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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
LIKE M,LUKE SAYS

Any man can tell you that any man who has more than he has, has more than his share and is not entitled to it.
 Every poor man ina zines that if hs had the cash he could buy somethfns worth 5000 for 5000.
 Even the business man who is smart enough to profit by his other mistakes hasn't any more sense than to get mar ried a second time. The laziest mutt we know of is man who married a dressmaker and who would rather act as a dummy on which she fits dresses than go and get he- man't job. q Nothing takes the starch out of {, mans backbone like having to sit in his underwear. in the rear of pressing shop while his clothes are pressed while he waits.
 Anyway, woman doesn't mind max . ing a clean breast of it when she in- tends wearing an evening gown.
 It is all bosh to say that a wealthy girl isn't married for love. Her coin makes her all the more lovable. doesn't it?
 The quickest and surest way to find out that a man isn't to be trusted is to trust him.
 It is different with a man. But a woman believes that if she doesli show up there won't be any meeting. There may he white blackbirds and black whitebirds. But there never was an assistant who didn't believe that he did all the work.
 How a woman does despise a male flirt--unless, of course. he happens to be flirting with her
  but that little 90-pound fairy you are engaged to will have a shape like a bale of cotton if you stick with her long enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

absolute to the point of life and death One ambitious ruler learned an al phabet and Is said to have beheaded all his subjects who seemed likely 10 acquire more knowledge than he had. Tn some islands the mother was allow ed to keep only the first three chit dren. She had to bury the fourth
 "Skillful and fearless navigators, the natives used the bread tree wood to make sailing canoes in which thsy would voyage for months. They de- vised charts made of sticks, showing the location of islands and the direc- [ tion of prevailing winds.
 Ancestor worship was their pre- dominant religious sentiment. With petitions and gifts they worshipped 2 the departed whose spirits were sup posed to return to earth in certain . palm trees which they set off in stone enclosures Birds and fishes sometimes embodied these spirits, they believed. and thus certain species become taboo.
 Examples of taboo abound. Some served a useful purpose Cocoanut fruit might not be eaten until the breadfruit no longer was available, thus giving the former a chance to ripen. Fruit from the trees of de. parted tribesmen also was taboo for. a time to those outside of his family. This assured his wife and children a means of sustinence. Chiefs and oth- CTS of the highest class also were i'm mune from injury. af
 "Tattooing the young was relig- ious ceremony and, like the Paupans, they inserted wooden discs in their ear lobes to distend them.
 'Homes of the natives were not pre- tentious. Floors were raised above 2 the ground to escape the rats and thached roofs covered the combina- tion house and storage room.
 ''The two island groups are known { as the Ratak and Ralik chains. Their entire area is not more than 160 square miles; their native population 15.000, 2 with fewer than 300 foreigners The seat of the German government was on ] Jaluit and the most populous island iJ Maieru, with 1900 persons.
 "Other explorers had touched at the islands but they, with the Gilber. group, took their names from Captain Marshall and Captain Gilbert, who ex- plored them in 17sS The Germans annexed the islands in 1SS6."-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
Farm Homes for
 Returning Soldiers

AMANY of the soldiers returning NVU from Europe will be glad of an opportunity of owning farm homes, and the government could provide such homes on easy payments.
 A year ago, when it was thought the war would continue far into 1919, Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane began to plan for utilizing the cut-over lands of the south for the sol diers. He asked Congress to acquire vast acreage for the purpose named; to sell small farms at a reasonable price and on easy terms.
 MT. Lane had worked out a feasible scheme, but Congress neglected to en- act the necessary legislation. The re- turning soldiers have nothing definite in view, but it may not be too late if the Sixty-sixth Congress will take up the matter and make the proper provision for forty-acre homes.
 The cut-over lands are rich in soil. Thousands of acres could be dis tributed to young men eager to be- come home owners. The south would become the gainer.
 It is hoped MT. Lanes project will yet be carried to fruition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
SUSPENDED SENTENCE

From the Kansas City Star.
 A Hartford man went away on Eusi- ness trip of uncertain duration, says the Courant and about the time his wife began to look for him home she was surprised, not to say shocked, to receive parcel post package contain ing his trousers-and nothing else; no word, no tender message, no nothin' but them pants" She wondered and won- dered what could have happened to her hubby, and it was indeed great relief to her when Jim Tarwater came home a few days later, properly clothed and wearing a new pair of trousers! His wife had begun toNfear somebody had skinned him in a land deal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
Y ,, Possibility of Error In Circumstantial Evidence

