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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
Viewing the "Hot Dog"
 As a Boon to Humanity

wv HlLE ,, the cost of living scars
 w skyward and nearly every thing necessary to human existence has gone up in price, it is meet that we pause and pay homage to the "hot dog," which is still saving the lives of newsboys, derelicts and wanderers and incidentally going into the stom- achs of not a few other people who have found it cheap as well as satis- flying.
 The "hot dog" costs more than it did in the halcyon days when a hun dred dollars month was regarded as living wage, but it is still as fair substitute for a meal as can be found at the price.
 While they are to a certain extent benefactors to humanity, the "hot dog" merchants are not in business for their health. They find the sale of these appetizing sausages, served "all the way" or what might be called au naturel-that is merely placed on bun, or between two pieces of bread only cheering to the multitudes, but extremely profitable.
 As case in point, ''hot dog" deal CT at Coney Island was recently sued for divorce. In asking for seventy five dollars week alimony, his wife stated in her petition that he cleared ten thousand dollars a year from his business. This dealer may be styled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
IN HOTEL LCBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Money Not Needed


 met negro miner the other day" says W. II. Hassinget, "and asked him how much he was making a month and he replied, One hundred and thirty dol lars How many days week are you workingT 1 inquired. oh, three or four he said, and that's enough. 1 make all the money I need working half time I asked him why he didn't work full week and have something to put away for rainy day, and re- minded him that there was a big de- mand for every pound of coal that can be dug, and that by working full time he would make more money and be able to help others who would appreciate 1t and be his friends in case misfortune overlook him. He seemed to be some what impressed. but can't say he will act on my advice
 3This is little sidelight of the coal situation in the Birmingham district. With ready market for all coal that can be mined. production is cut down away below normal on account of this indisposition of labor to work full time the shortage of cars and strikes at many of the mines. The strikes, I un- derstand. are not on the questions of wages and hours, but on an issue which involves the recognition of the union l can't say who is to blame, but it strikes me as a business man that tho operators who are losing money each day their mines are idle, must have some sound reason for the stand which they are taking. In fact, I cannot see how it could be otherwise. Everybody in this district from the day laborer up, Is suffering in some way or other from this under production of coal and the situation is getting worse all the time. Every citizen in this district. therefore. is vitally interested in the removal of all obstacles to increased production. The coal problem is his problem, whether he would have it that way or not"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
REVILING THE FRENCH

From the American Legion Weekly.
 N AMERICANS who expect to make
 A\ a tour of France this summer z S are warned by Tip Bliss. writing in The American Legion Weekly, to lay in a fresh supply of cuss words to re- place the "Dern itsr' and Gosh ding vous'. that serve as suman safety valves in this county. He says:
 sIf you want to swear at any of the pet French customs-say. the weather or the tobacco. or the concierge' or the train service-a knowledge of French is a positive deterrent. In the first place, you will want to swear so badly that you won't have time to go rummasing around the pocket dictionary. In the second place, the French cussword IS a mild, devitalized. 2.75, percentified thing, utterly devoid of meaning.
 Suppose you want to insult a con cierge. It's impossible. know. but suppose you want to make stab. at 1t. The very worst thing you can possibly call him in French is sofled camel Now. soiled camel is not exactly handy thing to have around the Hat but just the same there are worse things in life than soiled camel 1 you call him a soiled camel. the French man will become exceedingly wroth and get back at you by calling you soiled COW, but he will be the only one who will get any satisfaction out of the exchange of epithets. Down in your heart you will know that you didn't do the subject justice. and yop will gloom and nope and finally kick in of a broken heart.
 .I could give lot of English syno- nyms far more applicable to the<aver- age concierge than any soiled member of the animal kingdom. but the editors wouldn't print them. However. after you have met a concierge or so. you will be able to think them up yourssR
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13

women dress to please man or to pro- yoke the envy of other women Is a austion long debated but mover settled Men have to profess to be pleased, whether they are or not. The boldest shrinks from criticism There ara mys- teries deeper than those of Eaeusis Into which he dares not penetrate. When ArabeIla sailed forth in szE her panoply she dazzled the behoaderA If women fail to please it Is the failure and not the deed that confounds them No doubt nice and refined people paint in . nice and refined way.
 That tho prejudice in fa~ur of . nat ural complexion has much to commend it may be admitted It seems a pity that those who have no need of artifice should employ it. But this Is a matter of taste. after all. and not of morals, and nothing is gained by pretending to the contrary. Is there any argument that will put an end to painting and powdering beyond the argument that it ts 11nbecornipe1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
REFORMING COMPILATIONS

