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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28
PASSING OF HOGAN'S FLOP

clsred by many as significantly to the spirit of unrest and the scF | tic temper throughout the countN ether placard in the room prockX| We are not responsible for th of valuables of any kind"
 The equipment of the hoteL was elaborate-three floors of double wooden hunks, with newspapers coverings, trough for the nor abiution. The hunks were disco1 to be banked with flasks of vi sorts, labeled anything from liN1 to wood alcohol, which may ex why patronage had fallen off somd sirce prohibition.
 A certain additional element o cretion was gained by the arrang@ of chairs in the general iounging which was also the office. The arranged in rows, all faced away3 the door. so that the assembly not keep entirely aware of whG coming or going. MT. Hogan wa all advocate of gossip.
 "Hogan's Flop" was full of cclor," or whatever that charact is that testifies to connection
 mysterious and exotic world. Incl hotels in New York are nearly as but they have about them an iIs sonal institutional air whicA dep them of glamour. One ther6A is b unit. in the Flop" one was a ks with a story-even if story thalh not be told. It's like is found dH those curious eating places alo} [ Eowery where one buys supp{ tfen stays all night sleeping ! | tatles-and in the old days, alllr cents (12 with wine).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28

Prophets who predicted the nomina- tion of Harding long before the repub- lican convention met are having an inning now.
 4 New York man shot five times at a neighbor who played trombone. Truth is stranger than fiction.
 4 * E As between the picture of a candi- date and a bathing beauty in one piece suit choice is easily made
 # # # John Barleycorn may have friend here and there. but nobody speaks a good word for the old-fashioned saloon
 < $ x Those screen aristocrats. Mary and Doug" are now hobnobbing with the British nobility
 Delegates at the San Francisco con- Vention may conclude the proceedings by singing. How Dry I am"
 < t # The Japanese stork continues to cause uneasiness in California.
 4 # # The railroad vote and the treasury vote is practically solid for McAdoo.
 4 # x Lenine is the most powerful figure in Europe. Also the most sinister
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28
Will Survive the Ages

'The study of the Bible should be made, part of the course of every school in the country" saId R. A. Davis. ''The Bible forms the funda- mental of every life and creed, the basis of all of the laws of man. is the greatest piece of literature the world has ever produced and is the one Book that will survive throughout all the ages.
 No man or woman. no matter what his religion, can read the Bible with out deriving some good from it. T.. contains advice that is as sound to follow as the wisest of men have ever given. The Old Testament forms q stirring history of the trials and trou- bles of a small oppressed nation, ex = actly as the story of Belgium, which is so sought after now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28
WHAT IS THE UKRAINE?

takes of the character of the Balkan states. and is peopled with Rumanien and Bulgcrians. The great seaport of Odessa and surrounding country have been added 10 it under the new align meat Al
 The Ukraine does not reach mutf north of Kiev or east of Kharkov, btS it is large state in itself about l large as the German empire, wK some 25 or 8O,oOO.OOo people liv IF in it. M
 The largest city of the real Ukrai i2t1I is Kiev. around which national u< probably centers because of the ds&f religious associations in connect E& with the shrines and many holy plac61l It was at one time the capital of AI | Russia. Kharkov is the leading conz mercial town in it. unless Odessa, 66 the Black Sea. is considered. ka
 There is lure about the nmitle66 stretches of the step3es in the Ukrair In wide, level spaces or in gentI undulations, they reach out until sl&
 
 ble line. Parts of it remind one ver3 much of our own western prairies. It spring and summer it is an ocean o3 verdure. with the varied shades oi green of the growing vegetation in. terspersed with flowers of many huesI later. in the autumn. after the crops are harvested. it becomes a brown waste of stubh1e and burned-up pas tures in winter it is white, glisten- ing expanse of snow.
 "TIe amending forest land of ths north has disa sappeared-not suddenly but by degrees. Most of it is treeless however. and feeling of sadness and almost depression involuntarily creeps upon ore as he travels over the steppes for the first time.
 There are not many old towns if the Ukraine. Except in Kiey anc Kharkov. one will hardly find a build. ing more than 100 years old. No ole rcedieval churches built up by the toi of generations of devout hands. n, old chateaux of the nobility no palace. rich in pictures will be encountered The great majority of the towns art | still big. over-grown villages. "The towns are separated from eacl other by enormous distances. with i'm perfect communication. The peasant. plant their villages in the lee of som, swell in the surface or by the edg, of stream in which they can wate, their flocks during the drouth whicr may come"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28
Quite a Difference

