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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10

From the Louisville Courier Journal. N the days before the war Rudyard II Kipling was regarded as an imper- O ialist and jingo. None took him seriously as political prophet. He shocked the gentle sensibilities of the islanders with his bluntness. with his often coarse directness, with what was regarded as vulgarity He literally sang himself out of the laureateship by what was then considered lack of tact None was aware of the fact that he came with message, with a warning.
 In the current issue of the Atlantic
 Monthly, Katherine Fullerton Gerould strikingly points out what she terms 'The Remarkable Rightness of Rudyard Kip ling," his clarion voice urging prepared ness, his warning against German spies' his unqualified distrust of Russia. II
 is the Five Nations' to which she IS re-
 ferring. a volume of verse that brought
 down upon itself a storm of protest out
 of the mass, one stands out as a great poem. '"The Recessional,' but lookine hack from the present point of vantage it can be seen how ar-sighted Kiplins
 really was.
 How prophetic is 'The Truce Of the Bear in the light of the Brest- -Litovsh | treaty:
 When he stands up like tired man, tottering near and near. i wben he stands up as pleading, in way ering, man. brute guise | When he shows as seeking quarter with paws like hands in prayer, That is the time of peril-The time ol the Truce of the Bear 1 And mob rule that is raging m hus.
 sia today seems to have been loreseei | in .MacDonough's Song:
 "Once there was peopie-Ierror s"'' l it birth,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10
Demand for Houses
 Now Most Pressing

TN the north there are unmistakable 4 signs of a revival of activity in the building trades. The housing problem has become serious and as there is a shortage of 75O,000 dwell lings in the United States, the work of supplying the demand can be started none too soon.
 It is estimated that here in Bir- mingham there is house shortage of between three and four thousand. Un- til now there had been no concerted movement to promote building boom, but the local real estate agents and the building material merchants are cooperating today in business-like way to make prospective home own CTS and investors in houses for rent realize the situation.
 The cost of building is greater than I it was a few years ago, but it will be several years, perhaps many years. before the price of labor and the price of material come down to any ap- lpreciable extent.
 North of the Ohio river plans are being pushed for unprecedented build
 ing operations in the spring. Blr.
 mingham cannot afford to lag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10
NIaM4A1ses1l
A WICKED WORLD

From the Houston Post
 They tell us of a Houstonian who if a stranger is walking in front of him it is a ten to one shot that such stranger is a bootlegger whom the Houstonian is following; if the stran- ger is behind the Houstonian. it is a ten to one shot 1t Is bootlegger fol- lowing the Houstonian. Isn't it a wicked world where human faith is so weak as this?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10
THE THUT HAT LAST
om ~ Houston Post

From t4e Houston Post.
 AS much as we criticize the feminine fashions, we suppose if girls were to dress as they did 40 years ago we would be the first to laugh at 'em. And the truth of the matter is, we are not half so much shocked at the present styles as we pretend to be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10

BEGINNING THE DAY-o God. help me to tell my friend what he means to me. Tomorrow he may be gone. And today he may stand In sore need of my single word. For Thou knOwest how my life has often been dry md barren and then hns biossomed under the chance con- fessfon of my friend. Amen-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10
GOoD-BY! GOOD LUCK!

GOOD-DA c.eoree Harvey in The Weekly or Jan
 uary 4.
 The War weekly goes It lived Just wear. It was such little one % the saving is, when it broke it's sneii it's appearance was hardly noticed, And it wasn't fed much. It just srup- had along as best it could and mace it's own shy way unaided. It was Ike e-ropsy:" it just growed. ohiAhs .~ropsy." though. it was. in the eA- pressive words of Marse Henry "a'- larson. "a sure enough free nlgger from the beginning to the enolns oi its quite busy life. It is now With .hf other angels.
 The Weekly arrives. It has snug inheritance in steadily increasing GIT cu,ation. and it has no thought ol burying whatever talents it may pos sess in anybody's napkin
 rhat, seems to be all there is to say about it.
 .Good-by! Good luckr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10

here. Any man who says he is an American but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room TOT but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag. which sym bolizes all wars against liberty ana civilization just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of nation to which we are hostile.
 ''We have room but for one language here, and that is the English language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans, of American nationality, and not as dwel1ers in a polyglot boarding house; and we have room for but one soul loyalty, and that is loyalty to the American people"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10
Legal Executions
 Are In Disfavor

