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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
LIKE M,LuKE SAYS

Some preachers would be a heap more / popular if their sermons were only as broad as they are long. >
 ! Another reason why we believe that tobacco should be free from, war tax and that the war tax on automobiles should be doubled is because we use tobacco and we have no auto.
 We know a man who brags about his common sense so much that he gives other folks the impressions that he hasn't any.
 Most men descend from their ances-l E tors. But now and then you will run intoN a hustler who rises above them. s,
 The trouble with the average girl of IS is that she knows more than she ought to and not as much as she should. Q
 What has become of the old-fashoned silver key-winding watch the covers of which would make nice roomy lunch, trays?" a
 A practical joker is usually q damphoola who has sense enough not to play prac- tical jokes on men who are bigger than he is. ~
 A woman driving her first auto acts almost as uppety and naughty as young father who is steering his own
 baby buggy for the first time. f And the reason why baby is so much like it's mother is because when 1t gets. what~it wants it wants something else Any time girl coyly admits that she is lover 2O' you can bet that she isn't far from 30. Even when woman marries a man to reform him she acts like she didn't, know that he drank and gambled and smoked until after she had married | him. a. 1 Another daml: There are lots of 16I l year-old girls in this country who can't control their mothers. s l Knowledge of right and wrong won't get you anywhere unless you also have sense enough to choose the right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

'blizzards until February is half spent. On the thirteenth of February, 1899, the thermometer recorded ten degrees below zero and it remained below for several days.
 Snow covered the ground and lsleighing was as common in the sunny south as it is every winter in the far north. The blizzard began on the Monday night before Mardi Gras. New Orleans was in the grip of the ice king. The streets were like glass and the carnival was practically abandoned
 The ground hog had forecast six weeks of rough weather and so great an impression did the old superstition make on the public mind that Febru- iary 2-Ground-Hog Day-was ob- served with keener interest than ever in the succeeding years.
 Since that memorable February, 1899, the south has experienced many hard freezing spells, none of them, however, approaching the record of that year.
 While the ground hog legend is not regarded seriously by official weather forecasters it is discussed every year Iby the populace with the same degree of concern as if the timid little ami malls instinct were infallible. The fact is that the ground hog is stupid creature and as weather prophet is wrong oftener than he is right.
 Local Forecaster E. c. Horton con- itributed an Illuminating article to The Age Herald of February 8, 1915, in which he reviewed the ground hog Irecord for ten years-1905 to 1914, Iinclusive--for the purpose of setting forth the truth as officially ascer- tained.
 "Of course," said MT. Horton, Gin making this investigation, it was nec- Iessary to put aside such small details las the possibility of the sun shining flor a time in Birmingham and not shining at all in the ground hog
 haunts around Bessemer, and thereb!, E giving Bessemer an early spring anc lpoor Birmingham six weeks more o1 wintry weather"
 There were only two years within ithe ten when the sun did not shine a all on February at the Birmingham
 station, namely, 1910 and 1913. MT Horton, in summing up, said: "Her' F we have it. Of the ten years fou backed the judgment of the ground
 hog and five went against him, ant lone was tie"
 The ground hog makes no definit
 promises for tomorrow, but tn .. lchances are that the weather will b
 lmore or less fitful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Itching to Set Back at Work

'I have just received letter from my son George, who is in France, in which he says he is just itching to get back to his seed bwsiness,'' said G. B. Mcvay, ST. we certainly miss the boy and it has kept his mother and myself busy looking after all the details of his store. But his new catalog will be ou' by the first of next week, and we VIII have them in the hands of the hundreds of mail order customers which the Farm Section of The Age-Herald pulled us last year before another week passes.
 George has made application for dis charge and in his letter he says he hopes to head toward America any day. we are well stocked with seed, and our prices are lower this year as a whole on account of all embargoes being lifted' Although old at the<seed game. I'll De glad when the boy gets back to take active charge of his business"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
AS IT USED TO BE

Some of these prohibitionists are ex-S pert politicians 1 'e
 50 they are," said the old-fashionedl man, strange as it may seem'' Why stranger"
 Its hard for me to understand how a man can be an honest-to-g goodness poli- tian without ever sticking his thumbs, / 1< in the armhoes of his vest and saying. nigh. We're going to open a keg of nails'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
How Europe Has
 Been Devastated


