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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15
Strong Position of
 Leading Steel Industry


 ~, EFORE one takes overseriously |JOO the decrease of 537 900 tons in the thrilled tonnage of the Steel cor poration. noted on October 31, as com pared with September 31, he might make another comparison. The thrilled tonnage on October 31, 1919, was 6,472,000 tons. On October 31, 1920, it was 9,836,0oO. This is the same as to say that orders on the books of the corporation on the last day of October, this year, were more than 50 per cent in excess of orders on the last day of October, 1919. That is very far from anything re- sembling state of dullness. The Wall Street Journal, high authority, says:
 lne EOfbOIdliOu IS TuHillHS US steer plants at close to 90 per cent ca- pacity, or as full as physical con ditions will permit. Slowing up or business has not affected the opera tions of the big company to any no- ticeable extent. With forward orders
 of 9,Ss6,O0O tons on October Sl it is
 very comfortably placed in regard to
 the immediate future. these orders
 representing nearly nine months op-
 erations at the present rate of output.
 The Steel corporation adhered to uniform and reasonable levels during an entire year of more or less ex- ploitation of the premium and bonus system for prompt delivery. With the disappearance of this class of fair weather business it finds itself with 50 per cent more of business on it's books than it had at this time last year.
 The Steel corporations policy has been healthy one and the steel trade at large recognizes it forcefully at this time.
 The country is much the better off for having its greatest industrial con- cern in such a strong position.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15
WILLIAM RYAN

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The death of William Ryan of The Birmin gham Age-Heraid staff n& &rks the passing of fine figure from the journalism of the state. Mir. Ryan was an all-round newspaper man who had seen lonG service in many departments. For. many years. however, he had de- voted himself entirely to editorial writ ing on The Age-Iieraid although in more recent years the condition of his health compelled him to relinquish much of the labor on that page to stronger hands. MT. Ryan was cul- tivated man capable of forceful and authoritative writing. He was gen. Itleman. too, whom it was a pleasure <> t~~~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15
PASSING OF THE FRENCH DUEL

yer did much to ruin the prestige of tlN popular idol and hero. Of all the clauses in the present bil which has among it's sponsors Gener
 de Castlenau. late chief of staff, the ID ' effective for suppressing the duel wi, probably be the one forbidding all put licity. It is to be made a criminal O fense for newspaper to publish any a< count of duel. This will get rid (
 90 per cent of the encounters, whic are generally fought by politicians e
 newspaper men with a view of self-a6a. vertising. About ,1e or i5 years ago be- gan the era of what has been described az
 'duels grande orchestre." with galler of spectators and the inevitable movini
 picture operators in attendance. The frsp oe these was the encounter between M
 Abel Herman. the dramatic author, an the Prince de Sagan, then the "axbite eligantarium" of Paris soceity. Its causf
 was play written by N. Herman. h
 which the sagan patrimonial trouhie' were portrayed As the result Of tfia advertisement the play, which at frs;
 had been pretty much failure, ran fo} mere than three months as a ''succes' de euriosite.' The conditions drawn up by the second in French duels are generally such aas get rid of all danger of a fatal teri imitation. Accidents. however. occassonat iy happen. It is this that gives the other. wise comparatively harmless institution & fresh lease of life. But for the oci casional tragic ending the French due, would long ago have succumbed to pub
 lie ridiclle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15

