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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-22


piers and other clerical employees of a
New York condensed milk company are
hours. The fever is spreading. Event
ually there will be a walk-out of preach
job.
A man has been arrested In Fort
Worth for not telling the truth-in let
tiers and telegrams-about oil develop
ments. Yet there must be one or two
others of the same ilk who are still at
large
King Alfonso arrived in Paris dressed
like an ordinary civilian, even disdaining
a silk hat and a frock coat. Although
a Bourbon, there's something truly JEFF
fersonian about the man.
y X y.
Colonel House has been permitted to
walk around the block" No doubt
care was taken to see that there were
no newspaper men lurking near that par
ticular block.
On his tour of the south, Mr.. Dempsey
may be defied now and then by some
| wild-eyed native, but it will be "rnoon-
shine and not true valor doing the talk
ing.
The fact that there is not the slightest
intention of letting Sir Thomas Upton
lift the international cup will not make
his reception any the less cordial.
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Large importations OF jewelry into
! America don't interest the man who is
wondering how he's going to get his coal
bin filled with ''black diamonds,
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| After being cooped up on the American
continent for several years, confirmed
globe trotters are determined to get to
Europe or die in the attempt
* Il *
Among the prominent democrats whose
interest in the democratic nation conven-
| ton next year will be more or less aca-
demic is Vice President Marshall
| 4 as *
/ There's no reason to believe that Won
Ludendorff declined to fight duel with
Admiral Won Hintze merely on the
ground that the war is over.
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Don't be in a hurry" MARBLES a poet
Suppose D'Annunzio had dallied by the
way. Where would he be now?
I Washington's crepe hangers have been
thrown into disorder by cheerful bull
letins issued from the White House.
y y X
Germany seems to be showing a '.ge,
together" spirit that could be emulateo
to advantage in America.
y X y
Having gravitated to the oil business
DOC" Cook will not need any help IN
writing a prospectus.
[ y y. y
The late viscount Astor gave away mil
lions to get title and win popularity il
England. He got the title.
+ * *
There is still enough fighting going or
to convince the munitions makers tina
while there's life there's hope.
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SATISFIED

us it true that every man thinks the
other fellows job is eastern
Not in my case replied Mr.. Jobbles.
firmly.
Nor
I've watched human flies climb up
the sides of skyscrapers With nothing
to aid them but their hands and feet;
I've craned my neck when aviators
were doing all kinds of devil feats
in the sky and I've seen other peol le
risk their lives in various ways for
money and applause, but never without
thanking my lucky stars that 1 can
make a living keeping books"
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Investing in Birmingham

Birmingham is on the eve of her
greatest growth said S. D. Cowan.
There are a number eof eastern people
in Birmingham now looking for invest
ments, and from what I have heard
them say, 1 am satisfied they will put
some of their money in Birmingham be-
fore they leave. My company has a
great many inquiries every day from
people away from here who are interest
ed in Birmingham, and during the last
few weeks we have interested several
to the extent that they have invested.
They are buying business and residence
property, and even vacant property, as
investment propositions, but some of
them express their intention of coming
to Birmingham to live and to engage in
business
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With the jewelers.

birmingham will entertain the Ma
tional jewelers. association Friday
when their convention will be held at
the Civic association" said Aaron Ash
land at this time the jewellers of Ala
bama will be organized. This prom
Uses to be an eventful day for local
jewellers, who are 100 per cent in favor
of organization. We will be affiliated
with the National Association of Jewel
ers and with the cooperation of men
in this business in practically every
state in the union we expect to be able
in way to better conditions in this
line.
1--WE are expecting more than Zoe
men from the various sections of the
country at the meeting Friday and we
feel most gratified at the splendid man.
ner in which this plan has been met
and are looking forward to splendid re-
suits from the organization"
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4 * *
Waldorf Astor Gave Away
Millions for a Title

