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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09

for Yancey. Usually those who chal-
 lenged Yancey "got enough" in the first
 clash: yet Hilliard and Yancey repeat
 edly met over a period of many years.
 But the beauty and charm, tho logic and
 force of their great speeches are not
 preserved to us in the text.
 The late John Witherspoon DuBose
 parable to the very best in American
 political and military literature. His
 Life and Times of Yancey" and his
 Gen. Joe Wheeler and the Army of
 Tennessee" are works of rare brilliance
 and charm. His Wheeler" published
 York, is still in circulation; but his "Yancey." the larger and more signfi- cant work, was published privately about 20 years ago. Only one edition was printed. Mir DuBose told one of the editors of the Advertiser that he preparation of "Yancey," rewriting some of the chapters as many as 20 times But he realized only $500 as his reward. Just before the tragic death Of MT. DuBose a year ago, 2 friend of his, with the authors consent, underdertook to interest some one of a half a dozen leading American publish CTS in a project to republish "Yancey,' but met with TO success. The pub fishers shrank from the initial cost Of publication, saying that biography does not sell well anyway. If this is true it is no credit to the tastes Of Ameri- can readers. for biography is the best and most entertaining division of his- torical literature.
 We have omitted mention of more re- cent Alabama literature, much Of which Is worthy to be compared with the productions of any American authors of the same kind of literature. Neither have we exhausted the list of excelen, works by Alabamians which are now out of circulation and lagely unknown
 to the present generation, We have ] merely made hurried sketches of few 1 of the best to point out how we have neglected our own
 Yet, what is more natural than that We should have permitted Alabama au- l thors to die with the generation that say the last of their physical bodies ? What have we done in the schoolrooms ! of Alabama to popularize the names of I our writing men and women and fa- miliarize the child mind with the books these craftsmen wrote? What have WI done in the schoolrooms of Alabama to
 enable the child to visualize the won
 derfui story Of Its state and people. In recent years we have done much better by the child in the schoolrocm. We have been fairer to our state and it's history than we formerly were. But
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

They claim that bedbugs haven't any sense. But they have. When tobacco favored man and his caramel-flay ored wife are sleeping in the same bed she will get up in the morning covered With welts, while he won't even have bite. Another reason why>there is so much disappointment in this world is because we all expect too blame much. Before he marries her he tells her that he is unworthy of her. And after
 he marries her he does everything he can to prove it.
 Marriage is a. good thing in some ways. ! Some married men have two clean shirts
 week. where they only had one week when they were single.
 | And the betting is that if a man SC lected his wife's hats they would look 1 even worse than the ones she chooses herself
 | The married woman who advises 9 l girl to remain single is merely wasting her time There are some things that a l girl wants to find out for herself. Even when a woman has good hus- band. a nice home. a player piano and
 q new auto she can be perfectly miser-
 able, because one of the lace curtains in | the front room doesn't hang straight. 1 And a woman can't understand why any woman who owns Sl2OO set or fCrs l Is silly enough to go to Florida for the winter.
 1 Any wife can tell you that if she doesn't keep an eye on her husband he is | just as liable as not to use her crepe 1 waist or her silk combination or one of | her stockings to rub the dust off his shoes before he leaves the house. l A sure way for mother to get father s goat is for mother to say to daughter: "I certainly hope you'll never be big enough fool to get married" A front is & big thing, and clothes do make the man. The fact of the matter Is | that crook in $60 suit can sell Con- | federate s10 bills for s10. while an honest man with fringes on his pants couldn't I sell slO gold pieces for 50 cents. 1 Many a man who knows how to pray lin only one language knows how to cuss
 in four or five languages.
 i And what has become of the old-fash- toned woman who used to wear three petticoats in winter?
 l The old fashioned hen that used to lay I'-cent eggs now has a daughter uAat lays
 75-eent eggs.
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tent that 1t was dangerous for the public to use 1t.
 Now, Dick has always been of a 5u-
 dicial temperament and after noting
 that foot passengers were able to cross
 without falling through the cracks, that buggies succeeded in gaining tho
 other side without falling in the crew ices, that horses and mules were able
 to jump the holes, that the dummies
 never crashed through, he strolled back and wrote an article to the effect that
 with little propping tho bridge would be able to last through the
 week.
 Bear in mind tho next time you set nervous Tn crossing 1t that this was and also recall that the famous con-
 crete viaduct that was built at such OK pense and was such a source of civic
 pride, after having been patched be- yond repair, Is fast being torn away
 for new one which may be opened
 
