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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
THE GIRLS OF DUBLIN

Of the fairies, yoy see the Blackwater iE shadow and hear the dripping of tears in the Vale of Avoca. When she ls angry. Ah, then you brave the At iantlc storms threatening the grim coast of Galway; then you hear the scream of the rain thrust from the Kerry hills; then you shrink from the menace of the dark bogland of Ros- common, that spares not nor knows it's power
 |. And when she loves, this belle of Dublin. she takes you inNo Fairyland She takes you by the hand and leads you into the. magic circle, whera the fairies dance in the moonlight. ana over you she throws her magic veil woven from the cobwebs stolen from the brambles; and with the veil around you, and the wonder of her eyes before you, and the magic of her charm about you, you are her slave till the shannon runs dry and the Lakes of Killarney arefas the sands of the desert.
 Such is the daughter of the Kingdom |of Ireland, and her throne is in Dublin. Where she lives and loves and makes merry. She is just healthy, laughine clean living, clean thinking girl. Only, wren she speaks do you hear the silver bells tinkling in the fairy dance, only when she loves do you know the won der or the magic circle made in the dew when the fairies crept from the edge ot the moss and wove their shells in the moonlight"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
Boss of the Underworld
 Who Loved Good Music

IN the old days Big Jim" Colosimo
 kept notorious dive in Chicago's leyee district. He began his career as a laborer on the streets and be- came a "boss" of the underworld. When he was mysteriously assassi- mated in his restaurant on South Wabash street, resort that was in- ternationally famous, he was rich man, connoisseur of precious stones and music and friend of many nota- ble persons. He had also just mar ried a beautiful and talented young singer who replaced the fat wife of less affluent times.
 When the body of Big Jim" was taken in a bronze coffin to his res- taurant Saturday thousands of peo- pie followed the casket and thronged about the cabaret while two brass bands played funeral dirge. Among the mourners were grand opera stars, judges, state officials, prominent poli- ticians, underworld characters and many Italians, for it used to be a favorite diversion of Big Jim" to car  ry large parties of his countrymen to grand opera performances where their enthusiasm was an inspiration to the singers on the stage.
 Colosimo, it is said, was turning more and more to the ways of re- spectability, according to his stand ards, and his romance with the cab- aret singer lacked the sordiness so often associated with such affairs.
 Fate, however, decreed that he should not end his days as he had appointed. For years he was marked man and neither his wealth nor the powerful friends he made could shield him from the vengeance of his ene- mics. Corrupt as he was, Colosimo had some of the finer qualities of his countrymen. His conflicting charac- teristics afford an interesting study. A George Bronson Howard could weave a fascinating story about the life and death of Big Jim"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
Service Along the
 ByWays and Hedges

TIT is confidently believed that the U Salvation Army will be success full in its local drive for forty rhou- sand dollars for the home service fund.
 The pastors of Birmingham gave it indorsement on Sunday by allowing four minute speakers to present the appeal. Their own voice was added.
 One pastor admitted that the Sal vation Army reached humanity where even he and his church forces found it difficult. He especially men, tioned the girls that had strayed into wrong paths. They are rescued and brought back into clean ways by the Salvation Army through instrument talities not in the power of other agencies.
 There is nothing maudlin about the slogan "A Man May Be Down, But He Is Never Out" It expresses the condition of thousands of men and women who find themselves on the brink A little more and they will be lost. A trifle of help at the right moment and they will be saved. On the very edge of the precipice they may avoid the fall and the depth be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
Ten Thousand Dollars
 For Alabama's Fat Kline

l 1.-THE seasons roll around quickly. 4 The Alabama State Fair to be held in Birmingham in October will soon be to the fore as matter of live moment to exhibitors. The catalog will be issued during the week. The outstanding feature of the coming event will be the exhibition of Alabama-bred and Alabama-raised
 beef steers. They will include Here ford, Shorthorns, Angus and graded The prize money is to be the largest ever offered in Alabama and as large as is offered at some of the most pre- tentious cattle shows. The state has offered five thousand dollars and the State Fair Association has appropria- ted an additional five thousand, mak- l ing a total cash purse of ten thou sand dollars.
 Such an aggregation of Alabama | fat kline as this inducement will as--
 semble will not only show the re- markable progress that the state has
 made in this direction, but will be an inspiration to others to enter this field of effort.
 The Alabama live stock products of 1919 represent 22 per cent of the total farm yield. Cotton was once king in Alabama, but last years cot ton product was only F per cent of the total in dollars and cents. Our live stock has already become finan- cially of more importance.
 Cooperative marketing of Alabama steers, which has enabled them to reach the great packing centers in carload lots on a cash basis, has done much to stimulate cattle raising. Co., operative marketing has also had the effect of raising the price offered To- cally.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
WHEN WINTER DREAMS OF HAY

