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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
x x x Educator Declares Teachers Are Unfit

6HHE statement made by D. E. U Waldo, president of the Vest ern State Normal school, Kalamazoo, Mich, that lat least half the teachers in the United States are not fit to teach" and i've ought to get rid of 35O,OOO of them," will be accepted without protest.
 President Waldo will doubtless be charged with reflecting unduly on the teachers of this country. If his charges are true, and there is some ground for his criticism, it is due en- tirely to the fact that teachers are the poorest paid class on the face of the earth. The profession offers little or no inducement to persons of marked ability. Men and women of brilliant intellect, who are in every way Fitted for what should be regarded as one of the noblest callings, spend theil lives in toiling for a pittance that nc factory hand would think of accept ing, particularly in these times o1 high wages.
 Until teachers are paid salarle: commensurate with the knowledge they are supposed to possess, tho training they must undergo and tho position they occupy, the tendency tc regard teaching in many cases as last resort for earning living vii continue. Brains can be bought cheap ly enough, but nowhere else are they rated at such low figure as in tht schoolroom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
Grapleite Industry Quiet

"Things are quiet. in the graphite world" said Ira l.. Hood, who, for more than a year, was actively engaged in the business in the Ashland district, and, as far as I can see, there will not be much improvement until tariff is put on it to protect the industry II, the United States.
 q am back home now, as the plant with which I was connected is closed as are most of the others, with the exception, possibly, of a few who are making improvements, in order to try and cut down the cost of mining the product so that they can at least con- tinue to operate on a reduced scaic.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Among Question. Asked

Among Questions Asked
 Yes, we have a great many queS tions asked us in the course of the day." said J. D. Arnold. at the intorma- tion bureau, Second and Twentieth
 "Questions about soldiers and rom soldiers are probably most numerous Relatives of soldiers want to know when they are coming home. Returheo soldiers ask our help in locating coln- rades who have already arrived Ana so on.
 'Visitors to the city are prlnclp@4iS interested in learning how to reach certain places they intend to Visit or are keen for information as to sight seeing possibilities; the location or our big industrial plants and matters or that kind. Tn answering questions or this kind, we are materially assisted by the clear-cut information placed at our disposal by the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power compahy' through J. G. Brabston, superintena- ent of transportation. It's really pig handbook, showing all the lines of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, the routes of each, the schedules and what the visitor VIII see on each. The compilation of the book meant a great deal of hard work, which has been thoroughly done.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
SLANDERING FRANCE

American Expeditionary Forces pro-
 ferred by certain persons and papers
 against France.
 As for allegations of overcharge and
 extortion on the part of individuals Tn
 France, these are likely to happen any
 where and everywhere, especially in
 country so terribly impoverished as
 France has become. As was previously
 pointed out in these columns. Ameri-
 cans had acquired the reputation in
 France of almost fabulous wealth, a
 reputation which our generous and
 sometimes spendthrift boys did noth-
 ing to diminish. Small wonder if few frugal and needy small shopkeepers in districts where our troops abounded endeavored to make hay while the sun shone. They would perhaps have been little more than human if they had refrained. But there were many more who signalized themselves by acts o. kindness and generosity toward ou-
 boys and gave their little all withou. payment or reward.
 It would be well if those who com plain of profiteering in France and oi the extortionate prices in Paris today would look at home in their own land of overflowing plenty and have regard to prices charged in our wealthiest cit ies both during and since the war. They may perhaps recall the fabulous charges for lodging as well as for food which prevailed in Washington and compare them with what was and is be- ing charged in Paris, and they may find that both in war and peace the cost of living in France, which was so sorely beset and overrun by an enemy for from our own doors, has been and is still less there than it Is
 here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14

