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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
 IN THE AGE-HERALD
Events recorded October IF,

With the situation in the Transvaal moro critical than it has ever been, London does not know whether the first shot has already been fired in the war between Great Britain and the Boers. Men of various national ities are swearing allegiance to Oom Paul including Americans. Germans, Frenchmen and others.
 Capt. Marion B. Saffold and Capt Woodbridge Leary, both battalion com manders. are reported killed in the Philippines. Captain Leary's men drove the insurgents back and pursued them for two miles.
 At a meeting of women of the city and suburbs held yesterday in ths Commercial club rooms the AIabama Woman's Building association, with a capital stock of $2o 900. was organized, Subscription books have been opened and it is planned to erect a woman's building in Birmingham, which will place the women of this city in the front rank of progressive women throughout the country. Mrs. R. Fl. Pearson was elected president. Mrs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
VIEWS OF A GREAT ACTRESS
From the London Telegraph.

From the London Telegraph.
 OT1HERE is no one better qualified
 to talk of the theater alike of
 S today and of yesterday than Mrs. Kendall. Over 50 years ago she was playing Ophelia at the Haymar- tion second to none on the English speaking stage. At the present mo- ment she is as keenly interested as ever in the art of which she was-and. indeed. still remains-so brilliant an exponent. although herself no longer an active force The other afternoon I enjoyed the privilege of chat with her. when she said:
 TT maintain that 1t is grave mis- take on the part of any dramatiSt to depict the degrading side of human nature on the stage. I have no use for the realist who loves to revel in the details of a dissecting room, who considers it his duty to portray the ravages of malignant malady, or to expose his appendix to the scrutiny of a mixed audience. Please don't think take an exaggerated view of such things because of advancing years. Old age at any rate, has not damp ened my ardor for the charms, the Fjoys and the beauties of youth. Talk ing of that, I recall my first meeting with that most divine creature, Mary Anderson. who was introduced to me by Lewis Wingfield. She and I were great friends and shall never forget how immensely impressed I was by her graceful and exquisite perform
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discard for an utterly different one. Even your cleyerest producer may oc- casionally find himself at fault in this respect. It is movement. and move ment alone. that shows the true in- wardness of play, that brings to light it's weakness or it's strength.
 Also. this modern craze for extrava- gant mounting and expensive prop-N critics puts an intolerab1e strain upon my patience. Everything must be real nowadays. whatever the cost. I sup pose the day will come when, if the villain has to light his cigar with f10 note. it will be imported from tha8 Bank of England and duly acknowll edged in the programme Can't some-a thing be left to the imagination of the audience?
 Which leads me to say a word re- specting piece I saw some months ago. I refer to H. V. Esmond' sN fine play. The Law Divine. That hold to be the next best domestic drama to Caste It was all so natural. so con vincing. The last act pleased me par- ticularly. Nothing could be happier than the authors idea to make the woman reawaken tenderness and pas- sion in the heart of her {husband by bringing back to his mind the dear days of their honeymoon. Esmond's performance also was delightful. In certain ways-and I can pay him no higher compliment-he reminded me of Charles Wyndham, whom I have d, ways upheld as the very king of ges- ture."
 There is one little story told me by Mrs. Kendall which must include be- fore closing. It concerned her hus- band. and the manner of it's recital bore convincing testimony to the prlas and affection which any tribute to his memory awakens in her. Sir Herbert Tree was the speaker. T know he declared. ''as an actor Tm a vagabond. but have only to look at Kendall to realize that I belong to profession of gentlemen"
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LIKE M,LUKE SAYS

farmers idea of useless dude is
 any man who does not know how to harness a horse
 The hustler who works for money
 long enough soon has money working Pride is what makes man give tips.
 But pride seldom causes the tips to
 be refused There is closed season for bass
 and trout But you can fish for com
 pliments all year round. Men are lot like fish You never
 hear of one getting the hook because
 he kept his mouth shut. Never laugh at the scrap going on in
 the house next door. You never know
 when your wife will start on you. We have to hear a preacher denounc-
 ing the dollar and begging for 'contri- buttons in the same breath man may be careless about his clothes. But he'll spend 10 minutes trying to hide the bald spot by comb ing the long hair over it, It is fashionable to have elbow length gloves wrinkle when you wear them But it ie differentNwith knee length stockings
 Why is it that man has to wait until his wife has lines in her face and corns on her hands before he discovers that she doesn't understand" him the way some other woman does? It takes a\woman to look cool on a hot day when she isn't. and to look warm on cold day when she isn't. Love may not make the world go round. But it sure makes lot of peo- pie act giddy
 lot of men. have an idea that a dictionary is something you use to put on a chair and stand on when you are hanging pictures. When company stays too long just treat them like members of the family and they'll soon beat it. Why is it that the family skeleton wears a low-cut waist to prove her identity?
 Some night, young man, she is go- ing to ask you to carry her handker- chief and her powder rag in your pocket for her when you start out. And when she does you might as we'll begin figuring how you are going to pay for the furniture. The reason woman is so proud of her figure is because she can buy a corset that will make the short part of her anatomy look long and the long part look short
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
THE RACES AT THE FAIRLY Frank Willis Barnett

