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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26

water and allowed to stand in the sun for several days. The quality produced by this method (which is still pursued in Labrador and Newfoundland is much better than that obtained by the more modern methods, but the difference in quantity is considerable. Quantity and quality vary considerably with the sea son. The oil Is of value in dressing leather, soap-making, fish glue, paints and for medicinal purposes. The yield varies from less than a pint in some of the smaller sharks to about 125 gal- Ions in the larger sizes. 4H
 At one time large quantities of the hides, cleaned but not tanned, were used for polishing wood, ivory and metal. With improvements in methods of prepa- ation of sandpiper and emery, these have largely replaced animal hides. Small quantities of certain classes of skin are still in demand among cabinetmakers, and have other special uses. as in the, manufacture of optical fittings. PeculiaS markings, such as transverse bands orr elongated spots, and the character of the SiOSC SCes snA iodSAJ SStiPtuA(h life-like particles which cover the skim, have adapted some to uses for swosd grips, card cases, jewel boxes and oi~~ novelties. The demand for sword grips is at present unusually large and difficult to supply with satisfactory material.
 Within the last year American tanners have experimented in the production of. feathers from these hides with excellent results, and there now exists demand for large quantities of raw materials. In tensile strength. feathers tested compare favorably with those made from mann nal hides, and the market for these products appears assured Special seines, 600 feet long and IS feet deep, with a four-inch mesh of extra heavy twine. are constructed to capture these fish, One crew, fishing off the southern coast, has captured 200 sharks in 8 day. A hide will produce from 10 to 40 square feet 0f leather suitable for shoes. Five hum dred skins week are said to be handled at one tannery, the output of which Is to be greatly increased during the next year.
 sThe meat of the shark is white and edible, resembling halibut It is canned. and dried for shipment to the markets. D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26

From the New York Times.
 TN an article on Marital Authority m II Le Correspondent. Mime. Colette Yver S tells us that
 Feminine obedience and masculine
 authority, belonging to the very nature
 of men and women, imposed tnem-
 selves despite of everything, on the
 human pair Civilization and polite
 ness have weakened them in practlce'
 without altering their mutual reac-
 lions Tn vain will feminism rise like
 spartacus against this eternal slavery.
 A freeman could be made of the an-
 cient slave. Never can woman pc
 made man.
 The accuracy of the last statement no- bodv can deny. In pegard to the author ;tv.. of the husband and the obedience" of the wife, opinions will differ It may be maintained plausibly. as result ol observation and experience, that feminihe obedience is largely a convention, cere- monv. a form of politness rather than fact and that any clever woman can lead man by the nose, making him do what she wants him to do. persuadins him that his was the idea and initiative. At any rate, the authority and position of the husband are historically usurpa- tions. "Mother-right," still existing Tn considerable regions of the world, seems once to have prevailed all over it. Today among the Fantis of the gold coast or western Agrica, mothers have the ex- clusve care of the children and are ten derly loved by them. The husband IS of no account in the family. even though he be rich and powerful.
 If maori child dies or is injured, all the mothers relations join in an attack on poor papa, who must defend himself until he is wounded Then his house is pillaged. By big feast he finally satis- fies the mother s clan, to which he is a stranger, and whose motto ise"Al for one and one for all'' All the old hero tales of father and son as enemies. of which .'sohrab and Rustum" is the most fa- nous, are "reminiscences of mother right. In the state of Selengor. in the Malay peninsula, the happy bridegroom has to stay under the roof and eye of his mother-in-law for about two years ?. Even royal bridegrooms s time of super vision and ssabiection is forty-four days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26
CHAINS AND SLA AVERY