 many. This Is no reflection on MT.
 Worthington. He has to walt on ma terial and men. It Is just a hopeful
 bit of prophecy.
 Now, I have seen some of the worlds 5 greatest bridges. If enumerated them all you might just think I was trying to show off and make some of you who have never travelled much feel bad, but such is not the case. You need not repine if you have not crossed mingham is one of the most wonderful structures in existence.
 You may have passed over 1t thou sands of times without ever getting l out to inspect it. If you have never
 done so make pilgrimage to it for it is we'll worth doing. It holds soma worlds record. It has had up ths familiar sign "Closed for repairs" more than any other structure of it's kind in America I heard a fellow say that he rode up to 1t one day and found that no one was working on 1t and he thought something was wrong with it and drove down to Twentieth street and out home.
 I really think that true Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09
Community Sing Association Membership

6NHE next drive will be for mem-
 H bers for the Community Sing association. It will begin on Wednes- day and is expected to continue until an enrolment of a thousand is reached.
 The community sing fills distinct civic want and in order to keep up the institution through the indoor sea- son an association was formed re- gently for the purpose of enlisting the interest of public-spirited citizens.
 Those who attend the sings Sunday after Sunday and who derive benefit from these diverting and humanizing contribute their nickels and dimes. The weekly collections total something like fifty dollars, but this amount must be supplemented by funds raised otnerWlse.
 A sustaining membership will solve the problem and as the fee is only five dollars the approaching cam paign should be marked success. An orchestra is a feature of the sings and with increased revenue more musicians will be employed and the
 playing generally improved. The war draft made serious inroads in our
 band and orchestral material, but now that the army is being rapidly de-
 mobilized more skilled musicians will
 be available than ever. All that is
 needed to secure their services is
 money.
 With an association membership
 yielding five thousand dollars a year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 TN a recent article by Henry Waiter
 son repeated alluson is made to
 = Simon Suggs." "Suggs' in his day
 was one of Alabama's most familiar and delightful characters. The literature written around this character is compar- able to Mark Twain's best. Twain ab-
 sorbed it and admitted that it influ-
 enced his own creations. But for the
 most part Simon Suggs' is forgotten,
 TO less. in Alabama than elsewhere. A
 few years ago the Birmingham News performed public service by reprint ing the book serially; but the work is
 out of print.
 But Simon Suggs" has merely sui fered the fate of most of Alabamas s best literature. This work of Hoopers is no
 where on sale-there are no copies to sell. In recent years there was a re- vival of interest in A. R. Meek's mo- table Red Eagle" poem when 1t was rerublished. Jere Clemens. an able po- litical leader, was no less gifted writer of fiction, among his more celebrated
 " orks being Mustang Gray" and ''The
 Rivals,' the latter being a historical novel with Burr and Hamilton as the , knows about Clemens novels now ex- | ccpt the men who !grew up in another generation Flush Times in Alabama ard Mississippi by Joe Baldwin, was rare bit of literature of its kind. It Is better known to men of today than some of the others but it is out of print and cannot be purchased. General Wood wards "Reminiscences" which was re- printed serally in the Advertiser 10 or i. years ago. Is likewise out of print No student of Alabama history can have completed his studies of pioneer days iin Alabama, especially life among the l IT oians, who has not read these remark ale sketches. These reminiscent sketches
 were of great value to Pickett in pre- pairing his famous history of Alabama. 1 Pickett's history is available to linn
 ited number of scholars engaged in re- search. but it is not in general use. It , is not available to the whole reading
 putlic.
 l It is distinct misfortune to students
 of American political literature that only
 scraps and bits of the speeches by Hill | Hard and Yancey in their memorable de-
 bates in Alabama are preserved in print
 ed form. Had competen, reporters fol- | lowed these orators in their debates, the | forensic engagements that shook Ala
 bema would today be familiar 10 the high school student in every state as the l be tier advertised debates between Lin | coln and Douglass in Illinois. Yancey was the greatest American orator. Hi- Hard was the only Alabamian of his day
 uho was regarded as a confident match
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09

