The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-07
January blossoms fill no mans

ASIS lS OuS Ou IllS SSCOHu HhOHOh of the year:
 "All the months in the year
 Curse fair Februar"
 Of the sun Virgil is quoted Above the rest, the sun who never
 lies,
 Foretells the change of weather in
 the skies"
 Dr. Humphreys gives us several beautiful lines from Shakespeare on sky colors, including the red sky in the morning and the red sky in the evening. But Dr. Humphreys well re- marks that in many ways the most interesting of all these proverbs that have to do with red sunrise and red sunset is one which, according to St. Matthew, Christ used in answer to the Pharisees and Sadducees when they asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. "He answered and said unto them, when it is evening, ye say, it will be fair weather, for the sky is red; and in the morning, it will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and lower ing" Oh, ye hypocrits, ye can dis cern the face of the sky, but can ye not discern the signs of the times ?" This red sky proverb was so ancient that Christ knew that every one who heard Him was familiar with the saying.
 Dr. Humphreys accounts in a meas ure for the red sky sign by physical explanation of the phenomena.
 The booklet is of absorbing interest and contains many valuable truths intelligible to the layman in the study of meteorology. It should be in gen. eral circulation. * * *
 The Evansville Courier issues Mid summer Edition" It is almost as hard : for newspaper publishers to think up a name for a special edition as it is for merchants to find name for a special sale.
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 A New York employment bureau re- ceived request for a gang of laborers to be paid $37 20 a week each and a pro- lessor of mathematics, salary s1923 a week. In these days brawn has the better of brains.
 California grapes are sold at cents pound retail in California and 40 cents retail pound in Birmingham. The ex- press charge is about ' cents pound. Draw your own conclusions.
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 Birmingham trolley car conductors 7 want seats provided for them on all cars. but not for the purpose of enabling them to enjoy the scenery along the trolley routes.
 A contemporary speaks good word for the newspaper photographer who often takes his life in his hands And even when he escapes with his life, the chances are his camera Is smashed
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 One reason why the average citizen , doesn't threaten to walk out" in these trying times is probably the fact that he has nowhere in particular to walk
 # # * There must be times when Paderewski longs for the good old days when a squabble with his manager was an ex- citing episode.
 Hungarys deposed soviet leaders car ried off enough loot to soothe their in- jured feelings. The militant suffs have retired and the high cost of living is now picketing the ' | In fighting the tonnage tax "Alabama's S Warwick is receiving the cordial support of many erstwhile "wets"
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 The Rumanians and Serbians seem bent on regaining some of the military pres tige they lost during the war
  The turtle is a lucky creature. He : carries his house with him and can afford to ignore profteering landlords , * :* #
 After the thousand-foot ship, the next step toward bridging the Atlantic may perhaps be causeway.
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 So far as the recent riots are con cerned, old John Barleycorn has been able to establish an alibi. x ;s x Even toast drunk in buttermilk may have certain sad sincerity. There are no idle rich in Budapest these days. They are all idle poor. II BROTHERS