his request that they make an honest ef- fort to get away. The second time he was affably polite. The third time he was mildly polite, The fourth time he was temporately polite. The fifth time he was frigidly polite. The sixth time he was warmly polite. The seventh time he was hotly polite, and then to use a racing term, The broke' and called them in front of the stand, and said: Gentle. men, this thing must stop, you are bring ing racing into disrepute, and unless you. come down together the next try I'll fine the guilty parties. The drivers lookeed sheepish just like lot of school boys caught in a mischievous prank. The next time they got the word and away they went.
 Please bear in mind that I hold no brief for the racing game as it has been in the past, and is being conducted on many tracks at present, but loving fast horses and liking to see them pitted against one another, thought the man- ner in which the races were run at the Birmingham fair was worthy of mention. so that other fair managers might learl the lesson that races can be put on ard run straight and kept free from bet ting.
 The king of sports,'' as horse racing has been termed, has suffered in the house of it's so-called frignds, and as long as hand books, betting rings, book makers, touts and so-called gentleman and 'tin-horn gamblers control it. 1t de- serves to be under the ban of the law. and I am dead against it; but I do not see any reason why chain of. fairs conducted along the high lines of the Birmingham fair should not have clean races, and thereby encourage the breed ing of fine stock, and forever silence the plea that in order to pay breeders it is necessary to have race circuits where gambling is not only permitted but abet- ted. I congratulate President, Brown, Secretary Dent and the directors for the high stand they have taken It will do much to make any stables not on the square to give Birmingham a wide berth and keep the gambling fraternity out of the city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
Had 2 Great Fair

Without any attempt to boost the state fair for it closes tonight, I want to say that it is the greatest fair ever held in Birmingham" said F. J. Chand- Ter. f'There have been amusements In greater variety and of better quality than ever before. the racing, has been good and the auto polo remarkable
 The exhibits of live stock and farm products are on a larger scale than ever before and the grades shown are of the best. President Brown and his co-Yorkers deserve great credit for the success of the fair this year and am sure the people of Birmingham and the thousands who have come from other parts of the state appreciate the magnificent show they have given
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
Wants Biennial Sessions

T have been attending the state fair
 all week. said Robert L. Scale, rep-
 resef,tative in the legislature from Sumter county. "On account of the legislative session running until the end of September I missed all of the fairs except the one at Meridian, Miss,
 and the state fair here. l am satisfied that quadrennial sessions are not pest for the state of Alsnama They are too far between. The pay of the mem-
 bers is not enough, They should re- ceive compensation commensurate with the work they are expected to per form. With all the great mass of bills that are dumped into the legislative hopper no member can possibly get at the merits of all of them, or even any considerable part of them. in the short time the legislative session lasts. !
 think we should have biennial sessions and they should not be limited to 50 days
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much as any of the officers and di- move. I was out on the field frequently when the races were on, and never saw any one make a bet I have stood un- der the judges stand among the owners of the horses and not once was bet placed while I was around T. sat in the grandstand to see if I could catch any one at it, but failed. I tried out the boxes, but no one backed horse.
 I do not say that no bets were made, for that would be unreasonable, but I do say that the fair officials have used should not be placed openly, and that no one should be permitted on the grounds who was making business of placing money It has been the effort of President Brown and Secretary Dent to keep the races free from all objec- tionable features.
 Not only this, but every race pulled off was run on the absolute level. This meant that when horse was entered it was required to be sent around the track to win, and if there was the slightest ev- idence that an entry was being pulled 1t meant that the horse was barred. But all of the stables were on their good be- havior When you watched race you had the satisfaction of knowing that the fastest horse in the bunch won.
 Col. Charles F. Reed of Louisville, judge and official starter, is not only straight as string, but is eminently qualified for his duties I sat in the stand or stood on the track nearby time and again, and never once heard him use an oath or lose his temper yet he is just and firm, and the drivers knowing this, try to make good getaway with out needless starts, though frequently this is impossible. T saw five entries make eight efforts to get the order to go. It really amused me to watch the cour- teous Kentucky colonel trying to hold the drivers to their positions and make them come down the stretch abreast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
RATS

