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fine his eyes or investigation to official work. He said on his return: Germany Is on the way to a great industrial come back. Work is the key the Ger.>t r/ Are using to open the treasure houses of the world"
 That view is not held exclusively by Colonel Hensley. It is similar to opin- icns that have been expressed by others who have visited Germany. The people of Germany have learned that their sal vation is in industry. They are anxious for the opportunity to become very in dustrious; they do not balk at long hours; they want to produce to their capacity, and they hope to be efficient to the ut most so as to reduce the cost of pro- duction.
 In a state of mind of this kind is to be found the reason why the peril of bol- shevism is ended in Germany. Capable men devoted to Germany, men of integ- rity are gradually coming to the front as leaders, and the people are giving to these leaders their support. Colonel Hensley says that the German war minister, Noske, is the strongest figure in Ger many, and he is true statesman. When the Germans are able to import raw ma- terial, industrial and railroad equipm ent, they will be zealous in their industry. Their leaders hope that the workin gnien will be able to produce commodities in such quantities and at such reasonable
 cost that Germany will soon be able to compete with other nations. They do not care any longer for military su- premacy, but are really ambitious for industrial and trade supremacy or equal 1 ity.
 With such industry as the German workingman Is willing to undertake and with the practice of efficiency and zeal ] for high production, there is no doubt | that Germany can by and by regain Her | lost markets, and the danger to us is
 that she may gain them at our expense. l If we are to match the Germans in in- 1 dustrial conditions and efficiency our wage-earners must be prepared to imi- i tate the Germans. For if we do not, it may be that within the next five years German industry by productiveness and efficiency will gain in the worlds mar
 kets, and so gain that a great fallins
 off in American industry will follow
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HUNTSVILLE

Huntsville. March 1s-(special )-The north wall of the, old Masonic temple, the oldest building in Huntsville, col lapsed without warning Sunday after noon, carrying the roof with it and rem dering nearly the whole building unsafe for further use. For number of years past the old building has not been regu- larly used except as a show place Tor Masonic. it having been incorporatd in the architecture of the new Masonic tenn pie as an annex, and all of the lodge records of Helion Lodge No. l, dating back to 1912. and other mementoes ot tls. past, were safely stored away in d vault in the new building. The old build ing was started in 1920 and finished in 1928. and was not only the oldest bu1l- ing in Huntsville, but one of the old est in Alabama. Most of the structure that remains will be razed and the ma terial hauled off.
 Mrs. w. Y. Vaughn died yesterday at her home in Madison. She was the mother of Mrs. John Fraser of Hunts. vile. Mrs. Joe Balch of Madison ant Yancey, Jason and Shelby Vaughn o1 Madison.
 Lacy Springs. in Morgan county. across the Tennessee river from Whitesburg, is another rural community that is suffer ing severely from the ravages of influ. enza this season. There have been 3 great many cases in that locality ana fourteen deaths have occurred. Tn va. rious other localities of this section ths disease is unabated and numerous deaths Have been reported.
 The Red Cross chapter here has peti. toned the city council and county board of revenue to buy a suitable plot for g children's playground which the Rec Cross will equip with all necessary psraphernalia.
 Two representatives of Huntsville mer- Lcantile houses have been arrested and fined for distributing printed circulars on the streets. It was not generally known before their arrest that 1t is now a violation of the city ordinance to lit- tier the streets and pavements witf printed matter. which has been a favor. able advertising stunt of some mercan tile merchants here for years past.
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England would send to the United States S50o. .000, GOO in gold, actual gold-the real thing-and when this gold is received the Anglo-French loan of 1915 will be liqui- dated.
 Naturally the oopcurrent publication of news of this kind' supplemented, as 1t is believed to be, by other information Mot yet made public, has caused change of feeling, not only among the financiers, but also among our industrial leaders. It may also be- accurately reported that the opinion of the United States supreme court, which makes 1t possible for the Steel Corporation to live as it has been living for the past fifteen years, has also stimulated hopeful sentiment because it
 is believed that the opinion reflects a change in tho view of the public respect | ing large corporations, and the belief that the telephone. the telegraph, rapid trans
 pcrtation over land and across the sea, have made combination imperative, and not dangerous because behind it will all ways stand government regulation and supervision.
 A LESSON FROM GERMANY l There is, however, one doubtful factor
 in the situation. It is one which unless ] it be eliminated will ultimately be harm | full to wage workers of the United States
 It has been emphasized by some recent IlnIOrnatlOn WnlCn Has been reCe1VeQ m ] the United States from Germany. Every American who is competent to form a 1 judgment and who has been studying
 conditions in Germany has reported on | his return to the United States that if there be sufficient aid given to Germany she will before long be quickened >s'.
 become one of the strong industrial and 1 financial nations of the world. Aid of that kind is undoubtedly to be given through the absorption Spy the neutral
 nations of a very large German loan
 The neutral nations will be all the more
 willing to participate in this loan. be- cause it has been learned that Germany has awakened to her responsibilities and opportunities. Perhaps the best way to put the German situation rs VIC vaken by Col. William NJ. Hensley of the United States army, who a few days ago re- Iturned from sojourn of five monte in Germany. He was there to make aero nautical observations but he did not con
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Washington Bureau The Ase- Herald
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udYiQsou
 Washington, March 1s-(SpeciaL)- Washington tomorrow morning. He comes in his proper colors, as full-fluedged candidate for the presidency.
 In Washington, the Nebraskan will confer with his satellites in the House and the Senate. He will instruct the lat ter how to vote on the treaty of Yer 6ailles, the final vote on the ratification of which in expected one day this week distinguished by their pacific course dur ing the war, will be permitted to bask in the sunshine of his smile.
 From Washington, MT. Bryan goes to New York. There he will be the guest of the Aldine Club, an organization of political tendencies, which will hold an extensive celebration of his sixtieth birth day.
 To the membership of this club Mir Bryan will make an address, "a carS fully and prayerfully prepared address, it ig stated. It is reported in Washing ton that this address will have a momen- tous bearing on the political situation Washington correspondents are permit ted to know that its title will be, Be ware the Dam" It will be the object of the Nebraska candidate to caution the democratic party against the eruption of pent-up or dammed-up emotions It IS anticipated mat the candidate will picture labor threatening revolution h the event Congress longer stands out against the demands of labor's radical masters It is understood, further, that Mr. Bryan will very plainly say that un- less the anti-prohibitionists of the east refrain from uttering their disapproval Of the existing state of affairs, the peht- up motions of the prohibtionists will assert themselves with disastrous effect.
 It is whispered also that MT. Bryan will warn against the efforts of certain fac tions or parties to deny certain preroga- tives to women, and will insist that <he paciffsts of the country be appeased by resorting to general disarmament.
 Political Washington interpreting the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
SPRING AILMENTS
Relieved by Well-Known Medicine
 of Superlative Merit.

