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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-20
TO PLEDGE CROWN pPIuc-
Dutch Government Wants H..
Keep Out Of German pol,,," n /"

INC HHgue, March 20.-(Bv =,
1t is believed that former =. ~ ~
Prince Frederick William h., 0rown
asked today to give a nledooa mas been
father not to mix In Germon 70 bis
and to consent to definite int. politics
Secretary General Kan, of thernment. the
Government, went to Wierineo,es Dutch
day and conferred with FreJsr;. yester.
liam and Burgomaster Perehooseik WI.
The anti -militarist and
societies Of Holland have eaanarchist
demonstration to be held in Smsa,nged a
March 30 to protest against tS.erdam ~
dence of the Hohenzollerns in iHe Ho,,rNesi resi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

Relieve us. 1t is no small matter when a wife puts her foot down on her hus- band.
 The trouble with some of the ssoo diamonds" that husbands give their wives is that when friend wife takes the stone to hook shop for valuation she is offered $3o for it.
 The difference between an evening gown and a street gown is that the eve ming gown is supposed to cover DOT tion of the legs, and the street gown is supposed to cover portion of the bust.
 There are a whole lot of married men ,n this country who would like 10 be faithful to some other mans vile
 Before he gets her he can hold her in his lap for four hours. After he gets her if she sits on his knee for four sec onds he gets indignant and asks her II she thinks he is a ding-blatted sofa or a dod-rotted derrick.
 Ten years ago Luke said that you couldn't enforce prohibition until you found a way to extract the red blood from mems veins and replace 1t with ice water. And we still think we are right
 There may be room in other things. But a sausage. an egg and a corn-feo stocking are always well filled.
 The seed is getting so doggone ex- nensiye that we doubt if many of the rising generation will be able to sow any wild oats.
 Any woman would rather get pneu- monia and be dressed stylishly than stay healthy and be dressed comforta- bly,.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Praise. The Ase-Her.Id

Charles T. Logan of Palisade, N. I- writing to E. w. Barrett editor of The Age-Herald, says:
 Every night when I am at home ana have finished my many other evening duties, always pick up The Age Herald and look it over as part or my pleasure always waiting. Really you print one of the finest daily news papers in the world. It is gem. The editorial page has no counterpart any where in America and I see no reason for not putting it in a class by itself. Whoever fashioned this page has made it as nearly letter perfect as page Of general all-round interest to every class of reader could have been con- ceived
 Tt is this sustained reader-interest that makes it rise superior to any other editorial page I know. The editorials are always temperate. clean and thoughtful. l have never read a poorly written editorial in The Age e-Herald and this is the remarkable thing about it. It is always good.
 T thought you might like to know just how your work impresses an out slider, hence this note to tell you about it''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04

From the Louisville Courier-Journal R1HE SLENDER whose measure
 ment of pleasure is made with 0 hard cash as rule always has been sneered at in America by persons of greater culture and higher ideals. The American spender in foreign coun- tries has been hated by travellers and exploited somewhat scornfully by the beneficiaries of his bounty. How much more he must be hated in Europe nowa- days. How great an influence he may avert against America in Europe.
 Because of the state of foreign ex- change an American living upon Amer ican money may get necessities, and luxuries. in European cities at prices far lower than he pays at home. The European, living upon the depreciated currency of his own country, pays enormously for what the American gets at bargain.
 Alexander Konta, writing for 1.-the New York World from Vienna, tells of getting for 45 cents hotel room which cost $6 when the kronen was worth 20 cents. And, of course. it still costs the Austrian. the. equivalent of $6 in kronen."
 My four hours in a taxicab cost me several hundred kronen. and it scared me till I realized that 1t meant only a dollar"
 Because a law has prevented rent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
HORSEBACK HALL