To be on the safe side. owners ot chateaus in Switzerland who have royal tenants sr ould collect the rent in advance.
 * * * Any aviator who successfully nego- tiates the Big Hop" across the At lantic will hold the worlds hopping record. league of nations out of the peace con- ference, as if that were part of the spells of war.
 Birmingham reporters have had sev- eral opportunities lately to try their hands at yellow journalism"
 g * # The most lurid passages in Dante's Inferno" would hardly fit present conditions in Petrograd.
 * * * For practical utility the farmerette's 5 overalls are at least seven laps ahead of the hobble skirt.
 < k < According to his point of view, every anarchist behind the bars is a 'politi- cal prisoner"
 * x < The war is over, but King George is still busy handing around decora- tions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
Never Saw Stores So Crowded

q have been in touch with the re- tail business in Birmingham for more than a quarter of a century,, said Morris Berk, "and I have never before seen the stores so crowded as they are at present. In rush hours it is hard to give the shoppers good ser vice, but as a rule, they are patient. know the residents of this city and can tell strangers who enter the store, and l want to say that the meeting of the Alabama Highway Improvement association and the week end of opera brought many visitors here, and that many of them used the chance to shop"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
ADMIRAL SIMS REWARD

From the New York World.
 To be reduced ir rank and pay is Ad- miral Sims only reward after two years of brilliant service as commander of the United States naval forces in European waters. The navy department can do nothing; under the law it must approve his demotion as a matter of routine. Sec retary Daniels may cable from abroad that "the American people will give you the great welcome your distinguished service merits," and extend to Admiral Sims the thanks of the navy and the whole country for the signal ability with which he performed his important duties; but with these official compliments the powers of the secretary are exhausted.
 When Congress in it's wisdom prescribed that the rank and title of admiral should be held only temp orarily by officers of the navy while commanding the Atlantic or Pacific fleet, or acting as chief of opera tons in the navy department, it could not have foreseen how these re- strictions would operate in existing cir cumstances. But lit sees now, and it should make haste to accord prompt reC- ognition to officers who by their work in the war have won praise and com- mendation everywhere and grant them permanent rank as, admirals. In the case of Admiral Sims it is neither reasonable nor fitting that because he is no longer needed abroad and is transferred to the naval war college he must rellnqulsn the rank to which he had been raised in time of emergency and revert to the grade and pay of a rear admiral.
 This is not the spirit in which the peo- ple of the United States desire to honor officers of the army and navy who have led the way to victory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
From the New To tk Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 C1G1HE charges leveled against
 France in the early stages of
 the peace conference of having profiteered heavily at the expense of the American army as whole and the American soldier as an individual were obviously German propaganda. That did not make them any less dangerous, and the Herald vigorously traversed these and similar attempts to create discord between France and the United States. It has now been made amply clear that there was little foundatic n for the statements which were only too obviously prompted by a desire 70 make mischief at critical stage of the peace negotiations, when German pro- paganda was also, busily trying to prove that France was bent on a chau- whist and unwarrantably vindictivo policy in terms to be imposed upon the enemy.
 The charges of profiteering have been directly contToverted by Brig. Gen. Charles c. Dawes of Chicago, for merly general purchasing agent for the American forces and now with the liquidation commission, in connection with which Secretary of War Baker has just left for France. General Dawes has shown how for the first eight months of our entry into the war France furnished nearly one-half Of the supplies needed by our troops and that whatever was sold by France to America was charged for at cost, while as to the alleged excessive bill for transportation of our troops in France no such bill has been presented. and apparently is not lik ely to be. So much
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
SPRING IN THE RHINELAND

