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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-29
KING SENDS GREETING
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By Associated rrcss
 London, June 28.--King George has sent the following message to Presi- dent Wilson:
 Tn this glorious hour, when the long struggle of nations for right, jus tice and freedom is at last crowned by a triumphant peace, I greet you, MT. President. and the great American people in the name of the British na- ton.
 At a time when fortune seemed to frown. and the issues of the war tren- bled in the balance, the American peo- pie stretched out the hand of follow ship to those who on this side of the ocean were battling for a righteous cause. Light and hope at once shone brighter in our hearts and a new day dawned
 Together we have fought to a hap py end; together we lay down our arms in proud consciousness of valiant deeds nobly done. "Mr. President, it is on this day one of our happiest thoughts that the American and British people, brothers in arms, will continue forever to bo brothers in peace. United before by language. traditions, kinship and ideals. there has now been set upon our fellowship the sacred seal of com mon sacrifice"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-29

Llven up your sluggish liver! Feel fine and cheerful: make your work q pleasure; be vigorous and full of ani- bjtion. But take no nasty. dangerous calomel, because it makes you sick and you may lose days work.
 Colonel is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones, Calomel crashes into sour bile like dynamite. breaking it up. That's when you feel that awful nausea and sramp- ing.
 Iisten to me: If you want to enjoy the nicest. gentlesf liver and bowel eloanping that you ever experienced. 3ust take . spoonful of harmless Dod- oon:e Liver Tone tonight. Your drug TIT or doa1er sells you . bottle of Dod- &n'A xlxes Tons tor few eents under
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-29
GERMAN PRESS BITTER

By Associated Press
 Berlin June 28.-The Pan-Germa an Deutsche Zeitung prints the following across it's front page:
 German honor today will be car ried to it's grave in the hall of mir TOTS, in which, in the glorious year of I'll, the German empire was resur- rected in all it's former splendor.
 Tn restless labor the German peo- pie will again strive to attain that place among the nations of the world to which it is entitled
 Then vengeance for the disgrace of 1s19'
 The Tageblatt says:
 "The German people reject the treaty which it's delegates are signing today, and it does not believe for a single moment 1t will endure. Despite the fact that it is written on parch- ment, it remains a scrap of paper, be- cause it is a mockery of all the laws of reason and morals and the most disgraceful exhibition in the museum of civilization"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-29
CHINESE ISSUE STATEMENT


 Paris. June 2S.-China's refusal to sign the peace treaty came after re- peated efforts of the Chinese delega- tion to obtain permission to sign with reservations on the Shantung settie- ment.
 President Wilson was appealed to by the Chinese delegation several times during the past week and at first he seemed inclined to favor allowing Inc Chinese to attach their signatures with reservations. Finally. however, he concurred in the decision of the conference that the Chinese might make declaration on their position after signature. but not before. This was regarded by the deleSa- |.ion as not protecting China's rights The Chinese refused to sign and are now awaiting further orders from m tAmess delseation issued n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-29
MISS SCHOOLARAT
 COMMUNITY SING

A delightful programme Is promised for the community sing at Woodrow Wilson park this afternoon at 4:s0 o'clock a popular feature will be a solo by Miss Norma Schoolar. "Ver- dun," composed by Miss Daisy Rowley. Miss Scholar ranks as one of Bir- mingham's most distinguished vocal artists, but she has been living in New York during the past two years and her many friends in her home town will turn out to greet her and listen 10 her rich and finely trained voice. The band numbers and the songs for everybody will be of a pleasing char acter
 Ed F. Shumway will direct the sonss g as usual. and H. H. Turner will direct the band
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guns to Trafalgar square and built fires under them.
 Tonight fireworks and searchlight dis plays are planned with the intention of attracting the people to parks, where there will be little likelihood of damage being done
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-29
Eugene H. Ward Lands Safely

