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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 1GNHEORETICALLY New York was a
 dry city yesterday for the first
 time in it's existence. Not an ounce, of any liquid containing more than one-half per cent alcohol could be legally sold within the limits of the metropolis. New Amsterdam traditions were buried. They had long been mori- bund, not church in New York would discipline pastor for being so mean as to give beggar water to drink in- stead of schnapps. It's pity we have no Washington Irving to handle the new situation.
 Pistol firing and general pyrotech- nics characterized federal enforcement of federal law. A gun expert from the south. long terror to wild moonshin- CTS, had been sent to bring the city saloon men to their knees. Several places were raided in Manhattan: in some cases not merely proprietors and bartenders were lugged off to durance vile, but also patrons though the statute doesn't make drinking & crime. or buying liquor crime. It's a req sonable assumption that every man ar rested will demand a jury trial, and a jury of the vicinage is not too likely to convict. The worst thing about an unpopular penal law is that it must bring all law into disrespect just so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
FIRST DAY OF "A DRY CITY"

long ae juries arc tolerated by an atrophied Anglo -Saxondom-
 Nevertheless. the liquor dealers must surrender sooner or later, because even with no convictions at all, continuous arrests by force of six hundred spe- cial agents will render it impracticable to keep up the business. Talk of in functions against the statute as uncon- stitutional Is merely what tho Yankees call "whistling to keep your courage up. The supreme court of the United States is the final arbiter on constitu- tional questions, and the trend of its decisions gives no hope to tho liquor interests.
 The average citizen is moro or less annoyed if he is a drinker, more if he's a poor man, less If he's a member of a club and has a well-stocked locker of his own, needing to buy nothing for the present Our judgment is that even the average drinker has his doubts about the value of the saloon to the community. If nothing but the clos ing of, saloons had been effected, pro- test might have been confined to those who are making or selling alcoholic beverages. The present experiment. at. tacks home freedom. It will last till pupHc opinion compels what should have been granted freely, a referen- lum in the country at large on a com pulsory changing of tho habits or life of Americans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
PUNISHMENT FOR "REDS'
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 N measure embodying proposals
 N\ contained in bills introduced by Senators Sterling, North Da- kota; Walsh. Montana, and others has just been favorably reported by the Senate judiciary committee. Under this bill persons exhibiting the red flag or advocating the overthrow of the gov ernment would be subject to federal prosecution. It seems sufficiently comprehensive, setting forth that "it shall be unlawful for any person to advocate or advise the overthrow, or to write or knowingly to print, publish. utter sel or distribute any document book, circular. paper. journal, or other written or printed publication in or by which there is advised the over throw. by force. or violence or by phy- sical injury to person or property, of the government authorities, or to advo- cate resistance to authority by force or violence so as to prevent or delay the execution of any law.''
 The exhibition of any flag or emblem intended to symbolize a purpose to overthrow by force or violence either the government of the United States or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
SHOULD THEY RETURN

By Basil F. Ebers The gates of that great City of the are opeiied wide tonight. and through
 them pass. As silent as the moonbeams on the
 grass. The souls of the departed. it is aaid In hygone days there was a tabie spread
 For ,he returning spirits, and the Brlmmed high by loving hands, and
 if, alas, Those whom they mourned might nevor
 break that bread Spreading the feast the rnourners'
 souls would bless Q hosts invisible. whose lives we know Were ransom for the honor Of our
 land
 should you return and in our midst
 should stand. That your great gift we hallowed.
 what would show ou. names deep graven. a proud arch
 or so. the eyes but not inc sonrs
 demand?- Would you not ask us. crave to un-
 derstand. Why the fair grain of peace you d,ei
 to SOW Was stili unsarnered-earth .tin
 comfortless?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
WHAT HAT WILL SHE WEAR

, they mean is a body of customs. most of them many hundreds of years of age, which are venerated just because they are so old. The House of Commons has gone so far at times as to abolish temporarily trial by jury and the writ of habeas corpus. But certain political, legal and social habits have survived two great revolutions and are as strong as ever. They are the things that really count.
 Joseph H. Choate once said that the English did things usually because their ancestors had been doing them for thousand years rather than from any logic attached to them. So a judge on the bench sports the clerical clothes of the Middle Ages which were worn when the administration of the law was in the hands of churchmen. The ways of the House of Commons are based on similar traditions.
 So it is not at all surprising that a problem which was decided in Congress without difficulty when Miss Jeannette Rankin sat in the House of Represen- tatives at Washington should occupy the serious attention of the British to. the exclusion of such comparative trifles. as the reorganization of the cabinet, the settlement of the Irish question, demobilization or the prob lens of peace.
 Lady Astor might wear her coronet or a riding hat in the House and 50 solve the great problem. But whatever she appears in will be sure to suit her curiosly interesting style of beauty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
Drives and Drives
 As the Year Closes

