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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
500, GOO FOR NEEDLEwoMEN.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 The will of Margaret A. Howard, who was many yeats ago 8 fashionable dressmaker in Manhattan, includes a bequest of s40o,o00 to found a home for indigent needlewomen. There are still seamstresses in the metropolis, and no one is surprised that woman who employed so many of them in the older days should devote a large part if not the larger part, of the fortune she leaves to such an institution. But not even in London at the present time is there such calling as Hood described in the Song of the Shirt:'
 Seam and gusset and band.
 Band and gusset and seam;
 Till over the buttons l fall asleep
 And sew them on in dream.
 The stitch, stitch, stitch" Is gone. On power-run sewing machines the long seams are easy. Wherever shirts or skirts are made on a large scale the workers are unionized or enjoy the ad- vantages consequent on general union ization. Hours are cut down, Pay is better, even in wages determined by the purchasing power of money. The ! "sweatshop" isn't what it was. But on her finer garments woman demands 1 some handwork, and everywhere there are women who make living repairing 1 clothes. They also are paid on the same scale as the girls who pick out basting threads at s24 week in the l factories
 1 Perhaps Margaret A. Howard did not | fully appreciate the change when she made her will. But we are inclined to believe that there are enough in digent women who have used the needle for wage-earning to render the be- quest useful, if the plan is admins tered in a broad spirit. If otherwise l administered it will be boon to hired help and salaried persons, like som, other endowed institution plans tha have not met the purposes aimed a by the enthusiastic testators
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
cAmlnt1MdAauefH
MERCIER's MODEsTY

From the Review.
 ; When General Pershing. leading the parade in New York. arrived at the grandstand in front of St. Patrlck's cathedral he dismounted to accept a bouquet of roses from a pretty Knights of Columbus worker. who was thanked by the general with kiss. It was then that someone told the hero of the day that Cardinal Mercier was on the stand. and he forthwith went over to salute him. There they stood. face to face. the wielders of the sword and of the cross. joint victors in their wal for right and freedom That the car dinaPs presence was revealed to the general almost by accident is signif. cant of the quiet unobtrusive name in which the prelate fought his wa against the enemy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
the country. extending to the Pacific

the country, extending to the Pacific coast.
 The President has delivered forty speeches, and with the exception of a few nights, probably half dozen, he has slept on his special train ever since leaving Washington. He has ridden hundreds of miles in automobiles, ire quently standing with hat in hand. He has shaken hands with thousands of people and has had little or no chance to rest from the kindly, but extreme fly tiring, offices of reception eom- mittees.
 That Mir. Wilson was able to de- liver so many speeches and cover so much territory before his strength failed him is more surprising than his ultimate surrender. His trip would have taxed the physical and mental resources of a much younger man, particularly when we consider the work he had done previously.
 It is not improbable that Mir. Will son feels somewhat disappointed, but his speeches unquestionably did much to enlighten the public mind on cer- tain features of the peace treaty and the league covenant and he has won support he might not have had oth- Ierwise. At any rate cancellation of his remaining engagements was not an acknowledgement of defeat, ex- Icept in physical sense. The good fight will go on and Wilson will con- tinue to lead it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
r.nnesxee Valley Cotton Good

The Tennessee valley cotton crops will average better this year than they will in any other section of the state, said w. E. Hinds, state entomologist, who was here yesterday. However, the boil weevil is now found in large num- bers in the extreme northeastern sec ton at Bridgeport and is increasing in this section around Sheffield
 The cotton, or army worm, is abund- ant in the section from Huntsville to the west The worms were found abundant in all stages of developme ent and some fields will be stripped within few days now. while others will not be stripped for 10 days or more."
 MT. Hinds states that where the cot ton is free from the boil weevil and has some squares and numerous half grown bolls, it will pay the farmers to dust this cotton with calcium arse nate until October IS. He states that the department circular No. AZ sets out the method of doing this and ad- vises farmers interested to secure them from their county demonstration agents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
Take Band to Reunion

Boys Industrial school band to At lanta," said J. w. Mays. member of Camp Wilcox. United Confederate Vet erans, and I think it will be an ex- cellent way to advertise our city. When we went to Washington and took the band was rather feeble, bat l heard so many good things about Birmingham that I just had to follow that band around. l feel sure the same thing will occur when we go to Atlanta on October to attend the re- unioE'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A FIERY SUBSTITUTE.