From the Portland Oregonian. l TIT has been said that there were orig M finally only three jokes in the world S some say seven-and that from these has sprung modern humor. So people long ago learned to expect nothing new. and to agree with Pliny the Elder, who, before he perished in the Eesuvian erup-
 ton of 7s 4. D., remarked: Tn comparing various authors with one another, have discovered that some | of the gravest and latest writers have t. anscribed word for word from former
 works. without making acknowledge ments.'
 1 Some of these transcriptions make inter- esting comparisons.
 Longfeilow wrote, "Art is long, and time is fleeting." Goethe put the senti- ment into German thus: .Ach, Gott, Die Kunst ist lang. Und Kurz ist unser Lehen." Which Eayard Taylor translated almost literally:
 An, God, but art is long. And life, alas, is ffeeting.' Chaucer had said. 'srne fyfe so shofs,
 the craft so long to learne," but Hippoc- rates long before him had uttered the same thought Pope said:
 Know thyssJf; presume not God to scan. The proper study of mankind is man.
 But Chaucer had said: Full wise is he i, tlat can himself even knowe.' Cervantei put it. Make it thy business to know ! thyse,f, which is the most difficult thing in the world" Ddogenes Yaertius said that Thales was the originator of this saying. Plutarch gives it to- Plato, and it | is found also in slightly variant forms on the tongues of Pythagoras. Chilo, Cleo bclus, Bias and Socrates. Juvenal took it's origin from the human realm when ne says it descended from heaven. Carlyle wrote of "One life-a little gieam of time between two eternities.' Marcus Aureiius had written. Deem not life a thing of consequence, for look at the rawning void of the future and at the other limitless space. the past. The oid Saxon. Bede, likened man in his earthly Il life to & sparrow flying out of the dark might into the lighted banquet hall for a moment only. and then out asam into the black and unknown night. "No man is a hero to his own valet is attributed to Madame de Sevfgne Mar stal Cxtinat said that mo man IS hero to his valet de chainbre." Non- taixne observes that flew men have been admired by theis own aonhestics," and plusarch says that Antigonps replied naodestly to eulosium. My servant is not aware of this
 When the candies are out. ali women are fair.- said Piutarch. When 41 candles be out, all eats be gray Ala John Heywood, in the sixteenth scel 3rg. and W. S. Gilbert sang. not Sc say lyears ago:
 She'd often passed for forty-tiN In the dusk, with light behind "Te err is hurnan: t. farxive divine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15
Cet-Together Spirit
 at the Allied Banuuet

7zHE reception and banquet to be
 ll given at the Tutwiler tonight by the .allied armies" should be the starting point for the people of Bir- mingham to work together in. mutual helpfulness, for the good of the com -munity, the state and the nation, as they did during the war.
 Birmingham gave an exhibition of team work that was truly admirable. This city became nationally famous for it's war activities. Time and again Birmingham "went over the top" in "drives" and raised hlore than it's al- 1otted quota of funds. The Liberty loans, the Victory loans, the Red Cross it mattered not what was asked of this city, the people responded quick ly and generously to every appeal. Birmingham established a record per- haps not equaled by any other city of it's size in the country.
 These splendid results were made because we forgot our family quarrels and little jealousies and pulled to- gether. We quit thinking of ourselves and our individual affairs. We wanted to show America that Birmingham was great-hearted, patriotic munich pality. We did that. We successfully undertook money-raising campaigns of . magnitude undreamed of before and pushed them to speedy conclusion. Men, women and children, we stood as unit behind our city and our gov ernment-
 Unfortunately some of this com polling spirit has been lost, Fractional differences have weakened our soli- darity. The keynote of the reception and banquet tonight will be harmony. It is hoped that there will be in every sense of the word Hove feast" which will again draw our civic leaders into . compact whole. eager to play thAir
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15

oily, has gone out of date.
 Dempsey and Carpentier win box untlesl rules intended to eliminate brutality, and them is to be knocked into a. few miautes of inconsistencies. The end of tho ex- hibition may come in the first round, and if it lasts the maximum period the combatants will not do more than 90 or 70 minutes of hard work to divide the half-miliion of dollars. The President of the United States is four years earning what Mir. Dempsey will receive for his services to the promoters and the public in this prize fight" The vice president of the United States would have to b~
 in office for g years to draw from the treasury as much as Mir. Dempsey is ta acquire for less exertion probably t aGU d trench digger puts forth in an with the spade. It must occur to Hu chief justice, whose slaary is s15.O0o, a champion boxer may be overpaid. .lYI 10 members of the cabinet receive i%I their work in year little more th3ys third of the money which MT. Dempse
 will be able to add to his bank account, It would require the intellectual toll oil the professors of a great university dur ing twelvemonth.
 But there is nothing to be done about it. The legalizing of boxing exhibitions has made them gold mines, so to speak. for prize fighters and their satellites, and tho public pays, and is willing to pay, to see the great artists of the ring in &C., tion. So long as such matters are hon estIy conducted and champions are truly champions, there will be gold enough for all concerned; but it may be remarked that when purses are so huge the sport will suffer sooner or later. for they wilt tempt .promoters'' to make matches, and inferior boxers to take part in them. not to decide championship, but to di- vida tha Spoils
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15
French Division Called

