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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22

Mark Sullivan says certain eminent Nebraskan will name the democratic nominee This prediction agrees with forecasts made by some of our best crys- tai gazers.
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 Perhaps you thought Edith Cavells be- trayer had been executed long ago. Well, he hasn't. The French court of appeals set aside his conviction and he is being tried over again.
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 The starfish can live and grow fat on one oyster month. But how can one be a starfish without going back and starting all over again? # < x
 So it was Mrs. Dempsey's fault that Jack didn't get himself all mussed up in the war. Blaming the woman is an old, old trick.
 Secretary Baker should never allow him self to be photographed in group picture
 
 of army officers unless he stands in chair Now, who in the navy department could have been afraid that our British cousins might try to pull the wool over Admiral Sims eyes? x ss # Why doesn't somebody write about the vacant chair in Europe that's reserved for Uncle Sam? For some reason or other, writers wno have worked the word to frazzle, never refer to the "shimmy'' as gesture.
 s;roa constitutional X T pxfohibition went into effect Chicago is reported in mori- bund condition. Columbus discovered America, but It remained for Emma and Alex to find out that America packed a punch" # # < Clemenceau and Deschanel have been
 
 enemies for 5 years. Deschanel probably feels that he has gotten even at last. # # < Mr. Bryan has had a new picture taken in Washington. He may think 1t can be used in case-well, in case # # #
 Admiral Sims might get into fewer serapes if he would use the sign language when expressing his opinions. < # # Never before did Wilhelm value his kinship to the royal houses of Holland mere highly than he does right now. * f # Elbow room will soon be at premium in the Queen of the Antilles"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22
Authorities Not Alarmed
 Bv Influenza Epidemic

A LTHOUGH influenza is believed G-A to have reached its crest in the United States and is not as lvirulent in type as it was last year, lit will not be amiss to urge the pre- cautions that have been found most effective in fighting this little under lstood disease. It does not appear that the med ical profession has made much prog iress in it's study of influenza, al- though in justice to the doctors of America it should be said that many experiments have been made, both by
 government agencies and private in- dividuals.
 What nearly everybody knows,
 however, is that by following the usual laws of health and not allow ing ones system to run down, much
 of the danger from influenza is re- moved. Fear, unnecessary worry
 over personal affairs, overwork, un- Ider-nourishment, lack of. fresh air
 and exercise-all of these factors,
 can be depended on to invite an at tack of influenza.
 Incidentally, those alarmists who used to wonder what would happen If there were another influenza cpl
 demic with the country bone-dry are
 now being answered. If there are
 any frantic appeals from good old
 family doctors for just lone quart of the vile stuff to save human life,a ? they are not getting into the public prints.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22

suited to relieving suffering in such painful practices as sewing of wounds, opening and treatment of abscesses and the changing of packings and dressings.
 Tests which have been conducted with the new ether at various hospitals and clinics have demonstrated that it is thoroughly practical and that it suse is followed by no, undesirable effects.
 It is primarily a high grade anes- thesia ether which fulfills all those re- quirements naturally expected of such a product. Results in numerous cases where this new ether was used show that it possesses superior anesthetic power and that the after effects are markedly less than with other an esthesia ethers. No special procedure has to be adopted in administering this new ether for anestehia, purposes, and it's range of usefulness covers all cases requiring a good anesthesia ether.
 In using the new ether as an anal gesic it is not necessary to learn new and complicated methods of admins tration. The operator may, and should
 employ the method most familiar tc him 2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Frrd st.Ier rell. sterz.