Up to few months ago I made my home in Pittsburg" says Ogglesby Proctor of Jacksonville. Fla, "but owing to the shortness of the open season in Pennsylvania concluded that I would mote back south, as l was engaged in the automobile busi- ness. I find a very great difference in Florida and the Pennsylvania roads, for while much has been done to build highways in the lana Of flowers, much more will have to be done before they will be satisfactory 10 tourists from the east and the west.
 T have found quite a difference in the way of doing business in Jackson vile and Pittsburg as in the former majority of the cars are sold on time, while in the latter it is the ex- ception that dealer has to take paper. With the closing down of the banks on automobile loans it makes it hard on the distributors in the south.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28

MS{ 7 HASHINGTON. D. C.. June 27.
 WAV Especially the heart of
 the Ukrainian territory Poles and Ukrainians are closing in battle with the bolsheviki.
 What is the Ukraine? The Poles and Lithianians of few centuries ago knew well this most turbulent section over which they attempted to rule. and Imperial Russia for long time as greatly troubled by this very un- ruly part of her expansive domain. The Tartars and the Turks felt it's proximity Of the many raids made upon them by the ~1Id warriors of the steppes." says Nevin o. Winter in communication to the National Geographical Society.
 The Ukraine or little Russia, has had troublesome career. The wild Scythians helped to feed ancient Greece and her colonies from these same end less steppes whence Germany expect ed to draw sustenance. thousand years ago Kiev was already becoming an important pjace. When the Saxons still ruled England. in the long ago, the banks of the Dn:eper were a meet ing place for many races, drawn ferences had not yet arisen, for ali were wor shippers of idols. Even then a Slav people were safely established here, sowing and reaping their har- vests and sending their surplus grain down the river to the Black Sea.
 ''The name Ukraine means border marches For centuries it was the bulwark that protected Poland and Lithuania from the Tartars. Turks, and other migrating Orientals As a re- suit it has had crue, taskmasters.
 The native population was largely Cossacks-a wild and unruly people at that time. They were not original ly a tribe. but were men who went forth into the wilderness to find free dom. The vast steppes covered with grass to the height of a horse, within which multitude of game Iurked, lured them on.
 There were Poles and Lithuanians and Russians. and even Turks among them. They became marvellous shots. riders and swimmers their horses were famous for their swiftness and endur- ance. Their differences gradually blended in unity of purpose and prin- ciple.
 The Ukraine includes southeastern Russia. with the execution of the prov lnce known as Bessarabia which nar-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28
BACK TO ABYssINIa,

II rum LHe CulcaBO NeWS.
 Abyssinia will do. It is not wholly inaccessible, as are the lost Atlantis and the dark side of the moon, but this is perhaps no real drawback, all things
 small rag of plausibility fluttering frcm the hedge of treason when one starts out to gain proselytes. There fore, let it be Abyssinia.
 The Chicago public learns with sur- prise that a procession led by certain citizens of color on horseback and in full regalia, flying the flag of Abys- sinia, moved solemnly through various streets of the south division the other day and that then it's leader with con- flag. One may assume that this cere- | ntony was intended to show how con | temptible America was thought by him tc be as compared with Abyssinia and 1 it's manifold attractions
 l Here is a somewhat extreme case, yet ' it is typical of the many fantastic forms of unrest that have developed in
 millions of human minds as by-products 1 of the agitation flowing from the great unheaval of war. They are not mainly results of reasoning processes. Their | pathologicD aspects are unmistakable Trey breed confusion alike in the in- dividual brain and broadly in the so- Cial. the business and the industrial re- lations of entire peoples. In short, the back to Abyssinia movement afflicts all mankind directly or indirectly It is time for the sane forces of every community, of every nation, of the civ ilized world, to rally in their own de- fense. Bedlam is lording it alike at the crossroads and in the national capitals Meantime, rational minds are engaged in all manner of minor debates. in all manner of hair splitting contests. The leaders lead nowhere.
 Is there no effective countermove-
 nent to the movement back to Abys- sinia in it's innumerable forms? If
 there is it should get actively under way as speedily as possible with the combined impetus of all rational all pa tliotic, all forward looking men and women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28
A STRANGE BURIAL

