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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18
Lncks Only One Thing

Lionel H. Keene, southern manager for the Marcus Loew theatres. is spending few days in Birmingham, where he formerly resided. MT. Keene, who was for several years manager of the Bijou here, appears much inn pressed with the growth of the city.
 T left here less than two years ago to enter the army" said MT. Keene, land I am amazed at the remarkable improvement in Birmingham. I never saw the streets as packed or the mer- chants doing as big business as at present. To my mind Birmingham lacks only one thing, and that is some thing in the way of Sunday amuse- ments.
 "A town of this size should by all means have Sunday moving picture shows. People grow restless on Sun day afternoons. They want to go some where but unless they have automo- piles there is nothing to do I believe Birmingham is ready for Sunday movies properly regulated and con- -ducted.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18
Reasons for Delaya

"A great many people who live in Avondale, woodlawn and East Lake are wondering why there has been such delay in paving First avenue" said E. J. Dunn. contractor in charge of this work. "The necessity for nov ing so many telephone poles back, the constant rains and freezes and other ing done faster. However, we expect to complete the job in short time and when we do First avenue will make a fine drive for autoists. Nearly all of this paving is laid on an eight inch concrete foundation and though it receives great deal of traffic should stand for many years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18
Lumber Market Good

The lumber market is featured by a very, strong demand, in excess of the visible supply said Thornton Estes. This condition indicates a continuation of the building boom on large scale throughout the country, and especially in the south, where weather conditions are more favorable for winter building operations. Of course, with continuity of building, there Is an active market in all allied lines besides lumber, and plenty of work. The situation looks distinctly good"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Has Enreh Well Here

ip has F1red Weh here
 George W. Bridges has resided in Bir- mIngham for 16 years. and he's regretfui, sorrowful-because he didn't move to Birmingham 1e years before he did.
 Then I could have boasted a citizen ship of s2 years.'' he admitted
 When George blew into Birmingham his wardrobe resembled remnant sale in the aftermath of damage by fire, water and smoke. Today he owns property in his own name, votes the democratic ticket and can lcok Bradstreet or Dun in the faec without flinching.
 ''Yeh, I own pair of oil wells, little stock in a factory and sell a little paint and oil around the town" MT. Bridges admitted.
 MT. Bridges occupies a handsome little home at S1s South Fffty-ninth street, sports a library of about 110O volumes, has reared half dozen children, edu- cated them and no wolf has ever howled outside his doorstep since he lit in Bir- mingham-
 In the parior is hefty grand piano, a V1ctrola and lew other nuslcai Ihstrh- ments, but until you meet Georges pal, Friend Wife, in the dining room and taste some of her culinary products, you don't know what is real living.
 Mir. Bridges halls from Benton county, Tennessee, but he's been here long enough to call City Commissioner Taylor Johnnie" and refer to Governor Kilby mates by their, From. Dick and Harry" handles
 q gazed into the crystal the day set eyes on the town" he explained. That's why I stuck, and when they rattle my bores over the macadam I want to be planted in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18
ORIGIN OF FAMOUS sAYrres

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 The saying that "any man who makes pun would pick pocket" vaguely st- trlouted by many to Dr. Samuel John son. is misquotation of a remark made by John Dennis. the bitter critic of Swift. Pope, Addison, Steele and others of his contemporaries. on an occasion described in '"The Public Advertiser (of I.ondonY for January F, 177s. In the course of the story occurs the statement:
 The critic immediately started up and left the room, swearing that any man
 who could. make such an execrable pun
 would pick his pocket
 From which it is plainly seen tfar me
 wrath of the great critic was. aroused not by punsters, but by bad puns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18
WINTER

From "The Seasons. by James Thom-1t son. A- To thy loved haunt return. my happy. Muse; s. For now behold. the joyous winter days. se Frosty, succeed; and through the blue serene,
 For sight too fine, the ethereal Niter All Nature feels the renovating force Of winter, only to the thoughtless eye In ruin seen. the frost-concocted' Gathers vigor for the coming year: A stronger glow sits on the lively
 cheek
 Of ruddy fire; and luculent along The purer rivers flow, their, sullen>
 deeps
 gaze, And murmur hoarser at the fixing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18
To Re Bir Christmas

q believe this will be the biggest Christmas the American public has ever had" said Mrs. Joe Walker. Be cause of the war santa Claus hasn't distributed many gifts for the past few seasons, but this year everybody is preparing for the Christmas tree and h---sssng more things than ever before',
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18
FAIR AND WARMER. !"

