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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

When a tailor-made woman and a
 sef-made man get hooked up get your
 self bet on the tailor-made woman.
 Many a wife would let her husband
 have his own way once in a while just for change only she knows that the durn fool would want to make habit out of 1t.
 There are lots of love matches be- tween old men who are rich and young girls who are poor. But there are none between old men who are poor and young girls who are rich. Once in a while you meet brave man who doesn't like high-bro music and who is honest enough to admit it. should begin at the grocery store. A wife believes that economy should be- gin at the cigar store. When a wealthy man makes a will he is often leaving his estate to the lawyers.
 Any doctor can tell you that the most common disease among women is en- largement of the imagination. A man is apt to spend the first 5C years of his life trying to remember and the rest of his life trying to for get
 No matter how well a wife has heI husband under control she can't break him of the habit of hanging his clothes on the floor Among animals the horse is ranked as sixteenth In intelligence But horse is smart enough to laugh when he il
 hauling an automobile back to town. A man will laugh at you and call vol a nut if you attempt to demonstrate | the nebular hypothesis. But he vii | put one hoof on bar rail and spend four hours arguing that black is whit' and think that he IS a pretty smar | fellow.
 l The reason why girl knows that { man is making love to her is becaus'
 she is doing all of the love making | herself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
Excellent Selection
 For Art Commission

THE art commission created by the 0 city commission for passing on monuments and statues intended as gifts to the public and to be placed in, the parks, is made up in it's per- sonnel of men and women of taste and experience in the study of aesthetics. l As result of the war many memo rials of bronze and marble sculpture will be offered to the city and those who are to judge of their artistic merit are not only widely known here, but it may be taken for granted that nothing but work of high standard will be accepted
 1 While the city commission specifics only art for the parks, it might be we'll to extend the scope of the judges to pictures in oil and water colors that will be contributed or rendered as loan to the library, and later on to an art gallery which is sure to be a reality.
 Persons yet living can remember when galleries or museums of the fine arts were little seen in the United States. Now there is scarcely a city of large size and pretention to cul- ture without building to display specimens of master paintings. Be- fore a great while Birmingham will come into its own in all humanizine things-beautiful creations on canvas and in sculpture as we'll as great musical performance.
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 Two soldiers recently passed through Birmingham with two pet cooties on a guinea pig. Being truthful fellows, they did not claim that their intelligent little friends could do everything except sing Hail Hail, the Gangs All Here"
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 The Frenchman who invented cold stor- age literally died of starvation. although he had been decorated before the French senate and chamber of deputies Need, less to say. his name was unknown in ID,
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 The bolsheviki should consult Germany, master spies before trying to overturr the American government. The latter with considerably more intelligence, triet 1t and failed.
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 Now that Clemenceau has made a hand some apology for the stoning of German peace delegates, the usual remedies fol cuts and bruises may be expected to com plete the cure.
 } Air taxis are already doing f1ourishint business at Atlantic City. but the beaci beauties still exert a stronger fascination flor a tired business man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
Landing Fields Needed

While much progress is being made In the United States in aviation matters, we still are far ways, behind Eng land" said Lieutenant Coeney, who has recently returned from the aviation serV- ice to his home here. Tn England there is A. landing field every five miles. A flyer can cut off his engine over any part of the island when he is 5000 rect high and can get safely to earth ana land on a good field. That means much to a pilot and his safety and shows d great development in aviation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
Working on Jury Bill

Steps are now being taken to draw new jury bill for Jefferson county to be presented at the summer session of the legislature" said Horace c. Afford, . local attorney. MT. Afford was bitter in his testimony against the jury drawing. when he testified before the Jefferson county probe committee. Tt is our in- tention to get up bill similar to the questionaires used by the government data called for so every man will have his name on the jury list At the present time the corporations are instrumental In the naming of the juries," said MT Afford
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20

From the Louisville Courier-J Journal C7NHE New York Sun, in a column
 headed Poems Worth Reading, '' S publishes from the pen of Minna Irving, a kinswoman of Washington Irv- ing, the following:
 Let others sing the robin,
 And thrush whose magic flute Among the bowery branches
 Holds every listener mute. I praise the scrappy catbird
 Whose neat and sober coat Bellies the rowdy noises
 That issue from his throat But while the sweeter minstrels
 Are feasting with delight On strawberries and cherries,
 As is their ancient right, The catbird every morning
 Is busy on his round Of orchards where his harvest
 Of bugs and grubs is found No tiny insect snugly
 In leaf or cocoon rolled, No worm that plans campaign
 On fruits of mellow gold, No microscopic larva
 Escapes his beady eye; All honor -et@7 f coV Netbird
 Despite h ran'0 IS cry. There is no loetrs and not the whole truth in this MNssA may be permitted, in the way of licensS. to poets, but the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
LA BELLE FRANCE