The ''moonshine'' brother tends 'stilF And converts his corn with right good
 will The news has come to his lonely vale Of men athirst and a ready sale, In neighboring towns where the price
 is steep And oonnoisseurs from jug drink deep And smack their lips and say, That's
 finer' Who used to call for expensive wine But now are glad to get Mountain
 Dew"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
FOR HIS OWN GOOD.

"What's become of Niblick, who used to be in ribbons and laces?"
 We've transferred him to the hard ware department" answered the man. ager. 'He was getting too sentimental with some of our feminine patrons. If he's called to wait on woman in the hardware department she'll probably be the kind who won't stand any foolish ness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27

ID. NJ. Walker, in Leslie's.
 N RANGE is a land spillng over with
 I beauty. She and her people will S always appeal to the artist Tn every man. The American who was un- fortunate enough to see nothing beyond Rrest or Is-sur-Tille or Gievres may dis pute this, and he would have reason to- Rut none who saw them will forget the beauties of Aix and Biarritz, nor those days all sifted, golden sunlight down by the purple Mediterranean. To those who had eyes to see, there was something lovely in every hamlet, from Cannes to Calais: some architectural gem which, by comparison, will sicken us with our home town monstrosities. The wonders or Paris will haunt our dreams. This IS France, and France was made by the French. Yet in all the analysis of these people-and their most enthusiastic ad- mirers are Americans-it seems to me , there is an implied but before the 1 enumeration of all their charms. Too much like propaganda, in fact. Among all the outstanding qualities going to | make up French physique, no one men, tions avarice, selfshness distrust.
 | M. Clemenceau, in message to Amer ica which proves all I have to say II carefully analysed, has mentioned the first of the qualities as "an overcare- fulness about money matters" And in the same message he adds, America IS rioh wa exnected much of America ' America is rich; make the most Of it' It explains everything the French have done. from charging us franc for a
 wormeaten apple to requesting that we sell them our war plant in France al
 70 per cent of it's value. America is iea 'el Eac pay!
 i s4ege s here France misread our psy.
 sAo;oxy Every American knows that
 Che a..hef the individual, the more exas
 nera&sa ns $ by being "stung." Tht
 Afnerisan Il give money away of hi own free ll-money in gobs-but to b'
 done 5f sc auch as a dime he will not Af9erlse is commercial. Europe used t, isss N sh a sheer. And Europe is mer lceaarv And between these two tnor
 is q gs,if ider than the Atlantic.
 ft aes difficult to reason why tn
 Eleaca na'te these qualities. They ar ibeautils Aacause they have bred beauty tTney are witty and intellectual becaus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
A TRIUMPH OF ART.

'1s it really true that actors count crossties7''
 Perhaps stranded players have been forced to travel that way. but I never knew of such a case myself. However. I once knew tragedian who owed sey- eraI weeks room rent. Every time the landlady came around to order him oft the premises without his baggage he re- cited Poe's Raven to her with such dramatic effect that she burst into tears and begged him to stay another week"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
THE LITTLE BROOKS.

Minnie Leona Upton. in Leslie.s. All the Little Brooks are calling. Where the dappled shade is falling From the trees that droop and wonder
 Der their image, in the steam. Where the ferns their tips are dipping In the waves that go a-trippinF- On the pebbles, h'r-ss F,~n 1n4er
 Shimmering thre agh aftb easm-
 mering glearo An, the magic. and tbs rerdast Through the city's cIang ana rnener Sounds the chanting. ein6 as.a Ia .lv-
 Of the Little Broo sfA- And it glads the day VIII drsst3sav By the sweetness of its sss.ra sT r~ Like a benediction ho{v.
 Sent from some untrcuhise 4tsss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
MOST uNusuAL.