"The dinner for the allied armies to- night at the Tutwiler hotel promises to be one of the most interesting ever h-ld by this orgai isation, said Tan ,pimick We are most anxious to havs all members Of the Rotary club, which is the French division Of the allied army, td be present and urge them te make reservation a, once with Miss Ola G. Browne, secretary of the club, at the office of the orgshization so the hotel mana gement will know how many to prepare for.''\
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15
| REMEMBER

By Alfred Moves, An. that tree; I have sat in it's boughs
 and looked seaward for hours, remember the creak of it's branches,
 the scent of the flowers That climbed round the mouth of the
 cave, if is odd I recall Those little things best. that scarcely
 took heed of at all. remember how brightly the brass on the butt of my spy glass cleaned As climbed through the purple
 heather and thyme to our cyrie
 and dreamed: remember the smooth. glossy sunburn
 that darlened our faces and hands As we g'azed at the ,nerchantman sail
 ing away to those wonderful
 lands.
 asfstemoer the long. long sigh of the
 sea IS we raced in the sun. 70 " ourselves after our swimming
 and how we would run Wta cry and a crash through the
 foam as it ereaned on the shore. iaen back to bask n the warm dry.
 gold of the sand oncs more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15
WHY THE TROOPS


 Hue and cry has been raised againse the presence of troops in some of tho coal fields, federal troops in West Vir- ginia and on the Kentucky bordexs state troops in Alabama. state rangera in Colorado. There can be but one ans swer to the question of why? The slay% ing of men from ambush, the shooting down of men on their peaceful ways throughout the districts where labor troubles exist calls for the stern hand of authority to keep the peace. reder- al troops were withdrawn from one sec ton of West Virginia and concentrated lin another. Almost immediately . mine official. was killed from ambush. Or ganized labor disclaims any part in the The same situation exist- ed in Alabama. The claim is allowable. But granting it does not remove the fact that the shooting occurred There fore if peace is to be preserved and life made safe, the state has no recourse bzut to use the most potent power at it's 1 command, the only power tnxt the law less recognize, i. e. the military. The troops have been accused of violating the rights of the citizen. But no for mai charge has been made before the courts of such violations. And investi- gation of every such allegation has proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that the soldier or soldiers acted with in their rights and in support of law and order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15
Couau~ in DPOveS

Another one come and gone, salo J. J. Johnson last night. "The bankers and school children of the future will have a glorious time if holidays con tinue to grow with the rapidity tna' they have for the past 100 years.
 After he is dead and his poiltical enemies will gain nothing py perseou'' ing him, the birthday of our Presideh' now serving will, doubtless, De aooeu to the list of red letter days 10 DC celebrated throughout the land. It will take time, of course, for enough animosity to die down to make tnis possible"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15
School Cadets

cadets in the parade on Armistice Day was excellent" ssid Judge Horace c Wilkinson. q want to compliment the various schools and the military in structors on the splendid manner l. hardly big enough to carry a gun, marched. It was revelation to me for these boys. the men of tomorrow had the appearance of having hao nu military training and marched in the parade just like veterans"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15
Put Up. or Shut Up

CT an, not a. cross grained man, sald o. L. Bum, general manager of the Chamber of Commerce, but It does get my goat when member o1 the chamber speaks disparasingly of lts work on the outside without coming to the management and affording us an opportunity to explain, and, if needs ha rectify matters. The incongruous thing about it is that the average com plaint has no basis of action
 q have recently begun the prac'lce of running down these complaints and in each instance the party making them has owned up to his error ana apologized The chamber is not go. ing to stand for unwarranted dispar- agement. and the fellow that makes statements about our work that are unfounded is going to hear from us right now,
 eve are not perfect and know we l.are not. but, in the name of birming' ham and for the sake of Birmingham we are going to do our best to put 2 ouietus on the fellow who grumeles without knowing what he is grumblins about and thus serves to spread false impressions about community work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15
-----~- Stay It Out