And 1t must follow as the night the day. Thou canst not then be false to any
 man"
 That Is to say," applies this critic. untrue in any serious sense: though the result may be wounded feelings and pain to many This is not vanity ''in the ordinary sense," the argument con her. her self-respect Is deeper and based upon "a peculiar detachment which fun damentally takes herself for granted" Margot AsQuith wrote: When any ono leaves the room do not ask myself if they liked me. but if I liked them,' and point. To the casual reader at this dis tance the remark-and especially the publication of twill only confirm what the rest of the book constantly demon strates that here was a vanity not so much grandly egotistical as childish and mind is the voice not of Napoleon, but of the Duchess-the one who wrote such admirable novels for servant girls, we mean.
 These English critics speak glowingiy of the "lovable candor'' of the writer, and we would not contest their verdict in favor of the truthfulness of the book But the unconscious revelation of the character of the writer seems of far more value than any amount of ephemer- al gossip, however accurate. The picture or Horseback Hall is of a life not only fast, furious and fashionable" but hard selfish and shallow-wherein woman of education and family can live without purpose or plan, for the pursuit of sell sation after sensation-and at the end sell her sensations for cash. Perhaps Horseback Hall is only Shaw night mare. Perhaps Margot Asquith is typi- cal of nothing save the tribe of enfants terribles that belongs to no one era or nation. But these seem the important points to discuss rather than the quality of gossip which would bring blush to the cheek of George Moore himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
OFFENSIVE AMERICANS

raising, 5000 kronen pays years rent It is equivalent to $5, "the price of frugal luncheon for two in New York Everywhere prices look staggering. to an American, but really they are ridicu- lously small"
 With America aloof from Europe and the troubles of Europeans, by proc lamation of the voters in the recent solemn referendum with President elect Harding talking about needed Qualifications at the Panama canal, with a high protective tariff and the re- pudiation of the country's treaty obligations not to discriminate against foreign shipping by exacting tolls of foreign ships and permitting American ships to pass through the canal with out paying tolls. America is in the position of a rich and scornfun man amid the hungry. Matters will be made worse if rich American idlers take ad- vantage of the conditions which MT. Konta describes, and go swaggering about in Europe exchanging t h o swollen American dollar for the shriveled money of European countries, exulting in bargains that are impos- sible to Europeans, scattering with a lavish hand European money which the American can get for song. Ap parently a good many idle Americans are taking advantage of the opportu- nifty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04

From the New York Tribune.
 17 N "Heartbreak House." Shaw lets
 one of his characters explain his equally pungent phrase Horseback Hall. The former is the middle-class home, the latter the aristocratic home of mod ern England. One might have wished that Shaw had written a companion piece under the second title, but Margot Asuuith has saved him the bother. In her autobiography-judgin at least by it's serialized publications-she has all unconsciously and with the naivete Of an unbelievably self-satisfied woman, drawn a full-length portrait of a. conspicuous and typical inhabitant of Horseback Hall.
 As such a document it would be easy to justify the solemnity with which Lon don has received this extraordinary pub lication. But the weeklies just arrived from the dignified Spectator down, give 1t the space and consideration due great masterpiece-instead of sell revelatory document To an American this can only seem silly. A witty and conceited woman who feels none of the ordinary obligations of friendship to hold intimacy sacred can always write such a shocker If she has associated with con- spicuous people she can always make her shocker of enough general interest to earn wide reading and much money. But to call such vainglory and gossip literature, or suggest that intimate love affairs rather duly stated have some artistic value because the lover and his desired are real folk seems ans4extraor- dinary blindness.
 Typical of the absurd argument with which these English critics are defend- ing the volume Is the explanation given by the critic of The New Statesman as to why Mrs. Asquith, while presenting all the appearances of vain woman, IS not really vain., It is because she really believes in the doctrine of the poet:
 .sTo thine own self be true;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
A CALM WINTERS NIGHT

A CALM WINTERS NIGHT By Percy Bysshe Shelley. How beautiful this night! the balmiest
 sigh, Which vernal zephyrs breathe in eve-
 uing's ear, Were discord to the speaking quietude That wraps this moveless scene.
 Heavens ebon vault, Studded with stars unutterably bright Through which the moons unclouded
 grandeur rolls, Seems like canopy which love has
 spread To curtain her sleeping world. You
 gentle hills. Robed in a garment of untrodden
 snow-S You darksorne rocks, whence icicles
 depend.st So stainless that their white and gilt
 tering spires Tinge not the moons pure beam-yon
 castled steep, Whose banner hangeth o'er the time.
 worn tower So idly, that rapt fancy deemeth 1t metaphor of peace-ali form .
 scene Where mussinx solitude might love ts Her soul above the sphere of earth
 Illness: Where silence undisturbed might watch
 alone. So cold g" bright so still
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
2p.K1tlMlAnp,siH
STILL FOLLOWING
he New Majority.

