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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
MANNERS IN 1855

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Some people affect to think that nice table manners are of recent invention. and that our grandfathers were unac- quainted with dainty conduct. To show such people how wrong they are allow us to quote from treasured work. "ln- quire Within. or 3700 Facts for the People" published in Philadelphia in 1855:
 "If possible, the knife should never be put in the mouth at all; but if it is necessary, let the edge be turned out ward.
 '"rhe teeth should be picked at little as possible, and never with the fork.
 "Carefully abstain from blowing the nose, rinsing the mouth or spittirg g while at the table.
 When napkins are provided they are to be unfolded and laid upon the knees. Use the napkin to wipe the mouth or the fingers; never as a handkerchief or to mop the brow"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
 Governor Henderson's Farewell Message

~ OV. CHARLES HENDERSON, in 0l his farewell message to the leg islature, makes an exhaustive review of his administration, which included the war period embracing two of the most important years in the states history.
 The governor, of course, does not go into the actual details of the vari- ous war activities of the state, but he calls attention to them in a way that will make his utterances important for reference in future years.
 Of definite recommendations to the lawmakers there are few, but there is one which will meet with sympathy and approval all over the state. It is to the effect that the legislature take steps for a suitable memorial to the Alabama men who have given their lives for the cause of world liberty. He suggests that the state make the Initial appropriation for such memo rial and that the people of Alabama then be given opportunity to con- tribute in large or small amounts to the project. He makes the suggestion that such memorial be located on the capitol grounds in Montgomery. The matter of the character of the memo. rial and its location should probably 1 be left to a memorial commission te | be created by the legislature, but every man and woman in the state will unite in the demand that it be g memorial suitable and worthy of the men in whom the state takes sucl lpride.
 The governors other suggestions |
 are also important and worthy of tn; serious consideration of the law makers. Notable among them is that urging provision for suitable recog lnition and celebration of Alabama's one hundredth anniversary as stat'
 which will occur in December. This suggestion has been advanced nov
 for several years, but nothing definit
 was done during the stirring wa Iperiod. It is highly fitting that Ala
 bama should celebrate such an impor |tant event in the states history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
LEVIATHAN's JOURNEY

From the Washington Post.
 "An American soldier, sailor or civil ian who had the good fortune to make the trip from Europe on the Leviathan on her voyage bearing some 5000 re- turning Americans will always remem- Der is as one of the milestones of his nfe's journey, remarked Horace Will liamson, a New York newspaper man, at the Washington, "The Leviathan left Liverpool at ? o'clock on Sunday after having been docked for two days will all souls on board. She proceeded to Brest and remained there five days coaling. During all that time the pas sengers were not allowed to go ashore, but they enjoyed themselves. neverthe- less When finally the big German built steamer weighed anchor and began to move on it's homeward voyage to America the scene was indescribab ble. If takes but two days to coal big yes
 sel in New York, but the coaling at
 Brest had to be done by baskets, and
 the delay, of courseA was strenuous.
 ''The irony of fate never had better
 exemplification than in the service done
 by the Leviathan during the war. The former Vaterland, largest ship afloat' made many trips back and forth carry ing soldiers. Her first voyage under the United States flag after she had been repaired for service was to Cuba ana { Porto Rico. After that she went back and fcrth between New York and France.
 NO person who was not on board the I.eviathan when she steamed into Ne" | York a short time ago can appreciate the feeling Of delight and intense pa triotism that swept over the passen' gers on the giant vessel From the l highest 70 the lowest it was a feeihs | of great joy, of victory of work done. talked with scores of the boys return 1 ing from the numerous sections Of th' l war zone and l found not one who saie he uo,,id have missed the experlence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
ORIGIN OF Y. M. c. A.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 The Young Mems Christian associa- tion, an organization for social and re- ligious work among young men, was founded in England by Sir George Williams, a London merchant. Will liams' organization grew out of meet ings he held for prayer and Bible read ing among his fellow workers in dry goods business in the city Of London and was founded in 1S44. On the oc- casion of it's jubilee it's originator was knighted. Similar associations had been in existence in Scotland at much earlier date. In 1924 David Naismith started the Glasgow Young Mems So- ciety for Religious Improvement which spread to various parts of the United Kingdom. France and Ameriea. Later the name was changed to the Glasgow Young Mems Christian asso- ciation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
THE FIGHTING SHIPS OF ENGLAND

