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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
Victor Hugo
From Some Personal Recollections,"

From Some Personal Recollections," by
 Sir Sidney Colvin. in Scribner's.
 With this chief poet and romance writer of his nation and generation. this worldfamous great master of the sublime and tender and (for the word must ouD of the preposterous, it was my privilege to be allowed one or two pri- vate conversations within few years of his return from exile and the ca lamities of the Franco-Prussian war of 1S70-71. I used to be often in Paris in those days, and principally through my friend, Philippe Burty, the art critic, had access to the most interesting circles in literature and politics. Burty was man Of exquisite perceptions and sensibilities, with a purrng and coaxing softness of manner under which lay much genu-
 inc affectionateness as well as an en- thusiastic and discriminating love of art; and not only these but a stanch courage. proved throughout the horrors of the siege and commune and the tense po- ltical struggle which followed them. In the days of the reactionary Bordeaux assembly and the republique militante lie was a warm adherent of the liberal causes and of their leaders, ana was held in equal regard by the poet seer Hugo and the fiery parliamentary cham ron, Gambetta Hence his recommenda- llpl StCuIeu ifle d WtlCbIilt III lne quar- ters where I most desired it. I had at his suggestion left at Victor Hugos home a magazine article of mine reviewing Hugos recently published poem, "fAnne Terrible. Though the great man could not well have read it Qor his notions of the English language were as vague and weird one would expect from the author of 'L' Homme qui rit' and Les Travailleurs de la Mer'D he was polite enough to praise and thank me for it both in speech and writing. Accordingly in 1873 or 1874 q think it must have been in January, 1S7D I was asked to some of his evening receptions in the Rue Clichy. He had just turned his sev- entieth year. and his strength of body and mind showed no sign of abatement; while his aureole as poet and prophet home from exile was still almost Sr- dimmed, the various phases of the com ing anti-romantic reaction not having gained much strength till later. At these evening gatherings the eX-actress and ex- beauty Madame Drouet. the housemate and companion of all Hugo's latter life even from before his wifes death, used to do the honors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
Laughing With Bairnsfather
Montrose J. Moses. in Lvslie's.

Montrose J. Moses. in Leslie's.
 How would you like to be the man who,
 during the great war. did more than any
 other to tonic up an entire army? You
 may talk about war decorations for brav-
 cry, but there clings to Capt. Bruce
 Bairnsfather a phrase which is more GOV
 eted than any medal he might have-a
 phrase bestowed upon him by civilian and
 soldier alike-"One touch of Bairnsfather
 made the whole front laugh" It is not an easy matter to see the humorous side of a Jack Johnson. it's not an ideal way
 to sketch in the light of exploding star
 shells; it's difficult to put warmth 10 ones humor with ones feet for hours in oozing mud. Tn other words, there are better oles for studios than trenches. Yet, under every imaginable condition of danger. Captain Bainsfather officer in Warwickshre regiment, began, shortly after reaching the front, to stir the lag ging spirit of the Tommies with his pencil.
 From what I hear, Bairnsfather's sym pathy for people and his interest in hu-
 man nature are almost entirely pledged to the "underdog," so to speak. Bairns- father gives us the average type found at home or in the trenches; he pictures the mental decorations of the poor soldier devils who found themselves suddenly m new surroundings of uncommon danger. He lived the life with them, and officer
 though he was, his sympathy was with them, rather than with the man higher up.
 Now there were some serious-minded' dull-huomered members of the Britlsh war office who thought that perhaps Bairnsfathers pictures were too full or levity: they hinted that wrong impress sion might be created in the other allied armies that the Tommle was not taking his work seriously. So they wrote to the London Weekly to which the artist one
 day sent his first drawing. But on top of this official doubt came request from, the French that they be allowed, from time to time to reproduce a Bairns-
 father picture in some of their official communiques. Which pointed to the un-
 doubted fact that Barnsfathers laughter
 tonic was as valuable as bullets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
MOtorcyclists Get Raccoon