From the New Majority.
 Could you do something for a poor old sailor? asked the seedy- looking wanderer at the gate.
 Poor old sailor?" echoed the lady at work at the tub.
 "Yes'm, I follered the wotter for Is years"
 Well" said the woman, after criti- cal look, you certainly don't look as if you ever caught up with it."
 Then she resumed her labors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
BOLD LIMBER.
From the Nashville Banner.

From the NdSHV1IIe bdHHers '
 North Carolina has champion bear hound, "Old Bony,' which Is credited with having netted 1s bears during the last few years. Nothing doing. Ten nessee has hound. owned by Cover nor-elect Ali Taylor. which in one caxn- paign captured 12 electoral votes. treed and brought down the govesnship, re- trieved three congressional seats and goodness knows what else Pin the medal on our Old Timber.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
Movement to Abolish
 Sunday "Commercialisu

sunday COmmerclallSm
 1.-THE toy balloon, the peanut vendor,
 ll the merry-go-round and the game of golf will be abolished on Sum- day, along with great many other innocent diversions, if the pilitant re- formers of America carry out their programme to establish "sinless Sab baths."
 The National Reform association plans to establish units in every state; to fight for the passage of stringent laws to "uncommercialize the Sab bath" A start will be made with the District of Columbia. E. c. Dinwiddie, for many years identified with the American Anti-Saloon league, is one of the presidents of this association. The anti-tobacco crusade met with little encouragement, but there is al ways work for uplifters to do and serious movement is on foot to sub ject the American peple to "blue laws" which will be fully as drastic, if not more so, than the old New England statutes which have been a source of mild amusement for generations. It may be argued that public sentiment is opposed to such legislation, but pub | lie sentiment in America has never made much headway against puritan ism militant and we'll financed. Fur ther drives" against personal liberty are not only imminent, but they will be pushed forward vigorously and Congress, as we'll as the state legisla- lures, will be urged to pass reform laws by persons whose zeal exceeds their discretion.
 Professional prohibitionists, who en- joyed well-paid positions while the fight against liquor was going on now
 find themselves compelled to take up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
.sWcnder Woman.

When we first came to Birmingham several years ago if we wanted to hear the great artists of the world, we had to go to New York or Chicago or to Atlanta during opera season. said Mrs. Leonard Beecher. What a wonderful thing that we Birmingham people now have the greatest of them brought to our doors. Not long after came here Mary Garden was to make her debut in New York in Pelleas ct Melisande and I went to New York for the ex- press purpose of hearing and seeing her. When I got off of the train upon my return, had this feeling; I have taken much time en route, spent a bunch of money, and am physically tired, but had it taken many times over the amount of effort and money i'm yolved, I would have felt amply re- paid. Mary Garden has all the accom- plishments real woman wishes to have. She has a great intellect, beauty, one of the most remarkable personali- ties in the world today and added to this a most lovely voice which she uses beautifully. Mary Garden is, as great an artist when it comes to sartorial effects as she Is musicaily and his- trionically.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
< * * Measure to Halt Immigration Tide

TN a recent editorial The Age-Herald u commented on a bill proposed by Representative Johnson of Washing ton, chairman of the House immigra- ton committee, to suspend immigra- tion temporarily. Like a great many other far-sighted Americans, MT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
MATHEMATICS

From the Buffalo Express- The results the same, and 1t is re- suits that count, 1914 Ten cents-One drink. Ten drinks-One drunk.
 1920 Fifty cents-One drink. is Two drinks-One drunk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04

other kinds of work. It would be in- teresting to know how many persons engaged in the new reform move- ments-for a consideration-have been recruited from the ranks of the Anti Saloon league, the Anti-Tobacco league and other organizations which can no longer be profitably exploited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
Millions for Champagne,
 Not One Mark for Indemni,

