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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21
HIGH COST OF JUBrLEEs

From the Pittsburg Dispatch
 Our dear friends on the other side of the Atlantic. especially those Anglo Saxons whom we are wont to call "cous- ins," have never been mealy- -mouthed in criticism of American grasping of when grasping is in sight In the ad- verised price of seats and windows in copies of London newspapers just ar rived we have a pretty illustration of tho fact that Americans are not the only offenders.
 The peace jubilee was just in the off ing. Scores of ads in the Times, at s Sd Ter line, made attractive offer ings of seats and windows, the most modest prices being s5 seat; cold luncheons at the same dwelling los Cd, or s2.6zA; two rooms bath and break fast, f1c or s52.5o for the week. An- other hou seholder with yet larger Ideas of the high worth of jubilceing asks 20 guireas or about $1o5, for first floor room with beautiful balcony, and second floor rooms with two large win dows each, at IS guineas, or nearly sS0, for the show" only.
 Other ads give similar charming H. 1ustration of the generous character of London householders and of the high cost of peace jubilees for those who like such movie pictures and are willing to pay the price. Whether the seats and windows and baths and luncheons were worth the money or whether the would-be lessors were stuck" through failure of suckers to bite. is another story.
 Washing gtonians who have an itching palm when inauguration days come around all too tardily, hotel keepers and proprietors of windows may take heart of grace from London's peace jubilee economists
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21

If it will be necessary to keep Ameri- can soldiers in the Rhineland for the next 15 years, Uncle sam has gone deep CT into the European muddle than he ever intended to go.
 Y; x x The report that Wilhelm had pur- chased a country house called Doorn, near the village of Doorn, in Holland. was doubtless received with quiet satis- faction by Count Bentinck.
 * x x An expert salesman makes the pur- chase of clothes comparatively painless by saying the same suit will cost s2 more next year.
 x x x Until college professors are paid more than the average chauffeur, diplomas will continue to be eyed with suspicion by practical men,
 < < < We trust American admirers will at least permit the Prince of Wales enough privacy to enable him to take his morn ing tub
 Rumors of trading" at Montgomery are probably not exaggerated. Trading" is the long suit of the average state leg islature-
 ]. # x Tho MayiHo7 ;e o< fering a reward of 5o,OOO pesos for Villa. The money will never have to be paid.
 as x < Those bal1y Britishers, quaffing potent ales. wines and whiskies, now speak of America as a dead" country.
 # !. I. Judging from recent disclosures, the packers seem to be manufacturing nearly everything but hairpins
 x l. x Birmingham will soon have an audi torium large enough to accommodate all the grand opera stars in the country. < T x Brooklyn milk drivers who ask s2500 a year are nerly trying to keep step with railroad workers.
 < % Y Com pared to Jake Peters, the official butcher of Petrograd, Lenine and Trot- zky are miid-mannered men,
 # 4. x Deprived of it's girl shows, New York realizes the horrors of the actors strike.
 # !. # What has become of the old-fashioned landlord who advertised houses to rent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

The reason why you think that the other fellow can afford to take the va cation he is on is because you can't see through pocketbooks
 Probably it was just as we'll that Lolygamy petered out in this country when it did. If a man had to support four wives these days. all five of them would starve to death,
 The American husband was always a great buffer Most of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were married men.
 Another reason why baseball is so popular is because no ball player wears whiskers.
 A lot of the men who got married since they returned from fighting over there are now learning more about, cen sorship than they ever learned in the army.
 With most women and too many men there is no particular difference be- tween accusation and conviction.
 Any sidewalk see-more seeker can tell you that there are lot of new things under the sun.
 It makes a woman mad to frisk her husbands pockets for coin and find some old letters she gave him to mail a week ago. If she mentions the letters she'll have to admit frisking his pock cts
 When your job bores you just re- member that there are q lot of jobless men who envy you your job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21
< * * Able and Representative Advisory Committee

