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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-05

Incorporated under the laws Of the
Estate of New York, the new body has
iObtained a charter. Its purposes are
lSimilar to those of the National Sport
ing Club of London, except on a
much wider scale, and it hopes to lift
khoxinE out of the rut Of il! favor, in
(which it has Travelled for many years
IN certain sections Of the country.
With the announcement of the for
Imation of the new board, however,
1.-THE boxing fans are asking them
l1elVes how it hopes to gain control.
LIN its long list Of sponsors and Of
h6cfals are to be found the names Of
lprominent men in nearly every
yhEanch but that of boxing itself.
kSentiment here indicates that boxers
and promoters of known integrity
who have much money invested in
lEhe sport should be given some voice.
Must Exert influence.
It appears to boxing fans on the
S1utside that the new body must bring
powerful influence to bear in legisla-
lEiVe circles, not only in individual
states, but in Washington as well, If
st is to gain national control of the
lsport without consulting the men
Who make 1.-THE boxers themselves.
The only explanation given by the
fneW body comes from w. A. ]. Gavin,
one Of the leaders in its organiza-
fzfon, himself unknown to boxing in a
national way. Gavin explains that
) the patrons of the new body will not
! be linked with professional managers
! and promoters. The better class OF
professional men in the boxing game
sWiiI affiliate themselves with the
;1deas of the board" Eaid Gavin, and
Boxing will be saved
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-05
TIGERS GET COONEY
FROM BOSTON CLUB

Jim Cooney, utility shortstop with
the worlds champion Red ScK, may
replace DOME Bush this season. Bush
is a real hold-out, and yesterday
Hughcy Jennings purchased Cooney At
the waiver price. The Tigers do not
intend TO be left without a shortstop.
no matter what happens
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-05
Two THREE
"BUGS" BAER.

Next year we write is 1920,
4. D.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05

enjoyed nowhere more than in Dixie,
 which it portrays with delightful
 humor.
 There may be few splenetic Yankees in the east who do not like us, who cannot talk about us or write about us without showing traces of ill will and bad temper which leads them to exaggerate our faults and forget that we have any commendable traits whatsoever. The artists and writers who prepared "Life's" latest edition do not belong in that category. They have not only succeeded in making the "Dixie" number one of the cleverest and most amusing that Life" has ever issued, particularly in the art work, but they have done so without, we believe, offending the sensibilities even of the professional southerner."
 It is both instructive and entertain ing to see how humorous life south of the Mason and Dixon line can be when it is pictured by real artists and humorists. The artists have drawn southern types with rare fidelity. Even the dialect, white and "cullud," is passable, and Life" was kind enough not to mention our unenviable lynching record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05
BERLIN'S ATTRACTIONS

From the New York World
 The chief burgomaster of Berlin wishes foreigners to recognize it's advantages as pleasure resort and hasten there to spend their money. He is pleased to an- nounce that the German capital has suf- fered very little from those accidents of Var that damaged other cities of Eu-
 rope, and that for the entertainment of visitors it will soon present it's old smiling face.
 Strangers seeking the lighter side of life
 Will be subjected in Paris to the sight
 of churches, hospitals and dwellings that
 were struck by shells fired by the Teu-
 tons big guns. In London they will con-
 stantly be reminded how the Zeppelins'
 bombs killed hundreds of men. women
 and children. Venice wears the scars of
 hostile alrmens raids, and after more
 than four years occupation by the Ger mans the traces of their kind attentions will still be visible in many of the cities 1 and towns of Belgium and northern France. Only Berlin has escaped un- touched by war, as it's chief burgomaster | proudly boasts. Its charms remain undi- l unfinished. Even the siegesallee is un- spoiled
 Can the outside world resist the tempta- ton to share with the inhabitants of Berlin the delights of their city? In view ! of the gracious invitation extended to them, all Paris and London must pant with eagerness for the day when they
 may leave behind them the mournful | memories of war-times and spend gay | holidays in the night resorts of Berlin. The only question is whether, if the Ger versailles terms, the allied armies may not find it necessary to visit the German capital before excursion trains start run
 ming from Belgium and France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05
SHEFFIELD AND ITS CUTLERS

