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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09

to the movies, the real actor dodo, the drama as remote from the common lSen| as Heneriffe or Everest? To believe itI would be to believe that-well morsI than any reasonably optimistic human being will believe in derogation of ths| human race.
 PRAISE FOR THE MIDDLE WEST From the Philadelphia Enquirer.
 Unlike so many European visitors, NJ. Maeterlinck praises the west att the expense of the east. It is there he finds "a more distinct note of civili-| zation.'' Taught to believe that Amer ican cities were ugly, he agreed with this verdict until he got to Cleveland. Between that city and Detroit he found aigreat change. The little towns. withI their detached houses set in green| lawns. especially pleased him. The| comparison in picturesqueness with Freneh and Belgian towns was not| to their disadvantage
 The middle west will doubtless rrnu| satisfaction in this defense from the| gibes of ribald eastern critics They will smile to hear of ''the great volu- bility and loud voices of New York people at their dinner tables.s
 Can such things be,
 And overwhelm us like summers
 N cloud.
 Without our special wonderr'
 How many stimes has east derided west for it's uncultured accent. It's flat tened vowels and rolling rs! And now to one accustomed to the niceties of French the westerners have the best of it.
 Yet the east may take some satis- faction in the fact that the distin- guished Belgian has not all the ma terials for final judgment New Workers may babble and below. but how about Philadelphians. and Bos- tonians? Seeing only the skyscrapers and hotels M. Maeterlinck found in New York nothing picturesque. He lcould not reach similar conclusion ir eastern cities which have been more careful not to obliterate the memorials of the mast
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
OWEN EAGAN

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Owen Eagan dropped dead of acute
 indigestion on a crowded New York
 street. And this was odd. because no
 one who knew Owen Eagan believed
 that he would die natural death. The
 life insurance companies were thor.
 oughly convinced of the undesirability
 of MT. Eagan as risk"
 It was the work of Owen Eagan to
 open all the bombs and internal ma
 chimes rounded up by the police and federal agents in the metropolis. For 25 years he had been at this thrilling business He had opened more than I. 900 bombs Twice he had been blown lup. He enjoyed his work. and had an uncanny knack of getting at the stuf- fling of deadly contrivance. He waa one of New YoEk's best known citi' zens, and his Nhame was familiar throughout the country.
 It was, doubtless. generally believed that Inspector Eagan was high -pricet expert employed by the New York DO lice department He was not in an, way connected with the police depart, ment. He was an inspector in tho fira department. and although he had thu sounding title of head of the burea' of combustibles." his salary. until thret years ago, was $1.500 . year. At thu time of his death he was commandino a stipend of $1,S0o.
 Owen Eagan's business was to savs lives by risking his own. He mus have liked the work. Surely he val not attracted by the remuneration. sucl
 . man falls not far short of the heroie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Citr Charltx Work


 pr. Walter S. Brown, director of the city department of relief. in speaking of his work yesterday. said:
 T wish the public was more fa- miliar with the city charity work than it seems to be. Although the city gives a nucleus to maintain the de- partment and pay for some of the work done. it is only a nucleus. and unless donations come to us that can swell this fund. we can accomplish very little. In February alone we fur nished over 5000 free meals to poor people. and that is but one item in many. The city allows the relief de- partment s5.O00 year. With the cost of living what 1t is today. you can readily see how we are limited when one month calls for more than 5000 free meals.
 T am just giving these two items, that of income from the city and meal expenses for one month. to let the people have an idea how we are handi- capped unless we get help from sources other than the city.
 Among the many things the depart ment is doing is to care for one entire family which has become destitute It is our aim to find work for these peo- pie and eventually set them on their feet.
 We are making the work construc- tive: not merely refuge for the stricken. but a department of reJuven- ation and reconstruction. We have taken hold of hundreds of individuals and many families. rehabilftated them and made them self-supporting again, but $5,o0o year for all expenses does not go very far"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
Not All Registered

