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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-26
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
ROUTINE STUFF.

 Anything doing in police circles | day?" asked the city editor. Nothing unusual" replied the poll reporter "A trunk leaked at the Te minal station and the owner can't < found.". have to handle such cases much longer
 FOND AFFECTION. Some doughboys, back from overseas, Declare Chicagos stockyard breeze Seems sweater than the rare perfun Exhaled by 1n exotic bloom. What mortals ever yet were fund Whom ties of home more strongly boun'
 REFLECTIONS. I've suffered for the past few days 2 With pain in both my eyes; I think it is the gaudy rays
 From off those Christmas ties. '
 Akron Times. My life has not been filled with joys. I've been the butt or 1OkeS, Because I handed to the boys, Wife's Special Christmas Smokes
 -Yonkers Statesman. I'm having lots of trouble, too; q The thing that bothers me don't know what the deuce to do With our old Christmas tree.
 Youngstown Telegram. All you complainers should make way For one who knows real ills; I don't know how Pm gonna pay Half of my, Christmas bills. ?
 Houston Post To Santa Claus-the Christmas feast,0 z We made our contributions, And since that time we've broke at lea A dozen resolutions. PAUL COOkd
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Preserve in Book Form
 Letters From Soldiers

TN recent address before the Rut- U gers Alumni association, Otto H. Kahn made good suggestion that will doubtless be acted upon. He proposed that steps be taken "to pre- serve in book form five hundred let ters from American soldiers and sail ors that hespeak the American spirit in the war"
 The book of American glory con- tains," MT. Kahn points out, "no nobler pages than those which record the superb heroism of our fighting men, and the passion of patri- otic devotion which everywhere ex- alted the men and women of many races who make up America"
 Mir. Kahn was deeply affected in reading numerous letters written by officers and men of the American army from their cantonments here anc abroad, from hospitals and from ths firing line. These letters are touched with a great spirit" and "bear the stamp and impress of great time.
 The boys who wrote them had faced or were about to face death. and ar'
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Adolphe Thiers, or M. Thiers, as he was addressed by his wife. and always known in France and throughout Europe las Monsieur" Thiers; 1yes, even on French cards, contrary to common usage, his name was invariably printed Mon sieur Thiers'-was truly a man of des- tiny.
 It seems passing strange that the man with Germany should have been the lead CT in France of those who opposed a combat with their neighbors on the oth- CT, side of the Rhine. The war against Prussia seeped to him from the first the most criminal folly. He and Gambetta, the two dominant men in the assembly, were ranged in opposite camps.
 Those who were present at the famous session of July 15, 1870, will never for get, says a great French writer, the spectacle of Monsieur Thiers, the great citizen, exhausting himself in opposition to a furious assembly, in the attempt to save his country from a mad act, the disastrous issues of which he too clear ly foresaw. He was in favor of peace, while the other powerful leader Gam betta, was for war.
 Thiers, railed at by the band of Bona partists-and be it remembered that he had no cause to love Louis Napoleon, or the second Emperor, for when the coup d'etat came, he was imprisoned with the other deputies, the only favor all lowed him being a bed, while the other deputies had no couch but the floor but later the agent of the police came to seize him in bed, and send him off to
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CONSIDERABLE ALTERATION

From the Kansas City Star. N ~'Eh-yah!-times have changed" an arid citizen of Sandy Mush. 4 '"rhe same gent that only the ot day was in the postoffice, buyingV money order for four full quarts; whiskey. now buys war saving staH Aw, weIl-ever feller to his taste. what fun is there in putting five o9
 of them there stamps in your DOG and going to a dance? You can't
 up shadder of a notion that you'
 wolf and that's your night to howl
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them all.
 
 But it was not out of hatred for the upstart Emperor which made firp averse l to war, as much as he detested Napoleon III as the most dangerous autocrat who could govern country, for while at I times capable of kind of generosity. he altogether ignored the distinction be- tween good and evil, and against whom it could not be charged that he was im- moral for he knew no morality. It was because Thiers knew that France was | unprepared for war, and that 1t was to be .waged to try and save the throne of a Bonaparte.
 Now do not imagine that the name of , Bonaparte is one to conjure with in France. Even the great Napoleon, in spite of his marvellous career, has his detractors, while the memory of Louis, the pinchbeck, brings hot words to the lips of many. I will never forget scene which occurred in one of the lecture , rooms of the Sorbonne at Paris during my student days in the Latin quarter.
 
