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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10

ica- It had famous Tuesday club and had (and still has) the oldest fish ing club in the country, which disputes with Philadelphia for the honor of hav- ing had the famous Fishhouse Punch named for it. On one day in it's har- Dor Annapolis saw ships from Barbados Limington, Demerara, Aux-Cays. Am sterdam, Dublin. St. ,Croix, Salem, port au Prince, Charleston, St. Bartholo- news, Newport, Norfolk and New York Even religion had a certain satiric sprightliness of tone. The only mission ary effort which enlisted the sympathy and the money of the Annapolitans was one "to convert the Quakers of Phil. adelphia," an attempt worthy ''larned and dissipated society"
 It may be wondered whether the de. scendants of the Marquis de la Fayettt in France realize that after the Revo. lution the general assembly, sitting al Annapolis, made him and his heirs male forever natural born citizens of Mary, land" Do they know that pretty littl| Annapolis is legally, if they would hav\ 1t so, still their home? A privilege { Frenchman today might proudly wea, in his bottonhole, as if it were tn, Legion of Honor
 gers over Annapolis. lit the glow oi The haze of the Golden Age still lin a landscape of some old painter. Bu the Golden Age is gone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
GOLDEN AGE OF ANNAPOLIS

Harrison Rhodes, in Harper's Magazine. E7G1 HE legends of so many sleepy
 old towns in America hint at
 amazing Colonial gayety that you sometimes grow skeptical. but there is really reason to suppose that Annapolis, in at least the decade which preceded the Revolution, was the most cultivated and most pleasure loving city of America.
 It was termed at once the Athens and the Paris of America. In the sim gularly happy phrase of a local his- torian. Annapolis was the rendezvous combination so engaging that it seems at once to set standard for fashiona- ble folk, in the hope of finding which one would even now travel the world over.
 The town was full of British officials, rich Maryland tob acco planters and merchants, Virginia gentlemen and their families holiday making. lovely actresses on tour, French hairdressers racetrack touts. Leading jurists and savants For years even after the Rev olution, the Jockey club of Annapolis was the must famous club in America MT. George Washington set down in his notebook what he lost at the Annapolis races, and De TocquevilIe, in his, called the town the only finished city in Amer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
ALVIN c. YORK

From the Nashville Banner.
 There is a definite movement on foot to give to Alvin c. York of Fentress county. Tennessee, the wars greatest hero. testimonial worth while. even if not entirely worthy the exploit which gave him world fame and decorated his breast with the congressional and other medals. The local Rotary club has the matter in charge, and Presi- dent Edgar M. Foster says it will be carried through. It is well enough to erect monuments to men who have dis tinguished themselves during life, but such monuments never get the live hero anywhere. The Rotary club, therefore proposes not to wait until York is dead to honor him, but to do it now The plan is to raise a substantial sum of money and buy the hero first class well-equipped farm in Fentress county. where he and his forebears have lived for generations, and where he would rather live than anywhere else on earth. It is sensible, feasible plan. It is our duty and should b. our pleasure to complete it. There 1, no gift We could make that he doesn''
 deserve. however modest he may be 1T his estimate of what he did.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
STILL WE LOVE GERMANY
he New York Telegram.

From the NeW 4Ork Telegram.
 Berlin attributes 913,00O deaths to the allied blockade. And looking at Berlin's record in the war, there is chorus of We're glad of it.''
 Notwithstanding the cunning efforts, some from unexpected quarters, to gain time, the American memory is not short in this matter.
 "our representatives in Paris don't know anything about it, but our streets are filled with blind and mutilated sol diers.
 The Lusitanih, poison gas. U-boats, frightfulness, outraged womanhood, pol luted wells, crucified soldiers. the wfd- owed and orphaned, the blind, the maimed. bereft old mothers, all these are not to be made barter for peace trades.
 And while on this point we desire to know Q) Is it true as stated in the pub lie prints and by returned soldiers, that former American prisoners of Germany have been forbidden to tell of ill-treat- ment at the hands of their captors? (2) If true. who issued such an order? (S) For what reason?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
Nationwide Victory
 Loan To Go Over Top

