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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
Medical Corps Officer Entertains

"1t will be of interest to the many friends of Alvin Belden of this city, who is a first lieutenant in the medical corps now in Germany. to learn that he is not only able to aid the soldiers in medical lines, but that his evenings devoted to the entertainment of them as well, said Mrs. J. B. Reid.
 Lieutenant Belden in writing of his work says it is far pleasanter to en- certain the men than to drill and that he is now chairman of the entertain ment committee of the sanitary trains and that they have organized glee and dramatic clubs. He will soon tour France as star in vaudeville and expects to appear in Paris early in February at the Theatre Les Holls. He also says the writer nights are awfully long and weary and that they need all sorts of enter tainments to cheer them up"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
An Active Relief
 Campaign Needed

THE campaign for raising funds
 4 for the relief of starving Ar menians and Syrians should enlist the smypathies and receive the co-opera- tion of all the people of the United States. The cause is imperative and those who are to plan for the coming drive have no time to lose.
 As long as the Turks were in con- trol of the near east it was we'll nigh impossible to reach the suffering of
 Bible lands with any measure of relief, But with the defeat of the Turkish empire the persecution of Christians has ceased, and food and clothing and other necessaries of life can be carried to the unhappy people without let or hindrance.
 A relief campaign was to have been inaugurated in Alabama on the 18th of January, but the drive was un- Iavoidably delayed The work is soon ito be taken up and pushed, however. U. Mercer Barnett, chairman of the organization in Jefferson county, is getting his forces together and that
 the workers will give a good account of themselves goes without saying. Governor Kilby's proclamation in
 behalf of the Bible land sufferers will doubtless arouse Alabamians to the urgency of the situation. The -four
 minute men," who had practically dis banded, have announced themselves ready to lend a helping hand and with |all benevolently disposed citizens promptly responding the result should
 be of the 100 per cent kind.
 The relief fund dinner at the Tut
 wiler next Friday evening should be largely attended. It should be a spirited occasion and if it be so Chair
 man Barnett and the "allied armies" who will aid him, will be keyed up to
 the highest pitch of humane endea yor. Let's have generous contributions from the start. Birmingham has been called upon for all sorts of patriotic help. She has given literally to the
 activities. But no appeal has been
 more worthy of quick response than
 that seeking aid for the Armenians and Syrians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
Government Ownership

'T hope the voters of Birmingham will write our representatives in Con- gress urging them to stand for gov ernment ownership of telephone lines until such time as Congress will be able to intelligently restore them to private hands," said George R. Knox, manager of the local branch. The sudden release of this tremendous business without careful study of it's consequences will mean a severe set back to telephone companies all over the country It will mean that no inn new phones put in for long period, and may result in bankrupting numer- ous smaller companies"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
PLAIN DAYS

By William r. Kirk. Just plain days with their big and little duties; Just plain days, with no blossom. with no song: Just plain days unadorned with frills and beauties. Little do we heed them while they ride and glide along. Holidays are jolly days filled with joy and dreaming, Cleaning fun-and-folly days, days of idle thought. Other days, however, sing their carols of endeavor- Just plain days, with their battles to be fought
 lust plain days, with no flaming flags of glory;
 Just plain days, with their plodding and their pains; Just plain days, shining not in song and story, Bare of bloom and barren as the deserts yellow plains. Dragging days and tagging days, days of loveless longing, Still we rise to meet them on the attle- field of Time. And from each some blessing we may gain while onward pressing Just plain days with their little grades to climb.
 Just plain days, with their striving and their sorrows; Just plain days, with the lessons that they bring: Just plain days, giving way to plain to- morroWs Down the Road of Ages in procession wandering, Dreary days and weary days. days of doublt and groping, Meager days and eager days, days all drab and dun,
 Each time for trying while the Birds of Time are flying Just plain days. with their battles to be
 won!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
StOp-aDd-GO Signs

'The stop-andgo signs presented to the city of Birmingham by the Xii
 wanis club are a decided improve ment," said Attorney Charles A. Cal houn. "and I think those on the main as to keep the traffic from becoming congested as it often does when the traffic policeman is not on duty. If pc destrians as well as automobile drivers would pay more attention to these signs l believe the number of acci- dents would be greatly decreased"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
SPRING FEVER IN JAPAN

