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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
Mt1s;CAL AT FAIRFIELD

The Booklovers' Club of Fairfield will present Mrs. Saunders, assisted by sev- eral musicians, in recital Friday evening at the Plunkett Memorial Church for the benefit of library fund for the Fair
 field community.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
BY DOLLY DALkYMPLE

splendid characterization, you more than ever pronounce her The Wonder Wom- an,' the incomparable artist!
 "The Heart of a Child" is well worth seeing, and is picture which will re- main in the memory as one of the cinema very best offeringsl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21

An Avicol tablet, placed in the drinking water. will positively save your little chicks from all such diseases. Inside of AS hours the sick ones will be as lively as crickets. Avicof keeps them healthy and makes them grow and develop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
MISS DOWDELL TO SING
 AT SOUTHERN CLUB

Miss Virginia Dowdell will be heard Saturday. April 24. at the Southern Club luncheon, during the regular con- cert of the orchestra, under direction of Emile Levy.
 Following is the programme: Over ture, Hungarian Lustsfiel (Keler-
 Bela). Cupid Inspiration" (Ryder).
 Barcarolle tOfferbach). Vocal solos. selected. Miss Virginia Dowden Dance
 of the Wood Nymphs tNolts). Rigo\
 letto quartet (Verd). Vocal solos. se-
 lected, Miss Virginia Dowdell Even
 ing Star from Tannhauser twagner).
 Scarf Dance (Chaminade). Rakoczy
 March tLisz) Mrs l.. B. Crowder will
 be the soloist on Saturday. May l.
 MISS WHITE AT GRADED UNION
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21

Mrs. vannie Thackery R. F. D. 3, St. Paris. O.. writes. T had 90 chicks and on Avicol and haven't lost any since. They have grown wonderfully"
 It costs nothing to try Avicol If you don't md that 1t prevents and promptly all bowel diseases of poultry. tell us and your money will be refunded by return mall. Avicol is sold by most druggists and poultry remedy dealers, or you can send 25c or soc today for package by mail postpaid. Burrell-Dugger CO. s0l Columbia Bldg. Indianapolis, Ind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21

Most people lose half of. every hatch, and seem to expect it. Chick cholera or white diarrhoea is the trouble. The U. 8. Government states that over half the chicks matched die from this cause
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
[ISS WHITE AT GRADED UNION

Miss Muriel White. who is in the city 'g 7fng part in The School of Meth .-ol Htwhich is being held at the First
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21

MT. Alexander Rutledge spent the week. end with relatives in Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21

Miss Mary Lou Turner of Gadsden spent the weekend with friends in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21

Mrs. Fred Nelson of Jackson Ala. is the guest of Mrs. Roscoe Smith
 Mrs. Ralph Law Russell and Miss Mil. dred Downey Russell, who have been visiting friends in Gadsden, have re- turned to the city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21

Miss Annie Curtis has gone to Mont gomery, where she will spend several months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21

MT. A. J. Homer. Jr.,- of Atlanta, well known among the younger set of Bir- mingham and who is now attending col lege in Boston, Mass, is among party of students cruising in their private yacht off the coast of New England
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
Liquor Legislation in Great Britain.


