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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12

the bolshevists had taken over the gov ernment. With pockets stuffed full of stage money, the people massed them selves in the defense of that new gov ernment
 lf you have been desperately poor all your life, and a man thrusts hundreds Of dollars into your hands to prove that he is your friend, you believe him. If he says he stands for the government which is behind these dollars, are you not likely to range yourself on the side of that government? And should a stranger from the other end of the world happen along and tell you that the fel- low who had made you wealthy is a crazy man, will that stranger not need pretty strong argument to win you away from him who made you rich with out labor?
 The poorest kinds of money arc con- tinually forced to the surface The bet emerge reluctantly. At Chita, my hotel charged exorbitant rates, based on bol- shevist scrip I had only imperials. A Cossack officer who was friend had only bolshevist notes So when I paid my weekly bill, I swapped my imperials with the Cossack-and paid the greedy proprietor in the poorer paper.
 With money good today and not SC good tomorrow, or vice versa, what a field for speculation presents itself And fortunes are being made in the rise and fall of imperials. With rubles ten for a dollar in vladivostok, and seven for a dollar in Habarovsk (for rubles are dearer sometimes in inland cities), you have only to buy a gripful at the one place, hot Sa train and rake in a fortune at the othAr Return and repeat. And as the rates changes from day to day, there is always a lively interest in the fluctuation. It is said that when Russian baby is born in vladivostok. he immediately asks the doctor, How much are rubles today?"
 Why should anyone wonder that S- beria is largely bolshevist? Our commit tee on public information tried to fight bolshevism with movies, by word of mouth, through millions of pamphlets printed in Russian in the United States. and with a telegraphic news service. The bolshevists handed out the real cash. The people still believe that they have found Rainbows End. They are drugged with are drunk on 1t!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
LOST IN TRANSIT

From Everybody's Magazine.
 Duncan was driving home from mar ket in Perthshire, where the roads are perilous by reason of the many headlong brooks or ''burnies" that run across them He was sitting on the front seat of the gig with his wife behind him, her back to his.
 Presently he met Donald, who hailed him:
 How are ye, Duncan?''
 Am fine. Hows yersel?''
 "Brawly. And the wife?'
 'The wife's we'll She's there behind me-
 Donald eyed him curiously. Ma, na, man, he said at length, She's no behind ye."
 Duncan turned and meditated at the empted seat. Aye, ave-" he said delib- erately; that would be the splash"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
CONSISTENCY

By Ralph Waldo Emerson.
 A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little states men and philosophers and divines With consistency a great soul has simply mo- thing to do, He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks. in hard words again. though it contradict every thing you said today. An, then, excleim the aged ladies, you will be sure to be misun derstood To be great is to be mis- understood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
Germany Able t9 Form
 Rival League of Nations

1T ORD CECIL told the Paris cor e respondent of the New York World that there is danger of Ger many dividing the world again by starting a league of nations of her own, unless she is quickly admitted into the league formed by the allies.
 It doesn't require close student of European affairs to realize that Ger many inside the league would be, for a while, at any rate, less menacing to the future peace of Europe than she would be if left out. The old fashioned brand of diplomacy is still paramount. The relations of the al- lies are none too friendly and there is plenty of material at hand for Ger many to work on if she should wish to set up league on her own account.
 An alliance between Germany and Japan is by no means improbable, par ticularly when we consider the present state of feeling in the Mikado's em- pire. Soviet Russia is close at hand and fraught with grave possibilities for the allies. The Scandinavian coun- tries are not hostile to Germany. They have of late shown themselves un- willing to support the proposed allied blockade if Germany refuses to sign the peace treaty. Certain remnants of the Dual Empire could be counted on to align themselves with Germany Italy, who precipitated crisis in the peace conference over Plume, ques- tion that has not yet been settled, was an ally of the Teutonic empires when the war started. There is no telling what German propaganda might do in any one of the neutral countries of Europe, while the Balka"s are apparently as much a storm center as ever.
 France is strongly opposed to ad- mittin9 Germany into the league cf
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ought to carry. for civilization must march on.- This young soldier lives in an imperfect world that is far cry from the millennium Vast numbers of his mates shared his loathing for war and war-making; yet they fought, and fought bravely, because the higher duty was away from any personal choice or con- viction to the welfare of all.
 There would have been no chance for Richard Stierheim to demonstrate-as he did-the essential nobility of his nature if his mates had not made up their minds that it was their duty to fight what was his battle as we'll as theirs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
THE RACE PROBLEM IN HAITI


