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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN TURKEY

/ come and go. The beauty herself is
thickly powdered, with an elaborate Golf
fure erected by her numerous maids.
Jewels half cover her arms, and she
wears beautifully embroidered negligee
There is languorous expression in her
black eyes, as she sits idly smoking a
cigarette and slipping Turkish coffee.
Would you think, to look at her, that
when she draws her money from the
bank that she must sign her own check?
These two sides of life have been wholly
| at variance with each other but, as
years have gone by, the thoughtful side
has predominated among the more intel
lectual Mohammedan woman, until now
| they are ready to enter into the affairs
of todaE with an understanding and
which the world has never accredited to
| them.
| at has been on the social side that Mo-
| hammedan women have suffered most
| under the oppression of the last so years,
! especially from the frequency of divorce.
man could legally divorce his wife at
any minute, the only condition being
| the payment OF the dowry which was set
| tied upon her by the husband at tho
| time ofN her marriage.
"In the last attempt Ito keep the sex
| in the role assigned to them by the life
of the harem, very strict laws have been
made to prevent all possible progress
among them. laws have been proclaimed
over and over again forbidding Moham-
medan women to attend foreign schools.
In this emergency they engaged gov
jernesses Most of these governesses were
alien, and many of them were inefficient,
and bad moral guides to SO large a por-
ton of the population beginning to think
and question. The gprerness system OBJ
tanned so much Influence after short
time that laws were made forbidding
women to have governesses Yet they
struggled on in an effort for mental IL
lumination reading, writing. talking
things over among themselves. and some
times getting help from their husbands
and brothers. They have accomplished
much, with so heavy a handicap in lit
erature, science, commerce and poll
tics"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04

Xxx WASHINGTON, September 3.-(Spe-
WNW cial)-"Some extremely modern
young women, who mistake
symptoms for the causes of womans in
dependence, should make a tour of Tur-
key" suggested bulletin from the
Washington headquarters of the National
Geographic society.
There women smoke, have had prop
! erty rights for centuries and divorce is
be Turk
1.-THE toys of the Turkish harems
we're to be pitied in many ways, it is
true, but considerable pity for them has
been misdirected. For example, the Turk
,, ish women who now are to be 'emanci-
pated' have had absolute control of their
own property for hundreds of years,
whereas the German wives cried in vain
for such emancipation under the Kais-
| err
| The bulletin quotes from a communica-
ton by Mary Mills Patrick. which gives
ish women before the world war, as fol-
lows:
1T is a well-known fact that Roman
law regarded the rights of the individual
without consideration of sex; man or
a woman was alike citizen of the Rom
an world. This met the requirements
of Mohamrnedan life, where no woman
ever necessarily sustained lasting re-
lation with any man.
Therefore, during all the centuries of
Mohammedan history, women have legal
ly controlled their own property. They
have been free to buy. sell or ALLEVIATE
it without consulting any male relative.
This has given them independence of
thought and an influence in business af-
fairs that seems wholly inconsistent with
their life or comparative personal slav-
cry.
Enter a harem and there you see a
Circassian beauty, who has been newly
acquired by the tall, handsome pasha
who has just passed you in the street.
The air is heavy with the odor of east
ern perfume, and the black eunuch
stands by the door to watch all who
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
FIRED WITH ZEAL.

DO you realize that you are under
taking mighty task in trying to make
the world dry?"
"Of course do" replied the eminent
prohibitionist. But consider the DOW
erful organization we have built up.
Why sir, rather than see that Splendid
body of men and women disintegrate
and cease to function merely because
we have won our fight against liquor
in America, would be willing not only
to undertake the task of making the
whole world dry, but at the same time
to launch a campaign against human
ity's next greatest enemy, the Demon
Tobacco"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
SOLITUDE
BY Rousseau.

