davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
0GAY PAREEo
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the 1llLSDuTS DlSpdlCi
 The formal ending of the war lifted
 the ban on the night life of Paris"
 restoring the lights and the late hours
 that all the world has been led to be-
 Iieve were the instinctive preferences
 of the Parisian population. But the
 cabler report the first attempt as a
 flat failure.
 One or two places, more frequenteI by visitors than residents, made a brave effort at the gaiety of pre-war times. but without success. Even the attempt to restore the life of the voulevards was Eiarred by the depar- ture of the sedate Parisians around Il o'clock On every hand it was agreed that if Gay Farce" was 10 regain it's reputation it must look to foreign patronage.
 In other words. the reputation of York's Great White Way" rests, not upon the people who make their homes there, but upon the illusions of visitors from out of- town, visitors who firmly believe that life in Paris or New York is one round of unconventionality, who come prepared to be shocked and are accommodated by the thrifty residents who like easy money. Unhappily for the French people the outside world before the war formed its opinion of them from these accounts of the doings at Paris, doings which no more repre- scented the normal life of the French nation than the tales of Broadway re- l fleet the life of the American people. | But New York is not America, as Paris was France in popular accept ance. It if had been, Americans misat | have been judged abroad by the esca- 1 pades of those who go to New York and plunge into what they think is the dissipa ton of the metropolis when 1t 1 is only their own
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
Sets a Fine Example

"If all the civic associations in Bir- mingham would pull together ana work for the good of Birmingham they could accomplish wonders" said Joseph Beitman. '1 was in Cleveland, Ohio, some time ago and while there made some inquiries into the way things are done in that progressive city Cleveland has 50 civic organiza- tions, and whenever any great move ment is started each of these appoln7s committee of two, who make up Q con mittee of 100 that takes charge and pushes the matter. The fact that Cleveland has grown faster than any other city in the middle west in the last 10 or 20 years is sufficient evl- dence of the effectiveness of this kind of cooperation. Birmingham might emulate the example of the Ohio city with good results"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
NO TRIVIAL OBSTACLE.

Has this town ever boasted of any celebrities?"
 The only Chiggersville citizen .who ever got his name in the big city papers won't be home for ten years yet" re- piled the old resident.
 "Indeedl What's detaining him?"
 There's a great deal detaining him the Lord only knows how many tons of steel, stone and mortar. That fellow in the pen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
LEARNING THE LANGUAGE.

LEARNING THE LANGUAGE.
 You are pleased with your new chauffeur?'
 replied Mrs. Clifton.
 Why, you imported him, didn't your"
 "Oh. yes, but he soon dropped those airs that might have caused him to be mistaken for foreign nobleman and be- come just like any other chauffeur We hadn't had him two months when re- marked one morning Its fine day, Pierre and he replied, 'Oui, madame. I'll say it is"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
Fortune is merry,

BEGINNING THE DAy-Thou, Thyself. great God, kindIest the altar fires that burn in Thy name. Thou art the light of the eyes that sec Thee, Thou art motive and power in the lives thnt seek Thee. Grant me to stand tip-t0e and move nt Thy word that Thou mayest move in me farther. Amcn.-H. NJ, F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
WHY ARCHIE MISSED IT

From the Boston Transcript
 It was at a cricket match in Australia A tremendous skyer had been hit and the fielder was in fair way to catch the batter out At this tense moment one of the spectators called out, Miss it. Archie, and I'll let you kiss my sister
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
PATRONAGE.

Whats a $500 a year clerkship to Senator Twobble? He ought to be able to hand out a job of that sort at any time"
 Maybe he is, but-ahem!-do you happen to be kin to the Senator?"
 Why. no. What has that to do with itT'
 Lust this. $500 job that isn't good enough for relative is often found too juicy a plum for rank outsider, unless he can point to at least ten years of yeoman's service in the Senator's be- half"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23

From the Brooklyn Eagie.
 Kansas City, Mo, reperts i7S divorce cases coming up in a single codrt on l particular day. East or west. north sr eeuth, no city can beat that But how can there be matrimonial bliss in state whose eelioauial motto is 'shew mey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
THE LAST STRAW

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 No wonder Ireland is ready to shed her blood for independence in the fact of Englands threatened invasion by w.. J. Bryan and his aggregation of pro- hibition workers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
ADRIFrr WITH THE TIMES
EVENTUALLY. PERHAPS

EVENTUALLY PERHAPS To work a little less For little more pay Is pleasant, I guess.
 But proceeding that way. IL won't be an age
 Ere labor will call For a very high wage And no work at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
PAS OPINION.

