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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21

Chattering of bread and cheese. Wicker baskets on their arms. veils a-flutter in the breeze. Peasants clad in corduroy Stalk about, too proud for haste Cigarettes in languid mouth, Sashes wound around the waist. Merchants holding scales in hand. Coppers falling on the stones. Csrtimos escape the clutch. CAnkfng old barbaric tones. Threads and ribbons intertwina Beads and buttons intermix, Rosaries that glitter bright, Silver necklace. crucifix.
 Dealers lunching at the curb. Sauatting in an archs shade. Tipping in a common bowl With their hands begrimed by trada When the sunset tints the souare There's a softening of sound, Folded tents and loaded mules. Empty baskets homeward bound. Peasants seek the dusty plain, Earter's gone. and peace has room, And the town clock looks upon Twilight. and the dust-man's broom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21

tune held an investiture, bestowing the prince the Order of the Equann Bath. tying a miniature tub around1 neck. Admiral Halsey got the of of the Old Sea Dog, with appropria verses; Capt. Dudley North became Knight of the Aged Cod; an Australia lieutenant was given the Order of tl Crusted Barnacle, in virtue of inn merable crossings of the line, and Con riander James Campbell. the navigatt was made Knight of the Soused He ring in view of his wonderful brai which runs the ship like train vii unrivaled punctuality before which N bow"
 The proceedings were in rhyme, al ihe prince recited a verse of his ov composition, welcoming the king a, queen of the deep. A great stately pr cession passed along the deck to a pla form ending abruptly in a long se water bath, and here the real busine occurred, novices being seized in tut anu SuoJeCAeu to the DeaStly attentlo, of Neptune's doctors and barbers. wi forced on them medicines, lathered the heads with many colored mixtur. shaved them and tipped them bacl wards into the water, where the bea, seaweedy embraces awaited them.
 The prince was the first to he in tiated whilst Neptune spouted an or tier over him. He slipped off his ur form, disclosing a bathing costuu and was given nasty pill which, wh, the barbers were not looking, te craf fly thrust out of his mouth. They lat cred him pink, white and black, sci ins his nose to shave him, then, amid tie delighted roar of the crew, over went and was ducked three tim three, Capt. Dudley North acting chief bear.
 l. The affair was on an unprecedent scale, and the book of words will published. It was the result of a co siderable amount of research into O customs and the use of the cIey rEymesters among the ships compan The sailors took great delight in u ceremonies, everybody, from admiral cooks boy, paying due deference a, homage to his oceanic majesty.
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day is done, and the last comfortab Business man and clerk and stenoxr pber have departed for their homes company of worn and tired women " swarm through the offices and hal with their pails and brushes. It do not take much ina agination to reali that these women, for the greater pal have spent their days over the was tubs and ironing boards, even whi looking after their homes and childre Women, where necessity calls, have capacity for endless labor. and aft working all day they can still drs themselves out to the tall buildings downtown to sweep and scrub a fe hours more.
 What is happening in Massachuset must be happening elsewhere and the scrubw oman is indeed passing fro our midst, then prohibition scores al other point
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
Alabama History

q am anxious to see one of Dr. Thomas M Owens histories of Ala bama," says Miss Lida Mae Chapman, vice director of the Birmingham public library
 "Dr. Owen spent number of years on this history and am sure that it is going to be the most complete and authentic account ever written of Ala bama's past. He had the resources of the department of archives and history behind him and in addition he was a fluent writer. He died before the book went to press. but Mrs. Owen is com pleting the work. The history will be in four handsome volumes and will be especially rich in biographical sketches"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
CoIorless Career of
 "Uncle Jimmy" Hutchins
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1THE Atlanta Constitution says
 N James w. Hutchins of Atlanta is seventy y-three years old. At time when many brisk octogenarians are doing the latest dance steps of the age of Uncle Jimmy" as he is known to his friends, is not remarkable.
 But in other respects Uncle Jim- my" is a unique character. In all the seventy three years of his life he has never seen a moving picture show; he has never used tobacco, has never been intoxicated and has never con- sumed any of the soft drinks that are now trying to take the place of John Barleycorn. Furthermore, Uncle Jimmy" attended his last ball game fifty years ago. He hasn't tasted coffee in sixteen years
 "Jazz" and the "shimmy" waxed and waned They meant nothing to Uncle Jimmy" Stars of the dia- mond, the stage and the screen have come and gone, leaving him still pur- suing the even tenor of his way. At the death struggle waged between the "wets" and "drys" he looked on un- concerned, so far as it had any bear ing on his personal habits. In an age when nearly everybody "steps on the gas" and indulges in an un- seemly scramble from the cradle to the grave, here is a citizen who has avoided the pitfalls of this wick ed world and has kept out of the whirl- pools and rapids.
 Uncle Jimmy" is we'll worth "front-page story" for having lived life of such denial, not to say depriva-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
PASSING OF THE SCRUBWOMAl