The Methodist conference, when ii is in session, has no trouble in keep ing the preacher delegates until tho last day." says Russell Hunt, "as they are all on tiptoes to hear their assign ments- read out. The great trouble with some of the other religious con ventions arises from the fact that ther. Is no string to hold the ministers, and many of them just take look in an when they get tired they pull out for home A Methodist preacher may bc d little late in arriving, but usually hs is a stayer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15
# % # To Fight Tuberculosis in the Incipient Stage

in the Lncipient Stage
 71HE Alabama Anti-Tuberculosis
 association has announced the most practical plan of fighting this disease. A nurse is ro be employed in every county in the state to visit homes where tuberculosis has made its appearance, or threatens to do so, and instruct the family how to com bat the disease.
 Many plans have been evolved for the elimination of this destructive malady and many millions of dollars expended in belated and futile effort to cure after the lungs had become affected beyond remedy. It has been finally realized that the place to fight tuberculosis is in the homes of the land. Treatment in the incipient stages, amid home surroundings and without the fright and heartsickness of isolation in some strange place, is regarded as most effective.
 It is not the locality that cures tuberculosis. It is the correct man ner of living before tuberculosis has sunk it's talons into the vitals. That is what the county nurses are to teach.
 All funds derived from the sale of Christmas seals this year will go to the fight against the white plague. It is still the great destroyer. Each stamp that is purchased will help hu- manity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15

never faced problem together that they have not been able to solve frank ly, and honorably, without disparage- ment to either nation. There are no questions now at issue which cannot be settled amicably.
 The Philadelphia Public Ledger pup Johnson. in which he takes a fling at President Wilson. The lines offer con- vincing proof that Hiram's forte is not poetry.
 President Wilson joked with the mem- bers Of his cabinet after the election. And a etethoscope would probably show that the heart of the world is stiil beat ing
 A school principal objects to painted faces and bare knees. There is nothing more pathetic than the spectacle of a
  , school teacher fighting the fashions # F E According to one admiring correspon- dent, the Prince of Wales always leaves them crying when he says good-by. E < E wreclting the Psnkhurst printing shop is just another indication of normsics in England This is getting to be a hum-drun world It is almost impossible nowadays for an intrepid explorer to be eaten by csnnibals
 No one has greater admiration for tho wisdom of the United States supreme court than the unconquered "wets.''
 < < < Joe Tunulty is slated for a judgeship at $1c,O00 year. Joe has been ip public life long enough to acquire a more or less judicial temperament
 * % x The Memphis Commercial Appeal thinks Memphis ought to use the Mississippi for something more than scenic ad- junct.
 Germany's professions of friendship for England seem inconsistent after 40 years of inveterate hatred. < $ < A magazine writer who tells about the joys of dining in Paris tlioughtfully in- cludes the wine list.
 s. * # After Thanksgiving Day college stu dents who take their football seriously may find time to pick up a few crumbs of knowledge. Tn view of the huge sum spent for gaso-, line every year, the American people should not begrudgc 2s,ooo,oco to feed the starving children of central and south- eastern Europe this winter.
 E 2 $ A congressman who is retiring to pri- yate life says he cant i've on HIS salary. That is one of the most common msnifes- tations of the times.
 < * # Mississippi should provide a bear for Governor Cox to shoot, if it has to buy one from a circus. # + 4 Venizelos says blood would be shed if Constantine tried to return to the throne of Greece. For diplomat that's rather plain talk.
 # # Now that Cal Coolidge is elected, ws may be compelled to read his book about Massachusetts
 * # Mrs, Chaplin will not be permitted to- use the Chaplin name in her professional work. She has never expressed any de- sire to use the Chaplin style of comedy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15
TouSh Luck. Indeed