Nr. and Mrs. c. s. Ward, 1705 Jasper street, are in receipt of telegram ad- vising them of the safe arrival of their son. Eugene H. Ward, in New York from France where he has been for many months with the army of oc- cupation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-29

most flatrering conditions in the his tory of the organization During the last few months of President Wal
 lace's administration our membership was greatly increased and now we have one of the strongest organlza- tions In the state, and with the as- sistance of our Bessemer, Ensley and Pratt City dealers we expect to do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-29

more real constructive work than we
 have ever done. The members are taking an active interest in the af- fairs of the association and are united in their efforts to make it the best, not only in the south, but in the United States Everything of interest to the furniture trade or our allied lines will be taken care of by the organization
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-29

When the photograph of new of ficers and board of directors was taken at President Randalrs luncheon Thursday at the Southern club J. NJ. Wallace, c. W. Green, E L. Huey and R. l.. Sparkman were out of the city.
 Presdent-Elect Randall says: "We arc starting our new year under tie
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previous week. This Is an unusually large number of divorce cases and the chancery clerks have been working overtime in keeping up with the work, according to announcement.
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The revival at the Avondale Baptist church. which has been held each night during the past two weeks by Rev. w. F. Reeves, the pastor, assisted by Prof. E.. A. Brack, evangelistic singer, closes to- night. It has been one of the most in- teresting, instructive and educational series of services ever held by the church. The strong evangelical sermons of the Rev. MT. Reeves were based on ;tne, constructive lines, which has great strengthened the constituency of the 'hnrch, in addition to the goodly number yho were received by letter, and under watch care and by profession.
 The violin quartet and the male quar- -et, backed up by a splendid choir led by Professor Brack, and interspersed with his solos, rendered some selections that were thoroughly enjoyed by the audience.
 The baptismal ordinance will be admin stered at tre close of the services to- night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-29
TIGER GREETs SOLDIERS

 each from the American, British anu French forces entered the han shortly before o'clock and took their places at the windows Premier Clemenceau step ped up to the French detachment and shook the hand of each man. The men had. been selected from those who bore honorable wounds, and the premier ex- pressed his pleasure at seeing them there and his regret for the sufferings they had endured for their country There was some little difficulty in the section of the hall reserved for the press, be- cause of overcrowding, and persons on the front rows in their eagerness to see stood upon the benches cutting off the view of those behind Energetic efforts by the officials, however, finally sue sceeded in restoring a fair measure of or der in the press enclosure and the re- served sections at either end of the nal, where there also had been some com motion.
 ed. Premier Clemeuceau, president Of the peace congress- arose and delivered his brief address. pointing out that the treaty had been drafted with the collaboration of all the powers; that the president ol the conference had formally certified that the text to be signed was identical with that in the copies handed the Ger mans June 17, and that their signatures were an irrevocable engagement that all the conditions laid down in the treaty would be loyalty executed. His speech was translated into English and German The difficulty of seeing we'll from man, parts of the hall initiated against demon strations marking the arrival of the chie' personages. Only a few persons saw President Wilson when he came in, ano there was but faint sound of applause for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-29
lANTMATED SCENE

The scene around the Versailles palAcs was an animated one from an early hour AS the morning wore on. the crowds kept insreaSlng In size. but the, vast spaces arouni tAs chatsAu swallowed them up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-29

at first. By noon Il regiments of Frencs cavalry and infantry under command of General Brecard had taken positions along the approaches to the palace while within the great court on either side, solid lines of infantry in horizon blue were drawn up at attention.
 Long before the ceremony began, a line of gendarmes was thrown across the ap-
 breaches. While theoretically only per
 sons bearing passes could get througi. this line, the crowds gradually filtere1 into and finally filled the square. Withn this square hundreds of fortunate persons
 had taken up positions at the windows of every wing of the palace
 By 1:3O o'clock lines of motor cars be-
 gan to arrive laden with delegates, of- ficials and distinguished guests. The final allotment of seats in the cere-
 monial chamber meanwhile had been
 made. The places for the German dele
 gates were reserved on the side of the
 horseshoe table, where they touched ell
 bows with Japanese plenipotentiaries on
 their right and the Brazilians on their
 left. The delegates from Ecuador, Peru
 and Liberia faced the Germans across the narrow table,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06

