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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
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 From the Home Sector.
 The restless individuality of the Amer ican soldier, who was always seeking . shorter way to do things, made him ap- pear to the French and British as nope- lessiy undisciplined, Even in battle the doughboy hated to follow precedent unit of the Seventy eighth division pressing on under shell fire in the bat tie of the Meuse-Argonne, finally stopped under orders to dig in as fast as possible In few moments dirt was flying along the whole line.
 Out in front, however, just behind a slight, natural mound, one doughboy lay motionless with his rifle slanted toward the enemy.
 Make a holel Make hole" yelled the lieutenant, coming up.
 "Sh-h, don't excite my contractor" the doughboy replied.
 Over the edge of the mound the l1u- tenant saw German prisoner >feverishly digging almost at the end of the dough boys gun. -s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17

Pat" Grove is reported dead broke again, but the police say he has "gone straightg for the past 10 years. Oh. we'll virtue is it's own reward. We are told although it doesn't create any commotion in butcher shop.
 E. A. Cudahy recommends larger consumption of corn beef That sort of fare may do for white collar men, but no plutocratie wearer of overalls is going to feed his family on anything but the most expensive meats.
 Persons who made preparations to crook their elbows repeatedly during the Christmas holidays are prostrated by the decision of the supreme court that wartime prohibition is constitu- tional
 The large numbers of chorus girls who are reported deserting the stage to work Tor high wages in factories is another sign of the times. As these beauteous ladies are wont to remark, "Geel A girls gotta live"
 4s % # Lady Astor says she is lgradually thawing out the House Of Commons. Nothing could thaw out that collection of icebergs. the British House of Lords.
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 British are twitting General Per- shing for saying Americans won the war. Our claim that we delivered the Kay o" seems to be pretty well estab- lished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17

From the New York Evening Sun.
 N ND now the high cost of living AA has hit the chorus Back in z S the good old days before Broadway became the great dry way that it is today, one could hire chorus girls by the dozen and pay them sal aries ranging from s15, in the cheaper burlesque productions to $25 for the more or less super show girl of mu- sical comedy. But those good olf days are gone. especially in the former class of productions, say the managers and producers.
 Never before have there been so many musical and burIesque produc- tions staged as there are this season and never before have the fair young ladies who grace the front rows been so scarce. The reason for this, say the managers. is the fact that many of those who have been wearing tights and singing in the ensemble, "Oh, Here is the King" have forsaken the foot lights for the canning factories, the department store model sectors, where they can wear beautiful gowns for a few hours day and draw big money, and many have married. The result has been this dearth in youth and beauty in the front rows this year.
 In the good old days before La Guerre the girls of the chorus in the bur lesque shows were paid it is said, even as low as SIP a week. although $15 was about the regular stipend for appear ing twice a day to the strains of the raggy music of the cheaper shows Now they receive from $22 to $27l50 a week in burlesque, with few of the better members of the chorus who have few speaking lines receiving $S0. Their shoes and stockings and cos tunes are thrown in, and they are pro vided berths in the sleeping cars, com pensations that w%e dreams of the
 show girl in the days before we took up the cudgels with Germany to make the world safe for democracy.
 burlesque wheels. the Columbia and the American, have been suffering by having the queens of their choruses leave them flat in various towns where they play. On the former circuit a requirement. of IS girls in the chorus is made in the contracts, and on the latter 16 young women wear. tights and l lisp out the lines of the songs.
 A short time ago one upstate can
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
A DRY-TIME ATROCrrY.

New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dis
 patch.
 tale of woe, with Sir Arthur Shirley Benn, head of the British trade mission was told at a dinner here today. Sir Arthur when he arrived in the United States brought his own supply with hinl-in a golf bag. Recently the supply was exhausted-all save half-bottle of real stuff Calling in some of his fellow delegates, Sir Arthur proposed final drink. Glasses were filled, the bottle was emptied and toast was proposed Sir Arthur likes water in his. And at some of the American hotels where he lad stopped they have cute little taps stuck into the wall or into the washbowl from which ice water flows when the button is pressed. This was the last drink and Sir Arthur wanted to be care fll, So he pressed the button carefully. Then he tried to down his drink. He didn't; he had made a mistake. Instead of the ice water tap he had used tap that yielded liquid soap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
Back From oil District.