Observe, if you please, marital author ity" among the Bangais on the zambesi. If you marry a girl in the next village you have to work for your mother-in- law, split and carry her firewood. II you sit in that august presence, bend your knees carefully. Put out your feet toward the old lady'' and you will be put cut of the house. If you are sick of this servitude. all you can do Is to flee. leav. ing your children behind. Take the un- justly despised and infamously treated Hottentots. Their women," F. s. Hart land says, were treated with high re-. spect The most binding oath a man could take was by his eldest sister; his wife ruled supreme in the house; and she possessed her own separate property"
 Among our American Iroquois the wife twas considered the mistress. or at least the heiress." In the Hong houses'' ot, the Senecas, holding sometimes twenty families, the women of the clan lodgAf< their husbands and ran the house. M aay husband was stacker. he was told to pick up his blanket and be off. Cherokee mother-in-law and daughter owned the house, IT Red Eagle or Ree. Fire Water didn't behave himself. he was driven off the premises. The domestic harmony of the Zunis mas often been ad- mired. From ages beyond memory the wife has ruled the heme. The father E only boarder The Hopi woman owns the stock. the orchards, everything. Th< woman proposes. And so on. If
 So. marital authority is compara lively new invention. The shackles vNrt once on the mems legs. It may be sus. pected that they are there still.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26
In the Days of
 Mark Hanna and Now

m HE republican national conven- H tion will open with the smear of poodle on the leading candidates for the presidency.
 On the first day of the Senate in vestigation of pre-convention cam. paign expenses, these two charges were placed on the record:
 "That $4O4,94S had been spent in behalf of Governor Lowden, repub- lican, of Illinois.
 "That the outlay in the Ohio pri- mary contest between Senator Hard ing, republican, of that state, and Gen. Leonard Wood, republican, made Senator Newberry's Michigan cam paign look like a piker."
 Senator Hitchcock laments the defi- cit in funds for Legitimate campaign expenses" following the tremendous Wood headquarters expenses. This is the same as to say that when accus- toned and stated expenses were rolled up, the extraordinary and irregular expenses had eaten up the campaign funds.
 Newberry should be pleased at this expose. It tends to show that he is but on of flcck of birds of the same feather. The law caught him; the others are asking the people of the United States to confer upon them the highest office in the land.
 In contradiStinction to- this, enc has no. heard of any democratic slush fund. As far as Mir. McEdoo and MT. Palmer are concerned, one has not heard of. any kind of fund worth while.
 In the days of Mark Hanna the cry of poodle was stifled by the louder alarum of the full dinner pail" But the full dinner pail of today is a democratic dinner pail and the cry of poodle will not down.
 The federal reserve system that kept the country on it's axis during the war is democratic and the farm loan banks and the loans to farmers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26
Incorrigible Scranton
 Laughs at Prohibition

IF reports are true, Scranton, Pa.,
 U is. veritable oasis in the Ameri- can desert. Scranton is progressively
 wet. =
 A recent dispatch to the New York
 Tribune told of two hundred estab-
 lishments selling liquor and beer
 openly, seven days week. Over
 worked bartenders are threatening to
 strike and demand higher wages. On Sunday the rush is greater than on
 any other day of the week. Saloons keep open in defiance of the Sunday
 closinQ laws. Monday morning in police court is reminiscent of less strenuous and less stringent times
 when drunk and disorderly" or plain
 s'drunk" was the charge most often heard.
 Naturally the fame of Scranton's
 hospitality has spread afar. It is said that people are coming from many parts of the country to line up in front of the mahogany and order
 something soothing from man in a
 white coat, privilege Brother Bryan
 would deny the masses. As a result of the strain to which they are sub jected, bartenders demand minimum wage of $35 week and $1 an hour for all overtime.
 It is explained that Scranton re- mains "wet" while the rest of the county is "dry" because city, county, state and federal officials do not en- force the law. Public sentiment is strongly opposed to prohibition. In
 the meantime Scranton, figuratively speaking, is making hay while the sun shines. It claims to be the most I"wide open" city between Havana and Tokyo. The wickedness of Scranton is a disgrace to the nation and its lawless behavior an affront to the federal government, but little do vis-
 itnrs who hasten thither by train and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

