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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
By oCrANIA sruRnIXANr wYNN

By OCTANIA STURDIXANT WYNN
 Selma. July l7-(SpeciaL)-A pleasant incident of Mrs Claiborne Blantons tour of Europe, when, as Miss Mamie Korne- gay, she accompanied Miss Madeline Keipp, formerly of this city, on one of the splendidly arranged trips. has re- gently been recalled through the chatter of Polly Peachtree'' in the Atlanta Sun day American, and it has 10 do with the present King of Bulgaria, who was. at that time, Prince Boris, and who proved a delightful travelling companior for the American girl and her chaperon, as they cruised the Mediterranean.
 The matter might never have been thought of again, save when Mrs. Blan
 ton looked over a number of interesting memontoes of her trip, among which arc included several letters from the then Prince Boris and some fascinating Kodak pictures taken by Mrs. Blapton and her royal companion, had it not been for Giuseppe Bombaschek, the famous ital- tan Company, who visited Atlanta re- tan Company, who visited Atlanta re- centiy He told some one that the crown prince, with whose party he was travel ing when Miss Kelpp met him, said that if the Alabama girl had been of the no- bility, or he had been an American clti- zen-but then the story didn't end tha' way, as Prince Boris was joined by his royal father, and made the trip on the Kings yacht from Nice to Monte Carlo
 While with the American party, Prince Boris expressed a desire to do everything that q. free-born American could do, and to prove his sincerity he joined in 3 spoon-potato race, in which he failed mis- erabfy, until Miss Keipp and Mrs. blan- ton whispered ito him that by cincnne the handle of the spoon with ms la" teeth he would surely win, and he did.
 After a two-weeks' stay at Fairhope jolly partw of Selmians returned' nome Thursday evening. Those in the party were: Misses Mary and Carrie Whit tiker. Fay and Cora Belle Scala Christie Donovan, Mary Hughes, Mrs. Scott Tay
 Tor, Mrs s. E. Harrington and Messr' Charles Hughes. Earle Childers, Fiber
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
An Old-Time Evangelist
John Weaver Weddell. in Christ

John Weaver Weddell. in Christian
 Herald.
 As an evangelist, Charles Grandson Finney preached a positive. aresting message and was so hold and intrepid in his methods of persuasion as to star tle his enemies and sometimes fill his friends with solieitude if not dismay.
 His directness of speech. as he went kere and there in his younger days. is illustrated in the story that is told of him that overhearing a boatman on the Erie canal swearing blasphemously at his horses. Mir. Finney bluntly stopped him and said See here. Do you know where you are sgoingT The profane rep1y was. T am going to Rome. if I can gct5these - - horses to move along" No you are not. quoth the eyanFeiist. you are going straight to he'll" There Is codicil to this tale that the angry driver promptly replied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
By GEORGE T. BYE

London. June 1--(Reciprocal News Service ).-Excavation is now under way for the Bush Terminal Sales build ing which will be the biggest struc ture in ground area in London ana probably the tallest in Great Britain. Four big steam shovels from ohio are biting away a this vacant Strand "is- land created in 1900 when Kingsway and the crescent street named Aldwych were cut through.
 Ats the stuff to give 'em says Lon don leaning over the railings and winking at the hungry steam shoVels. Aye" admits the foreman of the gang, 'but we couldn't use 'em L<w~Sre the war. Could get good strapping navvies then at six, eight, tenpence an hour and they worked mind. Now a nevvy gets his two shillings sixpence an hour. and he's busy thinking about tha stock market and the races that he ! cant toss his shovel like in the good old days"
 l Like to see these big motor lorries l hauling out the dirt and old brick. ; 1 smiles London again and winks. Aye" I answers the foreman just as promptly. They may look little brighter than our old one-horse carts, but give me 1 the carts. say |. Of course, this is an l American job and they want top Spec [ | 7 lgrumbling. but these Amaricans forget We pay 75 cents q gallon for petrol 1 One-horse carts in England are much | cheaper.
 Among the Londoners watching the deepening hole are great many anti | quarians who always flock to every digging operation in what was old
 London. There is vast interest in the Bush site for the excavation is to he
 the deepest and widest in London his
 tory, and it will go down through
 several strata of London centuries
 For instance, what they call the 18th
 And you are going into this canal" lpitching the doughty preacher into the iwater But as proving the apocryphal fcharacter of the story, Charles Finney one time quietly remarked to an inter- rogator. Did you ever see anyone able
 to do it?"
 He often preached three sermons a
 day. the discourses usually over ar
 hour in length sometimes two hours
 and he was indefatigable in his per
 sonal interviews between times. Ht
 spoke extempore with swifh strong
 utterance and professional stenogra.
 phers sometimes laid down their pen
 cls in despair to listen in amazement
 tU the torrential flow of persuasive ar
 gument Theodore Cuyler caled il
 "chain lightning"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
And this scatteration' is the one most help
full aid the radical has in his efforts
PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

