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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
JOHN CHAMBERLIN'S HOTEL

case--leaving he no reasonable obJec- tion to interpose."
 It is not to be wondered at, under the circumstances, that Chamberlin, after his Washington restaurant had acquired a reputation throughout the world, was able to get Conrgess to let him build a hotel on the military reservation at Fortress Monroe, the Virginia legisla- ture confirming the grant. With the franchise in his pocket Chamberlin looked for a packer. In his behalf Watterson went to the Willards. to the proprietors of the Fifth Avenue hotel and to two millionaires, Flagler, who had hotels at St. Augustine and Palm Beach, and Huntingdon, whose railroad ran from St. Louis to Newport News. But Marse Henry lacked Chamberlin's hypnotic power and John himself finally built the hotel by getting a million here and million there. As Colonel Watterson sadly remarks, Chamberlin had "a notable opening with half of Congress there to see and gently laid himself down and died, leaving little other than friends and debrs.'' The sis hotel was his monument, and that is gone and the government may not per- init it to be rebuilt on land so valuable for military purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
France Not Imperialistic
 Declares Andre Tardieu

1NHERE has been so much wrang-
 H ling in the United States Sen ate over the peace treaty and so much recrimination at home and abroad that the American people are in dan ger of losing the sympathetic under standing they had-or thought they hsd-of French problems growing out of the war.
 Andre Tardieu, who was member of the French delegation to the peace conference and took prominent part in the proceedings, has made dig nified but vigorous reply to President Wilson's reference to French impe- rialism in his recent letter to Senator Hitchcock. Incidentally, M. Tardieu is a great friend of America and has long been reputed an admirer oi President Wilson.
 M. Tardieu says the charge of i'm perialism cannot apply te France and fhe makes good case in a statement given to the press in Paris. President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12

Wilson himself, declares M. Tardieu, Judged and defined" the peace treaty, Gin solidarity with the heads of the other governments. He in- fers that France has done nothing more than endeavor to carry out the terms of the peace treaty in the spirit in which they were made.
 France relies on her army for pro- tection, as Great Britain and Am erica depend on their navies. M. Tardieu says France petitioned the allied powers three times to organize a force to take the place of individual armies when the nations disarmed. The United States promised, or rath- CT MT. Wilson did, that Amsrica would come to the aid of France if attacked without provocation, but the United States Senate has not yet ,at- flied the reaty of Versailles or the separate treaty with France. The military duties imposed on the allied and associated powers by the Yer sailles treaty have been left largely to France, which is matter of com- mon knowledge. The United States being absent, France was also called upon to occupy mandated territory, to prevent massacres and maintain order as far as possible.
 When M. .Tardieu says that the conditions complained of have been created by the debate that has been going on for months in the United States Senate, public sentiment is America will largely support that view. It would be folly for France to discard the only means of protec- tion she possesses and trust to 8 league of nations which its foremost sponsor has not yet entered and
 which is still not fully organized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
OLD MEN OF STRICKLAND

Bernard playing old Abe Potash in comedy after comedy with ever-mel- lowing art; and now latest conner to this famous gallery. Frank Bacon as Lightnin' Bill Jones.
 No one in this country has ever scored in the role of an old woman a success even fairly comparable to those of the Jefferson-Bacon lineage. Is it because an old woman is not so appealing to an audience as an old man? Or is the bare question hereti- cal. Have aging women throughout the centries not been suffered to be- come such good dramatic material? Or 1 is it bcause the mussy and eften drunk | en states which have made these thar acters interesting and dramatic would l be unendurable when exhibited tm women's roles?
 Certainly the dominance of tne ola | man in the English-speaking theatre I is a long established matter; Iuiiets
 nurse. for instance. Is no match t0r ! Shylock or Lear. and Mrs. HarScas le | Is not such a parsonage as MT. Eard- castle. l. would La hardly fair 70 class the still amatory Mrs. MalaproI az sa l old woman. and no one ever plays Mpg
 Merriles any more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12

