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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
Detroit Orchestra
 To Be in First Rank

i TN order that Detroit may retain the 1 0 services of Ossif Gabrilowitsch as conductor of the symphony orchestra, recently reorganized by the famous leader, the executive committee has agreed to meet the conductors de- mands, which include the addition of iten artists and the erection of suit able auditorium as the home of the orchestra.
 Mr. Gabrilowitsch receives a salary of thirty thousand dollars, but that would not keep him on his job unless an orchestra of something like eighty five high-class players could be as sured permanent positions on ade- quate pay. Now that his conditions are to be complied with an orchestra second to none will grace the rapidly growing Michigan city.
 The lavish expenditure noted in the instance of the Detroit orchestra is but one of many examples of the in creasing interest in musical art and of the appreciation in which public spirited citizens hold the cultural value of symphony organizations, and aspe- cially of the appreciation of music as civic asset.
 | It is safe to say that not all the "backers" of the Detroit symphony are music lovers in the sense of being educated to listen with discrimination; but every one of them in contributing las in mind the fact that the pres once of great orchestra is one of the signs of culture and civic advance nsnt.
 : The older generation of musical folk can recall the time when New York was the only city in the United States that maintained symphony band A few years later two or three cities aspired to musical distinction, but the orchestras were small com pared to those of today. There are at least dozen now numbering eighty or more men, and besides these there are a score of fifty-piece orchestras that come under the symphony head.
 In most cases the grand orchestra, as it used to be known, is developed slowly. The Minneapolis had a small beginning some twenty years ago. It grew with the city's growth and is now strictly in the foremost rank. It has done more to advertise Minne- lapolis than any other factor after it's iflour business And the Detroit or ichestra will put that city more promi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
BALAAM's ASS
m the Houston Post

From the Houston Post.
 We must as the only living friend of Balaam's ass resent the New Orleans States ungallant affront to the mem- ory of little beast that was wise, patient, gentle and altogether lovabie The States calls Senator Vardaman "the Balaam's ass of Mississippi In the first place, MT. Balaam's admirable animal was not of Senator Vardaman's sex, and it spoke sense and didn't bray it all. Moreover it was the Lord who opened the mouth of Balaam's ass and it was the Lords message that the liz tie animal spoke. Indeed, everything that is related of her is creditable.- highly intelligent and of divine import. Why, then, should old Ably cast re- flection upon the highly honorable ca reer of this dear brute?
 The fame of this noble little femala beast has lived for 2500 years and is safe for all of time and eternity. Who can say as much for the blatant jack asses of this degenerate time?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
THIS WAS TOO MUCH
New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dis patch.

New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dis patch.
 He was one of those middle-aged. chivalrous professional southerners and he occupied a seat in a Broadway car that was rapidly filling up. At the next stop woman and boy of about Il years bearded the car. The man of mid dlc age arose and offered his seat to the woman. She thanked him kindly. Then she promptly took her stout, strong legged kid and put him into the seat. The mddle-aged man indignantly evicted him and took the seat himself. This pleasing scene gave the women passen- gers a chance to shift their conversation and mention the ingratitude of some peo- pie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
Close Call From Pneum Onia

pneumonia last week when I became un- conscious on the train and was taken off at Attalla and brought back home by a friend on the sleeper" said Irving Frost "But by good attention I escaped and am up again, but a bit weak, and therefore am going to take a short vacation and rest up before going back. to work. did not know a fellow could get sick so quick who to all intents was in fine physical shape, for when I got out of the army I was as fit as you please
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

have just spent two days in AL lanta and I greatly enjoyed shaking hands with my old friends and just in pottering around the streets notiAS the changes which have come about in the score of years since l lived in the "Gate City of the South.'
 
