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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Rendiustment nifficult

The reconstruction period through which we are now passing in company with other nations is far more dis turbing than was the war itself" said Henry C. Clews, of New York. Climb ing up to new levels and adapting ourselves to new standards are usually processes of a painful character, and we are necessarily accompanied with much inconvenience and friction. This has always been so.
 The movement is both economic and psychological; economic because the in dustrial problem is largely one of sup ply and demand; and psychological for the reason that the public mind after five terrible years of sorrow and suf- fering is irritable and very unreasona- ble. Under such conditions it is per fectly natural for human nature to re act into all sorts of extremes, and these must be accepted with forbear- ance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
HARDING,S VIEW OF REVENUE. BILL

N OV W. P. G. HARDING of the federal NJ done his native state kindness pointing probably the most objectionable feature that has been urged against the bill before the conference gomery.
 In todays Age-Herald Governor Harding formal statement the subject the b drawn will add to the cost of living Alabama will decrease production either of which conditions should be carefully avoided
 Unless other states adopt similar taxes Alabama products will into the markets with handicap which they will be unable to
 Governor Harding shows that the revenue laws have proven that when manufactures their the tax IS passed to ever-increasng volume and hls very fact has much to do with high prices If Ala oaa puts special tax coal for instance the tax will prob ably be passed to the Alabama If the tax mi on coal gong outside the stae Alabama coal cannot the outside price, Alabama will lose the order The result will be felt directly by the miner coal will not be brouob out of the ground if it sod Decrease in nroduc is inevitable.
 1t IS sincerely hoped that the legislators at Monpomer u; read carefully Governor Hardngs words They come from olstlngshed citizen of Alabama man who was horn and reared here and who will interest in the welfare h home state. - ~ VI HIS
 furthermore, he speaks financial subjects as ono 4 IL greatest authorities in America N w
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
HOOKING BACKWARD"

l and does it so clearly, so interestingly, so entertainingly, that you read it as raptly as child would listen to re- cital on it's grandmothers knee, and there is no phase of the period in which
 he lived and movc~, and with which he comingled that he does not touch with all the skill of the artist that he is and
 paint with all the colors that our im- asination can conjure up to enliven and set. off the characters about which he tells us.
 Colonel Watterson is adding something to American history and American let ters. He is giving us a criticism of the
 worlds best music and art and poetry and song and stagecraft-and at the same time he is giving a peep into po-
 litical history that carries with it the
 human interest of our own day, and lets
 us look upon the real characters of the real>m and women who made that his- tory, and tells something of the manner
 in which it was recorded.
 What more could a live, red -blooded American want, than to wander with
 wonderful guide through the worlds art galleries, and read something here and there of the worlds best literature. To converse now and then with the worlds brightest men and women, and now and then-inhale mentally if we can not taste actually, some Of the worlds rarest vim tages-and then sit in poker game with some of the oldest geniuses of the game of the kind who wear out their waist
 bands holding them close up?"
 That's what "Marse Henry. does for you in his Looking Backward" That's the kind of entertainment he gives you, and it has a melody that no music has: a humor that no single mind could pos sess and a touch of humanity as broad
 as the tidal wace's measureless mo- ton"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
OnnOSifion DeYeIOped

Although there is much opposition to the proposed Pettus county" said W. D. Taylor, Jr., of Bessemer, the people of the marvel city have not given up hope of securing it at this time. For some time we thought there would be little. if any, opposition, but it seems to have grown during the past two weeks. If the bill goes through Bessemer will more than double it's population in the next ten years The new county Twill be a great advantage to Bessemer, and in my opinion Birmingham will be benefited as well. for it will be many years before that city could reach down to Besse- mer, and besides Birmingham seems to have its hands full now with Ensley East Lake, Avondale, Woodlawn and the other suburbs taken in"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26