thick nor too thin grounded. Many othe, knives there are indifferent good, but tt ese two first named hold commonly best ir proof" Thus confidently affirms six teenth century authority
 It was not that they had a superf1ne finish. Other goods from other markets were,. no doubt, much more to look at, but the reputation for serviceability of the Sheffield blade was thus all the more fairly won. The knives of the Sheffield Craftsman, as set forth by the act of in- corporation, in 1924, were knives of the best edge" We may, declares one writ CT, understand the proud modesty with which the Earl of Shrewsbury, who at that time practically owned the town, sending a case of "Hallamshire whittels" to Lord 'Burghley, in 1575, referred to them as "such things as my poor country af- fordeth with fame throughout the realm.
 Sheffield, moreover, by this time, had its Cutters company, and the London cut lers were beginning to complain. bitterly of the English foreigners" who were caught hawking in the street and high ways with deceivable wares The "de- ceavable' wares, however, steadily had the best of it. Even in the sixteenth cen- tury, Sheffield knives were finding their way to distant markets, whilst the act of incorporation states definitely that the Sheffield cutters supplied with their goods not only most parts of this kingdom" but also "other foreign countries"
 The London Cutters kept up the strug- gle until we'll into the eighteenth cen tury, but thereafter the decline of the trade was rapid, and by 1s4o it could be said that from Sheffield proceeded near ly all the cutlery made in the kingdom, including, as one authority explains. a great part of the London made knives and razors stamped with the names of of the popular prejudice to charge hiA prices for their town made goods" Even this prejudice, however, died out in the long run, and Sheffield goods of all kinds secured that place in the general estimate which they still maintain. Sheffield is naturally proud of it's reputation. The Cutters company is a much venerated conpAny, and the master cutler, the man who almost invariably, entertains kings, princes and other distinguished visitors or their coming to the city, as King George came the other day, holds one Of the most honored titles Sheffield has to bestow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05
TWENTY YEARS AGO
 IN THE AGE-HERALD
Events recorded June 5. 1899.

President Loubet of France was att tackled by a mob yesterday at the Auteuil races The ring leaders were anti-Semites and nationalists. The Countess Boni de Castellane (Anna Gould, who was re- ported to have headed demonstration denies having been in the mob. A large number of prominent Frenchmen were arrested
 Filipinos are again routed in a sharp encounter at Morong. Two battalions Of Washington troops under Colonel Whally took part in the engagement
 A dispatch from Cayenne. Cape or French Guiana, states that Dreyfus. with his military rank restored, will embark Thursday on a cruiser for his return to France.
 The young ladies of the Birmingham seminary gave their annual concert last night to a large audience in the seminary chapel
 The Jefferson Davis relic room will be formally opened Thursday in the state lcapitol by the young ladies of the White House committee. Plans are discussed at the Commercial Iclub for entertaining the Alabama Press ! Association. whicb saAefs .ia- Birmingham
 June H.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05
LunENnoRFr,s nnnK

From the New York Times.
 General Ludendorff's own story of the war and the armistice, no doubt with proper quantity of pars magma fuing, is about to be published in Ger many. It will cost 25 marks, and vor- waerts, which terms this "a truly popu- lar edition,' wonders why so high a price should be asked for information as to who was to blame, which the general and his friends have insisted was absolutely essential to an under standing of the German collapse. But this is not the worst. The publishers have given the general an advance of S2OO,OOO marks on the royalties, sum which will no doubt be deposited in some neutral sanctuary so that the for mer master of Germany will have modest competence secured, no matter what may happen in the fatherland.
 Vorwaerts, which wonders whether the general entered this sum on his books as war profits or revolution profits, thinks that he may have re- membered that some of the victorious SOuel diS OI 1oiU were rewarded by "dotations" out of the French indem- nity, and is trying to make up for the prospective dotation which somehow slipped out of his hand last year. Or perhaps, suggests our German contem- porary, he may have decided that if he could not be a victor (Kriegsgewin- yner) he would at least distinguish him. self as a profiteer (Kriegsgewinner) Observers from this side of the ocean may add third possibility. Ludendorf after little service at the front in Belgium, spent the rest of the war in staff posts at headquarters, much of the time on German soil. He missed the chances of picking up souvenirs which were utilized so thoroughly by the crown prince and other generals who followed only a few miles in the rear of their advancing armies, so long as the enemy was retreating without much trouble. If a Hohenzollern thrifti- ly stole clocks and underwear from chateaux in France, why should a Ludendorff hesitate to do what he can to make up for the opportunities which never came his way?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05
Auburn. Wonderful Growth

