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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14
WISCONSIN TRUE TO FORM

delegates. It is made of many stancn Americans and of other elements shading off into pro-Germanism barely distin- guishable from La Follette's own. Even Senator Lenroot voted against the tabling of the McLemore resolution when he was in the House, and Governor Phi1ipp, who headed the opposition in the primaries just held, but who ran far behind the lowest candidate on the La Toilette ticket, straddled the fence as much as he could during most of the war; Pro-Ger- manism is and always has been so strong in Wisconsin that hardly any leading politician, except the late Senator Hust- ing, dared to take an osrt-and-out anti German stand, though there was plenty of the purest American patriotism among the rank and file and in the newspapers
 So Senator La FoIlette's renewal of vic tory means merely that "the Dutch have taken Holland" A radical victory has been won again in a state that gives such victories with constant reiteration. The delegation will presumably vote for La Toilette until even his vanity cannot withstand the proof that he cannot be and ungraciously to Johnson; and La Fol- lette will again satisfy himself with the assurance that he has missed it by an inch and would have got it if he had not been ''betrayed.' The individual or/fac- ton that betrays La Toilette in each con- yention may differ, but the betrayal is all ways there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14
AS TO "ALLIANCESv

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 A correspondent of the Dothan Eagle
 ouriously attacks Mir. Underwood on
 the mythical score that there is an ''cf-
 fensive and defensive alliance" between
 the Alabama senat tor and Samuel Com
 pers. president of the American Feder-
 ation of Labor He writes this absurd piece in face of the fact that in every
 speech Mir. Underwood has made in Ala bama in this campaign he has assailed
 Samuel Gompers. He writes in face of
 the fact that Mir. Gompers, Mir Mus
 grove and Judge Weakley all have at tackled Mir Underwood for the same of fense, to-wit, that he sponsored clause in the Cummins railroad bill to make strikes by railway employees to tie up the American transportation system il- legal. MT. Gompers. in the language of senator Underwood, "blacklisted" him for that one offense. Musgrove and Weakley have done all they could to make capital of the Gompers blacklist. They have striven to get on his white list. Whatever offensive and defen- sive alliance" may exist between MT Gompers and candidates for Under woods place, it must be with MT. Mus- grove or Judge Weakley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14

From the New York Times.
 NENAToR LA TOILETTE is in the ,N habit of carrying Wisconsin. That " he should capture the delegation to the national convention is no miracle since he has taken La Toilette delega- ton into the last three that have been held. This will make the fourth time that the country has been treated to that spectacle, so it is pretty we'll used to it. Now and then he meets with reverse, but never in the election of delegates to a national convention. .
 Wisconsin radicalism wears somewhat different aspect from radicalism in other states. in that while it represents the same ideas it is in the leash of one man, who works with other radicals only as he chooses. He has not even given any in dication that he will cast his strength to Johnson. the most radical o fthe candi- dates, though it is difficult to see where else he can cast it. His delegations have been in the habit of voting for himself, at least in the early stages of the bal loting. His conceit is so great, and he is so blind to all other considerations, that it is quite conceivable he thinks the lightning may strike him next June. and for that reason has refrained from giving any encoura cement to the Johnson move ment.
 He is so strong that the opposition fac ton did not dare declare for any can didate but fought only for uninstructed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14

toric, was sold for fancy price-a net profit, it was said, of one hun dred and twenty thousand dollars.
 Roosevelt used "Sagamore Hill," on Oyster Bay, his private home, as the summer capital so long as he was President.
 A proposition has come up in Con- gress from time to time to build a permanent mansion for the President somewhere on the Virginia side of the Potomac. The objection to that project was its proximity to Wash ington. There would be little privacy about something that most pres idents crave.
 But while President Wilson is look ing for a summer capital, why does he not consider Shadow Lawn his place of abode while he was a candidate for second term in 1916 1? It has at least pretty name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14

