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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04
RAZoRs THOUSANDS OF YEARS Old

From the New York Sun.
delphia.-Menepthah, the Pharoah
of the Exodus, was we'll prepared for a
his palace in Egypt a collection Of the
razors of cavemen with which he prob
ably would have found little trouble in
keeping himself beardless to this day had
he found the fountain of eternal youth.
Whether it was a BARRIERS strike, a
mania for collecting things or an idi-
osyncrasy for tonsorial paraphernalia
that motivated this now cherished col
lection is subject for scholars of the
ancients. But at any event he had the
razors carefully preserved in his pal
ace.
This is one of the discoveries of the
Eckley B. Coke. Jr., expedition to Egypt,
which has been excavating the palace
of the ancient Pharaoh for the last 1ve
years.
| Revelations of the life of ancient Egypt
more important than any others made
| in this century are expected with the
continuation of the work of excavating
the palace of Menepthah.
| DR.. Clarence S. Fisher leader of the
expedition, in a letter to the university
museum, reports he already has I'M
covered about two-fifths of the palace,
including the front of the structure. the
throne room and the thrones intact.
The luxurious private rooms of RAJ
meses show that he was an artist in self
adornment and an archaeologist. Some
| of his treasures include relics OF the
stone age which may be $1,000 years old.
| The work of the expedition was started
| five years ago, but was discontinued last
winter on account of the war. 1t is be-
ing watched by students of ancient CIV
ilization in all parts of the world, as evil
denced by the inquiry received by the
museum from man in New Zealand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

When man puts on a Sub" to work
for him, he seldom makes the mistake
of selecting a man who can do the work
better than he can.
Anyway, it doesn't take a man nearly
as long to tell all he knows as it does
for him to repeat all he hears.
Campaign promises are the things a
man tells a gi4 when he gets to holding
hands with her.
And what has become of the O. f. man
who used to name his sons Malachi and
Hezekiah?
The reason the street car company gets
a mans money when he is out with his
wire is because a taxicab company would
get his coin if she was some other mans
wife. a.
1t is all right for you to wear black
trimmed glasses But don't get careless
and wear your finger nails that way.
A girl may not believe it, But she
gets more pocket money from her father
when she is single than she'll get from
her husband when she is married.
A widow has an excuse because she
needs meal ticket But we can't under
stand why a widower is SO anxious to
marry again.
We love football and we never miss
a game. But We have an idea that stu
dents give little thought to the sheep
skin when the pigskin season is on.
There are not whole lot of men gos-
sips. But when you do find one, he can
make woman gossip look like an anna
teur.
1t does make difference. The 80
pound woman who rides in street car
is fat woman. But the 2Jo-pound Won
an who rides In limousine is inclined tc
embonpoint.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04

altruistic, too much of a dreamer for
practical world, there is the frank
acknowledgment that, right or wrong,
Mr.. Wilson has labored with all of
his talents, with all of his mental and
physical strength, for what he re-
CARDS as fundamental to the future
welfare of the world, the peace treaty
and the league of nations covenant.
If, as it is rumored in Washington,
has contributed to the
Presidents breakdown there will be all
the more sympathy for him, since he
has fought good fight. He has
faced tremendous obstacles, both at
home and abroad, and if some of his
cherished hopes are destined never to
come true, nothing can take from him
the honor of having had splendid
vision and of having done his utmost
to convert dream into a reality.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04

