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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
81 THOUGHTFUL study of the re-
~ lations between the United
q S States and the sister republics
of this hemisphere to the south of US
has been prepared and, issued by
Manuel Gamio, director of the anthro-
biological board in the department OF
Agriculture in Mexico. Much that is
somewhat Incorporate and hysterical
has been written on both sides of the
Rio Grande about the understanding,
or the want of it, between the country
of Carranza and our own 1t Isl not a
public service on the part of any writer
or speaker to foment friction In the
present delicate situation. This writer
does not add fuel to the flame of con-
troversy. His tractate is moderate, fair
and friendly.
Senior Gamio speaks of the natural
though deplorable envy that is felt by
nations weak and poor for those that
are pussant and wealthy. Such state
of feeling flourishes in a social con-
dition of Indulgence and illiteracy. The
Latin American countries display
bewildering ethnic and tribal diversity.
1t is difficult for them to think and
feel-and hence to act--as one. Within
the political confines of a single coun-
try may be found a wide variety OF
speech, of custom. of character and
viewpoint-as in going from Traxcula
to Yucatan in Mexico; or from Imba-
bura to Esmeraldas in Ecuador; or from
Cauca of Cartagena in Colombia
Senior Gamio finds that there are in
the Latin American countries only
few specialists in the scientific study
of humankind capable of assembling
facts and making differences and then
of plausibly presenting their deduc-
tons Moreover, other nations send to
Central and South America representa-
tives whose acquaintance is largely
confined to the official caste and the
aristocratic class. The enormous re-
mainder of the anonymous masses is
little read and understood. THE invest
ment of money in the exploitation of
an enterprise in any country does not
necessarily imply the acquaintance or
the foreign investor with such country
students of social sciences and compe-
tent journalists should be encouraged 10
travel and to spread their candid ana
unbiased reports of what they find. The
conclusion points to the usefulness OF
Just such work as that which James H.
Collins is now doing as special cor
respondent in South America. explaining
"the other Americans to us who have
so signally neglected the other half
OF the hemisphere. When is North
America to make South America an ac-
cepted part of the school curriculum?
Even the equator seems about as far
off to many Americans as the rings of
Saturn.
Senior Gamio ohserves-and rightly
that the sympathetic scientific records
of Starr, Hrdlicka, Boas, Lumholtz.
Tozzer and others are buried in arch
ives Of institutions where the general
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
COULD WE FORGET

By Lachlan> Campbell
Could we forget that. over there in
France. K
Lie. row on row. those little whiteN
crossed mounds l
Ger which the rain tears glisten. sun
smiles glance
And birds sing thren6dies of sweet
est sounds,
Could we forget!
Could we eer lose the sacred memory
Of pain brimmed eyes and straining
arms-the kiss.
The choking ache that slSy-rimmed
desert sea-
Could we forget the dear foved voice
we misst
Could we forget!
They gave their all. those loyal sons
OF ours.
When came the first clear call for
men to fight
The onsweeping hord ~ hal,.~red
powers
That sought to shaaitle Elserts and
Could we faset
Because they went We walk aa- GUS
toned way
And straight before us s.retsA the&
high roads fair.
tbs ours to grid us, easFy On and pay
The debt we owe ma dear ones over
there
: Could we h stl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
Small Financial Reward
In Serving Ones Country

I7TsHE late Admiral Lord Charles
Beresford left an estate valued
at only 100000. According to Amer
lean ideas, and English standards as
well, he died poor man, after many
years of faithful service to his coun-
try and great eminence in public life.
1t is the rule rather than the ex-
ception for public men to acquire few
of this worlds goods. Their private
fortunes are usually in inverse ratio
to the esteem in which they are held
by their grateful countrymen and the
Importance of their work.
Even in America, where million
aires are so common that they
scarcely attract passing attention
and in the eyes of most Europeans
the average citizen is fabulously rich,
we still retain those primitive virtues
of our forefathers in the respect that
public service and great riches do not
go hand in hand. There are, of
course, wealthy officials in Washing
ton and elsewhere in this country, but
most of them acquired wealth before
they became officeholders.
AS the world progresses away from
the old idea, probably derived from
oriental countries, that riches and
greatness are one and the same thing,
there is more and more desire to
see leaders of the people, the captains
of humanity, living simple lives, with
out luxury or show. Poverty presup-
poses virtue in office. 1t is an old
,adage that one cannot serve two
masters. A public servant cannot
feather his own nest and at the same
time make the sacrifices demanded of
him by his duty to others.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
Proud OF HIS brother