This has been one of our greatest years at Auburn declared pr. Charles C. Thach, one of Alabama's foremost educators and president of the Alabama Polytechnic institute. "We have had over 5000 students in attendance this year and despite the war we are gradu- ating about 100. The immense growth Of the institute in the last few years is amazing, and it goes to prove the awakening interest of Alabama in edu- cation
 T have seen Auburn grow from school with student body of barely hundred to its present attendance and watch it's development But now we have reached a point where our at tendance is so large that we have al- most outgrown ourselves. That is to say, our facilities must be increased. if we expect to keep up the standard that Auburn has set.
 ''The salaries of the instructors and professors must be increased if we ex- pect to keep them There are members of the faculty that have been offered positions elsewhere at much larger sal aries and they are only staying at Au- burn through their love for the insti- tuition and their interest in its devel- opment. This may not always be, and so it is of the greatest of importance that more money be appropriated for devel- opment at Auburn"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

A man is hard up for way to attract
 attention when he insists on wearing a
 sllk hat on street car.
 Prohibition is going to make it hard
 Tor genius to prove it by staying drunk
 all the time
 As cheap as sympathy is. nobody wants to waste any of it on the party who mar ried for money and didn't get it. Why do the preachers insist on making liars out of women by retaining the obey clause in the marriage contract Why is a woman with four feet of hair on her head expected to keep her hat on at an indoor gathering when bald headed man is expected to take off his hat?
 A woman can get almost as much pleasure out of crying as man can get cut of laughing. Another reason why a horse is credited with having horse sense is because it can't talk and make an ass of itself. Most men fall down on the job not be
 cause they can't do thing but because they won't do it. The loafer with the greasy derby and the mirror on the seat of his pants likes to pan the thrifty hustler for being a tehtwad and a grouch. It takes husband long time to learn thatsyou can get more out of woman with flattery than you can with club. The reason a woman knows that hel son is going to be such great man is because she was so disappointed in heI sons father.
 1 And you can't make a wife believe that l any man can be so busy that he needs 8 | girl secretary.
 {. A sure way for a girl to discover that marry him.
 l In modern marriage the until deatl do us part portion of the service means
 until the honeymoon croaks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05
DIR. STUART DROPS IN

From the Houston Post M
 And who do you suppose drifted into the observatory yesterday? No other than Rev. George R. Stuart, pastor of the First Methodist church of Birming ham, Ala, escorted by Dr. Knicker- booker. All the older Methodists of fellow evangelist of the late Sam Jones, and the two constituted the premier evangelist team of all southern Method ism. pr. Stuart has returned to the pastorate and is recognized as one of the greatest preachers of the country, regardless of denomination Dr. Stuart 12 years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05
WOOD THRUSH AND ROSES RED

 By Louise Driscoll. A little feathered friend of mine Has built her nest in red-rose vine, And there, for all the world to see. She flaunts her domesticity Her brown wing is lovely thing Her song good for remembering. Good for remembering! We live In moments sweet and fugitive, With pain and commonplace between. And sharp dreams of what saiSht have A thrush's song does not last long, But love and memory are strong. And shall count. when I am dead. The wood thrush and the roses red Bright beads upon my rosary With other joys that life gave me. For spirits well such beads may tell, Comparing jewel and flower and shell! have little feathered friend Who deigns to come to nie and spend < A summer in my garden, where She finds ripe cherries. ! have there Water for her and provender Ic please feathered choiresler. Around the wide world, thorn of thorn, And gardens are of gardens born And every deld is mothering The promise of another spring. M So, in their bed of roses red, Temorrow's songs are warmed and fed. For song has need of love! We know The acre of life--the fear, the slow Dull pressure of anxiety. Life does not change for you or me, But souls are fed with beauty's bread, And are. at moments. comforted.
  The wood thrush in my red-rose vine Is beauty's seal and countersign. Beauty endures! Her moments come Full-throated when the heart is dumb. Flower and song do not last long. But love and memory are strong!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05
HAIG QUITS LIQUOR BUSINESS

From the London Telegraph.
 It was anonunced by W. D. Graham Menzies, the chairman, at an extraordi- nary general meeting of the Distllers Company, Limited. at Edinburgh, that that firm has absorbed the businesses or John Haig & Co.,, Limited, of Markinch and Prestons Liverpool Distillery, Limit ed, Liverpool. The consideration to be paid for the purchase of the two busl- nesss involved the issue of 10000 ordinary and 400 preference shares, and the share holders in the Distillers company agreed to an increase of capital by a25o,ooo, mak- ing a total of @, 5O0.0o0
 Sir Douglas Haig and his two soldier brothers-Lieut Col. Oliver Haig and -AaJ John Haig-were the principal holders in the old established firm bearing their name Between them they possessed lo,- 99s out of 1s.5o0 e10 shares. the holding Of the field marshal being the smallest or the three. It was stated that the partners were anxious to be freed from their re- responsibilities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Identifying Oak Hin Cemetery

Identifying Oak Hill Cemetery
 "The Oak Hill Memorial association has announced that the sum of SSo,Voo has been raised for the endowment fund for perpetual care Of plots in Oak Hill cemetery whose owners have sub scribed as members" said Frank N' Evans, but so encouraged are the trustees that they have resolved to ln- crease the fund to s5o,oOO. To this end campaign has been instituted and soliciting committees composed ot good women have been organized ane are now canvassing among all fam flies and individuals who have loved ones buried there. with a view to en- list all in the commendable work.
 'The perpetual care plan appeals strongly to all who hold sacred the spot on which rest the dust of their departed loved ones. and when we re- member that the pioneers of BirminS- ham, who built the foundation Of this city, sleep in Oak Hill, we feel sure that those whom they left behind will rally to this movement.
 ''The terms upon which member ship can be acquired are liberal and easy and the beautiful work of tEe good women canvassers will succeed
 The neglected grave sometimes ap- pears as a reproach to the living but the soliciting committee has deter mined that neglect shall not mark any grave in Oak Hill cemetery, if It be in their power to awaken the con- science of those whose dead are buried. there"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05
 There is More To Life Than Filing Up Millions

TN retiring from one of the largest 4 financial institutions in America at the comparatively youthful age of fifty-four to get acquainted with his children and "do useful things" Frank A. Vanderlip perhaps agrees with some of our foreign critics that the American fTnancier as a rule does not lead normal life.
 Few men have accomplished so much by the time they have reached the age of MT. Vanderlip, yet he talks like a man who has left undone a great many things he would like to do. The record of his patriotic serv- ices to his country, his manifold in- terests in the business and financial world and the time he has devoted to great diversity of matters out side of his personal affairs offer con- vincing proof that MT. Vanderlip has not led a narrow or self-centered life.
 Many men in America have amassed large fortunes by tireless dollar chas- ing, but they have done nothing else. MT. Vanderlip, on the contrary, $ the type of broad-minded citizen who has acquired wealth and power in the if rancial world, without becoming sim ply machine for making money. He has been a useful man in every sense of the word. Therefore, it would be interesting to know what he considers useful things"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05
RELIGIONS FAILURE

From the Kansas City Star.
 Convert the east or prepare to fight it; Christianity or the yellow peril" clergy man told the convention of the diocese of Chicago yesterday. Still after the recent experience, can religion as it is practiced be put forward as a preventive of war?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05
AN AUGURY OF EVIL

