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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-17

A fair defendant objected because a
juror stared at her. What, in the name
of common sense. is a fair defendant
for?
~ y
Moving the clocks backward and for
ward means nothing to the owner of a
81 watch. who speeds it up little every
day.
Germany's watchword, says Premier
Hirsch of Prussia, is work" What he
probably means is work the allies"
X y =
That little brush between American
soldiers and Japs may raise another hue
and cry about the yellow peril"
y X y
Catching the mails will be simplifed
when newspapers make their out-of-
town deliveries by airplane.
!, y y
The periscope can now be used by
short persons in a crowd to see what
is going on.
Peace has its disadvantages for army
officers, who face demotion and reduc-
ton of pay.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-17
NEW BATTLE PLANE
ON Popular Mechanics.

From Popular Mechanics.
Had the war lasted until spring. Ger
man pursuit pilots probably would have
been surprised to see fleet Of bomb
ing machines sail unconcernedly in "ver-
boten" territory in broad daylight. And
the Hun pilot who attacked, expecting
an easy victory over his unwieldy an
tagonist would have received the sur.
prise of his life. For the great bomber
would have proved as fast and as agile
as his own smaller machine and would
have been protected by five machine
guns that covered every possible angie
of approach.
AS it was. only few Of the great
fighters got into the hands Of the army
fliers, and none of them reached the
firing line The great 76-ft plane Is said
to perform all the acrobatic stunts" re-
quired of pursuit machine. Not long
ago it flew from Dayton to Cleveland.
distance of 2l5 miles, in one hour II
minutes, thereby establishing what is be-
lieved to be new worlds record. The
average speed during the flight was IT.
miles an hour.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-17

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
6flHE year before the war Germany
exported toys valued at s25,000,-
q 900. While Germany did not
have an actual monopoly of the worlds
toy trade, it was generally assumed
that toys made in Germany" were SUI
perior to playthings produced else
where. Just as the rest of the world
lay down and permitted German man
ufacturers to control the aniline dye
production, SO there was a general ten
dency to accept German toys as the
best and to let it go at that. And these
were only two of many lines of BUSH
ness that flourished to Germany's great
advantage because of German brag.
Germans calmly assumed that they
were better than other mortals and that
the things they made were better than
the things other mortals made. And
other mortals, being less boastful, were
prone to take Germany at her own val
uation. 1t is not unlikely that the Ger
man toy manufacturers actually be-
lieved that during the war the unhappy
children Of France and America and
Nicaragua and Nippon would have to
go without toys.
But as soon as the German toy ex-
ports ceased other nations began to
make the nicknacks. Japan was the
first country to appraise the toy OPP
portunity, and for short time most of
the toys came from the orient, though
they were admirably occidental in de-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-17
LUDENDORFF AND HIS GAMBLE

From the New York Times.
~ ONE time ago we had cable dis
~ patches concerning the great stir
made in Germany by Phillip
Scheidemann's denunciation of General
Ludendorff as a "plunger"-or, accord
ing to other versions, an "adventurer."
At the time it was uncertain what Ger
man word stood behind this dual trans
lation, but German papers now arriv-
ing make it clear that Scheidemann
called Ludendorff "hasardeur''-no
German word at ALL indeed, not a very
good French word. Scheidemann doubt
less thought that so immorally un-Ger-
man a proceeding a stalking a long
chance and losing on it could not be fit
ly described by any word in the German
language. 1t appears that the effort
to make Ludendorff the scapegoat
meets much opposition. We have evil
derce of this in his own interview with
correspondent of the Stockholm Social
Demokraten; the loss of the war was
due to Moltke's deficient strategy"
to Falkenhayn's defective direction"
to incompetent intelligence service,
above all to the inability of the Aus
TRANS to beat the Italians. Ludendorff
has finished the book in which he pre-
sumably enlarges on this topic; he Of
fered it to a London paper for 5000, 900,
and his offer was refused on the ground
that he had cost the world enough al
ready. 1t remains to be seen how soon
the demands of avarice will yield to
the necessity for shifting the RESPONSE
bility to somebody else.
Meanwhile, the Kolnische Zeitung
publishes an interesting telegram sent
to Hindenburg-at present highly pop
ular because the German public be-
lieves that he was safe and sane and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-17
pER1sCoPE HANDY IN CROWD