WIscoUNT WILLIAM WALDORF
v ASTOR, who died recently at
Brighton, perhaps gained more noto-
riety by expatriating himself than
any other man who ever lived. By
pouring out his money lavishly and
fighting an uphill battle for years
against British prejudice, which in
this case was eminently justified, the
descendant of one of Americas rich
est pioneers had the SNUG satisfaction
of knowing late in life that he pos
sessed a much coveted title, and had
gained certain footing in British
society. To the everlasting credit of
Englishrnen it should be stated that
he was ridiculed from royal circles
down to costermongers.
1t was in 1890 that Waldorf Astor,
reputed worth 100000, 900 inherited
from his father, left the United States
because, as he is said to have de-
clared, "America is not fit country
for a gentleman to live in" The I'M
welcome attentions Of newspaper men
and photographers, the fear that his
children would be kidnapped and a
quarrel with his mother because she
insisted that the younger Mrs. Astor
should not use cards merely bearing
Mrs. Astor," without her given name
prefixed, are some of the other rea.
sons advanced for Waldorf Astor's
departure from his native land to be.
come British citizen.
However, it is far more likely tina,
he would have continued to live in
America and make the best of a bac
situation had be not been an insuffer.
able snob. 1t is estimated that he
spent at least $12,000,0O0 to get into
the English peerage. AS the result
of a faux pas he became persona nor
grata to King Edward who called him
an "old bounder," but the accession
of King George enabled him to wiz
back the royal favor, which was
strengthened by huge donations tc
war funds.
Viscount Astor had his wish. He
died a British nobleman, owner OF
lordly estate, with son in Parlia-
ment and large staff of servants tt
crook the pregnant hinges of the
knee, but he had few friends in Eng
land and practically none in America
For nearly thirty years his name wa.
a theme for jests both in the United
States and in England.
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IDLE SPECULATION

You seem fascinated in watching
that musician play the trombone"
Yes" said Mr.. Cobbles. Down N
my part of the country we calf one
of them things a to and FROM an
I've never yet seen Teller playin' one
that 1 didn't wonder what would hap
pen if his arm got paralyzed just when
he had showed it out to it's full length .
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From the Atlanta Journal.
n 1(ERE is a text from life, and well
lH| worth bordering in these loud
81 and giddy days:
I'VE saw a man in conversation with
another" says writer in the Ohio
State Journal, "gesticulating violently
and speaking at the top of his voice.
What good did it do? Not a bit. We
remembered the old saying, "A frantic
speech conveys no truth Truth is al
ways modest. If it goes to shrieking
and fretting, it is not truth. We asked
the man what his excited friend was
talking about, and he answered, oh.
1 don't know he was just blowing off. "
1t is thus the robustious person al
ways strikes the observant and
thoughtful. The ud-mouthed swag-
gerer either knows nothing of what he
is talking about, or what he is talking
about is not worth knowing. If he
finds a real thought he will soon lose
it, or smother it in egotism. If he
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GOING TOO EAR

when he said he captured % Germans
single handed and took part in num-
her of other thrilling exploits, but found
that there was limit to my credulity."
I "Yes?"
"He must have thought Id swallow
hook, bait and sinker, but had to laugh
when hes aid he was idolized by his
men," PAUL COOK.
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Early Ratification Would
Have Minimized Unrest

THE republicans have long prided
y themselves on their business
acumen" and the ability of their lead
ers to treat great problems of states
|manship in a business-like way. But
lin their vicious attacks on the adj
|ministration in connection with the
peace treaty and covenant of nations
they have been singularly out of touch
with the public sentiment of America.
Senator Lodge had been . distin-
guished as a fully equipped states
man, but in leading the fight on the
treaty he has shown himself lacking
in far-visioned patriotism. He and
his followers have played poor poll
tics.
AS Senator Underwood frankly adj
Imitted in his first speech on the cove
Inant, there were points of minor i'm
portance in it that might be criticised,
but it was right as whole and should
be ratified without amendment. And
he spoke as a statesman along nom
partisan lines.
Senator Lodges first mistake was
in viewing the treaty as partisan
measure. 1t was vital mistake and
lowered his standing MANIFOLD as a
leader.
| The peace treaty and covenant of
nations should have been ratified
weeks ago. There is no doubt about
the final outcome. The country de-
mands ratification; good faith de-
mands it. Had the league of nations
been disposed of without this unrea-
sonable delay, industrial prosperity
would now be in full swing. AS it is
the country is greatly disquieted.
A new era of prosperity is due, but
lit will not reach permanent basis
until the Senate acts and votes for
peace.
The sooner Lodge changes his bit
ter and un-American tactics the bet
ter it will be for his future political
y y y
1t is safe to predict that in less thar
u months shantung will cease to be a
topic OF general interest
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Huntsville Is Prosperous

