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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14

brated rhetoricaAa Prodicus ttAe WAA woh knew how to chayge). and one of the instructors of tho great Pericles Euripides acquired that ofatorical skill for which his dramas are 50 rernarka- bly, distinguished. QuintiIliAn pre- ferred him to Sophocles. and Cirere. too. was a great admirer. He got his philo- soph,cai ideas largely from Anaxasoras. With Socrates. who had studied under the same master. hs was on terms of closest intimacy.
 I haven't space to go into the busy days of his authorship or dip deep into the accusation of woman-hater which has dogged his name for moro than 20 centuries. It will be enough to learn that of the infidelity of two wives in succession to let it be known that his was an uneasy life. It is small wonder that the poets tone Tn reference to the majority of the opposite sex was not particularly affectionate or cheerful He was an out-and-out believer in the superiority of mere man." and did not nesitate to say so. Good thing he died before these times, for were he living now he would have to blue pencil many a line in his plays or the ladias would boycott his performances.
 There is Q question as to how old he was when he died. just as there was as to his birth. Some say he passed away at 74, others arc sure he lived to be 75; but what's the use quarreling about his span of life. for his fame ie immor- tai. as he belongs to the famous trio. Aeschyius, Sophocles. and Euripides. What trinity of names to couture with and to shed the brilliance of Greece even down to our day and gen eration. I am proud that Euripides came to Birmingham under the chaper- onage of the Drama leaeue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
TTIE .PALL or FA1E''

From the Louisville ceuriAr-Journal.
 Grover Cleveland, John Paul Jones. Edwin Booth, Phil Sheridan. Walt Whitman were all turned down by the self-called and seif-createi Hall of Fama." With the exception of Mark Twain can you FecaIi any name which that concern admitted tol its roster the other day! Maybe 1t should be known as the pail of lame
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
Beneficial Change

Thursday was a great day In Tusca- loosa and at the university" said Hill Ferguson, who was among the Bir- mingham men who took part in the home coming. "Pfesident Denny desired that the trustees who have been in the habit of seeing the university only at commencement after most of the stu dents have gone home should hold their midyear meeting at the institution, and many of the members of the board, in- cluding Governor, Kiiby. were in at tendanace.
 Students from all over the state were there, a mass meeting was held and much college enthusiasm was aroused It is good for the alumni to get back to the institution occasionally during the working term and 1t also has a wholesome effect on the students Then to add to the pleasure of the day the university defeated Louisiana State university by large score.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
Real Service

There certainly are some accom- modating motornen and conductors or the Idlewild car line of the Birminx. ham Railway. Light and Power com. pany." said Miss Closence Basset. "Sey. eral days ago had an appointmen, down town and came near missing the car. but the metorman saw me runnins to catch it. so he stepped and waited for me. That Is what I cali aocommo. dating. for would have been unable to fill my yappointment had missed that car. I appreciated that more than could say and am grateful to motor. man No. AS and conductor No so7 10, that courtesy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
KNOWS HIS HABITS.

KNOWS HIS HABITS.
 If a man were murdered and hidden in his liquor cellar, nobody would know where to look for him."
 Some men might be disposed of that way. but I'm not one of thenn,'' said Mir. Bibbies If were missing for any length of time that would be the first place Mrs. BIbhles would look for me"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
MONET IN HoNEY

From the Tampa Tribune.
 H. L. Christopher q Son of Braden- town have sold 1s barrels of honey weighing sS4 pounds to the harrsl at 25 cents pound. the past season. They are going to "get into the business in earnest" next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
POOR BY COMPARISON.

''Is Mir. wadleigh rich?'
 He's moderately well off. He's worth million or two"
 Good heavenst Any man who has million or two is rich"
 Not if he, plays poker with multimil- lionaires.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14

from comic opra and musical comedy to "The Better 'Ole," which was one of his greatest successes. These two veterans are fully competent to make the "Erminie" revival noteworthy. MT. Wilson is said to have appeared as Cadeaux more than 5000 times.
 Now that hundreds of actors are "at liberty" some of them stars of the first rank, because of their inability to get suitable play and the unset tied conditions in the theatrical world which have already caused a large number of road companies to cancel their tours, why doesn't some producer have the courage and the good taste to revive one of the scores of dramas which delighted theatre patrons 15 or 20 years ago.
 Possibly plays of equal merit are being written and produced now, but few of them are presented on tour, and one is forced to conclude that the "girl show" industry and the movies" are giving the legitimate drama a struggle for existence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
THEY SELDOM WORK.

