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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16

cal fact about him, according to the doc tors. was that his heart was too big and its blood supply too full for his body. There was failure of nutrition. in the sense that he could never make flesh; there was weakness in the throat and lungs, weakness above all in the arteries, never in the heart itself; nor did his looks even in mortal illness and exhaustion, ever give the impression of bloodIessness, scarcely even of nomen- tary pallor
 If you want to realize the kind Of ef- feet he made, at least in the early years when I know him best. imagine this attenuated but extraordinarily vivid and vital presence. with something about 1t that at fkst. struck you q fzvasxaah. rare, fantastic. a touch of the elfin ana unearthly. sprite, an Ariel And i'm asine that. as you got to now him, this sprite. this visitant from another sphsra turned out to differ from mankind tn general not by being less human but hv being great deal more human chan they; richer-blooded. greater-hsartsd: more human m all sensss of the word.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
TO SIR OLIVER LoDan

By Samuel Minturn Peok. Sir Oliver. we hope it's true That you have bridged the great divide. That we may hear-indsed we do- From Loved Ones on the other siAe; For likewise loving us we know With just as keen longing they Crave tidings from us too.
 What are we going to says Our Dear Ones happy where they are- For of that hope who'd be bereftf- How sad their happinesa to mar By what has happened since they lsfti Sweet is the thought that they are Our sorrow's sight day after day; But if they ask us how wsrvs
 what are re going ts say1 Would not high heavsn turn to hen Unto mother were sha told That powers of evil had worked | speYl And bound the babe she used to holdf And all the wrongs no faith can flout That God. It seems, could cast away. If Spirit voices ask about
 What are we going to sayf An. oftentimes we hear 1t said And we applaud the speech at birth- 'Tis truly fortunate the Dead Surmise no more the ills of earth: Now. if the veil Is to be torn, And mystery have no further sway, Mayn't answers true make Heaven
 mourn
 What are we going to say? Sir Oliver. the hour we die, Say. would it not be greater gain To meet our Loved Ones in some sky That does not know of earthly pain? On second thought were 1t not best To still dream on. and lave, and pray; For if we pry in our unrest
 What are we going to saxf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
Sociological Statistics
 Often MisIead People

1.-THE Independent, one of the most Y conservative weekly periodicals published in New York, quotes pro- lessor of sociology at Reed College. Portland, Ore, in statistical inquiry into the thirty-six largest cities in the United States, and among other al- legged facts of moral bearing are these:
 Seattle is the best city and Bir- mingham is the worst. Birmingham and other cities are featured in va rious respects. The death rate is low est in Seattle; highest in Charleston S. c. The cost of living is lowest in Minneapolis; highest in Birmingham. Minneapolis has the lowest percent age of child labor; Atlanta the high est.
 Louisville leads in church member ship; Portland, Ore, foots the list. Baltimore is the best paved city; Salt Lake City the worst. More people draw books out of the public library in Cincinnati; fewer in Birmingham than elsewhere. Jacksonville has the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
HUMAN SIDE OF STEVENSON

From Some Personal Recollections," by
 Sir Sidney Colvin. in the March scrib-
 ner.
 1TlO WIPE away some false impress
 sions which seem to be current:-
 S I lately found one writer. because Stevenson was thin, speaking of him as having been a ''shadowy'' figure; another because he was an invalid, describing him as "anaemic," and a third as thin blooded.''
 Shadowy. He was indeed all his life a bag of bones, a very lath for leanness, as lean as Shakespeares Master Slen- der. or let us say as Don Quixote. Nevertheless when he was in the room you were hardly aware of anybody else. The most robust of ordinary men seemed to turn dim and null in presence of the vitality that glowed in the steadfast penetra ting fire of the lean mans eyes, the rich, compelling charm of his smile, the lissom swiftness of his movements and lively expressiveness of his ges- lures, above all in the irresistible sym pathetic play, and abundance of his talk Anaemic. thin-blooded. the main physi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
"Moonshiners" Are Adept
 In Hiding Their Stills"

