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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28
Victory Arch
 For New Viaduct

FlN HE suggestions made by the Xii 0 wanis club that a Victory" arch be erected on the Twenty first street viaduct in honor of the Jeffer- son county men who fell in the world war should meet with popular ap- proval.
 The arch would cost little, approxi- mate,y five thousand dollars. It would be an ornament to the new viaduct and a conspicuous memorial. to our dead heroes which would stand for all time. It would also commemorate the 'allied armies" of Birmingham, which have played such a prominent part in raising money for carrying on the war, if these organizations will under take to collect the necessary funds.
 Birmingham has contributed mil- liens to the war and five thousand dollars would be a trifle. The cause is one that should appeal to every citizen who has spark of patriotism in hls bosom and feeling of gratitude for the sacrifices made by Alabama's soldiers.
 The design, drawn by Kiwanis architects, published in The Age Herald of yesterday, is admirably adapted to the purpose in view. On the broad pillars of the arch would be inscribed the names of our fallen heroes and the span over the viaduct would symbolic rainbow, recalling \ the Rainbow" division. It is manned to have the arch illuminated at night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28
LIKE N,LIlNE SAYS

Wouldn't it be fine if you had as good
 an appetite for work as you have for
 your breakfast?
 Any barber can tell you that it is no
 cinch to cut bald headed mans hair It takes more foolingi around than il does to cut a real head of hair
 It doesn't hurt to tell the truth once tn a while If the fools in this country all voted the same ticket they could
 elect their candidate President by ,o00,000 majority When a man gets through eating he is through. But when a woman gets thruogh eating she has to mop up what he left in the trough and wash the dishes.
 The reason why a girl is So surprised when a fellow tells her that he loves her is because she knew it three months ago.
 If you have a good temper you are advised to keep it. And if you have q bad temper you are advised not to , lose it
 woman who has been married foul times couldn't write four lines on How 10 Manage a Husband. But an old maid could write whole volume on the sub ject
 We know q man who is always yelp ing about the high cost of living. And the other day We discovered that he lets his wife support him. Turkey and the United States being 1 the two lone prohibition nations. vii we be expected to embrace Turk an,
 call him brother when we meet one? Lack of education does not mako ; l man ignorant. A man is never ignoran
 until he gets the idea that he know. 1 1t all.
 ! As you go through life just take i fer granted that the other fellow knows 1 all about his own faults. Funny how q wife can see that he children are perfect. and yet see room | for about a million improvements il
 their father
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28
Busy ThOrOughfare

Tn the old days of railroad batting,
 said Charles A. Calhoun, ''it was a fla vorite saying that they charged all the traffic would bear Now this seems to be an actual fact when applied to the Twenty second street bridge, which is one of B,rminghams landmarks. I had occa- sion not long ago to wait for one of Groom Beatty's busses at the First avenue en- trance and l was really surprised to see the number of bicycles, motor cycles au
 tomobiles, trucks and wagons, and even foot passengers making use of it. The opening of the Twenty-first street via duct will certainly be a comfort to those who live on the southside.' ,.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28
4 + <
E kers Will Encourage
 Pig Club Activities.

0OHN H. FRYE, president of the cO Traders National Bank of Bir- mingham, was pioneer in encourag- ing boys to organize corn and pig clubs. His effort was not only stimu- lating in the matter of food produc- tiot but it was a benefaction of far
 ing significance.
 Boys clubs have greatly increased YbeV will add substantially to the
 h of the state this year and many
 terprising banker in agricultural communities will be found ready to finance these organizations from now on.
 The Alabama extension service calls attention to the increasing extent to which business men recognize the value of pig club work among the boys. For example, says an Auburn mans letter, R. H. Foshee, cashier of the Bank of Red Level, purchased twenty five Duroc-J Jersey pigs to be placed with the boys of three pig clubs organized in Covington county. Each boys signs note for the cost of the pig, and the animal is additional ollateral-increasing in value as the days go by. A years subscription to the Duroc-J Jersey Bulletin is part of the transaction-for "the men who read are the men who lead"
 On Saturday last, J. P. Wilson, county agent of the extension service for Covington county, who organized the clubs, distributed the pigs to club members. There were twenty five happy boys-and twenty-five con tented pigs at Red Level"
 Let the good work go on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28