THE year is approaching it's close
 9 and as the days pass swiftly by several appeals for money must be needed.
 The Red Cross membership drive must be an over-the-top achievement. The sum expected from individuals is small, but if every one can con- tribute dollar the total will be large. And who cannot afford to pive a dollar?
 The Red Cross Christmas seal sale for the tuberculosis cause is now in progress and the sales should be larg- CT than ever. Every dollar will be needed. The Jefferson County Anti luoerculosls association is doing a noble work. and the Alabama leaoue Is worthy of large-hearted help.
 Contributions in the past have been generous, but as the needs increase me seals must be sold in correspond ingly large numbers. Men, women and children should be eager to aid ln the cause. Those who purchased seals by hundreds last year should invest now in increased amounts.
 The anti-tuberculosis drive should bring at least two hundred thousand dollars to the state league.
 Another drive that should meet with iioera! response is the Alabama memo l1ai, which will be in full swing this month. The campaign in the early sumner yielded about two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars A haif million dollars will be needed to erect creditable building in Mont gomery in honor of our heroes who responded to the call to join the colors Tn defense of country and humanity.
 There are other money-raisine campaigns in view, but those men toned are most pressing and no one should fail to contribute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03

place was packed and damned, and tho receipts for that one concert wore ST. S64.50.
 On the following morning Mir Barnum called on her and said he would carry into effect change he had previously proposed. It was that she should con- tinue to receive $1.00o for each con- cert besides expenses, but that. after taking in $5,5o0 each night for expenses and his services. the remainder should be divided between them. Jenny IAnd was delighted with this unexpected offer.
 The engagement was an overwhelm- ing success. The singer earned over s2oo,Ooo and Barnum cleaned up moro than $50o,ooo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03

all government also would be . viola tion of the law. seQ
 The penalties provided in tho meas ure are $5,ooo fine and five years im- prisonment, or both; and in the case of aliens convicted of violations, their de- portation would follow the conclusion of the prison sentence.
 Such legislation is demanded by pres ent conditions. Its early enactment into law will be hailed by all patriotic citi- zens with unqualified approval It is time that the revolutionists who are printing, publishing and preaching pro paganda inimical to the welfare of this government be dealt with. The sooner these dangerous fanatics are placed behind bars or deported overseas the better 1t will be for this nation which gave them haven and protection, op- portunities which they flagrantly and traitorously have abused by seeking to wreck constitutional government and erect upon it's ruins some phantasmal communism where all men and women would be reduced to dead level of socialistic pattern; where the shop and the factory would be the only temples dedicated to the salvation of society.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
THE ABSENT MRS. MUTT

From the Chicago News.
 Mutt's wife is gone. Mutt's young but promising son no longer thrusts him ments. Mutts son and Mrs. Mutt strayed off the page of comics without warning one day into vanishment more perfect than any work of nature can effect In matter and in spirit no trace is left. They simply are not
 To those who followed the halting tune of their romance there is regret. Tempestuous it was but hardly deserv- ing for so complete evaporation. Up- heavals there must be around the loos- ing of such ethical energy as Mrs. Nuts, But why extinction?
 Unreproved and unregenerated. Mutt has returned to the company of Jeff. The hour of profitless reform is over. With Mrs. Mutt and the young out promising son has vanished the ethical component. Through her. antagonist'c to the public though she was. lay the sole hope ir the morals of Mutt Through her he might copceivably have
 
 essential to a serious minded family man. But such a being would not be Mutt; Mrs. Mutt had to go.
 Mrs. Mutts removal reveals the Ho- merle simplicity of this epic. No words nor adieux. no rantings in King Cam hyses' vein-she merely disappears and the comic strips have her no moro.
 Homeric. too. is the social accommo- dation to the hero's needs. Elastic, 10 say the least. are the social adjust ments. Mutt has a wife and chi.d Tomorrow he has not-no fuss; no wor- ry. Why should epics such as Mutt and Jeff be bothered Noble simplicity is achieved only by methods nooly simple,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03