A1exander Wollcott, in Everybodys. NR THY is it that when player on WW the American stage grows na-
 V V tionally famous in a single role the rofe is often that of an old man?
 What female dramatic lineup can ,iva1 Rip Van Wrinkle. Grumpy, Ape Potash and Lightnin' Bill Jones? Why is it that when some gentle white haired characterization takes hold O. the imagination of generation, IL Is pever under any circumstances that of an old woman?
 The question tantalizes you as you watch the grand old man of the Ameri- can stage shamblo by in review in the great theatre of your memory Look at them: Joe Jefferson in the dear tat fare of Rip Van Winkle; Denman Thompson. who was ever hard as the hickory nut and spry as kitten Tn the perennial "Old Homestead" James A. Herne, putting out the cat at night in inc contented worthless finale of "Shore Acres" David Warfield, De- lcyed in our day as the threadbare music-master;4 Cyril Maude invading our country and fairly barking his way into our hearts as Grumpy; Barney
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12

From the Sur and New York Herald.
 6T7HE beginnings of the Chamberlain
 fire ruined on Sunday were re-
 q hotel at Old Point Comfort, which gently made public when Henry Wat terson printed his memoirs. Marse Henry wa some of the close friends or John Chamberlin, the gambler who after losing all he had acquired as partner of John Morrissey at Saratoga and Long Branch. went to Washing ton and rehabilitated his fortunes as restaurateur Chamberlin was the friend of most of the great men Of the national capital for twenty years. He was of such magnetism that his cele- brated mulatto cook, Emeline simmons would not leave him to go to the White House. But John himself went to the White House-to advise Presidents. He did not ask for anything, sad General Grant to Marse Henry; me Just told me what to do and did it.' Pres ident Arthur made psychological an alysis of sChamberlin's power:
 "It never crosses my mind to say him nav. Often I have turned this over in my thought to reach the conclusion that. being a man of sound Judgment and worldly knowledge he has fully considered the case--his case and my
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
Must Begin Work On
 Auditorium This Year

NNN no civic project of Birming- " ham is there such unanimity of sentiment as that of the auditorium. The people voted five hundred thou sand dollar bond issue by an oyer whelming majority But the City Commission wishes to see it's way clear to pay the interest on the bonds before offering them for sale:
 The constitutional amendment that was ratified in December authorizes Birmingham to call an election for a five-mill tax. The revenue that would come from such tax would go largely for. public improvement, but it would assure the sale of the audi torium bonds
 The tax election will probably be called for this spring. In the mean while, the lack of an auditorium is so seriously felt that there should be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
STONES OPINION OF GREELEY

Melville E. stone, in Golfers Weekly
 One Sunday I was in the pastors pew (De Kalb, IL, in the early '5o's) and my father was preaching a sermon A quaint and curious old gentleman appeared and was seated at my side, A few moments after the opening of the services, and when the sermon was in progress, he dropped his head and ap- parently went sound asleep. He sat at my side, and thought this a most ir- reverent and unappreciative perform ance. I was the more astounded when he went to our home for luncheon and I learned that he was Horace Greeley. He had heard every word of the sermon and entered upon an earnest discus- sion with my father during the entire luncheon hour. The next night he lec- tured in the church.
 This lecture tour was one of the |many occasions on which this strange, untrustworthy and greatly overrated man was doing violence to the hopes or the sound hearted people of the north.
 
 accorded to any journalist. he. through out his long life. seldom missed an op- portunity to play havoc with the cause he had espoused and of which he was accounted the foremost champion. Removed as we are at this time from the days more than half ai century ago, and reviewing Greeley's activities in dispassionate light, we see continued course of tergiversation from the first to last In 1s4s, protesting himself and his new-b born newspaper, the Tribune, as devoted to the whig party. no sooner | was his favorite candidate. Henry Clay. defeated and General Taylor nominated for the presidency, than there was a brutal attack on the choice of his party. which could not be but helpful to the democrats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
LUKE McLUKE SAYS