'I think the section around Huntsville
has Jared better than the other parts
of Alabama in the matter of crops this
year" said Harry b. Sugg, prominent
Huntsville business man, who was at
the Tutwiler yesterday. while some of
our crops were short we have not been
hit so hard as the black belt and west
Alabama where 1 have been recently
All farm products are bringing good
prices this year and despite the falling
off in production of some lines, every
body seems to be in a prosperous con-
dition around Huntsville. One thing
that is helping our section of the state
is that the farmers have diversified their
crops There has been a great increase
in the acreage devoted to corn and
other grains and some fine hogs and
cattle are being raised. Huntsville is
improving in every line and the outlook
for the future was never brighter"
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THE BROTHERS CHERRYBLE

ter and sufficient cheek was so preva.
lent in Dickens day, what must great
philanthropist or financier have to con-
tend with in our time?
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Briefly myself remember.
king Lear.
= Il 4

BEGINNING THE DAY-God, help
me to go harder. May 1 not hold
back. If n wall of difficulty blocks
my way. grant me to see by my
faith n gate through 1t and proceed
to tear it out. May 1 not repine.
may 1 go on. In Christ's name.
Amen.-H. NJ. Il.
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OUT OF REACH.

Speaking of realism on the stage.
L attended a rural drama last night
in which there was a barnyard seems
and some of the finest looking chick
ems you ever saw were strolling about"
But, wasn't that a trifle riskyr'
NO. All the colored patrons were
seated in the gallery"
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A DOUBLE PORTION

From the Baltimore American.
While capital often eats it's bread
without butter labor wants it spread
on both sides. And butter at so cents
/ pound.
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala
postoffice as second-class matter, un-
der act of Congress, March s, 1879.
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A CERTAIN TYPE OF SENATOR

Said william Frears,
NY heart is tender,
But 1 shed no tears
For a bitter ender.'
when he's lost a fight
And he feels all in,
1 view his plight
With a cheerful grin"
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Remittances can be made at current
rate of exchange The Age-Herald Will
not be responsible for money sent
through the mails. Address
THE AGE-HERALD,
Birmingham, Ala.
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ADRIFrr WITH THE TIMES
STILL HOPEFUL

my boy" said Mr.. Grabcoin, "Im
going to pay your poker debts, but
this is positively the last time"
THANK you, dad. Something tells
me I won't have to trouble you that
way any more"
Good! Then you are going to quit
gambling?"
well, not exactly. dad. l have a
bunch that my luck is going to
change"
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-14
By Rene Bache.