age Of cameras and reporters. Poise. then,
IS the chief quality he should cultivate.
Whatever happens, keep your posc; a
moments hesitation may mean DEDICATION.
The way to avoid embarrassment is to re-
fuse to become embarrassed An amusing
story is told of King Hubert of Muden-
Muden. He was host to an assembly of lords
and ladies at lawn party near Muden
Castle. Late in the afternoon there was
sudden cloudburst. The guests were at loss
to know what to do; they dared not with
draw without his majesty's consent For
some minutes no one spoke. At length King
Hubert, noting the general distress Of his
guests, remarked in his inimitable dravl, ut
looks like rain The entire party was con-
vulsed at this unexpected witticism and Lord
Symken Nash came within an ace of swallow
ing his teaspoon But the tension was broken
and the festivities were resumed
At the time OF his coronation at Ham
burger Cathedral the Prince of Parmalee
exhibited remarkable sauoir- fare under the
most trying circumstances. At the very
climax of the ceremony, the crown Slipped
of the princes head and rolled under the
throne. There an awkward silence as
the Archbishop Of Loganbury recovered it
and presented it again to the youthful scion.
The prince observed the confusion Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06

tropical birds, of hucs which only poets see
IN the painted cities of the mind, were con.
ilnod in gloomy pcnitcntiary o. stone and
Wlrc cNtravaganuy rcpulsivc in the crud-
lty the burlosquc, of contrast Poor little
birds, what was your crime?
II enjoy this, you may say, because like
BIRDS. Say we and ! am with YOU. All
men, except the very dullest, like BIRDS be-
cause Of all natures designs in her work
shop they arc the most perfect and cx-
qulsltc. More than that-we associate them
with our most cherished and passionate
lougings Bird thou never vert but rather
a living symbol of that unquenchablc fire
of salvation which has burned up in the
human breast ever since we began to climb
so painfully out of tho ape. But of all
men, except such inspired priests Of nature
as Mr. W. II. Hudson, the Londoncr loves
them best. The green ccarings in his vast
forests Of brick and slate arc more to him
than sea and mountain to the countrvman,
and the too few birds, and common BIRDS
that sing in them a restorative for his in
valid state for the loss OF which .herc cou1l
be no earthly compensation. But to sec the
rarcr English birds, the brilliant coated
troplc birds, deceived indeed but by Il kind.
~, cunning image Of the truth of their lib
crtY, and in colorado imitation of their
natural surroundings, herein lies a match
less pleasure for him, soacc and relief to
the birds next best to natures sovereign
gift, and the true scope and meaning Of
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archbishop and relieved the situation bv saw
ing calmly "Pish, old dear, your pctticoat
hangs
Court history il II of similar graceful
incidents. The late aron Batz. whose oni-
grams are repeated this day in the prov
lnce Of kimmelstadt, was accosted one dav
by ncwsboy who tried to sell him a paper
wishing to have little sport with the lad
the baron, with an afectation of seriousness
SAID: Give me a paper and I'll pay YOU
the next time see you" "You go to hell"
replied the lad. What the baron said then
is not recorded, but it was something scream
lngly funny, doubt.
These few anecdotes show the need persons
OF royal blood have for presence of mind
and the ability to meet the most unforeseen
eXigencies.
Inc impression you make upon YOUR suh
Jects IS what counts Ivan the Terrible made
such an impression upon his subjects that
they haven't got over it yet. With enough
sel1-conhdence you can starve all the orphans
III the kingdom. A little study of the fore
going Will enable the most ordinary voutb
to become prince of the first magnitude
relgnng long and peacefully. True YOU can
not control the fist of fate, but by keepjno
your eyes open YOU may dodge when if
swings your way
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no restraint except that of DEATH falling
upon sleep far preferable to the genticst
conditions of otiose captivity
Let us be practical. You do not write
All article about a visit to the 200 upon the
plea Of abolishing it. Abolition is certainly
the ultimate logic Of the matter, but fear
we are not much nearer that than John Ball
was to the brotherhood of man. Until men
arc tree, doubt we shall permit the free
dom of the wild creatures But the idea
OF IT. Let us not lose hold Of that, for the
sake OF the beasts, and still more for the
sake OF the pleasure Of the good people who
come to sec them.
"Now, the latter, imagine, is a primary
consideration with the authorities Of the
100 II is certainly mine, as one Of these
good people. go there to enjoy myself.
ana these authorities are anxious for me TO
ENJOY myself by seeing all the wild Great
ures they have gathered together and pre-
serve with deal Of trouble and expense.
ms seems new truism Is it? How
many companies, committees, corporations
oHcially recognized or otherwise, are there
~ inc world which deal in wild birds and
ANIMALS, dead or alive, for other than an
Interior motive? The 100, thank God. has
"o'h'hg TO 40 with commerce. IT is an as
'0'i@''oh winch exists for the benefit Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
what Becomes Of the Red Mans Soul?
HNHE North American Indian docs
not find his way often these days
n INTO the headlines of the news