The physical education plank OF the republi-
can platform declares that a thorough system
&C physical education for all children up to the
age of nineteen, including adequate health sup
ervision and instruction, would remedy condl-
tons revealed by the draft and would add to
the economic and industrial strength OF the ma
tion.'' This is true and the plan for such edu-
cation is embodied in bill introduced into the
senate by Mr. Capper, Of Kansas, and into the
house by Representative Fess, of Massachus-
etts. Much good may come out OF wise plan
Of physical education; and much waste can
come out Of the plan and execution OF the OPP
|posite sort.
But while this matter is being discussed, it
would be well if it were viewed in it's larger as
|pect. The draft revealed deplorable prevail
ence of physical impairment. The training
camps did a lot to better these conditions, just
AS universal training would do much; probably
more of real value for boys Of eighteen and
nineteen than will physical education plan
But what is of most Importance is knowledge of
the causes that are bringing this physical i'm
pairment and prevention of these causes, so
far as they are preventable. Thousands of cases
of physical disability were due to conditions of
city life: thousands were due to conditions of
rural life. The trade worker of the city was
found undernourished with fresh air, underfed
with the right sort of food, underexercised.
The country boy was found sufferer with pre-
ve!ltable ailments, not corrected because Of lack
of medical superintendent in country schools
and homes. While we need physical education
at all times we need it now to correct an evil
that is preventable to a considerable extent by
social conditions The best attack on
physical deterioration is made when causes con-
tributing to it are removed
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
WHO WILL DEFEND PRIMARY?

Cedar Rapids Republican: II any
one knows of anything for the good
of the people that has proceeded out
Of the primary election laws he ought
to point 1t out at the present time.
To most men the primary has be-
come a political indecency and where
it was expected to purify politics it
has simply muddled them. In the
Iowa primaries few things were de-
cided. The conventions have to de-
eide the final issues and the conven-
tions could have done 1t better in the
first instance Wherever there are
many candidates such indecisfve votes
will be the result for in the nature of
things no one of many can hope to
get the required proportion Of all the
votes cast. 1t does not make much
difference whether man is disquali-
fed for the Office he seeks, a certain
number Of voters in the primary will
vote for him. For one thing on
certain number of the county ballots
under the processes of rotating the
names his name will come first and
whenever it does he is apt to get the
most of the votes cast in that county.
But the worst thing about the pri-
mary is that it has practically ruled
the poor man or the nan Of moderate
means out of politics. To enter a
state primary means the expenditure
of enough money to make himself
known. If he does not spend that
money in advertising and in organic
ing he might as well not permit his
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
A Typical American Career.