THE DEPTH OF DIsPARAGEMENT
 You are charged with assault and battery"
 Your honor. this man called my car road louse."
 "Ahem! Under the circumstances you couldn't control your temperge
 No. sir. If had been able to think up anything as bad as that to call his car I might have cooled off but T. couldn't. and there wasn't anything left for me to do but to hit him."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26

automobile bother their heads about such matters. Their thoughts are concentrated on what the Boston Transcript calls "alcoholiday." The whisky is real, we are told, and so is the beer, in the best places, but there is something horribly suggestive of a hot hereafter in a profitable drink called "blue flame," made of whisky, ether and water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26
MUST BE A REAsoN

MUST BE A REASON We shed tears for the Belgians, We wept for stricken France And mourned for Briton's gallant dead Who fell in the first advance. We sighed to think of Russia
 Where bolsheviki turk, But. strange to say, we never yet Have grieved about the Turk. To central Europe's sorrows
 We gave no little thought And strove to mitigate the woe
 Where mighty armies fought. To raise huge sums of money
 We gladly went to work. But no ones ever passed around The hat to help the Turk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26

are democratic. The one hundred mil lion dollar federal highway aid is also democratic.
 Under democratic regime the peo- pie have gotten the money. Are the republicans that are spending all these millions to secure the presi- dency doing so with the altruistic purpose of giving the people still more money or, by obtaining hold of the powers of government, to see that the interests, now busted but once enjoying special favors through republican administration of affairs, shall again do so?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26
That Sinking Fund Again

Commissioner Burruss must be mis- informed in the matter of the proposed issue of s1.0oo,0oO city bonds for street improvement" said Frank V Evans. He says that the interest on these bonds is to be met with the money in the sinking fund. already voted for the purpose of paying inter est on and retiring outstanding bond ed debts of the city.
 T am quite sure that the legal de- partment of the city will take cog nizance of the fact that the supreme court of Alabama has enjoined the commissioners from using the sinking fund for any other purpose than to ray principal and interest on bonds issued prior to 1903. and that the city commissioners will be so advised, thus eliminating any hope of relief from that source.
 If the million dollar issue of new bonds is voted by the people of Bir- mingham they will have to foot the bill out of the general fund"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26
No Relief in Sight
 For Postal Clerks

n NONGRESS IS about to adjourn " and the overworked, under paid postal employees of the United States are still clamoring for relief. Our postal system has been the pride of the nation. It has been pointed to as marvel of efficiency. It is not the smooth working machine that it was and for this deterioration the American people are to blame. They did not stop to think that the postal service depends for results on the energy, the skill and the loyalty of nearly three hundred thousand em- ployes, many of whom have now reached the point where they must find other employment or depend on the help of their wives and children to make ends meet
 For this reason the service has de- teriorated. Untrained recruits are taking the place of skilled workers who spent years acquiring the kind of efficiency which is indispensable to the speedy and accurate distribu- ton of the nations mail.
 
 The day 1aborer is better paid than thousands of postal clerks. The an- nual salary of the "big four" super intendents of the New York post office is only $3,360 Similar ability elsewhere would command the salary of a railroad president or a captain of industry. The highest paid posi- tions in the postal service are only reached. after many years of work and the reward of so much effort is niggardly.
 The postal service belongs to the American people. It serves them every hour, every minute of the day. They come in personal contact with many postal employees. They see .he mail carrier struggling along under his burden of letters and packages in all kinds of weather, shabbily clad and harassed by his inability to feed and care for his family. The government takes no account of sick ness and death. All a postal en- ploye has to depend on is his slender salary and when he stops working, the salary stops.
 The American people can remedy the injustice done body of men and women who deserve far better treat ment by urging their senators and representatives to pass a bill giving increased pay to postoffice employees. It is the only just and humane soiu- tion of the problen n and the only way to prevent further deterioration of the postal service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26
They Like It