returning to his country after two months the study
of American industrial conditions declared himself
favor of the adoption of prohibition Great Britain He pcturesue
his view with the declaration his
would enough in FIVE discharge its entire in
debtedness to the United States.
AT this prohibition has attained the dignity of
immediate Britain Despite the
American dry missionary whom they have termed Pusfoo the
British confronted with percepbe propaganda for the
total extirpation Of alcohol a beverage.
With the liquor trade under restrictions vastly
drastic than applied the United States prior actual
hbion the reomes England only further regulation,
prohibition Of the trade.
The efforts of the Kingdom Alliance which nearly
responds AnSaoon conferred securing
what they right of local corresponding
specific the strength of this be made
general election Scotland February The romers
of indeed Scotland hardly
to the lay mind promising field for radical reform in the liquor
law.
The Lloyd George government virtually
policy of public purchase and the liquor
the British Ies-ahough premier always loop
hole of conditions should make
politically expedent Such however will
although bitterly fought by of the advanced
CARNATIONS 1t accepted eruy by the dislers
who find nothing dsase the
property-aways danger from the prohibition
bonds of the British
still experience South Carolina
with its State dispenar will watch with lively
tion of law which makes the British
every waysde pub tap-room
Even before Lord Leverhume opinion to the
effect Of prohibition Great Britain large
factuers the opinion that
oucssed in industrial production by dry United
issue which it will take time determine IT, however,
Of prohibition the United
stimulation production that its have promised
England Competitive prices speak louder
to the British public than "Pussyfoot" possibly
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
Congress and Education.

V is Congress going awaken he United
State fast approaching the where it will be
national scandal?
The public school system suffering grevouy false
policy Of and the face of undputed
the District schools sadly funds House. by parla
tactics has succeeded pruning deficiency estimates
to the minimum Where opportunity give
tcal crippled denied
this relief.
The District today adequate teaching
personnel Children being denied which
is their right and which it the sacred duty of
furnish How long is this nggardly policy
William Allen Nelson president of Smith College, sounds the
the that facing possibility of
annihilaton-I the word deiberatey-o profession"
President John Cer Hbben says the average
salary of all school teachers United estimated be
less than $500 and that teachers
in twelve States less than $500.
Dr. Virgil Prettymsn for twenty-five years head the
Horaca Mann School of Columbia University
business He 81 do believe America will
realize the desperate situation the schools
wreckns Of the educational America be-
buy 1t has shown willingness price good
education"
United States Commissioner of Education Claxon saws i, n
enough to bring the blush OF shame
amount allowed for education in America S
Secretary Of the Interior Lane teachers
resigned in the United States last year
These aarmists On the
broad vison intensely American and speak subject with
the knowledge of experience
In the face of this
by convincing facts and figures the aspect on
thrive Congress The present opportune moment
moving in the right direction the District schools
what they need and country the Sxxb Con-
is awake to OF its needa policy on edc
ton.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
UNCLE ICHABOD-
HE RUBS HIS CHIN
BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE.

BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE.
Said old Uncle Ichabod, rubbing his
chin,
Il don't say all folks out of Jail
should be in.
Nor am L inclined to go rantin
about
That all fellers back of the bars
should be out,
And yet if the Judge should be
shut in cell
And the jail-bird should 60 on
the bench for a spell,
Well, mebbe the world would
git on just as well.
Fer" said old Uncle Ichabod.
scratching his jaw.
THE jail-bird would git some re-
spect fer the law.
Fer he'd see it's no sinnycure hold
in a job
Pleasin' two sets of lawyers and
also the mob,
And as fer the Judge in the
cooler, he'd find
That his indoor vacation would
stick in his mind.
And he'd figger if Justice amt
sometimes too blind"
Copyright. 1920. N. L. Al
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
Old Patent once Museum.

One of the really good friends in
Congress of the overworked, underpaid
force of Patent Office employees is Rep
| resentative EDWIN l. DAVIS, OF
Tennessee. Recently he said:
THE Patent Office has not only been
self-supporting but it has paid s., ,Oe0, 900
into the Treasury"
The discussion of these matters re-
called the old Patent Office Museum
Of thirty years ago in which were kept
models of inventions from the time or
the formation of this republic. I re-
member as a boy my interest in some
of the queer models that were exhibit
ed in large glass cases. One was the
first flying machine. 1t was originated
about 1895 and comprised pair OF
large wings and a gigantic birds tail
to be worn by the flier. The affair was
constructed on the principle of the
wing movement OF bird. 1t was
recorded that the inventor falling 10
End anyone willing to demonstrate his
flying machine, donned the wings and
tail himself and leaped into space from
a cliff. The wings failed to work. and
the man shot downward with great
velocity, being crushed to death.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
Events of Today