TIE nOOHSnliler, whether ne Op-
 0 crates in the heart of a large city or in the rural districts, shows great ingenuity in concealing his plant. Years of experience have taught the mountain man to take every advantage of the rugged coun- try where he lives, and the most as- ute deputy has been known to liter ally walk over a "stilP' without see ing it. The average city dweller, with no experience in such work, might hunt for lifetime without discover ing the secret source of "moonshine." 1"
 A dispatch from Montgomery tells of a ''still' of 150 gallons capacity hidden in dugout, covered with pine straw and leaves. The dugout was entered through trap door and the deputies who found it say the "cam- ouflage was almost perfect"
 Some farmers boy who saw service in France may have studied the ad- vantages of the dugout for illicit dis tilling and when he got out of the army put his ideas to work. Maybe the suggestion was derived from news paper accounts of these rabbit holes" that saved so many lives dur ing trench warfare in Europe, or re- turning soldiers may have given a stay-at-home the notion of trying a new way to circumvent the law.
 In cities it is not necessary to con- ceal the smoke of a 'Sstill," because there are the usual ''fifty-seven va rieties." and one chimney more or less doesn't make any difference, but there is real danger of detection, we are COluy III Iuc OuOl VI tuO iilo'ii, which is strong and penetrating, as well as unmistakable, when ferment- ing.
 In sparsely settled regions the smoke from "stil1'' is apt to prove troublesome. A case was reported some time ago, of a man who had his "stilr' under the floor of his home, in secret cellar, which could only be entered through trap door in the floor concealed from prying eyes by piece of furniture. A small pipe leading from the "stilp' through one leg of cooking stove conveyed the smoke from the "still" through the stove pipe to the outer air.
 The tell-tale smoke issuing from a cave or mountain ravine, where there is no human habitation, accounts for the "moonshiner's" preference for doing business at night. Incidentally, that's how he gets his name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
X PEN PORTRAIT OF JESUS

From the New York World.
 Rome-From the dust of more than 1900 years . studious modern Roman has rescued a pen-portrait of Jesus Christ. It was drawn in one of the letters that PubNus Lentulus, who was q Roman pro- consul in Palestine and knew the Savior in Nazareth, wrote to 2 friend in Italy.
 There has appeared here a man of strange virtue" Publius Lentulus wrote. His disciples call him The Son of God. He cures the sick and raises the dead to life. He is a very handsome man and worthy of all our attention. His hair is blond and covers his shoulders in separate curls and is parted in the middle, after the fashion of the people of Nazareth. His forehead is smooth and serene. with out marks or wrinkles; his countenance is pink; his nose is well formed; his beard, of the same color as his hair. IS parted in the middle.
 dom and of openness; his eyes are blue. but shine terribly when he reproves peo- pie; but in conversation they are amiabie. His observations are expressed with live Illness. although he always remains calm. W bloody has ever seen him laugh; but he often weeps. Of a good height and straight figure he has very beautiful hands and arms. His manner of speak ing is serious. He speaks but Attle, and is modest. In short, he is as handsome as man may be. They call hirn Jesus the Son of Mary
 Expert antiquarians and students of history pronounce the letters ot publlls Lentulus to be entirely genuine For cen turtles they were forgottea says by stu dents of Latin and ancient Rome. The advent of Christmas troeght the letter quoted to the mind of an old professor here. He translated f ln&a noslsrn Itai- ian and sent it to s3fae hls learned friends as historicsss sa fsity. It seems to verify the belief lilat She savior had a fair complexion apd 1s hAir. as many old artists depicted nsas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
Is the Shifty Teuton Playing
 Fast and Loose With Allies ?