high cost of clothes. News dispatches telling of the clubs organization and growth are not hidden away in some corner of metropolitan newspapers, but occupy conspicuous place on the front page.
 With a membership of more than three thousand, the Overall Club is growing rapidly. Some of Birming- hams leading citizens have joined and have stated that they will wear overalls wherever their duties may carry them. There are no dues, no irksome bylaws, no "rules and regu- lations" to make the wearing of over alls penalty rather than privilege. There are no specified times for ap- bearing in denim. If member of the club wishes to don his Sunday best on the Sabbath day, he will neither be fined nor busted from the cluL. Similarly, if he gets married he will be permitted to wear the Conventional
 The Overall Club is essentially democratic and independent. It is not, as some irresponsible persons al. lege, backed by any Overall trust.
 Seriously, this organization is try ing to put into practice some of the many theories advanced for curtailine extravaganza and thereby reducing the cost of living Next Friday every member of the club will be expected to begin wearing overalls. If the en- thusiasm with which the scheme has been received is any criterion, pro. fessional and business men clad ir overalls will soon be common sight in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
auiet spell

Quiet spell
 T know of one good thing about the Germans" said John Hunter, chief clerk of the building inspection office, yesterday. "It was something they did n Berlin. prior to the recent world var.
 'In the German capital. from ? 'o clock in the afternoon until {, they lad what they called their quiet period
 Although business went on as dur ing the other hours Of the day in the residence districts no unnecessary noises were permitted Fruit and vegetable vendors did not ring door bells piano playing. singing, music practice and the like were not per IT fitted, noisy children were subdued, bells wore not rung, visitors did not call, goods deliveries were not made.
 Tt was possible for elderly people 10 get an afternoon nap. society women 10 dress for late afternoon calls and callers 1t was home hour for home loving people. and the only wonder is hat the custom is not generally prev slent everywhere. Heaven knows we reed such consideration in Birming nam"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14
THE ISLAND OF THE NIGHT

By Samuel Minturn Peck. Whether the moments fag or fly Meath cloud or shine, at tod or play; Whether our schemes go right or wry As wears along the moiling day, There eomes at last an hour that's b1cst. At last God speeds the parting light And human hearts while may rest
 Upon the Island of the Night? The wings of peace are as tho dusk, Her breast is like the evening sky, Hef hrea th is as the scent of musk A 4oat where sleeping blossoms lie; Aid where the home of peace but where Sweet darkness soothes the aching sight And human brains are reft of care
 Npon the Island of tbe Night: I love the esdaylight-tidc; vet oft wearywearys of it's face. Wlnsof1e songs, there are and soft. But silence owns tho tenderest grace: And f ] must have sound. give me The rnurmur of the breeze in flight Waiting the voice of memory
 Across the Island of the Night Beauty there is that needs no ray Save that mild lustre of the stars And loveiiness the glare of day With holder radiance but mars; So there are hopes with shyest gleams That even the eye of dawn would blight; And such the fairy-footed dreams
 That haunt the Island of 9the Night. |"Let there be lisht..' God said, and then Reholding all that was revealed Within the anguished breasts of men, How much there needed to be healed He sent the balm of dusk below sSnd kindly hid the wounding light That human hearts sweet rest might know.
 upon the. Island os ths Night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 WH HITH the arlnistice fifteen months
 WY in the baokgr0und, and d.,.tns the
 public mind gradually working it's way back to normal, we can listen to frank. uncensored dissertation on modern war, unafraid that our emotional reaction from wars barbarities would work to the detriment of a decisive and conclusive victory. Philip Gibbs gives this to us in his book of terror, Now It Can Be Told" This correspondent served through the entire conflict from August, 1914. to November, 1918. In his new book he reveals, bluntly, everything that a very proper and efficient censor ship refused to wise while the war was on Blunders costing thousands Of lives are recounted here-incredible errors or direction. But the author refuses to in dict General French or any of his asso- ciates. He places each of these horrors as additional marks against his ultimate abomination-war. It is war as theory' as an institution. that he indicts Ana these merciless pages of unrelieved black ness offer new food. for contemplation as regards the conflict not yet at an end.
 He tells how Tommy Atkins. soaked to the skin in his trench ciampereo over the top and fraternized with Ger mans equally wet and equally disgusted- until c. H. e., far away. in its warm dry office," became shocked at the pro
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14
LUKE McLUKE SAYS