 The lecture was by Deschanel, one of the great names in the literary, social and political worlds of France. Political feeling was running high, and he was in the thick of the fight. His lectures were more than part of the curriculum, for they were attended by the elite of Paris, both male and female. He was
  of his operations he dramatically closed by saying: "The greatest evil which ever befell France was when the first Ma poleon set his foot on her soil.' There were shouts of joy and volumes of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-26
WE SECOND THE MOTION From the Memphis Commercial Appeal We move to sQuelch Alice Paul.
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

When the bride begins to ask why he hands over only $20 when she understood during the engagement that he was mak- ing 50, you can bet that the honey moon is ended.
 It is a good thing that married couples do not live to be 150 years old. If they did, a mans tongue would have rusted out and woman's tongue would have worn out.
 If some smart man wants to make as much money as Henry Ford did we will tell him how. Just begin manufacturing a small cheap cream separator for home use. Put some apple juice in a cream separator and it will turn into stuff that has kick like a peeved mule. We can see where someone Is going to sell about 100000 cream separators when this land of the free begt1s wearing it's prohibition shackles
 Any wife can tell you that a husband
 devotes so much patience and good nature to his rummy friends downtown that he hasn't any of either left for
 home use.
 There is only one thing in the world that looks worse than a fat man. That g a fat woman. A man obeys the Clean Up and Pain, Up" slogan about once a year. But a woman obeys it every time she prepares
 to take a trip downtown.
 A lot of us are kept poor because we devote too much time to running the government. Nowadays a lot of folks seem to think that the Golden, Rule is: "Try To Do Others As They Try To Do You" After man has owed bin for a while and has paid nothing on it, he thinks he is being persecuted if he is dunned on the account.
 The reason why woman likes to go to movie shows is because she sees mors love- making crowded in 15 minutes than she has experienced in IS years ot married life
 And even if your wife's hair isn't that color it is a cinch that she will act red- | headed when you get home late. When a married man has trouble and goes to an unmarried woman for sym pathy, the betting.is that he is going tc acquire more trouble. 1 Vt is too bad that girls seem to know more about catching husbands than they
 do about keeping them.
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member of our fighting forces. One day he is guarding coal pile and the next
 day he is in the thick of scrap. At Belleau Wood, and at Chateau Thi- erry just beyond. the soil of France has been made more sacred by the life blood of these gallant sons of America.
 No one will ever forget Lieutenant
 Colonel Wises answer to the French offi- cer who ordered retreat: Retreat hell!
 We'll let the boches do the retreating."
 And they did.
 At Meaux the Germans got taste of their mettle and for three days the
 marines and the French held the line. Eight thousand went in. Six thousand were killed or wounded-but Paris was saved.
 Edwin Markham just year ago dedi- cated these lines to the United States
 marines:
 For all your days prepare And meet them all alike, When you are the anvil bear When you are the hammer, strike. '' So, whenever you see marine give him the recognition that it due to one who typifies all that is best in American life.
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not only in the true sense human documents of the rarest value, but emanating as they do from men of the widest diversity of birth, upbringing, occupation and race, they are a supreme demonstration of the work ings of the crucible which is America, and of the irresistibly compelling power of it's appeal and spirit upon those who are brought within it's orbit. They are spontaneous and moving manifestations of the noble qualities latent in American youths stifled, suppressed or denied expression too often, unfortunately, in the ordinary routine of life, but leap ing forth eagerly in response to a great call"
 It is suggested that national com- mittee be constituted, composed of a small number of well known men, to select and compile letters received from soldiers by relatives or friends; the letters so selected to be published in a volume, the proceeds from the sale of which would go to some suit able purpose commemorative of the war.
 Such a volume-"a golden book in be a fitting memorial 1 for our noble dead and an inspiration and a solemn admonition for those liv- 1 ing and for generations who will come
 after them"
 MT. Kahn says that instead of a national committee it might be thought better to have the governor of each state appoint committee ana have each state publish volume of letters from it's own sons. By either
 plan the purpose would be accom- plished. Certain it is that MT. 'Kahn's Iproposition is well worth serious con-
 sideration.
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GAVE CIGARS TO GERMANS