Young Mems Christian Asso~istiou viii
give motion picture entertainment for
patients az Walter Reed Hospital An IN.
hospital ''Y'' hut tonight.
Biue Triangle Recreation Center Ciee Climb
will meet at the center tonight
Illinois state Girls Club will give q marty
at the Blue Triangle Reerestion Center
tonight.
Conference OF bukDes and professions
women VIII have dinner at the Y. W.
e. A. tonight.
Company @. F1fth Artillery. will give a
dance at the New Willard Hotel tonight
GIL Scouts rally will - held in Carroll
Hall at O'Clock this afternoon
Navy Yard Recrea tion League will give
dance in the Red Cross rooms at the navy
yard tonight.
womens City Club viii bear an art lee-
ture by Miss Virginia Butier st pm. today.
Community Service Club viii have classes
in BASKETBALL. dancing and bowling tourna-
ments tonight
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
Army Orders

Col. Reginald l. Foster. infantry. will
prcceed from this city TO New York Citv for
the purpose Of carrying ont orders OF the
Chief Of stan in connection with the en-
ployment Of DISCHARGED soldiers
Capt Curtis Dudley PiIsbUry. Medical
Corps, will proceed from Walter Reed Hospi-
tai to Fox Hills. Staten Island. y. \. Gen
eral Hospital No. al. for duty.
MaJ. George A. Christensen. ounrternsstsr
Corps, will proceed from Camp Holshird.
Nd. to Walter Reed Hospital for duty as
utilities officer.
Brig. Cen. Marlborough churchiII. General
tan, will proceed from tAis city 20 New York
City on temporary duty for the purpose Of
carrying out confidential Instructions from
the Secretary Of War
Lieut.. Col. Everett c. williams. field ar
tillery. now at Fort Sill. Okla. Ia assigned
TO the Ninth Field Artillery at that post
Lieut.. Col Joseph Z. BarTynski. Quarter
master Corps. now naison officer between the
American Legation in WarsAw, Poland. and
the Polish government. will proceed 20
Washington and report TO the Director Il
Military Intelligence.
First Lieut.. Harry Y ETlis Motor Trans
port Corps, will proceed from Camp Hola-
bird. Nd. 90 Camp Meade. Nd. 10 aid in
estab ablishing q motor transport school there-
I.iet. Col. John A. Degen. cavalry. now
assistant 20 the military attache, The Hague
Netherlands, will proceed 70 Washington
and report TO the Director OF Military In
telligence.
The resignation Of First LAeut Leo =.
Reimann. Medical CORPS. IL accepted by the
President.
Mai John r. oon.yOesf ordnaDc. Depart
ment is honorsbIy discharged 70 take eject
at Fort Porter. y. Y. January 81.
Capt. George c. Doyle. Sanitary Corps.
will proceed from Camp sherman. Chilli
cothe. Ohio 10 this city for duty in the
storage Division. Quartermaster Corps, in
connection with inventory.
First Lieut.. Virgil Blackstone winiamk-
Medical Corps, will proceed from General
Hospital. No. 81. Carlisle, Pa. TO Walter
Reed Hospital for duty.
Lieut. Col Harold h. johnson. Geld ar
tillery. is honorsbly discharged lieutenant
colonel. United States army. only.
Chaplain John T. Anton will repair % this
city from Hoboken. n. J.. for temporary
duty in connection with q recruiting drive.
Col. william L. Reed infantry. will pro
ceed from Camp Bowie. Tex. and report 20
the commanding general Camp Meade, Nd.
not later than February IL
First Lieut.. Clarence q. yenson Quarter
master Corps. will proceed from Camp Dir.
y. j., to Washington Barracks this cityt
for duty.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
At the Theaters

