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The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
Where Lincoln Stood Under Fire.

Most men and women possessed of fads of an
many are nng IN character being
old comrade Dr. CHARLES PETTEYS Clifton street north
west had lad that most praiseworthy endun
Oh prone on the remains of the mewon and windwe
Fort Stevens Behwood avenue er. the rea
Lincoln stood undaunted under the EARS gray sharp
shooters at the tune an army shot
soe In talking with Dr. Peteys who the civil Will
vaior and honor member of the Fighting Corps
which saved the day Fort Stevens only
lacks small amount complete the
who admired of Lincoln Wh
the tate OF the
known the Associated
decided the tablet should
small finish the memorial pesden
NJ. KLINE, treasurer. ~
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
When Flowers Get Drunk

Just when most OF us have become
convinced that alcohol Is a thing 10
be avoided. a writer in the Scientific
American proves that the same alcO-
hol is a great little plant reviver. in
sist,ng that a liberal dose OF alcohol
will give a new lease on life to wilted
lilies and that more or less alcohol"
will make any wilted dropping flower
sit up and take notice, blooming TO
beat the band.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
Rabbit Initiates Jonah.

Lewiston, Pa.-On a hike from Al
toona to this CITY, John YlnEst saw a
hlaCksnake chase something in the
bushes. Having nothing else to do.
NlnCst pursued the snake and killed
it. Something in the snakes body
that resembled a quart bottle attract
ed his attention.
Curious to know what the reptile
had. .had for dinner. YinEst cut 1t IN
two, and no sooner had he performed
the operation than a young rabbit
bounded out and scampered away,
none the worse for his experience.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
Former Washington Newspaper Features

FRANK A KIDD, lawyerpner and a-around fellow
taking whir in w F. car towards the Government Prnt
Office. where told he holds down responsible
side of
He compimened The Herald
and then talked of the old Evening
Ninth Streets about ,wcnt,vr
WALT MASON conducted o
News under the heading The Ananias Club" The late CLUSK
CROMWELL human cd C
awhile CLARENCE CULLEN rePore and beng assign
the Treasury Department
humorous He
and internal rhyminC
GUTHRIDGE jointly business and editorial
During when printers struggling for zr
day friend Kidd with Chairman
bring about the happy results sturdy
maj
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17

exchange among these wlrIike noun
taineCr&
Imagine a rounder pouring out
three fingers Of coal oil for It's
equivalent in rcd-eyc,
A purse-nroud. stuck-up Monte
negrin would go around carrying
one OF these big. bright rcd can.
with a fat potato stuck on the
spout.
PiCkpcckets might use rubber
syphon tubes in their operations.
"OIling up u Legislature" would
mean something IN Montenegro.
No Smoking" signs in all the
banks
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
"Flivver' Misbehaved.

. Bedford, Pa--Mrs. Mary Swartz, an
aged woman OF Akron, Ohio. together
with her two daughters, went out for
her first automobile ride. Along the
road the Ford cut some capers and
tried to Climo a telegraph pole. All
were slightly injured Mrs Swartz
now says that her first ride in an
automobile will also be her last one.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
Washington as Longevity Center.

If evidence of the healhfuInes Washngton's climate
NEEDED could be supplied by longtime friend Col JACOB
DEVICES coo Fifth northwest him Office
ne informed me that he will reach the eighty milestone
his long beyond the life He
of combination
smile that always has been the
Atty The colonel proud Of his health which
ordeal Of the civil war
But, he said 81 have sister who
she YEARS of she fell down long flight
covered all right"
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
Ionadab Councils Now Reminiscenoe cIubs

Since Washington went dry the IndsPenden Order Sons o
Jonadab OF which Lawyer JOHN CLIFFORD FOSTER supreme
chief have been holding most interesting reminscncc sessions
The is based on-clad
addition supplying the members with unlimited
Jonadabs have good citizenship
AT of John c. Daley Council be held
their hall Louisiana ac9ue WAYNE w CORDELL
nmitable OF the hill Tennessee
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
POLITICS
By The Occasional Prophet