From the New York Herald
 One of the chief reasons advanced in urging the abolition of strong drink was it's alleged responsibility for countless numbers of snakes and TO- dents reported by it's greatest consum- CTS. There has been no light thrown on the effect of prohibition on the Snakes in America but a. vast increas SC in the hordes of rats which infest the country seems to have followed it's wake. The department of agricul- ture announces that there are now more rats in each Of the dry" states than there ever were seen by those stained from all liauor added togeth- CT In fact the rodents amount in many places to a plague. .CommuEi- ties are calling for government help. The scientists of the department are conducting nationwide campaign to combat this sudden scourge. Co-op- erative city rat drives are now the order of the dav.
 Good results. says the department, have been obtained in a rat eradication effort made in Norfolk Va, in con- nection with the local health authori- ties Others are in contemplation Methods of extermination are recom- mended for New York Jersey City. Boston, Chicago and many smaller cities as well as a number of towns. n middle west. where the evil exists. An excellent poison bait is recommended in barium carbonate rubbed into the edible part of a canteloupe. Toma- toes, green and canned corn. ground meat and cheese. mixed in the propor- tion of one part >to four of the bait have been found very effective. In Norfolk these poisoned baits served best when placed in rat runways two or three, nights in succession If thts does not give permanent relief sys- tematic trapping should be followed; |; but an initial trial of the poisoning operation is declared to be essential. The scientists do not say that the restoration of rum to it's pristine| status would have any effect whatever in checking this pestlence but it is clear from their report that the sober claim that rum had anything to do with the multiplicity of rats in years gone by was of the same nature as the statis. tics furnished bv those who abused that stimulant.
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I know I will be criticized by some of to say about the racing at the fair this season, but think it deserves to be com mended upon, by one who fought the old style race meets held here for all he was worth and went to Montgomery and helped to put stop to the gambling features.
 The old residents of Birmingham will recall that a quarter of century age the biggest feature of the fair was the racing, and that the farm and stock ex- hibts were but to comouflage the real thing for which it was held, and that was to give the public chance to see and Ito bet on the races.
 The betting ring at one time, which
 was at the far end of the grandstand
 was always crowded and men walked through the audience with bills. displayed between their fingers so that all could see, offering to bet on every race that was started, and it was no unfamiliar oiSilt tO SCO WOihOh VI 6'oON i"iiihiSS pA~S- ing their wagers.
 Then the bookmakers took possession of the basement and piled their trade, and even for quite a time after the laws restrictive influence it was no un- common thing for certain we'll known gamblers to go quietly among the crowd and pick up bets; and so long as no complaint was made they were not mo- tested by the officers, who rather winked at it.
 But gradually the public got fully aroused, and it also began to dawn on those responsible for the fair that it was not good business to permit gambling, and as soon as it was seen that crowds could be attracted by outdoor amuse- ments unconnected with gambling. it was frowned upon, and it soon died out save among a few amateurs who will bet on anything fnom humble peg to a base ball game, or by professionals who are ready to take odds on anything which offers chance to make a killing.
 Now, I was about the fair this year as
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Ousted tenants who have no place tc lay their heads may flatter themselves that they have mansions waiting for them in the skies.
 # # x Colonel House Tried to Give Italians Fiume. "-Headline. For simple Texan without official status, that was going some.
 x # # Here and there a soap-box orator still makes the assertion that America went to war at the request of J. Pierpont Mor- gan.
 < X F It's strain on public credulty for a king and queen and an heir apparent to travel together incognito.
 x # # Baseball continues to be topic that Chicagoans discuss in funereal tones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
THE LONESOME TIME
Gro M. V.yS.)
Frank L. stanton. in the Atlanta Con- stitution

Frank L. stanton. in the Atlanta Con- stitution. Old winter is comin right lonesome An he'll soon shake the snow in the
 door. W An I'll say. She's a-fixin' the fire" But l won't see her there any mors But I'll dream that she's there in tho
 fireside light. To tell me good mornin' an kiss me
 good night. It'll be the same place that she loved With things to remind me, you
 know. In that old honey place. of little
 girls face
 In frame of the sweet Long Aga. An I'll dream that she's there, in thsl
 fireside liRht. N To tell me good mornin' an kiss mo
 goodnight
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quick deportation of persons found guilty of preaching sedition and anarchy.
 Deportation is the commonsense solution of a problem that becomes more serious every day. It is not sur prising that bolsheviks express con tempt for a government that has never taken the trouble to command their respect
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Helps Get Foreign Trade

"The French and Spanish classes conducted al the Civic association are intended to give the pupils a practical working Knowledge of those lan- guages," said Charles l.. Harold yes- terday. "The instructors will give special attention to trade conditions and customs in the South American countries.
 There are number of manufac turers in Birming gham who export their products and I think it would be 10 their advantage to have men in their offices that could speak and write the French and Spanish languages, both of which are used in South America,
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Perfect Order nj Fair

