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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
From The Montgomery Advertiser.
 1N R. WILLIAM H. WEIGH or Ne" II J York, a distinguished patholo-

From The Montgomery Advertiser.
 N R WILLIAM H. WEIGH of New
 II J York, a distinguished patholo- ~ gist. is TO years of age. He feels that because of his occupation and the time that he has lived he has a right to discuss the moot subject of longevity. Dr. Welch says that in the last century mans span of years mas been extended by 15o months. Ihis does not mean, however" says the Re- nuhlican New York Sun-Herald, that everybody now alive should expect to live to De S0h. Science has helped the young to live longer than they used to. When a child is born now adays it has much better chance Of living to the age of 50. than it would have had if it had been born in the Monroe administration. That, now ever. may be a partisan fling at a justly celebrated democratic presldent. But let the Sun-Herald go on with its remarks. Good health. longevity, food and prohibition are always interesting .to talk about. Of longevity and its problems the Munsey paper says:
 eve gather from pr. Welch's re- marks that after the fiftieth birthday is. nassed Providence is on the side of the wise flyers. Little has been ac- complished. he says. in the way of pro- noting longevity for those who have
 passed the half century mark. The heart and other organs then begin to decide how long their owner shall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
sPRINGTIME IN ENGLAND
Sn rs11s 2 <' - nm the Manchester Guardian.

From the Manchester Guardian
 The muffin-man had gone around for the last time. giving due warning to the housewives that this was the last appearance this season of his tray with it's green blaze. The next day he started hawking something else watercress, pernaps. or maybe he IS letting chairs in the park.
 Spring has really come. The lilac i~ shooting it's green over the old wall ef the Abergavenny mansion in Ne yilrs court. off Fetter lane. and in Sergents' Inns patch of garden. and in scores of other shy places in the city. The magnolia tree near the Mid de Temple hall is just about to burst its snowy beauties to shame the wigs of the hurryiag lawyers. The almond trees are still blowing in all the suburbs, the dasfodils are star ring nearly all the gardens. and the iris buds are beginning to appear among their green sheaths.
 These last few days have been par ticularly lovely, with the river a hy- acinth blue and the white church tow CTS glimmering and fading in the del- icate mists like tall ships at sea. 2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
LIKE McLUKE SAYS


 There are some husbands who do not think that their wives talk too much. But they haven't returned from their honeymoon yet.
 Another reason why we have so many divorces is because lot of modern girls imagine that it is effeminite to love man after you have married him. Isn't it strange that so many of the men you know would rather talk than be popular?
 The high cost of living didn't cut much ice back in theNdays when Fellow could get a dozen paper collars for a dime and a black bow tie with a wire hoop on the back of it for a nickel
 The reason why a wife thinks that her husband is the head of the house is be- cause if you throw stone up into the air it will stay there.
 After the fourth baby comes along, wife's waist and ankles get so thick that she quits trying to look girlish.
 One way to keep out of arguments is to say mean things about yourself every time you do any talking. :
 Every wife believes that if she goes out of town on a visit her husband is going to make fool of himself. And ten times out of nine she is right.
 A man does not have to be a Sher- lock Holmes to discover that the 'wom- an in the next flat Is cooking cabbage for supper.
 What has become of the o. f. 1o-20-H show that used to feature the grand march of the annazons!
 Love is blind. But that isn't the req son why your wife can't see that there are six buttons off your clothes.
 If a man eats like hog and sleeps ike hog he can't help telling you that it due to his clear conscience.
 When you and the old lady are not on very good terms, think it over and you will likely discover that you are getting selfish and neglecting her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
NELSON RELICS
,e cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 They lie in the case in the famous Painted Hall of Greenwich hospital faded relics which bring tears to the eyes and pride to the heart.
 Within easy. reach of any Londoner may be seen the stained shirt worn by Nelson when he received his mortal wound in October. 1905. Here, also, are his brooches, his coat and stockings dear, soiled tokens that hold fascina- tion difficult to describe, remembrance too tender for mere words. A tattered shirt; could that spot be the stain of the very life blood of the great admiral? Was that the coat that Hardy tenderly removed, only to find that doctors effort was unavailing?
 Other relics of London there were his last letter, his pathetic plea for his dear Lady Hamilton. But 1t was the human touch that made one finger be- side the case of memories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18

of preaching at least four times. and ai- ways for a reason.''
 