From the Washington Star.
 Whenever the report goes out that Bernstorff has been seen smiling after an interview, general fears arise of di- plomatic trickery. The peace of the world would seem nearer if Bernstorff would settle down as a confirmed fro~n- ing pessimist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05
THE NEXT HORROR
rom the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the BrOokIyn EagIe.
 'Hobble, hobble, toll and trouble. as the Macbeth witches, up to date, might sing. The skirt of a thousand contortions is on it's way from Paris with the full sanction of the fashion makers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05
TELEPHONE
There's nothing to be got nOw-a- days, unless thou canst fish fort.
 -Perieles, Prince of Tyre.
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BEGINNING THE DAY--Lord, where shall I put my trust: On things that are temporary, that pass with the using, or on things that are eternal:. On things that are low or on things that are high! God, help me with the search light of my faith to go through all the sky and find out the one cter- nal and the one most high. Amen. H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05
DESTINY OF THE GREAT

From the Rochester Post Express
 Two years ago William Hohenzollern, in one of his royal orations, said "The German people is destined for great things He didn't know it at the time, but one of the great things was the greatest licking in history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05

From the Christian Science Monitor.
 6NlIOSE who best know Sheffield, tho home of the Sheffield blade," in S the West Riding of Yorkshire, are constantly forced to the admission, whenever they return to the town, that Sheffield is not as bad as it looks. There is, of course, no escaping of the fact that Sheffield. however it may be ap- preached, is "of terrible aspect" Leeds has it's ever lowering cloud of smoke; Manchester, too, in this respect/ IS no whit behind; but Sheffield, in the density of it's wonderful envelope, as seen from the train, seems to outstrip all compeh- tors. Chimneys there are, great forests of them on all hands, whilst house and factory, church and warehouse, crowd over the hills and dales right up to the sky line All this only renders all the ! more wonderful the fact that, once in this great town of knives, scissors and all
 manner of cutlery, known the world oyer' the forbidding envelope seems to disap- pear, whilst few towns more quickly cap ture even the chance visitor with the glamour of it's great industry or the TO- nance of it's great trade
 For the "man of imagination" as he stops to look at the shining finished prod ucts in the Sheffield shop windows, in evitably recalls the fact that the town was famous for such things as these over 1 1000 years ago. when the Saxon cutler wrought his rude blade in his wattle hut | at the foot of the same great moor i land which, today as then, stretches away to the west
 1 A Sheffield thwytel bare he in his hose l So wrote Chaucer, in the fourteenth cen- tury, describing the teller of the Reeve S | tale. and the term "whittle" is still fa-
 miliar to Sheffield cutters. In Chaucer's
 day. the straight iron blade set in a
 wooden handle was held in high esteem if 1 it were indeed, right Sheffield" For was there not a certain well-known gold smith of York who made special point I in his will as to the disposal of his am elice thwetyll?" And he was by no means uniaue. Then by Elizabeth's day very much larger world had heard of Shef- I field wares They figured everywhere in the literature of the day and in common
 speech. and always in terms of high ap- proval First then, be the choice or your penknife right Sheffield knife is
 best: a good razor is next, being not too
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-05
Brown Parkes Home Again

'T am just back from most de- lightful but very busy visit to New York" said Brown Parkes, the popular assistant manager of the Jefferson theater. While I was up there I had a number of important things toA do in connection with the Jefferson, but at the same time I had peep into several of the shows now on Broad way. Most of the theaters are closing for the summer, only a few good plays being on the boards now. Our book ings for the Jefferson for next season surpass any other seasons offerings since I have been connected with the theater. A large number of the new Broadway shows are booked and we expect to open the theater about the seventeenth of September. Such shows as Somebody's Sweetheart, Up In MabePs Room Please Get Married.' all the new, up- to-date comedies, IS we'll as such stars as Otis Skinner, Maude Adams and other old-time fav orites. will appear at the Jefferson next season.