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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

If is small wonder that a day so ricn in sentiment. so tender in it's meaning, has in a few short years found an apld- ing place in the calendar of our na- tional festivals.
 True it's a comparatively newcomer so far as official recognition goes, put it strikes it's root deep into universal truth and emotion, for mother love ante
 dates by many centuries the Chrlstlah religion, for it is a part of humanity.
 am not speaking dogmatically, now,
 about Mary, the mother of Jesus. for realize that there is wide divergencles of opinion among the churches as to the
 adoration and worship which should be accorded to her; but do think that Fro
 testants in their protests against "has they look upon as Mariolatry, sometimes
 forget at least the reverence which is |her due.
 like to read Luke's account of the angel, who, in appearing to Mary, saia' | Hall, LnOu tHdl dlO AioAAAJ ~ Lord is with thee; blessed art thou )among women" Somehow to me there lis halo around the head of the Jewish maid. which while binding her very close to other mothers of men. yet sets her apart from them in way to entltie her to the encomium of the angel as blessed among women
 To me some of the most oeautiiui stories in the New Testament have sui- fered at the hands of over-zealous the- ologians and in building their creeds they have crushed the life out of the simple Incidents I do not care how many non orary titles have been conferred on you' who may happen to see this, D. D. or what not I only ask that today you take down Lukes account and Just let the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
MOTHERS DAY---By Frank Willis Barnett

versing the mountains in chariot drawn by lions, but with the advent of Chris tianity, the festival, still keeping some of it's old forms, caught a new spirit,
 The old pagan rites on the Ides of March being transformed into a celebra tion in honor of the Mother Church, for it became the custom at certain re- lligious festivals for the faithful to visit
 the church in which they were baptized and brought up, bearing gifts for the Ialtar.
 Just when and how, says Susan Tracy Rice this festival of worship for the Mother Church" gave rise to the ob- servance of "Mothering Sunday is un-
 certain. It is sure, however, that al
 long time ago, when young men and maidens were bound out as apprentices and servants, Mid-Lent Sunday was set apart for them to visit their parents. Accounts of the day can be found giv- ing interesting details in Chambers s Book of Days" and in "Guriosties of Popular Customs" by Walsh. like to
  to the boys and girls and to their parents. for it was simple and beautiful GUS tom.
 While it is far cry from the pagan| festival devoted to "The Great Mother of the Gods," and is removed both in spirit and method from the early churches adoration of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and is quite different in purpose from "Mothering Sunday" am sure that this latest festival of ours is perhaps , the most conscious effort a nation eyer made to publicly honor motherhood and all that it applies. It is therefore emi- nently fitting that every man should wear in the lapel of his coat on this day a white carnation the symbolic flower dedicated to Mothers Day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

flag-draped coffin, they did not show it. They were filled with the exaltation that comes from a sense of duty. They had given themselves to a sacred cause.
 What Alabama's soldiers did in France is now part of history. Their fame is immortal.
 Friday night the body of Private Barney Carl Ivy was received in Bir- mingham. It will be followed by oth- CTS, but it is fitting that he, who was one of the first to enlist, should be the first brought back. He was member of Company H, One Hundred and Thirtieth Infantry, of the 'Prai- rie" division.
 Private Ivy was stricken by dis ease on board transport and had no opportunity to fight for his country, but his sacrifice was just as great as death in battle would have been.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
QUIET WORK

By Matthew Arnold One lesson, Nature. let me learn of
 thee, One lesson which in every wind is
 blown, One lesson of two duties kept at one Though the loud world proclaim their
 enmity- Of toll unsevered from tranquility! Of labor, that in lasting fruit out
 grows Far noisier schemes. accompish'd in
 repose, Too great for haste. too high for ri-
 valry. Yes, while on earth thousand dis
 cords ring. Mans fitful uproar mingling with
 his toll, Still do thy sleepless ministers n4bve
 on, Their glorious tasks in silence ptf.
 fecting: Still working. blaming still our vain
 tourmoil, Lsbors that shall not fail when man is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.
 Much Ado About Nothing.
Birmingham's Bed Rock
 Industry Doing We'll