 Atlanta is a great city, and l Will always have a warm spot in my heart for it. It was in Atlanta that the great change came into my life, for l was baptized by pr. James B. flaw thorne, in the baptistry of the oid Baptist church, and later was ordained to the ministry by the fine old body of saints.
 There are three red letter days ii the life of the average man--the day of his birth, the day of his conversion and the day of his wedding. And there are three towns which will al ways be dear to me. Eufaula, Whe-e I spent my boyhood; Atlanta, where joined the church and Forsyth, where married.
 When I moved to Atlanta in the late nineties the Equitable building was not only it's show place, but it out ranked any other office building in the gulf states; and while today it is still a first-class structure, it is over- shadowed by many of the later monu- mental piles whose foundations so deep into the earth and whose heads are lifted high in the sky
 I walked through the Kimball to recall old memories. I believe it was built first in 1870, and made the name synonym throughout Georgia for eNerything luxurious in the hotel line Then later it was rebuilt in 1883. If one knew the history which had been made in it during the nearly half-cen- tury it has been in existence and used as a hostelry he would know practi- cally all that's worth knowing abou. the Empire state, at least in aNpoliti- cal way.
 Friday afternoon Max Wellborn, tue governor of the federal reserve bank, came by the Piedmont and took eN- Governor O'Neal and his brother. Wal. ter, out for ride. "Billy," his 14-year- old son, did the drivingH He carried us through the burnt section and the scars still remain. Money cannot re- place the trees and gone are the lovely homes and in their place are spring ing up rows of modern apartment houses.
 I made inquiry about, the housing conditions and found them just as acute in Atlanta as they are in Bir- mingham, but. from what could learn from friends, gathered that rents were dearer than over here. l happened to visit in one of the apartment houses out on Jackson boulevard and found out that my host was paying $50 for a flat that seemed more like dolls playhouse than place in which grown people were living.
 Two things had tended to increase rents-the burning of hundreds of homes and the two military camps There is a scramble for both apart ments and houses, and rents went soar ing Atlanta has no apartment House that is in the same class with the Ridgely. but it has scores of well built and handsomely kept ones where Bir- u,;puham has one The AtlantanS have "the apartment house fever in an ] acute form.
 We drove through Druid Hills and Saw many beautiful and expensive homes, and then entered Ansley Park | by way of the famous. Driving club, and out Peachtree road to Buckhead : We saw many handsome estates with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
E * < Courier Journal Issues a "Marse Henry" Edition

E7T0HE "Marse Henry" edition of the
 0 Louisville Courier Journal, pub Iished Sunday, is remarkable tribute to Colonel Watterson, whose editorials for more than half century have lent the Courier Journal distinction and charm.
 Colonel Watterson is now editor emeritus of the paper. Judge Robert w. Bingham, the owner, honored the colonel's seventy eighth birthday by a unique newspaper achievement, pay ing at the same time a graceful com pliment to the man whom the nation hdmires.
 Itis doubtful if any other editor was ever the recipient of such glowing tributes, marked by the ring of sin cerity, as are contained in the "Marse Henry" edition. Prominent newspaper men throughout the country and abroad, cartoonists, humorists, states men and celebrities in every walk of life unite in doing homage to Colonel Watterson. He cannot read these evil dences of the esteem in which he is held without being deeply moved. Many cartoons contributed by famous newspaper artists are feature.
 Colonel Watterson has been honored many times, both at home and abroad, but he has probably never received a more comprehensive token of apprecia- ton than the "Marse Henry edition of the Courier-J Journal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Going to Oklahoma

"I am going out t fill an engage ment at the Oklahoma Baptist univer- sity at Shawnee, Okla, which l made before l accepted the call to the South side Baptist church," said Dr. James F. billiard. "I am to deliver a series of lectures to the student body March 17-21. I am looking forward v.th genuine pleasure to the trip as l am anxious to breathe the spirit of ile new west. The Oklahomans are progressive lot. l first learned to know the spirit when the Southern Bautist convention met there few years back"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
Cousin Dies in Nashville

