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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

Have you all your life dreamed of a homelike place, oh! busy man, where you could go and forget for awhile your cares, while you just lost your self in it's unobtrusive comfort? There are houses which are rest ful to look upon, just as there are those which almost set ones nerves a-quiver No one who has ever been in England can forget the soft thatch- ed roof homes set down in the midst
 of trees f, Every now and then in this country we run upon a weather-beaten homo which seems a part of the scenery. To properly tie house to the grounds
 with shrubs is an art-and to be able to give a new residence the air of an
 old one is hard to do.
 I have always been fond of studying
 houses. I think nothing would give me greater joy than to be builder, not for the sake of money, but to erect IoIlcS loI pCOPiO tO nv In "AN- make their very own. Bob Jemison and his work at Fairfield appeal to
 me strangely.
 I have been in a number of the great
 palaces of Europe and the great man. sions of the rich in America. and while
 they do in certain way claim my ad- miration. the residences which give me the greatest pleasure are the mora modest ones. not establishments, but homes.
 Awhile back I spent a day and night in a home which satisfied me in every way It was an old style house on the edge of a town. It was good to look at from the outside and it was com
 tortable to be on the inside, It satis
 fled in every way the eye and at the same time soothed the body. It was the home of pr. and Mrs. Lyman Ward as charming a couple as can be found anywhere.
 Now. any rich fool can have him a residence built, but it takes the. re- fined touch of a cultured woman to make it a place in which to live with comfort There are some houses which seem to invite repose. The rooms seem to open their arms and say, come in and find rest-their welcome while un- voiced is as genuine as is that of the mistress of the manse.
 love a big room with a low cell ing and plenty of light which comes in unhndered by draperies. I dote on wide open chimney with great and irons upon which are heaped arms full of burning logs. I luxuriate in cozy chair in a corner. near shaded lamp on a table supplied with magazines. while open book cases built in the walls without glass beckon one to make his choice.
 Why do Americans clutter up their living rooms and make them a cross between an auction room or curios and bachelors den, or a combination of
 the old fashioned, forbidding parlor and bridal suite. or an amateurish studio welded to library? The things which well-to-do people do to make themselves uncomfortable is constant surprise to one who loves simplicity and ordinary home comforts. 
 have always thought that the dim ing room ought to be the cheeriest room in all the house and that the best and brightest things ought to he saved to be given out around the ta- ble. Show me family which laughs and chats at meal time and I'll show you home in which doctors visits ara few. I was ushered into such dining room where the views were a feast in themselves.
 Have you ever been dog tired and at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
CLEMENCEAU IS POPULAR

From the Review of Reviews
 Little has been left unsaid in these
 last months about the public and pri- vate life of the man, his energy notwith- standing his age, his good humor, his
 animated rejoinders, his general tiger characteristics. The story has been told many times of his sojourn and marriage in America when as a young man he gained a livelihood by teaching French in a girls school
 Finally, he has been deservedly praised for his admirable role during the most critical months of. the war at the head of the French government, up to the time of victory and peace. But beyond all the sympathetic traits that have made the man so popular.
 Clemenceau is and remains one of the
 greatest characters of contemporaneous
 Europe, and one of the greatest leaders
 of men of all times and all lands.
 It is this political character of the
 man which history will preserve and
 determine in the immediate future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
1nM1Aou1fH
NOVEL SCHOOL OF FICTIoN

From the New York Herald
 Within the memory of many writers not yet senile all forms of Tow life' were taboo In the pages of respecta ble magazines. Descriptions of what went on south of Washington square were considered too highly spiced for the those refined periodicals. It was not until many years after authors wore
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
MY TASK