LA BELLE FRANCE From the Sydney Bulletin I met pretty, wee mam'selle
 Scarce five years old, in France last
 year,
 Playing at peace mid shards of shell Behind the blood red lines of Fear. Bon jour-" said l. She smiled at me Across a rusting broken gun. 'M'sieur.' she stammered. Come and Where~God has put his petit sun" looked, and from the wreckage there A daisy peeped with golden eye, A simple thing of dew and air,
 Face upward to the sunlit sky. T knelt beside the little maid,
 As worshipper at some white shrine, Seeing again in Deaths wide shade That yellow-headed pal of mine. That white e-skinned youngster I loved
 well,
 Who gave his all, for la belle France That this delicious, wee mann selle
 Might breathe a free lands true TO-
 nance M The daisy's roots were in his heart,
 I turned to her my southern eyes. Dew wet with those dark tears that
 ~start
 From out soul grown sorrow wise. Her piquant face above the flower Drank light from every petal pure; As if she felt my pain that hour She brushed it with kiss demure. I rose and left her at her play The sweetest maid man might see; But through the wars long shadows gray She waved a hand of memory. I heard the distant rumbling guns Loud heralds of the great advance Lead on. my mates! Clean, little suna That woo the soul of future Franca
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
ITS THE nRnuTH

From the Florida Times Union.
 The professional and business women are going to have club house and the desire to possess such an institution is nothing like that which prompted the men to have club houses in the years gone by. How times have changed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
As To Changing From
 Four To Three Years

EVEN. PETITION c. MARCHES 0 recommendation to change the West Point course from four to three years, is not meeting with anything like popular approval.
 Military men hold General March in high esteem, and his judgment on most matters pertaining to the army is convincing, but Congress should hold to the old system so far as the length of term goes.
 While cadet, by intensive training without any leave of absence from the time he entered until he graduated, could get through in three years, in the nature of things he would re- ceive better education and would be better fitted for his army duties if he were required to spend four years at the academy as now.
 The present law has been tried for long years and has been in the fullest degree satisfactory. Cut off a year and the result would be marked de- terioration.
 Great Britain has no institution for training officers to compare with West Point. Until very recent years the men who held commissions were, as a rule university and were, therefore, we'll educated, but ehey learned military science from private tutors and practical command by at tending the maneuvers at Aldershot Americans are proud of their West Pointers; proud of the superiority of their lower grade officers over the English of similar grade.
 West Point is famed for it's thor oughness and for the splendid achieve. ments of the officers who have been educated there. In view of what has been accomplished at the military academy let's continue the four-yea1 course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
Congress Sights
 Naval Aviation

1.-THE reduction of the aviation ap-
 < propriation for the navy to $15,- 100000 by the House cannot be de- tended on the ground of economy in view of the lessons taught by the war.
 Americas poor showing in the air was one of the most serious and hu- initiating phases of our national un- preparedness. It is true that aft we got started, we did creditably enough, but by that time the war was drawing to an end
 Capt. T. T. Craven, chief of naval aviation, told the Senate naval com- mittee that if only $15,000,000 in- stead of $35, 100000 is appropriated, lit will mean, radical, crippling re- auctions" Great Britain plans to |spend s300,000,0 ,000 on aviation.
 America, which should have taken the lead in aircraft development, is far behind both Great Britain and France and unless Congress adopts a more generous policy we are doomed to stay behind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
FINS

From the Mobile Register.
 An anonymous writer says at the end sure that he is mistaken. Anonymous lett ters are not printed. So if there is noth- ing at the start. there can't be more lanon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
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DINNER IN THE DINER

From the Washington Star.
 sDinner in the dining car," jumped this week in price from sl.25 to s1.5O. The rail- roads evidently have enough complica- Iticns on hand without taking the initia- tive in solving the high cost of living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
THE BOTTLE SHORTAGE

From the Boston Transcript
 Dealers in secondhand bottles will be forced out of business by prohibition" say local agents And, by the same token, dealers in first-class bottles of a certain shape will have lots less to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20

BEGINNING THE DAY-Reawak- en my dreams, Lord, my God. Take me back again to that early day when the world seemed all ready for me, when life was a fine. thrilling thing, when God was near and high ambition easy. Stir me again with the wonder of living and serving. In Christs name. Amen.-H. M. E..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
GREATER OPPORTUNITIES

From the New York Telegram. Waiter Who Went to War Now Has
 s5ooo Job.-Headline. Bully for him. Stlil,
 if he'd stayed home he might have hao the hat check privilege or even owned the place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
ADRIFTl WITH THE TIMES

WHY PEDEsTRIANIsM LANGUIsHEs The highways and the byways,
 However decked with bloom, However splashed with rays of sun,
 And waiting sweet perfume, Do not invite a stro1ler1 <.
 To rise and wander far, Since each, alack, is but the track
 Of a speeding motor car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
A MASTERPIECE.

