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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
Christmas Seal Sale
 Now in Full Swing

THE Christmas seal sale for the
 @ benefit of the Anti-Tubercu- Ilosis cause is nowSin full swing in Alabama.
 The Alabama leagues quota is two hundred thousand dollars, and it lis believed the goal will be reached. In addition to the sum to be raised by the state league, almost fifty thousand dollars is expected to be raised for the Jefferson County Anti Tuberculosis association. The state league campaign has been 1 in progress ten days, and the result
 has been satisfactory, and there is every reason to believe that Jeffer- son county will come up to the high water mark.
 The splendid work of the associa- tion is kell known here. The organi-
 zation has struggled with few thou sand dollars year, and with small
 means has accomplished much good. With fifty thousand dollars wonders will be done to eliminate the white plague.
 There are many philanthropic ap- ipeals here at this time, but none so pressing as that for the suppression of tuberculosis.
 The campaign here is going along quietly this week. Booths will be erected next week, and quiet drive
 will then be in order. | Everybody can afford to buy Christ
 mas seals, and every person with any
 streak of humanity will be among the
 purchasers. No soliciting should be
 needed Certain it is that no one can afford to slight this holy appeal. l x S, x
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
Unfortunate Way Heroes
 Have of Talking Too Much

THE Flying Parson" has les
 9 sened his popularity somewhat by charging that his fellow aviators who competed with him in the trans continental flight would have made a better showing if some of them had not been under the influence of liquor. He is quoted as saying, 'If all of them had been as sober as myself, would not have been the winner.n n Many airplane accidents, he declared, were due to pilots flying "half in toxicated" or "with a hangover from the night before"
 Naturally, Lieutenant Maynard's tactless and doubtless exaggerated charges brought forth denials and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
LUKE M,LukE sAYs

A husband often gets the idea that the only time his wife does not spend money foolishly is when she is broke.
 The amount of love | fellow has for sister depends a great deal on whether she is his sister or some other fellov' s sisee9.
 Another Damn: Once upon . time there was an after-dinner speaker who arose and said that he would confine himself to few brief remarks and did not talk for S5 minutes.
 Is there married man alive who isuk't tired of hearing his wife tell - - good and kind other husbands are to their viveDf
 Another thing we can't understood is why good habit is so much easier to break than a bad habit.
 You can make woman believe . lot of things But you can't make her be- lieve that shoes should be larger than the feet that wear them.
 After he marries the one girf in a million he gets so he believes that he might have done better with any one of the other 999, ,99s.
 The college graduate who is stuffed fuii of algebra discovers that his greatest problem is how to live on the anAnss he is getting. | We are glad the vt and 6Py struggle is over. The drys accuss1 tAe vsts of everything except starting the late war. and the vets accused the drys of every thing except the crime of '7S
 Wo do not know much. But we e know that the best way to encouraap anything is to pass laws forbidding it.
 What has become of the O. f. shirt fac tory that used to give away % cents wortk of pins with each dollars worth of shirt?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
ReIigiou. Adverti.Ing Pays


 NO campaign that has ever been conducted in the south, with the possi- ble exception of the Liberty Loan drives, has received more and better display at the hands of the newspapers than was given to this a5;ooo.OoO cam paign of southern Baptists,' said pr. ]. R. Hobbs, pastor of. the First Bap- tist church.
 Alabama last night lacked something near $25o.0Oo of completing it's 5000 . 900 quota, but the Birmingham pastor was confident this would be reached. The campaign as a whole is over the top by more than s5,O00,Oo0
 The generosity upon the part of the secular press is particularly appre- ciated by the S,00o.o0o white Baptists of the south" Dr. Hobbs continued. And especially in view of the great scarcity and high cost of white paper and the greatly increased cost of news paper production along every line
 This evidences not only large ap- preciation of religious news on the part
  part of the people as whole, for the papers carry only such news as they have reason to believe the reading pub lie is interested in.
 ''Dr. l.. R. Scarborough general d1- rector of the Baptist drive, tells me that the Baptist s75ooo.o0O campaign marked a distinct advance in the use of paid advertising space in the secular papers for religious purposes. It is his conviction that Christian churches have too long been overlooking this in- viting and effective field for the pre- sentation of their messages to the world. Speaking for southern Baptists, pr. Scarborough said he hoped to see the day when they will learn to employ liberally the advertising columns or the secular press in the presentation of both local and general matters af- fectsng their programmes for the ad- vancement of the kingdom of God in the world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
SRINAGAR THE UNIQUE

