The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28

| pressure or in a short time. MT. Vail thinks it would be a mistake, there fore, for the government to turn the wire service back to, the owners with any degree of haste.
 He holds that in the interest of the public the utilities should not be re- turned without some correction of the existing deficiencies in regulation and control. It would seem highly desira- ble, MT. Vail says, flor the country and for the proprietors" that time should be given for a practical solu- tion.
 "The measure of the extent and comprehensiveness of the future wire system is and always will be the tele- phone system" according to MT. Vail. 1"Upon the interconnecting system of wires necessary for telephone pur- poses, every other possible form of electrical wire transmission of intelli- gence or exchange of ideas can be superimposed with abundant room for great expansion of new and cheaper services"
 MT. Vail advances facts to show that the United States and not the 1 English channel should be the center of world system of electrical inter- communication.
 His document should be read care fully not only by members of Con- gress, but by every thoughtful citizen who would keep abreast of the times along lines of constructive public opinion. As some one expressed it, MT. Vail's letter is distinctly an ex- ample of able business statesmanship l T. 4 | The trouble about the new prohi- bition law is that even though a cit izen is permitted to make some wine on his premises, the quantity allowed him is not enough for a single session of the Saturday night poker club.
 I < !: Nothing makes a man madder than to go into a movie show to see some bathing beauties on the screen and have to sit through a solid hour of [ "heart-throb" photoplay before the comedy begins.
 Former King Manuel of Portugal being again in the public eye, Gaby' press agent has not overlooked thu opportunity to remind us that sh, used to call him naughty boy"
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 It used to be said that our Britisl cousins had no sense of humor ye they laugh heartily at the ambition o American crusaders to make Europ dry.
 , The esteemed Congressional Recor is being printed on a cheaper qualit of paper This will not make it an less useful as fuel for rural editors.
 
 Birmingham is as progressive a any other town in America, yet up | a bargain sale of whale steaks. <: * a. 7 That button bearing the words, I Have a Chicken in France" refers t a real fowl and not the sort of "chick . en" who says, "Oo. la. laH' * * # When We used to read Ellis O. Jone contributions to Life we thought h was nut" His recent escapadc in New York prove it: # i. # , The attempt to introduce salted pea , nuts into Germany was not a financ.s . success. Heinie doesn't need anythin to induce a thirst. * < *
 President Wilson's smile won th . hearts of Parisians. Here of late hi eloquence has been having it's effect c their heads
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 There are times when Vice Presider Marshall can be serious. Witness Il n recent remarks in Baltimore on th bolsheviki.
 * * * n The Chinese can no longer be rc c garded as asleep, since they ha, l. taken kindly to beer and motion pit 0 lures.
 n Wilhelm had better give up his pla e for returning to Germany until he l. sure the latch string is hanging out.
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 Apparently there is more gossip g the square foot in Washington tha d in any other city in America.
 # x + London paper offers s50,0o0 f. : the first transatlantic flight. Line u l. birdmen.
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