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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
The Fear of God

speak of that which meant the fear
OF dpeang God which have OF facing
God on the other bank of
speak another thing speak which have
or have had of committing leadership of God we
fear that be being
We have notion that God all to preaching preach
ing street with wild dheveed hair that he WI"
rob us Of all pleasure allowing only round of and prayer
that He will we
that God wants to level this world and make all of KIND we
consider Him God with variation and sense
of proportion We do with Him somehow the glory
labor the sanct of city the marvellous sheen Of lighted waters
the vision of transformed of conquered denesse we
do couple with Him justice the winning
shouts
of children the mnstrey of those who thrill us and
sooe with the those the into the
finished product who bridges the great
structures the birhcry republics.
We have imprisoned God the think He wants to inn
His and rich with the Paradise transform all the
dusty offe into golden thorougfares the King
These things
He different He would
those differences than He would cotmand
elephant flower while
through building
brckayers, physicians mechanics
ngerHe kind for the mutfarous
He architect mighty
building
wander place under the
guidance God find ourselves the
mighty symphony a the work.
- NJ.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
A SQUARE DEAL FOR ALL

HE significant feature of the coal miners strike the
determination of the government to protect the public
By the public is not meant the capitalist but citizen of
the United States, whether he coal miner of
coal or who operates mine.
The chief of the government national
industry parayzed widespread suffering prevented
Whatever claim be madeby the strikers they deny
that they have the national government that
they have in effect defied it by striking after ignoring pleas
o@fEesident Wilson who tried to the last moment to
vent action which would place them outside the the law
There strike in America that less public sup
Not in days. but hours the coal who walked
out yesterday will realize what weight
public sentiment against them They know should
what would the production of stopped
other form of industry intimately
people than the production of COAL Without fuel the rail-
roads, carriers of food and other necessities life
crate without COAL with winter at hand there
suffering in parts of the country Fuel
SELF is more than other commodity sustain
human te AS for the manufacturing industries of
try they are almost entirely dependent on coal
FOR the man wishes to continue protection will
be gwen Destruction of property and disorder kind
will not be tolerated This is shown by Governor Kbs plans
to handle the situation Alabama the preparations made
by the authorities in jefferson county to keep
1t Is the belief of persons position know that the strike
VIII be shortved that will be failure largely because p
tic sentiment is against and because belief that # has
oeen 1osered by leaders who do the true
ment OF the rank and fe radicals sympathy with M
revolutionary doctrines of Lenne Totzkv than thew
with American ideals 80 0' ~
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
LUKE McLUKE SAYS

You may have noticed that the Doc
tor never has to tell Mother to take
more exercise the way he has to tell
Daughter.
And you did not hear so much abour
the H. c. of L. in the old days when
a man made one wife last him a life
time and didn't have to have a fresh
wife every two or three yearA
When men gets SO dried-up and
crabby that he won't take a second
look at a red Tipped. bright-eyed good
looking girl of 10, he joins the Anti
Everything League and puts in his
time keeping other people from enjoy
ing life.
Putting 500 suit and a $40 hat on
a Decent man won't keep him from
looking like 1o-cent man.
Mother with 12-month-oId baby
in her arms can lie awake at night and
worry for fear her baby will be bald
before he is 40 years old,
When a girl dresses to go out in the
evening she takes off more cloth IS thu n
she puts on.
And If people did not talk until they
really had something to say, there
wouldn't be so blame many lies told.
wife will keep her husband in hot
water for 10 years and then wonder
About all the compliments a woman
gets she gets before she is married and
after she is dead.
A casual inspection of girls broading
street-cars will show you that Black
and Tan looks better on Calves than
it does on Dogs.
When man faces the barrier with
a girl in the Matrimonial Stakes, he
thinks he is sure winner. But he is
going to run second unless there are, a
couple of Added Starters in the form
of his wife's affinities, and in that
event he doesn't even Show
And what has become of the Q. I.
burglar and the o. f. detective who
used to carry bulls eye lantern?
To some married mea Home Is a
place where you pound your ear every
night and change your shr. and your
socks once in while.
1t has just about gotten so that if a
Princess picks up a novel and discovers
that there is no Sex Slush In it and that
the Hero and Heroine are decently
married she slams it down again and
won't read it, ~
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE STRIKE
SITUATION AND PREDICTS A QUICK ENDING