@ TOCKS on yards of Alabama iron 0 manufacturers are smaller than there is prior record of. They de- creased by sixty thousand tons last month
 Iron manufacture in Alabama dur ing the first four months shows an increase of more than 12 per cent over last year, the market price is now forty-two dollars, compared with the low mark of twenty-four dollars last spring and early summer, and the demand for iron is strong com- pared with a listless market at this time in 1919.
 In April, 1919, they were blowing out blast furnaces in Alabama owing to the failure of the Redfield agree ment. Today there would be max mum capacity output but for an in- adequate coal supply.
 In the east, owing to the "outlaw' railroad strike, they blew out or banked around fifty furnaces, and the April countrywide iron output went below March by nearly seven hundred thousand tons. In Alabama an additional stack blew in, none was banked and output was main- tained.
 Men and women of Birmingham do not pay much attention to their iron, coal and steel industries until some go idle; then they actually realize what they stand for. They are the bed rock of the district, and the dis trict rises or falls with them. When the entire citizenship appreciates this fundamental basis of it's well-being as it should, it will not wait on smoke less stacks to become aroused to that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
1,e.)t3oaee

NATURES FAULT. Mrs. Calder says she's on the verge of nervous prostration."
 "Again?"
 Yes. What that woman needs is a subsidiary set of nerves"
 AN ERA OF REFORM. Are the Clipping girls still doing up. lift work?"
 "Yes, in 1920 style.~
 Flows that?" :. 'They are campaigning for a candidate whom they believe to be pure in heart." WHEN THE BRIGHT LIGHTS CALL Iris sweet to lead the rural life And dwell amid bucolic scenes; To dine upon the homegrown squash Spring radishes and butter beans; To hear the lowing of the Kline And lifting birds and babbling brooks To learn the secrets nature tells, That you'll not find in any books. -'Tis good to breathe the country air, Away from smoke and dust and grime To taste the rustics simple joys And be light-hearted all the time. Since we'll we know, when day is done, And purple shades are settling down, We can forsake the bullfrogs chant And briskly motor into town.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

beauty of his narrative take hold upon you.
 We know that mother-worship, with it's own rites and ceremonies, reaches back into pagan times, one of the earH- est if not the earliest, formal record being found in the stories of the cere- monies by which Cybele. or Rhea, ths Great Mother of the Gods," was wor- shipped in Asia Minor; but in her wor- ship it was the power and majesty or motherhood rather than the tender ma ternal spirit that the wild dances aud wilder music celebrated.
 This reminds me that a few years back a little lad. the son of neighbor came over to my house and said. Have you a good work on mythology Now, l thought on account of his years that ne had merely picked up by chance new word without understanding it's signifi- canoe. and so I quizzed him only to learn that he knew exactly what ne wanted. I lent him the volume and a few weeks later he returned..> it with thanks saying that he had enjoyed 1t very much.
 I say this much because I realize that in this busy practical age of ours there is a hue and outcry against the study of the classics but I am sorry for the lad who will grow up without some knowledge of the mythological charac- ters of old. Take the story Of Cypeie. The worship of this superlative Mother of Gods" was introduced through Greece into Rome about 250 years before the birth of Christ, being known as the res tival of Hilaria and was held on the Ides of March, when the people made offerings in the temple.
 The oak and the pine were sacred to
 her, and she was represented as tra
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
Housing Famine Universal