From the World Outlook.
 A Japanese student thus accounts for his absence from school: "Honored Sir: Having been amputated from my family for several months. and as I have com plaints of the abdomen, coupled with conflagrations of the internals, with en- tire prostration from all desire to work, beg to be excused from orderly work for ten or nine more days, and in duty bound I will always pray for the salubri- ty of your temper and the enlargemen mt of your family"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Wants More Beaeles Raised

Tt seems strange that Birmingham, with it's hundreds of dog lovers. does not raise more Beagle hounds" said Hugh Seals, the florist, and owner of fine string of bird dogs and Beagle hounds.
 Field trials could be held every veal, and many could enjoy the music as bunny attempted to dodge the pack of slow but sure trailers
 The little Beagle is a dog that rarely gets into mischief in the way of sheep killing; it is affectionate and makes a good household companion. Besides, days sport with the Beagle is easier to be had than with a bird dog as rabbit can be jumped where quail are scarce. I would like to see a good, live Beagle club organized which would insure nothing but the best of blooded dogs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
A WARNING.

John Chiraman. you'd best beware, For certain plans are in the air
 To place you in strong oppressor' s
 grip. 'Tis not the sly. designing Jap Who schemes to set a deadly trap Der which ere long your stun bling
 feet may trip. That lone exile, John Barleycorn, Although cast down and quite forlorn, Is hopeful still to carry on the fight; The highhan and the cocktail, too. May soon begin to beckon you
 To vistas of unholieSt delight. And once you get the habit, John, Although very paragon
 Of virtue since the pipe you ceased
 to hit, Despite the fact that old King Booze His devotees doth hardly use,
 You'll find it is no easy task to quit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

i Being a commercial salesman in Bel l gium is a cinch. It realizes the 1ono 1 dream of every knight of the grip, the | ability to cover his territory and yet spend his nights under his own roof.
 Everybody talks about "brave Bel gium" and no writer or public speaker since the war began has failed to ] shake the scrap of paper in the faces of his audience or hold it up to the eyes of his. readers. It has been a piece de resistance for every one Who desired to show Belgium's bravery ana Germany's treachery.
 Ru: few speakers or writers take the trouble to give any facts about the lay of the land in the country which was ready to sacrifice itself on the altafNot freedom rather than to live and De slaves to the Huns. Now to get any | idea of what it meant for Belgium 10 step boldly in the pathway of the | Attilas of the north you must get your | map.
 You will find that a country not
 more than one-e eighth the area or Great Britain whose greatest length l is 120 miles. and whose area is only about Il 400 square miles, or less than one fourth as big as Alabama, an- | swered Germany's ultimatum with de- ! fiance and with the dauhtfess spirit
 of David of old but unhappily without 1 his success challenged the right of the | big bully to make public road out of its little kingdom. and threw instead i of a stone a monkey wrench in the great war machine, halting it long ! enough for France to mobilize and l England to get into the fight
 1 Let us give all praise to the plueky 1 little land which was the first 'to chal- ! lenge the myth so sedulously pub 1 lished at home and abroad by the l Prussians that Germany's army was
 unconquerable. It was severe shock l to the calculations of the militarists l of Wilheimstrasse, for they counted | on an immediate and absolute compli- ance with their insolent ultimatum to a
 free and independent people forgettms
 that greater warrior than the twen- tieth century Kaiser. Julius Caesar of
 old, had paid an undying tribute to the
 bravery of the Belgians.
 1 You will search history in vain for a finer thing than was done by King l Albert and the Belgian cabiret on that | ot o' Np
 August ?, 1914, when the German min ister at Brussels presented to the Bel gian secretary of state for foreign af- ! fairs the note from his government de- 1 manding as an act of Friendly ner | trality' free passage through Bel i gium for the German armies forming l the main part of the expeditionary | forces against France.
 l
 l Germany we'll knew that it was an l outrag geous request and contrary to a stipulated treaty which she had not I only signed, but obligated herself so defend, yet with unshamed face was seeking to impose her will upon a weak and. as she thought, helpless an6
 subservient neighbor. Belgium was | striving with might\and main through diplomacy to be neutral. for King AL lbert was well aware that France, rely Ling upon the neutrality of her friendly lneighbor. had left her northeastern frontier practically undefended
 l
 l All that long, weary night of agony | King Albert and his counsellors pon- "dered the danger to their beloved
 country. rer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
FEARsOME SIGHTS.