From the London Times.
 At Market Weighton, Yorkshire. yes-
 terday, the Rev. Arthur George Braund,
 rector of Goodmanham and rural dean.
 was fined three guineas for giving cigars
 to German prisoners.
 On November 23 10 German prisoners of
 war were in the waiting room at Market Weighton railway station, with two guards. The defendant approached the waiting room and raised his hat to the prisoners. Later he went into the town and bought a box of cigars, which he brought back and distributed among them.
 The defendant admitted that the sta. tionmaster had told him before he bought | the cigars, that a woman had been fined f5 for giving cigarettes to prisoners He ! went out, however, saying that the armi. | stice had been signed, and that he would get some cigars. With regard to the rais. | ing of his hat people who knew hi. habits knew that he treated all alike
 and that he raised his hat to the polio,
 inspector or to the commonest laborer.
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# * * Going Out To Sea To Stake a Thirst

N LREADY plans are said to be ,EA under way for providing liquor to thirsty mortals beyond the Smile limit, up and down the Atlantic sea- coast. Promoters of floating bar rooms see an opportunity to make millions of dollars and defy federal authorities.
 Whether or not the scheme was conceived in the mind of some news paper humorist or is being seriously considered, the possibilities are attrac- tive to unreconstructed citizens who will do anything short of murder to get a drink. Floating gin palaces might" be anchored off the principal seaports of the country Tugs and launches would do a brisk business carrying customers to and fro. Ever and anon some fortunate individual with rowboat would be seen putting hopefully out to sea. The manner of his return we leave to conjecture.
 At night stroller along the shore if it were a clear night-might see with a pair of binoculars electric signs in the distance spelling out on the skyline in letters of fire such fla miliar names as "The Peerless," "The Majestic Cafe," "The Seabreeze Bar," "The Last Chance Saloon" "The Nep- tune Cafe," "The New Mermaid Tav- ern," and others reminiscent of the past or signifying the changed con- ditions confronting John Barleycorn,
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Enough of Hospitals

'T have heard that there are some women who feel that the year has been dull one unless they have had minor operation of some kind and got to rest up few weeks in some in firmary," said Charley Lopez, "but, take it from me, I put in two weeks recently in one and underwent an op- eration and I got enough for the bal ance of my life. I was sick two months before I got to the hospital and then had two weeks to get my strength back after I was looked into by surgeon, and in my enforced idle ness I read everything from almanacs
 cook books and on up to history am mighty glad to be back on my job"
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IDLE CURIOSITY.

IDLE CURIOSITY.
 All kinds of visitors drift into Wash, ington."
 That's a fact" Y "A queer old chap asked me the other day if he couldslook at some of the desks in the war department"
 What for?''
 "Oh, he'd heard that joke credited to Uncle Joe Cannon and he just wanted to see if there were any scratches to prove that officers wore spurs to keep their heels from slipping off their desks .
 PROFESSIONAL JEALOUSY. What is this vaudeville star sup posed to be doing?'
 She's giving an imitation of the way another well known vaudeville star would initiate her"
 q see."
 "But as a matter of fact, if it were ever insinuated to the other vaudeville star that she would condescend to imi- tate this vaudeville star she'd have such a tantrum she wouldn't be able to appear for a week."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-26
PEANUTS FOR HEINIE

From the ChlcagO NeWS
 Before the war an unsuccessful attempt was made to popularize American roasted peanuts in Germany. While one would not suggest using undue force upon a conquered people. one might hint that roasted peanuts go hand in hand with the higher civilization, and that, ersatz kul- tur and animal fats having failed Ger many. that nation should be glad to nour- ish itself upon peanuts and the true light
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HER EXCUSE FOR SMOKING