Wilhelm. Around the walls were nu-
 merous brass plaques with heads in
 bas relief representing various Ger
 man nota ables.
 Upon entering the room after tna
 first officers meeting the landlord
 beheld the bust of Wilhelm in shat
 tered heap in one corner of the room.
 At the next meeting the officers notlc-
 ed that small printed cards had been
 placed under each of the brass
 plaques. Examination showed that
 each contained brief Identification of the person represented. Each description ended with the sep- tence, "He is not a member of the Ho- henzollern family"
 Neutral zone: U. S. army limits," is the wording of the signboard at Post No. 3. Molsberg, the most advanced post of.the 4. E. F. in Germany. Sem tries guard the road here day and
 night and only the holder of the most official and authentic sort of pass can get by. The only known violator up to date is small naturalized Ameri- can black mongrel pup, originally chrstened Rags but known in Ger
 many as Schrecklchkeit. who pursued a chicken under the barrier far into neutarl territory and then returned to | the zone of occupation without being challenged.
 Making change in Germany is not l the easy matter it is in France or America. There are few small coins | in the ex-Fatherland, so that if a shop l keeper hands one string of b. 1 pfennig stamps one may as well take
 them philosophically and let it go at 1 that. l An American flyer at Coblenz re-
 gently, after several flights over the ] Rhine, suddenly made a swoop, head ed directly for one of the lofty arch ways spanning the high structur..
 above the pontoon bridge, and sped cleanly through it. The clearance i.,
 reckoned at about 75 feet
 1 The ''Who Won the War?" discussion l in the A. E. K. has nothing on tss boche argument on the equally en- crossing subject, Who lost the war;"
 A heated crowd dispersed by an Amer ican NJ. P. at Trier recently proved to l be engaged in one of these controyet l sies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
often Taken for pr. Stuart

There is hardly a day passes with out someone stopping me on the street under the misapprehension that I am Dr. George Stuart, the pastor of the First Methodist church. said w. R. Glenn, who is connected with the Jem- pany.
 q can stand it if he can. He was out at my church, the Highlands Methodist, on Sunday last and seeing his lone some upper front tooth, I said, Doctor, l reckon you are praying for the watermelon season to open early this summer He laughed, and replied, That's pretty good from a fellow who is so often taken for me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14

From the Stars and Stripes.
 OC1HE rising generation in Germany
 is not so much addicted to ci-
 S garettes as re the youth of France, but are in a fair way to be- come chewing gum fiends. judging from the requests which are heapc1 upon the Third army The soldiers answer is not now, No compree,' but NO fraternize." thereby at the same time getting out of dilemma and in- pressing upon the children the ma- jesty of American military law.
 Incidentally the exact interpretatloh to be put upon the regulation agains. "fraternizing" is causing lot of wot- riment in enlisted circles. A decisi m recently handed down from hish non-commissioned authority is that buying a glass of beer is not frater- nizing. but that tipping the waiter is that evil in it's most virulent form.
 The cootie and the itch, non-ob- servers of armistice terms. will have to sustain a concerted attack soon from all fronts of the Third army. Nine pig steam disinfectors have been ordered into Germany for delousing purposes. If if doesn't take the first time, there will be a second, third, fourth or as many as. are necessary. And wniie the men are going through one mil, their clothes will be going through an other.
 The new American salvage depot al Coblenz-Lutzel has how turned its German employees loose among the o' DIS. All old clothes of the Third army will go through this plant instead Q. inc one at Tours. and complete ar arrangements have been perfected to re- claim everything recqaimable,
 overheard in a Trier mess line;
 "Say. this wars going to help us married guys save a lot of maney' Flows that? Didn't notice you were getting any more economlcaL
 "Nol but now when the wife asks me for coin to get a new pair Of shoes I can make her turn in the old ones first to make sure she isn't spendins' if for the movies
 There stands in the aoahuo"ou my ordnance office at Ihlro arh' headouarters at Coblenz huge Ger man shell, about six inches in diameter and nearly six feet high. It Will never snread death and destruction, but soEle Tank ingenuity has set it upright 'n it's base and fitted over the apex ell cular wooden collar in which hoohs have been screwed and it makes tne | niftiest clothes tree in the en'lre x t-E. F.
 | Whats in a name? An American pfi' vate who had lost his detachmeh somewhere down the line drifted lht, Trier and spent almost whole aleer noon demanding the way to fraVeze' nronounced the rhyme with trapeze.
 If was only after prolonged search an'
 much racking of brains that somebod, divined that he was putting phoneu' pronunciation on TreYes. and that h' | was where he wanted to go aireaos. uh.r the Eightyyninth divisio; lneaaouarters troop entered Kyllburs lc.r,.rv recently established division l,,a.doua~ters a room was set apart il one of the hotels for an officers clui
 room
 Tn one corner of the room was
 large plaster.of-Parisl bust of kaise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
Soldiers We'll Equipped

