English nobility are getting their buffers, coachmen and chaut- feurs back again; another sign that the hardships of war are being anne. liorated
 Naturally not much attention was paid to the squawks of Germany III estimating how large an. indemnity she would be able to pay. E
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 Bootleggers and whisky runners threaten to fire on liquor sleuths. And here's our police department without single machine gun!
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 Having heard the voice of the people, the league of nations are now speaking wondrous soft and low.
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 The housing problem in Birmingham has not yet become acute enough to force arrivals to set up housekeeping in portable garage.
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 When Germany's proud hosts set out to capture Paris nobody dreamed how many Heinies would fertilize the soil of France. # # 4 It is curious how Liberty Bonds be- gan to burn the pockets of patriotic citizens as soon as the armistice was signed
 # # # While it is a good idea to walk out and take air. it shouldn't be done at the suggestion of a walking dele- gate.
 # * + The husband of a strong minded l woman takes no stock in this talk of self determination. 4+
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
THE LOG OF SEVEN SEAS

Minna Irving in the New York Sun. Oh! this is the log of the Seven Seas, of
 the Arctic ice floes white, Blubber and fur and polar bears and the
 long, black northern night Of the wide Pacific's pearls and spice,
 and the Indian Ocean sssheen When full moon shines on a dingy sail
 and b1eaches the brown lateen. The trade winds call to the stormy s.orn,
 where the racing clippers spurn wake of foam like scarf of lace
 trailed through from sun to su-. Or the lonely locks of Panama from deep
 to deep invite
 The ship to shorten a voyage long by s A transpacific flight. There's beckoning fan from far Japan
 and bales of silk to go, And the smell of tar on the Hongkong
 wharves where rancid breezes blow. And wheat that waits at Russia's gates to
 pour in the freighters hold When the crimson terror has passed
 away and the guns of death are cold. There are linens snowy and satin smooth
 from the Irish coast to bring Through the wild north seas that around
 the bow like pack of gray wolves
 spring,
 And treasures rare from the low, dark
 shores where Africa steams ana stews,
 And rugs from Asia that time has toned
 to wonderful reds and blues. The Caspian and the Baltic. too. and the Adriatic send Their greetings forth from the busy docks where a thousand odors blend. And away down. deep in the Spanish main the bones of the buccaneers Began to stir to the tales of wealth on a hundred island piers. For fresh from the matchless victory to which it led the world The peerless flag of the free again for conquest is unfurled. Its glittering .stars and glowing stripes are leading the great parade Of merchant ships to the Seven Seas to
 capture the ports of trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

When pessimist predicts calamity he likes to see things so wrong so his phophecy will come true. ;
 As long as folks would rather dope themselves than take exercise under takers will keep on buying new auto hearses.
 Try to behave yourself when you grow up and some old Rain-in- the Face will always recall the fact that you were the. orneriest pup in town when you were a boy, ,y-, ssss.- .s a
 Mother is going to have an awful time finding any empty bottles, to put up ketchup and other things next sum- mer Father will have them all in use for homemade beer. es'-
 Selfishhess causes most of the trouble in every family. And hes blames it OH her and she planes it on him. And both are halfway, right. .sss <.
 After wife breaks her henpecked husbands will during her life she tries to break it after. his death.
 Don't fool yourself and imagine that you understand your wife. About th> time you do she is going to do some thing that will make you rub out all oi your dope and start in figuring her all over again. sf.t a Whisky and onions have some thing in common. The only way tt keep from smelling them on the othel fellows breath is to take a mouthfu yourself.
 Some men manage to get by on thu theory that trouble is the only thins that it is better to give than to receive A loafer expects a busy bee to stinf him when he interferes with the bee business. But q loafer knows that it < comparatively safe to interfere with z busy man and his affairs.
 An old-fashioned horse doctors idle; of dude is a young horse doctor wh' calls himself a veterinary surgeon. ,s'i A married man hates to admit II But the truth is that when the wife Il the boss in a family it Is a pretty goos family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
Was Worthwhile Experience

"Yes. had quite worthwhile exper- fence while wearing the uniform of Uncle Sam said Dr. John II. Edmun- son, who is just home from Camp Oglethorpe, where he served as captain. T think that when the records of the war are complete it will be seen ,tha | the medical men of the United. States did their full part in helping to win It.. Many of them made great personal sacrifices to give their time voluntari- ly to their country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
UIIman Now at Camp Pike

'It is a great pleasure to have Monte with us for awhile,' said Dr. Samuel Ullman, in speaking of Capt Monte Ullman, former city attorney. "He is now at Camp Pike as judge ad- vocate and he has no idea when his au- ties will end. It gave me a feeling of satisfaction to see him in the uni form of his country. for I am an American citizen and proud of the land of my adoption
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
A FAIR PROPOSITION.