A LABAMA's "Jean Valjean" of N fers an impressive example of miscarriage of justice. A poor and ignorant man, Bill" Wilson was con- victed of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. After he had served three years the wife he was charged with having killed returned to Blount county and Wilson was re- leased.
 The state legislature made the un- fortunate man "partial reparation" by appropriating s350O for his relief. This was more than victims of injus- tice in the courts usually receive and it is probably larger sum than Will son would ever have accumulated, yet it is poor return for the wrong he suffered.
 A dispatch from Montgomery states
 
 that Wilson, who came to the capital with his attorney to make inquiries regarding the money awarded him, is broken in health because of the hard work and strict discipline he is alleged to have been subjected to in lum- Der camp. Regardless of whether or not Wilson was mistreated, the con- vict lease system in Alabama is relic of barbarism and the state has no moral right to condemn even it's worst criminals to virtual peonage.
 Circumstantial evidence convicted Wilson. The controversy over the re- liability of this kind of evidence will never end, but such cases as that of the Blount county man show how judges and jurors may be misled when a defendant is unable to prove his innocence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15

MS( ' HASHINGTON, March 14.-(Spe-
 WW cial)-The Marshall Islands
 which, along with the Caro- lines were seized by Japan from Ger many soon after the outbreak of the world war, are described in a bulletin issued by the National Geographic so ciety.
 s-The two chains Of curiously-s shaped atolls, or coral islands, consisting of low-lying coral reefs encircling la goons, known as the Marshall group, lie little south of the center of an ina ginary line between the Philippines and Hawaii" the bulletin says.
 Guam, Samoa and Honolulu form a triangle of trade routes, with its sides not penetrated by important steamship lines Near the center of this isolated Pacific zone are the Marshall Islands.
 Before the war Sidney was reached by steamer, voyage of more than a steamer to Ponape which connects with the French line to Singapore.
 Like two loosely strung chains of jewels. the islands stretch from north west to southeast, each with it's la- goon setting encased by a strangely shaped circlet of coral, some like trl- angles, harps and stirrups. -and one outlining bulls head with it's horns. 'rStraight-haired, dark brown natives, still preserving the religious signifi- canoe of tattoo and taboo, are to be found Once sturdy, reliant, seafar- ing people, for they were the best mariners in the Pacific, the white mans coming, as in the case of his advent among the Eskimo and the In. dian, did not seem wholly beneficial. In teaching them ways to live moro easily civilization robbed them of that boldness and adventure which made them the hardest of the Microneasian peoples. Many of the young die Of tuberculosis.
 "Native society was vigorously or ganized into at least three clans, called septs. First were the nobles. from whom each community chose it's chief; then the lesser nobles and a third group, some of whom might own prop erty, but none of whom could have more than one wife.
 "Woman was given higher posi- ton than among most savages be- cause succession was through the fe- male line But the chiefs power was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
A SONG OF. TWENTIETH CENTURY

Neal East in the Westminster Gazette Oh, great are the tales of the wondrous
 knights That courted the maids of old But my love has flown to the wan
 white moon. In fleet-winged car of gold In the morning sky hung the moon all
 white. And moonwards he flew in the pure
 sunlight; And the wings of the car that carried
 him They flashed with gold till the eyes
 grew dim. When the evening sky was flushed like
 dream, Es And the clouds were gray like And the misty stars lit over the 4af Like beacon lights on a steep My lover came home at the fall a4.s ' He hung in the air with wings all ss2E Bat-wings, lark gray on the re srree
 sky, Whence the sun in splendor hs : sunk In ,as ssarlssa neonless midpisa Came thuFasr ept U me sl., There was one tta4 fIsyslea 'a'
 less nigh Unamaze anu fesysessa And up in the sk w4s But star of red ard That swooped togesher s'
 fell, Then vanished sudden
 could tell Are our days today so pa sF Were the old days brave and fs Knight never rode such & dafiaF As my love who rides the air: Nor lady had need to be SO bra As she that would such a lover nAvss Lord God of earth and the fire and 1rs
 sea, In the ways of the air keep ms le'8s
 for me!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS

"A special train passed through Hickville t other day carryin tot of eastern bankers to a convention, remarked Squire Witherbee.
 "Well?"
 'Tt ainat like 1t used to be. can recollect when my little son, Napoleon Witherbee, could pick up at least quarters worth of empty champa gne bottles every time one of them bankers trains hesitated at Hicksville."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
NEW TO pADEREwsKI

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 When Jack London first met Pader- ewski, he said:
 MT. Paderewski, my performance'o niano on one occasion was the means of saving my life
 'IIow soc' inquired the master of the keys, politely.
 "It was this way. Father owned plantation on the Mississippi, There was flood The water broke through the levee and tore the house from it's foundations.
 "Father floated off downstream ron the dining room table. accompanied him on the piano."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
Rapport's Name is "Ben"

