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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
VANISHING STAGE FAMILY

From the New York World.
 With the death of Sidney Drew, fol- lowing a few months after that of lis son Rankin, there is left to us put a single actor to carry on name familiar to the American stage Tor more than three-quarters or ceh- tury. For it was in 1S45 that the elder John Drew undertook at the old Bow erv theatre his first engagement or consequence in this country.
 That early John Drew, an Irishman from Dublin and a comedian Of parts' was married in 1850 to Louisa Lane, an actress who, had even then been on the stage for 2s years. having made her debut at the age of 6. This Mrs. Drew, remembered by the older playgoers sof today. was herself the child Of a We'll known English actress and singer so that in her the tradition Of the loot lights was already secure.
 Of the generation to which the pre- ent John Drew, veteran of Dalys and the Empire, belongs, there was a sis- ter. Georgie Drew, who married Mau- rice Barrymore. Mrs. Barrymore was an accomplished actress, dearly popu- lar in New York. Her husbands hls- triohic powers are matters of theatri- cal record Through Ethel. John and Lionel Barrymore the dramatic gifts of two houses, therefore. are con- tinued to fresh audiences. The Drew rtra;p perSists though the name ap- breaches vanishment.
 There have been to the American stage the Booths, the Wallacks, the Davenports, the Forresters There re- mains a Jefferson of the second gen. eration But the roll of real and long enduring American families of tte stage is not long one. We have no other chronicles of theatrical house quite to match these of the, Drews-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
INDIANS oUTwIT GERMANS

From the New Y York Evening Sun.
 The vaunted German spy system broke down under a barrage of Oneida lan- never recovered it's grip.
 The story of how Jim Ash Qndian name unpronounceable), a big brave from the Oneida reservation in Wiscon- sin assisted by two other Oneidas over came the wire-tapping schemes of the enemy was told to a reporter of the Eveanig Sun by George W. King of Iron River Wis, who was attached to the Twentieth engineers on the Alsace front in the terrific fighting in Sep- tember.
 In the most intense warfare, chiefly
 In the most intense warfare chiefly of the trench work, the Americans were kept busy stringing telephone wires, which the Germans always managed to tap so they could listen for reports of troop movements.
 Every activity of the troops was duly reported to the German staff, and at the proper time the German artillery would send over barrage fire. Communica- tions were first made in English, with certain sectors designated with familiar names, as Coney Island, Park avenue, or Chicago. But the Germans always shelled the position designated
 Then it was suggested that French and Italian and other men be used in mak- ing the reports, but the Germans always found someone who understoodt the Ian guage. Finally the officers hit upon a German-proof scheme.
 They placed Jim Ash at one end of the wire and another Oneida at the other, and the pair carried on conversations that would have proved most interesting to the Germans. There was no effort made to use a code. No code was neces- sary, for just plain Oneida was less in telligible than the most intricate code ever devised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
Clean Streets As Well
 As Clean Premises

1NHE city commission has set apart
 J next week as the time for to clean their premises. In every community clean yard makes for good sanitary conditions. Furthermore, it adds greatly to the attractive appearance of town or city.
 The people of an enlightened and ambitious city like Birmingham should need no urging to comply with the commissions annual mandate. Yet it is a good thing to observe certain week as community cleaning time. Birmingham yards should be sanitary models after the coming week.
 And along with the cleaning of premises, which is individual, the city should give the streets good clean ing. The main thoroughfares are we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
MIR. TAFTs STRAW HAT
om the New York. Herald

