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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
Harold to Address Girls

'I am pleased to announce that Charles L. Harold, secretary of the Birmingham Civic association will de- liver the address to the summer school being held at Montevallo, on Tuesday night July 22," said pr. T. w. Palm CT, president of Alabama Girls Technica! institute, "and that Dr. Frank Willis Barnett will preach the closing sermon on Sunday morning, July, 20. The summer school is largely attended, anl the interest is great"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
A VISION OF FREEDOM

A NlSION OF FhEEDOM. citizen once fell asleep es And as he slept he dreamed He was dweller in land
 Where no reformers schemed. And where no heavy ban was placed On things men want to do. And all the days were joyous days And nights were joyous, too. The flowing bowl its merry rounds Uninterrupted took And one who quaffed the foamy suds Was not esteemed a crook. When he was in the mind to loaf,
 Or had a wish to play, No person with a visage long
 Rose up and said him nay. He heard the sound of laughter-bursts Of sweet, untroubled song, And much he yearned to follow far A gay, light-hearted throng Who beckoned him to regions far, Where all things seemed to please. The name of that fair land, they sald' Was "Do-Just As s-You-Please.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
THE LAST WORD.

Madam" said the little man at motion picture show, would you mind removing your hat?"
 T certainly would, sir" replied the naughty matron.
 "Yes. Ma'am. I'm not the least bit disappointed. I rather thought you would object, so I picked out another seat before I asked you.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Everybody Talked sfIt.s

'CNyOo0y
 T had a great trip up east" said John Sparrow, "and to tell the truth. booze had the league of nations pushed off the boards as topic oe conversation. You heard 1t in the hotels, on the trains, on the boats. in the offices, on the streets Everybody from banker to bootblack was Tit up on the subject.
 Take Boston, the hub of the universe and the intellectual center of the world,'' and the state of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and yet, in spite of his fight on the peace treaty, booze got the front page and the right of way in private con- versation. .e
 T came home to find only mild in- terest in the question which was liter ally obsesslng the New England and the middle states, and which had Boston, New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia in feverish state of excitement with what seemed to be an inextinguishable state of thirst
 'The minds of men seemed to be frenzied by the thought of the Saharic desert which was to be theirs to walE in after July 1 with TO oasis in sight Some seemed to glimpse a mirage of pleasure palaces and saloons to spring into actuality upon the demobilization Of the troops. while others prayed feverent- ly over the Atlantic to President Wilson to lift the ban for at least while.
 'I am glad to be back in dear old Bir- mingham where booze is dead and buried beyond the hope of a resurrec- tion, and the mourneis ceased to be in- terested in spirits of any kind whatso- ever"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
A TRIFLE 3HIGHn

From the Chicago Tribune.
 German honor will be carried to It's grave in the Hall of Mirrors." says Berlin blatt. And carried not an hour too soon, as the neighbors were beginning to complain of the smell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
MAY BE WET GOODS.

q thought you said it was ridiculous for me to peep through the window and watch new family having their fur niture moved in next door," said Mrs Dubwaite.
 That was in the old days" replied MT. Dubwaite, as he pulled back the curtains to get better view. Ah' some rather heavy packing cases are being carried in. If those boxes are going to the cellar, that family will be worth cultivating."
 pAI1I. COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
GAMBLING IN EUROPE

serious moral reforms should be set up in what is left of the old empire, the only really wicked places in Europe will be the officially wicked Casino at Monte Carlo, with, of course, the drab and be- guttered license of the bolshevik com munities. where morals are quite below par, representing the real descent of Flu rope into the Avernus of unrestrained humanity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
THE TEST.

"Is MT. Gadspur planning any poker parties while you are away this sum- mer?" asked Mrs. Gribbling.
 "Oh no," answered Mrs. Gadspur. My husband doesn't play poker"
 .'Umph! I dare say little strategy would prove quite the contrary"
 How"
 Just before you get ready to leave tell him YOU have decided to post bone your trip for a week, and watch the expression on his face"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
PLAUSIBLE.

T see where a man in court says his wife threw bowl of gold fish in his face" Dear me! What defense does she offer?"
 She says he came home pickled and she was just trying first aid treatment to sober him up.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
DOING HIS BEST.

