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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04

7 EXINGTON, KY.-Picturesque Ash
 land, the historic estate of Henry
 Clay here. is soon to be cut up and sold as building lots.
 This beautiful estate, which has al- ready been infringed upon by streets and parks until it is not one-fifth it's original size, is one of the few remain ing shrines toward which pilgrims turn their steps and in which Ken tuckians take pride.
 Henry Clay once wrote to Benton, T love old Ashland, and all these acres with their trees and flowers and grow ing grain lure me in a way that am bition never can."
 The house, built by Clay when he came to Lexington from Virginia, al- ways remained to him a beloved re- treat from the cares and fatigue of his energetic political life. Set thick about with cedars and embowered with climbing ivy and clambering roses, the rambling old mansion opens it's hos pitable doors toward an avenue of stately locust trees planted by the hand of the great commodore himself. It stands now as originally erected. its main building, two and half stories in height, flanked on either side by wings only one story high to which are attached Ls projecting to the front. It's sloping lawns, sheeted with luxuriant blue grass. which used to be surrounded by great woodland of ash, chestnut, oak and walnut trees have now been greatly diminished and will soon have passed entirely out ot existence.
 On the death of Clay the estate | passed into the hands of his son. James B. Clay, and was purchased on the latter's decease by the Kentucky Uni versity. Since its reaquisition by the family it was partly torn down, but
 was rebuilt on the same plan and with almost all the same material A portrait of the statesman. done by
 Matthew Jouett. the Kentucky artist ! hangs in the hall and on the library l shelves are hundreds of his books marked and dogeared.
 The house, which is still in the pos session of Mrs. McDowell Clay'i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
NOVELIST AND HER REWARD From the New York World

ioin the New York World
 That the late Amelia B. Barr au+bor- ess or sixty successful novels. left an estate of only $555 indicates sometbing g or the vicissitudes of the literary pro t. iesslon' novel may amply repay tine publisher and then fall flat as to its demand. leaving the writer of it hut slight returns for the time and labor
 spent on it.
 Many prolific authors have had si:ni- lar experiences and they wrote So many
 books, perhaps, not through sheer love
 of writing, which always produces the
 best results, but simply as matter of
 routine and necessity. In a sense they
 might have been caliel the slaves O:
 the pen, which sometimes rewards it's
 users beyond their dessr's and a others With the capriciousness of which litera- ture furnishes so many example7, gives them but scant daily breai mere beginner in literature or jour. naiism today can fir squont!y earn muck 1 more than Edgar Allan Poe, for in.
 stance, earned at tune when he was
 tarn'ng out masterpies, of literature
 In prose and verse. Btu while Fortune i, fjcAie and capric4n 2 and bestow her rewards frequently .Iithout muct ! fe:ertnce to merit, Fare i. more just The world knows little or nothing, anG cares less for the publishers and edito- rial magnates who grudingly gave Pos a mere pittance for work which time | has stamped as immortal. They looked down upon him as an cratic scribblel and probably thought they were treat | ing him literally, and now the kindes th.ng that falls to them is s:lsuce an1 ' oblivion.
 | Even Gr.swt,c man important 1T the literary history of his time is now known chiefly from his collections 0. the prose aLt poetry of A.- day anc for his an.. uiscm and injustice te 1 Poc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04

A Chicago woman claims her husband beat her every time a state ratified the national prohibition amendment While it is easy to understand the husband s irritation, his method of showing it was highly reprehensible.
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 The lower house of the Georgia gen. eral assembly voted against inviting Sem ator Reed to deliver an address before the house on the league of nations. Those Georgia solons have been reading the newspapers.
 American bootleggers may congratulate themselves that they are not citizens of the state of Sonora, in Mexico, where it is stated that violators of the prohibition enforcement law will be promptly exc cuted.
 A London wireless message says the former crown prince has renewed his lease on the parsonage at wieringen for three months. But he may regard that lease as merely another "scrap of paper. {"
 + # #
 At the hour of going to press old Father Neptune was reported prostrated in a dep sea cavern by the intelligence that American ships are now being christened with ginger ale.
 An aviator was arrested for landing in Van Cortland park, New York, and "dis- turbing the grass The sensible thing for an aviator to do is to keep off the earth.
 The crew of the British dirigible RIA bid fair to make the round trip between London and New York without a single exciting incident
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 It will be impossible to arranse mat ters so Won Bethmann-Hollweg can bear all the blame for the Tate unnleasa n+- ness"
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 Vnia s reported order that all captured Ahericans be hanged is probably the re- suit of recent disappointment at Juarez
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 Even the walters were tipsy along Broadway when New York mourned the passing of John Barleycorn. x x E The George Washington is making what seems to be positively it's last appea ran as the presidential ship. < * # China will horn into" the league of na- tons by signing the treaties with Ans l tria and Hungary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
From the Montgomery Evening Adve