birmingham Is sure a great town."
said Cummings Mccall of the city BAG
teriologist's department. 81 have lived
here only few months. but I'm begin
ming to think that I will make this
my permanent home. Down in Mont
gomery. where / hail from. Birming
ham is regarded with some jealousy.
Montgomery is like a little brother
who is jealous of his bigger and
stronger brother but nevertheless is
proud of him. and l didn't know until
I moved here how lucky Montgomery
is to have such a fine big brother. Bir
mingham seems to be wide awake and
progressive and 1 find very few OF its
citizens who are not perfectly well
satisfied with it and its future"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
May Double Quota Here

From the start the allied armies
have made in the third Red Cross roll
call drive Birmingham and Jefferson
county will more than double their
quota of 10000 members" said Val
Nesbit "and. although we do not feel
that Birmingham should be called upon
to give more than was asked, this is
membership campaign and everyone
wants an interest in this organization
"The work of the Red Cross must
continue now the same as during the
war, for there is always work for
them to do, and never before has this
organization had as large member
ship as 1t now has It is expected that
the drive, which must be completed
within a few days. will result in a
large increase in the number of mem
bers enrolled"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
uNurARn on REHAv1oR.
NEVER SATISFIED.

Would you say the Jake Bilfurs have
all their hearts desire?'
Heavens, no. It's true they are rich
and healthy and there's no reason in the
world why they should complain, but
Mrs Bilfur says her soul is starved,
Marie Bilfur signs for a career in the
movies, Theophilus. the only son, Is eat
ing his heart out for widow twice his
age and Jake Bnfur says he'll never
draw another contented breath until he
improves his game of golf"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
Christmas Seal Sale
A Great Success

Wl\TE have Christmas seal sales
w for the anti-tuberculosis
cause year after year, and they have
been fairly successful, but the drive
for the Alabama league this year
promises to eclipse all the campaigns
of other seasons.
Two hundred thousand dollars is
the amount sought to be raised this
fall, and that It will be an over-the-
top achievement is well assured. No
Christmas seal campaign has ever
been characterized with such enthu-
|siasm as now
The state is thoroughly organized,
and there should be no surprise if
the result of the sale amounted to
s250,oo0 instead of 100000.
These facts in the literature of the
league are well worth considering:
"Alabama's population in 1910 was
2,13S,093. Estimating it today as
2, SOC, 900, the annual cost of tubercu-
'osis to the people of Alabama today
lis s1,25o,OoO.
'sWe ask for less than one-sixth of
that amount to help us stop the leak!
"The total cost of tuberculosis sick
ness, to sufferers and families con-
Aerned in this state, may be esti-
mated in capital at $40 for each man,
woman and child of our whole popu-
lation, or s25, 100000 We ask for
$780, 900 to save ten times that
amount spent in dying.
"That leaves out of account the
anguish and misery which cannot be
expressed in dollars.
"We can better afford to fight
tuberculosis, whatever the cost, than
to pay out 100000 every four years
to let folks die of it.
"What would Jesus dot"
Let every earnest worker for hui
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
Favorable to Amendment

''The people of Alabama that we
have visited so far in regard to the
constitutional amendment giving AZ
towns in Alabama the right to vote
themselves as favorfng the amend
ment.'' said c. B. Whitaker, secretary
to Chairman J. r. Hornady of the AZ
towns committee. "The leading citi-
zens in all of the towns we have called
on to express themselves as being with
US and are working toward bringing
in a majority on election day for the
amendment. At the present speaking
it looks like the amendment will be
adopted by substantial vote"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
ANCESTRY
BY Charles Dickens.

