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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-08

Words cannot describe the humiiia- ton of town whose population falls 10000 below the estimate made be- fore the census was taken.
 s. # # '"The Turk should go." remarks the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Every hody but the Turks says that, but he fingers on in Europe A contemporary points out that President Wilson is "may-I-notting with his old-rime vigor. Richard is himself again.
 < * $ That Louisville paper which assailed the lamented Senator Bankhead finds itself hopelessly in the minority.
 # x x Greek was barred at Oxford. One by one the barriers fall.
 # < # A bachelor girl calls the father of 27 children a beast but what is that to a bachelor girl?
 4 few snowflaker yesterday mere ly reminded us that spring will soon he in our midst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-08
TRoTzkY's .LADoR ARMIES.

from the New 4ork WOrM.
 The keen interest of Lincoln Eyre's
 article on soviet Russia and the block
 ade in yesterdays World was en-
 ranced by the coincidence that brought
 ic the same issue further details oi
 the constitution of TrotzlSy's three
 labor armies withdrawn from war to industry.
 Trotzky in person commands the First army, which consists of 150.000 men, apparently in addition to 16.H6O communists and communist students. Formed from the military Third army it Is to work in the Ural region. The Second and Thiyd Labor armies the cid Ninth and Seyenths are to serve in transportation in the grain regions, to feed Petrograd and Moscow, and to in : stall hydro-electric plants. The armies that are to drop their weapons for tools are taken over odily under military discipline. What that discipline became in stress of war Mir. Eyre has reminded us. Perhaps there has been no sterner code for
 warriors since the days of the Roman legions and of decimatio2 for disobedi- ence.
 That the regime which, according to
 cur parior bolsheviki. freed Russia"
 kindled 1 new political light in the
 east and made Moscow the world cap
 ital of liberalism is now subjectinE
 goo coo or ao0.00o young men to linn ited-term industrial slavery under WAT discipline Is surely sight for the startled world to watch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-08
ROBINSON CRUSOES RIVAL

wind Night came on and De Rouge mont prayed that he might Rot be driven onto some rocky coast.
 Then he felt tremor run through the vessel: he heard the keel scraping over sand and fell to his knees in prayer But instead of the crash he expected there was a gentle quiver; the grating ceased and the boat came to rest. When day broke he found nfr self on sandy beach.
 There followed weeks and months of loneliness. Fruits of the tropics in- find no sign of human habitation. Two and one-half years passed in this man ner, and then there came another storm, and the following morning De Rouge mont found three savages had been swept into his retreat. With the aid of these he fashioned boat. and after more months of waiting for favorable winds the quartet put off in search of the mainland. For days they drifted over a placid sea, and then beached on the coast of Australia.
 There they were seized by other say ages and carried into the interior. De Rougemont was the first white man these natives had seen, he said. and they deified him and made him their chief.
 Months passed, and finally, despair ing of being rescued by the people of his own race. he adopted the customs of the natives and took native wife. For more than 20 years he lived in thia manner, ruling over thousands of black boys" until finally. in 1895, through the unwittinx aid of some of his followers, he succeeded in reaching a white settlement. and from thore shipped to England
 This was the story of De RouEemont as he told it to scientists in London. and as he told it again in serial form in English and American magazines in 1898. By many scientists it was ac- |cepted as the truth By others it was declared to be the imaginative fabrica- tion of ronancer. But readers iu England and France and the United States took De Rougemont's tales of shipwrecks and savages. or riding giant turtles and alligators, for the interest they got out of them. and did not worry over their veracity, and Louis De Rougemont grew wealthy from their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-08