Any married man can tell you that no
 matter what he wants to do his wire will want to do something else. As rule a man wouldn't think Of trespassing if he didn't see No Tres passing sign. It is always the fellow who hasnt t any who believes that all wealth should be equally shared. Nothing ever happens when man stops to fix his garter on the street But it is different when girl does 1t. Most men should wear corsets. If women didn't wear them they would look as bulgy as the men do. Ii is hard to keep a man from making dry remarks when he meets a fellow who l Hea eei'A'' A man isn't supposed to have as much sense as A woman But man doesn { stick the tail of dead horse on his hat fand can it an aigrette | Any thin girl can tell .you that : IS perfectly terrible the way a corn-1eo /, girl fills a waist
 i When married man sees husband and wife acting like two lovers he won-
 1 ders whose wife she is
 The lamentations of Job were mere 1 iaxz songs of joy compared to the wall of prohibitionist who has just dtscov- cred that someone has broken into his
 l cellar and stolen. his stock. | The ham on a 1920 ham sandwich is a,r,ost IS thin as the stockings the girls
 are wearing.
 | Why i~ if that a man has to waits until | his children arc grown up before he dis
 | covers that he didn't marry his affin- Iity:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14
Woods Hole Not Suited
 For Summer Capital.

A FTER a thorough investigation 6A of Woods Hole, Mass, as President Wilson's summer White House, the Crane estate that had been thought desirable has been eli.n- mated and another place will be se- lected. The Woods Hole mansion was found not large enough to ac- commodate the clerical force and other attendants necessary for the official outfit.
 The Presidents home in New Hampshire in his first administration seemed ideal. It had the seclusion that any President would desire, but the house at Woods Hole lacked it.
 President Cleveland had a perma- nent summer home on Buzzards Bay Mass. His residence was called Gray Gables" 1t was not isolated and many callers enjoyed the cool breezes on his spacious veranda over looking the bay But the Presideat when he had need of shutting himself off from company. could De as SC cluded as if he were in the White House at Washington.
 In the latter part of his first ad- ministration. MT. Cleveland bought small farm in the District of Colum- bia, four or five miles from the cx, ecutive mansion He spent about thirty thousand dollars in remodeling the old farm house, painted the roof red and called. the place Red Top. jIt became one of the show places of ithe district, and when the President moved his summer home to Buzzards Bay, Red Top" having become his-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14
Small Percentage of Growth In Most Large Cities.

e T. LOUIS has a population of g seven hundred and seventy seven thousand, according to yesterdays census announcement, an increase of eighty-five thousand nine hundred and seventy-one, or 12.5 per cent, compared with the population of 1910. St. Louis ranked fourth among the cities in the last census, and it will probably hold the same place this year. Boston came fifth, Cleveland sixth and Baltimore seventh. The cen- sus of these cities has not been an- nounced, but there is no reason to believe that there will be any rela- tive change, unless it be in the case of Baltimore. That city has added about one hundred thousand to it's population of 1910 mainly by extend ing it's boundary lines. Neither Bos- ton nor Cleveland has taken in ad. |ditional area. Still both have growr appreciably within their old limits
 and Baltimore will hardly outstrir them to any large extent.
 A notable feature of the 1920 cen sus is the small percentage of in crease. Even in the most prosperous cities the percentage of gain has beer comparatively small. Twelve per cent seems small for St. Louis. Few per centages of the cities thus far made public have gone as high as 40. Int average has been less than 20.
 In 1910 many cities had percent ages of growth of 50 or more. Bir
 mingham had a percentage of in crease of 245, That was accounted for by the great extension of it's area i It is apparent that the rural popu
 lation is not rushing to the cities a! it did in the previous decade. 4 healthy growth rather than swollel enumeration is better for the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14
PHILIP GIBBS, JJNCENSORED