From the Montreal Starr
 The chief of a government office he was very great man. too-informed his particular typist that he was quite aware that she indulged in a cigarette and that he objected to her cultivation of the 9aneful weed during office hours.
 "Oh,' she murmured sweetly, 'I only smoke to save you from embarrassment" ]"
 Mel Embarrassment." spluttered the great one. .s..,5s s,.. s,..,.
 "Well. you see. you couldn't smoke in my presence quite as frequently as you do
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it would be strange indeed if prepara- tions for supplying the demand were not taking shape.
 If the cost of building material and the cost of skilled labor are high they will remain high for years to come. In view of these facts now is as good time to build as next year or the year after.
 Birmingham is growing at rapid rate and if this growth is to be en- couraged it stands to reason that new houses-thousands of them-must be provided without delay.
 The coming spring should witness large degree of activity in the build ing trades.
 Moonshiners shut up in jail have been known to make wisky out of cornbread. However, this paragraph isn't written for the purpose of start ing experiments at home. e* x # A straight-j jacket and a gag would 1 be about the right order for the man who insists that England and the United States will soon be at war with each other. Some of the little nations, being overshadowed in the mighty struggle just closed. seem anxious to show how well they can fight among them selves.
 It is sometimes hard to adjust one l self to innovations. More than one ,, old fashioned diplomat is pottering around Paris with bewildered air. * * < | It must be somewhat painful for a fair war worker to make much over a wounded soldier, only to discover that
  ] he was kicked by an army mule. * * < i Alabama is now constructively as 1 dry as Sahara, yet quotations of $s 1 per quart are being made and taken here and there in the desert 1 E # ' 1 MT. Willard has decided to fight for $1o0,000. An inducement of that size might convert an even more pronounce ed pacifist than MT Willard. * se *
 Naming Pullman cars is no easy task, but Ithe fellow who names the new dance steps just waits for an in- spiration to strike him. 1 * * *
 Really. we don't blame a self-re- specting Russian for not wanting to sit at the same table with a crowd of bolsheviki
 A coal peddler of Birmingham has an old automobile seat attached to hi. wagon and drives an animal that honks.
 l * * < Whether the LeBaudy millions dwin. dle or measure up to previous esti. mates, they have shad their day ir court.
 * # a
 new altitude record has been es. tablished by an army aviator. The mar in the moon may have a visitor soon. l < < * What does it profit soldier to- figh for his country if he is turned loos, on it without cent in his pocket? l F E 2
 President Wilson will heturn on tn, same ship that carried him to Europe Speaks we'll for the service, eh? l * * *
 An English rector was fined for giv ing cigars to German prisoners. Ina man lost no relatives in the war. | * E x
 Uncle Sam licked the Teuton. bu he acts as if he were afraid of a hand full of conscientious objectors
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Bfrminghan's Ideal Climate.

we have had a wonderful spell of weather following on the heavy snow" said George M. Webb. Tor awhile it looked as if we would have to burn up all the coal we could get to keep the furnace going, and now it's so balmy that we can do on a little and even go to our business without over coats. Take it the year round the Bir- mingham climate is about the best of any l know of The Piedmont sec t1on IS in a class by itself"
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From tne ChIca8O NeWS. Nicknames of some of the army divi- sions are as follows: "New Englahd..' 18th; New York;" 27th; "Pennsylvania,' 9 18th; Blue and Gray" 29th; Dixie" 31st Prairie" 33d; Panther 36th; Buck eye," 37th; "Rattlesnake," 10th; Sunset fist; Rainbow 42d: Metropolitan, , 77th; Blue Ridge" soth; wildcat" 4lst "Lincoln,"N S4th; Custer S5th: Black hawks." Ssth; Wild West" slst.
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NOT SURE OF HIMSELF.

