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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
Canadian Pacific official

M. D. Malone, general agent of the passenger department of the Canadian Pacific railway and Canadian Pacific ocean service, with headquarters in Cincinnati is in Birmingham.
 '"Ths is great city and is naturally becoming more widely known every year." said MT. Malone. "The Birming- ham district is already one of our best sections for Canadian Pacific business And this territory is developing rapidly from our point of view.
 T was in Toronto recently and was a guest of the Kiwanis club there The Birmingham convention was dis cussed and it gave me pleasure to tell what I know about the Pittsburg o1 the South as of course, I spoke in eulogistic terms of Birmingham. Can ada will be well represented in Bir- mingham at the Kiwanis meet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
KATHERINE

From the Chicago Herald and Examiner.
 An editor was stumped. He had
 written Liberty Loan and league of na-
 tions editorials until his mind refused
 to function out of these two well trav-
 eled tracks.
 Tn his quandary he said to fellow sufferer: What shall I write about?"
 To which the fellow sufferer replied; Write about Katherine"
 Katherine is one of our soldier 5 friend cabinet. For months she has listened with a keen and sympathetic interest to thousands of young boys who have just left the service and who sought advice regarding bonus and the hundred and one problems of the sol dier emerging from khaki to multi. | So, why not write about Katherine Why not tell our readers just the sort of girl Katherine is? Why not? Katherine is tall and as willowy as waving fern in August. When the sun shines on Katherine's hair it be- comes crown of glory. Her smile ] has made many soldiers heart flut- | ter and her voice is the voice of ten. derness. When Katherine walks she l personifies grace and dignity. Some girl, is Katherine.
 | And Katherine has poise No flip, pant jest amuses her. but she has a laugh that begets laughter when hu- nor comes along. She has a method | The impatient one is made quiet by her quietness The sorrowing come to her | because of her natural affection foi those who grieve.
 1 As a mother tells of the boy who went down in the Argonne forest | Katherine's eyes are dim and the words of consolation are from heart to heart When boy repeats humorous ex- perience at Verdun, it is Katherine's | Gee! That must have been grea fun,'' that flatters him.
 l Katherine is tall and Katherine is thin, but Katherine's heart beats true Some day Katherine will leave us
 He sails from Brest next month l Of course there were and are other
 Eatherines and Catherines,y but no Catherine de Medic, nor Catherine O;
 Aragon, nor even Kathryn Kidder has
 anything on Katherine, the soldier. friend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17

Frances economic condition is im- proving. Returning soldiers who sub mitted cheerfu1fy to being "gouged7 think they know why.
 x x # A contemporary discusses the Pro- gress of the Hired Man." which would seem to indicate that the hired man occasionally moves.
 * x # Carranza needn't bother about what is going on in Paris. As long as Villa is at large he has troubles enough at home
 # x < If Rumania withdraws from the peace conference there will not be enough vacant chairs left to create an aching void.
 x # x Plans are maturing to make old King Cotton independent of eastern capital A word to the Germans: "Foch will get you, if you don't watch outr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
WHEN FOCH COMES.

From the New York World
 Representative Julius Kahn's announce ment from first-hand information that Marshal Foch win soon visit the United States will set the whole country reading up the Lafayette precedents and clearing it's throat for the three -times-three cheers due a great soldier and patriot
 Nobody in Europe could command a
 warmer welcome in the United States than Marshal Foch. We all know what
 he did Imperative as was the need or
 unified command for the safety of the allied cause and the peace of the worfd'
 the character of the commander was
 equally important Marshal Foch made
 no mistakes. To the American troops specifically he endeared himself by cut ting out for them work worthy of their mettle.
 But an American doesn't have to be soldier to understand Marshal Foch. We mise such men here. The country that produced Grant, Lee and Sherman will know what to make of this modest, sim pie, positive veteran, with his college professor face, his twinkling eye. hu well-worn uniform and his meditativc, pipe.
 1 The pomp and circumstance of war go
 we'll with the idea of world empire. To Foch, as to the wonderful American army that was so quickly raised and sent to France, a war of freedom is job that has to be done. His splendid share 1 in the doing. no less than his own simple and pleasing personality. will make Mar shar Fochs visit a memorable triumph
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
Motor Track Traffic
 Gains In Favor

1E1 OR short hauls motor truck traf- N fife is gaining in favor rapidly. Quick delivery of freight on fifty, or even a hundred-mile haul, is as- sured.
 On long distances freight by rail is greatly delayed. Even when the high way is not of the best the motor truck delivers freight in a surprisingly short length of time. Build concrete roads and the speed will be decidedly accelerated.
 Motor truck transportation has come to stay. What the public de mands is the perfect roadbed. Witt hard and smooth roads everywhere 1T |evidence the motor truck will be 1T universal vogue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
NOTHING OUT