Birmingham looks prosperous to me-" said George A. B1inn, Jr., who is home for a short visit after several months spent in the Texas oil district He was called home on account of the illness of his wife. who was operated upon a few days ago. wichita Falls Fort Worth, Dallas and all that section of the state are on a boom. I tried for week to get a room at hotel in Wichita Falls and finally gave up in despair. Fort Worth and Dallas are as badly crowded. and so is Shreveport where they are having an oil boom. It looks to me like Birmingham is beon- ing some, too, from the number or strange faces I see and the business air that pervades the city generally. have some oil properties in Texas that look very promising which expect to realize on in short time.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
REou1EscAT IN PACE.

f''why are so many men about town wearing crepe on their arms?" aske, the visitor. '1s some well-known citize. dead29 Y
 You might say so.e replied the citizen addressed, as he wiped away furtive tear We were so sure the supreme court would declare wartime prohibition unconstitutional, we had arranged our business affairs so they wouldn't require close attention for while, and many invitations had been issued for festive gatherings. Now, sir, it looks as if the gates Of the tomb had closed forever more on John Barleycorn''
 With these words, and brushing away another tear, not so furtive as the pre- ceding one, the citizen resumed his weary way PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
THE WRONG BILL
omN London Tit Bits.

From London Tit-Bts.
 The gentle Eliza was sitting drear- fly in che darkened room. waiting miserably for a visitor who she feared woudl never come. To tell the truth, Eliza and William Snigsbv had quar- reled bitterly the night before.
 But what is that? A ring, a step, a masculine voice. She waited not, but threw herself in the visitors arms.
 "Oh my darling" she sobbed, with hsr head upon his bosom q am Sd glad you have called. I did so long to make it up and do my best to pay you for bringing light into my life Let us settle peacefully once more with each other.
 well, miss" said strange voice I'm willin', I'm sure. But my in. structions is that if you don't I'm tS cut off the gas"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
Never Doubted Result

",The Baptist ministers conference was not as we'll attended as usual on account of the cold weather but quite few were present to hear the latest news from the S75. .OOO, coo campaign" said Rev. M M. Wood secretary of the Alabama Baptist convention. "The exact amount of the gifts of the Birmingham association re- ported was sSO2. .666 and there was gen. eral rejoicing that the Baptists or the state had exceeded their quota of s4,ooo,- OoO While there was never any doubt in the minds of the leaders that this woudl be the case, they were sorry that for the time Alabama was heralded abroad as not having done it's part. It was a question of rains. bad roads, and slow reporting from the country churches
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
A Dream of the Past

"I had letter few days ago from mother. who lives at Corsioana, Tex" said John c. Moses, land while we who live here in the midst of the coal fields during the strike were worried both about the price and the scarcity of the black diamonds we were not in half so bad a fix as she was, for cord wood was sell ing at s25 per cord, and hard to get, and coal was almost out of the question. The natural gas supply in the mains at Cor sicana has about played out also It seems the good old days, when fellow could drop down on the square in the country towns and get two-mule wagon load of wood for a dollar are dream Of the past which will never again come trlle 'I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
BURROUGHS IN THE MOVIES

From the Brooklyn Eagle
 John Burroughs has lived long enough to acquire a sort of fame denied to Agassiz and Audubon, as a his literary examplars Emerson and Whitman. Va liantly as Burroughs has labored for inc acceptance of Whitman he has never been able to spread the knowledge of his ideal poet of America half so far as an obscure photographer of Poughkeepsie will spread that of Burroughs
 The photographer took several hundred yards of films of Burroughs and his son at Slabsides and these pictures will make his name a household word from one end of the country to the other. If only the interest thus aroused could be kept up long enough to lead one in a hundred of his movie audiences to read his books about outdoor life and his study of Whit man it would greatly increase the knowf- edge of good literature and be a source or education of the best sort. But that is too much to be hoped for The pace is swift in the movies. The pictures of Bur- roughs will follow those of Carpenter the French champion, and of our Fly ing Parson," and they may be followed by those of an actress who has married an earl or has lost her diamonds or her divorce. The movies have an omnivorous nav but one of the things which they do not teach is discrimination. The thing which their audiences are likely to re- member about Burroughs Is that he camped out with Edison and Henry Fora and perhaps that he was'admitted to such august company because he wrote some kind of books.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
Saloon Is Banished
 to Return No More

M CERTAIN distiller, who manu- GN factured a brand of whisky that enjoyed national fame, is quoted as saying he will keep his present supply of liquor stored in govern ment warehouse and wait to see what happens.
 Well, it has been said that "hope springs eternal" yet if this distiller or any other cherishes the delusion that the old-time saloon will ever re- turn he is woefully mistaken. The li- quor people themselves are largely to blame for the abolition of the saloon, uAich they permitted to become a hetbed of vice, lawlessness and cor supsfon.
 The saloon, as it was known in most
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
GATES