From the New York Tribune.
 OTlHE Massachusetts department of
 labor and industry. through it's
 minimum wage division, has dis covered that the scrubwoman is disap-- bearing. Office building managers re- port that before prohibition set in they mad no difficulty in filling up their scrubbing squads from among the women who were forced to support their families because their husbands were drunkards. Now the husbands are sober and their earnings cover the household needs. SO that it is no longer necessary for the women to do such work.
 No one. except it be the office build ing managers, will be sorry to see that bedraggled, nocturnal army discontinue it's sloppy task for good It is not a pleasant thing to know that after the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
RENTAL $1,ooo A ROOM
nmerce and Finance.

From Commerce and Finance.
 What is said to be the most expen- sive apartment house in New York City, and that means in the world, has been sold. It is at Fifth avenue and Sixty third street. There are twelve tenants. Each family has floor. Each floor has twenty-two rooms and ten baths. The rentals go as high as ESQ., 900 year. Among the tenants are Robert Goelet. c. K. G. Billings. Alex ander Smith. Cochran and H. Mortimer Brooks. An average of $1,0Q0 a room year, exclusive of bathroom, is paid by the twelve lessees. That is pretty high for bare rooms. One tenant is reported to have spent $250.000 fitting up his apartment. An idea of the mag nificence of the apaftments may be had from the statement that the floors are of black walnut.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
Strong Democratic Ticket
 Should Be Victorious

ID ECAUSE the republican party @O has a way of winning after a democratic administration of one or two terms is no reason why the dem- ocrats should not continue in power for term or two longer.
 Democratic timber of high quality is at hand and if an able standard bearer is not selected it will be the the fault of the convention managers.
 The republican ticket it not ss strong as some of those of other years.
 The democratic issues are surely clear-cut and compelling. A plat form of exceptional strength is prom ised. We must have resolutions that will ring true and with a notable American platform against an insin- cere republican tumble, the people of the country will take notice and gov ern themselves accordingly.
 The republicans have habit of following their leader. Therein lies their strength. There have been times when breaks came, but this  will probably be year of cohesive leadership. Further than that, weak ness is the word.
 The democrats must get together and work together until the polls close in November. A platform of principles and a statesman to lead will spell democratic triumph once more.
 The Chicago News publishes a pane- gyric on Chicago sunshine Recent de,- egates to the republican convention found it too penetrating and too plen- tiful.
 If obregon is able to do what he says he wants to do. Mexico will become an earthly paradise, without single bandit at large.
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 Judging from the titles of theatrical  pieces being played on the Paris stage. we stay-at-home Americans are miss ing something
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
Approaching Reunion
 of the Rainbow" Division