"HE North American Indian docs
not find his way often these days
n INTO the headlines of the news
papers. The one-timc monarch Of
a vast continent is becoming more aod
more each year Il creature of myth and
hazy romance. However, there still are
redskins, still redskin problems for the
white man to graphic with
A short time ago representatives of
the New York State-as we'll as the
tedcral-government met at Syracuse
with 'white -collared and tweed suited
descendants" of the painted and fcath-
cred chiefs who pow-wowcd with Gov
ernor Peter Stuyvesant on the banks of
the Normanskill and concluded treaty.
The purpose Of the recent meeting in
Syracuse was q discussion Of WAYS
whereby the ancient pact may now be
amended and brought into alignment
with modern law and court jurisdiction.
A paragraph from one news account of
the event paints an interesting and half
Wlstful picture:
"A score or moro Indians from all of the
SIX Nation tribes were present, but had no
voice IN the discussion They sat stolidy
by and listened to the palefacc speakers
discuss what should be done with them.
They heard statements that the treaty was
working we'll; that the state should keep its
hands off Indian affairs; and they heard
other speakers argue the treaty did not
work, and that new laws were neccssarv."
SO are the mighty fallen.
w. ID. H. Laurence, in the course of an
article on the work of j. Fenimore
Cooper, published in "Thc English Re
vlew,' meditates upon the passing of the
red race. He reminds his readers of
Franklin's equation in providential
mathematics:
Rum + Savage %
and calls it "a specous little EQUATION"
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700. birds freedom is its spectators joy
as we'll as its own, and the nearer the zoo
approaches to gratifying this INTERROGATION
of pleasure, without reducing itself TO i
logical absurdty, the moro cxpressively will
it be realizing its proper function. A bird
without flight and its natural green refuge
Is like a spider without its web and man
without friendship.
'Ihnk what could be done in the 700
simply by following this thread out of the
labyrinth of concrete and iron bars! If the
guls and the weaver birds can have their
tethcrs so heightened, how in reason and
poetry can the rest of tho birds be denied
like privilege? II the bears .ave their
Mapp'n terraces the beavers their dam,
what is to prevent the foxes agitating cas-
IN their forlornncss they verify do) for
their holes, and the monkeys for the YER
durc of swaying boughs? There is no room
Well, then, make room,"
Mr.. Massngham outlines plans for
giving at least q comparative freedom to
th- inmates Of the ZOO cages There
might have to be fewer creatures. But.
he observes, IAN antelope galoping over
the grass is worth ten in a barren pen"
But what of the ptores-eagles, hawks
and condors? Well
MIR. Hudson, in Birds in 4 VILLAGE de-
scribcs how he once heard a preacher de-
iNerlng a sermon on genius. The life Of
the ordinary person was that of the canary
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prefers stuffed carcass to the living in
tclllgence, the bittern, avocet, glossy ibis
peregrlne, bustard, furze-wren. rodwit.
enough, nutcracker, hoopoc. bearded til
golden oriole and many others are either
vanished or but occasional annual visitors
10 our shores, when they are instantly shot
law or no law. Other species, the king
fisher, oyster catcher, crossbill. rinp.ouseI
pied fiycatcher, bullfnch and others, have
become so rare that but few years hence
must see their extinction. If the zoo IN
conjunction, say, with the Birds Protection
Hoc'ely' could induce pairs of rs many as
possible OF these species to breed in the
gardens as the greater black backed gulls
also rare, arc, believe, breedng), and then
turn them out into the larger London parks
and the few bird sanctuaries we possess
when their numbers were on the increase
we might make up some lccway in those gaps
which the oaiishncss and cupidty of a few
people, who certainly do not represent tn
iceilng OF the mass of the population have
made IN our English bird life. SO with the
exotic species and the smaller English
mammals, like the badger And. after all.
the zoo has begun to make tentative experi.
ments these lines.
es, 1t would ali be very expensive. Yet,