Belasco-'-somesody's Sweetheart"
carrick-'Tassie."
Natioual-.-see Saw"
Pou's-'-The Crimson Ahbl."
Moore's Rialto-'-The Shepherd Of the Hin. -
Loew's Palace-Ethei Clayton In The Isa
CoRmandment."
CrandiH's .Metropolitsn-Eurens oBrer IN
Tue Broken Melody"
Lcew's Columbia = Mae hurrsy IN 'Ths
B Of Love"
Cosmos-Continnous vaudeville ana pictur>a
CrnndalIis Knickcrbocker-H. y. warner a
"A Fugitive Prom Matrimony."
h. r. Keith's-vaudeville.
Crsndans-Maxins Euiott An TIE Eternal
Mardalene."
Moore's Garden The Ccpperhesf- v90
xesrss % sssss-Win Rogers 4, -sssu..-
rslly-''eirh frsa ths rsrissH ~
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY o. THE YEAR
HOW FARES THE LEAF.
ny John kendrick Bangs.

HOW FARES THE LEAF.
How fares the leaf that you turned
DER
When the glad New Year first showed
her face?
Today what seems to be the score
No mortal hand can e'er erase?
'Tis withered? And your promise fair
Hath gone to glimmer with the days,
And many a blot hath fallen there
Through lapses into former ways?
All. well-too bad. And yet Times tree
Holds leaves abundant to your hand.
And IL this one shall withered be
A fresher waits for your command.
Copyright, ls0. by The Mcclure Newspaper
SyndicAtel
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
One ON speaker Gillett.

At a recent dinner party, according
to E. C. r. HUMPHREYS a good
story was related in which Speaker of
the House FREDERICK H. GILLETT
was the principal, the Speaker being
one of the listeners. A Western Rep
resentative received a letter from one
Of his rural constituents in which he
said:
They tell me you members of Con-
gress have all kind of seed to give
away. / have no garden, SO won't
need any seed. I see Mr.. Giuett is
your Speaker. so II it's all the same
to you, you may send me one Of his
'safsty rasorA"
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
JUST JOKING.

az understand you are in the
movies
MOT enough to notice"
Flows that?'
when a street scene is shown IN,
one Of the pedestrians" s."-Birminsham
Ase-Hersld.
you didn't talk that way be-
fore we were married" she said
petplanly.
What way?" he asked. frowning.
You said then you'd go through
fire and water for me. and now you
refuse me money!
But never said I'd go throueh
bankruptcy for you-"-Yonkers States
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
NEW YORK HOTEL ARRIVALS.

New York Jan. so.-The follow
ing from Washington registered at
New York hotels today:
c. W. Holman. Continental; n. c.
Karr, Albert; T. +. McKeon. Absr-
ceen: S. G. Smith. Grand: Z. W.
Sargent, Herald Square.
NJ. Behrends. ready-to-wear. The
Annex Dulin and Martin Co.: W. n.
Martin, china and glassware, Bres-
lin.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
Composition OF Congress.

In the Republican cloak room of the
House a group of Representatives
were discussing the several sides of
the late Speaker. TOM REED. OF
Maine. One related one of Reeds
favorite yarns. The members of a
girls school We're being examined by
the trustees.
who makes the laws of our gov
ernment?" a trustee asked.
Congress" came a chorus of re-
plies.
'Of what is Congress composed"
Little Betty, with a look of conf
dence. raised her hand. and the teach
er nodded affirmatively.
TT is composed of civilized, half
civilized and savages," she answered.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31

henn,e humidiy-t an. "a; pm. ~;
pm, 81.
Rainfall % pm. % 9 PAL. o.
Hour Of sun<hips, io,a.
Fer cent Of posslbis susshiss. 100.
Departures frsn uernsf.
Aee.mnlafe1 dencfepry of tenper.tu-.
knce January 4. ia2n. -izo.
it2o, --i4O. =
Accumulated dehc1en-y Of ,r.~s,s,.,,,.
anee Sannnry 4. 1870. -ess
,esc sheiency Of precipftstion since January 4.
u; lowest, -. "'F
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
Such Is Life
As 1t is Seen
By o. B. JOYFUL

