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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
PILLSBURY: A DARWIN OF THE DEEP

course for the complicated system of rivulets, streams and mighty currents which flow through it, and fixed laws govern the progress of all the objects these streams carry, from seaweed to icebergs.
 of this tremendous fact: "Af all the physical forces on this earth that are subject to any variations at all, the great ocean currents are most immuta- ble.''
 It took years to collect the data which led to this simple conclusion; and the connotations that grow from it are tech- nical and complicated. They have been formulated, in part, by Admiral Pills tury, himself. in a text book which is in use in the United States navy. and also in naval reports which still are standard references.
 Like many another achievement ac- credited to Americans. Admiral Pills bury's gulf stream studies formed a by product of his work in line of duty for the United States government, and his career was typically American in that he won a foremost place after humble beginning.
 Born in Lowell, Mass, in 1S46. he be- came a page in the House Of Kepresen- tatives at Washington fourteen years 1ater By appointment of President Lin coin he attained cadetship at the U. S. Naval Academy in 1862 Graduating tfiere in 1867, he spent the next two years on the frigate Minnesota. and he was com missioned an ensign in 1Sss
 He was made a lieutenant in 1872 and detailed to the study of torpedoes at Newport. The following year he mar ried Miss Florence Greenwood Aitchiaon of Portland. Me. Two years later he was transferred to the photographic of flee, and after a year there began his ten years of notable service with the coast survey.
 After the Spanish-AmerIcan war Ad- miral Pillsbury was at the Boston navy yard for time, was promoted to com mandcr. in 1902 became assistant to the chief of staff to Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans with the North Atlantic fleet In 1908 he was made rear admiral and was assigned to be chief of the bureau Of navigation.
 Not only was Admiral Pillsburg inter ested in ocean currents. but in many other phases of geography. He became
 
 National Geographic Society in 1908. sue oeeding the late Daniel Colt Gilman; was elected vice president of the board in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
Plan to Provide Home
 For Women Who Work

M MOVEMENT has been started 6N in Birmingham which is both altruistic and practical. It has al- ready made considerable headway. More than five thousand dollars has been subscribed and two hundred charter members were enrolled last November Tomorrow formal cam paign will be started by the Big Sisters" to continue through Feb ruary 2.
 The purpose of this organization of public-spirited women is to build or buy home in Birmingham where working girls may live in homelike surroundings. The institution is to be non-sectarian. It will not be re- formatory, refuge or anything of that sort. It will be more on the or der of a women's hotel, an apartment house where working girls and women. without families or relatives
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
GOOD TEMPERANCE DRINKS--By Frank Willis Barnett

bonated bottle variety multiplies al- syrup drinks served over the soda counters are also sold in bottles Coco Cola and the balance of the colas make very large family. Then come the ginger ales, domestic and imported, from the costliest down to Buffalo Rock for jitney. Then there is a whole tribe of root beers, but I will not re- cord the near beers for there is a ban on them.
 Then come those drinks which are classed as stimulants without being intoxicating, such as coffee. cocoa, chocolate and tea. There are many kinds of offices and various ways of servcing it. You can have it hot and black or carame lcolor and iced. It's cup with meals or in small one at the end of the dinner. The service of tea and its preparation is said to be the test of the ability of a hostess. ] have already called attention he value of chocolate and cocoa, and will also write more about them later.
 
 There are certain faranaceous bev- erages fo rwhich I have never sighed such as toast water, barley water and cereal coffee. I am willing to confess that in my opinion they are poor imita- tions for much better articles. But, take it on the whole, there are a num- Der of substitutes from which delici- above. One can soon become an expert in concocting many of them, especially so since siphons have been invented for home use whereby fruit juices and min- eral tablets can be made into tempt ing summer drinks.
 But I liked to forgot the product of the COW. Always there is milk to fall back on. Whole or skinned, pep tonized, boiled, sterilized, pasturzed; milk with limewater, Vichy or App polinaris, etc. Milk with equal parts of faranaceous liquids; albuminized milk, with white of egg. Milk with egg void, flaxored with vanilla, cinnamon or nutmeg. Milk favored with coffee, cocoa, chocolate or even meat broth. But I must wind up this homily on milk by saying the best way to drink it is as a milk punch, but that is now impossible
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
LUXE McLUkE SAYS