The order at the fair this week has been splendid" said R. A. Brown, pres ident of the Alabama State Fair asso- ciation,- and l attribute it largely to the efforts of Capt. D. .. Simmos and Chief Deputy Fred McDuff, who have been working with an efficient force of men.
 don't think there has been any disor- der at all and we are most gratified at the splendid attendance record and the perfect order maintained during the en- tire week. Everyone seems to have en- tered into the fair spirit and has had a good time without trying to get rough" :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
A TRIPLE. AS IT WERE

From LoAdon Punch
 Ex-Governor Folk of Missouri. who told the United States Senate foreign relationsf committee that 100000 Egyptian soldiers fought under the British flag. is only about 1000. 900 ,ut. We gather that million isn't much of anything in Missouri.
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George c. Ball. first vice president Mrs. W. J. Milner. second vice prssi- dent: Mrs. Rufus N. Rhodes. third vice president: Mrs L. C. French, record ing secretary; Mrs. John c. Henley, corresponding secretary; Mrs W. H. Jeffrjes. treasurer; Mrs. zac Smith, auditor
 Most of the politicians who came to Birmingham to attend the meeting of the' state democratic committee, called by Chairman Robert J. Lowe. have left town. Harmony now prevails in demo- cratic ranks in labama.
 A wedding of note in Birmingham society took place at 9 o'clock last night, the participants being Miss Rosabel Glenn Runyon and MT. Felix Drennen. The ceremony was per- formed before fashionable assem- blaze in the Church of the Advent by Dr. John G. Murray the rector.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
SAND MOUNTAIN TO THE RESCUE

From the Sheffield Standard
 In a few more years hip pocket- parties in restaurants will go out of fashion. There won't be anything left to carry in ones hip pocket out a handkerchief.-Bir Age Herald.
 Maybe not. in big Birmingham. but over in Sand mountain territory and in Lauderdale countyr-well, they'll be
 making it when hip pockets have
 passed out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
ANOTHER VICTIM.

A marble slab covers -Eliphalet Bye, Who swore that this country Would never go dry. Deprived of his highball, Forbidden his book, He sank in a stupor
 And died of the shock. N
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CAUSE FOR ALARM.
 Marie, who was that man I saw you talking to at the front gate this morn- ing?"
 "Why-er-Mr. Grumpit. That was one of my suitors. He was asking me to go to the Sons of Jupiter ball on my next night out"
 'I beg your pardon, Marie. I didn't mean to pry into your affairs, but I was afraid he might be a walking delegate of the Housemaids union who was hanging around here trying to get you to strike" :"
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A MEAN MAN.

Would you mind telling me what the upkeep of your limousine amounts tor
 Certainly not" replied the prosperous citizen. But may I ask why you want to knowT'
 My wife's been after me to buy a fliv- yer and I'm going to argue against it on limousine basis"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
Splendid Success
 Of the Confederate Vets

THE annual reunion of the United
 J Confederate Veterans at At lanta was a splendid success. There was a large attendance and brilliant programme.
 In years gone by the veterans were greater in numbers, but in the valor of the survivors intrepidity predomi- mates.
 It was a great event. The next re- union may be held in Birmingham. This is the popular reunion city. But no matter where the reunion may be held the old vets will be on hand l in sufficiently large numbers to make a fine parade. Some unknown person deposited q box containing F quarts of liquor on the pavement in front of the First National bank building with such force that the box began to leak and fell into the hands l of policeman with a keen sense of smell Considering the present situation in Birmingham. that sort of carelessness is criminal
 Great Britain has also ratified the peace treaty and King George has af- fixed the royal signature-a mere cere- mony. by the way-but the United States Senate continues to dawdle along or struggle under Niagara of words E. # # Returning to America pursued by a duke. Gaby Deslys says: The man l marry must be able to provide amply for me. as I want to settle down and have babies" Can't that fellow take a hint?
 * # x If John Bull did borrow money from Uncle Sam at Az per cent and lend it to PerS1a al { percent, as SendtOr Norils says, just goes to show that John Bull has good head for business. :f s. x It is comforting to know that the num- Der of young women who have kissed 6Dneral Pershing and have been kissed by him is not large enough to justify
 
 them in founding society. r It is rumored that Henry Ford plans to establish steamship line to Ireland. ,-but not. as we understand it, to import 1 Sim Feiners into America. 1 # # af l Let us hope that some practical plan will be devised to reduce friction between apital and labor, for the millennium is certainly long way off. l * # < l If General Wood resigns from the armx to run for the presidency, there can be no doubt that he takes his presi- ldential boom seriously E < # F 1 Up in the Baltic neighborhocd the dove of peace is still looking for place tc light
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"Pa, what is an impresario ?''
 "An impresario, my son. is-er-er 2 man who runs a restaurant
 'But, pa, thought he had something to do with a theatre
 That's right, my son. He's man wht runs restaurant in connection with theatre,