Kansas City Star: There is one
point about Warren G. Harding, re-
publican nominee for president, upon
which all agfee. He is one of a
goodly number of Americans who
have begun their lives either in pow
erty or inconspicuous places and risen
steadily to positions Of power and in
fluence The story of such rise is
always intresting; and quite regard
less Of political issues and questions
of final competency, It should be al
lowed to serve as an inspiration to
the young men and women of this
country. The Americanism of Sena-
tor Harding frequently has been
referred to and finds no better illus-
tration than in this continuous climb
to prominence, with distractions
brushed aside, and that it has so often
occurred in America is one of the es-
sentially romantic appeals of this
country
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
THE STRENUOUS LIFE.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: George w.
Perkins died recently at Stamford.
Conn, young man, as successful
men go these days. He had succeed.
ed in many things and it can be truly
said OF him that he led the strenuous
life. And he enjoyed it. Like his
friend, Theodore Roosevelt, he be-
'lieved in doing things, and he did not
believe In the possibility of over.
doing. Both died twenty years earlier
imam was necessary. BY outstanding
their strength, their vitality, these
two men might have lived another
score OF years.
And yet it may have been better so.
It was probably as they wished it.
They would have preferred the life Of
action, the run at top.speed, the work
lat the highest pressure, even il the
years appointed to them had been
less. Others might have gone farther
IN the course of very long life.
For is it not said, "'Tis not the miles
you travel. 1t is the pace that kills"
And the two would never have been
understood by the others. 1t was the
terrific pace that these two enjoyed
and that they cared for. They did
not ask for very long life But they
delighted in the strenuous life, and
they led it regardless of the fact
that it was necessarily short. And
they would not have had it otherwise.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
Weedino OUT carnivals.

/: Cedar Rapids Republican,: In DAY.
ienport where many civic societies
INTERVIEWED to shut out a carnival,
they succeeded in having the objec-
itionable features eliminated They
made the weeks show" fit for human
consumption, SO they boast. The
aggregation was advertised as reviv-
ling all the old "hootchie kootchie"
features of human degradation. II
raises the old question. Why license
such carnivalized aggregations at all?
There is no human excuse for their
existence and cities that for the sake
of a few hundred dollars dirty license
money authorize them to do business
are foolish to hold traffic with them.
OF what possible benefit is it to any
one to permit human degradations or
that kind. They are operated by pan
ders who have no other object in
view than to make money out OF
human filth. The best thing for cities
to do when such vultures knock at
their doors Is to refuse them admit
lance.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
Change the Primary Law.

| Manson Journal: If the democratic
party Of Iowa has grain of reason
left 1t will do everything it possibly
can to assist the republican legisla.
ture next winter in changing the pri-
mary law 50 as to-sleave no nomina-
lions to be made by the primary ex-
cept the Offices Of governor and
United States senator. AS the law
now stands it is glaring farce,
especially in state offices. This paper
is fully and unequivocally in favor Of
a return to the old caucus and con-
lyention system, because it believes
in the township or precinct as the
basic unit for the party organization
and government. Calling a caucus
that is attended by only three men
to name township ticket and select
delegates to the county convention is
far better than the present system,
which renders it possible for one man
in precinct to cast the vote that
names the delegates to the county
convention and dominates the candi-
dates for township Offices. Besides,
the present primary system practrc-
ally bars democrats from their rights
to nominate candidates for office in
many of the counties Of the state.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
That ouadrenniaI gesture.

Chicago Daily News: In years OF
presidential campaigns the American
] Federation of Labor almost without
exception has passed resolutions con-
ldemning the republican party for its
failure to incorporate in its national
platform demands presented by the
federation. The hostile gesture exc
icuted at Montreal this year is the
same gesture which the federation
habitually employs officially to ex-
press it's feelings regarding the poll
icies and the leadership of the repub-
llican party. 1t is a gesture that las
become habit; so much so that all
who are familiar with the past expect
it from the federation and would be
surprised and disconnected if it
Should be omitted. In the off years
and the on years and the years that
are neither off nor on this melodra-
matte sign OF the c1enched fist is up
lifted in the expectation that the free
citizenry of America will know and
understand. 1t is part of the stage
scenery, like the paper snow which
falls every night in that classic pro-
lduction The Two Orphans" The
country and the republican party IL
ways manage to survive this on
slaught of verbal enmity. There are
indeed, in the republican party itself
many thousands of representatives OF
organized labor who are doing very
well and feeling fairly comfortable
amid their surroundings. Only an
inexperienced onlooker will mistake
la haycock on fire for prairie con-
Migration.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28