 William Almon Wolff in Golfers Weekly.
 The Haitians are black. They look like the negroes Americans know at home. Superficially they resemble them very closely. They have much more in com mon with the negroes of the south than with those of Barbadoes and St. Kitts and the other islands of the British West Indies. But the resemblance is super ficial
 The Haitian negro has what no Amer ioan negro has ever had-a race tradition of political freedom. And he is entirely unfamiliar with something that has been bred into the blood and the bone of our negro folk. The color line, the asser- tion of the inferiority of the negro race, is practically unknown in Haiti. Amer jeans have been drawing that line since the occupation. But no real problem las been raised yet, and if those in con- trol of the occupation are wise, it won't be.
 You will find various strata, socially, in Haiti. There is a small element of highly cultivated, extremely well edu- ca ted, prosperous people. They speak beautiful French; they have had their schooling, as a rule, in Paris. They live like the idea of being excluded from so- cial functions given by Americans, but they don't, as yet, take that sort of thing very seriously. No other foreign CTS in Haiti even think of the color line the American business men who have been there for many years Ignore it, too But there are signs of trouble. For example when the Atlantic fleet visited Port au Prince in 1917, there was a dance. American officers danced with Haitian women; no American woman danced with a Haitian partner There is still talk about that, but it is good natured talk A repetition would make trouble. This is not an easy problem to solve, of course. But it demands a solu- ton.
 Below this top layer of cultured and educated people there is a sort of middle class: shopkeepers, traders of various sorts, minor government officials, em- ployes of foreign concerns. They can l read and write, as a rule. but their edu- cation stops there. They are adaptable and intelligent and fairly ambitious. And, like the small upper class, they realize the benefits of the occupation. and the in perative need of continued American control. Both these elements are. and are reasonably sure to continue to be. l most emphatically favorable to the occu patton.
 | But then you come to the great mass of the two million or more inhabitants of Haiti Education is unknown among them. Their life is primitive in the ex- treme. Their clothing represents wear l ing apparel in it's simplest terms. The men are lazy and shiftless; the women i do practically all the work They are an amiable folk, courteous, friendly, en- gazing in their manners. But they are the sort of people who tore President Guillaume Sam to pieces when they killed him, and who wrecked and de- stroyed everything that had belonged to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12

The cost of deporting enemy aliens vii be charged to their governments. Uncle Sam paying all expenses to the sea coast If Uncle Sam never collects the bill ht will still be the gainer.
 4 x % Blocks of wood sawed by Wilhelm are being distributed as souvenirs among his friends in Germany. There are enough block headed Germans left to make the gifts appreciated.
 contemporary states that The Star Spangled Banner" is now recog- nized as the national anthem. It's recognized at Coblenz-under compul- sion.
 A Johns Hopkins professor says lo- custs make appetizing food. Who ever expects to hear ebony-hued waiter say. How'll you have your locusts, boss?'
 < # x recent photograph of Sarah Bern hardt without her makeup proves what we have suspected for some time. Ma dame Sarah is getting on in life.
 x % * Anarchists who anticipate being blown up by their own bombs should beware of the cobblers they patronize. A rubber heel has furnished clue
 * # # You can't blame a janitor for ex- pressing contempt for higher educa- tion when he's paid more than most of the school teachers
 + % # It must sadden the heart of Villa to realize that war material Is being sold for the proverbial song and he hasn't chance to bid on it.
 * < < MT. Ford is not to blame, of course, but a flivver is indispensable to the profitable operation of still"
 < < # Bolshevism was denounced as Omsk. How long will it be before bolshevism is denounced in Moscow?
 * # # Second story work is preferable to be- ing human punching bag in a pugilist's training camp
 < x x If there is shortage of fireworks on the Fourth of July, it will not be felt at Toledo. & * x Give women the ballot. Alice Paul will never be elected President of the United States.
 a: * x Some more euphonious term should be found for buffer states It suggests trouble.
 The June bride crop disproves the re- port that the movies have a monopoly of beauty.
 Rome sits on her seven hills and thinks deep thoughts about Plume.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
A SUMMER SONG

Clinton Sco!lard in Harper's Magazine for June.
 The winds of morning are like Tyres; Now flame and flare the poppy fires The garden ways along, And the sequestered forest choirs Are rapturous with song. The drowsy burden of the bee Is like the honeyed harmony,
 And till dark claims its own The crickets will chirr ceaselessly 2 In rhythmic monotone. Then. with the falling of the dusk. The scent of mignonette and musk Will all the air enshroud. And the new moon will slip its husk Of sailing silver cloud. N And in the glamour of its light You, clad in draperies of white,
 As fair as those above, Win steal adown the paths of nighk
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
A FAUX PAS IN KENTUCKY

