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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09

From the London Telegraph.
 OT1HE Great White Horse Hotel, lps-
 wich, made famous by Charles
 S Dickens in ''The Pickwick Pa pers., is for sale owing to the death of John Harrison, who bought it in 1902. having previously been the lessee. Dick ems describes the hostelry thus:
 Tn the main street of Ipswich, on the left hand side of the way short dis tance after you have passed through the open space fronting the town hail. stands an inn known far and wide by the ap- pelation of the Great White Horse, rem dered the more conspicuous by stone statue of some rampacouS animal with flowing mane and tail, distinctly resem . bling an insane cart horse, which is ele- vated above the principal door. The Great White Horse is famous in the reighborhood-in the same degree as prize OK or county paper er-chronicled tur- nip, or unwieldy pig-for it's enormous size Never were there such labyrinths of uncarpeted passages, such clusters or re1lldy, ill-lighted rooms, such huge numbers of smal dens for eating or sleeping in, beneath any one roof, as are collected together between the fouf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
Army Automobiles
 To Remain Abroad.

A MEXICAN soldiers return home GA to be welcomed by the applaud ing multitudes, but American automo- piles, which played such conspicu- ous part in winning the war, are de- stined to end their days in France.
 Stars and Stripes, the army news paper, says no distinction is made between the truck that hauled rations and the car that carried general. All go to overhauling plants and are put into condition to be sold to the thrifty French. And if report speaks true, since the American doughboy proved such a lavish spender, many French families of the shop and inn keeping persuasion are in better po- sition than ever before to buy flivvers, which were almost as thick as cooties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
Should Respect Funerals

Drivers of automobiles in Birmingham should be more careful about driving through funeral processions," said Carl Johns of Johns Undertaking company
 .The fact is, it is a violation of the law to cut funeral processions. However we have had very few arrests made on this charge, but within the past few weeks the conditions have become almost intol- erable Many people do this unthought- riousness of it. funeral procession, above all others should be respected, be- cause those participating in the process sion are already saddened over the loss of loved ones /"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09

That was to pool their finances, send one man out to establish liaison with the army at Coblenz while the other three remained behind in hook for the unpaid and unpayable hotel bill Lieut. Sutton went to Coblenz but he was un- unable to get the money back to the other three.
 Meanwhile the Vienna detail was not bad-elegant rooms in the Hotel Pristo. where J. P. Morgan and John D. Rocke- feller were billeted while seeing Europe. were all in order-but there was one thing missing, chow. Slum, hardtack. prunes and bully would have tasted like apple pie to the doughboys
 "A whole suit case full of money could not buy square meal" said the. men.
 Tt was worse when we first came there We had soup made of bran like they feed horses and soup made of oats. On special occasions there were carrots in
 it. For two weeks we had sauer kraut and black bread, of course, for a diet
 After while the American food com missioners arrived. but they were an ad- vanced party and were in the same fix that we were when it came to food Be- fore we left American foodstuffs began 10 come in and that was the only thing that kept the people from starvation
 Once or twice we had dog meat. It's good. You don't see many dogs running round in Vienna. The funny part of 1t is that those you see often have war medals pinned on them. The people be- came so tired of the war and all the medals that they pinned 4Ahem on the dogs,
 we went to the national opera, known the world over. and saw Parsifal.' We sat in the Kaiser's box reserved for the American commission The costumes were of paper and their rustic could be heard plainly To save light and heat in the winter everything closed up to 8 or 9 o'clock.
 Talking about hot water for bath Tn Vienna they shave hot water three hours a week, not day. Regulations were that there could be hot water from 'S to Il Saturday forenoon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09

