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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-07
CRILLONITIS

our President, who is struggling against odds to make war impossible.
 Well, we get him. We have seen sim liar groups to the one at the crillon. Over the coffee and cigarettes--for some reason there must always be cof- fee and cigarettes-they get all lit up over their thoughts and emotions. It used to be so with some af the depart ment heads in Washington during the war. All who disagree are in outer darkness Bourbons. reactionarics. ad- herents to the old bad order which is now passed away. It isn't so much what they say. is what they take for granted. They take for granted that all decent persons agree with them. There is no need to argue. There is no need to face facts. Faith is the one thing required Gradually they mount. Final ly they soar away All difficulties dis appear Things are so because they say they are. It is fascinating to watch them. But it leaves one feeling giddy.
 I've know what ails Win Irwin and lot of other good fellows. They fell In Wltn that cIoWd at the CrlilOn.
 si
 TENDER MEMORIES
 From the Boston Transcript
 "Shut that door!'' yelled the rough man. Where were you raised--in barn?" The man addressed meekly and silently complied, but the speaker, looking at him moment, later -ob- served that he was in tears. Going over to his victim, he apologized. "Oh. come he said soothingly, you shouldn't take it to heart because I asked you if you were raised in barn.
 That's it, that's it. sobbed the oth. CT man. T was raised in barn and i: makes me homesick every time heal an ass bray
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-07

Entered at the Birmingham Ala-' postofTice as second-class matter. un- de- act of Congress. March s, 1879
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-07

Nc communica ton will be puphsneai without It's authors -.Ame. heJee'so manuscript wnl moi -e returned uli-s stamps are eneloseI for that purpoSS' Remittances can be made at current rate of eNcaange. .The Age Herald "4li not pe responsible. tot money ssh' through the malls. Actress
 THE AG hrlkALD'
 Birmingham, AlA'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-07

Now, am a past master when it comes to attending associations and fifth Sunday meetings for it was a part of my busi- ness as editor of the Alabama Baptist for r years to be present to take part in them and look out particularly for the interest of the state organ of the de- nomination, and to assist in the various discussions on the programme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-07

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 Daily and sunday, week. ...''.' .-V
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-07

Now, a great many who know about leap year have never associated it with fifth Sundays, yet it plays big part in the matter, I suppose it means noth- there will be five Sundays in February. 1920; in fact I doubt if any unless they are over 50 years of age pay any special attention to it, but if you will recall 1t the same thing happened in February 1890
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-07

The German army is not only reduced in numbers. but it is in reduced circum-'
Deming graphic., 1919-12-09

william Decmond does remarkably
clever satire on "weSfern stuff In
The Prodigal Liar," his latest Jesse
ID. Hampton production for release by
Exhibitors Mutual.
The Wild and woody west OF COW
punching, stage coaches. cattle thiev-
ing and the desperate IL no more ac-
cording 10 "The Prodigal Liar" In its
place has come the sheep herder, the
flivver, ehe gentleman planter and the
California bungalow.
Six-shooters aren't In fashion aud
they're carried for ornamental purposes
only by the old timers who insist upon
living over again the good old days
IL was unto such setting as this that
n petite maiden from the east stepped.
She opened her eyes upon modern.
paved country village, as dignified as
any that ever nestled In the hills OF
Vermont and as progressive OF any In
the corn belt OF Iowa.
A wild and woody west was staged
for her benefit. desperate substitut-
ed, and with the help OF some magni-
ficent lying, she was provided with
romance and adventure" for few
weeks, and real adventure" for a few
minutes.
The production bristles with comedy
unusual and humorous situations.
Betty Compson plays leading woman
with Mr.. Desmond and the cast in
cludes Frank Lannin2, Louis Morrison
and Walter Perry, photoplay fayorites.
Deming graphic., 1919-12-09
An Excellent Photoplay

All who admire real comedy and
strong dramatic action presented In n
combination, should see
Billie Burke In her latest Paramount
photoplay, Good Gracious, Anna
bellew which is being presented at the
Princess Theatre Wednesday, Decem-
her TO- II Is In every respect an ex-
cellent photoplay, and is proving n de-
light to the patrons Of this popular
play house Miss Burke is splendidly
supported. her leading man being Her
bert Rawllnson. The picture was d.
rected by George Melford, with highly
satisfactory results.
Deming graphic., 1919-12-09