such matters between the two govern- ments are now handled. Some of Car ranza's ragamuffins encountered the Americans and mutual glances of sus- picion were exchanged, but nothing more serious happened.
 After carrying on a search which began last Tuesday and was ended yesterday, the Americans were or dered to withdraw, leaving the situa- tion much as it were before, although the more or less friendly relations te- tween Carranza and the American government may have been subjected to slight additional strain. 1t is true that five "bandits" were reported killed and six suspects arrested by the Americans, while Mexican troops cap tured nine. These may or may not have been guilty of any offenses against American soldiers or civilians. Looking for bandit in northern Mex ico is like the proverbial search for needle in hay stack. At any rate, it is pretty we'll established that the bandit leader whose person was most desired escaped capture.
 Now that they are back on home soil American troops who took part in the so-called punitive expedition, as well as the considerable body of soldiers we now have scattered along the Mex ican border might as well settle down to wait for the next outrage" They will not have long to wait.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
From the Augusta Chronicle.

| From the Augusta Chronicle.
 N RE you reading the story of 1 A\ "Marse Henry' watterson in the
 c S Saturday Evening Post-'Look-
 ing Backward?
 | If you are not you are missing the best thing in current literature-for, be | assured that no greater master of Eng l fish has ever written. than this veteran
 of the editorial sanctum. No man is more familiar with American history Of the past six decades than he. No man has
 a greater charm of story telling than he.
 It doesn't matter whether you may be
 walking down side street in the slums with him, and meet the king of tramps
 in rags and tatters, or whether you visit
 parliaments and palaces and hobnob with
 presidents, princes and potentates, there
 is the same delft touch. the same human
 interest, the same master painter of the scene, who takes you there.
 l It doesn't matter if you sit among sa-
 Ions where maps of the world are made 1 and unmade. or in an old-fashioned l American poker game, the story is | touched with the same hand or the mas ! ter
 | If you meet in the story such grave
 and serious men as Grover Cleveland. or 1 the rolicking Tom Ochiltree, you reoog-
 nize the type and you see the man as no
 painter could describe him on canvass, 1 or as you could not know him unless YOU had been both his intimate and keen student of human nature, and had !, the vision that goes beyond the outward 1 appearance, and permits you to see the
 man as he is inside.
 "Marse Henry takes you by the hand l and leads YOU half around the world and back He takes you through the great art galleries; causes you to listen to the worlds greatest musicians of his period
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
Entire New Sf0pk

We expect to clean out. the debris causedgby the recent fire in our Third avenue store and be able to open up with an entire new stock of goods in five or six weeks" said M G. Heins, of the Acme White Lead company. AL though our place wasn't burned out. the stocks of paints, varnishes and other material are so badly scorched and smoked that it is unfit for use and we will have to clear this off our shelves and get in an entire new stock
 We have already opened negotia- tons for full supply of goods with the manufacturers and hope to again be back in business in a month or six weeks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

The anxiety of a lot of men to get rich quickly is what enables a few men to get rich quickly. Every man knows of a good use to which some other man could put his | money.
 One reason why we have so many divorces is because people do not tell enough truth before marriage and tell | too much after marriage.
 And what has become of the old fashioned man who used to make him. self sick drinking to the health of others?
 What doth it profit.a man to be able to speak seven different languages when he can't think of anything to say?
 This suff movement will have to be checked. Even the hens are trying to grow combs and crow instead of try ing to lay eggs,
 N6desty is expected in a girl. Even when she loves man for his money she should be too modest to mention it. One woman would just as soon pay another woman'f car fare as one man would pay another mans grocery bill.
 Any married man who has tried to manage one wife can tell you that Sol omon had about as much wisdom as tumble bug.
 Some of these days we will have paper dishes and concrete furniture and a woman can do her housekeeping by throwing the dirty dishes into the garbage can and turning the hose on the dining room.
 It is well to remember that the board of health and the doctor can't prolong your life unless you help them a lit- tle
 winning baseball team can be- come popular quicker than anything else, and losing team can become un- popular quicker than anything else.
 After a woman has been married 10 years, it is easier for her to lose her color than it is for her to blush.
 If the H. c. of l.. keeps aviating the wedding presents of the future will be canned goods instead of cut glass
 When father goes around the house in pair of old pants with no but tons on them, mother indignates and wonders what the neighbors will think And father gets mad and tells mother that if she worried about him as much as she does about the neighbors he would have buttons on his pants
 There are a whole lot more girls in the world who can't sing than there are girls who won't sing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
TWENTY YEARS AGO
 IN THE AGE-HERALD
Events recorded August 26, 1899

