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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
Birmingport Is
 Ready for Freight.

iMFFICIAL announcement is made " that the Port of Birmingham Icorporation is now ready to handle freight through the terminals at Bir- lmingport, at Short Creek, on the Locust branch of the Warrior river This announcement has been awaited by Birmingham people for long time, and at the beginning of this good year 1920 they receive it with a great deal of satisfaction. The terminals have not been com pleted, and will not be for two or three months yet But the derrick is in position and temporary facilities have been provided for. handling freight on small scale for the pres lent.
 Birmingham has been laying great store by the Warrior river, looking forward to the development of traffic on that stream on substantial basis, with the belief that it would open up new trade fields for her manufac- turers and merchants.
 There is no question but this will be the result if Birmingham manufac- turers and merchants take advantage of the opportunity the Warrior river offers them. Its 400 miles from Cor dova to Mobile, starting in the rich Birmingham mineral district, tra- verses rich farm and timber lands, and ends at the splendid port of Mo- bile, where freight may be exchanged with ships sailing the seven seas and entering all the ports of the world.
 A few Birmingham men have proved their faith in the Warrior river by putting their money into the Birmingport terminals. They have caught the vision and are look ing forward to the wonderful impetus the full commercial developm ent of that stream will give, not only to industrial and manufacturing Bir- mingham, but all the state.
 The temporary facilities at Bir- mingport are but the beginning of what, the promoters believe, will be the greatest development that has yet taken place in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
Alabama Ably Represented
 In United States Senate.

SS77HE democrats of the United
 0 States Senate will make no mistake if they confer the minority leadership on Senator Underwood, !" says the Birmingham Ledger. "He proved himself in the lower house."
 Whether Senator Underwood is elected minority leader or not, his re- cent activities in the Senate in con- nection with the peace treaty fight, his candidacy for the minority lea1er- ship and the fact that he has been prominently mentioned for the demo- cratic presidential nomination have made Senator Underwood one of the most talked about men in public fife.
 It will be gratifying for his friends in Alabama to know that while col umns were printed about him in the leading papers of the country, even those newspapers which do not agree with some of MT. Underwood's pol 'icies, and others which oppose him for party reasons, were practically unan- imous in paying high tribute to his ability his honesty, his courage and his substantial achievements in a !quarter-century of service in Con- Igress.
 The people of Alabama--or some of them, at any rate--do not realize what distinction has been conferred on the state by Senator Underwood. They do not appreciate the measure of his greatness away from home, the commanding place he has won in national affairs.
 With two such men to represent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
\ SAMPLE OF. rnorAaAnpA


 From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 statement sent out from Now York this week said: More than 3o0, 900 Finish radicals in this country are' organized in revolutionary movement. in the league with Russian Reds,' the Lusk legislative committee announces. A student of Finish methods testified that there are 2oe.ooo White Finns' in this country who, she says, are vigor-. ously opposing the radicals
 Loyal and peace-loving Americans who might unhesitatingly accept these statements because made under the auspices of New York legislative committee supposed to be investig tigating the subject might well be alarmed at such disclosures. Fortunately the cen- sus bureaus figures do not bear them out. Instead of half million of Films in this country, wrangling pro and con over bolshevism. the census bu- reau found bu. 12o.ooo altogether
 Is there anything one can believe in these days of propSganda? Yet never was there greater need for strict state ment of fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08

her in the upper house as Senator Un- derwood and the veteran Senator Bankhead, Alabama is indeed fortu- nate.
 According to French ideas, Carpenter
 is rich again, but his bank roll, which
 has not yet been restored to its pre-war
 size, would not impress Broadway
 waiter.
 After a while Secretary Green may be
 able to convince dissatisfied coal miners
 that he's not the man to whip the United
 States government with one hand tied behind his back. [ No matter what happens. Josephus Dan
 ieis feels sure none of the navy decora-
 tions will become as lightly esteemed as
 the Kaiser's iron crosses. # # #
 The cold bottle and hot bird combina- tion is still possible in restaurants, but
 there is no kick" in the bottle or the
 bird either. l What makes the bolshevik campaign in
 America all the more alarming is the fact that it is being financed by money | that isn't printed on bolshevik press. | x x # | The man who is satisfied with an audi
 ence of one on a street corner can't un- derstand why there is such a demand
 for an auditorium in Birmingham # < # | The year 1919 will always be associated
 with the year 14s2 and the name of Co-
 lumbus linked with the names of Captain
 Alcock and Commander Read. # F x l The janitor of the Stock exchange building in New York draws a salary of
 s25, 600 year. The gift of a cigar prob
 ably means nothing in his life. 1 E x # | In advocating large families Premier Clemenceau is merely following in the footsteps of distinguished American
 who now sleeps at Oyster Bay. l < * * 1 Golfers apprehend a scarcity of cad dies Thank heaven the average man
 can worry along somehow without a
 caddy!
 | * * < l Galli-Curci has been granted divorce
 and the consensus of opinion seems to be that her former husband has lost a 1 first class meal ticket. 1 x F E I The average Americans idea of noth | ing to read is a wireless message from a soviet ark # # # A democrat who has no appetite for or
 atory should stay away from the JacS- | son day dinner. # # x l Colonel House is going home to Austin, Tex, in search of quiet. There isn't a quieter town in the Lone Star state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
LIKE McLIrkE sAxs