Birmingham would be able to main tain an orchestra of decided credit to city of two hundred thousand popu- lation.
 Let's show our appreciation Of what the community sing management is doing by responding promptly to the campaign appeal.
 A thoughtful Alabama solon wants a law passed to prevent barefooted boys and girls from getting tacks in their feet. An! He was once a barefooted boy. That sort of thing makes hit with the voters
 A man who says he was court jester to Czar Nicholas claims he was robbed of valuables in New York. Whether the fellows story is true or not, Nicholas certainly needed somebody to make him laugh
 An American officer in Germany sends us a postcard bearing the picture of a German vineyard. That feature of the landscape helps to make the fatherland sacred in German eyes.
 # ;s # The bolsheviki seem to have gotten the upper hand in Russia by foolng the soviets. Who said the ransomed Russ didn't know how to play good politics? # # < Senator Knox is declared to be tho ablest republican. Certain other distin- guished republicans could express an opinion on that, if they cared to. * * * The anti-tobacco agitatorS say: "Once national prohibition seemed like a dream" It isn't safe to bet on any pro- position these days. * < * Soldiers who cheerfully bore hardships l during the war are now beginning to
 utter loud complaints It is not an en- couraging sign. Of 32OO brewers in Belgium, 2SG0 were robbed of their copper material by the
 Huns. How that unfortunate country
 has suffered! l If the peace conference succeeds in keeping the Jugo-Slavs and the Italians from coming to grips, it will have done we'll
 ]. * ;: The citizens of London find it no more agreeable to amble to and from their ! work than the citizens of Manhattan. < j. x Germans are trying to make friends with Americans. possibly looking forward to membership in American turnvereins. Women delegates to the German na- tional assembly will get used to answer ing roll calls after 8 while. # # ;. The dogs of war likewise had their troubles with cooties, but they had nc garments to read * * &, There's more democracy to the square foot in Weimar just now than there has ever been before. What's become of the old-fashioned female reformer who didn't know how ! to dress?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES

ADMIREs THE CONQUERORs Poor Dibnieby"'
 Whats the matter with him?" He's the worst henpecked man I know And what do you suppose his hobby is.'' "I can't imagine"
 'Napoleonana."
 THEY'RE STILL READING IT T want book" said the seedy visitor at public library. We have 10000 volumes here. sir" an swered the brisk seventh assistant libra rian. What particular book do yu want?'
 I've forgotten the title, but it's about a tiger skin rug"
 "Ah! Miss Bvangelne, get the gentle man a copy of Three Weeks
 FAVORED MORTALs T envy those secret service men who guard the President remarked the man who is fond of travel, but hates pub Iicity.
 Why soT'
 "They go everywhere and sec everything to the best advantage, but nobody ever calls on them for a speech
 PAUL COON.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09
A SOLDIERS PRAYER.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Our Boss. who are in Washington. Wilson be thy name. Our pay days come with very small sum. And pur clothes won't hold together. Give us this day our slum and beans, and for give us our longings for discharges as we forgive those who are keeping us from getting them. Keep us not for ever III camp Sheridan. but deliver us back to our homes in Gods country
 Amen :--J. T. M, 2os Engineers, Camp Sheridan. I'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09

at that we don't seem to have taken up tho subject of history with tho en- thusiasm and seriousness of purpose Which the subject justifies among any people anywhere.
 It Is all we'll enough to teach a boy now to mako water trough without any leaks in it or how to make a per rect oevelIed edge. and it Is undoubted- ly very desirable that we teach girls the mechanism of a sewing machine ; but 1t Is superficial sense of values that would turn our children out of the schoolroom mere ignorant merchanics. And he is most ignorant who knows the least history
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09
7 2 q Four-Footed Yank Wins Honor Abroad

