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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
1s f- F Girls Should Be Taught Grace of Bearing

lWouNG women who carry them N selves with dignity and who, as 8 rule, make stylish appearance, fail to rise to a high level of grace because of their careless walk.
 In recent years the blame for inele- gant bearing has been laid to the hobble skirt, but this does not ac- count for it. The fault in most in stances may be traced to the indif- ference of parents.
 Comparatively few girls of the teen age walk well. Too many maidens of comedy figure have "devil-may- care" stride which resolves itself into "a pigeon-toed affect and lap-over motion as if they were walking a tight rope. This has been especially noticeable of late. It is disfiguring and the habit should be at once checked.
 A homely girl can make an excep- tionally attractive appearance if she carries herself we'll and cultivates re- pose and graceful step.
 This matter of bearing is largely psychological and there is nothing easier than teaching children the irudiments of psychology when it comes to good looks and correct car riage.
 Dancing school improves child's walk; but not all parents can afford the expense of terpsichorean academy It would be well for the public schools to include correct walk ing as well as correct grammar in their curricula. It might be worth while even for Sunday school teachers to pay attention to the gait of chil- dren of the impressionable, age.
 While the physical walk may lack affinity with the spiritual -"walk and conversation" referred to by St. Paul it has something to do with character and is, therefore, deserving of solici- tude from a moral point of view, to say nothing of esthetics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Can You sFarm '"

There is one advantage man who is experienced in farm work has over those in other lines of work now, said B. k. Samuels, in charge of farm la bor at the local office of the United States employment service, "in that there are plenty of places for a job Even though the wages are not hlgh' board is included, and that counts for a great deal Today I sent a younA discharged soldier who had only cents left to farm where he secured a job.
 With, the opportunity of helping re- turned soldiers and promoting food pro- duction by sending men to farms, even though I am remaining in the govern ment service at nominal salary I hope to be able to accomplish some thing for my country. The farm de- partment of the local office has sent to the farms several hundred tenants With families. With the planting time on hand and labor scarce most of the calls now are for wage hands"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
A PRIVATE AMBITION

Charles H. Grasty, in the New York
 Times.
 Four or five privates were sitting around talking about what they want ed when they got home. One said:
 ''rd like to have . livery stable in my town" another, expressed a pref erence for farm: the third believed he would like to own a garage.
 Then big. raw-boned chap called Hank something. from Ohio. got un stretched. yawned and said:
 Well. when this war is over want c. A. R!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
MARTYRDOM

MAhI 1ftDOM Are you doing anything for the uplift of your fellow man?" "Yes," replied MT. Dubwaites> gloomily, Tn what way?"
 I'm doing without home comforts while Mrs. Dubwaite devotes all her time and attention to a society for installing window-boxes in tenement houses.''
 THE REACTION The time has come to put away The uniform he wore While battling on the other side And shedding German gore. Yet, strange to say with joyous heart He jumps into his "cits' And as he strills about the streets He cheerfully admits Iris good to have some latitude In choosing ones attire. Perhaps that's why the tie he wears Looks like house afire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
QUOTING OMAR
Boston Transcript.

FI om the Boston Transcript
 lawyer noted for his flowery oratory was speaking for the defense and, wish ing to emphasize the tender relation thai had existed between his client and tn. complainant, he exclaimed in the middle of an impassioned speech: What does Omar say on this subject? "A dog and bone and hank of hair, and thou be side me singing in the wilderness !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
UNEQUAL DIVISION

'How would you like to be deep- sea diver and search for sunken treas- ure?"
 ''It wouldn't appeal to me-" answered the confirmed socialist. That sort of lob is like all the others. The fellow who gets the lions share of the profits sits on the deck of a tug and smokes 8 cigar while the diver does the hard work" ,..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
Immigration Will Not
 Be Large This Year