HiVe woman year to pay for it and she will buy any article. no matter how useless it is.
 What has become of all the male Pan sies and male Flosses who used to dec- crate our thoroughfares before the war?
 A sob sister tells us that a husband should talk matters over with his wife every day. But why waste time? After they have talked they will do exactly as she intended to do before they started talking.
 A man can't understand why the same brand of perfume that gives some other woman darnty odor makes his own wife smell ike a barber shop.
 The fellow who used to paint the town red is mighty blue these days.
 Another cinch bet is that the poor are not that way because they believe that wealth makes you unhappy
 The children can tell Sunday from the other days because Sunday Is the day father stays home all day and fights with mother.
 Tell a fat woman that she is stout if you want to. But for the love of Mike don't tell her that she is portly
 There must be a whole lot of married women in this country. But mighty few of them advertise the fact by wearing a wedding ring.
 Misery loves company. That is the reason why woman likes to see a col lector stand in front of neighbor wom- ans door and ring the bell for half hour
 This is crazy world. The girl who Is wearing pair of brass. candlesticks for ear pendants will cheerfully kick in with dime to aid in the enlightenment of the benighted heather in Africa.
 When a man starts denying his wife pleasures so he can save up something for a rainy day he acts like it was go- ing to rain every day for about 4000 years.
 What has become of the O, f. woman who used to tie a little piece of chall1 in the corner of her handkerchief when she started down town?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25

in Birmingham, may live comfortably and yet cheaply.
 It is proposed to make the home self-supporting. It will be conducted lon a business basis. There will be mo suggestion of charity to offend the sensibilities of those whom it is designed to help. As everyone kn )ws who is at all familiar with housing conditions in Birmingham, hundreds of working girls are compelled to live in cheap lodging houses and boarding houses because there is no other place where persons of their limited means can stay. They not only suf- fer the usual discomforts and incon- veniences characteristic of such places, but the environment is often distinctly bad.
 The Big Sisters" deserve the full est measure of public support. Their scheme is not at all visionary, but on the other hand is quite feasible and will assuredly earn for them the gratitude of the working girls of Birmingham who are compelled to live as best they can.
 Headquarters have been opened in the rooms of the Civic Association, on the twenty third floor of the Jeff ferson County Bank building. It is hoped to raise fifty thousand dollars through membership fees and dona- tions. This is nominal sum for a city of Birmingham's size. For such a worthy cause it should be possible to raise twice the amount without great effort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
Birmingham Must
 Have Pure Milk

7F HERE is no occasion for alarm 4 over the local milk situation. It may be bad, but so is it in other cities. That the babies, and the grown-ups, for that matter, should be supplied with pure milk is ad- mitted by every one, the dairymen as we'll as the city people who con- sume the milk
 Dr. Bowling states that the milk supplied to Birmingham is bad, as bad as that consumed in any other city of the one hundred and sixty seven he has investigated, and that the infant mortality rate is higher here than the average in the same cities.
 This should not be. Better milk, and at less cost, if possible, should be supplied by the dairymen. It is to their interest to give their cus- toners pure and wholesome milk.
 It is the duty of the health off Ger and the health department to see that they do furnish good milk. But there is no need of either side losing its temper and calling each other names. Differences of opinion are , names. Reform movements always meet strong opposition, often from the very persons who will benefit most from the success of the move ment.
 The dairymen do not want to sell impure milk and they will not do So if they know it and are given due con- sideration
 If Dr. Bowling and the dairymen cannot agree upon regulations that are to control the operation of dairies and the handling and sale of milk, let them agree upon some disinterested persons, persons competent to 1eal with the subject, to work out so- lution for them
 In the meantime, the health de- partment and the dairymen should not forget the health and the lives of the babies of Birmingham. These should be the first consideration in whatever solution is made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
77 7ASHINGTON, January A.
 wv Special '-rhe death Of Rear
 Admiral John E. Pillsbury, U.

