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The Washington times., 1919-03-04

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
OFF KINsALE HEAD

Minna Irving in the New York Herald. When frothy seas were running high And eerie winds went wailing by And, dipped in hues of cinnabar, f The new moon barred her scimitar, Faint voices whispered from the gloom. White faces drifted in the spume. Wet locks upon the waves were spread
 Off Kinsale Head. An angel hovered o'er the sea. Justice and right prevail,' said he. ''The Prussian sword is snapped in
 twain.
 Behold! the world is safe again, So. murdered innocents. sleep we'll Beside the Lusitania's she'll At last they rest in peace, the dead,
 Off Kinsale Head. Churning the waters into snow, The stately ships go to and fro. Beneath them in the deeps profound Repose the unforgotten drowned. No banshee shrieks above the foam: No phantoms OCT the pillows roam; Where lurked assassins, hidden. dread,
 Off Kinsale Head O. mothers, babes and maidens fair. Whose graves are in the lamprey's lair, Twas not in vain you met your fate Your cold hands opened freedoms gate The Lusitania's shattered bones Have battered down dozen thrones. Though fathoms under lies her bed.
 Off Kinsale Head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Mind Now Turns to the Home Garden

w every day of sunshine causes the mind to turn to the home garden Cold snaps will be due during the next six weeks but unless the weather is rougher than usual the enterpris- ing gardener hereabouts will have his seed for early vegetables in the ground by the latter part of February.
 At this time last year the war gar den campaign was being pushed with marked energy. The United States food administration was appealing for large crops, both field and garden, and the result was in the highest de- gree satisfactory. The farmer in- creased his acreage and gardens with in the city limits and in the country round were greatly multiplied.
 Every garden well cultivated added materially to the food supply and went a long way in solving the problem so close to MT. Hoover's heart.
 Less has been heard recently about the need of increased food production but the need still exists. The war is over but America will be called upon +n furnish the destitute of devastated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Judge Pugh's Smnkinr

T was in a crowd the other day and the question of cigarette smoking was un- der discussion" said Judge John l.. Pugh. T made the statement that smoked, but not very much, occasionally lighting a cigar after dinner, and drawing a few puffs of a cigarette when I happened to be among crowd and someone offered me one.
 Somehow an incident that happened to me just after I left the University of Alabama queered me of the cigarette habit, which I had acquired as a student. was in Washington with father, walk ing down Pennsylvania avenue and, with out thinking, got out sack of tobacco and a book of papers and rolled me a cigarette and lit it. I noticed he cut his eyes at me, and soon heard him say: Son, what is that thing you are smok- ing?' It wasn't so much what he said as the way he said it, which made me drop it then and there, and never again did I light one in his presence"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
TWAS EVER THUS

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
 An irate contributor under a Wash ington date line writes to the esteemed Norfolk and Portsmouth CVa) Herald of April 26. 1926. bitterly attacking Senator Randolph-Randolph of Roam oke. The Virginia senator, accord ing to the contributor. who signs him. self "W.," brought odium both on the Senate and Virginia by the character of a certain "six hours speech" and the indignant one concludes:
 Well might an old gentleman ex- claim as he left the lobby of the Sen ate yesterday (April 19, 1S26) while has become of the dignity of the Sem ate!"
 Thus perishes another tradition the dignity of the Senate" We had carelessly assumed that this dignity was something that got lost along about 10, 20 or 30 years ago. Now we see that 96 years ago this precious thing had even then been misplaced.
 John c. Calhoun was vice president of the United States and presiding of ficer of the Senate. when Senator Ran dolph was conducting himself so unbe- comingly. During the time he was addressing the Senate" writes "W.," he was almost continually stimulating with porter, of which he could not have drunk less than three bottles
 We'll as they say in these undigni- fled days. only three bottles for a six hours speech was going some.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
* <. * Distinguished Guest Here for a Day