Iceedings and issued an order against it.
 He tells how gas, meant for Germans,
 was thrown into a sector sheld by other
 British regiments. overcoming hundreds
 of King Georges men, He tells of great
 courage, which he found as often, he
 says, among the Germans as among his
 countrymen. He tells of Christianity,
 put on trial by the men who had seen
 nothing but killing and killed for months.
 He describes battlefelds after an attack
 and the chapter does not make pretty
 reading. He details the tragedy of
 Amiens, with all it's sorrow and suffer- ing.
 Mir. Gibbs does not owe his reputation as correspondent to his eioquenca, nor to his emotionalism; he is not an imprac- tical idealist. His previous books pre- sented as concrete and technical record of the wars history as those of any Of his fellow correspondents. It is impos- sible, therefore, to dismiss this new book of revelations as the handiwork of a pacifst fanatic Mr. Gibbs has raised the curtain on a human picture that is with ont humanity: he has sounded the call for spiritual worid-awakening. Aret~e nearing the end of all wars? Our sanest, dearest heads say no Whatever the answer he, this reveille by one who has witnessed some of the most frightfui srectacles of history, sounded as it is over the inanimate bodies of Millions. must provoke a deeper and more ntefIi-
 gent consideration of the whole problem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES

INEXPENSIVE PAYMENT. How did you spend Easterf- In hospitai.o said MT, Dubwaite That was unfortunate" q haflly think so. A clean nightshirt was all I required to celebrate the day"
 NO EXCITEMENT. Whats going on hereg" some live models are displaying spring and summer styles in the window of a department store" Any bathing suitsg" No The exhibits are exclusively cos tunes for street wear" q might have known it. The crowd consists of about 800 women and twf men, f'
 THE TIE THAT BINDS. This candidate hopes to get in touch with the plain people" Hes going about it in the right way. too"
 How so?''
 He stored his limousine and is cam paiguing in a flivver' SOON FORGOTTEN. Full many war lessons We learned in the fray; And how much they cost us No mortal can say. Alas for a nation Both needless and vafn- i In the very next struggle We'll learn em again.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14

to one John c Pugh, clerk of the naval affairs committee. who had detected an error in the naval bill by which the government stood to lose $100, 1000 000 The naval committed, lacking exper- fenced clerical assistance avaiied them selves of MT, Pugh's expert Knowledge and employed him overtime. He spent several nights going over the naval bill and was responsible for eliminating du- plicate and useless items aggregating the immense sum named It has well been asked, if one clerk on one bilfcan save such vast sum, what might not be saved by proper system of prepar- ing estimates and budgets of the ap- propriation measures that are crowded through the halls of legislation?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14
On the Job

Not long ago I read of a small in- oident in the life of the late James Hill, builder of Canadian railroads," Rays James M. Jones. Jr., cityf comp troller. land the matter impressed me very much.
 Tt seems that MT Hill had a habit of dropping in unexpectedly on his department chiefs to see how matters were going on. In the instance to which I am inviting attention, Mir. Hill found a division chief lolling back in a swivel chair, his fingers locked be- bind his head, eyes fixed on a spot or the ceiling, feet on the desk and the air fairly logged with the smoke Of a glowing perfecto.
 MT. Hill. who had entered without knocking, walked over to the off cial, shook hands warmly, and said
 TT can get any number of little men to push pencils, care for details and look busy. I hired you to think, and. thank God, I find you thinking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14
Looks Better

"It Is curious how just a little re- arranging of decorations and furniture can change room said H. Key Mil the lobby of the Tutwiler as a case in point. It hardly looks like the same i'lace. ard yet there are mighty few,
 if any. rev chairs. tables or settees added to the old equipment but 1t is very much more homelike for by a wise use of partitions and the dispo- sition of the furniture it is much easier for couples or parties to find more |privacy, and yet very little additional pace was taken from the dining ,oon,'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14
AS USUAL, .sREckr IS WRONG
From the Montgomery Advertiser.