NNTHEN Governor Henderson com
 w muted Earl Shaffer's sen- tence to life imprisonment he was no doubt influenced by strong public sentiment which has developed in Bir- mingham and Jefferson county against capital punishment. Shaffer was un- der sentence of death. Had not a fight been made in his behalf, he would have been hanged for murder in th6 5efferson county jairsyard.
 ThS ill always be cogent reasons a1oth fo1kand against capital punish
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10
HAVING A DULL TIME.

From the Toledo Blade.
 Boys in the American army of occa- cation are now having dull time. They are where they can see the whites of the Germans eyes. but dare not shoot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10
soNGs OF YEsTERYEAR.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 Probably there were never any songs that died such complete deaths in So short a time at "Deutschiand Ueber Allies" and the "Wacht am Rhein!r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10
Botb Sons i'm Germany

Y certainly have enjoyed running down to Birmingham, which was my home for so long" said Dr. W. M B1ackwelder, who for years was pastor at woodlawn. and then at West End, but who is now serving the First Bap- tist church. Huntsville.
 q am now living in fine city, but I cannot help missing my many friends in the Magic City. and particularly the fellowship of my ministerial breth- ren. both in RaX own and other denomi- nations. My two sons Dean and Lee are both in Germany with the army of occupation. I am glad that they got through all right"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10
Member of the Associated Press

The Age-AeraId is the onlS my .,- ro and sundav newspaper in Blrmipgn&Ath th carrying the Associated Press NAs patches. 4,.alv
 The Associated Press is eAcluslNet!s entitled to the use for pubilcatAotA
 all news dispatches credited 10 II not otherwise credited in thls Pa.-1 P"p and also the local news
 herein.
 All rights of republication or spee'" dispatches herein are also reselSe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10
capt. rnompson Doing Well

T am gratified that my son, capt. H. W. Thompson, of Alexander City, a member of the famous Rainbow d. vision who was wounded in the les and head. has recovered from the for mer" said pr. J. |. Thompson. and that the surgeons are confloent tha the wound in the skull will be over
 come by bone grating. He went over to Atlanta last week to undergo the opera ton He had close call and l am mighty thankful that he is back | home once more"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10

much-and they have manifested, too, absolute faith in his power to restore order and establish a stable governL ment.
 There have been many great musi- clans who have contributed to the spiritual elevation of society, but Paderewski is the only one of them who has combined art with states manship. The beauty of his piano playing will long be remembered by music lovers in Europe and America, but he will henceforth be acclaimed chiefly as a humanitarian and wise 'and successful man of affairs. All honor to the idol of the concert Istage
 A New York woman wants divorce from her husband and among other charges says he slept in a theatre. Since it wasWt the Winter Garden, | where the chorus is niftily nude, he must be model husband. | # # < Striking walters in Berlin have gone ! back to work on a no-tip basis But | what does it profit a man not to have | to tip the waiter when he is com pe11ed to pay a fancy price for an ! "ersa tz'' dinner? It is thoughtless. if not cruel and inhuman. for vinegar manufacturers to put up their product in bottles that make it look exactly like a quart of corn juice-at a distance. l x # # {! The former crown prince was re- gently inveigled into being photo 1 graphed by motion picture machine. Time was when it required no persua- sion.
 Irwin S. Cobb has been made a chev- alier of the Legion of Honor-for othe, reasons than going over the top.' Irwin hasn't the figure for that. # # #
 The President Is charged with mak- ing the world safe for royalty. Bu those Kings visited by Woodrow stood the acid test.
 A movie journey to Solomon Islands shows that there are some parts G to death. Apparently all the former Raise wants now is just an opportunity t. spend the rest of his days at suitabl , spa
 Every time another state ratifies tn federal prohibition amendment the dis tillers feel a draught
 sr # # | Just al present NiCIor Berger reel closer to a prison cell than he does t his seat in Congress.
 ,T F K
 The fire-eating Liebknecht seem determined to make up for the tir, he spent in jail.
 a E +
 The bogus hero might last longer he didn't have a penchant for passin . bad checks 0 # + x . Many soldier has outgrown hi civilian clothes. but his old job is
 perfect fit. e # # # f Long after the last battle story
 told those tales of the cootiss will SUI . vive
 C + E * h There is talk in suburban circles a starting that spring garden.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10
Maxwell As Presiding Officer