Before he gets her she is , coong dove But after he gets her she is scolding parrot.
 Many woman is applying for a di Norce long before her husband has paia the last installment on her enlargement ring
 And what has become of the O. f. man who used bone contraption that had a toothpic,x on one end and an ear spoon on the other end?
 And this would be a nicer world if men washed their necks as often as women wash their hair.
 engagement is that while the bride is combing the rice out of her hair she is wondering if she coufd not have done better.
 We know man who is always hoo rawing about the land of the free and the home. of the brave. And yet his wife makes him rock her poodle to sleep every night.
 What worries us is how tha hek . fAl- low is gonna go fishing next summer with no bait on the market.
 This is wonderful world in which a woman can be 10 years younger than her twin brother.
 The reason why a husband gets so | fsl6uly lHulSidul when HIS WIG 6CCuBSS him of some orneryness is because he is guilty.
 Why is it that a girl will be tickled to death if you buy he.. pair of chilly silk stockings when she would die of modification if you brought her a nice warm union suit? This world does not need reform half as much as it needs an invention that will make pair of pants wear as long as vest. Of course. we all voted for prohibition. But somehow or other you can get up . parade 10 miles long in 10 minutes if you will announce that there are few kegs and few quarts at the end of the route. The question of whether or not 1t is wrong to gamble depends on whether friend husband comes home winner or loser
 A wife's efforts to break into society often keep her husband brckA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
PRIsoNERED

Edmund Leamy. in the Saturday Eve
 hing Post. would forget old tropic skies.
 A dear land I know. Tall palm trees by 2 singing sea
 Where soft winds blow. For the memory breaks the heart o1
 That longs so much to go. And I can shut the vision out
 The little bluest bay, The stately liners anchored thera.
 The diving boys at play, And the great sun. the glad sun.
 shining on the day. The snakehke shore of silvered eand.
 The tumbled little town. The huddled houses blinding white.
 With palm matched roof of brown Or red tiled rocfs, beside the streo1p
 That wander up and down. But I cannot still the olden sounAa
 The pungent winds that blow. The coolies singing in the dark
 Beneath the white stars glow And memory hurts the heart of = That. prisonezed. cannot eA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
THE OLD PIANO

There was a simplicity in the life of that day that we have altogether lost. more's the pity.
 One old piano-up in Peekski1l-is now for sale. and the owner will bs lucky if he gets the modest price he asks. It is confessedly .tinpanny.. It's keys are yellow. we suppose, though once they were as white as the skillfuI hands that moved swiftly above them and brought forth the plaintive sounds of '@rhe Poor Old Slave" -Suwanee River.' or My Darling Nellie Gray.~ Time has worked it's ravages upon the ancient instrument. as it has upon the gay generation that once thronged around it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
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Typical Case Reported
 Of "Poor Little Rich Girl"
SEVENTEEN -YEAR-OLD gil

M SEVENIEEN-fEAR-oLD girl 1S attending a fashionable school in Philadelphia finds it "awfully hard" to live on $15,000 a year. She recently asked the surrogate court in New York to increase her allowance to $20,800. Her request was refused.
 This young womah's mother, the widow of Tammany politician and famous turfman, itemized the "needs' of her daughter as follows:f Upkeep of limousine, $50o0; toilet articles, hair dressing, jewelry and clothes, $300G; education and church contribu- tions, $2000; travel and pleasure, $3000; physicians, dentists and opti- clans, 5000; rent, $20oO; household expenses, S400o, making total of $2o,O00 year.
 One reason why living is so high in the United States and there is so much unrest is because there are too many persons like the politicians daughter, who can't make both ends meet on a paltry $15,000 year. Thanks to the wisdom of court , which controls her fathers estate, she will have to content herself with this modest allowance, or pile up debts, which will probably be her solution of the problem, and that of her equal ly foolish mother.
 In yesterdays Age-Herald ap- peared "story" written by a mem Der of the local reportorial staff, in which incidents were multiplied of shoppers passing by moderately priced goods in Birmingham stores to spend their money for all kinds of expensive finer and luxuries such as they scarcely dreamed of possessing a few years ago. These reckless buy CTS were not of the wealthy class. Most of them were working people, whites as well as blacks. The alac- rity with which they peeled bills of large denomination from big rolls of money astonished local merchants, who declare they have never before witnessed such exhibitions of extrava- gance among their customers. As a result, stocks of medium priced goods remain unsold, while there is brisk !. demand for $100 suits, silk under wear, silk shirts, expensive shoes and hats, photographs, pianos, motor cars, wardrobe trunks, watches and jewelry.
 The whole nation seems to have entered upon a prolonged spen ling spree and thus far has found the money to pay for it's follies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
STRANGE.