T ONDON newspapers comment in A a satirical vein on the German revolution. They fear that the al lies have been made the dupes of the crafty Teuton who was ever averse to playing fair.
 The Daily Mail calls the Ebert gov errment a "dud," set up merely to sign the peace treaty and make a pre- tense of ruling until the junkers de- cided it was time to reassert them selves. The oMrning Post agrees with the Mail that the first revolu- tion was a sham" Other papers comment in similar vein.
 London is considerably closer to Berlin than Washington, and the British may be able to get a better view of what is going on there than Americans. Nevertheless, there has been much skepticism in America regarding the alleged German Ire public" France, we are told by British observers, was never de- ceived That explains the French demands for protection against fu- ture aggression.
 At present it is difficult to reach a conclusion regarding the exact sit uation in Germany-to separate the true from the false. Ebert and Noske may have been puppets, but their ac- tions since leaving Berlin do not SUD- port the idea that they were tools of the militarists. It is probable that events tn Germany will shape themselves with great rapidity dur ing the next day or two. Rumors are flying thick and fast, some of them based on fact and others mis- leading, but the world will soon know whether the spacious promises of Von Kapp are made merely to blind the allies to his real purposes or re- action has set in which will place Germany again under a monarchy of the former type
 Some observers blame the United States Senate for the upheaval in Germany, but it is evident that the reactionaries have been at work for months, and there would have been revolution regardless of any ac- tion taken by the Senate. The iun- kers had no intention of retiring into obscurity and permanently renounc- ing the power they formerly held
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
LIGHT UP. LIZZIE!

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 A young woman-a suffragist-has filed formal protest to the United States Senate to the action of the man jected to her smoking in the restau- rant while he permitted men to smoke publicly. Under the new order, her demand for the right to smoke wher- ever men smoke is logical and reason able.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
NOT SETTLED YET

From the Chicago News.
 James Hamilton Lewis has renomi- mated President Wilson by acclama- ton. Still, it will be well, perhaps, to hold the San Francesca convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
KICKED our.

DO you think there is any chance fer a republican form of government to emerge from the present chaos In Germany
 Tt has already emerged"
 -iIcw so?"
 ''with Prussian boot benine it.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
be so, and he will win by sweeping

vote.
 The desperation of Underwood's antagonists is significant, and in 3 degree pitiful
 The new powder puff for powdering ones back--if one Is feminine and wears those backless gowns-must be- an offshoot of the Chinese back scratcher. and the popular long-handled bath brush.
 The Age-Eeralds Washington cor respondent says Senator Underwood is not worrying about the opposition to him in Alabama. Some people may worry about trifles. but Senator Un- derwood Is not that kind.
 Golfers publishes an article en- titled. "signed-Edith Boiling Wilson," It strengthens shrewd suspicion that for several months Mrs. Wilson. Doc" Grayson and Joe Tumulty were running this country.
 The average Englishman Is said to have three favorite topics of converse tion They are the high cost of living, the money America made out of the war, and her preposterous claim that she won 1t.
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 Automobiles have become indispensa- ble to the gunman and the bank rob- ber They are also useful in less spec tacular forms of burgling, as second story work. footing houses whose occu- pants are away and the like.
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 Tn these trying times it is encourag- ing to hear that the French govern ment has acquired the patents to new gun capable of shooting four times as far as Germany's famous Big Bertha"
 # * # A The last United States marines have arrived from France. Surely. our friends across the water will concede that the devil dogs" made a bit of history over there?
 + < If a monarchy is restored in Ger many, the ex-Kaiser at Amerongen may
  get so excited he'll saw two extra logs instead of one.
 Do not be surprised, gentle reader, if the newspapers in day or two am nounce that the EIohenzollerns have escaped" from Holland
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 Have no nonsense with the Turks" advises the Philadelphia Inquirer. If the Turk had sense of humor he might not be so hard to handle.
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 ''The Flying Parson" Is 2 busy man. He merely tarried long enough to do a few flip flaps over Birmingham and then flew away.
 At the hour of going to press the Prussians were in the saddle. but had not yet taken Germany.
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 The American army of occupation will maintain order in its territory. A word to Heinie should be sufficient.
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 This balmy spring weather naturally turns the attention of the fair sex to summer furs.
 # * x Who will be the next American citi- zen to spend the weekend with that jovial host, 'Pancho" villa?" Marshal Foch Is probably beginning to feel that he will never be permitted to retire.
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 Flu Raging in Panama" Mosqui- l toes could not be blamed for that. even if there were any mosquitoes around.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
A THRIrTANrHRoPIsT