lN A. TOMLINSON, director of in- IGo land waterways of the United States railroad administration, arrived in Birmingham last night and will spend today here as the guest of rep
 resentative business men.
 He is staunch friend of the War
 rior river enterprise and it was largely through his favorable attitude toward
 the proposition seeking the develop of the traffic possibilities of Ala bamas great waterway that the gov- ernment is now providing the neces- sary equipment for bringing practical results.
 In Mobile few days ago MT. Tom linson said: "The Warrior river has
 greater potentialities than any other inland water system in the United States" An unqualified assertion like that is of far-reaching signifi- canoe and should stimulate the busi- ness interests of Birmingham iii re- lnewed cooperation for promoting every movement looking to a complete realization of the benefits in store for this district
 While MT. Tomlinson has made a study of the resources of the territory tributary to the Warrior and under stands thoroughly all the engineering
 problems involved in the project in question, he is now acquainting him. self with the situation by more leis- urely survey of local conditions than was possible on the occasion of a former visit, when his time was linn ited and his itinerary hurried. At the luncheon in MT. Tomlinson's
 honor there will be free exchange of ideas, but most of the day will be spent in visiting the industrial plants
 and obtaining at close range an in- formative view of the district that will surely prove revelation.
 Birmingham extends a most cordial welcome to MT. Tomlinson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
LIEBKNECHT

From the Chicago Herald and Exam iner
 In a momentary lifting. of the red mists which hover over the witches pot that is Berlin we see a fighting figure fall. pr. Karl Iiebknecht is removed from the scene. In the con- fusion we cannot judge whether the world and Germany have gained CT lost by his removal.
 That there has been no gain is more than likely. Liebknecht, with his Spartacus group of extreme radicals, constituted an ingredient in the boil ing mixture out of which ultimately will come some sort of order in the wrecked empire Perhaps destiny in- tended Liebknecht to serve as a neu- tralizer to some other element or as q solvent for other injurious extremes.
 Of all the champions of the com- mon people who have risen in Ger many since the war began, Liebknecht has been the most consistent, his hon. esty of purpose seems proved by his fortitude in defying the Kaiser and the military party at the height of thei. power and at a time when men now battling for the bones of empire were safely disguised in the imperial liv- cry or hidden in cellars. In the days when the chances of winning seemed poorer than million to one, he played the game. Alone, as a voice crying in the wilderness, he stood up for what he believed to be the truth, and even prison couldn't still his tongue.
 What he cried is not being consid- cred here. His message may have been the spouting of fanaticism or the dreaming of a prophet too early ar- rived. But there is little evidence that Liebknecht suffered and risked being shot at sunrise merely to project the buncombe of charlatanry.
 Apparently Liebknecht, like his falh- CT, thought he was right anyway. And that is more than can be said of some of the other cooks who are endeavor- ing to stew the broth that nation will have to drink.
 Look at the collection in Germania's g kitchen! Intrigue, jealousy, misguided zeal, floundering honesty. gumshoe inn perialism, sneaky reaction, chastened anarchy, terrified industrialism and foreign interference.
 Until we see what evolves from the mess it will be too soon to judge Kar; ,Liebknecht.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

Most of us are kept poor because we spend so much money to keep other people from finding out that we are poor,
 And it isn't often you will run into A married man who regards two as his lucky number.
 Any time we hear a man admitting that he is wrong we make up our minds that he isn't.
 If you are an observant cuss you VIII notice that lot of girls have mighty thin excuses for wearing pretty stock ings
 Once upon a time there was man who didn't think his wife talked too much But the poor boob had been married only two days.
 Any horse-faced female can tell you that dimplesS indicate weakness and lack of character.
 Many woman has the cheek, to use paint because she hasn't the cheek to do without it.
 in a while We all do favors for others because we expect something just as good in return
 A man often stops to wonder where the fool killer was when some of the members of the present Congress were running for office.
 When. man asks you to tell him your candid opinion of him, he means that he wants you to tell him what a fine fellow he is.
 A young man imagines that woman haters are all bachelors. But an old timer knows better.
 Beer has gone up another g on the barrel Why is it that the more water the government makes the brewers put iE beer the more beer costs?
 You can always catch a sucker by telling him that he is too wise to bite.
 Why is it that the farmer who is prosperous enough to have $4000 barn and $1400 automobile continues to live in a $400 house? You would imagine that a honely girl would be grateful to the man who married her. But she roasts him just as much as pretty girl roasts the man who married her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16