.'T saw by the papers that many dogs were registered on single day some time ago. but all of them have not been registered yet and for the, public good the city should see that the of ficial dog catcher gets on the job," says W. L. Woodruff. secretary of the Athletic Club.
 day morning there were three dogs of the mongrel inclination in my front yard and five others on the stree- some little way and only one of the eight had on license tag
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
:'BUY MORE STEW MEAT"

be watched for hours. American women buy even their cereals cooked. They are no more patient than skillfui.
 What most students of the meat prob lem have noted is that in the general sale of heef from lightweight steers most of the steaks and most of the roasts. would be more palatable and more digestible as stews. But lamb or even mutton with salt pork. and veal with salt pork may be made a gastro- homie dream by the real devotee of Bri1lat Savarin
 Probably the refusal of stew meat is only an index or an exponent of the common reflection of all low priced things which retailers are noting in all parts of the United States, The notion that saving is something to be ashamed of is prevalent. It has taken possession of the wives of unsl<illed laborers, who often have three times as many dollars at their disposal each week a they had four years ago. Hatred of slow cook < ing and ignorance of stew possibilities are only contributory influences. Ex- altation of saving, development Of pa tience, encouragement of kitchen in- telligence should all receive more at tention in the public schools than they ra now raoa;viro
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
\ sonrnRnN SUNSET

By Paul ailton Hayne. Behold! ne 11iy wonderfully grand The stases s1 olors of yon sunset
 sky:
 Rare isles cs iignt in crimson oeeAAs k Ii Whose breSz zy waves seen} xaz nf.nR.
 bright ssild bland. Up tie soEe lopes of many a nsys.io v luenis ous capes aud mountains M nigh.
 r. somp and proud resaslfy, O't frontiers of th&t fairy laxd: Bu n transformation, swift and Ire . ehansesl Cast slEtssring
 fHisz
 And sspphire battlements ,, lcftlast raeses 2 ce.auslaels with vast spi and sor-
 xeb9s 6one,
 noe8a which the sunset rolls ia pssf-
 ras foam, tsr5iasg tae transient Venice of as a.rl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
SENATORS ALABAMA HAS HAD

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The Associated Press correspondent. at Birmingham notes that the senator ship made vacant by the death of John Hollis Bankhead has been held by only nine men since Alabama was admitted to the Union 100 years ago, three of them holding it for total of 6S years. The men who have held the senatorship yielded by MT. Bankhead were; Will liam R. King, Benjamin Fitzpatrick. Jeremiah Clemens. Clement c. Clay. the elder; Lewis E. Parsons (not admitted), Willard Warner, George Goldthwaite. and John T. Morgan
 Alabama's other senators have been: John w. Walker. William Kelly, Henry Chambers, John Mckinley, Israel Pick ems, Gabriel Moore, Arthur P. Bagby, Dixon H. Lewis. Clement c. Clay, Jr.. George E. Spencer. James L Pugh. E. w. Pettus, Joseph F. Johnston, Frank S. White and Oscar w. Underwood George S. Houston and John A. Winston, though elected, were not admitted.
 It was Senators Fitzpatrick and Clay
 the younger who withdrew from the United States Senate whom Alabama se- ceded from the Union. Tho junior Clay was then elected a senator in the Con. federate congress. being defeated fol reelection to that post by Hon. R. W Walker William L. Yancey was thu other senator. Dying in 1863, Vance, was succeeded by Robert Jemison. William R. King, as president prt tenn. of the Ssnate. acted as vice prest. dent during the administration of Ell more. Benjamin Fitzpatrick was oncs president pro tenn. and once declined ! pairing it's list of United States senator: nomination for vice president
 Alabama need not shrink from com pairing it's list of United States senator: for 100 years with those of any othel American state for the same period
 The average in character. ability ant l distinction has been high. as high a' that of any state in the union. Mor' frequently than not they have been mel of national reputation in their day ant generation,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
ADRIF'T WITH TILL TIMES