 John the Baptist may not have been conscious that he was advertising when he appeared in the haunts of men on the banks of the Jordan in his rairnent of coneIs hair, and leathern girdie about his loins; but in the vast throng I dare say he was about as marked in dress from the rest of the crowd, as was Judge William E. Fort in his court room when he first sat on the bench in his over aus-
 But it is not my purpose to comb Bib Heal history to set down here the prophets or apostles who advertised themselves by their peculiar characteris- tics, or their accomplishments, for my object is very much more simple. l will, however say that if John the Bap- tist had not been lowered with gifts besides dress, he would not have been a burning and shining light" but as futile as a reed shaken by the wind. It takes more than clothes to be preacher of righteousness"
 The question with me at present may be stated as follows: Do the goods which the churches have to offer meet the deepest needs of the world?" If so, then the deeper the needs of mankind, the more legitimate the advertisement, and the more commanding it's form and expression should be. I know from ex- perience that the Gospel is good news, 7 and that is why l am anxious that it should have the very widest publicity even in the face of pious, timid and rev erential souls who fear to see it cheap ened by the use of twentieth century methods.
 Long before I came on The Age-Herald I was an advocate of churches buying space in the daily papers to advertise their meetings, and while it is only re- gently that some of them are doing it, yet it has been tried out sufficiently to nrove it's worth The churches that are the present pioneers in the field of reli- gious advertising are performing the same great service to all the others as, in my humble opinion, are the older con gregations who, in spite of custom, in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
Most dangerous Is that temptation that doth goad us on To sin in loving virtue.
 Measure for Measure.
Most dangerous
Birmingham Extends Welcome
 To Miss Evangeline Booth

E1T7 OMORROW Birmingham will U have the honor of entertaining one of the most beloved women in America, Miss Evangeline Booth. It rem1ired the sorrow and sacrifice of a great war to bring clearly home to the American people, as well as the people of other lands, realization of the scope and usefulness of the Salvation Ar1ny's work for humanity.
 Previously, through many years of struggling upward, the Salvation Army had gone about its duties m our cities, caring for the unfortunate, helping derelicts to their feet, reach ing out to aid erring and afflicted humanity, wherever found. No den was too noisome for the devoted men and women of the Salvation Army to enter; no haunt of thieves and des- peradoes too dangerous for their ten- der ministrations and no hovel too lowly.
 The civilized world-as we like to call it, but alas, there are times when thoughtful men doubt the truth of that clainl-knows what the Salvation Army did on the battlefields of Eu- rope. The Salvation Army Classic" :" nearly all the workers cover there" were women, received their "baptism of fire" Their work was practical and humane. They fed hungry dough- boys under shell fire; they mended their clothes, they helped the wound ed, the homesick and the physically ailing-not hundreds of miles behind the lines, but at the front, often in trenches and dugouts where their lives were endangered and where < many of them were wounded. And x they satisfied spiritual needs as well. X It is because Miss Booth personi- x fies- by her own lifework. the far < reaching beneficence of the Salvation \ Army, because she is the head of the
  American branch of this international !. organization, and because she is a !: woman with the light of good deeds .ss
 :; shining in her face, that Birmingham x is glad of this opportunity to show in some measure it's esteem and ad-  miration-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
Fortunate Birmingham

