The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-19

dent expectation that when orderS now on books are about worked up, revival of business will have taken place.
 The civilized world has gotten to the point where it is going to wipe out some of the artificial barriers standing between barter and sale and re-establish trade relations. It can be done and necessity will force it to be done.
 It is meanwhile comfortable to know that our big steel concerns are doing so we'll.
 Winter weather proved too much fe: commercial aviation in Germany Hol- land and Denmark. Wasn't there some talk about aviators being able to defy the elements and laugh in the face of OIu 6OTcdS!
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 The death of Ahe democratic party having been found greatly axagger- at6d" there will be no necessity for holding a post mortem.
 Jamaica ginger has at last fallen under the ban of federal prohibition. Ir some parts of the country it has been one of John Barieycorn's most active substituteg.
 While the nations now represented at Geneva may sincerely regret the ab- sence of Uncle Sam, most of them have a sneaking suspicion that they owe him money.
 Being 8 tactful man, MT. Harding spoke pleasant piatitudes to the Texans and refrained from commenting on their weather.
 Barefooted millionaires are said tc be numerous in the Crimea, where pa per money is worth more as fuel than as a medium of exchange.
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 Birmingham'S crime wave has abated. Footpads and burglars are probably taking holiday while they spend their iil-gotten gains.
 A negro under sentence of death in a Little Rock prison has refused to eat. A headline writer correctly diag- noses his case as 'galiowsphobia."
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 The spectacle of Judge Landis head ing major league baseball merely as side line" is enough to break the heart of Ban Johnson. !, T. F F
 We are forced to conclude that few Haitians have been executed without having alienists and handwriting ex- perts to assist them in their defense If the Greek people want Constantine, the ex-Kaiser's brother Jaw is will ing to sacrifice himself on the altar of patriotism.
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 veniselos has noted precedenta tc .vryo;., L;. ao~,nS.1I Ccvna.h;u1 of tte same sort happened to Caesar but in his case it proved fatal.
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 A Spokane judge has ruled that 1a years domestic service is worth $4,200 He was probably figuring on a pre-war basis.
 In the New York building trades a 'berry" signifies s1,ooo. In newspaper circles it is one ornery dollar.
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 Venizeios says he will now have time to rest and read political history. Shall we say in Switzerland?
 
 Geneva is beginning to think the League of Nations Is the livest corpse it ever saw.
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 Now is the time for all good men to stay on the pay roli and banish the agi- tator to outer darkness.
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 Secretary Baker looks like big man fin half-length photograph. He should have that kind taken exclusively.
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 Josephus Daniels is determined to break up hazing at Annapolis if he has to leave the job to his successor.
 
 ''rHE SOUTH IN THE SADDLE, From the Washington Star.
 With Mfr. Underwood of Alabama leading the minority in the Senate, and MT. Kitchin of North Carolina leading it in the House. there is certain to be raised again the old cry of "the south In the saddle" as soon as the Sixty-sev- enth Congress begins to function. Let us examine this cry on two grounds. First, tue competency of the two men for leadership. They are veteran legis- lators. Mr. Underwood. beginning his Service in the House, so distinguished himself he was promoted to tho Senate. In his closing days as q representative he led the majority of the House. He is the minority leader of the present Sem