Spring ailments are due to impure. i'm poverished. devitalized blood
 Among them are pinples, boils and other eruptions, loss of appetite. that tired feel ing a rundown condition of the system, and sometimes chronic weaknesses made worse.
 Hoods Sarsaparilla combines the roots, barks herbs, berries and other medcinals that have been found. in many years of intelligent observation. to be most effec- five in treatment of these ailments.
 Successful physicians prescribe these in- gredients for diseases of the blood, stomach, liver and kidneys. and in cases where altera- tive and tonic effects are needed.
 Hoods Sarsaparilla is the spring medicine that purifies, enriches and revitalizes your blood, increasing power of resistance to disease.
 For a laxative take Hoods Pnls.--Adv.
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A few tablets of Tapes Diapepsin' bring relief almost as soon they reach the stomach.
 "Pape's Diapepsin" by neutralizing the acidity of the stomach, instantly relieves the food souring and fermen- tation which causes the miserymak- ing gases heartburn, flatulence, full ness, or pain in stomach and intestines.
 "Pape's Diapepsin" helps regulate disordered stomachs so favorite foods can be eaten without causing distress. Costs so Title at drug stores.-Adv.
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there could be assurance that the Amer ican wage-earners would from this time on work with zeal, with intent to much greater productiveness and also with a desire to bring efficiency up to it's hign- est point, then the only doubtful. factor
 in present-day conditions will be elimt- hated and the United States may reason-
 ably hope fairly well to compete in the
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markets of the world with the nations which by reason of the war lost those markets. but are now striving, as Eng land, France and Belgium are striving, and by and by Germany will strive, to re- gain these markets.
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SEE IMPROVEMENT
 IN CONDITIONS
Nv HOLLAND