Every time I return to Birmingham from a visit somewhere else am thankful for the good things we have, said Robert Jemison, Jr., who is back in the city after trip east.
 "The north and the east were in the grip of the outlaw railroad strike when I was in New York, while Bir- ringham was practically unaffected.
 When the steel strike was in prog ress we carried on here as though nothing was happening. We went through the coal strike with prac- tically no trouble. Labor conditions undoubtedly are more stable here than in any other industrial district and that fact is beginning to be known in the east. Birmingham and the rest ct the south may look for big indus trial development as a reward"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18

God was the first great advertiser" This startling statement was made by a prominent pastor of a Philadelphia church, who gave it out after what he said was "a careful perusal of the Bible"
 
 He contends that when He lighted the flaming bush '' which did not consume itself and attracted the attention of Moses. he made our %1.0Oo-a-year electric signs look insignificant confess that when I read this I was a bftsshocked-
 But he went on to say that ~the plaques of Egypt was one of the great publicity manifestations of the power of God" I do not see why he left out the episode of the Red Sea, for surely that must have been much-talkedabou event at the time of it's happening.
 prominent advertising man, in speech some while back, is reported to have said that Christ performed mira cles in order to draw crowds to listen to His teachings, thus providing the highest possible precedent for the use of church attractions He made His first appeal to human nature, even to the curiosity of man, woman and child
 ~Ss
 Dr. William F. Barton well says: believe in advertising church services, and am glad to say something about it's methods, but I wish it understood in ad- vance that believe first of all in having something to advertise, and that the thing advertised should not be meretri- cious. or cheap, or theatrical but funda- mentally and invariably the Gospel Of yest1s Christ. But there is no reason why inc Gospel should either be preached or advertised in dull or uninterestins fashion"
 Dr. Barton, however, takes issue With the advertising man quoted aoove, TOT he saws: Jesus did not depend upon His miracles 10 bring in the crowds; in deed. He deprecated the gathering or rnultitudes after that fashion But He got his people and they heard Him glad lv." He maintains that Jesus was an in- teresting preacher He knew how to get the attention of the crowd and how to keen it after He got it. He did not all ways preach aliks. He changed Ills styi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
Grazers High

T had. the pleasure of seeing one or tke cattle raisers who came to town from one of the cattle sections of Ala 5ama q few days ago." says T. F. Hay, Jr.. He told me he had come for the purpose of buying a carload of grazers to put on his pasture lands, for the grass was growing fine. He seemed very much surprised at the scarcity of grazers in the market and confessed that he paid more for his bunch than he had expected to when lie left home. He did not attempt to explain the situation, as there are number of things entering into 1t, but, leaving out the strike and the war, lt may come from the fact that the scarcity of labor Is converting many former cotton farms into ranches"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18

helps those French people to help themselves.
 Five thousand children need the committees care. Eighteen thousand people are struggling to become self supporting. Aid has gone to the Aisne, but France asks that we "help while longer"
 Birmingham will do it's part. One hundred men-twenty-five from each of four clubs, the Civitan, the Ro- tary, the Kiwanis, and the Commu- nity-will write personal letters so- liciting funds. There will be thirty letters from each of the one hundred men thus appointed. It is thought that by this method large sum will be raised. All the money goes straight to France. Dr. Alexander C.. Humphreys IS the American treas urer. Checks should be made to Col. T. o. Smith of, the Birmingham Trust and Savings Bank, who has charge of the local funds. Myron T. Herrick is president and Miss Anne Morgan is first vice presi- dent. Funds will be deposited with the Columbia Trust Company, New York, and Morgan, Harjes & Co.,, Paris.
 Surely the hearts of all good peo- pie will, be melted by this appeal from France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18