From the Montgomery Advertiser, MT. Musgrove says that there are only three bolsheviki in Alabama. the Birmingham News, the xe-Heraid and
 the Montgomery Advertiser. That is
 like saying that John. Peter and Paul were the only Mohammedans that ever
 lived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14
Be There When the Game Is Called at Redwood

1M ESPITE wars and rumors of lV wars, the high cost of living and the scarcity of beer and light wines, joyous multitude will assem- ble at Redwood Park this afternoon to witness the opening game of the season.
 Baseball is not only an antldotc for dull care, but viewed in its psy- chological aspects, is is a cure for bol- shevism and many other Ills that flesh is heir to. You never hear of bolsheviki playing ball. That is one of the things the matter with them. They are the kind of people who care nothing for outdoor sports. Baseball might have proved the salvation ot Germany, but the Teutons never learned the game, never tried to learn it. and look at them nowl
 Just as in the spring young mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love-or used to when the fallacy that two could live as cheaply as one gained wide credence-so at this time of year the "winter league" adjodrns to the glad outdoors and proceeds to put it's theories to a practical test There is joy in the heart of the fan long before the umpire calls "Play ball" for the opening game. His appetite, which required little whet- ting, has been sharpened by advance dope" dispensed by the sporting scribes and he is on edge when the critical hour arrives.
 There are more than one hundred million people in America, and it Is safe to assume that 90 per cent o1 them are interested more of less 1T baseball. Fully half must be verita ble fans, since many a business mar and woman who seldom finds time tt attend a game, is a close follower O the home team in it's battle fW th' pennant.
 The Age Herald's veteran sporting ] editor, who is, by the way, an ex pert whose opinions have weight, as sures us that the Coal Barons vii make good showing. Being wis, in his years, he does not predict ; pennant winning team just at Uni stage of the proceedings, but woul' not for the world dash our hopes il that particular. The Barons will no be in the second division. That il itself is soothing to the feelings o fandom
 It is not only incumbent upon tn people of Birmingham to be presen at Redwood this afternoon to giv the Barons rousing send-off, bu civic pride demands that we surpas boastful Atlanta, as well as New On leans and Memphis, in the larges opening day attendance.
 No red -blooded man, woman Q child, no civic boostg worthy of tn name, will prove stacker this aft ernoon.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14
Spoke for Many

Miss Edith Dale came home from Dark last Sunday. very much amused ny something she had overheard. With some friends she had been watching the swans and geese disporting them selves in the little lake. presently she says. "a nicely dressed young man and woman strolled up and joined the observers, silently watching the swift move ments through the clear water of the feathered swimmers Finally the young man spoke:
 "If I could swim like that, he said, I would not have stayed in France as long as I did /"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14
Birmingham's Overall Club
 Is Known to the Nation.

1D IRMINGHAM'S recently organ ID ized Overall Club is attracting
 national attention. Reports are com ing from many parts of the country that similar movements are slnder way Incidentally Birmingham is be- ing advertised far and wide, by this unique idea for protesting against the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14

FLOWERS COME HIGH.
 Let poets sing
 Their songs of spring
 And, joyous. trill;
 We contemplate
 In low estate
 An Easter bill
 THE WAY MOST OF US LIVE. This thrift expert gives some good ad- vice.
 "How's that?"
 "He says every time we earn a dollar we should save half of it." 'umphi What arc you going to do if you've already spent sl.5O by the time you've eaned sl?n AMENITIES OF TROLLEY TRAVEL Pardon ne for pumping into you so often said the poiste straphanger. @Its the swaying of the car" Don't mention it" said his equally DO lite fellow straphanger But pardon me for turning my left side tovardN your elbow. I was recently operated on for appendicitis"
 SOMETHING GAINED. What luck did you have ishing7" Pretty fair" How many fish did vou catchy' None" 'Do you can that good luckr" Well. an affabie 'moonshiner' hailed me from the river bank, a hospitabls voice crying in the wilderness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14

Washington Bureau. Seo oaNius0'' building. ,,.. street
 European Bureau, lV h.ns Covent Garden, London, W. V. ,. q. .,,,,d
 E5 stern business office, World puilo- ,,r Nav ,Tork City; western business ' oftice Tribune building. Chicago. The c Beckwith Special Agency agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-14
CLERK SAVES sloo, ,ooo.oco

From the Selma Times-JournaL
 The House of Representatives the ether day did the remarkable thing of voting to pay s1o.ooo