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 A cab halted at street corner and A man nlighted. The latter had evidently not the means at hand to pay the fare by the manner in which he dived first into one pocket and then the other. He was relieved, however from his embar- rassment by man rendering treasury note to the driver with the remark:
 ''Take your fare out of that; I know this gentleman" N~s
 The change was given and the cabby was soon out of sight.
 ITO whom am indebted for this kind ness?' asked the first gentleman. Not me, sir. On the contrary, that's a bad note I've been wanting to change all day"
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are intellectually brilliant, in per verted way. Lenine is university graduate and highly educated. Sidis lis the type of bulging-browed an- archist with certain superficial bril- liancy but totally lacking in common sense, in sane reasoning powers. An abnormal brain development without a balance wheel is worse than having no brains at all. It gets the possessor into trouble and makes him dangerous to his fellow man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
PROGRESS OF THE HIRED MAN


 From the New York Herald
 Everybody believes that women are get ting the better of men in every line of endeavor. This is true in many instances. It is so generally true that the exception is it's own apology for this notice In both city and country the maidservant in one oase and the hired girr' in the other have long had an advantage over their household contemporaries in trous- CTS. To a large extent this is still so to unprejudiced observers in the city, but it not so firmly established on the farm. There is where there are signs of mans uprising.
 The watchful eye of Secretary Houston sees the handwriting on the barn door. He says nothing whatever to the farmers about better bed for the hired girl but is telling the tillers of the soil that the l in an attic room under leaky roof and over duck raising chickens, to run scythe in his eye when he tumbles out | to work in the dark two hours before breakfast. If we are to feed Germany and all Europe and have nothing left | for ourselves the Secretary points out | that the hired man must come into his own. That. it is suggested, is bachelor one room apartment house to be known as bunkhouse-with part of which name the hired man is already familiar | to be built especially for him outside of the barnyard but within walking dis tance thereof There he is to sleep and live as in his club except at mealtime, when the usual table d'hote style will prevail in the farmhouse.
 Some of these plans for farm help houses include several bedrooms, a kitchen, dining room and even a bath room to take the place of the creek in cold weather. The idea is an excellent one. Bunkhouses of this character will solve the problem of caring for extra hands which many fruit and truck farm CTS have to face every year. There IS 1 one drawback, however, to the scheme as presented in the bulletin sent out to retain male help in agriculture-it may tend to scatter it The houses as drawn look so pretty that the farmers wife III many cases may insist on swapping with 4 the hired man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
ANCIENT REFORM.

 In the prehistoric era
 Life, we're told, was rather crude; Men contended with each other In manner rough and rude. Caves were used for human dwellings, Clubs were wielded in fray; But no doubt some bold uplifters Had a word or two to say. Even then they must have pestered Simple folk by finding fault, Passing weighty resolutions
 Framed ostensibly to halt Certain symptoms of decadence That would undermine the race, If the prehistoric rounders S Didn't moderate their pace.
 BIRDS OF A FEATHER. "A scientist, eh?' "Yes."
 Whats his specialtyT' He's trying to find a substitute for gasoline" q have an eccentric friend he ought to meet" What is your friend working on?" Perpetual motion"
 UNLUCKY SPEECH. "'The hostess asked me to have another sandwich and seemed offended when said, No, thank you. I don't want to gorge myself I'm afraid you committed a faux pas"
 How so?' '-The diminutive size of the sandwiches made your reply sound suspiciously like sarcasm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
From the Providence Journal

From the Providence Journal
 @ ERMANY holds up her hands and II 7 cries aloud in indignation against NJ her enemy's brutal, dictated peace" The good German people must have been throttled by their remorseless foes. The savage entente is bent upor their moral humiliation and political ex- tinction. The hand of the unrighteous IS heavy upon them The Almighty's chosen people are trampled in the dust. It is peace of violence to which they are asked to subscribe, they who have lived in friendship with the world. Chancellor scheidemannA speaks in pious tones of the gravity and sanctity of the hour. we belong to one another.' he says with his eyes cast neavenward "and must stand by one another.' The ruthless vic- tor has his crushing clutch upon his vic- tim's throat. Fair learning and venerable science stand with heads bowed and faces dVcTleu. dtTIldlly liCo Pi CSeie'ecs eAiAN --' addition must confess her own unworthi- ness and consent to her own pitiless dis memberment It is the most tragic mo ment in the history of the Lords elect, the gentle teachers of the inferior nations of the earth And MT. Grant Squires. an attorney | of New York city, attached during the war to the military intelligence division of the war department, and previously an officer of the commission for the relief of Belgium, who was in that country most of the time during November and De
 cember, 1914. and January, 1915. told the Overman committee at Washington or January 15 of the present year: .I have seen cities destroyed-leveled | to the ground.
 q have seen the civilian population
 driven out of their homes with the butts of rifles.
 1 "I have seen old men and womer brained because they did not work fas l enough to suit their new rulers in th' baking of bread.
 q have seen the dining room tables of residences in Louvain put to use fol
 the violation of women7young women particularly--in Louvain.
 q have seen places where babies wer' crucificd on the doors of houses.
 q have seen the bread lines in variou towns before I left
 ..I have seen mothers bring to me thel babies, to give them food. which coul' not give them because it was not possibl to carry it around in quantities to fee a thousand or two thousand in town ..They were a cowed. terrorized people
 Their only hope was to be permitted t Hive.
 .sYou can picture any town in whic lyou have ever been which has bee ileveled to within four feet of the ground (which was the condition of many of tn i, cities that I visited. People who ha lhomes there ran up the alleyways, afte : their homes had been destroyed wher ever anyone in uniform came along.
 ..It was the rainy season when l wa ) there, November and December. and frequently was accosted in the day an
 Ithe night time by little children of foul
 Hive and six, being borne in the arms (
 uttle people also 10 or F years of az
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17

