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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
Cooperation the Watchword

EVER before the history of America did this country
greater need of spirit of Cancellation and
promise should be people, striving for OBJ
ect divided into powerful warning
other.
temper of the times in America just we'll cause
all citizens who have the future welfare of
country heart who wish to continue to be the
greatest democracy where every matter how
humble may hope himself the topmost round of
by energy and application.
tendency fly at anohers Threats has perhaps
emphasized by the terrible catastrophe through which the
recently passed and which has been reflected in
in widespread unrest general reaching out for the
unattanabe and desire to achieve Utopia overnight
We should the tremendous work of reconstruction
strongly united America just had during the with
every shoulder to the Wheel with and
this nation of than 100000000 people mbued
determination to worthy of citizenship America
continues spite what the foreign agators
opportunity where thrift and industry bring ample
turns easy and reward is for all who
will work.
should the sad spectacle of capital and labor
glowerng other while the public strives to keep them
sembance of friendly terms We should not encourage
anarchy and make the task of the agtator
easy.
whole country needs the getogether spirit the spirit
of work and hepulness Quarelng ourselves
will never get anywhere sufficiently prolonged it may
plunge into revolution whose outcome
predict.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
Economy and High
Cost of Living

Mn HE government has been making
u an earnest effort to bring down
the high cost of living. The problem
has been more difficult than at first
seemed thinkable. Some progress has
been made in a general way, but as
the average consumer sees it and feels
1t, the high cost is still with us.
Householders are learning that
many commodities can be dispensed
with, and many necessities can be re-
duced in quantity.
In clothes, for both women and men,
consumers can get along with less.
In short, economy will go long way
toward bringing down the high cost
of living.
Some financiers and scientific eco
nomists have predicted that we would
never see low wages or low prices fol-
the necessaries of life again.
AS to wages, it will be well if the
workman receives in the future COM
lpensation that will enable him to live
well and enjoy the good things of life
But looking ahead five years we will
find little complaint about exorbitan1
cost of this or that. We are now go
ing through a period of reconstruc-
ton. Conditions will become norma
again, and probably in less time thar
most people imagine.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
LUKE M'LUI<E SAYS

Women may know their own bust
ness. But why does pretty girl wear
a veil that makes her look like Shs
had some skin disease?
1t is easy enough TO get husband.
But it isn't SO blame easy to keep ono
after you get one.
What has become of the old fash
toned housekeeper who developed her
muscle by pounding round steak AMI
grinding coffee?
If a, girl were man she wouldn't
let other girls fool her the way they
fool other men.
The meanest family in the world con-
sists Off three brothers. One tells the
children that there amt no Santa Claus,
the other tells him that the parade
is ali there is to a circus. and the
other tells them that ice cream soda
will upset their stomachs.
When Brown is telling Jones that
Smith talks too blame much Smith rs
busy telling Johnson the same thing
about Brown. -
After all it is a good thing that the
average man has a possy wife. One
rabbit in family IS enough.
An understanding girl cah put her
waist away up under her arms and
make herself look taller. But if a man
is born runty he has to stay runty.
When she is II she wants to be en-
i gagged at least a year before she mar
ries. But when she is 27 one -hour
enga cement is long enough.
A man with a big family and small
salary reminds you of a puppy that
is, chasing his own tail. He is always
on the go and never gets anywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
Fall Flowing and
Next Years Acreage

TN the fall of 1918 the farmers were
u backward in their blowing. 1t
was January before much had been
done.
This fall is ideal for turning over
the ground and preparing it far spring
planting. Moreover present condl-
tions are ripe for winter wheat seed
ling. Alabama is gradually increasing
its wheat production and e-farmers
should strive to raise a larger crop
for next years harvest than ever.
But fall blowing, as every tiller OF
the soil knows, is essential for good
results in the cultivation of cotton,
corn and all the other crops.
Now, while the weather is favor
able, is the time for the plowman -te
"get busy" Cotton acreage in 1926
need not be larger than that of 1919
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
ONLY DOLL IN THE VALLEY