1, ID BIRMINGHAM will make the
 O Rainbow reunion in July rebound
 to the credit of the community.
 This requires money. At least five thousand of the survivors of the Ar
 gonne will be here. They are for
 overlooking young men. We want them to form an agreeable impress sion of this district, because it is on such as these that the future of the district depends.
 The allied armies will sally forth on Thursday to secure the forty thou sand dollars that, it is estimated, will
 be required. If there is residue, a pro rata return will be made to the subscribers.
 But it must be done we'll. It will be done well. We have cooled down somewhat from the high peak of our patriotic enthusiasm which nerved us when these boys were vindicating American idealism on the western front, but we have not congealed. These boys are still our beloved, our heroes, our princely Bayards, and we shall treat them as such in July. When the allied armies visit you on Thursday, conjure up little of the
 wartime feeling and let it's vent be lin generous provision for the com- fort and pleasure of the Rainbow" boys in July.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
MARKET DAY IN SPANISH TOWN

Charles Divine. in Leslie's. Caropies of flaring white. Stretched across the village square, Screen the counters from the sun, With the Tapping folds aglare. Shoestrings hanging on a line Swaying with the winds caprice. Shoestrings, ear-rings. diamond chains Thirty centimos apiece. IIucksters' voices. pins and pears Where the sunlit awning leaps. Mongers in a million wares. Cclors in hundred heaps; Baskets full of yellow plums, Great green melons on the ground. Scarlet peppers, purple socks. Carrots in saffron mound. Oranges. cone of sun. Crimson scarves that never fade Lemons like ball of gold. Cleaning grapes, like globes of jade. Candy in the shape of keys. Woolen purses. stalls of silk. And a herd of black haired goats, Waiting trade with bags of milk. Dusky-skinned senoras como.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
tion, and he may finger thirty years more, but the question naturally arises, What's the use?"
 x < + Great Pipe Organs and Their Upkeep

E1TSHE twenty thousand dollar pipe
 9 organ recently installed in the Church of the Advent is superior to any instrument in the south, with perhaps one exception, and famous organist has been engaged to per- form on it.
 An instrument of similar make is be- ing built for the First Baptist Church. It will have four manuals and a few more stops than the Advent organ.
 The same builders will install a five thousand dollar instrument in St. Mary's-on-the- Highlands, and one of like size in St. Andrews.
 Until recently the First Methodist organ was the largest in Birming- ham, but it has been out of repair for sometime. Enough money will be spent on it to put it in tune and later it will be thoroughly modernized and electrically equipped at considerable cost. It will then be second to no organ in the south. The mistake that has been made in most cases is the lack of upkeep. Churches that have bought fine organs have neglected to provide for repairs. A competent tuner should be required to overhaul the instrument every month. This means money, but it is the only way that the organ can be kept in first class order.
 Birmingham's magnificent organs will be credit to the city and all the more credit if they are kept in tune and good repair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21

mailing of laths. for the coat goes onto the cement walls.
 I have had much of late to say about plumbers They are in the public mind, but's I'm not going into the question here. but will content myself by saving that it's very much more difficult to put in the plumbing in building such as The Age-Herald than I had any idea it would be. Then comes the wiring, and I confess I do not understand it at all as it relates either to the lighting. the telephone or the telegraph systems. I am simply lost in the maze of wires, insulators and other paraphernalia. It won't be long now before the inside work will be under way. and in will come the "a rpenters and the painters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
H.. the Idea

Amos Trueberry of Montgomery county. is one of those who is solving the high cost of living. Yesterday he went in swimming at East Lake. He wore a striped undershirt. asked.
 When my shirts begin to show the holes the stiff collars dig below the neck band in front. my wife cuts off the sleeves short. enlarEes the collar to v-neck, and. presto, have new summer undershirt made of fine ma- terial It saves a dollar to dollar and a half each. and, we'll. they are perfectly comfortable"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
NEPTUNE HAZES A PRINCE

