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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
JOHN MURRAY ON BOOKMAKING

Moore he guaranteed and, indeed, paid over 1,500 guineas for 'Lalla Rookh'' before it was written. The relations between Byron and Murray were close enough to be jocular till the break came over the sixth and later cantos of 'Don Juan," which were published by John Hunt. Byron once presented Murray with magnificent copy of the Bible, of which the publisher was very proud till he found that Now Bar rabbas was robber" had been changed to Now Barabbas was a publisher" My dear MT. Murray, you're in a damned hurry" is historic. Also the protest:
 For Orford and for Waldegrave, You gave much more than me you gave, Which is not fairly to behave,
 My Murray.
 Because if live dog 'tis said
 Be worth a lion, fairly sped,
 A live lord must be worth two dead,
 My Murray.
 The eldest son of this "Anak," born in 1908. lived till 1892. He published the works of Hallam, of Gladstone, of Darwin. It Is his son, John Murray 4th, who prophecies in gloomy mood the end of the making of many books. He is not yet old enough to be such a confirmed pessimist.
 What is probable is that subscrip- ton publication at very high rates per volume, the plan on which Byron's works and Scotts and Moore's were published, may be brought back. Au- thors would have no reason for com blaming. They were much better paid under that plan when they founds a publisher. And the critic who notes the tendency in all English -speakirg countries to rely on libraries for new books instead of buying them, can hardly deny that reversion to the older system would have much of jus tification from the present conditions. No labor costs and no high-priced pa per are likely to suppress permanetly any book that deserves to live.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
MORE WHISKY THAN EVER

MORE WHISKY THAN EVER
 From the Washington Post.
 Tt may be almost unbelievable, but 1t Is a fact nevertheiess that there is more whisky on top of the earth in the United States than there ever was" remarked H. H. Hayden of Chicago. at the Washington.
 "One would think no doubt that with the ratification of the eighteenth amendment and the fact that dis.ill, CTS have ceased to make whisky the enormous consumption would virtually exhaust the available supply. It was said that when the prohibition amend, ment went into effect there were inI the bonded warehouses of the distill- CTS something like 7o.000.o00 gallons of whisky. Of course. this did not represent the total number of gal-i Ions in the United States. for there were no doubt many times that num- Der of gallons stored away by indi- viduals. But the 70.o00.o00 gallons did represent the available supply, and with this supply still unavailable ex1 cept for medicinal purposes 1t is somewhat remarkable that there has been more whisky sold and consumed than before the amendment went into effect. This. at any rate. Is the in-, formation I have received from per- sons who ought to know. The ques- tion naturally arises. where has the whisky come from and who is mak- ing it2 There are thousands of pri- vate stills distributed throughout tho country. and the moonshiners are buster than they ever were. You may know. doubtless. that the moonshiners voted almost to a man for prohibi-i tion. because they knew that it would bring greater profits. It has so often been said that prohibition does not prohibit. and I am beginning to De- lieve that this is truism.
 "A prominent government official recently told me that one of the large department stores of Chicago had sold in less than a month no less than l,so0 stills and that all of these no doubt are in operation in Chicago"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
A MOTHERS p1cruRr

By Edmund Clarence Stedman She seemed an angel to our infant eyes Once. when the glorifying moon re-
 vealed Her who at evening by our pillow
 kneeled- Soft-voiced and golden haired from
 holy skies Flown to her loves on wings of Para
 disc, We looked to see the pinions half con-
 cealed The Tuscan vines and olives will not Her back to me. who loved her in this
 wise, And since have little known her. but
 have grown To see another mother. tenderly Watch over sleeping children of my PeroAaAes t'is ssArs have changed her:
 st alone Tais &ssture linssrs; still she seems 10 The tasr young gel of my infaacs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
Catch the Heavy End

"1 will certainly be glad when the supreme court passes upon the validity of the jury system in Jefferson coun- ty,' said Circuit Solicitor Joseph R. Tate. "We catch the heavy end of the fight in the criminal divisions of the court. As things stand now. every time we have a capital week the question: is raised and lot of time must Jba spent in hearings on motions attack the venire. It causes considerable amount of trouble and I will be very glad to have the question finally de- cided by the supreme court"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 N LI4 the publishing concerns in the A\ world arc infants, fledglings' compared with the John Mur- ray house in London. When the head of that house, great-grandson of it's founder, though a mature golf player of 69, declares that "the time is ap- preaching when book publication must cease. owing to the insistent demands of labor and the extraordinary increase in the price of paper" authors and readers may well sit up and take mo- tice.
 MT. Murray thus amplifies his posi- tion:
 You cannot ask Is shillings for a book, the economic price of which nor mally would be 5. Reprints formerly costing about 1880 now cost nearly f2.50O. I am refusing books almost daily which in pre-war times would have been gladly published. The pa per for which we paid 2 pence farth- ings runs up to 19 pence.
 III dudlyZlnS the authority Wltn which MT. Murray speaks one has to go into history. The American colonies were still loyal to King George in 176S when John McMurray of Edinburgh wandered into London, dropped the ''Mc," bought out Standby, on Fleet street, and began his career as pub fisher. Isaac DIsraell's "Curiosities of Literature" was one of the works he gave to the world. The house of John Murray had been in existence ten years when John Murray II was born. It was he who was called by Byron 'The Anak of Publishers" In his house Byron and Scott met for the first time. He brought out Marmion. He made Byron famous with "Childe Harold" in 1911, paying 500 guineas for the first two cantos. He established the Quarterly, so savage and tartarly." His invest ments in copy from Byron totaled about f20,000, not including f4.200 to Moore for the Life of Byron." To
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
4 PROFITABLE PURSUIT
Inc Philadelphia Inquirer.