V William in the Herald. fightin England, sailed the From the and ra sunit Cyciades, The Orkneys No1aS Scota the ship of Engla Not inc law lawles ruler mi in kingdo death to an .Tade The fighting ship of at nandc clear rat to dgard Struck the GrandF 4 And the
 
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  the SeaH ouever w >ss- To the fyhtng ships England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
Marketing Activities
 of Extension Service

1NHE Alabama extension service ll has been, of distinct benefit to the farmers in the matter of crop pro- Iduction. but in no single department has such effective work been done, perhaps, as in that pertaining to or
 ganized marketing.
 J. J. Watson, marketing specialist, 1 in a pamphlet just issued, tells us
 that when the extension service began its marketing enterprise in the spring of 1917 very little machinery for the purpose was found. Several so-
 called market associations" he says,
 'were scattered over the state, but
 having been formed to sell everything,
 they had really accomplished almost
 nothing. < It was evident, there fore, that if the marketing of staple
 crops in Alabama was to be definitely Improved, there must be developed some form of organized activity which
 would unite the efforts of the exten- sion market specialists, the farm demonstration agents, the business
 linen and the farmers"
 This is being done with highly sat Iisfactory results. The Birmingham
 flood bureau, of which John H. Frye
 lis the executive head, has taken an
 important part in the movement. It
 got a good start in 1918, and it will ac- complish even more this year. The extension service is giving , lespecial attention to the marketing of , lhogs. and the results this season have } been in a marked degree profitable l to the farmer.
 With the encouraging progress that 1 is now being made in hog growing : lstill greater interest in this branch oi , husbandry will be in evidence during n the year 1919.
 g Cooperation is the keynote-co- , operation between the county agents :. the farmers and organizations sucf t as that maintained in Birmingham e Let's make 1919 the banner year fol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15

Hon. A. Barton Hepburn in Leslie's. 6T1f1E end of the war finds Germany
 denuded of raw materials. In
 S order to shift the consumptlve demands of peace, she must import very largely raw materials for her factories. Heretofore she has had ample supply of iron and coal, but the loss of Alsace- Lorraine would cripple her in this re- spect.
 Fifty-eight per cent of Germany lm- ports, the last year before the war, con- sisted of industrial raw material and partly manufactured goods. Only l7 per cent of her 25OO, coo imports came from middle Europe. She requires cotton wool, silk, flax and jute from other countries; also leather, furs, rubber, nm eral, animal and vegetable fats. Another and most important line of needs IS copper, tin, platinum. aluminium, nlckei' manganese and other basic metals lndls- pensable to her manufacturing industry AS to copper she has robbed the kitchen, the roof and the telephone poles to sup ply her intuition needs, and such sup | ply was to destroy it's use The oil fields 1 of Rumania and Ukrainia, if she IS permitted to dominate those countries which is most improbable, will give her an ample supply of mineral oil. The de- struction of her herds, or rather their consumption, deprives her of home SUD- ply of meats and fats. The food-cra r 1 ing wants of her people, as well as the wants of her factories, call for enormous and immediate importations. Cotton, silk and jute she does not grow, nor wool produce, except to very limited | extent. Other material which she re- uuires must come largely in the future' as in the past, from imports.
 ] The close of the war finds Germany stripped of manufactured goods, her storehouses bare of basic raw materials How and where she will obtain the re- I quired raw material and how can she pay for the same? Foreign credits she view of the hate she has cultivated to- | wards foreigners and the hatred Tor eigners have for her. already pronounced and growing in intensity? Foreign trade balances she has none, following foul
 years of virtual blockade. She entered the war expecting to conquer addluona
 territory, give herself dominating DO
 sition in the commerce of the world, ant
 by exacting indemnities recoup her Il
 nancial loss and enrich her treasury. Sh'
 will receive no indemnities, and mal
 part with much gold to Belgium ant
 other countries in the form of indemnl N ties paid
 There will be no economic league of ma
 tions against Germany. There Will o
 no need of such government action. Th'
 hatred the Germans have inspired VII
 curtail trade with them and make the1
 foreign commerce a matter Of yer l slow growth Germany will get n
 indemnities She will have t struggle along under her noun
 tainous debt with her resources
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
LIKE M,LUkE SAYS