BY Charles Dickens
1t is remarkable that. as there was
in the oldest family we have any rec
ord murderer and a vagabond, so
we never fail to meet in the records
OF all old families with innumerabIs
repetitions of the same phase of char
acter Indeed it may be laid down as
a general principle tnat the more ex
tended the ancestry the greater the
amount of violence and vagabondism
Ior II ancient days those two amuse-
ments. combining a wholesome excite
ment with promising means of re-
pairing shattered fortunes. were at
once the ennobling pursuit and the
heaithful recreation of the quality of
this land
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
Wants Post-season GANG

i certainly hope that post-season
football game can be arranged between
Auburn and Vanderbilt. to be played
here some time in December" said
thomas Barker. TT will be a great
game because. as the regular game
played in Nashville recently showed
the teams are pretty evenly matched
and no doubt people from all over both
Alabama and Tennessee would be on
hand for the battle"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
GREAT IS BIRMINGHAM
From the Mobile Register.

FROM the Mobile Register.
The person in France who addressed
an interesting pamphlet to The Reg
lister must have associated with Soma
one from Greater Birmingham fo- +h,s
IS no" the address reads: Mobile Reg
lister. Mobile. Birmingham, U. S, A.
some may think that Birmingham is
the whole state of Alabama, out we as
sure our Paris friend that geographi-
cally and postofficially it is not
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06

and a splendid result will be shared.
''Bolshevism Is a thing Of saloons, BAR
rel houses and slums." says tho board
Of temperance. prohibition and public
morals Of the Methodist church. But
wasn't John Barleycorn alleged to DO
playing hob with humanity long before
bolshevism, ns ut present understood,
was ever heard Oft
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DR.. Zimmerman and DR.. Won Beth
marn-Hollweg were embarrassed when
asked pointed questions by a committee
at Berlin investigating responsibility for
the world war Standing cross-exam-
itation and writing memoirs about the
war are two entirely different things.
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Andorra, a tiny republic between France
and Spain, is not troubled by high prices,
profteers and bolshevik, but even in
Andorra the even tenor of ones life may
occasionally be interrupted by an inquisi-
tive tourist
Probably no one follows the progress
of the Senate toward ratification of
the peace treaty with more solicitude
than saloonkeepers who have renewed
their licenses in anticipation of brief
wet spell
- * T.
A gentleman with the chronological
name of Bugbee seems to have made a
good race for governor of New Jersey.
where woodrow Wilson got his prelimi-
nary training in politics.
j. 81 y
without investigating the matter thor
oughly. we'll take it for granted that the
recent dry victory in Ohio was won with
out the good will and consent of Gncin-
natl
A "pajama- jag farce" is booked for
early presentation in Birmingham. A
full line of intimate garments will be
shown
Two aviators who fell 1000 feet and land
ed on a car of pig iron at Canton, O.,
had the worst possible luck in picking
out soft place to light
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viii the militant housewives who plan
- - Iir-;,,
their sincerity by wearing a last years
hat?
Chicago meat cutters demanded a min
imum wage of $40 a week, no doubt with
the ultimate purpose of demanding time
and a half for saving bones.
4. 4 4
It requires no expert statistician to
mine disasters will be reduced to a mini
mum
Prohibition is credited with having
humbled the New York hotel clerk, an
achievement to awaken the admiration of
even the vets"
= = *
It seems hard matter for presidential
asrirants not to look self-conscious when
their names are mentioned in connection
with the White House.
X * *
The 81 varieties of pickles are not as
numerous and diverse as the schools of
thought that are now keeping Uncle
Sam awake at night
y IS y
An inch of snow is reported in Yer
mont The Green Mountain boys should
worry about cold weather. There will be
enough hard cider to keep them warm.
i. = q
If there isn't enough coal to cook the
Thanksgiving turkey there'I be a revo-
luton in this country.
y = 4
Street begging has been reduced to an
exact science in Berlin.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06

BEGINNING THE DAY-O God,
bless the teachers of the young.
Endue them with Thy grace that
they may be what they would
teach. Make them firm as law and
gentle as love. Give them shining
faces and singing lips. Stir them
every morning with the wonder of
their task. In His name. Amen
I'll. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
A WEARIsOME TYPE