WINGED DOLLARS The saddest man I've lately met Confessed that he was deep in debt Regardless of the way he turned, Collectors took the wage he. earned. And though he strove to look ahead And watch each dollar as 1t sped, They might have formed a comets tail, So fast they flew. but left no trail.
 UNFAIR
 "The police department is dreadfully upset"
 Why so?"
 "A celebrated gangman gives out interviews to the press every day or two and frequently motors about the city, but positively refuses to be ar rested
 ''vexatious."
 T should say sol The police natur- ally feel that the fellow is not play Ing the game SLOW TO LEARN This newly-made millionaire is an uncouth fellow" "so he is Yet he frequents the most fashionable restaurants That's why think 1t strange that he is so backward in acquiring polish. The mere contemplation of faultless head waiter oughtsto give him some ideas of deportment.'' EXPERIENCED
 "The court scene in this play is the | last word in realism The spectators are supernumeraries, though" Perhaps but they are professional spectators. understand they were drafted from local court room where breach of promise suit. was being tried
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
NATURALLY

From the Louisville Courier Journal
 "The Lodges are of common origin seems Co Sir Oliver and Henry Cabot| an abominats way of putting it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
Boston Symphony At Last Unionized

6N HE management of the famous
 A Boston Symphony Orchestra after holding out for thirty-nine years against the union, has finally yielded to the demands of large majority of the personnel. Ninety five per cent of the performers have notified the trustees that they had formed ''local," and would hereafter be affiliated with the Federation of Labor. fs
 The Boston Symphony was on the verge of disruption, but the action of the members and the acceptance of the trustees will, it is believed, keep the organization we'll on it's feet. It promises to be not only as strong as it was under Major Higginson's non- union management, but stronger.
 Unionism has filled the individual players with enthusiasm, and they pledge themselves to do their best to justify their action. The standard of the orchestra, always high, will be hither than ever. The music lovers of Boston who have been steadfast pat rons of the symphony concerts are we'll pleased.
 In this connection it will be of in- terest to know that the manage ment is considering southern tour in 1921. The only tour it ever made south of the Potomac river was when Nikisch was conductor, about thirty years ago. It was not profitable Southern cities of sufficient size tc furnish large audiences were too few The situation is different now. Not only have the cities grown in popu. lation, but they have developed love for artistic music. A visit of the Bos ton Symphony to Birmingham woule mean a packed house, no matter
 what the schedule of prices might be
 The fact that the orchestra is t,
 continue it's prestige will be of na tional concern.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
PERHAPS

PERHAPS "Therss a self winding phonosraph on the market ~oh ysa It s no longer novelty" T was just wondering if 1t were originally designed for the use of the tired business man on those rare oc- casions when he spends an evening at home"
 IT HAS ITS PURPOSE
 rhyme like this
 Amt really art.
 But keeps the par
 Agraphs apart.
 --Iadianapolis Star.
 Not for it's wit This verse we pinch. But it fills up
 At least an inch.
 Cleveland Plain Dealer. Some days this job Is quite bore: Here's where we fill Up one inch more.
 GREATLY SHAKEN What's Jagsby grooming about, Eas he the toothache. or something of that sortgs | Far worse. He has the neartachs. What aboutg' That newspaper clipping he holds in his hand was sent to him by friend in Miami, It's list of steam CTS sailing daily for Havana i
 PROGRESS ''The bride is learning 'Yes?e
 She's convinced that calling cock reaches 'horrid thingse and stamping her pretty foot at them won't get results. She went to the telephone with murder in her eye this morning and ordered two pounds of insect Irowder. please.''s
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
No Privileged Persons

When 1t comes to paying income tax there are no privileged persons" said John D. McNeel, collector of in- ternal revenue, "and everybody living in the United States. whether citizen or alien. is subject to this law. Annual returns of the very small incomes are not required by this law in order to be practical The beginning is s1,o0o for an unmarried person and $2.00o for married persons. with an exemp- ton of $200 for each child under IS years of age or any person mentally deficient or unable to make a living for themselves.
 "Certain kinds of incomes are ex- empt. but this does not relieve anyone of the responsibility regarding his taxable income. The burden is placed squarely on the shoulders of each one of us and we must figure out our own liabilities individually. for a return and a tax Keeping copies of the in come tax returns each year makes an interesting record as 1t will enable persons to know whether or not they are going forward or backward on the financial ladder However. there are | more important things in life than
 making money. but 1t is interesting to
 know just how you stand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
aen at some time are m.sters of their
Imputing Criticism
 Toa State of Mind