From the New York Evening Sun.
Trench periscopes may be put on the
market with the advice that mo home is
complete without one" A new use was
discovered for this war time invention
in London, when an ingenious woman
there took along the trench periscope
which her soldier husband had brought
from France in order that she might
make certain of seeing, despite the size
of the crowd, Princess Pat and her new
husband, Commander Ramsay, leaving
Westminster Abbey.
Standing well back in tremendous
tLrong, this thoughtful woman raised her
periscope above the sea of shoulders and
hats before and saw all as we'll as she
could have seen had she taken her place
In the crowded front row.
This may furnish a hint to many thou
sards of New Workers who have not been
able to obtain grand stand seats for the
parade OF the REIMBURSEMENT division.
Equipped with trench periscopes they
may lean up against the buildings of
Fifth avenue in easy comfort and miss
nothing of the triumphant march.
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Tourists Will Fly From
New York To Los Angeles

a S further evidence of the interest
ga being taken in the development
of the airplane for commercial use, a
company has been organized to pro-
vide an airplane service between New
York and the Pacific coast.
The venture will be started, it is
announced, with four planes capable
of carrying II passengers each. Three
passengers have already been booked
for the initial trip, although the price
of a single ticket will be $4,000.
Stops will be made at Cleveland,
Chicago, St. Louis and kansas City
and at other cities along the southern
route. 1t is estimated that the first
transcontinental flight in August will
consume four days, as no flying will
be done at night. Arrangements are
also being made to establish other
regular passenger routes by the same
company, including lines from Los An
geles to San Diego and to Riverside,
Cal, and from Los Angeles to Ell
Paso.
The planes to be used will be Of the
same type as the Martin night bomb
ers, built for the American govern
ment. They are equipped with two
4OO-horsepower Liberty motors, with
wing spread of IL feet and an over
al length of AZ feet. There will be
storage room for 500 pounds of bag
gage in addition to seats for the pas
sengers and crew.
The modern airplane driven by a
competent aviator is practically as
safe as q train, if not yet quite as
comfortable. But comfort and even
luxury will be provided in the imme-
date future and the saving in time
will be very great. Within the next
decade we may expect to see aerial
freight and passenger traffic we'll es-
tablished, but the railroads will con-
tinue to get the bulk of the business
until there is considerable reduction
in fares.
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II come down few hours each day."
said John G. Smith, one of the old land
marks, though not native of Jefferson
county. Il am now in my eighty-first
year. came to Birmingham first in
1882, but l did not open an office here
until 1888. For nearly twoscore years
have watched birmingham grow, and
in that time it has grown out of the
village stage to be one of the south's
greatest cities. and it has not yet struck
it's full stride. The day is coming and
that not far distant when 1t is going to
surprise even its warmest boosters"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-17
LUKE NI'LUKE SAYS

After woman gets on a train she has
a good worry over how terrible it would
have been if she had forgotten to bring
everything that she didn't forget to
bring.
The reason why the man who brags
about himself is a pest is because he
isn't Dragging about U.S.
If a man ever got as tired of doing
anything as a woman gets of washing
dishes, he'd probably jump into the river.
A man has to be mighty hungry to
eat a hearty meal when he takes a
pretty girl out to dinner with him.
Another cinch bet is that if we could
! see ourselves as others see us most OF
+! the photographers would starve to
death.
| If a philosopher is a man who is thank
full for what he doesn't get, there are
/ mighty few philosophers.
Every good speller uses a dictionary
until it is raggedy looking. The poor
spoilers are the fellows who are ashamed
to be caught looking up word in the
dictionary.
| Amt is funny how new straw hat
can keep a girls legs warm on chilly
day in March?
| Do you know why so many pretty girls
marry homely men? The reason is that
/ any man who is good to woman Will
look handsome to her, no matter how
| homely he may be-
| Why is it that when single girl passes
! 80 she fades faster than married wom-
| an of the same age?
| We do not know much But>we do
know that the surest way to be disap-
pointed is to trust to luck.
! There was time when the younger
sisters in a family had to wait until the
Oldest sister got married before they
could cop iout prize. But nowadays it
| is case of catch-as-catch-can
| After a man has been over the Jumps
for about go years he never thanks any
one in advance for their assistance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Tennessee Company. welfare work

