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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07
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Hundredth Anniversary
 City of Selma

N LABAMA felicitates Selma on the AA celebration of it's hundredth an- niversary. Selma is not the largest town in the state, but none has given more able leadership in peace and war. Selma's sons have been found valiant in whatever cause of the commonwealth they have enlisted.
 A former vice president of the United States, William R. King, is buried there. The late John T. Mor- gan shed lustre on his state for 40 years and saved his beloved Alabama and the entire south from the vicious force bill, which would have enslaved it's electorate. Edmund Pettus af- forded an illustration of southern manhood and chivalry, and of rugged honesty that will be cherished through generations.
 Charles M. Shelley and his Dallas county associates were among the foremost of those who led, us through the dark days of reconstruction into independence. H. s. D. Mallory was an exemplar of the old school of punctilious honor.
 Joseph F. Johnston and many other Birmingham builders came from Selma and helped lay the foundations of the modern metropolis of their state.
 Nor has this classic city gone to sleep. It is the center of a dairy and creamery industry that is grow ing rapidly. Situated on the Alabama river, it is destined to share with Birmingham the benefit of the new interest in the development and use of inland waterways.
 Selma is a bridge between the superb civilization of the past and the strong and virile progress now being made by the people of Ala bama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07
Good Jobs

"On every employment day at our shops we have long line of men wait ing to see if they cannot get a posi- tion." declared T. c. Brabston, superin- tendent of transportation of the Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power company. Several people seeing this long line have spoken to me of the fact as indicating an unprecedented amount of unemployment in and around Bir- mingham.
 This long line of men seeking work does not indicate any great amount of but rather the desira- bility in these times of having a posi- ton with q contract for three years assuring the worker that his pay can not be cut Many man who drew high wages during the war and for a time afterward is now on the anxious seat, for he begins to realize that even if he does manage to hold his same po- stion, the company for which he works is certain to cut his pay.
 But with the men employed at our shops. their pay is guaranteed for three years, as are also the fine working con ditions which are making these places so desirable at this time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07
Pleasant Features

"In spite. of the work incident to act ing as chairman of such campaign as the one we are now conducting for the association of Jeffer- son county, there are many pleasant and profitable experiences which one will remember long after the work is concluded" said Priestley Toulmin, yes terday. During the war, due to the fact that I was engaged on the district draft board getting men for Uncle Sam, it was not my privilege to take part in the war work of the allied armies. But during the past week I have been inti- mately associated with Frank Rush ton, field marshal of the allied armies in this campaign, and I have come to realize how Birmingham made the rec ord during the war which was the envy of other cities all over the country. I have never been associated with man in any civic work who was more effi- cient than Mir. Rushton, and I never saw a man accomplish so much with less noise and buster. It has been worth the trouble to see him at work from close range"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07

simple methods must be taught in per- son and over and over again by those who know them.
 The object of the anti-tuberculosis movement in Alabama is to bring curative and preventive knowledge into Alabama homes through visiting nurses in each county. That is the only recognized practical method of accomplishing this end. Whole fami- lies have been nedlessly wiped out be- cause, not knowing how to protect themselves, the disease was trans mitted from one member to another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07

From the New Orleans Times-Picayune. l1OHE brutal frankness of RooseveIts g
 aphorism Speak softly but carry
 big stick,'' is brought to mind by the proposed expansion Of our armed forces in Hawaii. Until such time as a working League of Nations shall render armament unnecessary, Uncle Sam is wise in doing his international convers- ing with a club of weildable proportions under hs arm. Hawaii is merely an out post of our nation whose loss in itself would not cause a ripple on our lives should our dspossession come by cata- clysm or by negotiation, but the loss of the archipelago by capture would be quite a different matter, and is a contingency that proper army and navy prepared ness in the mid-Paciic will keep at dis tance.
 The danger, if such vague possibility may be called a danger, is, of course, other nation tomorrow the surest preser- vation from some unanticipated "coup de main" is to have forces there large enough andlAmerican enough to discour- age any possible internal effort or to repel any external attack
 A recent report has been made by Maj. Gen. Charles G. Morton, com mander of the Hawaiian department, who points out that more than 20,0Oo men will have to be taken care of on the islands in the near future, and a num- Der well in excess of that figure when the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07
D,ANNUNzIo AGAINST THE WORLD