Let your wife wait about two months and she'll stop wanting .ne thing that sKe thinks she cant se. along without today.
 .~About the time we get sense enougn to do more thinking than talking the millennium will come along.
 Another man we would like to To- cate is the old fashioned blrd Wno never wore a tie because 1t would htuo his diamond -studed collar button.
 Every girl wants to marry man who is economical and saves ms pen nies But no girl would De ehsas"o to that kind of man
 The Anti Everything league an nounces that it has plenty oi fuhds ,o enforce war time prohibition after
 mlv l. Where do they get that war time prohibition from we thought the war was over. In any event. the official peace documents will have been signed before FeoruarS I. And by what stretch of hypocriss can war time prohibition be sn- forced six months after the war has ended? In the court a man is innocent unu the state proves him guilty But " his home a man is guilty untll ne car prove to his wife that he is innocent We would all get more sieep II "S were as prompt about obeying'~ssss curfew bell as we are about opeynfs | the alarm clock bell.
 i A lot of old hens with pipe stem leg seem to imagine that it is their du'! to see that men are prevented frols having cigarette fingers
 l It might help some if we took al much interest in the affairs of ou l craditors as We do in the affairs O | our debtors.
 l Our idea of wasted money is th coin pretty girl spends for thicl | black veil.
 And what has become of the old fashioned man who used to sit in iron of the kitchen stove all the evenin' land use the grate for spittoon:
 When mother is snoring so loudl that she rattles the pictures on tn wall, father will kick her and wal. her. And mother will get mad and an
 nounce that. anyway. >she has clea
 conscience. and that's more than som
 people can say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
Varieties of Headaches

'I was in a group of friends the other day and the question of suffering with headaches came up,'' said Solon Jacobs,
 ''and nearly all complained that at times they suffered terribly with their heads,
 but I have never had a, headache and do not know how to properly sympathize
 with those who are subject to them. l
 know the old witticisms about it talk ing brains to have a headache, but believe I/had rather be little shy on gray matter than to have a head that was always going on the rampage Please remember the variety Of head- aches we were discussing did not include those superinduced by having a good time the night before. They were spe- cially exempted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
Twenty Years on One Floor

Nineteen years is long time for one man to serve on one floor" said Max Sington of Loyeman, Joseph & Loeb, eth year in the furniture department. In all that time I never saw the public spend their money as freely for the best class of furniture as at present. It seems that all of the cutomers are after the best grades in spite of the cost. As matter of fact it pays to buy dependable makes, and while at first it may seem extrava- gant, yet in the long run it is economy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
Let's Have Enthusiasm
 In Savings Drive