BY Rousseau.
What period do you think l recall most
frequently and most willingly in my,
dreams? Not the pleasures of my youth
with bitterness and are now too dis
tant. | recall the period of my Sc
clusion, of my solitary walks, of the
fleeing but delicious days that | have
passed entirely by myself. with my be-
loved dog. my old cat, with the birds of
the field, the kinds of the forest with
all nature and her inconceivable author
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
Dry Maintenance League
Finds Cleveland an COASTS.

THE Dry Maintenance league is evil
y IDENTIFY having some difficulty in
! making Cleveland "bone-dry" In
fact, the city continues so wet" that
the league is planning to prosecute
offenders under the federal law. which
not only imposes large fine, out a
workhouse sentence. The state prohi-
bition law merely imposes a fine for
the first conviction and soft drink"
dispensers who adopt many ingenious
ways to dispose of whisky could easily
pay such fine out of one days re-
ceipts.
Not only is drink plentiful, but com
!. paratiTely cheap in Cleveland, accord
ng to the report of George C. South
kNell, secretary of the Dry Maintenance
eague. Mr.. Southwell is quoted IN the
&Cleveland Plain Dealer as saying that
rs investigators have already caused
The arrest of nearly fifty former sa-
loon keepers for selling whisky after
the dry law became effective. One
naturally wishes to know what the
police are doing to put down the illegal
liquor traffic.
s Most of the saloons now operating
do not keep ON hand more than a days
supply of alcoholic drinks, says Mr..
Southwell. Whisky is usually sold in
the form of a ginger ale highball,
mixed first in ginger bottles and then
served over the bars to thirsty Gus
toners for 25 to so cents a drink.
Some places have no cash regis sers,
bile others have covered up the indi-
tatok to allay suspicion
4 Some of the proprietors bring into
ia places the liquor they sell in
.ge, lhnch kits, others have huck-
rs W uellVeI vegetables, unuer winch
concealed days supply of intoxi-
ants. Whisky is also delivered in
milk cans. Crafty dealers keep their
Stocks suspended over sink so that
t can be quickly poured out if I'M
riendly visitors appear. There are
ses where one proprietor sold out all
~ liquor he had on hand and oblig-
! ly stepped aside while another sa-
kist took charge until they, too,
I'D disposed of their stocks.
With such state of affairs in
leveland and doubtless duplicated to
~eater or less extent in many other
of America, it is easy to see
1eral and state authorities will
;r work cue out for them when
4 rigid enforcement of the
laws.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04

By William Watson.
Dawn-and a magical stiffness; on earth
quiescence profound;
On the waters a vast Comet, as of
hunger. appeased and stayed,
In the heavens a silence that seems not
mere privation OF sound,
But a thing with form and body, a
thing to be touched and weighed.
Yet l know that dwell in the midst of
the roar of the cosmic wheel
In the hot collision of Forces, and
clangor OF boundless Strife.
Mid the sound of the speed OF the
worlds. the rushing worlds. and
the peal
OF the thunder of life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
&c Of Opinion AS
d Size Of Regular Army.


IL OR the coming year the size of
= the regular army is fixed at
100000, but Congress will wrangle
over the strength of the establishment
for the.period beginning with the next
fiscal year: in other words, the
strength of the permanent army on
peace basis.
The administration asks for an army
Of upwards Of five hundred thousand,
but the republicans oppose any recon-
mendations coming from that source
They are "little army men," not as a
rule from principle. but simply because
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04