From the PhfladeIphia Inqulrer.
 New York "business agent" of the Dock Builders Union admits he gets about $15,0o0 year out of 1t. A "busi- ness agent" we may explain. is fancy for walking delegate" No wonder those chaps are so interested in unions and the "woixing man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
Large Registration
 and Heavy Vote

A LARGER vote was cast in Ala 6A bama yesterday than ever be- fore, and it was easily accounted for by the increased registration.
 Here in Jefferson county, the reg istration was larger by thousands than ever. Men who had never voted paid their back poll taxes, and went to the polls to exercise their prigi- lege of citizenship. This is a good sign.
 But as large as the increase was, it should have been even larger. Many men were kept from voting because they had failed to qualify.
 Every citizen should be a voter. And when the next election rolls around, all poll taxes should be paid and no delinquent should be recorded
 A full electorate is desired in every election, and especially in every cleo tion where great issues were involved as this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12

tend grand opera and hear artists on account of the high prices that those who bring them must charge if they would not lose money on the venture. But the great thing is the getting together of multitudes of people of the same destiny and habitat. Nothing so harmoniously welds into one mind and heart the different elements in citizenship like meeting together on pleasant and uplifting occasions and sensing each the common thought and impulse that pervades large assem- blages. The wartime dinners of Bir- lmingham's civic organizations amply demonstrated this. It is the duty of each auditorium subcommittee to speed the day that dirt will be broken on the auditorium foundation. The chief indictment Sir Josephus brings against Admiral Sims is that the doughty old sea dog talked more than the facts or the occasion war; ranted. Another "SOviat will coo, etaox~ away to Russia, bearing about 500 rad icals who have no particular desire to travel. General Obregon is a highly edu- cated man of fine address, but he is probably cursed with Latin-American temperament. Judging from their photographs, ev- cry one of the bridesmaids at the Lit- tleton-Vanderbilt wedding is qualified to enter the movies. # # * | The confiscation of Won Hindenburg's statue by the police of Berlin was not due to any desire to protect a valuable work of art. If Carranza, now a captive of the Mexican rebels escapes with his whis- kers he'll be lucky. I
 Eastern 'wets" point to the large
 number of stills" in the south as a
 vindication of their pet theory. | * < # Cincinnatus Villa talks of settling down on farm and leading the life of a country gentleman. l * # * l No Mexican revolution is able to get
 anywhere without liberal use of the
 firing squad.
 * * *
 The weather man has succeeded in
 making spring safe for Palm Beach
 suits.
 The Lame Ducks Club will now pro-
 ceed to organize and draw up a set of | bylaws.
 | * E *
 Strictly speaking, soviet Russia is not another name for Paradise. l ]; E * l The Hoover boom needs air, and plenty of it. E F * It is the history of most elections that many run, but few are chosen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
EASILY MANAGED

''So you've made up your quarrel with Miss Peacher?'
 Yes, but confound the luck, I swore I would never darken her door again"
 You can get around that without much trouble. Just roll up to the curb In your roadster and summon her forth with a joyous thonkr"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
ASKING roo MucH

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 A New York woman is organizing a womans regiment. All right. if she will promise not to call it death battalion" or get it's pictures in the papers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
FORGE oE HARIr

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 A New York restaurant illegally sen. ing liquor, charged q a drink and thoughtfully added 10 cents for war tax. Some habits are as hard to breAk as the liquor habit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
Confusing Period

T do not remember to have passed through just such a confusing political period as the one which came to an end on yesterday" said Robert c. Redus." It seemed that even the old time political experts and prognostica- tcrs were up in the air over the out come. Nearly every man I met had picked a different man in the short term race for senator as a winner, and each one was ready to go into details as to why his favorite had all the others beaten block.
 lowing to the length of the ticket and the large vote we do not know much more now than on election day, but before the sun goes down we ought to have a line on those who have landed. It has been a bitter contest and I am glad that at last we can take a rest from politics."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
CONTENT

