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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
LUXE M,LIKE SAYS

some men wouldn't be satisfied unless 'hey received a steel trust president S salary and a school teachers vacation.
 Why is it that 10 years of married life can change wifes crowning glory into wad the size of a baseball?
 Prohibition may prevent man from blowing whisky smell into your face when you are on a crowded street car. But 1t won't prevent the same man from wearing the same pair of socks four weeks.
 When you are engaged give the girl an engagement ring set with an opal. Then you'n have something on which to blame your bad luck after you marry her.
 Even when a man is over his head in debt We doubt that he will tell you that he feels out of sight
 A man and his wife may agree about everything else But they never agree on the proper hour for him to get home at night
 We are looking forward to prohibition with great glee, because every day will be Sunday and 930 will be the middle of the night.
 A man can manage 800 men in his plant down town. But that doesn't keep his wife from managing him when he Is at home.
 We are always advised to keep our hearts softer than our heads. But when the soft-hearted man and the hard headed man transact business, you know who is going to get the best of it, don't you?
 Before you get her she sits on your lap And after you get her she sits all over you.
 Another thing we can't understand is why rounder never moves in the best circles.
 Once in while you can write whole book on economies in few words. Like this, for example: The luxuries of yes- terday are the necessities of today. A poor man has no business riding q hobby. But a rich man can afford . whole stable of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
SWORD DEADLIER THAN GUN

From the Peoples Home Journal
 In spite of the long casualty lists of the present war, fought with all the fiendish contrivances of modern science. the destruction of life is not so great Tn proportion to earlier wars when sol diers fought hand to hand
 The most deadly of all weapons was the Roman short sword. Caesar reported that at the battle he fought near Namur his soldiers slew 60,OOO of the Nervil. There were no wounded when the weapon was the short sword.
 As men began to fight at longer range the death lists grew shorter. It is an axiom of modern war that it costs a marksman his own weight in lead to kill one of the enemy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
DEATHS PALE HORSES IN NORTH

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger Few stories of the ravages of war in
 Europe exceed in pity and tenror the tale
 that comes by dog-maH to Battle Harbor,
 and thence by wireless to Newfoundland.
 of the plight of the meager population of the Labrador coast in the winter that | is ending.
 The outside world shut away by leagues
 of snow and fee, with the seas unpassable, enza, smallpox and measles that was
 having it's way without restraint among 1 the Eskimo natives and the "1iveyeres''
 dhe fishermen from the south who choose
 to remain for the winter).
 1 The villages of Main, Okak and Hebron tiny clusters of huts clinging to the
 rocks in the teeth of freezing blasts and
 whirling blizzards-have been virtually
 wiped out. Only the dead in some places ; were left to bury the dead.
 ] With a total population of not more than 4000, the disaster is proportionately appalling. For more than 15O years the
 Moravians, patient devoted, self-sacrific-
  | ing up their coastal missions. The in- | terior of the land is uninhabited and un- inhabitable. The last winter has brought | to these struggling settlements the most serious disaster that has ever overtaken them. As result, the work of the mis- 1 sion among the deep sea fishermen, which Dr. Grenfell directs and inspires, Will be the chief reliance of the inhabitants till the Moravian missions, with their mea- ger income, can build up their work once more. Perhaps some of the lonely, dimin- utive hamlets will never be rebuilt, for it does not appear that there is any like lihood of d sufficient immigration for years to come There will always be a summer influx for the sake of the fishing | season; but the migration of the Eskimo will be steadily to the northward. The
 mere thought of the recent sufferings of the little string of settlements cut off from all medical succor leads one to mar vel afresh at the courage and self-sacri- flee of the hardy pioneers who have given their toiling lives to help these people so far removed from the plenty and the com fort that surround us here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
Picturesque West
 Passed With Saloons

N s a writer in the New Republic GA points out, when Nevada and Wyoming joined the dry states in November, "the west went dry" By this is meant that part of the west which now survives chiefly in the movies.
 When Bret Harte wrote "The Luck Of Roaring Camp" and for con- siderable time thereafter, the saloon, the gambling hell, the dance hall and the picturesque cowboy who "let off steam" by shooting up one of these in- stitutions, or all three if he were feeling fit, continued to flourish. The barbed-wire fence and the steady en- croachment of civilization, largely a matter of dollars and cents and hard headed business efficiency, soon made the old-fashioned cowboy more or less obsolete. He was reduced to the status of ranch hand and the glamor that once invested him faded away, never to return.
 However, as long as liquor flowed freely and "wild and woolly" contrived to keep enough of it's ruggedness to impress visitors from the effete east. If the saloons were not as numerous as in the old days, compared to the size of the population, they were larger and much more ornate.
 But when the west abolished the saloon and outlawed liquor the last remaining link connecting it with a turbulent past was broken. California continues to follow after false gods" !" chief among them being Bacchus, but California long since became polished and luxurious. The west of Bret Harte IS no more. US most unfuly charac- ters are labor agitators and I. w. w. orators. Only in the movies can we get glimpse of what it used to be in the more spacious times when John Rarleycorn was master of the revels and a six-shooter was an indispensa- ble part Of gentleman's toilet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
pr. Dickinson Taking Rest.