Or hers who gives it back?
Oh, yes, they have other needs,
Those patient waits of the war
Victims of mol !e deeds
in regions rear c. far
Dcne by their gallant sires,
Long sworn al Freedoms fires:
Mi.k?-they've forgot it's look.
Shoes ?-but the clogs are strong
Coal?-ah. there's little to cook,
And the winter nights are long
So when the peasants appear
In search of some common cheer
At the scanty market rally
OF the Val de Ledro drear,
What pleasure for the girls
To be for an hour beguiled
BY the cheeks and the flaxen surls
OF Ottilia's foster child
The only doll in the valley,
Children, rich with the spoil
OF many Christmas gone,
Who know neither hunger nor toll
And reyel in lace and lawn:
Girls of Americai think
IF the debt your country owes
To the little dark daughter of those
Who fought for us and fell
On the frozen mountain brink,
On the hot Venetian plain,
In the no-nesick sound Of the vesper beai
Then loss your childpen.s gain
, From the corner Where you keep
Your GRADED pets asleep.
, Give. fer the friends of Ottilia,
Your favorite sMi,nf' or sally
And if on the ocean it misses
The warmth of your bedtime kisses.
It:will find no lack OF others
From Italy's little mothers.
Give, till from Trent to Stella
There shall be some cheer throuA u
winter drear
For the girls in every valley.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24

Seen Lem higgins lately?" asked
Squire Scodgers.
'sHain't seen Lem in a week or more,''
answered Jerry Cobbles. "Whar's he
gomez
Nobody seems to know, egzactly.
Somebody told Lem thar wuz stranger
snoopin' aroun' LENS farm-seemed to
think thar mought be still som ers
about tn place. Lem said he had bust
mes in turin parts, put on his hat,
hitched up his mule an went down tn
road in a cloud o. dust. He'll be madder'n
a hornet when he finds out TIL Teller
warn't nothin' but a book agent, sellin'
tn life O one o. them gen rals-I dfsre-
member which-that fit in tn big war"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
sPARING A FRIEND.

''Bilfur has invited me over to his
house to take drink of real Scotch
whisky-smoky taste and everything
"Ahl You're lucky. There's precious
little Scotch to be had nowadays When
are you going 9ver?"
TIN not going over
'eWhatr
I'm naturally tender-hearted and
can't bear the look of acute distress that
comes on Bilfours face as he watches
me pour out what I consider q decent
snifter."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
ADRIFrr WITH THE TIMES
OUT OF LUCK.

Poor Gadspurl His hands trembled
when he opened that telegram from his
wife"
THAT showed genuine feeling. He
probably feared she was ill or hurt in
an accident"
mo. 1t was what he suspected, an
urgent request for money coming as the
finishing blow, just after he'd dropped
5000 in a poker game. You know, the
average married man simply can't un-
derstand why his wifVhas to have $50 or
$50 at a time IKE that.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24

divided into five propositions-one
million dollars for the high schools;
one million dollars for new city hall,
and an auditorium 900 each;
two million dollars for grammar
schools and a half million dollars for
the betterment of the fire depart
ment. -
! The sale of the grammar school
bonds will have to wait upon the reve-
nue. for interest payment and sinking
fund. And so, too, will the city hall
and auditorium bonds have to wait.
The old city hall will be turned into
mercantile building, but certain
changes will haye to be made, and
not until the plans are worked out
can the commission make an estl-
mate on what the income from rentals
will be.
| Next to the High schools the public
is interested in the auditorium. Hard
lly a week passes that the need of an
auditorium is not felt. The commits
sion realizes this fact and will lose
no time in starting to work on the
protected building.
The preliminary arrangements vii
lbe speeded up and it is probable thai
the auditorium construction will be
under way in the coming spring.
In the meanwhile, Birmingham may
we'll feel jubilant over the prospects
of an early start on two great hlgf
schools.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
rnauiring About Conditions

People all over the country are
becoming interested in Birmingham,
said Paoli A. Smith, publicity secre-
tary of the Chamber of Commerce.
mot a day passes that we DO not
receive requests for information ABOUT
conditions here and the prospects Tor
profitable investments. Today man
came in and wanted information as
to labor conditions. such as wages
paid in certain classes of skilled work,
housing, whether or not there was any
dissatisfaction among the laboring
people and if employers and employees
get along tremendously. I was able
to give satisfactory answers to all mis-
questions and 1 believe he will invest
large sum of money in Birmingham
before the end of the year. This is
just one of the many inquiries that
have been received this week"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24