Let S Have Enthusiasm
 In Savings Drive 1N HE new War Savings Stamp 0 drive, otherwise the thrift cam paign, should be accompanied by the same measure of enthusiasm that made all the money-raising activities of last year ankthe year before won- derfully successful. The people are not asked to glve; ' only to lend to Uncle Sam, gilt edged borrower Every man, woman or child who buys Thrift Stamp IS making an investment at good rate of interest. Every dollar so invested will not only be safely invested, but it will help the government in pa triotic way to pay the expenses in- cured in winning the war. The treas ury department needs every collar.
 The campaign starts on Friday next. Early in the following week it should be in full swing from one end of the country to the other. There will be no question about Ala bama meeting it's quota; provided every person who earns wages or who | has few spare dollars buys War Savings or Thrift Stamp. Patriotic fervor was all-pervadlng while the world war lasted. No state was keyed up to higher pitch than Alabama. It should be so in the forth coming drive. With the campaign once in progress there must be no Tagging.
 Belgium's Queen has neither the face nor the figure that movie fans rave over, but that doesn't prevent her from being every inch Queen. I l The male must be superior to ths l female. A man will emerge from slaughter sale of shirts without even having his hair rumpled. l # # #
 Discharged soldiers may occasion ally get homesick for the army, but we haven't struck one yet who was hone- sick enough to notice. a. + # Occasionally a 100 per cent Ameri- can goes into market and refuses to pay for skraut" unless it is sold as liberty cabbage"
 affairs among persons who have been drinking. Is not Atlanta constructive ly bone-dry?
 Artists who draw magazine covers get all the praise, but we are strong for the fellows who illustrate the seed catalogues,
 The Prince of Wales, i've are told, is !, still boy. Lucky youngster! Now, when King Edward VII was his
 In these trying times it helps some to have a cheerful conductor in charge } of the car for which you watchfuliy , wait.
 Herr Hohenzollern is growing a beard but not, we are>assured. as a preliminary to settling in Switzerland.
 a. as #
 If all the paragraphers have taken rap at Mrs. Corey's s75,OOO coat, will somebody please change the subject?
 $. < #
 Germans were astonished to leai n that gas waves did not spoil the com plexion of our colored troops.
 x * # The Haitians in their palmy days , were not more disorderly than the burghers of Berlin. :. * * T
 With two doctors and two nurses at , tending Colonel House, his recovery may be slow.
 # < @
 / Auto thieves never stop to think that 2 every little flivver has number al it's own.
 n Y < #
 We'd like to know where those Long Island ladies practice craftsmanship.
 MANNERS IN 1855
 From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15

BEGINNING THE DAY-A man who to good nature adds the gen. ernl rudiments of good breeding, provided he rest cOntented with n simple and unaffected manner or behaving and expressing himseif' will never be ridiculous in the best society, and so far as his talents md information permit may be an agreeable part of the company Walter Scott.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15

ITS OFTEN THUS. why, here's picture of you in cap and gown.''
 "Yes," said Mrs. Gadspur, sadly. When I was in college I was quite literary. I even wrote verse;"
 well! Well, I presume keeping house and rearing children has left you little time for literature"
 None whatever. Except for insisting that our second son be named after Robert Browning, I can't say that have done any literary work in years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
How To Handle snow

T used my Scotch foresight to get ahead of the snow king," said Gen George McCleery, flor, having lived where snow is the ordinary thing of the winter days l knew how to handle it. So when it began to fall l called the porter and told him to to get his broom and keep it swept off. He thought l was a bit hard on him. but when he with sidewalks caked with ice and their porters trying to dig it up with crowbars, axes and hammers he grinned and said. Boss, you sure did this nigger good turn when you made him use his broom"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
AT SWELL HOTELS.

When stopping at q swell hotel The stiffest man unbends, He takes their stationery swell And writes to all his friends.
 Cincinnati Enquirer. When stopping at a grand hotel On his vacation trip. Who doesn't paste bunch of yeil- Ow labels on his grip?
 Denver Republican. When stopping at swell hotel Who hasn't seen his wife, When nobody was looking. swipe A silver spoon or knife?
 -Yonkers Statesman. When stopping at a swell hotel We somehow have hunch That there are other folks as well Who go out for their lunch
 Youngstown Telegram When stopping al swell hotei As per foregoing quips, We could extend our staying spell, If 'twere not for the tips.
 Houston Post When stopping at swell hotel The clerk we never greet, But for a little DrealflHS SpSii We take lobby seat.
 ExACTING CRITIC. You know it is said that beauty IS in the eye of the beholder.' That might do for poet" replied the producer of musical comedies, but you can't put anything like that over on the man who habitually sits in the front row at girl show"
 TOTAL LOSS ..Why does Jagsby look so depressed! His favorite bootlegger has been ar rested"
 Cant he get another favorite boot legger?p
 Tn time, but Jagsby paid for his last quart, which was about to be de- livered, in advance"
 HAS A PUNCH. T must say he writes well for man who devotes all his time to manufact- uring."
 saBut he manufactures automobiles An expert salesman tells me that modem motorcar literature is 'snappy stuff.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
Bishop Mccoy Improving Rapidly

