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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
NEW woRK ron rIaE SUBMARINE

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
1t is suggested now that the subma-
rine has been relieved of it's destruc-
tive uses, that it be prepared for serv-
ice in the cause of science. 1t is sug-
gested also that when properly develop
ed the under sea boats may be the
means of clearing up some of the mys-
'teries of the seattle most profound
of all earth's mysteries. The ships that
treasurer galleons that are rotting on
the ocean floor, the lost Titanic, the
Inflated American collier that sank
and left no sign; all Of these may be
located and charteded and perhaps
floated by the deep sea craft.
Now comes an Italian navigator with
the suggestion that the submarine
should invade the realm of fable and
of romance. He thinks that the mys-
terry of the lost Atlantis might be set
at rest--that island Of folklore, once
great and populous. which as the leg
end goes. was overwhelmed by the
angry gods and sank from mortal
sight.
1t has been commended that this leg
end. this NEUROLOGICAL tale which has
been handed down through many centu-
ries, may have been founded on a
seismic or other earth CONFUSION, and
! that a drowned island actually cum
bers the sea floor somewhere 10 the
i west of the entrance to the Mediterran-
| can.
| 1t would seem a pity to have the
submarine retire altogether from active
/ use Even the clearing up of ancient
| legends, or the discovery of half-for-
gotten wrecks would be better than
| complete desuetude.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
Tennessee's Memorial to
Be Built BY the State

7T7 ENNESSEE win commemorate
u the part it's soldiers played in
the war by erecting a two million
dollar building in Nashville near the
capitol
State bonds will be issued for the
purpose. Our neighbor can well af-
ford to pay for such an edifice, but
Alabarna's plan to honor her brave
men, that is to say by raising most
of the money needed to meet the cost
of the proposed memorial building by
popular subscription, is better, be-
cause it has sentiment as it's motive.
And the value of any memorial is
heightened by free will offering.
The Alabama memorial campaign
started off well, but it has been drag
cling of late. That is no indication
that interest in the cause has relaxed;
lit is attributable rather to lack of
lorganization-org organization which will
reach every man and woman in the
state.
Surely there are enough people who
will gladly donate something to the
memorial fund to put the state be-
yond the goal, if they are only ap-
preached by the team workers.
The amount sought is small COM
pared with Tennessee's two million
dollar appropriation, but it win prove
ample to provide the building. To pay
| for statues and paintings supple
mental fund can be raised. Let's speed
up the campaign, so that every coun-
ty in the state may be over the top
within the next !. ten n days.
| A former Age-Herald man sends to
| friends on the paper tho menu " =
banquet given by the Thirty fifth de-
tachhment attending the University OF
POTTER Some members of the staff
read over the wine list with tear-dim-
med eyes.
X 4 4
| cartoonist suggests that thirsty
citizen might get drink by attaching
a ruber snake to his leg and then rush.
a rubber snake to his leg and then rush
ing into drugstore. 1t wouldn't work
! SO obfuscated that they couldn't tell a
rubber snake from real one.
Having viewed many motion pic
lures of Gen. Pershing hobnobbine
| with crowned heads. we are convinced
that the General is at home in any kind
of company.
bella Kun is reported to have sen
fenced rumor munger toto years il
the penitentiary. There are time
i when Bella shows CLEANS Of intelli
gence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
TWENTY YEARS AGO
IN THE AGE-HERALD

Count Vinchi, italian charge d at
fairs, called at the state department
early yesterday morning and filed a
protest against the lynching Of five ST.
cilians at Talluiah, La. The governor
of louisiana has been warned not to
investigate the lynching. Resentment
has been aroused in Rome and there is
a demand that the Italian government
ask for a satisfactory explanation.
Blihu Root of New York, has accepted
the portfolio of Secretary of War In
President McKinley's cabinet succeed
ing Gen. R. A. Alger, who resigned. Mr.
Root was urged by his predecessor to
accept the appointment Senator Plat
is reported pleased, although he had
another man in view for the place
The funeral of Robert H. Ingersoll
noted irfidel, will take place Tuesday
1t will be secular funeral and the
body will probably be cremated. Many
kilograms Of coincidence have been re-
ceiyed by the family from prominent
persons throughout the country.
A review of iron conditions in Ala
hama shows that there are now So fur
naces and 81 are in blast.
John W. Tomlinson, newly elected
chairman of the national democratic
bimetallic committee, returned from
Chicago yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
~ GORGE HORACE LoRIMER,
II 81 editor OF the Saturday Even
ing Post, is quoted in a news
paper interview as saying of writing
Given talent for it, or even genius
for it, a young man must prepare him
self for writing rs he would for any
professionally study and practice. Men
do not expect to leap over night into
the practice of either medicine or law.
But there is an idea current that writ
ing is haphazard profession and that
success in it just happens. / know OF
none that involves more drudgery and
hard work during the years of prepara-
ton, or that requires more continuous
efforts to maintain a once-won place
with the public. On every story that
a writer publishes there is a plebis-
cite to determine whether he shall be
encouraged to continue. Past perform
ance avails little with the reading pub
lie Rather it makes it more critical
and exacting. A writer's reputation
always depends on his next story
Prof Arlo Bates who wrote we'll
about writing, said THE way to learn
TO write is to write" His assertion
was a mere boiling down of the famil-
lar couplet:
True ease in writing comes from art
not chance,
AS those move easier who have learned
to dance,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
HISTORIC TAVERN CLOSED