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 TIT MAY be regarded as fortunate 1 sign when so distinguished ser 4 man as Count Hermann Keyserlin ,n,,, tolls his countrymen that the
 whole spirit of the nation needs 'o Oe 1 (transformed He avoids discussing the
 oriyin or conduct Of the war, nor does he single out individuals for censure' rn tha nresent state of German feei- ing this is task from which the D0io- l est might shrink. But Count keyser-
 ,;nss arrajcnrasns Of he whole sys- tem known to tho weFsd as aultur IS perhaps the mora l.ng for that. 1 Political recon strsessan. he points out win not sufgSre There is tend
 enov nowhere steanes than in this
 country, to regard mcfnaas of govern
 ment as panacsas fpr evsry social or political i'll. T. prepf of any gov 1 ernment. howevar. ics in ts working No American would have America any lining else than Te2uoiict Practically
 all Englishmen are perfectly well sat issied with eass9rratIc monarchy The success of form Of government depends on its adaptaptiits se the peo-
 ple it governs The mere making of Germany into a retlniic will not [ work her redemption Tse people rule i successfully only when thsy know how 1 to rule.
 If the fundamental erroT cl he sf eF- mans has been their inahti to aas- tinguish between thinEs as f sSere
 and things as they are. VI E ths
 view Count KeyserlisE as dhen 1 this vital defect is nc to te FsgnsaasA Ihy new political forms. Tie nsN re- pubiic will go as far astray %s tae es1 i empire while it's members eweE sa sts "Erscheinungswelt," wtrld pf Ap- pearances. Their absorption ex ternals, will continues to l,sa saeis eyes to the inward realits s osFns Keyserling says that Gern any eday lis broken in spirit. demora sze0 w.;.aF cut faith: and he attrsbutes sis. aos plorable condition to the faes shaf her 1 soul is atrophied, that she E capah.es rot of true wisdom. but mersig of ming. es
 The Germans did great tringa ss sAs years following the vistpf of aasi- They made q god of effie tAey maintained a war machsus was
 the wonder of the work tfsd
 navy; they won colonial s nss
 they developed trade arr of the world. Meanwhile the aAs eas character, unfed at the dsepe spr4- gs of life. suffered sad de' ''cs asson
 This living in externals, csant key serling points out will lsaa to spirit ual suicide. He even goes 50 far IS
 to draw . contract between Germany
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-08
Alabama Leads in
 Good Roads Movement

A SYNDICATE writer on busi- GA ness topics whose articles ap- pear in newspapers in every section of the country pointed out recently what Tennessee was doing for the improvement of it's highways.
 He stressed the fact that Tennes- see is expending twenty million dol- lars on the construction of modern roads. But he overlooked Alabama. Tennessee is doing large work, but Alabama is ahead of it; is ahead, in fact, of every other state in the south.
 The twenty-five million dollar bond issue for good roads recently voted by the people of Alabama will mean an expenditure of fifty million dol lars, for the federal government will match the. state appropriation dol- lar for dollar. In addition to the twenty-five million dollar bond is sue, which will build trunk line through each county, Jefferson coun- ty voted a five million dollar bond issue for local roads.
 / All this work is to be undertaken at once. The new highways will be hard-surfaced and permanent, and will serve the motor truck for all time to come, for the money to be ex- pended will pay not only for construc- tion, but for upkeep.
 Alabama has spent millions on road improvement, but the money was not economically expended. Every dollar was honestly accounted for, but the method was wasteful. The roads were cheaply built, with no provision for repairs, and in a short time washed away and left us with bad roads.
 We will now have only the best. Tennessee has done well in appro- priating twenty million dollars, but Alabama will be we'll ahead of it. Within the next three or four years Alabama will have a perfect system of hard-surfaced roads.
 It will be difficult to overestimate the commercial value of this great forward movement. It will have a distinct bearing, not only on the value of farm lands, but on city prop erty as well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-08
\ Mix-Up in shoes

'I had rather amusing. but at the same time rather hard. experience awhile back" said Dr. George R. Stuart. "A man badly in need of shoes came to my study and asked if i couldn't give him a pair, and as I had two pairs. partly worn out. I thought I ought to help him. I gave him a pair. but did not learn until later that had given him both right-foot shoes. The joke was on me when the pair I was wearing gave out and 1 went to get my old pair. l discovered that they were both lefts. but I put them on and managed finally to be able to walk straight in them.
 q happened to be in Lynchburg and a friend who has farge shoe store said, George. do you need any shoes?' l answered that as soon as could sell a lot at Junaluska I expected to buy a new pair. He laughingIy replied Save your lot; I'll give you d pair Il was about my train time and took the first pair he put on me. although they were tight, for fear that if l go, too finieky about fit would miss nv train"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-08
LUKE MLUIlE SAYS