Second thoughts are best. Certain sem
ators who were planning to trail Presi-
dent Wilson and deliver speeches oppos-
in the league of nations and the peace
treaty have decided not to make them
selves any more ridiculous than they
are already.
j. y y
Austrias plea that she should not be
made to suffer for the sins Of the Haps-
burgs made no impression on the peace
conference, which recalled sundry cele-
brations in Vienna when the populace
showed much enthusiasm for war.
y y. y
Nearly every day somebody hobs up in
the public prints as possible contender
for Mr. Dempsey's crown. The latter
gentleman, styled in pugilism's who's
Who" the Utah Mauler." may be
forced to fight in less than y months.
! j; j; i.
The Cudahys were recently fined $1,000
for % violations of the cold storage law,
trifling sum which many wealthy fam
lilies pay out in the course of year for
exceeding the speed limit
X K X
While Carranza may declare that he
does not recognize the Monroe doctrine.
he knoys, deep down in his heart, that
he could be forced to recognize it in
short order.
|. Tough luck! After having had expert
ences that have made him envied by
every boy in America, Warren Pershing
gets home just in time to re-enter
school.
While the actors are still breathing
defiance, they are nevertheless keeping
their ears to the ground for the first in
dication of a managerial surrender
5. y II
Some of the men who plead most pite-
ously for Alabama's unfortunates at
Montgomery are merely hoping there Will
be a few more easy jobs to fill
* 4 i;
The wit who calls a certain make of
motor car a 'road-louse" thankfully rides
to town in one after waiting 80 minutes
for trolley car.
* = s.
Steamship companies are now advising
tourists to see Europe's battlefields. Old
John Barleycorn is over there, prepared
to do the honors.
y y y
The mere fact that movie tornado
may be created by the propellers of two
or three airplanes doesn't make it any
the less realistic to movie fans.
X * =
Fried chicken on the ground awaits
Gen. Johnny j. Pershing at his old
home town. Laclede Mo
X * +
It appears that the sacred coal ana IRON
industry of Birmingham has been saved
from the legislative ak.
X j. +
Senator Frelinghuysen may mean well,
but his name is enough to suggest Teu-
tonic sympathies
y X y
Have your street car fare ready, and
be sure it tots up 6 cents.
f'7 i. = \
Karl Renner doubtless agrees with
Hamlet that the times are out of joint.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
IN HONOR OF WIT AND HUMoR

From the New York Herald.
The proposal to erect monument to
Punch in recognition of its work dur
ing the war has been Endorsed by many
E,nglishmen of the first distinction and
is fitting acknowledgement OF the
great moral force of wit and humor,
properly directed, in shaping the des-
TIMES of a nation.
This well deserved tribute to jour
nal that for more than three-quarters
of a century has been a potent lnflu-
ence for good in England pays honor
also to Il long line of artists and writ
ers whose talents it has commanded
For Punch was founded on brains and
carried to success by brains. The car
ICONS of Sir John Tenniel form po-
.litical history of Great Britain for the
period that they cover. Thackeray' S
Book of Snobs' was first printed in
Punch and it was there that John Leech
founded the school of domestic humor
that has had so many imitators Arte-
mus Ward felt that no further honor
contribute to Punch, and Mark Lemon,
Tom Taylor, Charles III. Keene, F. c.
Burnand and Phil May are a few whose
remarkable gifts have added lustre to
its name.
During the years of it's prosperity
and power Our own Puck bore a strong
resemblance TO Punch. Like it's great
prototype, and unlike our anaemic
weel<lies of today, it was founded not
on capital, but brains. Like Punch it
was avowedly a humorous paper, but
its tremendous influence in public af-
fairs was due to the mordant wit of
it's political cartoons and the sanity Of
it's editorial page. These cartoons and
editorials We're q factor of great i'm
portance i'll the first election of Grover
Cleveland, as were the Mast cartoons in
Harper's weekly in the fight made by
honest New York against the Tweed
ring.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
TO ANY FILM QUEEN.

Twinkle. twinkle, movie star.
We don't know just where you are
Maybe in q mansion grand
On the California strand,
Cruising to some lovely spot
In your costly private yacht,
Or. Derchance. in tropic isles
Wooing natures sunlit smiles
1t matters not for on the screen
Still your shadow may be SEEN
Loving, hating, laughing, crying,
Screaming, sobbing moaning, signing
While no sound comes to our ears,
We can read your face-your tears,
Though by glycerin they're fashioned
Show to us a soul impassioned,
So it makes US glad or sad. o,
Just to see your fleeing shadow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
Building Activity in birmingham

Building contractors are very busy
said Charles M. Allen. There has been a
steady improvement in the construction
| situation recently. Many houses are in
| course of erection and there would be
more but for the scarcity of building
material fa rgfrS tgsw 1850 J5I
THE public has no idea how short the
supply of material is. Conditions in this
respect will improve in time, and as there
is no longer a shortage of labor, 1 look
for decided activity in house building
between now and the end of the year.
There is a great demand for buildings
of every description
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
EXPERT.