DIR. Vance OF FL Paso arrived in the
city yesterday to attend consulta-
ton of physicians here on account Of
the failure Of Mrs. ]. G. Cooper TO Inn
prove. Mrs. Cooper was last reported
as slightly better.
Deming graphic., 1919-12-09

f. c. Bassett, community organizer,
Community Service. Inc, left the city
this morning for Joliet, ILL.,, where he
will again engage in business.
Deming graphic., 1919-12-09

Mr.. Steel. who had his ribs broken In
the wreck at Whitewater. Is back from
the Santa Te hospital at Clovis.
home.
Deming graphic., 1919-12-09

Have just taken the agency for the
Butterrick patterns and have received
a large shipment Of the December
mmber.-Weatherred's House Of Bar
gains.
Deming graphic., 1919-12-09

Have just taken the agency for the
Butterrlck patterns and have received
large shipment Of the December
er.-weatherred's House Of Bar
gains.
Deming graphic., 1919-12-09

Mr.. James Sinclair left the city last
Thursday to visit Mrs. w. @. Porter
field.
Deming graphic., 1919-12-09

Hugh II. williams was visitor in
the cItv from Santa Fe last Wednes-
Deming graphic., 1919-12-09
DESMOND PLAYS IN

'Tk Prodigal Lar" New Picture,
Shows That ~the Good Old Days.
OF the Six Shooter Are No More.
: AZ the Princess. Wed. Dec. 10.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-01
Care For Disabled Soldiers

Physical reconstruction work,
which amounts to salvaging human
material. has become matter Of
greater Importance now, than after
any other war. Formerly crippled
soldiers were sent out into the
world handicapped. They were
physically incapacitated to earn a
good living and were forced, by cir
cumstances, to become an economic
burden to either their friends and
relatives, or to the community III
which they lived. Now, however,
Systematic efforts are being made
to reclaim this human material. 1t
is the purpose of the Army authorl-
ties to make every effort to re-
construct those men who in tins
wreck of the battle front became
disabled. Colonel ]. B. Kemper, the
Army recruiting officer for this dis
trict, to-day authorized the follow
ing pertinent statement
Because of the importance of
physical reconstruction and the ne
ceSsity of co-ordinating that work
with other hospital activities, par
ticularly those of the medical and
surgical service, the surgeon general
has directed the appointment Of
struction at various Army hospitals.
This officer will have charge of all
hospital activities pertaining to ply
steal reconstruction of disabled sol
diers and will maintain liaison un-
der the commanding officer with
the medical and surgical service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-01
GREAT WORK AHEAD

ITOR G L n E r A L
n SNYDE RS announcement
l. Il that the State will be ready
in a month to advertise for bids for
the erection of the Memorial Bridge,
the new office building and other
Capitol park improvements is good
news. All Harrisburg is impatient
to see this work started, but not
more so than General Snyder, who is
a man of action and has been deeply
interested in the park development
ever since he became acquainted
with the proposal as member of
the State Senate.
The Auditor General believes there
is no need for any further post
ponement of the changing of street
lines and the resetting of the cop
ing and curbing surrounding the
park. Commissioner Lynch has said
repeatedly that the city is ready
to go ahead with its part, so
there would seem to be no further
reason why the work should not
proceed. There has been consid-
erable public inquiry as to why this
part of the program should not be
carried out at once, in order to re-
lieve traffic congestion during the
building period, and there will be
much satisfaction in the prompt
commencement of the work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-01
"TUilight on the RiUer"