FAIR ARNO WARMER. Oh. it's hard to keep from smiling When the sun comes out again, After days of cloudy weather, Gusty flaws and chilling rain. Fellow starts to feeling younger, Holds his head up, steps along; And if no ones near to mock him, Maybe he'll essay a song. Let wiseacres, staid and solemn, Talk about philosophy Man should rise above his troubles, Come what will, unruffled be-" We'll we know Iife's shadows vanish. Heavy tasks are easier done When the skies are blue above us. When the old earth drinks the sun!
 NEW FORM OF TORTURE. How did you enjoy your visit to the Blithersbys?'
 Tt was an ordeal"
 +How so7"
 T had to sit through 1000 feet of the baby"
 'whatr'
 Film. you know. They were showing me motion pictures of the little darling taken between the years of 1 and B."
 DRIVEN TO TT. My boy said MT. Grabcoin, "are you getting ready to settle down?' ''Yes, dad. guess I'll have to-" "A sensible decision. sir Perhaps. Most of the chaps went to college with are doing some kind of beast1y work, and one hates to sit around his club all day with nobody to talk to but the walters. Ho, humt I'll have to go into business to amuse myself
 PRECIOUS STUFF Henry" said Mrs. Gadspur, in ex- cited tones, did you order a pound of sugar."
 "Yes, my dear"
 Its at thesdoor."
 ~very we'll Ask the maid to receive it and Sell her-ahem-if it is accom- panied by armed guards she may invite them in to get warm.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18
Modern Corporations
 Not Without Souls

6f7HE Manufacturers Record, issue
 0 of December Il, 1919, contains an illustrated article describing the new hospital built by the Tennessee company at Fairfield for it's em- ployes.
 This institution, model of it's kind, cost S1,00o,000. It is one of the largest and handsomest struc- lures of any sort in the south and is so admirably adapted to the uses for which it was built that it is prob abay not surpassed anywhere in the country. All the latest ideas in hos pitM construction and equipment have been incorporated in the institution. with the result that the employees of the Tennessee company will enjoy the best treatment that money and sci ence can provide. The accommoda- tlons for white and colored employees are identical, but the two races are separated.
 No mention is made by the Record of the staff of physicians and nurses who will operate the Tennessee com pany's "Employes' hospital" but thev are in every way competent to per- form their duties. No expense has been spared by the company, not only Tn providing the best surgeons and nurses that can be obtained, but to enable them to take extra courses. from time to time, in the leading hos pitals and medical colleges of the country, so that they may keep abreast of their professions.
 The Tennessee company believes that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, so one of the chief functions of the "Employes' hospitals will be to prevent the spread of con- tagious diseases, which in the old days ran their course in industrial centers. Its advantages may be en- Joyed by any employe of the Ten nessee company, or any member of his family, by the payment of a nom- inal sum each month.
 The new hospital is merely one fea- ture of the welfare work done bv the Tennessee company among it's en- ployes, thus carrying out the policy of the Steel corporation, of which it IS a subsidiary. Anarchists will say corporations are still soulless and spend millions if dollars in improyinp the living conditions of their work men merely to keep them pacified.
 There is something more than self ish interest behind such work. It is the realization that capital and labor are dependent each on the other; that altruism and business are not incom- patible and a great corporation owes to its employees something more than dollars for loyal service.
 '* # x
 Earth Still Jogs Along
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18
Earth Still Jogs Along
 At the Same Old Pace

THE end of the world failed to
 Y materialize. The superstitious
 shook in their paper shoes and not few prayed lustily, but most peo- pie, harassed by profiteers, wonder ing where they'd get enough money
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18
.Floridn City on noom

Miami. Fla, where I have been spending the past several days, is on a big boom" said A. M. Shook, Jr, '@rhe city has had a wonderful growth during the last few years and aspires Ito be the. metropolis of that part of the south. The hotel WhereI stopped while there a splendid building that cost $500,0O0, is to be torn down some time. soon to make room for a larger one, to cost $4.ooO.o 900, which will be erected on the same spot A lot of rich people have settled in Miami and they believe in doing everything on a big scale, and they are doing it that way, too"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18