1HHE next census will not show as A large percentage of gain in population as might have been sex- pected under normal conditions
 The war cut off immigration and it will be a year or more yet before a tide of emigrants sets in. More over, many aliens desirous of return ing to their native lands will be leav- ing our shores.
 Lucian Swift Kirtland, in discuss ing the immigration question in Leslie's, calls attention to the fact that any passenger tonnage that will be available for immigrants coming west will be more than compensated for by the passenger tonnage from the United States to Europe. "We have several million aliens," he says, "who wish to go to Poland, Russia, Italy and probably to Austria and Hungary. Curiosity will take them, and also the desire to inquire into the loss of rela- tives and friends"
 But when the tide does turn this, way strict control will be needed, but this does not mean prohibitive meas ures. Only foreigners of sound health, good character and industrious habits should be invited By establishing a qualified commission within already existing laws, it could be decided whether immigration should be tenn porarily suspended for the purpose of the labor market. Such a commission might distribute the new corners where most needed, direct them to agricultural regions, urge them to keep away from cities and get on the land;. avoid congested areas where they would imperil wage con- ditions.
 All these questions are for the flu ture. The year 1919 has other prob- lens that must be dealt with of graver import than immigration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28

Two Gentlemen of Verona. 2 BEGINNING THE DAY-I would have my heart open at all times to receive-at morning, noon and night; in spring and summer and winter. Whether Thou comest to me fin sunshine or in rain, would take Thee into my heart joyfully. Thou art ThyseIf more than the sunshine; Thou art Thyself compensation for the rain; it is Thee and not Thy gifts I crave. Knock and I shall ,pen unto Thee.-Matheson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
Sunday School In Tupeio

While I was waterbound at Tupelo, Miss, last Tuesday went around to the First Baptist church, and was much im- pressed with the elegant new building which they have.'' said pr. James E. Dil- lard. "It incorporates all the latest sug- gestions as to Sunday school and young peoples work, and has large auditor ium.
 T was especially impressed with the record of attendance and promptness. found to my surprise that more than 90 per cent of their attendance was present. on time; an equally large per cent made their offerings, brought their Bibles, and most as many of the main school stayed for the preaching service. What do you think of that for small town over in Mississippi? Some of our big churches have got to be wide-awake and doing things or our town Sunday school is go- ing to go ahead of them''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
The American Eagle

One story is good until another is told" said Dr. John McNeal, former pastor in Denver and before that time London pastor. This reminds me of the German eagle. It was good, until another eagle appeared. But when the eagle of America came up it lookd like an old, sick turkey buzzard
 q know from first hand information from the British officers that the en- trance of America in the war, even be- fore she struck a blow, had an electrical effect on the hard fighting British line across northern France. It was like the courageous horse that has thrown his weight and strength into the collar time after time, and not being able to budge the load and pull out of the hole was almost without hope. Then America entered and new hope filled the entire army. They went forward"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
Diseases of Birmingham

Every community has it's own health troubles" said Dr. Bowling, city health officer. "In Birmingham 1t is typhoid rever, tuberculosis and intestinal trou- bles of children about years old. Last year the last mentioned made an ad- vance, with greater death toll. Ty- phold Is probably the malady that is the most troublesome and 1t could be almost shut out of the Magic City by the united efforts of everyone"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
Spread of Bolshevism
 Menaces the World

II ENINE and Trotzky the masters l1 of Europe! The idea is not so fantastical as it would have appeared less than g month ago. A correspon- dent draws a picture of life in Berlin. While thousands of the working class and the poor people are in rags and slowly starving the city's night life is a round of gayety. The dance halls,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald VIII not be responsible for money sent though the mails. Address
 THE AGE-1ERALD, Birmingham. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
May Return Here To Live

A friend of mine stopped me on the street Thursday morning to congratu- late me on my promotion to be the gen. eral freight agent of the Louisville and Nashville system" said Ernest A.. De- Funiak, and asked him how he knew it. I was told that 1t was in the paper I had in my hand, for I was carrying an Age-Herald. I had overlooked it.
 T am at present spending four days out Of the week here in connection with my work under the railroad administra- ton and will continue to do so as long as the properties are under the control of the government. I am thinking of coming back to Birmingham to live It will be like old times if do, for I spent many happy days here in my young manhood" q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
Dangaix Surprised At Crowds

