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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
 Frenchmen Rejoice In the S11 Suit

@OMEHOW, those French but . g why go into an extended andy sis of national character and draw comparison unfavorable to Ameri- cans? Let the facts speak for them selves.
 While it seems impossible to buy a suit of clothes in America that will hang together for less than S35, and it is positively painful to a discrimi- hating dresser to see some of the suits offered for $50, and one may do fair ly well for oneself by the expenditure of $75 for a ready-made suit and $125 for a tailored garment, France halls the 'National Garment" at c11.
 It appeared on Paris boulevards De- cember 1, and since that time has pre- sumably been growing in favor. A meticulous correspondent says it at tracts attention neither by superior elegance nor shabbiness, land but .or little strip of linen inside the coat marked National Garment persons would never know that the suit had anything different from others daily turned out of the so-called fashiona- ble tailoring houses"
 The wearers are not ashamed of their suits. Quite the contrary. They proudly exhibit the inside of their coats to friends as well as strangers in the cafes and theatres. How char acteristically French,
 There is great hue and cry raised by the mere suggestion of paternal- ism, but who can say word against . govirment that provides S1l suits in-tieaes like these?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
Epoch-M liking Educational
 -Movenent at University

THE school of commerce and busi-
 S ness administration at the Uni vcrsity of Alabama is going to prove of incalculable benefit.
 In years past the humanities were stressed in all the colleges. Outside tnstitutes of technology, little atten- tion was givea to studies other than academic. But education has pro- gressel, and the curriculum of the University of Alabama is rounded out so as to embrace every brancn of learning The humanties remain, but in addition the student has .sthe op- portunity of graduating in law, medi- cine and engineering. The law school has long been one of the best in the country. The medical course is con- spicuous for it's thorough equipment, and in recent years the engineering
 
 school has been noted for its high standing
 But business from a scientific and intellectual side, as well as practical point of view, has large part in uni yersity work. There is marked prog ress and it will popularize more than ever the University of Alabama as an'institution of learning.
 Tn years pas. the "business man" was sclf-made. He knew little of cul- t,lre; little of economics, and nothing of psychology. Today the business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07

am told had it not been for one man on the jury he would have gotten 1t.
 The lawyers tell me that there are many many reversible grounds and are confident that the supreme court will reverse the Blount county verdict.
 It is z remarkable coincidence that tors in the courtroom who heard the case was with The Age-Herald, of the opinion that Huddleston was not en- titled to cent of damages. There was apparently not resident of oneonta outside of the lawyers in the case who thought Huddleston was entitled to or would get any dama ges They looked upon the case as d ho1d-up pure and simple-an effort to get swag and di- vide 1t. Everyone about Oneonta seemed apparently of that opinion and freely ana openly expressed it. But the yer dict was otherwise.
 The better people resented one citizen Of Jefferson county suing another and bringing it into Blount county. It prob ably cost that county more than a thou sand dollars, yet the result shows that Haddleston acted wisely from his point of view.
 Of course the Birmingham congress man don't get any money yet; and there will be many awaiting with interest the action of the supreme court
 Approval of such a verdict in a neigh boring county would play havoc with the newspaper cartoonists of the fu- ture
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
Bequeathed lbs. of Sugar-By Frank Willis Barnett

In the ancient city of Padua, so I read, there is still in existence the copy ot a will of an Italian prince, written Tn the twelfth century, in which he De- queathed, among other things, six pounds of sugar to his relatives.
 The chronicler goes on to state that the announcement of this bequest created great deal of dissatisfaction among the nobility, as they claimed that no one person had any right to hold so large a quantity of sugar in his possession.
 I dug up this bit of ancient history to back up the food conservers in their CT fort during the shortage to get the pup lie to he content with small allowance for it does seem that if the Italians raised rumpus because one rich nooie- mar had hoarded six pounds, we ought to put up with ration of two pounds month for each member of the family {.
 The way we have wasted and consumed l national shame. It's hard for us 10 mn as;ne time when it was scarce and an expensixe luxury, as it was when the above will was made. and was then used only as a medicine, and not by ilt- tle Italian boys and girls of that day to snr;nkle on their bread or to eat as candy
 