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 A Bostonian is charged with having raised the figures upon winning ticket on a Kentucky horse race. man to whom the figures on any winning ticket do not look satisfactorily large; wretch who is not content with the lightest ca ress of the Goddess of Chance, should be hanged. drawn and quartered and his head stuck upon pike at the race course entrance for honest pennilass pix CTS to gaze upon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
Chance to Honor Flag
 and Fight Illiteracy

N honoring the Stars and Stripes on 0 Flag Day, Saturday, June IA, the people of Birmingham will have an op- portunity to show their patriotism by wearing miniature flags and at the sane time help to fight illiteracy.
 The Daughters of the American Rev olution hope to raise enough money by selling flags to build another school wherever the state superintendent of |education decides it is needed most. They had two schools to their credit before America entered the war against Germany and while devoting themselves to patriotic relief this work was temporarily abandoned. Now that the victory over autocracy has been achieved, they are going to resume their efforts to lift Alabama from the list of shamefully illiterate states.
 It is worthy cause. With the ex- |ception of two other states, Alabama has more illiterates than any other in the union. This has been standing reproach for years, but it was brought home with greater significance by the large number of men drafted from Alabama for the na- tional army who could neither read nor write. It is estimated that 10000 or more Alabama soldiers were illiterate. Figures in 45 of the 67 countries showed total of 8135.
 When we think of the heroic exploits 1 of Alabama's soldiers in France, the Iimperishable fame they conferred on the name Alabama" synonym for heroism throughout Europe and Amer lica, it is deplorable that so many of our soldiers lacked the opportunities to acquire even the rudiments of an education. Every well informed per- son in the state knows the importance of the campaign now being carried on against illiteracy, not only by the good women who will sell flags next Satur- day, but also by others who are sen- sible of the duty owed to Alabama's poor and illiterate people.
 The plan of the Daughters of the American Revolution is simplicity itself. They raise as much money as they can for the purpose of building a school. The community where it is to be located is called on to help and the state donates a sum equal to half the total amount raised. The school l is then built and operated under the direction of the state. The work that has already been accomplished is praiseworthy, yet great deal more remains to be done.
 The sight of children teaching their parents to read and write and elderly linen and women wrestling with the lalphabet is a sad commentary on edu- lcation in Alabama, but these condi- Itions exist and must be met. Ala bama's illiterate thousands present a problem that should appeal to every lright-thinking man and woman in the Istate.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
THE PLAIN TRUTH OF IT

From the Houston Post
 Old Lord Ribblesdale. who has just married the first Mrs John Jacob As tor-Aiva Willing that was-is $ years old handsome matron who marries an old titled duffer like that wants a title; and the old titled duffer who mar ries daughter of the plebs usually wants money
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
sT s Wide Interest In Boy Scout Week

7N HE interest in Boy Scout week ll is nationwide. In Birmingham enthusiasm runs high and the specific object of the campaign, that of en- rolling associate members, is success ful in the fullest measure.
 No organization in this country is more thoroughly esteemed than the Boy Scouts. It is doing wonderful work and is doing it in a manly way and unpretentiously.
 Every Scout is better for being a Scout and the community is better for the presence of this organization of sturdy youngsters. The methods pur- sued in Scout training are practical and humanizing and can but result in the development of a model citizen ship.
 Every right-minded man in Bir- mingham should be glad to become an associate member. The fee is only s1 and as the funds so collected go to- ward extending and supporting the organization the enrolment in Bir- mingham should reach tens of thou sands.
 Everybody has a good word for the Scouts and no one will fail to help tbo rooveroent alonO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
TAKING IN BILLIONS.

TAKING IN BILLIONS. Lots of people Hooking to this oil country"
 Yep said the old settler. 'Where are most of the gushers To. cated?"
 Well, there's a passel of 'em stop. pin at tn Eagle House. but you can't walk 10 feet in my direction without meetin' one"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
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INTERESTING RELICS

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 It is proposed to make a museum of the palace of the former kaiser in Ber- lin. It should be interesting. if exhibits include such curios as the Scrap of Pa- per, the Hard sword. the Good Old Ger man God and 2 death mask of Wilhelm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
MODERN VERSION.

