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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
aggression on the Adriatic and it curbed the ambition of France beyond rcpossession of Alsace-Lorraine.

aggression on the Adriatic and it curbed the ambition of France beyond rcpossession of Alsace-Lorraine.
 The American note disapproves Polish invasion of Russian terri tory and the formation of new states in northern Russia. It says to Po- lani that Russian integrity is as nec- Iessary in the scheme of preserving racial autonomies as is that of Po- land.
 The note is notice that the exten- sion of "all available means to rem der effectual' this country's attitude to Poland includes equal fairness to Russia. The Poles need just such a reminder of their rash misuse of in- dependence by invasion of Russian territory.
 Destination to recognize the soviet government taken in connection with the expressed attitude on Russian in tegrity, is in line with the adroit policy that the President adopted in his appeal to the German and Aus trian peoples, and this should have 
 the same effect on the Russian masses.
 The note is altogether timely, and will cause European diplomats to again regard national integrities as of prime importance and not to be sacrificed in case of large or small, invader or invaded, ally or former enemy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
LUKE M,LukE SAYS

Prohibition is going to take lot Of trade away from the embalmers. Alter man has licked up raisin jack and moonshine for a few years ne Will De pretty we'll embalmed before he dies
 The only reason why a woman always loves the sweetheart she didn't marry is because she didn't marry him.
 If there were law compelling us to practice what we preach most of the reformers would be in jail.
 Perfumery costs ten times as much as soap But you'd never think 1t when you get into crowd on hot day.
 dollar week seems little enough to pay. But people dodge payments so often that the linoleum on the kitchen floor is worn out before the purchaser gets a receipt in full
 You can't make a man believe that appearances are deceitfui when he meets a pretty girl
 man may be too smart to buy a gold brick. But he will fall for the re fined widow lady-object matrimony." A man will lie just to be lying. But woman won't lie unless she has to tell her age.
 It makes an old married woman feel like she had taken a dose of ipecac when she looks at what she married and recalls that there was time when she called him sOotsey" and "Lovey. A girl is too modest to go out unless she is, wearing stockings. That is the reason why she gets them so thin that you can see the veins through them. The June bridegrooms have already discovered thAt the billing starts when the cooing ends.
 Don't argue with your wife If she is right she wins and if she is wrong she wins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 MN HE have never thought of Coun-
 W\V ty Judge J. Grattan MacMa-
 hon as a gloomy-minded pes simst. His past enthusiasms have been hopeful, if bit exuberant, and the hope has been justified by events. But his comments on juvenile delin- quency as traeeable. to the ''frivolity of mothers suggestNthat experience on the bench has somewhat darkened his view of life. He is quoted as-saying:
 The youth of my day was taught morality at it's mothers apron strings. Today the humblest mother disdains apronsA and wears silks, satins and short skirts.
 Possibly so. The humblest mother outside of the professional classes-has S a husband who earns $10 day with out muc hovertime, if any. Who has a better right to wear silks and satins When Judge MacMahon was a boy "a dollar day was mighty poor pay to work on thetboulevard." Our observa- tion is that aprons are not discarded or disdained, though they are made with frills Aprons with frills may have a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
Interested in Birmingham

There is not the slightest doubt that eastern and middle western industrial men have their eyes on the Birming- ham district" said Y. A. Dyer. indus trial expert. T am just back from Cleveland. While there I was probed minutely and daily by Cleveland iron and steel operators about the district it's labor and the like. The most fre- quent inquiry is with regard to the negro, about whom the customers are colossally ignorant.
 "A Cleveland industrial man asked me if the negro made a good moulder. I told him that many did that work about as well as white men at the same task He then wished to know if we worked negro foremen. When said we did not and that the negro preferred a white foreman to one of his own color, the Cleveland man could. not un- derstand it.
 T note the beginning of procession of iron consuming industries from Chicago headed this way. In my opin- ion, it is going to be an avalanche be- fore it closes."'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13