Yes, it feels a bit queer to be back once more in civilian clothes.' said Dr.. A. J. Dickinson, who for some months 5 was actively engaged in army Y. M. c. A. work" and who is at present here on two weeks furlough. q may be let out or may be called for overseas duty. l greatly enjoyed my camp ex- periences after 33 years in the active practice. l feel that I am entitled to a rest for awhile, and I am not both cred about getting back in harness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
Against Law to Know Anxth,nr

T was greatly amused the other day al reply l got from a good friend of mlne," said Dr. Gross Harrison. "On meeting him I said: Do you know any thlng% With merry twinkle, ho re. piled, No, 1t is against the law to know anything these days and passed on his way, l frequently meet some news- paper acquaintance and ask, him. What Is the news?' to be told that is jusl what l am out looking for; do you know any"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
LAW ON VAMPIRES
e Pittsburg Dispatch

From the PIttsburg Dlspatch
 Some one has dug up an old anti-vam- pire law which indicates that camping was just as much in vogue in the sev- enteenth century as 1t is at the present A law against obtaining husbands under false pretense, passed by Parliament in ITO. enacts: That woman of whatever age, rank, profession or degree. who shall after this act impose upon, seduce and be-
 tray into matrimony any of His Majesty's s
 subjects by virtue of paints, cosmetic
 washes, artificial teeth, false hair, iron
 stays, bolstered hips or high heel shoes
 shall incur the penalty now in force
 against: the marriage under such cir
 cumstances upon conviction of the of
 fending parties shall be null and void"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
Three Boys fin Army

Birmingham is one of the cities I like to make" said Louis Woods, an old Eufaula boy who went to Memphis, but who now calls New Yoork home. q had three boys in the army over seas One is still with the army of occupation, but two have been dis charged. My son Louis, however, mas gone back to England on business. dare say that many of the soldiers who kept their eyes open for postwar en- terprises will be returning to one of the allied countries either to remain iences"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
HARD SHEDDING

From the Florida Times Union.
 According to The Birmingham Age action is already under way as a result of the drastic prohibition laws. Never theless drug stores and nicotine par lors will continue to occupy the promi- nent street corners" But, as the reac- ton will have to react to the tune of a three-tourths majority before it car, accomplish anything, it might just as well go way back and sit down
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
Transatlantic Flight
 Scheduled for May

A T last definite announcement 6S has been made of the navy's plans to cross the ocean on a heavier than-air machine. The start will be made on the first clear day in May" states the Manufacturers Aircraft association, which claims to speak with authority from Washington.
 The venture will be more in the na- ture of sporting proposition, with due safeguards to afford the maxi mum of safety to the aviators, but the initial flight, which has every proba- bility of success, will certainly lead to the establishment of a regular transatlantic freight and passenger service in the near future. There promises to be keen rivalry between Great Britain and America for &C., complishing the first aerial voyage across the Atlantic and since Great Britain's plans are said to be prac- tically completed for the attempt, there may be a race for the honor.
 Favoring winds, which have been regarded as a great factor in the suc-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
ESPRIT DE CORPS!

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Lawton, Okla.-Second Lieut.. Hilry c. Hyde of Columbia, Mo-, pilot and Cadet William M. Crabtree, Jamestown. N. D.. were killed this morning when the airplane in which they were flying crashed to the ground in a wheat field near Lawton.
 The plane narrowly missed a woms an, to whom the falling ayiators shouted:
 For Gods sake, get out of the way!'
 The machine was WrecYked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31

BEGINNING THE DAY--O my God, Encouragement gets hold upon me. I pray and am not heard. The waters go over my soul l give up the fight. But it cannot rest so. This little experience of mine is for day, while in the past are all, my fathers, whose need Thou hast met. Lord, restore my faith. Amen.--H. M .E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31