A bloody race war is scheduled to be- gin this morning between whites and negroes near Darien, Ga, where body of blacks have armed themselves and taken refuge in a swamp. Citizens, aided by militia, will make an attempt to dis,odge them.
 The war cloud hangs darkly over the Transvaal. The British government has issued blue book containing further cor respondence between the British gov ernment and the Boers.
 The permanent organization of the Bir- mingham Press club was affected yes- terday at an adjourned meeting held at State Fair headquarters. Officers were elected as follows: Richard F. Johnston of the News, president; John A. Sparrow of the Ledger, vice president; M. Ben Mayer of The Age Herald, secretary; H. w. Laird of the News treasurer; Harry J. Burney, J. H. F. Moseley and J. R. Hornady, directors.
 %President Mckinley will be invited to open the Alabama State Fair in Birmng- ham November [, by pressing button in the executive office of the White House.
 The board of revenue had lively ses- sion yesterday The Tennessee and Sloss companies had the tax valuation Of their property raised round million each. The Consolidated Electric company was raised $20000o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
EniOyed AufnmnhfIe Trin

We had splendid automobile trip to New York, Atlantic City and other east ern cities said Attorney Roderick Bed dow, but we were all glad to get back to Birmingham. My father, c. P Bed dow. Judge William E. Fort. my brotber and myself made the trip and we were away for six weeks. After being all around I think Birmingham compares favorabiy with any of the northern cities. and I am quite satisfied to remain here In fact, it never looked as good to me in my life as it did the day We rode :r;. after having had such good vacation, and l think we will all be ready to get back to work when court convenes next month"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26

graph The worlds greatest heart has burst it's
 chain And music comes to birth Rivers of healing flow again. And whisper peace on earth. Through streets where mourners bow
 in prayer The healing splendor rolls. The faces in the darkness there Are like immortal souls.
 From earth. till heaven and earth
 accord;
 From time, till time shall cease; Praise to the everlasting Lord; Praise to the Prince of Peace If thou forget what wine they shed, Thy sons on land and sea, Mother of all our hallowed dead Shall peace return to thee? Look on the fields they left so fair, / The hills their passion crowned They built a nations altar there. And there thy peace is found.
 They have not laid aside the
 sword.
 Their warfare shall not cease; They serve an everlasting Lord.
 They serve the Prince of Peace.
 III Rise on our darkness, healing Sun, Shine on our storm beat coasts, Till all the nations move as one With these thy starry hosts; Till as thy worlds from chaos draw, The broadening ages find, Bound in the music of thy law Thy kingdom of mankind.
 From earth. till earth and heavso
 accord;
 From time, till time shall
 cease;
 Praise to the everlasting Lord:
 Praise to the Prince of Peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
Another Farcical
 Invasion of Mexico

1N HE latest invasion" of Mexico
 q by United States troops was the usual serio-comic affair. Although venial newsboys shouted "War De- clared on Mexico!" and the headline writers exerted themselves to con- vince the reading public that another crisis had arrived, it was hard to cre- ate any excitement.
 A few American soldiers, guided by the two aviators whose ransom had been demanded and paid-in part-set out on a "hot trail" which soon grew cold. This was also according to precedent. The Mexican government sent it's usual protest to Washington which was quietly pigeon-holed, as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
Publishers From Latin
 America Coming