"The distinguished looking soreign resents the imputation that he is nobl man in disguise"
 Hes wearing overalls, too"
 ''Yes, and he's working in a garage Well, all I have to say is that if l is nobleman, his disguise is perfect"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
IT DEA1s FICTION
Ie New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 Impecunious writers of short fiction read with envy that the building graft CTS got si.ooo story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
JACK LONDON AND THE FRENCH

JACh LON DON AND THE FNENOh
 Charles Cestre, in the Yale Review.
 Jack London is the author French readers turn to when they want an anti dote to the overstrain of psychological analysis, or the oppressive atmosphere of love intrigues. or the flauseous pictures of the so-called realistic" novel. If the recesses of the human soul are to be searched. why not have a healthy de- scription of the elemental appetites that preceded civilization and survive on the outskirts of our refined complicated mod ern world. The relief that blase society reopie have sought in the jaunty graees of the pastoral. why not seek as well in coarse tales of the South sea pirate cruises and Kiondike free fights? IL may he that the same people are not attracted ny the same imaginative craving and the same need of love emotion which impel people towards romantic shepherds or towards shaggy sea.wolvee. If love Is to be the everlasting motive of fiction. is 1t not refreshing to turn from the subtie amours of the scheming adultress to the muscular love.mAking of the Daughter of the Shows? Too much havpinS on the nervous thrills of sensibiiity breeds a longing for the rude impact of mere sen- sation. If realism is to be exploited as a regular vein of the literature of ohser- vation and description (with crude patches of flayed flesh unveiletD. why not swerve from the reekiug tepidness of slums to the braciRg brutalities of tramp- life and trAil-blaxing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
TIME TO CO.

'She said 'No?"
 Yes" said the dejected suitor. Cheer up A woman's No sometime means Yes"
 Not in this case The door bell ran and she produced the other man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
HOME BREW"

HOME BREW" f9 "Whaes the excitement?'' "A householder was trying to speed u production" There seems to have been an e1 plosion." "Yee, he put in too many raisins."
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
 Eugene V. Debs Not a Martyr
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~RESIDENT WILSON'S refusal 10 IF pardon Eugene V. Debs, socialist candidate for the presidency, who is now serving a term in the federal pen itentiary at Atlanta for violating the espionage law, was recently indorsed by department adjutants of the Amer ican Legion, at meeting held in ln- dianapolis.
 Most patriotic Americans agree with the American Legion's view that President Wilson could not remain true to his oath of office and pardon 2 man who proved himself an enemy to his country in time of war.
 Radicals insist that Debs is a "politi- cal prisoner" He is nothing of the sort. Men are not imprisoned in America for their political convictions, and never will be as long as we have a democratic government, but there is a wide divergence between holding a certain political belief and advocat- ing the overthrow of government by violence.
 We are tolerant people. Had it not been for crisis which threatened our national existence, Debs and oth- CTS of his ilk might have remained at liberty. Even the notorious Emma Goldman and Conrad Berkman would probably have continued to enjoy the privileges of a free country, instead of being sent away to languish in their Russian Utopia" But when our sol- diers were dying abroad sedition was . thing not to be tolerated at homo.
 The followers of Debs may picture him as martyr to their hearts con- tent, but he is not so regarded by a great majority of the American peo- pie, who see no reason why he should not serve out the prison sentence inn posed on him by lenient govern ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14

