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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
LUKE McLuKE SAYS

Anyway, homely man can point with pride to the fact that Abraham Lincoln wasn't anybody's pretty baby doll.
 What has become of the O. f. tough boy whose hands were covered with warts?
 The fellow who is always knocking this bad, sinful old world is the same man who is always yelling for a doctor so he can stick around a little longer.
 This is a queer world farmers idea of luxury is to eat canned corn and canned tomatoes.
 Why is it that man can tell you the color of a girls stockings when he can tell you the color of her eyes?
 If father has to get up and fix his breakfast one morning in the year 1t is sign that he will spend the other S64 days bragging about it. What would you think if your wife came home at 2 a. m. and offered you the same excuse you offer her when you get home at a. m.? Poker used to be the great American game But nowadays when two or three are gathered together, one of the parties is almost sure to produce set of dice. Many a man who voted dry because he thinks he is temperate will loll around meals.
 Every now and then you meet mar ried man who is so henpecked that you feel like asking him what his maiden name was before he got married.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23

50 far from having in mind the for- mation of a new religious society, when began my irregular warfare in Whitechapel in 1885, said William Booth" I was possessed of the Idea that I could safely send my converts to join with the existing churches Of the locality; and. in fact, did so."
 As it has been often asked why this policy was abandoned. and as there IS much information and some criticism because of it. I thought it would be " orth while to let the late General or the Army speak for himself, and Tn this way at least get chance to get the facts and then be in better po- sition to judge in the matter
 "It was only when I found that my proteges were not very warmly re- ceived, to put it kindly and that they were in danger of lapsing for sheer want of comradeships and oversight ard the absolute necessity arose TOT their CO., operation into the active la bors into which I was almost imme- diately led.'' said he. that l resolved to draw them together and form them into small societies after the best models of which I then knew
 Now, let's look for moment at a bir of his own religious history. T was a Methodist minister, accustomed to work chiefly among the lower middle classes in provincial centers with, no doubt, many of the limitations both Of thought and outlook. which are com mon to those conditions" said he. This certainly was in itself a narrowing en- vironment to spirit, mind and body How did he rather late in life find an inspiration to rise above his deadening surroundings.
 Perhaps from a human standpoint the answer may be found in the fol- lowing statement of his: My early as- sociation with the Church of England the church of my father, so far as ne can be said to have had church a. all. prevented my entire acceptance or some of the noncomformist views or denominationalism. and gave me. per haps. a more liberal feeling toward the work of all good men,
 But am rather inclined that it was the influence of Catherine Booth, of whom he testified after her death Tn 1890. as being woman of wide sym pathy as well as striking intellectual powers" who gave him the necessary push to a largeness of ambition and hope for the cause of Christ, which be- came the ruling motive of his later life, and made the Salvation Army what it Is today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23

It will be seen that William Booth not only knew something about the Established Church and Wesleyanism, but because of his knowledge he be- came convinced that in these con- verts or members" as we gradually came to call them, I had most at- tractive agency. and most potent ln- in conditions to those under which they themselves had been living" Is it any wonder that he found that ordinary working men in their corduroys and boulder hats could command attention from their own class which was re- fused point blank to me with my theo- logical terms and superior terms.'
 The theology of the army is bound up in what is known as the ''old theology; it breaches the gospel of blood and fire, that is to say, the gospel of blood and Christ, and of the fire of the spirit. Here it says to all sorts and condi- tions of men, lis remedy for the evil in your nature, in your lives. Here, py repentance towards God and faith in His Son, Jesus Christ, you may find the cure of sin, and the strength to live lives of purity and unselfishness. Try Him.
 It is simple creed. It stands for the old truths. The faith which can be in terpreted in terms of duty, unselfishness, of purity, of love to God and man. This is the only faith it really cares about. Whatever may be. the case with the select minority" says the late general, ''the consciousness of sin, the force Of evil habit and the influence of passion, are all vivid realities with the <grea: masses of the population" To them the Salvation Army carries the promise of deliverance by Jesus Christ.
 And so, the sinful man and the erring woman, tempest tossed, are advised, or rather besought to ''try Him. and blessed be God. they do try Him, and the results as is evidenced by the fact that the Army is now firmly established i'll IllOIt tIldl lllly tOuHtli iCo. " iiCtC "e.s your Saviour born?'' asked derisive critic of a fellow workman who had been transformed from life of sen sualism and violence to one of sobriety and honest service. T do not know was the reply. Where did He live?" 'I do not know about those things.'' was the answer, but I do know this. that He has forgiven my sins and changed all my life, and that He is my Saviour That is the answer, perhaps" says the general, ''the only effective answer to unbeiief, the answer of experience
 William Booth made the discovery that the slaves of intemperance in White
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
SALVATION ARMY FRUIT--By Frank Willis Barnett