| IM9[H ASHINGTON. April 27.-(Sp' | WNW ciaL )-'How did the flight V less birds of New Zealand
 originate?
 What is the nearest living relative
 to the extinct dodo of Samoa? What is the import of the same species of fresh water fish in two rivers situated on opposite sides of the Pa cifc?
 Did land mass fly out of what Is ! now the Pacific ocean before this planet was cooled and form the moon?' These are just a few of the many lines of inquiry which science will turn to in the Pacific after the peace con- ference has adjusted the many colon
 nia1 questions affecting New Guinea, ! the Carolines, the Marshall Islands and the numerous other holdings in this least known region in the world, ac
 cording to a bulletin from the National Geographic society.
 The writer of the communication
 upon which the bulletin is based. Leo-
 pold G. Blackman, continues: Much valuable material also will be collected to assist in a better under standing of the growth of our own civ ilization from elemental savagery, for it is reasonable to suppose that the primi- tive wants of man in different ages and regions have called forth similar
 expedients to satisfy them. Other important objects of investi-
 gation for the ethnologist will touch
 the various racial types into whish the
 Pacific islanders are divided. Of these.
 three are generally recognized, of
 whom the Papuans and Polynesians ap-
 pear to show the widest divergencies,
 with the Bicronesians occupying the in-
 termediate ground and possessing af-
 finities of race, language, and custom
 within the other two. The presence of
 two distinct races of man in the Pa
 cfic suggests two periods and sources
 of immigration and adds difficulty to
 an already perplexing question, for the
 demarkation between the divisions of
 the races is by no means well defined
 but is complicated by the admiXture of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28
THEN AND NOW

By Lieut.. Col. John McCrae. Beneath her window in the fragran;
 night N I half forgot how truant years have
 flown
 Since I looked up to see her chamber
 light, L Or catch. .perchance, her slender sha :
 dow thrown
 Upon the easement but the nodding
 leaves Sweep lazily across the unlft pane. And to and fro beneath the shadswy' leaves = creeps, lilac-laden. up the village!
 street s. When all is still as if the very treex Were listening for the coming of her
 feet That come no more; yet lest weepss
 the breeze x sings some forgotten song of those old'
 years % Until my heart grows far too glat
 for tears
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28

by incandescent lights in appropriate
 colors.
 While more ambitious projects In memory of our soldiers are being dis cussed, this proposal of a "Vietory" larch on the Twenty-first street via duct is entirely feasible and there should be no difficulty in raising the small sum of money needed. Surely we cannot do too much homer to the men who won imperishable fame for themselves and the state by their gallantry in France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28
Labor Suyiu- Device

"I was passing the offices Of the E. R.
 morning. and was amused at the ingeni- ous show window on the corner It was to advertise q modern electrical convent ence.' said Hardie Brown "A man was sitting in a chair with his feet a la washing, and there was a Statement to the effect that his wife was taking a nap. l know one thing for certain, and that is if it comes to the time when men have to do household duties there will be big sale of labor saving devices"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28
SMITH AND CRUIKSHANK

From the Nashville Banner
 James J. Smith, who for 20 years has
 been publisher of the Birmingham
 Ledger, has retired from active connec-
 tion with that paper. Under his man.
 agement and direction the Ledger grew
 from a four-page paper of 25o0 sub
 scribers to a vigorous afternoon daily
 of more than 10000 circula ton, exer~
 cising a wide and wholesome influence,
 and in every way prosperous.
 Mir. smith, it Is understood. still re- tains a. substantial interest in the
 Ledger. and is not. therefore, elimi-
 mated from the newspaper field. He is
 yet in the prime of middle life. and his
 exceptional talents may again some
 George NJ. Cruikshank, the editor of
 the Ledger for 20 years, also recently
 retired from that position. He is na- tive of Alabama, the son of noted
 Alabamian who served in the Confed-
 crate Congress. Some years ago--it is not necessary to be specific as to date--
 the editor of the Banner was associated with MT. CruikshanlS on the Birming-
 ham Age Herald Chapel Cory and the bright and lamented Lucien Walker. later Washington correspondent and United States consul at Cork. were members of the staff at the same time. Roy McCardle, for some time New York syndicate writer associated With the World, was "cub" reporter on the paper at the time. Those were the days when Birmingham was subsiding from the ecstacy and also agony of its first great boom and feeling something like the man does on the proverbial day
 after" Conditions were ,somewha' picturesque and not little precarfous there at that time. It was not the flour ishing industrial city into which 1t has since developed.
 l Cruikshank had knack of unique 1 expression that gave his writings pop ularity especially his editorial para graphs. He was ever good fellow whom everybody liked and well-in- l formed and capable journalist. He is I no longer in the "lSid" class. but he is too young for ornamental shelf duty, | and 1t is hoped that he will again soon grcce the sonctum of some first-class southern journal. Mir. Smith and Mir. Cruikshank will both be missed from the Ledger and from the ranks of southern journalism
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28
Rainbow Jiatluct

"We are going to make every pos sible effort to have the Rainbow via duct ready for the celebrations to De giver here for the Rainbow divison..' said Comm ss;oner II. P. Eurruss. Tt may be that it will not be ready Ii and recently it has been indicated that it will be later than the. date of the arrival of the soldiers here that the bridge will be completed We are now considering plans whereby some sort of temporary filling may be made over the unfinished portion if the work iy not completed in time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28
"FOR THE GOOD OF COMMUNITY.