Buy a little of this stock and you'r be rich man in six months"
 "But how can I De certain of that?' asked the timorous client, with handful of Liberty Bonds
 My dear sir," exclaimed the promoter. as a pained look appeared on his mobile countenance, lis it possible that you can read our prospectus and not be con- vinced?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
THE .HoNoRABLEs, IN PARIS

From the Boston Globe.
 The President is described in the of- ficial text of the proposed peace treaty as The Honorable Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, acting in his own name>and by his own proper authority" and one of his associates is described as ''The Honorable Edward M. House." According to the treaty. with the exception of Cen. Tasker H- Bliss, military representative of the United States on the supreme war council" they are all 'Honorable men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20

WORTH CONSIDERING. Perchance 'tis wrong to pile up wealtf And maybe sacrifice ones health Acquiring riches vain; And yet, possessing lots of peh, "A chap can be so good to himself He may get well again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
A FELLOW FEELING.

A FELLOW FEELING. "The poet Gray worked many years on his celebrated .Elegy."
 And yet some people think writing verse is easy," said the biscuit bard. You may not believe it. but it took me a month to compose asqpatrain a that the head of our publicity department thought good enough to go on the nations billboards.~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
Member of the Associated Press

There is no vice so simple, but as- sunes
 Some mark of virtue on his outward parts. Merchant of Venice.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20

 And we naturally infer?" That to get the proper effect it should be worn by peach"
 CAUTIOUS CRITTERS. He never needs the free advice That's dinned into his ears, So if he never gets ptomaine Or hit by auto car or train He'll live thousand years. \
 Buffalo News He never needs the weather stuff They print each day, you bet: So if he stays in when it pours, And never ventures out of doors, He never will get wet
 -Yonkers Statesman. He never reads beguiling ads And puts his clothes in soak To buy lot of wildcat stocks That trim him down unto his sox, He never will go broke.
 Youngstown Telegram. He never read that there were gernu In kisses-gerrns that crawl He gives his girl bearlike hug, And kisses like kissing-bug, And don't get germed at all.
 Houston Post He nevsr reads the ruTeS of health. Set down for living long, But smokes ana drinks and sits up fasA Has reached the age of ninety-eight And is stin going strong.
 INTERESTING ITEM. ~ra afraid Cfubaeigh doesn.t keep up with international pofitic2~ sHow is thatT' ~T asked him what was the latest news from Italy and he said tho restaranteurs of Rome were charging $1s a bottle ncr 
 PAr1sCooK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20

'T see where famous modiste has de signed a cream and sugar gown
 And we naturally infer?"
 That to get the proper effect it should be worn by a peach"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20

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 Birmingham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20

HOPELESS TICHTWAD From the Atlanta Journal.
 The man who hasn't given to some thing during the past three or four years will never be educated to give.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20

THE NEWER DIPLOMACY. T thought our engagement was to bs a secret" 'weu?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala' postoffice as second-class matter, un- der act of Congress, March s, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20

FIRST-HAND INFORMATION How do you like your new cierk?' "He's & fine historian" answered Mfr. Gadspur.
 -Eh7~
 I'm at last in a position to get some inside facts about chateau-rhierry and Bel1eau Wood"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
Busineas Picking Up

I have just returned from trip on the road, during which I covered a good portion of the south," said W. D. pany, and wherever I have been busi- ness is getting better. Soil pipe, of which my company is one of the largest manufacturers in the country, is in greater demand than for two or three years and our customers are buying as well as for the present. From what could learn on my trip believe we are going to have very active business and that this will become general in all lines before very long"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Right Trne of Man


 I am sure it will be happy thing for the faculty of Howard college 1T pr. John L. Johnson decides to accept the presidency said professor T. K. Eagles. the acting president "I am but voicing the thought of my confreres when I say that believe that pr. Johnson Is the type of man we need to lead us in the great campaign now going forward to properly endow 1t. He has made a great success not mere ly as an educator but as denomina- tional builder in Mississippi. I was glad that he emphasized the fact that denominational college should be de- nominational, or it has no right to separate existence. This, however, does not by any means show that he Is an- tagonistic to state institutions. He be- lieves that there is enough work for them both and that the success of both depend upon hearty cooperation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
''You've told it all over town.
QUITE so.