Fred Staley Is back in Birmingham.
 After sojourn in New York, where he has been busy for some months. MT. Staley reached his home time. and yes terday was renewing acduaintance with a large number of friends here. He is now with the American Cyanamid Company. his duties being scattered between New York and Cuba. with much of the territory in between.
 To meet Fred Stalev and not hear good story is unprecedented. Here is the one he sprsng yesterday:
 'I was passing through a 'thicl<ly populated part of New York the other day and saw pair of fox terriers chasing a caA In a nearby door to a side entrance hole had been cut so the cat could go in and out at will, regardless of the hour. such meander- ings being part of the nature of cats.
 The three were coming across the street rapidly, the dogs gaining at every jump. All three were familiar with the hole in the door. the dogs knowing full we'll that it was the ha- ven for which the cat was headed.
 Tn the general excitement of the pursuit and chase the dogs dashed through the hole first and the cat, panic-stricken. went through after them. Snaris and yelps on the other side of the door indicating that again, after brief pause. the chase had been renewed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22
Qualifications For
 Becoming a Voter

SSWILL You vote' or Can You
 w Vote?" is the title of a small pamphlet prepared by the joint civic committee of Birmingham and lsaled to the members of the vari. ous civic associations and business organizations, and the citizens gen. orally, in the city and the county.
 The pamphlet contains a great deal of information pertaining te qualifications of voters and how ane when and where to register and pay poll tax.
 The civic bodies of the city have started a campaign to bring about the registration of every man of vot ing age in the county and the mail ing of this pamphlet is one of tho means adopted through which they hope to reach every individual ane prevail upon him to exercise ths franchise.
 ''In the interest of the thousand. of otherwise good citizens of Bir mingham and Jefferson county, Ala bama, who cannot vote," the commit tee says, "the joint committee O civic organizations of the city ha carefully summarized the steps nee essary to be taken by any eligibl person to qualify for the exercise O the ballot, Elections of vital i'm portance are confronting the peopl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22

From the Richmond Times Dispa tch.
 TIT is apparent from the vote cast by
 southern senators that the south e is not acquainted with the benefits which it must necessarily reap if sec ton of the Cummins railroad bill, now in conference, becomes a law. This sec
 tion was written by Senator Under wood of Alabama, with full realza- ton of it's value to the railroad prop critics which serve the south. and it was accepted by Senator Cummns, as draft
 ed, although it has been opposed with
 ests, which rely upon the north and the
 west for their earnings.
 Under section the interstate com
 merce commission is directed to read
 just freight rates so as to provide that
 all rail lines may earn at least 51a per
 cent on the money actually invested and when the physical valuation of the
 roads is finally determined, 511 per
 cent upon a fair valuation of these
 properties.
 He BTOuP 0l IdilTOdQS WHICH VIII
 profit most decisively by such pro
 gramme of rate making will be the
 southern roads, which, for the most
 .wHO READS AN AMERICAN BOOK ?" From the New York Evening Sun
 One hundred years ago this very month Sydney Smith printed his fa- Ar,,a Book?"
 After the lapse of a century it is i'm : possible for even the most expert stat istician to answer this question cate gorically. But we may at least men tion the names of few American read
 CTS whose books are widely read in the
 old country. Edgar Poe is one of these. though it is doubtful if his peculiar
 genius has been as highly appreciated in England as in France. He was, how ever. distinctively American, and the Literature of this country that is liked hest in Great Britain is that which re- fleets some phase of our own life Many wears have elapsed since English boys began to play at being red Indians in- snired by the novels of Fenimore Coop CT. and those novels have not yet lost their vogue. The legend that lies back of "Rip Van Wrinkle" is older than the decalogue. but Washington Irving's version of that hoary tale will be read the world over long after all the others have been forgotten. The world of the mining camp, created by Bret Harte. has an immediate and powerful appeal for English readers because of it's nov city and the same may be said. of the early works of Henry James. whose portrayals of a refined and cultivated American society were still more as- tonishing. Uncle Toms Cabin" ere ated something of sensation in Eng l land and secured for Mrs. Stowe on her 1 first visit there distinguished recep- tion The fiction of Nathaniel Flaw thorne and the pilosophy of Ralph Wal do Emerson have reeply stirred the ap- preciation and thinking minds of Great ! Britain. Artemus Ward who first pug zled and then delighted London audi ences by his distinctively American | humor of saying funny things with d serious face. was accorded the honor,
 unknown to other humorists of his ma ! tionality.. of place in the pages of
 Punch. Mark Twain's books. especially
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22
IN DIR. JoHNsoN,s DAY

Richard Whiteing, in the Manchester
 Guardian.
 Sir" said Boswell or one of the minor fry in the service of the oracle of Fleet street. forget which-"they are now busy with scheme of rapid transit by means of postchaises." And the rate of the acceleration of ve- locity?" oueried the other. q quote entirely from memory). 'They talk sir. of 12 miles an hour" Sir" ex- claimed the sage. Tit would be inn possible. we could not breathe" There" comments the biographer, that is just the man he was. he could always lay his finger on the weak point. They had never thought of that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22
TO THE MUSEs.