MODERN VERSION. Wont you walk into my cellar?''
 Said the spider to the fly. You just bet I will, old fellar,
 For I'm feeling rather dry"
 SUCCESSFUL TOUGH. ''who was that shabby fellow in here just now?"
 That was the first honor man in my class at college" said the capitalist. He wanted to borrow a quarter" How sad."
 Oh, it might have been worse "Yes?"
 He got the quarter"
 PROFICIENCY. Whats Dubwaite doing out there in the street?"
 He's addressing a few remarks to his motor car" "Is he getting any results?' T presume so. Half a dozen win dows in the nighborhood have bees pulled down with a bang" WHAT'S A HUSBAND, ANYHOW? Did the fair defendant introduce any character witnesses?" "A dozen, at least" And did they say anything good about herr'
 They all swore she was kind to her poodle"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12

BEGINNING THE DAY-My Fa- ther, I forgot Thee yesterday. l was straining at my work. I was fearing for it's issue. l grew des- perately tired. I forgot that pow CT did not originate with me. I for got that it flowed through me from Thee. Lord, help me today. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
CENTER OF oRAToRY.

"1s this progressive communityT'
 we have more uplifters to the square inch than any other town in the coun- try
 But those peopele don't bring new in. dustries to a town
 That isn't their fault. They'd pro- vide work for hundreds of linotype oper- ators if somebody would put up the money to have their speeches printed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
HAPPY INSPIRATION.

This artist works two hours a day and makes s25,ooo a year."
 Pretty soft* I don't suppose the eight-hour day aymeans anything to him.
 You're wrong there. His poster en- titled, A Square Deal for the Work ing Man. netted him enough to buy a new motor car.'' PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
Never Can Tell About Men

You can never tell about men, said Clarence Lloyd, who has to deal with a bunch of live fellows, flor I have al- ways heArd that there was an affinity between old maids and cats, but the oth- CT day in walking through the lobby of the Tutwiler saw a handsome, strap ping, soldierly looking chap sitting near the entrance to the dining room. Along strclled the house cat and he reached down and picked Tabby up and rubbed her back and then playfully put his more amazed in my life. If he had kick ed it I wouldn't have been surprised, but when he fondled it I nearly tainted, for usually mans love for pets runs to dogs instead of cats''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12

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TELEPHONE

An, how the poor world Is pestered with such water-fIies, diminutives of nature! -TroIlus and Cressida.
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Crops Late On Sand Mountain

T live at Chavies, on Sand Mountain, about eight miles west of Ft. Payne, said w. O. Durham, land the cotton crop is mighty late. A few years ago we had blooms as early as June Is, but this year it will be the middle of July before I look for any. am sorry to state that the fruit crop will be mighty short. This applies both to apples and there came warm spell and the trees budded and then came killing frost. am in hopes. however, that what we get will be extra large"
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala'' postoffice as second-class matter un- der act of Congress March s, 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
Boy q Born Printer

T was amused the other day by a re- mark made by one of my good customers who used to have his headquarters down my way" said John c. Henley, the well known Rotarian and publisher.
 ''He was standing in the office looking back in the shop and saw what around a newspaper plant would be termed the printers devil who waved him cheery good day Turning to me, he remarked: That boy is going to be great printer What makes you think so?' I asked Well, do you recall the day you put him on. He came to my desk and without leading up to it in any way whatsoever, he quietly but with insstence in his tone, said Tend me half dollar and I did, and what's more when he got his pay envelope he refunded it. Yes. sir. he is born printer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Water Cause. Texas Wealth

water Causes Texas Wealth
 It's great joy to be able to meet my old friends and to see the wonderful strides made in Birmingham since my student days at Howard College" said Dr./T. V. Neal, educational secretary of the Baptists of Texas. with headquarters at Dallas
 Yes, it is true that my adopted state, for l am a native Alabamian, is in the midst of a great oil excitement, and that one of our small Baptist churches was suddenly made rich and got on the front page of the papers throughout the land. I was at Wichita Falls last Sunday and it looks as if it is going to be some town.
 Tt is true that in some of the fields where the small operators have been at work some money has been made, but fear that in the bigger game where it takes much capital to handle the situa- tion much has been lost It is a mighty dangerous pfoposition. It is water, how ever, and not oil, which is producing the real wealth for Texas, for after several years of severe drouth at last rain has fallen over the entire state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-12

Wont you walk into my cellar7' Said the spider to the fly. You just bet I will, old fellar, For I'm feeling rather dry"