MW Special )-The death of Rear
 Admiral John E. Pillsbury, U. S. N. retired, president of the National Geographic Society, marks the passing of a gallant sailor and eminent scientist, whose life story is one of ex- ceptional fascination and achievement.
 Possibly the high light of Admiral Pillsbury's eventful service at sea was his exploint in maneuvering the dyna- mite ship. vesuvius. which he con manded before Santiago during the Spanish American war. At nights he would work his vessel toward the har- Dor mouth, and, in the pitchy darkness train three fixed dynamite tubes to let fly the charges which accomplished damaging results to the Qualifications of Morro Castle.
 But the work by which Admiral Pillsbury's name will live in the annals of original research is that in connec- lion with lis study of ocean currents. As commander of the cost survey steamer, the Blake. he employed de- that vessel in depths of more than two miles. and studied currents there by means of contrivances also of his own making. Thus he established the posi- tion of the axis of the stream. and de- termined many of the laws by which it's flow is governed.
 His patience and ingenuity during this study, which took seven years, stamped him as sort of Deep Sea Darwin: and the results have a prac- tical importance only to be compared with the greatest of discoveries made by naturalists whose scope was the dry land.
 To landsman's mind a river or lake are stable, predetermined. fixed phe- nomena. Ocean currents are considered fickle, vacillating. changeable. Ad- miral Pillsbury's deductions from the enormous data he collected proved that the reverse of this popular conception is true. Rivers change their courses, gro wand dwindlo. appear and disap- pear But the boundless ocean is af- fected only by cataclysmic upheavals; and it's endless reaches offer a stable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25

It takes no special self denial to b. Nazarite LOW, for no man knows the way to turn for drink of wine. The question of getting something to eat and procuring something to wear j. dead easy in comparison to fndin., something to drink to reach the spot Of the toper's heart. is the question which is puzzling the brain of many 9 good Alabama citizen who. in the i'm terest of public marality followed Brooks Lawrence without any thought whatsoever that it meant at last the cutting off of his private supply
 
 Now I do not wish to tantalize any one who by law is forced to be ab- stemious when it comes to intoxicants, but merely to hold out hand of hope. There are certain beverages which can be used as substitutes for the al- coholics. There is first on the list Adams ale. and there is large choice of it, pure as it comes from gushing ST rings, flowing wells. sparkling streams, or carbonated; or, if none of these delight you, there is large choice of mineral waters.
 Then among the delectable liquids which can be drunk without getting drunk are the fruit juices, apple juice but it must not be too hard; lemon juice, but it requires a lot of sweet ening; then comes the popular grape juice so well advertised, both at hom and abroad, through William Jennings I.rysn. Orangeade if properly made and iced is a most tempting thirst quencner on a hot day; and there are some who find pleasure in pineapple juice, and I, for one. am fond of cane juice on cold and frosty morning.
 Then comes the soft drink industry with scores of palate ticklers made and concocted by the white-coated lads be- hind the soda founts, for years a dis tinetive American idea. If you want to know just what an improvement our soda water is over the syrup fruit con- coctions served at the Parisian cafes it only needs a sip at one of the little tables on the Boulevard des Capuchines to show the superiority of the Yankee over the Frenchman in the matter of on-intoxicating beverages.
 Not only is new soft drink born every day under the fierce competi- ton of the soda jerkers, but the car
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
IN PROVENCE