DR.. Charles A. Eaton. in Leslie's.
the past % years I have never seen
England so unsettled and dstraught
= found the government confronted
with threatened strike of the police
force of the kingdom. The London po-
lice, who some months before had struck
and whose demands had been granted BY
the government, were once more dis
rupted by agitators. When these trouble
makers were dismissed from the force
they went to and fro, fomenting revolt
among the police of other cities. Liver
pool was in the hands of hooligans, 70
per cent of it's police being on strike.
London and the other great ports were
and still are congested beyond description
because of labor troubles. Freight is
piled mountain high with none to move
1t. Ships are delayed in their sailings I'M
til the public is driven to desperation.
The bakers in London and elsewhere
were on strike. Miners are still either
on strike or preparing to strike. On the
bank holiday thousands of inoffensfve
people who were seeking to enjoy their
first real outing in four years were left
stranded in the railway depots because
of lightning strike" on the part OF
certain railway employees in professor
sympathy with the striking police.
One cannot be here long without real
izing that England is suffering from
shock. We, in America, know nothing
Of the frightful strain endured by these
people for four long years. While We
had unlimited supplies of food, Britain
was rationed sometimes to the famine
point. Underfed, overworked, always I'M
der the cruel strain of sorrow. and hunt
ed day and night by the German air
planes seeking to assassinate women and
children, one marvels at the character
of a nation able to sustain such trials
to the end Never in all their splendid
history have the, British people drawn
so heavily upon their nervous, moral and
financial reserves. Small wonder. there
fore. that every one is tired and irri-
table to a degree 1t Will be long
time before the peop'a of these islands
are able to take up their daily life with
anything approaching their ancient
poise.
There is widespread dsstrust z ID dis
Hike of the government. While ne nor
NAL Englishman ueiights II gI-mpfe at
his own social and political titutions,
his criticism were always IN the past
discounted by his absolute Coz .ainty that
those very institutions were he best in
| the world, ard were perYra aently fixed
upon a bed -rock Of princtplhj In the uni
versal fault hndisg of $ne present one
detects a qeerulauS nosf Il painful un-
certainty. Ina language. and even the
/, subject matter 81 asoste seems UNI
real Altls3ugn the 3cn stice was signed
! 10 month ago. fAe & eminent is still
spending anoGt 800 20 day. This is
nearly ft ssn 50 normal pre-war
expendi do. fhN ncellor of the ex-
chequer hiss AlNnk Did Parliament that
unless This ~csl 81 expenditure is i'm
mediatel. ssraeE lie country will come
to bankr lpey
But no ems eE0isia able to devise q
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04
GOMPERS'S DANGEROUS WARD

government, a society or want of society
in which that '.makeshift institution,
government, having lost its usefulness,
will shrivel and die has shown it,
self to his enraptured vision. No more
criminal courts, police, jails. Crime
is due almost always to poverty. In
reign of plenty for all it would prac
tically disappear"
The theory that crime is due almost
wholly to poverty; that is, in the or
binary run of experience. any close re-
lation constant between crime and pow
erty; that necessity is the mother of
crime; that government imposes itself
upon men simple, honest, virtuous, in
capable of wrong without it; that tho
policeman, with his club and pistol. la
an excrescence which Capitalism" has
that the road to anarchy is the road to
freedom-this is not a theory which Mr..
Gompers as prosperous bourgeois
would seriously encourage in any other
circumstances than those deemed neces-
sary to save his face The Boston
police strike. discouraged and semi-en-
couraged by Mr.. Gompers, is a suffi-
cient small temporary answer, vivid in
all mems minds, vivid to the labor
unions themselves, of the theory and
practice of anarchy. Mr.. Gompers,
taking up an untenable strike, has had
to become the sponsor of curious
pupil. He cannot retain his old influ
ence and reputation if he follows Mr.
Foster on the road to anarchy. Mr.
John Fitzpatrick, strange co-partner
of Mr.. Gompers, has brought that ami
able and once moderate gentleman into
bad company.
Mr.. w. T. Foster, however rapid his
transmogrifications, is at best a phil
osophic anarchist transformed into a
syndicalist. Neither form is pleasing
to Americans. Out of neither will Mr..
Gompers, whose excellent old inten-
tons we all recognize. get new repu-
tation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04