T have known Birmingham for a quar- ter of century, for I made my living here during many years and still own considerable property in it." said W. J. Dangaix, and yet I am surprised at the change which has come within a twelvemonth.
 Back from overseas I am daily in wonder at the great crowds on the streets, the large number of automobiles, and the people pack the stores and throng the places of amusement. It shows life and progress, and am con. hdent that we are facing good times"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
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PLUTOCRATIC PRrvATr

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 One private in the army paid sSo, GOO income tax. That gives us little in- sight into, the meaning of the word .doughboys."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28

scOrn at first makes after love the more.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28

No communicatlon will be published v lthout its authors name. Rejected manuscript wlII not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
nember of the Associated Press

Member or me AssocaHteu
 The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingh imam carrying the Associated Press dls- patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication or ell news dispatches credited to it or rot otherwise credited in this paper and also the local, news published herein.
 All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28

Washington bureau, zU7 Hibbs build sng
 European bureau, 10 King street. Covent Garden. London, w. .. z.
 Eastern business office. World build ing. New York city; western business office. Tribune building, Chicago. The E. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertiseing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter, un- der act of Congres. March s, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28

A republican newspaper, the Phila- delphia Public Ledger, recalls that when Theodore Roosevelt ignored the Senate in drawing up treaties, he was defended by Senators spooner and Lodge. Evidently, what is legal and proper for republican President Is all wrong when done by a democratic President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28

As an indication of what we are coming to, state senator of West Virginia proposes to place quart of rye, a quart of bourbon and quart of Scotch in the state department of archives and history for future gen rporua1
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-01-01
Return of Soldiers Asked

Kansas farmers have petitioned
the war department to speed the re-
turn OF her soldiers to the farms.
At conference OF farm bureau
officers and county commissioners
recently at Manhattan the commit
tee on Reconstruction offered the
following resolution: I'VE respect
fully request the Secretary OF War
and the Provost Marshal General to
adopt some such plan as will return
the soldiers to the homes they lett
at the earliest possible date. In
Kansas there has been sown to
whett this fall a record acreage.
amounting possibly to more than
lOOOO,OOO acres. with crop pros
pcct, which, if realized, will require
an army OF workers, to harvest next
year. The demands OF the farm for
labor in the early spring for pre-
paration and planting the spring
crops Is also great, and in no other
way can the situation SO well be
met as through the dcmobilization
OF our soldier, and sailor, i'm the
manner suggested %
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-01-01
CHCKASAW REFINERY
4 DIVIDEND YER

One OF the big enterprises that
Ardmore has secured aS a result OF
the discovery OF the Heal1ton oil
field in Carter county, is thc Chick
asaw Refinery.
About a year and a-half ago, s. A.
Apple and other IIcaldtou prcduc-
crs decided that more of their oil
should be refined at home. They
accordingly interested other pro-
duccrs and relners together with a
number Of other people and quilt
the Chickasaw Refinery. The re
hnery now has a daily capacity OF
5000 barrels and it is being in
creased to $500 barrels.
The company was destined to be
successful when it was headed by
such conservative business men as
S. A. Apple, president; D. !. Childs,
vice president and general manager
and John ). Owens. secretary aad
treasurer. They arranged Tor an
abundant supply OF crude oil and
then constructed one OF ,he most
complete and modern re6ncr!es in
the southwest. The refinery now has
one hundred and iifty-two tank cars
and about 100000 barrels storage
capacity.
The refinery has been running full
time since the opening and most
OF the products have been going to
help win the war. Practically all OF
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-01-01