T am glad that Bishop Mccoy is inn proving so rapidly" said Russell Hunt Few people outside of his intimate the bishop had a short while back when he was operated on. At one time his life was despaired of. but he showed won- derful vitality and managed to pull through. It is a blessing to any com- munity to have a man like Bishop Me- Coy live in it. He has a great hold not only on the Methodists but upon those of all denominations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
suBsCRIprIoN RATEs

Washington. bureau, POT dipps pHi'1 ing. t
 European bureau, 6 Henrielta SUI Covent Garden, London
 Eastern business otfice' building, New Xork city; western pusA ness office. Tribune building, Cnlcaeo The S .. BeckwiIh Special ASeA~'' agents tor foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
.ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
MAKING COPY.

MAKING COPY. A weary correspondent
 Was sitting at Versailles. He hoped to clog the cables And clutter up the mails With lurid special stories Of what had come to pass, Where statesmen were conferring On world peace, but, alas, The idle days were fitting, With nothing much to write, And not feature stirring, And not a scoop in sight. A sentence would have covered The knowledge meath his hat, And so he wrote three columns And let it go at that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
COMPETENT.

You advertised for a reliable chauf' feur?'
 Yes"
 'rd like to get the job
 What are your qualifications?' { Well, first, I know how to run a car''
 T should hope so."
 And second, I testified in a breach-of- promise suit against my last employer and the show girl who brought suit didn't get a nickel
 You are engaged"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15

Alabama, not only in crop diversified tion, but in the breeding and market ing of live stock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
SENSITIVE.

SENSITIVE. q smell gasoline" "Sir, honest poverty is no disgrace" of course not. Why do you say that?' Its my hat you smell. I have just had a last years derby cleaned by gen. tleman from Corfu"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
SMALLER CITIES AS LEADERS

ss SMALLER CITIES AS LEADERS From the Pittsburg Dispatch. M
 Apparently the only way the larger c.ties of tho United States can maintain a uniformity in statistical results that will meet up with their superiority in population is to demand revision of the basis of computation. That, for instance. would probably deprive Memphis of first position among municipalities when prec- edence for murders is the issue. for the metropolis of Tennessee is mere tank town compared to several others, and &C., cording to all the rules should not lead corporations such as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston. If honors were awarded by statsticians according to the actual number of murders instead of ac- cording to ratio per 10000 population, New York ana Chicago might come into their own. As it is, figures collected for the insurance interests not only do not give any of the larger cities a place .in- side the money" but fail to mention them among the also rans. This Is plainly an injustice
 When the cities that lead in the number of murders per 100000 of population are | given as Memphis Charleston, s. C., New Orleans. Atlanta, St. Louis, Savannah i and Cincinnati in list of 3t American 1 communities, citizens of the better known localities cannot but feel deprived Yet there are the facts expressed in figures, the form that has Washingtonian repu- tation. For the year 1917 Memphis had a record of 52.7 murders per 100000 of ] population, as against only A for New York, and at that the Tennessee town suffered loss of 23 from the record of l 1916. There is a noticeable coincidence in the fact that all the leaders in the 1 murder industry except two are in the | far south, but even this Will scarcely | console the larger and more progressive cities. Are New York gunn1en after all , only troupe of comic opera asaassins?
 
 HOY, PAGE AN ANATOMIsT.
 From the Shawano County (Wis.) Jour- nal.
 Mrs. Ward Peterson of Belle Puaine, fell on the ice at Clintonville and frac- tured her left arm above the knee. Dr.
 Finney is attending to the case and she is getting along nicely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-15
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