N RECENI dlSpatch rom Berlin |AA stated that the Germans have spent $125, 5,0oO,O0O on horse racing and S250,000,000 on champagne this year. For "poverty-stricken" nation with Starving babies" as one of it's prob- lems, Germany reveals a somewhat surprising ability to finance its pleas ures.
 We may be doing the Germans an injustice. Perhaps "wine, women and song" have become necessities. They may be still trying to forget what happened to "Der Tag" But when the cables bring stories of wanton extravaganza and every form of vice shamelessly Haunted in Berlin; of dia- monds worth millions being bought, stolen and smuggled; of huge sums of money being shipped out of the coun- try by dishonest banks, and millions paid over to the discredited Wilhelm to keep the wolf away from his door in Holland, one cannot help sympathiz- ing with some of the bitterness France feels toward her defeated foe.
 It is Impossible" to pay inden,ni- ties, the German statesmen declare. Germany's economic life is paralyzed, they were telling us only short while ago. That being the case, where does all the money come from that is poured out in a never-ending flood to purchase luxuries and provide amusements for the stricken German people? The poor are poor enough in all conscience, probably. It is the rich people, many of them war profi- teers, who present this disgraceful spectacle, but that does not make out any better case for the German gov ernment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
Good Meeting

We had wonderful meeting at Louisville this week at the convention of automobile club secretaries" said J. P. Dobbins yesterday upon his return to Birmingham. There were about 100 delegates present every one of whom represented an automobile club. The clubs represented covered the greater part of the United States There were only seven states, all of them southern, not represented.
 "The exchanging of ideas will no doubt, be a great benefit to all who at tended. received a number of ,valua- ble suggestion there that hope to be able to put into practice as soon as pos sible."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
MORE APPROPRIATE

From the Nashville Banner.
 The name of Croke Park in Dublin should now be changed to Croak Park. recent casualties seeming to clearly justify 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04

Johnson believes that the alien hordes who threaten to overrun America should be checked until Congress finds time to pass restrictive legislation.
 Tentative approval has been given to MT. Johnson's bill by the House committee. It would practically stop immigration for two years. As soon as pressing legislation is disposed of, Congress must give it's attention to this problem. It is estimated that be- tween 12,000,0o0 and 15,0o0,000 Euro peans are now waiting for an oppor tunity to cross the Atlantic and find a haven in America. Millions of these people are totally unfit for citizen ship and probably would not be ad- mitted even under our present laws.
 It should never be said that Ameri-  ca turns her back on deserving Euro peans who wish to seek their fortunes under the Stars and Stripes and will be duly grateful for their opportuni- ties, but we have had too many of the kind who come here to make all they can in the shortest possible time and return home, of others who scorn American citizenship and American ideals of government and of the crim- inal element.
 Effective barriers must be raised against the riff-raff of Europe. Self preservation, natures first law, de- mands it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04

ShaAi not weep n1S passing When he's called by death away, The man whose forte is gassng Sixteen hours every day.
 DRESSED TO KILL. Human life Is cheap in this country" You are right" said the pessimistic person. 'The same thought occurs to me every time see anybody wearing motor tcgs."
 THE WHEREFORE. How many servants have the Crab coinsr'
 Twelve, I believe" Do they need that manyT' Certainly not, but Mir Grabcoin has never yet won an argument with Mrs. Grabcoin."
 HEAD OF THE FIRM. The word obey was left out of the marriage ceremony" Tt would not have meant anything in particular ..Nof'
 "she has the money"
 INSTINCT. Does Bibbles know anything about geographyr' Enough for his purpoee.- Flows that7@' He knows in which direction to go to reach Canada, Mexico and Cuba"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
'9I WHERE WAS .PANcHors

From the Washington Star.
 Lovers of old-fashioned excitement in Mexico will be a little disappointed at villars failure to ride into town and shoot up the inauguration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
Mobile and Birmingham
 Are Working Together