I'm this good old Birmingham district,
where large proportion OF the labor
ing element is southern and American
born. there is no great degree of discon-
tent.
mis- fact was manifested yesterday
when the much-heraIded strike of the coal
miners was anything but general
not noticeable. The hot-head was not in
evidence. Those who did not go to work
made no noise about it; nor was there
any demonstration which usually follows
the Inauguration of a strike.
In many of the mines full Quota of
the men were at work. Indeed, the situa-
ton was very much like unto that the
first day of the recently called steel
strike
It is difficult for men to go out on a
general strike unless they have good and
sufficient reasons.
The strike called here, in this Birming-
ham district, was III support of the coal
miners in other fields, almost foreign to
Alabama
The officers OF the International Coal
Miners union have been more or less
sore at Alabama for long time, because
of the fact that they have not been able
to control the American-born miners In
this district.
This international union has supported
three strikes in this district in the past
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
SENEGALESE LIKE GLASSES.

From the Continental Edition Of the
London Mail.
Those whom fate has condemned 10
wear spectacles may have some diff
Guilty in believing that anyone could re-
gard these articles as ornaments, to be
worn with pride and pleasure. This,
however, is nevertheless the case with
many of the Senegalese soldiers who
fought in the war While on leave in
Paris or their way home many of these
gallant warriors have invested in spec
tacles as the surest means OF impress
sing their compatriots.
An optician relates that when he tried
to sell a pair of spectacles with plain
glass to a Senegalese whose sight was
obviously excellent. the soldier com
planned that they were no good because
they did not make everything look
funny" The optician Immediately sup
piled the soldier with pair of eoncare
lenses that would have done very well
for short-sighted student. The Gus
toner was satisfied at once. paid. and
went out. colliding on the way with
various pieces OF furniture
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE



Politics hath its compensations." said
United States senator, at the Tutwiler
yesterday, AS is we'll known, many Of
my friends from walker county have
gone to the several parts of the state
in behalf of my candidacy. Several
of those on the campaign have been
farmers, and since they have returned
from recent trip to the Wiregrass ]
have had the opportunity of selling
nearly all the farm land / own.
I. too, have been in the wiregrass
wealth of that country, which has been
Virtually transplanted through diver
sified agriculture. 1t was a fitting
thing for the people of one of the
cities down there recently to erect a
monument to the boil weevil, for since
that gentleman forced the Wiregress
farmers to diversity they have been
getting rich soy beans and pea
nuts, as well as other diversified crops,
My farmer friends over in walker
nave seen the strange Things THAT
have witnessed. condition of impend :
ing calamity being turned into period
of unprecedented prosperity, and while
may not get as many votes as 1 con-
fidently believed will get in the Wire
grass, l look for my campaign to have
very wholesome effect on farming in
my home county. Incidentally, l may
be able to sell some land at good
price. which may be termed the com
pensation of politics"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02

me amount of money spent per an.
mum LOT tires, gasoline and accessories
Is not necessarily the criterion by which
TO judge of a familys happiness.
~ y X *
Ao eAoousArof magazines from New
york will not leave the metropolis flat
on its back. but some of tbose n,h,;o,
lions will be missed.
j. X X
Inc absence of the chorus man is no.
ticeaoie In this seasons girl shows Has
the war made the chorus man ashamed
of himself?
Sergeant York visited Birrninyhar, he.
fore going to Atlanta. Naturally he want
ed to see the south's most progressive
city first.
Lille must be dull in Fume, with little
thing like the defiant speech of a La or
ieaoer able to crowd it off the front page,
4 \ 4
IL the treaty of peace is ratified by No
vember IL. as predicted, there will he
some excitement in the eggnog belt.
y y =
Yesterday proved that a little mud.
more or less, cannot damien the ardo,
OF football enthusiasts.
+ * X
Forty-six amendments to the treaty OF
peace We're set up merely, as it now ap-
pears, to shoot at.
y * *
Even the man who refers to his shoes
as kicks" pays s12 al sl4 pair for
them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
THE ARMY.