DOING HIS BEST. You were rather plimentary to your landlord"
 50 I was" answered MT. Clipping. Its dead moral certainty that he's going to raise my rent in the autumn but 1t can never be said I invited such a stroke of misfortune by a lack Of d. p1omacy.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
A DISCOVERY

From the New York Herald.
 Americans long have known "BIack Jack Pershing to be highly efficient Doctor of Military Law. It took Ox- l ford University to reveal him as A Doctor of Civil Law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
Forecast of Cotton
 Less Than 100000

00 HE United States department of
 J agriculture forecasts cotton crop of 1O,96S,00 bales-about one million bales smaller than the crop of last year. The departments esti- mate is, if anything, too liberal.
 Government crop reporting is re- markably dependable as rule, but cotton growers who have travelled re- gently through the belt, especially through Texas, report conditions ex- tremely bad. In many sections the fields were too grassy for recovery and were abandoned.
 The weevil is doing much damage. If the crop totals barely ten million bales there need be no surprise.
 The weevil is reported by the agri- cultural department as very active in southern and eastern Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and a large portion of Georgia.
 The nearer we come to picking time, the more Alabama should rejoice in the fact that it is a crop diversifica- ton state instead of one-crop state as in years gone by.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02

their soldiers. Alabama should not be surpassed.
 An eastern woman who died recently left a cracker fund" of $500 for her parrot named Ethel. The executors were not particularly pleased to learn that parrots are long, lived birds and Ethel is enjoying perfect health.
 s x <
 Uncle Joe' Cannon has given out one of the snappiest interviews on the what he though about it. he replied, T don't know a d-n thing about the league, and nobody else does"
 % x +
 An Illinois man has asked the court to keep his wife out of his office while his divorce suit is pending. Consider ate man. He wishes to spare the feel ing$of his stenographer.
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 A great many former admirers of John Barlycorn were given him Hail Columbia" when they woke up on the morning of July l with a laundering headache.
 Hermann Mueller and Johnnes Bell escaped an ovation, for some reason or other when they returned to Berlin after signing the treaty of peace at ver- sailles.
 X * *
 New Zealand's majority against pro- hibition was more than 10000, but New Zealand is a considerable distance from America, even as the crow flies.
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 The former Crown Prince is reported "out again." If this sort of thing keeps up somebody is going to accuse Holland of not wanting to keep him.
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 Former head of the German navy is writing a book to show up'' Admilal Beatty. The admiral can stand great deal of that sort of thing. x < ;; Not a drum beat was heard as John Barlycorn was hurried to his grave. but many of the mourners sang, we Won't Go Home Till Morning. < # # t. wi who is not at Toledo we are forced to conclude that he's hopeless paralytic and unable to travel. If the Kaiser is merely to be rebuked when he is tried, he will doubtless bear up with true Hohenzollern stoicism It will do no harm to say that Karl | Renner was one of the politest envoys with whom the Big Four" had to deal. # # * | In the meantime bomb plotters continue to keep at least nine laps ahead of de- tectives who are looking" for them. ! a. # # l Another precedent shattered. Presi- l dent Wilson is the first mid -ocea n signer of important legislation
 < H :: Everybody knows why Joe Humility wears an expectant look. The "big chief is coming back. | # a. q MT. Willard is fit" MT. Willard is not fit.' Take your choice. but keep your money in your pocket. | * a. *
 Without fireworks and fire water, the Fourth promises to be merely a day of oratory and picnics. | # # #
 Whats become of the old fashioned boy who used to fight battles with water melon rinds? | F x E | Bonf1res in Dublin will not appreciably reduce the visible supply of Union Jacks. :s # x
 Was it "au revoir" or "adieu" when the President steamed away from France. # # # Shouldn't wonder if China finds it a bit airish outside the league of nations v AN0THER
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
Great IniustiCe

Tt would be a great injustice to Bir- mingham and Jefferson county should the legislature reduce the number of circuit court judges, as proposed by the judi ciary committee" said Judge John c. Carmichael, former chancellor of the Jeff ferson chancery district When the present law making the number 10 was passed Jefferson county had 226,0o0 pop ulation. Since then the population has increased largely and by the time the proposed bill reducing the number to eight could take effect, three years hence. the population will be between 350,000 and 100000, probably more. It would be out of the question for eight judges to dis pose of the business of the courts of the county with that great population"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
Helferich Speaks
 for the Junkers

M N ADDRESS delivered by former A Chancellor Helferich to mass meeting of students at the University of Berlin, typifies the spirit of Prus- sianism in Germany. It sounded the keynote of junker revenge which is already planning for another Der Tag" when Germany, now humbled in the dust, shall triumph over her foes and wipe out the bitter memory of the peace that was signed last week at Versailles.
 Seeking to show that Germany was betrayed within and without, by the socialists at home and President Wilson at Paris, that Germany vas beaten, not by the might of the allies but by her own mistakes and the fatuousuess of her leaders, Helferich voiced the inner thoughts of millions \of his countrymen. Germany is the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
AN ACQUAINTANCE.