TNHE publishers of twenty-five J newspapers in Central and South America, who will visit the United States in the fall as guests of the Mississippi Valley association, are scheduled to arrive by steamship at New Orleans and proceed direct to Chicago.
 After spending week in the lake metropolis they will start on an itinerary which will include St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, St. Louis, Kan sas City and Cincinnati.
 The newspaper men should, and doubtless will, receive an invitation to visit Birmingham, and it is safe to assume that if sufficiently urged they will accept.
 The commercial relations between this country and the republics south of us are becoming every year closer and more promising of results mutual ly profitable.
 The Latin-American union has done a great deal within the past ten years to promote trade with South America, This new export field can be developed on a large scale and as an outlet for our industrial products Latin-America is singularly attractive.
 Many progressive manufacturers of this country have visited Brazil, Ar gentina and other flourishing Latin states, and plans for an extensive trade are already being worked out.
 The publishers coming as the guests of the Mississippi Valley association will be the first party of newspaper men from Latin-America to gain in- dustrial and mercantile information at close range That the visitors will be received with characteristic hospitali- ty goes without saying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
LOOKING AHEAD.

"The motorman of this car has a far away look in his eyes"
 Don't give yourself any uneasiness on that account,4 replied the sarcastic patronF'"He and his associates have just issued another ultimatum to the trac- tion company, demanding shorter hours and more pay Instead of seeing trucks and motor cars, little children playing on the tracks and other sights that go to make up motormans life, he may have his eyes fixed on the millennioum"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
SIGNIFICANT.
EASY DECEPTION.

These Chinese songs seem to be quite popular
 "So they are," replied the denizen of Tin Pan Alley" I've written half a dozen or more"
 But you don't speak Chinese, do your"
 Certainly not I simply got a map of China and used all the names of towns, cities and provinces I could find, occas- jonally throwing in word like chop suey to make it sound more realistic. The average vaudeville audience doesn't know the difference"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
Motion Picture Censors
 Not Needed in Alabama

7HHE proposed motion picture cen U sorship for Alabama is a typi- cal piece of "hot weather legislation" In justice to Representative Lynne of Morgan county, who introduced the bill for this purpose in the house of representatives it should be said that he disclaims any responsibility for it, stating that it was prepared by com mittee of women and introduced by him at their request.
 If this measure became law it would practically destroy the motion picture business in Alabama. It is so drastic that little or nothing could be shown on the screen that would interest the average patron of a mo- tion picture theatre. This bill would furthermore add approximately $15,- GOO year to the states expenses for the maintenance of board of censors, who would draw salaries out of all proportion to the importance of the work they would do in conserving the precious morals of Alabama's men, women and children.
 There is no need for state cen-
 X 1o1 rIl al in America. The antics of local cen sors in various parts of the country where they have been tried have mere 1y provoked laughter and ridicule, par ticularly when these duties are under taken by "short- t-haired women" and "long-haired men," Public sentiment is sufficiently strong to keep the mo- tion picture magnates from debauch ing their patrons, even if they should ever attempt to do anything of the sort. There are ordinances in all cities which make it possible to ban film that IS unfit for the pubic to see and there is besides national board of : -censors, who pass on pictures shown throughout the country.
 The whole plan and conception of the censorship bill is preposterous, in- volving red tape, unnecessary ex- pense, vexatious delays for persons desiring to present pictures in the state, sinecure for busybodies and what is more offensive than all, it is another attempt at legislative intoler- ance, of which the American peo- pie in general and the people of Ala bama in particular, have had their fill.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
At Home Here

I stopped on my way home from At lanta, where I went to attend a cons ference" said Reese Barnett, of New Orleans q always feel very much at home in Birmingham, as I lived here a While and have three brothers who have made 1t their home for nearly 20 years. I speak of s. T., F. w. and Paul. While l think the Crescent City is the greatest town in the south, I am re- joiced to find the very great progress make"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
HIGHnRows SURE ENOUGH