William Frederisk Dix, in the New York Times. Where can one find more beauty than in May When dogwood blossoms drift
 through clouds of green, And spots of ytllow sunlight dance
 between Grave groups of oaks. and with the vio-
 let's play? Surely. when all the woods are summer $ clad,
 When ferns and fragrant earth per-
 fume the air, When the shy brook breathes forth
 its happy prayer What can there be so beautiful and
 glad? And yet, when winter sleet drums on the
 pane. And cold winds crack the hranches of
 the treesp ! When. with the curtains drawn. the
 firelights glow Conjures to sight those fragrant scenes again Are not the woods that longing mem
 ory sees More beautiful than sumsr days can
 show?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
Fake Mediums Owe Much
 To Sir Oliver Lodge

M FTER delivering many lectures A on spiritism in America, Sir Oliver Lodge has sailed for Eng land. His parting words included this statement: "The ouija board will aid persons who have the ability to com municate with the spirits, but it is at best crude medium"
 It is sad to contemplate the spec tacle of an eminent scientist who is quite sincere in his beliefs, giving .:ieven partial indorsement of a silly atoy by which deluded people think lthey can receive messages from the dead. It passes comprehension.
 The lectures of Sir Oliver Lodge and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, because ..of their prominence and the confi- .:dence they inspire as men of superior intelligence, have created thousands of dupes who fall easy victims to so-called mediums. A writer in the Saturday Evening Post recently ex- posed the methods of these swindlers :.who are robbing the American peo- pie of millions of dollars.
 Given a wealthy widow or widower. "a heart-broken parent who has lost "a child, or some gullible fool who ::thinks the spirits will tell him how to invest his money, and the fake mediums reap harvest. There are many cases on record where they have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
LUKE McLUKE SAYS

We would all have more money If we were as busy running our own af- fairs as we are running the govern ment. Any husband can make his wife obey him. All he has to do is to tell her to cd as shetpleases. Most any old married man can tell you that when his wife can't think up any more fool questions to ask him, his children start in. When wife thinks more of her poodle than she does of her husband, maybe he's that kind of a husband
 When you are courting her she has an aroma of sandalwood and roses. But ten years after you marry her she has an aroma of strong soap and weak coffee.
 If women had to think before they srjoke they would develop into mighty rapid thinkers.
 A wife doesn't mind prohibition. It keeps her husband home more and gives her a chance to tell him what a poor fish he is and how much he re- sembles two cents worth of Lord Relp-Us.
 Get in between two fighting tigers If you want to. But neverftry to de- C1oe an argument between two women.
 Corn Fed can do other things, but she can't wear a sweater without look ing sloppy
 This English physician who says that talking too much undermines a wom- ans health doesn't know what he is talking about If this were the case, every married woman would be in a hospital
 They say that it Is Heaven for Peace and Hell for Company. But if obit- uaries are true, there isn't anybody in Hell.
 And married life would be more popu- lar If friend wife cooed as much when she is at home as she bills when she is out shopping.
 If companX could hear how company is knocked after company leaves. com pany would stay at home.
 Even when the girl who is kissing her has a mustache, the other girl would rather have man kiss her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
HARD LUCK ON THE BORDER

From the New York Evening Sun.
 An earnest traveller who had been so- journing in Canada was coming home moderately supplied with some very good whisky. The traveller won't admit that the customs man displayed any profess sional acumen in the matter. Tt was just coincidence,' says the traveller gloomly. And gee how he does hate a CO., incidence.
 Just because he was a moderate man he had brought only three bottles, but three boe~es of the kind that man re- members in dreams nowadays
 At Rouses Point, where the train comes over the border, he took out his three bottles and tied them on a stout cord and dangled them carefully out~ of the window.
 The customs man came on board, found nothing and retired worsted An unholy light of triumph sparkled in the eyes of the traveller.
 Now what was it made the customs man take stroll on the inside of the track that night? He wasn't suspectins anything; he- was just going along in the dark, musing on the goodness of hu- manity and the trustworthiness' of trav elers in general when something struck his shoulder
 The customs man looked up. touched something that was very like bottle. turned on his -pocks3 light and quietly cut down some unexpected fruit.
 Then he boarded the train and found a bitter disillusioned man still holding fast to the end of ford that had suddenly and ominously gons slack
 These yours?' asked the customs man.
 But the earnest traveller didn't hear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
From the Manchester Guardian.