Anyway. a married man has the pleas- ure of being boss of his Household when his wife isn't home.
 The reason why man and ms wlie never have any quarrels IS because you can put a chunk of ice in the furnace and it will keep the house hot all day.
 Getting married is mighty serious matter nowadays There are no saloons where a feller can go and forget ms troubles. ~
 The first baby is the most wonderful thing in the world. But the firth paoy is merely a habit
 A married man is such helpless fool that he wants a button sewed on when there are plenty of pins in the house.
 It is a mighty soothing thing that Chorus Girls are not as wickedSas other women think they are. would improve boys mind and lead him into the paths of virtue. But the trouble is that a real boy would 1aii asleep trying to read the first page.
 Let the other fellow do all the talk ing and you will know all you know and all he knows, too.
 We are glad we are not raising cot ton. The new skirts have pair of sad dle bags hanging over the hips and a girl won't have to invest in $4 worth of cotton batting to make her look like she had all that Nature is supposed to give a woman
 
 Why is ivory so expensive? After coming into contact with few thou sand of your fellow men you will d.s- cover that ivory is the most plentllu thing in the world. Wives are not as stingy as husbands If wire has a headache when her hus' band gets home, she'll see to it that he gets one. too.
 The very thought of having to veal red flannel underwear would send chills all over . girls body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
THE HOUSE AT EVENING

William Rose Henet, in the Yale Ie view. Across the school ground it would s4F To light my eyes, that yellow gisau~ The window of the flaming heart. The chimney of the tossing dre tni The Sscuffed and wooden .pcrch z Heaven, The voice that came like caress. The warm kind hands that once VI given My carelessness. It wasi a house you would not think CoU le hold such sacraments in things Or zIve the wild heart meat and dfir Or give he stormy soul high wings Or eiSinae sn all voices to such mirth O. crown the night with stars and tlos CTS
 1 Or make upon this quaking earth Such steady hours. I Yet thas in storm 1t stood secura And in the cold was warm with love. 1 Shzii Its Similitude endure I FS trophies that men weary or, | Y heae two were out of fortunes regas 1 Building great empires round . nar1sr ! lAn1 usaeriag into casual speeak
 Dim worlds allan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
Week-End Guests
 Of "Pancho" Villa

MMEXICO'S Robin Hood" appears 4VN again in a romantic role. He has sent assurances to the war de- partment that American citizens cap tilred by him and taken away for a soiourn in the hills will not be harmed. Neither will a ransom be demanded for their release. He has set free five Americans captured in the past two months without pay.
 Villa says he finds it hard to keep in touch with world affairs. He. wants to do a little propaganda work among his captives in the hope that they will carry his ideas of govern ment back to America, and he is par ticularly desirous of getting the American point of view. Perhaps he thinks it has changed since Pershing chased him into the wilds of north crn Mexico at a speed Villa had never before experienced.
 There is no doubt about it. "Pancho" is delightfully."- original. For obvious reasons visitors do not come to him, so he goes out and gathers them in to his warm, though frugal, hospitality. After a short stay, dur ing which he promises that not even the proverbial hair of their heads shall be injured, they are permitted to go. Some of them may be trifle shaky in the knees, but otherwise hale and hearty.
 Relatives of Americans henceforth captured by Villa should be of good cheer. His method of entertaining may not be strictly according to cip- lomatic usage, nor countenanced by the state department, yet it is child like and bland. Just at first, it may be trying on the nerves to be pulled off train and carried into the will derness by an evil looking band of desperadoes, but if one suffers no physical pain and no great hardship
  otherwise, think what an experience it will be to discuss with newspaper reporters after one returns to civili- zation.
 And doubtless some of Villas "guests" will be able to realize a neat sum by writing their impress sions of Mexico's most engaging bandit for the magazines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
CamnheII Morgan