| but lne Iacl remains tnat discoveries
that were discoveries were hooted as
cordially as the frauds. and inventors
were scorned as heartily as the fakirs.
That seems to be as life runs.
They used to tap themselves on the
bean and murmur. another nut loose. -
when Galileo went by, when Columbus
appeared. when Tom Edison came
round.
When the first man intimated that
stars were not wholly responsible for
ills human flesh falls heir to he was
stoned.
French surgeons couldn't say enough
harsh words about their brother. Am
/ brose Pare, because he began to tie
arteries after amputations. instead OF
plunging the stump into boiling pitch.
They denounced him for introducing
, the use of soothing dressings for
wounds, displacing the former practice
of pouring them full of boiling oil.
When William Harvey discovered the
true cause and nature of the circula-
: ton of the blood. other physicians
spoke of him as that dangerous crazy
man." Today everybody knows the
, blood is pumped into the arteries by
the hearts action and flows back
, through veins.
! Malpighi discovered the microscope
! in 1861. but his associates declared that
the study of microscopic anatomy
/ was averse to the true interests of
medical practice"
1t was nearly 800 years later that
physicians permitted the microscope
TO persuade sthem that the human
body is a commonwealth OF cells.
| that
The beauty and the beast, the rose
and the reptile, the cabbage and the
king, the microbe and the man, the
fool and the philosopher. are of the
same Identical material. protoplasm' -
| Sam johnson. colored. was before
Squire Mcnamara, on wife-beating
charge. Also Sans hand was in q
bandage.
"Did you strike her. SAM" asked
the squire.
"Jedge. yassah," admitted Sam.
What was the provocation?"
"Jedge. Abs a concrete wucker.
and can't wuck when de weather
am freezin'. so All allus sets de
'lectric smoothin' iron on de table
by nah bed. When All wakes All
feels OBJ dat iron like de weather
man lookinj at his chubes. and All
kin tell IL it's too cold tub wuck."
well, what did that have to do
with this row this morning." asked
the squire.
"Somebuddy done turned de lee
trio current on dat iron befo' An
felt it"
DISMISS the case" decided the
squire.
Patients in the insane asylum at
Honolulu have struck for higher
wages. They work sewing clothing
and asylum linen. Maybe they are
not as crazy as others thought they
lwese!
The Rev. H. S. Fritsch, of Cleye-
land. Ohio. has decided the ideal
young man" must possess 17s vir-
| tues.
When Danny Duff went to Sum
| day school last Sunday teacher
was all set for nice long talk on
Ruth, about her being the great
grandmother of David and all that.
But first she thought she'd test the
class.
Can any of you little boyt. tell
me who Ruth wasT' she asked.
Il can" piped- up Danny. He
vase ked Sox but now he'e ~o'-'
to play for the Yankees. and be
knocked more home runs last-
Then the teacher gnve 'em a
splendid talk on David. feeling sure
that nobody OF that name had
broken into the big lsagues..
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31