Maybe a woman changes her mind so cften because she doesn't like the looks of it after she gets it made up.
 Cheer up, Even though your prayers that your enemy be confused go un- needed, the prayers of your enemy thal you be confused also go unheeded.
 We hate to harp on prohibition. But the drys tell us that it is a sin to take . glass of beer. and we were thinking that if this is the case. and beer has been popular beverage for nearly ,,000~ years, there are mighty few men n heaven.
 Sooner or later every wise fish runs his nose up against the right kind )f bait.
 They say that money talks. But we know a lot of women who can make money look like a piker when it comes talking.
 These narrow skirts do not add much 70 girls appearance They merely make her walk like she was wading in water.
 After banquet or special gather ing a crowd of men does not put as much pep into the singing of The years ago.
 GOftlt Sift WOn SO Vat AOI q W&ih until they are satisfied ttat they are well painted and upholstered.
 If you are an observanr cuss you will notice that the man who Is always knocking his home><own never moves ,ut of it.
 Our idea of music is the yelping and squealing of the ardent prohibitionisi who has just discover <d that his cellar has been busted open and his stock oi liquors stolen.
 Some men wouldn,s be satisfied if they had steel maEnate's salary and a bank clerks holidays.
 Every man Is willing to bet on the accuracy of his watuh. But ask any four men the time and the betting is that all four watches will register differently
 When a man gets the praying habit he expects the Lord to see to 1t that he wins all his bets. gets a raise in salary and doesn't catch the flu or have his rent raised.
 wife may not know it. But de- veloping tasty disposition is no way to test her husbands devotion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Three Crooks


 Among criminals" said Judge H. B. Abernethy yesterday. there are three classes that are rrigibles-piek- pockets, forgers and car thieves. They can't be cured. Perhaps it is because all three re- quire a certain amount of training that the perpetrators are so hard to cure. From what have observed of them in my court, I am led to believe that pickpockets are all that Charles Dick ems says of them in oliver Twist You remember of course. Fagin's school for pickpockets. where Hal Bacon, the Artful Dodger and Charlie Bates brought Oliver? It takes just that sort of training to make pick pocket, and an apt pupil wishes to ex- eel, feels superior and considers pun ishment by the law a temporary nuisance. When his Jail term is over he picks pockets again until he is caught again. He cannot be cured. With the forger the case is some what similar. usually a desperate man, . ii d ti6nt PidCS, tnS llhiC, and with beginners luck he gets by with it for a while. then the habit is formed. A few minutes crafty effort to secure an income for week, nonth. year. And when he gets out Of the penitentiary. his reputation gone. he Nforges aga-n until he is caught again.
 The automobile thief is a newer de- velopment. All that have ever seen have been from r to 20 years old He can drive a car. He sees one standing unattended Both vanish. Home again with several hundred dollars, he be- lieves 1t will be as easy again when his money is gone. He too, will never be cured. Like a horse that has once run away, you can never tell when he will bolt again. A little stringency, q little financial difficulty. and he will steal another car.
 "The only way to protect the public fom any of them is to keep them locked up all the time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-08
Edison Was Right

John W. Hunter. who makes out the permits for the building of new houses ir Birmingham. says it is only mat ter of years, possibly very many years, before Thomas A. Edison is proven to be right and most houses will be built of concrete
 Now, just look at the month just passed he said recently February for instance, about the repair column. Tn that month 15s permits, totaling s25.00o. were issued to make repairs on wooden houses. On brick houses, sixteen repair permits were issued. totaling $10,500, while for concrete buildings no repair permits were asked, for no repairs were needed.
 The business man who has his eye on the up-keep column in his ledger will some day awaken to the fact that initial outlay is practically his last as far as the structure is concerned.
 2. Just think. nearly third as much money was spent to repair frame build ings in February as was listed for ex- pending on new frame buildings.
 The boys who were over in Europe tell me they had biiiets in French farmhouses, built of stone. that were erected before America was discov- cred
 Edison was right; this is the con. crete age, but few people are awake to the fact yet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-08
THE ROOT OF GERMAN EVILS