How care-free seems the brdman
 Who sails up in the sky And views the world spread out below
 With all-e embracing eye. How fair appears the rural scene,
 The hills and valleys, too, Enrolled beneath his speeding plane
 In gray and green and blue. Fut don't envy him-you see, trolley's swift enough for me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
ADRIF''T WITH THE TIMES
IDLE THOUGHTS

Often in the gentle spring
 Thoughts arise in me Of the things I'd like to do,
 If I were but free Had I Monte Cristo's wealth,
 Ample leisure, too, Round the world and back again Pleasure to pursue Then I put those fancies by,
 Wish my task were lighter And with somewhat slower speed Pound the old typewriter.
 FOES TO SLUMBER How about the new people who have just moved into the house next door?"
 "In what particular " "win they add tone to this neighbor- hood?"
 Lots of it. They play jazz music until o'clock in the morning."
 oBEDIENT Are you acquainted with MT. Meek leigh?"
 Quite wel1.'' What sort of man is he?" "One of those y. m. d. husbands" What kind is that?" t"Yes, my dear.'"
 A KINDLY DEED. '1 saw Gabson talking to you this morning."
 "So he was" What did he talk about T haven't the slightest idea had a few minutes to spare. so l thought would let Gabson use my ear and en- joy himself" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
Authority on Thrift
 Wears Trousers II Years

h\ LII DIlt OliCOl iAiiiS III Si'S 'ONNN GA won't reduce the high cost of living. but practice works wonders. For instance, George w. Norris, who is governor of the Third Federal Re- serve Bank, in Philadelphia, could probably keep the wolf away from his door, regardless of prices, but being a financier he frowns on extrava- gance.
 MT. Norris recently delivered an address on thrift to the women's clubs of Philadelphia. He wore a coat three years old. He solemnly declared that his trousers first saw the light of day II years ago, and his shoes were about ready to be half-soled for the third time.
 It is not necessary for a thrifty person like MT. Norris to wear over alls as a protest against the high price of clothing. He must have been presentable, otherwise, being a gentleman, he would not have ap- peared before his feminine auditors. Yet, his economy in dress would drive a tailor to despair and if generally followed would quickly bring back the $9.99 suit which flourished in the pre-war days but has lately been dig nified by a $29 or a $39 price tag. Small Sum to Be Asked
 By the Salvation Army TN HE campaign for the home serv- U ice fund of the Salvation Army begin in Birmingham today. This city will be asked to contribute $4o,oOO.
 The people of America and nearly all other lands know what the Salva- tion Army represents-self-sacrific- ing labor for humanity which has stood the test 40 years and has never been found wanting. What the men and women, particularly the women, of this noble organization did in the war stands out against the sombre background of that struggle like a glorious beam of light that illumi- mates the depths of human misery. No danger was too great for them to face, no task too hard to undertake. Many a former doughboy gratefully remembers the Salvation Army "las- sie'' with her doughnuts, pies and coffee. Others, suffering from homesickness or some physical ail- ment, were helped and comforted.
 But the war work of the Salva- tion Army was done in compara- lively short period of time. For years before that, the army's workers had gone about doing good. raising up the fallen, feeding the hungry saving the derelict and sheltering humanity's unfortunates who had mo- where else to turn.
 The Salvation Army wants now and asks of a public which should respond gladly and generously, money to maintain it's home service. Some data recently furnished The Age-Herald is interesting, as showing the work being done by this organi- zation:
 There are 3o,ooO soldiers and
 5000 officers of the Salvation Army
 operating in the United States.
 The Salvation Army breaches
 (and this is the least of its work)
 to ls,oo0,o0o persons each year.
 Every summer the Salvation
 Army sends s3.ooo children and
 5000 mothers to the country for
 brief stay away from stuffy
 tenement houses.
 In single year more than
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
Auditorium on Paper
 To Be One in Fact

 ID IRMINGHAM'S auditorium on ~ paper bids fair to soon assume the beginning of realism.
 The City Commission and the spe- cial citizens committee at a joint meeting decided to go ahead with the project. Subcommittees will at once proceed to select the site, invite plans and otherwise make ready for the earliest possible breaking of ground.
 That is well. The auditorium is Birmingham's present outstanding need. Acute disappointments have been the portion of the people when, by reason of inadequate assemblage quarters, they have been unable to gather together in solidarity mass, unable to invite great conventions of their associates here, unable to at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
Strange it is,

Strange it is, That nature must compel us to lament Our most persisted deeds.
 Antony and Cleopatra.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
NOT AT ALL CONCERNED