A seventy-fiyemil strip of tide land along the California coast was recently the scene of strange nocturnal raccoon hunting expedition, described and illus trated in the Popular Mechanics Maga-
 zine At low tide one evening, two mo
 torcyclists appeared at one end of the beach. their machines linked by an old tennis net. Lights out, and with as little noise as possible they stole down the wet sand. one behind the other Al length the leader sighted a raccoon at the waters edge, intent upon his evening meal of succulent shelfish The net grew taut as both machines darted forward at full speed. Alarmed. the raccoon made Tor the safety of the pine forest, but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02

ing Americans of moderate means turn their weary faces when they arrive in London. The boarding house is in ex- celsis in that dismal, but highly inter esting district. The migration of Lacy Diana to this special locality may he taken, therefore, as another proof of her highly exotic temperament which insists upon doing the unusual thing under the most surprising circumstances. To be- come the editor of a newspaper, and to live in Bloomsbury are apparently the two latest vagaries of. the Duke of Rutland 5 highly sensational youngest daughter!
 And just one short story that has notn- ing to do with either dukes or duchesses, before I close. There is hotel in the most sacrosanot quarter Of London s West End. It is so eminently respectable, and so highly charged with the memories of the Victorian era that no person less than half-a-century in age is permitted to serve upon it's staff, while it's guests consist chiefly of ancient ladies and gen. tlemen who view automobile with i~bhor- renee and think the telephone and elec- tric lights are modern inventions 10 be regarded with suspicion At any rate, one day quite a smart and charming young wonian of title made her appear ance at the hotel and because her grand father and great-grandfather before her had been patrons of the house in the past century she was reluctantly allowed a suite of rooms. This lady seriously op- jects to getting out of bed for her break fast. and by so doing apparently con siderably disorganized the machinery or the hotel About 10:3o in the morning an ancient chambermaid called Bella, who has been in the service of the hotel TOT the past forty years. gained admlttance to madams room and found the bed SUN occupied, and the lady dawdling over tea her letters and the morning papers. Bella. gazed sourly over her spectacles at ths charming vision in the bed and with a sniff. remarked with much caustic sar- casm. Perhaps, madam. it may no. worry you if get on with my work anu open the fireplace while you finish your course of Pelmanism.
 (Copyright by the Edward Marshall Syu-
 dicate, 1nc.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
Nature Is Not Efficient

1oh,, Rurroughs. in the Yale Review.
 Nature does not reason, she has no moral consciousness. she does nut economize her resources. she is not CT ficient, she is wasteful and dliatory and spends with one hand what she sayes with the other. She Is blind: her method Is the hit-and miss method of a man who fights in the dark. Sne hits her mark, not because she aims at It. but because she shoots Tn all dl- rections. She fills the air with her bullets. She wants to plant in yonder marsh her cat-tail flag, or her purple loosestrife. and she trusts her seeds foot of every bird that visits her marshes. no matter which way they are going. And in time her marsh gets planted. But behold how she has endowed man to improve upon all her slack and roundabout methods! She enables him to cheat. and mis- lead and circumvent her. He steals her secrets, he james her very lightnings. he forces her hand on hundred oc- casions: he turns her rivers. he levels her hills. he obliterates her marshes, he makes her deserts bloom as the rose; he masters her atoms and he surveys and weighs her orbs; he reads her history in the rocks. he finds out her ways in the heavens. He discov- CTS the most completely hidden things in the universe. the ether and he has learned how to use it for his own purposes; his wireless telegraphy turns it into d news highway: above the seas, over the mountains. and across continents. 1t carries his messages. In man. nature has evolved the human from the unhuman. she has evolved justice and mercy from rapine and cruelty, she has evolved the civic from the domestic. the state from the tribe She has evolved the Briton and the Frenchman from rude pre- historic man. She has not yet got rid of the Hun in the German. but she is fast getting rid of the German in her overseas Germanic stock. The bleach- ing process goes on apace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
London's SweNdom Enjoys
 Ats First Genuine Season
By LADY MARY