From the New York Tribune
 |M\NIY do so many people needless
 WW ly concern themselves with the
 way women dress or otherwise decorate themselves? All the preaching since Adam will not modify the decrees of fashion. The subject has been one for the satirists in all ages, but women have gone on serenely oblivious to re- proof Here is reformer who, like Hamlet, has heard of their painting and contemplates the results with dismay. Nice, refined people, she remarks, young womens and mere girls, are seen everywhere with their faces painted like clowns in the circus" If they remain nice and refined, why worry? It is a safe guess that no protests will banish the lipstick and the rouge pot.
 The suggestion that men take a hand in the proposed crusade is peculiarly fu- tile. Probably most men dislike artifi- cial complexions, at least on their own women folk. but they realize how help less they are in the matter Whether
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
Producers Should Watch
 the Spinner Closely

A RE the cotton mills, which nave 6A declared enormous dividends out of their 1918 and 1919 earnings, bent on another campaign of the same order?
 Is the initial feature of that drive a pretended slump in the domestic and foreign demand for cotton goods :?
 Is the entering wedge lower price to be paid for the raw cotton as it comes from the hands of the pro- ducers this fall based on a pretended weakness in the cotton goods mark ,t :? Producers have the right to ask these questions, because, on the eve of crop gathering and marketing, they get this report from the New Orleans cotton exchange:
 The feature of the trade this
 week was the claim of the cur
 tailment of output among Ameri-
 can mills and the announcement
 that some eastern mills had de
 cided to close at least two weeks
 during July because of the lack of
 new orders.
 It will sound strange, indeed, for the American cotton mills, which for eighteen months have consumed a greater quantity of cotton each thirty days than in the same period of the preceding year, to choose this par ticular time for the development of a trade slump and curtailment in production.
 With the gathering of the crop jus. ahead there is ground for sus- picion that the proposed curtailment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
They Come Htrh

Tt is like adding insult to injury to have to pay war tax on an article, the purchase of which has completely
 exhausted your ready cash" says Rob- ert K. Grant
 T recently went into a store to pur- chase an article that I very much needed. and found it very hard to be-
 come suited. After some time I se- cured what I was after and asked the price. The clerk said it was $7.5o. gasped. It used to be $3. However, I ran my hand down in my pocket and got the money, which the clerk counted There's 75 cents war tax. hs said. I felt like swearing. But l had to nav if"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
Get More Policemen

Tt seems that it is perilous to go off on vacation" said H. M. Stiles, who lives at Forest Park. 'I had an unfortunate experience in this line sometime back, and have heard of many others whose homes>w were rifled in their absence. It is bad enough to have ones house burglarized while out of town, but just to leave for short while on a Sunday afternoon and coms } home to find that thief has broken out glass and let himself in, Is enough to warrant more vigilance on the part of the officers. My partners home Che lives near me, in Forest Park9. was entered Sunday afternoon and some jewelry taken. I know that it is hard to police the city, but hops that the department will continue to round up the vagrants."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13

magnate, but the brisk patronage given even the tiniest litle "wienie" stands, sometimes a mere hole in the wall, is proof that the "hot dog" is doing it's part to tide us over the period of reconstruction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
Rates From the East