pides saved his best words for the small farmer. who does not often come to town, or soil his rustic honesty by con- tact with the crowd of tho market place. I'll admit there Is some cause, however. to think that in marrying Clito, Mnesarchus madea mesaliiance.
 The story which the satiYists tried to fasten upon him that both of his par ents were of mean extraction is not borne out, as Is disproved from the costly education which the young Euri- pides received. Evidently some one in the family had status, ambition and means to indulge them. A list of his teachers will show that he had tho best and at least one knew how to charge. He had for instructors Anaxagoras. Protagoras, and Prodicus Gan instructor famous for the extravagant terms which he demanded for his lessons).
 The story of his education is highly upon the educational ideals of the Gre clans at the height of their culture. In these days when athletics play such a part in the college life of the coun- try it is interesting to note that Mnesarchus made Euripidss direct his attention chiefly to gymnastic exercise. He must have been a good gymnast for We read that in his seventeenth year he was crowned in the Eieusinian and Thesean contests. Here is precedent for the amount of time and money spent on physical training, and for our great contests.
 He seems also to have had ambition to become painter. as some of his pie lures were long afteYward preserved at Niagara; but at length. quitting the gymnasium. he applied himself to phil losophy and literature. Under the cele.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
IMPRESSIVE WATERFALLS

From The Trail to Kaieteur," by Flea nor Beers Lestrade, in the Scribner. We walked to the edg of the gorge and stood for the first time beside the Kaie- teur Falls.
 1 The sight of this great fall laundering, alone in the heart of the wilderness. sell dom seen and almost unknown, Is Inn
 pressive in a way that Niagara, or any other of natures wonders that has been
 exploited by man. could never be. We linvoluntarily drew back. dizzy from look ing into the awful depth of the chasm into which the river plunged.
 think that even the man who said,
 have been speechless before the far greater spectacle of kaieteur. It re,nlnded us of the story of Jack
 and the Bean-Stalk." the impression of two worlds was so distinct. One starting from the base of the falls and stretching in broken silver thread, surrounded by green-covered mountains, as far as the eye could reach--the world that we had left to climb the bean-stalk into that other upper world that started at ths edge of the falls; world of green sa- vannahs, enclosed by distant blue hills through whichN flowed placid river. Connecting these two worlds was drop of S0o feet over which poured flood of foamng water, varying in color from white spray to deep coffee color. The force with which the river rushes over the precipice starts turning it into spray soon after it commences it's Iona plunge, and the base of the fall is en- tirely hidden by the mist that rises iI clouds. The sun shining on the mist
 makes long rainbows, starting at the top of the falls and losing themselves in an
 opalescent swirl at the base. remembers that the Woolworth buiId- ing in New York is about 800 feet high. It is an unforgetable experience 70 crawl out on Table Rock. that juts out
 into the chasm, and look down into tho gorge below.
 The falls are 4oo feet wide. and S22 feet high. The sheer drop is "A feet but below that the fall is broken by rocks. 1T is easier to visualize this height if ono
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
. MORNING PRAYER

A MORNING PRAYER
 Thou knowcst my weakness Loto' Look thou upon 1t with tender pity Reveal it unto me that l may know 1t, too, and knowing, overcome H. .Amen.-M. :. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
ADRIFT WITH THE IlMES
CONVERTED

CONVERTED. For years he rallied at motorists, And shook his fist and waxed profane And laughed with most unnoiy glee Whene'er one bumped into train. He said they menaced human life And all of them should be in jail For reckless driving through the streets And not permitted to m ake bail He even said he'd like to lynch The speeder for his sinful ways; No automobile ever got
 From him a single word of praise For any usefulness it had
 For business and for pleasure, too; To smash them, every blooming one. Was what he swore he'd like to do. But here of late, we must confess, His thoughts have undergone change; Yet when you learn the reason why You will not think it very strange. He realizes now full well What grievous pests pedestrians are And wonders how he ever lived So long without motor car.
 SOMEWHAT BITTER.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14

SOMEWHAT BITTER. And what is that?" asked the newly arrived immigrant That said the bibulous American lis the Statue of Liberty "Ah! She's a goddess in this country ''No she's a joke"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
More Good Results of
 the League of Nations