SS.a5S .5., .ss'' ,ss ware: ';:'';s,s''':s sss sss.
 Well, it easy to make too much of that phrase, as if all our Chris tian thought and faith and worship and the Christian civilization founded upon these had been thrown down. and we must go to and reconstruct them. Some things don't alter. Upper and under.
 here" and there" space and time,
 right and wrong Carlyle's everlast- ing yea Ohou shalt) and everlasting nay dhou shalt not) of the eternal righteous ness, have not altered As the scripture says, some things are shaken and re- moved. that the things that cannot be shaken may remain And the same scrip ture says that we've who follow Jesus tt means-have already received the king dom that cannot be moved. We must noe forget that. Who is the one true King and what is the one true kingdom2 2' That is not under discussion. That is settled, the one settled thing on earth. "Other foundation can no man lay than that ls laid-Jesus Christ. There is none other name given under heaven, among men, whereby we must be saved says Peter
 re reneating and expanding, Isaiah, Theo' lcgians, philosophers, sociologists' sclen- lists of every school may still go OH wrangling. But, gentlemen" say Isaiah and Peter and Paul, gentlemen. the ois- cussion is closed. The only King, the only kingdom are here" Refreshing, isn t itq "Thats the stuff to give en- a'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
WHAT ABOUT RECONSTRUCTION
By THE REV. JOHN M'NEIIL or Soufh Ht.rhJn,ds presbrterfau

s tor south Highlands Presbyterian Oh Tommy used to say when he fired the "big 'uns" over in Flanders. My one point is that certain things-and these the greatest things-cannot be and are not now shaken. "Please don't lift us" these things say to the reconstructors, ''til We have fallenr
 And if you will allow me, I should like to say that for one take some of the prophets of the reconstruction very calm ly Why? Because the destruction" was upon us, and they never gave us word of warning. They said, Peace and safety" They preached culture, enlarged conceptions of the kingdom of God that made Paul an old foggy and a back num- Der. They went to Berlin and made speeches of this sort in indifferent Ger man, and Germans of the same advanced school'' came to London and made sim liar speeches in indifferent English. They kissed each other "all but the mouth" as they say at home, and declared that war between Germany and Great Britain was unthinkable. And then we went to war! And now they are at 1t agaln, with the reconstruction Verify, modesty isn't one of their shining virtues. And they hope that people have short mem cries, and they have. However, go ahead, reconstructors, only don't be against Jesus Christ and you will be for Him. Himself hath said it, and there's only one Christ The Lamb of God, the Saviour of the humbling, but healing cross. But many false Christs have gone abroad into
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
TWISTED MIR. BERGER

From the New York Herald. eS
 Victor Berger, elected member of con gress but denied his seat because he has been convictd of dislcval.y, has issud 3 statement declaring that the outbreak Of .1mbing is due to the trrottling of 'frea speech and a free press, and that unless the country yields to socialism it vii surely get anarchy. He cites the fall ot the Kaiser as the fate awaiting others of his kind, Khus failing to see the utter nconsstency of saying on the one hand that the war was capitalist war and on the other that the Kaiser's fate was ,he result of war for the upbuilding If socialism 'Liberate speech liber- lte the press, Berger cries.
 Berger evidently believes that liberty calIs for disorganization of the coun-
 ny and the undermining of it's institu- -ins. He believes that free speech means he right, even in time of war to thwart
 he governments war activities. to preach sedition and disloyalty His logic would surely lead, not to the socialism ne professes to seek, but to the anarchy le professes toNahhoe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
TALENTED CITIZEN

From the Kankakee Democrat.
 Prof. P O. Riley returned from Kanka- kee on the first car thi smorning, where he delivered an address for the soldiers at Radeke's hall and also read a poem of his own composition. The professor is certainly making great honor to our little burg and making the same great name Very few towns of this size, if any. has Il man so able to address an audience as the professor can do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
Eats In the Streets.

l like fellow who thinks whatever he has is the best going" said George Bon durant. Tt is refreshing to hear man brag on his wife, his children, his home, his business, his garden, his chickens, his cows, his dog, his gun or his car. I got in Jitney' the otber afternoon to ride out to Five Points, and l hardly got seat ed by the driver. before he chirped out, Do you know, you are climbing into the sweetest little riding Ford that you ever sat down in? Just watch her pull Twen- tieth street hill. She has been running hard all the day and the water is boiling but she just eats up the streets Now, somehow, the chauffeur's pleasure and pride in his machine sent me home feeling all set up."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09

