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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-10-22

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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-10-22

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
SIR WALTER scor--s PROFESSION

SIR WALTER sCOTTsS PROFESSION From the Christian Science Monitor.
 What was Sir Walter Scott's profess sion?" asks MT. BirreIl. Was it that of man of letters who chanced to be called to the bar or of man of law who wrote the Waverly Novels?' The question will be startling one to number of peo- pie who were under the impression that they knew all about the novelist and now find themselves quite unfamilior with the lawyer. Mr. Birrell answers it, to his own complete satisfaction, by pointing out that Scott was called to the Scottish bar six years before "The Lay of the Last Minstrel was written and 1s years before the first Waverly Novel appeared. From 1906 to 1880 Scott was a clerk in the court of sessions, which entafled al- most daily attendance while the court was sitting. Those who want to learn about Scott as a lawyer--in all he gj ~a Judgments in IA cases-cannot do be than read what MT Chisholm has to e on this subject in his book, 'sScotts -a- casions in the Sheriff Court of Selkii
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25

lar class year and a half ago, ac- cording to the law based on the reve- nue of his office. but under that spe- cial action of Congress he will see his first five thousand dollar check this summer.
 It is estimated that the government saved only at the rate of two million dollars year by the wartime meas ure, or about three million dollars all told. Of course, no postmaster will initiate a movement to ask the United States court of claims to allow the pay that each would have received had it not been for the inopperative clause of the bill of 1917. There is nothing to prevent such proceeding.
 Maybe the Postmaster General will propose that claims be filed In the circumstances it would be but just and proper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 R1HE man whom Mayor Robert A.
 Van Wyck in 1901 characterized
 S "the best chief of police New York has ever had," and whom many reformers regarded as the worst. dies millionaire in his Far Rokaway home after long years of retirement. William S. Devery, 'Big Bill" was not so ..slick" as Tom Byrnes, not so brutal in treatment of crowds as Alex Will Hams. the King of Clubs. He never minded posing as a Pirate King. If he had put his creed into verse it would not have varied much from MT. Gll- bert's formula:
 Better by far to live and die
 Under the bold black flag ry
 Than to play a sancttmonlous part
 With A pirates head and a pirates
 heart
 For Devery had a creed of his own; moral standards of his own He never played the coward. He never went back on a friend He did less lying than almost anyb ody else connected with the old police system. He was generous to those who needed help. His cheer. fulness was a model to many of his critics. And the gift of slang, the gen. ius that creates colloquialisms that enrich if they do not, purify the Ian guage, gave him continuous pie turesqueness. His characterizations Of the late Seth Low were interesting but rather incomprehensible to a college presidents mind Not Lo the poor In dian. but Low the poor mayor" "A toasted marshmallow." Little Eva, the silk upholstered mayor" were some of them. He called General Greene "a flower-pot general with the pot cracked" It is claimed that he orig | mated an adjective now in the diction- aries when he reduced Captain Mo
 Cluskey saying. Hes too chesty." When Croker had gone out and new
 Pharaoh that~saY~ .o. DgTs had
 come m. = former chief called Charles
 F. Mvel .ly something like one or them | psT amusements they have got down , .o Rockaway-a crooks cylinder' oarA as a pocket inside, and very smoo'n' As a member of the earlier triumVirate Murphy had been the Soprt m pevery.s sport Joke and Two-Spot''
 epigram. "Thi oonncua' E.k?Y
 epigram. ".Touchin' on an appertainin to,, had a great vogue. When Devery tried to beatyTammany by running for
 mayor in 1903. with the Ninth assem- bly district behind him. his platform pledge vas. There will be cleaning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
As others See Him