"The late Judge Pribble was an old
fashioned jurist."
SO he was. He helped himself over
many knotty problem in the law by
in 80 years of expectorating from the
bench he never once missed the cuspi-
dor"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
THIs Is GOING TOO FAR

From the Colorado Transcript
Here is a remarkable case of crowd
ing reported to an insurance company:
Dear Sirs-This is to advise you that
am just recovering from a case of
flu. Went to bed nearly three weeks
ago. Was followed by my wife and
daughter and then by the office girl"
Oh, flu. where is thy sting,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
HARD TO LOCATE.

How do you find your new steno-
grapher?"
Usually by telephoning all over the
building" growled Mr.. Dubwaite. Next
week Pm going to have one who will
at least stay within shouting distance
of my elbow"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
ANYTHING FOR DELAY

From the Passing Show, London.
Private Blank, said the colonel Sc
verely, reprimanding doughboy for
minor breach of military regulations.
what would you do If should tell You
that you were to be shot at sunrise?'
Gosh, colonel replied the Yank,
watching the shadow Of q grin steal
over his officers face. I'D sure pray
for cloudy day
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
AS man without a country. Doctor
Muck is likely to score the greatest sue
cess Of his lifetime, since there is no
sign that any country, now that Swift
zerland SHES at him, too, is anxious for
the honor of his devotion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord.
quicken my senses. May L see Thy
trailing garments in the sky, hear
Thy breath in the trees and ON the
waters; catch Thy passing In the pa
geant of the seasons; know Thee in
the day and night; in the flowers; in
the night of the hills. Even ON the
dark sea of pain md death may
discern Thy voice, saying, at is IT,
Amen.-H. NJ. Il.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
THE MODERN CHILD

From the Boston Transcript.
Wee Bessie asked her mother what
prayers are and was told that Prayers
are little messages to God" 20. Il see."
said the child. r'And we wait 7 ! bed-
time to send 'em SOS to get night
rates.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04

always regarded women as a joke.
when it came to shooting guns said Gill
bert III. Green, until yesterday afternoon
Miss /. York, Miss Pauline Johnson.
Mrs. Green and drove out beyond Boyles
and engaged in shooting match with
pistols Miss York shot twice through
a piece of paper two inches in width
and three inches in breadth twenty-five
feet away, and only fired two shots. Mis-;
johnson and Mrs. Green both did some
good shooting and 1 know neither of
them had very much practice
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
PLENTIFUL AND GETTING RIPE

From the Florida Times Union.
Alabamas crop of sweet potatoes this
year promises to exceed total of 5.ooo,-
0ee bushels, according to government
estimates. Is the posum crop hold
ing up?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
NOTHING TO CONCEAL.

1T must be humiliating to be calico
a tax-dodger," remarked the inpecun.
ious man
THAT depends on the point of view,
Some people find it much more hum
iliating not to be in position to
display agility of that kind"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
EXASPERATING HUSBAND.

Heavens what a mani"
Whats the trouble, my dear?"
We quarreled again this morning. I
said. You poor fish, you ran around
after me for three years before I'd
consent to marry you, dropping on your
knees and proposing to me over and
over again in the most absurd fashion,"
And what did he say to that?"
He said, My love, don't mix meta
phoEs. A fish could not possibly per-
form the feats you attribute to me-"
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
CUTTING OFF LuxURIEs.