''Now that we are going to have bone dry nation, dcn't suppose the joke about seeing snakes will serve humorists Any longer
 No said MT. Jagsby. When the kitchen stills get into operation and 'moonshine' liquor begins to circulate freely.e the oldfashioned tippler who merely saw snakes will cease to be heard of Hard drinkers will see dino saria and other monsters of prehistoric times"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29

tivals, grand opera and conventions of moderate proportions. The Masonic fraternity of Birmingham comprises many able business men who could easily finance any large scheme along the line referred to, and it is safe to iassume that the public would be ready to cooperate with them in the pro- posed enterprise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
Army Measure in
 Sixty sixth Congress

1N HE army reorganization bill
 J introduced in the Sixty-fifth
 Congress will not be acted upon. For obvious reasons any legislation in ad- vance of the signing-6f a peace treaty would be premature, and, therefore,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29

the change to range herself on the side ! read the English state papers and re- fresh your memories with the state | ments in Parliament. I have just done this to settle it in my own mind to he able to try and counteract the German propaganda that is seeking new with all it's power and virulence to make a breach between America and England so that she can profit by it at the rca ace table.
 Sir Edward Grey in his advces to Sir F. Goschen, England's ambassador to Germany, on August f. 1914. said '"The King of the Belgians has made appeal to his majesty the King for diplomatic intervention on behalf of ! Belgium in the following terms: Re membcring the numerous proofs Of ! your majestys friendship and that of your predecessor, and the friendly et- titude of England in 1870, and the } proof of friendship you have just giver( us again, I make a supreme appeal to the diplomatic intervention of vorrI majestys government to safeguard tb. Integrity of Belgium
 ! am proud that England answer,dA the hribe offered by Germany if sne would remain neutral. and showed tSe world that the AnSio-Saxon stood nx. t:s pledged wccd even if he had ro fight the faithless 1euton who look On treaties wher they stood in bis us as mere "scraps of paper"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
IT'S X GAY LIFE

New York,-Sympathetic Red Cross workers crowded around Sergt. George Sisknd of the Thirteenth marines. who lives at BOA Cheltenham place, Chicago, when he lmped off the Manchura today, queried a Red Cross worker. Hit by shell nothin. I was an M P. and tried to pinch four doughboys one night. That was 40 days ago and I've been in the hospital ever since.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord, the trouble is not with Thee. It is with me. Thou hast not turned Thy face away, Thou hast not forgotten. I have wandered, | have closed the windows of my soul, have violated the laws of friendship with my God. May I turn back and see Thee wait ing; may l find Thee meeting me out upon the way. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29

BACK AND FORTH. The seasons follow lAn0 endless chain. Skeeters to skaters
 And back again. -Rody NIcPhee in Springfield Union. And the soldiers come back To their native shore Cooties to cuties--
 And leave no more Ted Robinson in Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 The New Year dawns. Then spring draws nigh: Blotters to swatters
 And tell with the fly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
Member of the Associated Press

MSMOtI OI tHt zkN~"e1sEt
 The Age-Herald is the only hiot hi., ..e 70 and Sunday newspaper In 6lf1nine . A. carry.ng inc Associated Press o.s- patches.
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 All rights of republication or specia' dispatches herein are also reser'eu'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29

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 European bureau, Henrietta s'ieo" Covent Garden, London
 Eastern business oFuce- building, New York city; western s'... D ness office. Tribune building, Chicago The s. c. Beckwith Special AssnO'' agents for foreign advertising
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
CAN'T .IUDGE.