chapel were accessible to the influencs
 of the testimony of little bands of re-
 formed drunkards, whose message was
 a message of hope, when his had only roo
 often been one of condemnation. He
 found that the wild and unruly East
 Enders whose highest idea of happiness
 was to lose themselves in debauchery,
 could be, after all. made through re-
 deemed men out of their own set that
 there was "something in religion and
 that the deliverance through Christ was
 a reality.
 And wise man that he was, William Booth held on to his members ana formed them into societies. AS body, the men and women who make up the sum total of the leadership and the rank and file of the Salvation Army, are prov ing themselves to be no mean successors of the Apostles, and are daily through their labors furnishing material for new Book of Acts. Throughout the world tbev are sent from God to proclaim the ldemands of His salvation to all who have not realized the one, or experienced tne other. They are the pioneers of re- ligion that makes them gentle among the rebellious, the false, the ungratefui and the cruel They are touched with divine compassion for the careless, the raviIers. the extortioners, the drunkards and the hopeless. "A man may be down. but he is never out" to Salvationist- They are doing Christ's work in lifting yp the outcast and in binding up the on ken-hearted. Gods blessing is upon then
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
GRASS CRITICISM.
AeJ3oaeA

GRASS CRITICISM. How was the piano recital?" Don't ask me-" replied MT. Dub waite, wearily.
 Weren't you therer' "Oh. yes. But all I know about the recital is that the pianist shakes a mean mop of hair"
 A LAZY MUSE D I cannot join the joyous bards Who warble of the spring And with fine abandon, too, Their joyous sonnets sing. For inspiration dies in me s And Father Times to blame. I've lived through many, many springs And all are much the same. A softer blue is in the skies And lovely blossoms blow; The hills and wales are clothed in green But all of that you know. There's perfume the languid breeze, The world is fair to see, Which you may easily perceive Without a word from me.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
Increased Pay for
 the Marine Band

IME was when the pay of the
 O United States marine band at Washington was only that of private enlisted men of the corps. It was so in Sousa's day when the March King" was raising the standard of the organization and winning fame for himself.
 But in recent years the pay has been sufficient to attract thorough artists. Only last week Congress voted another advance, the scale be- ing now: Leader, rank, pay and al- lowance of a captain of marines; second leader, minimum pay and al- lowances, $225 per month; principal musicians, $20O per month; first-class musicians, $175 per month; second class musicians, $160 per month; third-class musicians, $145 per month; privates, $105 per month.
 In addition to the above pay, dni- forms and board are furnished free to all except the leader-captain, who is provided with a house and it's keep.
 After thirty years of service, the musicians are entitled to retire on three-fourths of the pay received at the time of retirement.
 The marine band numbers sixty men, and Capt. w. L. Santelmann is and has been for many years, the leader. He was it's first commissioned officer, being originally only second lieutenant. The band is the pride of Washington, and it is safe to assume that no wind ensemble in the world is superior to it, and with two or three exceptions, none equal to it.
 Walter Damrosch and his symphony orchestra are now making brilliant tour of the cities of the allies. It promises to be a splendid success. This is the first time that Europe has ever heard an American orches- tra. During the war it heard many good American military bands, and several years ago it heard Sousa at his best. But the United States ma rine band outclasses all concert or- ganizations of this order. It would be popular move for the government to send Santelmann and his sixty musicians to. Europe for a short tour in 1921. They would be sure to meet with wild acclaim.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
No Mean Spirit
 Between Sister Cities