(This appeal is sent out by the New
York committee of the italian War Re
lief Fund of America. Mr.. johnson being
president of the committee. Dolls may b.
sent to it's headquarters, 347 Madison
avenue, New York, by parcel post marked
with the name AMI address of the scnde
and the words Doll for Italy The com
mittee also desires contributions Q
money for it's responsible work in tina
country, which is facing winter of grea
distress.)
Up near the sources of Pc,
Where the lakes reflect the snow
Where Italy touches heaven,
There's a little girl of seven.
A cara te,ia figlia,
With the tinkling name of Ottilla:
Hair like the blue-black night.
Ard a brown, pomegranate skin,
And joy, to the sun akin,
That war has failed to blight.
She lives in a little alley
OF stone, near the big casino,
And against her gown of merino,
Sewed up like the good Bamblno,
she carries a rare delight
The only doll in the valleys
What matter the numberiess cracks
In its little noddle of wax,
ii, that one one from its socket
Lies in Ottilia's pocket
That kisses have worn the pain
Till the red of the lips is faint?
For this is the children's saint
And all of the girls in Bezzecca
/ Flock to Ottilias alley
,As the M.oslcms flovk to Mecca.
| And she with a heart of gold
Lends .hen, The doll to hold;
And, of all the wistful eyes.
Which sreak of the greater lack
Hers who begs e the prize,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24

but there should be a substantial in
crease in corn acreage. Alabama
should plant for upwards of one hun
bred million bushels OF corn.
4 \. !.
The ex-Kaser has commissioned Ber-
lin lawyer to bring suit against Ger
man actor who prepared what is known
as the Kaiser Films" charging insult
and the misuse of his portrait. In the
good old days when Prussianism was in
flower Wilhelm would have used more
direct methods and dispensed with an
attorneys fee
With the arrival of the vest-pocket
| typewriter, 1t might be a good idea to
warn the absent minded man not to
carry it in the same vest pocket where
he keeps his small change and his
matches,
* * 81
| According to later dispatches, Colonel
Bryan doesn't exactly abominate grape
juice. He merely contents himself with
considerably less than the huge daily
consumption attributed to him.
/ \: X X
| 1.-THE Flying Parson'' will resume his
study for the ministry. STILL a preacher
with his reputation probably won't have
to content himself with a job paying
only $500 a year
y 3: *
Like a true soldier, General Pershing
is keeping out of the newspapers these
days quite as successfully as he got
into them when he had something of i'm
portance to say.
81 Il *
New York soda water clerks demand
$40 a week and an eight-hour day. It's
worth $40 week Of anybody's money to
be called soda water Jerker"
X * y
One may pick up all kinds of adver-
Using literature along automobile
Row." but never a booklet setting forth
the advantages of walking
y. y y
Won Ludendorff shows in his memoirs
how well a petty spirit of Jealousy
|; among the German war lords fought or
; the side of the allies.
y y *
The old-fashoned man who swre he't
never drink water because he val afrait
there would be tadpoles in 1t, has bowed
to the inevitable.
* * *
A contemporary points out that the ic'
! ed to- For that matter, neither could tn,
, baseball umpires
Admiral Grayson is bearing up as wei
as could be expected under President Viii
sons determination to transact littl
, public business.
ri Two circuseS are on the way, and small
boys OF Birmingham defy even a schoo
teacher to take all the joy out of life
At any rate, the longshoremen can
3 complain that their work undermine
/. their health and gives them headaches.
! y y &
Every time he is mentioned for tn
presidency. Champ Clark acts like a ma
: who is 60 years young.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
4 REMOTE POSSIBILITY.