From the Ensley Enterprise
 We write to call attention of the citi- zens of this progressive city to the able, instructive and forceful articles written and published by The Age-Heiald from the proli6c pen of MT. w. J. Boles, on the reportorial staff of that paper
 We wish to say to the paper and the writer that these articles are greatly ap- pi eciated by the people.
 They gre inspiring to every progressive citizen and great good is destined to fol- low their suggestions and the broad vis- ions given to the prospects of ths great and growing city.
 It is the genius of people properly appealed to that insures progress and prosperity of a community.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28
Nfshcrs were ever fools. -Antony and Cleopatra. * i. #

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord, \ would ask not that Thou shalt give me thus and so, hut that Thou shnit make me thus and so. l would ask not for wealth, but for riches or grace: not for more things. but for more power and cOntentment in the use of what I have; not for gifts to d~~~end upon me. but for graces to fc out of me. In Christ's name. ftn sn.-H. NJ. F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28
NAIL THIS SLANDER-DIVERSIFY

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal 1 HH N for the cotton conspirators, it AA is privilege to feel that they Ga Smay come to grief in their usual manner by betraying one anoth- I CT. Usually those who enter cotton com pines plant little more individually in proportion to the prospect that the total planted would be reduced York 1 Times
 l The Times indicts a whole people. Its | editorial says in effect that the south | ern people are lot of liars and pledge | breakers. Some men tamper with'truth 1 to fit a phrase, to satisfy whim or 1 to make pretense to knowledge; they may seek selfish advantage or luxuri- 1 ate in faIsehood for hire or in fawning, l or for the mere love of it. Some men are born that way: others acquire the ] habit. We do not undertake to discover
 the motive of the Times writer. He will not alter the course of events. l It is to be hoped that cotton grow 1 CTS will deserve. when the crop has | been planted this year, the reproach that they 'betray one another" s lit l tie as they have deserved it in the | past. Four times in quarter of a cen | tury has the south sought to reduce 1 cotton acreage Each time the effort 1 was crowned with success The Times. 1 of course did not know this, although
 the government records at Washington were open to it.
 There is danger in the present situa- ] ton for the thoughtless farmer.
 1 Prices have advanced-it is planting | time. There may be another story to 1 tell before the first of June. or when ! the gins start on the new crop.
 1 The signing of peace seems not afar I off. Markets that have been closed will be reopened Farm work has been de- 1 layed. There is a movement to reduce cotton acreage. It is to the interest of 1 spinners to encourage false hopes--at l planting time. World politics and the weather have contributed plausible ex- cuses for advancing prices.
 | Bait. Bait. Beware the bait Don't be fooled.
 ShOuld there he no reduction in cot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28
F F First of Open Air
 Community Sings

0NHE last of Birmingham indoor O series of community sings was held yesterday afternoon. Beginning with next Sunday Capitol park will be the place.
 May, for the most part, is month of sunshine and summerlike tempera- ture, and the first open air concert of the season will draw a vast crowd Eight thousand people can be seated in the amphitheatre and every seat will be occupied. l Mrs. w. J. Adams, president of the Community Sing association, has worked earnestly and successfully to keep the entertainments going. The funds in hand are sufficient to "finance" the concerts for several weeks, and with liberal collections each Sunday, Treasurer Geogre Me Creery will be able to meet the bills throughout the summer. Certain it is that the public will never let the sings go by default.
 $. ;. :: i MT Hoover in Paris is said to have been surprised by the report of his ar [ Ia 1 than the American doughboy who re- i turns home to hear that he is officially 1 dead.
 1 Secretary Burleson keeps his health and continues to take nourishment at regular intervals He must have hide phenominally thick. 1 Chauncey NJ. Depew is S5 years old and despite the spread of prohibition i is still able to make corking after i dinner speech.
 1 "The Kaiser made us what We are" says q former commander in the Ger. 1 man navy. Quite so. Now look at ! yourselves.
 The problem of what is an intoxicat- 1 ing beverage will probably never be solved but that doesn't deter seekers after truth.
 Italy has a short memory. A short while ago crowds of Italians hailed i President Wilson as the savior of de- , mocracy
 l Southern negroes who migrated to 1 the north have a longing in their hearts for the cotton fields of Dixie Bella Kun is great admrer of Lenine and Trotzky. Now you know all you need to know about Bella Kun.
 :: < .s Rome seems unable to forget that she used to be mistress of the world She still has the reaching out habit.
 :.: # $; I Birmingham waits to, receive the i le7th infantry with open arms-and this goes for the fair sex.
 j. :. * I We must have permanent Vie 1 tory arch in Birmingham. The papier- machc kind won't do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28
Ngf ELY PITT

From the New York Telegram,
 ''In the generous rivalry between the men Of commerce of Great Britain anu America there is a blessing for them selves as well as for mankind" said John w. Davis, L aited States Ambassador, adr dressing the British chamber of com merce. Very nicely put Strongly sug- gests the Quaker addressing a man he had:-"Brother, I'm a man of peace, but mind your eye
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28
MATHEMATICS OF lNToxlCATIoN.