The little green grasses nod and
sleep,
The little cool shadows come and
go,
The tiny fish swim safe and deep
And the trees bend still and low
The water hardly a ripple makes
Yet the boat that's tied, with an
idle oar
Floats though at rest, and the move
ment wakes,
Washing wavelets along the shore.
Under the bridge where the cool
shade lies.
Darkening emerald depths are
seen
Showing, true as the soul in eyes,
Granite bulk with the sky btween.
over the wildwood bordered edge
See! Oh, the red buds bursting
through,
Yellow flowers and the briar hedge
Under the arching, grayish blue.
The shadows gather in dewy rest
The grasses lower and lower dip,
The baby waves on the rivers breast
Far away in their dreaming slip.
The stiffness greater and greater
The night draws near, but it tar
ries still
over my heart and mind it throws
JOY, like the shadows on vale and
hill.
Grace Imogen Gish,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-01
Dry Food in Vacuum
philadelphia Public Ledger

lPhlladelphia Public Ledger.1
Although the preservation of food
oy drying is an old art, it was not
until recently that problem of food
dehydration received any serious
scientific study. AS result of manv
experiments, here and abroad, we
are now in possession of enough
facts to enable the development of
the food drying art into an industry
OF large proportions.
Ihe task of evolving a process
and developing a product suitable
for use in the field was assigned to
Drs. *. G. Falk and E. M. Frankel
Dy the surgeon general of the army
In this they were successful, and
there is now available for public
use method by which foodstuffs
OF any kind may be dehydrated and
reduced to u condition in which
they can be kept indefinitely without
the use of refrigeration or preserva-
tives, the latter term including
smoke, salt, saltpeter and sulphur
dioXide.
Briefly, the process - originated
at the Hartman Research Labora-
tory, in New York City. and in
duStrlally worked out at Columbla
University-is a vacuum method, in
which the foodstuffs, without any
previous preparation except ordi-
nary cleaning, are heated in an air.
tight chamber, from which the air
and other gases or vapors are ex-
hausted. Under these conditions
the water in the food product
which ordinarily boils at 212 de-
grees Fahrenheit, can, by proper
adjustment of the vacuum. be made
to boil at 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Thus the foodstuff is never over
heated, and no coagulation of pro-
tein materials or other changes in
duced by high heat are brought
about. AS a result of the low tenn
perature employed, the volatile aro-
matte oils which give most vege-
tables and fruits their characteristic
tastes, are retained. Drying in
vacuum takes place from within the
mass rather than from the surface,
so that the outside of the food is
not made tough and sometimes i'm
permeable to water, as is the case
with airdried products.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-01

in his uniform. Later, while receiv-
ing congratulations from friends, a
mob attacked him and he was
lynched in the uniform to which his
assailants seemed to seriously OBJ
ject.
The other story from Cordele
states that Bud Williamson, a travel
ing representative of a picture COM
pany, was driven out of town by
white people who objected to the
selling of photographs showing Ser
geants Johnson and Roberts, the ia
nous heroes of the Fifteenth New
York Regiment, engaged in hand
to-hand combat with Germans. Will
liamson's pictures were destroyed
when he arrived in a white settle
ment to which he had been called
by a telephone message. He was
badly beaten and at the mYzzle of
a revolver was ordered to leave town
Immediately.
These may be extreme cases, but
they are illuminating and illustrate
the indefensible attitude of cer-
tain class of the white population
in the south and elsewhere. For
tunately for the welfare of the
country, the law-abiding citizens of
the white and black races are united
in the determination to uphold
the rights of all classes of our citi-
zenry and to suppress the unruly
element which seeks to arouse bitter
feeling and race prejudice wherever
and whenever possible.
Mob law will never be sustained
in this country and it is high time
that the lynchings which have dis
graced America are prevented by
the strong arm of justice. The fail
ure to enforce law is an invitation
to anarchy and all the evils in its
train.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-01
Beyond the Purple Hills

[Senior Glass Poem at the Univer-
sity of Kansas.l
Our world was bounded by the
purple hills,
We laughed and danced, and in our
careless way
We faced our petty problems, fam
cied ills,
And called it life-but it was only
play.
The world beyond we needed not,
nor knew
Its earnestness, its pain, it's bitter
fight;
For us, care fed before soft winds
that blew
Through perfumed lilacs on an April
night.
Then suddenly our painted world was
crushed,
Shattered by the ruthless blow of
war,
And we, facing reality, stood hushed,
At last knew life and saw things
as they are.
No more we lose ourselves n dreams
when blow
The April winds-we've felt the
blast that chills,
But stronger, keener for the fight we
go
To meet the world beyond the pur-
pie hills.
MARGARET MITCHELL.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-01
HE LIES