II VIC can spend six millions a CAV on our
wars, cannot we spare a widows mite tow
ard an end which would bring so much
happiness to man, bird and beast?
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brother Earwis spent large fortune in the
study of entomology They found that a
bug can be bought for as much as 5000
plcrsks fl.39l, maybe more. King Fitz-
baugh of RomanS was an ardent bibophilc
and possessed private library rivalling the
AleNandrian. He always had a book at his
elbow to hurl at the prime minister, and
stated that after much experiment he had
discovered Quartos, despite their bulk to be
vastly superior to duodecimos as projectilcs
The smaller books seemed to make no i'm
preston whatever upon the prime minister;
folios, he further noted, have no practical
valec except as fans. Oscar the Grown
Prince OF Munnhagcn, collected coins, and
his brother, Prince Otto Ferdinand, collected
more whiskoy than any other man in the
realm; Otto Ferdinand also kept a mcnageric
of blue famingos, and is said to have died
devoted to his hobby.
The Ways to spend money arc countless;
! have never had trouble in finding WAYS.
But the young monarch should spend his
money wisely.
". On BchoUior il, Public.
with the exception of the men who sweep
the streets, no persons are more before the
public eye than arc the royalty. princes
every word and move arc important in this
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public on the one hand and of tho creatures
in its care ON the other. 1t is therefore a
thoroughly decent concern, founded. if we
admit tho right to imprison wild animals at
all (Which some of Us do noO, on ire
proachabe principles.
"Thcrc arc three states of mind. it seems
to me, which affect one at the zoo-or.
rather, three degrees Ct single state os
mind There is the middle or passive state,
OF which the pride of the eye is the sole
umpire. Tho eye keeps on telephoning Wig
orously to She other faculties of impress
SION, but those faculties arc bored and keep
the receiver ON. The unusual, the curious
animal life arc visited as spectacles, and
they arc nothing more The attitude is
detached; it is an art for arts sake atti-
tudc, and its physical manifestations arc a
cape or an cyc-opencr. Secondly, there is
active though secret dislike. do not enjoy
seeing an English magpc shut up in a cage
with cement floor and not one lot Of
grcenery fer this woodland child to rest
on, play with or look at. To soc a NANCY
English fox trotting to and fro before the
bars of its cage with that awful, mechani-
cal, dcspaIrlng motion which looks as if it
would go implacably till DEATH does not
entertain me in the least. Nor docs the
sight Of couple of lcopards in cage not
much moro than twice the size of their
length. On this visit | went into 'Thc
Small Birds Avary,' where scores of little
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06

IN Its cage But the life of the genius, be-
cause MS aspirations were so much loftier
than those of other minds, and the differ
encc between his ideal and reality CORE
spondlngly greater is a much sadder affair
"A cloud came over his rough hewn, ma
Jcstlc figure; he drew himself IN and
swayed his body from side to side, and shook
his black gown, and lifted his arms, as their
plumed homologucs are lifted by some great
Bird and let them fall again two or three
times; and then said, in deep. measured
tones, which seemed 20 express rage and
despair But did you ever see the eagle
in his cage ."
People, have noticed. do not linrer bv
that row of cages. Perhaps the dcsolat.
lmmoblllty, the glance, at once contemptu-
Gus and solemn, remote, broo6lng, retro
apectlvc, of those stern eyes that once be-
held the world below them like a drifting
leaf, is too much for them. To the soui}ine
problem there is no solution except the
keys of the city of the air
ut seems to me that there is vet another
and perfectly legitimate province of the
zoos business. Preservation is its motive
as an institution. If it serves, that is to
say, as kind of medium for the introduce
ton of suitable foreign birds into Britain.
and the repatriation Of the extinct native
species, what truly patriotic Office it
would perform without deviatng one jot
from the exercise of its proper functions,
hanks to the kind of pre- daceous taste that