From the Philadelphia Record.
The Turks Head inn, the oldest hotel
in this section of the country, has closed
its doors. This inn was established long
before there was any thought of a town
the size of West Chester to surround it.
The little crossroads village at the time
of the revolutionary war was known as
the Turks Head, and was visited by many
of the leading officers of the army. in
Guiding Washington. Lafayette and
Wayne.
When the Americans were defeated at
the battle of Brandywine. fought three
miles south of the village. the American
army retreated through the Turks Head
and left several wounded at the tav-
ern. When the British followed toward
Philadelphia they stopped for a time
north of the tavern and buried two of
their dead in the middle of the road, now
North High street. A large portion of the
| original building is embodied in the pres
ent structure.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23

'Tt will certainly be a pity to let
Alabama go on record as being state
to refuse to favor the ratification Of
the Susan B. Anthony amendment
said former United States Senator
Frank S. White yesterday. The demo-
cratic party became national one in
1860, but the south broke away and
for years 1t was what you would term
a sectional party until the complete
reorganization through the efforts of
President woodrow Wilson and Other
leaders and now today the Alabama
legislature is about to take steps in
which their actions will tend to de-
nationalize and sectionalize the great
democratic party There are approx
mately 100000 women voters who
will have the right to the ballot, and
it will be great handicap to have
these women and their friends know
that southern democrats did not favor
giving them this privilege. I do not
know whether it will come up for re-
consideration or not, but II seems to
me that Alabama would act wisely in
indorsing the nineteenth amendment
to the federal constitution. When the
President sent word to the Alabama
solons requesting the ratification of
the amendment he stated that it would
be help in maintaining the complete
party organization
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23

From the Armenian of Mugurditch- Be-
shikashlian, translated by Robert
Arnot in the New Armenian.
Were I a spring time breeze,
A breeze in the time when the song
birds pair,
I'D tenderly smooth and caress your
hair;
And hide from your eyes in the bud
ding trees.
Were 1 a Junetime rose,
I'd glow in the arbor of summers be-
hest,
And die in my passion upon your
breast.
In the passion that only a lover
knows.
Were I a lifting bird.
I'd fly with my song and my joy and
my pain,
And beat at your lattice like summer
rain,
TIL knew that your inmost heart
Were I a winged dream,
I'd steal in the night to your slumb
ing side,
And the joys of hope in your bosom I'd
hide.
And pass on my way like murmur-
ing stream.
Tell me the truth, the truth
Have merited woe at your tapering
hands.
Have you willfully burst loves twin.
ing strands.
And cast to tho winds affection and
ruth?
Twas a fleeing vision of joy.
While you loved me you plumed your
silvery winds,
And in fear of the pain that a mans
love brings
You fled to bliss that has no alloy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
Increase in Number of Divorce.

Divorces are certainly on the in
crease" said liner Hood, deputy clerk
OF the chancery court. within three
days we have had % divorce suits filed
am at a loss to account for this large
number of separations unless it is large
ly due to the high cost of living. I am of
the opinion that this fact together with
the number of hasty marriages brought
about by the war is in way respon-
sible for the many divorces being filed in
the chancerY court"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23

Il have had enough of long moto-
trips, for while, at any rate" said
DR.. B. A Fox, who has returned from
trip to Chicago in his car 1T
seemed to me that we met with moro
hardships than usually fall to the lot
of motorists. For more than half tho
distance the roads were bad and I can
not conscientiously recommend them
TO anybody who is thinking of motor
ing from Birmingham to Chicago
Some of the blacklist, stickiest mud
in the world is found in Illinois, and
it's toss-up as to which is worse, mud
'or dust. However, believe the lat
ter is less trying on ones temper.
While away visited Milwaukee
and attended some clinics in CHICAGO.
| found that patrons of loop restaur-
ants were consuming the various near
beers now on the market although
Chicago is not yet bone dry"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Soldier being PLACED