- NE BILLION strong when II all gets
there, another American army is
on It way to France. Not men this
tine, but bugs-and those familiar little red
End black-spotted beetles, that we affection
stely call 'lady-bugs." and that have long
been supposed to embody in themselves
al the superior maternal scIicitudes and
house-wifely instincts OF this vast army
some millions have already taken ship.
Furthermore, Ike our other armies, this
one is going to France to fight French
orchards, now the Germans have been
cleared out, are suffering from another
plague predatory, destructive parasite
called the "mealy bug" which is Just as
thorough as the Invaders recently rolled
back Our lady-bugs are going over 70 eat
them up. While they are about It they
VIII tackle the plant lice also. as well as
other insect nuisances that sflict the
orchards and gardens Of France.
'Lady-bug, Iady-bugl Fly away home!
Your house is on fire,
sYour children do roam"
Hundreds Of thousands Of American chill
dren have sung this triolet Of warning
holding the little beetle poised on a finger
and always sure, when the tiny wings eX-
banded and it few on, that the lady-bug
had heard and understood and was hurry
ing of to gather the children and save her
house If she could One was always glad
that she would find the message exagger
sted and imagined her standing looking at
the little ones and saying: well, those
big bugs fooled me again!" But the very
next time away It would gO-because after
all you could never teIl-thOse strange
human bugs might some day actually be
telling the truth.
Their very dignihed, scientific name, by
the way, IS ColeOptera COccinellidae. Nor
are We right IN calling them lady-bugs.
Back in the Middle Ages, when they got
their name, they called them lady-birds or
lady-beetles, because they we're dedicated
70 the Virgin Mary and we're the Birds
or Beetles OF Our Lady" The curious
connection goes back beyond the Christian
era, however, to other "Our Ladies"
There are many superstitions about them.
One explanation Of the familiar song is
that Il originated in England where they
burn the hop vines after the harvest The
vines are usually full Of the aphids or
plant lice upon which the beetles and the
little cOccinellid children feed.
Now what science has discovered about
this interesting insect is that our ideas o.
its gendeness and domesticity are all
wrong Also the lady-bug that you sing to
very probably isn't a lady lady-bug at all,
but a gentleman lady-bug not at all con-
cerned about the fate Of his children.
But whether lady lady-bug or gentleman
1ady-bug, it is Just about as ferociOus,
predatory and carnivorous q creature as it
IS possible to conceive.
And, being so, It IS a great deal more
use 70 Us than as a mere object Of senti-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-14
the V gracious
Little Beetles-NOt at All
the Gentle Creatures We
Thought em---to
Destroy the Pests That
4 ~ 4 Il ]
Are Eating Up the French Orchards

ment. because what It feeds upon are IN
variably the enemies OF man and it is a
wonderful feeder.
This brings US back to why that army
is on its way to France from California
from California because the California
kind are most voracious and carnivorous
Of all
The employment Of these little beetles
as soldiers to defend the orchards and
gardens Of California has reached a high
point Of development within the last few
years. They are shipped to all parts Of
the State. consignments Of them being de-
livered free to growers Of fruit and vege-
tables.
The famous Imperial Valley, where great
areas are devoted to the production Of the
finest canteloupes in the world, would be
obliged to 90 out Of that business alto
gether were it not for the help Of the lady
bugs. The State Government at Sacra-
mento sends four tons Of ladybugs to the
Imperial Valley each Spring TO prevent
the plant lice from eating up the melon
vines.
ladybugs come from2 The answer IS that
they are collected during the Winter IN
the mountains. Trained bug hunters gather
them.
In late Autumn the little beetles depart
from the valleys and fly up into the high
SieTas, where they assemble in swarms
about the roots OF plants, choosing by
preference sunny slopes along the banks Of
streams. The first ones are due to arrive
about NnT~nrT7Eao- r--G f1 Hh-A -.
bug-hunters begin to get busy. They go
up into the mountains and hunt for the
colonies
But they do not disturb the colonies,
which have only begun to form Later on
there viii be thousands where at this time
there are but a few in each assemblage.
They are content to locate them. making
sketch-maps that wiz make easy the
problem Of finding them months afterward.
How important these sketch-maps are
may be judged from the fact that in Deem
Der and January, when the bug-hunters do
their collecting. the high mountains are
likely to be covered by snow to a depth Of
several feet.
It is then an affair Of digging, and there
must be no uncertainty as to where the
insect colonies are to be found
At best it is hard work, with much ex-
posure to bad weather and severe cold.
4 --N Jus A-A-~IAN eAN NAlAHNEA INT AACLAI
explorers-for the lady-bugs are to be
found only at high elevations-and with
them they carry sacks in which to mack
the insects. In the mouth of each sack is
a sieve with a wire-net bottom.
Naturally, in collecting the insects much
trash in the way Of dried leaves and other
debris is gathered. Most Of it is disposed
OF by passing the gathered material
through the sieve. Two men usually work
together, one getting out the bugs-which
may be grabbed by the fistful-and drop
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-14