By William Blake
 Whether on Ida's shady brow
 Or in the chambers of the east, The chambers of the sun, that now
 From ancient melody have ceased; Whether the heaven ye wander fair,
 Or ig the green corners of the earth. Or the blue regions of the air,
 Where the melodious winds have birth Whether on srystal rocks ye rove,
 Beneath the bosom of the sea, Wandering in many coral grove;
 Fair Nine, forsaking Poetry; How have ye left the ancient love {
 That nards of old enjoy'd in you \ The liquid strings do scarcely move, I
 The sound is forced. the notes ars fs'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE LURE.

AA+I SOAtA4. wondrous fair is Cuba's isle. % Where Nature wears her sweetest smile. But those who're flocking thither now In steamer, aeroplane and scow, Should you inquire the reason why. Do not go there. forsooth, to eye The loveliness around them spread, Beneath their feet and overhead. The cocktail and the rickey. too. The highball and the amber brew And all the liquors mortals quaff Accompanied by jest and laugh, On Cuban soil do freely flow And that is why the pilgrims go, For such piece of clay is man, That cen in death he'd rush the can. ALARMING THOUGHT.
 Tt was unkind to ask a woman hater like Dabbs to give a toast to the ladies' So it was, but, he acquitted himself rather we'll" T presume he concluded by raising his glass and saying, The ladies, God bless them"
 "Yes. but he hesitated over the second word and the guests feared he was about to substitute something short and ugly"  ASSISTANCE FURNISHED. ''so this is one of those 'help-yourself restaurants?"
 "As you see. However, the management doesn't expect patron to do everything for himself" "No%'
 There are lady cashiers stationed al strategic points to relieve him of his money
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22
Fate Dealt Kindly
 With Noted Composer

)M(AN newspapers have com 3V4mented on the death of Reg inald de Koven, distinguished Amer ican composer. Few, if any, of the commentators have referred to the fact that he was singularly forum late man. In fact, he led a life in which there was a great deal of Iearthly happiness, such as it is, and died a death that might well have been envied by the decadent Romans, who esteemed death when ones cup was brjWpming over an ideal consum- nation.
 Early in his career De Koven wrote Robin Hood," his best known opera. | It was an instantaneous success and has remained ever since one of the most popular light operas ever writ ten. Never again did the composer have to worry about his future. He had "arrived" and for many years he continued his work, popular with everybody, admired for his genius and presumably spared financial worries. Whether it was as com poser, conductor or critic, he was as- sured of respectful hearing and his reputation. never suffered eclipse.
 Chicago newspaper men who wrote characteristic anecdotes of De Koven on his recent visit to the city, where inc died, revealed him in his gayest moods, much sought after, bandying repartee with his friends, enjoying himself hugely and defying Father Time, who had scored 60 years against him. Then, after his latest book ! had been produced and Rip Van Winkle' was proclaimed by many critics the Nerowning achieve Iment of his career, Reginald de Koven died suddenly and painlessly lat the home of friends in Chicago congratulations ringing in his ears and the music of dance for his requiem.
 The citizen whose prominence raises him from above the common herd would glad ly forego the distinction of being placed on an anarchists 'honor list" as the future recipient of a bomb.
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 Astronomers are to be envied They are so interested in worlds millions O miles away from ours that they forget al about the hish. cost of living on this ter, restrial sphere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22
SPOILED DARLING.