From the New York Times.
I'm happier times Mr.. Samuel Com
pers held that wise and conserva-
tive opinion of controversies be-
tween employers and employees that
made his influence and that of the
American Federation of Labor so pow
erful and, on the whole, SO beneficial,
in spite of occasional alterations. That
influence and that authority, regard
them as we may, were founded, or seem
ed to be founded, on an intelligent eco
nomic theory. So long as Mr. Com
pers did not stray from the accepted
average theory and practice of the Am
erican "workingman," SO called, of the
salaried man, of the man and woman of
moderate acquired or inherited saw
ings; SO far, in fact, as he was in ac-
cordance with general American senti-
ment. he was at liberty to impress
upon the not too brave members of
ial class of 100000 or 4.0o0,0 900.
Now Mr.. Gompers has made the mis-
take of patronizing strike for control,
the steel strike, the invention of an
obvious minority to impose its will upon
the majority. That was fault in
tactics on the part of Mr. Gompers. 1t
led him into accepting and apoligizing
for and explaining away Mr.. w. q. Fos-
ter, the organizer of the strike. In
1912 Mr.. Foster was a tender young
child of labor imphessionism, Then he
said things which Mr.. Gompers subdues
and modifies and dilutes. What were
they but the heat and poetry of a young
syndicalist now grown wise?
Well, we see the ingenious and i'm
passioned Mr.. w. z. Foster organizer
of the steel strike, as he was in his
second period, in 1915, when he wrote
Trade Unionism the Road to Freedom =
Mr.. Foster is, then, philosophical
anarchist. Society without govern
ment, "anti-Statism," is his idea of hap
piness. The wage system will be de-
strOyed A new order a society without
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04
Farmers Urged to Hold
Cotton for Forty Cents

a LABAMA'S agricultural COM
GA missioner, Mr.. Allgood, is
urging farmers to hold their cotton
for forty cents. And he is right.
The summer is gone and the crop
is short. The last estimate of the
government was for something like
eleven million bales. But it is safe
to say that it will not be above ten
million five hundred thousand bales.
Years ago this would have been a
small crop. Now, when the world is
hungry for cotton, it is Interestingly
small yield.
Cotton will bring not only forty
cents but upwards. Before Christmas
forty,-five cents will look cheap.
y. X 4
BY reading between the lines of his
"reminiscences it is easy to see that If
Won Ludendorff had been running the
German government as well as the Ger
man army, there would have been a diff
ferent story to tell about some of the
events of 1918 that are now part of his
tory.
y. * X
A Baltimore minister resigned from the
Methodist church and Joined the Baptists
because there was too much jazzing,
card playing and theatre going among
the Methodists. We fear it will take
something more than the good mans res
ignation to stem the tide
y y X
If. as predicted, prohibition closes up
all the cabarets; it will put quietus on
great deal of near-vaudeville which
was made tolerable by the heavy con-
sumption of alcohol.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04

Groom Beatty says building houses
for other people is no easy job these
days because it's so hard to get the nee
essary materials. We've got a bigger
job on our hands in all this construction
work we are doing than any one can
imagine unless he happens to be up
against it himself. 1t requires real eff
fort to get every kind of material need
ed. Money doesn't do much good be-
cause the goods themselves are not
available. Why last week we couldn't
even get nails and the problem of get
ting plumbing installed is almost insur-
mountable. 1t looks as though some
people will have to move into unfin-
ished houses and have the work COM
pleted whenever we can get it done"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04
4 Il h
Sanity and Reason Must
Combat Race Agitation

6HHE recent race riots in Arkansas
u seem to have been largely the
result of efforts made to organize ne
groes against white people. A rene
gade white man has been arrested in
connection with the outbreak at
Elaine. He is charged with having led
the blacks.
There can be no doubt that propa-
gandists have been at work among ne
groes in many parts of the country.
1t is true that attacks on white women
By negroes have been responsible for
more fragrant cases Of lynching that
have occurred lately, but this is an old
symptom, although the familiarity of
white women in France with negro
soldiers from America had a democrat
izing effect and these returning SOL
diers by their stories of experiences
abroad have inflamed others.
There must be, however, something
more at work in America to account
for the widespread unrest, the inflam-
matory utterances and the frequent
outbreaks among negroes. 1t is rev.
dictionary spirit which is being TO-
mentedS5y unwise leaders among the
negroes themselves and propagandists
who have their own selfish reasons for
trying to start race war.
No one among the white residents
of a community knows how far such
agitation has gone until there is q
reign of terror, such as Chicago had
For this reason, it is the duty Of the
best type of negro leaders, for the
sake of their own people, as well as
the welfare of the community and the
country to combat these evil influences
that are creating dlscord. They car
do much to prevent lawlessness by
pointing out the danger there is in list
ening to agitators.
Violence will never advance the ne.
gro's cause in America. 1t will only
be met with violence and more VIC.
lence. Lawlessness begets lawless.
ness, whether begun by whites OF
blacks. Negro leaders who are hon.
estly striving to maintain harmony
between the races and promote the
negro's welfare in legitimate ways
will have the hearty cooperation q
the better element of white people
everywhere, in the north and west as
well as in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04
RAT-CAroHER WANTS RAISE