Speculation as to the future of Gen.
Fershins will be rife as he rides W
Pennsylvania avenue today. acclaimed
the most successful Of all military
leaders.
1t is hardly necessary to worry about
his material future. He will be as
sured Of a life salary Of Mt least
$500. He is wealthy in his own right
As executor OF the share OF the War
ren estate that will he his sons. he
will handel millions of dollars The
Warren estate will be no less than
100000.
But mon are not satisfied with
riches. Ambition transccnds personal
comforts
If the league of nations is all that
it is represented to be there will be
no more wars and therefore no Tur-
ther necessity for military leadership
BY licking the Germans and maxim :
the league of nations possible, Perish
ing virtually fought himself out OF a
job.
The uppermost question today will
be: Will Pershing be a candidate for
the Presidency?
| think that | can answer that Ques-
ton. He will not he.
But he will be MADE a candida te
for President Never before was there
a greater shortage of good presiden-
tial timber among public men in the
United States. There are a number
that would do. but that is all. The
people are looking for a different type
of man than is being presented by
either Of the old parties-excluding the
President Of course.
There is no evidence that Per-
shinE is the different type they
want. There is something about
the way he went into the task Of
leading our armies that Convinces
many persons that he is a business
man from the tip of his nose to
the tips of his toes. There WASH I
much flash or bluster about him.
He tackled the job as if it was cut
out for him. 1t was the biggest Job
ever entrusted to an American gem
eral. He won,
The next few weeks will deter
mine whether or not he will be
made a candidate for President in
1920. Pershing is only SO. Four
years more would put him at the
ideal age for the White House
think that two factors will de-
termine his friends as to Their
course with Pershins. One will be
the possible candidacy of Wilson
for third term. As the Republi-
can nominee, Pershing could not
President 1t is not likely that nc
would fancy being pittcd against
Wilson.
If Wilson declines a third nom =
nation and a certain element in the
Republican party keeps up an agi-
tation for Gen. Leonard Wood. there
is a probability that the opponents
of Gen. Wood would like to have
Gen. Pershing as the party leader.
Gen. Pershing might enjoy going in
against the one man who tried to
pry him out of the A. L. F. COM
mand.
The one big element that will de-
termine the candidacy of Gen. Per
shinE will be the attitude of the
people toward a military man. At
present while they admire and
cheer the general for his brilliant
record. there is some lukewarmnesS SIS
toward militarism in politics.
If Gen. PerShing does nothing
else in the next eight months he
will afford us an opportunity for
conjecture as to what he may do
in politics or what politics may do
to him.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
NEW YORK CITY
By o. o. MCINTYRE

New York. Sept Is
have just been.
Up at Newport ] have.
And I went to a horse show.
For the first time.
And saw more bow-legsed men
with brittle legs.
In half scIed britches.
And invisible mustaches.
Than I ever saw before.
And I also saw a dog.
That was named Minnie.
Wearing a rain coat
And there was a fellow.
With patent leather hair.
Who had dog.
That wor. a bathing suit
And over at Baileys Beach.
A little bit of a shaver.
In a velvet suit
With silver buckles
Sat down in the sand.
And a lady with a lorgnette.
snatched him up quickly.
And the poor kid looked blue
And I'd like to take him.
To the old pig pen
Across the creek back home
And let him go barefoot
And make the mud squirt
Up between his toes.
And everybodys excited.
About a prince coming. .
And they were all eating.
mean chatting.
About which one
would entertain him.
And II it was up to me.
I'd let him stay at a hotel
wher. he could talk.
To red headed bell boy.
And shoot a little craps
But the poor young feller.
Will have TO live.
Like his ancestors.
Sleeping under silken robes
With gardens all around
And buffers watching him.
When ne uses the wrong fork.
And stepping on carpet
That gives under the feet
Like stepping on a cat.
And o yes. The only horse.
That had a tail.
At the horse show.
Was one driven.
By q hostler.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
Display Lucky Colors.