! rimony seriously"
There can be little doubt of that
"Yes?'
On the eve of his wedding day he
parteo from his tailor in tears, closed
up his account with a taxicab company
and bade farewell to his favorite,
waiter"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
AN EARNEST SOU

Standing with reluctant feet
Where the brook and river meet.
The maid life's duties could not shirk,
And SO she took up welfare work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
ADRIFrT WITH THE TIMES
INTERESTED.

silence. the poet will read from
his own works"
rs that fat, bald headed fellow
poet?"
HE SO styles himself" s
I'm that case I'll linger a while. I'm
curious to know what sort of mes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04

p. SIZES. Joe Saks was in Selma
sunday What was he doing there.
1t is none of my affair. Just ask him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04

/ arrived in Montgomery to be told
on my way from the depot to the Elk
change of the tragic death of Lieuten-
ant johnson the afternoon before. I
Immediately went around to see my
friend Harper Johnson who piloted me
in my first air voyage from Birming-
ham to Montgomery as the dead lieu
tenant was flying in one of the ships
of the Curtiss-J Johnson companies
planes. In fact 1 was told it was the
one in which 1 had ridden, and had
been scrapped in consequence of the
wreck.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04

The death Of Lieutenant johnson sad
dened me as I had found him an en-
thuslastic sbirdman. Having seen ser
vice abroad in which he risked his life
daily it seemed strange that he should
have gone to his death on a lovely
afternoon when making a pleasure trip
and flying low oversS@hat is considered
to be an unusually good landing field.
1t only goes to show that as yet fly
ing is rather a dangerous pastime. I
went around to see him laid out for
burial and my heart went out to his
loved ones.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04

No communication will be published
without its authors name. Rejected
manuscript will not be returned unless
stamps are incIosed for t..al PURPOSE.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-19
ROSTAND Y Ell EMPRESARIO.

Edmond Rostand tuvo el capricho,
V 10 tom0 con empeno, de representa-
e. mismo ell principal papel de su obra
Romanesgues, noche de estreno en-
Marsella. Lo representa- m~aravillosa
mente al decir de los que 10 Vieron.
Al terminar Ia function Y mientras
cl publico entusiasmado obligaba a
~levantar ell tel6n una Y otra vez, y
aplaudia Y aclamaba al orillante &C
tor, cuya impecable Y calmosa dicci6n
le habia seducido, IN empresario in
giles que habia p~resenciado el espec-
taculo y Ia oracion, entro en- Ell esce-
mario Y Sc acerco al poeta.
-Senor-le dijo. ~ignorando la YER
dadera personalidad del actor-ven-
20 a ofrecerle a listed doscientos fran
cos por noche para una serie de re-
presentaciones IN Londres.
-Muchas gracias-contest6 Ell poe
ta-Pero....no soy comico. Yo soy
Edmon Rostand.
-iCh,-repuso ell empresario con
su hermosa flema britannica:
listed es monsieur Rostand?
iiAll right! E~ntonces seran Qua
t]rocientos frances los que lie pagare
cada noche.
Rostand rechaz6 amablemente Ia
oferta.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-19

da, sera esteril para ell. En- cambio,
ell que Ia ejercit6, habra puesto a
prueba su fortaleza moral, habra he
cho la gimnasia del bien J de la emo
ci6n,
Nuestra piedad de hoy, podra ha-
Der sido inutil e ilogica, Ia de aver
tambien, acaso la de manana 10 sea
tambien; pero en- Ell compute total
dc nuestras piedades, habra siempre
n~oventa y nueve fecundas por una
esteriI, noventa Y nueve justas por
una injusta. Por otra parte, ell error
de la piedad suele repararse; el del
castigo no. Una piedad inmerecida,
puede suscitar un gran a%rrepenti-
nliento, en- tanto que en- un castigo
injusto, no puede ]generarse sino una
gran rabia. Ellie, pues, siempre que
tie sea possible, ell gesto piadoso.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-19
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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-19

Cuando Ut habitante de Corea tie
ne nccesidad de subir al techo de su
casa, necesita obtener permiso de
las a~utor!dades y pasar aviso a todos
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Santa Rosa Ave. SanAntonio. Tex