 "Just few years ago, when was returning from a little trip,' said pr. Preston B. Wells. pastor of Highlands Methodist church. T had rather an amusing experience. I was sitting In the smoker with my coat off, cigar in my mouth and my feet propped up in a comfortable position and was en- toying myself as much as I could in hot, dusty Pullman.
 Presently I was attracted by the conversation of two men-fellow trav- elers-whom we'll call Smith and Jones. They were discussing Birming- ham as we pulled in, and one of them said to the other: Know anything about this town we are coming tor The other replied: Yes, I live there I hear it's a pretty good business town said the first speaker. But otherwise as dead as door nail. The blankety-blank preachers have gotten together and stopped pretty nearly ar amusements. No picture shows oh Sunday no Sunday baseball, no any, thing much. Why, I understand that three or four of those blank kety- blank preachers in that town actually went around making stump speeches in or der to stop the Sunday movies. Is 1t true?' The other man nodded and presently the first speaker left, so I turned to the man who said he lived in Birmingham and said: Stranger, is all this true that your friend has been saying about your home townT The man nodded and said: Yes, every word of 1t. The blank ety. blank preachers have pretty nearly ruined Birmingham on Sundays. There's ab- solutely no place to go and the town is just as dead as it can ber
 We parted after the conversation and couldn't help laughing about it, for I had heard myself discussed and 'cussed' by two perfect strangers who certainly had it in for the preachers of Birmingham, who had their share in stopping the Sunday moving pie tures.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25

It takes all kinds of people to make a world, including a Chicago couple who have planned a honeymoon trip to see the willard-Dempsey fight
 * < # ',No act of violence can touch the honor of the German people," writes Won Han- iel. True. It was proved by German atrocities during the war.
 # < x Iris, an ungratefuI world The movie producers are not offering lucrative con- tracts to army cooks who established flapjack records in France. An eastern periodical publishes some photographs of the moonshiner in his na- tive haunts. The kitchen distiller is not a picturesque character.
 * * * One Of the few sporting achievements credited to the Germans was the sinking of their navy in the sea-basin of Scapa Flow.
 * < .s It seems a pity that after all the hard work Colonel House has done in Paris his name will not be affixed to the peace treaty.
 * * * Ice-cold beer is under the ban these sweltering days, but slice of ice-cold watermelon brings temporary relief
 x * # With a drought imminent, proprietors of New York's s roof gardens have adopted a policy of watchful waiting.
 * * * Sergeant York seems to be enjoying g much needed rest, far from the madding crowd and inqusitive reporters.
 # # # Is it possible that another week is go- ing by without somebody hopping off on a transatlantic flight?
 x x 4 Is Paris still watchfully waiting for that promised visit of Bella Kun, noted apostle of the under dog?
 ss F F President Pessoa of Brazil doesn't talk like man who thinks the Monroe doc- Urine is loaded. It looks as if Switzerland would have to make room for a few more exiles from Germany
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
From the Stars and Stripes

From the Stars and Stripes. r OT1HE most delicate part of days
 work for driver who keeps his
 S truck at Clotten, outside of Coch- en, is the parking of the truck at night. Level ground along the 'Moselle is so scarce that most villages cling to the hillside, and the only parking place is a river. bank strip along the highway. Unless eased into place just so, the truck is likely to slip off the mud into a watery grave three or four feet below. Three hundred Fourth division. trucks have sometimes been parked on the strip. Some of them have had to be ished out of the river.
 The commanding general of the Fourth corps is on top of the world, residing in Burg Cochem, a picturesque and lofty castle on an isolated summit But all is not velvet, for the castle road is so steep that often the general has to get out of his automobile and walk up
 Tourists in Trier first of all seek the ruins of the Roman amphitheatre, built the uTSL century dllO SdPoDiO VI SN~'S ing 5000 fans at the gladiator fights. They may have difficulty in finding the old Roman athletic field, built POGO years ago, but spread out before them on the Moselle flat is a perfectly good Amer ican baseball diamond, built by the Tanks this spring.
 American buck privates and officers take orders from German every day at Neuenahr The Boche is German professor hired to teach at the Fourtn Corps school Speaking English in his class is strictly verboten.
 Clay pigeon shooting with shotguns is one of the duties of the air squadrons in the Rhineland At the First Air Squad ron grounds near Andernach observers and pilots bang away every morning at s'gtin club" near the river. Some crack shots have been trained. The purpose IS to develop quickness and alertness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