There is not room for any charge
that these candidates spent money
dishonesty or unlawfully. They used
their money for printing and postage
advertising, etc. But sucn expendl-
lures mean that man must be com
paratively rich before he can decide
to be a candidate for governor or
Iowa in the majority party.
We doubt very much the efhcacy
OF money in primary campaign.
Mr.. Deems spent a great deal more
money than anybody else and MS
vote was not very much greater. or
course he had a hired manager and
he had clerks and stenographers.
Without these his vote might have
been smaller But Kendall made his
own fight and carried on a personal
campaign at much smaller expense.
He was among the leading candidates
when the votes were counted.
Nothing should be done to discour.
age men who desire to run for office
because out of large number OF
candidates the best man may be
selected. II the state should pay the
expenses OF candidates in limited
amount there might be room for
graft. But some candidates do not
learn that they are being buncoed
right and left by those who pretend
to be able TO help them. Il is pitiful
the way candidates are robbed. The
legislatures of the several states must
work out some plan by which good
men can make themselves known in
primary campaign without such
large expenditures. OF course these
suggestions and criticisms apply in a
larger way to men who aspire to be
president of the United States.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Cedar Rapids Republican: Orga
nicer William kohn in New York says
that what Mr.. Gompers says does not
lcount--there will be labor party
ticket. kohn and Gompers are more
than fellow citizens and they belong
among the wise men who make others
work for them. Ii one wants to play
the game of life the easiest he ought
| to be elected to an Office, whether II
is in labor organization or in some
other. And there are lot OF wise
men nowadays.
| Boone Democrat: The prohibition
amendment Is established. The sa-
loon and the sale of strong drinks
are at an end. But the supreme
courts decision still leaves with con-
gress the power to define ''intoxicat-
! ing liquors" and for this reason the
opinion has been promptly expressed
that it may yet be possible to make
legal the manufacture of beer and
| light wines, and their sale in restau-
rants, hotels and grocer les.
Waterloo Courier: Messrs. Moore,
Kendall. Deems and Hayner might
frame up friendly game of horse
shoe on the capitol grounds at Des
Moines to settle the gubernatorlal
tangie. The most skillful horseshoe
pitcher would surely make good sex-
'ecutiye.
Iowa Falls Sentinel: The dirtiest
political work Senator Kenyon OF
Iowa ever did was to get into that
Investigation of campaign expenses.
He was either fool or a traitor to
the republican party. Now, Will he
investigate the expenses OF the demo
cratic candidates with the same de-
sire to do something dirty?
Anita Record: Unless Edwin II.
Hoyt of Manchester, defeated candi-
date for the republican nomination Tor
state treasurer, is DESTROYS OF losing
a grand army Of good political friends
throughout the state, he will put
auietus on the proposed scheme TO
make him the dark horse candidate"
for governor before the state conven-
ton
Marengo Republican: We predict
that the Iowa Legislature Will ADOPT
the Havner plan of an Industrial
court at its next session.
New Hampton Tribune: The fel-
lows who voted for Smith Brooknart
will probably find they cannot now
support Cummins for senator or Har-
ding for president.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
Be pleasant every morning until 10 o'clock,
the rest of the day will take care OF ITSELF
Colonel Hunter. .
"SCATTERATION.'

