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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
underwood's Wide Popularity

"Men living outside of Alabama, be they democrats or republicans, cannot understand how Senator Underwood could have any substantial opposition for reelection" said J. Edward Brantly, prominent geologist of Texas, whose home is at Dallas.
 Alabama is my native state and in my early days I had the honor of being assistant to pr. Eugene A. Smith, state geologist, and member of the faculty of the university. Thus it was that I took an active interest in Alabama politics.
 In recent months have kept in touch with many states, and with out an exception, so far as I can learn, Underwood is regarded as the premier senator-the ablest and the most pop ular statesman in the upper house. But for the fact that he comes from a one-party state he would be nominated for the presidency this year and would stand good chance of win ming in November. As 1t Is, Under
 wood is a great asset of Alabama from any angle. q suppose he will receive 8 decisive
 ma ajority in the May primary. It be- hooves his supporters to work for him and roll up sweeping majority. Surely there should be no lukewarm- ness or indifference"
 ! Mir. Erantly is registered at the | Tutwiler
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their munitions guns, intrenching tools. sandbags, provisions, clothing and hos- pietals, with mules, horses and fodder besides their drinking water.
 And, incidentally, it should be rs- membered that every drop of water for the troops in that campaign had to bes carried 500 miles. The fraction of tho landing party which managed to rot ashore alive had to dig themselves and their equipment into the sand and Ms all day under the Gallipoli sun. A frac-
 tion of a second party got ashore that night. and then attempts were made to storm the fort; only the third attack was successful.
 The stupendous story of Gallipoli is
 known through several historians, hut
 none has told it quite so coolly and sf< fectively as John Masefield He served
 may be supposed to know of what hs speaks; quorum pars fuit, literally. After the evacuation, the troopship River Clyde was lowed to Malta, where she now lies. The answer to a recent question in the House of Commons re- vealed the fact that it would cost $100,- 900 to make her seaworthy and tow her | to England. She has been sold at auc- | tion to Spanish firm of marine engi- 1 neers for s57,oeo. Commander Edward fyUnwin, who commanded the ship at W
 Beach, was in the auction room at th5 l time of the sale. A prominent British l shipbuilder has already telegraphed to this firm an offer to buy back the hulk at profit in order to present her to /, the British nation. Let us all hope that
 Spanish courtesy will avail to make | this outcome possible.
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ROOSEVELT IN GERMANY

i, istered country behind them, regarded
 America with a dislike which was all
 the greater because they could not
 make it merely contempt. They felt
 that we were entirely unorganiEed. that we had no business to be formidable
 rivals at all in view of our loose demo- cratic government methods, and that 1t was exasperating to feel that our great territory. great natural resources, and : strength of individual initiative en- able us in spite of our manifold short
 comtnes to be formidable industrial | rivals of Germany and moye incredible still. and thanks to our navy and our
 ocean protected position, we were in a
 military sense wholly independent and slightly defiant: and they felt that l typified. the nation they disliked, and,
 more especially. that as a volunteer 1 soldier and an adventurer who had 1 fought for his own hand and had risen
 in irregular ways, I typified the very qualities to which they objected.''
 Summing up his impressions of the
 Kaiser, Colonel Roosevelt says: .'In the fundamentals of domestic morality. and as regards all that side of religion which is moral, we agreed heartily;
 but there is a good deal of dogmatic i theology which to him means much l and to me is entirely meaningless, and, l on the other hand, as is inevitable with d man brought up in the school of Fred eric1x tha f.reat and Bfsmark~-iu cor- trast to any one whose heroes are men like Timoleon, John Hampden, Wash ington. and Lincoln--there were many
 points in international morality whore
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AN ABLE JUSTICE
,m Inc Mobile Register.