ssJDoN'T sit a..s with your ,s r,,.sia,-s nsaa to ,hurt you," is one of the "don'ts" in list of rules published by a noted Birmingham church.
 It is quite the fashion nowadays to ask, "What is the matter with the churches ?" It is question propound- ed in haste and answered at length. Nearly every commentator seems to think he knows what is the matter with the churches and all forms of re- ligious activity, when as matter of fact. the churches are apparently as strong as ever. They are broader, in the sense that there is greater coop eration between various denomina- ton, "get-together" spirit that is in happy contrast to the time when there was much rivalry and conten- tion.
 Possibly the people who are so clamorous to know what is wrong with the churches are the sort who sit with their hands to their heads. Woshiping hurts them and they think because they are not spiritually sound themselves, the churches suffer likewise.
 Try not to sit with your hand to your head and watch the results. x x x
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
The Early Garden

T have a friend who always brides himself on having the earliest garden ir his neighborhood." said Russell Hunt. land as a matter of fact I take great interest in my own and usually am quite successful in having fresh vegetables throughout the summer and the fall. but my friend, in trying to get ahead of the rest of his acquaint- ances, planted very early and this cold snap makes it necessary for him to re- plant, so nothing was gained. I have noticed that those who wait until the weather gets warmer generally get about as good start as those who try to crowd the season. It isn't much fun to have to plant twice. and par ticularly now when seeds are so high and labor scarce"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
sil
NOT HARD TO LEARN

From the Cincinnati EnQuirer.
 Colby's selection as Secretary of State is criticized because of his defi- ciency in diplomatic training. The art of manipulating . rubber stamp is easily acquired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
WHY rAILORs co HUNGRY

From the Union County Tribune.
 Uncle Dick Payne wore . pair of trousers in town last week that he wore It his wedding a yeers ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09

German living in New York state, who has been voting for twenty-stx years. recently discovered that he Rad never been naturalized and was not an American citizen. In a country where dead men vote that is a mere tri1e.
 < Y <
 Germany has decided not to make known just at present the names of al- lied soldiers charged with war crimes. Perhaps the list. compared to the note rious 900, is a trihe short.
 x # x
 The film star, of whom it is said she is never seen without her mother, sets good example for the debutantes who are never seen with either parent, if they can possibly prevent it. E * * It is proposed to fight bolshevism with propaganda Whats become of the It, erary ''vigilantes'' who wrought so pro digiously during the war and filled up the nations waste-paper baskets? # x F Strange as it may seem. Mir. Munsey is contriving to get out a corking good paper in New York without the assist ance of a cartoonist or a column com ductor.
 | Contrary to popular belief, there are few senators in Washington who are not spending most of their time nursing a presidential boom.
 < < v The American housewife is urged to buy cheaper meat With Friend Illus band making three times the salary he used to get? Preposterious suggestion!
 < % x Do not smile at the peanut vendor who pushes his little cart along the street. Twenty years from now he may own skyscraper.
 Possession of an airplane implies, Of course a hangar First study the size of your back yard before Duying an ar lplane.
 # # < The old-fashioned after-dinner speaker is dying hard. but it can't be denied that he's passing from the scene of for mer triumphs.
 # * x
 Italians will not let their dislike of Americans stand in the way of taking abnormal profits from the tourist traf- fic.
 # + # The fact that Governor Edwards oi New Jersey is teetotaler will not pre- vent indignant drys from calling hin "rum-soaked."
 * x +
 Gaby Deslys will soon be forgotten, bu she still lives in the Sunday supple ments. . < # x
 well. MT. Bryan. what is the para mount issue this year?" asks the Chi cago News. Our guess is ''W J. B."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
Spender of Millions
 In Buying Old Books