"Yes, we are making considerable use of our terminals at Tuscaloosa, !" says A.@C. Cade of that city, but we could make much more use if we had the rates from the east that we should nave. After all, that is what we were looking for when we floated the bonds to build the terminals \
 Most of the stuff which our mer- chants buy comes from the eastern sea- board, New York, Philadelphia and Bal timore. What we want is rail and water rates via Mobile on merchandise from these points. Give us that and we will keep our terminals busy all the time.
 congratulate Birmingham on get tins on the river, and am glad to see Cordova also on. We will all pull to- gether and perhaps after while they VIII give us the rates from the east"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
LOSING HIS TEMPER

| LOSING HIS TEMPER
 Can I do anything for you?" asked the sympathetic motorist of a dusty, grimy individual who was trying to find out what was the matter with his car, while corpulent dame on the back seat kept up running fire oi comment and advice.
 Yes, you can" answered the man in trouble T wish you'd come over here and tell my wife the story of your lifs or do something else to keep her from meddling with me until I get this blamed job finished"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
# x # Why Most Criminals Are Eventually Caught

If N the annals of crime there is one S rule that seldom varies. No mat ter how clever criminal may be, he leaves behind some clue, however slight, that ultimately leads to his
 arrest and conviction. Experienced detectives say that most offenders against the law follow beaten track and when the methods of trailing them are explained they seem to be astonishingly simple.
 Yet crimes are committed which
 are so baffling that the most expert detectives would be misled were it
 not for that little flaw in the mental processes of a criminal which causes his undoing. Sometimes mere chance plays it's part, but more often it is a clue that can be followed.
 When Lieut. Carl Wanderer mur-
 dered his wife in Chicago and his dupe, derelict whom he hired to play the role of a highwayman and os-
 tensibly hold up the couple just as
 they reached the vestibule of their
 home, he had worked out the details
 of crime that was in many respects
 a masterpiece of cunning It was SO
 plausibly contrived that Wanderer
 was hailed as hero, who fought a thrilling pistol battle in the dark with ragged stranger" while defending his wife.
 The story he told gained instant credence, even in the police depart ment. Only one man doubted it. Ser geant Norton of the homicide squad began to trace the ownership of the pistol found beside the dead tramp.
 He learned from the factory where it was made that the pistol had been sold to a hardware firm in Chicago. In 1913 the hardware concern sold it to John Hoffman, brother -in-law of Wanderer, who in turn sold it to Fred Wanderer. He loaned it shortly before the crime was committed to Carl Wanderer. That was all.
 Wanderer was arrested and put through the "third degree" He made a complete confession. If the pistol he carefully placed beside the body of the ragged stranger" had not been numbered and obtained in such a way that it could be easily traced back to him, he might never have been suspected, but this was the sin gle flaw in his ingenious plot to rid himself of his wife and at the same. time forestall possible betrayal by killing the man who was in his con- fidence.
 Thus it is that Lieutenant Wand erer, butchers son and war hero who was decorated and promoted for gal lantry in action, will shortly go to the gallows. And so do nearly all criminals sooner or later land be hind the bars, in the electric chair ,r under the hangman's moose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
PREPosrERous

Father, at last I've found . man who understands me-
 My daughter. my daughter! To think that you have come to this!-
 Whats the matter. father!"
 ''You don't suppose a man who un- derstands . woman would want to marry her. do your PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
An Old-Timcr

T saw more fighting than these boys ever dreamed about" says Charles spivey, Confederate Veteran, as he sat looking at the convention of the Rainbow veterans in session in the Jefferson theatre.
 And yet somehow, it's different. fought on my own soil while witness ing the houses of my neighbors go up in smoke and flame, and while sec ing the enemy drive off with food which our wives and mothers had raised by their own labor In a way we had to fight.
 "But these boys went to a foreign land with a song on their lips. They became the singing army, and they fought for freedom. They knew their homes were safe. their women com fortable. Yet they fought. I say, all honor to them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13

without the slightest trouble
 So it is needless to spend your time learning those febrile terms of semi endearment which the French mis- takenly regard as cusswords."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13