Good health is more than riches, Philosophers opine. do not know if that is SO Good health alone is mine.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29

Remittances can be made at cuTfen' rate ot exchange. The Age-heraIu "li4 not be responsible for money through the mails. Address
 THE AGE-AERALD.
 Birmlns nam, AlA'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
MISDENEANOR

A GRAVE MGSDEMEANOR. "Can any little boy tell me who Julius Caesar was?"
 "He was a Roman conqueror, ma am That's right. And what did Julius Caesar do to make himself unpopu- lar?'
 "Eie wrote a textbook that's used in the seventh grade, ma'am."
 OBSCURE STATESMAN. Her husband is a member of Con- gress.'
 q never heard of him. That's nothing. There are members of Congress who never heard of him."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29

So communication will be pupAsneo, without it's authors naIne. ReJee manuscript wiG not be returned ., unLe stamps are enclosed for that pufp''o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29

Entered al the BlrmlnS nam, Ala. postoffice as second-class matter, un- der act of Congress, March s, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29

THE LAST WORD.
 "You recall the poets simile. AS idle as a painted ship upon painted ocean" "oh. yes But the war gave birth to new one" What was that" "'As idle as German dreadnaught bottled up in Kiel.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29

almost certain annihilation, and yet, thank God. for the red badge of cour- age which at the first streak of dawn showed to the world set of men whc for honor's sake preferred to face the worst rather than to do wrong thing and save themselves and their blessed land I known of no more inspiring in- cident in the annals of mankind than the naughty German minister in wait- ing.
 In their extremity King Albert and his ministers turned to Great Britain They had good reason, for the inde-
 work of English statesmanship it was the English who in 1881, Initiated the guarantee although France was the first power to sign it. It was Great
 Britain's firm stand after the Franco Prussian war of 1S70-71 that saved it land brought cut Bismarck's clear statement on the validity of the guay- antee. Lord John Russell at the time said. When the choice is between ;u- fanny and honor, I cannot doubt tut | that her maiesty's government will | pursue the course of honor"
 i Now there are those who never tire ' of saying that England was glad of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
ROYAL SIMPLICITY.

Flow about providing accommoda- tons for those foreign potentatas when they come over to return Presi- dent Wilson's vist?"
 q dare say that will be easy enough"
 "Yes?"
 Some of our multimillionaires will be willing to tone down their estab- lishments and discharge few ,serv- ants in order to make the royal visi- tors feel at home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
NO WHEEL HORSE.

NO WHEEL HORSE. My son has been employed by your firm three years and he hasn't been promoted yet"
 That's true"
 Isn't he making good?' Well. he's still here, Beyond that don't care to express an opinion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29

Only one of the Kaiser's sons had the good sense to style himself an ex- prince when voting in the recent Ger man election. We expect to hear ful ther from that young man.
 # # #
 The chewing gum magnates view the future serene1y, but you never can tell. Militant reform may soon decide that Satan turks behind a pair of wagging ia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29

posed enterprise.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-01
APPOINTS CAROLINA CHAIRMAN
Methodist. Arrange Campaign TO
se Teach All the Meaning Of
a. Church's Centenary.

IS, RALEIGH. y. c., Feb. 2S-stany Of
Dina are pulling 10 see that every
man and woman connected with the
Methodist Episcopat..C Church. South, un-
derstands the meaning OF the Cen
tenary" Of their denomination. \
large number OF public spirited Meth
odists who knew how 10 put" the
thing quickly an simply have been
rounded up in the minute men pro-
gram.
This program includes a chairman
Tor each district in all of the confer
ences OF the denomination throughout
the Southern and Western States and
these men. in turn. appoint church
#chairmen and others TO help them. Dis
Irict chairmen for North Carolina and
1.-The Western North Carolina Confer
8ences have been appointed as follows:
Western North Carolina--H y. Dun
ham, Asheville; ID. n. Henderson. Char
slotte; w. a. Lambeth, High Point: j.
II. Allen. Elkin; T. +. Hudson. Sails
bury; F. B. Bunch, Statesviile; a. c.
Lexington.
North Carolina Conference-J b.
Leigh, Eliza beth City; w. c. Chadwick
3Newbern; DR.. Albert Anderson
Raleigh.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-01
LEvIATHAS SAILS WITH
MANY NIcNH YORK En- z