WHY EUROPE LIKED DANIELS
 ner
 4 Josephus Daniels haswon the affection of every one he has met abroad simply because he is a good, plain, wholesome. unaffected American. He has not tried, and could not try, to behave in Flu rope as do the Europeans. He has list ened to their views and quietly and clearly expressed his own.
 He believes that America is the great est country in the world, and is not afraid to say so. He believes that we should have the greatest navy, and is not afraid to say that-even in Eng land, where it is far from popular view.
 Mr. Daniels doesn't go about with 2 chip on his shoulder, He is not a pa trioteer; he never lilies the eagle.' But veople who talk with him find
 out very shortly what he thinks about things. and they respect him because he is not ashamed to be an American or to believe in America. | His tour of Europe was a success l just as his management of the navy l tn wartime was success, because h' went about 1t quietly and honestly l without caring much whether what h.
 thought offended people. so long al (his actions and beliefs were sincere. 1 Mr. Daniels has made an excellen cabinet member, and his administra | ton of the navy, long derided by thos who underrated the man, has won tn
 admiration of Europe, and-what is stil more difficult to win--that of ever, man who served under him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
SAFETY FIRST.

Why do you want to sell this mule. Uncle Ned?"
 Boss, wants to git rid O dat mule."
 tOf course you do, but why?''
 'ewell, hits dis way. I done got de rheumatism an sides I ain't as spry as I used to be, nohow. If keeps foolin' roun' dat mule, 1me O desc days he's gwine to kick whar I is an r SC gwyne to be dar."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17

BEGINNING THE DAY-Our Fa- fher, we are still thankful even though we lose all, because we have Thee. The heart can never hunger that feeds on our God. In Thee, too, we find our loved ones hid. They went away but Thou brsngcst them back. In Thee the dead still live. Amen.-H. M- E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
MEANING THE OPPOSITE.

MEANING THE OPPOSITE. There is wailing and gnashing of teeth in Berlin"
 Quite so."
 Should we worry?'' "we should-in the sense that tho slangy person says, T should worry!'' 5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
DESTRUCTIVE YoUNdsTER.

LIES AOOI1fE OCN0No HEN.
 why do you call your little son 'parlor bolshevik?"
 You would understand" said MT. Cad spur, If you could see the condition of the room after he has played there about thirty minues."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
* < < Many U-Boats Sunk By British Navy

A DMIRAL SIMS stated recently R at a testimonial given in his honor at Carnegie hall, New York, that of the 205 German submarines sunk during the war, 90 per cent were destroyed by vessels of the British navy.
 As commander of the American fleet in European waters, Admiral Sims was in a position to see the full extent to which the powerful British navy contributed to an allied victory over Germany. That the British navy was on duty, we knew, but the Eng fish people themselves did not know how the German empire was being throttled.
 Our own navy played no inconspicu- ous part in the world war, but the English fleet, it's fmovements yelled in mystery, must ever be regarded as the greatest single factor in Ger many's defeat. Had Great Britain not had the largest navy in the world when hostilities began, not only would the Teutonic powers have found their designs against Europe comparatively easy of accomplishment, but it is un- likely that American troops would have been able to fight on foreign soil against the common foe.
 Now that the danger is removed, it is interesting to speculate what might have happened. We would have been drawn into the war, beyond all doubt, but instead of doing our fighting thou sands of miles away, it is more prob able that we would have been com pelled to defend our own shores against German warships.
 x * x
 Disadvantage of Being
 An "Infant Phenomenon" e ONE years ago William James g Sidis, graduate of Harvard al the tender age of 15, was nationa celebrity. His remarkable precocity attracted the attention of scientists iI this country and abroad. The othel day in the municipal court of Rox bury, Mass, Sidis was sentenced t six months in the house of correction for rioting and one year for assault ing police officer during the radica demonstration on May Day
 Sidis, the son of Dr. Boris Sidis, >psycho-pathologist, is now 21 year old and as arrant a bolshevik a America has to offer. He told tn court that he believed in soviet gov ernment, but countenanced the use force "only in case it should be nee essary." Being the concomitant Q bolshevism, force is always foun necessary" Some other radics views regarding his belief in God an his interpretation of soviet goverr ment were brought out, more tha enough to show that young Sidis, fc all tho endowment of brains give hins. is Such another mental incon petent as the lunatics who hay wreckS1 Russia and are trying to @ teDl !ae shadow of ruin over the CT tire world.
 It is worth while noting that man of the prominent bolsheyik leader
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
THE BEAST AT PRA YER