~ OLONEL GRIMSTEAD testify
ing before the commission in
vestigating the irregularities
of Lieutenant "Hardboiled" Smith on
the charge of ill-treating military
prisoners, lied out of the whole
cloth yesterday when he said that
thousands of American soldiers
were deserting the battle line in
France at the time the armistice
was signed and that wholesale ex-
ecutions would have followed had
not the war ended when it did.
Grimstead will not get far with
such barefaced falsehoods. The
men who were in France know he
is a liar from first hand knowledge
and Americans at home know it
from the fact that deserting COM
rades in time of stress is not an
American. characteristic.
How did the Grimsteads and the
"Hardboiled" Smiths get into the
army anyway? An outraged Amer
lean public would like to know
something of their personal records,
who was responsible for their ap-
pointments. promotions and assign
ments.
An officer who would malign his
comrades in arms to save his own
reputation is a yellow-back and
doubtless if there had been many
like this pair in the ranks the
wholesale desertions of which Grim
stead tells would have occurred.
But the records show that the A. E.
f. was made up largely of men Of
another stripe. Their records at
Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel and the
Argonne prove that they stuck to
their jobs through frightful odds
and won, while the little white
crosses scattered broadcast over a
hundred fields of France prove that
the only way the American soldier
knows how to run is forward and
that he dies, but never retreats.
Grimsteads testimony only black
ems his own name. The reputation
of the American soldier in France
is above reproach.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-01
Origin of American indian
tFrom the Christian Science


L.
Whence originally came the North
American Indian will perhaps always
remain an unanswered question; but
the latest possible explanation of
certain seeming resemblances be-
tween the Navajoes an the Chinese
is picturesque addition to existing
theories. AS the tale goes, there is
a passage in ancient Chinese history
recording a revolt that was defeated
and the leaders taken captive.
Theye were prominent and popular
men, so much so that the summary
punishment of execution was deem
ed inadvisable; the alternative was
exile, and the revolutionists were
provided with ships and allowed to
put out on the unknown ocean for an
unknown destination. The question
arises whether they may not have
crossed the Pacific, landed on the
western coast of the unsupported and
unnamed American continent, and
gradually worked inland, becoming
by degrees the nomad Indians whose
modern descendants are those very
Navajoes who look so much like
Chinese.
The idea is interesting, even if no
more conclusive than was Ignatius
Donnelly's conviction that the ances-
tors of the Aztecs emigrated from
the more or less mythical Island of
Atlantis.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-01
American atrocities
[From Our Dumb Animals.

this land and no remedy swiftly
Forthcoming would be incredible
were it not true. We have always
maintained that Government which
can compel its citizens white and
black to enlist under it's flag and
defend it in peril owes to each of
these citizens the guarantee of
every right assured him under the
constitution. Where the State fails
the Government is under as sacred
an obligation to defend and protect
its humblest citizens from such out
RACES as it is its representatives at
the courts of Europe.
Mr.. Hughes has well said ITO the
black man, who in this crisis has
proved his bravery, his honor and
his loyalty to our institutions, we
certainly owe the performance of
this duty (of justice), and we should
let it be known from this time on,
in recognition of that supreme serv-
ice, that the black man shall have
the rights guaranteed to him by the
constitution of the United States"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-01
THAT ICE CREAM TAX

n f ALL the war taxes, real and
so-called, the Federal tax on
ice cream about to be repealed
is perhaps the most unpopular, as
it is certainly the most unjust. Eat
ice cream on the premises of the
place where purchased, unless served
with meal, and a tax is required.
Eat a sandwich with it and there is
no tax. Therefore, the man or
woman who lunches on a plate of
ice cream, keeping in mind the die
tates of the health authorities as
to light eating in warm weather, is
taxed because he is wise, whereas
the chap who overloads his stomach
and then adds ice cream gets off
free of tax.
Ice cream is food and it is good
for the human system under almost
any circumstances if made under
proper conditions from healthful
ingredients. There should be no tax
upon it. Rather people should be
encouraged to eat it. Ice cream is
the one luxury that almost every
poor family can afford. If we must
tax something why not the exclu-
sive lobster. or the lordly lamb chop,
or something already out of reach
of the man whose purse is none too
fat?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-01
HALIFAX TO CELEBRATE