London--LAtest fad of Londoners
Is to have houses painted inside and
out with the lucky colors" Of the
owner, which depend on the date of
birth and are determined by read
Ing occult books
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.
BY John Kendrick Bangs.

tCngnEht. 1879, hy the Mcclure NewyrnT-r
Syndicate
IGNORED.
I've precious little time to waste
On things for which have no taste,
And when upon LIES busy pike
| come on things thai ] dislike
] do not sit down to deplore them.
But fastening onward just iEnor.
them.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17

n u ~ ~ ~ [ U T %
r"nCy I takes To
IN their < i s.
tanks.
In VI q n en- g
ET0. the original
STANDARD OIL ar
ticle IS used for
money Kerosene
mas come to be
the DrdinD1 Of
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
Gold Nugget Weighs $50 Lbs.

Sydney.-The largest single nugget
of gold was found in Australia. 1t
weighed more than $50 pounds, and
netted over $4,000 when melted
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
Less Sugar in Germany.

Berlin.-The German sugar produc-
ton for 1919 shows a decrease of
nearly 100000 double centners, as
compared with 1918.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
THE PARAGRAPHS
NEWS VIEWS.

Senator Reed complains tn At
somebody has denounced him As
''py Emy- minded" Well did he
suppose that he could keep Il ocn-
cealed d?-Springfield Republican
Germany's dyeing request has
been heard by America anyhow
The dyestuT is coming across and
cotton is again going to Hamburg
Savannah News.
EDITORIAL PAGE-paraEraph phers'
The Plumb plan is extravagantly
named. II is a Prune.-New York
Evening sun.
As we understand II. Kentucky is
doing its best to make the country
dry" by exporting its stock Of alco.
holic temptation. - Philadelphia In
Qurer.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
Round the Town y,s2 EfsiHHH. EfssiSsEHs ShEE.

The pen is mghtier than the sword"
As truth to US is given;
But-some tongues are r1ightier than both
= And make a hell or heaven.
e C. NJ
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
ROCKEFELLER MAKES
MONTENEGRO CASH

Tho name "Rockor"iirr" stands
for money and m"tor'.ts know the
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17

that the doughboy anything
two legs but il this league idea decide
the world need rails. ouak ANYTHING or
earth.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
JUST IN FUN

Edith-So you had to give Tim a
hint before he proposed Ell?
Betty-Yes; he didn't seem to
be equipped with a elf-starter-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Flatbush-Ever try the fighting
game?
Bensonhurst-Weu, I've played cro-
quet with my wife. if that's what you
mean-Yonkers Statesman.
Mrs. Newbride-When you found that
you couldn't accept the invitation to
our wedding. why didn't you send
your regrets?
Miss Ryyal-Oh, thought YOU
have enough of your own pretty soon,
dear.-Sansas Clty Star.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
Hoarding Money.

There good between boarding money and
saving money
Hoarding money is merely laying It becomes
ana serves no useful purpose either the individual
Saving enterprises or de-
posting savings money loaned for con-
sructve purposes
France through the high commissioners Of
finance awakening the
boarding rather than saving Is
ucuary 4 the districts
While this spirit periods Of
has retarded industrial transportation development
between
The French people patriotic govern
ent made the call for the indemnity
gold and
OF TN can and stocking boarding in the rural districts
This also true periods during he
he tendency towards boarding the
o. intense which Revolution
In France today, in the cities, there very paving
household and commercial bills by check tendency to
keep cash OF banks which might be used
credit for constructive enterprise
When cash deposited IN bank checking or savings
account within certain legal be
and industry in the in or another
The issuing Of checks by the traden
from business house liquid form in
checks exchange of drafts in bank
This briefly, the banking money circulating system of this
country
1t the by which quickly DEVELOPED so
a country and in such large
Frenchen who visit this for the over
of time.
1t is an the educated US to saw.
rather than hoard money accomplished by ader
Ing
Hoardng purpose
Saving promotes production and a purpose
And they Johnson and Borah as ral.rx
now!
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17
Yell Q'Like He'll!