Why apologize for wearing wrist watch, my friend? All our heroes in France wore wrist watches" replied the young lieutenant. 'I didn't get any closer ito the front than Camp Upton, sir"
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without asking permission, could you, less you were aware that I didn't } ject to smoko?"
 And rumor says that the next Y the big man asked if he might light
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BEGINNING THE DAY-My Fa- ther, make my sOnship to Thee plainer and more vital in my life. May it be really mine. May I live in my Fathers house. and go about my Fathers business, and rejoice in my Fathers world, and rest in my Fsther's care. May I use my priviy l.Se. May I claim my heritage. May I lay hOsx %pon my riches. In Christ's nams. Amen.-H. M. E.
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Increasing Activity
 In Realty Market

TN every progressive city through U out the country increasing activ- ity is reported in the real estate mar ket. Here in Birmingham one of the best signs of improvement in the realty business is the demand for va cant lots.
 Many sales of building sites have been made within the last two or three weeks. The price level is advancing and all indications point to building boom in the near future.
 With house shortage in evidence
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LONG AWAITED.

LONG AWAITED. Are you a regular burglar?" asked the householder who had surprised an intruder making off With the family sil- yer de use of me denyin' it? Take de swag an let me go.''
 Stand right where you are until I call my wife. She's been expecting you for IS years"
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All Great Pianists
 Broadly Educated

M MMEN who marvel, at 1gnace WU Paderewski's capacity for po- litical leadership, when he had been until now only pianist and composer, overlook the fact that all great mu- sicians must be broadly educated.
 Whether one be a composer, a con- ductor or performer of virtuoso rank, his thinking is of the intellectual tone. He must have knowledge of history, philosophy and letters and his mental processes must be those of a logician.
 Bach. and Handel were thorough scholars and would have held their own with the intellectual giants in polemics or in any department of learning or authorship. Of the modern pianists who rose to fame on the concert stage, Rubinstein and Won Bulow were distinguished for their liberal equipment in the field of general education; and so it is with Saint-Saens today. Because they con- fined their intellectual activities chiefly to music was simply because they had chosen the divine art for a career. Any one of the master players might have been a university pro, lessor or a statesman had circum. stances turned him in either direction Paderewski had a call for political service. He was patriot and his country needed him. He rose to the occasion and while the whole world reveres him and acclaims him states man there is no cause to marvel.
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THEY ALL WANT TO KNOW.

Congressman Twobble is at home for a few days, shaking hands with his con stituents"
 Enjoying himself, no doubt"
 'I hardly think so. An ordinary con- gresSman has no idea what's going to be done with the Kaiser"
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ELEGY.

Farewell, farewell, long farewell
 To old John Barleycorn; Throughout the land men ring his knell
 While mourners troop forlorn. And what shall be the epitaph
 Upon his tomb we write? What verse or pithy paragraph
 Carved on the marble white?  Consult the loud lamenting muse
 And seek for words of woe, Such as the mighty masters use
 Their mortal bangs to show. All synonyms for grief, distress,
 A lifetime of regrets, Will but indiffrently express
 The sorrow of the vets
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Remittances can be made st curren' rate of exchange. The Ase-AeraIo wa not be responsible for money through the mails. Address
 THE AGE-AERALD,
 Birmingham, AIa'
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not merely> with money or credits. If
 we are to greatly develop our foreign
 business we must greatly develop our
 imports as well as our exports. This is
 especially true now that we have be-
 come a great creditor nation of the
 world. Other people must have the
 means to pay for what they buy here. and we must facilitate the exchange
 of goods rather than merely undertake
 to stimulate the exportation of pro-
 ducts.
 We desire, therefore, to organize in
 each branch an efficient bureau, de-
 signed on one hand to meet all the
 wants of serious American travellers
 who aim to study foreign business af- fairs and on the other to render the most active and intelligent service to commercial and industrial interests in each locality that are desirous of ex- tending their operations in this coun- try.
 It is our wish that facilities of this character be built up to the highest possible degree of efficiency, and to that end we want special bureau in each branch that will be keenly alive to developing this service. Such bu- reau should be combination of a super-consul and a tourist agency. There should be collected in these bu-
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala postoffice as second-class matter, un der act of Congress, March s, 1879.
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No communication will be pupAIsne without its authors naIne. heIeS manuscript wiH not be returned un s stamps are enclosed for that putp'