sufficient equipment to handle the volume of business already waiting IS being remedied as fast as his di- vision can do it.
 During the week General Hines has been the full length of Alabama's chief transportation waterways from Mobile to Birmingport, including side trips to Montgomery and Selma on the Alabama river. He leaves today for St. Louis with the party which will attend the launching of the new eighteen hundred-ton, self-propelled steel boat, the City of Birmingham, a vessel which is soon to be put into the Warrior service. Birmingham hopes General Hines will return again soon when. he can have opportunity of meeting more of the people Of Birmingham. < * * A gallant jury in Chattanooga has just acquitted with the usual eclat woman who confessed that she journeyed from | Rome. Ga-. to Chattanooga for the ex. press purpose of killing man. Let the good work go on! :x < . l The Iowa delegation to the democratic national convention has been instructed
 to vote for Secretary of Agriculture Mer- edith. This is gentle reminder that
 MT. Meredith is running. l < # % | Prince Joachim Albrecht was fined 500
 marks for his part in that little affair
 in the dining room of the Hotel Adlon.
 Considering the present value of the
 mark. he got off light. | x x Y
 New Orleans preferred to welcome De
 Valera as MT. Ramon de Valera. dis
 tinguished visitor" That's a nice dis 1 < E H l If republican leaders should succeed in
 putting an ~easy boss into the White
 House. about half a dozen "old-liners''
 would pull the strings | The demand for and s cent coins
 would be greater if they would purchase
 and cents worth of dry goods, near
 beer or transportation. * E x ! Does it not occur to the average voter
 that the word sinister is being over
 worked in the present senatorial cam
 paign in Alabama? 1 E. W. Howe says a great many respec-
 table people are seen at Palm Beach.
 Maybe we'd better revsse our opinion o1 ! the place upward. | To be consistent when former Ambas- sador Henry Lane Wilson is testifyins as to conditions in Mexico he should hold his nose
 *>* = Perhaps the plaudits of the people had something to do with causing General Pershing to toss his hat-or cap-into the ring.
 * E q Words could not paint the chagrin ot Mary and Doug if they have to do il all over again. :. . "Pancho- Villa seems willing to f,sht with anybody who happens to hs xup- ming for carransa-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
IT HAD A APAsr'

From the Pittsburg Dispatch
 It may be . plexus blow to the fond alarms of the superstitious. but truth demands the statement that that fresh laid egg on which there was an inscrip- ton fixing a new date for the end of the world has proved to be added. like many other absolutely fresh eggs" are these days. x
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
TERRIBLE EFFECT OF DRY LAW


 From the Indianapolis News. Two wives of two Muncie factor. workmen were discussing the effec of prohibition on their husbands. When John comes home on Sat urday moons nowadays with his pa. envelope and turns it over to me. said one 'I always deals him out 5 cents for spendin' money and he spend + for himself"
 And what did he do in the ol, saloon days?" asked the other. k ''In them terrible days said tn first. ewhen John turned over to mi his pay envelope on Saturday noon I used to give him 50 cents for l'ttle spendin money for himself. an, soon he'd be back with a growler o beer for the two of us, bless his heart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
IN BAD ODoR ABRoAD

From the Springfield Republican.
 Unpopular is a safe and diplomatic word for the international position of the United States as result of the treaty fiasco A stronger word might not be very wide of the truth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
Birmingham Welcomes
 Gen. Frank T. Hines

ID IRMINGHAM extends hearty O and genuine welcome to Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, who is making the city a brief visit in connection with the inspection of Alabama's in- land water situation
 General Hines, as director of the inland waterways division of the war department, is the man who has it in his power to assist Alabama in bring ing the states navigable streams to their highest use and efficiency, and Birmingham particularly wants him to know how deeply this city and dis trict are interested in their fullest development.
 This state is proud of it's water ways because the people of Alabama believe these streams are to be potent factors in developing the states greatest resources.
 Alabamians are, therefore, glad General Hines has been able to come to the state at this time and make a personal inspection of the work that
  has already hesa done and to examine at first hand the possibilities of the future
 It will be gratifying to everyone t, read what General Hines says in today's Age-Herald to the effect that the future of the Warrior is secure and that the chief handicap-lack of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
NOT AT ALL GABBY.