From the New Orleans Times -Picayune. w search for the oa'rs ''s would sia
 not have allowed American Journalism to treat discreetly, as was done in England, the remarkable burial of Miss Clara De Burgh Lawson, of Broadstairs, who recently died at 70 and was followed to her final resting place by a group of devoted friends. The unusual in the affair was the place selected by the old lady for her ternal repose. none other than the famed not to say terrible, Goodwin Sands that have grisly record running back to the tenth century if not further.
 Miss Lawson had stipulated in her Will that her body should be sunk into the shifting sands where no mark might recall her passing. Carrying out her wish, the coffin was wreathed in flow CTS, was carried on launch in the na- ture of funeral barge, like Elaine's water. The mourners occupied another launch and the customary rites of bu- rial were performed by the rector of Broadstairs.
 What the romance was that induced this maiden lady of 70 to seek so un- usual a grave is not even hinted at. in the British papers, but the imagina- tlon may fill in the gap with many TO- mantle thoughts. especially in view of the innumerable marine tragedies en- acted there of which some one may ceased.
 Even at this Miss Lawson was not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28
Opportunity for Tennessee
 and North Carolina

TIT really would be graceful as well 0 as opportune for the states of Tennessee and North Carolina to place equal suffrage on the national map.
 Its coming is only a matter of a few months. Even the opponents of equal suffrage in these states might, for the sake of their party, forego the only balm which is left to them, the ability to postpone yet awhile.
 The south has laid claim to being the land of chivalry, and it is. Some of the south's sincerest and ablest men have opposed equal suffrage, but now that it is about to be the law of the land, it does seem no more than fit that the final link in the chain be forged in southern state.
 It would be commendable civalry between the states of Tennessee and North Carolina to endeavor to be first to cast the decisive vote in favor of the women of the land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28
IN HOTEL LOBBTES
 AND ELSEWHERE
City of Homes

CIty Of Homes
 Birmingham is called the Pittsburg of the South" said Leo H. Well, a travelling man who was in the city yesterday. ''but in reality it has very few points in common with Pittsburg with the exception that both are steel centers.
 "Pittsburg is a city of crooked streets, grime. smoke. soot. million aires and skyscrapers. Pittsburg has few beautiful residences those steel magnates whose business is located at that point preferring to own homes in other parts of the country.
 Birmingham is the most smoke less city for the amount of manufac- turing plants and failroad yards she has than probably any other city have ever seen. There is practically no grime in the air. with the excep- tion of red dust that is in the very soi! itself Her streets are wide ana straight and her residences give promise Of earning for her. as in Los Angeles, the title of the city of homes.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28
Has n Hunch

'I may be out of place in hazarding a guess on the coming census of Br- mingham when others who know more about it than I have had their say" says Robert H. Larden but l have pretty reliable hunch that the figures will be in the neighborhood of 195, 800. I can't tell how I know, but I am rlsking d couple of dinners. a box of candy with a lady friend who bets and about $10 in cash on those fig ures
 T believe the people who are fix ing the figures at about 100000 have the right spirit. in that they are boost CTS, if they don't believe what they are saying. and true believers in what Bir- mingham can do if they really believe the figures the quote."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28
Old Traditions