By HOLIAND
 New York, March 1t.-(Special 1.-Two weeks before the spring equinox identifies the end of winter some highly encour- aging conditions have developed, al- though it was not expected that it would be possible to make any report of them until midspring. There appears to be only one doubtful factor in the general situation, and that is the attitude towards production and efficiency.
 Since the latter part of February it has become known that the prime rrf1iis- ters ot the allied governments of Europe. including also the representatives of Japan, agreed to favor the proposition that the neutral nations, aided possibly by citizens of the United States, sub scribe tt very large loan to be issued by the German government. A proposi- ticn of that kind would not have been en- tertained six months ago. So also there came from Europe authoritative an- nouncement of the purpose behind calling of the international conference whose meeting will be held in April. For at that conference the purpose will be dis closed. it is said, in s proposition that the neutral nations establish an inter- national bank with intent to provide nHans whereby the chaos which prevails ir foreign exchange would end, and nor nal conditions be restored. Then again from Europe comes information that trade relations may be with the Ap- proval of the allies and of the neutrals Iresumed with Russie before very long. This information is regarded as fully justifying the hope that Russia may In this way begin to find her feet and ul- tinlately be restored to the position among the nations of the world which she ought to hold.
 Then, again. in the first week in March came the announcement that France and
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burg, April 20; Meridian, April 21 noon); Birmingham, April 21 (evening); Mont gomery, April p; Atlanta, April 2S; Ma con, April "A; Augusta, April 26; Char lotte, April 27; Lynchburg, pril % Rich mond, April 90.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
RREER$!4E4{{ }l||RREER$4E

not wonder that you admire me and
wish you could be in my place"
The Little River did not dare reply
1t, and as all the Fountain said SEEM
ed true to Little River, it ran along
about its work, still wishing it was
beautiful.
That night when all was still and
the water at the Fountain had been
turned off, big tree. swaying over
the river, spoke to 1t.
Little River, heard you complain
ing today that the big fountain was
very beautiful and yon wished you
were like it," said the Tree.
"Oh, yes, but am only lowly lit
tie river and can never hope to be
like the lovely Fountain" replied Lit
tie River.
"Yes, the Fountain Is beautiful"
said the Tree, "but do you not know
that it is your water that supplies
were not here there would be no
Fountain"
Little River almost forgot to move,
1t was so surprised. 'It cannot be
true" 1t said. II never could get up
there; you must be mistaken"
''It is true" said the Tree, "the
water that sparkles and flashes at
the Fountain comes from here. 1t is
true that some man-made power
forces it to the fountain bed, but the
water comes from you, Little River,
so do not envy the Fountain any more
for without you the Fountain would
not be beautiful"
The next morning, in the sunlight
the Little River ran SO swiftly over
the rocks and stones that it almost
jumped from its bed, 1t was so hap
py, and the big Fountain looking
down upon it wondered how 1t could
seem so joyous.
But though the Fountain was as
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
SOMETHING LIKE A BUGLER!
Player Who Could Produce an Effect
Like That Described Surely
Was a Wonder.

Two darkies in a negro regiment
were boasting about their company
buglers.
"G1ong wild you. boy" said one; /;
''you amt got no booglers. We Is got
the boogler, and when at boy wraps
his of lip around that horn and blows
pay-call 1t sound jes' like that um
Boston Symphony band playin' The
Rosary"
"Yeh, hearn you," replied the
other. '.Talk up. boy; talk up. Yo' is
wadin' deep into trouble"
An when he sounds at tapoo the
angile GABRIEL hisself is lending a
ear. boy. A ear is what I says"
swell, II yo' is yearnin' To- food
y0' wants a booglar with an hypnotic
note like we Is got. Boy, when All
hears ole Custard-Mouth Jones dis
charge his blast, All looks at NAH
beans and All says, Strawberries, be-
have yo'selvesl Yo' Is crowdin' the
whip cream out O. nah DISH '"-Gold
Chevron.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
BEAUTY CHATS
by Edna Kent Forbes
STEAM BATHS