From the London Times.
 6T1HE Prince of Wales on his trip around the world had one ex-
 perience which was memorable, for when crossing the equator Father Neptune gave him a. special drubbing. The Old One hailed the renown on the night of the 18th of April on the way to suva, Fiji. The captain, after a riegaphoned conversation from the bridge. stopped the ship and let him aboard shower of rockets flew sky ward from the fo'c'sle, jets of water leapt from the capstan, and a search light disclosed the barnacled and hairy king of sharks and whales advancing to meet the Prince of Wales. Neptune, with two bears, two guards and sec retary. came through the hawsepipe.
 His majesty was satisfied for that night with a drink of whisky on the bridge, but next morning he appeared with full court to demand the hom- age of the prince and of others who had not previously entered his domain. Neptune was ferocious and crusty, bu, decidedly henpecked by a leggy, rope skirted amphitrite, and the aged and rcuge-cheeked mermaid who attended her had backing of fifty stout sailors otherwise heralds, secretaries. clerks, barbers, police and bears. all dressed with the most spectacular absurdity, due to happy mixture of paint old clothes, and tow. Here was a judge ready to condemn anybody without a hearing, a doctor with an appalling collection of soapy pills and bf,uer po tions trumpeters able to blow anyone else dumb, and kears who showed their mood by singing, when they met the prince:
 Shave him and bash him,
 Duck him and splash him,
 Torture and smash him.
 And don't let him go.
 In view of the ships company. which crowded the guns, turrets and super Ill.,.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
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DICKENS AMONG THE NuTMEGs
pm the New York Times

From the New York Times.
 Sir Harry Johnston. "Africanus'' Johnston. is continuing. for the happi- ness of many of the ancients, the nov- case in Hartford convinces some of us that no continuation. no renascence, no avatar of the genial Gadsnill reporter is needed. The Hartford Courant as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
WILLING TO GIVE HIM UP
From the Tampa Tribune.

O.iA eAo AdHpd 1TlDune.
 The Montgomery Times recent wrote a most laudatory editorial Governor Catts, telling what value had been to this and it's own state. is now in order for the Montgome Times to write another, inviting hi to come home and rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21

In view of the ships company, which crowded the guns, turrets and super structure like an amphitheatre, Nep-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21

0 world, how apt the poor are to he proud! Twelfth Night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21

Then the brick began to roll in. If you have never watched the manufacture of brick. you have missed something W orth seeing. I am not now talking about an up-to-the-minute plant, but just the ing, half naked darkeys were working in getting out the clay or handling the bricks as they came out in the forms to be carried to the yards to be put out in the sun to dry before being put into the ovens and baked.
 
 But just a word about bricklaying | do not know what the modern rules are but I can remember in my boyhood days that I always stood fascinated around every brick building which went up in my home town, for the men worked like they were racing to see who could lay the most in a day. and the fastest work man was always a hero in the eyes ot the boy. For years a negro named Harry had this distinction, and he was . marked man not only among his race. but in his ability to set new records for him. self.
 I used to eagerly watch as boy the men who nailed on the laths. It was the height of my ambition to be able to rail them on with the rapidity of a fast workman. Then, when it came to taking a trowel and laying on the rough plas- ter I thought it was great. but when +ho4 fpishiuo white ccat was laid war. into an ectasy of delight. It just looked so white and smooth Well. now the plasterers have begun. but there is no
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Shave him and bash him, Duck him and splash him, Torture and smash him, And don't let him go.
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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-05-13
RED CROSS OFFICE OPENED

The Red Cross Office has been
opened in Bottineau, the Chapter seat,
with the social worker, Miss Elsie
Lawrence, in charge.
Miss Lawrence has just completed
a visit of all the Branches in The
County, meeting personally the local
officers of the Red Cross, during the
six weeks that she has been engaged
in the work, she has given relief and
service to- l.,any families. The Red
Cross stands ready, thru it's worker, to
be Of help wherever attention is
called to special situations.
The Executive Committee, under the
leadership of the Chairman, Mr.. M. L..
Helgerson and the Secretary Mrs c..
A. Leonard, are giving careful thought
to the f~urtherance of the work and
have big plans in the making. The war
work is still far from over, as there
are soldiers who need the attention of
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-05-13

the Red Cross in adjusting their COM
,pensation claims, securing treatment
or vocational training. Mr.. Harold
Bervig of Souris is conducting this
branch of the work, doing it as splen-
didly as he did all thru the war per-
iod.
Bottineau County, in the opinion of
Miss Henrietta J. Lund, the North
Dakota Representative of the Ameri-
can Red Cross is in the lead in peace
time work in this section Of the coun-
try. 1t is the first county in the North
ern part of the state to engage a
trained social worker. to conduct Home
Service activities. -.
at is the aim of the Home Service
workers of the Red Cross" Miss Lund
said, Ito keep in touch with families
who may be in trouble or worried,
and to render more and more kinds
of service. There are people who may
need medical treatment that they can
not provide themselves, OF children,
for them the Red Cross can help Sc
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-05-13