Alice when she got into Wonderland said she
was perpexed at the 80 catteratlon' she found
all around her. everybody was bent on dong
something and preventing everybody else from
what she or he wanted to. Politically we are
good replica of Alice's Wonderland President
Wilson says the treaty is the whole thing; let
the treaty be ratified as he made it and all viii
be well. Never mind high costs, labor disputes,
bad working taxes, depleted working and
money forces; ratify the treaty.
Sanual Gompers says labor must have Its
way; wages must stay up; hours must stay
shortened: workers must be free from control as
tG their will to stop any and every industry I'M
til they get what they want. congressman and
senators who have fought against this must be
displaced by Others Never mind what the
others stand for or what they will do defeat
the enemies of labor domination.
William A. Anderson says the rigid enforce
mont Of prohibition is the only important cues
ton No candidate or party shall be success
full except as the Anti-Saloon League makes it
So One party may promise much safer and
saner policies and administration than another,
but this shall not matter; agreement to enforce
the will of Mr. Anderson's league is the deter
mining factor
The sufT1agists are determined to defeat any
representative on senator who voted against the
adoption Of tie suffrage amendment. They
care nothing for the independence of the legis-
Iatois, their honesty in support Of their convic
lions, their admitted qualifications for the Of
fees they hold. They may believe suffrage a
matter for the states to settle and proclaim
themselves loyal supporters Of law But this
rioes not matter; they will not support federal
enactment and SO they must go, if the sufragists
can bring it about.
In the name OF common sense--of that good
old quality Of it that helped this people over so
many 3'ouSi places-what is to come of this
scrt of thing? How is representative govern
lucnt to come Of it. Our needs are complex
Cur safety and welfare are conditioned on get
ting those needs supplied. And here we are con-
frontcd by Il clamor for particular movements,
for the sacrifice Of everything else to SUCCESS of
these several movements and notions. Mean
time the radical talks works and schemes to
upset the whole fabric Of the nation For him
there will be no treaty bother because he will
remove government responsibility; there will be
need of fussing over labor's pay and share
In management because there will be no power
tt regulate, except as his ''mass'' managers
stand for it; there will be no wet or drv issue
because everybody will drink what and how
much he or she pleases when it is to be had
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
oFFlcEsEEK.ne TOO EXPENSIVE

Des Moines Capital: ONCE seeking
is decidedly expensive and there must
be a remedy found in the interest OF
good government. In counties IKE
Polk it costs many times too mucn
to be a candidate in the ma]orisy
party for even a county office. But
take the expense to the cand1dat ties
who were running for governor 1or
the republican party in the recent
primary-the candidates and the
amounts they expended were as foi-
lows:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
A SUMMER BLOW.

Hast seen the greenwood in summers blowE
How the long limbs twist and dip and dangle
And twirl themselves into a tarigle,
Through which the startled birds dart to and fro,
The while the ragged windclouds come and go, P.
And the golden keeps shining, shining
On the quy eTing leaves, their shapes defining
In Pickering shadows the ground below.
Hast heard the greenwood in a summer blow!
IT'S like a tilt in tourney, like the clash
OF womens voices, and The merry splash
OF swimmers IN the turf; and doth beStow
Upon the agitated air refrains
That have in them-the drip of former rains.
Marguerite e. Easter
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28

name to be used. What was called
a device to return power to the peo-
pie has become a device to advance
the man who can spend money for
advertising himself. 1t need not be
said that the man who has long
line OF cheap talk with which he can
arrest the attention OF the multitude
also has the advantage for he is
heard by many.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28

If walking on ones toes for five minutes a
day is the surest way Of preserving one s
health. as an expert has asserted the amazing
and annoying longevity of the pussyfoot class
is explained Pulmonary ventilation is increas-
ed seventeen per cent, he assures us; and this
probably accounts for the talking abilities Of
the pests
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28

Another mutirly is beating up in India;
sharks are being seen off the piers at Atlantic
City; the largest catfish of the century is being
caught daily in the Mississippi the family cat
flees at the sight of a small boy with mInnow
net the small boy comes home late to supper
and squirms sleepless, with sun-burned back. In
fact, we have passed from spring to summer,
and the worst is yet to come in the news of the
day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
EIdon Road Bonds Carry.
Wilkinson & Co.

ELDON. Mo-, June 2S.The result
Of the Eldon special road district vote
for $4,000 bonds carried by an oyer
whelming majority. This money Is 10
be used on the state highway desig,
mated as No. 1 by the state highway
board