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 The New York broker who rewarded a boy who returned to him $l.200,000 in railroad bonds. which had been lost, is one man who is needing the govern ment's advise to be saving and thrifty. He paid the kid s2. Some thriftanthro- ,pist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
RuNs IN THE FAMIL7

} RUNS IN THE FAMILY "My boy, I'm sorry to see vol nsblGg on Sunday. Er-have you caugh- any thiah?'
 Nav, sir guess I take after my dad"
 Flows that?" He's down tn cricl piece He ain't ketched nothin' either"
 INVITATIONS OF SPRING.
 Now come the days
 When fancy strays
 To woodland hooks;
 We can't abide
 The snug fireside
 And winter books.
 AROUND THE WORLD. Where are we now." Hsisss ans aerial traveller. Approaching San Francisco. ma.sra.r replied the airplans conductor. 'ws are due in London day after tsmsr- row.
 "Bus aren't we going wsstr" "via Honolulu and Honsksas. ma'am." PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
Burnt Child

Pelham Granville of New Orleans, who was in town yesterday talking about the races there. like most other situation. saying:
 T would like to see the kaiser get back on the job. N i1helm Hohenzol- Tern is about the only Teuton who has grave and abiding fear of autocracy now. and it's a cinch he wouldn't make the same blunders again. He must have learned his lesson.
 Germany was so soaked in auto cratic paternalism that it will be three generations before the people are ready for democratic form of government that will satisfy and stay put
 Wilhelm will have holy horror now of trying to put anything else cver and I believe he is the one man who can bring order out of the Nit tleuropean' chaos.
 Speaking In all seriousness. if the kaiser can bring peace to Europe ana get things settled. he will be of some value to the world. ar,er all. What we want is peace, I believe. like the rest, that Wilhelm's head could easily have come off with beneficial effect to everybody-a year ago. but not now. He Is rapidly becoming martyrized. is a constant source of uneasiness to Eu- rope as he is in his present status, and the best thing to do Is to get him out In the open where he can be wen. As a nucleus for peaceful regime in central Europe, he is the one available man, and as far as stirring up any more trouble goes. well. burnt child dreads fire"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
WORST OF THE BREED

From The Houston Post.
 If what the Chicago pApers ~ aSout the Chicago landlords is trus sems q the razorback hogs of ArkansAs eught to proceed to that oity and snGngs in missionary work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
A PUBLICITY SEEKER.

A PUBLICITY SEEKER. 'Do you suppose Senator snorths- worthy will have niche in the hall of fame?"
 T doubt If niche would suit him." Yes?
 What he wants is a raised platform extending at least ten feet from the wall"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Another Crop

Another Crop
 Miles AIlgood. commissioner of az riculture for Alabama. was here the ether day and started something new He suggested the rejuvination of an old crop. saying:
 Before the revolution the principal crop of the south was indigo. Long before cotton. rice. o2ne and the old staples were raised, indigo was the money crop.
 Today indigo is growing wild all through South Carolina and parts of Georgia. though planted more than a. hundred years ago. It is to be found in other Atlantic and gulf coast states.
 The last time I looked up the rec ords. America was importing several thousand tons annually. bringing the indigo from Sumatra. Java. Yucatan, Japan. theN Philippines and other dis tsnt places. Yet not a pound that know of is raised in this country, though a market is here and the plaat is growing wild in America.
 With the dye market upset by the war. dyes bringing fabulous prices and indigo. despite the analine de- velopment. still the basis for all fine dies. why not grow some of 1t here? It comes here and Is sold at a profit, despite thousands of miles of trans- portation. import and export duties and other expenses.
 As far as have been able to gather the facts, its handling Is simple. The leaves can be gathered six months out of the year enabling one farm hand to tend many acres. They are crushed, in drum. boiled in a cauldron, the. juice squeezed out of the pulp, then 8. lump of alum added. precipitating the indigo sediment to the bottom. The water can be syphoned off the top and, with spade. the gum is put in boxes to dry. with the only thing left to do by the farmer is the mailing of the cover on the box and 1t is ready for shipment to an eager market"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16