Perhaps the strongest argument yet
presented TO Congress for the reten-
tion of the statue of Abraham Lin
coin in the District of Columbia. is
the memorial adopted by the Asso-
ciated Survivors of the Sixth Army
Corps Of the civil war. The statue
referred to was recently removed from
in front of the courthouse and placed
in storage in government ware
house, DR.. CHARLES v. PETTEYS.
36l6 New Hampshire avenue north
west. president of the Sixth Corps
Association, drew up the petition
which asks authority to place the
vens, d. c.. Just OF Brightwood ave-
nue., where Lincoln exposed himself
10 the fire of the Confederates while
he viewed the progress of the fight.
To the old Sixth Corps is given the
credit of saving Washington from the
men in gray commanded by the in
trepid Confederate general. Jubal
Early. The works in the northern
suburbs of Washington. the point OF
attack. was defended by a compara-
tive handful Of government clerks and
convalescent soldiers. with a few VOL
unteers, when the Southerners sp-
Feared. The Sixth Corps was hur-
ried to this city by steamboat aud
reached here in the nick oI tl.. q.
These veterans quickly entered the
eight and drove back the Confeder-
ates. 1t is believed their request to
have the statue OF their beloved chiefs
tain erected on the battle-ground will
be honorcd by Congress. DR.. Petteys
caused copies of the memorial to be
sent to the Vice Presideht, Speaker
of the House. Superintendent of the
Capitol. Col. Ridley. superintendent
of public buildings apd grounds. and
the Fine Arts Commission.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
Fred walkers Pertinent Inquiry.

FRED s. WALKER, the Random
Comment" man of the Trades Union
list, asks: "Why do Irish patriots
come to the District of Columbia II
talk home rule? We amt got it,
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
The Weather

District Of cosunbls asa Nsryi.s6- --rcdsy
fsfr and colder tosorrow fair. ncdcnts
norfh and nor<heast uinks.
VirEinis-roday fair. colder n nsrft 81
vest pcrtions and ~ sight IN southeast por-
ucn; Tomorrow fair. north and ncrthesst
WINDS prcbshiy fscrrs<ins 90 ths coast
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
Round the Town
Jaunting With
Capt. ]. Walter Mitchell.

The chap that talks OF termorrer
Is crooked somewheres. / 'llow:
In payin' what he may borrer,
He never gifts round ter NOW.
S. X. s.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
Uniform Terms and Expanding Business

Nine OF the largest trade of the country CO.
operating with the National Trade Council agreed so "a,
their members concerned standardze shipping terms
in trade the rules and sbner
Necessity has been the mother of this The fo Of
gong on with the conflicting abbrevaons of the begun
become the financial side the maker o
in Wkesbarre the shipper in Philadelphia in Monte
vdeo have different understandings what symbolic terms used
in mail cable communications is betting
that the account closed there be friction much
loss, and no betterment Of foreign trade
To date this is an entirely voluntary cooperative
between organizations with much influence Sponsored as il is bv
the National Trade Council stands to get
Endorsement later OF kind that will give the agreed
what virtually will be legal
Clarity, uniformity sedehning auhority-these three wha.
virtues they are for the modern business to possess
Secretary Daniels knows who will be President and
takes pains describe him The trouble the candidates
think the description fits them perfectly.
1t used to be the Washington clean the sidewalks
s:. s ~s'ss i' but '''s' that good folks regard
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31

Secretary Daniels knows who will be our next Presid
takes pains describe him The trouble is most of the
think the description fits them perfectly.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31

The Rev. H. s. Fritsch, of Cleve.
land. Ohio. has decided the idea
young man" must possess 17s vir.
tues.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31

1t used to be the custom in Washington to clean thu
after winter Storm but it appears that good many f
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31

Patients in the insane asylum at
Honolulu have struck for higher
wages. They work sewing clothing
and asylum linen. Maybe they are
not as crazy as others thought they
weSe!
The Washington herald., 1920-01-31

Swden is fortunate in having a So
cialist leader with as level a head as
Hjalmor Brantli lS. who fights the
Reds" holds his party true to evo-
lutionary tactics, and as a ''pacifist"
is also a realist vita some sefIse of
the practical conditions OF life and
government. 1t is interesting 20 Gnd
him now urging. in behalf Of the
group for which he stands in the
Risdag. that the Norwegian Storth-
ing's Nobel Committee cupport Pres
ident Wilson ard Christian Lange,
secretary Of the Interparliamentary
Union, as candidates deser, ing OF the
1919 and 1890 peace prizes.