4eYou should have shown that dis
charged soldier more respect"
''Nonsenset'
'Remember, he fought for his coun-
try"
I'm willing to respect him for tnaf'
but he's just an ordinary lad. a small
town youth who had never been out Of
the state he was born in until the war.
and now he has a habit Of criticising the
ways of the home folks by saying. They
do such things better in France
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
Member of the Associated Press

The Age Herald is the only morning
and Sunday new spaper 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
Lst otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news puohsheu
hcreln.
III rights of republican, ton of several
csspa herein are also reserved,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
TON WREN. HERO
he Chattanooga Times.

From the Chattanooga Times.
Tom Wren. a Chinese reporter. sub
mitted to an operation for the trans
fusior, of blood to save two little girls,
neither of whom he knew. and who
were friendless and penniless in the
great city. 1t is actions like that of
Tom Wren that after all prevent our
losing faith altogether in humanity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
KNOWING LATIN AMERICA

public knows them not fnformation
south and north. must be disseminated
and popularized. While we art SO
ardent for the cordial mutually OF
hands across the sea, may there also be
the hand clasp and the mental outreach
of comprehension across the Panama
Canal
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
TIE PUZZLED WET. -

THE PUZZLED WET"
They told me-" said a puzzled wet"
with liquor gone, no load Of debt
Would weigh me down; I'd money save
And learn at last how to behave.
But still collectors come around
To places where I may be found
And, sooth to say. my bank account
Has not as yet begun to mount
And as for conduct, maybe I'm
Not guilty OF a single crime,
But solemnly my friends avouch
nearly always have a crouch.
That, long sustained, has made of me
The poorest kind of company.
might endure their jests and jibes,.
And even bitter diatribes,
IF could say my health is better
And no loan shark calls me a debtor.
Yet, with no strong desire to scott.
ask, how am I better OFF,
OVER THE COCOA
You used to say held your happiness
in the hollow of my hand"
'Umphg'
MY hand was soft and white then. 1t
hadn't become hardened from welding
a broom and washing dishes
mo. my love. Neither had your tongue
become raspy from too constant use"
SOUNDS SUPERFICIAL
IT like to meet man who adnires
Shakespeare"
Naturally"
But. somehow, question the depth
bird was some writerr'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
TOO TNoUIsrTTvE.

TOO NoUIsrTIvE.
MY list of acquaintance is growing
rapidly" remarked the chemist
Congratulations.
But I'm just a trifle suspicious of
my new friends"
WHY"
Shortly after I meet them they have
a way of steering the conversation
around to the problem of putting
kick in RECKLESS beverages"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
cAppNMaMdAa,1xtI
IT'S A HARD LIFE

From the Louisville Courier Journal
Needles and pins. needles and pins,
when a man marries his troubles begins.
Between feeding the furnace and feeding
the twins the poor man loses even more
than he wins.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06

study is like the heavens glorious
That Will not be deep search'd with
soucy looks;
Small have continual pIodders ever
won
Save base authority from Others
books.
Loves Labor's Lost
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06

Washington Bureau. 500 Davidson
builoipg.
European Bureau, 10 King street.
Covent Garden. London, W. G. =
Eastern business office, World build
ing. New York City; western business
office. Tribune building, Chicago. The
s c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents
for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
Farmers Getting High
Price for Cotton

THE New York cotton market
= was excited yesterday with
prices for futures jumping
Local spot has advanced to thirty
nine cents for good middling. 1t will
go still higher-much higher-within
the next ten days.
The Alabama farmers are wise to
sell as they gin and pay their debts;
but hold enough of the crop for the
higher price. 1t is sure to go to
forty-f or fifty cents before Christ
mas.
The shor. crop and the demand will
make the present year phenomenal
in profit for the producer. In past
years the "sky rocket" prices have
benefited only the speculative traders.
This year the producers are reaping
the benefit.
The high price level this fall may
cause an increased acreage next
spring. This would be a mistake. A
moderate production in 1920 would
pay better in the end
In Alabama crop diversification
should continue to be the policy.
Plant for seven hundred thousand or
eight hundred thousand bales will
be enough. Food and feedstuff should
be increased. Alabama should produce
one hundred million bushels of corn
and five million bushels of wheat.
The state must feed itself. Raise some
cotton and more of everything else.
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an important function, may cease
to be.
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DR.. Cook Talks About
Flying to the Pole