From the MObiIe Register.
 Justice William H. Thomas has an rounced as candidate for reelection as justice of the supreme court of Alabama The justice has shown him. self of clear judgment. and resolute in maintaining the high character of the supreme bench. II was fortunate that the electors concentrated their suffrages in his favor. for he has ac- quilted himself at all times honorably and with wisdom. It will be well, therefore, with the state should it set fit to retain this capable jurist's serv- ices
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Copyright 1920. by Charles scribner's E7f5HE wonderful insight of Colonel
 Roosevelt and his acute fore
 S sight are shown in the second portion of his vigorous 2s,oOo-word let ter in the March scribner. giving an account of his visit to the courts of Europe after his return from Africa. When he got to Berlin he said
 Tt was curious and interesting to notice the contrast between my recep- ton in Germany and my reception in the other countries of Europe which l had already visited or visited after wards. Everywhere else was received, as I have said, with practically as much enthusiasm as in my own coun- try when I was President. In Germany was treated with proper civility all the .civility which I had a right to de- mand and expect, and no more
 He describes how that the Germans showed him every proper civility. but were "decorously enthusiastic, and that was all" Colonel Roosevelt continues: The Germans did not like me. and circumstances they behaved entirely correctly, showing me every civility and l making mo pretense of an enthusiasm \ which was not present. do not know quite what the reason of contrast was, l but it was evident that. next toEng- land, America was very unpopular in Germany. The upper classes, stiff domineering, formal, with the organ ized army the organized bureaucracy the organized industry of their great
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EVERY YEAR A LEAP YEAR

INNT AsHlNGToN' p. c. February y \VNW 29.-(SpeciaL-Once again with V V 1920 women have a chance to fake the initial step toward providing themselves with an introduction to the heavenly kingdom, boon which mar r,are brings to them, according to Mormon philosophy. The return or 2 wear which leaps forward day, bring ing to them a privilege monopoized 1 hv m an +hree years out of four, has no significance for women of many lands, since they enjoy that liberty all the time says a bulletin from the National | Geographical Society issued today from Hts Washington headauarters
 "rhe women of no race possess more 1 freedom in this matter than the Hopi Indians of Arizona" the bulletin con times. "A maiden doessnot woo the man of her,choice. but simply and forc- fibly states her position to his mother without any engagement on his part. l Her only preliminary proceeding IS 10 ] do her hair in two gigantic wnorls' one over each ear. This is her an 1 rouncement that she is going acourt- I ing. These peculiar knots are intenaeo | to represent the blossoms of squash v;ne symbol of virginity, but to those iuntutored in their meaning they re- l samble huge door knobs set at a rath- .r violent angle. When some debu- tarte. thus announce that they are out on the carpet. it is said that as many las six or eight eligible young men
 os the tirbe literally take to the woods.
 "After this aggressive young lady has selected her victim and his mother has agreed that he shaU be sacrificed
 aha sArves in the house of her future m mother-in-law for 30 days grinding meal. very much after the fashion that Jacob of old served 14 years for Rachel The poor youth in the meanwhile does not sit idly by but weaves her we'd ding garments.
 "Among the Batus of the Uganda Protectorate of Africa, if girl is not fortunate enough to be asked in mar 1 ridge in her home town. she soes l another village and offers herself te ' some man there. Though not honored in her own county, she at least re ,ceiyes consideration m that or hen ! neighbor for woman Is nsexcelien'
 agricultural laborer and man is not l,ikeiy to refuse such a business asset.
 "rhe Gala woman of the eastern !coast of Africa has the rare privilege
 among savage and haIf-civilized peo-
 ple of refusing tossmarry man who
 is untes.rable to her.
 'l ..Littie is known Of the marraigt
 customs of the ancient Egyptians, bu' we can easily believe that women had
 1 at least the privilege, of expressing 4 preference # they cia not actual, do the proposing. for, if we trust thu historian Diodorus. a man promised lis wife to grant her complete contro over him and to offer no objection t her commands. K. "scme survival 0t this liberty O
 E:eyptian women 1nusv have permeats tss
 ther portions Of Afrsca- for prsneesse'
 sn the west coast Of that. continsn
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LUKE McLUKE SAYS