What's the excitement down the street?"
 Do you refer to that crowd of young stersm'r
 "Yes" "oh, that's just the children of our neighborhood admiring the expensive toys ot bricklayer's son."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22
s GNIFTCANCE OF SECTION SIX

part, have barely remained solvent O | have actually gone into the hands O
 receivers. The financially strong road!
 like the Pennsylvania, New York Cen
 tral, Northern Pacific and the Mil
 waukee, it is pointed out, will not neet
 ment, and they seem to be hostile t.
 any measure which would allow tn,
 poorer roads the same degree of pros
 perity which they have enjoyed in time gone by.
 l~- The south has very direct and [ very important interest in any legisla tion which will guarantee to it's line of transportation sufficient revenu, not only to insure good service, but t. make possible extensions. upon whicl the development of southern territor, must depend. It seems to the casua observer that Senator Underwood hal initiated very vital piece of legislal tion from southern standpoint. ant
 that he should be given the fullest sup port in his effort to keep section ii bthe railroad bill. He has this suppor from certain northern sections, but ha not been able to count upon it from tha part of the country from which he ha
 a right to expect it.
 , those dealing with American life, ar still widely read in England :. The sydney Smith centenary is wei deserving of recognition by America, publishers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22
SUDDEN PROSPERITY:

"They tell me-" said the foreign vis- itor, that your country is overrun with the newly-rich.p- N
 50 it is" replied his American host I've seen pearl necklaces on necks that a few years ago were none too well ae. auainted with soap and water"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22

BEGINNING THE DAY--O my God. I faint in we'll doing. My zeal sickens and dies. l besecch Thee for forfitude, for endurance, for strength to persist despite all things. Show me. O revealing Spirit. the glory of the goal. Take the film away that | may sec the crowd of witnesses. Unveil the Masters face.--H. M. F..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22
Y. M. c .A. For Be..enher.

The drive for funds for the Young Mems Christian Association building. in Bessemer is progressing rapidly said Dr. George D. Waller of that city, and we expect to erect a building that will be a credit to any city much larger than Bessemer There is nothing in the world needed any worse in this city than Y. NJ. C. A.. for it has been a long-felt need At present there is no club or gymnasium for recreational purposes and the erection of this build ing will supply this need. All teams are working hard in the interest of this campaign and are making splendid re- ports and we will most certainty nav '. NJ. c. A. building"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22
Wouldn't want the Jib.

For the past ten days crew of men has been at work washing the ceiling of the Tutwiler lobby" said Thornton Estes. 'and I thought it was some job, but it looks simple and easy in comparison with the task of re- painting the waiting room at the Ter minal. l knew that the dome was high, but had no real conception of it's real height until I saw the scaffolding and the long ladders being used by the painters. There are four of them at work and they look like pigmies flat tened against the walls while they are at work. I have seen steeplejacks and even the human fly do their stunts. but for regular trade deliver me from having to stand on the round of lad der which reaches skyward. It is worth a trip up to the station to see the men working so nonchalantly at their per iious undertakings"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22
SOUNDS REASONABLE.

What do you think of christening . ship with water?''
 Well" replied MT. Jagsby. assuming a judicial air, "a ship you know. is an inanirnate thing. I don't think it's half as cruel to christen. ship with water as it is to invite man to a poker party and serve him grape juice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22
Interest In BirminxAam Cars.

Florida is proud of Birmingham's industrial greatness. and particularly interested in the fact that motor cars are being manufactured here" said Harry s. Ford, advertising manager of the Preston Motors Corporation, who returned yesterday from visit to Jacksonville, Tampa and other Florida cities.
 Everywhere I went I was besieged with inquiries regarding the progress of work on our new factory here, and the appearance of these Birmingham made cars on the streets of Florida cities created genuine interest. A num- Der of agencies have been opened in Florida
 Tn South Alabama~we have filled over three hundred orders for Preston automobiles. As matter of fact, there is such a tremendous demand for au- tomobiles everywhere that there is a market for every car that can be man ufactured, and our company hopes soon to be engaged in quantity production
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22

SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON. "Bilfur says he is having a hard time keeping a roof over his head" T don't sympathize with him. If he's in such straits, why doesn't he give up his automobile?"
 ''He says he can't think of doing that. And, besides, if the worst comes to the worst, it's comforting to know that his automobile has top.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22
To Mean Mueh In F.turs.