DCNWSSh 92oASI NhkACS
 1H'HE Tuscaloosa News is right in
 N calling attention to the omis- sion of the name of Tuscaloosa from a recent bird's-eye view of the Ala bama river system appearing in The Age-H Herald.
 The News was, however, wrong in even conjecturing that this omission was with malice aforethought, either by this newspaper of by the river in terests who had the view made. In fact, two days before the criticised view appeared The Age-Herald car ried an official map of the territory served by Birmingham's river ter minals, on which Tuscaloosa appeared in letters precisely as large as did Birmingham.
 Birmingham has repeatedly praised Tuscaloosa for her enterprise in be- ing first to issue bonds for river ter minals and first to build them, first to be ready to handle freight up and down the river.
 Birmingham has advertised the Tuscaloosa terminals quite as much as Tuscaloosa; more so, in fact; be- cause three Birmingham newspapers did it for several years while Tusca- loosa had only one daily paper in which to do it.
 There is no jealousy left in lig- hearted Alabamians when one locality does the right thing, the enterprising thing, the big thing. We are part and parcel of the same destiny.
 Tuscaloosa has been on all the off, ficial river maps of Alabama, and will not suffer from inadvertent omission from an unofficial one that had but one days life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23

usually contributed the majority portion of republican campaign funds, are for Wood. They believe him to be the best fitted man in the country for the pro- tection of corporate wealth and manu- featuring enterprises against the on- slaught of the radical labor element. They believe Wood to be not only a man of ability and courage, but one who is versed in government and has proven his worth as an administrator. These men, if necessary, would raise millions of dollars both to nominate and elect Wood. They feel that they must pro- tect themselves against men of the Hiram Johnson and William J. Bryan type.
 E * #
 Among the politicians in the conven- ton the average observer would think that Governor Lowden of Illinois, and Senator Harding, of Ohio, will be the two strongest men with the old guard ele- ment and that either one of them has better chance for the nomination than either General Wood or Hiram John- son.
 In the event of Johnson's nomination 1t is freely predicted the republicans would split. There would, however, not be such a result in the event of General Woods nomination.; but undoubtedly there would be great dissatisfaction among certain elements who have here tofore carried the doubtful states for the republicans.
 Up to date no candidate of any par ticular strength has developed in the democratic party Perhaps former Sec retary of the Treasury McAdoo and At torney General Palmer have more votes promised to them today than any other of the suggested candidates.
 Governor Cox, of Ohio, will go to the convention with the 8 votes of Ohio TOT him. and there will probably be other Ia vorite sons presented I am told the New York delegation, with SS votes, will probably cast them for Lewis Nixon, the famous shipbuilder, on the first ballot. Nixon is one of the delegates from New
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
FREE IN THE TRUTH

By William Cowper. He is the freeman, whom the truth makes
 free. And all are slaves beside. There's not a
 chain, That hellish foes. confederate for his
 harm. Can wlnd about him. but he casts if of With as much ease as Samuel his green
 withes. He looks abroad into the varied nelA Of nature. and though poor. perhaps
 compared With those whose mansions glitter in his
 sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his owns His are the mountains. and the valleys
 his. And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel. But who. with filial confidence inspired. Can lift to heaven an unpresumptious
 eye. N r4 And smiling says-ssMy Father maAs thsm
 all"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23