Your friend. Jibway, does not seem to be good mixer"
 That's true"
 "Yes?"
 'I've known him to ride for hours in a Pullman smoker without making Sim gle acquaintance."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
To the ocea.
By-Lord Byron

By Lord Byron. There is pleasure in the painless wood' There is a rapture on the lovely shorI There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea. and music in it's roel love not man the less, but nature n,&j From u ese, our interviews, in which, From all may be. or have been beforI To mingle with the universe. and fej
 What can ne CT express. yet cannot d
 conceal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18

A PROMENADE DO you regard the xylophone as musical instrument" T do not" replied MT. Gadspur. Then how do you classify it?'' Well. it has always looked to me like something for cat to take exercise on.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
FORGE OF HABIT.

FORGE OF HABIT. This interview with himself turned in by Senator snortsworthy will have to be edited"
 What's wrong with it?" Nothing in particular. He has merely inserted Laughter and applause after every other sentence"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

GOING THE FULL DISTANCE. Whats the latest word from the overt all club?"
 Some of the more militant members are talking about getting their hands soiled."
 SUGGESTING A SHOWER. Your printers butchered my poem on spring" said the bard. >How soY asked the economically downtrodden editor. They spelled the word spring 'sprink.
 You'd better thank your lucky stars they didn't add an 1e' to it"
 ADVICE. Listen restless radical, Keeping up din, Don't you know you'll hurt yourself Boring from within? Uncle Sam is tolerant That you cannot doubt: Yet you'll find him on the job G Boring from without PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
NATURE OF THE BREED

From the Boston Transcript.
 The New York landlords. 1t is under stood. ratify the eighth commandmel only with strong reservations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18

DOESN'T SPELL TT ~OKEH.n EITHER From the Washington Star.
 It was never Colonel Bryan's political fortune to get as far as a control of the vote. but he yields formidable 70. K.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
ROUGH GOING.

 The citizen in overalls We meet %ith here and there; He calls attention to his suit Of serviceable wear, Impressing on the passing throng His independent air. He doesn't look so spick and span That much we can't deny; There's nothing in his new attire To please the human eye, Except a dash of color which Is noticed in his tie. If interviewed he'll tell you how. With brave emotions rife, He walks the streets, but turning home Alas, for such is lifei- That getup's simply awfur' is The greeting from his wife.
 sELF-CoNTAINED CREATURES T marvel at the poise of some of these debutantes. mere children as they are.- "Umpht" replied Mir Dubwaite. '4f you are looking for boise you ought to study the lady cooks at an employment bureau A princess of the royal blood has nothing on them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-03-14
NEWS OF MISHAWAKA
NeuOsnes office 12O Lincoln Way Phone Mishawaka 10
GEORGE HOBARTS
EXPERIENCE READ
BY Mss WILLHER

Member OF the Mishawaka
Woman's club and citizens who at
tended the general meeting held In
the library Saturday afternoon were
afforded an exceptional treat in
listening 20 Sarah Mildred Wilmer
an her reading Of Experience. 20
Her dramatizaIon Of George Ho-
barts famous play surpassed all
previous entertainments Of this ma
tGre that have been staged by the
local organization.
The story deals with the life OF
the modern prodigaI VINO is person.
fed in the play as Youth. other
characters who enter into the life
drama are Love. Hope Ambition.
Experience. Wealth Pleasure
Work. Chance. Passion and Beauty
To is the age-old tale Of the youth
who leaves the protecting freslde
and embarks upon the tempestuOus
sea OF life After passing through
the trials and temptations that COM
tiuually confront metropolitan
youth the lad returns home TO find
Love and Hope awaiting him.
Al the conclusion OF her reading.
Miss Wilmer paid n most beautiful
tribute 20 the flag. BE request she
reclted "The Making OF Man
Miss Willmer rendered this reading
TT the annual banquet OF the club
last year