"I had heard much about Birming-
 ham in recent years. but I was not
 prepared for the metropolitan city
 which I found here" said J. F. O'Brien of Battle Creek, Mich. sales manager
 of Kellogg Toasted Corn Flakes Com
 pany, who was in Birmingham yester-
 day
 ''No city in the country can beast of
 broader and better laid out business
 section than Birmingham. Really, I
 ciate just what this is going to mean in the future. When your population gets to be 1.oo0, 900 or even 800, 900, there will be tremendous crowds of ing through certain downtown streets, and yours are laid out in such a way that you will always be able to handle the situation.
 Most of the big cities in the United States grew up through many decades of long growth and for that reason they have numerous narrow, winding streets in their business sectionf This is really expensive because it causes such a waste of time in getting about. And time is constantly becoming more of factor in business"
 Mir. O'Brien was accompanied by l.. 1 S. Ware of Atlanta, district sales man. 1 ager of the Kellogg company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22
Bouquets For New Librarian.

When the two stories appeared in
 The Age-Herald of recent date about
 MT. Lloyd W. Josselyn. our new libra
 rian,' said Dolly Dalrymple. Knowing
 that MT. Josselyn had lived in my old
 home. Jacksonville Fla, and that we
 had several mutual friends there. sent
 copies of the paper to one or our espe- cial frien ds Col Walter r .Corbett of the Prudential Life Insurance Company. Colonel Corbert is one of thes most cultured and charming gentlemen in the south. and a man of great promi- hence in Florida. Yesterday I received a very delightful letter from him which contained a number of 'bou- quets' for our new librarian. Colonel Corbett said, among other things:
 "'We are greatly indebted to you for the clippings from The Age Herald
 of the 9th and the 18th. relative to our charming friends. the Josselyns. You | may readily give MT. Josselyn and his | interesting family your cordial recog- | milton, your support and your real friendship, for tAN are lovely people and worth while in every way. It will | be long time before we can fill MT. 1 Josselyn's place in Jacksonville"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Hera1d VIII rot be responsible for money sent through the mails Address
 THE AGE-HERALD.
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22

Entered at the Birmingham, Als-' postoffice as second-class matter, un- der act of Congress March $. 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22

No communication will be puollsneo without it's authors name. Re)eGteo manuscript will not be returned uhless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22

The citizen whose prominence raises him from above the common herd would glad ly forego the distinction of being placed on an anarchists 'honor list" as the future recipient of bomb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22

Tn the time of Charles II 166O-16S5) the price of chocolate was 6 shillings and 8 pence a pound, equivalent to about $6 before the value of the dollar was cut in two. Had it not been for the monopoly that Spain long possessed. which kept the price at point where only the rich could afford to use it. chocolate or cocoa would have come into as general use as tea and coffee did later. In 170s. Steele began the Tatler and to show that it was then used. we read: 'Lisander has been twice day
 at the chocolate house." This is pretty good evidence that it was a fashion i able beverage in London during the i early part of the eighteenth century.
 
 Cocoa and chocolate were first made i in this countryp in Dorchester Mass. in 1I65: and it is an interesting fact that l the manufacture has been continued at l in the same place ever since and that | it now represents one of the largest in dustries in the country. This is the brand which carries on it's product a reproduction of one of the most famous Chocolatiere. I am not boosting any
 special make, but it's pleasing to sta e
 that the oldest is among the very best. l told the waiter who made me such
 a miserable connection and served it as | chocolate: 'T do not want to kid you. but your poor effort has given me the | idea for a story. and I have got more than my moneys worth. for am ready I to pay a dime any day for lead to fill up this column He fired back that he knew better. but didn't have the time to make real cup of chocolate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22

Astronomers are to be envied They are so interested in worlds millions of miles away from ours that they forget all about the hish cost of living on this ter restrial sphere.