"Pa, what is domestic blissY' Its phrase you run across in print sometimes, my son." replied MT. Brump- son, sarcasticaly.
 "Yes, pa"
 Usually in book with a fancy bind ing and a girls picture for frontis- piece, that sells for s1.5o. But don't believe it really fools anybody who's over IS years old"
 MIGHT HAPPEN THESE DAYS.
 Men used to think
 A little drink
 Should not be called pernicious;
 The genial host
 Proposed a toast
 And no lean, lank, officious
 Intruder cried,
 Stop! Stop!" and tried
 To spoil his disposition.
 But that, you know,
 Was long ago
 And now we've prohibition.
 THE ITCH FOR OFFICE. 'Is old MT. Bilfour still running fo, officer"
 "oh, yes. Every time he's defeated he tries to get a job that is not quite so important
 T see"
 ''He started out by running for the United States Senate. then he aspired to be governor and since then has thrown his hat into the ring dozen times or more. If he lives five years longer l wouldn't be surprised to hear of him consulting with his friends about an nouncing his candidacy for pound master" DISCRIMINATION AT THE CIRCUS, "As a rule I don't object to seeing . troop of trained seals perform re- marked the genial old gentleman +T1o?
 "But it doesn't seem quite fair for their trainer to throw them a tftbft every time they catch a rubber bah on the ends of their shouts, while maybe in the very next ring huge pachyderms are performing feats of great strength and skill without receiving so much as a single peanut" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala'' postoffice as second class matter, un- der act of Congress, March s, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald VIII not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address THE AGE HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
Member of the Associated Pres.

The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper 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 it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication of several dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23

No communication will be published without its authors name. Re1ected manuscript will not be returned un4eSS stamps are inclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23

This is not to be a story on race sui eide or is it to champion any theory in regard to the limitation of families. l however cannot help adverting to the old days when even a dozen or more chil- dren was not considered to be any too many in some of the best regulated homes I may be wrong but it's my observation that as a rule the house. holds where many mouths must be fed and many bodies clothed seem to get along about as well as those where there are only few.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23

On the Elizabethan stage a sign in only reproduce a whole forest on the stage, but the drummer in the orchestra car initiate nearly every bird known to ornithologists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
TELEPHONE

TELEPHONE Bell (private exchange connecting all departmental Main 4900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23

Washington Bureau. 500 Davidson building.
 European Bureau. 10 King street. Covent Garden, London. W. c. 2.
 Eastern business office. World build ing, New York City; western business sffice. Tribune building, Chicago. The $. C. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

By Mail in United States and Canada:
 Eaily and Sunday, year....... sy'oV Daily without Sunday. t.OO ~Daiiv and Sunday. one month";. .S5 Sunday Age-Herald, per annum... 800 Thursdays edition, per annum. .9o By carrier in Greater Birmingham:
 Daily and Sunday, week. .2e DaiI, and sunday. wear. 40
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23

I am sorry for home in which there are no children, and l am also sorry TOT the home in which there is only one child. Without being conscious of 1t people without children are apt to be- come bit selfish unleAs they watch themselves mighty close; just as lone child without brothers or sisters is liable to grow selfish unless carefully guard ed against it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23

My heart has always bled and I have walked through the tenement districts of the great cities and seen the pitful efforts of the disinherited little ones trying on busy streets and crowded pave ments to find spits in which to carry on their little games at the risk of life and limb. Tn the plans for a civic center. and in the projects for the beautifying of parks, I hope much thought will be given to creating suitable playgrounds for the children of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23

The man who can't understand the fine points of diplomacy naturally won ders why the allies propose to blockade soviet Russia when the world is solemnly assured that Lenine hasn't leg to stand on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
SHOWING UP "sHow ME- STATE

the capitalists in vainl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
expected