It's a wonderful school, but no place
And I hasten to tell you just why.
When Augustus Pinedd went away II
was said
He was awkward, anaemic and shy.
At the mere thought of dirt on his hands
or his shirt
He shuddered and muttered, "Oh, dear!
When away from his ma, or his Disguised
pa,
He often showed traces of fear
But Augustus, half daft was picked up
in the draft
And carried away to a camp,
Where nobody cared if his bed wasn't
aired
And his feet we're excessively damp.
He sweated and toiled and often got
soiled
And roughed it from morning to night;
Had his ma seen him there she would
have swooned in despair,
For "Gussie" was surely a sight
Then they sent him across to the big
chief. the boss,
VINO was running InlngS over IN
France,
And big push" began. quite according
to plan,
And it soon gave Augustus chance
To show he had pluck, for he didn't run
amuck,
He fought with a GOODNESS and vim,
And conclusively proved that when prop
erly moved
There was nothing the matter with him.
That's why I'll declare that the army S
all there
And run on a wonderful plan,
For it takes "a poor dub who is not worth
his grub
And in six months it makes him man.
THE FLIGHT OF TINE.
''Your barber trims your hair in a SYM
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
X X 4
Magazine Publishers
Are Leaving New York

| a ccoRDING to. the Brooklyn
Is y Eagle, sixty magazines have
decided to have their printing done
outside of New York, as a result of
recent troubles in the printing trades
which caused large number of peri
odicals, $50 or more, to suspend pub
LEGATION temporarily.
New York will lose millions of dol
lars year. What the loss to the
printers will be, it is difficult to es-
innate, but they cannot view this
radical move of the publishers with
any other feeling than one of dismav.
They will not be able to return to
their jobs when they are tired of heir
vacation for the simple reason that
their jobs no longer exist.
1t is estimated by the Eagle that
the circulation of the magazines that
will move is nearly one-fifth the en-
tire population of the United States,
and there is no reason why their SUBJ
scribers cannot be served as well, if
not better, from some other more CEN
trally located point than New York.
Because workmen in the printing
trades defied their international Of
ficers, the bulk of the magazines in
America with a national circulation
were forced to suspend publication.
They suffered great pecuniary loss
and millions of people have been put
!. to the annoyance of doing without
their favorite periodicals, most Of
which had never before missed an
issue.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
Sermons Of Today
and Other Days

1HHE American pulpit is as strong
= now as it was a half century
and more ago, and yet the modern
sermon is noted for its brevity.
Many of those of the present gen.
GRAFTON can recall the one-hour dis
course, intellectual and doctrinal. and
often spellbinding.
3 Of the giants of the pulpit, Bishop
sAlpheus w. Wilson was one of the
foremost. He preached metaphysical
sermons, but seldom less than an
hour and twenty minutes. The con-
gregation, however, never grew tired
, DR.. Rroadus, prince of preachers,
4 usually discoursed an hour. Dr.
Palmer, the famous Presbyterian
divine, preached about fifty minutes
and no one ever manifested WEAKNESS
Bishop Randolph of the southern
| diocese of the Protestant Episcopal
-.Ghurch of Virginia was an en-
chanting preacher, and if he
Aheld the pulpit forty-five OF
fifty minutes his congregation wanted
! him to go on. A pulpit adj
dress he delivered in st. Paul's
church, Richmond, on an epitaph he
I read on tombstone in Paris Born
J 4 Man, He Died Grocer -consumed
fully an hour, but everybody was
spellbound. The discourse was a plea
for higher spiritual life.
Archbishop Keane preached from
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02

