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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
POETS AND LIFR.

From the Chicago Herald and Examiner. "The poets," says Miss Amy Lowell or Boston. 'are always the advance guard of literature; the advance guard Of lire. Miss Lowell, whose brother is preslden. of Harvard university, has been illustrat- ing her dictum herself recently. The opening paragraph of one of her more ambitious poems runs as follows: "Due east, far west; Distant as are the nests of the opposite winds. ReHoVeu as fire and water are, as the clouds ana the roots of the hills, as the wiies or youth and age. Let the key-guhs pe mounted, make a brave show or Waslhs war and pry off the lid of Pandoras box once more. Get in at any cost, ana and lot out A. little, so it seems" Is liter wait-there is much to follow through the Great Gate!"
 As far as the form of this is concerned we give in This is certainly the aoVance guard of literature, unless, perhaps' !" l is a straggler who has remain too long In the wineshop and is now stumbling along in the rear trying to catch up. It is certainly one or the other oi course. 1t is not wholly clear. Gertuoe stein's we'll known lyric of 10 years oi SO ago. beginning Canned tomatoes ale' shebovgan. asthmas, colored lights" was simpler and more readable, certainly. But let us give the more modern lady the benefit of the doubt; let us admit 'iia' the noble phrase. "Get in at any cost and let out a little, so 1t seems" it liter ature's advance guard. Is 1t lifes!
 Inst what may be objected to in these self centered, pompous, priggish' moo' ern" noets is that they care nothing about life. What is going on in the "oiio' what people are thinking of' what we are all wondering, they despise They not only get their inspiration from the 10" and the obscure-Browning did that-ou' they fail entirely to show what the ll'- +a ond the obscure mean in the scheme ~. +bines straws show how the wina is blowing. but the modern poets are not interested in the wind. but Tn 'he lco,or of the straw. They will write you a. poem on that.
 ''The yellow straw
 My heavens, I have made a "ohoelAN' discovery.
 This straw, 1t Is like
 It Is like
 It is like other straws.
 There is here thought"
 Rut what the wind means, or where or why it Is blowing. they don't care' and they don't care for anybody "ho
 A,pernon swinburne cared. Read some
 of his "songs," you people WHO oo'' like poetry. swinburne was worth a ooA-
 an rhyners, but one good rhymer IS
 worth. to the heart of man, hundred or these poets"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
DRAMA. SERIOUS AND FRIVOLOUS.


 From the New York Herald.
 Playgoers of a generation now gray or bald are prone to lament the degenera- ton of modern taste as evidenced in the great number of musical, farcical and frivolous entertainments that occupy the stages of our theatres. Their views are shared by a certain element in the popu- lation that wishes so have its intelli- gence rather than it's emotions and risi- bilities appealed to.
 There is no need for despair. however, for if we hark back to the flashy age of imitation and extravaganza that fol- lowed the civil war we find conditions similar to those of the present day. In times like these when every paper issu- ing from the press carries sensational news that keeps the public mind Keyed up to a high pitch of excitement, relief from fear and anxiety is sought in mu- sical comedy and farce that amuses even when it is foolish. Entertainment of like nature was popular during New York s r,ashy age The desire for serious drama went into eclipse. Edwin Booth lost his entire fortune in the splendid theatre that he built and equipped for the sole pur- nose of presenting Shakespearian and other classic dramas. The panic of 1873 put a sudden end to e. gance and irflations and gave a new vogue to the serious. Booths theatre realized the pur- nose for which it was designed in repre- sentations of "Julius Caesar" that filled 1 1t to it's uttermoe' capacity.
 Sober days and nights lie before us We
 shall see better plays and more serious ones than we have at any time since the
 summer of 1914. A new generation o1 native dramatists is already on the way
 and from their work will new actors bt created.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
Baltimore Extends
 Boundary Lines