"Grecian manners and customs have not changed much in several cen turies," said Dr, H. A. Elkourie "Of course. there has been development and growth in the Greek nation. but it has traditions that are centuries old. For instance. it is natural for the Greeks to have a dislike for the Turks 'or anything that the Turks do. I SUD- pose this feeling is inborn7 similar to the dislike of the French for the Ger mans.
 The Greek language is one of the oldest and most classical languages in the world. It is only paralleled by the Latin language Some of the greatest philosophers and men of science have been Creeks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28
Honesty coupled to beauty is to have
 honey sauce to sugar.
% * * South Should Get Lower Freight Rates

A N official of the Montgomery GN Traffic Bureau believes that, following the showing of earnings on the part of southern railroads and the deficit on the part of northern and western railroads, the interstate commerce commission is going to grant a greater rate increase to the western and northern than to the southern tier.
 Additional reason for this conclu- sion arises from the fact that rates on the southern roads are now and for years have been very much great CT than rates on the other systems.
 The interstate commerce commits sion, in considering the request of the railroads, is acting under the trans portation act, which says the roads shall have rates that will net them around 6 per cent. It follows that railroads, whose operations show defi- cit, will require higher rates in or der to make up for the deficit, and that roads earning net profit will most assuredly not require so great an increase.
 The basis on which the commission is to build fair decision is so sim pie that there should not be any great difficulty in arriving at one.
 What the country wants is an honest award according to the law. It realizes the need of the railroads and the necessity of revenue that will enable them to operate well, physi- cally and financially.
 It is willing to give the necessary revenue, but the south does not wish to give more than is right and more than is necessary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

You may be able to live a double life and not be found out But you cant chew tobacco and keep it secret.
 There are several ways to get rich quick. But getting, a job as School Teacher or a Mail Carrier isn't on the list.
 Bride and Groom are not supposed to lock disappointed for at least four weeks. But nowadays some Of them beat that by twenty-one days.
 This would be better world if a nan worried IS much about squarng up with friend as he does about get ting even with an enemy.
 When a man has an Adams apple that looks like a knot in rope. there should be an amendment prohibiting nim from wearing sport shirt.
 After woman gets it she finds that she didn't want thing nearly as bad as she thought she did.
 It is a mean thing to say. But a nan isn't going to get wealthy now acays unless he pays more attention to his Lawyer than he does to his Con- science.
 Any woman can dress in an hour and a half. This gives her an hour and fifteen minutes to clothe her face and fifteen minutes to clothe her body.
 A woman will fall for flattery from any man but her husband The min ute HE compliments her she knows that he is getting sarcastic.
 The o. f. bride that used to blush now has a daughter who spends her we dding day in an open-faced automo- bile that is dolled up like circus wagon, and drives around town all day trying to attract attention.
 A woman would. rather have lot of relatives than lot of friends But it is different with man.
 A lot of the bigots who are trying to make this world dry will find the next world too dry to suit them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28
Give the SIurn Dweller
 Benefit of the Doubt

A CASE has just been decided by GA jury in the New York su- preme court which may cause pro- fessional investigators to think twice before they hold up denizens of the slums to public obloquy as horrible examples"
 William McCue was awarded thirty five hundred dollars damages against the Russell Sage foundation and the publishers of book entitled Boy hood and Lawlessness" because his picture was published as that of the toughest kid in Hells Kitchen" McCue brought suit for thirty thou sand dollars. He alleged that in 1914 a photographer appeared in "Hells Kitchen" where he lived and took his picture, stating that he wanted Boy Scout pictures"
 At the time McCue, who has since become of age, was an altar boy. No evidence was brought out to show that he had ever been arrested for anNoffense before ocsince, nor had he been charged with any form of delinquency. A motion to set aside the verdict of a lower court was de- nied by Justice Ford, who said;
 There Is not a scintilla of evil
 dence that he was fought at all.
 It is a wicked libel. That is the
 great trouble with these move
 ments. They think that where
 there is poverty there is>crimi-
 nality.
 As a matter of fact. in these
 humble little homes in the very
 section picturedsin this book, will
 be found more Christian piety,
 more devotion to real duty. more
 of the sterling qualities of hu-
 manity. than will be found in the
 mansions along Fith avenue.
 These people. from their great
 height of self-conscious righteous ness and superior excellence. peer
 down on and discuss these humble ,,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28