Bert Lytell in *'The Spender" at the
Grand tonight.
Attorney Adams transacted bust
ness at Devils Lake the first Of the
week.
Cash for your cream at the Botti-
neau Grocery Co.
MY south gasoline tank is filled with
Home gas and will be through the
season.-C. r. Gleason. tt.
l. J. Ogilvie of Lodi, Wis. is visit
ing at the James Jackson home this
The Million Dollar Orchestra will be
at the Grand Theatre two nights,
Wednesday and Thursday, May 10 and
20.
Lost-On road between Souris and
Bottineau May 9Th, a fur lined Owe
coat. Finder notify The Garden Co.
Souris, and receive reward. tt.
Remember Longfellow's Evangeline
will be shown at the Grand Friday and
Saturday nights May ID and Is. Adm.
Is and IS cents.
For Sale-8O0O #. good poplar
lumber. $4,000 takes the pile. Also
20 acre farm, 6 acres field, good build
ings, $15OO.OO. Aron Aronson, Botti-
neau r. 8 Box. o.. ZIP.
Woo Growers Picnic at the Men
nick Fossum farm north of Maxbass
next Sunday. Everybody interested in
sheep be sure and come.
The Bachman Musical and Enter
tsinment company presents a Bach
man Orchestra composed of S soloists
from Harold Bachman's Million Dollar
Band in a high class concert in con-
meet ion with the film play "Boots and
Saddles" Solos and perfect ensemble
by artists ON violin, piano, saxaphone,
cornet, drums, xylophone, bassoon. Big
dance after the show. The latest and
best in dance music. Don't fail to at
tend both. Palace Theatre, Willow
City, Monday May 18th. 1t.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-05-13

- a.
ON. Hen,drikson went to Minot on
Tuesday and will return with a Buick
Six.
MIR. and Mrs. j. H. Mcdonald, Ju-
venile Court officers for this district,
were in this city from Rugby on Tues
day.
Rev. l. D. McBain will preach at
the following places next Sunday:
Roth II A. M. Landa 3 P. M. and
Souris at 8 P. M.
John A. Cameron wishes to take
this means of thanking the ladies of
Whitby township for the beautiful
flowers they sent him while he was i'll.
DIR. c A. Leonard autoed to Rugby
Monday taking the six o'clock train to
Grand Forks where he will attend
a meeting of the Dental Society and
also State Dental Post Graduate Asso-
ciatioh meeting. The doctor expects
to be home about May 21st.
We are glad to report that Mrs. j.
Vellema who recently underwent an
operation at the local hospital is get
ting along very nicely.
Whitby Township held a meeting
last Sunday at the Mclean school and
reorganized their Sunday School. Rev.
McBain will preach there during the
summer .
The play, "Back to the Farm" put
on by the Omemee. High School at
the Grand Theatre last evening, was
very we'll rendered and. a good crowd
witnessed the production.
Mr.. and Mrs. J C Miller of Souris
visited with their daughter Margaret
at the hospital, Sunday. We are glad
to report that the little girl is recov-
ering nicely from her recent accident.
A large number of Bottineau base
ball fans were at Omemee Sunday to
witness the game between that town
and Wolford. The latter won with a
score of 2 to @.
Mesdames VIM. Fairweather, Har-
ris and VIM. Russell went to Devils
Lake on Tuesday as delegates from
here to the Missionary Society meet
ing of the Presbyterian Church.
The Girls Glee Club accompanied
by Miss Vessel, Mr.. Wise and Mr..
Book, went to Grand Forks today,
where they will compete with other
high schools in the state Glee Club
contest.