 It has not been satisfactorily deter rnined just when sugar became an article of commerce and first came into general use: but it is pretty well settled that if was not until the crusades that sugar cane was grown outside of Asia. It was carried first to northern Africa and later on to the Madeiras and the Ca naries which islands for long time supplied enough for the European mar ket.
 Then Columbus got into the game and discovered a new world, and men s fancies were fired at the thought of gold but little did those early adventurers dream that the day would come when Americas $ sugar bill alone would require three times as much gold to be dug as is now produced in all the mines operated around the earth. l do not give this on my own, but on the authority of Robert Wiles. who has written a book about it.
 ss
 Please bear in mind, however, that these estimates were made when sugar was selling much under cents a pound. l If it maintains it's present price and there is no change in the amount of | its consumption. it will tax the United States most severely. Another author, writing in 1910. when sugar was around tho 5-cents levc.. thought that the aver
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
Says Gadsden Fourth City

"Gadsden is prosperous and all of her industries are running full time, said 0. R. Hood of that city, who was in Bir- mingham yesterday We haven't been affected by the coal miners strike, and unless conditions get a great deal worse than they are now, there will be no in terruption at any of the industrial plants. We expect Gadsden to make a fine showing when the federal census is taken in January, and we feel certain that the population figures will place us in fourth place among the cities of the state. There is no doubt but we have passed Anniston and Selma, both of which had more inhabitants in 1910 than Gadsden. according to the census taken that year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
Booster for City

Birmingham growth and progress has impressed me more than that of any other town l have ever visited on my many trips" said A. c. Wallen- stein, who represents a large Cincin- natl jeweiry house. q have been com ing to Birmingham for 20 years and on each trip see some great change in the way of business enterprise and progress.
 ''The spirit of cooperation and civic pride has made a different and bet ter city of Birmingham. l have also noticed that the men who travel out of Birmingham boost their town more than they did in former days, and l am glad to note these things, as I have formed a great affection for this city and it's business men and am big booster for the Magic City myself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
Yes. Times Have Changed

The girls certainly have changed since the war and fellow never goes to see one now and sits around and talks" said 0. l.. Littleton. for usually on and, by way of explanation, says. I just thought I'd bring it down, for l didn't know whether we were going somewhere or not I don't blame them for not wanting to be bothered with the fireside companion any more. but 1t is rough on fellow when he really is interested in girl and wants to talk to her where other people can't hear him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07

The Twenrseth Century Limited bas been suspended because of the fuel shortage, an institution that has prob ably done more than any other one thing toward reconciling New Workers to mak- ing periodic trips to benighted Chicago
 # # # Referring to the deportation of radicals Dr. John Wesley Hill, a New York min ister said. T would stop shipping at cnce and start shooting" Not exactly Christlike, to be sure, yet we are living in strenuous times.
 # < #
 The Congress should call off Mir Will sons private car," says the Chica 20 Herald and Examiner, which is consid- erabiy wrought up, as anybody can see. over the continued presence of American soldiers in Siberia
 < # x Politics makes strang bedfellows and so does prohibition, which is not 1000 miles removed from politics. American
  'drys" are commended by Turkish "drys' for upholding the teachings of Mohammed.
 Emma Goldman and Alexander Berk- man may leave few sorrowng follow CTS behind them. but large percentage of America's ooOOo,OOo or more people will regard their departure as a good rid dance.
 It's rather curious that when repub- granted a short interview with President Wilson republicans report him quite feeble and democrats much improved.
 # # x There'es a bright side to everything. Elimination of trains may reduce the number of fatalities, auto and other wise, at railroad crossings.
 4 < x There are a great many persons in this part of the country who believe that the White House is just the sort of setting Oscar Underwood requires.
 < * * According to an eastern contemporary Germany bares her teeth" And utters low growls that to France have a fla miliar sound.
 x < * Consular Agent Jenkins may soon feel able to write magazine article about the horrors of prison life in Mexico. Bandit Bill' Carlisle figured briefly in the newspaper headlines. He would have lasted longer in Mexico.
 * * x Senator Lodge has much to answer for. He has done a great deal to stiffen the backbone of recaIcitrant Germany,
 # # * There's some consolation. santa Claus will be able to find his way around. no matter how many lights are out
 $: E * Being small man, Secretary Baker ne- gotiated the Panama canal without scrap ing either side. Cheer up. The promised ''flu'' epidemic seems to have stepped on a banana peel or something
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
He,u Never Die a Pnuper