Speaking of disagreeable jobs, com paratively few envy T. V. O'Connor his position as president of the International Longshoremen's association. He never a crowd of husky dock workers for presuming to tell them they ought to work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23

My late friend Bob McDavid, one Of the most lovable men I have ever known in my life, and man of the greatest charity in the estimate of his fellow man. was also without any pre- tense to it yet 8 genuine philosopher who got much joy out of life, and he gave much pleasure to others. l first met him at the University of Alabama where he was a great favorite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

This fig an age in which children are coming into their own as never before in the worlds history and there Is no country where the child has 1t way as in America
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23

The crop of fish stories this year was not up to jreVious standards, but 1t Is interesting to note that female hump backed, whale having two hind legs 50 inches long is reported to have been caught at British Columbia whaling station.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17
IAN EDITORIAL
OUR DEBT TO THE DEAD

Subscribing to the governments
fifth Liberty Loan. called In our
Thanksgiving the Victory Loan. is the
most patriotic thing any of us can do
at the present moment While actual
fighting was in progress II was not
hard to arouse ourselves 10 active and
unqualified support Of any war meas
ure which was brought forward. Now
that the stimulus of the knowledge
that American blood was flowing on
the fields of France is gone we should
not be any the less hesitaHt In re-
spending to an appeal which Is neces-
sary to pay the price OF the peace.
II is not difficult to realize that
hundreds OF millions OF dollars were
spent In accommodating the materials
with which this country was to play
its part In the great spring offensive
of 1919, planned by the Allies to be
the vital blow OF the war. Among
other things II is to pay for large
quantities OF these supplies that the
present loan is being asked The debt
was acquired in a worthy cause and
In honor to our dead we can do moth
ing but pay in full.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17

Spend one penny less than thy
clear gains.-Franklin.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17
CHURCH DIRECTORY.



, oN''"'
,cea snndav srhnal IA "a rag,i,r
sery,ce' i1.i6 a m D.. + AZ ,o,aalS.
naatoy ''' " ''''' ''0'N''
bapust-Bible school Mt 10 a. m,
pubic worship aud preaching at II
the usual evening service AT 40 u. M.
Midweek prayer meeting every Thurs
day evening al 1880. A cordial wei
come to all strangers to worship with
us Rev. I. =. Frelz, Minister.
'"s"o"'
Methodist Episcopal sery'
ICES suhuay school, 10 a. M; preach
Il. M, preaching nj 4 40 n. m La.
dies Aid meets at Log Church every
alternate Wednesday In the month.
Everybody invited to attend ihese
''' '''s'' "e'' ~ ~ "o"''' PASTOR
First Presbyterian-Su Sunday school,
1000 a. m; Morning service, 1900 a.
M, Christian Endeayor GAO D. IN
ven u selviee, 'sv D. III, nln,e
a u' "eu,. ,,y e'eii"s' tow ''''A'
''o'' D"''u '"S'''r' PASTOR.
Lutheran Evan. Scandlnavian-Su
day services Sunday school 10 a M;
p,e a,'i, every hfs' ana tnird SUNDAY
Oh esch month AZ III a. NJ Ladies Ala
on third "Wednesday of each month at
- ~ wv " "se'' p"s''''
colyas.
co,.,.,,a p,,a,,,a., ,,,
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17
LODGE DIRECTORY.
Masonic.


