The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-24

III the OnlJeu oJaCeS, are OBVIOUS. The ordinary airplane is a flimsy contrivance, highly inflammable and easily broken. The Larsen plane combines safety with durability. Since its length of service is placed at 300 to 400 per cent greater than has yet been found possible, it is much more economical
 In warfare such machine would minimize the risks of aerial fighting and reconnaissance.
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 Thanks to Alabamas vlgilant Dog berrys,' Carpenter merely spent the night in Birmingham, collected the money he was to have been paid for sparring few rounds and continued his
 journey.
 A recent photograph showed Gabrielle D'Annunzio reclining at ease among his officers. What we want to see is a pic
 ture of his latest ladylove, for whom he
 is said to have bought a palace in Venice.
 According to a correspondent of the
 New York World the Germans are play ing all kinds of shady tricks to evade fulfillment of the peace terms In other words, the Teuton is running true to form.
 A Kentucky school girl named Mary carried a pet rattlesnake to school. A little lamb is infinitely preferable to d may be.
 It is consolng to reflect that there are several million New Workers who
 never saw Joseph B. Elwell and wouldn't
 80 the pace he did if they could af- | ford it.
  Water is selling for 19 cents a glass in Madrid. This information does not in- | crest a dry American who would gladly pay ten times that amount for bottle of beer
 President Lowell of Harvard says the Biblical story of Jonah and the whale ,s only parable This may weaken the
 claim that Jonah was the originator of 1 .he one-man submarine. * * * Chief Moran of the secret service di- vision of the treasury department issues
 warning that s2o counterfeit note is n circulation. Cub" reporters should
 .ount their salaries carefully every week.
 Asked if his purpose in going to Eng land was to induce Ambassador Davis to
 become an active candidate for the presi-
 lency, Colonel House laughed heartily
 He hasn't changed a particle !; x x A correspondent says Harding is not
 as stern as he looks in his photographs.
 f that's the case Mrs. Harding should
 lavo words with the photographer. 4 I. a. Mary and Doug" received tremen-
 leus ovation on their arrival in Eng
 and The cinema is breaking down na- ; ional barriers. .s. A New York beauty expert says she saw no pretty women in Paris. Far be
 t from us to dispute the word of lady, out did she go about much? < * ! A citizen signs for the days of McKin- ey. The trouble with this country is hat too many people are looking back | ward.
 1 A New York man, already the father
 of two sets of twins, has been presented with triplets. No wonder he regards the | stork as bird of i'll omen. | l Gold is said to have been found at l Sing Sing Candidates for the electric !, chair could hardly be expected to show ! much enthusiasm. | Despite the housing shortage in Lon 1 lon, the Douglas Farbankses have been 1 offered apartments galore. This is one of the advantages of being a movie star. * * <
 You cant judge the popularity of Big ] Bill" Thompson in Chicago by the way | Chicago newspapers talk about him. * * 1 American jails, reported in headlines | o be "yawning'' for Jack Johnson, are x < * l The uncertainty of an uninstructed l delegate is often reflected in his face. A