m HERE is dearth Of light read
y ing matter in the public prints.
Most of it is deadly dull stuff. The
Senate wrangles wearisomely over
the treaty Of peace, labor leaders give
out guarded interviews on the coal
strike since that federal injunction
was obtained; the news from Petro-
grad seems to be neither important
Tor true; a Sabbatical calm has settled
over Fiume. In fact, there is ap-
parently no enterprise afoot "of great
pith and moment"
With a world befogged and mud
ding along, trying to get its bear
ings in the reaction following the war
and to solve some of the problems of
CONSTITUTIONAL themselves rather
dry and calling for much statistical
matter-it is positively refreshing to
have "Doc" Cook bob up with a huge
income from oil properties in Texas
and announce that he proposes to fly
to the North pale.
The worthy doctor considers the
plan quite feasible land, incidental
ly," he says, "such flights may clear
the scrap as to whether Peary or I
discovered it." The doctor uses the
language of the common people.
Even when lecturipg in vaudeville he
did not go over the heads of patrons
who enjoy trained chimpanzees and
acrobats.
"Doc" Cook estimates his present
income at $4,000 day, with more
to follow. If he wants to fly to the
North pole he is in a position to fl
nance the venture and, furthermore,
by flying, it would be unnecessary to
take along any gumdrops.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

THE POU1-TrvTAN'S LAX p
The saddest words
or tongue or pen
Are these Il own
An idle hen"
UNHEARD OF BEHAVIOR
How was the football gamer"
Very exciting. Everybody seemed tc
lose his head"
We'll. Weir
Even the president of our university
threw dignity to the winds and absolute
~ paralyzed freshman by slapping him
on the back"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06
TELEPHONE

Bell (prtyatc exchange connecting
all Departmental Main 1900.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-06

But what is perhaps the most astorish-
ing fact in this rema: kable career re-
plete with humiliations and prosecutions
is that his miseries were accumulated by
disturbing family gfost. This vista
ton from the supermundane came as
climax to a series of worldly annoyances
that would have upset the equanirnity OF
a very Job, and the Reverend Samuel in
temper at any rate, was the reverse of
Job-like If we can believe his history as
Il has come down to US. am not, how
ever. surprised that he wrote "Disserta-
tons on tie Book of job" for he hal
passed through sore domestic social.
secular and religious trials.
Now have merely limited at "Old
Jeffrey SO that those who are interested
in him may look him up. for he was some
troublesome visitor and had the Wesley
family in stew and gave occasion for
many in his time and since to explain
him away. The rea son I ask charity Tor
Samuel Wesley comes from the fact that
he was the father of 10 children and haG
to live in house with ghost which was
as troublesome as all his brood put To-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-28
AMERICAN-JAP BANK
MAY BE ESTABLISHED

TOXIC. July 2S.-Preparations
for the establishment OF a joint
Stock bank by American and Japan
ese capitalists have been favorably
progressing. and the formal an
Eouncement Of its organization will
De made before long.
The project was first suggested by
bankers OF California when Baron
Megata visited the United States
last year The movement is inter
estIHg bankers and capitalists on
both sides of the Pacific as the first
attempt towards a joint stock bank
between American and japanese
bankers.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-28
BAPTIsTs IN ASSEMBLY.

FRANKLIN. Ind. July 2S. -
Glasses in Christian training in the
various departments Of church life
az well as wholesome recreation and
good fellowship were TO feature the
annual meeting of the Indiana Bap-
list assembly. which opened at
Franklin college Sunday. The
mornings are 20 be devoted 10 study
and the afternoons 10 recreation.
Approximately 500 are expected to
attend all sessions.