MT. William Howard Taft, than whom there is none to fit more appropriately into the role of pedestrian on the sun ny side of the street, afforded a pleas ant sensation for Washington on Sat-
 urday by appearing with the first straw
 hat of the season. The correspondents didn't tell us whether it was a new
 summer. However, sas it could not date back so far as 1912, and inasmuch as MT. Taft always wears a straw hat well
 whether this one be new or little old doesn't matter, his ante Easter appear
 ance in the summer headgear is wei come as delightful herald of the approaching season.
 From time out of mind the straw hat has played a large part in American politics. Who can recall in the political campaigns of the past Rhode Island clambake, a Georgia barbecue an In-, diana picnic, a Long Island chowder
 or a New Hampshire corn roast, wheth- I or the other, without the straw hat? And then the conventions. whether in sweltering Baltimore, in arid St. Louis. or whether swept by the hot blasts off the Illinois prairie which drove back | the Lake Michigan breezes from the vicinity of the Chicago stockyards- 1 each one brings toI mind a panorama
 of straw hats.
 | Quite naturally MT. Taft's appear
 ance at this early day in 1919 wear | ing straw hat suggests the coming of 1920 There is a certain advantage i in being early in the field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
No Basket Cases"
 In American Army

ID UMORS have been going about UN the country that wounded sol diers of the American expeditionary forces were sent home in baskets be- cause they had lost their arms and legs and could not be carried in any other way. II has also been stated that patients nhave been discharged from hospitals in this country so bad ly mutilated that they were referred to as "basket cases"
 Having been bombarded with let ters from people Tn all parts of the United Statesh the surgeon general has made an i Investigation and states that there is nc basis for such charges, either in America or abroad. He de- nies that there has been a single 'bas- ket case" in the American army.
 A certain type of people, character ized as "crapeI hangers" have found much satisfaction in spreading these stories and they have been credited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
LIKE Ms LIKE SAYS

Anyway, the man who is always tell
 ing his troubles has discovered a way
 to keep the other fellow from telling
 his
 The trouble with the millionaire who
 would give all his millions to get back
 his youth is that if he got back his
 youth he would proceed to give his
 youth to get back his millions.
 They claim that men are ungrateful.
 But if you lend man s he will be so
 grateful that he will come back for s
 more.
 You have noticed that the fellow who is always singing about his reward in Heaven doesn't seem to be in any big
 hurry to claim it. You are taking chances when you raise anything else But you are sure of large crop when you start out to raise objections. Any married man can tell you that
 he isn't half as bad as his wife be- lieves he is.
 Poverty isn't such bad thing. It
 keeps many a man from getting into trouble and making a fool of himself.
 Another strange thing is how easy it is for a woman to drive a man to drink and how hard it is for her to drive awhy from drink. With the Anti Verything league ar ranging for Verboten republic with no Tamarack, no makin's, no wild women and no nothin, so me of the boys who are so anxious to get back over here right now will be twice as anxious to get back over there about year from now.
 A married man is so blame contrary that he does a lot of things merely be-
 cause his wifeN says he mustn't do them. One nice thing about being married l is that your wife believes everything you tell her-for the first few days you are married. Everytime Father shorts at the pie lures of the fool styles for women for | the coming summer, Mother reminds him that he shouldn't let them worry him because she will probably be wear | ing the same old dress she wore last
 summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17

by others not informed of the facts. The Large number" of American sol diers permanently blinded in the war has also been reduced to a minimum, something like 50, compared to thou sands in the French and ] British armies.
 American soldiers bore the hard ships of war and its sacrifices with becoming modesty and those who are competent to speak disparage the eff forts of alarmists to exaggerate the plight of our wounded men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
ZAPATA

he has been the most picturesque hs ure in Mexico for almost 10 years, not excepting Pancho Villa. Possibly Za- pata has believed that he was heaven sent champion of the peons of Morelos, and believed that his cause was pTac- ticable and just. But some authorities have not hesitated to say that there was no agrarian question in Morelos, and that Zapata, if he was not a knaye coveted the lands Of the planters, who in turn had very little arable land aft CT all There can be no doubt that the small landowners had not wit enough to keep their property, or were robbed of it in many cases.
 In Morelos Indians and peons have been almost conv& &rtible terms. origi- nally the governors" of the Indian villages were the 1espoilers of the h. dians. Zapata, who was one of the race, had many precedents for his cry that the Indians never obtained title to land but they lost it through guile or force. His platform was very sim pie: the Indians should rule in Mexico. He has been a crIusher as well as leader, and has alwhys dispensed a rude sort of justice. Lands he has divided, but his critics have maintained that his relations with the ranchmen, as distinguished from the planters, were suspiciously friendly. The true story of the agrarian agitation in Morelos is yet to be written. But that Zapata was a power among his people and a chieftain to be recRoned with-a thorn always in the side of the ruler of Mex ico City-is not to be disputed. With Zapata disposed of the pacification of Morelos should follow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
THE FOOTSTEPS IN THE NIGHT