'I believe that a man ought to be
 bit particular in asking the price of things before he buys them," said
 Powell Proctor. but I think some times man can carry it to excess, for
 friend of mine told me that a while
 back he was sitting up getting his shoes polished when a man stopped at the door and read a sign. Shoe shine cents.' He poked his head in and said, Does that mean each or pair? The little pickaninny grinned and replied, Boss it means both of em.' Alright answered the cautious individual. then you can work on mine. and he got shine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
NO SLOUGH.

age price was from 11a to cents too high in order to give the producers reasonable profit. He was inclined to think that the reason it was bringing so much was because the market was being manipulated by the sugar trust.
 Now, I am not setting forth these facts and figures as a guide for the present day, but it does seem to me that after. all the talk about taking off tariffs and doing away with sugar bounties, and the promise of those at Washington that it meant cheaper and more sugar to see conditions as they are at present cannot be lightly charged to the war and dis missed with the wave of the hand, for there is something wrong somewhere and the people ought to be protected against profiteerins,
 Not only in 1910 was our sugar nili far greater than the amount of gold produced in the world during any one year, but it was said that all of the petroleum
 
 hardly more than one-euarter the value of the years sugar crop. But of courst this was before all the wells began to sush, at least on paper, for the oil pro- motors. l am sure that if their state- ments about the number of gushers un- der way is half way true that oil will go high above sugar in the next twelve month. ees
 Now. in making the statements here set down, I confess that am taking them second hand. for I am not in sibility. but I read that all of the ever increasing quantities of tobacco used amount in value to barely a third of what we pay for our raw sugar. confess this seems absolutely impossible when I sec the number of men and boys who are addicted to the habit of smoking. ! sat in the press box, just under the cement b,eachers. at the Alabama Mississippi game, and the cigarette stumps thrown over my head onto the field seemed like a heavy snowstorm.
 It looks like I have given enough 10 make out a case for the value of raw sugar used in the United States, but for fear I haze not convinced some people that Uncle Sam's sugar bowl requires more to fill it than that of any other na- ton, I will add. and coffee, too, growing .x..a x.,;th tohacco vvolld haya to ,,,,,t tiply it's annual crop by more than four in order to be abreast of sugar. while rubber, with the millions of motor cars consuming it at an astonishing rate. must be multiplied by almost six before it equals ip value the crystals which our
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
MODERNIZING HEAVEN.

From the Houston Post.
 Arthur Conan Doyle says there will be both tobacco and alocohol in heaven. Why speculate in this manner? Heaven has its hands full campaigning earth at the present time. First thing one knows somebody Viii claim there will be automobiles there, a circumstance that would certainly make for much wing -weariness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
heaven

man, to take high rank, must be an educated man.
 Such an attractive department should attract hundreds of aspiring young men, not only in Alabama, but in the south at large. It will surely spell much for this section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.

THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.
 Henry" said Mrs. Calder, q must have a new motor car"
 Good heavens, woman" exclaimed MT. Calder, whats the matter with the au- tomobile 1 bought you six months ago? Didn't you choose the uphostering your self and didn't you have every contriv- ance you could think of put in the ton neau, by which you added nearly 5000 to the original price?"
 "Oh, yes, Henry, but I've been about quite bit in that car All my friends and acquaintances have seen me in it re- peatedly, and it no longer attracts at tention when I go for a spin along the boulevard Dear me! When I'm in that car I'm beginning to feel as if l were wearing a last years dress"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Sergeant litty very Much Alive


 "I was very much interested in the very comp1imeriarv criticism in The Age-Herald Saturday morning of our show. Listen Lester" said Miss Hen rietta Byron. Heading lady" of the clever comedy and especially in that part which spoke of the possibility of me being related to Helen Byron, who formerly played here and elsewhere in Sergeant Kitty Helen Byron is my sister. am proud to say, and I do want to correct the impression that she is dead; instead she is very much alive. She has a beautiful home at Highlands, Ulster county, New York a superb farm which produces the most wonder full fruits and which she is perfectly crazy about. Helen Byron's last ap- pearance on the stage was about three years ago in big Henry w. Savage production and she will probably be seen next season on Broadway again. know she will be delighted to know that she is so pleasantly remembered in Birmingham and I have already mailed her The Age-Herald containing the nice notice."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
AID TO SAVING

From the Philadelphia Inquirer
 tn the natural course Of prohibition, it will probably be found that the what Il you have?" boys won't mind it nearly so much as the same for me" crowd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord of life and light, l bow myself before Thee in the morning hours of this day. Shine upon my course, make plain my path, for oftentimes I shall walk in the dark except Thou shed Thy light. Renew within me the high resolves of the past and feed the sacred fires of spiritual life. In His name. Amen.-H. M. E..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
Automobile Thieves Active


 Nith automobile thieves becoming more daring in their activities in the ad vent of winter, the Birmingham Motor | Trade association is seeking the appoint ment of two special policemen, accord | ing to Clarence Lloyd secretary of the Automobile club, We expect to appeal to the city for | this additional protection from the auto l bandits" Secretary Lloyd said. Their activities are working a double hardship | and heavy loss on both the car owner ard the dealer. For instance, a dealer sells a car on the istallment plan, accepting reason able payment down, retaining lien on the car, and then the car is stolen. If | the customer seeks to contest the bal ance of the payment, of course the col lateral has disappeared He loses his initial payment ana we lose the balance of the cost of the car'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES

LET'S GET AT IT. Should We not defend our country From the foe who turks within? You think we should? An, Very good, But when do we begin?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
A FATHERS FEARS.

A FATHERS FEARS You must be proud of your son. He's made a great reputation on the grid iron" 50 he has, replied MT. Clipping, "but I hope it won't prevent him from making a success in life" "Why should it?" Well you know football is only played about three months in the year, and I'm afraid Jack will get the idea that a successful business can be conducted in the same way, by three months of inten sive effort and nine months of loafing '
 HA! A CLUE.
 A wayward man
 Is Henry Jill;
 He's said to own
 A kitchen still,
 Which seems to us
 The reason, prob'by,
 That Henry some
 Times walks so wabbly.
 NO SLOUGH. "The lawyer for the defense is sharp fellow"
 DO you think so?' "Yes The moment he saw the jurors getting interested in the fair plaintiffs s ankles he cut short his cross-examina- ton and called for the next witness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
Ae.)s s3oueo.
MISJ

Your town seems to be little off the beaten path remarked the tourist, superciliously, as he leaned over the brass railing of the l.mited's observation car.
 What do you mean by beaten path 2" asked the man on the station platform. in somewhat nettled tones. Just because you happen to be standing on the rear end or fast train,- you needn't think everybody of importance ignores Chig- gersville. We get all the second-pest girl shows, we've got chautauqua sec ond to none, a member of President Will sons cabinet spent five hours here and made speech right over there in the courthouse. As for William Jennings Bryan, shucks. We've had Bill here so often that there's not the least bit of excitement when he puts up at the Eagle house."
 FUNEREAL, AS WELL.
 q wish some flowers sent out to one of the hospitals.
 Just so,' said the florist. What kind, now?"
 Something suitable for gentleman who has not yet recovered from hair tonic jag"
 "Ah! In that case lilies would be proper They suggest purity ana peace. By this time he must be in chastened frame of mind. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
BAD SIGN.