'I was sorry to learn that Joe Love- man, who went to Atlanta to attend the league of peace congress was called to Nashville, Tenn, to attend the funeral of MT Adolph Loveman, his cousin" said Morris Berk. MT. Loveman was a prominent lumber deal CT and had long been a resident of esteem as a progressive citizen, talk ing an interest in the upbuilding Of the city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
THE MONROE DOCTRINE

From. the Chicago NeWS.
 It is common knowledge that the Monroe doctrine is almost as much British as American, yet, critics of the league of nations profess to fear thai the British empire, logically committed to the protection of the Americas froa' exploitation though it be, is using tna league idea to nullify the Monroe doe urine. Perhaps they think England has diabolical designs on Canada.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
pr. Jarrett Improved

q am glad to be able to report that Dr. Barrett is better" said Scudder Ryall. While he has been Ill for about two weeks, he has been in no real danger. We certainly miss him at the city hall, and he surely has lot of friends, for daily there are many inquiries concerning his con- dition. No one can come in contact with him without loving him, for he is so genuine and courteous in his treatment to all who have business with the city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
sERy1cEABLE SCENERY.

"There are some things possible in the movies that can't be done on the stage" For instance?'
 eff the scenes of play are laid In certain quarter of the world they can be filmed on the spot" sure But as matter of fact, Cali fornia landscapes have been used for every kind of scenery from tropical islands to the steppes of Siberia
 PAUL. COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
Appreciated Amusement Display

T was certainly pleased with the splen- did display of the theatre and movie sec tion of The Age-Herald Sunday" said B. II. Mooney, and I am sure the mana gers of the various theatres appreciate the way in which these amusements were presented to the public.
 q hope to see this Birmingham daily keep up it's progressiveness along this line as well as all others, as l know it is meeting with the approval of it's readers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
NEWS VALUES.

'There's still a great deal of political unrest in Germany, Russia is starving, Italy demands more territory, and the fate of the league of nations is uncef- tain" remarked MT. Jibway as he glanced over his morning paper.
 'Yes, yes,' said Mrs. Jibway, stifling yawn behind her jeweled hand. But what is the social intelligence from Palm Beach?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04

BEGINNING THE DAY-I have the charts of Thy summer seas. own the maps of Thy country. l have heard of the strange delights that await me. My heart knows Of them and longs for them. And all the while the ships chafe ut their mOOringN. Yet ! do not travel. Oh, nay God, why is it that l do not travel. Amen.--H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
POSSIBLY

From the OuUoOK.
 ''To these manifestations the Presi- dent raised his hat says a London paper, his smiling face indicating the measure of his pleasure at the leava taking with the British public" This as Punch remarks, is one of the thing that might perhaps have been express ed differently
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
HE'S THE MARTYR

The husband of this militant suffra- gette who is in jail says he supports her in her 'martyrdom.
 What do you make of that, Watson?' "Ihe poor worm doesn't know it, but the martyrdom' is on the other side of the house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
Member of the Associated Press

The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dls- patches.
 The Associated Press is eXcluslVely entitled to the use for publication ol all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pupHsheo herein.
 All rights of republication of speciai dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
Presidents s Tips
 Totaled S20O0

17T1HE "seamy side" of President Will
 G sons trip abroad is coming out. For the privilege of hobnobbng with crowned heads and lowing to applaud ing multitudes the President had to pay $2000 in tips out of his own pocket.
 Reactionary senators, recalling George Washington, may set up a howl at this disclosure. Yet, had it not been for MT. Wilson's democratic simplicity" the hole in his purse would have been considerably larger. In fact, had he followed established traditions, instead of paltry $2000 his tips would have run into tens of thousands. A Washington dispatch to the New York World says President Poincare of France gave S20, ,O00 to the servants of the Czar in Petrograd and $10,O00 to the household of the Swed- ish monarch.
 Mir. Wilson contented himself with giving $25 and $50 tips to attendants on trains, in palaces and at hotels visited by him. He also bought great
 A many presents for the members of his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
ADRIFf WITH THE TIMES
PROGRESS.