IT WAVING settled the Polish Russian NW entanglement and eliminated this grave problem, it looks as if the efforts of the League of Nations in reconciling differences between Italy and Jugo-Slavia had been successful. Europe is almost at peace and the league has been the instrumentality which brought this about.
 Those who said the league was dead meant that the Wilson label had been removed by the republican victory. But the label is not essential. The spirit of the league alone is what con- cerns the world and that cannot be removed by any set of notifications that leave the league in operation.
 So long as the big nations of the Asrth stand together for the suppress sion of war it matters little how the phrase-makers dispute.
 The League of Nations is right in principle and is demanded by the sound sense of the age. It has sur vived all attacks to date and it will continue to survive.
 Two Veteran Comedians in
 a Revival of "Erminie"
 Hf1HE famous old comic opera, "Er-
 U minie," was recently revived in Baltimore with Francis Wilson and De Wolf Hopper in the roles of Cadeaux and Ravennes. After about IT years spent chiefly in playing light comedy parts, MT. Wilson has returned to form of entertainment in which he first became famous. The versatile Mr. Hopper has played a little of everything since the era of Wang"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
LURING HIM BACK.

LCRING HIM BACK. There are great many human ir- advertisements. "Weli?" For instance, here's one in winch Mary sass. Come home. John. I've sold the poodle"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
Abundant Cause
 for Thanksgiving

Abundant Cause for Thanksgiving NVN E have plenty to be thankful WV for. Deep down in our hearts we know it and feel it. The complain ing which we hear is only on the surface.
 President Wilson is right in declar- ing that there is abundant cause for thanksgiving. He declares in his proc- lamation that "the lesions of the war are rapidly healing," and says:
 The great army of freedom, which America sent to the defense of liberty. returning to the grateful embrace of the nation, has resumed the useful pursuits of peace as simply and as promptly as it resorted to arms in obedience to the country's call.
 We are a little restive under the readjusting process, but just as soon as we realize that it has touched every one, we will accept it and smile away the frown that now mars some of our foreheads.
 Essentially true it is, as the Presi- dent says, that "in plenty, security and peace our virtuous and self-re- liant people face the future, it's duties and it's opportunities"
 Nothing is really the matter. The tide is merely receding. Ungrateful, indeed, would this nation be, and espe- cially ungrateful this district, did it fail to realize the prosperity it has enjoyed while the rest of the world suffered from the economic blight of the greatest war in history.
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 If Mr Edison establishes communica- tion with the spirit world. let us hope the operator will afways give us the right number with the minimum delay. With sweet potatoes selling at 90 cents tushel. the most skeptical should be convinced that sweet potatoes are edi- ble.
 W. L. George, the English novelist now in America. is said to be a shy-looking man. It's never safe to judge of an au- thcr's personal appearance by his books.
 
 With a secretariat ao strong and a soe- mer hotel for headquarters, there IS nothing to prevent the League of Ma, tions from getting down to business.
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 MT. Hardins's contribution of $2.5oo to help feed the starving children of csn- tral Europe is believed to have no poli.- ical significance.
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 Looking back on the past, it is hard to realize that Secretary Loeb used 10 be almost as much fin the public eye as Secretary Tumulty is now
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 Although the voice of the political spellbinder is no longer heard. the pro- fessional suplifter is always with us.
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 France doesn't want Germany to join the League of Nations until her repent- ance is little farther advanced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14

Although the voice of the political spellbinder is no longer heard. the pro- fessonai suplifter is always with us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14

France doesn't want Germany to join the League of Nations until her repent- ance is little farther advanced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-14
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER

Bibbles would look for me"
The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-08
: TWO CREWS At WELL.
NseNo-She Drilling Day and Night
Near Eads.


Another drilling crew arrived
early this week and are now al
work at the Ne-NO-She well south
east OF Eads. Mr.. DOtterrer, who
drilled the C0lumbine deep test
near Pueblo. heads one shift, while
George Haig. who has shown real
ability on the job. heads the other
With two crews like this, and with
the drill going day and night, they
are making rapid progress.
A wire to c. w. Sweitzer from
wyoming states that the Nee-NO-
She well in the new Usage field is
spudded in and making rapid pro-
gress. AS this well is in shallow
territory Nee-NO-She share holders
can look for good news from that
quarter any moment.
A contract has been let with
Willett Helms to move his rigs to
wyoming and drill exclusively for
the Nee-NO-She Company on the
shallow field. This field Is also in
the deep gusher district. This, how
ever, will be drilled later.
A wire from r. A. Totten. field
manager for Nee-NO-She at Quanah
reports the Wheat well is good
producer. and Nee-No-Shee making
rapid prOgress.-Eads Press.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-08
PRoaREss1vE FARMERS.