Frcm the New York Herald
 Those Boston shoe makers discovered by the Suffolk county grand jury to have been making s12o week must be glaG that their fathers did not have the money to send them to Harvard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
Folk Lore Studv

T am just leaving for New York, where I go to take up comparative study of folk lore, having made a spe- cialty of it during the past five years. said Roswell B. West T expect to do the greater part of my research work at Columbia University, having already gathered a lot of valuable material, which hope to be able to classify and organize. I will be away at least a year."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
Campaign That Needs
 Immediate Speeding Up

A s was seen from a statement in R yesterdays Age-Herald, the Jefferson County Anti Tuberculosis association campaign is making slow progress. This should not be so.
 The sanitorium on Red Mountain is an institution of inestimable value. But because of limited funds it's work is limited accordingly.
 The association is able to care for less than thirty free patients. The city gives not cent toward the main tenance of the sanitorium and the county gives very little. The income
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
THE WRONG DOOR

l'ron. the American Legion Weekly,
 Please, mum, began the aged he, 3 kitchen door on wasnday, i've loss my leg -"
 We'll, ain't got it," snapped lna woman, slamming the door.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
MOVING IN GOOD SOCIETY From inc Washington Post.
A moonshine still was raided i,

A moonshine still was raided in the basement of Birmins,aam's new post office building. Apparently moonshia- irg tln eatens to become society ln- aIstry oyer in .he h.l cities of Ala hana and Tenness-e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
* # <
-Otheilo.

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord, do I scrub today! l am part of Thy great cleansing processes. l am one with the rivers and the rain. Do l dige I am helping Time. l am re- shaping the earth along with Thee. | am anticipating earthquakes. l am a little cataclysm. Do l SOW and reap. I am keeping company with the sun. I am comra6c to the sea- sons.-H. NJ. k.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
INTERRUPTED

From the Indianapo4is News.
 About the time t,.e consumer make ss Il 9 his mind that he's going to do some. thing about the high cost of living it's meaitime again
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
ENUMERATED.

Would you call a xylophone musical instrument"
 Why, yess replied MT. Dubwate, Eff happened to be addressing an unfortun- ate creature who makes living by play ing one of the things. I have no desire to hurt anyhody's feelings unnecessar-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
ONLY ONE THING TO MAR TT

Fc m Punch, London.
 It was very unfortunate that the peacs Gay procession splendidiy organ ised by the inhabitants of a well known Hampshire town should have been mar,ed ty one un'ucKT mlstaKe' It az hears that the prize TOT the most origi- nal cos tune was awarded to a non-coni- n,.i,.r wearing standard suit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
ENLIGHTENED AT LAST

From the Washington Star
 Several of the gentlemen who went to Paris had to come home to learn
 the news.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
No CHANGE TO BREAk THE ICE

From the New York Morning Tele-
 graph.
 Canadians were able to break through the hedge of formality and reach the human side of the Prince of Wales by gathering around the punch bowl Like festivities here are being planned with n,alted milk as the feature The affair will be formal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
WHY PROHIBITION WON.

WHY PROHIBITION WON. Heres how" he said. The smile he
 wore Was affable and gay; l "In take but one, I've work to do. I must be on my way" "Heresh how'-two hours had elapsed Barkeep-hic-just one morel" The glass fell from his nervless clasp, He crumpled to the floor.
 SIGNIFICANT. T see young Dubson out boating with Miss Teacher quite often" Yes, but I don't suppose it's real love affair.""
 Why not?"
 T notice he sticks to the middle of the stream"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-26
A DILEMMA.

Ut certainly is exasperating," remarked MT. Jagsby.
 What's the trouble?" "A man takes his life in his hands now adays when he drinks whisky offered him by strangers.
 That's a fact"
 Still, if I insist on a bootlegger talk ing drink out of a quart before pay him for it, to prove that it isn't poison, and the stuff's all right, I'm out a drink. If he dies I've got a dead bootlegger on my hands, and no way to explain how he got there''