George Creel is now being accused of squandering government money George is an old newspaper man ant every newspaper man knows it cost. money to obtain and distribute infor- nation.
 Admiral Grayson is a strict discip- Iinarian where the Presidents health is concerned and there must be many times when the President mutters Tut tut" under his breath. x # x
 Discussion of what kind of hat Lady Astor should wear in Parliament re- minds one of the old adage. First catch your hare" She hasn't been elected yet
 Pleading guilty to 29 out of 30 counts, Armour & Company. was fined s11oO in Milwaukee The packing business could stand up under a great many s11OO fines.
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 When collegians appear at football games somewhat wabbly on their legs one naturally infers that they have been spending papa's money foolishly
 s; * # An eastern newspaper says Jack Dempsey has failed to draw as a circus star. Several people cheered him on his recent visit to Birmingham.
 < # x Albert's visit to American convinced the American people that he is every inch man and as a result all kings no longer look alike to us
 # < # Peppino Garibaldi is quoted as say ing he'll drive D'Annunzio out of Plume. Peppino has a name that sug- gests quick action.
 # x # There's a great hue and cry over shortage of houses, yet nearly every body manages to find a place to keep his car at night.
 # # x The average mans chest has expand ed considerably since Uncle Sam began to take such an interest in keeping his flat warm this winter
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 Ella Wheeler Wilcox, "poetess of passion" lived to be 64 years old with out entirely losing her sultry dispo- sition.
 # x # Bedroom farces" which have oAt- lived their popularity in the east are now touring the provinces"
 < # # Sena torial opposition to the peace treaty dies hard. refusing all offers of an anesthetic,
 < l: # It begins to look as if Maine never would become a one-half of one per cent state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 A the present moment political
 A\ and constitutional experts in England are excited over just one question:--what win the American born Lady Astor wear on her head when she sits in the House of Commons as member of ParliaBent for Plymouth in succession to her husband? She is to have a walkover at the polls, ap- parently.
 feminine picture hat would be quite out of place in that assemblage, though 1t would make a nice spot of color in the prevailing gloom But some sort of headgear Is absolutely necessary sec ing that certain sort of motion can be made only by a member sitting and covered So, should Lady Astor leave her hat elsewhere and desire to
 catch the eye of MT. Speaker" under special circumstances. she would have to borrow Hid" from one of her neighbors for the purpose.
 Ordinarily M P's' wear their hats in the House, generally tilted over their noses so that they can slumber with out being suspected of any discourtesy to the chair. By their hats ye shall know them! When the first reform Par iiament met the great Duke of welling- ton, looking at the Commons from the gallery, declared:--"I have never seen so many shocking bad hats in my life"
 In Great Britain there Is no such thing as constitution in the American sense of the word. Yet public men and private citizens are always talking about the British constitution wh,+
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03

'checks and money orders aggregating
 $76,000, dated last spring, have not
 been collected. Negotiable papers
 were also found, says Mir. Ellsworth,
 ''in desk trays and on the floor" in the office of E. H. Hobbe, former dis
 bursting officer and business manager.
 Mir. Creel has been under fire so much since he became chairman of the committee on public information, it IS not surprising to read the familiar headlines again, but it is worth noth- ing that the sensational attacks on him have produced a clamor in re- publican circles without seriously damaging Mir. Creel's reputation for honesty and efficiency. It may be true that there was extravagance in managing the finances of the commit tee. That was the rule, rather than the exception, in most of the govern ment departments actively engaged in the war, but even if Mir. CreePs com mittee cost $6,60o,OOO it did work that cannot be valued in dollars and cents, despite it's blunders and the tremendous amount of "copy' it fur nlshed newspapers that was merely thrown away.
 Passing over the committees highly important propaganda campaign, which was so successful abroad, the fcur-minute men alone were worth infinitely more than S6,600,OO0 to the nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

What has become of the old-fash- toned wife who used to pay S10 foi d crayon enlargement: of a photo of her 10-cent husband?
 A corn fed never uses the buttons at the top of waist. She knows that the top buttons on the waist are put there for girls who are not as we'll built as she is.
 Unless you are good fighter or a good rpnner. do not try to tell the tru tn all the time.
 Every time we hear man signing for the good old days we think of modern plumbing and we are quite satisfied with the present century.
 Every man has his own way in this wor1c until he is oid enough to be weaned and fed with a spoon
 About the only reason we are glad summer is over is because no corn fed ever looked graceful in a ham, mock. and we always did love corn feds
 When a mans hais comes out in the comb it is forever lorr. But girl can take her hair out ol comb and put it back on her head again.
 Every man knows q lot of men u,io are nayter!es to him because they dress well. have money and never seem to do anything.
 It has just about gotten so that is T man has sense enough not to say any, thins until he has something to say. he gets a reputation for being a dummy.
 You wouldn't worry much if you couldn't worry over your troubles until your friends worried over them for you
 A fat woman can do it easily Bu, wefll bet sio' fat man couldn't. put on corset and. sit down while he Is wearing 1t.
 The reason prohibitionist gets his nose so red is because he buys the stuff camouflaged as patent medicine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
BARNUMAND JENNY LIND