CT do not mind my venture in the peanut industry being written up so vividly in The Age-Herald while was in attendance upon the Wpodmen of the World said Ben Rapport, the hust- ling citizen of Carrollton, in a talk he had with me-" said Phil Painter, Out the thing which seemed to get his goat was the fact that he had been set down as Isadore in the account, for he main tains that Ben is still a good namo even for 'Yiddisher"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
OTHERWISE HE'S ALI RIGHT

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 Says Count Hoensbroech, former friend of the ex-Kaiser, in a recent description of him: "F'ouX Bonhomme, vain, auto crat, lover of pomp, proud of his money, void of seriousness, wholly devoted to ex- ternals, despiser of men, friendless. re- sentful, petty worshiper of his own petty self, without one trait of greatness, poseur, actor, worst of all for a ruler, a coward into the bargain, without per sonal courage-that is Wilhelm IT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15

From the New York World.
 Dashing off little thing on Flying" for the current issue of the magazine Poetry, one Robert L. McAlmon tells us how
 Insoluble in high airs quiescency
 My plane, on earth sophfst, naively
 Reconnoiters promiScuouSly;
 Sinuously, nose retrousse,
 Explores thinning strata
 Of atmosphere, and, volplaning,
 Deems itself static medium
 The poets plane, we next discover. "routs pusillanimous planets, * dazzling them pyrotechnically," while as for the singer himself
 My purposelesSnesS is equalled
 By heterogeneous world events.
 Nevertheless the sly's oscularity
 Propitiates my primal impulses,
 And tedium is thwarted.
 There are other lines in Flying quite as good as these. In one place the min strels plane "papilionaceously fingers in the phosphorescency of the moon $ aura. Nevertheless we drag our attention away from the poem long enough to note that the first anniversary approaches of that useful body, the English Speaking union, and that when, presently, the pub- lication is resumed of the scientific inter- national quarterly Isis, the issues are to be all in English instead of in four languages. as before the war
 The future hope and diplomacy of the world, we learn from variou$ editors and organizations concerned with Isis and the union, are to be expressed in English. The science of the future is to make itself clear in the same tongue. What shall we miss of fire and mystery from the works of MT McAlmon and his brothers in the new verse if there shall come about a decree of ruthlessness that the English poetry of the future, also. shall be in English.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15

BEGINNING THE DAY-Reawak- en my dreams, o Lord. my God. Take me back again to that early day when the world seemed all ready for me, when life was n fine, thrill- ing thing, when God was near and high ambition easy. Stir me again with the wonder of living and serv- ing. In Christs name. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
THE PROFESSORS PARTY

From the Providence Journal.
 We suggest the formation Of the pro- fessors' party for the coming campaign with the following ticket For Presiaent-woodrow Wilson ot New Jersey.
 For Vice President-William H. Taft of Connecticut.
 Or. if preferred the ticket might read this way:
 For President-William H. Taft.
 For Vice President-Woodrow Wilson
 Platform: Politics make strange bed fellows.
 This ticket would be reasonably certain of carrying most of the south, and might conceivably be successful in vermont one of the two states of the union that did not repudiate MT. Taft when he ran for President in 1912
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
LETTERS TO THE Ep1ToR

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR of ink makes people thfnk?"
 I've heard 1t, but I don't believe it," replied the newspaper publisher. we use ink by the carload and every day our waste paper baskets are filled with communications from people who merely think they think"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
CAMPAIGN THUNDER

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Our neshbor across the Indiant line, Will II. Hays, now asserts that his party declared war, fought all the battles, killed all the Germans and displayed all the bravery. The miserable democrats made all the mistakes, wasted all the money and came blamed near losing the contest. The campaign of 1920 is there fore to be accepted as formally opened.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15

If ex-Kaiser Karl goes to Spain he wil' find a number of Spanish grandees in equally reduced circumstances. The former Mrs. Doug" Fairbanks has married broker who probably never did a high jump in his life.
 * * < Almost like voice from the tomb, Mistah Johnson cries, Ut was a frame upr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
CHIvALRY's REWARD

'Take back yer job,'' Exclaimed a gob,
 Whose name was Mike o'Grady; 'Td hate to see For the likes O me
 The comp'ny bounce lady" I'm needin' work, But she's your clerk
 And busy on the job, sir; I'm not as low As that, although
 I'm just a simple gob, sir" His words beguiled, The maiden smiled
 Her thanks just like a lady. The gallant gob Now holds the job,
 She's Missus Mike O'Grady.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
THE cAMEnA-sHY HOLY LAND

From the New York Telegram.
 Photographer was mobbed in Pales- tine while filming the tomb of Isaac. Suppose they wouldn't even have al- lowed pictures of the David-t;oliath con test or Pharaoh crossing the Red sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
A FAIR SHOWING

How is Dubwaite's war record%
 Not bad. He was in on every Lib- erty Loan and memorized The Star spangled Banner as far as the second stanza"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
Buy a Tag Today
 And Aid Bows Club.