asking for two sous with which they might buy loaf of bread
 "There was no shelter for the people in many of the towns. They lived in the open, where there was no protection for them at aIl."
 What is to be the measure of our re- membrance?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
Looking Forward
 To Bumper Crops

V ou1APO1 O4OPo T AsTtyear brought abundant har- A vests and 1919 promises even greater crops. The wheat yield will reach new high record, and there is Ievery reason to expect bumper corn crop.
 Alabama is fast coming to be the Heading food crop state of the south. With increased cor4 acreage we should produce hundred million-bushel crop this yeAr; and the time will soon come when it will cross the hundred and fifty million-bushel line. The more hogs and cattle raised the more corn will be in demand and every bushel fed to live stock will mean that much to the wealth of the state.
 Alabama, with improved market conditions, can easily make a two hundred million-bushel corn crop profitable.
 In this connection the tractor must become a factor. Hundreds of trac- tors should be used this year. Within I the next two or three years no farm 1 in Alabama should be without its tractors.
 l A dispatch from The Hague denies i that the Dutch government has de- cided to surrender the Kaiser to the al. lies However, word in the ear ot Holland will be sufficient, if the allies | deem it advisable to extradite Wilhelm * * $ 1 Sneaker Gillett. rehearsing the open ing of Congress for motion picture com panies, rapped for order so vigorousl! that he broke an ivory gavel A touci of realism that MT. Chaplin himsel | could not have betterea- I MT. Knox says 1t would be "nationa suicide- for America to enter the leagu' of nations as constituted at present Statesmen should be more careful thai
 ordinary people in their choice o
 words.
 Speaking of slim fare, refugees il
 the Armenian Caucasus are said to b living on "dishwater soup" made wit
 one onion. a spoonful of grease an two quarts of water for six persons. # * * , The sea Serpent is a trifle slow i
 coming forward this year. but in tn 2 meantime we are regaled with the ac
 count of the cruiser Marblehead ram ; ming a so-foot whale. g l Droves of young women are sti , calling for the Myrtle Reed books g public libraries. Yon remember whs
 the old lady said when she kissed tn
 cow?
 n * # * Soldiers who disfgured the mont
 ment of Major wirtz, Confederate her
 should have stopped to consider ths
 there is nothing in a name. e Now that we all know that "NC : stands for .Navy-Curtiss' the tran' atlantic flight may continue.
 * * *
 A few more days of rising tempers 7 ture and the south win be made sal s for Palm Beach suits
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
HEARD IN A DRY TOWN.

HEARD IN A DRY TUWN. What did that raisin salesman want to see you about?'
 ''Oh, he just left me three or four recipes to glance over when find time" T see. Going to have carbon copies made for your friends?.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17

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pICkING ON THE HoHENzOLLERNs

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 "The former German crown prince has gone into the pottery business" Well. there is a good deal of common clay in the house of Hohenzollern.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-17
AGE DE THE OCEAN

From the Boston Globe
 How old is the ocean? Standing on the
 shore and looking out over the ex-
 panse of water, the ocean seems hxed
 and eternal fact, but the seas had a
 beginning and will have an end, Scien-
 lists say that when this time comes the last drop of water will have been ab sorbed into the earth's crust. its sur face will be desert and all life Will become extinct.
 The age of the ocean has been estl- mated by a leading authority. Proi. Frank Clarke of the United States geological survey, at about 90,OOo,0oo years. This, of course, is only an ap- proximation, but is based on carefully studied scientific data. All the water
 was once contained in the vapor that surrounded the slowly cooling mass which is now the earth. After the gasses combined to form water, the , process of making the ocean salt be- gan. This was the work of the rivers. Mineral salts were extracted from the
 rocks over which they flow and de-
 posted in the sea.
 l Each year the action of the streams
 is said to make the ocean slightly more tsalty, and this is the basis on which its age is calculated. The amount of sal'
 carried by the rivers of the world IS computed by the scientists and com pared with the total quantity in the l ocean, After evaporation and the ve-
 locty of currents have been considered 1 it is possible to calculate how long I
 has taken to make sea water as salty | as it today.