As a caricaturist happily points out. the Prince of Wales made far more de- sirabIe visitor than the German Crown Prince would have made, if Germany had won the war. Since such a thing can never happen now, it does no harm to remind us of what we've missed.
 $ * $
 Citizens of Montclair, N. J.. declare the official dog catcher is paid more than their school teachers. And, furthermore, catching dogs is far less wearing on the nervous system than teaching the young idea to shoot.
 -% f #
 Persons who had made their prepara- tions for the end of the world. Decem- Der r. merely greeted the birth of a new day and wearily resumed the same old job of trying to keep up with the high cost of living.
 New York has discovered new name for African golf" It's Mississippi mar bles," But in the eyes of any well-regu- lated court. shooting dice, "shuffling the worries" or rolling the bones' arc all games of chance and forbidden.
 x * #
 Although John Burroughs has broken into the movies at last, he will never be- come as we'll known to movie fans as Harold Bell Wright whose books are sold by the trafnload.
 The sugar shortage. along with the all cohol shortage, is said to be taking the pep out of the American people. You wouldn't think so, to observe recent man. ifestations of the, "shimmy." o
 E E. <
 Who won't sympathize with the coal miners alleged fondness for observing Rabbit day?'' Lives there man with soul so dead who never to himself has said, ''Fd Ike to shoot a cottontailp?
 # | *
 A British widow who has been com municating with her deceased husband says heaven is not dry. and good sms,es are also provided This will commend the place for clubmen.
 x x #
 Hon. Dempsey demands s25OoOo to fight Hon. Carpenter. Not q great deal of water has run under the bridge since s2so was large sum of money to Hon. Dempsey.
 Plans to make the rest of the world dry are being vigorously pushed. Do the wine growers of Italy and France real ize what hangs over theih heads? If one of those whisky trains is wrecked while speeding to the coast, natives will race to the spot in flivvers, in airplanes and on foot
 # * <
 Senator Underwood is for peace, not prospectus" says the Pittsburg Dis natch Senator Underwood has expressed the sentiment of America
 X * % Families who managed to be cheerful on Thanksgiving Day without any tur- key will doubtless be able to repeat" on Christmas Day.
 * # * Rose Pastor Stokes will be a candidate for Congress As between Rose and Jean nette Rankin, Congress would doubtless prefer the lady from Montana.
 # + # For the occupant of a wheel chair President Wilson has shown that he pos sesses an astonishing punch.
 < # x According to Carranza's government Jenkins in jail and Jenkins out of jail are two entirely different persons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18
PRoFITEERING

From the Albany Journal
 As long as many workers demand dollar for fifty cents worth of work, we shall all have to pay a dollar for fifty cents worth of commodities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18
Need More Hotel Aecommoeation.

sI was glad to see the announcement in The Age-Herald on Wednesday morn ing that an annex of 200 rooms was to be ner, flor it has long been known that Birmingham was short on hotel accom- modations. In fact. for the past few years a man coming in on a night train has been hard put to get a place to sleep. The Tutwiler has an enviable rep utation not only in the south, but throughout the country, as one of the best, and it ought to be matter of civic pride to know that it is to be enlarged It has certainly played it's part in the life of this great city. do not know how we could have gotten along without i. during the war drives.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18
More Business Than Ever

From all I can learn Birmingham merchants are doing a bigger holiday business this season than ever before in their history said H. s. Jones, we'll known piano and talking machine dealer. For the first two weeks of December We did 30 per cent more business than in corresponding time last year and I believe about the same situation prevails with other mer- chants here. Not only are the people buying more. but they are demanding better stuff and paying cash for it,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18

b BEGINNING THE DAY--My Lord, I would follow Thee over the sunny hills, and would rejoice with Thee in the days of Thy promise and power. My Lord, I would follow Thee through the garden of tears and even to the mount of blood. I would not turn back from the crown of thorns or the thrust of the nails and the spear. Amen H, M. +.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