urch.
 What sort of preaching attracted the soldier?" you ask further
 the world
 Ask me something easy, please. He got all sorts, whether he was "attracted'' or not. Tommy wasn't easy to preach to: or, rather, easy to attract. Orthodox platitudes never got him twice-to volun- tary services, I mean. Nor high church latitudes-salvation by church and sacra ment Nor 'modern thought" platitudes; that the Bible-well, the preachers them selves don't believe it. and nobody believes you don't need to be converted, and there's no hell, etc. These all fell equally flat; that is the testimony of my ex- perience If orthodoxy has it's platitudes, so have the others, and the platitudinar- ians were all in the same boat Really. the only new" thing among what you might call the "departures'' with which the last 40 years have made us familiar and that naturally, of course, was "Salva- tion by patriotism" If a German shell gets you, you're saved by sacrificing your life for great cause. And Tommy didn't believe it! Not a bit To my certain kr owledge he made merry over it. Shrewd chap, Tommy For my own share. just what I preached, and how I preached it, and any success had, would take columns, and I'm at the end of my tether, for space, already. But that doesn't mat. ter The courteous reader will get all that any Sunday at first hand in South Highlands Presbyterian church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
TANKS IN VIENNA HOTEL
From the Stars and Stripes.

From the Stars and Stripes.
 N FTER being in hook for their ho-
 AA tel bill at one of the best hotels in S = Vienna for two and a half months three Yankee soldier photographers have returned to Coblenz
 Since they had no money to pay their hotel bill the only thing to do was to stay on and on. Meanwhile the bill was amounting at the rate of $5 a man each day. Finally, in the middle of April, when the bolshevih were getting active in Vienna and the Rhineland be- gan to look good to the Tanks, they managed to get enough money to pay
 their railroad fare and to settle their bill at the hotel The hotel bill approx were more than that.
 "Vienna was fine, but we wished we
 had some corned Willie or goldfish, was the statement of one of the men. We lived for two weeks on sauer kraut, and 1t was a big day. Sunday or something, when we had some carrots" The little photographic detachment, consisting originally of Lieut.. A. J. Sut- ] ton, Sergeant Sheridan McAuley, Private Walter R. Sues sand Private/Fra D. Haston, went to Berlin in January, be- | ing among the first Americans there
 They found the Germans hostile and Berlin in turmoil. When one of the men l tried to aim his camera from the roof the Germans threatened to aim machine
 gun at him.
 | Vienna was next on the photographic expedition, being reached February 5. 1 Pictures were taken in the Austrian cap
 ital which was tranquil as compared with Berlin. The Austrians welcomed tho American soldiers who were the first they | had seen. The visitors were curiosiues
 from the outside, and the Viennese who
 could speak English lost no opportunity l in talking with them, so says Stars and
 Stripes.
 But the party was far, far from the
 dispersing quartermaster. and, worse vet. they were out of communication win
 him. Their funds were getting low and
 there was seemingly only one way out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
Should Pull Together

'I am my way to Mobile where expect to make my home," said Burr Blackburn. q have greatly enjoyed be- ing in Birmingham for awhile renewing old acquaintances. l had expected to re- main in the Magic City but got a better offer in the Gulf City I am glad that between the two, for l find that both in Mobile and in Birmingham it is generally understood that it will be best for both if they pull together. The Warrior river is the great connecting link which is to bind them more closely together in the future"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
COLONEL MCoRvEY,s RECORD