A FEW years ago p. Il. Jones was
~ probably one of the best known oil
men in the mid-continent fields.
however. he was not raised up to the
game He put in many long year as
4 railroad man. In 1854 he entered the
employ of the Illinois Central railroad
as a telegraph operator. He was with
them Tor nineteen years, working him
self up through the various departments
to the position of trainmaster with Of
lices at McComb. Miss which he re-
signed in 1908. lie removed to Bristow.
Okla, where he was employed for
short time in II bank before beginning
to deal in leases in small way. In 1910
he leased several thousand acres in what
is now known as the Gushing field The
following year he and n. Il. Slick drilled
the first well there, but on account of
no market they pulled the pipe and
plugged it. Then hc G. J. Wrightsman
and Slick used the casing to drill an.
other test which produced fifty barrels
and also 20,000000 feet of gas. At the
same time he gave c. Il. Shaffer 900
acres to drill on, which he did, and got n
l00-barrel WELL The following wear he
Shaffer and Slick drilled the fourth well
there which made 4S0 barrels. These
four wells were the making of the Cush-
ing field, which produced through 1914
and 1915 an average of 100000 barrels
daily of very high-grade oil. 1t was
through its purchase of 10000 acres
near Blackwell that that famous field
was opened Mr.. Jones has retired from
active business life and has removed to
Washington, ID. c. All of his oil inter-
,sts are handled through the Beaumont
Dill Company. He is also president of
he O'Mally Bere Valve Company of
Chicago. director of the Traders Nation
Al Bank OF Kansas City and the State
National Bank Of Oklahoma City.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-01-01
SIGNPOSTING THE DESERT

The United States ooorooicoI SIR
ycy denartment of thc interior has
surveyed and sionnostcd , orc,t area
of the most danocrons desert rcoion
Of the United States The Thirty
ninth annual rcnorr Of fine topo-
graphical division Of thc survey. iu,,
made pubIic describe, the method
emDIoyed OF making the desert safe
to the unwary traveller
The region surveyed occupies
about 10000 square mile, i'm south
ern California and southwestern Ar
izona In California il includes the
southern part of Death Valley and
the region between the valley and
the Mexican border. in Arizona it
includes the region west OF Tucson
and Phoenix and south of Wicken-
burg and Parker. This region was
selected because if is the driest. hot
test and least exp)ored part of the
desert region. and also because Of
the strategic Importance of obtain
inc information on the water supply
alamo, thc $50 miles of national iron
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-01-01
Says County Agent Was Big Factor

TO operate farm with Sl9 acres
with only two young boys to do the
work is not an easy job To make
it produce a net profit of $l,800 in
one year under these conditions is
considered a real achievement. \
farmer near Rockford Coosa coun-
ty, Ala, in a letter to the United
States Department OF Agriculture,
gives this as the record made by
his two sons. But he adds that the
county agent was the big factor in
the achievement. 1t was the agent
who helped to select the seed and
gave advice on drainage. terracing,
pasturing, and the care OF the cattle
and hogs. "In general way he has
helped by organizing the boys pig
and calf clubs that are working
wonders for the Improvement OF
stock writes this farmer. Also
he adds that this county agent and
his wife have caused the canning
industry at home to increase 500
per cent in the last two years"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-01-01

the gasoline ha, been cypo-led while
the fuel oil had been shipped to the
rn,pit;cpc ,,l,,tr
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-01-01

and grow and prosper as the town
grows and prospects,.
Elsewhere business conditions
may be unsettled The high cost Of
living OF course affects the oil field
workers a, well as those in other
employment, but with the differ
ence that the oil field worker is by
far the better paid. Other places
may suffer from crop failures or low
prices OF farm products, but it is
always good business out here. Crop
failures would hurt, OF course, or
low prices of products would affect
US to some extent, but the town is
not entirely dependent upon these
sources for an ever-increasing bust
ness.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-01-01
d.RA1ncErond

JUDGE ARMSTRONG is another OF
n the well known oil operators of Ok.
lahoma, though he still claims the
bench as his chief occupation. He is n
native of Jackson county Alabama, stud
led law in Tennessee and was admitted
to practice there in 1900. For the next
two years he practiccd in Arkansas, then
he removed to the Indian Territory, 10.
eating at Boswell, where he still main.
tains his residence He was chairman Of
the board of county commissioners Of
'hoctaw county in 1907, district judge
Of the old Sixth district in 1910, elected
to his present office in the same year.
He first became interested in oil in lG1S
at Nowata in the Bnrtlesyille district.
Since then he has been operating IN the
principal fields Of Oklahoma, Kansas
Texas, Louisiana and Old Mexico.