[ IN THE SENSE OF CoNsPICUoua
 'Is John Jobbles prominent citizen of Chiggersville7"
 'T should say he is," replied Squire witherbee. There's never a street pa rade. shootin' scrape. a political pow WOW, fire or a dog fight in this town that John. in his old checked suit with the patch on tn southeast side of his trousers and tn old felt hat he's been wearin' nigh on to ten years, ain't right up in tn. thick of tn proceedin's. He's like tn feller that rides on tn head of an elephant-you can't miss hirn."
 SPECIALLY IN WINTER
 T see you have great many ante bellum homes about here" remarked tss visitor.
 50 we have" replied the southern planter Most of the mare falling into ruins, though"
 ~But I thought the south had struck its stride and was now progresztvsr- That's the very reason why those ants- berlum mansions are being deserted. They are long on looks and Ehox& on com fort"
 POPULAR P9.AC0 do not care to roam the sem. ; On dry hand I can happy be And jog along contented1y- Just try this on your tuba. But, who knows? There may caxne a
 time 2 When will not be feeling prime And then I'll seek another cline
 Perhaps I'll visit Cuba fl
 MAY COME SOON. V "Is there an amendment to the ccnsts- tuition of the United States forbidSfnx a man to kiss his wife or anybody ease.s wife?" asked the man who had just re- turned from a two-years cruise in tAe South Seas.
 Not yet" replied the cynical cst1nsn. PAUL COOK. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-18

From the Atlanta Consultation.
 TN LACK STAR LINE is the name of lM the latest addition to the
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-02-26
I'm llueVo %procedInlen'
to para combatir Ia
Influenza

"Si todos supieran los bcneficios
que he obtenido del Aceije Lelampa-
90 de Hunt, cuando me enccntrG en-
fcrma de Influenza, 81 habrian evil
tado grandes padecimientos.' Ha di-
che recientemente una dana que hiZo
uso de este poderoso Y p~enetrante me-
~dicarento. aplicandoselo abundante-
mente Ell el pecho Y en- Ia Targanta
cuando So encontr6 enferma de Ia in
fluenZa. cue ahorG desearia que TODD
el nlundo Sc enterase de tan benefico
medicamento e hiciera uSo de 81 en-
casos semejantes.
Como IA influenza es n enferme-
dad pel!grosa, los enfermos deb2n p0-
nerse siempre baio el cuidado de I'm
huen doctor y . este reSpect0, III pro
mincnte medico la dicho cue, deSpues
de usar 81 Aceite Relampago de Hunt,
siempre Sc han obtenido resuitados
verdaderamente maravillosos, ssgun
10 ha podido observar personalmeute.
Fl Aceite Relampago de Hunt es
I'm poderoso medicamento eZterno y
debe usarsele sieulpre que haya ne
cesidad de emplear una medicina eZ-
terna.
Sc encuentra de venta en- todas las
buenas Droguerias Y Boticas al pre-
clio de 35e y Toe botella; tambien Sc
atienden 6rdenes por correo. dirgien-
DO sus pedidos a.
A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO.
Sherman, Tex. ADV.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-02-26
EVITARAN NUEVOS RETARD0S EN- LAS
NECOCIACIONlES DE- PAZ CON ALEMANIA
Clemenceau esta ~dispuesto a renunciar como Presidente de
la Ccnferencia, 81 SUI estado no lie permite rea-
nudar en- breve SUI labor
10 en- el Congreso de Ia Paz.

10 en- Ell CongreS0 de Ia PaZ.
Ahora, no Sc hacen va objeciones
rcr Francia a Ia proposition de pres
ar ayuda suficiente a .Alenlania, pa
4 que csta pueda reanudar sus ne
aocios, cstabilizar su gobierno Y ase-
gurar Ell page de las reparaciones e
indemnizaciones debidas a Francia y
que csta neccsita para poderse levan-
"a: financicrameEte de nuevo.
Una cosa. sin embargo, es Il de
cierta i~nquietud para Francia. Y es eli
prop6sito de Alemania de aneXarse al
Austria. Tambien Italia Sc mues-
ira muy ~Nreocupada por este, y Sui
"a no deja de Tostrarse alarmada
tambi&n, sicndo muy possible cue en-
case de que .Alemania lleve & cabo
su proposioo, Italia Y Suiza protes-
ten por tai acci5n.
La opinion = ericana en- este par
ticular es cue Ia union del Austria.
Alemana 4 Alemania. seria un acto
de propia determination Y por ende,
dc acuerdo con los catorce puntos del
Prcsidentc Wilson. La question en-
q case estriba en- determinar 81 ell de-
sec dc un pueblo para anexarse con
otro. IS eXclusivamente suyo, o :. la
Liga de Naciones Sc reserve ell dere-
clio de %aprobar. o no tales cambios
en- el mana mundial.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-02-26
Glen MIL MUERTOS EN- Ell
EJERCIT0 AMERICANA
Los habidos en- las Fuerzas
que 5ueron a Francia, as
ceadieron a 1881