No oTH political parties are devoid of ]S) what might be termed predomi-
 nant presidential candidate this year.
 There is really no leading candidate in either party.
 The republican convention meets in Chicago on June Sth and the democratic convention meets in San Francisco on June 2Sth.
 There will be just time between the adjournment of the republican and the meeting of the democratic convention to enable the observers and newspaper men to make the trip from Chicago to san Francisco.
 In the Chicago convention there will be 9S4 delegates. It will therefore take 49S votes to nominate.
 Of the instructed delegates up to date. General Leonard Wood claims 145; Sem ator Hiram Johnson, of California claims 100 Governor Frank o. Lowden, of Illinois, claims 7S and Senator Warren G. Harding, of Ohio, will have the Ss votes from the state of Ohio. Thus it would appear to be anybody's race in the republican convention.
 The old line republicans, led by Sem ator Penrose of Pennsylvania and Sen- ator Lodge of Massa achusetts, will make their fight in the convention for the so-called "old guard element of the re- publican party to control. They want a regular organization mana man who will distribute all offices to republicans and who will build up an organization like unto that which Mark Hanna built up during the Mckinley administration. These old time republicans will not stand for men of the type of Senator Hiram Johnson, who is more or less known as the Bryan of the republican party. Nor do they want General Leon ard Wood, as they consider him too much of the military type.
 # # # On the other hand large part of the corporate interests of this country manufacturers and others-who have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
When the Steamboat Whistle
 Was Heard Around the Bend

1NHERE was rejoicing among the
 O rivermen of Louisville when it was announced recently that ten boats would arrive in one day. "The river has come back" they said, re- calling a time when stately craft ploughed the Ohio and the Missis- sippi, carrying freight and passen- gers.
 The romance and the poetry of river traffic have gone, never to re- turn. Inland waterways will be used to an increasing extent as the years go on, for it is now realized
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23

"The husband of a militant suffra- gette."
 That being the case, he may not De expressing his own sentiments" Possibly not. He shouts like man who has been carefully rehearsed." SUSPICIOUS. q notice MT Blobbs takes one of his
 pretty stenographers out to lunch quite often.' z. "Ah! What does that signify?" q wouldn't venture to say, but If owned stock in the firm 1t wouldn't sig nifty increased dividends" HAD SOME EXPERIENCE. "Who is the president of your overall club?" "A self-made millionaire" "Is he competent?" ''He ought to be. Ten years ago he wore overalls and carried a trowel in his hand instead of a banner"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23

of industrial operations. They are the fountain from which everything else flows.
 Whenever the horoscope is one of smoke by day and beacons of fire by night where our industrial plants are situated, we know that all is well, and vice versa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE PROSPECTIVE -
 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES OF THE TWO PARTIES

| York and is very strong with the demo-
 crats of that state. He is at present
 Public Service Commissioner of New
 York. If Nixon does not develop strength
 in the convention the New York delega-
 tion will. in all probability, go for Mo
 Adoo if he shows general strength.
 Attorney General Palmer will probably
 have a good vote on the first ballot, but
 not enough to make him the dominant
 factor.
 Among the congressional delegations from various democratic states he is also. very strong. He spent many years tn
 Congress as next man in rank to oscar w. Underwood, then chairman of the Ways and Means committee and is an ex- ceedingly able man, but unfortunately
 comes from a state which no one be- ueves can be carried for the democrats | Champ Clark, of Missouri. is a candi- l date, but Clark is getting old and is not
 
 1 looked upon generally as an available aspirant.
 Robert l.. Owen, senator from Okla homa, formerly chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate, Is making an ! active campaign as westerner. HIS friends have recently opened headquar- ters in Washington, and are very vlgor- ous in presenting his name. In the San Francisco convention is is anybody's race. MT. Bryan, as usuai' will seek to dominate. He is partlcu- larly fighting the candidacy of Edwards of New Jersey, and several other r vorite sons who will be presented. 70 one seems to know who Bryan IS 1oT' except himself; but so far as can pc learned no one is supporting Bryan as an actual candidate. Many delegates. however. fear him and fear his influence with the Anti-Saloon League or prohipl- 1 tion element of this country. Certain II is that Mr. Bryan will attempt to nomi' nate some man who will recognize him. He will encounter difficulty in finding such a man whom the country would think fit to be president.
 l H,xJR,gee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
,oyous JUNkErs OF pREMIERs