John Mosher. in the New York Evening
 Post
 M MOTHER celebrated h0stelry has ns AA come to an end. Not the z Knickerbocker nor the Holland house, though those two. sojourns also passed from existence in the last year. This time it is "Hogan's Flop" that becomes but a shadow in the dim back ground of our memories. And even there it will probably not long last, Tor the great who have stayed there nave mt been eager to advertise the address, ana inc majority of it's clientele has not been of those whose views on comfort are generally authoritative The Flop was on Meridian street, Chicago, 2 street that runs from Desp,aines to J1nian street-which even to- old-time Chjcagcans will mean very little.
 The Flop should not be allowed to pass without notice. some slight com n,ent on it's use and value. For it was inlportant Many a weary wanderer would stretch himself at dawn in some cczy freight car and yearn TOT the easy chairs of the Flop" many a TO- castle hand remembers the days when he was a landlubber and knew no less steady motion than the delicate and Iscnewheat creaking rhythm of Hogans rockers.
 So devoted were the lodgers ana having guests of MT. Hogan's inn that when at last the building was sold s,uad of police was needed to clear 1t of thsoe still there--a form of senti- nent that even the Holland house can not boast of. There were about hum dred left this last day, and few even shed tears as they packed their be- lcneings. tied up their spring siutings in q handkerchief. grabbed what they could from the kitchen, packed it in shoe boxes and withdrew to the cor ner to watch proceedings. few found instant quarters in the police station. where it appeared they had been ex- pected for some time.
 In the lounging room a placard an nounced. owing to the high cost of living. we are compelled to charge 10 cents for lodging, commencing Octo- Der 5"-a raise of cents, charge very bitterly felt by many of the old supporters of the establishment and de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28
Finale of the Smith
 and Watson Alliance

TIT HERE is no surprise over the
 N award of the national demo- cratic executive committee in placing the Palmer delegation from Georgia on the temporary roll. The astonish- ing thing is that Senator Hoke Smith did not discern the error of his con- bination with Tom Watson in the very making and cast it from him.
 Palmer won in the Georgia primary according to the rules laid down by the party. He received greater number of county units than either of his opponents and that gave him the delegation.
 Smith and Watson caused split state convention and endeavored to take a third each of the delegation, leaving Palmer a third. The state democratic executive committee promptly recognized the Palmer dele gation and the national committee could have done nothing else in fair ness or dignity.
 It is to be regretted that Hoke Smith aligned himself with a former bitter antagonist of his party. He has not added to his record in doing so. Defeat does not harm the man who knows how to bear it; who cheer fully accepts the afbitrament of that tourney in which he has entered him. self.
 It was undignified not to bow to the result of the Georgia primary with good grace. Senator Smith was beyond the pale when, in vain ef- fort to set aside the verdict of the court to which he had entrusted his case, he consorted with one who had been his party's bitter enemy when the party was in peril: T. $s x l Citizens of San Francisco dislike to hear their town called Frisco" Ie also considered bad form to mention the population of Los Angeles to 8 dweller by the Golden Gate. i <. * * 1 One of the women in the Elwell case 1 is described as mud gutter blond" Will some gutter snipe tell us what that means?
 | We refuse to believe Iriv. Cobb's statement that the man who takes a straw vote has soft place on top of his head. It's solid bone. * * < 1 In case we ever have a President who buttons up the back" we'll prob ably have a secretary of war who is strong for dress parades. l * * * 1 Guns are popping in so many dif- 1 ferent parts of Europe it's hard ts believe there is such thing in ex- istence as the Versailles treaty. 1 * x $. | A clothing merchant is occasionally
 brought to Jaw. but New York con- tinues to groan under the heavy hand of the soft drink profiteer. l < x f
 Although Volstead was defeated. he'll have the consolation of knowing
 his name will be on evervbody's lips for a long time to come. x < <
 Some of the magazine contributors
 who are trying to write humorous ar ticles about Cuba have either imbibed too nuch or not enough.
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 A mule that looks like camel is lpermissible nature-faking during a
 campaiCn year