 Are Working Together TT always was certain that Mobile ll and Birmingham between them would raise the 37,500 required for the purchase of a site for the federal coal terminal at Mobile. It would have been difficult indeed, to conceive of failure to raise less than 10 per cent of the cost of the terminal in order to secure that valuable asset.
 It is far better to have had Mobile and Birmingham raise this money to- gether than to have had either city donate the entire amount. Whatever is done by cooperative effort is worth more to the state through the cultiva- tion of that spirit than the object ob- tained.
 Mobile and Birmingham have been pulling together splendidly for several years. Jefferson and Mobile counties combined cast a greater majority for the seaport aid amendment than the total majority against that measure This kind of team work is invincible in the long run.
 Mobile is building ships out of Bir- mingham material and these ships are carrying Birmingham product s abroad. Through Mobile this district is receiving quantities of imported ma terial for the use of its manufactur- ing plants. The Warrior river is the artery connecting these two sections of Alabama and keeping life in both. Each recognizes its dependence on the other and each is sincerely interested in the other. @tssi~-,,
 x *@ N Tremendous Loss in
 Cotton Through Exposure ~Y tests made from November 25, lD 1918, to June 13, 1919, the Uni ted States department of agriculture ascertained that the damage done to baled cotton exposed to the weather averaged $69.6o per bale, while the loss on bale properly stored was only 60 cents.
 The loss to the south caused by nc storage or faulty storage of cotton has been tremendous. More care is taken now than formerly, but anyone travel ing along the railroads where cotton is grown may still look out of cal windows and see much of it losing value daily from the attack of the elements.
 There is only one sound method oi handling cotton after it is ginned. II should be protected from the weather until sold. This may be done on the farm, but there is danger of fire and insurance is prohibitive under ordinary farm protection. The licensed ware. house, where cotton is weather-pro. tected and insured, offers the best SO lution of the problem.
 Storage in licensed warehouse con verts cotton into liquid asset. It k that much cash collateral, good fol cash at any bank and in any store il the south. Cotton on the farm is |; s.frozen credit" No one is going t. lend money on it when it is subject t. weather damage and to destruction by fire.
 Measure to Halt
 Immigration Tide
 TN a recent editorial The Age-Heral' III .~4.l >~ L;l, L,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
PASSING IT ALONG.


 'Di you ever suffer from loss of sleepr- T certainly do," said Mrs. Clipping. You don't look like victim of in- somnia-"
 "I am, though. When the iceman, the telephone bell or something else inter rupts Mir. Clippings so-minute nap after the alarm clock rings in the morning he's q perfect bear at the breakfast table"
 NEIGHBoRHooD RIVALRY. Every time I buy anything new. Mrs Gadspur goes straight to town and gets something just like it," said Mrs. rwob- ble, fretfully.
 q don't know what we are going to do about that. my dear said MT. Twoo- hle. "Still, if we had a place to keep it, I might buy you a cassowary. l understand they are hard to duplicata.- THE 1RREPREssIBLE PROMOTER. "A .get-rich-quick' promoter has nn- ished serving his prison sentence 'I suppose he improved the shining hour and left with the best wishes of everyone at the prison?-
 '-Oh, yes, particularly of tho warden, who invested the savings of a lifetime in a new scheme guaranteed to pay . profit of 100 per cent"
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

THE PERFECT PEST. shall not weep his passing When he's called by death away, The man whose forte is gassing Sixteen hours every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
In Florida

'The eighty-seventh session of the Alabama conference will be called to order by Bishop James Cannon, Thurs day. December g." said pr. E. M. Glenn, and the fact that it is to meet in Panama City, will perhaps be news to some outside of Methodism who do not know that the Alabama conference take in a part of northern Florida. It prom ises to be a most interesting session. The Christian Education movement, the biggest thing now before the church, will be given fuli day. Bishop Can non is chairman, and pr. l.. c. Brans- comb, secretary. The Alabama Chris tian Advocate carries striking full page advertisement about the move ment. Evidently Panama City believes in printers ink because it gave the conference organ about two pages of local advertising matter. More and more the churches are beginning to avail themselves of publicity in both the religious and secular press.'