TT HE city commission acted wisely
 A in appointing an advisory com- ruittee to assist in selecting sites and architectural designs for the great civic buildings to be erected out of the proceeds of the bond issues carried by overwhelming majorities in Mon dzy's election.
 No more representative committee could have been named. Various busi- ness interests, all civic associations and prominent citizens of the princi- pal outlying sections of the city make mp an exceptionally able personnel.
 The aesthetic as wen as the utih- tarian idea will be kept well in view, and the city beautiful will come into its own. This, of course, is as it should be.
 While the total vote on the $4 ,50o,- GOO bond issues was small, the result was so decisive as to indicate clearly public sentiment. The electors who failed to go to the polls took it for granted that all the propositions would win. This is not good way to do. Every qualified voter should make it rule to go to the polls; but as the election turned out so satisfactorily the public feels like rejoicing on the principle that all's we'll that ends well
 It is generally hoped that ground will be broken for the high schools and the auditorium with as little de- lay as possible It should not be too much to expect that the auditorium will be ready for occupancy within the coming year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21
THE BEERAGE

duty as citizen and a Christian.
 Edward Guinness, when he was made
 a hereditary legislator, selected the title
 of Baron Iveagh." Iveagh is the name
 of the Ulster district inhabited by the
 famous clan of McGuiEness, which repre-
 sents in Ireland what the Clan Mac
 Gregor does in Scotland. When Lord
 Iveagh, like Robert Browning, the grand
 son of a family butler. printed in Burke's
 "Peerage" the full pedigree of the Mc7s Guinness family as his own, one of the
 Weaknesses declared that the official record of the British nobility was the finest collection of fairy tales in the world"
 Still it must be admitted that Lord Iveagh has led a useful life in addition to turning out stout which is famous
 from China to Peru. Without being scholar he has gone through the motions of being chancellor of Dublin university with great dignity. He wiped out of ex- istence the worst slum that ever dis graced a city--that which lay about St. Patrick's cathedral, of which Swift was once dean. He has given to his native town, in St Stephens Green, the finest small city park in Great Britain. He deserves what he has got.
 At present most of the great names Of the old aristocracy of England-of Plan-s tagenet Lancastrian and Tudor days-are borne not by members of the House Of Lords but by humble farm laborers like the relatives Of Thomas Hardys Tess of D'Urbervilles.'
 Even in the tight little islands these are the days of the aristocracy of trade 2 nd i,ey hlJSiueSS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21
THE GREATEST OF BOOKS

discuss other trval and passing books of the hour, indeed we pride ourselves upon our ather wide reading and ver- satility. Why should we not more fre- quently for our spiritural and intel-e lectual profit as we'll discuss the mighty passages of this ancient book? Why should the introduction of it's themes seem unusual or unworthy in our daily intercourse and conversational Because our public teaching institu- tions ignore it is no reason for placing a ban upon it in the common intercourse of life
 A sealed book is a valueless book. Time was when this most valuable of all the worlds literaure was chained, and it's free reading by the people for- bidden. Happily. that day has forever passed. but to many of us it is still seemingly a forb idden book and its eternal purposes and principles are sealed to our vision. Many a man or woman knows more of the ancient and modern classics than they know of this book; but one would hardly turn to the Spiendld WordS or Mdrcus AureHuS or Seneca for large guidance and di- rection in the conduct and habit of daily life. Their messages are beautiful, but they are cold and lack the authority and power of the Scriptures. For the refinement of manners and speech. for inducing wholesomeness of habits in daily conduct, for the security and per manence of our most sacred institutions. not the least of which is the home, we need to revive and renew our study of the Bible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21
NO 4MAIDsu IN SCANDINAVIA