By Edward Everett Hale. Not> mine to mount to courts whert seraphs sing, Or glad archangels soar on outtretchec wing;
 Not mine in union with celestial choirs
 To sound heavens trump or strike tn. gentler wires; Not mine to stand enrolled at crysta, gates,
 Where Michael thunders or where Irr;. Iy waits.
 But lesser worlds a Fathers k,ndnes know;
 Be mine some simple service here below
 To weep with those who weep. their iox1 to share, Their pain to solace or their b,raY bear; Some widow in her angony to meet. "A Some exile in his new-found homo 3 greet: k
 To serve some child of Thine and to .erf
 Lo. here am I. To such . work sena rI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
SLIGHT AFTERTHOUGHT

From Judge.
 Two privates met the company mail clerk on the road.
 "Any mail for me?' asked the first private.
 The mail orderly put on his spec tacles. looked through the bunch of letters and handed one to the ques- tioner.
 Any for me-" queries the second private The custodian of the mails readjust- ed the spectacles on his nose, looked once more through the pack of letters and said there was not
 Not even a newspaper" insisted the private. Again he looked through the pack age and finally said: Nope. none for yuh." The privates had gone but few steps on their way when the orderly yelled after them: 'Hey, there! Darned if I know you! Whats your name. anyhow"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27

BEGINNING THE DAY--May my service, my worship, my prayer. o God, be not in my thought, good work, for which I shall be reward ed, or, for the neglect of which. I may suffer harm. May it all be the confession of n cOntrite heart, the adOratiOn of n loving soul. the affectiOnate approach of child to its father. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
Dr. Dixon May Return Home

q was greatly interested in letter to prominent Baptist of Birmingham from friend in another state who was very close to Dr. A. c. Dixon,, pastor of the Sturgeon tabernacle in London, l saying that he thought that the dis tibguished American preacher would like to return to America, and preferably to southern pulpit" said P. C. Ratliff. "Dr. Dixon is one of the worlds great gospel preachers, or he never would have
 been able to fill the pulpit made famous by Sturgeon. The reason given for his
 wish to come home was based on the fact that the war had been a tremendous
 strain on him and that he felt that an
 entire change of scene might become
 necessary. I do not know whether the
 friend had the right to speak for Dr.
 Dixon or not, but the thought of his once
 more living in the south would be pleas
 ant to his many admirers in this sec
 tion.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
x X x "Sir John" Pershing Among the Notables

TN the 1919 edition of the British U "Who's Who" General Pershing, commander of the American expedi- tionary forces in France, is listed as "Gen. Sir John Joseph Pershing G. c. B."
 It will be remembered that on July IT, 1918, King George awarded the grand cross of the Order of the Bath to General Pershing and in August personally gave him the decorati ton, which automatically makes British subject knight, with the right to prefix "Sir" to his name.
 As a matter of courtesy to the American leader the British "Who's Who" could not do otherwise than pub- fish the title, although it was an- nounced that General Pershing would not receive it when he was decorated by the King.
 In America, of course, there is no place for titles, particularly when borne hy American citizens, and while every American is glad that General Pershing was fittingly honored by the British government, through King George, they will rest assured that he has no desire to be addressed as "Sir John."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
CordiaIs of the Future

I am not an expert when it comes to telling the differences even between the various kinds of wines," said w. K. Ter ry. "but I fear that there will be trou- ble when the test comes to differentiate between wine and homemade cordials under the new prohibition law. There may be a method of settling 1t which will be workable, but for the life of me would not know how to go about it. I reckon. however, that after the next blackberry crop there will be many a gallon of blackberry cordial made in Ala hama"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
CELEBRITIES

From the Louisville Courier-Journal. "Who is this fellow A. P. who seems to know so much about what is going on
 in Paris?" asked a woman reading parer in street car. Which reminds one of the Kansan at the Chicago exposition who remarked uponen the number of eating houses owned~ by that fellow Cafe."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
From the New York Times l M)( THAT does Mime. Breshkovskya