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
 Drinking beer with an alcoholic content of one and a fourth per cent it takes nine gallons of beersto make soldier intoxi x .cated, according to the computation of the war department. Assuredly we are9 progressing in this enterprise of mak- ing intoxicaton an exact science.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28
OYSTER. EGGS

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 An oyster produces 4J0000 eggs annu- ally. but of these only about 100 are any good Be very careful about orderinS oyster eggs in the she'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28
rATHERLAND roRGETs KAISER

Herbert Corey, in Everybody's.
 Tn all this tumoil of the early revo- lutionary weeks. with street fighting through what had been the German empire, with the great German army demoblizing in most disorderly way. with robbery and loot almost a com monplace of the day, l was struck by the complete silence that every one observed about the recent royal family. It was not that there wa sa conspiracy of silence. The Kaiser had simply been forgotten. He had run away and then he had been deposed and there was an end of him. Later he had abdicated, but no one seemed to care about this. The day before his letter of abdication ap- peared. I asked an officer of what had. been the royal household man whpi professed a real personal liking for the former monarch, if the Kaiser had ever formally resigned his claim to the throne.
 "Oh. l guess so said he. I don't know. l don't remember. What differ-f ence does it maker"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28

] ton acreage-no need then to search ton. There may be thousand other reasons. The one would be enough.
 Feed corn is costing the farmer 3h cents pound and hay 2A cents pound. It is criminal for a farmer to have to buy these things. Labor is scarce The signs are ripe for the boil weevu. Diversity!
 A crop of 10,000,000 bales this year. together with the carry-over. would give the world more American cotton than it has ever consumed in one year. Unless there is reduction in acreage yield of 15,OO0,O00 bales may be expect ed. Diversity.
 The farmer who produces enough food and feedstuffs for home use is safe in any event. If the bottom drops out of the cotton market his corn crib and his smok ehouse are paid-up insurance policy against want. If the price of cotton goes up he is on the way to wealth The present is his, and he need pawn his future to no man for means to exist. Diversitfy! ef,s
 He who depends upon paying for corn at $2 a bushel and hay at $40 ton with cash proceeds of a cotton crop which may go begging for a buyer is tempting fate. The alarm has been sounded throughout the southland. Any willful farmer who contributes to fur ther overproduction will get no sym pathy, and he will deserve none
 Selfshness or prejudice which grabs at southern pocketbooks and tries to take the bread out Of the mouths of the people of the cotton growing section, says we do not keep faith with each other, that our solemn pledges are in, struments for deceiving one another. A few weeks ago they were selling cot ton to each other in New York ae less, then 20 cents a pound-gambling that the south would be false to it's promise and fool in the bargain, trading in cotton, delivered in New York. the seed to grow which had not yet beer planted. 4
 The southern farmer is on trial. He is his own judge and his own jury Diversity,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28

When I was in Atlanta at the League of Nations conference I had a long talk
 with him about the wisdom of such a campaign, and later was urged to come over and give my time to it for at least six weeks. It was impossible for me to comply with his request, but from the way he has gone at it he means to give it a good testing out. If it wins out it will not be long before some of the other denominations fall in line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28

But now comes the home board of the southern Baptist convention, with head quarters in Atlanta. with sure enough intensive campaign for funds which reaches out all over the south through theeleading dailes. It is of local inter- est to know that Secretary B. D. Gray, who is known amongst Baptists as our wise ecclesiastical statesman, was for years pastor of the First Baptist church, Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28

I well remember the campaign made in the Atlanta papers by the determined men who banded themselves together to drive out organized and commercialized vice. The series of advertisements which ere attractively set up and strongly worded had a powerful effect in moulding public sentiment and forcing the vice profiteers to quit or fall into the clutches of the law. I have in my possession a pa mphlet containing the copy used and do not wonder that it had terrifying effect on the evildoer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-28

As far back as 1913, or the authority or 1 Earl Herbert Greasy, writing in the Chi nese Recorder of Shanghai, the same plan was being used in China. Much the same use of papers has been made in Cairo
 by Dr. $. M. Zwemer in reaching the
 Moslems. Ut seems a bit strange that
 the unchanging East set the pace for the changing West, but instances come
 to us from Japan, China and Egypt, where campaigns in secular papers were
 tried out.