INN 7 ASHINGTON. March s0.-(spe- i MW ciaL )-'Helgolan naval
 wall flower during the world war. now seems as much of a military white elephant as the German battle- ships" says a bulletin of the National Geographic society. which describes the North Sea Gibraltar"
 The Qualifications, built to defend the entrance to the Kiel canal. will be dismantled, dispatches state, and ths English propose to use leftover allied | and German explosives to blast away the towering rocks which make the island so highly strategic. Nature has been unkind to this lit- tie island of fairy tales and ghost lore, with its quaint. kindly folk and their queer customs" the bulletin continues. ''The sea all but washed it away, brought shoals of fishes, but waited ! them back across the channel. cut the island in two, but was unkindest of all, perhaps. when it planted the plateau rock land to be a magnet for German militarism It did not take long, after Germany acquired the island from Great Britain in 1890, to convert it into a combination super-fort and Coney ! Island for over-stout German trades- men.
 Thirty miles west of the Sch1eswig- Holstein coast, less than a square mile in area, the few thousand fisher folk had little chance to make any protest. Yet the sturdy islanders, for centuries, had well defined ideas about self deter mination-even if they never heard the phrase.
 Upon one memorable occasion the women of the island decided it's politi- cal fate. About the time William Penn was settling Pennsylvania, a Danish admiral captured the islands fisher men one night while they were plac- ing their nets. He threatened to hold rendered to Denmark. Wives, mothers and sisters arose to woman and forced the Schleswig garrison to re- linquish any claim up Helgoland to Denmark.
 Before the Hun Qualifications capped the main land and the sand dune was overrun by bathing houses. the appearance of the island to ths approaching mariner was aptly de- scribed in the verse:
 "'Green is the land,
 Rcd is the rock,
 White is the strand,
 These are the colors of Helgoland.'
 From it's predominant natural col DTS, in fact, the island did take It's red, white and green, contained in the o1den days of lenient Danish and Eng fish rule not only in flags and on the curious postage stamps, but exploited in house painting and women's scarfs.
 1.-TWO centuries ago violent upheav- al of the sea churned out the connect ing link between the sand lowlani
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
A THIRTY-DOLLAR AIR TRIP

sary landing and repair facilities, Ora. hame- White figures at $1,00o.oo0, with an operating expense of $1,250,O0O d year. ys
 Grahame- Whites conclusion is: "Ths ture, must receive not only the finan- cial support of the government, but also the moral support and encourage ment of the entire nation. No cry for retrenchment. however desirable in other directions. must be allowed to re- tard the progress of aeronautics."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
Music Lovers Will
 Crowd Birmingham

1T1HIS is grand opera week in Bir-
 1 mingham and music lovers will crowd the city.
 Birmingham is growing rapidly and the streets, hotels and restaurants are filled. Everybody remarks the strides that Birmingham is making. But those who come to the opera will be accommodated, even if they have to sleep two or three in bed.
 Southern cities, as a rule, are run ming ahead. The next federal census will be taken year from now, and | it is safe to assume that Birmingham will outstrip all of them in percentage of increase.
 But the question of the hour is the opera, There will be room enough by little crowding for all our visitors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
.PIGMY MINDsv D

From the Kansas City Star.
 The 'pygmy minds" the President spoke of are beginning to show some influence at the Paris peace table. Gulliver has underestimated the number of Lillipu- tians to be dealt with once more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
Not Too Early to Get
 Ready for State Fair

&sSSeN%J -O~ ~SN"SO = SS~~ INIWHILE the next annual State w Fair is six years ahead, ii is not too early to prepare for it Every farmer should increase his swine and cattle exhibit.
 Within the past few years there has been large stride forward, but the stride should go onward.
 Alabama's crop diversification has added wealth to every community and diversification will continue to develop the resources of the state in an unparalleled degree.
 Next falls fair will be educational, just as all fairs have been before it Increased acreage is in order, and above all else, increased breeding of l hogs and beef cattle will heighten the educational value of the State Fair. Let's make the fair next autumn the largest and the best in the history of Alabama.
 It is reported that former Emperor Charles fortune will not be turned over to him until his formal abdication is received. There must be some fear that Charles will try to stage a come- back"
 After fighting battles in the air, Ed die Rickenbacker won't get much ex- citement out of an automobile race, unless he drives his car with one hand. * Ts #
 Fortunately. the increase in tele- graph tolls will not affect the bulk of the population. The average house. holder can live without telegrams.
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 There is disposition to credit Lem inc with more brains than he was at first supposed to have, but his char acter can't be whitewashed. * # *
 If plans to reduce cotton acreage are carried out, old King Cotton will no longer be a regular patron of the three-ball shops.
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 Although the press did it's best to warn the public. many an absent minded citizen forgot to turn his clock an hour ahead.
 T beg your pardon" says the affa- ble bootlegger to the inquisitive sleuth, "but have you search warrant about you?"
 Chicago has negro population of So,oo0. The colored policeman on South State street Is an important function ary.
 Old Father Neptune will find his power curtailed considerably when air planes begin to fit across the Atlantic.
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 Calling on the Hungarian soviet government to resign may invite the reply, What will you do if we don't?"
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 German helmets are getting to sbe a drug on the market, but the war lec- turers are still drawing full houses.
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 Princess Pats husband has had her love letters bound in book. The pub- fisher promised not to read them.
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 Not without reason, Coney Island fears that the coming drouth will de- stroy the ''hot dog'' industry.
 Next to the Kaiser the most unpopu- lar man who had anything to do with the war was the censor.
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 Trolley cars wait while flappers in tight skirts are bundled on board by gallant escorts,
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 The signinf of an armistice has meant nothing in particular to Lem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31