The Alabama Retail Merchants Association, incorporated, is taking the state like wildfire." said D. B. Irwin, one of the leading spirits in the or ganization.
 For an association only three weeks old believe it has outstripped any thing ever. undertaken in Alabama Z We already have several hundred members and many applications come with each mail. In the days mail from Albany there were dozen applica- tions and in the mail from the same place the day before there were seven.
 TT. J. Crittenden and myself went to Ensley a few evenings ago and ad- dressed gathering of merchants. Every merchant at the meeting joined the association and two strong com mittees went out to get them all to join. There will be fully hundred members at Ensley alone.
 "The Retail Grocers and Butchers Association has invited us to address that body and the result, I am sure, will be large membership from that quarter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26
Jersey Sale

\ received a long -distanc, message from my son, Robert. Mondav night, swing me the results of the auction sale of Jerseys at Bon Air Farms, Saf- ford Ala, during the day" said Mrs. Robert N Bell of Fulton Springs,
 Robert has been the manager this ..ear for Shuptrine & Sons. wlo have of of the best equipped Jerse, farms in tie south. It seems that ,her e vsss, we'll known breeders from ali eNtr the country He sad 'shsy were lIesent from South Dakota in the far northwest. and Florida, in me extreme Seuth. Fifty head were so under the hammer for $2o,cs6. averag ,.s |, li.t e CT $4oo each The highes. price cow brought s901. l was glad to hear that 8s.cl fine safe had been made in the state.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26
IN CHINA

 Elizabeth J. Coatsworth, in Asia. The sun is only the sun here. But every day when he goes to China He is celestial dragon, breathing anc scarlet, And the moon here is only moon, But over the pagodasA she is white phoenix.
 And there the stars are little silver uni cornss with srystal crowns. 1 The iris are not like our iris, nor the chrysanthemums like our chrysan- themums.
 For at dusk they hide bewitching mouths behind little fans And the gardens are filled with the sound of their shoes;
 The willow trees there cover white faces with their long sleeves And the fox bride is pledged in cups of green thde. And Me. ive are only lovers hero But who knows what we might be in China! =.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Children Giving

The 1iberality of the school chill dren of Jefferson county Is demon- strated by the fact that practically every school in the county has sent a donation to the various drives. The literary society of the Brookside High School gave s27 to the soldiers me- morial. while the members have also given $25 to the storm sufferers. Pink ney City School children sent $iS to the storm sufferers.
 These children work and make the money thus contributed, according to E. B. Erwin assistant superintendent Of education, and this within itself is thing for which they should be commended.
 This liberality is not shown in just few of the schools, but in ali sec- tions." said MT. Erwin. and think it Is largely a result of the war drives. During that period, when there were 'o many calls on the people for our boys overseas, everyone caught the spirit of giving and the chillren have continued it.
 Each child has a different job by which he earns the money ne gives away and while doing good for oth- CTS It Is teaching them lhyif. at the same time. This spirit of liperaiity In our children wi. mako them more noble men and women and is 8 thing everyone should be glad to see.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26

A surfeit of the sweetest things. The deepest lOathing to the stomach
 brings.
 Much Ado About Nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26
BENEATH HER NOTICE

We camk very near losing good customer this morning"
 What was the troubles"
 "The wife of war millionaire came in to buy some furniture. A green clerk showed her bedroom suite that was priced at a mere s2.0O0"
 No ESCAPE FROM IT.
 "An indignant citizen says rent prof iteers should be burned at the stake" 'Umphl His temper got, the better of him."
 'Yes. and he shows poor judgment as we'll. If rent profiteers were burned at the stake that would simply give the wood profiteers a chance to charge fancy price for faggots."
 A CLOAK OF WORDS
 "To be successful public speaker, I dare say man has to have a large vocabulary and be a quick thinker" Yes, indeed, replied Senator Shorts worthy. "He never knows when some body in his audience will ask him question he can't answer and unless he has a good command of language he's apt to expose his ignorance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26
SENSIBLE GIRL