The members of the American
Legion are just beginning to realize
the vast Importance of the convention
of the 1egionnaires to be held in
Minneapolis on November 10, IL and
H. said Jack Woods. Even Congress
is looking to the convention to see
what policies will be adopted in re-
gard to Legislation for ex-service men.
The American Legion has put itself on
record as being very muchly opposed
to any more raids on the United States
treasury in the snaps of bonuses, but
understand that the convention will
champion the idea of farm loans to the
ex-service men. The plan is to have
the government lend the men money
to buy land and as a security hold o
mortgage on it. This would be safe
for the government and would help
the ex-service men to return to the
soil"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02

defying the chief executive officers OF
the United States government.
This government has offered to arbi-
trate and to settle any grievances tina;
the coal miners o. the country might
have, but the union officers up in Indian
apolis have more or less defed the gov
eminent
There is no public sympathy for this
strike in the Birmingham district.
Every one believes that the man who
works in the coal mines is entitled to the
best consideration, and to that full JUS
tice which is accorded to other labcring
people But no one believes that
strike is the way to get this
The union officials, to hold their Jobs,
are bringing about strike at the begin
ming OF cold weather. They are instigating
a plot which makes them real enemies OF
the great masses of the. people OF this
country. Such policies cannot succeed,
and there are few intelligent men in the
Birmingham district, whether they be
coal miners or of any other class, who
have the faintest idea that this strike
can be successful
The best opinion Is that within week
the miners of this district will be at work
again and that any local grievances there
after will be quickly adjusted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02

forty to forty-five minutes and his
congregations listened with bated
breath.
Back in Jonathan Edwards day
two-hour sermons were not uncom-
mon. But who would listen to long
sermon in these feverish times? The
twenty minute sermon is the rule.
The ablest preachers have learned the
art of condensing. They can say in
a few minutes what it used to take
an hour or more to say
Scores of sermons will be heard in
Birmingham today that will be con-
densed into one thousand to fifteen
hundred words. And they will be
full of pith and spiritual beauty.
The modern sermon never wearies
one. Most of them are gripping. But
the older generation will look upon
the times that are gone with reminis-
cent yearning. The long sermon
had it's day, and served holy pur-
pose. But only the short discourse
is now in order.
y X y
John Armstrong Chaloner plans to 60
ON the stage and act the leading role in
a play of his own composition. Since he
is prepared to lose $4,000 on the venture,
he will probably be permitted to do so.
* * X
BY official designation the late unpleas-
antness is henceforth to be the world
war" That seems inclusive enough. al
though Spain, Holland and a few other
countries managed to stay out
4 = =
The red flag is in such disfavor now
that an auctioneer had better think twice
before hanging one out BY the way,
what has become of the old-fashioned
auctioneer, anyhow?
X X y
Italy also paid heavily for the allied
victory. we are told. Perhaps so, but
her eagerness to be repaid ahead of any
body else was what created such bad
impression.
* y =
Albert has gone back home, leaving
a large number of little girls who will
boast to their grandchildren that they
were once kissed by the King OF the
Beigians.
4 = Y
Won Bernstorffs recent declaration
that his name meant something to him
merely served TO remind us that the ex-
Kaiser also pirates about his honor. for
sooth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02

Is years and has lost item all. It has
probably spent $50 in Alabama for every
dollar 1t has received back in the form of
dues At least this is the information
furnished by men who should know
The Alabama coal operators have re-
fused to collect union dues from their
men, thing which is said to be neces-
sary everywhere to hold the men to-
gether in the international union.
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AS matter of fact, the situation among
the Alabama miners is very different from
that existing in Pennsylvania, illinois
Ohio and the other coal fields. In those
sections there is a large percentage Of
foreigners who are more or less con-
trolled by political officers of the union.
In Alabama the majority of the miners
think for themselves, and feel an interest
in the owners of the mines in which they
are working. They are given every con-
sideration by the mine owners, all OF
whom are American-born and mostly
southern-born. Even the large companies
which have many mines in this district
are managed by southern born men, ana
the majority of these men feel real
fatherly interest in those who work for
them.
g s. y
The strike here, I am told, is not be-
cause of any local grievances. 1t has
been called by the officers of the union
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
A,e.J31aee-
A Loss OF PRESTIGE.