 TN the last issue of World Outlook, O Willard Price begins the first of series of articles on the reconstruc- tion of Europe-"the most stupendous task of reconstruction that history has ever known"
 Statistical estimates obtained from Bertram M. ripple of Rome, Andre Tardieu, general commissioner for Franco American war affairs, and others, are regarded as conservative and altogether trustworthy and will help in making inventory of the dam age done and appraising the work of rebuilding.
 More than 25,000,000 are dead or maimed By countries the numbers are given as follows: Russia, 5,5OO,- loco; Germany, 5,0OO,OOO; Austria Hungary, 3,0OO,0OO; France, 2,500, ,OOO; England, 2,OOO,OOO; Serbia, 100000; Italy, 1,00O,OOO; Armenia, 100000; Turkey, 100000; Belgium, $50, ,00O; Rumania, 75O,O00, and Bulgaria 30O,O0O. Unlisted countries, we are told, bring the total we'll above I i25, 5,000,000. Appalling figures!
 Ut is as if one-quarter of the United States had been wiped out," says MT Price. The loss is "equal to the com. bined populations of New York, Bos ton, Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis with twenty cities the size of Cleve Hand thrown in. Think of these cities with every citizen dead or incapaci tated, every shop closed, every enter prise unnamed, every task left tt be shouldered by others"
 In France alone million. children have been left fatherless. In Eng Hand the number of fatherless childrel lis estimated at three hundred thou sand, and millions in the other nations
 Two hundred and forty thousan lsquare miles of territory have bee Ifrightfully avaged-equal to the are of four Englands. In addition 326, ,00 square miles have suffered Jesse devastation.
 Vast areas of French "so;l hay been torn up to a depth of eightee fleet and is utterly worthless" Bel 7 gium is stripped, and her total wa n losses are stated at four billion do liars.
 e "Strain our minds as we may" say y MT. Price, "the present tragedy ( e Europe outstretches all possible h, lman imagination But as sturendor n as. the task of rehabilitation is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Retaining Church Pcyvs

'T have been a church usher for years" said Sam Erckert, "and I nave noticed with regret the decline of the good old custom of a family always occupying a certain pew. Some or the older people wilf recall the time when this was usually the case. but modern twentieth century living has way Of scattering families and if they all hap pen to register at church they scatter themselves all over the building.
 "As an usher at the~First Methodist church it was noticeable that the late w. D. Wood kept up the old custom and that his family always sat with him in his pew"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
A REACTIONARY

"The suffragists in Mrs. Dubwaits's neighborhood are out of patience with her"
 Why is that?' a
 &s They say she's a poor, weak creature who would rather have Persian rug for her living room than the right toS vote'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
* < 4 Death Ends Career of Brilliant Actor

T7T1HE death of Nat c. Goodwin re- J moves from the American stage a unique figure and one of the most accomplished actors of his time. For two generations he delighted patrons of the theatre with his talents and stood at the top of his profession. In that style of comedy which calls for superior gifts, intelligence and thor orgh grasp of the histrionic art in all its phases Mr. Goodwin had no rival.
 While he acted in number of very successful plays which made him fa- nous, he was unfortunate in the choice of others, the fault of judgment being either his own or that of his managers, but no matter how poor the play he appeared in, nor how brief it's career on the stage, he. gave it a certain distinction. It was always a delight to watch Nat Goodwin on the stage. His ease and naturalness in whatever part he essayed made every impersonation worth while, if only as creation of his art.
 The eccentricities of MT. Goodwin, matrimonial and otherwise, brought him much notoriety, but in spite of his foibles he never lost his great popu- larity, either as an actor or man. He held his following among theatre patrons to the last and enjoyed many warm friendships both in and out of his profession. His wit and bonhomie made him a delightful companion Probably no other American actor has had more anecdotes tackled to his name than Nat Goodwin.
 "When We Were Twenty One" ano "Nathan Hale" were two of MT. Good wins most successful plays. "A Gilded Fool' was another. He also appeared as Modus in "The Hunch back" as a grave digger in Hamlet, Bottom in "A Midsummer Night: Dream" and as Shylock in "The Mer chant of Venice" David Garrick, "An American Citizen," "The Cowbo! and the Lady," "A Gold Mine," "Th' Bookmaker," "The Rivals" and ''Il Mizzoura" were other plays which MT Goodwin starred in during a caree beginning in 1873 with Stuart Rob son and ending when illness force him to leave his company few day ago in Philadelphia.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
TORTURING A WIFE

From the Cincinnati Enquirer. se
 Marital cruelty is defined by a divorce n. court in St. Louis to be malapert criti !. csm Of the wife's bridge playing. crude behavior before dinner guests who asked
 for second helping and the giving of
 the family name to 8 cocktail invented by the brutal husband, who was well soaked with an almony award. e'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Weather Records and
 the Ground Hog

NNTITH the passing of January
 WV people who do not keep run of weather records are saying that the winter'is almost gone. We have had a mild winter, with only one very cold snap, when the temperature dropped to four degrees above zero.
 But Birmingham is never safe from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
OyERWORKED WORDS