D'ANNUNZIO AGAINST THE WORLD From the Baltimore Sun.
 The most spectacular and In some re- spects the most extraordinary of post war developments has been the drama of Plume staged by the Italian poet warrior, Gabrielle d'Annunzio. Since September 12, 1919, he has been holding Plume in trust for Italy, in defiance of his own government and of all others. He has refused to listen to arguments; he has remained equally unmoved by threats or attempted persuasion. He has treated the League of Nations with contemptuous disdain. and he has ig,- nored all suggestions of compromise. He spurns the recent settlement made at Rapallo by Italian and Jugoslav commissioners as indignantly as he had previously the suggestions of President Wilson, and he now formally declares that he will make war on his own gov ernment rather than abandon his strug- gle for the territory which he believes is Italy's by right of sacrifice and on grounds of self-protection.
 There can be little doubt that D'An- nunzio represents the spirit which ami mated the Italian people during the war. To reunite to Italy the popula- tions long oppressed by her ancient en- emy, Austria, and to widen her field of commerce and power was the motive which fired Italian patriotism and com pelled the Italian government to exc change neutrality for the sword.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07

, of the other. Both conducted them selves with dignity and indulged in no personalities. Their conference should be cordial and if Mr. Harding cares to ask for advice regarding such domestic questions as he will take up after he is inaugurated there is no one more capable of advising him than the President.
 An amicable discussion between MT. Wilson and MT. Harding, even if it goes no further than a mere exchange of courtesies, will set an excellent ex- ample for their more jealous partisans to follow. The country needs the CO., operation of democrats and repub- licans to assure it's future welfare. For the present, at any rate, politics should be forgotten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07
Industrial Lines
 on the Active List
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rIH HE Birmingham district has al- u ready realized the importance of increased activity in the iron and steel making departments of the Ten nessee company. It is operating one more blast furnace than the average for the year and it's November pro- duction of finished steel products was in excess of that of, September and October.
 Mills of the Alabama Steel and Wire company have orders that will carry the mills forward at normal pace for 10 weeks to come. The mill of this company at Fairfield is no ex- ception to the rule. That plant, like those of the other steel corporation auxiliaries in this district, is as we'll adapted for export as for domestic
 
 business.
 Alabama charcoal iron is in demand by the makers of railroad car wheels. the country over. While no coke iron has been selling, orders for charcoal chilled iron have been booked regular ly the past two weeks. This business is indicative of pronounced activity in the building of freight cars.
 The prospect of greater produc- tion of steel rails in 1921 than in any of the past four or five years is based on orders already received and the known schedule of orders to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07
Won't Come Down

What cannot understand" said w. w. Hoover. yesterday. aftera leaving a local cafe, lis why pork chops and other like dishes should cost so much when meat has gone so low in price. Asso- ciated Press dispatches state that hogs any time prior to the war, yet the pork dishes at local eating places are the same price that they were during the darkest days of the late war. I wish that our delicatessen men would grasp the downward trend of prices with the same alertness that they follow the skyward inclination"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE

 T resent the imputation that I am a member of the pie brigade" said the pompous citizen. But you don't deny that you want a government job, do your" asked MT. Dubwaite.
 Certainly not. It should be the ann bition of every patrioit to serve his country"
 T agree with you. It should be the ambition of every patriot to serve his country-without pecuniary reward.-
 THE LAST STAGE What about his intentions, dear?" They are serious" Are you sure?"
 -Quite. When he's with me he can't even, talk about himself, his business or his motor cAr.-
 CURT CRITICISM. How was the musical evening at the Gawker residenceT "A misnomer," replied Mir. Grumpson, briefly. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07