From the New York Times.
 N1[ THAT does Mime. Breshkovskya WW 'the Grandmother of the Russian Revolution" know about Russia? She has arrived in the United States and is touring the coun- try denouncing the Bolsheviki and de- scrbing Lenne as criminal despot.' You can meet on any street corner glib individuals who have never been in Russia, but know all about it, and they will tell you that the newspapers and the American government are in d conspiracy to suppress the truth about Russia; that all the things print ed to the dscredit of the Bolsheviki are "lies.'' With what superior scorn they must read the words of Breshkov- skya! What can she possibly know about Russia, compared with them?
 What does Maxim Gorky know about Russia? He, after vain effort to tolerate the Bolsheviki regime, has exposed it as despotism deadlier than that of the Czar. What does he know about Russia, compared with Eugene V. Debs. Debs, who comes from Terre Haute. Ind, says that free speech is dead in the United States but lives on in Russia. Gorky, who halls from Petrograd. says that free speech is dead in Russia; but what does Gorky know about it?
 What does Marie Spiridonova know about Russia? She was for years re- the end of a hard days work had the good luck to be shown into bed- room where you could hardly wait to undress before you wanted to cast yourself on the downy bed which seem forget your aches and pains, for I will give you rest?
 In the morning, after breakfast, I wandered around the place. am fond of trees. Secretary Lane, a poet, was right when he called my attention to the friendliness of our southern trees. No wonder he was used to the great, towering, giant redwoods of California stopped before shapely holly just in front of the door and took off my hat to it. It gave me a Christmasy feeling.
 
 It was delight to find that the ivy had clambered up and covered one of the chimneys. J just pottered around among the dying flowers or peepei over into the garden that was going into winter quarters. walked beneath the peach trees. stopped for awhile to hold my breath as the sheer beauty of the landscape seeped into my very soul, and for the time being forgot that back in busy Birmingham men and women were rushing around in mad haste on this or that errand bent
 Dr. and Mrs. Ward are the kind of couple like to visit. They don't bother you by overentertaining, but take it for granted that man can enjoy him. self best by being made to feel that he is one of them and not mere vis- itor. Sure, after I had wandered to my hearts content it was refreshing to come back under the hospita ble roof and enjoy the sprightly talk of a hus- band and wife who keep in touch with the worlds best thought in literature music. art. politics. religion and edu- "a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Atlanta A.ieep at the Switch

1 Artccp Lme SvFEtcn
 Atlanta as city Is such a splendid 1 type of progress and her citizens as in-
 dividuals so indefatigable, though with
 al modest, in presenting their own and
 their city's claims when there is any
 thing worth claiming In sight, that it
 pains one of her (and their) humble ad- mirers grievously that she (also they)
 should remain so unnaturally quiet in
 the face of a tremendous opportunity
 of taking on additional word fame"
 said w. II. Vim.
 l Associated Press advices from Paris
 indicate that the league of nations idea
 has peeked it's shell and stepped forth
 lusty fledgling with even a bit of
 sand in it's craw. but minus an obvi- ously necessary capital, a place where
 a modern Tower of Babel may be set
 up wherein to hold its stated gabfests Now, here's where I am surprised and
 grieved-no mention was made in the conference of making Atlanta the cap- | ital of the league of nations, nor were any of her high voltage transmission wires there to present our sister city's claim in their accustomary mod est but compelling way
 What, ho, Atlantans! Hast posses sion of the federal reserve bank, with | its name changed to commemorate thy greatness, sated thy erstwhile ambi- ton to become the Alpha and Omega of all urban endeavor? The nation, and especially the south, devoutly hopes
 that the mighty metropolis near the Chattahoochee will awake from it's ap- parent lethargy and cop the capital of
 the league of nations before some other city with more "Woco" but with less claim ambles off with the bacon"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
New Prohibition Law Is Now in Effect