I'VE lack sufficient funds to func-
ton the employment service properly"
said Director Tarrant, but, neverthe-
less, we are doing excellent work. We
are getting Jobs for the homo town
boys first. and secondly doing sonie-
thing for the numerous strangers In
our midst.
Birmingham is now so well adver-
tised as an industrial center that hun
dreds of young men are crowding in.
They mediately call at the offices
of the United States employment SER
vice and are-insistenv in their requests
for Jobs. However, as there are hard
ly sufficient positions to take care of
Birmingham's own, some Of the new
corners have to wait But for not long,
as through our system of inquiry they
are placed sooner or later.
What is needed more than anything
else is for the merchants and indus
trial leaders of the Birmingham dis
trict to remember that the best and
cheapest insurance against discomfort
is keeping all of the returned soldiers,
sailors and marines employed This
can only be done by listing all of the
vacancies with the United States en-
ployment service. We sincerely hope
that al1~employers will do this"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
Menace Of Social Diseases

Il greatly enjoyed being present at
the Baptist ministers conference on
Monday morning" said Rev. E. B. Far
rar of Roy, Ala, at one time pastor
of the Pratt City Baptist church. "T
not only got to see lot of my old
preacher friends. but had the privil-
eye of hearing Dr. A. J. Dickinson
make startling but informing talk on
the need OF Alabama putting on a
health programme worth while in
which the menace of the social dis
eases could be properly dealt with. 1t
Is matter of tremendous Importance
and should be squarely faced We have
remained silent too long on account
of false prudery. I am glad that the
question is UP for settlement and hope
the legislature will pass the needed
appropriation to tale care of the stu
alton"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23

BEGINNING THE DAY-When arr
I going 40 begin actually to hTes
When am 1 going to awake out of
my dreaEnf When am L going TO
plant my feet squareiy on the
ground and really face the facts
and the tasks! oh God, is not to-
day the time to dare and dot The
time to plunge iBs The time to be
noble and fiae: The time TO Hves---
III. NJ. K.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
4 4 Z
Disaster Ave1ted
By a Brave Engineer

TT HERE are many tales of heroisnn
y in the annals of American rail-
roads. The locomotive engineer who
dies rather than desert his post of
'ty IN danger is the rule rather than
exception, and for that reason his
= ling has become Synonymous with
- arage and sef-sacrifice.
So many engineers have died horri-
I. deaths in railroad wrecks, their
es crushed out in the impact Of col
ION, or bruised beneath an over
med engine, that it is gratifying to
ord an instance of devotion to duty
which the engineer not only saved
: train and probably the lives of
many passengers, but escaped himself
W h only few scratches.
The locomotive attached to an Ala
bama Great Southern train jumped
the track between Birmingham and
Tuscaloosa. Although it was plough
ing up the earth along the track and
seemed about to turn over at any
moment, and drag after it string of
coaches filled with hundreds of people,
Engineer Alexander stayed in his cab
and brought the runaway engine to a
stop. Had he lost his head, had he
thought only of his own safety and
dumped, catastrophe might have
been the result
The passengers, who were not I'M
mindful of their narrow escape, quick
~ made up a purse and presented it
to Mr.. Alexander. He will no doubt
be officially commended by officials
of the Alabama Great Southern, but
greater than any other reward must
be the knowledge that he behaved in
way that reflects additional honor
on his dangerous and responsible call
ing. 1t was call in the days work,
yet it was an exhibition of superb
pluck and GOODNESS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.

A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
Who won the WARP"
The French" says Foch. 1.-THE brave
poliu
Held the Hun at bay and then broke
through"
Who won the war;?
THE Briton," says Haige. "The re-
cords show
T. Atkins struck the decisive blow"
Who won the war;"
The Yank," says Pershing- Wood
row agrees
America forced the Hun to his knees
who won the warp
Says China, I'm an 'also-ran,"
But it seems to me twas won by
Japan"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
BOSS PRoFITEER.
from the Nashville Banner.

From the NASHVILLE Banner.
dealer gave as his reason fol
charging an excessive price for dough-
nuts that the holes in his offerinoo
were so much larger than usual. He
is entitled to medal from the ANAL
gamated order of profiteers to be- fol-
lowed by season in prison.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
If Bolshevism is as good as it is
cracked up to be, why should the Boil
shevist in America make such a fuss
about being deported to his home?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
PROBLEM OF THE FUTURE.

PROBLEM OF THE FUTURE.
1T begins to look as il citizen
would be able to keep a supply of liquor
in his cellar for home use"
$3.50 it does and the time is coming
when booze burglars will show such
extraordinary skill and intelligence
in their profession that they will make
the bank burglar, who is now the aris-
tocrat of the criminal world, look like
rank anna ture.'
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23

The rental question in Birmingham
has not only been in the past but is
getting more and more to be a serious
situation" said J. H. McCary of the
McCary Real Estate and Insurance
company yesterday. Several parties
have called during the day and ex-
pressed serious approximations that
they would be unable to secure homes
this fall"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
SERVICE PLUS.

rs this an up-to-the-minute water
melon parlor?"
The very last word in such estab-
lishments."
"Yes?"
"A functionary stands at the door
with a camers-hear brush and deftly
removes the seed from patrons ears"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
DAZZLING DISPLAY.