Professor Diggs is just back from Mexico where be made some important archaeological discoveries"
 "Is he geing to corAmunicate with the state department2s
 "oh. no. It seems incredible, but Pro lessor Diggs stayed in northern Mexico for six months without being kidnapped"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
SOMETHING WRONG.

Here's the announcement of head walters retirement" remarked Mir. Jso- way
 Wealthy, I presume?" said MT. Dub waite.
 Fairly well to do, but don't under stand how a man could be a head waiter for 20 years in a fashionable restaurant, as this fellow has been, and not accumu- late a fortune of more than s10o,0oO"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
OUT OF DATE.

OUI -OF DAIE- I do not care for jazz. No matter where tis found; It always struck me as A most horrendous sound. Somehow it hurt my earS And soon upset my nerves, Although some lovely dears Exhibited their curves. I do not care for jazz And feel quite sure you'll say I should be listed as Quite hopelessly passe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
To select Me.,a stxies.

? am leaving tomorrow for thfee weeks' trip to Louisville, Cincinnati New York and Atlantic City, where I will attend the annual convention of the National Association of Merchant Tailors," said Louis c. Richter. The convention will be held at The Break ers.' January 27. ss and 2s.
 This is the biz event in the tailor ing world. The styles men win wear the, coming season will be approved. The leading men in the profession from over the country will be present. will present new seyle suggestions new ideas and new methods of bush ness and when the convention ad- journs the shape of your coat and the length of your trousers will have been determined. whether you have your suit made in Birmingham or New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
TIP TO MrLwAuIkHr

From the Houston Post.
 It is said that Milwaukee Is send ing hamburgePs to Hamburg. Mil- waukes would be wine to keep her hamburger and export her Victor Aerga
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
UNWELCoME AaRYvAr.

From the Providence Journal
 Cuba has deported an l. W. W. to thls country As far as the deporta ton of Reds is concerned. it is a poor rule that works both ways.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
OLD STUFF.

OLD STUFF. "who was this fellow Ananias, any how?" asked the "cubr reporter. If I didn't know something about his antecedents would give you a mislead- ing answer" replied the dramatic editor, wearily.
 What would you say, sir" T would say that Ananias wasthe press agent of 'girf-and-music' show, tour ing the provinces and claiming the orig inal New York production with a chorus ar tn .all ,,nder on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08

BEGINNING THE DAY-God, give me this day the talisman of n right spirit. Grant me the magic of heart that loves my fellow man and Thee. May my body. my mind and the things that are with out be made over again by the things that are within. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
A Field of U.ef.l.e.,.

'4The Alabama Manufacturers and Operators association, which begins the year under the able leadership of L. Sevier, has a tremendous field of usefulness" said Charles F. DeBardele- ben, vice president of the Alabama Fuel and Iron company. Tt is to be the aim of the association to bring about a better understanding among all the industrial interests of Alabama, to promote a feeling of good will be- tween factions and sections that hith- erto have been at odds principally be- cause they don't know each other.
 You remember Charles Lambs view of that sort of thing.
 "I hate that man. he said. pointing to passer-by.
 Whyr somebody asked.
 "Because don't know him.
 That's the trouble with the different sections of Alabama they doin't know each other. And it will be the purpose of the Manufacturers and Operators association to see that all Alabama gets acquainted with each component part of itself.
 T. for one, want to see the associa- tion enroll a strong membership in every part of the state, and know MT. Sevier has the personal equipment that is necessary to success in, this impor- tant project"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
sseme Burx.s

Frank Neely. who represents one of the biggest publishing concerns in America. was in town yesterday, and south of the L. < N. tracks on Twen- tieth street he was held up by pass ing train.
 never realized before" he said, "the amount of traffic on this great thoroughfare. The train was not long in passing. yet when it finally rolled by the mob of people on the sidewalks that surged forward. the long line of delayed street cars. and mass of motor and other vehicles that moved forward was amazing.
 T doubt if that train took more than few minutes to get by, yet the street was nearly choked when the way was open. I have been coming to Birming- ham for years. used to live here, in fact, long time ago. but for the first time l got real good idea of the mass of business movement and hur- rying people and vehicles that pass along these streets day and night.
 Little old Birmingham sure is some burg"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
UPHILL WORK.