.'The father of six fashionable daugn- ters, eh?" Yes"
 q don't believe I envy the poor old man."
 T know what you are thinking, but you are mistaken. All six actually respect him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
Alabama the State
 of Fine Highways

THE legislature did many things 0 that were not approved by the conservative people of the state, but in the passage of its good roads bills it took distinct forward step. The twenty-five million-dollar bond issue was a great movement for the ma terial and spiritual upbuilding of the state.
 Alabama has been somewhat back ward in its road system; not the most backward, but compared with other states it has been behind the times.
 The county highways built this year will be strictly up-to-date, and the trunk highways, constructed under the Craft bill, will make Alabama second to no state in the union. Few states indeed will be equal to Ala bama.
 i The Craft measure will be sub imitted to the people to pass upon as an amendment to the constitution. That it will be carried by an over whelming majority goes without say ing.
 1 # # + l CIernenceau says 1t is not his fault I if the English language is spoken by two-thirds of the civilized world But il offers rather striking proof that Anglo saxons arc the coming race, if they have not already arrived
 * # # The pocket telephone win never be oi any use to the individual who likes h discuss his private affairs in loud tone of voice so everybody in tho neighbor. hood can hear him.
 <. # * 1 Don't be surprised if the man whC shines your shoes makes casual refer ence to his car. The noticeable people nowadays are those who don't possess ears.
 Uncle San. continues to paw for tele grams sent by members of Congress even though some of those telegram
 may be msent messages to keep tn ,ongressme political fences in repair
 * * <
 While Viscount Grey is total abstain
 CT, that doesn't alter the diplomatic situ
 alton in Washington. where all foreigl . embassies and consulates may remain a
 wet as they like. It's lucky thing all legislative bodie have "hoppers" Otherwise, they woul
 of bills.
 , Are we to assume that an invitatio from Japan to China to confer on tn Shan;lng situation is like an ,nvitatio
 from the White House? # !: x A former seamstress left s400,0oo t
 found a home for indigent seamstressel Those who work for modiste must re fire with considerable fortunes. * * #
 After he has seen Paris, can you blam Ia discharged doughboy if he turns U
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
THE WAY TT GOES.

Didn't you tell me Jibway was go- ing to make an important change in his manner of living?'
 "Yes. Jibway has been promoted to a s1o,ooo a year job and now he can sleep an hour later every morning"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
OUTSIDE HELP.

Personally, l don't believe grocers ever put sand in their sugar."
 ".They don't have to around here," an- swered old MT. Putterby. What with autymobiles an one thing an another zippin' through Chiggersville from sum up to dark, all groceryman's got to do is to leave the cover off his sugar bar rel an let it accumulate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
A BIT cRUsTY.

"An old gentleman in one of the city parks got so tired of seeing a young couple spooning that he got up and act ually swore."
 "Atrocious conduct. Didn't he stop to think that he probably behaved the same way when he was young?'
 "Oh, yes. That's what made him so mad. He said he hated to be reminded that he was once blankety- -blanked fool himself.' PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27

BEGINNING THE DAY-Thou art the secret but mighty impulse with fin my soul. Thou art the constaDt- ly burning light upon my way. Thou art the undimTned desire that for sakes me not. Thou are the abiding power enabling me to pursue my course. And at the end Thou shalt be my reward. Amen.--H. M. F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
SuCH IS LIFE.

OUOII ID I1Il lI' He wished to get away from care And seek a rural scene, So with a sad, yet hopeful heart, He cranked up his machine, But ere he'd gone two miles abroad, Ran out of gasoline.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
A MYSTERY SOLVED

From the Boston Transcript.
 Her eyes were red and she explained that she had been to wedding. oI always cry more at a wedding than do at funeral-it's so much more un. certain"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
MeA.oes ol she Associated Pres.