It is the purpose thnt makes strong
 the vow: Rut vows to every purpose must not
 hold. TroiIus and Cressida.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
ADE JET WITH THE TIMES
PoPu1.AR nrsIeNArIoN

You American profesg ro scorn royal tiappings, but noties you have many theatres. barber sheDs restau- :ants and other places of busnoss styled palaces"
 Your criticism is just. rs ,iicd the Amer.can. That sort of thing Is sally overdone in our country. Almost any kind Of establishment in America is ant to be called The Palace, if 1t beasts few fancy electric fixtures and tile floor."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
To the Point

III SpcdhlHR yeSteIudy OI LHS EIOW- ing Metropolitan Sunday school class of the First Baptist Church. G. Lewis Railes. the class teacher. was discuss ing the punctuation of the Bible. and said:
 T have often thought that the ra- pidity with which Christianity was spread following the translation and wide distribution of the Bible was greatly helped by the way the Good Book is punctuated
 "Dr. Hugo Munsterburg, who before his death was professor of psychology at Harvard University. said that the average human mind cannot grasp and is not impressed by a sentence contain ing over sixteen words. that before the reader had reached the period he had forgotten the first few words of ths sentence.
 Aside from the religious value of the Bible, it's style of composition is a revelation In clarity of importation. Seldom does one reau six words with out being met by a punctuation mark. end seldom indeed are there as many Is ten words in sentence, though there are sentences with more thar that number. many of therzi.
 Tn literature the Bible is the most striking example of direct narrative. As have been told by newspaper men. the greatest piece of news ever writ ten. the creation of the universe, is completely told in 500 words. the first chapter of Genesis.
 "Untrained minds have been able to grasp the Bibles meaning and under stand It's teachings mainly through it's short. direct sentences and close pune tuation."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16

DverythIng depends on the star. How's her temperamentg'
 "A little off. I'm afraid"
 Go and tell her that her husband has been flirting with the ingonue. If we can get her to quarrel with him just before she goes on she vii make the nit of her career"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
AN EMOTIONAL PART.

1A4F t1]'IOI 1O4N1aI1 IAttI- We've got to put this play over to- night. It's the first performance, ycu know"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16
Washington Bureau. 500 Davidson

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald VIII not be responsibles for money sent through the mails Address
 THE AGE- HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-16

Usually one man can ger the paddle going, but it took three men to do it in this case. I had never seen it neces- sary for men to join hands and act as though they were playing the children 8 game of popping the whip" but that is what I witnessed. The man nearest the machine would grab the paddle and the two other men would run and jerk him. At last we heard a whirr and knew that it would soon be warmed up.
 Lieutenant Maynard climbed down out of his seat and shook hands all around. and then in few minutes was pilotinE the machine down the field. and on the turn with the wind he began to circle and was off across the state. He figured that it would take him about three hours to reach Jackson. Some one asked if he had thought to get lunch. He replied,
 NO. but I'll get bite shortly in Jack son." This gives some idea of the rapid ity with which trip can be made in a high-powered De Haviland with Lib erty motor. Again I say, I wish Karl Landgrebe had not been so fascinating and had so much to show. or otherwise I would have been able to have ridden two miles in a minute.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-03-18

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