From the Manchester Guardian
 English mistresses who are groan- ing about the domestic servant prob lem. correspondent writes, should go to Scandinavia. There one no long CT advertises for a maid, but for a Miss House Assistant" and instead of telling her what work will be expected the advantages which accrue to her in your service. House assistant stories fill columns of the Scandinavian press, and while some may be apocryhal, some of them hae actually appeared as ad- vertisements.
 In one paper appeared the following: Wanted, general house assistant Conditions: The applicant must neither rob nor poison any member of the fam fly. All other demands will be entire ly according to the wish of the appli- cant"
 If anyone thinks hat this is irony, ste should listen to q story from Den mark. lady was looking for house assistant, and each one asked her par t'cularly how many children there were in the house She became so weary of the question that at last sho lost her heal and exclaimed. "Unfortuaat We have three. but if you insist we will try to crown two of xhem"
 Stockholm mistress. after long and wearisome negotiations, thought she had engaged a g,rl. when the applicant suudcrly demande to see ih-' photo graph of the master of the house. so that she could assure herself that tn. y would get on well together
 St andinaviah mistre sss gre row ccn- sidcring wheths,' they will not dc their uwn vOrk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21

has this year-and it will be abound ing-credit will be alike due to the energy and intensive work of the farmer and the activities of the CO., operative extension service at Auburn.
 And all our agricultural progress should be well reflected in exhibits at Alabamas State Fair at Birmingham in October.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Praise for Cotton MiIls

The Cordova Cotton mill is one Of the cleanest and most up-to-date mills l have seen in the south" said K. F. smith, war camp community service orgs nizer, who las been conducting community sings there weekly for some time, and thov are doing such splen- did things fos their employees. They have a nursery for the children of She mothers who work and here they are kept all day under the care of Q trained nurse. fits nursery IS equipped with a hospital with 16 littl5 beds, an operating room, play room and various cthnr things for their comfort and amusement
 Through the courtesy Of W. E. Pickard, the general superintendent we have been conducting sings there ev- cry Tuesday evening, and we are meet ing with splendid success. Already .c have organi-ed band aE a glee clIJ while th9 .'nes are a- ended hy people from , years of age to S5. It is really a treat to attend one of these sings and see what interest they take in this work and the excellent way in which they sing. I enjoy this feature of my work very much, and am always glad when Tuesday arrives and I can make the trip to Cordova."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21
Unsoundness of Revenue Bill

A former well-known business man of Birmingham writing to & friend here says of Alabama's proposed revenue bill:
 'The revenue bill at Montgomery looks very bad to me. l cannot imagine what the powers that be are thinking of, and believe that if the bill should become a law, it would throw a damper on the industrial development of the state for years to come Further than this fl seems to me to be essentially unsound in principle.
 Such a measure is not calculated to induce non-residents of Alabama either to invest their money in the state or to make it their place of residence Surely there must be some way of taking care of the states floating indebtedness and of providing for the maintenance of schools and other public institutions without resorting to such unfair and unscientific measure for raising revenue.
 ''If before the last primary the citizens of the mineral district had insisted upon the candidates making definite an- would be regarding taxation, the pending bill would never have come to light. do not believe any candidate would have had the nerve to advocate it in advance of the primary election, and if he had, he would have been defeated"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21
Alabama Crops Include
 Big Sweet Potato Yield

WLT HILE variable weather condi- w tions in Alabama have brought various results in different sections of the state, one outstanding fact is of high commercial importance the sweet potato crop is the largest on record.
 Alabama led in sweet potato produc- tion last year and it leads again in 1919. The crop promises to be close to twenty million bushels, something like five million bushels more than in 1918. The total crop of sweet pota- toes in the United States is forecast at 1O0,456,O ,OO0 bushels-14, ,OO0, ,OO0 greater than last year.
 Next to Alabama comes Georgia as a sweet potato state. Mississippi comes third with upwards of 9,500, ,0O0 bushels. The relative size of sweet potato crops in the south will be of interest. Besides the Alabama crop forecast of 10000, 900 bushels and the Georgia forecast of 12,512,oOo bushels, the state figures are as follows:
 Mississippi, 9,634,0oo bushels North Carolina, 8,879,O00; South Carolina, 7,548,000; Virginia, 3,255,- 900; Tennessee, 2,9S4,0O0; Florida, 4,53s,0O0; Louisiana, 5,801 ,o00; Texas, s,770,0oO; Oklahoma, 1,5S6,- 900. and Arkansas, 4,150,o0o.
 Alabama's corn crop, injured by ex- oessive rains, will still be well above the average of recent years.
 Live stock is thriving and cattle and hogs promise to reach high rec ords. Whatever prosperity Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21
No Place in America
 For Alien Slackers