TN order to make an impressive U showing in the next census, Bal timore has just added 51 square miles and an estimated population of 100,- GOO to it's former boundary. It now embraces an area of S8.5O square miles and it's population is stated at 750,000.
 Baltimore is one of the most com pactly built cities in the United States. In 1910, although its area was only 375O square miles, it was credited with population of 558, ,4S5.
 Area is a poor basis for estimating population. Los Angeles contains more square miles than New York 33S as against 315. Birmingham and Taunton, Mass, have each 50 square miles, but the latter had only B., ,259 inhabitants when the last census was taken, while Birmingham had 132, ,6S5. IA year ago Taunton's population was estimated at 37,000. Birmingham's population today is upwards of 225 ,OOO.
 A few decades ago Baltimore ranked as the fifth city in population. In 1900 it dropped to sixth place, Boston having outstripped it, and in | 1910 it dropped to seventh place, Cleveland having outrun it. Cleveland /, continues to grow, but Baltimore will probably get back its rank of 1900. But no matter what the census may show, Baltimore is wonderfully pros porous.
 critic says we have broken away from the thralldom of German music He is speaking of the high -brows, of course The average low brow has to look at tn, : programme to see what the professor I. playing, and then he doesn't know.
 # < T.
 We have a suspicion that the man wht : merely woke up when the whistles blew for the birth of a new year, grunted an, rolled over for another snooze, isn't go ing to accomplish much in 1919. 1 < x #
 Champagne at s1o a bottle is no luxurl to . war profiteer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
Birmingham As a
 Convention City

THE Rotary club has shown the
 0 right spirit in resolving to CO., operate with the Kiwanis club in en- tertaining the international conven- tion of the latter organization which meets here this year. Several hun dred delegates will be in attendance and their visit will be made all the more agreeable by the joint efforts of the principal host and its friendly rival
 Birmingham is a popular conven- tion city. Its hotel accommodations are not only ample, but in few cities are they equaled. An auditorium is the only thing Birmingham lacks when it comes to caring for gatherings of the largest size. It cannot be long be- fore that lack is supplied.
 In the meanwhile let the civic bodies here work earnestly to secure num- Der of conventions for 1919 of such size as can be accommodated in one |of the theatres.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
Highest Admiration for Wilson.

"I am not party man, although used to call myself 8 republican" said John L. McGannon of Chicago, now registered at the Hillman.
 T voted for Wilson in 1912 and for Hughes in 1916. but I am an ardent ad- mirer of President Wilson today No chief executive ever had to face such a trying situation as he has faced during the last two years.
 He has handled the ship of state with consummate skill and I have no patience with any American who tries to hamper him with petty faultfinding. He was right in going to Europe and all pa triotic citizens should be ready to hold up his hands. I predict a decisive demo- cratic victory in 1920 and feel sure that President Wilson will go out of office honored and loved by every sincere American.
 II have been a voter for 40 years and am safe in saying that Mr. Wilson is the greatest statesman who has occu- pied the presidential chair in that time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
Real Estate Market Better.

'I believe 1919 is going to be good year for the real estate market" said H. Key Miner, president of the Milner Land company.
 eve have had a number of inquiries for property in the last few days and the demand seems to be increasing. I was very much surprised a few days ago when a man came into my office, asked about a certain piece of prop erty. and learning the price, took the money from his pocket, laid it on the dest and at the same time requested that a deed be prepared as soon as tions on an extensive scale to begin by spring"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
Macbeth.

BEGINNING THE DAY-In sorrow Thy pity rcvfves the faintinE soul; in prosperity and ease. it is Thy spirit only that can wean us from our pride and keep us low, o Thou sole source of peace and righteous ness, tnke now the veil from every heart; and join us in one communion with Thy prophets and saints who have trusted in Thee, and were not ashamed. Not of our wOrthiness but of Thy tender mercy, hear our prayer. Amen.-Martineau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
BIRD,s-EYE VIEW OF THE PoLM