T noticed you waverd your hand to that traffic policeman"
 Yes" said the motorist.
 "Old friend of yours?" .'Tn way. He's carried me to court few times"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
STILL HEARD FROM

From the Montgomery Advertiser. Does Music Get Square Deal in the College? - Birmingham Age Herald. Weii' IL doesn't seem to have fallen en-
 tirely flat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
y olag Prince of Wales
 Growing ia Popularity

rs s@ ~ff s-st- shA AAWAAoJ
 1L ING GEORGE is rhly esteemed GN l.. his subjects. bs his per- sonality Wa never equal to tat of his father, EdN I'd VII He was 'o- clined to the quiet life epd not unta the war did his strong and engaging traits of character man14 them selves.
 The Prince of Wales, Edward AL bert, now twenty-five years of age, takes after his grandfather. Since he has matured he is trying to make Himself useful and relieve his father of the multiform social and semi official duties that fall to the sov- ereign. Until recently, his royal highness, the Duke of Connaught, was the Kings personal representa- tive on many state occasions, but that function has been transferred to the heir apparent.
 No scion of royalty was ever more liked, perhaps, than Edward Albert, Sand his popularity is increasing rapid ly by his friendly manner and his eagerness to keep in touch with the public.
 He has just been made free \TBon, and that of itself is note
 shy fact. His grandfather was an
 nt member of the ancient fra
 ty and was for more than a quar-
 3f century grand master of the sE nd lodge of England. Royalty had ezH en connected with the craft ever since the revival" in 1717.
 The British are given to following custom, but George was an exception to the rule in the matter of masonry. The members of the grand lodge ex- pressed surprise that he never sho we'd any desire to enter the order, put now that the young prince has been initiated the break in the traditional link will soon be forgot.
 It may be assumed that Edward Albert will soon be elected grand master, and once installed will be re- elected year after year. He will doubtless be as active in Masonry as was his grandfather, and as much beloved by the British craftsmen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02

BEGINNING THE DAY-I would faint by the way, o my God, had not my Savior trod it before me. Am I tempted.. So also was He. Am I misunderstood, misrepresent- ed, maligned, hated! Am l dis tressed and sorrowfuI and sick at my soul. So also was He. I will aI.sp, Him close adh go rejoicing s85A Him. Amen-HME.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
ALONG THE RHINE

h;lleted with the same German family four months One day he gave his uni form to the German housewife to nave it cleaned and pressed. Upon looklns through the pockets she found the lden- tification tag of "a German soldier, Arter some questions she learned that the der man had been killed by the young officer. The German was her son.
 In Paris the soldier tourists go to see the Pantheon de la Guerre, the huge work of art depicting allied war history. Ill Coblenz permissionnaires meet glarins advertisements of the "World Cloch' supposed to show German mobilization. But instead of finding the combined mas- terpieces of a score of painters, they Ilno a mechanical toy eight or ten feet hlgn with tin soldiers, tin Zeppelins and other contraptions parading around on revolv- ing disks, the whole surmounted by the frowning countenance of the late kaiser
 Just recently some Germans got away with 50,COO American cigarettes. It was not long until this fact was discovered and the Marine river patrol immediately sent detail over into neutral territory and recovered the smokes, just before the Germans were going to send them into the interior. And thus again is virtue trl- umphant. e
 The clock on the old town hall in Cob lenz, built in 1479, may not be as correct as many others, but more people look at it than any other timepiece. Below the clock is a jolly old man who rolls his eyes with every swing of the pendulum and sticks out his tongue every time the clock strikes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02