per individual and leisure per citizen. Tho brother to the OK may work from sun to sun, but he resisted all metropolitan efforts to add another hour of God-given sunlight to his laboring schedule The suburbs lead also in Presidents per cap ita.
 Of all the Presidents who have held the anaemic power of veto but two were born in cities-Taft in Cincinnati and Theodore Roosevelt in New York The country out-Presdents us twenty-eight to two
 Against these two urban products, the farmers have a long list of first citizens who were born in villages, and three who were not born in any places in particular, but just near them. Jackson was born near Cureton's Pond. which surely is no city of minarets and towers Lincoln saw the light of day near Hodgenville, and our first President near Bridges Creek, which was no metropolis then and still sticks-to it's original statement
 So why should the rural sections worry over the statistical advantage of their poor city cousins?
 Every human in city is another mouth to feed And in these days of cost, the wheat fields are being plowed with cash registers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 |MSH J. LOCKE. English novelist. wv complains that the writers of v v Q books. when they offer their
 wares. encounter the warning, No
 War" Now, we have notion." com
 ments Bert Lesion Taylor in the Chicago Tribune that the reading public does not object to war in fiction; what they are
 fed up on is reality. They crave TO- nance, as they have craved it since the
 year one. Romance is an escape from reality, and people have sought escape from reality from precalendar days This view, we think, is not unsound. Picking up a volume of fiction and dis covering that it has war in it, the reader drops it, fearing that the story is but a rewpite of journalistic reports on battles land long dreadful hours in cold and wet trenches Weary of reading the details of war to whose tragedies he was but recently a witness, he lays the story aside for something else There is no one by his side to reassure him by saying that it is work of romance-a tale Of lovers and conspirators-and not stark realism. And likely as not, the author has taken no pains in writing his pre- face. to assure the reader that his story lis one written about the age-old theme and one of the age-old situations.
 An official prompter, we dare say, would be the best press agent the new story or novel could have-somebody to tip the public off as to the real nature of the ltAle, somebody to say. No. war is not But what is romance? MT. Taylor asks the theme-war is merely an incident i'll the story"
 and partially answers the old question. He says: Precisely what romance is has never been. and can not be, clearly defined. We Ihave quested definitions of ss for q Ions ltime, and have gathered some gallant at tempts Each of as finds his own mean ing in the word. For example. to us the , quintessence of romance is mental pie lture of the Lady of Shalot looking, put | of her magic easement and L4nceiot fid- ing by in the street below. Nobody has fdefined it in fewer words than Walter Raleigh, in capital essay on the subject I Romance he ventured. is love affair lin other. than domestic surroundings
 ! It is the account of contrasts and s'i lconflicts. of enemies or obstacle. over leone. The real romantic story should Ibe the tale of hearts beating true. It
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
A Standing Proposition

q hear almost daily reports of deals for the purchase of the Jefferson Coun- ty Bank building" said J. L.. Yancey. Only today I am informed that gen tleman with the money in his pocket is here to buy 1t right off the bat. As a matter of fact, there is always some kind of negotiation in progress with reference to the building. There nat urally should be. considering that it is plainly saleable commodity.
 The building may pass into other hands in a few weeks, maybe in months. Eventually it will do so. Only when it has been done will the numer- ous reports with respect to it's being purchased cease their endless process sion. Meanwhile it is quite entertain ing to me to hear all the rumors that float about with absolutely no founda- tion except the imagination"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
Wasted Argument.

"It's a funny thing to me how long person may live in city and yet how little they may know about it." says Robert Sanders. The other day man told me that Atlanta was bet ter city to live in than Birmingham. I asked him how he got that way. and he immediately proceeded to line me out half dozen different things that would win me over on the Atlanta side of the argument.
 But when he finished was more convinced than eyer that Birmingham is the leading progressive city in the south, and though I confess l don't know very much to argue in defense of the city. do know that it is the best place to live anywhere around in this part of the country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
Round Table Discussions.