BIRD,S-EYE VIEW OF THE POLH. From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Tho expedition to the north pole which Capt. Bob" Bartlett of Newfound- land-Peary's navigator-will lead has behind 1t a group of exports and ooun- selors who command public confidence for the scheme of solving the last rs- maining riddles of the polar region by the aid of the airplane From time to time reports have been brought back of nebulous land masses described in the dim distance in the far north. Peary, in 1906 thought he saw land in the unknown area of half million square miles between Axel Heiberg Land and Grant Land, and he called the apparition Crocker Land, for one of his packers. saying, T seem to see more distinctly the snow-clad summits of distant land in the northwest above the ice horizon"
 Donald MacMillan describes in his ex- cellent book which has just appeared, -Four Years in the White North,'' how he looked for Crocker Land in vain in April, 1914 "We were convinced that we
 
 receding, ever changing ever beckon- ing"
 But now the mirages of the north will be dissipated, and whatever terra firma there may be must announce itself to the. winged men who lightly overpass the trail of bleaching human bones and the | cracked ribs of the ships that mark the | Arctic crusaders of the four centuries. The voyagers of the air will never have | to listen to the icefloes grinding against l the sides of their vessel nor wonder at what hour of the night the Ice King i will command them to set their dogs
 and their supplies on the floes for
 vigil of darkness and starvation. The 1 polar area seen from above will afford as commonplace a prospect on that April
 day in 1909 when Peary reached the point l that so many lives had been sacrificed
 to gain; but the intensive survey of the
 polar basin and the icecap now made
 practical will yield results of real value
 to science with the least possible jeo-
 pardy to the lives of tho Vikings of the | air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
UsheriDx i'm New Year

q have no children to be aroused by the ushering in of the New Year by the blowing of whistles the ringing of bells and the discharge of firearms" said H. S. Limmer, "but I have a friend whose son got a shotgun for Christ mas present and who left orders before retiring that he wished to be called on the dot of the passing of the old year and the coming of the new, as he wished to fire both barrels in honor of the event. Another one of his boys went back to sleep before the noise was over"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
ADMIRED HIS PLUCK.

From the Boston Transcript.
 well" said Uncle Si Bruggins after solo by g fashionable church choir tenor. "if that ain't the rudest thing I ever saw. Just as soon as the young man began to sing, every other member of the choir stopped. But he went through with 1t. and must say ad- mire his spunk"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Wants Addresses of Ministers

T am anxious to get the names Of any Baptist preachers who may have changed their residence during 19lS,' said the Rev. w. M. Wood, who is both the secretary of the Alabama Baptist State convention and statistical secre- tary. q wish to have as accurate list as possible, so that it may be ab- solutely trustworthy when it'apears in the minutes. Just drop me a card to Pinson."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
cnAr,rY "uNcLT JOE.
inc New York World.

From the New York World.
 Uncle Joe Cannon "cusses'' the subway and can't understand why Broadway is always torn up. Shfewd old politician that he Is, when in Gotham he does as the Cothamites do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02

Washington, bureau. 2oI 5ihps puiiu- ing. .,
 European bureau, Henrie'IA s" Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, W 0 Il" building. New York city; western puS' ness otrice. Tribune building, Chlc"eo Tns s. c. Beckwith SpecisL Aseh~'' agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
RUTHLESS UNCLE SAM.

From the Peoria Transcript.
 The war department has closed 50 saloons in Chicago. This is an inva- sion of the grand duchy of Billhals- thompson. but 1t can't be helped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
Lieut.. AtweII Brown Loses Captain

q recently heard from my son Att well. and, of course was delighted to know that he had gotten through safe ly in spite of having been in some tight places," said Eugene L. Brown. He wrote from Metz, as he is with the army of occupation. He was great ly grieved over the death of his cap tain. It seems that Captain Logan was a prominent business man of Pittsburg, who, in spite of being A years old, closed up his place and worked and got a commission. He met death the day before the signing of the armistice."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
RENO.
A FAUX PAS.