DPHllL WORh- T understand young Dr. Pillers had hard time getting established here" 50 he did" What was the trouble7" Chiefly the fact that his whiskef wouldn't grow fast" 'Indeed?" Yes It took him about four years to raise respectable vandyke beard"
 roo PRETTY. That's a stunning stenographer you have"
 "So she is." replied MT. Giddison. She's recent addition to our force" Can she spell? Can she punctuater- Pm afraid not Do you associate cor rect spelling and punctuation with such hair, such eyes. such coloring and such a figure:"
 BACKWARD. ''Jagsby is disappointed in Mrs. Jagsbv.''
  Why soT' She was always regarded as an Aa~ pert canner." Well, has she lost her skil.' '.No, but he can't understand why woman who is so smart about preserr ing fruit is so slow in learning how to operate a kitchen distiliery."
 HELPING. where were you during the great war. father?'
 q kept the home fires burning. my child"
 How did you do that fatherT' Whenever the eloquent chairman of a finance committee got up and said our town could never, never hold up it's head again or view the Stars and Stripes with out blush of shame unless we sub scribed million or two to a war fund, I struggled to my feet, check book in hand, and said, Count me in on that
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08

From the Louisville Courier-J Journal
 He who died at Azan sends
 this to comfort all his friends:
 Faithful friends, it lies, I know Pale and white and cold as snow; And ye say Abdallah's dead;
 Weeping at the feet and head
 I can see your falling tears,
 can hear your signs and prayers;
 Yet l smile and whisper this:
 I am not the thing you kiss
 Cease your tears and let it lie;
 It was mine-it is not L"
 Edwin Arnold. IA n AURICE MAETERLINCK'S phi- )M losophy of life revealed in his S VS essays includes championship of the use of fists in fighting, and practice of the art of boxing. which begets reliance upon fists; depreca- ton of gambling as 4squalid, mechan- teal. anaemic and unloyely adventure of the purposeless, desperate and de- bilitated, who lack courage and pa tience to make honest effort" love as an ideal which awaits the seeker; modern heroism as something finer than the qualities of Homeric heroes; death as a fascinating interlude and life in another world the afterpiece.
 Of death, Americas distinguished guest says:
 .sThe best part of life is that it pre- pares this hour for us. that it is the one and only road leading to the magic gateway and into that incomparable mystery where misfortunes and suf-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08

Washington Bureau. 800 Davidson building.
 European Bureau 10 King street. Covent Garden. London. w. c. 2.
 Eastern business office. World oullo- ing. New York City: western business office Tribune building Chicago. The s. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
Get {. Gsnx.

"Gt . 10mRs
 J. Walker Roach of Chicago came out of a big Birminsha hotel and started to cuss.
 Why in the name of blankety- blank blank isn't there some way of haiIing and getting taxi at these hotel doors? have a train to catch, and out of SO motor vehicles in sight, you can't tell taxi from private car. standing or moving.
 If you folks would only have d ciaxcn horn nailed to the front of the hotel, or a gong. or whistle, or some thing. I can't ask every chauffeur I see if he's running taxi.
 T like this town and get good or ders here and I'm glad to land here every trip, but always go off with a had taste in my mouth because half the time l must walk to the station.
 'Of course I know I can phone for one from the hotel desk. or order it in advance, but that is not done else where, and most of these things are a matter of custom with us travelling people. In other towns the taxi driv- CTS are at the curb hailing you to get fare. In Birmingham, though the town may be crowded with 'em, you can't find one with spyglass.
 Please fix it before I get back"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala rostoffice as second-class matter, un- der act of Congress. March 8. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Pity the neuhev.


 Arthur Slade of New Orleans was in town yesterday. He said:
 Pity the bellhop. Has to get up at 1o:S0 in the morning go through the trouble of eating breakfast, then carry a suitcase from the door to the desk, from the desk to the Elevator, from the elevator to a room. Pockets a dime or two bits. A momert later the bell rings and he has to rustic ice water to the same party, another dime. By the time he gets downstairs there is another. and it all has to be gone over again.
 Then the first chap sends him out with suit to be pressed, maybe two, and all he gets is a two bit commits sion on each, Maybe that win oniy happen six or ten times before dark, and all in between guests are ar- irving.
 Then the lady that come in with the two little girls sends him out for fruit and flowers and he has to pocket an- other two bits.
 Possibly the guy in 145 is thirsty, and the bellhop has to take the two- dollar commission. Or maybe he has to pilot. and that means a dollar from each.
 And by the time night comes, and he has seen 30 people to their rooms had 16 suits pressed, auenched eight thirsts, and about as many other fires the poor. down-trodden little chap only has ambout 20 or so dollars to show for whole days work. and on top of that they make him draw wages at the end of the week.
 Poor boy; sure is in an awful fix"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08

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