From the Montgomery Evening Adver- tiser.
 @ FORGE BERNARD SHAW, the W I cratic British playwright and es- sayist, has written an answer to those who have criticised him for his widely quoted utterance that, after all lowing for all blunders and reverse on i the part of the English, Germany was not only hopelessly bLockaded, but out witted, out-prepared, out-generaled, out fought, overthrown, out-gassed out tanked, out -raided, out-bombed and finally brought to her knees at Eng1and's feet,
 more abjectly than Philip or Louis or Ma poleon, or any of the old rivals of the British hon.'' MT Shaw defends himself from the unaccustomed charge of jingo- ism by line of reasoning which is al together characteristically Shavian and properly develop
 | However, in the course of his argu- ment, he makes the following remarks on what he terms the absurd viccissi- tudes'' of the campaign, which are not without interest, although they may not be strictly acurate:
 l "All the armies won glorious victories { and incurred crushing defeats; but none of them semed to matter Napoleon at Waterloo and Pompey at Pharsalia suf- 1 fered only trifling reverses in comparison
 with Cough in the rout of the Fifth army
 and Cadorna at Caporetto. Yet these
 were the preludes to victory. The French ought to call it the war of the peu
 pres; Paris nearly taken, Verdun all
 but captured, the channel ports only just
 the verge of falling, Rheims morally if
 not militarily stormed, Jutland "a damned
 near thing and the decision, after
 every one had given up all hope of de-
 cision, achieved with appalling complete ness of famine. There were moments
 when all seemed lost; yet nothing hap
 pened. At the first gas attack four miles
 of our line vanished in strangulated ter
 TOT and left the way to the sea open;
 and the result was no worse than if it
 had been held by 50,000,Ooo troops. When
 we suddenly changed from taking less i than our share of the line to more than
 we had men for, and the collapse of
 Cough was followed by warning from
 Haig that the Germans were through,
 the panic here was so utter and shame
 less that the government frantically
 abandoned the harvest and considered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
OLD CLAY ESTATE DOOMED

granddaughter. win continue to stand surrounded by asphalt streets and plain, square, brick residences or apartment houses.
 Gone forever will be the woodland and the broad avenue of oaks, now over a hundred years old, which well comed many a distinguished visitor and sheltered him to the ever open doors of Ashland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
Patriotic Fervor
 To Mark the Day

TT HIS is the Fourth of July the
 0 date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and it will be celebrated with patriotic fervor throughout America.
 It has been 143 years since the epoch-making document, written by Thomas Jefferson, dissolving all po- litical connection with the British crown, was adopted by the continental Congress, but it is as sacred now as it was in the long years ago.
 This time last year we were in the throes of the world war, and felt nothing of the spirit of jubilation. Yet the Fourth was observed as a pa- triotic duty and the memory of the past served as an inspiration for our fighters overseas and our brave men in the cantonments in this country be- ing trained for battle on the west ern front"
 Today we are living under treaty |of peace with Germany. The four million troops that we had under arms have been reduced to one million, and Rehabilitation will continue until the army will soon be on peace footing. The celebration today will be joyous, therefore, beyond anything known in recent years. It used to be the custom in all gatherings on the Glorious Fourth" for some 'practiced reader" to read or declaim the declara sion. 1 It will be so today at many a barbecue and community sing. But there will be no exultation over Great Britain as in other years. The United States and England have been for years on terms of closest friendship, and in the bloody struggle with Germany fought side by side. And may the bonds of amity continue through the ages. Let's have sane celebration festivities and patriotic oratory, without the explosion of cannon crack CTS, the firing of toy pistols or any other undue noise. Let's be happy hearted people and above all a liberty loving people and lovers forever of the Declaration of Independence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
Receipts unnecessarx