From the Chicago Tribune.
 TN the dancing of Pavlowa you are
 reminded again that in the fine arts the second best is immeasurable.
 This is one of the most interesting of the mysteries and beyond explanation or even illumination, like the mystery of religious faith which escapes detini- tion and can never be reached by argu- ment.
 Men have always been trying to define beauty, yet always failing, and all the erudite works on it's laws are able to aid no one who needs aid. We devise words and formulate to express our per ception of the nature of beauty. We speak of genius and of talent, genius which creates the best talent which brings forth the. good which is not the best; but, like the skeptic poet seeking the key to the riddle of the universe. though we consult doctor and saint and hear great argument we come out by the same door wherein we went.
 . Words, however, subtle. cannot create the perception of beauty, though often they may stimulate it, not by way of the reason but by arousing the emotion of beauty, for words having a beauty of their own, may do this. But theorizing about beauty and genius is perhaps more likely to produce barrier between the free and therefore sensitive perception and the thing of beauty. They are likely to lead the mind into fixed channels and give to it false idea which shuts out the appeal of beauty Thus we havs aesthetic snobs who are afraid to give themselves to the enjoyment of what is not authoritatively labeled.
 Doubtless these victims are not gifted with a very strong sense of the beauti- ful and are not losing much. Nevertheless their influence is not small, and they contrive to do good deal of damage, though 1t is not lasting, for genius is so intense and vital thing that it usually survives neglect and conquers hostility.
 Words cannot serve beauty, therefore, by way of the reason, by explaining and defining. they may create beauty which leaves the reader where he began-with or without it's perception-but they may at least aid by turning the reader away from theories to beauty itself and per haps induce him to observe beauty with out prejudice or preconception. to give himself freely to it's enjoyment so far as his perception can give him enjoy ment.
 This perception varies not only amsns individuals but within each individual. In individuals but within each individual. In high degre. In many 1t is not strong and requires stimulation and direction but this should be by way of experiences and not by way of precept.
 In Pavlowa we have genius producns that best of it's kind which is beyond measure superior to what the hignes' of talent produces. The mystery of ii is beyond explanation. beyond statement Why does this one woman. beautiful with what is to us an exotic beauty. yet not as beautiful as others we know. hav- ing two legs. two arms ana nervous organism in no way different. so far as the acutest science could observe. from that of any other woman, having nc more training in her art than monv oth-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07
smyer's Idea

NI think that I ought to give credit to R. B. Smyer for suggesting the car toon in today's Age -Herald," said Hubert Harper. T attended the First Methodist church Sunday morning and heard him make a four-minute .alk on the needs of the Anti-Tuberculosis as- sociation of Jefferson county, and was So struck with the telling and unique way in which he presented the dangers of tuberculosis and the indifference of the public In the premises. He lsed the aroused state of public opinion over the highway robberies to show that a greater peril was facing us each day in the insidious attacks rom tuberculosis. He said it was well to put down the holdups, but that more lives would be saved in 12 months by an active fight against the great white plague"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07
A cRusHER

MT. wadleigh insists on being his own chauffeur"
 That shows he's independent"
 Perhaps, but I rather suspect it's the result of grabbed disposition. MT. Wadleigh hopes traffic policeman will say something to him so he can come down on that luckless minion of the law with the full weight of his s2o.ooo.- ,,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07
Wilson and Harding
 Will Set Good Example

6H HERE has never been any reason
 ll why the incoming President of the United States should not consult his predecessor in office, except po- litical animosity or jealousy, senti- ments which little become men who have reached so high a station in pub lie life.
 The proposed conference between President Wilson and MT. Harding will be a graceful act on the part of both and tacit acknowledgement that the American people must put aside partisanship and work together for solution of the many domestic problems resulting from the world war.
 There should be no embarrassment in such a meeting. Mir. Wilson ana MT. Harding were not rivals in the recent election, although the Wilson policies were made an issue. Neither said or did anything in disparaGemant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07
DESIRES