II TNcLE sAM's Liberty Loans " never fail to reach the goal, but the Secretary of the Treasury gets a bit nervous toward the close of each campaign.
 When the last day of work ap- breaches there is hurry call. The government is in danger. The sub scriptions are far short, but the cam paign finishes with a great whoop. Whatever deficit in state quotas might have been reported quickly dis appears when the critical moment comes.
 e, Four billion and a half dollars was the amount sought and it will be over subscribed by midnight. Birmingham was over the top Thursday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10

the. uncrowned czar of the United King dom His efforts at liberalization of the British government were wholly practical, and his achievements were great. He was not the man to lead a nation through a great war, how- ever, and he was compelled to make way for Lloyd George, the master genius
 The selection of an ex-premier as ambassador to Washington would per haps be as signal an honor as the send Ing of the chief justice who has been the wartime ambassador. The prob- lens of reconstruction which are com mon to both nations will make the post of ambassador scarcely less inn portant than it was during the war If Mir Asquith is sent to Washingt tor he will be cordially received by the American people and there will be full confidence of his ability to fill the diff ficult position.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
A HOMELY PHILOSOPHY From tho Pittsburg Dispatch.


 The bit of rugged philosophy which frequently surprisss because of tho un- expected source is voicsd with remark able candor by an attache of tho dog pound of Newark. N. J.. . minute before he declared himself surfeited with his experience with life i've had enough I'm tired of living. I'm only stray dog myself" were the words credited to man who wns dead by his own hand few minutes later. and who was ¬ known to have cherished misanthropic thoughts. But with his death it dawned upon a large number of people who hao known the man during his several years as an employe of the dog pound that they knev nothing about him. His name and age were the larger items in the assets of information. Of his~history none knew anything. Evidently he had no close con- fidants and evidently there were none with interest enough to draw him into ! speech about himself. But none quite realized how far they had been from the man with whom they had associated daily for many years. until he remarked to a neighbor close by the pound. I'm ony a stray dog myself"
 so in keeping with the practice at the pound. his life came to an end The words arc strange whatever the experi- ence. and speculation does not easily Lead to the trend that prompts man at 0, not less cheerful or outwardly contented than the average man." to tell casual friend that be has had enough of life because "Tm only stray dog myself. Individual philosophy born of and hour ished by>individual contact with life has lhad no more plaintively human expres- sion than this primitive sentence: fTm only . stray dog myself" The stray dos nm 70 frsan4. not svsn hinself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
LUKE MLUKE SAYS

One of the few sure-thing bets we know of is to bet you 100 to 1 that you can't recall case in which worrying over it made things any better
 After a girl gets married she spends half her time in wanting what she doesn't get and the other half in get ting what she doesn't want.
 Maybe if you could don an effective disguise and go around and hear the worlds real opinion of you, your head wouldn't get swelled as often as 1t does.
 Another reason why judges get gray hair is because every day or two $10 girl sues a $20 man for $50,000 for breach of promise.
 Another thing we have noticed is that the returned doughboy with the croix de guerre pinned on his blouse doesn't banker half as much for the
 keys to the city as he does for the
 keys to kaif.
 The world is growing better. Mod ern kids are not expected to speak pieces for company when you are in vited to a home.
 The fool who doesn't know anything Is likely to learn. But the fool whu knows it all is hopeless. Don't imagine that a man is deeply religious because he has a long face on Sunday Maybe the poor fellow ls | thirsty.
 A man doesn't mind sleeping. in 8 10-foot room. But he wants 20-foo' auto to do his riding in. A woman may believe that gambling | is sinful But she'll bet you that hel husband can't get anything out of tht ice box without spilling something. | The trouble with the girl who l. built like shad is that if she doesn'' | get fat on you she will get thinner or | you.
 | It is wise wife who knows tha ! you can Jolly lot moro out of q bus. band than you can nag ont of him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10