T certainly did not expect to hear anything about housing famine when I and my wife, on our recent return journey southward, met on the train young Jewess, native of Jerusalem, but we did" says L. c. Beatty, general manager of the Birmingham Realty Company.
 ''The young woman was well edu- cated and informed. She spoke good English. Tn the course of her remarks about Jerusalem she said there was an awful dearth of houses there, just as in America. We ventured the sug- gestion that this was owing to the influx of Zionists from other countries. Not at all, was the reply. The girl said old and well-to-do residents of Jerusalem were scuttling around for homes just as they do in this coun- try.
 Homes are scarce there, she said, because none were built during the war. Nothing new under the sun is the truest of all sayings. I would not be surprised if they were short of matched grass houses in innermost Africa"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
First Soldier Dead
 Received in Birmingham

sN HREE years ago, with bands
 U playing and flags flying, Ala bama soldiers marched through the streets of Birmingham. Among the thousands of spectators who made the sidewalks black with humanity were some who wept, while others cheered the trim, upstanding boys in khaki.
 Those soldiers wore look of high resolve. They were going thousands of miles across the sea to fight with our allies the battles of democracy. If they thought of some day return Eng to their homes and loved ones in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
E E People Want Action On Auditorium Project

Ml[T HEN the City Commission and
 w the Chamber of Commerce committee meet Monday to discuss the auditorium soldier memorial proj- ect it is to be hoped that, ere they adjourn, they will have framed defi- nite plan of action looking to early construction. The need is acute.
 The citizens voted their five hum dred thousand dollars. Time has, ar rived for the chamber cimmittee to make showing on it's part.
 It is understood that Morris Bush, chairman of the chamber committee, has already, through informal canvass secured subscriptions amounting to between 20 and 25 per cent of the two hundred and fifty thousand dol lars which the committee stands pledged to raise. That is a good be- ginning.
 The citizens five hundred thousand dollars was for the auditorium. The chambers pledge of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars is for the sol dier memorial in conjunction with the auditorium. The chamber com mittee undertook this patriotic project in the belief that all who prospered during the war and since are willing to give generously to those who made this possible by their conduct in war.
 The auditorium bonds have been sold. The people need the audito- rum badly. They want action. What ever remains to be done to acquire headway to actual construction should l. Jao;IaL ov r,ovu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

"Is Underwoods Hands Ciean?"-Ed- itorial caption in the Montgomery Journal. Tn their haste to besmirch the character of a good man. Senator Underwood's enemies throw grammar to the winds
 # # #
 Editor Bottomleys ungentlemanly attack on Nancy Astor is not surpris ing. His hatred of all things American even includes expatriated American women who have married British mo- blemen.
 # x #
 New Orleans newspapers carry large display advertisements of beer with a low alcoholic content, but noth- ing that even looks like beer is per- mitted to be sold in arid Alabama.
 '. # H
 Judging from a magazine article on what Foch really said to the Germans, he said enough to make them pine for the good old days of 1870. when the shoe was on the other foot # * # Candidate Palmer lightly turns from bombs to beer" says the Sun and New York Herald. And who will say that beer is not more soothing to the system than bombs? < # x
 In ancient times profiteers were dealt with drastically. Nowadays we crook the pregnant hinges of the knee" and apologize to them for being alive.
 # # < Attorney General Palmer cant un- derstand how he can be regarded as a foe to organized labor because he fights anarchy. The point is well taken.
 A Connecticut man at the age of S5 ras learned to ride a bicycle Nothing can daunt spirit like that. Hen soon be in the market for motorcycle Af # # No matter how the latest revolution turns out in Mexico it will be a long, long time before that country is in A position to cater to the tourist trade. # # * FeIicitatiOnS tO "Tvpcla Taau on his birthday! Whatever his faults may be. Uncle Joe" is intensely human.
 Two gueses as to the identity of a silver -tongued orator who is greasing a pair of skids to place under the dem ocratic party at San Francisco. < * * Tuesday, will bring a Waterloo to the | "Musgrovians." those noisy advocates s 1 of water-for bathing purposes only. x # x | The high price of sugar should help along the good work of the reducing | clubs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE GOOD TIME
 BRICK NUSGROVE HAS HAD AS A CANDIDATE