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 me Associated Press is exclusively entllled to lhe use TOT pupiieauoh oI all news dispatches creuIted to IL oi not oLherwIss ealted m this p&pei and also the local news pupAAsneN herein.
 All rights Of republication of several dispatches herein are also reserved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
auDsDnltl41ON nlA1h Us

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27

It was glorious day. The air was like new wine. I never say the grounds look so well. There was an air of prosperity about the college which was both new and refreshing. The auditorium for the first time appealed to me as being bright
 and cheerful. The golden rods and other yellow flowers to follow out the color picture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27

was in tune for the playing of Pro- lessor De Launy, and for the singing of his charming wife. I have never spoken to Mrs. De Launey, but she looks French from the crown of her head to the sole of her feet, and her husband is a perfect 1 Parisian. They will not only put How
 ard forward in musical way, but will
 give a bit of colorful foreign life to the 1 faculty and student body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27

Dr. c. C. Daniels, the president of the Birmingham Southern, who has a big hearty way of expressing himself, ham dled Christian Education in manner to show that while he is in the work heart, soul and body, his mind is func- tioning in a way to make his influence felt both in and outside of Methodist circles His fervor and rapid-fire speech the audience which gave him the closest attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27

I went out early in order to get to watch the student body, and as l saw classes turned out and happy-hearted youths and maidens flock on the campus it made tender memories of my college days spring up before me; and as the boys and girls grouped themselves on the campus or strolled together, l turned to an old friend and said. Why didn't they have sense enough to have co-edu- cational institutions when we were going through collegeH'
, 1919-10-23

WEATHER REPORT.
San Juan, Bar. 1904. Their. rs, Sc. Vel
8, cloudy.
St. Thomas. Bar. 3O.02, Their. Is, E.
Vel. 4, partly cloudy.
St. Kits, Bar. 5000, Their. IS, E.
Vel. 8, clear.
Domin ca, Bar. 1898, Their. "a, N. E.
Vel. 4, partly cloudy
St. lucia. Bar. 1894 Their. "a, E. Vel.
Il. cloudy.
Barbados, Bar. 29.98, Their. 76, E.
Vel. 6, partly cloudy.
Port Of Spain, Bar. 70. 90, Their. IA, S. S.
E. Vel. z, partly cloudy.
St, C.oix, Bar. 30.10, Their. IS, b.
partly coudy.
nalnfall for past "a hours, O..
, 1919-10-23
ILLEGRAMS
ST. GROIN STANTON.

London, Oct. 18th.-It is announced
that the speaker Of the House will be
chairman Of the Federal D%evoiution Com
mission, whose personnel will consist Of
sixteen members of the Commons. The
commission will consider and report up
on a scheme of legislative administration
devolutiou within the United Kingdom,
have r gard, firstly, to the need of
preserving to the Imperial Parliament
, 1919-10-23

~ ACNA AAtbAA NAA40 0OOJSSI0 III SA4IS LA4S
United Kingdom as a whole. 1t will also
consider and rel Ort upon the ALLEGATION
OF financial powers as between the Impe-
rial Parliament and the sUbordir ate leg
~islative, special consideration be ng Civ
en- to the need O. providing for the effec-
tive consideration OF the ALLEGATION pow
erS. The special reeds anQ characteristics
OF the compOnen portions Of the United
klr gdOm in which ne Subordinate leg
lslatures are to )e establis ned are to be
considered. 1t i, expected that he COM
mission will star its work at an early
date,
London. Oct. l8th.-Mr. Mccurdy, M.
?. of the Food Ministry, states hat six
teen hundred pr offering tribunals are
already working. Since the Projecting
Act was PASSED the Food Ministry has in
stlJuted 1850 p osecutions and inflicted
fines t9talling f3j, 900.
Washington, { CT. 18tn.-Great Britain
IS making more | eadWay t.tan any nation
IN promoting aVie ton, ASST 5tantS Secretary
OF War CroWell yesterday told he Sen
ate Military Coz lmittee, in supporting
the new bill for the establishment of a
special departing Mt of a~er)nautics. Mr..
CroWell was a member o1 the special
aviation commits sion .repi eSenting this
country, which recently Visited Europe
and this was his list appearance before
a Congressional Committee since his le-
turn. In urging the crea ION OF a sepa-
rate department, when he classes as a
'~tactIcal necessity, Mr.. CroWell said
the Unl-ed ST. ties was allowing aVia-
ton to die now the war was over en-
couragement Of commercial aviation was
urged by the WItIe5S.
London, Get. 1SJh.-Ihe formation ~ d
Canadian associa Jlon of British manutac-
turers in the Dominion, uhich was re-
Gently announced, is only one step in
the Empire move nent for The extension
OF the British e. port trace. An Aus
tralian ass oclatiol has already been or
gained, followed by ole in New Zea-
land. linen came Canada, but the move
nent will not erd there. At present
another association on the same ines is
being formed in South AFRICA anG even
tually the Strait Settlement s, India, West
Indies and other parts o. t! e Empire vii
be provided with similar DO lies, forming
a belt Of British around the
enLlre world.
Wellington, NJ, Oct. 18th The House
OF Representatives passed the bill where
by New Zealand accepts q mancate for
Samoa.
Washington, Oct. 18th.-The fall OF
Petrograd and the occupancy OF both that
city and the fortr IS OF KrCnstadt by the
anti-Bolshevik TO ces, has heen reported
, 1919-10-23