~ OvERNOR KILBY'S signature @ affixed to the bone-dry bill prepared by Judge Samuel D. Weak ley of Birmingham means that Ala bama now has in force one of the most drastic prohibition measures ever de- vised.
 While Florida's prohibition law, re- gently passed, is so severe on offend CTS it may defeat it's own ends, par ticularly in imposing a fine of 5000 for drunkenness when a second con- viction is obtained, the Alabama measure will doubtless make the state as nearly bone-dry as it can be made by statute. TS
 The principal object aimed at in the new law is to prevent liquor from be- ing shipped into the state through ex- press companies. As soon as the bill was signed by the governor express companies stopped receiving and de- livering liquor shipments. Although the former regulation which permitted 2 person to receive two quarts of whisky every two weeks had been abolished, under the plan of getting . doctors prescription certified by a notary public that the liquor was to be used for medical purposes large quantities continued to be brought into Alabama. In fact this business rsaehed such proportiSQs that the ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
Likes Country Turkeya

'I was passing on Twentieth street re- gently and saw out in front of a popu- lar restaurant two crates of country turkeys" said pr. Percy Woodall.
 q used the word country on purpose, for on sizing them up they had every ear mark that they were home made and not store bought. It made me want to hang around until the turkeys were cooked and served for somehow a turkey fresh from a nearby farm makes an ap- peal to the imagination that the ones shipped in fail to make. I like to see them with the feathers on before I sit down to eat them; and this assures me I am not devouring cold storage fowls" '"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
Harmony Among Commissioners

''The city commission seems to be a happy family so far as the public knows," said B. c. Cox, flor not once since they took office have we been regaled with any quarrels among the city fathers. I do not know whether the even temper of President Barrett is responsi- ble for it, or whether the rest of the commissioners are just full of what Matthew Arnold called sweetness and light I think that the people of Bir- mir,gham are grateful to them for not publicly airing their differences, if they doors"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
menber of the Associated Pres.

The Age-Herald is the only hoi .-o n 70 and sunday newspaper in BlrmlnS n" Ill carrying the Associated Press us patches ,.
 The Associated Press is exeius'''1! entitled to the use for pupIlea'o al, news dispatches credited 10 II not otherwise credited in this pepo and also the local news puoiiS"e4 herein.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27

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 European bureau, Henrietta s'e> EoYent Garden, London.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27

Have you ever been dog tired aad at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27

| the end of hard days work had the good luck to be shown into bed- room where you could hardly wait to undress before you wanted to cast yourself on the downy bed which seem ed to be whispering, just lie on me and forget your aches and pains, for I will give you rest?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
For the Blood.

once you get your blood free
from mpurities-cleansed OF the
catarrhal poisons. which II is now
a prey to because OF its unhealthy
state--then you viii be relieved OF
Catarrh--the dripping in the throat,
hawking and splitting. raw sores in
the nostrils: and the disagreeabl.s
bad breath. II was caused. in the
first place, because your impover-
ished blood was easily infected
Possibly a slight cold or contact
with someone who had a cold. But
the point is-don't suffer with Ca
tarrh-it is not necessary. The
remedy, $. :. s.. discovered over
fifty years ago. tested. true ane
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27

You mean" / said steadily. de.
tcrmlged she shouldn't DO with me
AS she chose. you supposed l knew
the henedicta were separated or !
wouldn't b. here. Just what would
that have To do with ~
"Oh -- divorced men are always
interesting =
Tom Benedict has Interested me
ever since we went 20 school 10.
Erther In Bentaviilc T'm--f'm ter
ribly sorry he's had 30 much TO
worry him. dear old Tom
'oh ho'- she laughed. you need
not 'dcar.old Tom HIM He ought
TO have done Il years ago Now he's
gone and let HER do a. But don't
waste any pity on Tom Benedict.
You really needn't you know Ana
she walked off. glacing back at me
amuscdly.
What do you think Of II all Joan
dariingT 1 am knocked silly Nina
Benedict getting divorce from Tom
Benedict Did you ever hear Of any,
thing 10 utterly out OF kceping7 But
on. how glad / should feel for
Toms sake " II weren't Tor this
Coriey person. She IL obviously coil.
ms Tor him. ready to spring.
DcVofediy.
DOLLY.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27