THE MANIFESTATION OF MARY
 (Contributed) I see by the papers that young lady came out of a beauty parlor or store, perhaps. with socks on with watch at the top end of one of them. She created quite sensation as she passed along the street and boarded a ball park car; therefore: Mary had some little calves In stockings white as snow And everywhere that Mary went The calves just had to. go. They followed her to town ono day And went into a store. When Mary came in sight again Twas socks. instead. she wore.
 J. A B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
IcONoCLAsM

IcONOCLASM The poets gaily sing of swimming holes And boyhoods fancy free, And VOW with all the ardor of their
 souls
 That's where they'd like to be. No doubt tread dull. prosaic path. An unromantic dub; Because I much prefer shower bath Or splashing in a tub.
 PROVOCATIVE MOISTURE What started the fight?" Tt was the heat" But I've been told you quarreled over quart of 'moonshine.' "Well-er-maybe it was the hu- midity."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
SONNET TO LIBERTY

Dedicated to the Rainbow Division.
 By Carolyn Brandon Elliott. Lafayette. we are heret"AAs Persfin.
 spoke. So simple. wise, I think the dauntless
 cry or ages echoed; True. they cannot die Who so loved men" think the Faith That seemed to sleep. The Dream oi
 common folk By fair France shared, was oncs more
 stirred to lie No longer mute. Fae patient time drew nigh When Conscience rose to know a
 brothers yoke By brother forged was shame.-Ah,
 Liberty That stands with storm tried purpose
 on the brink Of Gods New World-Thy mothers
 eyes didst see The one wide hope of sons who dared
 to think On Thee' Thy spirit lent a auickened Their reveille-"o! Frisnd = Man,
 we're here!s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
cARNEGIE ON WEALTH Carnegie.

CAN n1UAr1 ON WEALTH
 By Andrew Carnegie.
 I was born in. poverty and woui I not exchange its sacred memories with the richest millionaire's son who ever breathed. What does he know about mother or father? These are mere names to him. Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse,. seam stress. washerwoman, cook, teacher. angel and saint all in one, and whose fatherris guide, exemp1ar and friend. No servants to come in between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune.
 X Some men think that poverty is a dreadful burden, and that wealth leads to happiness. What do they know. about it? They know only one side; they imagine the other. I have lived both and I know there is very little in wealth that can add to hu- man happiness beyond the small com forts of life. Millionaires who laugh are very rare. My experience rs that wealth is apt to take smiles aws@
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
HEARTLESS.

HEARTLESS T told Bibbles I had lost my hair. my teeth, my tonsils and my appendix And he sympathized with your" Not bit. He congratulated me for being able to travel light"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
FOLLOWING UP THE IDEA

50 you want to marry my daugh- ter
 That's the ticket" answered the slangy young man.
 If you are going to view the matter in that light, how much can you put up for campaign expenses?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
NOT LIKELY


 T understand woman who writes free verse also smokes big black ci. gars." ls
 T wouldn't condemn her unheard-" ~'No?"
 She may have her faults, but I dare say she doesn't keep pet goldfish or talk baby talk to a'poodle"
 NO MORE PRETTY BOTTLES Its sad to see the pass John Barley corn has come to-"
 How sor"
 He's travelling around now in fru,t jars. milk cans and gasoline tanka-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13

Two Gentlemen of Verona.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13

The Forty-second division proudly asserts that it spent more days in the iace or the enemy, gained more ground against the enemy and marched farther In It's operations than any other division in the American evolutionary forces. It's fighting power hassbeen attested in officia- mention by the American, French and German commands, and its order and discipline elicited the ad- miration and respect of the Germans in its area of occupation.
 Small wonder then that the gallant Colonel Screws in writing to the offi- cers and enlisted men of the 167th in fantry, a part of the famous Rainbow division. said.
 "On May 1s. 1919. at Camp Shelby, Miss. ended the military career of the 1s1th infantry (Old Fourth Alabama), an efficient and gallant organization. whose war record will live forever, and
 who made the name Alabama famous the world over. One of the greatest nonors of the war. in my opinion, was conferred upon me by virtue of my having command of this gallant organ ization from the start to the finish in the greatest war in the history of the world"
 And the pride he had in the 167th
 was shared by the officers of the other regiments in the Rainbow division, and so in closing this story will take his
 closing words to his men as mine and
 let them apply to the living and the
 dead whom we now count ourselves
 fortunate in honoring:
 ITO those who survived may their
 lives be crowned with success and hap
 piness; to those who paid the supreme
 sacrifice. their deeds will never be for
 gotten. and their memory will live for ever"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13