"Nfr. Grabcoin, I've saved up 5000 anu | want to marry yoursdaughter."
 DO you realize that 5000 won't last long nowadays?"
 "oh, yes, sir. But it ought to take care of us for at least six months and at the end of that time if I haven't convinced you that I'm an ideal n-in-law you needn't do a thing for us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
JUST A PLAIN kE1


 New York Correspondence, Pittsburg Dis patch.
 The man with a key to his seat in ths subway has appeared. He hurries not. but quietly makes his way to his private seat. Then he takes out a key, unlocks and lowers the seat. He is not Shonts, nor Hedley, nor Rockefeller. He is a well-dressed, middle-aged man, and ho gets into the subway in the former goat district. This morning he entered the train and politely asked two men to step aside. Then he unlocked the seat end and lowered it in front of the cen ter door. When the train reached his station, the man arose, locked up ths seat and left the car. Just plain door key," he explained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
SAD STORY. MATES.

From the Nashville Banner.
 One yoar ago they were. on their way to Paris to ,regale themselves With the best that French cliefs could prepare. Now. on their own soil, they are beg ging for bread and eating horse and dos meat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
STILL AT IT

From the Atlanta Journal The old-fashioncd man who predicted that the war would last 20 years is now predicting that we will not have 9 league of nations. S's 5a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22

BEGINNING THE DAY-O God, reach out hands toward Thee. grope bIindIy for Thy form. Yet l do not como unto Thy place; | am still unwarmcd ofs Thy presence. But in the quiet I hear Thee knock ing at the door. and To. Thou art in my heart. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22

Washington bureau. POT Hibbs build ing.
 european bureau, 10 King street. Covenu Garden, London, w. C. z.
 Eastern business office, world pullo ing New York city; western business otflcc. Tribune building, Chicago. The $. c. Beckwith Special Agency. agents TOT foreign advertiseing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
Make This Distinctly A Farm Tractor Year

l A LABAMA has been making A great strides in agriculture. Progress has been especially marked within the past two years. In both major and minor crops splendid records were made in 1917. Peanuts, which used to be negligi- ible crop in this state, have come to Ibe a major crop. Alabama led all the states in peanut production last year. There was large increase in nearly all food and feedstuff crops and the lvalue of farm products jumped from Hess than two hundred million dollars Ithree years ago to something like five hundred million dollars in 1918. In- tensive farming is adding rapidly to the wealth of the state and the year 1919 should be red letter year. The Alabama extension service is pushing all branches of husbandry. Not only are the food crops larger than in other years, but live stock is coming we'll into its own. Alabama is |now known as one of the leading hog and cattle states of the south; and yet it is only making substantial start.
 What is especially needed to keep Alabama in the forefront is the gen. |eral use of tractors. Several of the more enterprising farmers used trac- Itcrs to great profit in 1918, but the time must come when every farm large and small, will be 'tractor- worked" farm.
 1 Alabama farmers of the smaller class might follow with decided suc- lcess the example of the Texas tillers of the soil. The community tractor is widely in vogue there. Six or sever farmers join in purchasing and main ltaining a tractor. In that way the cost falls lightly on the individual ane the results are amazingly beneficial
 Tractor demonstrations in Alabams |
 last year were in the highest degree satisfactory. The farmers should lost mo time in putting the tractor into its right place in labor-savine
 economics.
 New Zealand convicts went on hun ger strike because a Salvation Armj band stationed itself outside their pris' on and played Home. Sweet Home will somebody start a movement tc provide jazz music for temperamenta
 convicts'
 Occasionally a visitor from the prov
 inces denies that everybody living out l sidc of New York is boob, but ht
 goes right ahead and lets New York. razzle- dazzle establishments take ava,
 his money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
rHE oLp GREE2rING.

i've just received a postcard from an American soldier in Germany And what does he say?''
 Merely Hello He had the good taste not to write, wish you were here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
NAVY WANTS ZEPPELINS

maritime and other interests without having to depend upon the good offices fo a more powerful nation.
 Glass for class our battleships com pare favorably in power with those of any other nation. Nos. 49-a4, soon to be laid down, are designed for dispiace- ment of 43,000 tons, a speed of B knots, a main battery of 12 1s-inch guns (the weight of the 1s-inch projectile is 200 pounds), are heavily arnored, and so constructed as to minimize the danger from torpedoes. Unless someone moves more quickly than we, these, when com pleted. will be the most powerful battle ships in the world. There is one overwhelming reason why the United States must possess battle ships-a reason which appeals with equal force to every other type of warship, large or small. It is that other nations have them, and we must be prepared to meet what can be brought against us in war.
 "The rigid airship (Zeppeln) has also come to the front in naval operations. A ncninflammable gas only slightly heav- fer than hydrogen has been discovered, and when that has been produced in suit able quantities, as now seems assured. the construction and use of the rigid airship will be revolutonized. The gem eral board has strongly recommended that the navy be provided with small number of these airships for the train ing of a constructing and operating per- sonnel and for operations in conjunction with the fleet.
 "The coming treaty of peace may pro- vide some means by which limitation of naval establishments may be brought about. If it does, this country will be re- lived of a burden of expense hard to bear in these times of high taxation, but meantime the part of wisdom would seem to be to go ahead with the creation of that greater fleet, which will put us on ar equality with the most powerful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript wllI not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-22
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P. S.: If we will all do this we can build the auditorium this year.