NOT AT ALL CONCERNED
 What is your attitude toward a de- ported radical who Is homesick for American"
 Why" replied Mir. Dubwaite. cheer fully, This plight troubles me about as much as a news bulletin stating that an exiled king has had to sell his sec- ond-best crown to pay his board bill"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12

DESPERATE "So, my friend, you wish to be shot at the moon in a rocket?" Yes" said the wild-eyed man. q want to accommodate my wife" Flows that?" She says this world is too small to hold both of us."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
No Let-up


 Now that the election of county and state officials is over." said John A. Grover. "new political pots will be set to boiling. The presidential cleo tion is coming on in November. Of course, this election will cause specu- lation in Birmingham, but there will be little discussion as to how we shall vote
 The next election to cause political controversy in Birmingham will be the city election to be held next May. As soon as the officers made by this election have been installed. and have begun to work smoothly in their new positions, announcements of candidates for city office will be made. I, person. ally, know several men who intend to announce their candidacy as soon as the present political condition has quieted down."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
Aussk11M 1Ml0ae.t4H

P. s. Do your part in the financial drive now on for the Salvation Army.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12
News of Shumvvay

You will be pleased, I'm sure, to learn that we have put community service over here to the tune of at least s25,000, which will enable us to carry out our entire programme of outdoor movies. band concerts, swimming pools, our three clubs. etc. We were also very instrumental in having the coun- cil give $27.000 this year instead of their usual $7.o00." writes Edward F. Shumway from Richmond, Va, where he is now in charge of the community singing for Community Service. Inc, to friends here, where he formerly had charge of community singing.
 q read The Age-Hera1d every day and enjoy the accounts of various &C., tivities In Birmingham. Reading about my old friends and acquaintances often makes me homesck for that good old town, where everybody was so kind to me and Mrs. Shumway."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-12

Gave Her All
 "We were seeking a subscription to the storm relief fund in store on Twentieth street." said Fred Under wood, land we didn't notice little girl about twelve years of age who was standing by listening as we told of the pitiful conditions in Marion and Franklin counties.
 We had secured check and walked out and were some distance down the street when we heard little femi- nine voice calling to us to stop. It was the little girl who had listened.
 "'You didn't ask me to give you anything, said the lass reproachfully, but I got quarter here and wish you would take 1t and send 1t to some little girl whose papa was killed by the cyclone
 "The quality of mercy is not meas ured by dollar marks. We took the quarter, and it seemed bigger than any subscription we had got any where"
Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1920-02-12
Senrafnnnam pambimpien oientaminen
1 Sim. 5:19-21

ala on frllooii ipptett1 ipanbinta fpastnon, joliet
fttd ole luabpistanlosia tofii tai folme t%ootsta1da.
Spnti1 tefepiG mibtele faiffien faiiIlen, iotta r%riiiitttr
peIt1iiitudt. MinG t~eroitan ftnilIe Sun1alan ia 3ris'
fufien Seeiufien ia t~eaIittrien enfeIien eoesid, ettd
nouodtat tdtd Imam ennoffomieIipiteitd ia fetaan fno.
finotto. FL
mfuieurofuntien pIin iobto of ~apostolien bdiisid.
Wdmd taos f%1pttipdt apuIaiiiaan iiioiiinaan. Sdllot'
men opostoolinen i%iiainen oil Tinoteiis @feiosia. Sd'
men tuIi tarpeen ~mootiesia mpos o%ientaa feuratinndn
iuonbiulpiofin. TdIIaiiista oiennustoimenpiteistd pi.
b1l tefstimme.
". @anbirnpia fbbfettSesiS
4. Seitd fpstetdam.- "Sppteftd %panbinta %rpdstaan".
SuIfifesIa ofemasSa oletpat bemfiI0t eifpdt fosfaan tpdI.
Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1920-02-12

tam Min t~uomariIta ~paabitaan oif,uSentantoa. Goiiin
~fuitenfin on allan laita uiein maoiImasia. Sanooban
naet iananIasfufir, etta Iafi on ~niinfuin l~uetaan, ia
taIIG iuuri torfoitetaan t~uornorien tu~nnottomuutta. So
r~aeIisiafin oil tdutG pabana matdboofpono, futen pro
~feettoien ~firioista ndenmie. Sinoterfien tuIi f~iitenfin
ola tioniorina
Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1920-02-12

a. @nnaftoIuuIoton. "Slman ennaffomieIipiteita".
Suoruia fimIlesiamne ~paifuttaa aiiaan paIion i, on
TO ~iuoruiea olainen benfiIo pstdtpdnme tai i~ufulaiiem
me. $plpin pian fuoin miooosamne ennaffcmielipi-
teitd, m%alttauutta titfia oianbaaroia. $engellinen
%tlou,ori Ell f~,itenfaan iaa olla taIlainen, paan bdnen
t1ilee tutfio ipita ia pastaipitd.
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