The best way to show your appreciation today of what
Peshins and the boys of the First Division did for you
France is to let loose your pentup enthusiasm
Out West they wouldn't put it deEcatey: They would
say: yell ike HE'LL"
Men who walked up to the cannons mouth for you de-
serve every evidence of gratitude that you can display
Remember the soft bed the comfortable bed the hot
food and the amsemens you enjoyed while the boys of the
First dazhms through storm and fire that your country
and theirs mil ight be free
Then yell your praise such volume as to leave no doubt
to your thankfulness and patriotism
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17

Before reopening the slip a reservations
would be good idea around okcr
Feinie has ready for insertion
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17

Oblivion the quiet prepared for side that hal
e wrong IN this treaty controversy
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17

Pershins that the any eis, of his LIFE feel
that ne is Of his destiny. Not feeding family
present prices
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17

The Blue and the Cray have been khaki without
stroying single memory of
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17

Reed Flags Pact" and People Flay Reed"-tw
Place your own bets; we're betting on the people
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17

The smallest increase of the past four years has
the preachers Think Of that ths collection plate comes
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17

And they speak of Senators johnson and Boah as -tr
now
The Washington herald., 1919-09-17

What need greater rrndn~tion' we. arc told the
re heard about eighteen g.. .. g. .. MS rottrn On 4 sit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
x x * Eager to Contribute to Alabama Memorial

TIT IS most gratifying to those in 4 charge of the Alabama memorial campaign to find many citizens antic- ipating their subscriptions to the fund to pay for the building to be erected in Montgomery in honor of our soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice or who stood ready to give their lives in the cause of American ideals.
 The drive is not to begin until June 27, but already large sum has been pledged. A minimum fund of $500,- 900 is sought but it will not be sur prise if double that amount is raised.
 At any rate, the enthusiasm in evidence today indicates that the can vass will result in collecting a sum considerably above a half million.
 As the memorial campaign will last only week it must be intensive, but if all the counties are as thoroughly organized as Jefferson the drive will be easy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18

mean the same thing but fall strange ly on the ears of an old salt.
 Abolishing the navy's wine mess created something of tempest in q teapot, but the wisdom of Secretary Deniels in this respect has long since been vindicated, and while the substi- tuition. of landlubber terms for the historic "port" and "starboard" still brings out witticisms at the Secre- tary's expense, it has been accepted with good grace.
 There will be little criticism of the new order, for it is based on common sense and efficiency. MT. Daniels ex- plains that he is actuated by desire to help naval officers cope with the high cost of living, since the cost of their uniforms comes out of their own pockets. For this reason, naval off Icers will probably obey the new order with cheerful alacrity that was lack ing in some quarters when the navy was made "dry."
 The war taught the belligerent na- tions many salutary lessons and one of them was the useless expense of showy uniforms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
win Produce auOta

LauderdaIe win Produce Quota
 Lauderdale county's entire quota for the Alabama memorial has been under written by the best Chamber of Com merce in tho State" said Dr. Henry J.. Willingham, president of the state nor mai school at Florence, who was in Birmingham Tuesday. returning from the capital
 The quota of Lauderdale, based on the number of soldiers and sailors from that county who served during the world war, at $ for each one, is in excess of @6cG, and the Florence Chamber of Com merce is on record as guaranteeing the collection of that amount.
 T do not mean to say that this is all Lauderdale county will do. We hope and expect to go above the quota We be- lieve that Alabama would be as willing to contribute one million dollars as to put up half of that amount to honor the states heroes and perpetuate their memory and their deeds.
 The county has been well organized for the campaign and while the Cham Der of Commerce has underwritten the quota, every man, woman and child will be given the opportunity to become en- rolled among those contributing to the state memorial building"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
pr. Baker on Suffrage

T hope that one of the first actions of the legislature will be to ratify the amendment to the constitution of the United States expressly authorizing woman suffrage.~ said pr. N. R, Baker, county superintendent of education. yesterday. T was taken aback recent ly when seeing a map in a northern journal that placed Ala abanna in the ter ritory in which woman suffrage would probably not be ordered by the legis- 4ature. This map was drawn without accurate information and as result Of the habit of placing Alabama near the foot of the list in progressive movements.
 T really believe that the present leg lslature will show these professional map makers that they have made a mistake'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
LUKE M'LuKE SAYS