MI OW that war patriotism is on G V the wane, it should be sue ceeded by lasting "peace patriot ism" The alien stacker presented a serious problem during the war and he will be a menace to our laws and our government, unless the country is made too hot to hold him.
 Commenting on resolutions adopted by the Jefferson post of the Ameri- can legion, favoring deportation, the Louisville Courier-Journals says:
 War fervor is thing of the past.
 The Star -Spangled Banner is no
 longer played or sung in the the
 atres. The flag has been taken
 down. Even on such holidays as
 the Fourth of July there is but lit-
 tie show of the national eolors.
 Anglo Saxon undemonstrativeness
 zeal for business has resumed it's
 apparent obsession of the American
 mind. But peace patriotism is not
 lacking. It is without fanfare and
 display. but just as evident to
 those who have eyes to see it as
 during the gloomiest days of the
 war. It is evident here in this ac-
 tion of the American legion. It is
 present in every public-spirited act, in every effort for remedial legis-
 Iation.
 People who never gave thought to immigration before had its serious ness brought home to them by the conduct of aliens who, during the war, showed that they were unworthy of American citizenship. There is now a strong demand for legislation, not only to keep out undesirables who Hooked to America by the thousands in former years, but to insure the de- portation of those who are trouble makers. It IS significant fact that many of the names which figure prom inently in strike news are foreign names, while the ignorant alien be- comes 8 ready instrument in the hands of agitators.
 The melting pot" still functions and it has been responsible for some of the best American citizens we now have, who proved their loyalty unmis- takabfy by sacrifices at home and abroad. America wants more of these people, if they desire to come, but il has had enough of the riff-raff, the anarchist, the chronic disturber anc the alien who wishes to make money in America and retain his allegiance to foreign government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21

From the New York Herald NNN account of the number of brew .O CTS and distillers in the British
 House of Lords the members of that once important but now pseudo-law making body were described by a wit as the "Beerage"
 Unlike ourselves, the British are not ashamed of drinking between meals and have as much respect for those who pro duce the stuff that cheers and also in- ebriates as for anybody else
 Only a few American manufacturers of whisky, gin or beer have been fin so- ciety." It would be difficult to name any conspicuous British producer of these necessities who does not belong to the late MT. Thackeray's "Hupper Sue cles"
 A conspicuous name in the last list of 'fhonors.'' drawn up by that syncal per- son, Lloyd George, is that of Viscount Iveagh, who has been created an earl He is the head of the famous house of Guinness, whose brewery is always visit ed by Americans when they go to Dub lin.
 It must be admitted, in strict justice, that strangers from this side are al ways treated with hospitality, and the management sees to it that they are helped back to their hotels if necessary.
 Oliver Cromwell, the great lord pro- tector, began his life as brewer and did not think that it interfered with his status as a God fearing man. In fact. he took the attitude that as long as he made good beer-not of the two-seventy- five variety, which was not dreamed or
 irne, his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21
Biount Springs Hotel

Tt is great pity that some enter prising business man or men do not rebuild the old summer hotel at Blount Springs" said Walter Hooper. This was. up to several years ago, when the hotel burned, a very popular place for Birmingham people, some of whom spent the entire summer there. It was also a very popular visiting place for weekend parties.
 "I have just returned from short trip to Mentone, where a large num- Der of Birmingham people are spending the summer. The hotels and resort places at Mentone are very good, and are proving popular with Birmingham people, but the location and air there are not nearly so fine as that at Blount Springs. I am surprised that this place has not been rebuilt before this time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21
Good Way to Start Day