N1lO IS Doys cluo tag uay' H'eiy J tag purchased on the street corner will help good cause. The Boys club is an institution we'll worthy of support and year by year lit grows in popularity. It is admin listered by prominent women who have the welfare of neglected boys at heart and an appeal such as is made an- nually should meet with ready re- sponse.
 In years past the proceeds of tag sales have totaled thousands of dol lars. Birmingham is growing fast and it is reasonable to expect the results of the tag activities to sur- pass those of any preceding year.
 Let every citizen make generous response and the club will have full treasury.
 x SS +
 One of the German delegates to the peace conference will be Dr. Adolph Muller, who helped perfect the U-boat. We trust the reception given pr. Mul- Ter will be as frigid as the occasion and his past performances justify.
 * * K colored soldier writes, T have no school ing and want no more, for I now=find that poetry was born in myself" The chief characteristic of bards is a rare degree of self-sufficiency. Visiting his aaTid aTi *bomme in Illinois, Uncle Joe" Cannon temporarily forget the cares of state when he discovered that he had exchanged baggage with a postal clerk and lost his "nightie.'
 When Henry Ford puts his new fliv- yer on the market it will be possible for citizen to tuck s25o in his vest pock- ct and create considerable excitement along Automobile Row.
 * *
 A wall was put up to hide the nl1ty ankles of Mistress Betty Inch while in court. Whats the use of being juror in these drastic days when everything is prohibited?
 A tunnel under the English channel will enable Britishers to run back and forth between London and Paris with out experiencing intervals of seasickness. The Montgomery Advertiser published an editorial on the league of nations over two columns long, but there is still something to be said on the subject * * !: It is an easy matter to acquire fame. The Prattville Progress says Prattvine is the largest town in the world without a hotel.
 < < *
 students or the propleil say PioHipit'o' makes for industrial efficiency. but we understand it plays hob with a gentle mans game of golf. s * * It might be good idea to consult the man whom "Pershing Pier was named after, regarding his views on pub lie dance halls. < < * for not wanting to dance to the sort of music provided by the Spartacans * < < There is a way to silence noisy critic of the league of nations. Just ask him what substitute he has to offer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
KEEPING THE FAITH

KEEPING THE FAITH 'Ts Dubwaite a consistent prohioi- tionist?'
 "He must be-" "why do you think so?" Tt seems never to have occurred to him that his cellar might be used 10 store anything more valuable than few tons of coal'
 PAI-I. COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
HUNT HIM DOWN

From the Louisville Courer-Journal
 Chicago police are looking for the , perfume poisoner of the picture shows. Nobody has ever had to look for the ; onion eater of the picture shows fs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
THEY MAKE IT THEMSELVES

From the Columbia Record. Poison gas might be used to advan- ' tage in the furtherance of peace by turning loose few enveloping clouds in the vicinities of those statesmen who , hold the fortunes of the republican party first, foremost and paramount
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
NOT FOR PEDESTRIANS

From the Cleveland. Plain Dealer.
 The $250 flivver is being referred to as 'the car for democracy,'s but is it going to make the world any safer?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
Member of the Associated Press

The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
 Tine Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication ol all news dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
.Ap.tlEzteMl@au1iH

P. S.-rhe committee went at its own expense but all agreed that the money was well spent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15

Washington bureau. POT Hibbs build ing.
 European bureau, 10 King street. Covent Garden, London, w. C. Z.
 Eastern business office, World build ins. New York city; western business office. Tribune building, Chicago. The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertiseing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
OFF DUTY

"When the reporter called on Md. dame Topoffsky she was reclining on a divan in Lucille negligee, smoking a cigarette and feeding bonbons to her poodle while a solicitous maid hovere1 in the background"
 What are you describing, anyway? A prima donna in her boudoir%"
 No. One of our parlor bolsheviki in behalf of the down. -trodden masses"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
LIFE'S HARD SCHOOL

LIFE'S HARD SCHOOL "Ts 1t necessary to do much reading to become a philosopher"
 "No. The only real philosopher I hadn't read half a dozen books since he acquired a grammar school educa- tion."
 "But where did he learn philosophyY' Tt was taught him by nagging wife, small income and seven chill dren"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter. un- der act of Congres, March s, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
ENGLISH AS TT IS vERsrFIEp

From the New York World
 Dashing off little thing on "Flying" for the current issue of the magazine Poetry, one Robert L. McAlmon tells us how
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-15
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The Washington times., 1919-01-19

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