The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-19

benefit to the manly youth, and the work of recruiting fifty thousand, sought now, should progress rapidly.
 # < # Alabama's Centenary
 and the Programme S1N HE legislature created commits 0 sion for planning and carrying out features in celebration of the cen- tennial of Alabama's statehood. It is an able commission and has been working for sometime on the pro- gramme. It has full authority to act and shortly after the memorial build ing campaign will make known its plans.
 Montgomery will be the center of the historic observance, as matter of course, but Mobile, Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Selma, Huntsville and other important cities should, in addi- tion to the capital, get up pageants for the occasion.
 Alabama was admitted to the union December IA, 1874. The early part of December is usually mild, and the pro- gramme will embrace oratorial exer- cises for the exact date. But the pageants should be held in the au- tumn. It is hoped that the commis- sion will make it's announcem ant in the summer so as to allow ample time for various communities to arrange elaborate festivities.
 It might be we'll for Birmingham to combine it's celebration with the State Fair.
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 A pota o-sacking gown in Paris was priced at $40 and French newspaper woman says, Tt is more expensive to dress women than potatoes" That is true-has always been true-but is not particularly important.
 At last an authentic photograph of Bella Kun has been published in Ameri can newspa pers. All we care to say about Bela's personal appearance is that he looks the part.
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 American soldiers made such an irn- pression on the susceptible French that for the next quarter of century doughboy profanity will be heard in France.
 We are bearing up under the crush ing intelligence that MT. Dempsey weighs more than anybody in the Will lard camp thought he did.
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 Villa should lose no time in estab- fishing a safety zone for American citi- zens along the Mexican border. If he doesn't Uncle Sam will.
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 In describing himself as poor noble man who lived over his stables. Lord Ribblesdale was merely spoofing news paper correspondents.
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 We trust that by the time timorous tourists get to Europe all the camou- flaged ammunition dumps will have been located. Greenwich village in New York is said to be a thing of the past. The boundary lines of Bohemia are always shifting.
 It is true that Capt John Alcock is bally Britisher, but Lieut.. Arthur W. Brown is an American. We're satis- fed
 Bolsheviki are getting precious little encourag ement from the American Fed eration of Labor at Atlantic City. # * * Russia's bolsheviki fight under the red flag, but keep a white flag close at hand for use in emergencies. * # E Mr Wi1souio SDea king fnur will give him an opportunity to again come in | contact with the plain peepul. # # # Uncle Sam's chocolate soldiers make even shorter work of the villista than | they did of the Hun. * T E The weight of Mexico's disapproba- : ton seems to rest lightly on official Washington. a * E Golfers publishes an article about pr. Cook. Why not let the dead rest in peace? On a hot day there's no visitor quite so welcome as a little breeze. "IS THERE STILL A DIXIEs"