The battalion was lost in just the sensd in which the admiring American peopld use the word. It got to the place where it was sent and was cut off from the rest of the division. It carried only two days rations and had to hold out fod five days, surrounded by the enemy in great force and under constant fire. Del mands for surrender were repelled with profanity. It was rescued, just as be- sieged town is rescued. When relieving army marches to the rescue of a be- leaguered city or fortress, 1t is not to be taken as meaning that the army does no: know where the city or fortress is, and
 is plunging this way and that in an ef- fort to find it. The garrisons of Lucknow or of Mafeking were certainly rescuedj and to say So implies neither that there was any lack of courage in the rescued nor any ignorance of their whereabouts in the minds of the rescuers.
 Of one thing General Alexander may be assured. The glorious nickname oi the Lost battalion will last as long as the story of the war itself lasts The Amer. ican people take pride in the battalion and in the name they have given it, and it will no more disappear from common speech than will the equally glorious name of the Old Contemptibles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
HERBERr AsQUITH

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 England signally honored the United States in sending Lord Reading as am bassador. The rumor. as yet without certification, that Herbert Asquith may be named as Lord Readings successor may be taken as another indication of Britain's desire to honor her sister na- tion and ally.
 MT Asquith is one of Ensland's greatest constructive politicians. In ante bellum times he was considered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
BORING A PLUTocRAT

"Jibway used to carry around rol of bills in his pocket that would 'chok,
 NO. Jibway flashed his roll one da, in the presence of a gasoline merehan and created so little excitement that h, got disgusted and put his money i, a bank"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
ENGLAND LEAST OF ALL nm the Mobile Repister

The Germans who were bitterly cry Ing to God to punish England are now arguing strongly that England and Germany have a great career before them. commercially. financially and politically; but this does not fool any body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10

of the country are informed touching the governments needs, response is generous.
 The income from the War Savings Stamp channel will total large; prob ably two billion dollars in the United States during the year 1919. And the best of it is, the people are being edu- cated in the ways of thrift. A little saving in daily expenditures here and there counts we'll in the end
 The War Savings activities will be noted from time to time, but despite other campaigns no sight will be lost of the War Savings.
 as #
 'Hypocrite,~ "Despot," Transform ed Kaiser" Man with the voice of an an- gel but the deeds Of the devil" arc some of the epithets applied to Presi- dent Wilson by Japanese newspapers For a people whose language does not contain any "cuss words" that's doing pretty well.
 When a man makes the prediction chat the coming summer will be the longest in the history of the nation, it is reasonable to infer that he is either a beer lapper of a rum hound.
 F x # It is said that the final exit of J. Barleycorn will be followed by a rise in the price of coffee, which goes to show that the coffee merchants are awake to their opportunities. a: a. * Admiral Kolchak, who describ es him. self as dictator of democratic Rus though dictators and democracies don't go together.
 Chicago has murder case with a new angle. A woman killed a man over a miniature of George Washington, and no reference was made to blighted af- lection.
 By raising s1,OsO, 900 in 40 minutes for the Victory Loan, Birmingham busi- ness men maintained the batting aver age- of a city tat always goes lover the top"
 * This would be merry old world il we didn't have anything more to wor- ry about than the injured feelings o1 General Won Ludendorn. The text of the peace treaty has beer 1 received with varying emotions. bu | nowhere with such profound pessimisn as in Germany. A wheat corp of approximately 300, eoo,ooo bushels should mako it easie for MT. Hoover to Ill Europe.s empt. stomachs gl < N l x * E Judging from comment in Berlin. tn 1 German eagle will be left without s much as single tail feather to steer by # * ae 1 Uncle Sam may be induced to talk lover the Armenians, but he isn't goin' l to acquire. any Turkish harems. l ;; * ae | Orlando returned to Paris after visit to Italy much refreshed by tn plaudits of his people.
 x # x It hurts a bolshevik far worse to los chest full of money than it does t lose battle.
 * x * A word to the visiting doughboys: you don't see what you want. as for it.
 * * *
 Cheer the soldiers and salute tn | fla ei This is the day we celebrate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
COLUMBUS HAD NO "FoREoAsrs"