London. April Special )-London is all daffodils and spring-time gaiety and should think that it is the first time since the war that a genuine season has started off at so brisk a pace. The streets are crammed, the restaurants and hotels are ditto and every day one mo- tives that Americans predominate in most or thep laces where the fashionable world congregates. All of which is very much on the right side of the page as far as London is concerned, for she looks her very best just now. and l think that even the most vividly patriotic Americans will admit that in the spring-time this old English capital has flair about it that perhaps cannot be rivaled in even the principal cities of the union. Of course, everybody is talking about being poverty-stricken, but, as a matter of fact, l have never before seen English men and women spend more money or. look better dressed than they are doing at present
 l was told the other day of a big party that was to be among the. fixtures for this month arranged by the Duchess of Sutherland, but she has had to put off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
Repnlar Little Globe Trotter

Louis A. Bauer in Worlds ofk.
 Five cruises have been made with the Carnegie the specially constructed nonmagnetic yacht built for the Car negie institute and used to collect data on the earth's magnetism. Launched in June, 1909. she has all ready traversed all the oceans from the parallel of eighty degrees north, off the northwest coast of Spitzbergen, to the parallel of sixty degrees south. The aggregate length of her live cruises is 1S9.137 nautical miles or 217,S00 statute miles-about eight and three -fourths times the earth's cir conference All of these cruises have been carried out by scientifically trained men, the person in charge of the observational work being also captain of the vessel.
 Cruise 2, of three years. during which the little ship sailed 92,S29 nau- tical miles, was memorable one So also was the sub-Antarctic cruise of 17,0S4 nautical miles. which formed part of cruise A. During this cruise the circumnavigation of the earth was accomplished in 118 days, between De- cember 6, 1915, and April 1. 1916. the average days run being 127 nautical miles. As far as known the Carnegie is the first and only vessel, therefore, to have made a circumnavigation of the earth in these regions in one sea- son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02

halfway, found his path blocked by the net. The second hunter leaped from his motorcycle with an end of the net in his hand and soon had the quarry nicely entangled. So the hunt went on for two nights. Of fifteen sighted. seven es- capped. two were shot. and six were caught thus, to be sold later to a film company which had offered $50 for six live raccoons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02

Scientific tests have shown that the hot lunch served In the schools is a very big factor in developing the child
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-08-05
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

Audubon Commercial Club, elec-
trolier current, $10S.64.
J. s. Dennis, freight and drayage
$9.42.
]. L. Rosenbladt, attending park
$500.
John Conway, first half June 1920
salary, $67.50.
F. NJ. Herndon, first half June,
1920 salary, $4,000.
B. E. Rice, first half June, 1920
salary, $500.
C. A. Petty, first half June, 1920
salary, $3.50.
George Leffler, cleaning streets,
$4O.25.
B. E. Rice, envelopes, $39S.
J. S. Dennis, freight and drayage,
$3.4S.
w. S. Roberts & Son, express,
sic.
]. S. Dennis, freight and drayage,
$2.7s.
John Conway, last half June 1920
salary. s67.50.
B. f. Rice, last half June, 1920
salary, $500.
c. A, Petty, last half June. 1920
]. s. Dennis, freight and drayage,
1929.
Carter Hardware Co., miscellane-
Gus hardware, S11.70.
Bert Killinger, hauling dirt $50.
e. V. Everts, draying, SIPS.
Schanke & Co., interest, s473.50.
LeMars Printing Co., mayors
docket, $4,000.
]. s. Dennis, draying, s1.00.
]. L. Rosenbladt, attending park,
$3.50.
George Leffler, cleaning streets,
$3.50.
Standard Oil Co., kerosene,
S605.97.
Consumers Electrical Co., repair
ing, s27.3S.
Iowa Light, Heat and Power Co.,
street lights, $122.31.
Commercial Electric Supply Co.,
globes and repairs, $74.31.
Audubon Commercial Club, cleo
trolier current, S5S.0S.
Alex Ferguson, permit, soc.
F. M. Herndan, permit, soc.
John Conway, permit, soc.
Alex Ferguson, general, half July,
1920, salary, $4,000.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-08-05
BOTH PARTIES ALIVE
Factions in Republican and Demo.
cratic Parties United for Action