Have you an art gallery in this
town.
No, but we have several large news
stands. II it's feminine pulchritude
you are looking for you can get all
of that you want on the covers of the
monthly magazines"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
BADLY FLUSTERED

BADLY CLUSTERED.
"A homely bride and six lovely
bridesmaids"
What about it?"
1.-THE bridegroom might make some
invidious comparisons"
Never fear. In the present state of
his mind you could marry him to
Hottentot and he wouldn't know the
difference"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
EVENING THE SCORE.

EN EN4-NG ldE SCOhE.
When you are presented to the king
don't forget to make your obeisance.'
"I'll remember that said the Ameri-
can captain of industry. but after we
get little better acquainted I'm going
to try to get back my self-respect by
slapping him on the shoulder"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23

Washington bureau. 2O7 Hibns build
Ing.
European bureau. 10 KING street
CoVent Garden, London, w. Z. z.
Eastern business office. World pulld-
ing, New York city; western business
otrice Tribune building, Chicago. The
IS. c. Beckwlth Special Agency. agents.
for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23

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,
BIrningn ham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
STRANGE, IF TRUE.

Mr., Gadspur extols the advantage
of college education"
"And no wonder"
"Why?"
His son spent four years at college
without becoming engaged to a chorus
girl or learning how to play the uku-
lele."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23

FALSE REPORT
An ultimate consumer
Heard a rather idle rumor
That living's cost would soon begin
to fall;
A brief investigation
Left him filled with INDICATION
There wasn't any truth in it at all.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
MemOer of the Associated Press

The Age-Hera1d is the only morning
and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham
CARRYING the Associated Press dis
patches
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use Tor publication OF
all news dispatches credited to 1t oT
not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herein.
All rights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
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No communication will be published
without It's author name. REJECTED
manuscript VIII not be returned unless
stamps are enclosed Tor that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
Gen. Pershing's Son
Has Big Day in London

II YER since young Warren Persh-
IL ing reached Europe, where he
went to visit his distinguished father,
he has enjoyed experiences that have
probably never fallen to the lot of any
other American boy. He has basked
in the fame of his father with a ven
geance. =
A correspondent tells what hap
pened to Warren on one day recently,
while in London. The King of England
slapped him on the back, the Queen
patted his hand, Marshal Foch kissed
him on each cheek, Ex-King Manuel
Of Portugal shook his hand, the Prince
Of Wales treated him royalty, the
Dowager Queen Alexandra Rugged
and caressed him and then, to crown
a day of unprecedented petting by
notables, he was kissed by his father.
When Warren returns home, as he
will soon, he will be able to relate
in an offhand manner adventures
abroad that will make him the envy
of every youngster in the country. Al
ten years Of age he has probably met
most of the famous men and women
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23
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Entered at the birmingham, Ala,
postoffice as second-class matter, I'M
der act OF Congress, March s. 1879.
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TELEPHONE
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all departments) Main 1900.
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bella Kun is reported to have SEN
fenced rumor munger toto years in
the penitentiary. There are times
when Bella shows CLEANS Of intelli-
gence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-23

Having viewed many motion pic
lures of Gen. Pershing hobnobbing
with crowned heads. we are convinced
that the General is at home in any kind
of company.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-02-14
Aim At Above the Average
Yields In 1919

them. il should be remembered that
rather liberal expenditures are iUsti-
fable. For instance. when a bale or
cotton with the seed is worth $150, our
average per acre yield Of one-third OF =
bale is worth $50; but when We in
crease this 30 two-thirds Of a bale.
worth 500. we have a gross prOft of
$50 with which to pay for the cost of
the increase. OF course the cost Of
this increased yield, if the matter be
gone about iudlciously. will practically
never be- As much AZ $50. More often
than not, in fact, ii will be $25 or less.
leaving a net profit of SOS or more per
acre. And the same rule will hold with
other crops and livestock as well. The
higher the yield per acre or per animal.
within certain limits, the greater the
net return.
The new year and. the years TO come
hold great things for the thinking, pro
gressive, bu~siness-like farmer. Prices
promise to remain good for a long
time. and fair profits seem certain for
the man who farms right.
Let US, as our first New Year resolu-
ton, aim at putting our farms on .
big-yielding, money making basis.
There is no surer way for making farm
life more attractive and desirable and
for keeping the bOys and girls on the
farms.