60HE campaign is over, and that good
 old sporty bachelor Breck Musgrove
 has spent his money like drunken sailor and had a good time for it.
 Breck has had publicity galore.
 The boys on his pay roll have boomed him like good sports. They have humored him and spent his money like a twenty year-old wife would have done had she been turned into Carriers jewelry shop in Paris with an unlimited letter of credit.
 Had that been done, Breck could have made a future display. But now, when dear old Breck does take unto himself a wife, he can only tell her: But for these blank politicians l could have bedecked you in jewels"
 But Breck is a good fellow, full of wit and humor and good nature and avoirdupois; and doubtless he will now say, in his usual humorous vein, Re gardless of expense, had good time. It came easy. The boys had good time. Why begrudge it? had the other fellows scared for time, at least. And got old Bill Bryan down here. But, geel Don't Bill make one pay for oratory! thought Scotti, the operatic impressario and other
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
BLOODY BIRMINGHAM

From the Chattanooga Times.
 "A homicide a day among the ne- groes of Birmingham" is the appall- ing response to the claim that right eousness may be legislated into human beings It is quite true, and a pity 'tis true" that there are lots of hu- man creatures who are meaner when they are sober than when they are drunk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
ponseire,. Voice

POnselle's voice
 When I went over to Atlanta for the express purpose of hearing Rosa Ponselle, the famous Italian American dramatic soprano of the Metropolitan opera sing with Caruso. in La Juive, confess that I was afraid I was go- ing to be disappointed, because l ex- pected so much from hearing her beau tiful voice on the talking machine" said c. c. Holcombe T think it is nearly always the case when you hear so much of any body that you are dis appointed, but with Poselle it was en- tirely different, for, like the Queen of Sheba, the half had not ben told. had heard music critics say that Ponselle's voice possessed that velvety quality which Caruso's has and truly this is the case. for I never heard more liquid notes--more limpid tones than this young artist possesses. Ponselle and Caruso sang duet in the first act of the opera that surpassed any thing I have ever heard in opera, the two beautiful voices blending most tremendously. I never saw such an ovation as Ponselle and Caruso shared, for the audience of over 5000 people fairly shook the auditorium with ap- plause and approval. I am certainly glad that the 'All-Star Concerts are bringing Ponselle to Birmingham next Wednesday. so that the music lovers of this city may hear her beautiful voice."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

impressive than any school or uni- versity, the sooner the literary gent puts up his shutters and turns dock la borer the better for his health and purse"
 It is obvious that in the first sen tence quoted from the film the reporter has erred, and has substituted some" for the" Some bounce" unless the reference were to form of liquid re- freshment of home manufacture and wide reputation for kick. would be, meaningless. Plainly. Browning's saueal can have nothing to do with this beverage But make the sentence read, If Browning squeals. that's dt's) the bounce for me-" and the London critic should instantly absorb it's significance.
 The second cut-in is also incorrectly transcribed. Instead of "ivories," which is understood by persons of cul- ture to mean piano keys read ivory domes." With this change the sentence becomes Why shoot elephants in Africa when there are so many ivory comes here at homer and the editor of the Saturday Review will instantly comprehend its message. We say this will complete confidence because the gifted and highly educated author of the legend assures us by ouija board
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
His Masters Choice

T can bear testimony to the fact that the Victor talking machine rep resentatives from all over the south, who put in Thursday and Friday here, are live bunch," says R. P. McDavid, who was elected secretary of the or ganization.
 While the crowd was intent on having a good time. yet they were here for business and the sessions were really most helpful and instruc- tive. l had no idea that the talking machine had so many angles. I now think it is a sporty proposition and am beginning to be reconciled to sell ing instruments in place of writing dope as a sporting editor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
rron, The sun and New York Herald.

rror, Tba sun and New York Herald. 6O HE editor of the Saturday He-
 view of London unquestlonaoiy
 S does an injustice to numerous tody of American artists in the sup joined paragraph:
 "Let us. see what it is that makes sc many Scotchmen happy was John sons apology for drinking neat whisky at Inverary. With a similar wish to see what makes so many English men, women and chil dren happy, we passed a part Of an afternoon at a famous 'movy' show. Apart from the physical objection to being switched back and forth from one picture to another. which is bad fer mind and eye, we were frankly dis gusted to find that the whole thing was American from beginning to end. The scenes, the manners, the interests. were American. But, far worse. the lan- guage on the screen, the film story, was In such strong American slang that at times it was to us unintelligible If Browning squeals. that's some bounce for me- Why shoot elephants in Africa when there are so many worries here at homer These words have, we suppose. some meaning But if this is the language that is being taught the rising generation. by methods far more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
Meeting Encouragement