Thomas Bailey Aldrich Wide open and unguarded stand our gates Names the winds, North, South East and West Portals that lead to enchanted Of cities. forests fields of living gold prairies, lordly summits boucher with snov Majestic rivers sweeping proudly past The Arabs palm and the Norsenian's pine A realm whereln fruits of every zone Airs of all clnes throughout he The red blossoms somewhere-a rich land. A later Eden planted in the wnds,
 With not inch of earth within But if slaves foot press it free. Here it is written, Toil shall have its wage, Honor honor and the humblest man Stand level with the hshest in the law Of such land have men dungeons dreamed And with the vision brghtening n eyes Gone smiling to the fagot the sword. Wide and anguarded stand our gates, And through them presses a wild nfotly throng- (, Men from the Volga and the Tartar steppes Featuresless figures of the Hoang-Ho, f Malayan Scythian, Teuton, Kelt and Slav, These bringing with tl,em unknown gods and rites. Those. tiger passions. here stretch their claws: street and alley what strange tongues loud. Accents of alien to our air,
 Voices that once the Tower of Babel knew 0 Liberty, white Goddess! Is it well
 To leave the gates unguarded? On thy breast
 Fold Sorrows children sooth the hurts of fate Lift the downtrodden. but with hand of steel Stay those who to thy sacred portals come
 To waste the gifts of freedom. a Lest from tn ybrow the torn And trampled in the dust For of old The thronging Goth and yandai trampled Romes And where the temples stood The lean wolf unmolested made her lair. V
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
< # 4 Final Chapter Is Written of "D'Annunzio in DaIrnatia"
D'ANNUNzIo's

~ ABRIELE D'ANNUNzIo'S M withdrawal from Plume, as an- nounced in cablegrams from Rome, ends a picturesque exploit. In strict justice to Gabrielle, it should be said that he is made of heroic stuff and his war record as one of Italy's most daring airmen proved quite conclu- sively that no matter what may be the matter with his brains, he is not what Americans call a "quitter."
 The somewhat ludicrous and bonn bastic speeches the poet-warrior de- livered to his soldiers may have been read with amusement, yet no one questioned that he was in earnest and quite ready to die for what he con- ceived to be Italian rights. To make matters worse-and therein lay the explanation for his astonishing de- fiance of the Italian government, as well as the other allies-the forces he gathered around him in Dalmatia seemed willing to follow him to Val halla, if need be.
 Now the whole matter seems to have been settled, in a most amicable way, by an agreement D'Annunzio signed with Premier Nitti of Italy. It is rumored that his tenure of Dal- matian territory was by no means barren of results and when final agreement is reached on the Adriatic problem, Gabrielle will me more or less vindicated
 Be that as it may, the adventure gave D'Annunzio much publicity that was do doubt pleasing to him. His artistic nature graves applause. He was a front page celebrity for  weeks, but more recently the public began to tire of the poets escapades. Even his capture" of .Zara attracted but passing comment More signifi- cant still, the Italian people who at first hailed D'Annunzio as glorious defender of Italian liberties, are said to have become likewise little weary ~ Perhaps tidings to this effect reached the bard as he fought boredom ir Fiunfe, and lige the good showaar that he is he decided it was time tc ring down the curtain, passed the word along to Nitti and gracefully yielded his capital to Italian regur lars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
He Likes Birmingham.

Birmingham reminds me of Kansas started to boom sait Dr. w. G. Rowe, who recently came to Birmingham, '.and expect to make this my future home, I have never seen a city with any brighter future and believe that within 25 years it win be without a doubt the largest city in the south. With all it's natural resources and splendid railroad facilities it is sure to grow beyond expectations. l had heard very much about Birmingham before coming here and to say that I am pleased with the city expresses it mildly. I am crazy about it and the people are the-finest I have ever met '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
A PLEA THAT FAILED.

You are charged with stealing g. blanket off an automobile radiator" said the judge.
 Your honor" whined the rat-faced prisoner. 'do you love dogs?'
 What has that to do with your case?'
 q saw a poor. shivering dog, your honor, and when I thought about how cold andi miserable he must be. while some rich person used good, warm blanket just to keep his engine from freezing. couldn't resist the temptation to-er-take the rug. was just going to wrap it about the shaking form of-- (
 Six months at hard labor Cali the next case. MT. Clerk"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
Distressing Accidents.

.It is distressing that every winter there are cases of small children be- ing burned to death" stated John R. T. Rives yesterday "There have been two eases already this winter, while last year there was an average of two a month during the winter time. These deaths could be avoided by not leav- ing small children alone where there is fire. These little children have not the judgment of older folks, and when their clothes catch on fire the first thing they do is to run, thereby spread ing the flames about their body, until trey are burned without any hope of recovery."f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
HIGH COST OF DRINKING

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 Noting that the liquefacient blind tiger is selling bust head at SIS a quart, an expert with figures discovers that the stuff thus sold at the rate of six cents teaspoonful. It is suggested that here is, a nut for fair price com- mittees to crack
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
FREEDOM.