Cox and Harding couldn't be more polite to each dther if they were the worst kind of enemies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
Member of the A..oc,ated Press

TELEPHONE Hell (prfvate exchange connecting all departments) Main A9OQ
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13

Having demonstrated his ability to hroil chops outdoors. Governor Cox will shortly be shown to 1. screen fans throughout the nation doing that very thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-13
Eugenie Last of the Real
 Rulers to Wear a Crown

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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-02-19
A!kali Il, Soap
Bad For She Hair

Soap should be used very carefully, if
yen want 10 Keep your hair looking its
tct. Most soaps and prepared sham
n0os contain too much alkali. This
dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle.
aad ruins t.
The best thing for steady use is Null
sGcL cocoanut oil shampoo (Which IS
pure and grcaselcss), and is better than
ANYTHING else you can Use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will cleanse
the hair and scalp thoroughly. Simply
moistcn the hair with water and rub it
in. 1t makes an abundance of rich,
creamy lather, which rinscs out easily
removing every particle Of dust, dirt,
dries quickly and evenly, and it'leaves
the scalp soft, and the hair fine and
silky, bright, !ust-ous, fluffy and easy to
manage.
You can get Mut5iicd cocoanut oil
shampoo At any pharmacy it. very
cheap, and Jew ounces will supply
every member OF the family Tor months.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-02-19
Adept With Needle.

Nine. Calderon is Il successful bust
ness woman, owning fish farm and
an embroidery enterprise. This indus
trial problem has not reached the
Filipino women to any great extent
except through the cigar factories and
in embroidery There are. believe.
five big American embroidery firms in
Tho Philippines and one If them in
Nauila employs T.0NO women. Every
thing in The underwear business, eX-
cept the weaving Of cloth. IS done by
hand thc hemstitrhing and even the
seams are SeWed by hand
"Women who have children and cam
not 90 to the factories take the work
heard of one Of these workers from n
woman who has an embroidery bust.
ness who can make six chcneeS q day
nj 80 cents Il chemise. every stitch
10y hand. She has saved a great deal
Of money besides taking care Of her
children
AN of the pineapple cloth is made
10y the women in their homes ON hand
made looms, made by an ordinary car
pcnter, comparatively little Of It is
made nowadays. for it is slow work,
and the women cAnnot afford to do l..
Any one who wishes it must give \
special order, and it l. expensive
we arc interested in the Philip
pines in progressive lcgislation in
pubic health measures and day
nurseries, and The women have in
frodurcd 4 profitsharng plan in EiIi-
BID ana other prisons They have
Introduced police rlatrons and indus
trial jea"hrrs for the insane.
"r'e Woman's Cli,b Of Manila is n
rcNihcr nf the Federation Of Wnmcn's
,'labs, L. :. A., and now the women
ara fedcrntng shc.r oWn clubs"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-02-19
Eat SeaWeed.

China and Japan are re-enineptly
the scaweed-eating nations Of the
world. Among no other people are
SeaWecd 50 extensively eaten and rel.
lshcd,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-02-19
PET CORNS


""s' '%sr'"s"'"."s"'"."s"s"s" .as".vso,ae.s.s....
\ tiny bottle of 'Frcczonc" cost. so
little ut any drug store: applv . few
drops upon any corn or cJllu.. Instant
y It stops hurting then shortly you iit
may h"theisome corn or eallna right or
"lh your fingers. Trulyl No hnmburl
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-02-19

DAILY Thought
Never au-" made good guard Tor
Itself Shuae7q 4gre,