We read in daily written by
college professor Columbus
that he the of this
than before He said based
today quite college
printed en-
that will letter
it is msaddresed undeiveed
And that something Holly to think
about etterhead your and per-
the products of which make speciality
will make impression college professor you
and farm business in favorable light with the
sell something
Farming business and big business Every
letters and while his
enough to
duct his etterhead stamps him as
progressive The envelope
his letter the whom it directed away
the letter dropped in the box with
remember that it must millions
have quit using them long agoand then drop
samples the next time
The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-08
Britons Buy American Hensy.

American honey Is becoming In
creasingly popular in Great Brit
ain. On account of the shortage OF
sugar the English people have tax.
en- readily to its use, and it now
seems probable that the demand
will continue even after sugar
becomes plentiful. The clear,
strained honey in the glass has the
best sale, the preference being for
California hOneys, according to re.
ports issued by Bureau of Markets,
United States Department of Agri-
culture. In 1914 the total impOr-
The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-08
ROADS OF THE FUTURE.

We where Dr. president Good Roads
gue makes interesting prediction which
est to the people of Holly vicinity better being
made The doctor and talking
To-day the who held q
enough for two vehicles
foot road and the old fellow
enthusiastic coming
when there will be both
roads for trucks light vehicles will eighteen
The farmers will market their stuff by motor truck
the side Of the roads mOrortruck freight
deliver
lighted by electricity will
dangers and disastrous effects"
twenty dollars viii be
this
doesn't spentfor roads
but he knows what all the of that
States
q
there people will place
The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-08

tations by the United Kingdom
were approximately 100000 pounds.
By 1918 this had increased to 36.-
10000 pounds. vaued At 50,O0O
The United States contributed
more to these totals in 1918 than
any other country, its share being
100000 pounds. valued at $780,
600.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-08
HOW n YOUR ooMPLExIoM7

A woman should krOW more
beautiful as she grows older and
she will with due regard to baths.
diet and exercise, and by keeping
her liver and bowels in good work.
ing order. If you are haggard and
yellow, Your eyes losing their lustre
and whites becoming yell0wish,
your flesh flabby, it may be due to
Indigestion, or to sluggish liver.
Chamberlain's Tablets correct
these disorders.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-08
Baseball League.

Eli w. Gregg, who will manage
the Lamar baseball team the COM
ing season, is in correspondence
with several other valley towns
with bright prospects of reorganiz-
ing the old valley league which for
several seasons furnished the towns
The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-08

of the valley with as good games
as are to be seen most anywhere
except in the major leagues. La
mar has material for q team that
will hold its own in any league
that can be maintained outside OF
the big cities.-Lamar Register.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-08
BEES AS MoNEY,MAKERs.

honey coast last
amounting dollars should interest
Holly especially
when sugar soaring price and will probably below
the coast declares that
houseren to the ordinary family
retacng trail he
team In fact due to him than
interest aroused in bees in all
He he bees and the
natives nothing for
Wams he and reached him safely Then he took
Oregon thousands
possible by Mkers
ing bees for commercial purposes
1t has about average Holly boy thinks his
education complete when he by looking
at the radiator
1t ought to eat the
cheaper of beef unless
cheaper parts
The odfashoned Holly woman
her complexion daughter
drug store
According Pittsbug sight
Then there's fortune for the who'll invent haircutng
Not that should call the
attention Of Holly girls to the fact that eapy
We the occasionally suragette
looks as though she would rather have voter than
for our part we
prefer to wait until the big political conventions and
year. due possibly to
OF fresh corncobs and the high price
look though there way nations
peace and that is to fight for it.
Milwaukee going spring they've
done with book beer signs