From the London Times.
The official rat-catcher at Ormskirk
has written to the council threatening
to resign unless he receives an increase
of pay. When appointed month ago
rate of a penny per rat tail, but he
states now that this is insufficient, and
suggests that he receive salary of f12
per year. The surveyor stated at the
council meeting that the rat-catcher
caught only 80 rats last month, for
which he received rs Sd.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04
WHEN MARK LOOKED SHABBY.

From "a Golden Age of Authors" Els
worth
Mark Twain's Celebrated Jumping
Frog" came out in book form in 1867,
and my old friend George w. Carleton
was prominent New York publisher
at the time, issuing the works of Ar
temus Ward and other American humor-
lists, One Of his stories was that Mark
Twain came into his store and offered
him the manuscript of THE Jumping
Frog and that he declined it because
the author looked SO disreputable."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04

That's good looking green tie and
silk shirt you're wearing Why all
the display of green " asked Bailiff
Greener of Judge Abernethy's court of
Roderick Beddow.
Il put 1t on for this special eocca-
sion. My partner told me I had a man
called Murphy to defend. wanted to
give local color to the event." Beddow
answered.
We'll, you better go into mourning,
not green" said Greener, for your
client isn't Sim Feiner, he's an Afri-
can Murphy" s
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04
SOMETHING TO REMEMBER.

SOMETHING TO REMEMBER.
'I'm asking you for the last time"
said Mr. Calder. "Are you going to sew
this button on my coat for me?"
Eyes, yes" replied Mrs. Calder, fret
fully. you'll ding-dong the life out OF
me about it il 1 don't"
VERY we'll. madam. Then I'll can in
the children"
What forr'
II want them to be able to say that
once in their young lives they saw their
mother performing domestic duty
PAUL COOK.
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America Wishes for Wilson's
Speedy Restoration to Health

THE whole nation regards presi-
y dent Wilson's illness with deep
solicitude. The statements of his per-
sonal physician, Admiral Grayson,
supplemented by those of other
physicians called. into consultation,
indicate that Mr.. Wilson'S ailment is
not merely temporary weakness and
nervous exhaustion due to prolonged
strain.
Regardless of the attacks made on
him by his detractors in and out of
Congress, the bulk of the American
people believe in President Wilson's
sincerity. Even where there is dis
agreement with his policies and dis
position to criticize him for being too
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04
PATTI

Philander johnson. in the washington
Star.
Only a name remains of all a
That once entranced listening world
What plaudits rang
AS gentlest cadences would fall
Like petals from the rose unfuried
When Patti sangi
What slories of the masters shona
In JOY or sentiment complete.
Or tragic pang!
And yet. as heart Inspired each dong,
The simplest ballaS ses.l 4ez saoef ev ssr
When Patti sang
All, that was very long ago.
Midst present rickrg 81 SQUAD
And harsh haranE7ae
tbs worth the VANISHED ssafa 70 knoN
That beauty. tendar es Fsofoana,
When Patti sang
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04
DIDN'T KNOW WHEN TO QUIT.

From the Ell Paso Times
Victor Berger declares that Champ
Clarke. Claude Kitchin, James r. Mann
and other well-known congressman
could have been convicted under the
espionage act for their speeches Per-
haps SO, but they at least had sense
enough to keep their mouths shut after
We got into TIE war, which was where
Berger fell down.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04
A CHANGE OF BASE

From the New York Herald.
Judging from the prevalence OF
grangster murdeters in this city,
ciga, shop or a drug store on the cor
ner makes just as good meeting
place for these pests as saloon, Mr.
William H. Anderson to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04
ADRIFT WITH. THE TIMES
PLAYING TO THE GALLERY.

PLAYING TO THE GALLERY.
well, your opponent is game loser"
How so?" asked the successful candi-
date.
HE wires you his congratulations and
says the best man won
*'Umph!'
Doesn't that please your"
NO, and it doesn't deceive me, either
That fellow is simply paving the way TO
run again"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04
ERRORS ON THE SCREEN.