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S.--The official
report on the sailing from France OF
the transport Leviathan with the first
large units OF the .Twenty-sevcnth Di-
vision tNew York National Guard)
reached the War Department today.
showing that the ship is due at New
York March q. with l0.343 officers and
men aboard.
Major-General John +. O'Ryan. com
manding the division. aud Brisadier-
General Charles l.. DeBevoise com
manding the 'ifty-t third Infantry
brigade. are aboard the Leviathan
The War Department was advised
also of the smiling of the transport
riattsburg. due at New York March
:. The battleship New Jersey is due "A,
Newport News March 5. with 1914 Of
hcerS and men attached to casual com
panies for virg mia The transport
Aeolus is due ut Newport News March
); with SOL returning soldiers. in
Guiding the Seventy-fifth Coast Artil-
lery Regiment. from which the largest
9I.e , will go To Camps Grant,
Funston. Gordon, Travis and Sherman
for rehabilitation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-01
Times Agony Column"
Searched by Lady Mary

Lady Mary. whose London sOcIcty
letter will be printed I'm The TiIucA-
Di>pntch ON sunday. hus been read
Ing the Agony column" of the
London Times, and hus uncurthed
some queer items, some OF which
promise sensational Developments.
one has to do with the lntc bride
OF nm American millionaire, about
whose death tDn-ucs of the EOSsips
nave bccu w:iisSinS. Her mpid now
tx souSht by Indy Linierick, who
~ living in retirement. Then there
~ another queer "aE0ny' which
may prove u sequel to u merry pnrty
i'll which am American officer nnd :,
prctt! girl figured. md the nppenr-
anrc of an elderly man who San
Fe"'ed nnd tossed over the young
Americans glass of champagne
LGdy Mary's letter is frOthy md
spicy ana Will interest READERS who
like 90 know what London society
In doing.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-01
4 CLEAR COMPLEXION
Ruddy Cheeks-Sparkling Eyes
Most Women Can Have
Says Dr.. Edwards. a Weil.Known
Ohio Physician

DR.. F. M. Edwards for II years treated
scores of women for liver and bowel
ailments. During these years he gave to
his patients a prescription made of fev,
wcll.knoWn vegetable ingredients mixed
with olive Oil, naming them DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets. You will know them by
their olive color.
These tablets are wonder.workers on thc
liver and bowels, which cause a normal
action, CARRYING off the waste and poison
Gus matter in ones system.
Hyou have pale face, saliow look, dull
eyes. pimplcs, coated tongue, headaches, a
listless, no-good feeling, all out of sorts.
inactive bowels, you take one of DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets nightly for time
and note the pleasing results.
Thousands of women as we'll as men
take DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets-the sue.
cessful substitute for calomel-now and
then just to keep in the pink of condition,
LOG and Csc per box. All druggists.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-01
TRANSPORT AQU|TAN|A
sinks FURNEss Liner.
Arriving Ship, With Nearly 0,OOO
Troops Aboard, Is I'm
injured.
wARsHIPs AT NEWPORT NEWS
The Virginia and Rhode Island Ar
rive After Sixteen Days or Bat
thing With Storms, in Which Some
Narrowly Escaped Death.
Inv Assnciu,rd prnss l

NEW YORK. Feb. 2S.-Shortly after
she had been in collision in the lower
harbor today with the big transport
Auuitania, the Furness Line steamer
Lord Dufferin sank in fifteen fathoms
OF water. She was vessel Of 1868
out TO st. John. y. b. Hazy weather
and Il strong ebb tide were reported
TO have been responsible for the col
iision.
The Aquitania brought 5.S93 Ameri-
can soldiers and had distinguished
passenger list Including Lord Read
ing. British ambassador to the United
States. and j. p. Morgan.
The army units aboard were largely
and SiXty-siNth Infantry. with l25 of
hcers and $685. men. Three Hundred
and Seventeenth train headQuarters
Three Hundred and Seventeenth am
munition train and the military police
company OF the Ninety second Division