Uhml The new Judge is kind Of
"krasborstig." Yesterday he awarded
prizes 70 81 1.-TWO nd-thirty) gamblers
of from $3.50 To $500 each. We hope
he will be able to stamp out this e il
which is about spelling all young men in
this place. West End NeaOS, Oct. 22nd.
Our popular leader of The Naval Band,
Mr.. Eric Nielsen, left for a few weeks
stay in ST. Thomas on the Vixen" which
called nere at 6 a. NJ. from st. Thomas,
and also landed the Despatching Secre-
tary, Lieut.. O'Hagan. First Musician
Paulus, from Christiansted will be in
charge IT the F~rederksted Band and LIST.
Musician Forbes Of the Christiansted
Band. ibid.
, 1919-10-23

requesting Congress to place 81, 600, 600,
900 at the disposal of the War Finance
Corporation for purchasing foreign Sc
curities against debentures to be issued,
which would lengthen credits and sta
bilize rates o. exchange, were pass
ed unanimously today by the gener-
al committee of the world cotton con
ference. The proposal originated from
American members of the financial
group. The General Committee is COM
posed ot a representative OF each of the
eleven groups into which the conference is
divided. Its recommendation must come
before the convention British members
of the financial group did not vote on
the recommendation as 1t was a matter
il which the Congress of the United
Stats was involved, but they heartily en-
dOrSe the plan.
ondon, Oct. 18TH (Reuters): The
Times correspondent at WELLINGTON. New
Zealand, says that Admiral J%ellicoe's re-
port has been tabled in the House Of Re
representatives.. After quoting the Ad-
miralty memorandum TO the conference
in 1909, f%avouring a single navy, the re-
port says this ideal is not obtainable and
adds: experience has shown a%bundantlv
that responsibilities in regard to naval
defence are tar more cheerfully recOg-
niZed and sh0uldered if the result of the
effort is apparent to those making it. in
other words if the shiy provided are self
made by the people paying for them and
are manned by their own kith and kin"
The general principle of the proposal is
that New Zealand should corporate in the
naval defence OF the empire and assist
Great Britain financially by paying for
and maintaining a certain proportion
of the far eastern fleet and all vessels re-
quircd tor harbour defence OF New Tea
land and also providing such proportions
Of the personnel as practicable. The
ships thus maintained would be in al es-
s|entials a portion OF the navy under the
suggested title Of the New Zealand dIvi-
sion OF the Royal Navy. The waters
from the Indian Ocean TO Canada are one.
and all parts Of the empire situated there
in are equally interested in the sucurity
of sea communications therefore the de-
renee of them ought to be i trusted 20
one fleet composed of units from thsse
countries. A high flag officer stationed
at Singapore should direct the fleet.
For It's maintenance Great Britain should
contribute seventy-five per cent, Austria
liza twenty per cent and New Zealand five
per cent. New Z4aIand sings should
comprise three ljgnC cruisers. SIX sub
marines and a parent ship. The actual
cost of maintenance and depreciation is
estimated at f94, 600.