Mark p. Waterman Lodge, No. III,
f. & A. M.-Regular communications,
second Wednesday In each month. In
Odd Fellows Han at Cent,r T. T..
Van Oiinda, w. NJ: A. j. Marsh, ).
w: J. Il, WINERY, j. w; Tt
Ogilvy, $. D.: W. G. Whitfield, j. D.:
A. b. Cook, 5. s.; w. H. Hall. j. s.;
WIN. Marsden, Treasurer: r. w. r.
Martin, Secretary; II. b. Hayes, Tyler.
|. 0. .. F.
Island Lodge No. 2il-Meets every
Thursday evening in |. o. o. F. hall at
Center. Visiting urotaeis always wei.
eume, D, Canned, n q. IA. +. Davis,
Secretary.
island Rebekah Lodge No. 277--
.ieets every second and fourth Tuel
day evening of each month in |. o. o.
T. hall. Center, at s o'clock. Mrs,
Elizabeth Hearst, N. g.: Mrs. Lille
Davis, Scc'y. Visiting sisters and
tothers welcome.
Modern Wocdmen Of America.
yashon Camp. No. lOO5s-Meets ey.
cry second and fonrth Saturday even.
ing in each month at o'clock in |. O
o. f. hal, Center. w. d. Garvin, Con-
sui: Thos. Steffenson, Clerk Visiting
brothers welcome.
wooDMEN OF THE WORLD
Burton Camp No. 552, T. Meets The
second and fourth saturday of each
month at w o. w. hall, Burton. f.
B. Wye, Clerk; C. Chrisiman, Consul
Commander.
G. A. r.
Fl. c. Sickle Post. No. So, Depart.
ment of Washington and Alaska, meets
first Wednesday in each month at
O'Clock p. M. vashon. Il. E. Van DIN
da. Commander; c. A. Barton, AdIu-
tant.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17
Lesson for Pia Ralsers

Efficiency IN pig raising was slioy
in Louisiana where two men select,
litter mates eight weeks old. At Il
end of the fattening season one p.
weighed $40 pounds. the other on
81. The expenses were respectiyei.
S15.54 and IS; and the one sold fu
S5s, the other for IS. This mean
weight in the proportion of 1 TO
expenses. 3.11 to /; selling price, ~
to /. Thus, scientific raising cail
eliminate the notorious "razorback'
hog.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17
MANY Uses for Kapok.

Kapok Is the name applied to the
silky fiber found around the seed Of
the silk-cotton tree (Eriodendron an
fractuosum). This tree is found In all
tropical countries and is very album
dant in Java, which furnishes large
part of the commercial supply. Ka.
pok is imported into the United States
in large quantities, principally from
Java. and is used as filling for mat.
tresses, pillows, cushions and life pre-
servers of various kinds, and as an up
holstery material.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17
Professionalism Set.

An apparatus for transmitting pic
lures electrically Is among the latest
scientific toys. It is described and H.
Illustrated in Popular Mechanics Mag
azine. The sending and receiving in
s!ruments are synchronIzed by steel
rod, although another system may be
used for longer-range work. A photo
graph must first he reproduced on a
copper plate. which Is rolled over the
cylindrical plnten Of the sending ma
chine. A needle held against it trav-
els from one end Of the roll to the
other. and the picture is reproduced
on paper at the other END of the line.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17
Accuracy Always Valued.

We all admire the thorough, pains
taking person. for the reason that we
know such persons place the right
kind Of an estimate on accuracy.
True, they may not be singled ont as
having attained any speed records,
but that fact gives us absolutely no
concern. We believe In them because
we know that they may In every sltua-
ton be relied upon and we go our
way happy In the knowledge that work
turned ont by such persons will fully
"naosnra ,Ip."
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17
{ ARTS ENJOYS
SEND MESSAGE
TO AID DRIVE
u. S. Delegates Urge Country
Not to Leave Task
Uncompleted

Four members OF the American peace
mtssion in France, Secretary of State
Robert Lansing, Col E. NJ. House,
General Tasker N. Bliss and Henry
White. have sent this message to the
American people urging support of the
Victory Loan:
ITO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE;
I'VE have had the opportunity here
In France 60 see and realize the mag
nitude of tine accomplishment Of our
country IN this war and the magnificent
spirit with which this great task has
been carried through to triumphant
issue
What has been done and what re-
mains to be done before normal con.
ditions are restored demand your con-
tinued snd united support with the
same spirit of self sacrifice and of de-
termination as that which was mani
tested BY the nation while the German
armies faced our men at the Marne
and In the Champagne, at St Mihiel
and III the Argome. We must not re-
Lax our efforts until every soldier OF
she republic is landed on the soil Of
America
ITO finish this mighty task imposes
upon the government OF the United
States a great financial burden. The
Victory Liberty Loan must thrive. II
It should fail Il would indicate that the
Nation is willing to leave its task un.
ccmpletei.
ITO secure the ideals for which
americans fought and died this great
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17
Ability of the AGED.