"It is pretty tough luck when in do' ing an obliging act for someone eise you lose out on it." said Richard John- ston of the Alabama Power company "I and Harry Walstrom went to the Hillman hotel Saturday evening to as sist visiting friend in a social affair While there I deposited my overcoat and Mir Walstron a new hat behind a
 large vase on the ballroom floor. deem ing it a safe place. To and behold, on returning to the spot a half hour aft
 erwards the hat and overcoat were
 both gone. And it was a cold night a
 that.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15
Gettinr More Room

There is one thing do not exaetiy understand about the rent situation, asid Sam Erckert. and that is why in the downtown section it seems easier to get furnished rooms than for some time past, and that in spite oi the fact that a number of boarding anu roorins houses have been torn down to make way for business or CIVIC or church or other buildings Quite rev were dismantled on Fifth avenue lhen on Nineteenth street, and on other ave- nues and streets, and yet am toiu that it is easy to find furnished rooms at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Clinchine Augment

q saw the most amusing thing the other day that I believe have ever seen in my life" said Bob Anderson and it was natural wit of the funniest kind, too, for it was about two ne- groes trading horses.
 They had finally about agreed to swap when suddenly one of them remembered to ask the other how old his horse was The other negro, in- stead of answering the question stated that when the horse was ten years old, he had been able t6 pull three ton load without any trouble and that now that he was fifteen years old, he could pull that much again. The other negro accepted his reply and they closed the deal to their mutual satis- faction."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15
. ..opNrNG PRAYER

A MORNINU PHN A
 Thou. God, knOwest the 'ns xvheretn | am strong. Save hae ''"... f,rjac in that strength. Give me ~ 5,ycu rnther on the things waer f.,l that | may make my "eakh' strong while my strength ""'" Amen.---M. $. II.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15

part in any undertaking for the city's advancement or the betterment of its community life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15
LITERARY REPETITIONS

wrote Pope. Plutarch had put 1t, For to err in opinion, though it be, not ths part of wise men, is at least human
 Tertulian, in the second century. wrote that "TIe who flees will figfiu again. Goldsmith puts it:
 For he who fights and runs away
 May live to fight another day"
 ITO be prepared for war is one of thsp most effectual means of preserving peace is recognized as belonging to George Washington. Horace had said, lin peace, as a wise man, he shouid mako suitable preparation for war;" while Pub. lius syrus put if. We should provide in peace what we need in war;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15

Mrs, Chaplin will not be permitted tt use the Chaplin name in her professional work. She has never expressed any de sire to use the Chaplin style of comedy
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-07-02
INVENTIVE GENIUS !
RObS CAL0MEL OF
NAUSEA AND DANGER
Doctors Favorite Medicine Now
Purified and Refined from All
Objectionable Effects. Gallo
tabs"-the New Name.

What will human ingenuity do next!
Emokeless powder, wireless telegraphy,
horseless carriages, colorless iodinne, taste
less quinine,--now comes nausealess Gallo
mel. The new improvement called "Calo-
tabs" is now on sale at drugstores. ;.
rest;on the new calomel tablet is a praca
ideally perfect remedy, as evidenced by
the fact that the manufacturers have au.
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Il the customer is not perfectly delighted
with Calotabs. One tablet at bedtime with
q swallow of water--that's all. No taste,
no nausea, no gripping, no salts. BY morn.
ing your liver is thoroughly cleansed and
YOU are feeling fine, with a hearty appe'
lite. Eat what you please-no danger-go
about your business.
CalOtabs are not sold in bulk. get az
original package, sealed Price, thirty
I've cents.-(adv.) {
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-07-02

The Florida Citrus Exchange has
secured the services of a government
expert to be devoted to. inspecting the
grows of the members and having
such directional charge of them as
will place them in the very highest
state of health and productivity.
The commissioners OF Duval coun-
ty, in which is located the city OF
Jacksonville, has ordered all persons
who have erected advertising bill
boards" on the highways OF that
county to remove the same within 80
days.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-07-02

go Columbian exposition and for
many years was largely grown in this
state but was gradually displaced by
newer varieties. They are described
as being clingstones, large and finel,,