The Jap goes to the movies, John Chinaman does, too; They find great cheer In western beer
 And quaff the foaming brew. They're getting really up-to-date, As anyone can see; The "coffin nail' They now inhale
 With oriental glee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
Copyright, 1919 by the Bell Syndicate co)
STRATEGY.

Mrs. Gadspur always takes MT. Gads- pur along when she buys new hat.
 What's the idea?'
 "Shes a smart woman. In the presence of two or three pretty milliner's assist ants, how can Mir Gadspur below 1T she chooses a hat that costs three times as much as he wants to pay?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04

No communication will be puollsnees
 without its authors name. heJeGteU manuscript Will not be returned uhle99 stamps are enclosed Tor that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04

Remittances can be made al cur Ient it' rate of exchange The Age-Herald Will moi he responsible for money sent through the malls. Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
NO PROFIT, SAY THE TAILORs

1 From the New York Evening Sun. l From commercial circles comes the re-
 port in the daily newspapers that tailors paining that they are no longer able l to make any profit on the suits of clothea
 they sell for $1G0, and that they may have to raise their prices for such suits
 to $50
 1 When Roby OMore said there was luck | in odd numbers. the foolish fellow quite
 overlooked the luck to be found in round
 numbers. Offensive to the taste of a
 fastidious tailor though it be, the fact
 remains that even thodgh a customer may
 be willing to pay $100 under certain cir
 cunstances, he might well object to hav-
 ing the price for the same thing raised
 50 per cent simply because the tailor
 finds that his cost is increasing by a | much smaller percentage.
 1 One of the leading merchant tailors has
 tahuated the various items in the cost | oe $1O0 suit of clothes at about $70, leav 1 ing little more than 30 per for lover 1 head expenses and profit. The tailors
 declare that If organized labor is sue.
 cessful in it's plan to effect the week
 work scale"in-custom tailoring shops here, 1 they must raise the price to the custo- mer." And they think, apparently, that 1 they might just as well ask $l50 as $40 or $l25, even if those sums would cover the increased expense Small items are irk- some Fractions are vulgar.
 l The tailors will probably do as the
 grocer does, who has to pay one-eighth 1 of cent more a pound for sugar and charges the customer cents more; or as i the tobacconist, who finds his wares cost ins him cents more and raises the cus- 1 toner or 5 The only way out is through
 the famous old highway of supply and demand. The oootstraps by which man hosts himself times enough, give out in the end
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04

Washington bureau. 2O7 Hibbs build ing. .
 European buread, 10 King street. Covent Garden, London, W. (. z'
 Eastern business otIlce, World pulIu- ing, New York city; western business office, Tribune building, Chlcaso. 4ne s. c. Beckwith special Agency. agents tor foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
COATS FOR CHORUS MEN.

COATS FOX CHDKUS MEN. ...Thefe isn't much variety in mems cNthes."
 Possibly not. Still. the tailors show great ingenuity in distributing pockets" " That's true.
 And just now, I understand, they are tsmpering with the male waist line'' -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04

large and well kept grounds. but, in
 spite of their cost and pretentiousness.
 none of the show places in either of
 the three fashionable subdivisions are
 euua! in beauty to Highland avenue
 and the adjacent territory. Birming-
 ham is in a class by itself when it comes to picturesque homes.
 gave q great deal of time to look ing into shop windows to get on to
 prices of various articles to wear ana
 in going through the stores. I am
 pretty we'll posted on the value CT
 merchandise, and I think goods can
 be bought just as cheap or cheaper
 here than in Atlanta. l am not say
 ing this becauses want to boost my
 home town, but because it is true to
 the best of my knowledge and belief. also canvassed the markets to get on to the price of foodstuffs ot all kinds had always been told that Atlanta was cheaper place in which to live than Birmingham. This may have been true before the coming of the Soldiers, but it is not true nov I must state however, that taken as wkole the Atlanta market men Keep more attractive stores than do our Bir-
 mngham market men.
 was inclined to feel fhat our local restaurants, which used to be noted Tor their cheapness, were a bit steep since the beginning of the war. but l re- turned home convinced that man can eat cheaper here than he can in Atlanta and get better food and quick CT service, and that the Tutwiler far outclasses any of it's hotels. though it has greater number of attractive places to stop at than can be founi here.
 I am very fond of Atlanta and it i has many charms. but I came back home this time more content with Bir- i mingham than ever before. for we have here a residence city which is uneoualled, business city with fu- ! ture, and let's stand by it and mako 1 it the best place in which to live and 1 work in the whole south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04