It's no pleasant thought to harbor,
But ii tarries with me still;
NOW that strikes are quite the fashion,
Who will have to pay the bill?
Just deliberate a moment
And I'm sure that you'll agree
It's the ultimate consumer,
Which, of course, means you and me.
We, the poor down-trodden public
Who, forsooth, have suffered long,
With no helping hand extended,
Though we're victims of a wrong.
We are asked to grin and bear it,
Our protests the factions spurn
Maybe when they least expect it,
Some fine day the worm will turn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
An ImpoIite Habit

"A thing which have noticed in Biz
mingham, and one which l have been I'M
able to understand, is the fact that a
large majority of the people attending
performance at the local theatres Will IN
variably get up and leave during the last
act or before the curtain falls at the
finale" said NJ. c. Ray. This is seldom
seen in other cities, and just recently
I had a friend appearing in this city
and he spoke of it and declared that prac-
tically every person on the stage mad
heard of this habit of some of the BIZ
mingham people He stated that II
wasn't fair to the actors who were put
ting forth their best efforts to entertain
and thought the people should be more
considerate and remain seated until the
act was over
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
FRUGALUY
BY oliver Goldsmith.

BY OI1Ver lTOIuSH1ltH.
F'rugality has ever been esteemed
virtue as well among pagans as Chris-
tiAns: there have been even heroes
who practiced it, However. we must
acknowledge that it is too modest a
virtue, or, if you will, too obscure a
one to be essential to heroism; few
heroes have been able to attain to such
height. Frugality agrees much bet
ter with politics; it seems to be the
base, the support and. in word. the
inseparable companion of just admin
istration.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
WHITE SHIRTS AND BLUE

adopting style of dress which has, his
torically, won sympathy, they may re-
cent collars and the white shirts are
habilitate themselves. When the 3o-
cent collars and the white shirts are
worn by none but Wage-earners and
profteering proprietors; when the bank
clerks, the educators, the statesmen in
shops, the office holding class, salaried
folk generally, shall have been forced
into the blue shirt because it is more
economical, not only in cost price, but
also in maintenance, perhaps wave OF
sympathy for the wearers OF the blue
shirt will sweep through the land. Pos
sibly it will be said, upon the political
stump and elsewhere, that the honest
college professor in his blue shirt andT
overalls, with his dinner pail upon his
arm; the honest physician in whols-l
some blue; the surgeon with his blue
shirt sleeves rolled up; the governor
with the bright blue patches upon the
faded blue elbows of his proclaiming
garment, ought to have Giving salaries"
and ought to be encouraged to aspire to
the possession of at least enough billed
shirts for Sunday wear.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24

He'll be a Streetcar mOtOrman.
He will have to be a wage Garner or
one kind or another, if he is to dress
as a gentleman should wish to dress, and
eat as a man feels an urge to eat.
Representative Siegel of New York
tells the Feredal Trade Commission that
collars will be So cents each next month
and afterward, perhaps ever afterward,
unless they are raised to half a dollar
Representative Blanton of Texas tells
his colleagues that the salary of the
Governor of Texas is 1888 month.
while that of a freight engineer is
1925
The Governor of Texas has the mis-
fortune to draw a salary. The engineers
work for wages. Mr.. Webster-the late
Mr.. Webster-says wages" mean sal
ary." The times have changed. If the
Governor of Texas were a wage-earner
he would demand living wages" As
he isn't he must govern state larger
than the late German empire and live
in an echoing mansion as best he can
/ upon less tHetil many q W"SS-SshA fASA -
paid. A salary is something accepted
! by a bread-winner if he wishes to retain
i the position. 'Wages" means pay de-
manded by the holder of Job at
satisfactory wages There's a deal of
difference.
The blue shirt was once upon a time
the familiar garb of the wage-earne
the white shirt the conventional gar
ment of the officeholder and the salaried
man in industrial life. The time is COM
! ing, and presently will have arrived
when the salaried classes, including the
governors, will have to wear blue shirts.
or none. Any white shirt sold with the
equivalent of the shoe guarantee, war
! ranted not to rip, tear or run down at
the heel" is, nowadays, a luxury about
which governor, a college professor,
a professional man, a clerk, must think
I4wice before buying. Both times he
thinks that when the present supply
comes to an end he will be embarrassed,
financially and otherwise.
Inasmuch as the billed" shirt is
getting out of the reach Of the classes
which once affected it's distinctive ele-
gance, it may be well for those classes
to consider the possibility that by
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
Historical Data Compiled
By Montgomery Advertiser
1.-THE I MONTGOMERY ADvER