same today, yesterday and forever. Foch and Clemenceau were not to be persuaded by an empty show of re- form. They read the situation alright and Clemenceau's insistence bore fruit at the peace conference.
 Germany will recover from her present demoralization. She will be- gin to build for the future. The resurrection of the fatherland is not spiritual thing. It is based on ma terialism. It is nothing more than another dream of power which is to be quicked and kept alive by the thought of revenge for the humilia- tion of a proud and warlike people. * * #
 Last Appearance
 of John Barleycorn
 THE passing of John Barleycorn
 J was observed in many of the larger cities with a parting fling that gave offense to apostles of law and order and doubtless shocked persons who believe that strong drink is rag ling.
 The arrival of July 1 meant noth- ing in particular to the citizens of Alabama which has one of the most drastic prohibition laws in the coun- try. If there were any celebrations they were strictly sub rosa and there were no hurry calls at the police sta tion. Neither was it necessary to |requisition taxicabs to carry late revelers to their homes. There was some shaking of heads over the pros pect that bottled goods will now be harder than ever to get, but the ever present optimists reminded their less cheerful brethren that out in the hills, where the wind blows free and nature obligingly provides a rugged fastness for the moonshiner, the old reliable "still" is yet in operation and there will be a supply of "white lightning" i at any rate. How much, will depend on circumstances, chiefly the vigil lance of officers in enforcing the law. Either local distillers have become discouraged, or they are more sue cessful in eluding capture. No, im-
 portant discoveries of this nature
 have been reported in some time.
 The future of beer and light wines is in a sad muddle. Nobody seems to know what is to be done either for or
 against 23-4 per cent beer. Federal
 authorities are apparently as much in lthe dark as the brewers, but the
 -ewers are determined to force the tissue and the country will soon know iusc LOW much longer beer with low ieoB.ent of alcohol and light wines will
 vive.
 As for John Barleycorn, there is no hope. He is dead and buried and it lis unlikely that he will ever again re- turn to his former haunts. Thousands Iof saloons have re-opened as soft drink establishments. If business Ijustifies it, they will stay open, but If not, they will be closed and the man lin a white coat will betake himself to other fields of useful endeavor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02

The evil that men do lives after them;
 The good is oft inferred with their bones. Julius caesar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
ANOTHER DREAM SHATTERED

From Answers, London.
 For the nineteenth time Miss Matilda Tiddlum looked behind her.
 He following mel she gasped, as she hurried her pace and strengthened her hat at the same time. Her heart was in her mouth, and in her pale-green eyes shone light of hope-no, fear
 Tt isn't safe for girl to walk about alcne" she muttered, as her size eleven elastic sides spurned the pavement
 Agains she looked around He, he was still there! What could she do? She heard his footsteps drawing nearer. No, she must not faint. He was here-oh!
 Then the man hurried past her, and Joined the sweet young thing in the pink jumped on ahead, and Miss Iridium ground her teeth-$5 a set-and slowed down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
wHy NOT PLAIN aePEsT..

From the Chicago Herald and Examiner
 An exchange alludes to woman writer of reform literature an 'uplifteress. Why not "uplifterino'?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02

No communication will be published without its authors name Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala-' postoffice as second class matter, un- der act of Congress, March s, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
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 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication or all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news puphsneo herein.
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-19
Rulings on Weights
and Measures Act Asked

James f. Woodward, Secretary of
Internal Affairs. at the suggestion
of James Sweeney. chief or the Blu
-reau of Standards of the department
to-day asked Attorney General Will
liam I. Schaffer for opinions on the
States weights and measures laws
one asking whether 1t is legal to sell
commodities. the weight per bushel
of which is fixed by law, in any 9TH
er way except by weight or measure,
and the other inquiring as to whether
sealers of weights and measures have
authority TO test the scales used by
launCries and washelies.
Although the State, by law, has
fixed the number of pounds in Il bIs-
ell or multiple OF bushel of potatoes,
certain fruits and numerous other
commodities, thousands of dealers. in
the State are ceiling by the basket or
box and the purchaser is without
knowledge as to just what quantity
is being purchased and likewise the
practice makes it impossible for seal
ers to keep a check on sales and as
certain whether purchasers are get
ting all they should for their money.
Secretary woodward and Chief
Sweeney are desirous Of knowing
whether this practice is permissible
under the present laws of the State.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-19
Is COMMITTEE
HOLDS MEETING
Lays Plans For Class Partici-
patton in Big Central
Alumni Event

At the meeting of the special pic
mic committee of the class of 1915
held last evening at the home of Miss
Katharine Kelkcr, North Front
street. 1t was decided that members
of the class who attended the Central
High Alumni picnic. at Hershey Park.
August 2S. should register and re-
ceive a tag It the Hershey Press Of
flee.
The committee discussed a special
program and class reunion exercises
for the members of 1915 and touched
upon the staging of several clever
stunts. Plans will be completed at
another meeting to be held at the
home of Miss Dorothy Helman. 1874
North Third street. next Monday
evening.
An effort will be made to come in
touch with every individual memb er
of the class in an attempt to arouse
keen enthusiasm over the approach
ing event. This work will be done
by the committee comprising:
Miss Lillian Miller, Miss Dorothy
Helman, Miss Helen Wallis, Miss Mar
tha Miller, Miss Pauline Hauck. Miss
Sarah Bacon, Mrs. Frederick Dapp,
Mrs. C. \. Delone, Miss Katherine
Kicker, Samuel Froelich, Carrel Den
ny, Richard Hamer. Carl Peters,
Frederick Lyter. Jesse Wells and Her
bert Springer