One nice thing about having children Is that when you get to be 50 years old your H-year-old son can teach you anything you do not know.
 The more pompous a man is over his table etiquette the more certain we are that he got his start eating off an oilcloth-covered table in the kitchen.
 A widower never fools a widow by talking like a school boy. But a widow can easily fool a widower by talking like school girl
 Funny how much bossing man will stand from his daughter when he won't stand for any from her mother.
 And what has become of the fellow who carried his lead pencil behind his right ear?
 It doesn't help a stomach ache any to refer to the section that is hurting you as your abdomen.
 A fellow hears so many complaints and so few compliments that he is often tempted to regard deafness as a bless ing instead of an affliction. The real reason why your baby is sc smart is because he takes after his father.
 And if you let man measure himself the betting is that he will stretch the tape little bit.
 Nature Is a great joker. She likes te give a bald-headed man a luxuriant crrf | of hair in his ears and nose where ni dcesn't need it. l Once in a while you see man who's | feet are so large that you wonder he doesn't get tired dragging then around.
 ! Just now the June brides are nsn. dainty dish mops with handles Bu a year from now they will be uaing aS old greasy rag just like mother psed
 There was time when mar had ( admit that he couldn't see through 1 ' woman. We said there was a tirae.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
THE YANKEE RHINE

Move that town back across the Mo- selle river," ordered a colonel You had it right in the first place, so why did you move it over on the north bank?'
 Mose1kern is the much-moved town. but i; has been moved on maps only. and not bodily German maps showed it on the south side. French maps had it in the middle of the stream. and the map-mak- CTS of the Twenty ninth engineers took some one's word for 1t had placed it on the north side of the Moselle. Now 1t has to be moved again.
 Lawn socials are hardly military, but the Third army held one at Schloss Bas- seriheim on Mothers Day. The guests came to the party in machine gun trucks. There were Japanese lanterns hung in
 the gardens, and old fashioned games like Ring Around A-Rosey'' were played while the Fifty fourth Pioneer infantry band furnished music. The party was given in the beautiful castle gardens of Baron Julius von Waldthausen, formerly imperial ambassador to Turkey, Argen- tine and Denmark, and consul general at
 Calcutta The baron lives in part Of the palace and speaks English per fectly. ssSs
 The uttermost outpost on the Rhine! Such is the claim made by the detach-
 ment of Tanks from the Twenty-sixth infantry stationed at Molsberg castle. the apex of the Coblenz bridehead. The castle is still inhabited by Count Franz Walderdorff and his family.
 l Any place in the army of occupation Tanks stop suddenly while strolling along before pictures advertising steam | ship companies and exclaim: That's the boat I came over on.'' They are the old. pre-war ads of the German firms owning I the Vaterland, Kaiser Wilhelm, Won Steuben and other large vessels con- verted into American troop transports
 and many of thepn renamed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
DEVERY

out that will remind you of May Day in Hell"
 < Beginning as a bartender in the Bowery this man went on the police force and worked himself up to the top. Energy he hand Knowing of the force lie had. Nor was he without a sense of justice and common sense in his punishments of routine offenders He was respected as we'll as feared by men whose ideals were no higher than his own.
 William S. Devery passes. He had his place in the history of a great mu- nicipality. He belonged to period which had trends and tendecies that should never be revived. The realiza- ton of the hope that they never will be revived depends on the civic virtue of New Workers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
* % < HUMANITY IN ART
By Emerson.

By Emerson.
 Pictures must not be too picturesque. Nothing astonishes men so much as com mon sense and plain dealing. All great actions have been simple, and all great pictures are. The Transf1guration by Raphael is an eminent example of this peculiar merit. A calm, benignant beauty shines over all this picture, and goes directly to the heart. It seems almost to call you by name. The sweet, sub lime face of Jesus is beyond praise; yet how it disappoints all fond expectations. This familiar, simple. home-speaking countenace is as if one should meet a friend
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25

BEGINNING THE DAY--o God. help me to believe in and try to awaken the hidden hero in every coward, the unseen striver in every sluggard, the buried beauty in every ugliness. Give me fond faith in the ultimate victory of God in His efforts with men. In Christ's name. Amen.---H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
Turned Over to Rote.

