The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-01
Jewish Relief Fund
 Needs Speeding Up

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 Jewish Relief Fund
 Needs Speeding Up i TT HE contributions to the Jewish 0 relief fund have not been as large as had been expected, but many of the wealthier and more generous of the race, to say nothing of the non- Jews, are yet to be heard from.
 If the Birmingham quota of $100,- 900 is to be reached, and that is reasonable sum, there must be marked speeding. up. Never was there a worthier cause than this for the starving Jews of the near east Thirty-five million dol lars is the amount that the United States is expected to raise. Several rich Jews of New York can well af 1 ford to give by the millions, and they will not fall short. But the people of the whole country should do their part, and if there is a speeding up every community will go over the top. By the middle of next week Bir- mingham should come forward with $100, 900 or more. A New York man shot woman four times and then ended his life because she said he looked like Charley Chap lin. Had she said he walked like Chaplin and he had lived to stand trial, no jury would have convicted him.
 One of the most finished Shakespear- can actors who ever appeared on the American stage. although he played minor roles. has son or a namesake who is prominent in musical comedy. Shakespeare long since ceased to com pete with the girl show.
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 Inmates of Sing Sings death house complain because one of their number snores and keeps them awake at night. Why worry? The old reliable electric chair will bring forgetfuIness of snor- ing men. flat-wheeled cars, barking dore and orou;po ,oo,+ore
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 An erudite citizen says summer and winter are spelled with lower case let ters because everybody knows what summer and winter mean but spring and fall are capitalized to avoid com fusion in the public mind. We live to learn.
 The late Joseph Ohl was known to newspaper men the world over, bur outside of his profession was practi- cally unknown. That's the penalty of being good newspaper man. 4. # < The New York World saws Americans are motor-mad. This madness reaches it's. apogee in joy rides across railroad tracks
 King George is trying to reduce the expenses of the royal household. How ever, the royal flunkies will never wear denim.
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 It Is estimated that there ar. now 05,000.0o0 people in the United States. About half of them go to tn. movie shows every day
 Another reason why life on the Mar quesas Islands must be pleasant is the fact that nobody out there ever brtngs up the Irish question.
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 It is said that Ambassador Davis Is as popular in England as it is pos- sible for an American to be. Right here is the germ of a magazine article.
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 Delegates to the San Francisco con- vention should not fail to go out and study the statesmanlike nostures of the sea lions at Cliff House. < # j. Petrograd and Moscow differ from other graveyards in having a nighv life.
 * * * It's sin and shame to call man with as prominent jaw as MT. Mo- Adoo has the Grown Prince" < * # The refining influence of women is felt at San Francisco. Give the drouth some of the credit. f, # * Senator Harding may be fine fel- low personally. but alas as an orator he is given to flapdoodle * < # For a mere debutante only 40 years old Birmingham is doing well enough with a population of 17S27O.
  LUKE M'LUExE SAYS l While a girl can look Nobby in a pair of long silk stockings, the chances are that a man would look Knohhv