nations in Europe with the staples of life, this year as last.
 The agriculturist and the man with a garden plot, having alike formed the habit of intensive work, should be expected to put forth his maximum effort in the month just ahead.
 It is easy for every householder with a little garden space to raise enough summer vegetables to supply the family table But he should gar den on scale wide enough to produce food for the market; not summer truck merely, but fall and winter truck as well. Every gardener should start the year with plans for a 12 months garden.
 A great advance has been made in horticulture in Alabama. Girls can ming clubs have become popular and the more fruit dried and the more vegetables and fruits canned the more profitable will be the contribution of the amateur to food economics.
 The Alabama extension service at Auburn not only encourages the prac- tice of scientific gardening, but is all the while making horticulture either delightful occupation or a diverting side line. Nothing gives the special ists of the service so much pleasure as answering letters from gardeners. These Auburn agents are not only ready with all sorts of information, but just as ready with helpful sugges- tions. Let's make 1919 Alabama's best home garden year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16

President Wilson should not pay a return visit to England. It would be too much in the nature of anti-climax
 x x # Surely there was no thought of a presidential boom in Secretary Bakers mind when he visited the trenches.
 # # 4 Drat the luck! Here's that ortho- graphic stumbhng-block, Przemysl, figuring in the dispatches again.
 < < # General Pershing continues to be photographed, but like true soldier, declines to talk for publication.
 # x < There was a time when the latest Long Island tragedy would have been crowded off the front page.
 :. < x The peace conference is not expected to use any jiu-jutsu methods on the grand old Monroe doctrine.
 # # < With 40 plans suggested for league of nations, there will have to be some argument pro and con.
 i. i # A wealthy divorcee out west has taken giant truckdriver for her fourth husband.
 # # Italy is letting it be known that She didn't enter the war merely for physi- cal exercise
 # < ]: Berlin crying out against "Polish despotism" is something new under the sun.
 # % # Uncle Sam has a large foot and it ought to be planted firmly on the Dol- shevik
 # * < It begins to look as if John Barley corn would soon be out of the trenches.
 # # # With so much flu" in the air frog on a log is worth two in your throat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
War Played Havoc
 With Traction Systems

lDERHAPs it may console the dis < gruntled trolley car patrons of Birmingham to learn that similar con- Iditions prevail in many other cities of America. It is truly astonishing to note in exchanges reaching The Age Herald office how general is the Idemoralization of traction systems throughout the country. From the north, the east, the mid Idle west and the south come reports lof inefficient car service. Papers published in dozens of cities carry the irate protests of the hapless subur- banite and their editorial pages are sprinkled with paragraphs poking fun lat the local traction systems and the people who depend on surface cars for transportation.
 If the old adage, Misery loves com
 
 Ipany," is true, the citizens of Bir- imingham are we'll provided for on that score. Millions of their fellew Ameri- cans are in identically the same boat. F * * Bolshevist riots in Buenos Aires have picturesque features lacking in Berlin. Ringleaders who resisted arrest last Sunday were lassoed by police officers and dragged to prison. E < < Military discipline is certainly re- laxed. Some of the buck" privatcs on the streets of Birmingham are not as snappy in their salutes as they used to be.
 y x x Standing on a street corner and waiting for a street car, this thought occurs to us: .Eventually. Why not now?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
ON THE TEAR