Did you read about that New York bachelor who said he would rather die than get married?"
 "yes." replied Mir. Grumpson. 'I did"
 "A poltroon, eh2"
 No. sir; brave man. He has the courage of his convictions. No feminine voice, shrilled over the telephone at 2 clock in the morning, is going to in terrupt him in a poker game at his club, just when he's having phenomenal run of luckS'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
Most Important Movement

The campaign to make Birmingham basing point for steel is, to my mind, the most important movement local civic bodies have ever undertakes said Frank E. Butler. well-known realtor. Tor the first time all local Influences ate pulling together on the proposition, most people just realizing what it will mean for the district"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
SLANG IN DICKENS

From the Florida Metropolis
 New York Tribune discovers tha Burke used this expressions: q shouI say they did In Charles Dickens "skstches of Boz" street Hrchin shouts to one of two fighting women. Put the kyebosh on her, Nary" There is nothing new. not even in slang expressions"
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We write in wat,

BEGINNING THE DAY-FoIIOw Thee: Shall l follow Thee. my Mas ter: Whither art Thou going! Thou art a great Teacher-wilt Thou give me a throne: Nay, see athwart Thy path the shadow of cross. Lead. my Lord; I follow Thee.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
Member of the Associated Press

The Age Herald is the only morning and sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or 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., 1919-12-17
THERE ARE oTHERs

"eadspur rather brides himself on his sense of Ihumor"
 That seems to be natl ~.al character istic. Does he try to tell funny stories2.
 Yes. He's been trying to tell one He- brew story, to my certain knowledge. for 20 years and he hasn't mastered the dia- feet yet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17

Washington Bureau 500 Davidson building.
 European Bureau 10 King sTeet' Covent Garden. London. W. C. 7.
 Eastern business office World build- ing. New York City: western business office. Tribune building Chicago. The S. C. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertisins
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17

Mems evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
IN LrCK

Here's an extraordinary communicaA ton"
 What is it about?p
 "A pedestrian ran over yesterday in my car writes to thank me for the favor"
 "The favor?"
 "Yes. He explains that he hadn't bought single Christmas present when the accident happened, and now that he will have spend the holidays in a hos pital, nobody wifi expect him to buy pres ents."
 YET. SOME PEOPLE DO. I've often heard that Captain Kidd A lot of buried treasure hid In places where, if one could find them, He'd leave his poverty behind him, But offered options on a site I21y e+rangers y.afuea +o hite
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald will not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address
 THE AGE-H BRAID,
 BirminGham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
ToNsoRIAL REPARTEE.

Have you seen Prof. Diggs lately?"
 Met him yesterday.
 "Blundering along as usual, sup pose@
 Yes. He had just mistaken barber shop for meat market which was next door. Dear mel he exclaimed. This is no place for mutton chops Not unless you want to@et 'em trimmed, sir, replied the head barber"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
GOOD EXCUSE.

Twas the night before Christmas and
 all through the house Not creature was stirring, not even a
 mouse" When father went down in the cellar to
 get A nip of strong liquor his whistle to wet. He slipped on his bathrobe, then slipped
 on the stairs His language was awful, so mother de-
 clares; And just to console himself for so much
 rue, Instead of one snifter. the fascal took
 two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala'' postoffice as second-class matter, un- Ger act of Congress. March s. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17
s1rRscRIPTToN RATEs

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17

Carpenters picture has appeared in SC many English papers that it is fa- miliar to the masses. who are never tbeless still wondering why the Hon. Beckett was knocked out so soon by a French invader
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17

hopeless minority.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17

Some one has asked, can anything good come out of Mexico? Having. seen and heard, and knowing what he had done in France, I am inclined to think that the United States at least found the man it wanted because of the need to send aNpunitive expedition across the Rio Grande, for 1t brought into the white light of publicity the worth of Gen. John J. Persh41ig, who had stood the acid test of service under the most trying diplomatic and physical eondi- tions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17

Now, I have never been fond of Car ranza, in fact his attitude toward his "big brother has been quite hard to witness without indulging in the very natural desire to wish that he might be laid across the knee of Uncle Sam and soundly spanked. I have wondered at the patience of President Wilson, both as to Carranza's provocations and the criticism of those who seek to force him to intervene.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17

Maj. Gen. J. G. Harbord, head of the A. F. F. service of supply, says, 'gold- fish, willy and slum won the war" But that isn't the reason why so many discharged doughboys have sworn a solemn oath never to touch "goldfish," willy" of "slum" again as long as they live.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17

Miss Daisy Ashford is going to be married-or may be married by this time. those London papers are so slow in getting to us-and she bears close resemblance to Daisy Ashford at the age of years. Yet, there are people who contend that Barrie wrote "The Young Visitors"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-17

George Ade has applied for pass port to Jamaica Cuba, Panama and the man who made the American cock tail famous, his departure for these points at this time is doubly suspi-