 From the Tuscaloosa News
 For the first time in over 50 years Col Thomas Chalmers McCorvey has failed to attend the closing exercises of the state university, his absence being due to an operation for cataract in a Mo- bile hospital. This is most remarkable record Col Thomas Chalmers McCorvey has been connected with the state unf~ versity for over 50 years and has been the head of the department of history over 46 years of that time. While Col )nel McCorvey is a man possessing rare literary gifts, and with few equals as q student of history, he has another, and very desirable qualification for the head of the department of history in southern university, he is lacking in that qualification seeming so necessary to se- cure a professorship in Ohio universities, and, perhaps, universities in other states German "kultur." He was educated at the state university and began his life work in that famous Alabama institution of learning as commandant. He gradu- ally rose to his present honorable posi- tion and there is no one in the state so capable and worthy of filling it.
 His success has been due not merely to persistence, but to many extraordinary natural gifts. He is a scholar, not only learned in history but abstruse sciences, in the classics, and otherwise extensively informed. The good and generous are blended in him, and he is the very soul of honor and fidelity. He is the author of many valuable historical papers, and his own name has already been indelibly impressed upon the history of the state. and will ever be associated with that fa-
 nous institution of which he is an alum 1 nus and to which he has given a life
 of service and to which he has shown | such unparalleled devotion.
 | Colonel McCorvey's many friends 1 throughout the state-and his friends are
 not confined to the alumni of the state university-wish for him early and com 1 plete recovery, and many more years Of
 service to the state university, and in
 serving the university, he serves well the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
A DICKENS INN FOR SALE

walls of the Great White Horse at Ips- 'wich.
 American visitors in times before the war were accustomed to make pilgrim ages to Ipswich to see for themselves the bed chamber in which Mr Pickwic4 had his amusing adventure with the "lady in yellow curl papers, and on de- parting therefrom brought from MT. Sam Weller the remonstrance, You really want someone to look after you when your Judgment goes out a-wistin'."
 As matter of fact the hotel has been established for nearly 400 years, and has Seen patronized by many celebrated peo- pie, including Lord Nelson. Whatever grounds Dickens may have had for his strictures upon the place, certain it is that successive hosts" have seen to it that there is nothing to complain of either in the accommodation or in the fare.
 You may go to the Great White Horse and find no reason in the world 10 do as Mir. Pickwick and Peter Mangus when they, having ordered a bottle of the worst possible port wine at the highest possible price, for the good of the house, drank brandy and water for their own"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
LUKE M'LIKE SAYS

We have always found that the fellow who pretends to be Holier than other people will bear whole lot of watching.
 The trouble with a lot of women is that they mistake loud clothes for good clothes
 You can't sometimes always tell The visitor who brings a valise about the size of a lunch box often stays longer than the visitor who brings four trunks -~ For every man who knows what he is talking about there are 90 men who merely think they know what they are talking about
 This is a strange country. Although couldn't quit smoking if he had to. he expects E to quit drinking because A tells him to.
 And what has become of the 0. f. man who had time enough to carve watch charms out of peach stones?
 A farm hands idea of hard luck is to have it rain on Sunday when he could leaf without the rain
 The man who has just bought a new raincoat is apt to think that there is something effeminate about the man who carries an umbrella. The newspapers haven't. space to give publicity to all of the joy rides. It is bad enough to have to devote. two col umrs a day to the joy rides that end in a trip to the morgue or the calaboose An Englshman announces that Amer ican husbands are heppecked. Those Englishmen are not as dumb as the, look
 Don't laugh when the woman next dool Is telling her husband what porcl i. climber he is and what an ornery puI he is. You can't tell when your owi wife Will start on you. ! Newspapers and thermometers are al ways getting the devil for telling thu truth.
 The new hobbies are so tight that wei
 long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09

The paiatial home which Aguinaldo now occupies in Manila is further proof that Uncle Sam is a beneficent boss.
 $ x x Victor Berger has been kept out of congress, but no way has been found to make him keep his mouth shut.
 # < x While Senator Lodge is so wrought up we trust that he will not forget to have his whiskers trimmed regularly.
 x j. x Any married man who can't exercise a mandatory over his wife can point to flaws in the peace treaty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
IN HOTEL LOBRIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Crossed His Heart.