Bugler Louis White, First Ordnance Sup- ply company, Camp Raritan, N J.. in Judge
 An Irish rookie went to town and i'm bibed too much red eye He was cor alled by an NJ. F. and before he realized lit was in the guardhouse. When he found out where he was he rushed to the prison window, and. grabbing hold of the bars, shouted: Let me out of here, let me out, If yez don't, I'll tear the place down..
 Just then big shell loading plant went up with a terrific roar. shook all the buildings in camp and threw down the guardhouse walls and roof. Half an hour later as they were digging l Pat out of the ruins they heard him mur- mur. ''Begcrra. I'll bet catch h. for
 this"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
F # # Paris "White House Shorn of Its POmp

M MOTHER triumph for democratic GTA simplicity! And may it con found President Wilson's detractors in and out of Congress- Affairs are moving in the American White House" in Paris, much as they did in the executive mansion at Washington Gradually the pomp and formality which greeted Mir. and Mrs. Wilson on their arrival at the Murat palace have been done away with. Being a guest, Mir. Wilson was treading. on delicate ground, but with his custo- mary tact he succeeded in creating the atmosphere befitting an Ameri- can gentleman and avoiding the show exacted by the French nobility.
 Those gorgeous footmen in flaming red knee brooches, white stockings and long-tailed coats, like figures out of a story book, who were drawn up in imposing array to receive the dis tinguished guests, have disappeared. Palace attendants now wear the usual civilian dress seen about the White House.
 The President is also using an army motor car driven by men in khaki and while the sumptuous furnishings of the Murat palace obviously could not be disturbed and MT. Wilson continues to sleep in royal bed too short for him, it is gratifying to know that he the best of his ability.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16

Euphrates to the Bosphorous all is si- lence, poverty, despair. There is hardly sail on the sea, hardly road bS which commerce can pass into the inte- rior. You ask the cause and receive from everyone the same answer-misgovern- ment or rather no government; the exist ence of power which does nothing for its subjects, but stands in the way when there is a chance of their doing something for themselves" But this set forth peace times before the ''unspeakable Turk, backed by the interruptions Prussian, went out with fire and sword consuming the land with pillage and the people with rapine and murder.
 Thank God, already in the near east the flag of the Stars and Stripes is the symbol of liberty and friendship. Let us lift it higher yet, let us show the Land of the Almighty Dollar" as the land of great givers, and not the home where the people are prostrate before the Golden Calf" This is Americas high mission; to play the leading role in which the spirit of the savior or Mankind shal have its perfect way in the minds and hearts of men.
 Shall we not be worthy of this great call and greater work? Here is part of our task of laying the foundation stones of a new world. Let us lay them strong. iy, with a generous hand. not niggardly in effort or design, that the kingdom of God may come indeed in the near east. and the places of sacred history receive a new sanctifieation from the service of Gods children in the twentieth century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Conference At Tuskegee


 "The annual Tuskegee negro conference which will be held this year Wednesday and Thursday, January 22 and g. at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial insti- tute, Alabama, promises to be of vital interest" said pr. B. F. Riley, the well known preacher and historian. "The general topic for discussion will be Meeting tlNe Needs of the After-War Sit- uation.' A number of prominent speak, CTS, including pr. Bradford Knapp of the United States department of agricul- ture and Bishop Gailor of Tennessee, have agreed to be present and it is hoped that the discussions may contribute helpfully to the programme of reconstruction.
 Because of the frank and helpful dis cussons of timely and appropriate sub jects affecting the rural life of the south, the Tuskegee negro conference has re- ceived increasing recognition from the press and public"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Real Extate Revival.