~ ALIFAX is praying for fair
n weather. Only rain can mar
- the peace celebration of that
thriving community. The people of
the upper end of Dauphin county
are showing that they can be patri-
otic in times of peace quite as
fervently' as in war. That is a
good sign. 1t is easy enough to
swing along with the procession
when the whole country is march,
ing. 1t is quite another to make
a show of patriotism months after
peace has come, and long after the
men of the community have re-
turned to their ordinary pursuits.
But Pennsylvania people are not
forgetful of the sacrifices these men
have made, of their gallantry in
action and of the great victory they
helped win in France.
Pennsylvania's patriotism has
never been questioned. 1t is not
generally known. but the War De-
partment's decision to place largo
military depots in this immediate
vicinity was based largely oil the
belief that they would be safe here,
and that IL necessary Pennsylvania
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-01
FRUITAGE OF MOB LAW

"HE suspicion that there may be
some underground movement
to foment trouble between the
colored citizens of the country and
their white brothers is somewhat
justified by recent outbreaks III
widely-separated sections. Down
south, state officials and others are
appealing to those colored men who
left the south during the war per-
iod-under the impression that they
would improve their condition north
of the Mason and Dixon line-to re-
turn to their old homes. with the
assurance of better treatment and
appreciation of their usefulness.
1t is hard to harmonic these az
peals with recent stories of the
treatment of returning black SOL
diers in Georgia. Two stories from
Blakely and Cordele in Georgia IL
lustrate this point. Both appeared
recently in print in southern news
papers.
According to one dispatch, Private
William Little, a returned soldier,
was beaten to death by a mob near
Blakely. 1t is stated that he was
"a prominent young man in this
vicinity and from one of the most
respectable families in the immedi-
ate community" Details of his
lynching are to the effect that re-
turning from the service he was ac-
cused of weSring his military uni
form too long" that upon arriving
at Blakely he was advised by a cer-
tain white element to remove his
army uniform and that several an
onymous communications were sent
to him with instructions to leave
town If he wanted "to sport around
in his khaki" According to the
narrative, Little was halted at the
railroad station when he first re-
turned and told to strip himself of
his uniform before he walked down
the main thoroughfare of the city,
being threatened with arrest unless
he did so. Having no civilian
clothes he was permitted to go home
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-01
Human Conservation

[From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
The State Bureau of Rahabilita-
ton, the authorization of which was
included in the last group of bills
receiving the signature of Governor
Sproul, has possibilities which may
make it one of the most important
of the States charities. At that it
is no more a charity than is the
Workmen's Compensation fund, and
it might we'll be classed as a public
economy.
It's purpose is to have unneces-
sarily industrial wastage of pro-
ducing and earning power. The
necessity for it has been pointed by
the observation of the Compensa-
ton Board, and war gave it an ef-
fective boost in the Governments s
successful work in rehabilitating its
MANNED fighters.
A good workman who loses a
hand, an arm, foot, a leg, or an
eve, or is crippled in the use of
either, is not economically to be
thrown into the discard and become
a dependent. A measure of his eff
ficiency is lost, but not all of it, and
there have been wonders worked in
the development of remnants. To
some extent the compensation sys-
tenn, with it's increased liability for
industrial accident, has worked to
the disadvantage of the MANNED
workman, the employer being
prejudiced by the belief that the
lack of full equipment of members
increases the risk of accident, and
at best the victim of misfortune has
become pensioner in some auxiliary
berth, with the result that generally
he has lost his spirit as produc-
tive agent and has felt that he was
only a hanger-on. Yet there is
something he can do or that he can
learn to do, and the man can be
saved from the wreck.