.'In practical benefit to those attend ing, I think the convention-was a great success" says Fire Chief s. A. Middle ton, who returned yesterday from the annual convention of the International Association of Fire Chiefs. which was held at Toronto, Canada. Long -winde l speeches were dispensed with. and the chiefs spent most of the time in round table discussions of such questions as fire inspection, fire fighting equipment and organization of fire companies.
 We southern delegates used steam roller when it came to selecting the convention city for 1920. About 100 of us stuck together and easily selected Atlanta. The entertaining feature of the convention was not neglected. We took boat ride to a favorite summer resort, where we were served an old fashioned barbecue"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
Birmingham Has Small
 Foreign Population

TT HERE is an erroneous impress siders and even among citizens of Bir- mingham with regard to the charac- ter of our population. Loose refer ence is often made to the Large for eign element in the city,
 There is no large foreign clement either in the city or the county. Ac- cording to the census of 1910, the total population of 132,685 in the cor porate limits of Greater Birmingham was divided as follows:
 Native whites, 66,312, or 50 per cent of the total.
 Colored, 52,305, or 39.4 per cent. ss;Of foreign or mixed parentage 8,351, or 6.3S per cent.
 Foreign white, 5,106, or 4.3 per cent.
 Negroes are as much American as It follows that 89.4 per cent of the population of Birmingham is of native percentage, speaking the American tongue and understanding x American customs and institutions. fns sThe persons of foreign or mixed parentage also speak English, have gone through our public schools and have been Americanized. Therefore, ss p5.7 per cent of the citizens of Bir- dl mingham are American in language, thought and understanding.
 The small residuum of foreign-born presumably lacking in knowl- . edge of the American tongue and in- stitutions-is only 43 per cent. Such ema,, small proportion as that of the q, foreign-born is incapable of being 2 used by the designing to accomplish any sinister purpose. Besides that, these foreigners live by the side of Americans and do business with them. They cannot but absorb American views as a result of that intimate daily contact.
 -sxs Many of them are among Birming- hams best citizens. They are not only not menace, but they are help < ing us upbuild.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
Colby Note Will Help to
 Clarify Polish Situation

e1H HE forcefulness of the note on 1 the Polish situation handed the Italian ambassador by Secretary of State Colby, lies in the justice of xsthe position which he declares this country has assumed.
 This attitude, as expressed by Mir. Colby, may be summed up as fol- lows:
 Maintenance of the territorial in- tEgrity and political independence of Poland.
 Opposition to the dismemberment of Russia.
 No recognition of the soviet gov- ernment.
 This country, under Wilsonian policies, especially as declared in the xfourteen principles, is for the integ- -;r:ty of all nations. I. is for the re- {. -stored integrity of Poland and that of the peoples of the dismembered Austrian empire, for that of the Fins and Greeks and Armenians within = skictly ethnic and historical lines. IL is as much opposed to aggression on the part of new peoples as to that of older nations. It denied Italian
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13

the Jefferson County Bank Building, telephone Main 9f23, so that arrange ments can be made when the bodies arrive.
 With the proper cooperation, we may rest assured that the American Legion will do all in it's power to pay fitting honor to the city's heroic dead
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
ROMANCE