I've certainly did have an eXcellent time in Kansas City" said Thornton who returned from that city>yesterday afternoon, where he went as a dele gate from the Birmingham Rotary club to the International Rotary con vention. 'The city was turned over 70 Rotarians and from the minute we hit the town until we left there was some thing doing all the time. However. we were real glad to get back home"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
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NOT SO HAPPY

From the Iyailey Gdaho) NsNa
 The band for the Eqelk1 v ;ps - ..r, be a combination <f eas M M tro,, Bellevue and ntne " ss E r,-,,or VT. ', e1 my ;S. -df 1lSy band nor ss-A - '. ss Y. ,Ssod III Be1levue band. so a sz.s' 'Ss -17ve TT GiG4ested itself by mak- M 57Qu don of the name of the two
 call it the ''Bef' for Bellevue
 ley'' for Haley. making Behey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
OUT OF A LONELY HEART.

Miss Teacher" said Mir Jibway to his stenographer. before we go out to lunch together wish you'd dash off note to my wife at the seashOre."
 Certainly. MT. Jibway. What shall I say?"
 "Just say I'm well and miss her ter ribly. Then get your hat my dear, and we'll trot along"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
TRACES OF THE PAST.

TRACES OF THE PAST. s'Mr. Giddiboy has covered a great deal Of territory in the 50 years of his life" 'so he has. Tawonder if the stories told about him are true?''
 What kind of stories?'
 "oh, the kind that lead you to infer ttat a great deal of the time he was out of bounds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
SKATING ON THIN ICE

From the Chattanooga Times.
 The man who suggests that very good tipple with a 8 per cent kick can be made from watern1elons" IS tsifing with very serious question When they come to prohibiting water> I. elons there will be a rebellion aes1r8 enough. and we will not havs<&6<
 port Russians to start 1t. eit x v'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
ODE TO MELANCHOLY

By John Keats. She dwells with beauty y-beauty thssr Kaost
 die;
 And joy, whose hand is ever at nis .lrs Bidding adieu; and aching pleas nigh { Turning to poison while the a uoatn
 sips; Ay, in the very temple of delig' Veil'd melancholy has he sovrF+n
 shrine,
 Though seen of none save Ea \ ioss
 strenuous tongue Can burst joys grape agains h'sf pa asa
 fine,
 His soul shall taste the sa liipsg q her
 might, ! And be among her closd Fe2h-ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
Eye. on Fried Chicken

"A telegram from the war department announces my promotion to rank of cap tain," writes Chaplain Emmet P. Smith of the 167th. known as the fighting par son. T am now at Camp Shelby, but expect to muster out and return to Ala bama and assist in the memorial cam paign. After that pastorate and friend chicke en, if such a thing can be found a1n1na the Baptists of the state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
DECEPTIVE.

DECEPTIVE. She's such a fragile creature, So modest and demure, She's never out of mothers sight, Of that you feel quite sure. But, heavens, what a shock you get On learning that in France, Where shells were flying thick and fast, She drove an ambulance!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
LEAVE TT TO THIRST

From the NaShVlIIe Banner.
 Don't lose any sleep over what is to become of the 60, ,00oooo gallons of whisky that will still be on hand July l. Thirst will find a way. It knows as little law as necessity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
NOT so BAD.

Just had the pleasure of being intro duced to movie vampire"
 Do you call that pleasureT'
 "Oh, yes. She's regular girl Why, she confided to me that she abdominates slinky clothes and doesn't even smoke cigarettes except when posing before the camera"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
UNDER RESTRAINT.