From the Columbus Dispatch.
 Christopher Columbus did not have the advantage of information as to what kind of weather was prevailing g over the mid-Atlantic when he was pre- pairing to prove that it could be navi- gated, and perhaps it was just as well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
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COMPARISONS ARE oDrous
the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 James W. Girard's surprise that many German families still keep pictures of the ex-Kaiser might not survive the shock of knowing that Jeff Davis pie ture is still a household treasurer south of the Mason and Dixon line. But Jen never came back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10

BEGINNING THE DAYI haSe the charts of Thy summer seas. l own the maps of Thy country. l hnve heard of the strange delights that await me. My heart knows Of them and longs for them. And all the while the ships chafe at their moorings. Yet I do not travel. Oh. my God, why is it that I do not travel. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10

SAFETY FIRsTs A GOOD SLOGAN Ffom the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 It can be said for the proposed trans Atlantic atrplane flight that the voy- agers are calm. reserved and deliber- ate. and do not hesitate to put 1t of untf1 tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
MAY BE THERE FOR COMPANY From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Everybody is wondering what is the purpose and function of this corps of "expertsr that accompanies the Ger man delegates to versailles. Maybe they're golf experts-for>one reads that the Germans have brought their clubs wtth then
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Supplying Farm. With Labor

Yes, we are doing all we can to sup ply those on the farms with labor" said Lewis Bowen. examiner in charge of the United States employment service in the Brown-Marx building, ground floor. "but it is really difficult to get those seeking labor in touch with la borers applying for jobs. We have to do 1t by letter, telephone or telegraph and it's often the case that the men applying here get tired of waiting be- fore we can hear from those on the farms. I am glad to state that few of the returning soldiers are showing a desire to go back to the farm. We have been able to place some labor with the farmers of Alabama but not in numbers to be very encouraging"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
ENERGY PLUS

From the Atlanta Journal.
 About the most energetic creature we know of is the early bird going after the worm with the daylsht-savings law in effect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
Turning Point Marked
 In Cleburne County

THE Alabama extension service J reports that the shipment of a -cc-operative carload of hogs by farm CTS of Cleburne recently marks a turning point in the agricultural life of that county. Instead of buying meat at nearby jobbing centers the Cleburne- county farmers will here after not only provide for their own needs by putting up meat in smoke houses, but they will ship their sur- plus product to less favored communi- ties elsewhere
 Although successfully handled in other portions of the state, the Gle burne, county farmers had never tried a, cooperative shipment of hogs until recently. Farm Demonstration Agent E. R. Carlson of Fruithurst arranged for the first. shipment the latter part of April. Severty-two hogs were as semhled and were graded by L. T. Wells of the marketing division of the- extension, service.
 Here arest the results: 'The hogs were shipped to the National stock yards, East St Louis, H., uncon- signed and dressed hogs were selling that day in Heflin for eighteen cents, Returns from the carload indicated g net return to the farmers of seven teen cents per pound, the No. l hogs on hoof netting nearly eighteen cents when figured separately-the same price as farmers would have received locally for their dressed product Nineteen hundred and eighty dollars have been distributed throughout tht county to the owners of these hogs, al of whom are well pleased with the re suits of the sale and express their de sire to continue the method employed At least four hundred dollars wer saved the farmers of the county ol this one shipment alone"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
Day of specialties