must somewhere appeal to the sympathies of the just
 Walter Raleigh's epigranmatic defini- tion has the virtue of brevity. but it will not quite do, for, obviously. many de- licious romance has been lived in the most commonplace of domestic sur roundings.''
 Anyway, whatever romance may be, it is something that thin-chested brethren and hard-boiled sirtren in their mock disdain of love and courtship, cannot take from us. Bertillon measurements and beef scales may symbolize the ideals of those pale-eyed heralds of the new so- 'ciology It may be that their evil day is sure to come, bu. thank the Lord the heart-flutter is still the sweetest sensa- tion ever experienced by mortal man. He who can write most Interestingly about the aforesaid heart-flutter will con tribute most to our romantic literature.
 STORM Amanda B. Hall in Contemporary Within the white seciusion of his bed Each dreamer clasps his dream now.
 safe and warm. But | have heart for braver fate instead Who seek the rough endearments of All night shall be rioting abroad, One with the windy company and fain To ride the tempest. lightning for my
 sword S And blow the silver trumpets of the
 rain. or lose myself. a wild and sentfent leaf, Against the burdened bosom of the sky And, pulse to pulse, be partner in it's
 grief
 While blackness and oblivioH rush by. Or yelled in faamy waters as bride, To wed the. river whose orcheetral
 sound
 Win i've long after human songs have And are distilled in secret under
 ground.
 And when the hours with mighty measure 90.
 And day has found a world emotion
 swept.
 I'll wear my gray fatigue and none
 may know
 The spieedor of the tryst that have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
GOING UP"

What's become of that old drinking song, We Won't Go Home Till Morn ng?"
 T heard it sung no later than last night" said Mir. Dubwaite Two pickled gentlemen wandered into a hotel lobby, each solicitously assisting the other. and demanded two rooms and two baths on the sixteenth floor of a seven-story building"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
AN EFFETE CAMPER

Of snakebite died Erasmus Witt
 This ought to be his epitaph; His idea of ''roughing it"
 Was taking long a photograph A servant to prepare his meals.
 A bathing suit in which to swim. And so this commentator feels
 He got what was coming to him.S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
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ONE WAY

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 The prisoner who lasted forty-nine days and is still living shows us that there is a way out if the profiteers be- come too oppressive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
COuLDNr PRINT

From the Pittsburg Gazette Times.
 Mexican soldiers are reported to be deserting because they are not paid. Probably the printing press broke down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
* * * Birmingham to Have
 By-Product Gas Supply

ID IRMINGHAM is about to have D by-product gas in a regular and steady flow at reasonable rates to begin with, and reduction in price guaranteed after eighteen months, with the prospect of progressive re- auctions as time goes on.
 Birmingham should have had by product gas five years ago when op- portunity first presented itself and a more advantageous contract could have been secured on the base of the then lower cost of production. On the other hand, time has thrown more light on the subject and the arrange ment that has been made has met with more general approval and ab- sence of suspicion than would have been ehe~ fate of contract made when the people were less educated ill tine matter.
 Birmir eham's gas will cost the con- sumer eighty eight cents net to- be- gin with, compared with one dollar and forty-five cents in Atlanta now ard a rate of one dollar and seventy five cents that the Georgia utilities commission has allowed incident to tic increase ir the cost of water gas production.
 But for the by-product gas 8ir- mingham would have been forced to Iay much higher price for it's cook n 2 and lighting fuel for the same reason. The Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company was los ing money under the contract expir- ing August l. and any new contract involving the use of water gas would have been at much higher price to the consumer.
 Again, in using the by-product gas Birmingham is consuming home product and helping conserve her own industrial structure. The deal has met with very general satisfaction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
sPoILING THE FUN

SPOILING THE FUN Madam" said the fat man, ''why does your little boy start to cry every time brush fly off my bald head?" I'm sorry, sir" said the mother, but little Thomas likes to watch them crawl"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT

i've thought up good wheeze. Do you think you could write musical comedy, around it?"
 Sure" said the playwright Tt isn't a deepsjoke. is it?"
 "oh, no. It's easily understood"
 "Finea We don't want anything weighing on the tired business mans mind when the chorus comes out-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR EACH There was a young lady named Eccles, Whose face was infested with freckles. But nobody saw Any facial flaw, ra For she had an abundance of shekels.
 Punch. ples.
 Who had collection of dimples, They looked very cute In her tight bathing suit. But they wouldn't if they had been pimples.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
OLD WOUND REopENrD

OLD WOUND REoPENED
 Why did Sou weep all through that film comedy?"
 T couldn't help it." said the woman in black. The comedian reminded me of my poor dead husband"
 Was your husband fat man with a sense of humor?"
 No, he was thin man and had no sense of humor, but he broke more dishes than any hired girl we ever had" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
SLIGHTLY SARCASTIC