TT EVERY woman who thinks that
L her regular bath is keeping her
skin clean, could see the amount of
dead cuticle and dirt and oily matter
that the masseuse in a Turkish bath
place gets out of the skin of "clean"
person-she would certainly become
a regular patron of these bath places.
Turkish baths are beyond the reach
Of most folks, unfortunately, since
only the larger towns possess them.
And the home steam cabinet is the
method will open the skin as an ord
mary bath never could, and free the
pores of all the clogging waste mat
ter in them; leaving the skin free
once more to breathe, carrying off
much waste matter, giving one the
glow and color only perfect cleanli-
ness can lend, and making one feel
young and fresh as never before
In some ways the bath has been the
salvation of Turkey and Greece. Their
women lead sedentary lives, spending
their time dressing, eating, and sleep
ing. This condition is changing as the
countries are waking up to modern
culture, but the general fact is still
true. Lives spent like this mean that
great layers of flesh accumulate, that
the skin becomes clogged, the system
sluggish, the brain and liver torpid
the whole being desires only more Of
the useless laziness. But the Turkish
woman attends the bath every week,
where she is steamed, scrubbed, mas
saged, lathered, and rinsed with hot
and cold water, till her skin is free
from every impurity and her whole
system is rejuvenated and refreshed.
If you cannot take regular Turkish
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09

DOR leetle while other day feegure
Il mebbe l am gonna hava plenta
gooda luck. One thing happen so I
gotta leetle chance losa my boss Lasa
week he buy new autmobeel and lasa
night he aska eef 1 lika maka rida
-weeth heem.
Only ting wrong ees he dunno how
to drive. He aska me, "Pietro, how
you lika teacha me wheech way driva
dat carp" Well, somatime l lika da
boss and other time no lika Yer good.
Lasa night was bouta feefty-feefty.
You know my boss ees gotta pipe
dead. So tink eef he smasha da car
and breaka hees neck ees tougha luck.
But eef he jusa breaka dat pipe feeg-
-ure ees greata stuff. Anyway. I tella
heem ALA right and we go for da ride.
Seema like he dunno wheech ees
front wheel from da backa one. He
weegle on da street like he gotta st.
Wits dance cen both hands. One time
/ say, "Geeva her da gas, Boss"
Righta queeck he getta excite and
aska wot Gala "her" for. He say he
forgot to aska eef was dat kind when
he bought eet. He say eef he buy da
female car he gotta fight weeth hees
wife.
He wanta driva low gear and say,
-'Wot's matter you no putta cen high
and maka run better" He say eef
stay cen low gear we no gotta so far
to fall eef ees tip over.
Other time when wanta go fast say
"step on eet." and he say. "eef step
on eet, Pietro, mebbe breaka soma
ting so ees no go any more" feeg-
ure weeth my boss ees jusa plain case
iika nobody home.
Wot you tink?
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09

since we have our six, I'd better &c
right on playing with the children o,
those four-cylinder Joneses2"
NOTHING SCARY.
my, wasn't that an appall.
ing flock of bills introduced
into congress at the beginning
of the session? 2"
"Why appalling7 Don't you
ever have any frat of the month
at your house7"
Such q coverInoI
But l thought you said these
wagons you had for sale were coy-
cred wagons.
''They are. Covered with mort
cages"
SELECTING AN AUDIENCE.
"Why do you talk to your
self?"
Because I'm the only person
who understands everything
say"
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
The Louvre Not So Much.

He was evidently an ex-soldier ana
an art lover. The first you could tan
by the American Legion button ha
wore, the second by the artistic touch
In his manner and theme Of speech
Another youth was sitting near
him on the steps Of the city library.
He may or may not have sought art
as Emerson paints 1t for us.
"Didja see the Louvre when you
were In Parish" asked the youth who
may or may not have cared for art
"Yah," replied the ex-soldier. "And.
say. don't believe this stuff you hear
about 1t bein' a fine gallery. I went
all through 1t, and 1t amt nothin' but
big department store"
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
RIVER AND FOUNTAIN

~ NCE there was Little River
~ running near a beautiful Foun-
tain In garden.
In the sunlight Fountain throwing
Its stream Of water made wonderful
colors and it sparkled and splashed
as 1t fell into the big basin beneath
1t.
"Oh, how beautiful it is," said the
Little River looking up at the Foun-
tain.
"How I wish 1 could sparkle and
make beautiful colors as 1t does in the
sunlight"
The Fountain tossed its waters
higher and splashed louder when 1t
heard the Little Rivers lament.
II am sorry for you," it said, 'for
1t must be quite dull down where
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
BLAME NOT ENTIRELY HERS
New Maids Attitude Not Inapproprl'
ately Compared With That Of
Some Politicians.