''I believe in open covenants openly arr rived at"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-30
CITY BRIEFS

The week from November 2 to
8 has been designated as Better Eng
liSh week. Special attention will be
paid in all the schools to the ran
mar, English and infection of all the
pupils. The principals of all the
local schools met with Mr.. Shull yes
terday evening.
The Daughters of Liberty will
hold a short meeting tomorrow night
in their rooms in ~Jacobson's Hall,
State street. After the meeting they
will hold a maSque social. Everybody
is welcome. Doors open at $3.50.
Dana Society at it's meeting las
night initiated three candidates, re
ceived two applications for member
ship and completed arrangements fol
the celebration of the anniversary OF
the society that will be held Saturday
night. The committee in charge oil
the arrangements reported plans fol
that event as being about ready ano
hat everything points to a most sue
cessful affair. This affair will be fol-
for the members m their families
who will be admitted by invitation
only. The society has made consider
able changes in the upper floor of thu
hall and the gas range used by thu
Army and Navy club has been pur-
chased by the society and has beer
placed in the hall of the building to-
gether with other co%nveniences in
stalled.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-30
New Jersey Lives Up to All
Traditions in Big Drive

Reports pouring into state head
quarters of t~he~Roosevelt Memoria
Association give some idea of the way
in which all sections have responded
to the opportunity to honor the late
soldier president. Tabulated figures
are not yet available. but telephone
messages throughout the state indi-
cate that New Jersey will live up to
her best in members and contributions
for the Roosevelt Memorial. Enthu-
siasm equalling that which greeted
the Liberty Loan drives is reported
from some counties.
Preliminary estimates give the fol-
lowing figures: $4,000 subscribed,
with many committees yet to report;
10000 members enrolled; 95 per cent
of schools and 100000 school children
observed Roosevelt Day; 100000
men, women, boys n girls attended
Roosevelt meetings in New Jersey.
Reports from everywhere evidence
the fact that people want to contrib
ute to this memorial. Employees of in
dustrial plants are especially eager to
participate. For example the employ
es of the Passaic Metal Ware company
signed up as members of the Roose-
Welt Association 100 per cent. strong
in less than a hour. AS I. w. Eng
land, president of the company ex-
presses it, Before this is over every
body will want to have his name in
the big book in the Roosevelt monu-
ment. Not only this, but a lot of men
will want their wives and children
and grandchildren to ave their
names in the big book too"
Some counties foresaw that the
limited time set by the national com
mittee and the appeals of various fl
nancial campaigns would prevent
them from registering the full degree
of their interest in the Roosevelt me-
mortal. Accordingly the national COM
mittee has authorized an extension of
the campaign to November s or later
if desired, thus giving opportunity to
follow up the wonderful enthusiasm
stimulated by the Memorial meetings
on Roosevelt's Birthday. The nation
al committee has informed State
Chairman Colgate that as rapidly as
the names of subscribers to the men,
orial fund are received. contributors
will be made life members of the
Roosevelt Memorial Association and
permanent embossed certificates VIII
be mailed to each individual from ma
tional headquarters.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-30
SCHOOL NEWS

The New Jersey High School
Teachers Association will hold a con
ference on Americanization tomor-
row. october 31st, in the Fitzpatrick
chapel at Rutgers College, New
Brunswick.
T heconference will be presided over
by Charles Stone, president of the
association. There will be two ad-
dresses during the afternoon session
by DR.. Stephen S. Wise on American
i~zation, True INC False" and by DR.,
F. c. Butler, federal director OF
Americanization on "'Americaniza-
ton From the Federal Standpoint"
During the time between the close
of the afternoon session and dinner
which will be served in the Ballan-
tine gymnasium, all members of the
conference are invited to assemble in
the Faculty and Alumni House or
the Queens Campus in the quarters
of the Rutgers Club.
At the conclusion of the Inner
there will be several addresses by DR.
Calvin N. Kendall, President w. Fl
Demarest of Rutgers College,; DR.. A
B. Meredith, Assistant Commissioner
of Education, DIR. f. c.. Butler and Mr.
Willard Hamilton. secretary of the
Prudential Life Insurance Company,
and chairman of the Four Minute
Men of New Jersey.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-30
Y. WI. c. A.

An Intermediate Halloween Masque
was held at the Y. NJ. c. A. last night
under the direction of the Social Com
mittee, Cecil Robinson n George
Forman. About sixty-five boys were
present and half were masked. The
prize for best make UP went to Johr
Halligan who was made up as a Jew
tramp.
The usual Halloween games were
played besides a few extras. Harold
Hanson won the prize guessing the
number of seeds in a pumpkin and
Carl Anderson guessed the kernels or
an ear of corn.
The event of the evening was g
mock college track meet of eight
events and was won by the Harvard
team.
The Boys department was decorat-
ed with the Halloween colors and a
fire burned in the fireplace. Ice
cream and doughnuts were served.
The Juniors will have much the
same kind of an affair Friday night.