Are the Jibways still saving money to build their bungalow" q don't know, but I fear the worst" What do you mean?'
 I'm afraid they'll continue to be rent CTS as long as they live They've been seen several times lately in the company of an automobile salesman"
 ALARMING PROSPECT. At the very thought his heart grow s
 numb
 I'm speaking now of Henry Package, Who fears he'll soon receive bomb Delivered in 8 Christmas package.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07

CHUGGING OUT TO THE COUNTRY From the New York Evening Sun.
 Detroit men say that industry there is booming. Yes. everybody else is buy ing an automobile to ket away from work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
Member of the Associated Press

Thou knowst 'tis commony all that live must die. Passing through nature to eternity.
 -Hamlet. H * x
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07

Entered at the Birmingham, Aiar ostoffice as second-olass matter, In-
 CT act of Congress. March S' lS'''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07

The chronicler goes on to state that the announcement of this bequest created great deal of dissatisfaction among the nobility, as they claimed that no one person had any right to hold so large quantity of sugar in his possession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07

HENRY M. EDMONDS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

-Remittances can be made at curten. t.. rate of exchange Tns Age-Herald VII net be responsible for money Se' through me mails. Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07

cent less than s50,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07

In the ancient city of Padua, so l read' there is still in existence the copy or a will of an Italian prince, written Tn the twelfth century. in which he De- queathed, among other things, six pounds of sugar to his relatives.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

boxing carnival held the night be-
fore at the Palais de Glace the
French boxers had won four out
of five bouts from their American
rivals
There are two centres of the
sport in Paris. One is at the Cirque
de Paris, which has a seating capac-
ity of 5000 and room for 1000
standees. The Cirque de Paris has
been the scene Of some of Frances
most famous fstic encounters. Here
Georges Carpenter fought Billy
Papke, the Illinois Thunderbolt.
Here Joe jeanette and Sam McVey
battled forty-two rounds.
The other centre, opened few
nights ago, is the Noveau Cirque.
The arena is much smaller than that
of the Cirque de Paris. But it is
we'll arranged, comfortable and
comparable to any of the best box
ing clubs in America. To it, as
we'll as the Cirque de Paris, the one
ard only card of admission is a
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

small, secluded hooks for council fros.
trees OF a remarkable variety and bird
lie that no other section of the East
could excel in abundance.
And the scouts, true TO -heir reach
'ng' lost no time ii taking hint from
nature. High on the hiltops they built
towers, many OF them sixty to seventy
feet high. From these they wicwag 10
each other in the flag language they
Nnow SO we'll. On the shores Of the
lakes they built piers for SWIMMING
and boating; log cabins were set up al
various vantage points, and the tract
was finished Off with a generous
sprinAlinig OF canvas tents
Indeed. an aviator flying over the
reservation would think that time
had turned back in its fight" that an
Indian settlement of old had been res.
directed here in tins stretch OF forest.
and that Romance had returned to
play the par. that was her@ and man
kinds before the coming OF e.ti4s and
populations
A hike of eight miles from, Tuxedo
takes you to Ialequah, the org log
cabin on The top of a hill that serves
as general administrative headouarters
FOR the whole reservation. Here are
kept all the stores, and froga this place
all the camp units into which The camp
IS divided receive their supplies.
1t IS no easy task to keep an average
OF l,50o boys fed and equipped. and an
mixing into the enormity OF the task.
before the officials is found in the fact
that It takes over 10000 pounds OF
sugar alone to satisfy their need for
sweets, 1,4S5 bushels of potatoes. 1910
pounds of -four and 67,5oO pounds Of
bread, S,775 pounds Of butter, $3.50
pounds Of salt, 94,500 quarts OF milk.
and tons of other edibles to keep the
appetites OF the young. red blooded
campers in abeyance
"A scout after hike eats about