woman can get lot of pleasure
 cut of being miserable. But when a
 man is miserable he is miserable. A man wants whole lot of credit for the fact that there are worse men in the world than he is.
 The reason why a princess hasn't any corns on her fingers is because she plays the piano with her feet. Of course. it is a terrible thing to say. But the rosy checked, good looking, honest-eyed girl who smiles at you openly is usually gooe eeal straighter than is the flat-chested horse faced girl who parades so mucl virtue that she acts like you were go ing to contaminate the atmosphere by speaking to her.
 Why is it that girl who is so ner- vous that she has to have light burn ing in her bedroom all night gets twice as nervous is the light isn't turned al the way out when she is sitting in the front room holding hands with her bes' fellow?
 The world is growing more Missouri IL takes more than a dirty collar ans a Buffalo Bill haircut to enable [ man to pass as genius these days. A princess can't understand why { man should wish for brains when h' could wish for curly hair.
 ! It doesn't hurt to tell the truth onc' 1 in awhile There would n,,t be so man, I divorces if husband would share hi 1 good luck with his wife the way he in sixt on sharing his bad luck with her, l And what has become of the old | fashioned Tomboy who could walk ol 1 her hands and beat the boys in a foo |! xA2ef ..ssoA ~>-A ~aa < ya .r.Asss. a.s4- ftet sa-nian n has served on n jta@ t~t or three times he understands wh!
 payid said: -Ali men ars Hars."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
As Unassuming as He
 Was We'll Equipped.

TN HE death of H. c. Selheimer, U distinguished member of the Birmingham Bar Association, comes as shock to his friends and the conn., munity at large.
 His public service had been of marked value-first in the railroad rate litigation, and recently as um- pire in the differences between the coal miners and the coal operators.
 He was not only we'll poised and thoroughly judicial in temperament, but his unprejudiced mind made him acceptable to both sides of any and every controversy. As coal umpire his work was of incalculable value to the government during the strenuous days of the war.
 1t is reasonable to say that Ala bama had no abler lawyer, and was there ever more unassuming man :?
 Although a notably quiet man, his social qualities were of the highest. When he made friends they were bound to him by hooks of steel.
 MT. Selheimer's untimely end s5ill
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Helen Keller. New star

1T notice by the New York papers
 that Helen Keller. who has accepted
 vaudeville engagement, is proving a
 great drawing card" said Thomas E-
 Benton, manager of Loew's Bijou.
 Appearing at one of the big vaude-
 vills houses last week. the critics
 were most enthusiastic in praise of her offering. which I understand is brief
 demonstration of how she overcame the handicap of her several afflic- tions.
 '.One of the leadin yitics declared that her act was the greatest find as he expressed it, in ten years. stat ing that her name was on everybody ( lips in the lobby of the theatre during the intermission and at the close oi the performance,
 Helen Keller is certainly won- derful woman and there seems to be no end to her activities. Her life Is lcertainly an inspiration to everyone j'<nd has brought great encouragemsn' Ito thousands Of : people. She takel
 high rank in Alabama's hall of ftme.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
THE GALLIPOLI TROOPSHIP

From the New York Evening Sun.
 N TO reader of John Masefields
 UW thrilling prose epic, "Gallipoli- S perhaps the most striking single volume which has yet grown out of the
 war-can hear of the disposal of the shot-riddled hulk of the troopship River Clyde at auction in England late ly without distinct regret at the idea of her coming to an end which, if not exactly ignoble, is hardly worthy of her
 splendid history.
 Somebody has we'll characterized the
 River Clyde as the Trojan Horse of that
 ill-fated campaign. That ship, the
 modern equivalent of the wooden walls
 which hid the Grecian host, made five
 landings at the. southern end of the Galiipoli peninsula, of which perhaps the most savage was the landing at V Beach. This was a small shelving bit of the generally steep coast, some 300 yards across; it was completely exposed above it, besides being mined and wired in such way as to make it seem un- attainable from the sea.
 Five barbed wire barriers were under water, besides those on the beach, ana the landing parties had to leave the ship at some distance from shore and proceed in small boats and lighters ir tow to heavy surf, where the water was shallow enough for mans feet t6 touch bottom. if he didn't step into { l hole. How the Dublin Fusileers, ths Munster Fusileers, half battalion O. the Hampshire regiment and the Wes
 Riding Field company ever got ashor. at 5:30 on that April morning is quite l incomnrehensfble They had to carr,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
IN HOTEL LObBlES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Good oId pays