With state conventions out of the
way, with the exception of the dem
ocratic judicial convention at Cedar
Rapids on August 18th, and with the
national campaigns of the two par
ties we'll outlined. the preliminaries
in the great political game for the
year 1920 are over and the cam
paigns are beginning to get under
way.
The state contest at this time does
not promise the division which char
acterized the campaign four years
ago, when Harding and Meredith
supporters lined up practically on a
basis of personality and records of
the two candidates and not so much
on party lines or issues.
This year, however, both parties
in this state seem more united, both
in their state and national tickets
than for some time. This is particu-
larly true of the republicans, and it
is generally recognized there is
more harmony now among the ranks
of the G.. o. p. in this state than
since 1912, and even the factional-
ism between the old standpat and
progressive wings of the party ante
dating the split of 1912, appears to
have been dispelled.
With the democrats the bitterness
in the Iowa delegation which devel-
oped at San Francisco, seems also
to have been largely dispelled insofar
as the state and national campaign
Is concerned. If there are personal
animosities among the big men in
the Iowa democratic party, they will
not be manifested, evidently, in
party division.
1t is further recognized that there
is not enough division Of sentiment
over the state platforms of the two
parties to start any red hot contest.
Both parties talk about a revision of
the state government systems. Both
recognize the needs of agriculture
and the rights of labor. An entire
ly new slate of officers is up for
nomination on both tickets, so at
tacks on conditions which have ex-
listed and which the last legislature
went into thoroughly, do not appear
to apply.
Mate" Kendall, republican nomi-
nee, is following his usual method of
campaigning, that of going about
over the state and making speeches,
has already accepted some speak
ing dates on important occasions,
which will get him in touch with the
voters. He has accepted an invita-
ton of the old soldiers to address
them on Soldiers day at the Iowa
state fair on Tuesday, August 31st
He is also accepting invitations to
speak at picnics and farm reunions
Clyde Herring Is expected to make
| his speaking campaign largely
around his scheme for reform in
state government. Tie hopes to ap'
peal to the taxpayers and particular.
ly to the farmers, on the matter OF
decreasing taxes through the adop
ton of the plans he advocates.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-08-05
BR.AYTON


Brayton for the first time in it's
history enjoys 24-hour electric serv-
ice. The town is completely con-
neCted to the high line which was
built by the Jensen Electric Co., of
| Brayton, the owners of the present
plant. The plant and equipment
was sold recently and will be sent in
short time TO a town south of Des
Moines. The Jensen Electric Co. has
changed the name of it's firm to The
Hi-Line Light and Power Co. They
are purchasing the electric current
at wholesale and retail it to the town
as well as to number of farmers.
They have a large rural territory to
( develop which will be done as fast as
material is available.
Chal Sturgeon of Eddyville, who
owns the Eddyville Tribune, was in
Brayton Friday on his way to the
home of his brother Hal Sturgeon
north of town. Chal gathered news
in Brayton for the Extra Journal Is
years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hardwick
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Freeman, Clyde
Freeman and family and Harry Mill
er motored to Dale City Sunday and
enjoyed a day of fishing. They
caught number of fine fish.
Miss Eva Fredricksen who has
been visiting friends in Brayton, re-
turned to her home at Omaha Tues
day, accompanied by Miss Evelyn
Hoegh, who will be her guset for
few days.
Funeral services for Peter H.
Jensen who died very suddenly last
Thursday, were held from the home
Saturday and interment was made in
the Oak Hill cemetery.
Mrs Harry Miller and little
daughter went to Fremont, Neb.,
last week, accompanying Fred Pet
ersen and family home. She re-
turned home Monday.
Mrs. John Black and two grand
daughters of Griswold are guests at
the j. T. Jenkins home. Glenn
Black and wife spent Sunday there
also.
Mrs. Lille Reynolds and daugh-
ter, Beatrice, and Mrs. Martha
Bartlett are visiting the latter's
brother, Tip Cuppy at Avoca
Theo. Ordway, c. 1. Dimick and
Ralph Brown left by auto for south
western South Dakota last Thurs
day to look at the country.
Charles kssington left for his
home at Winner, s. D., last Thurs
day after visiting his mother for the
past two weeks.
Mrs. Elmer Green and children OF
Extra spent Monday with her par,
ents. Mis- Larsen and wife and other
relatives.
Percy Hallock left last week for
Manitou, Colo, to enjoy the noun
tain climate. He made the trip in
his car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Denison moved
to Anita last Saturday, where Mr..
H. ]. Hoogenakker OF the Audi
bon Republican was business call.
er in Brayton last Saturday.
Herb Thielen shipped four cars OF
fat cattle to Omaha last Saturday
He went with the shipment.
Mrs. L. F. Miller and daughters
autoed to Harlan last Thursday and
spent the day with friends.
: Theodore Gearhart and wife o
Nicola are visiting their daughter
Mrs. Jens Mikklesen.
Roscoe Essington wife and daugh
; ter of Atlantic, visited with hi
mother last Friday.
Miss Anna Dettmer of Atlantic
visited her sister, Mrs. Nels Nelson
last week.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-08-05
DANISH LUTHERAN CHURCH

Rev. A. Busch of Denmark, pres
ident of the foreign missionary So
ciety in Denmark, is touring the
the United States ana is coming to
Shelby and Audubon counties. He
will preach in the Danish Lutheran
church Friday evening at eight
o'clock. All who understand the
Danish language should avail them
selves of this rare opportunity to
hear Rev. Busch.
Friday afternoon our school of re-
ligion will close with a program in
the church. We very much desire
that all the scholars be present, also
as many of their parents as can
come. Anyone else who has an in
terest in our school are welcome.
The program will be in English.
Sunday school and Danish serv-
ices will be held Sunday morning at
the usual hour. Service in Eng
lish Sunday evening at eight.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-08-05
M. e. CHURCH NOTES

Sunday school at 10 a. m.
The Good Fellowship Glass have
plans started for some extra work
soon.
Preaching services at IL a. m.
Epworth League at p. m.
Preaching service at p. m.
The public are cordially invited to
these services.
The basket dinner and Sunday
school program at Melville Center
last Sunday was splendidly attended.
The program was OF a very high or
der and listened to with pleasure by
all.
d. ]. SHENTON, Pastor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-08-05

are afraid to take their part in world
affairs, but we hope they never will
send a man to Geneva with any such
powers vested in him as are con-
templated in the present democratic
policy whose author is Wilson and
whose champion is Cox.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-01
FRIENDS OF BRYN MAWR
TO HANG OUT LANTERNS
Unique Custom Will Mark Opening
of $4,000, 900 Drive for College
Endowment.

In accordance with the traditions
of Bryn Mawr, the alumnae OF the
college will hang lanterns from the
windows of their houses tonight. The
lanterns will be hung all over the
United States from the windows Of
the graduates of the college. The
annual custom will mark the begin
ming OF the work OF raising n 81
OOO,O00 endowment for the colleges
teaching stan.
The lantern custom is started at
Bryn Mawr when each freshman is
given a lantern to guide her foot
steps through college.
The present ma imum salary at
Bryn Mawr Is $4,000 and has been
at that figure for years, although in
the last four years the cost 81 living
has advanced 20 per cent. The So
100000 endowment will permit an
Increase in salaries of so per cent
and a minimu n salary to full pro-
fessors OF $4,000
The campaign ~ raising the fund
was insugursted by Miss Helen Taft.
daughter of ex-Presldent Taft and
president of Bryn Mawr College, who
said that II college professors leave
the vocation for which they spent
years in study all American educa-
tional standards are bound to suffcr.