T am not mailing receipts for check given by subscribers to the state me- moria1 building fund.-" said J. Kirk Jack son, secretary of the memorial campaign committee, flor the reason the checks themselves are good receipts. Not only are receipts unnecessary. but it would cost two cents for every one mailed and as the number of subscribers runs into the thousands that would mean very heavy expenses"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
QUOTING EUR1P1DEs

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 It was sad old Euripides who decieared, My tongue took an oath but my mind is unsworn"; and from some of the sen timents expressed by the Germans as they signed the treaty one may easily imagine that they must have been read ing Euripides.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
ADMIRATION.

"who is this Cherry Blossom you ara always teasing your wife about?" asked Mir. Gadspur.
 Lust an imaginary affinity of mine" answered MT. Dubwaite She IS the source of much pleasantly at our din- ner table"
 Wonderful Wonderful" ..zs.-esss
 What are you taking off your hat for?~
 I'm just paying my respects to past master that's all"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
TELEPHONE

BEGINNING THE DAY My Lord, what can be done with me, since I lack all needful things. I Inck decision, courage, honesty. nm not careful, | put off from day to day. I am selfish and my mind is evil. Cover me with the garment of Thine own righteousness and it shall be as if I myself possessed it. Amen.-HME.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
~sfY DADDY-

"MY DADDY, From the Continental Edition of the Lon- don Mail.
 Who can give the name of great man who fought in the war;" was a question put by the vicar of Chertsey to the infants in Empire day examinations My daddy came the prompt reply from a smart 5-year-old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
Calls About Preserving

Hundreds of calls to know about preserving and canning are being made to the county demonstration agents"
 said Miss Marion Walker. county emer-
 gency demonstration agent Some of
 these people fail to get the demonstra- ton agents by not calling Main 3253, which is the office in the county courthouse. Literature or any information concern ing the demonstration work may be ob- tained by calling this telephone num-
 ber.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
AndnIusin,n Cheats


 T came up to Birmingham on little private business" said A. L. Rankin of Andalusia, and the chairman of the local entertainment committee to look after the Alabama Press association, and I want to say just how much pleasure the Andalusians got out of the visit of the members of the fourth estate We knew that they were a bunch of good fellows, but we had no idea. that it would be so easy to give them good time, for they just entered into every thing we sug- gested and made 1t a joy to do our best to make their stay in our hustling little city pleasant and profitable one. We hope they will visit us again in the near future, for if they got as much out of it as we did 1t was a good trade all around"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
UNLAMENTED.

''Prohibition is not such a bad thins after all."
 ''No?"
 "It has done away with the fellow who suffered from temporary paralysis of both arms when reaching for the oar check"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
WORST IS YET TO COME

From the Washington Star. The return of the President of the United States implies that it is lover,
 over there." But the Senate offers direct
 suggestions that it is not over, over here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04

workers looked on with serious mis- givings. To make matters worse, the vessel was launched on Friday, thus beginning an inauspicious career un- der double handicap.
 Possibly ship christened with water stands as good a chance to weather storms and avoid other perils of the deep as vessel christened with champagne, but the careers of such craft will be carefully noted and every time one comes to grief, sailorrnen will have nc difficulty in accounting for it's misfortune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
TWENTY YEARS AGO
 IN THE AGE-HERALD
Events recorded July 4, 1899.