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 First San Reno, Italy, then Hythe, Eng land, and lastly Spa. Belgium-these are the favorite gathering places or aliied premiers. Before they have finally set tied all treaty problems they will know about every favorte local blend or wine in Europe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
THREE TIMES AND OUT

From the Mobile Register. Fumes from a still killed a moonshiner
 near Gadsden He whffed three times and was out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
Process of Deflation
 Is in Safe Hands

0E WO of Birmingham's most ex- U perienced men of finance and affairs agree that the process of de- flation has set in.
 They further agree that this pro- cess bids fair to be gradual one without drastic effect on any but the simon-pure speculator.
 They finally agree that there is plenty of money for legitimate pur- poses.
 Otto Marx, broken and banker, says:
 Credit is absolutely controlled now by the federal reserve board and nothing will be done by that conserv- ative institution that will do harm to the legitimate interests of the country"
 w. H. Kettig, director of the fede- ral reserve bank of Atlanta, says:
 "All speculative and non-essential loans must be called or prohibited. i"
 But he adds:
 "There is plenty of money on hand for legitimate and necessary busi- ness"
 This messags to the needless:
 "But the public should be warned that extravaganza and luxuries will be prohibited"
 Everyone wants gradual deflation. The choice is between that and the kind that really hurts.
 The country is to be congratulated that the matter is largely in the hands of the federal reserve board. To that agency of the government we owe the smooth conduct of finances during the world war. Fortunate are we to have the same agency in charge of the deflation process. -
 The average citizen might bear in mind the advice of MT. Marx:
 If the people would not carry cash in their pocketbooks and keep it in the banks they would increase the bank deposits several hundred nil- lions of dollars, which would be quite an item in establishing more credit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
NICE BABY

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Little Myrtle Wheeler is only 3, and she really did not intend to separate her daddy and mamma; but she did. The father, Frederick Wheeler, of South Tenth street, Newark. was today granted divorce and the baby was the cause of it all.
 One day while out walking with her father, wee Myrtle began prattling about ..her new daddy and her new baby sis ter" Dad became suspicious and investi- gated. The divorce was the answer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
Of Benefit to Basic
 Birmingham Industries

ID BIRMINGHAM will directly ! ,ne- ID fit by the approval of the in- terstate commerce commission of the appropriation of at least one hundred and twenty-five of the three hundred million dollar revolving fund to en- able the railroads to purchase much needed equipment. s
 Among pressing requirements of the roads are two thousand locomo- tives and hundred thousand freight cars of all kinds.
 The equipment to cost the sum ap- proved by the commission will only meet 25 per cent of the needs, but that much will help great deal. The vast bulk of this money will go to iron furnaces and steel mills. That means steady operation and employ ment of tens of thousands of men.
 It is estimated that, no matter how supreme the effort, it will re- ouire five years for the railroads to fully equip themselves with the needed rolling stock. In all that period there should be demand fer continuous operation of steel mills and blast furnaces.
 Birmingham is based on iron .nd steel. All else is superstructure. The nay rolls are the exclusive creature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
NON-COMMITTAL.

 Are lady barbers talkative?' "The one who shaved me this morning wasn't" replied the festive travelling man. "No?"
 q asked her what she would be doing tonight and I don't know yet how she intends to pass the time."
 MODERN WORSHIP How were the services at Dr. Fourth ly's church?"
 Gratifying to his fashionable parish toners, I presume"
 "Yes?"
 ''They were treated to a thirty-minute political harangue and thirty minutes Of near-grand opera"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23

Q then, bewarej
 Those wounds heal i'll that men do give themselves. ..4I.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
SOLVING A SHOE PROBLEM

From The Ave Marie.
 A French magazine claims to have dis covered in New York lsaper an adver- tisement to this effect: "A gentleman who has lost his right leg is desirous o1 making the aeauaintance of some one who has lost his left leg, in order to become associated with him in the purchase of boots and shoes, size S." The very obser- want French editor very politely com ments An American may occasionally lose leg, but he never loses his head"