l From the Manchester Guardian. | RHONHEY have a way with them, these Dublin girls. They are S are not prettier than London girls, nor brighter than the girls of Copenhagen. They cannot excel the viennese girls in magnetism, nor the
 Parisian girls in charm. They are not kinder than the girls of Amsterdam, nor more dainty than the girls of
 Stockholm; yet they possess something these other girls I know do not have. "What is it? What is that subtle something that makes man weak as water and warm as wine in the pres ence of these laughing, chaffing, com polling girls of Dublin city?
 "They are frank, but not audacious they are friendly, but not bold; they give the welcome glance, but never the
 'gladN eye But the same can be said of other girls who cannot claim the bewitching power of the daughters of
 Dublin.
 Not beauty. not charm, not the quick
 intelligence of the Celtic mind. not even the traditional cleanness of heart and the whiteness of soul explain the
 fascination. It is just witchery-the
 witchery not of the caldron. but of the climate; the climate that brings goblins
 from the mists and fairies from the glades Because the Irish believe in fairies the fairies believe in the Irish; and the magic wand of the fairy queen touches the Irish girl in her cradle And the Irish believe in fairies because nobody can live in this land of noun tsins and bogs. of purple mists and soft warm rain without peeping into tho Never Never Land and whispering to the little people who dwell beyond the edge of the moss.
 seWhen you look into the rare blue eyes of a Dublin girl you see the deep waters swirling under the cliffs of Donegal; when you receive the smile of a Dublin girl you glimpse the sun light that gieams on the hills. of An trim. When a Dublin girl frowns you shrink from the gloom of the silent Valley at Mourne; and when the little witch is capricious and teasing you are tormented by all the mischief of-the leprechauns who gambo1 round the Twelve Pins of Connemara.
 And when she is sad. this daughter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
Senate Passes Futile
 Resolution of Peace

E17 HE adoption of the Knox peace 9 resolution by the Senate, de- claring the state of war with Ger many and Austria at an. end, will be indorsed by the House, hs substi- ute for the resolution adopted by that body, dealing only with Ger many. It will then be sent to the President and vetoed.
 So far as the American govern ment is concerned, it is still at war with the Central Powers. The peace resolution leaves the treaty of Yer sailles unratified and violates the pledges made on behalf of America by President Wilson. It is an att tempt to evade the responsibilities we incurred when we fought side by side with our allies on European battle fields. It leaves unsettled every great problem growing out of the war. It is an affront to the Presi- dent and to the American people, who went into the war to make this world q fit place to live in, an ob- ject which will be frustrated unless we assume the leadership for which we are peculiarly fitted and which it is our duty to assume.
 Final action by Congress will mean that the Versailles treaty and the League of Nations will go before the people of this country for rejec- tion or approval. President Wilson is determined to stand or fall by the result, as he is in honor obliged to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17

stripped their victims down to their last penny, playing on cupidity and grief-more often the latter.
 Once a client of medium, there is small chance to escape, for the names, characteristics, addresses, family history and particularly the fi- nancial rating of every person who falls into the clutches of such fakers are card indexed, and if one medium fails to ruin them, they will be passed on to another. N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
EASY MONEY
m the New Orleans Item.

From the New Orleans Item.
 Japan is now feeling the effect of an easy money period which didn't last. Japan had crop of war millionaires. nigh prices, speculative ventures, strikes and se neral undest.- It climbed up to the peak and fell off. Recently. the government. to prevent a financial panic, closed all the fexchanges for a week and is now trying to bring things back to bed rock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
IN HOTEL LCBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Keep Crossings Clear

The greatest evil with which the traffic officers have to contend is the careless stopping of automobiles di-
 rectiy in the paths of pedestrians crossing the streets" said Chief of Police T. J. Shirley.
 From the complaints which havc come into my office, this violation of the law is very common. Officers say that it occurs on every corner at all times of the day.
 This occurrence is particularly con ductive to accidents. for the car di- vides the stream of people crossing the street. part going around the front and the rest around the rear. Whether the car goes forward or backward, there is liable to be someone to be caught and injured.
 T have issued strict orders to the officers to see that this condition is remedied, and as the stopping of cars in front of the cross walks, or cross them is violation of the city law. every offender will be arrested and fined hereafter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
Inquest Over Candidates

Now that the election is all over and inquests have been duly held over all or the defeated candidates, myself included, l am catching up on a few investigations, said Assistant Coroner John R. T. Rives.
 While the campaign was on it ap- peared that people took a particular delight p getting themselves killed in various manners so that I had to make an investigation. They didn't leave as much time as I would have liked for my campaign.
 T made a good race and though I dld not win, place on the board of revenue l want to thank my friends for their strong efforts in my behalf. {"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
RenIica of Flares

During the recent heavy rainstorm I saw something that vividly carried me back to the battlcfields of France and awakened many memories in my n'ind." said Charles L. Murrell.
 T was riding out South Twentieth street on a street car when the rain was heaviest and live wire was torn loose and fell to the ground. Its con- tact with the wet earth caused sheets If red flame to leap from the differ ent parts which touched the ground and gave a bright glow for nearly a hIoclS around. This was an almost ex- act replica of the flares which the Germans would let Up at night to H. illuminate the land between the trenches, and to enjoy the beauty of the sight without the thought that at any minute hordes of Germans might ovcrrun our trench or that stray shell might deal instant death to all of us was new sensation to me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
Largest Cane Mill