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Sllvcraand Lake. the 10Th.
Dcaric Joan.
Tom bcncdict's praises OF this
place were underdone II anything
It's dream, Hlg log aud cement
hotel on the very rim OF the clear.
eHt. coolest woodaiest lake YOU ever
saw Tennis courts laid out back
OF the Inn. Golf Just over the hills,
Trout In the lively stream that feeds
the lake sylvan walks everywhere.
Is II any wonder men come here
Out OF the tail OF my eye I have
counted nine already. not including
Tom
lie introduced me this morning TO
Ia girla pretty creature. very
slender and dark with that smooth.
shining black hair that makes you
want 10 touch &C.. Nobody'd dare.
tho, she's tempermentHl. fcyeriHh
sort Of person. ready witted. sharp
toward women and frankly ''vamp"
toward men She IL triflc uneasy
about me. II she only knew that
have exactly one hundred and
eighty seven dollars between me and
the Home for INDECENT Femalesi
Like the place." she asked. with
the tips OF her lips when Tom had
gone To Join some men looking at "a
string OF fish.
Love IT, answered briefly. not
Eager for a conversation with a type
% glrl l always dread
f'fllH Hru4fsANstuwa ~
diets, ! believer Used 20 be- dear
friend of HE mothers when he lived
IN what was the town."
''Bentsville. I smiled. wanting 20
claw her. But | knew the young
Mrs. Benedict rather better than /
did Toms mother naturally"
All, yes. Of course, Horrid wo,
man. I hear
Ills mother"
NO the wife.
Isn't Nina Benedict here" /
could not oonccai mS surprise aud
curiosity.
Here Well. rawther not" smiled
Miss Corley. flinging me the glance
OF the well informed toward the lg.
norant.
why not Where Il shcg"
Miss coricy sstified a polite yawn.
Kansas CITY. I believe Al least
that's where they were living the
last heard Of them I'm not in.
fereHtcd
Them Something was begin
ming 10 dawn on me at last why.
I don't undersif
''Oh. what does Il natter when
you've lived In New York as long
as have. Miss Fariek. you will
never ask ans specific questions
about husbands and wivcs-thcy
change about 40 Tho Bencdicts
have been separated 20 long now It's
AN old STORY. Mrs. u. has remarked,
| supposed you knew OF II or you
wouldn't"
She rose slowly yawned prcttiiy
again behind her hand and with a
glance az her wristwatch remarked
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-27
Discovers Something Startling
ny THORNTON ". BURGESS
Copyright. 1919. b T. W. BurRcssl

MOT far from the Old Orchard
~ grew a thornstrce which Peter
often passed. lie never had paid
particular attention 20 Il. ono
morning he stopped TO rest under II,
Happening To look up. he saw "A most
astonishing and startling sight.
Fastened on the sharp thorns OF one
II tho branches were three big grass.
hopperE. "a big moth. two big cater
pillars. lizard. "A small mouse and
IA Young English sparrow.
DO you wonder that Peter thought
he must be dreaming He couldn't
imagine how those creatures could
have become fastened on those long.
sharp thornB. II was dreadful
sight Somehow Il gave him an un.
comfortable feeling He didn't want
to stay around there. yet u wis hard
to tear himself away. However
finally he did and hurried over TO
the Old orchard. bubbling over with
desire to tell some one Of tho strange
and dreadful thing he had seen In
the thorn.trce. and to try to find out
what Il all meant.
sitting on his doorstep under inc
big apple tree In tho far corner Of
the Old Orchard. he found Johnny
Chuck and at once hurried TO tell
him the strange news. Johnny didn't
Interrupt once. When Peter had fin.
ished his story. Johnny quite frankly
/ told him that never had he heard OF
such a thing. and that he thought
Peter must have been dreaming and
| didn't know
Now. Peter knew that hc hadn't
been dreaming. He knew that he
had seen with his very own eyes
that dreadful sight In the thorn-tree,
and he grew quite indignant with
Johnny Chuck for doubling him. But
Johnny persisted in refusing TO be
lieve and repeated that he was Ger
| tain Peter must have dreamed IL.
you're wrong Johnny Chuck.