MMAJ. o. QUIMBY MELTON, GV4 325th regiment, American ex- peditionary forces, contributes to the Atlanta Constitution one of the best dog stories that has recently appeared in print. It is biographical sketch of "Al Tennessee" who has a war record to be proud of.
 "Al" enlisted with the machine gun company of the 325th regiment while it was training at Camp Gordon and has been with the organization ever since. He sailed from New York hid den in handbag. He debarked at Liverpool in the same receptacle and paraded in London with suitable dig nity before King George.
 But it was in the trenches and in 1No Mans Land" that "Al" met with adventures enough to last an ordinary dog lifetime. As police dog and gas sentinel he was invaluable. He started to howl the moment he smelled gas and kept it up until his mask was adjusted. He spent his leisure mo- nents killing trench rats. A frequent volunteer for patrols, GAL" so his comrades declare, could smell boche 100 yards away and give warning without making sound. He went out no less than 20 times with patrol parties.
 "Al" has been gassed and wounded in action and has had his troubles with cooties, far worse than the most vindictive flea that ever afflicted a self-respecting dog. Now he's think ing of coming home and when the S2nd division returns to the United States he will probably be an accred- AbC0 PRcoCASCi Oii O VI &uo pOAt, CHI'IiSu to wear a service stripe and wound chevron. But Il months old, he has spent six months in the service of his country.
 An honorable record! May "Al Ten nessee" live to a ripe old age and never lack for bone to gnaw on!
 * * *
 Larger Enrolment
 For the Colleges
 e1H HE second semester of Alabama A colleges should witness goodly enrolment. Many soldiers returning home were students when they joined the colors. They will now be able to complete their courses of studies.
 It used to be that farmers sons were deprived of college training be- cause of lack of funds, but no such excuse can be offered today. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09
Glad Kilby Vetoed Bill
Watched Birds While Sick

'~rhe flu got me good" said George Bondurant. "It kept me at home near
 ly a month and l feel that 1t will take a trip to the coast to get me in sha pc once more. I was in bed for quite awhile, but after I got up I used to sit at my window and watch the birds. I counted Il different varieties in the
 yard and woods around my home. One day I was surprised to see squirrel in
 one of the trees nearby. l live on Avalon near Highland avenue"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09
NO BOLSHEyIK

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 They had been married three months and were having their first quarrel--which shows that they wers a remarkable couple.
 Evidently" she said Jelly, you re- sret that you have married me. Tha step is not irrevocable. however. If you care to be released from your bonds"-
 Naw.' he interrupted, impatiently; I'm no 90-day recruit I enlisted for the term of the war"
 She couldn't think of any retort, 50 she maintained a scornfu silence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09

REALISM Have you any cabarets rere?' "One is still doing a little business" How do you account for that, when the town Is bone-dry?" '"rhe walters there have learned how to open a bottle of ginger ale and make 1t sound exactly like the popping of a champag cork"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09

BEGINNING THE DAY-Reawak- en my dreams, o Lord, my God. Take me back again to that early day when the world seemed all ready for me, when life was . fine, thrill- ing thing, when God was near and high ambition easy. Stir me again with the wonder of living and serv- ing. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09
THEY'LL CALL IT ".IOrFER,

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Having fought for 50 years over koN property to pronounce the name of Goethe street, the Chlcagoans who live Ill 1t are now about to face another puzzle--how to pronounce Juffre cor rectly. as this name is to be substituted for the poets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09

1 li realized the truth at last And turned sictiy greer.
 | Forthwith he uttered loud complaints And fercely cursed his lack
 | And told the minions of the law Just how he had been stuck.
 But too late then. Tho birds had flown. He took the train for Kan, A poorer, and it might be said A somewhat wiser man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09
THE REASON

THE REASON That hateful Mrs. Gribbie is always inviting me to her house." Well, my dear, she must like you Nonsense. She has a lot of new fur niture."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09
THE CLEAN
THE CLEAN From Tenyson's Merlin and the