"A friend of mine asked me the other day if we had any idea of ever Building airplanes and that if such was the case he wanted to put his boy in the plant. for he was 'daffy' over airships and could talk by the hour about their construction know Ing all of the various types" said George M. Morrow, Jr., but I replied there wasn't chance as long as cane sugar kept on it's present level, for we couid not supply the demand made on us for cane mills. At present we are building the largest can mill ever built. It will have a capacity of 5000 tons Gally and will be shipped to Cuba"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
Captain Saunders in New York

Capt. Bradley J. Saunders, Jr., re- turned from France recently with his father and is now in New York, where he stopped to visit for a few dave with MT. and Mrs. Robert G. Thach. Cap- tain Saunders made a fine record dur ing the war. His father, Bradley J. Saunders, has just returned to Bir- mingham after two years spent in France and in an article in yesterdays Age-Herald about Mr Saunders re- turn it was enormously made to ap- pear that the son had lost his life in France during the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17

To business that we love, we rise be times, And go to it with delight.
 Antony and Cleopatra.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17

Bringing Scotch whisky across the border from Canada is another ruse or international bootleggers. An egg holds 'middle-sized" drink, accord- ing to Kentucky and Louisiana stand ards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17

With his back to the wall and re- fusing offers of amnesty from his ene- T.ies, Carranza is more dignified fig ure than he was when President of Mexico.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-12-10
FOR TORPID LIVER
Tennessee Lumberman Talks Of He
Successful Use Of Black raught
fer Cslds and Headaches.

jamestown, Tenn.-"I have used
Thedford's Blaek-Draught for years, in
fact 1t is the only liver medicine thai
does me any good" says Mr.. L. A.
Ragan, a well-known lumberman OF
this place when ] was single, used
1t for headaches, and especially IL I
get a cold and feel faverish, take q
good dose Of Black-Draught, and 10
sets me right.
"Since / have been married, have
used 1t I'm my family, and never have
found its equal for torpid liver or dis
arranged stomach, especially with
children. ! can recommend Black.
Draught, and gladly do so"
Every member Of the family occap
Bionalfy needs thu assistance that
Slack Draught can give, In helping to
cleanse the system and relieve or pre-
vent the troubles that come from a
lazy, torpid liver.
II your liver is not doing ita duty,
Hou may suffer with headache, consti.
patton, biliousness, indigestion, etc.
Unless relief is obtained. serious sick
ness may result, In its long and sue
cessful use, Thedford's Black Draught
has been found in thousands Of cases
to relieve such disorders, by stimulat-
ing the liver to do its important work.
Ask for Thedford's Black Draught,
and Insist on the genuine. NC-1S7
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-12-10
THE BOOK OF DEBORAH.
Spend Forty Hours In a Wilderness
of Pressing Problems.

Forty hours | spent in the wilder
ness while doctors and nurses work
ed over my husband. There was
nothing for me, the wife, to do but
hover near his bed and wait and
watch and brood. The time spent so
was like period at the end ola dra-
matte chapter in Bob's life and mine.
By some mysterious law of ma
ture which gives to man the ecstacy
of existence and to woman the traV-
all, my husband escaped all regrets
for the mistakes of our married life.
and was able to evade responsibility
for the safety and beauty of our fu-
ture.
Il remailend for me, the wife. to rn.
solve and to plan to conserve all that
should be finest and most worthy in
the days to come. That is, if there
was to be future for US to share.
More than once had my doubt about
that as | waited for the turn in Bob's
condition.
While | meditated, in my forty
hours IN the wilderness, counted the
inevitable if unknown changes which
/ had to face.
Change in law of nature. | had
to accept that. Wives who expect mar
ried life to be the sole exception
to this law have TO pay, sometimes
bitterly, for their ignorance. | re-
fcalled quotation from the Chinese,
very ancient, and still the most mod
ern wisdom:
Misery, alas, supports happiness.
Happiness, alas, conceals misery.
Who knows its limits? 1t never ceas-
es. The normal becomes abnormal
The good in turn becomes unlucky. !"
A change in my life and Bob's
had already commenced. Would it
swing toward misery or toward hap
piness ?
Would Bob come out of the still
ness which paralyzed his brain as
well as his body?
Would my husband feel, ever
again, the pull of my soul upon his?
In facing the new epoch in our
lives. | realized that Bob's problems
and mine had man angles. 1t was
silly to. reason about them abstractly.
| must put them plainly to myself:
Would Bob, regaining CONSCIOUS