The footsteps on the pavement Two hastening feet ,appall Me by their apprehehsive And justice-dreadin,y fall! What crime hath he committed To chill his soul with. fright? Perhaps he looks behind him I know his lips are white. What will his end be, passing, Passing in the night! The footsteps on the pavement l hear two lovers now; No need to see their glances, To catch the whispered vow If heaven above they strolled in, The place were not more bright. With city's throng about them, For them are none in sight; Smile down, ye Stars, loves passing, Passing in the night.
 The footsteps on the pavement I rise and shut the door
 And softly close the window,
 l would not list theIn more
 It gives more pain than pleasure If Fancy reads alright:
 Three hearts there arc in sorrow To two with love to plight;
 And the twain l heard are passing
 Passing in the nights
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
* <. * Considering the Saloon As the Poor Mans Club

1T 7SING a full page advertisement " in the New York Times, the Christian Herald calls attention to a series of articles it is publishing on a substitute for the saloon. The adver- tisement is headed, "85, 1000 saloons for rent, prohibition is more than a problem of drink, over 4,000,000 men must change their habits of life, what would be your substitute?"
 The Christian Herald claims a cir culation of 3D0,O00 and speaks for a considerable portion of the church going people of America. The ques- tion before rrohibitionists and non- prohibitionists alike is, where will an army of men, twice as large as the army we sent to France, seek compan- ionship and a social center when they are turned away from 85,000 saloons next July?
 The abolition of alcohol is a great reform. but tie work of readjustment is vet to be considered, As the Chris tian HeraldS advertisement points out, the saloon will disappear over night It has been not only club, a social center, but an unofficial en- ployment agency, daily lunch room and an adjunct to the social life of a large part of the poorer residents of large cities.
 Philanthropists have long since real szed that somdthing must be found to take it's place, if the best results are to be obtained from prohibition. Mo Lion pictures and community clubs are regarded by many as the logical suc- cessors to the saloon. They have al ready proved strong in competition, but after all it is not so much ques- tion of providing substitute as it is of educating the masses to find newer and better ways of seeking recreation and social intercourse.
 With alcohol removed, succeeding generations will find the substitute flor themselves and 1t IS doubtful II any organized movement, no matter how commendable in itself, will be able to solve the problem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17

By Samuel Minturn Peck. The footsteps on the pavement.
 hear them as I sit, And as I list them faliln
 The wings of Fancy fit: For some are sad and weary
 And some are gay and light, Some leave their hope behind them, And some have joy in sight sit and list them echo,
 Passing in the night. The footsteps on the pavement,
 Ceaseless come and go; And who would think such eloquence
 From leathern shoon could flow? But men may clasp together
 Their lips and hold them tight Or better, they can wreathe them
 With smiles-how falsely bright!- But the feet I list hide nothing,
 Passing in the night. Tho footsteps on the pavement
 Amid the human stream Two feet they tread so gently
 know the mans a-dream, That backward-how far backward l.
 His thought hath winged its flight. And distant-ah, how distant.
 That scene taught ger can blight: Cling to thy dream, thou dreaming Hear
 Passing in the night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
GIad To !Go To Fairfield

"I am glad that the Realtos are going to be the guests of the Fairfield Land company said M. P. Messer, flor while it is true they entertained us last sum- mer, things happen out in Fairfield so fast that to stay away 12 months is to return to find that houses and in dustries have sprung up as if by magic. Mighty few people who stay at home have any idea of the beauty of Fair field in the spring or the magnitude of the great industries already built or in process of erection"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17