Reduction in rank has not changed Colonel Anselrs views on courtsmar- tial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-31

It is reported that former Emperor Charles fortune will not be turned over to him until his formal abdcation is received. There must be some fear that Charles will try to stage come back"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-10
JERSEY CITY TROOPS GIVEN
49,, INAUGURATION HONORS

by Special Correspondent.
TRENTON, Dec. 10-The- Jersey
City battalion of $50 men and the
First Troop of Cavalry of Newark
will probably have the honor of par
ticipating in the inaugural ceremonies
of Governor Edwards. The battal-
ion consists of two companies in Jer-
sey City, the home of Mr.. Edwards,
one each in Union Hill and Morris
town. The battalion is part of the
recently organized Sixth Regiment OF
National Guard. The cavalry troop
is composed of seventy men and has
just been authorized by the Wal De-
partment
In view Of the military features the
inaugural expenses incident to the in
duction of Mr.. Edwards will be ap-
proximately $4,000. Those OF Gov
errors Fielders and Edge were about
$4,000. each
After the new executive is sworn in
on the balcony of the historic Old
Barracks building on the grounds OF
the State House, a luncheon to a list
Of guests will be servedl7n the base
ment. The Barracks housed soldiers
of the British government back be-
fore the Revolution when the colonies
were a prey to the ravages of In
dians
From three until five o'clock on the
day Of the Inauguration of Governor
Edwards will hold a reception in the
executive reception room in the State
House. which Is now being decorated
In gold and white
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-10
HEAVY FOG CAUSES DELAYS
BUT NO ACCIDENTS HERE

Traffic on the water yesterday was
tied up during the day until after y
o'clock last night because OF the dense
fog that hung over this section. The
~ferryboat Perth Amboy Of the Staten
Island Rapid Transit railroad mad
difficulty in making the trips back n
forth over the sound. The schedule
was badly disrupted during the heavy
fog blanket and only train trips were
made along any kind of schedule. on
one or two trips over the sound, dur
ing the afternoon, the boat was more
than three-quarters of an hour from
the time that it left the slip here until
it entered the other slip on the Tot
Itenville side. In missing the slip on
the T~ottenville side on onelof the trips
the ferryboat came near going upon
the mud flats adjoining the slip.
There were a number of boats lying
at anchor in the path of the ferryboat
that made 1t difficult to operate the
boat back and forth with safety.
There were no accidents reported on
the water.
The fog was just as thick on land
and the only accident reported that
was said to have been due to the fog
was the collision between Blue bus NO.
2, running from this city to South Am
boy, e&an a truck from New York, on
the county bridge shortly after IL
o'clock yesterday morning. The front
axle of the bus was damaged but the
truck escaped. There was no one
lburt
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-10
CHARGE ARMY CAPTAIN WITH
BRUTAL DEEDS IN A. E. r,
BIZ Tho Associated Press.

BIZ Tho Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10-Brutal
treatment and ever deliberate torture
of enlisted men of the American Elk
peditionary Forces, are charged
against Capt. Carl w. Deter, former
ly commanding officer of the 30S MIL
itary Police Company, whose trial
by court martial opened at Governors
Island today.
Among the documentary evidence
prepared for Captain Detzer's trial
is a deposition made by Lieut.. Col.
william Culburson, formerly acting
inspector general of the A. e. T., af-
ter investigating at lie Mans, France,
charges made against the captain.
The deposition declares that beyond
q doubt men who came under Capt.
Detzer's control had been cruelty
and brutally mishandled."
Capt. Deter, who formerly was a
Fort Wayne. Ind. newspaper man.
had charge under the assistant pro-
vost marshal, of all criminal inves-
tigation at the embarkation center
at LIE Mans Reports submitted by
the Inspector generals office are said
to allege that methods used by him
II wringing confessions from all en-
listed men included kicking, beating.
compelling men to stand at attention
for thirty-six hours. ten minutes on
and five minutes off; Withholding food
and water; not allowing men to sleep,
etc.