William H. Thomas Of the supreme court, who are running for reelection, have both been in Birmingham during the present week." said Judge Horace C. Wilkinson Judge Brown was in Birmingham yesterday and Judge have seen a good many of their friends here.
 Both judges are getting great deal of announcement and both have been travelling over the state. From all I can see. both will run exceed .ingly well In Jefferson county. Both have number of friends here who have been active in their interest,".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
The Right Man In
 the Right Place

1T F there is public official in Jeff U ferson county who has made good, that man is Jerry Gwin, president of the board of revenue. He has the industry, the courtesy and the busi ness and technical training which make an ideal combination for man in an administrative position such as he holds.
 MT. Gwin deserves we'll of the peo- ple of Jefferson county.
 # * #
 The presence of MT. Bryan in Ala bama Is further evidence of outside in- terference in local campaign. If the citizens of Alabama can't make up their minds how to vote without the assistance of Brother Bryan and Sam Gompers. they'd better quit thinking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
BRITISH EDITOR MORTIFIED

that he had the genial and accomp- lished editor of that jolly publication in mind when he composed it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
ECONOMIC NOTE

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
 A goose may lay golden eggs for some time. but decoy duck can't keep uI, for long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
Likes Us


 ''We have truly been delighted with our stay in your city" said Mrs. James Mitchell. of London, England. wife of the president of the Alabama Power Company, who is spending a few weeks here
 Your hills, your homes and your wild flowers. almost in the heart of the city, are just wonderful and both my daughter and I are so pleased with our visit and will eagerly anticipate a return and to renew our acquaint- ance with the friends we have met here.
 "We will leave tomorrow for a stay in Washington before returning to England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

things, knew something about charges. But Bill Bryan wants the whole works. No wonder all the Nevada silver kings went broke back in 1s9er And good old Breek will dream along and soliioquize in this wise this coming week. batting himself on the back in the knowledge that he got more than twice the votes boiled by the third candidate.
 Breck never pretended to statesman ship; but he will have the full knowledge that he made three-ba hit on one statesman who butted in to pitch against him when he was called to bat in the last innings There's satisfaction ill that.
 And when Breck gives barbecue out in Walker next summer he will have lots of good stories to tell of his experiences in a real senatorial race.
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 Now that the campaign is practically over. the people of the state next Tues day night will have cause to congratulate themselves that the radical element did not Russianize Alabama. The hell-bent element so to speak, has collapsed. The intelligent labor union element has re- pudiated the bolsheviki element, or what
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

is known as the outlaw laborltes, w\o proved to be politicians rather than sturdy workers honestly demanding just compensation for their endeavors.
 The f1y-by-night candidates have fallen. The payroll politicians will be repudi- ated; and while the writer would not predict the names of each of the many candidates who will be elected, it is foregone conclusion that, of course, Un- derwood will be returned to the Senate, the best man in the race for the short term will succeed the late Senator Bank head, the best of the tried jurists will be chosen for the supreme bench and for county judges, and men of experience and known worth for county offices.
 Next Tuesdays primary election is to be the one time in Alabama when the people, who have been through years of turmoil and sorrow and misfortune, ,are only going to vote for men of knoWn and proven worth, who are constructive, rather than of the pot-luck politician type.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
GROUNDS FOR SUSPICION.
MIGHT MAKE A HIT.

MIGHT. MAKE A HIT.
 .eWe've had our star photographed in her dressing room, in fifty-seven styles or bathing suits. in her motor car, in her drawing room and in bed.' "Well?" "Whats next?" q don't know of anything left, unless ,to,, nh agra nh her in bathtub.