A FAUX PAS. s"This Is an up-to-date barber shop.' 'Tn what respectT~ "An the artists arc tactiturn fellows" ''werli wellr' >'And when asked for . copy of tha Police Gazette. you should have essn the look the proprietor gave me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
Member of the Associated Press

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 All rights of republication or speciai dispatches herein are also reser'eo'
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
PROFITABLE WRITING.

Docs this motion picture star do any literary work? It seems to me I have seen her name signed to articles In the newspapers and magazines"
 Tt was probably a cosmetic testlmon-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
MORE EXPERT.

.1 suppose there will always be grafts CTS in politics." remarked the Stndsnt q affairs.
 I'm afraid so." answered MT DubS waite. s.But so many investigations have been started in recent years thae their technique has improved considsr- ably" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
A MOTOR TRAGEDY.

T don't hear you talking about your motor car any more. Have you sold it7'' "No. I've made the supreme sacrifice What do you meanr'
 "Tve turned it over to my creditors."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
Sad New Year Eve Experience

q have found out it pays to take heed to the requests of ones wife, said R. D. Burnett. "To prove this, on New Years Eve night she asked me to stay home with her, but I told her I was sorry, as l had business "en- gagement, and went on down to my office in my new Cadillac. My chauf- feur got out for a minute to go to the postoffce and along came some- one and stole it. About a. m. it was located down on Founteen street, where it was a wreck, having been in collision and abandoned by the thieves. It is true that it was insured, but l had only driven it about 5000 miles and it was in perfect condition.
 q lay up the accident to the fact that I failed to heed the request of Mrs. Burnett"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02

EAlereu at DIt444sn saist4it, H4''' postoffice as second-class matter, un . der act of Congress, March ,, 1S1S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE OUTCAST.

lal. Her privote secretary is adept in that form of composition"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02

LOcai EXchanSe Attracts AttchAOH'
 Birmingham is setting the pace for all southern cities in so many things that we Just had to jump in and do little pace-making ourselves" said George B. Knox, Jr., district manager of the Southern Bell Telephone com- pany.
 We have developed our Birmingham system into one of the best in the coun- try and it is attracting the attention of other southern cities. Representa- lives of the companies in Memphis, Nashville, Atlanta and other larger southern cities have been here recent 1y to inspect our plant with the view to adopting some of our plans and improvements"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02

No communication wall be puphs1o without it's authors naIhe. heIeS hlAuuscripI wlA not De returned ultN stamps are enclosed Tor that purp0"I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
Severe Penalties For
 Drunkenness In Florida

1.-THE REV. SIDNEY J. CATTS and U his prohibition cohorts have suc- ceeded in making Florida constructive ly bone-dry. A constitutional amend ment went into effect January 1 to prevent the sale, manufacture and transportation of liquors, wine and beer in the state.
 Although Florida was one of the last strongholds of the liquor deal CTS in the south, it contains prohi- bitionists of the 100 per cent variety. Their handiwork is to be observed in a feature of the new law which lm- poses a minimum fine of $500, or six months imprisonment, or both, for the first time an offender is found guilty of drunkenness and fine of $5OOO, or three years imprisonment, or both, for the second offense.
 While it is evident that the more rabid prohibitionists "saw red" when such law was passed, for while at any rate, we may expect Florida courts to temper justice with mercy. It is characteristic of reformers to go to extremes and in large measure defeat their own ends. If the rank and file of Floridians are like the citizens of other commonwealths, it will be no easy matter to enforce such drastic penalties.
 * * *
 Russia Illiterate
 and Undeveloped
 NNTHATEVER decisions are w reached at Versailles, Rus sia will prove "white elephant" to these nations earnestly seeking to tring order out of chaos in Europe. The most superficial study of Rus sia's internal conditions show the ap- palling backwardness of this great country and will account in large de- gree for the present reign of terror ism.
 The official statistics for 1917 gave Russia a population of 178,378,0o0 In every thousand of population I'll were peasants; 107 of every thousand lived in cities; 23 of every thousand were Cossacks; 15 of every thousanc were noblemen and members of the upper classes who controlled tho wealth of the country. There were more than 100 languages. Of ever, 10000 soldiers, 6110 were illiterates 66 to 6S per cent of the entire popu lation wss illiterate and only 4 pei eout Of the Russian people attended
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02