 Angela M. Kelly, in America" Hid in the wooded country, Away from the aiming roar, I'd like little cottage white. With a little green half door: With shutters green and slanting roof There linen white I'd spin And at myswork be looking out And flowers be looking in The thrush that builds In the green
 hedgerow
 His vesper-song would sing. Arbutus trail along the wood. With all the buds of spring. I'd like to see the rain come down. And the silent snow to fall: Then go nfglad array to see The mafcr of 1t all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07
A LITERARY FIND

From the Boston Transcript
 A new ''bull" by the famous Sir Boyle Roche has been discovered in a manu- script letter dated 17s5.
 Sir Boyle is quoted as saying:
 MT. Speaker. an hon. gentleman who sits behind me is perpetually lAushinE in my face I beg to move that before he laughs at me again he will bs pleased to tell me what he is laugh ing at."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07

Why did you mover"
 The house was haunted-
 By ghosts?'
 NO, by my landlord. I've never seen his equal as a collector"
 THE MATRIMONIAL KIND "The mems wear department is two aisles to the left. sir" said the off cious floorwalker we are having a special sale of collafs today"
 q don't want any collars" said the meek looking man who was waiting for his wife. I've been wearing a pretty stiff one for 20 years"
 "The same collar, sir?"
 "The same A preacher put 1t on me-
 AFTER BIGGER GAME
 Scotland Yard is busy looking for Sim Fein spies"
 'Do you suppose a Scotland Yard de- tective would condescend to take up an ordinary ouse-breaker in the course of his days work?"
 He might, but I dare say he'd do it with an injured air"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07
PAVLOWA

CTS of her school. having no more access to the culture which enrichens the fn1- agination and colors or inspires the ere ation of art, why is Pavlowa geniuas why is the dancing of Pavlowa in the high realm of the best?
 We cannot know, but we can enjoy. which is a deeper sort of knowledge. the only sort that matters in the world Of beauty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07
Though honesty be no puritan. yet will do no hurt.
 --AII's We'll That Ends Well.
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A MORNING PRAYER

Lord God. I thank thee for many things, but chiefly today for this; that thOu hast made me in thine fm- age and likeness. So may thou and I be friends and bear our burdens and fight our battles together. Amen.-M. S. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07
# # x Heavy Toll of Victims Taken by Automobiles

Taken by Automobiles
 7 AST year 3,808 persons were lL1 killed in the United States by au- tomobiles. In all probability the fig ures for this year will be even great CT. The use of automobiles is in- creasing at an amazing rate, but in- stead of learning caution, the prac- tice of letting children, nervous women. and inexperienced drivers op- crate cars is increasing. Also the speed mania grows in proportion to the number of car owners.
 sAn automobile death rate of Al out of every 100000 of population, as es- timated by the census bureau for 1919, is appalling. Ninety per cent, or niorc, of the automobile accidents oc- curing every day are avoidable. That means they are due to carelessness. The pedestrian in any large city takes his life in his hands when he leaves his home. He may keep his wits about him in the congested business district, only to be run down by a truck or killed by joyrider on resi- dential street. He may be maimed or killed when merely stepping from a trolley car to the sidewalk.
 In Birmingham and elsewhere there is much talk, and whenever an acci- dent occurs; much indignation, but what does it all amount to-? The toll of victims mounts higher and the ef- forts of city authorities to cope with this evil are meeting with little suc- cess. The census bureau says the death rate from automobile accidents has increased every year since 1915. That is no doubt partly due to the greater number of cars in use, but it assuredly offers no solution of the problem.
 Among other suggestions made by the bureau is revocation of licenses and imprisonment. If the present traffic laws in Birmingham and other cities are inadequate to prevent auto mobile fatalities, the needed laws should be passed and enforced. Im- prisonment is the only kind of pun ishment that will have any effect on . certain type of driver. Nearly 4,ooo victims in one year is a wonton sacri- flee of life.
 Fighting Tuberculosis Is
 Protecting the Community H1 HE anti-tuberculosis campaign U has begun. Self-preservation quite as much as consideration for one's fellowman demands that it be . success.
 One never knows when this lurking evil will strike at him and his. loved ones. It may come through the wash erwoman, it may come through the house servant, in an elevator, in a street car, in theatre, in a picture show, wherever men and women gath CT together and one person may com- municate the germ to another.
 The Anti-Tuberculosis association of this county maintains a sanatorium for the sufferers from the disease, whsre many find relief. Unfortunate 1y the greater number of cases coming there have entered the acute stage and all that can be done is to alleviate and lift the burden of care from dis tressed families.
 The great work is to teach people how to avoid tuberculosis and how to detect it in it's incipient stages. It can be prevented with ordinary pre- cautions of simple nature, but these
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