Few persons really know how com pletely our soldiers were equipped Tor the fighting job which they have put through" said J. A. Vann. vice presi- dent of the Young & Yam Supply company
 For instance, there is the entrench- ing shovel which each soldier had to carry. Necessarily it must be light. and necessarily also, it must be or superior material and construction, as it meant life or death when shellfire was hot and heavy.
 q am just in receipt of samples Of miniature Red Edge shovels. which were supplied by the Wyoming Shovel company for entrenching purposes. Like it's bigger brother, the little Red Edge was made as good as possible for it cut like a razor, held its edge and had a handle that was immovable and unbreakable. It would be inter esting to know how many thousands of lives it saved"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
A TIP TO THE MAJOR

From Ideas.
 The senior major Of British regiment was giving the benefit of his advice and experience to you th1ul SUD-
 See here,'' he expclaimed, thls IS vour first dinner and, well, go easy with the decanter. my boy. Remember esprit de crops, and-er-and all that sort oi thing Here's good tip. See those s;rver candlesticks there? When you can see four instead of two-why, clear out go home. Seer
 Perfectly, and thanks awfullS' re- ,lied the young officer "but don't you think you had better so home at once! There's only one cahdlestick
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
aI1MM1AaueiH
sET.rING SIR THOMAS RIGHT

From the Columbia Record.
 Sir Thomas Lipton is "amazed that the people of the United States, loving personal liberty as they do. should have voted the whole country dry.n They didn't. Sir Tom; the people didn't, and they are just as amazed as you are. Fact is, they're dumbfounded. flabber- gasted and bumswiggled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
Victory Loan Drive Must Be Intensive

17NHE patriotic forces of the country U are organizing for the great Victory Loan campaign which opens a week from today. With an inten- sive drive the goal can be reached in the space of few days.
 In former war loan campaigns the people were easily aroused to high degree of enthusiasm. Every patriot ic citizen strained point, if neces- sary, to subscribe to one or more Liberty Bonds and as result great achievements were recorded.
 The forthcoming campaign is just as important as any that were con- ducted during the progress of the war. The slogan in 1918 was, Buy bond and help win the war" The slogan new is Buy Savings Stamps and Vic tory Bonds and help pay the cost of the war"
 There must be no apathy anywhere next week. It is safe to assume that apathy here in Jefferson county will be out of the question. Our team workers are thoroughly trained and every one of them will be ready to put his shoulder to the wheel in order to bring success-an over-the-top sort
 Let's make Jefferson county the banner county of the south in this Victory Loan drive. It can be done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
GOING UP

From the Florida Times-Union.
 Man in Americus, Ga, started for little trip of four miles and had to stop before he got there because his ther- mometer indicated 20 degrees below zero and he was afraid he would take cold. By the way, he was going straight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14

BEGINNING THE DAY-Grant, Lord. that l shall not fall vtc- tim to seIf-pity. Take all whiue ont of me. Give me to stand up straight to walk right on, to deal my blows in the open, to take my punish- ment like a man. For Christs sake. Amen.-H. NJ. F..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
Getting Ready for
 the Next Census

A LTHOUGH the work of taking G the federal census is yet year off the census bureau is already busy planning for it.
 The states are being divided into
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14

< peace is in the nature of a conques'' For then both parties nobly are s""- dued, And neither party loser. Henry IV.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14

Washington bureau. zu7 Aioos ouiiu- lug. trsat
 european bureau, ID Alhs CoYent Garden, London, w. S. c. ,,,
 Eastern business oILlce, oi Au ,1.,s. ,ng New York city; western business otitce rribune building, Chicago. me 5. c. Beckwith Special Agency aseAtS TOT foreign adveruselng.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
n.uhsr of the Associated Press

