The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

dimension, and chemical qualities
to the fibre produced by the silk
worm.
The artificial silk manufactur-
ers' exports from the United
States go to all parts of the world
and actually invade the countries
in which the natural silk is pro-
duced Silk stockings and other
products of artificial silk now go
to China, Japan and Italy, the
chief silk producing countries of the
world. though a large proportion
of that exported in 1919 went to
England, Australia, Canada Ar
gentina, Cuba, New Zealand and
South Africa, while still larger
quantities are sold in the domestic
markets of the United States.
1t used to be that Germany was
the only country whose chemists
could excel in all sorts of things from
proprietary medicines, cosmetics, dye
stuffs and metallurgy.
The United States has been making
wonderful strides in its laboratories,
and silk making is one of the out
standing examples.
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The Literary Digest was issued las
week minus advertisements because Of
labor disagreement in the plant where
| the Digest is published. This is the
land of the free, but it is getting to be
troublesome country for the "innoceni
| bystander."
! The former Kaiser is said to have
paid $4,000 for his residence at Doorr
and arrangements are being made tc
| purchase 20 houses for his retinue Not
a bad showing for a person who i.
supposed to be down and out.
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It's far cry from the old-fashionet
county fair, where a horse race wa.
the most exciting event, to the modern
fair with aviators cutting capers in tn,
skies and motorists tearing up the dir
track at 50 miles an hour.
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Naturally a man with the response
bilities of Won Ludendorff had to hav,
good things to eat and drink, wherea
a common German soldier could di
even better if he were hungry than i
he had full stomach
Our first ideal was universal hap
piness." writes Won Ludendorff in hi
memoirs Therefore, the Germans car
ried joy into Belgium and made north
ern France a vestibule to Paradise.
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A "croix" of some kind or other ough
. to be pinned on the breast of Jess
sheweil owner of SO houses in Gle
Rock, Pa, who has not raised tn
rent of his tenants in So years.
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America Bets Two Billions on Eu
ropes Solvency. "-Philadelphia Publ
Ledger A sum considerably in exces
, Of any ever wagered by the late job
| w Gates in his palmy days.
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Supporters of Lodge, Johnson an
Borah refer to them as the "fightin
senator's" Doubtless this pleases tn
vanity of Henry and Hiram and VIII
King Albert is coming to Americ
to learn something" He will find GU
plumbing and telephone service far SUI
perior to anything of the kind in Eu
rope
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1t doesn't look as if D'Annunzio woul
held Fiume long enough to sjustif
the erection of a heroic statue of tn
bard in one of the city's public squares
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The slogan, mo wash, no eat" cause
Mexican and negro laundresses to gt
busy in Corpus Christi, Tex. 1t WASH
question Of mo beer no work"
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American tourists who plan to Wis
the European battlefields will be abb
to drink a toast to the gallant Scotc
highlanders in authentic Scotch.
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A Kansas City newspaper says tn
league of nations is dead. Other news
papers regard it as a lusty infant.