Say Yes and still the pain in this heart of mine," pleaded the well-to-doa suitor who was notorious for his sting
 v1 mess. rI T must refuse, MT. Nigliegh," re- piled the village beauty If were to say Yes it would transfer the pain from your heart to your pocketbooka and. if youn pardon me for speaking frankly. think your health will suf- fer less if the pain remains where it is."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26
THOSE TIMES ARE GONE

THOSE TIMES ARE GONE That's corking storyr' exclaimed MT. Jibway, after enjoying hearty laugh over one of MT. Jagsbys best efforts.
 Perhaps 1t is." said Mir Jagsby, meditatively. "but I fear 1t no longer has any particular value for me-" How so?"
 Tn the old days-excuse me, lump came in my throat. In the old days that yarn was always good for round of drinks which somebody else in-s sisted on paying for"
 PAI1I.. COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26

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 European Bureau. 10 King street. Covent Garden, London, w. c. z
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26
Member of the Associated Pres.

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 The Age-Herai6 Is the only morning and Sunday newspaper tn Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dls- patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication OF all news dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published therein.
 All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26
Alabama Led

Alabama National Guardsmen cer- tainly put the state on the map, during the recent school for officers and non- commissioned officers, held at Camp Jackson, s. G." said Sergt. George Kit ginger of Company G. The Alabama contingent had 1s7 men at the school, which was the largest number from any state. The men were highly com plimented by Colonel Rodfez. In com mand of the school, for their conduct, care of quarters and for the interest they took in the work.
 Alabama was also recognized by be- ing madas first provisional company at the school and Maj. William P. Screws was the first field officer of the day and Capt I. D. Davis of Ensley was the first officer of the day All the men present took unusual inter- est in the work and derived much ben- eft from the instructions they re- cefyed. The trip was enjoyed by all, but they were glad to get back to Bir- mingham and their slogan on the re- turn trip was We Are Alabama Bound. This was shouted from the car windows at every stop"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-26

am glad that there is such a healthy spirit of rivalry in athletics between the Birmingham Southern and the Howard. and that it is not con- fined to the student body. the faculty and the patrons. but reaches out into the two denominations. It evidences : healthy, interest of the supporters of religious education in their two in- stitutions As both of them grow in wealth and numbers, so win the inter- est of the public be awakened in them, and I expect to live to see the day when all Birmingham will turn out to see them fight it out on the grid i-on or scrap it out qn the ball field.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-04
ENOSBURG FALLS

A roll call supper was observed at the
Baptist Church Thursday evening at TOO
o'clock. Members with husbands and
wives were inc Jded in the invitations.
The Ladies Aid society served bountiful
supper and most interesting program
was carried out. The Rev Elmer E.
Scates, pastor, presided. After supper the
church clerk called the roll and many
responded with a verse of scripture,
while some out-oftown members re-
sponded by letter. Following this, Mrs.
Will Pfanstiel and Mrs. Temple sang a
duet. A duet by Merritt Eldred and Mrs.
Pfanstiel, was followed by most happy
address by the Rev. W. F. Wilson Of
Burlington.-Mrs John Shonion and son,
Aaron. were weekend visitors Of Mr.. and
Mrs B. f. McFeerers.-The regular meet
ing of the Women's Foreign Missionary
society Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
was held with Miss Belle C.. Stone
Wednesday afternoon at three O'clock
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Forsyth and two
children left Monday for Florida, where
they expect to make their home in the
future.-Frank c. Colcord of New York
city left Monday after passing some time
with his parents in South Franklin
Fred Towle of the University Of Vermont
was a weekend visitor in the home Of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. F.. Towle.-
Orlando Stanley Of st. Regis Falls N r..
is visiting in this place.