From the New York Times.
 1T1 RANCISCo VILLA still raids and
 Fl stays and loots in Chihuahua or is it his ghost? Will the Zapatistas admit that their chief who resisted Huerta, repudiated Madero, and defied Carranza, secure in the fastnesses of Morelos and in the affections of it's peons, is indeed dead, tracked and killed by a federal commander with more cunning than the "Attila of the South?' The news of the fate of Zapata seems to be official. The proof would be the exhibition of his body in the City of Mexico, where he was known by thousands. But as Villa, the former ly much photographed the haunter of the limelight, the man of many press agents, still leads his bandits of the border, Emiliano Zapata will hardly re- colonel has been promoted for remov- ing him. Nor can Felix Dtaz and the returned B1aAquet afford to have Za- pata dead as Caesar. His spirit would be very useful in Morelos.
 Whether zapata was, or is, true blue reformer and friend of the peo pie, they have believed in him on his own stamping ground. The Carran- zistas called him worse names than bandit Aliens have enjoyed his hos pitality and found some good in him, perhaps idealized him. He kept order in Mexico City while he ruled there and was neither cruel nor treacherous. Tourists disliked him for excluding them from the paradise of Cuerna- vaca, whose charms he failed to ap preciate or preserve. Perhaps he was an honest man according to his lights;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
TRoTZKY's MARROW ESCAPE .

NSW 1OTk COTT CSPOHucHCc III 1'IIlSD
 Dispatch.
 If New York policeman hadn't re- garded Trotzky as nut the bolshe- vik leader might now be in prison in stead of trying to spread trouble throughout the world. The Rev. Newell Dwight Hills told the story yesterday at a church meeting The cop was on duty in Union square. q had heard Brostein, which is Trotzky's real name, several times,'' said the minister. '"The night I am speaking of heard him de- liver particularly denunciatory speech. I touched the policeman on the shoulder and said, That man ought to be arrested. I think he is a traitor The policeman just tapped his fingers on his forehead and whispered, Wheels in his head'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
Must Havd Minor Operation

q had much rather take a short trip to Florida in mly car," said Joe Love- man, "than to have to spend a week or more in bed As I will have to do. for I learned that it was necessary for me to have a minor operation. and so I am going to submit to the knife, and try and make the best of my enforced rest. It does seem a shame though to stay indoors when all nature is cry ing come out and enjoy me- If every thing goes right I, will soon be back at my desk"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
HE QUIT
From the Argonaut.


 The Swedes are often said to be not an emotional race. Sven was nursing the logs down the incline leading to the big saw in the mill The superin- tendent passed that way. ''This ban too much vark for one man." Sven told him q need help" All right" replied the superintendent. I'll send John down here to help you. An hour passed. Su- perintendent again passed that way. Sven had the same complaint. This ban too much vark for one man." Why, I sent John to help you,' said the su- perintendent. Where is he?' "Oh, Yohn -oh, he ain't been here for quite a while" Where did he go?" "Oh, he vent down between two logs. I tank he Qvit his job"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17

washed, but the dirt flooded" to the gutters is often allowed to remain un- swept. Surely every street should get thorough cleaning next week. % < < It is said that New York policeman who had a chance to arrest Trotzky didn't do it because he thought Leon was crazy. There's one copper" who will go through life feeling like kicking him. self.
 Major General Menoher thinks army court-martial procedure does not need re- forming. Might take plebiscite at Fort Leavenworth to get the other point of view.
 Japan is reported to have paid the American government sg7o,Oo for the kill ing of two American soldiers at Tien Sin. This ought to be good news to their fam lilies.
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 New Workers may be hoarse from cheering returning soldiers, but as long as there is a sufficient pressure of steam the sirens will continue to func- tion.
 With telenhoue girls on a strike New England is realizing that an operator i$ a useful sort of person even if she then.
 The fact that Germanys peace dele gates at Versailles will be housed next door to the prefecture of police is sig nificant. They will bear watching.
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 Guest of the Sphinx club in New York who shouted "To hell with the flagr was immediately knocked down. That speaks well for the Sphinx club.
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 Birminghams Public Utility Building has a name well adapted to sessions of militant reformers, but does not appeal to the jazz element.
 A Chicago woman says her husband gave his family only nine cents in 10 year That's how some men contrive to lead a double life
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 A London firm plans transatlantic air service, with fare of $24o Every messenger will be guaranteed immunity from seasickness.
 Brussels may remember the fact that it was not made the capital of the peace league longer than it will the German oc- cupation.
 We have come to a pretty state of affairs if. American doughboys dream about the girls they left behind them in GeTHlStiy # # x By rushing the season in straw hat MT. Taft showed characteristic disregard for the jibes and jeers of the man in the street
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 Regardless of what his personal pref erence may be, woodrow is unquestion- tbly in line for the 1920 nomination.
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 If it really costs the Kaiser $looo week to live, he lacks great deal or meeting expenses by saving wood.
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 Birmingham has the champion mean him of $.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17