'There seems to be considerable re- yival in the real estate business" said Hill Ferguson of the Jemison Real Es- tate and Insurance company. we have made quite a number of sales recently, and inauiries constantly coming in in dcate that property will be in great de- mand before very long. The sales made so far are of property of moderate value. but there are indications that larger nsactions will be recorded soon.
 "There is a great need of new puild- ings. especially of residence property, but property owners seem to be slow to un- de rtake new construction work. They are probably waiting for more settled condi- tions, but the demand is so great and the number of houses for rent so small, that building operations cannot hold off much lOnger.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE

From the HOuStUH r USts
 stealing is stealing. whether re- publican or democrat does it, declares . New Haven minister No, brother. learn to make true distinctions. when a republican steals he is predatory scoundrel and a cold-blooded and dis reputable grafter. When democrat steals it is usually case of apatriot being overtaken by fault or a brother in distress in the brutal grasp or merciiess temptation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Well Lighted City

q have always been a believer in ii- luminated signs" said Charles A. Cal houn, and now that the restrictions about using them is no longer in force am glad to see that Birmingham makes such fine display at night. There is nothing which attracts visitors more than well dressed, we'll lit and artistic show windows, together with the electric signs.
 I watched with interest the raising of the big new sign on the corner of Love-
 man. Joseph & Loeb's. It is one of the largest, if not the largest one, in the city, and is attractive on account of it's simplicity. It merely carries the name of the well known firm in bold letters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16

BEGINNING HIT DAY Lord, may I not crinGe at the tables of the great, nor strut myself in the presence of the lowly. Give me hon. esty, give me simplicity. May l learn from all men, and render honor to the true md the good wherever I find it. In Christ's name, Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Monuments at Gettysburg

q played in hard luck,' said F. G. Calder, the well known automobile sales man, flor, after training for months in the tank corps at old Gettysburg, we got as far as New York on our way over there and then came the signing of the armistce There is one thing sure, how ever, I will never forget my stay near that am familiar with and sad the in- scription on all of the monuments, and Deiieve me, there is one set up about every 15 feet. I did not know there were so many in all the world until was quar- tered near them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
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 European bureau. Henrietta s'ie'' Coyent Garden, London.
 Eastern business oftlce. building, New York city; western puoA ness office Tribune building, Chicago Tae s. .. Beckwith Speciai AGsh~s' agents for foreign advertisIns'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Menbcr of inc Associated Press

The Age-AeraId is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Blrminsn nam carrying the Associated Press o's patches. ,
 The Associated Press is exclostEei! entitled to the use for puollcalion all news dispatches credited 10 !. VI VI not otherwise credited in this pay and also the local news puoisN herein.
 All rights of republication or specia' 6ispa1ches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
THEY'VE NEVER HEARD TT

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Over in Poland they never seem to have heard of the western admonition, don't shoot the piano player, he's do- ing his best"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
WHY SHOULD HE?

WHY SHOULD HE?
 Every man on that elevator took off
 his hat except one surly fellow in over- ails. Where do you suppose his manners were?' "oh, guess he felt that he was within
 his rights"
 Why so?'' ''The woman operator happens to be his wife"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16

in charge noticed that one of them-a man named Smith--was missing the tar get every time.
 At last, exasperated by the mans bad firing. the sergeant went across to him and told him to go and shoot himself
 The man disappeared. A few seconds later report was heard from the spot where Smith had gone to. The sergeant hurried to the spot and shouted: Arc you there, Smith?'
 Yes, sergeant" came the reply. I've missed again."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
CUTS A FIGURE.

Dressed in civilian attire. some of these ex-Kings must find it rather diffi- cult to strut"
 "Oh, I don't know about that. Put a of one of our local reception committees and he'll show you how to step around" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
SAFETY ON THE SEAS.

SAF FIT ON THE SE1AS. I'd like to take an ocean trip, And wine and dine on board a ship, That's bound to foreign shores; For l could sleep at night, I ween, And have no fear submarine
 Would interrupt my snores.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
REALISTIC TOUCH.

REALISTIC TOUCH How was the performance "A faulty heating system spoiled it. :" Tn what way
 Just as the tragedian said: 'Hark! Methinks I hear the beat of distant drums, a radiator in the back of the house began to thump.''