AT THE MOVIES Oh, the movies are instructive There is no denying that; But film on foreign flora Nearly always leaves me flat While the scientific matter Bosed on reptiles, fish and bees, Though I'll grant it's most instructive, Lacks the quality to please. But just let a bit of pastry Strike fat man in the eye, And my roars will shake the building, Though I cannot tell you why.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-07

I knew then she was an artist to her very finger tips, and I wrote my impress
 sons at the time but the thing Nlat I did not know at the time was that she
 had toured the country making a great hit under the chaperonage of Charles l.. Wagner. the young man who is now
 the success of the hour in the managerial world. He told how that he had done everything in his power to get Mrs. Beecher to go on the stage. for he felt
 sure she had a great career awaiting
 her in dramatic roles. But she preferred
 home life.
 I have never in all my life seen from tistic thing than was her illuminating she thought out some of his hypnotic she brought out some of this hypnotic power over homesick or tired-out stars, Just a word here and there, but tho whole scene was made viyidly plain. There was no seeking after high color- 1 ing. but the light as well as the sombre shades were all seen in the picture. l agree with the man who has shown ability 1 to pick winners. Charles l.. Wagner. that the stage lost great actress when MrS- Beecher chose to walk in the paths 1 of home life rather than to shine on the I boards.
 l Plates were laid for score or moro. The company was brilliant one and 1 Mesdames. Johnston and Shipman were l ideal hostesses: It was not too big a party to be formal, but just right for averyone to feel absolutely unrestrained. l If was great idea of the local managers of the All Star Concerts to give lunch to one who has already arrived. as they are bound to do if they continue to | favor us with such. celebrities as they lhave brought to Birmingham this season. l r<. nH. "a
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-18

LONDON. April IA "Biacklag's
Union" formed from the ranks OF
working girls and women. 10 forcibly
prevent employers from employing
society girls who do not have - work
for a living. IL advocated b.: repre-
scntativcs OF female workcrs.
They declare that II is not fair for
the society girl. brilliantly equipped
by birth and breeding. financially and
socially secure against all the sings
and arrows or outrageous fate, to
enter the lists against the worNin.
girl.
Neither do they c0nsidc: Il right
for thcm 10 accept lucrative jobs
that many working girl win only
her own efforts standing between he
and poverty would go do"n on her
knees to procure
~ hold that il isn't fair" says
Louis lieiiscrs. wcll known British
autho3. III is black Logging in the
worst sense for these favoritcs Of
fortune. in want OF little extra
pocket money. II it'll. excitement. to
take the working girls bread out OF
the working girls mouth"
For every ono Of these society
black legs Of Mayfair VINO is en-
gagged by SON" astute manager or
employer To star in some capacity
stage, journalism. drcssmnking. mil
lincry or hotel manaScmcnt--sOm
other lcss fortunate girl has TO ia
Without a jno.
The latest society queen 10 draw
the criticism OF the business women
il I.ady Diana Manners pun -coopo-
VINO har just accepted the editors hii