Tennessee Company's Welfare work
Comparatively few people in Biz
mingham realize the magnitude Of the
welfare work being done by the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad COM
pany," said Henry r. Howe, one OF BIZ
mingham's attorneys, who is keenly IN
terested in the education and uplltt OF
the working classes Of this district.
Friday night, as the guest OF MISS
Winifred Collins, the head of that cor
poration's welfare department, several
of us attended an entertained at Nus
coda Mines, given by the dramatic cluo
of Bayview Mines, and the theatrical
performance was greatly to the credit
of these amateurs. Each mining set
Element has club that gives during the
winter months shows at the various
other mines and after the show the per-
formers are entertained with dance.
The company's schoolhouses contain
halls for gatherings. or performances
of this kind, and adjacent to the school
is the club house, which is supplied
with periodicals, billiard and pool tables
and other attractions.
These club houses are frequented by
men, women and children, and every
Friday night dance is held, thus fur
nishing an innocent amusement as well
as fostering a spirit of friendship ana
democracy among the officials and
workers of the settlement. The schools
are presided over by very competent
teachers, selected from various sections
of the United States, all of whom are
college graduates and who live together
in house set apart for them. Alto
gether the evening was as pleasant and
profitable as one could wish, and tho
company is fortunate in having so COM
petent a woman as Miss Collins to d.
rect this branch of its activities. l
could not help but contrast its attitude
toward it's employees with that of our
municipal corporation, which forbids
it's pleasure loving citizens, many OF
whom are loyal taxpayers, from hav-
ing little pleasure and amusement
out at East Lake park"
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opposed Ludendorfs hazardous policy
by an officer named Breucker. who
formerly served on the staff with the
two great men. Breucker is vigorous
champion of Ludendorff, and doubles,
not without prejudice, but he reminds
Hindenburg of some embarrassing
statements:
Your excellency said to me in No
vember and December last that you
were loyal to General Ludendorff, but
that you did not think it was the
proper time to speak out on his behalf
for fear Of creating more bitterness
of feeling in time when solidarity was
essential. :. most respectfully
request your excellency to answer Min
ister-President Scheidemann by the as
surance that during the negotiations
over peace and the armistice General
Ludendorff constantly insisted that we
must continue to fight if the enemy
named conditions which affected our
life and our honor; and that the i'm
perial chancellor, Prince Max of Baden,
was not in agreement but in the stark
est opposition to General Ludendorff
when he went into bankruptcy by sur
rendering Internationally"
So poor Max of Baden is to take the
blame. Whatever Germans may think
of this, some stir must have been made
by the suggestion that Hindenburg was
really partisan of Ludendorff, but did
not have the courage to say so. In the
old days it used to be said that Lu-
dendorff was the works of the clock
and Hindenburg the face; now that it
is question of facing the outcries OF
defeated nation, Ludendorff is the
face and Hindenburg keeps ths wheels
going round behind the scenes. The
old Wooden Colossus seems to be a
crafty parsonage
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-17
A WALLOON ISLET IN PRUSSIA

which Stavelot is situated and along
the Warche, which flows through Mall
medy.
Charles Martel, grandfather of Char
lemagne, who ruled the Franks while
he let their kings reign on, won de-
cisive victory over Neustria at Stave-
lot just 1900 years ago.
''Malmedy lies in pretty valley of
the aforementioned river. 20 miles
south of AK la Chapelle. The town had
less than 5000 population before the
war. Dyeing. paper making and tan-
ming were its industries.
1.-THE term Walloon is used to desig-
nate those Belgians who speak either
French or French dialect. The Wal
looms of Belgium desire Malm edy's res
toration for lingual as well as forrsen-
timental reasons. In Liege and Namur
a movement for the revival of Walloon
as literary language--for it had been
SO used until about the fifteenth CEN
tury-was we'll under way when the
war began. In the midst of German
speaking neighbors Malmedy and it's
envrons preserved the old Walloon dia-
lect, whereas among many Belgian
Walloons it has been supplanted by
pure French"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-17
Delighted With Palm Beach

1T sepent two of the most delightful
weeks of my entire life down at Palm
Beach," said August Hirsch," and
think it is the most attractive spot In
America.
II know about the great European
resorts and l unhesitating say that it
has got them all outclassed. I do except
Monte Carlo. The hotel where / stopped
had 1900 guests and there is nothing in
and service. l was just simply carried
away with my first glimpse of the
world-renowned pleasure resort, and
do not wonder that Florida is rapidly
becoming the playground of the rich.'
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Eyes, am once more back in Biz
mingham, where for years put in all
my time" said w. J. Dangaix, we'll
known figure in banking and insurance
circles for nearly a quarter Of a CEN
fury. II had some wonderful exper-
fences in my six months in Switzer-
land, and four months in France. 1t is
true that 1 have lived abroad off and
on, for quite a bit, but my last resi-
dence was under such different condi-
tions as to make it appear almost as
an entirely new experience. No one
who has remained in this country can
get any conception of what the war has
meant to Europe. I am glad that got
a view of 1t at first hand"
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Breck.s Thumb Good Evidence