q am used to acting as moderator of Baptist associations.r said Banker J. c. Maxwell of Alexander City. flor I was for years honored with the office both in the Central and later in the forming of the Tallapoosa, but .WAen they-made me one of the vice presi- dents of the Alabama Baptist state con vention I felt bit ticklish for did no; know but that some of the parliament tarians would raise difficult points of order. but then I just reckoned that I had had enough experience with Baptists to use common sense and hold them down. and so I tackled the job and got through all right, and found it just as easy as presiding over an aSSOciation."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10
WAS KIPLING RIGHT?

Once there was people and it made a
 Hell of Earth, Earth arose and crushed it. Listen, D
 ye slain,
 Once there was The People-it shall
 never be again"
 It is bit too much, however, to speaK of this as remarkable rightness''; there is in it too much of the Kipling pessi- mism. But an impressionistic picture l of the present, as a prophetic, vision, it is truly wonderful.
 The outspokenness of Kiplfng has piqued England no less than it has Amer ica. He disdained all diplomatic pala- yer He spoke what was in him, whether it was pleasing or not. and he cared not straw that he was regarded as swashbuclkler and vulgarian | In '-The Islanders he raised the stand ard of preparedness Fifteen years ago he was condemned for uttering an xxi om. But what he said was full of mean
 ing for the EnglSnd of 1914: I .sDo ye wait for the spattered shrap- l nel ere ye learn how gun is laid? 1 For the low red glare to southward | when the rd1deQ coast loWHS puli l Qight ye shall have on that lesson, put little time to learn.J' | The vogue of Kipling today is not
 what it once was. Fewer find fellow ship with those descendants Of Bardolph, Nym and Pistol, the Soldiers Three. Ills rough -hewn verse was largely toplcai
 and ephemeral. His latterday songs have rather detracted from his fame. IN stories have come and gone and await the judgment of time.
 Is Possibly, however, this new phase of the man. his keen insight into conditions his forward vision, his almost seer like deductions may add to his greatness
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10
THE AFTERMATH

From the Columbian Record. | No trouble about getting $10 worth of joy out of a quart. But you get $20 worth l of glooms on the side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10

Washington bureau. zo7 blons pu4'1 ing. stre,.t
 European bureau, Henrietta s'A Co2ent Garden, London. Ic
 Eastern business office. V huiloinc New ! ork city; western DUST mass office. Tribune building, Chlcaeo The $. .. Beckwith speela4 A agents for foreign advertising
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10
TAKING HIM SERIOUSLY.

Johnny Crapaud" he used to be, We call him that no more; The gallant Frenchman o'er the sea, By whom we set great store. For were we not Comrades in arms
 In fighting 'gainst the Hun? When summoned forth by wars alarms A mighty victory won. On frogs and snails and truck like that We do not care to dine, Though epicures, the lean and fat,
 Esteem them very fine. But let monsieur do as he please,
 At him no fun we'll poke: Despite his kisses and "Oui,"
 He's ceased to be joke.
 THE PENALTY.
 How about that telephone girl who married for lover"
 'The lines still busy"
 What do you mean
 She's doing the family washing
 HENCE THE CONGESTION.
 "You have plenty of room in Amer ica.- said the foreign visitor
 ''Oh, yes"
 Then why do you build so many skyscrapers?
 "T guess that's because the average American thinks he can't transact bus mess unless he's within walking dis tance of the postoffice.- NO CHANGE TO ROAM. Here's a pleasing picture" What is itT' asked the confirmed rounder ?''
 -An evening at home. Father ana mother arc reading magazines whilt the children play about the floor" "Umph! picture like that is popu lar1y supposed to make single mar feel lonely. but it has just the opposir' effect on me. l say to myself, I'll be l it isn't later than o'clock and there ! a poor devil lock ed in for the rest O the nightr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10
Ed Andrews Forgets Button