Member of the Associated fress
 The Age-Herald is the only rhoi mn .' . and Sunday newspaper Tn Blrnlhs s..a' carrying the Associated fress u'S patcnes. ,,velv
 The Associated Press is excIustVeIy entitled to the use for pupllea@ion all news dispatches creoiteo to
 not otherwise credited In 'nis sn sd and also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication or specia' dispatches herein are also reserved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14

Rem1ttances can be mace at current ra:s ot excnange. The Ase-aeraAo VIII not be responsible Tor money tnrouEh the malls. Address
 TAE AGrl-AERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14

No communication will be puplisHeu without its authors name. ReIee.eN manuscripL VIII not De returned un4sSS stamps are enclosed Tor that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala.' posybnice as second-class matter, un- derI act of Congres, March $. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-20
A Home Recipe
for Tan and Sunburn

A face or toilet cream to alter
rourhness Of the skim prevent and
cure chappcd hands and cracked
lips, can easily be made at home. at
little cost.
II will improve the complexion. re
move as well as prevent tan or sun
burn in summer. and soften the skin.
Men VIII find II excellent TO apply TO
the face after shaving.
TO make IL. merely set one ounce
Of riycerine. and &c worth Of pow
dered grcxitc ut any drug store. Dis
solve the rrexite In the glycerine.
add a pint or water, and pour II into
a,ottles.
This makes more than a pint Of
thick antiseptic. greaseless cream or
lotion very healing and soothing.
and perfectly harmless. II is enough
TO last you for months, and costs you
only few cents The same amount
OF cream purchased in tubes or bot.
tics would cost you several dollars
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-20
POWER BILLS
co To COUNCIL
Final Action on $4,000
Appropriation Monday

Referred TO the utilities and finance
committees. ordinances appropriating
$3.50 600 90 increase the capacity Of
the elty'a hydro electric power plant
a. Cedar Pals wtii come before the
city council for mai action az it,
meeting next Monday. following in.
PRODUCTION az special session Of that
body Thursday afternoon.
The ordinances authorize the OK
penditure 81 $3.50 900 for rernodoiing
the buildings along fireproof lines
and for the addition Of a unit 81
10 900 kilowatt capacity and $3.50 900
for the construction Of another trans
mission line 20 care for the increase
OF current. J. y. Ross. superinten-
dent Of the city lighting department
IN stating that the proposed enlarge
meut % the plant AZ Cedar Pals will
not give the reis.f required. urges
that the city council authorize on I'd.
ditional unit 81 $4,000 kliowatts 10
The Lake Union steam plant
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-20
COPS SAY PUNCH
CARRIED A KICK
Gregory Poured al Ship
yard Reception; On Trial

While A. A. Gregory. chief engi-
nser OF the Duthie ship yArdr. n
az liberty on 81 900 bonds charged
with violating the liquor ordnance
his case ~ being considered By
Judge John r. Gordon.
Gregory went on trial IN police
court Thursday on charge of
lRdiing out 80 per cont alcoholic
punch a. the banquet 81 the Duthie
shipyard foremcn at the New
Washington hotel May g lie WAS
represented by Attorney Walter
Fulton. Gregory claimed 20 have
taken five OF six glasses without
getting any thrills Lieut.. Collier.
head of the dry squad. testified
that he took ono alp. poured for
him by Gregory. and placed tho
punch pnrveyor under arrest
Fulton moved for dismissal of
the case, which was taken under
adsihcment
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-20
DOUBLE TROUBLE is
TO RETAIN ITS NAME

DOUBLE TROUBLE. y. j.. June
2o.-Trouhle came so fast upon the
d 3 81 citizens here who met
strong opposition TO their efforts "a
change the name 81 the town tina;
they have given up the scheme.
Mount Misery having changed It's
name TO Mount Relief. the new
corners to Double Trouble thought II
about time 10 follow suit and change
the handle Of their town and that OF
Helis Kitchen nearby.
Old residents in both places hrewcd
such trouble in the kitchen that the
new cooks foresook their recipe