'Breck Musgrove has told a. good one
about the bishops sleeping against the
doors and not allowing him an oppor-
tunity to get out at nights, further stat
ing that he didn't know that he could
be so good while in Paris said Fred
Shireman, 'but Breck's wound OH the
nail of his right thumb shows that he
at least tried to make his escape.
"Breck has the nail of his right thumb
mashed black, and L am of the opinion
that he got it caught under window
that he was trying to prize up to make
his getaway. Now, of course, Brock will
have an alibi-he always does-and l
must admit that it is generally one that
will go most anywhere but you look at
his thumb and see if you don't agree
with me-"
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journal except Society page" have
been ably conducted Crisp editorials,
clever cartoons, many of which have
been widely reproduced, and first
hand soldier news have made
Stars and Stripes one of the most in
teresting publications in the world
Its sporting page was abandoned with
suitable "obsequies," because Of war
pressure, but the paper has been kept
going in spite of many difficulties and
has maintained a high standard Of
excellence.
Naturally Stars and Stripes had,
and still retains, large circulation,
nearly half a million, and it is found
among the Exchanges" of many pa
pers in the United States. Some of
the best stories of the war, particu-
ilarly humorous articles, have appeared
first in Stars and Stripes and have
been re-published in American news
papers.
1t is gratifying to know that Stars
and Stripes has been written, edited
and published by men who saw active
service and carried on their newspaper
work either while at the front or dur
ing leaves of absence. This rebounds
greatly to the credit Of the paper. 1t
was not a project enabling soldiers
with newspaper training to evade mil
|itary service. American soldiers have
given their spare time and their tai
ants to making Stars and Stripes a
good newspaper, most of them non
commissioned officers and privates.
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THE COLoNEL,s STRATEGY
From the Dubuque Times-Journal.

From the Dubuque Times-Journal.
A Kentucky colonel has worked out
unique but simple plan to avoid a
jolt on July 1, when prohibition comes
into effect. He has bought a large
barrel of the best whisky. Every time
he fills his glass with whisky from
the barrel he first drinks it. then fills
the empty glass with clear water.
which he pours into the barrel. He has
figured out that by persistently fol-
lowing this plan the whisky will be ex-
hausted by July 1, and he will have
gained. at the same time. working
beverage.
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Army Newspaper
Is One Year Old

r Asst month Stars and Stripes, the
Ia official newspaper of the Ameri.
can expeditionary forces, celebrated
its first anniversary. The event might
have been recorded in these columns
sooner, but newspapers from abroad
have way of arriving in punches,
sometimes month late. Blame it on
Burleson! Or perhaps we should say
the war is still being felt.
Stars and Stripes from the first is
sue was a great success. 1t is pub
lished weekly in Paris and its numer-
GUS departments, including practically
every feature found in a metropolitan
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-17
A BEER AND A SANDWICH
From the Stars and Stripes.

From the Stars and Stripes
When Bismarck enunciated the prin-
ciple that the best place to have a war
was in somebody else's territory he said
sage and far-sighted mouthful. And
Germany sagely and far-sightedly did
her best to follow that principle from
1914 to 1918, with the result that only
Der fringes have been touched--amid the
smoking ruins of her neighbors, her own
hearth, for all it's sorrows. is clean-swept
and unmolested. The Chemin- des- Danes
is Quilted and black with the ugly after.
nath of war; the Rheinstrasse is as neat
as ever.
In Coblenz you will walk along q
clean street Chat was never splattered
by Bertha's iron scales into a neat
cafe Chat never shook from a Gotha's
be mb) and drink tall one from a brew
cry which has been assaulted by nothing
worse than war tax. 1t is good 1t is
comfortable. 1t is clean.
With it's roofs and walls intact, why
shouldn't it be?
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FROM "ABT vOGLER.

BY Robert Browning.
All we have willed, or hoped, or dreame0
of good. shall exist;
Not it's semblapce, but itself; no beauty.
. nor food, nor power
Whose voice has gone fort 4. hlit sace
survives for the melodi<s
When eternity affirms the ccRcspticu u
an hour.
The high that proved too high, The heroic
for earth too hard
The passion that left the grsu1s "a 1880
itself in the sky.
Are music sent up to God by t. user aad
the bard:
Err ough that he heard it oncs 81 a4
hear it by and by.
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.Anx1MMlAau1lH
pREPAREDNEss ADyIsED

From the Boston Transcript.
When prohibition is in force. glass suit.
cases, that may be inspected outside, may
become popular with travellers who do not
wish to be held up while federal exam.
iners 20 through their luggage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-03-17
GUARD YOUR HisroRY. FRANCE

From the Kansas City Star
All the French towns look alike
writes Raymond Crawford of Howard.
from Mares, France after you have
seen one you can tell just how the others
are going to look. If it wasn't for the
history of this country. there wouldn't
be much over here. If Shey ever lose
the history they are blowed up
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Washington bureau, 2o7 Hibbs build
ing.
European bureau, 10 King street,
Covent Garden, London, w. Z. Z.
Eastern business office, World bulla-
ing, New York city; western business
office. Tribune building, Chicago. The
S. C. Beckwith Special Agency, agents
for foreign ADVERTISING.
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BEGINNING THE DAY-O God,
help me to believe in and try to
awaken the hidden hero in every
coward, the unseen strivcr in every
sluggard, the buried beauty in every
ugliness. Give me a fond faith I'm
the ultimate victory of God in His
efforts with men. In Christ's name.
Amcn.-H. NJ. f.
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