DO you favor government ownership of raHroads?'
 "No." replied the old-fashioned citi- zen.
 "On economic grounds?"
 "On personal grounds l used to got lot of satisfaction out of cussing and discussing the railroads, but since Uncle Sam took them over haven't been able to do that without feeling like bol- shevik." PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
Build New Church

sI was down at Camp Hill, my home town" said Ben Walker, and was glad to find that Rev. W. w. Adams, a Howard college graduate who was recently called to the pastorate of the Baptist church, was making such a splendid record. He showed his con- gregation plans for beautiful mod ern church building, and from the en- thusiasm with which they were re- ceived I am sure 1t will not be long before work will begin, as the congre- eation is badly in need of more com fortable and commodious house of worship. Camp Hill is hustling. prosperous little city and does things in a big way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
TWENTY YEARS AGO
 IN THE AGE-HERALD
Events recorded June 25, 1898.

The committee appointed to examine the books and accounts of Capt. H. C.. Reynolds, former president of the Girls Industrial school at Montevallo, has created a sensation throughout Ala sbama by making serious charges re- flecting on the management of Captair Reynolds.
 The crisis between Great Britain and the Boers continues acute and the rum blings of war in the immediate futurs are now heard in London, while the peace conference still delibera at The Hague
 Captain Dreyfus is expected to ar- rive in Paris Sunday. The French capi- tai is excited over the return of the famous prisoner, but it is believed he will pass through Brest without any untoward incident.
 Mayor w. M Drennen has returned from the Eilks' convention at St. Louis and will resume the duties of his of- flee tomorrow.
 The miners convention has adjourned until next Tuesday. The work of the convention will be submitted to the various locals. A new wage scale has been drawn up. providing for a mini mum wage of 45 cents per ton with iron selling at $S a ton and under and a sliding scale from that point until | wages reach 55 cents per ton. which shall be the maximum The Alabama Educational associa- tion will meet this week in Birming- ham. Prof. J. B. Cunningham will preside. Many well known educato tors will attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
x M M
.Pan-American Interests
 Drawing Closer

THE Pan-American Commercial G congress, held in Washington recently, was attended by many prom inent business men and government officials of the Latin republics and the discussions were along practical lines and were animating throughout.
 Preliminary plans for the second Pan-American financial congress have been announced and when the body assemblies in, January next, each dele gation will be. headed by the minister of finance of the country represented. Complex problems in banking ex- change will be considered, and as result the commercial relations be- tween the United States and the re- publics south of us will be made easier and will be promoted in large de- gree.
 Pan-American commerce has great future and the participation of finan- ciers, in cooperation with manufac- turers and salesmen, will expedite the development of new outlets for trade.
 The era of prosperity that is now approaching will include business with our Latin neighbors on more ex- tensive scale than had been dreampt of few years ago.
 The Pan-American Union, with headquarters in Washington, has been laying solid foundation for profita- able exchange of traffic. It has paved the way for these congresses and for enlightening the people and bringing bankers and traders in touch with each other.
 In the meanwhile the study of Span ish in commercial centers of the Uni ted States must not be neglected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
New Kind of Store

q am leaving this week for Chicago" said Sam Friedman ito see about fixtures corporated under the name of the Lindy- Friedman Juveniles Stores, Inc We will occupy the store on Twentieth street, built for the Searight-Reese Furniture company, and now occupied by the Ed ward & Crist company, and known as the Tyson building. I feel that Birmingham needs such speciality store and that in opening 1t we will set a new pace for the entire south. We will handle every thing for children from layettes for the unborn babe all the way up through childhood into youth. We will open some time around the first of October.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
CLOSER QUARTERS.


 CLOSER QUARTERS. 'Tts shame the way people are packed into these trolley cars like sar- dines." exclaimed the fussy old gentle man. There's hardly room to draw a long breath"
 i've travelled with much, less com fort" said a husky young man, as he gently, but firmly, removed a fellow pas senger's elbow from the pit of his stom- ach-
 Where, sir? Where, sfr?' q was once headed for Germany in a tank
 HEARTLESS. Henry, Mrs. Wopleigh has a new motor car"
 well, does that mean that you have to have a new car?'
 Mot to such man as you. of course. Little you'd care if I never held up my bead again!'