This is not only a day in which men are specializing in the profes- sions," said Charles A. Calhoun" but 1t is being done in all lines of manufac- ture, and even in merchandise special ty shops are coming into vogue here in Birmingham. We have shirt. waist shops, and now comes Palm Beach shop, and we have had several hat shops for quite awhile. A friend, of mine says he overheard a saleswoman. the head of department in one of the big stores, say that she hoped one day to be able to open corset shop We have some of the tastiest small shops in the country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10

III blows the wind that profits no- body. Henry VI.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
Seats Reserved For Ladies

To-day, in view of the fact that there will be a good view of the parade from our balconies, we are going to reserve the entire second story balcony for, the lady members of our members families" The above statement was made by w. c. Woodruff, secretary of the Birmngham Athletic club The club proposes to erect circus seats on the balconies and promise to have seats for at least 200.
 ''Wc are going to blockade the front of the club and arrange it so that only one person at time may enter. Some one will be stationed there and only members and their families will be all lowed the privilege of using the bal confess said MT. Woodruff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
War Savings Campaign
 Progressing Steadily

AMONEY-RAISING campaigns GV4 have been many and urgent, but there has been no waning of inter est in the War Savings and Thrift canvass. This is an all-the-year-round campaign. It is we'll organized and every day brings in large sums for Uncle Sam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
Champion Commencement orntor

Champion Commencement Orator
 '"Thererare some men in Alabama who do more speaking In some lines than do," said Dr. J. s. Thomas of the University of Alabama, and state high school inspector but I want to lay claim right here publicly to being the champion commencement orator of this commonwealth, for this season I am billed for and will make 21 addresses. be pleased to have him make 1t known and the next time I see him I will sur render the title to which I lay claim"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
Must Mis. Atlanta Convention

"A man may lay his plans but unfor- tunately too often something turns up to upset them," said P. c. Ratliff, the insurance man.
 Here 1t is for a whole year I have been counting on attending the South ern Baptist convention which opens in Atlanta on May IA, and at the last min ute I get notice that I must be in an- other city to appear in suit. I always greatly enjoy the sessions of the body and this year was eager to be present because I had expected to be the guest in the home of my sister. Mrs. B. D. Gray, the wife of the secretary of the Home Mission board."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE 1s7th REGIMENT

The soldier boys are coming home
 Who sailed across the sea And fought against the stubborn Hun
 To set the nations free. On many a bloody battle field.
 They won undying fame, Brought glory that shall never fade
 To Alabama's name. Mere lads they are, but men in war,
 Whose hearts are brave and true. They never stopped to count the cost
 When there was work to do. Resistlessly they hurled themselves
 Upon the Prussian foe, cheer upon their beardless lips,
 Their battle cry, Let's goi" And now 'tis good to honor them,
 To hFi1 their proud advance With plaudits for the living, tears
 For those who sleep in France. Our heroes and the nations pride
 We welcome you today; The splendor of your martial deeds
 Will never pass away.
 MOTOR GADDqNG
 will the new hobble skirt keep women from covering so much terri tory in the course of a dayr"
 Not if they are in position to tell chauffeur where they want to Eo."
 TAKING TT FOR GRANTED
 What are you reading these days7' asked the talkative man. Gibbons Decline and Fan of the Roman Empire" answered the studi- ous person. Ever dip into that work = NO. I'm satisfied with just knowing the Roman empire declined and fell without going into all the details" GO TO TT, SON Soldier. soldier, Back from France, Eat your fill and F1irt and dance When the crowds be- Gin to thicken, Drop your gun and Grab a chicken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
VALUABLE ASSET

How many in your famify?~ aske, the census taker.
 Nine dawgs, 14 chi1lun am the ol, woman," answered the resident 0 Squirrel Hollow.
 Dogs don't count-@
 They do in these here parts, strang CT. Chillun come an chi1lun go an wife is sorter wished on a man, but a long as the mountin's are full o 'possums an coons, dawgs is dawgs."