By Edith Wharton Roofed in with creaking pines we lie And see the waters burn and written. The wild seas race the racing sky, The tossing landscape gloom and
 tighten. With emerald streak and silver blotch The white wind paints the purple sea Warm in our hollow dune we watch The honey-orchis nurse the bee. Gold to the keel the startled boats Beat in on palpitating sail. While overhead with many threats The chorat forest hymns the gale. Meath forest boughs the templed air Hangs hushed as when the host is
 lifted, While, Hanks astrain and rigging bare. The last boat to the port has drifted. Nought left but the lost wind that
 srieves
 On darkennr seas and furling sails, And the long light that beauty leaves Upon her fallen ysils.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
Amusing Remarks Made
 By "Old-Line" Politicians

THE New York Worlds vigorous 0 indorsement of Herbert Hoo- yer for President was a bomb in po- 'litical circles-and it was no dud, either. The humorous side of politics was revealed in the consternation of statesmen who regard themselves as the mainstays of their respective parties and in the comments they be- gan to make as soon as they recov- cred from their surprise.
 The Palmer supporters are said to have been somewhat staggered by the Worlds declaration, but repub- licans as we'll as democrats lost no time in assailing MT. Hoover's rec ord. A charge frequently heard is tkat MT. Hoover is an Englishman. A senator active in the Wood campaign is quoted as saying that the English Who's Who" had him
 listed as member of the liberal party of Great Britain. A hasty pe- rusal of this we'll known book proved the statement to be unfounded.
 Democrats say Mr., Hoover is a andrepublicans assert that he is democrat. The "old-line" pol iticians disapprove of MT. Hoover be- cause he has shown a disposition to think for himself. They are strong
 for the sort of candidate who has "never scratched a ticket" Senator
 Ashurst of Arizona facetiously sug- gests Hoover Fletcher ticket. "Then we can both Hooverize and ;Fletcherize. Hoke Smith of Geor- Igia says he won't vote for Hoover, mo matter what party nominates him, and Senator McKellar of Tennessee Isaid he never voted for a repub- Ilican" and added, q never will" Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska ad- mires Hoover. Senator Phelan of California speaks highly of him. Sen 'ator Gronna, republican of North Dakota, cannot forget what Hoover did to wheat during the war. 'If they want an Englishman for Presi- dent, why didn't they pick up the Prince of Wales when he was over here?" asks Senator Gronna, ign ,r-
 ing the fact that there were several reasons why the prince could not serve, not the least of them being lage and citizenship.
 And so it goes. MT. Hoover nay never be President, but thanks to his own achievements and the influence of the World, he occupies unique position, and one that adds consid- lerably to the gaiety of a presidential year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
South weII Represented

Frank Ansley is an enthusiastic southerner as well as an avid baseball fan. Speaking of the James J. Corbett column in Saturdays issue of The Age- Herald. he said:
 "Mr. Corbett has picked what he con- siders the leading ball players of the country, few more than 90 in all. towns have produced the best ball. players, or the most of them, as com pared with the large cities. But, un- consciously. he showed more than that.
 Practically a third of the men he named are southerners The states whence they came have while population of not over fourth of the t0tal population of the country.
 Tt is needless to name the mentally great men the south has produced, bug often we hear that the southern cIf- mate is so enervatng. and Mir Cor bett's statistics show che fallacy of this crazy assertion.
 'Tt stands to reason that a climate adverse to good physical development could not so overshadow the rest of the United States in developing star athletes. For fourth of the country's population all in one section. to pro- duce about third of the best hundred athletes of the national game is an- swer enough to the enervating cH- mate bunk"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25

, There are many occasions upon which one does not wish to offer al coholic drinks, out of respect to the guests who do not indulge in them, or possibly because the host may him. self abstain from their use"
 This paragraph out of a book in which the author,i bonvant, was en- deavoring to arrange for the proper temperance drinks was written at time when there was no such thing as prohibition in Gotham, or Louisville, or New Orleans. and long before cry arose for subway to Cuba.
 
 He was a sport and, while loving beer, wine and liquors, was yet ready to concede that occasion might arise where they were tabooed and so he offered advice to those whose friends might take offense if other than tenn perance drinks were served while they were guests, either in the home, the club or even a safe.
 