THE I MONTGOMERY ADVER-
i Users centennial edition,
celebrating the one hundredth ami
versary of Alabama's entrance into
the union, is one of the most notable
editions ever issued by any newspa-
per. 1t is, of course, business en-
terprise, but has besides unusual his
torical value There is perhaps more
information of an historical nature re-
lating to middle and south Alabama,
and the state as a whole, contained
in this issue than could be acquired
by months of research in a library.
For this reason, the edition is well
worthy of preservation.
The Advertiser is we'll fitted to act
as historian. 1t is only about ten
years younger than Alabama. 1t thus
dates back almost to the time when
section of the country, but was des-
tined soon to be conquered by Andrew
jackson and forced to sign a treaty
releasing this territory to the white
man. AS the Advertiser recalls, the
memorable event occurred at old Fort
Toulouse, nine miles from Montgom-
cry, where the Creek chiefs were sum-
moned after the great battle OF
Horseshoe Bend, which broke their
power forever.
Compared to the older cities of the
middle and southern parts of Ala
bama, Birmingham is like an in
FAINT still in swaddling clothes, yet
that is no reason why the people OF
Birmingham and north Alabama
should not take deep interest in al
that pertains to the history of the
state and join heartily in celebrating
the hundredth year of it's birth.
Alabamians, as a rule, know far toe
little about the past history of then
state. 1t would more than repay
them to become better informed, to
learn something of the romance Of
early days in Alabama and to derive
inspiration from the noble men ant
women of a past era who helped tc
make the state what it is today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
TWENTY YEARS AGO
IN THE AGE-HERAbD
Events recorded October "a, 1893.

The Beers under Kruger and Jou-
bert. said to be 5000 strong. were re-
ported Sunday to have attacked Glen
coe. General Yule, British commander,
moved his forces back to better posi-
ton. The Beers have also made an as
sauls on Dundee.
Major Cheatham's battalion Of the
Thirty-seventh infantry. three com
panies of the Thirty-first infantry a
battyry of the Fifth artillery and a
Gatlin gun played havoc with Filipino
insurgents around Calamba and An
geles, driving the Filipinos back sew
eral miles and inflicting heavy losses.
only one American was killed. Three
were wounded.
4 dispatch from Havana states that
the Cubans talk of future indeperd-
ence. They believe they will be
granted autonomy by the United
States. A great mass meeting was
held in Havana to celebrate the Thrift
eth anniversary of the beginning of
the movement for freedom.
Bob Taylor. greatest. graneest and
sweetest tongued of all living lectnr-
ers," drew more than 1000 persons to
| the Birmingham auditorium last night.
He delivered his well-known lecture,
Love, Laughter and Song
] There will be battle of speed At
1 the Coliseum tonight. when Jay Eaton
Bobby walthour and Joe Biddle viii
attempt to defeat the hitherto in
vincible Ped Hickman.
| The conference of Alabama regents
Daughters OF the American Revolution
which Mrs. j. Morgan Smith. the state
regent. has called to meet in Birming
ham November Is. will be notable
eveat in society.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
MORE TO COME.

"a delegation of ladies' to see you. your
honor"
What do they want?" asked the
mayor of Toadvine.
They've come to protest against the
'Bon-Ton Burlesquers' billing the town
with posters showing girls in tights
"Umphl" chuckled the mayor. 1.-THE
good ladies haven't seen anything yet.
booked at the opera house week after
next"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
srIFLING A STAR

THE prima donna says she can't
breathe in this town"
Dear me! These temperamental crea-
lures are the limit. What's the matter
now? Is there too much smoke here for
her delicate lungs?"
"oh, no. She was speaking ngurative-
ly. The. local newspapers failed to do
what she considers justice to her art and
she says she is suffocating in an atmos-
phere of interpretation"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-24
ANOTHER OPENING FoR HIRAM

From the New York World.
The Kings copy of the German
peace treaty. which George V signed,
is printed on vellum and bound in
leather decorated in gold. Surely
Hiram Johnson will demand special
reservation covering such display of
elegance on the part of Gre3 Britain.