From Tenysons Merlin and tho Clean"
 Not of the sunlight. Not of the moonlight, Not of the starlight, O young Mariner, Down to the haven Call your companions, I.auuch your vessel. And crowd your canvas, And ere it vanishes Over the margin, After it follow it, Follow the Clean!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09
Pelham Encampment Meeting

'T came up Thursday to attend meeting of the Pelham encampment
 committee" said Dr. w. F. Marlborough,
 state secretary of the Baptist work in
 Alabama "The convention owns a
 fine property at Pelham Heights, just
 20 miles below Birmingham on the
 Louisville and Nashville and Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroads,
 and for several years pas. has made
 use of it in various ways during the
 spring and summer, holding the preach
 CTS school the state Baptist Young
 Peoples union and Sunday school con-
 vention. and winding up with a sum
 mer assembly drawing Baptists from
 all over Alabama. There is large ho-
 tel, a commodious dining room, an au
 ditorium and the Woman's Missionary
 union building, together with a num-
 Der of cottages. The grounds are beau-
 tifully located, being on the crest of
 mountain, with magnificent views of
 the valleys below and the surround
 ing country"
 Dr. Tupper Goes To Washington
 q was pleased to note that pr.
 Henry Allen TH pper, brother of the late Mrs. T. A. Hamilton, of blessed memory in this city, has been called to the First Baptist church, Washington. D. O. said Dr. A. J. Dickinson. He is an alumnus of my alma mater, Rich mond, Va and also a graduate of the Southern J2aptist oIo ericaI eeypipary He returns to the pastorate after some years in service in public affairs, hay ing been commissioner to Mexico under the International Forum.
 ''He Is the author of Around the World With Eyes Open. Armenia Its Present Crisis and Past History, 'Columbia's War for Cuba Uncle Ali lens Party in Palestine, "A Ray for Each Day from the Sun of Righteous ness and was the chief editor of the Encyclopa edia of Missions. Dr. Tup- I per has just prepared work entitled l Democracy-the Ideal Form of Gov ernment, the Hope of Humanity" Glad Kilby Vetoed Bill
 l "I am glad Governor Kilby vetoed the ] bill of Representative Faulk of Geneva county, which would do away with tho county farm demonstrator,' said N. E. Klem, from the lower end of Jefferson county. If the bill had gone through | it would have been an entering wedge !, for other counties
 ! Every county needs a good farm de- 1 monstrator, and if possible, two Ca man and a woman), for only in this way can up-t date methods be passed along from
 one farm to another. It Is the demon-
 strator's duty to keep posted on every thing new in agriculture, and then get ! busv to mass ou his inforua tion'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09
A SORE TOPIC

What is this senatorial dignity I hear 50 much ahou.?' Woodrow's trip to Europe IS mentioned"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The AgeHerald will not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-08


Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee:
My attention has bee called to an
article Of yours bearing my name, in
the columns of the Advice to Love-
lorn," Omaha Bee. of July 3.
do not cater to any such advice and
will say this much that I did not
write you any such letter, or any
other kind, and never met any such
girl in Omaha that could take such
a fancy to and spend such an en-
joyable evening with, then forget
her address. My hired help Is en-
tirely satisfactory to me; am not
bit lonesome, as work is plentiful
out around this place and I have
plenty of companions. When l
want to marry, I can assure you I
need not resort to any such method
as going through the columns of any
newspaper for a wife.
Would you be so kind as to send
me the original letter and envelope,
as may need 1t. Some one imagined
they would have some fun at my ex-
pese and will be surprised to find
themselves carrying the burden upon
their own shoulders. Hoping that
may hear from you by return mail,
remain, yours very respectfully,
q FERD KLEEMANN.
Sorry. but do not keep a file for
these letters. I do remember, how
ever. that the letter was poorly
written in pencil. There is nothing
moro contemplate than a practical
Joker and presume an acquaintance
thought he was doing something
clever. Really, these practical jokes
come from the ignorant minds. Do
not let the letter cause you any en-
barrassment-it isn't worth 1t.