One of the surest things wc know of Is that the man who knocks his home town would knock yours if he happened to live in 1t.
 About every two months a 17-year-old princess meets the only man she ever loved. And he is always different man.
 A woman is a person who will blame tho photographer because her face isn't beau- tiful in the photographs she had taken
 What has become of the old-fashioned female who made a living charming snakes? As we recall her she looked like she could not have charmed any thing else.
 A woman has no trouble in keeping secret when the secret concerns, some married man she is meeting on the Quiet
 Every poor man likes to think how gen erous he would be if he were only wear thy.
 Once upon a time there was a wife who did not ina zine that she had to worh twice as hard as her husband. But sne died. She was too good for this wor'u'
 We know men who like to be on the losing side in a national election because they will be able to knock the admin- istra tion-
 When the COOK Tn reSIAuIene .s S@Ae~ a chef they add 15 or 20 cents to the price of everything on the menu Napoleon got his. And the kaiser got his And you'll get yours if you fuss long enough. A mother can't understand why small boy will bawl for two hours if she won't let him go swimming and will bawl for two hours if she wants him to take bath.
 The human lobster is good deal like 1 the other kind in that hs eventually finis himself in hot water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18

total drive of the number. Here
 are certain of the contraptunai
 features. They consist of a va-
 riety of hilarious effects. produced
 by trombones or saxophones at-
 tained by a curious sliding from
 note to note. This creates an ex-
 tremely comical result This char
 acterfstic and droll portamento
 has become so well known and so
 popular that 1t has achieved
 specific name-'blues." A humor-
 ously apt designation. A striking
 contrast is made by the mourhful
 coughing o< the tTombones in the
 midst of the joyous riot of the
 rest of the band. Sharp rhythmic
 calculations arise from out the
 welter of sound. and over the
 whole tunult the traps player
 spreads his array of dazzling ac-
 cents, brought forth with absolute
 virtuosity from his motley army of
 noise producers. It almost seems,
 at times, like case of leach for
 himself and the devil take the
 hindmost." But it is not so. and
 there Is definite purpose and or
 dered means in it all.
 Jazz is not as new in the world as some people think it is. In the sum- mer of 1914, on the shore of Lake Geneva, Chinese festival was held at the chateau of Ignace Paderewski in honor of the famous pianists birth day. Ernest Schelling and Howard Broadway had arranged all the music. There were four Victor records of native Siamese orchestras. When they were first heard at the chateau, the musical folk were astounded, for in spite of the strange oriental idioms, from an occidental's harmonic view point was the very essence of jazz. The music was not like anything that had been heard in Europe before. It was uncouth to the point of uninte1- but there were "the insistent rhythm, the demoniac energy, the fantastic riot of accents from the drums and other percussion instru- ments, which made all the listeners laugh" It was wholehearted and but the livery soul of kindly good humor and care-free mer- riment" were there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
TWENTY YEARS AGO IN THE AGE-HERALD Events recorded June 1s. fsea

Col. A. A. Wiley of Montgomery an- nounces his candidacy for the democratic nomination for Congress from the Second district.
 The peace conference at The Hague has suspended to await a settlement of the dispute about court of arbitration. The German government is reported to be op- posed to court of arbitration. These views existed long before the conference and German delegates were so instructed.
 An Associated Press dispatch from New York states that the Sheffield Coal. Iron and Steel company has been sold to the Tennessee company. Major A. w. Will Hams. president of the Sheffield compa- ny, denies that such deal has been con- summated but does not say that it is not contemplated
 Tho American government decides that war against Aguinaldo and tho Philippines must be waged in a more aggressive way, Additional troops from America will be sent to reinforce Gen. Otis
 The formal transfer of the property of the Birmingham Waterworks company to the American Water Works company of Pittsburgh has been completed by W. S. Kuhn. Major Willis J. Milner. president
 of the old company. will be superintendent
 of the new system and A. M. Lynn will be assistant It is planned to extend the
 system to Pratt City and Ensley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
Aviation Recruits Wanted

I am going on a recruiting trip over Mississippi and Louisiana" said Major Knight, commanding officer of the avia- ton repair depot at Montgomery, who was in Birmingham Saturday and yes- terday morning arranging the details of the campaign to get more men into the United States army aviation corps. we expect to carry on an extensive pro- gramme to increase the strength of the air service. A campaign for this dis ham"