ERRORS ON THE SCREEN.
DO you find the movies instructiver'
NO. replied the self-made man. "bw
they console me sometimes
How SOP
"Glancing over the sub-tities 1 notice
that there are people in the movie busi-
ness who don't spell any better or use
any better grammar than de-"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04
Presidential Candidates
For Next Year

MIR. HUGH W. ROBERTS, The
AV0 Age-Herald's Washington cor
respondent, discussed in yesterdays
edition the democratic possibilities in
the race for 1920. 1t was an illumi-
mating survey of the situation and
every voter who is stirred as cam
paign approaches must have felt his
patriotism exhilarated
There is excellent democratic "tim-
ber." How about the republican
field? Hiram Johnson and Maj.-Gen.
Leonard Wood are the two men most
talked about. Wood would be popu-
lar candidate; Johnson an aggressive
candidate.
This far ahead it is safe to say that
Wood would be the winner in the re-
publican convention.
The democratic ticket, no matter
who may head it, will have strong
appeal to the country. Democratic
principles are the principles that now,
more than ever, appeal to the peo-
pie.
In years gone by there have been
Lively scrambles for the honor of be-
ing standard bearer in both parties.
In 1876 Samuel J. Tilden had walk
lover as democratic standard bearer
In 1880 there were many aspirants,
but Gen. w. S. Hancock was the
nominee and went down in defeat be-
fore the banner of Garfield.
In 1884 the democratic convention
race was the most animated since the
civil war Thomas F. Bayard was an
active candidate, but Grover Cleve-
Hand was nominated and elected-the
| first democrat to take his seat in the
Executive office since the 'late I'M
Ipleasantness." t
| In 1888 Cleveland was nominated by
Reclamation for reelection, but was
defeated by Harrison. In 1892 there
was hot contest for the democratic
nomination between David Bennett
Hill and Ex-President Cleveland. The
latter was nominated and was elected
by sweeping majority.
1t was in 1896 that William Jen-
nings Bryan came upon the stage as
a presidential possibility. He was
nominated with spontaneous hurraf
and at one time it looked as if he
might be elected. But the business
Interests were afraid of him and Nc
Kinley easily defeated him.
Bryan has been standing candi
date ever since and has been honoree
with three nominations.
But his time is passed and in 1921
lBryan's name will not be considered
seriously. There will be many goot
democrats in the running, but thu
winner is yet concealed in the woml
Iof time
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WHERE. INpEEDY

WHERE, INDEEDY
The near advent of winter fills
Householders with alarm;
They have to figure ways and means,
In sooth, for keeping warm.
And many a futile argument
This problem still renews:
II we cram our cellar full lof coal,
Where can we store our booze?''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-04
BENIGHTED MILWAUKEE.

From tho Boston Transcript.
Milwaukee Mayor refuses to invite
King Albert of Belgium" Still some
home missionary work to be done in
our midst.
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Washington Bureau, 80 DAVIDSON
Builulng,
European bureau, 10 Kins street
Covent Garden, London, w. u Z.
Eastern business office, World pullo-
ing, New YORK eltyi western business
office. Tribune building, Chicago The
S. c Beckwlth Special Agency. agents
for foreign advertising.
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HARD TO CLASSIFY.

We know what kind of minds are theirs,
Ye gods, what sort or souls
Have senators who want to punch
The treaty full or holes?
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Plans for .Fashlen Day,

1.-THE Civitan club is planning to OBJ
serve Fashion Day early in Eovem-
ber." said DR.. Courtney W. Shropshire.
president of the club. 'and we expect
this to be one of the largest and best
meetings we have had in many months.
We will have live models who Will
display the fashions and the men will
invite their wives, daughters and >wo-
men friends to be their guests on this
occasion. The ladies will come, Of
course, to see the styles. while the
men will come to see the models, and
Arthur C. Crowder and Abe kaufman
will have charge of this feature of the
programme. We hope the Civitan club
will be the first organization in Blr-
mingham to stage Fashion Day and
extensive arrangements will be made
for it."