From the Providence Journal. as5
 philologist declares that the bulk of , our verbal work Is done by nine words.
 They are: And be, have, it, of, the. to,
 will, you Should not somebody start a,M Soceity for ahe Relief of Overworkedl ! Words?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
TITLED FAMILY

''The Jibways are a family of scouts"
 How is that?' "John and Sam Jibway are Boy Scouts. Susetta is a Girl Scout and Mir. Jibway's intimates call him old Scout"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

will be worked out in time and the
 United States will have a large part both in the philanthropic and the eco homie side of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

BEGINNING THE DAY-I thank Thee, 0 God, that Thou hast put within me ambitions which have not been satisfied. l thank Thee for my souls unrest. For T tells me that | am to build far better than my present house, that l am hut part of the way on great journey Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Jack Bowron Here to Stay

"I am glad to be back nome al'er having done my bit in the camps said Capt. Jack Bowron. My frienos kept asking me how long I expected to remain in Birmingham, so in oraer to answer them accurately and intelli- pent1v took the trouble to consult the acturial tables of a life insurance company, and finding that I had, ac- cording to it, life expectation or 50 years and eight months, I am saying to all inquiries that it is at least my purpose and wish to remain in the Magic City at least third or ceh- tury"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Miss Crumpton Goes To Detroit

q hardly remained long enough In the Birmingham district to take root, said Miss Claudia Crumpton, "but l stayed long enough to greatly appre ciate it's hustle and hustle and the real friendliness of the people It is with a sense of regret that I am giv- ing up my work at Ensley to go to Detroit, where I am to teach English in the Northwestern High chool this winter During the summer have arranged to teach at one of the state institution in Ohio. I am not alto- gether unfamiliar with the west, as put in several years at the University of Chicago"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Dr. Holmes Loves Nhnting

q have never gotten over my love for hunting" said Dr. w. B. Holmes, "and I carry state license which en- ables me by paying an extra dollar in any county in which happen to have chance to hunt all the rights and privileges of the local men.
 "In this way I am in position to ac- cept invitations extended to me to join the boys, and I never miss a chance if can figure in the time. I recently had a fine days shooting near Ma rion Junction. I got to bring home bag of beauties. Some of the con- ductors refuse to let hunters take game on the train unless they exhibit a state license, but if I kill any par tridges I have clean bill of health to transport them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Member of the Assocli

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Glass Room Remodeled

"rhe classroom of the Brotherhood
 class of the Fountain Heights Methodist
 church is being remodeled,' said A. L. Reese. the class teacher, and when it is completed we will have delight ful place for our Bible studies | The class is growing and is cer tainly proving most attractive to us all, and with the new quarters we hope to have many additions to our class memb ership."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

Washington. bureau. POT hiDos 0ui'N ing. street.
 European bureau. Henrie''a Covent Garden, London ,yto
 Eastern business o-nce' husi- building, New IorK city, wes's4n ,..,, ness otftce. Tribune building, Chlc@s Tae $. .. Beckwith Speciai Ase"@'' agents tor foreign adyertlsins'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Believes in Signs

never regret the fact that my name hasn't the celebrated Tlagg to wind up with. What do I enjoy the most in this town? Walking down the streets at night and admiring the beautiful elec- tric signs and shop windows. I am still as fond of the spectacle as when I was a child, and if I ever think of getting tired of it, there is always another new sign for me to gaze at awhile.
 We have better and brighter signs than any other city in the south, and ought to be proud of the fact. While a few more street lights would not blind us, we still get along very well with the signs and shop windows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
LONG BATTLE

IJNG BAIILE What arc you reading there?" "Ihe autobiography of reformed drunkard. It's entitled, Twenty Rounds With John Barleycorn.' '' "Only twenty?''
 "Each round lasted a year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Birminghnm Development Ama.in,

Birmingham is revalation to me, ? said c. c. McCabe, railroad contractor of Charleston. s. C., who is at the Hillman hotel.
 'I had heard a great deal about Bir- mingham but never realized until I came here the wonderful development that has taken place in the city and district. The great activity and the scores of in- dustrial establishments made one fec like he is in Pittsburg."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Warde in New Play

Frederick Warde is visiting his son in Birmingham he says: q am to play the part of Junipero Sera, in the mis- sion drama, beginning February 10. How I wish you could see it, or at the least read it. It is an Inspiration of the author, John McGroarty, and I anf more interested in it than I have been in any play outside of Shakespeare.
 "The subject Is the settlement of California by the fathers of St. Fran cis-their devotion, their sufferings and their faith The drama embraces his tory, religion and achievement. The author is profound scholar. an his torian and a poet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
TWAS EVER THUS