During my vacation, I am staying away from the haunts of postmcn, but I am today making inquiry as to how early I can receive my Age Herald" said Mrs Alice Bonds. q don't know how I would live without The Age Herald every morning. When in town I always read it the first thing in the morning This is a habit and a great pleasure All local events of any importance I always find on the fifth page. Then turn to the editorial page, just opposite page five, and to me it is the best editorial page of an paper iE this section of the country. I all ways especially enjoy reading The Age. Ferald's features, such as Love Af- fairs of Lonely Woman" Out here they say it is a little late before it can be gotten, but I am going to see if can make any possible arrangement by which I can get it early, for I sim viy must havt my Age-Herald
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21


 ANT IT AWFUL, CHRIST" The chorus ladies on strike
 Their managers defy; They plead their wrongs to passing
 throngs
 In voices shrill and high. And we have also lately heard It causes quite a shock That they crawl out of bed these morns At nine and ten o'clock.
 WILD WESTERN ATMOSPHERE. Do you think the movies are demoral- izing?"
 T wouldn't care to say so," replied Mir. Dubwaite, thoughtfully. but hold a certain movie star responsible for a great deal of fancy gunplay that goes on in my backyard with toy pistols"
 ANCIENT LORE. If Professor Diggs well informed?" "Oh, yes"
 T suppose he is competent to discuss any topic of the day?"
 NO, indeed But he can tell you any thing you want to know about events re- corded before the fifteenth century" FOILED Did you hear about two stills being discovered in the basement of our new million dollar postoffice?" T did. Local prohibitionists are gnashing their teeth in impotent rage" Why so?"
 "They can't confscate Uncle sam S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21
GRAND OPERA OUT OF DOORS

From the New York World.
 Estimates range from 30.000 to 4o,- 900 as to the attendance for the per formance of Aida" Saturday evening at Sheepshead Bay. At either Ilgure if was demonstrated that as many peo- nle can be brought out to hear grand opera in the open as to witness pase- ball game between highly popuiar teams. The rush to Sheepsheao pay is not to be accounted for wholly py the details that real soldiers marched for Rhadames, that there was a real elephant in the triumph scene and that tba chorus was the largest of record.
 Saturday evenings event was. in the large. one of a number of affairs of local enterprise going to show that New York has become city well es tablished in appreciation of the possi- bilities of it's out of doors. Its open places. it has learned are fine as well for cultural diversions as for sports ls ence the popularity of the nights of music in the city college stadium and of the band concerts on the green at Columbia University. Hence, too, the freshened interest in music in the parks -an interest the city fathers will do well to encourage.
 It is presumably true that the day. light saving device has been of use in promoting the popular appreciation of out of door performances. Under the new dispensation of summer time, the after dinner interval has become for the many a period more than ever uhila than fnll or possibilities in helpful good cheer. If nothing more had been accomplished by the act than the broadening of the love and the opportunities of the open, the setting forward of the May-to-Oc- tober clocks still would be justified.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21

From the Minneapolis Tribune
 97 T would be impossible to say now II far reaching is the influence which S books have upon the formation or character. Some one said: show me the kinds of hooks a man reads and I'll fell vou the kind of man he is.' Car lyle once stated that the true univer- sity in these days is library of books" The silent voices of literature are more persuasive than the living voices Of men and what we read we largely cul- tiyate and practice in our lives. We have censors for plays and other forms of amusement, would that we had cen sors for our literature.
 As we study the lives of the good and the great it is interesting % dis- cover the partial secrets of their power and to find how largely their reading habit has influenced them. Unfortun- ately, in our reading life, we have but q fragmentary knowledge of the Book of Books and to many of us it's eternal messages and principles of life are as "the words of a book that is sealed" Nobody doubts the marvellous beauty of the Bible as literature and in secular training today it is recognized and has it's unique and unchallenged place in our English classics; but we submit that it is more than literature; it is history, philosophy, art and religion. It is library of 66 books. written by many authors, and it's primary purpose is to make clear to men the mind and the will of God as disclosed in human events.
 ErenuentlN in our social relations. we