WASHINGTON. febrero 25.-El
numero dc so!dadoS muertos en- el e.
jercito de los Estados Unidos, desde
Il rrimero de abril de 1917, al II de
febrcro de este ano. hacen un total
lie 107.444. De esta cifra. 1851
n}uertos p~ertenecer a las fuerzas eX-
p~edicion&rias americanas, Segun los
dates estaGiSticos del Estado Mayor
General: 21.S29 murieron dc enfer-
medadcS; iS.T6S en- los combates Y
3.35l de otraS causas. Las muertes
entire las tropaS habidas en- los Esta-
dos UnidoS. fueron de 34,493, de las
cua!es 32.75T Sc debieron a enferme-
da&es. ' 1856 a otras causas. Las
cifras tic muertos de las fuerzas eX-
ucGicionariaS, comprenden todas las
aue Sc han anunciado hasta Ell 16 dc
febreTo Ell curse.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-02-26
PREDICEN Ell REGRESO
DE LA MONARQUIA
EN- ALEMANIA
La Liga Agraria esd celebran
do SUI Convention annual
en- Berlin

La HAYA. Holanda, febrcro 25.--
La Liga Agraria Alemana que estd
celebrado ahora SUI convenio anual
en- Berlin, esta integrada como en- a.
nos anteriores, por los p~rominentes
te~rrateniertes del pals, y u proceed
mientos siguen las mismas viejas IL
meas de conducta, mostrando que los
sentimientos de los 'junkers" prussia
nos en- NADIA Sc han abatido por la de-
rrota de Alemania.
Los oradores que han hecllo uso de
la palabra, al igual que los de los a.
nos anteriores han protestado por
los cargos hechos contra ell ex-Empe-
rador Guillermo, de ser el RESPONSE
BILE de la guerra, y han proclamado
entertainments sus ideas Y sentimientos
monarquicos, V declarado que la mo-
narquia ~volvera a tomar las riendas
del gobierno.
RespecJo de la revolution. aseguran
aquellos, Que a esta solamente Sc debe
la derrota de Alemania, Y amenazaron
con una huelga de agricultores, 81 las
cosas cambiaban de modo de ser. Es-
ia no Sc considera de ningu-
ma seriedad. puesto que la Liga Agra
ria esta compuesta en- su mayoria por
grandes terratenientes que seriaa los
que mas resentirian Ia huelga.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-02-26
LEOPOLD0 DE BAVIERA
FUE ARRESTADO
Las autoridades de Munich
detienen como rehenes a
20 mobiles bavaros

LONDRES. Fehrero 25.-Las "pre-
hensiones de ariStocratas continuan
llevandose 4 cfecto en- Baviera, Sc
gun iicen los ~deSpachos de Munich,
rccibidos aQui. Uno de los ultimos
Qrrestados ha sido Ell Principe Leo
poldo de Baviera. hermano del eX-
Rev LuAovico. a quicn Sc acusa de
estar complicado en- un complot IL
narquista.
En- ur cateo que Sc practice en- las
casas de varios miembros de Ia no.
bieza bavaria, Sc encontro una lista
de las personals que debian ser ase-
sinadas, por 10 que el gobi"rno ha
resuelto Gut veinte personals de Ia
nonleza scar detenidas en- calidad
de rehenes.
Sc dice que cl orden Sc Ia resta-
blecido completamente en- Munich,
V Que hoy Sc formara en- esa capital
an nuevo gobierro.
Las noticias dicen tampien que los
espartacistas Sc han apoderato de las
Oficinas t@lcrraficaS enl Badeni Y
que en- Nuremberg a lucha esta Ell
progreso entire los radicales Y las
tropas del ]gobicrno.