I am most happy to see the impress
 sion being made upon Birmingham by
 the coming of pr. Campbell Morgan"
 said Dr. George Eaves. His work at
 Westminster Chapel during the past i few years especially has been of untold value to England. Indeed, his finished
 ministry in that great center is still a
 wonder and joy to contemplate, a very
 miracle of power. The place is so huge
 and it was so empty that 1t had be- come the despair of the Congregational denomination. pr. Morgan meantime had been rendering wonderful service
 at Northfield. Mass, and was hardly
 persuaded to attempt the superhuman
 task which the Westminster people and
 many others in England urged him to undertake.
 "Ih few months the building was
 a hive of divine industry, a center of pure Bible teaching to which men and women flocked from all quarters of
 Greater London. In the pews on Sum day were to be found many of the lead ing men and women of the land. The preacher had a message from God, the
 message that the people were hungry for.
 But 1t was in the fateful days of
 July and August. 1914, that the power
 of the. Westminster pulpit was most dramatically felt. The sky was red with the question: Would the young Christian manhood of England volun-
 teer for the war? years of peace had
 made war spiritually repu1sive; even | unthinkable. To those thoughtful keen spiritual young men came pr. Morgan S voice on Sunday morning, with a word of authority and persuasiveness and vision. Looking on from this far dis tance, I gratefully caught the tone and saw the result. Nonconformists
 were largely pacifists. They are, how ever, representative of the great middle class, the very backbone of the nation. 1 l have always felt since that day that the preacher at Westminster made pos sible Lord Kitchener's army, and per | haps ensured victory. 
 1 Dr. Morgan tells us how this came | about. He showed men that the Bible
 must decide their course. He believed | that the Bible drove also us Of America | in, side by side with France and Britain. And his career is a great an
 swer, already waiting for the Clergy
 man in the current issue of the New York Nation, who is still asking whether the churches have an answer
 to the charge of fostering murder! Dr. Morgan was followed at West
 minister Chapel by the famous pr. J. H
 Jowett whose ministry al Fifth avenue
 New York, was a living bond between
 two nations. So also is the personality | of Dr. Morgan. Would that we could | persuade him to abide with us yet a l few months or morei'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
ss = 6 Louisville's Poor A Census Showing /

A NYONE familiar with Louis 7ille SA knows that it is a steadily growing city, and that its volume of trade increases at large rate; and yet it makes poor showing in the 1920 census.
 Louisville is credited with only two hundred and thirty-four thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, an in- crease of ten thousand nine hundred and sixty three since 1910. From 1890 to 1910 its population increased 271 per cent.
 St. Joseph, Mo-, was a great disap- pointment. It comes into the new census with seventy-seven thousand seven hundred and thirty-five, only three hundred and thirty-three inhab- itants more than it had in 1910.
 Both Louisville and St. Joseph would indicate inefficient work or the part of the enumerators. Louis vile may be content to wait for an other decade to get into the three hundred thousand class, but if: any city would be justified in asking fol a fresh count, St. Joseph is the one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
High Cost of Living
 And Individual Economy

M7O economic problem that has 0 N ever confronted this country has been so difficult to solve as the high cost of living. The government has been at work on it for year or more, and great financiers have given it their most earnest attention, but prices for many commodities have gone higher and the general range is not declining.
 High wages have enabled workmen in many industrial pursuits to stand the high price of everything they eat and wear, but the great mass of people feel the burden of the high cost levels.
 If the individual denies himself or herself of the comforts or luxuries of life, the manufacturers and the merchants and their employees are af- fected directly. Drastic economy precipitated suddenly would cause something of a panic.
 The reasonable practice would be to curtail expenditures gradually But so long as prosperity abounds, it will be next to impossible to in- duce the prosperous man to re- trench to any appreciable extent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
AT MIAMI

From the Louisville Courier-Jorrnal
 "Thirty-four at Miami" The laee fish in Biscayne Bay keep to the aeel water. The vegetable farms are Hurnsq by frost as if by fire. The citrus fruits are killed. and tomorrow the sun Will shine as gloriously as before. Juuelike weather will succeed touch of middle states January. Insouciant nature W. seem to mock the victims of he pass ing cruel whim-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
THE QUIET LIFE.

THE QUIET- LITE Here's a pathetic story" What about?"
 "An ex-king has only three attend ants"
 That's all he needs-a servant to pre- pare his meals, another to make his bed and a stenographer to take down his memoirs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
, POWER OF THE FAIR SEX.