REGJNNTyG THE DAY-O God, heIp me to believe in and try to awaken th& hidden hero in every coward. thet unseen striver in every sIuggard. the buried beauty in every ugliness. Give me tohu faith in thef ultimate victory of God in His efforts with men. In Christs name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
PERTINENT QUESTION

From the Columbia Record.
 Out in Texas, where woman suffrage is live issue right about now. a man has up and said: My mother shall not vote.' And the Houston Post remarks: when did old britches became greater than the woman who bore him?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
HELP MONTE CARLO

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 While the-Sanks are balancing the deposit books we proposed a drive against the generous givers for $30a-- 000,0oo for the impoverished citizens se Monte Carlo, where a roulette wheel hasn't spun for four years and where Restitution approaches stealthily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
THE ENLIGHTENED FILIPINO

From the NtW 4OTk TeIegram.
 See that labor disputes, are "un- known" in the Philippine Islands; the problem of unemployment" has been solved and they have a surplus of $17.- 100000 in the tre easury. Don't let the little brown people go until we have sat at their feet and learned the sys- tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
CONSERVATIVE

CONSERVATIVE "The most sensit 1e man I've talked to about the glue of nations in many day"
 What did he have to say aoout lt' Nothing. He acknowledged that 1t was no subject for a man with gram mar school education and began to dis cuss the weather.r
 Nd EXIT When you saw your wife was get ting angry. why didn't you leave the room?" >.-Your honor. the same thought must have occurred to h CT" How is that?" "She locked the door,"
 FUTILE DE ADMINISTRATION , Are there any bolsheviki in tnls town?" asked the visitor. Well" replied MT. Gadspur, "every time landlords raise the rent citizens who are ordinarily peaceful and law abiding let off al plot Of steam put haven't heard about any Of them saiut- ing the red flag yet
 THE PRICE The Teuton used to drink Der Ias' With truly Pru5sian glee; Behold "The day. when he must pay A huge indemnity.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE The frauleins wept," dispatches said, When the Rainbow" boys departed And many a stout, Teutonic lass
 Was visibly down-hearted. If this be true, however strange,
 There's reason for su-mising The soldiers of the A. E. F.
 Indulged in "sisterizing."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
Victory Loan to
 Be Last Offered

INTEREST in the Victory Loan S campaign is already general and by next Monday, when the drive be- gins, the people throughout the coun- try will be aroused to the high water mark of enthusiasm.
 The loan is offered in the form of short notes maturing in four years. These notes bear a higher interest rate than any of the Liberty Bonds, and as the securities are "gilt edge" they should be in great investment demand, to say nothing of the patri- otic motive which appeals strongly to every good American.
 This will be the last loan offered and as the notes will be in denomina- tions to suit the public, individuals of moderate means as well as the rich should subscribe promptly, even if a little self-denial be necessary.
 As Jefferson county is well organ ized, it's quota of not quite seven mil lion dollars-two millions less than the fourth Liberty Loan allotment should be fully disposed of before the end of the coming week.
 Among southern cities Birmingham has been a leader in all loan cam- paigns. Let's make it the red letter city in the great Victory drive.