A Loss OF PRESTIGE.
'Ts Senator Twobbie statesrnan-'
Well said Mr.. Cobbles, 'T used to
think tn senator was statesman-he
looked so grand an imposin' when we
had corner stone layin' or q special
meetiR of tn grand lodge, but since
he's been maxim speeches on shantune,
tn league OF nations an one thing.
an another. I'm afraid tn senator's got
in over his head. In predicament like
that, dignity amt much help to a man. J,
DISCOURAGED.
Are the always still trying to keep
up appearances
mo The always are terribly low
spirited, fear
What are some of the symptoms
For one thing. they no longer pre-
tend that if it were not for the diff
Guilty OF getting Just the right shade of
upholstering they would buy an expen-
sive new car"
DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING
I'm much encouraged in my literary
work"
why so?'-
"a magazine editor returned one Of my
stories. but wrote that might submit
something else
''Umph I got a note like that once.
and after had submitted 80 or 40 stories
without selling one the editor wrote me
if didn't quit Fostering him he would
get an injunction against me-
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02

had just sat down to write plea for
the Red Cross roll call. when telegram
came from my friend. Lloyd Hooper OF
Selma state chairman, asking me II l
wouldn't give my Sunday cruseries to it.
The roll call opens today, for it has
been set apart as Red Cross Sunday, and
lit is to be completed Tuesday, November
II. 1t was a happy thought to have
the drive completed on armistice day. The
actual work Of the campaign begins to-
morrow
Unfortunately some people got the i'm
signed that the Red Cross would no
longer be needed. Had there been only
a cold, calculated effort to win the
war" the Red Cross might have begun
it's departure from Europe when the
armistice was signed, but being what
it is, the Red Cross was detained abroad
by imperative duties and sympathies.
Contrary to expectations. there was
more, rather than less. need for the
American Red Cross in Europe in the
first three months that followed the
armlstice, not new and imaginary obliga-
tions, but the old and solemn obligat ton
to keep faith with those who kept faith
with us. 1t has been said, had the Red
Cross workers started for home In
body, women's cries would have arrested
them, babies fingers would have pressed
them back.
But American soldiers are still in
France, in Germany and in Russia. BY
it's charter the Red Cross must follow
the army and navy wherever they may
be. Our war responsibilities are not yet
discharged to our own boys. These men
still need the Red Cross service. We OF
the American Red Cross must carry this
responsibility as lons~as our soldiers
carry their guns. 1t would be an act of
treachery to leave them in the lurch.
Not only this. but 10000 of our American
soldiers are still in military hospitals,
many of them crippled for life. They
require the care of the Red Cross. and
rothing Will take it's place. But in adj
dition several hundred thousand men
were discharged from the army and the
navy disabled Thousands of them are
at home, and under the care of the home
service sections. Their families need Red
Cross service just as do those of-the men
still on duty in Europe.
The American Red Cross did not choose
to tarry in Europe. ii had to. and it
was not mere organization pride which
compelled it to proions its extensive for
eign operations, but the practical and
pressing necessity of providing ways
and means, funds and personnel to COM
plete a work simply could not be aban-
doned AS rapidly as possible commits
sions have been closed. their continuing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
THE MEETING.
by John Greenleaf Whittier.

by John Greenleaf Whittier
We tread the paths their feet have
worn,
We sit beneath their orchard trees;
We hear them like the hum Of bees
And rustic of the bladed corG
We turn the pages that they read.
Their written words we linger DER:
But in the sun they cast no shade.
No voice is heard no sign is madaL
No step is on the conscious floor.
Yet love win dream and faith will trust
Since he who knows our need is just.
That somehow somewhere meet We
mus,