POWER OF THE FAIR SEX. 9"There's nothing like a fair plaintiff to brighten up courtroom" You are right about that" said the
 
 veteran lawyer. I've known pretty woman on the witness stand to make the judge look ten years younger, and put so much zeal into bailiffs they couldn't leave off commanding Order in courtt
 PAUL COOK. :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
coNsIDERATE.

q hope the movie stars you employ try to make your business as pleasant for you as possible?'
 >'oh, yes. replied the producer. iron ically They seem to have an idea that the larger the salaries they demand the easier it will be for me to figure out my income tax.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
rwouLDN'r DO.

Hubby, I believe I'll buy a ouija board"
 Don't do it."
 Why"
 The Clippings next door will be sure to borrow it and I don't want the darned thing to be telling family secrets"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
GAELIC TEMPERAMENT

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 The French railroad strike is evsr, down side street and they forget &l about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
FANCY FOOTGEAR
the Nashville Banner.

FrUni tHe NashVlIIe Banner.
 That pretty little slipper barely cover ing the rim of her dainty pedal. but cost ing SIS pair. is anotber of the things that i- s.eeping many young man away from the marriage altar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
What is a man,

What is a man, If ais chief good, and market of his tinse, Be but to sleep and feed. A beast. ne more. Hamlet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
Guy Bates Post Gifted Musician

In addition to his peerless histri- cnic talent. his brilliant gifts as a scholar and his magnetic personality enc person to possess), Guy Bates Post, the eminent actor who pleased such tremendous audiences during his en- eagement here at the Jefferson in The Masquerader. is wonderful musi- cian," said Dolly Dalrymple.
 "Of course, this was revealed in the rlay when at intervals the little snatches of appealing music were heard when he'd play for a moment his beautiful touch bringing forth the caressing tones from the piano as only a real lover of music can produce them, all testifying to his genius, his art. in this as in his wonderful acting Especially appealing was the manner irt which he played the little French theme which runs through the play. Of Thome's so. exquisite. so caressing, so lovely
 "Mr. Posts manager Mir. E. r. tiroffman, who is himself a most charming gentleman. told me among other things that Mir Post has always heen most ardent student of music, selecting all the music for The Masquerader.' Including the Entre Act selections. Mir. Post found the French theme. liked it and adapted it tc the play Mir. Groffn,an declares that MT. Posts, love of music is but another evidence of his great genius. since no acfor can be a really great ! actor without the love of beautiful music in his heart and soul"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
Competent rre.criptionist. Scarce

Its good to get to be in Birmingham Bentley. who at one time was in the drug business on the corner of Twenty second Street and Fifth avenue" I am now living in Greenville. S. C., and am highly pleased with it as place of res the art of dispensing drugs. for I am still in my old line. And, by the way. one of my objects in stopping over en route from Nashville where I went to see my wife, was to try and get an old friend to come over with me and take a, place, for in these days competent prescriptionists are about as scarce as reliable cooks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
ADRIF,T WITH THE TIMES
EMANCIPATION.

Miss Maggie Mcsweeney. who went on
 the stage, Possessed so much beauty she soon was
 the rage. Her picture appeared in the smart maga-
 zines, She bought swift roadster and other
 machines. And having acquired so much money and
 fame Decided 'twere time she were changing
 her name To something poetic or else quite bizarre, AS truly becoming to such a great star. Now Marjory Maytime herself she doth
 call And the tribe of McSweeneys she knows
 not at all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
RHAPs.

Seems tc be a lot of trouble,
 But the puril s bound to mend. Fen the Adrialg squabble fg Will soiae day come to an end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
TOUGH LUCK.

TOUGH LUCK. "Twas a suit for breach of promise Tried before a crowded court Hundreds went to hear some letters Read which rumor did report To be filled with spicy matters Scandal every page exuded- But the lawyers got together And those missives were excluded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-12
pRErENrIous DMELLING.

Dear girl.''
 "Yes?"
 "she said she coula be happy With me in an igloo' s Sound her. my boy. She may have meant ten-room igloo with garage in the rear.''