nently on the map than anything next to it's automobile production.
 Time will soon come when no city of two hundred and fifty thousand population will be without its sym phony organization.
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 Buying whisky for sick wife who has the flu" is a good excuse, par ticularly when accompanied by CO., pious flow of tears. but it avails the willy bootlegger nothing if he has in his possession enough liquor to keep friend wife soused for a year.
 4. < *
 Chicago man who gave his wife cents a week for the support of her self and six children was not combat ing the high cost of living. Hes at- flicted with thirst" which costs more money nowadays than the up keep or motor CdI
 s * &
 When Uncle sam raises the war tax on a certain commodity cents. why does the ultimate consumer have 10 pay , cents more, assuming that the dealer was making fair profit be- fore?
 N
 There is a factory in France said to be making German helmets and war crosses to be sold for souvenirs to American soldiers. The thrifty French always had an eye to business. Fatty Arbuckle was mobbed by huge crowd of admirers in Atlanta. Not knowing what was up, for time Mir Arbuckle's mobile features reg istered alarm and perplexity.
 * * *
 The unpopularity of Wilhelm in tue fatherland must have been exaggerat- ed. He succeeded in obtaining a con siderable sum of money from the Ger man government
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 Job had lost his worldly goods and was sorely afflicted with boils. "Still,' he said, "the situation might be worse. don't have to figure out my income tax"
 Speaking of Prussian effrontry, is there any case on record to equal the alleged desire of Prussian officers to join the American army?
 J. * ]. A contemporary states that Mr. Will son will take his Scotch jaw" back to Paris where, incidentally, it has done yeoman service t. < < The watch on the Rhine" has ceas- ed to be a picnic. In fact, it never was the average doughboy's idea of a holiday. "A DOlSneNlhl DdfDeTeu Wllfllu du lHcl of his life doesn't fit in with our preconceived notions of the breed # ;, *. By this time Frau Ebert is probably reconciled to the fierce light that beats on the first lady of Germany. # # * The times are out of joint and 'un- cle Joe" Cannon can't set them right with a "cuss" word. :t. i: ]. A little dinner at the White House smooths away a great many difficult ties.
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 The statesmap who views with alarm" is in the heydey of his glory.
 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
A TRIPLE COOL.

''Tm thinking of spending the summer
 in the country remarked MT, Dubwaite, "but we haven't been able to decide on a suitable location" Have you no rural relatives to faii back on?'' "oh, yes. But confound 'em, they show disposition to stand from under. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04
March Should Be a
 House Painting Month.

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-04

Job had lost his worldly goods and he said, "the situation might be worse. I don't have to figure out my income
The daily Alaskan., 1919-01-21
WILSON SPEAKS n FRENCH
 CONGRESS

Paits, Tuesday. - "A new world is coming into life" said President Wilson n responding to an invita- tion to address the French senate when he appeared hefore that body. "The world has awakened to it's community of interest and knows that its future depends upon this community of its interests. The Allied nations have worked as a unit to put down the ambition de- sires ct world domination by Ger many, 7nd the Allies must unite in forming a peace which will bring forth everlasting rgpose of man s fear nSainst a repetition of such an attempt, and the Allied nations of the world must work in unity for the benefits of humanity"
 Mons. Boist, president of the French senate, in welcoming Presi- dent Wilson, said that the French senate endorsed his ideas.