Good ulu DuyS
 Having concluded the docket for the day in the county court of misde- meanors. one afternoon last week "Jedge Ab' and several friends were commenting on the misbehavior of mankind and the various methods em- pioyed by noted jurists in dealing with these cases. Finally Hardle Brown ad- dressed those about him thusly:
 perhaps the greatest judge of A court of this kind. before Judge Ab came into prominence. of course, was Judge John Jeter Crutchfield of the police court of Richmond, Va, who be- fore that was a justice of the peace in Norfolk. If he is still living, may all the prosperity and happiness to be had in the old f5ofpinion be his. and If he has been gatheFas. to, bis fathers then may the saints watch. over his bones. Hear ye certsin things concerning J. J. C.:
 4It was long time ago in Norfolk thirty years maybe, when the body of & drowned man was drawn from the dark waters of the Elizabeth river. Al that time Judge Crutchfield was a coroner as well as justice of the peace. As coroner he viewed the body Tn the trouser pockets were found tive tcn-dollar bills and a pistol. "As coroner Judge John found the deceased had come to his death by drowning; as justice of the peace h. fined the body s20 for toting con. cealed weapons.
 "Yesrs later when holding police court in Richmond the judge an nounced that he had had two drinks the night before. so would free al | trunks that day.
 1 Court was opened. There was oni prisoner, a negro, charged with being ! drunk.
 "ewell,' said the court. I won break my word. but I can't let day go by without conviction. Fine hin 1 s5 for being a nigger.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
costs More in Atlanta

Tt seems like home to be here if it is only between trains said Dr. J. B. Crippen, formerly pastor of the Simp- son Memorial Methodist church, but now a district superintendent of the church Headquarters in Atlanta.
 "I particularly like the Sunday school end of my work, for in addition to being district superintendent l have charge of the oversight of the general Sunday school activities of my denomination in Georgia. Florida and Alabama and am now on my way to Wadley. I find that living is dearer Tn Atlanta than in Birmingham, both as to rents and to restaurant prices l am finding it hard to find my way about in Atlanta, for the streets have names instead of numbers, IS in Bir- mingham, and then they seem little more than alleys in the downtown sec ton, after being accustomed to the broad thoroughfares of Birmingham
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whose children may become future rur
 CTS choose their own husbands Nor
 is princess limited in her choice to
 unmarried men. She may just as easily
 decide upon one who has already en-
 tered the marriage state, and the poor
 fellow has to put away his other wives
 and become her slave. Moreover, she
 has the power of line and death over
 him. He sometimes has only one con-
 solation-he inherits all her property
 # he is fortunate enough to be spared
 until her death.
 In the Tyrol girl may express
 her preference for man by presenting
 him with a bottle or spirits. If she is afraid that her procedure has not
 the lndorsement of her parents. shs
 may contrive to lower the precious fluid at night from her chamber win. dow.
 Tn North Pennsylvania, . young peasant woman may give a particular swain tip that he Is the apple of her eye by going with him in his cart at, , the time of the harvesting of the oats to help him carry in his crop. It is said that al this season one sometimes sees a procession of gaiIy decorated carts going afield. a willing maid seat ed in each
 One of the obligations of . father.
 In Rumania and Bosnia is to provide so well for his marriaga daughter that when she is presented with ' iist informing her of the means and 1 qualifications of the eligible younr men in the vicinity she win not be hampered by a lack of worldly goods on her own part in making her chofce.1 Tn bygone days in India women were sometimes allowed to choose their own husbands. One of their old fairy tales tells of a fair princess who, after g tournament placed a garland around the neck of the knight who had won her heart
 Greenland. man captures the Eipl
 he wants. but from that time on the usual order of things is reversed n K
 has to exercise the greAtest {4tixat ss' 1 to keep her from eiop. ns x srA xss5t
 other man whom she ma ss Fer, ax. 1 this seems to be her priv3 s&e xs 10 * northern New Hebrides, q frfdk Fno xs unhappy seeks the earliest op ssf fanit y | of running away from hef husband and seek ing home with souts man shei likes better. If her parents c& ao-l duce her to return to the injuf "a Aua@ band. they usually send him . pig ta. soothe his wounded feelings."
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port. He became shipyard worker, although it was not necessary for him to do that if his exemption claims were adequate. At any rate, he was photographed in shipyard, wearing clean overalls and new pat ent leather shoes.
 Experts seem to think that Car pentier wouldn't stand a chance against Dempsey in the ring. yet the French champion may prove to be a far more popular man in America than our own champion, who is acclaimed the worlds greatest fighter.
 If Dempsey has been done an in- justice, the sooner his case is cleared up the better it will be for him and pugilism in general, but even if 1t is conclusively shown that he is not a draft dodger, the fact that Carpen- tier was found where you'd naturally expect fighting man to be and Dempsey wasn't, will always preju- dice public opinion in favor of the
 Frenchman who lost everything he
 had and risked his life many times for his country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
SOMEBODY HAS TIC. COOK