From 'eThe Charm of Kashmir,' by V.
 C. Scott OConnor. in Asia"
 N ILL the tradition and personality
 /N\ of the Kashmiri--the intellect, c S wit craft, arts, religion, beauty, refinement and degradation of this singular people are concentrated in this sordid yet lovely city, that fasci- mates and repels one by turns
 Its soul and impulse is the river. which winds through it in loops. flow ing under it's seven bridges; it's stone entertainments in which the shattered remnants of temples and shrines and violated gods are buried; it's stairs where the people bathe, and women, with their bare feet. descending and ascending, fill their water pots: its shops, it's mosques. it's gardens blow ing by the waters edge. Side canals that ultimately link with it. flow through dark alleys and under ancient high h-backed bridges and carry one into the city's most secret haunts Streets and lanes intersect the maze of houses with the same bewildering complexity that they do in Venice; and curious surprises await one, as when the Mar canal, after an hours wander ing, carries ones boat to a point whence it is borne upon the shoulders of dozen men through crowded lane of high houses that almost meet over stream of the river. Here in the heart of this city is Asia; life and death jost- ling each other; children that swarm in prolific homes, while cholera and disease sally them without pity; vice in the dark alleys and secret places; piety in the streets, where men seem ever at prayer; houses that grow into beautiful forms and delicate traceries as by the light of nature, yet are so shaken and awry with neglect that one marvels how they escape an instant dissolution gardens laden with roses and filled with scent of lilacs and jasmines, overhang dark waters, whose breath is the breath of sewer; pop ulace steeped in poverty and given to incredible toll with fine needles, that in bygone days made the shawls Of Kashmir a wonder of the world; yet a people idle and pleasure loving, who pass you with smiles upon their hand some faces and the treachery Of cen turies of practice at their hearts; homes that are sealed to the outer world, yet a life that is lived in public with as- tonishing candor, sociability and charm that characterize the east.
 You enter your shikara and are car ried down the buoyant water, swaying with it's life, and as you go the houses of the city defile before you. At the windows are numerous shop keepers calling upon you with voice and, gesture to enter. You yield to the invitation, resolved to buy nothing; your boat is stopped by a flight of stairs; you climb q marrow and sullied street, and you enter-an enchanted garden!
 At the far side of this inner court. seated at the carved Saracenic win dows, each frame for picture, sit the patient carvers and painters. while the rooms beyond are full of lovely things. the product of their skill. From tho windows on the river face there is .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

FTOm tHe ArIZUIId INcPuDIINt'ff :
 Wanted--For the snappiest road house this side of Monte Carlo, girl for hostess and solo dancer. Must be two jumps ahead of the latest and as wise as a city bartender. Must know all the latest steps and have few original ones. Must be personally ae- ouainted with all the best sports and spenders of the city. A good future for the girl with past. Box =, Phoenix Arizona.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
Handy Win His Gur.

If you didn't have real wild duck from the lagoons of Louisiana for dim ner last night, it's your own fault. You lost out simply because you have not been keeping a weather eye on the movements of the only John H. Taylor, commissioner of public safety. Let it be said for Commissioner John, he didn't play any favorites in dishing out the. ducks It was first come first served. The only reason he didn't give away more than 50 fowls, the game laws of Louisiana restrict the numb mber to be carried out of the state. John brought all the flaw would allow him.
 "Yeh I slew round about 100 of the bullets the Cornish admitted in that characteristic air of nonchalance. "Only reason I didn't kill more, I only had two hands and one gun. If I'd had six hands and three guns, wy I'd massa- cred 300"
 Commissioner Taylor returned Mon day from hunting trip, about 90 miles below New Orleans. It was a wet day when the Cornish passed through the Crescent City on the way down, but uncomfortably dry when he came back,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
PROBABLY A HOAX.

'I see where an English hous says if she had certain money priz recently won by soldier. she xoul help the people who brought her up an, would continue to work in her present place without wages. so her mistress could have more money to spend
 Extraordinary! I didn't suppose there were such housemaids in the world
 Neither did I, and I still think she doesn't exist outsides of the newspaper office where that interview was writ ten"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
Tractor School Opened Despite Bad Weather

1.-THE Coosa Valley Tractor school
 ~ opened at Childersburg yester- day on schedule time in spite of the bad weather. A hupdred farmers were in attendance
 Had the weather been favorable, there would have been several hun Idrcd present. The interest was eager and the result the first day was all that could have been desired. Clear ing skies will bring larger crowds later in the week.
 It might be well, however, for the Alabs ma extension service, under whose auspices the school is held, to duplicate the programme next week. An attendance of five hundred could then be counted on.
 The tractor blow is the coming inn iprovement in farm implements in Alabama, and the, progress is brought about rapidly by demonstration work 1 Let the interest in tractors proceed, and it will be only a few years when every progressive farmer will be using this lsbor-saving implement. It lspells economy from the word 20. l # * E
 l Coiistantinople is proclaimed the worst soverned city in the world. Even in it's palmy days Constantinople was said to have been the source of more disagree
 able. smells than any other city in the
 ing. but they don't appeal to people who
 India.
 A sporting journal which came to hand yesterday contains several advertisements offering whisky recipes for sale. with
 the warning that one had better order
 before it's too late. To some people Jam 1 LdTy ID OH iS2O SdlcHudtS SccnS pSlntcQ
 in letters foot high
 1 x E *
 ! The Cincinnati Enquirer says it doesn't 1
 care what Mamie Astor wears in the House of Commons. just so she doesn {
 put her feet up on desk. We'd have
 that pert paragrapher understand that
 NaIine is a lady and halls from old vir-
 ginia, sub, N [ General Angeles son, fine looking young fellow. by the way, says he will carry on his fathers work. Of course
 he can never imagine himself facing a
 firing squad.
 l Lightless nights may be fine for spoon. ling. but they don't apepal to people who lhave outgrown that sort of foolishness. l x F *
 There's bright side to everything.
 Dancing with ones shoulders saves wear
 and tear on shoe leather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
BLESSED ASSURANCE:

From Blighty, London.
 man stepped up to Henry Ward Reecher one day and said. Sir, am an evolutionist, and l want to discuss the question with you. I am also an ami hilationst: I believe that when I die that will be the end of me"
 Thank goodness for that" said MT. Beecher, as he walked off and left the man dazed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
A MoLLYcoDpLE PIE

lady phones that she wants to make us a mince pie with nothing whatever in it that can't be purchased at a law-abiding grocery store. We thank her and decline her proffered kindness. mince pie with no more authority than that would be too ef- feminate to command respect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
.GADE'' IS A LIVE WIRE = tN.o r~,ayoyord ploiu nAa1ep

From the Cleveland Plain DeaIer.
 King Victor Emmanuel of Italy is coming to visit ussnext year, but though we shall welcome him heartily, it would would be a lot more interesting to have . visit from DAnnunx:-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord, give me grace to walk side by side with my fellow man. demanding only that hc be true to himself not that he agree with me. May I look for honesty, not compliance. Give me to desire from the other pilgrim in the wHy frankBess. not flattcry. In Christs name. Amen.-H, N. F..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
WHAT'S A LUXURY,

From the Baltimore American.
 Statisticians report that there has never been such a demand for luxuries as now. This is. perhaps. to be explained on the ground that everything is luxury now- adays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10

view that is one of the worlds master pieces.
 You resume your journey. Upon the siivered roofs of the temples the sun shines with dazzling light, and the whole face of the river is luminous with brightness that vanquishes the eyes. A puff of white smoke suddenly emerges from one with a roar, and slowly round bend in the river comes the Maharaja's barge with it's towers in scarlet. it's walls lacquered and painted in red and yellow. the colors of Spain. In the rush of boats that follows your own is jostled and splashed with the sparkling waters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
Against Handbills

a campaign against the handbill. :"
 said Ben Reynolds. prominent local merchant. The streets of the city are cluttered up with circulars. ad- vertisements and all kinds of hand bills originally thrust upon unwary pedestrians or dropped into the auto mobiles of absent owners. Nothing Is more detrimental to the city beau tiful' movement than the wholesale distribution of handbiils over our streets. The average car owner throws out of his car several adver- tisements every time he gets into it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
THE WORD

THE WUND By John Masefeld My friend, my bonny friend. when VI afe
 old. And hand in hand go tottering down the hill. May we be rich in loves refined gold, May loves gold coin be current with us still. May what we are be all we might havo
 been And that potential pcrfeN 0 my friend, And may there still be many sheafs to xlern
 In our loves acre. comradA tin ths
 end. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
A HUMOROUS INTERLUDE rom the Dubuque Qa.) Telegraph Her

From the Dubuque Ia.) Telegraph-Her-
 aid.
 resrettable occurrence during the play last evening. which came as complete surprise to the audience as well as the cast vas the action of a prac- tical joker who threw. four eggs at Dan Haas. Although it was dano in the spirit of humor, it marred slightly an otherwise enjoyable evening MT. Haas. however. has taken the incident as it was intended, but regrets that it came so near to spelling the evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
A. ReruI.r n. Bre.kfast.

The Herald for 27 years, said T. L. Anglin, wellknown local re- altor. and during that time it has been my custom to read it at break fast every morning. As soon as I'm dressed in the morning I hurry out on the front porch. get the paper and prop it up against glass on the breakfast table, which enables me to keep one eye on my, ham and eggs and the other on the morning sheet with successful results both ways. I have always found that The Age Herald presents dignified and an accurate account of all happenings of importance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
No Change About Him.

I They were veering around the arch itectural high spots of Five Points this man and maid. The hydro elec- tric glimmered through the leafless branches of the cottonwood. Below was heard the faint throb of metropol- itan industry.
 Impulsively, she gripped his arm and gazed up into his face.
 Sweetheart" she said, the love light blazing in her orbs, twill you never change?"
 The man jingled a bunch of keys in his pocket, glanced down at the tender face.
 Never" he solemnly declared, and reiterated. rYou'n never find any change about me, Gwendolyn."
 And as they boarded downtown bound Highland avenue car. content ment lurked in her countenance, and she slipped 12 cents to the conductor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10

Its's voice is never the same for long.
 RED LETTER DAY. Are the Jibways still living in the past?"
 What do you mean?"
 Are they reckoning time according to the calendar, or still dating every event from the day their son came home from France with croix de guerre, a French
 AN oLD-FAsHIoNED POSE. "A family heirloom. you sayas" Yes. This Prince Albert coat be- ionged to forebear of mine who was regarded as something of statesman in his day.Y Tt seems to be considerably worn b. tween the first and second breast but tons.'
 Quite SO That's where he was ac- customed to thrust his hand.'
 DEPRESSED.
 Morning, GadspuY."
 Morning, Twobbie."
 How do you feel!"
 Like one-half of one per cent brew" "Hows that?"
 NO authority. I forbade my wife to spend more than s1oo for Christmas pres ents this year. The last time I heard from her she had already spent over s2oo and was still going strong"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
THE WIND.

hear the voice of the wind in the trees, As soft as the somnolent drone of bees, As loud as the roar of the angry wave When stricken ship goes down to it's
 grave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
A RED LETTER DAY.

If it shriek, or moan. or hum song,
 Itss voice is never the same for long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
ENL1GHrEN1NG HER.

And who is the earnest womanr-
 "A prison uplfter"
 "Ahl And what is her particular obses sion?'
 "she thinks there should be music flowers and books in every cell, as vel as private bath, with hot and cold running water"
 'In that case should we not tell her that the state is not competing with our leading hostelries and makes no charge whatever for it's accommodations?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
NO FACILITIES.

Rather a husky looking individual" "Yes That's Prof Sampson Crap. leigh. He gives physical culture lessons by mail"
 'I see, correspondence school. But suppose one of his clients applied for in- struction in personT'
 "The professor would be in a most em- barrassing predicament. He might have to hire a gymnasium"
 PAUL. COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
Member of the Associated Press

This wide and universal theatre Presents more woefuI pageants, thar
 the scene Wherein we play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10

It's the testimony of the big em- ploying companies that the Mexicans are good workers when tools and in- strctions come to their hands. So far as operated. the railroad lines of the country and the railroad repair shops are manned entirely by Mexicans The road to success is along the industrial highway and not on the ranch. Land is cheap at present, but it does no good when peon gets hold of farm unless he has money to buy stock and ma chinery and markets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10

Are the Jibways still living in the past?"
 What do VOL mean"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10

Mexico needs us and unless she wears out our patience, the day is coming when we can give her our political, so- cial, religious. mental and machinery progress; our arts, chemistry. finan- cial and commercial systems. She has natural wealth. but she needs the help ing hand of her Big Brother" not to spank her for her pranks, but to guide her to better and higher things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10

Rem.ttances can be made at currsns rate of exchange. The Age-Heraio WIT not ba responsible for money sen1 through the mails. Address
 THE AGE-HERAL4D,
 Birmingham, ALA
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-06-24

tragarse tres pintas de aqua. Cata'
lima, muy conmovida, volvia la caoe-
"a 4 otro lado.
-;Oue barbarie! murmuraba.
Sonora. respondio ell rey; es aqua
del Sena, la han filtrado = cs muy
pura.....
Los cortesanos nc pudleron IN
tener Ia risa. Entire tanto Renato Sc
guia forcejando sohre cl potro y
p~rocuraba destrozar 81 embudo con
sus dientes. ,
Senior. dijo el verdugo. con ell
agua no lie arrancaremos ana sofa
palabra. Mientras que...con Ell Tue
go.....- -
-PG,es bien. maese Caboche, diJo
Carlos X; en- csc case, quemad la
mano derecha de csc bribon.
Pero, al soltar las fuerdas que su-
ietaban en- ell potro a Renato, iel pre-
sidente Renaudin tomo la pa!abra a
81 vez, Y dijo:
Senior. puesto que Renato mega
tan energicamente, quiz&s haya otro
medic de conocer Ia verdad.
-iAh. iah!
-Renato tenia complies.
Como 10 sabeis? pregunto Car
los X.
-Hace dos dias, prosiguio o Ia
MAYOR naturalidad el presidente Re
naudin. fus preso un ladron llama
DO Gascarille.
Renato hizo I'm alderman de sorpne-
sa. que fue NAL interpretado por ell
rey. quien Sc figure que la sorpresa
de Renato era terror.
-iHolai exclamo, mrad como pa
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-06-24

lidece csc malvado. ..jVamos a yer,
maese Renaudin, uuien es csc Cas-
carille?
I'm ladr6n a quien ell preboste he
ha impuesto la pena de horca por dl-
f%erentes robos.
~ vos creeis que sea compllce de
Renato?
ST. senior.
-iEn que fundais vuestra OPT
MON?
-Gascarille esta encerrado en- ell
mismo calabozo que otro !adron que
desempcna en- ell Chatelet ell oflcio
de choto.
Como? pregunto el rey.
Senior, dijo Renaudin; Sc llama
choto al preso que pregunta o ma
ns q los demas, les hace charlar, y
reveal enseguida a los Juices los Sc
cnetos que ha podido descubrir.
-Comprendo, respondi6 Carlos
X; continual. maese Renaudin.
-Gascarille ha dicho al choto: Else
'pobre miser Renato ell ~florentino no
tiene suerte; el va a pUrgar mis- pc
cados, pues mientras cue Sc conte-
tan con %ahorcarme, a e. le descuartl-
Zaran vivo."?
Como? ;el ladron ha dicho
ESQ.,
ST. senior.
En- csc case, es ST. compllce...
-Probablemente..
-Pues bien, que lie auemen a Re-
nato | Ia mano derccna prinero..
Ell uerfumista Sc extremeclo v d.
risic en- torno suyo una nlirada azo-
'rada.... K