WHEN George , s. D. smlsn Smith. di9P'sa ;a s,s book store in New York the world lost it's biggest buyer of old and rare books. His fame was unique, for while he was a veritable titan in the eyes of collectors, he was compara- lively unknown to the general pub lie. Time and again newspapers stated that q MT. Smith paid rec breaking price for some rare volume, but he was not a recognized multimillionaire and his common place name was soon forgotten.
 Millions of dollars were paid out by Mir. Smith in purchasing books for Henry F. Huntington, who is perhaps } the most noted book collector living. He has one of the most valuable col lectlons in existence. Many of the literary curiosities it contains, which are worth far more than their weight in gold. were purchased for MT. : Huntington by his representative at auctions in America and abroad.
 It is said that MT. Smith was the envy and despair of his competitors. Combined with an extraordinary knowledge of books and literary relics of all kinds, he seems to have had his share of Yankee shrewdness On one occasion he paid one million five hundred thousand dollars for thu library of the Duke of Devonshire Mir. Huntington being the purchaser Included in tAis collection was wha' is said by the experts to be the mos valuable copy of Shakespeare known
 When the Robert Hoe library wa. sold m 1912, MT. Smith carried of the honorr against field of foreigl buyers who charged him with pay ing ridiculous prices. Contained il the Hoe library was the Gutenberl Bible, which Mir. Smith bought fo Mr. Huntington for fifty thousan' dollars. He also paid seven thousand threc hundred dollars for the origina adition of "Troilus and Cressida.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
Anniston Star Makes
 a Shrewd Prediction


 1T HE otherwise esteemed Anniston U Star concludes an editorial at tack on Senator Underwood with the statement, land when this fact gets to the people he will be retired to public life"
 Nothing gives The Age-Herald greater pleasure than to find itself in full accord with a contemporary. Senator Underwood's retirement" to public life is inevitable. z *x President Wilson courteously reminds the allied premiers that America fur nished great deal of financial aid and some military assistance during the war. Surely. these matters were not about to slip their minds?
 Tho big packers have issued booklet entitled 'srhe Fall of King Hog" This win be surprising news to some millions of Americans who thought the House of Hog had reinforced concrete founda- tion
 A decrease of 7.111 casks of turpenane | is motel. It wasn't consumed as a bsv- erasa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald will not be responsible for money sent through the mails Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-31
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic.

restores vitality and energy by purify
ing and enriching the blood. You can
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ing Effect Price 60c.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-31
BIG RAILROAD
SCHEME ON FOOT
PROPOSED TWENTY MILLION DOL
LAR LINES WOULD LINK Up
GREAT TRUNK LINES IN NEW
WORK.

New York, Jan. So-A $50, 900, 900
connecting railroad TO act as a clear
ing house for the freight cars of half
a dozen roads entering or passing
through the port of New. York from
both sides OF the Hudson river, is
proposed by the New York and New
Jerse yPort Commission. The road Is
to link UP trunk lines terminating on
the New Jersey shore and those on
the New York side of the Hudson at
Piermont, n. Y.
The scheme is said to be part of q
general plan of changes to enable the
port of New York to hol dand facilitate
the handling of commerce passing
through here, for which Boston, Phil
adeIphia and southern ports are reach
ing. Railroad men are said to be
agreed that the competition will save
the trunk lines money far in excess
of interest on it's cost and operating
expenses.
The proposed railroad will extend
from Piermont, near NyaclI, n. Y, to
Elizabeth, ". J., on Newark Bay. 1t
will intercept six branches of the
Erie Railroad, the West Shore Rail-
road, the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western and it's subsidiary the Nor
ris and Essex Railroad, the Lehigh
Valley Railroad, the Pennsylvania
Railroad, the Central Railroad of New
Jersey and Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road.
It will be As miles in length, doubled
tracked, and at each iuncture with
an listing railroad will be railroad
yard for the exchange of freight cars.
It is proposed that each existing rail-
road take a proportionate share of
the capital stock of the proposed con-
Meeting road. Each road will deliver
to the connecting railroad cars origin
ating on its lines and destined for
points on other lines. The New York
Central will have only car-float con-
nection with the proposed road.