George Barton in the Chicago News. TN IsCUSSION of the large salaries IL y paid to the songbirds who come
 over from Europe for the grand opera season in New York and Chicago lends a point of interest to one of the earliest and most remarkable contracts of that kind-that betweea Jenny Lind, "the Swedish nightingale" and P. T. Barnum. the worlds greatest snowman. Barnum's capture of Jenny Lind was considered one of his greatest successes. In 1s49 he first tried to Induce her to come to America for a series Of con certs, but at that time three concerts and theatrical managers were also try ing to bring her over. Barnum "ci- pbered and calculated" and finally re- solved to offer Jenny Liny $15000O in good American cash for 15o concerts.
 It was an amaging contract for that day and generation. Barnum not only agreed to give her sl5o.oOo for 15o con certs, but assumed all expenses of the tour V
 Many of Barnum's friends assured him that he would "go broke" on the enterprise Soon after the news of the contract leaked out he was talking to a brakeman on one of the railroads, and the man said to him: Say, MT. Barnum, is this Jenny Lind a dancer?' He con- fessed that his heart sank at the ques- tion. If the average citizen did. not know any more of Jenny Lind than'was shown by this query, what was to be- come of his venture?
 The day of days arrived when she was to sing in New York in the open ing concert Earnum had done lot of advertising and neglected no pos sible means of helping along the cause He even offered a prize for sonnet that should properly celebrate Jenny Lmds coming to, America. If I am not mistaken, Bayard Taylor received the prize of s2O0 for this effort
 The daring manager counted on a big house. but the actual result exceed ed his greatest expectations.
 The concert was held at Castle Gar den, and Miss Lind achieved an over that she had the most wonderful yoice
 elming artistic success. It voted ever heard on the concert stage. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
Pershing .Favors Army
 of Moderate Size

lNENERAL PERSHING thinks a 0 regular army of two hundred and seventy-five thousand to three hundred thousand men will be suffi- cient on a peace basis. The war de- partment has, been asking for an army of five hundred thousand. As General Pershing remarked when giving his views before the Senate military committee the large cost of standing army should be considered. If a regular establish ment of five hundred thousand were urgently needed, the country could lstand the cost; but no one knows better than Pershing what the United States should have in the way of an army. The little army" congress- men think a force of one hundred and seventy-five thousand would suf- |fice.
 Prior to the Spanish-American war we got along with a regular army of twenty-five thousand. Just before tho world war started we had an army of less than one hundred thousand
 But conditions have changed. With Ia population of one hundred and ten million and with international rela- tions that have grown out of the war. an army of the size recommended by General Pershing seems only reason able
 The author of book on the right of children to be well born is charged with having failed to pay his printing bill Theorists cannot understand why some people are so particular about dollars and cents
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 Enjoying an easy life and much larger income than he could ever earn, by digging coal, 1t isn't surprising that President Lewis of the miners as sociation. has developed symptoms of a double chin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
Negligence. and Extravagance
 Charged to the CreeT Buseau

1H HE republican press is making
 4 much ado over the alleged ex- travagance of the committee on pub- lie information, of which George Creel was chairman. It is alleged that the committee cost the government $6, 500. 900, SC far as can be estimated at present, and it's affairs are in such confusion that they cannot be settled for six months.
 E. K. Ellsworth of the Council of National Defense, who was appointed to liquidate the affairs of the com mittee, charges MT. Creel and other officials with gross negligence in handling government funds. He states that when the armistice was signed virtually all of the officials of tho committee threw up their jobs and returned to private life, leaving but few minor officials in charge;" that the committee issued hundreds of checks for individual expenditures. exceeding the maximum of 5000 fixed by Congress, and ranging from $10o to $5o0,o ,ooo, issued to between 400 and 500 persons; that several hundred thousands dollars in unpaid accounts, some of them of long stand ing. have not been attended to and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
SMALL TAILS TO TRrn

From the Houston Post
 We'll see who is running the United States" says Governor Roberts of Oklahoma. There are some very small tails in this country that think they are going to wag pretty big dog. They are going to be bobbed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
Member of the Associated Pres.

The Age-Heyalc Is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis patches
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or net otherwise credited in this paper anG also the local news published rereln.
 4 Il rights of republication of several dispatches herein are also reserved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
= - - ENGLISH BULLS
From the Outlook.

A correspondent of an English pa per recently indulged in this bull: Lest whisper of the hidden hand be heard -" Was it an English clergyman who said to his congregation, Brethren, the muddy pool of politics was the rock on which I split?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
LIGHT STUFF

From the Louisville Courier-Journsl
 Another advertisement in the Lon Con Times which shows the dignity or The Thunderer,' Would you like 10 play iddlywinks-s sweetheart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03

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