TWAS EVER THUS A gay and festive millionaire, A pretty chorus girl; They're seen together everywhere And join the merry whirl. No clouds across the future loom, To check the merry race, Nor that dread prospect, fraught with
 gloom,
 A breach of promise case. But in his office, filled with guile, A crafty lawyer waits; He knows that in little while These wicked, wealthy skates Wake up and wish to break away, Determined to be free; Then in the court he has his day And wins @ nifty fee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Hot Political Fight Expected

We are going to have a hot political fight in Mississippi this year." said State Miss, at the Hillman hotel yesterday.
 Our primary election comes off in August and there are already a great many candidates for the state offices. Some of the candidates are now can wasting the state and before many more weeks they will be as thick as crap grass in cotton field after a summer shower"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

hsmittances can be made al curl r.1e of excnange, Inc Ase-f1er@A" VI, WI not be responsible Tor moheS lnrougnIhe maIIs. Address
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
POLITICAL PRUDENCE


 "A man should not be afraid to make a few enemies" Perhaps not" replied Congressman Twobble. thoughtfully, Tbut if he is in public life he ought to exercise little Judgment and not make the kind of ene- mics who will neglect their business to pry into his record"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
THE TURNING POINT

Pershing?"
 "Yes" answered Mir. Cobbles. And when Henry left home could see by the look in his eyes that he meant business ''IIe gave a good account of himself, no doubt?"
 well, 1t may sound like boastin for me to say it, but 10 days after my boy landed in France the war was over"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

No communication will De p1'1,,t.,, without It's aulnoT s naIne' manuscript wlI not be retufheo ,rno.e, stamps are enclosed for that puA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

Entered at tne blf iilil4 s nam, postoffice as second-class ma .o der act of Congress, March $, 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

We've never been to Belgium and haven't seen anybody recently who has been in Belgium, but we venture to say there isn't a German signboard left in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

Next to a bolshevik looking for trouble there is probably no character more dis pleasing to Won LudendorH and Von Tirpitz in their retirement than news paper man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

Happy is the man with a roof over his head, a true and loving wife at his side and children to make merry his heart, and a few friends to drop in. Having all these envy no man any thing. but my heart goes out to anyone who has them not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
.Au1IEzMM1AantfI

r.. S.-These reflections come after , sew days at home with the flu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

Now, I am not pretending that l oid not get joy out of being able to serve those who made demands upon my time, but am merely trying to give t.some idea of just how little time was getting at home-and l have al ways been a great home lover and loved to lounge about the house oi potter around the grounds, for, 1T do say it, my home surroundings art attractive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

I suppose I am like most husbands.
 rather reticient and taking it for
 granted that my wife knows I love her.
 but l am sure I err like many another married man does in not telling her about 1t with more frequency. Our women surround us with their constan. daily care and pour out stream of unbroken affection and man-like Wa accept 1t as our proper due and let it pass at that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

While the HohenZollerns were all lowed to vote in the recent German election, it may be sometime before it is safe for them to pose as political bosses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

My home is very dear to me, for into 1t has gone the love, sacrifice and savings of a wife, a true helpmeet. and it's a source of pride as sit here and write, kept in by doctors orders. to watch her as she moves about the place, romping on the lawn with the dog and the boys, out among the chick very picture of a womanly wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
SUBSCRIPTION tAIEs

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
DOESN'T MISS HIS ARMS

"Each round lasted a year"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26
YALE CONSOLIDATED TEAM
 PRESENT STRONG LINEUP

Thanksgiving afternoon the Acad- eIny team will face the Yale Consoli- dated team at the campus. The All Collegian team consists of many former Academy students now at Yale. They will present one of the fastest backfield ever seen at Norwich.
 Murphy, Reinacher and Lynch the quarter and two halfbacks are at present members of the Yale track squad and are fast men. Levin will hold down the fullback position. Pete Murphy the sensational quarterback has gained reputation at Exeter and later played for Camp Devens.
 Reinacher is Brown man now at Yale and a former Bulkeley half back, being a running mate of "Dud' Donnelly. Lynch the captain of the All Collegians is former N. F. A. athelte playing end on the 1916 team.
 The standard of the line is in some positions far below the standard of the backfield. The ends are well talk en care of by Charlie Tirrell and Brewer, both N. F. A. men of 1917 team.
 Chick" Lawrence, the former Bulkeley captain and J. Hourigan will hold down the tackles. The snapi back position will be well taken care of by V. Hourigan. From all reports the Academy will gain only by line plunges while the Al2-CSllegiar z