The Washington correspondent of The Age-Herald states that regiment for service in the Philippines will be raised jointly in Alabama And Georgia. Re cruiting officers will be stationed in the large cities of the country to raise vol unteers for General Otis army.
 A heavy rainfall lasting seven days in central and western parts of Texas has caused a property loss estimated at s. ooo, 900 and a list of dead that may num- Der 90.
 Prof. Frank Peterson of Greensboro was yesterday elected president of the Mon tevallo Industrial School for Girls. The affairs of this institution have been given great publicity since the removal of Cap tain Reynolds former president. l H. H. Sinnige. first vice president. and T. L.. McGowan, second vice president of the Birmingham board of trade. have returned from an extended tour of the middle west. where they were the guests of boards of trade. They gathered much important data which will be made avail able to the Birmingham board. | Birmingham plans to celebrate the Fourth of July with barbecues, picnics. fireworks and races. The feature of the day will be. horse races at Smiths park. under the auspices of the Birmingham Riding and Driving association.
 Birmingham will have two theatres open during the coming season. Tester day Ben Theiss closed contract with U. A. vanHoose to manage the audi torium. which will be converted into an lup-to-date playhouse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
With Hotel Managers

Hotels in Birmingham have been crowded since last December and I find that business in other states is just as to be moving about considerably in all parts of the country. I have been watching with considerable interest the effect prohibition will have on the ho- tels in territory that was wet before July 1. While the results cannot be spe- officially stated this early I dare say these hotels will find considerable change in business and will also find 1t hard to get over the change. But hotel busi- ness in Cuba will boom, in all prob ability"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
PROBABLY BOTH.

That woman on the corner, waiting for trolley car, refused your offer of lift rather superciliousiy."
 'So she did, replied the obIigtng man. And now I'll never know if she turned up her nose at my company or my fliv- ver"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04

NOT AFFECTED.
 50 the repeal of the daylight saving law means nothing to your" Nothing in particular" replied the city dweller.
 why is that7@
 Well, you see, I'm not a member of Congress with votes to think about, I'm not tiller of the soil and never nni1ked a COW, fed pig or watered a horse in my whole life.'' IN ADVANCE Cant you find a loophole for me to crawl through?" asked the shifty pro- moter.
 ''Of course I can," replied the equally shifty lawyer. "But-ahem-theres little preliminary to be settled first"
 '@What Is that?'' 'I shall require retainer of $1o0p be- fore you start to crawl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
Anna H. Shaw a
 Great Character

INTO matter what ones attitude to- 9 N ward suffrage, or temperance reform may have been, the whole world must accord high honor to Dr. Anna H. Shaw for what she strove to do in the cause of humanity and for what she accomplished. Dead at the age of seventy-one, Dr. Shaw's life reads like a romance. A native of England, she came to the United States when only four years old. She was reared in extreme pow erty, but she qualified herself for the profession of school teaching. She taught in Michigan wilderness, walking eight miles day to earn four dollars week.
 She early developed love for public service and her yearning to make the world better brought her into the ministry.
 On account of her sex she was re- fused ordination in the Methodist Episcopal church-the denomination of her choice-but was afterwards made minister of the Methodist Protestant church. She was an elo- quent speaker and her pulpit work was distinctly successful; but at the end of seven years she resigned from the ministry to enter upon the great reform activities for which she was lsingularly adapted. She labored for equal suffrage, total abstence and social purity. She soon became potent lin the suffrage cause. Her heart was lin the movement and under her lead ership rapid progress was made. A more unselfish woman never lived. She was fearless, resolute and con- J vincing. Her death will be sincerely lamented by her co-laborers and her memory will be held in reverence by all classes and conditions of men and women.
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 The proprietor of hotel in New Jer- sey, who plans to grow cranberries in the future, had his hotel painted black in mourning for John Barleycorn. Persons who don't own hotels may testify to their grief by wearing bit of crepe around the hatband or on the arm.
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 The director of the beach patrol at At Ilantic City says. There's altogether too much nature on view" Hence an official ] ukase to blushing cops to see that beach l beauties wear something more than g mere suggestion of bathing suit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
A CONTRAS ST.

A CONTRAST. Don't give up the battle, brother, Just because you're feeling blue;
 There's man at Anerongen Who feels far worse off than you.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS.

IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS. Handsome home pr. Deliver is putting up."
 So it is."-
 'I wonder how great an outlay it rep- resents.''
 "At a rough guess, I should say no less than 50 appendices and perhaps a tumor or two"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04

Washington bureau, 2o7 Hibbs build- ing.
 European bureau, 10 King street, Covent Garden, London, w. c. Z,
 Eastern business office, Worlo puilo ing. New York city; western business office. Tribune building, Chicago. The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
ADRIF7T WITH THE TIMES
WATCH HIM.

The triple entente's speaking, Soft, but clear: Keep an eye on foxy Wilhelm, Holland, dear"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
Member of the Associated Press

The Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying tho Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication or all news dispatches credited to 1t of not 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., 1919-07-04

The director of the beach patrol at At- much nature on view" Hence an official ukase to blushing cops to see that beach beauties wear something more than a mere suggestion of bathing suit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-04
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

July 4th. 177e was independence day for the United States, but July 4th, 1919 is independence day for the world.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-17
HOLD R0US!NG
LABOR NEE TING

With IL mammoth crowd present. rep
rcscnting several nationalit!eS. Il meet
ing Ia enroll members into the National
Organization COMMITTEES Of Iron ana
steel workers was held last night In the
Polish hall. F0rty-fifth and Woods
streets. This is on" OF tn" many SIM
liar meetings held IN the Wheeling dis
trict in the past several weeks In per
fccting the p rclminary plans for the
organization OF the big union OF All IRON
and steel workers directly and Indirect
Is connected with those occupations
and which will embrace II trades. The
orr anizalion Will be ai1lllatcd Win IN"
American Federation Of Labor.
Much enthusiasm was manifested AT
tho meeting last night and praStlcH!IF
all union men present eligible I" become
members Of the new organization enroll
Cd The principal addresses were drliv-
cred by Ben Groggin. international r"p-
rcSentat!vo of Mine and Smcltcr Work.
erS' union. with headquarters NJ Pitts
hurEh. who spoke in Italian: Stanley
lngcrsky. Polish organizer OF tho United
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-17
And Men, Says DR.. Reid Who Prescr1oes
1t to Nourish and Strenthen the
Nerves. Clear tho Brain and
Bring Back Health and the
Joys Of Life 20 Tired,
Anaclnic, Rundown
People.

Boston. MRSs.--Bnth my TRENDS "I
th". profession aud s"lf--d"'l"rS all
hay" boon amazed ut tho 'rAn*t"rhat'"'
wrought Ivy u few days us" III rho"-
pho gated malt. -
Not long ago woman cam" 10 III" III
n sad state If physical and nervous "A-
hauStIon. She vas frclful. iaull-nhdiiH
and nervous and complained Of tc"lihI
tired all The time. Sh" had been gre
uIsIy rnIsir"lI,.d by her husband ana D.!
all her rrirnds--acrording tn her STORY:
IN her he world Wa> ii dr"Hr% place anu
life IiS,ir va. Il burden and hr"' |
hau treated her !"f"r" and knew nor
family md social lif'. 10 L." id"Hl "N'HrL
fer her own distorted imagination.
told her ia cat les. anh lax" Nv" az
era In tnh.ciS If ihusphorat"h mai hil"r
ru''ii ui"al Nud I" report I" IN" nv Nv"
end Of II we. X. ~ about tw" weeks Sh'
'an" int" lay office. r"SE-"h"'.h'u. my
ny. anil cal rec, Il rictur" 81 "N"'lAnl
hraIth--th" E;na that knows n" nerve"
and f"rrcIs To- hc unhappy.
| huv" s"on phnsphnrat"d malt COUPE
endurance and mental activity IN i"SH
than two wr".S' tinir after ali Csc hau
failed. even tho best physicians. nave
:""u IT. bring roses tu Tho checks al pare,
tired nervous. rNrrwnrkrt women anu
/ he crimson blood nI health and Il happy
smile to the faces nf children r"""r erinE
from long spells Of sickness. PhYSlclanS
all know that phosphorus anuN" All
things npurishrs the brain and nerves
MI that without il good health Is I'M
possible Nerves and brain need II ike
the body needs food. II strengthens and