 What was then an exception made for the sake of the proprieties govern ing abstainers has passed the academic stage" and has become the rule, for nowhere in this broad land outside oi a private residence is it possible to ar- range fol public dinner where intox icating drinks can be put down on the menu without the fear of raid being pulled off.
 I am not writing this from the stand point of the prohibitionist, but merely think for the better while still quite few are carrying over thirst which they fain would slake if they only knew they could get an opportunity to do SC without leaving their own native land The latest scouts from New York re- port, with dry countenance, that the lied is on tight and hard.
 It is even said that the bald headed men are complaining that the tonic uo not cohtdih suhiSieht "iOohot "S or internal remedy, and prominent mer- chant called my attention recently to the fact that in North Carolina, he home of Josephus Daniels, that certain preparations formerly used after shave have been outlawed, and tha' bay rum had lost its charm, and tha wood alcohol had scared the life out oi the more venturesome drinkers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
IN HOTEL LdBBIEs
 AND ELSEWHERE
D. steiner. Observation.


 "Birmingham seems to be teemihg with prosperity said B. Steiner of New York. who is spending few weeks here in his old home. 'I have never seen this city so, prosperous as it is today
 The entire south is making strides and Alabama Is well to the front. While the whole country has felt the effects of social and industrial un- rest. it is only in the great manufac- turing centers of the north and east, where population is congested, that conditions are tense from labor and social point of view. There is prac- tically nothing of the sort in the south.
 "Bolshevism is apparently increasing in New York. Strong measures must and will be made to minimize it's dis turbing influence. but just now it is more or less of a handicap to busi ness and social stability.
 "One reason the south is free from the menace of radical socialism is be- cause of the stronger hold that patriot ism and religion have upon the people. Capital is turning to this section as never before. It is a most inviting section to invest in and it is unques tionably a most attractive section to live in.
 The new census will show large gains in Alabama and during the next 10 years this states growth should be simply phenomenal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25

1915, and became president of the so- ciety April 16 1919.
 resume of his findings concerning the gulf stream, which fixed it's axis in the Straits of Florida and off Cape Hat teras, was published in the official or gan of the National Geographic Society, the National Geographic Magazine. and he also contributed other important ar ticles to the Geographic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord, may the background of my life be true and right. May the founda- tions be deep and strong and honest. Locnte in me clean heart. Renew right spirit within me. Cleanse the founatins. Purify the sources. Then all the streams shall be glad. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
STILL LIVELY.

Just think unused the merry old gem tleman. as he watched crowd of col- lege boys. Forty years ago was like that
 '.Well, you haven't changed much, sam" replied his friend. It's true you don't wear loud hat bands and socks and burst forth in a college yell at every opportunity. but you own the flashiest au-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
THE .oBJEcT 1N v1Ew.

Shah we not clothe the naked sav- ageg
 Whats the use? Do you want to make the poor devil uncomfortable?v
 That isn't the point, brother No true uplfter cares s continental about any body else's comfort. What we want to impress on the naked savage is. that he is committing breach of decorum-not in his land, perhaps. but in ours-by not wearing clothes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
A sA1NTLY SUBSCRIBER.

A SAINTLY SUBSCRIBER. His telephone maHners
 Were good to behold. He never got rattled
 When saucily told, The lines busy" No, sir; His answer was mild He murmured, Don't worry. God bless you, my child" For earth much too perfect, He didn't live .long, And now he sings hymns mid The heavenly throng.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
at bid he ever do to you?e
srR1crLY oRNAMENrAL.

Large staff you have here"
 Yes"
 DO you use all these clerks?"
 "oh, no. We only use about half of them. The others seem to think they were hired to elevate the tone of our establishment"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
ADRIET WITH THE TIMES

tomobile in town. and don't know of anybody who honks his norm without any particular reason more often than you do."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
ILL-TREATED.

You seem to have grudge against the professor"
 "I have.*.'
 What did he ever do to your"
 "He taught me French. I didn't real izc the extent of my grievance until went to France and tried to converse with a native"