H1Io1f III SAflCASIIC
 Can you tell me where that waiter of mine has gone?" asked the irascible patron.
 He has gone to the kitchen. sir" said the head waiter.
 I'm glad to hear it. very glad to hear it," said the irascible patron. T was beginning to fear he had been ap- pointed delegate to walters con- vention in some distant city and had gone there to play prominent part in the proceedings"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
A SPEED WAS BETTER

Now. it would have simplffied mat ters if Lochinvar had carried off his lady love in taxi"
 Not at ail"
 NO {"
 The roads of. Scotland in that day were none of the best. The machine would have been wrecked before Loch-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
. MORNING PRAYER

A MORNING PRAYER
 When the sun shines, may I see my Fathers smile in. the joy that I am His. When the storm clouds gather may ever remember the sun md know that He Is mine. Amen-M. $. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
American Legion Eager
 to Honor Dead Soldiers

ID BIRMINGHAM POST NO. of lO the American Legion, took prompt steps to correct an unfavor- able impression created by the fune- ral of Ernest Holden, an American soldier, whose body was brought back to Birmingham and buried without military honors.
 The Age-Herald did not criticise the Legion, but in commenting on the apparent neglect of hero who died for his country, used the words att tributed to the officiating minister in an interview. Among other ques- tions, he was quoted as asking, "Where was the American Legion ?"
 A member of the executive commit tee of Post No. 1 states that Holden was not given soldiers escort and a military funeral because of "con- fusion of orders" and the fact that the firing squad which has served previously on such occasions belongs to the National Guard, and is now |encamped at Anniston.
 Far from showing no interest in the fate of their fallen comrades, the legion maintains a committee ex. |pressly charged with making arrange ments for the funerals of dead sol diers brought back home. Elsewhere in The Age Herald of today an an- nouncement from the local post is published, expressing regret for the circumstances attending Ernest Hol- den's interment. The post also ap- peals to relatives who expect the bodies of their soldier dead to be re- turned to them, as well as undertak- CTS and local recruiting stations, to communicate with the legion's head quarters on the twenty-third floor of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald will not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13

enemy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13

An Austrian baron wants & wife, an elegant blonde millionairess. preferably English or American English spoken. . One mail sack will easily hold all the baron's replies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13

Just when Ponzi was about to live down his prison record. deteltIves and news [ ,a rarS dur If in
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-26
CHURCH HAS HAD
 GOOD YEAR; WILL
 WORK FOR BETTER
Local Presbyterian Church Has Had Its Best Year, and Canvass to
 Make Next Better One

The fiscal year ending March 31, 1920, has been the most prosperous in the history of our church, said Rev. G. C. Bruce, pastor of the Northern Light Presbyterian church today. This success has been made possible by the ready and will ling response of the members and adherents of the church, and great thanks is due to them; the glory is given to God The new year will begin the first of April and it is believed that it holds even greater things.
 The every-member canvass, which is extended to all others who may have a desire to assist in the work of spreading the gospel here and elsewhere, will be made on Sunday afternoon from the hours of 2 to 4 D. m A sufficient number of can yassers has been provided who will visit the congregations so that the drive can be completed as far as possible on time. They will cover the town in twos and will present the plan of the church and give an opportunity for all interested to have a part in the service of build ing up the work
 "The growing Bible school is in great need of more room for ade- luate development, and plans will soon arise to meet the need, for tltis reason the major portion of the pledges made for the year will be asked for church expenses
 The annual congregational meet ing will be held on Tuesday even ing, March 30, and will be pre- ceded by a supper under the direc- ton of the ladies of the church. This is the homecoming time. Mem bers are asked to plan to be present at 6:30 o'clock on that evening. At the meeting later the report will be read for the year, plans for the future discussed and anything of business nature that may properly come before the congregation.