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 BlrmIns nam, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02

THE OUTCAST. A farewell to John Barleycorn, The poets sadly sing; A friendless wight and all forlorn, Who's had his final fling. Time was when old John Barleycorn, Had friends both warm and true Who praised his virtues night and morn And pledged his health anew. But nowadays John Barleycorn Sees all his power sped; Contumely and lasting scorn Are heaped upon his head.
 RENO. And what Is this placer" 'This is Reno. The limited stops here 20 minutes" "oh, I've heard of Reno" "Of course you have" ''Is 20 minutes long enough to get divorce?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
PLAYING FOR TIME.

FLA AIINT FUN IIME "Fantine is engaged to a soldier and a sailor" What's she going to do about it! "She hasn't decided yet" "No?"
 "She Is waiting to see which one Is mustered out first"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02
A REVERSAL OF FORM.

A REVERSAL OF FORM. T rule my wife with a rod of iron," said he; But now I think the man must be joker. saw him leaving home, last night, and she Was just two step behind him with poker.
 Cleveland Plain Dealer. Fair woman once was mans most abe ject slave, But he in this subjection has not kept her; One day. in a rash moment, the man gave Her more rope-then the creature grabbed the scepter.
 Newark (O) Advocate. But still she isn't satisfied, which seems A fact we'll worth a politicians noting; Although she rules the roost, she frets and schemes To get perforce, the privilege of vot- ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02

tranouiliZed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02

of the theatres
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-10-30
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Probate Court, County of Ida
no, State of Idaho.
In the Matter of the Estate OF
Adline Behen, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that Letters
Parliamentary on the estate of Adline
Behen, deceased, were granted to the
undersigned on the 10th day of March
1919, by the Probate Court of Idaho
County.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit them
to me for allowance at the office of M.
Reese Hattabaugh, in Grangeville, Ida
no, within four months after the date
Of the first publication of this notice,
or they shall be forever barred.
Dated this 18th day of October 1919.
Margaret Hogan,
Executrix of the Last Will and Testa-
ment of Adline Behen, Deceased.
NJ. Reese Hattabaugh, Attorney for
Administrator, Grangeville, Idaho.
First Publication of Notice, Octo-
Der 90, 1919.
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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-10-30

Department of the Interior u. S
Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho, Sep
TENDER 27, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that Preston
II. Jewett, of Whitebird, Idaho, who, on
July IS, 1916 and April %, 1919, made
Homestead Entry O6415, and Add
II. f., No O69O7, for SWH NEA, SCI
NWH, E15 SWH, SEH; & SEA NE14
Section IS, Township 81 North, Range
? East, Boisee Meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make three year Proof,
to establish claim to the land above des-
cribed, before J. Loyal Addison, U. S.
Commissioner, at Whitebird, Idaho, on
the 18th. day of November, 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Ellis Harness, Ben Large, George S.
Upton, and Fay Hurley, all of White
bird, Idaho.
20-5 HENRY HEIUFELD,
non-coal Register.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-10-30
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Probate Court, County of Ida
no, State of Idaho.
in the Matter of the Estate OF
o. NJ Evans, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that Letters
Of Administration on the estate Of o.
NJ. Evans, deceased, were granted to
the undersigned on the 7 day of Octo-
Der 1919, by the Probate Court of Ida
no County.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit them
TO me for allowance at the office of F.
E. Fogg, in Grangeville, Idaho within
four months after the date of the first
publication of this notice, or they shall
be forever barred.
Dated this 18th day of October, 1919.
J. d. Evans,
Administrator of the Estate of O. NJ
Evans, Deceased.
F. E .Fogg, Attorney for Admins
traitor, Grangeville, Idaho.
First Publication October %, 1919.
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