1 was tickled at Ed Andrews, our Rotary president" said H. Key Milner. flor climbing up the winding stairway on Wednesday to the luncheon in the Tutwiler ballroom. I heard him say; There. I've forgotten my blooming button again the joke being that if you fail to wear your button when the sergeant at arms comes around you have to put up a quarter for the Boys club.
 Now. Ed is>one of the most liberal supporters of the institution in the whole city. but he is always urging the members to be sure and pin on their button. which carries their name and business in big letters so that the new members may get line on the 1 old ones, and so the old ones may greet the new ones properly. It's bad 1 form to call g. Rotarian MT The best l form is to use his first name. Presi- | dent Andrews is only Ed to his fel- ! low Rotarians." --~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10

Entered al the bifninA laiii' AAa'' postoffice as second-class matter, un . der act of Congress. March 5, 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10
FOR AMENITIES AND SOUL MATES

Ad in the Evansville Courier
 Chauffeur wants position. Sees but sees nothing. Hears but hears nothing. Talks but says nothing. 1611 k. Frank lin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10
ADRIFvT WITH THE TIMES
DOLLY DUFF.

A modest girl is Dolly Duff. The limit. I'll be bound! She will not take her glasses off When there are men around.
 Luke McLuke. That. she's modest girl. nay, my! It sure must be confessed She'd not expose her naked eye, But how about her chest?
 Newark Advocate. Another thing she takes not off When beaux are in her section This very modest Dolly Duff And that is her complexion.
 Memphis Commercial Appeal A modest girl is Dolly Duff. But fashions stern decree Has said ohe's skirts not short enough Unless up to the knee. EXTREME CASES. '-Gabson likes to talk
 'Tve never seen his equal" "No.- .6tf
 Hell actually pay bill just to have 8 few minutes chat with the collector" SOME THINGS &wr BE BORNE < Y thought you said you were not going. to quarrel with your wife any | more~
 "so did. but there's limit to hu- man endurance" Y | Nonsense
 When I refused to open my mouth she sat and tapped her foot on the floor until I exp1oded.- FRUSTRATED. .ewhat's become of the Woman's Up- 1 lift club which used to be iso active in this townT'
 'sThe war put it out of business" l T don't understand
 -1t was rather embarrassing to tackle hard case when he was wear ing a Red Cross button and had Liberty Bond or two in his pocket
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10

R.ntttances can be made at currsh- rsra of axchanee The Age-t1eraid VIII moi be resuouslple for money seA' through the malls. Address
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 BlrmInSna nanl, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10

No communication will be puol4s'i without its authors naIne' '~'',- manuscript wiN not be returned liN'a
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-10

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 Daily ana Sunday, three mohehS'' A-.~ l-Sri, mar auuum... 2.c0 'r1-.,.s.s.,,'eS a-t,@,o, n,.r auuum.. .50 By carrier in Greater BlTmlhs din Daily and Sunday, week. -@'
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EXTREME CASES

EXTREME CAoES. ---- "Gabson likes to talk" I've never seen his equal" No" H tUh
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
Boys Need
Wool Sweaters

when going TO school. The catchy
cold time these cool mornings is
the time 10 wear sweater. Boys
can throw them off during the day
All colors and combinations
are now here in a big assert
ment.-Boys store, main floor.
Priced from SOS, $3.50,
$3.95, $3.50 and on up to
$1O.95.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

gree. He entered the newspaper
profession after his graduation,
writing feature stories for The
News-Times.
Traffic Manager
He left the newspaper game after
two years of endeavor in this line.
10 become traffic manager OF the
South Bend Chilled Pillow company.
which position he held for one wear.
He resigned this position 10 again
become associated with The News
Times, holding the position of Ii
brarian and special staff correspon-
dent up TO the time the Chamber Of
Commerce position was offered him.
Mr.. Vaughn gained considerable
prominence in the newspaper field
by his political articles dealing with
conditions in several northern In
diana and southern Michigan towns
and cities.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
When a Comet Leaves
It's Calling Card