In a recent political gathering the
following story was told apropos Of
the coming national election:
"Whichever side wins, I'm afraid
will act as did the new maid.
1.-THE new maid was entirely make
shift, and the mistress bore with her
patiently at first. But on the third
day she placed very unclean dinner
plate on the table, and patience broke
down. t.l
Really, Mary. you might at least
see that the plates are clean
"'Well, num- Mary rejoined, 4 owns
to them thumb marks, but that dried
mustard was there afore I come.'"
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
Ugly, Unsightly Pimples
Are Signals of Bad Blood

trouble. This remedy is the great
est vegetable blood purifier known,
and contains no minerals or chem
icals to injure the most delicate
skin.
Get bottle of S. S. S. today,
and get rid of those unsightly and
disfiguring pimples, and other skin
irritations. If you wish special
medical advice, you can obtain it
without charge by writing to Med
ical Director, 105 Swift Labora-
tory, Atlanta, Ga.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
()IfAgiil!((IlAJilli n
STRICKLAND WGILuMN,
tCopyright.)

THE CURSE OF GOOD CREDIT.
learned to hate.
And hate him yet.
The man who coaxed
Me into debt.
Their Long Suit.
About the only Bible text some g.
nancially successful men know is the
fifteenth verse of the eleventh chapter
of Proverbs: "He that Is surety for
a stranger shall smart for 1t. And he
that hateth suretyship is sure"
Candid Observation.
The stranger in New York stood
looking for the hotel that advertises
''only a golf stroke from the Pennsyl-
vania station"
At last he murmured to himself:
swell, that feller who wrote that
advertisement sure didn't top 'er."
FINNICIN FlLOSOFY.
There amt much diff'renes
bstwans our bist wurrk an our
worst wurrk sxcipt In our own
lima gination.
Modernlty.
Mother" asked the five-year-old
girl anxiously. do you suppose that,
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
Where She Erred.

Miss Gerty Cad called the new maid.
and said tartly:
III you don't improve, Maria, shall
have to dispense with your services !"
But do my best" Maria insisted.
yesterday afternoon you insulted
a friend Of mine"
why. I never even"
when Mr.. Gumson called for me
with his golf clubs he said you
slammed the door in his face"
"Was that a golfbag he had3'
"Yes."
I'm sorry, miss, but I thought he
was an umbrella member"
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09

baths, get cabinet and take steam
baths at home.
Tincture of benzoin-not a patent
ed article ut all-is a good astring-
ent. Wash the face with hot water
and liquid green soap, rinse with
hot, then cold water and put a few
drops of the tincture in this last rinse.
1t simply closes the pores.
(Copyright)
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
Give Heed to the Warning.

Pimples on the face and other
parts Of the body are warnings
from Nature that your blood is
sluggish and impoverished. Some
times they foretell eczema, boils,
blisters, scaly eruptions and other
skin disorders that burn like
flames of fire.
They mean that your blood needs
S. S. s.. to cleanse it of these ac-
sumulations that cause unlimited
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09

beautiful as before, Little River was
never again envious for was it not
from it that the Fountain got its
beauty?
Little River never stopped to tell
the Fountain what it knew. II could
not be any happier" said Little River,
land it might make the Fountain sad
to know that its loveliness came from
a lowly little river"
(Copyright.)
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
The Qhserxant Ellxxerlsf

The Observant FIlvverist.
Some OF those big financial folks
must be takin' quite little vacation"
remarked Farmer Corntossel.
"What makes you think so7'
Nobody has taken the authority in
quite some time to boost the price of
gasoline"
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
Getting Desperate.

Getting Desperate.
"A delegation Of suffragist to see
you, SIR"
"Tell 'em I'm out" said the harassed
statesman.
'.They said II you were out they
would wait until you returned.
"All right, let 'em wait. I'll sneak
out the back door and 60 to Europe"
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09

All-Around Housekeeper.
Browne-Mrs. Smith is an adept at
making over her old clothes.
Towne-Yes; she even ruffles her
husbands old temper.-Judge.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-09
His Status Fixed.

''Do you ever drink to excessr ask
ed the girls father.
II never touch liquor Of any kind.
sir"
''How about tobaccoT"
II do not smoke. have never had
a cigar or cigarette in my mouth"
'Ever gambler"
"Never. do not know one card
from another"
II suppose you swear sometimesr'
mo, sir. An oath has never passed
my lips"
"Um. All right. Come out and have
a stick Of candy with me."-New York
Central Magazine.