1t has often been said that man
cannot learn new trade after he is
forty, but this statement has frequent
iy been disproved. Peter S. Du Pom
ceau was eighty when he wrote his
valuable treatise on the Cochin Chi
nese language, and had only then re-
Gently taken up the study; and the late
John Bigelow was still an author turn
ing out book when be passed his
ninety-fifth birthday. = Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17

4emand on nauona patr,uusm nnu
united effort should meet a generous
and univeizIss response. Let us do our
duty to the end.
ROBERT LANSING.
HENRY WHITE.
"E. VI. HOUSE.
ct. N. BLISS"
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17

The 800 you put into Victory Lib
erty Bond will be worth SIPS plus in
terest when prices settle down. doh
lar is worth what you can buy with Il
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17

The banks used to buy United States
bonds bearing 2 per cen, interest be
fore the war That's how good the
credit OF the United States is
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-10-23
Sewing Hint.

Tailor's tacks are excellent guides
for the home sewer and may be used
when one is basting two sides Of n
garment so as to have them exactly
alike. With double thread Of basting
cotton-choose distinguishable col.
or--stitch through the two thick
nesses of your cloth with one long
stitch and two short stitches, leaving
the long stitch loose enough to form
loop, under which the finger may be
placed. Repeat wherever you have
chalk marks. Take hold of the two
edges of the cloth and gently sepa-
rate the two pieces so the stitches
will hold them together and can be
plainly seen. Cut the stitches as
they show. This will leave a few
threads in each piece of cloth telling
just where the cloth is to be sewed,
and it will help you so much to find
both pieces are just exactly alike.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-10-23
Shrinking Cloth.

Wash goods may be shrunk by put
ting them in enough water to cover
and letting remain over night. or by
dipping in boiling water and hanging
out ut once. Dipping in boiling wat
er, unless very carefully done, is liza
Bile to streak colored goods unless the
colors are set. The goods should be
ironed while yet damp, but not much
ironing will be necessary unless the
goods have been wrinkled by wiring.
ing. II the advantages Of shrinking
cloth were properly appreciated there
would few unsightly, ill-fitting gar
ments. It is enough to have to let
out and lengthen for the growing
child without the burden of the shrink.
ing cloth after the garment is male.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-10-23
Tells Holu to
Cook Vegetables

q
In recent bulletin on "The Cook
ing Of Vegetables" by Miss Louise
Stanley, associate professor of home
economics at the University of Mis-
couri, Miss Stanley points out that
the chief reason for cooking vegeta-
bles is to make them more digestible
by softening the cellulose and by
causing the starch to swell and as
sumo gelatinous consistency.
When starch is changed in this way
It is said to be hydrolized. Hydrol.
lied starch is digestib1e; raw starch
is indigestible. Those vegetables
which have no starch or relatively
small amounts Of cellulose can be eat.
en- raw.
Miss Stanley further emphasizes
that many housekeepers make the
mistake of boiling vegetables in
large amount of water and draining
of the water in which mineral salts
and sugar from the vegetables are
present. When the water containing
these constituents Is drained OF, q
large amount of the nutritive value Of
the vegetable Is lost. The most seri-
GUS waste in throwing away the water
in which the vegetable has been cook
ed is the loss of mineral matter which
is necessary to build bone and pre-
vent the decay of teeth. It is desir-
able that strong-favored vegetables
lose part of their flavor. Fully as
satisfactory as the method of pouring
off water is the plan OF cooking the
vegetables in an uncovered vessel and
allowing part of the flavor to pass
off in steam.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-10-23
Cake Hints.

A good pinch of salt improves any
cake.
Half water. instead of milk, makes
lighter cake.
II your cake rises in mountain In
the middle the reason Is your dough
was too thick.
II 1t goes down in the middle your
dough was too rich. too much sugar.
The cause of large holes in cakes is
too much baking powder.
To sprinkle -four in creased pans
prevents cake from sticking.
A pan Of water In the bottom Of the
oven keeps the bottom of cake from
burning.
A paper over the tin keeps the top
from burning.