WASHINGTON. =. G. Sept. "a
Ia connection with widespread spec
uiation regarding the possibility
thatNhe comet discovered by a New
England clergyman while he was
spending his vacation studying the
stars is the Erorsen comet observed
in lS47. the National Geographic
society has issued. from its Wash
ington headquarters. bulletin.
which quotes from "a communication
by William Joseph Showalter. who
calls Halley's comet 10 an inns ginary
witness stand. and personifies its
testimony az follows:
Yes. I'm a comet. For countless
generations I had been swinging
through space. When / approached
the earth men believed me "A mes
senger Of evil They knew precious
little about me or my kind In 1882
J appeared on one of my excursions
into realms bounded by the earth's
orbit \ little before that Sir Isaac
Newton had worked out the funda-
mental principles Of celestial mech
anics namely, the law of gravita-
ton.
He had friend by the name of
HALEY This man undertook TO see
whether or not i was subject 10 that
law. and whether, indeed. Newton \
Interpretation OF il was correct
Looking back over the twenty four
comets that had been recorded as
invading the precincts Of space set
aside for the earth. he found that
three Of them had Travelled a similar
path and all the others diverse
paths.
lie Had The Number.
Applying Isaac NewtOns law 20
me, he said that l was travelling
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

al Wool Storm Serges, Sc to SO inch, at .....
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
CHAMBER NAMES
NEW SECRETARY
Sherrod N. Vaughn, Former
Member of News Times
Staff, Gets Position.

Sherrood y. Vaughn, SIS f..
Washington av.. has been appointed
membership secretary OF the Cham
Der of Commerce, and will assume
HIS duties Immediately.
Mr.. Naughn's appointment is a
popular one with the membership
OF the chamber, TO whom he is we'll
known through his former connec-
tons with The South Bend News
Times and the South Bend Chilled
PlOw company.
The new secretary was graduated
from Valparaiso University Nalpa
raise, Ind. receiving an LIB. de-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

thirty-fOur miles "A second when l
was nearest the son. and that I had
turned around and was headed for
the regions whence | had come He
said 1 would travel out into space
some three billion miles. my gait
slowing down as I iourneyed. and
that when ] got ready 10 make the
turn TO come back I would 90 loaf
ing along at the celestial snail's pace
OF a mile a second
Furthermore. he figured ont my
mass and many other details about
me. Then he said that il he was
right L would come back p about
seventy-siX years the exact month
Of my coming depending on how
much influence Jupiter and other
planets would have upon me. which
he had not had time TO calculate
Il knew that he had fathOmed my
mystery and solved my secret. But
the people Of the earth did not. They
said: oh yes HALEY is cheap
John notoriety-s seeker He is trying
TO get fame by a prediction that will
attract attention. but he postpones
the date Of comets temperance to
a time when he is dead and his
forecast forgotten
But HALEY stood pat and called
on an impartial posterity 10 witness
that II was an Englishman who had
first predicted the return of comet
Sure enough. in the language Of the
street. he had my number With
less proportionate departure from
his schedule than the Congressional
Limited makes in it's Washington
New York run. I reappeared. having
Travelled some seven billion miles i'm
the interim So ] have 10 admit that
HALEY must have known what he
was talking about"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24

LONDON. sept PAT. p. CTay
Pay O'COnnor. dean Of the House
of Commerce today presented to
William Broadbent check for $3.50
and the thanks Of the House "as a
testimonial for his AZ years faith
ful service as cloakroom attendant
at ST. stephens chapel in the crypt
OF the Parliament buildings where
oliver Cromwell once stabbed his
horses
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
sERGT CARPENTER RETURNS

Sergt r. o. Carpenter returned
70 duty at the marine recruiting sta
ton after two weeks absence spent
at the range at Quantico. Va
Sergt B. Medic who has been in
charge of the station during the alb
sence of Sergt Carpenter. returned
TO headquarters at Chicago.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
THE WESTERNERs.

AT the Auditorium oct. Is. and S
Get the hook al The Book shop
Osuccessor Nuler's). 1e4 :. Michigan
$685.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-24
Art Department

Stamped ready made Night
gowns for women, all ready to
embroider, $3.50 value.
Thursday $1.OO.
Women's Handkerchiefs,
extra fine quality, with en-
broidered corners. Special
Thursday at 15c.
Sweet Grass Baskets
See the exhibit in center
aisle. main floor. New shapes
in work, knitting and crochet
baskets, at special prices from
45c up.