From the Houston Post.
 Shelbyville, Ind, high school has a class of boys learning to cook. Smart boys. Houston needs hundreds of husbands cap able of such noble domestic service. If home life is to survive somebody will have to know something about the possi- bilities of the frying pan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
March Comes In Very
 Much Like a Lion

TN HE goose-bone prophet often 4 misses it, but one of the signs that seldom fails is that when March comes in like lion it goes out like Ia lamb, and vice versa. V
 When it comes in like a lamb, the fruit is usually killed by freeze be- fore the end of the month As it is, we may expect good fruit season. When spring comes week or two hence it will come to stay. The farmer may rejoice at present conditions. Planting will begin early enough. Before St. Patrick's Day seeding will be we'll under way, and Fevery home garden will be well ad- vanced.
 A large acreage should be planted in food crops. MT. Hoover stresses l the importance of bountiful harvest. Winter wheat is not as promising as 1 it was this time last year. We must make up for a reduced production of wheat by bumper corn crop. And peanuts and other feedstuff should 1 be cultivated with view of making a high record.
 As for the orchard harvest, it was never more promising. l * s. * | Representative Igoe of Missouri says | 10 1000, 900 residents of the United States have already violated the prohibition enforcement law. and if all the offend CTS were arrested more adults would be in jail than out. MT. Igoe has ! great respect for the national thirst * # 3s l Senator Reed of Missouri says the peace treaty is serpent of treason and Senator France of Maryland calls it an "instrument of hate and de struction." Both gentlemen seem te be looking through lemon -coloret 1 glasses.
 * x *
 The poet and Y. Nj. C. A. worker who became involved with a fail French maiden, much to the displeasur, of his American wife. evidently di, rot devote his undivided attention t. \. NJ. C. A. work. >'
 A * E New York's Chinatown is losing it Chinese and San Franciscos Bar bary Coast" is a thing of the past Reform certainly does away with "at mosphere."
 The large number of ouija victims is not reflection on the intelligence of the American people. A much great 5 CT percentage of the population il ouija- proof
 If thirsty American were to dis cover that he was bound for Europe ol board a ship without 8 bar, he migh jump overheard swim ashore and star the trip all over again.
 * * * Soviet Russia promises bis trad Eir exchange for recognition and ther < are indications that more than on . l sovernment Is nibbline at the bait.
 " * The infant born ayesterday will no irye lons enough to see Germany's 90
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
THE PoPLARs

By Isabel Butchart. in Country gAfa (England). In stifiing lane and garden bed.
 The flowers droop, lstless In ts1
 heat,
 OCT petals lying dead. sz-s The elms stand motionless. The ATs Hot scent hangs stagnant No brsaen
 stfrs fS Across the shining wheat. But far above the flowers a-sw oon.< And far above the silent sheavas. From pallid dawn to languH noen, The popular trees are whispering low To little secret winds that blow
 Among their naurmuring leavea, The poplar trees are sfnging thFoue N
 out the sultry hours Songs that cherished garden Aowefs Will never. never know; Songs the blessed harvest field
 never. never kn6N z ' t.s Are Asinsing to the little wIndf fiutter 10 and tfo: