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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08

angular or oval jaws, or it may thei likeness to young but voracious ali gator? Antiquarians are undoubtedl boarding a few specimens. Some day tn Metropolitan Museum will pay a fabulou price for collection of early Victoria bootjaeks; catalogue number 765A, odd al liGatof. giIded scales, blue eyes, tail form loop for hanging" ]"
 But boots have once more come int tLeir own. The war had much to q with their rehabilitation. Not only ha the army stuck to boots with that fidelif which is characteristic of the military but when it went oyer sea to 1ight;g tn girls it left behind it began to--liscove boots. In this country there were al sorts of useful organizations of wome which found boots well adapted to tn requirements of the uniforms they adont ed Sportsrhen have always favore boots; this winter has sent not only tn commuters but tow dwellers into tn shops looking for something that may b the snow and slush peepufs admins tration has so literally conferred on us.
 There must have been d tremendou boom in the mutton tallow market. m art of greasing boots has been reviN 4 But boots partake of the degenerasA M tendency of the age. The bootmakSf fashion them so they cannot be dist N guiShed from shoes unless the weare make a real effort to display them. |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08
LUKE McLUKE SAYS

We suppose the girls will throw a mon- key wrench into our plans for a city beautiful by wearing short sleeves that eXpvse liver-colored elbows.
 The world is growing better. We can remember when man was regarded as . dude if he had creases in his pants.
 Why is it that the girls make their skirts higher and tighter about the timc the summer street cars are put into op- eration?
 Funny how the children will run mile for a strange woman when they won t go across the street for their own mother. And their fatheN has the same bad habit
 What has become of the O. f man who used to order a pitcher of ice water as soon as he woke up in the morning?
 Without fear of losing a cent we would like to bet any married man that he can't remember a word the preacher said when he was being married.
 No man was ever so absent-minded thar he couldn't remember the money you owe him.
 The woman who married for a home sometimes has six fights a week with her husband because he won't take her out for< her meals
 Never whip a small boy because his ears are dirty. The only time some men get their ears washed is when they go into barber shop for a shave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08
MOUNTAIN LAUREL

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08
BOOTS

From the Sun and New York Herald.
 NNNBY a few years ago boots were 'V the prerosative of prosperous el-
 derly gentlemen, except where boots were worn because they had to be- regardless of fashion. A lumberman in oxfords is unthinkable, though truckmen working in patent feathers are nowadays by no means uncommon. A cowboy in buttoned shoes would not be worth shootz ing in the movies. But the boots these men wore were strictly professional Oar ing philosophers have held that congress gaiters drove boots out. So it may be; what drove out congress gaiters? Ask the medical examiner. Suicide and con- gress gaiters became associated in the public -srnd; hence the downfall of con- gress gaiters. They were the fat mans friends, relief to the lazy
 Grandfather's boots were expensive. with tops soft as the sheerest silk. They were a splendid black. not shiny, but of the same respectable dull finish which distinguished grandfather's linen. Either the backing grandfather used or the artists who applied 1t are extinct. usual- ly grandfather attended to this detail of his toilet himself.
 stands of which every home a generation ago boasted at least one2 And what has become of the bootjacks with their tri-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08
THE BABIES OF PARIS
From the Continental Edition of I
 London Mail.

From the Continental Edition of The
 London Mail.
 First nicely whirling peg top. next the string of small whip and finally a minute, squirming boy. who seemed in his fur coat quite as broad as he was long. Each and all became entangled in my legs, but as it was the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne. the Paris babies para disc, and warm, sunny afternoon. 1 could feel no wrath. but extracted the infant and set him on his legs again. whence he grinned at me cheerfully
 A smiling, sensible English nurse col lected him. T know you couldne be an- noyed with him." she said. q never saw a place where everybody loved babies as they do in Paris"
 And, indeed, if you want to see ba- bies at their rosiest and chubbiest, you should betake yourself on a sunshiny afternoon to the broad, stately paths Of the Avenue du Bois- de Cologne, which stretches from the Arc de Triomphe TO the famous wood itself now, under the delicate and fastidious art of French forestry, rapidly returning to it's old cool, inimtable charm.
 Babies by the hundred, in and out of arms, chuckling mischevous babies, big eyed, contemplative babies. playing sleeping. thinking entold mysteries, con- cecting the wicledest pranks-all the es- sence of real babyhood is here, and all Paris comes to look at it's babies, being immeasurably proud of them!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08
* * * Sydney J. Bowie For Delegate at Large

' @ YDNEY J. BOWIE, former con- E9l gressman from the Fourth Ala bama district, is a candidate for dele gate at large to the democratic na- tional convention in San Francisco.
 The voters of Alabama have an op- portunity to honor one of the states best known citizens by electing MT. Bowie He ably represented his dis trict in the lower house of Congress and declined a renomination. Had he wished to continue in public life, in- stead of resuming his Jaw practice, he could have retained his seat in- definitely, as he was regarded as one of the strongest members of the Ala bama delegation and was deservedly popular in the Fourth district
 Since moving to Birmingham from Ann;ston, MT. Bowie has been prom
  inent in civic and state affairs. He has done great deal for the cause of education. There is no more public spirited citizen of Birmingham or Ala bama.
 The Age-Herald hopes MT. Bowie will be elected. Since it is the pur- pose to send an uninstructed delega- tion to San Francisco, men of the highest type should be chosen, who are not only good democrats but have a knowledge of public affairs and are able to hold their own with delegates from other states in what promises to be momentous convention. Syd Bowie measures up to all these re- quirerents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08
WHAT KINGS WROTE ROOSEVELT

You, MT. President, and I, have bee called upon tof superintend the dest nies of the two great branches of tll Anglo Saxon race and this tru: should, in my opinion, alone suffice bring us together.
 It has often seemed strange to m that being as I am on intimate tern with the rulers of Europe, I should nc be in close touch with the President ( the United States.
 Tt would be agreeable to me and think advantageous to both countrie that this state of things should in fl ture cease to exist. As a slight indies ton of the feelings which l have CT tertained for yourself, it gives nl great pleasure to ask your acceptanc of the accompanying miniature of great glishman-Hampden who wa once land owner in America. I do S in memory of the old country and as mark of esteem and regard for youl self.
 In explaining his method of proct dure with the Kaiser, Colonel Roosevtl writing to Henry White in 1906, say Where l have forced him to give va l have been sedulously anxious to bua, a bridge of gold for him, and to gi{ him the satisfaction of feeling that hl dignity and reputation in the face C the world were safe. In other word where l have had to take part of tn kernel from him, I have been anxiou that he should have all the shell pos sibie, and have that shell painted an way he wished. At the same time have had to speak with express em phaslS to him on more than one occa slon, and on one occasion Chat c Venezuela have had to make dis play of force and to convince hii definitely that I would use the fore if ueceeSarxr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08

Copyright 1920, by Charles Scribner's
 Sons.)
 N STRIKING series of letters from A\ kings to Theodore Roosevelt, with facsimiles of some of them. is revealed in Scribner's Maga- zine for April. Many of the ColoneEs replies are also given and four repro auctions of photographs of the great review in his honor in Germany With inscriptions in pencil by the Kaiser Colonel Roosevelt was not over-awed by royalties. In one of the letters to friend he says:
 "In modern days a kings business IS not a mans job He is kept as kind of national pet, treated with consider ation and distinction, but not allowed to have any say in the running of the affairs of the national household"
 He tired of the royal functions and once exclaimed: T felt if met an other king should bite him."
 The letters from King Edward are of particular interest as showing that as early as 1905 he wanted to Use all his great influence to help bind together the two great branches of the Anglo Saxon race" Tn one of these letters King Edward says:
 Dear MT. President: Although I have never had the pleasure of know ing you personally, I am. anxious to avail myself Of the opportunity which your inauguration as President affords, personal congratulations on this nos. table occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08
France Occupies
 German Cities

I1THE occupation of German terri O tory by France, without the ap- proval of her former associates in the war, is vindication of the League of Nations plan.
 To all intents and purposes the league has been abandoned. Europe realizes, and America as well, that without the United States as steady ing influence there can be little hope for a change in the policy which brought about the last war and will bring about the next one.
 The very evils which the League of Nations was designed to cure have again appeared in Europe. Instead of an era of lasting peace, for which our soldiers fought in France and Flanders, to all intents and purposes Europe is once more an armed camp"
 Feeling that she has been deserted by her former allies, France is talk ling no chances with Germany. She may not have been justified in fur ther invasion of German territory the facts at hand do not indicate that the situation warranted such move yet France knows what it means to have the German armies at her door, and she knows, too, that an ounce of prevention is worth pound of cure. She got the upper hand, with the aid of England, America and Italy, and she proposes to keep it without their help, if necessary. ! It is easy to understand the French point of view, even to sympathize with it. French militarists, who have incurred the displeasure of President { Wilson, lad no difficulty in playing on the fears of the French govern ment, because every Frenchman re- gards Germany as menace to his lcountry's future peace and welfare. Fhe German people, we are told, no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08
Wishes the Streets of
 Birmingham Were Posted

A VISITOR to Birmingham, G. F. GA Sharpe of Ashland, in Clay county, admires this city-speaks of it as a,fine city. He is far from being a knocker, but he wishes the names of Birmingham streets were posted "so there would be some possibility of stranger finding his way without hav- ing to button-hole a policeman at every corner" If the streets were named and numbered in practical and efficient way, MT. Sharpe con tends, it would be impossible for the greenest greenhorn to get lost"
 The point is we'll taken, Citizens of Birmingham often make the same complaint Some of the streets have the names conspicuously displayed at the corners, and in the business dis tricts where the streets and avenues are regularly laid out there is no ex- cuse for any signboard missing.
 The City Commission should look to this matter. Sign painting costs com paratively little.
 As for the streets on the Highlands, it is not so easy to work out plan that would enable stranger to find his way about, especially where homes are built among the trees and on un- lighted highways.
 Birmingham folks and telegraph messengers have difficulty in finding the numbers on the houses.
 This situation might be improved, but rather than give up the shade and the rugged landscape, better put up with a little inconvenience such as ir- regularity of streets and poorly lighted avenues.
 Having policeman at every cor ner to be button-holed is easier said than done The city's treasury is short of funds and therefore the city is short of policemen. For Birming- ham to be well policed our ccrstabu- lary would have to be five or six fold what it is today.
 But when MT. Sharpe pays us an other visit, which it is hoped will be soon, the down corners" should be well stocked with signboards. It would be poorly appointed city that could not provide itself with, street signs on business corners.
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 Without passing on the status of Pres ident' De Valera. the City Commission of Birmingham declines to extend the hand If fellowship.
 aHr' Johnson says he's terribly grate- fuls to the Michiganders The AIichigan- ders should reply that 'Hi'' is ''terri- ble candidate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08
BREAKING EVEN
n the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star
 T bunkered one of them smart con fdence men up in Kay See good and properw boasted Gabe Gosnen of Grudge, who was just back from the Big Burg. Bought the Union station from him. by crackyi"
 Thunder" ejaculated the acquaintance to whom the incident was being related. What's the matter with you? You didn't bunker him; he bunkered your
 Not by a lightin' sight he didn't. I gave him that ere oil stock got stuck with last year for it''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08

spector Daniel sullivan, members of the Washington police force. arrested Irish pickets at the British embassy. It's this sort of thing that creates confusion in the minds of people who are trying to understand the Irish question:
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 "A New York preacher who made a round of restaurants and dance halls found liquor flowing freely. visitors to New York who say they have been un- able to find refreshments would like to communicate with the reverend gentle- man.
 Hunters and others who stroll through the wildwood should watch their step. Too close proximity to hidden still," even when no harm is intended, may in yite load of buckshot. and there's noth- ing worse for the epidermis than buck shot.
 A contemporary tells why diamonds are in demand. People who have money to invest in diamonds are welcome to in duge tha- amiable weakness. but what more iearly concerns us is the latter-day arrogance of the prune.
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 While he svasi over here, King Albert invested in an American watch. If Bel gillm is eveI invaded agail by Germany, that valuable timepiece may eventually land IT Prussian officers pocket. A writer in the New York Times de- scribes how prohibition was put over on the American people. Put over" is not the phrase used by the prohibition ists. 1t was great moral victory"
 x x x Irish pickets who tried to Lombard the British embassy from the air with pam phlets failed to score single Init" An other illustration of feminine marksman- ship?
 # # Congress officially recognized the fact that war had been thrust upon us. It may now officially recognize the fact that peace has been thrust upon us. The rati- ocination of Congress is flawless.
 E 1 # Milwaukee has reelected it's socialist. pro-G German mayor for third term. Citi- zens of Milwaukee will please join in singing "The Watch on the Rhine"
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 What with General Wood running for the presidency and his son creating stir in the oil business, the family is getting it's share of publicity.
 # # # The mere fact that a movie star may receive 219ooo a week does lot insure un- interrupted bliss. There is still the ser want problem to consider.
 < x * The 'Musgrovians" continue to shout 'Wolfp although the liquor wolf was skinned long ago and his pelt nailed on the barn door.
 # # # King Christian is the latest European monarch to realize that sitting on a throne is more or less perfunctory.
 < # x The League of Nations without Uncle Sam might have to function on one cyl inder.
 # # Fortunately, the Germans have greater respect for the American navy than re- publican politicians
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08
Nature,. Spring Display

T had rather an unusual but pleas ant experience the other afternoon, [" said Dr. Elwyn Ballard, flor I got to show gentleman who came here from Gary. Ind, Y. M. c. A. one of the att fractions of the south. He had ex- pressed the wish to see some of our wild flowers, and it was suggested that was the proper person to chaperon him. We were brought together and I took him out on some Of the country roads and he was greatly charmed by what he saw in the way of natures spring display of blooms. On parting he presented me with couple of tick cts to the wrestling matches, and I got to see the finals on Tuesday eve ming"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08
Keen Ii Here

Not less than se0,OO0 a year goes out of Birmingham to printing compa- nies in other cities" according to Richard H. White, president of the Birmingham printers union.
 Tt has long been a source of won der to Birmingham printers how large firms can afford to send work away from home" he says, when they con- tribute money to the upouilding of the city in other ways. Many times we have found out that the merchant re- ceived no better price than the Bir- mingham printers could make him and actually, in some instances, has paid more than the Birmingham prices.
 Printing is based on the cost of labor, and in the larger cities printing costs more than it does right here in Birmingham. Recently a Birmingham printer paid a merchant his bill and received receipt printed in northern town. That made the printer a booster for that store. guess not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Sextette From "Luciav on Harp
 Tt is with great pleasure that I note the engagement here for the second concert in the All Star Concerts which takes place on ApriR 12, of Angelo Cortese. the renowned Italian harpist who win appear with Mar garet Romaine the beautiful young American prima donna from the Metro politan Opera" said Richard F. John ston yesterday.
 T have had the pleasure of hearing Cortese play this most beautiful and perhaps most difficult of all musical instruments, and I frankly say that I don't believe he has an equal in the world as a harp virtuoso. I know he las no superior because it simply could not be played any better than he plays it., He is absolute master of technique. He has the most marvel GUS finger dexterity, besides having all Cortese is man of brains I hope very much that he will include as one of his numbers the sextette from Lucia either on his regular pro- gramme or as an encore. Like The Rlue Danube, sung by Frieda Hempel, the sextette never grows trite and in the hands of Cortese and his harp it is q marvellous production. There is no doubt but there is treat in store for everyone who attends the next of the 'AIl-Star Connerfs' CorteseI alone would play a programme wonderfully and assisted by the young Metropol- itan prima donna, Miss Romaine, it will be an unusual programme in- deed'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08

longer hate the British and have en- tirely forgiven the Americans, put are once more looking forward to "Der Tag" when the might of a re- juvenated Germany shall fall upon France and crush her forever.
 With America holding aloof, the protective treaty with France pigeon holed, England thinking Of her own interests, Italy bent on aggrandize- ment without regard for her late allies and Japan in a similar mood, 1t is little wonder that France has adopted what she regards as a safety first policy.
 The European muddle may well cre- ate pessimism. It really begins to look as if every ideal for which the allies fought, sacrificing the lives of millions of men and suffering an economic loss which cannot be esti- mated, had been discarded.
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 Not All Clergymen
 Accept Tempting Offers 11N WO prominent clergymen of Bir- mingham recently received "calls" to exceptionally agreeable fields, but notwithstanding the fact that both invitations were tempting from worldly point of view both' were rejected.
 The Rev. Dr. McNeill, pastor of the South Highlands Presbyterian Church, has been here only few months but a certain New York church urged him to come to that pastorate. It offered a salary larger by several thousand dollars than he was receiv- ing in Birmingham. But he declined.
 The Rev. Middleton S. Barnwell, rector of the Church of the Advent, was called to a large and wealthy parish in Memphis. He looked over the situation and was pleased with the outlook, but he liked Birmingham; was attached to his congregation and his congregation was devoted to him. His parishioners begged him to stay and he listened to their plea.
 Both ministers alluded to are of the type that make friends, not only in their respective congregations, but in the community at large. Each is a public-spirited citizen and is es- teemed by the people. Z
 Every city is stronger and cleaner by the presence of such men, They are here to do good and Birmingham cannot have too many such clergy men. They are real leaders of men. Birmingham is to be congratulated on the decision of Dr. McNeill and MT. Barnwell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08
Can't Forget

Tn the opinion of most folks any sort of questionnaire is thing to be avoided as one avoids a snake, if we are to judge by some of the letters we receive from people who have applied for children" said Miss Ida Gelders, visitor for the Children's Aid Society.
 Tn letter received yesterday one made made the remark that never till the last few years had he been asked to fill out questionnaire. Now they are almost a daily occurrence. Ike re- fused to fill out the one we sent in order to ascertain the advisability of placing child with him. Instead, he wrote long letter answering every thing we had asked hiru.
 Tt seems that the horrors of gov ernment questionnaires, including those concerning income taxes. are not soon to be forgotten"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08
A MILD REMINDER

MILD REMINDER At the end or u forty minute har- angue, during which he had not been able to get in word. Mir. Bnthersby raised his hand.
 'WellF' snapped Mrs. Bnthersby. T just wanted to ask you. my dear" said MT. Blithersby if you remember the time when you were fegarded as successful four-minute speaker?"
 PROBABLY TENANTS Who was the man run over?" "A landlord who is a notorious profi- teer.''
 That explains the mystery" What mystery?"
 As soon as his identity became known handful of spectators raised a feeble cheer"
 SMALL HOUSE The violinist who played at the opera house last night moved some of his hearers to tearse
 His manager wept aloud in the box office"
 But he couldn't hear the music there?"
 "No. but he could count the tickets left in the rack"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
HAUTEuR IN THE KITCHEN

HAUTEuR IN THE KITCHEN V You discharged your eook?" We had to-" said MT. Jibway What was the trouble?"
 Mrs. Jibway couldn't stand the wa, she sniffed at the quality of the gro ceries we buy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08
THEY BEGAN IT

From the Manitoba Free Press.
 In their day of suffering and tribulation Germany and Austria sh, uld remember that nobody forced them to start the war.