" felt mighty lonesome after the Ri. wanians left said Jeff Bailey. the shrinking secretary. who hates to see his name in print, "but just as l was about to get normal. the big chief Mercer Bar nett took it into his head to make trip to Texas through the oil regions. l took him aside and said, Mercer, the Bir- minsham Kiwanis club think a whole lot Of you, and evidently the ones over the country and in Canada hold you in high esteem, or you would not have been cleo ted vice-president with so flattering a vote. Therefore, for our sake as well as Tor theirs, promise me that when you get near flowing we'll that you will be care ful in what you say, for remember that too much hot air might cause an explo- sion He crossed his heart and solemnly swore that he would exercise caution Tn his speech when he got in the neighbor- hood of a gusher"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
TWENTY YEARS AGO
 IN THE AGE-HERALD
Events recorded June g, 1899.
Events recorded June 8, 1899,

Events recorded June 9, 1899.
 There was roting in Paris last night over the revision of the Dreyfus case. There were violent scenes in the chamber of deputies yesterday and it is rumored that the DuPuy cabinet will be over thrown next week.
 pr. George B. Eager of Montgomery an- nounces that he will not accept the pres idency of the Girls Industrial school at Montevallo, offered to him by Governor Joseph F. Johnston, as he prefers to re- main in the ministry.
 A temporary settlement of the Alaskan boundary dispute will be signed today. which will be in force for two years. It is believed, however, that the agreement between the American and British gov ernments will be made permanent
 London papers are beginning to discuss the probability of war in South Africa. Joseph Chamberlain's warlike attitude is deprecated It is predicted that Kruger will back down when the crisis comes between the British government and the Boers.
 Dispatches from Manila state that Aguinaldo has overthrown the Filipino congress and proclaimed himself dictator Thomas H. Notion states that it is pro- posed to have the new theater on Second avenue between Seventeenth and Eigh- teenth streets, completed and opened to the public somtime in October R. s Douglas of Memphis will be resident manager of the theater which will be leased to Klaw and Erlanger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09

will take the statement at it's full value for he has sparkling wit.
 Now, the reason I know he IS not tc be fooled but keeps his Scotch mind at work while his eyes take in things, IS that he quaintly said to me before leav- ing, in substance: "I have eaten my way into something since I have been here, and have heard some boasts and much
 boosting but it appears to me that there is a lack of building and particu- larly so when it comes to houses l was glad to inform him that the matter was to be aired at the Chamber of Com merce before the going down of the sun. Set Dr. John McNeill down as being Tn hearty sympathy with the Own Your Home Campaign" to be launched here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09

we are told, in some parts of the war zone.
 A great deal of the repair work is dcne at Le Mans, where a plant was started in February of this year. Very little rebuilding is done, but there are spare parts for all makes of cars and every car which leaves the plant must stand a 200-mile test. For years to come former American army automo- piles may be seen in the towns and villages of France and we may as- suae that most of them will be in possession of what American politi- clans cali the plain people.
 If the thousands of American-made cars are destined never to return uo this country, there is nothing to pre- vent proud automobile manufacturers from using advertising space in news papers and magazines to praise their performances in war. The statement that a certain make of car was indis- pensable to the victory of the allies over Germany makes an irresistible appeal to prospective purchaser.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
}o..a1laMsAaaes1l
A DETAIL

From the New York Heralo.
 Somebody is talking gayly about the ',I<ingdom of Scotland" There is no such thing As a kingdom the Land O cakes and brither Scots is as dead as Quee Anne, in whose reign it was made, by the Act of Union, part of the United King dom." The proof--Ge orge V. is King of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland" Count 'em. Just two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
THE TWO FOUNTAINS

oy Thomas Moore.
 l saw. from wonder silent cave,
 Two fountains running side by side; The one was Memory's limpid wave, The other cold Oblivions tide. 70 love!' said l, in thoughtless dream, As OCT my lips the Lethe piiss'd Here in this dark and chilly stream, Be all my pains forgot at last But who could bear that gloomy blank Where joy was lost as well as pain? uiclSly of Memorys fount 1 drank. And brought the past all back again; nd said. 70 love. what'er my lot.
 Stil let this soul to thee be true
 ther than have one bliss forgot.
 le all my pains remembersd. tooF'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
Hogs As a Side Line.

''I am repea tedly asked why l can sell furniture so cheaply and still remain in business, said w. Q. Broyles of the Broyles Furniture company, and the hogs at Hog More. The gain in weight, one pound each day and pork sells for 20 cents a pound which makes 500 a day that Hog More makes for me. With such a side line business there is no req son why l shouldn't"