there the boxed beetles are kept until
Spring arrives. when they are shipped By
express to the places where they are need
ed This is an affair controlled By tels-
graphic orders from Sacramento.
Consider the case Of the Imperial Valley.
In early June thousands Of acres OF canta-
loupes are starting to grow. The problem
Is to get the ladybugs on the Job at Just
the right time. II they get there seventy
two hours too early the plant lice wiz be
too few to provide them with food and they
VIII starve to death On the other hand. II
they arrive forty-eight hours too late the
crop may be entirely lost. In forty-eight
hours the plant lice may destroy whole
fields Of muskmelons.
Accordingly. the method adopted Is to
send experts into the melon-growfng re-
giOn. who watch for the arrival Of the
first plant lice, and at the proper moment
they wire to Sacramento for help. sacra-
mento wires the packing house. and. with
out & minutes unnecessary delay. as many
millions Of beetles as may be needed are
shipped All the grower has 70 do IS to
scatter them over the melon vines-they
may be counted on to do the rest
For effective work about 10000 ladybugs
70 the acre suffice. They are usually dis
tributed In the early evening. after sun
down. By the next morning they have got
over the excitement incidental to the dis
turbance they experience, and are ready
for business. They simply eat the plant
ffra ofq the fare IF the earth
OF all insects friendly to man the lady
bug is by far the most valuable. Twenty
odd years ago It saved the orange orchards
OF California from total destruction BY
wiping out the "huted scale" insect which
was eating them up. II is literally a bug
Of prey, feeding IN gluttonous fashion upon
many Of the worst enemies Of our crops.
Il IS particularly a friend Of the fruit
grower and vegetable-gardener. and in this
capacity it IS expected to prove vastly use
ful in France. q
Consignments OF ladybugs from the
sierras. in cold storage. are already on
their way across the ocean. accompanied
BY ladybug nurses who win teach their
proper handling and employment
Looking at the lady bug without a mag
nifying glass, its head does not look par
deularly formidable. In fact. one cannot
see much except a fat little point with no
outstanding feature whatever. But under
the glass its aspect changes and, and to
those creatures on which It preys it must
appear as terrifying as tiger in the Jungle
does to the unwary traveller suddenly
coming across it. When the head Is mag
nifed one sees the strong crunching Jaws
or mandibles. the antennae with hooks at
the end especially adapted for seizing the
aphides, and within the jaws are horny
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-14

liantly lighted at
one end and dark
Al the other. The
beetles crawl to-
ward the light, and.
thus freed from the
debris, are recap
ture d and re
sacked.
Il now remains
only to count them
and put them up IN
suitable boxes Tor
shipment The
counting is done BY
pouring them into
a sort Of hopper
which, on release
Of q catch, drops
$4,000 Of tn N
into a box that has
two sides Of wire
mesh, to give them
air. This number
Just fills the box.
which Is thereupon
nailed up.
Five hundred Of
these boxes are
now on their way
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-14

ping them into the
sieve, while the
other passes them
through.
One hundred
pounds Of ladybugs
in a day is a pretty
fair collection for
two men. But they
are very bulky for
their weight, so
that forty pounds
are about as much
as q man can carry.
For the bug-hunt-
ers, however, a
camp is maintained
in the mountains.
so that they can be
supplied with nee
essaries by a week
" pack-train Of
mules, which re-
turns with the
sacks Of beetles.
The mules carry
the sacks to a rail-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-14

to France, the vanguard Of the hosts to
follow.
Please observe that the season is Win
ter. The ladybugs are alternating. and Il
would never do to allow them TO get warm.
II that we're to happen they would quickly
die. Furthermore, they viii not be wanted
for use for several mouths to come, and in
the meantime their term Of Information
must be ,artihcially extended. This is &C
complished by keeping them in cold stor-
Great Britain RlEhts Reserved
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road station, at a valley point not many
miles distant. where a packing-house has
been established for handling the bugs.
There, to begin with, they are cleaned;
that is, separated from the dirt bits OF
dead leaves and other refuse which the
sieve has failed to exclude.
The cleaning process is interesting. It
is accomplished in q sort OF automatic
fashion, the contents Of the sacks being
Jumped upon long tables, which are bril-
CoaEr-zht. l-Ia. ~ So Co-n-n-.