and England and America. where initi- ative and sense of responsibility have produced a national character that grows and does not decay.
 This is bitter medicine Count Key serling's indictment is far more sweep ing than any which other Germans eriticising or rebuking their country men have dared to bring. He says in effect that superficial reforms are useless; that the whole structure mus! he razed to the .sround and rebuilt. I'd most of his hearers this win only toe probably seem like counsel of per- lection. That rooted pride in all things German cannot easily be eel stroyed. Yet kultur revealed itself td the world in so foul guise that tho choice seems to lie between a complotd spiritual revolution and continued moral decadence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-08
PREACHERS SONS

Melville F. stone in Golfers Weekly.
 l knew the age-old jibes concernin preachers sons and deacons daughter, but have no great concern respectin them. (The writer is one of them.) l IS true that much. and much too muc IS expected of them. They are con stantly in the eye of the members Q the congregation, and little allowano is made for their shortcomings Trivia offenses are magnified, and they ar rarely treated with real justice. Ye in long life I have known man preachers sons. and there have bee very few black sheep" among then Tn nine cases out of ten they hay proved to be high-minded. honorable and respected citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-08
Making It Safe
 To Commit Murder

TN a recent editorial the Chicago U Tribune called attention to mis- carriage of justice that is too com mon in America It is especially marked in Chicago.
 A vicious young girl confessed to the murder of her paramour. She was shown to be depraved and in- tolerant of the law. In spite of these disclosures, women connected with the juvenile court testified in her be- half and she was acquitted. The 'gal- lant jury" lacked the moral courage to demand the punishment she de- served.
 The youthful martyr" is next heard of causing revolt in the House of the Good Shepherd, during which she assaulted persons who had charge of her and gave the lie to the testimony of sentimental charac- ter witnesses who were largely re- sponsillc for her acquittal.
 As the Tribune says, this atti- tude of the courts is an obstruction of justice. It is practically safe for . woman to murder man in Chi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-08
MT. Post in New Orleans

Guy Bates Post had weeks en- gagement in New Orleans in The Masquerader and it was the most sue Ncessful entertainment of the season." said Henry s. Cottrell of the Crescent City. now registered at the Tutwiler. When I left home Friday MT. Post had played to packed house every night and the end of the week prom ised to be as profitable
 Post is in the Mansfield class, and In this wonderful play, The Masque- rader,' he measures up fully to the late billed in Birmingham this week The :. atregoers have surely great treat in store''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-08
Birmingham Should Have
 A Large Symphony Club

1.-THE present musical season in
 N Birmingham has been excep- tionaIly brilliant. Never have we had so many artist recitals, and in ad- dition to the Music Study Clubs reg ular entertainments, that enterprise
 ing organization has brought us as special attractions the Cincinnati
 Symphony Orchestra and will pre-
 sent in May as a super attraction,
 the Scotti grand opera in two per- formances.
 The Age-Herald would suggest the formation of symphony club for a series of three or four orchestral ap- pearances. Season tickets could be sold at reasonable prices, and the can- wasting could be done in conjunction with the annual campaign for asso- ciatlon members of the Music Study Club.
 Not many orchestras are availa- , ble, but it should not be difficult to secure at least three-the Cincin .lati. the Minneapolis and perhaps Dam- rosch, or one of the other New York orchestras.
 Birmingham has come to be an ar-
 dent patron of high-class orchestras,
 and season tickets would find ready sale. No form of music is so edu- cative as the symphony. Let the
 Music Study Club consider this
 matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-08
INHIBITION

Don Marquis. in the New York Ever ing Sun. I live a hidden life unguessed, A life of quaint, fantastic schemes: II dwelt with flushed. romantic dream And freakish humors unconfessed. Though can show the world . nien As cold as any judges mask . tThe judge. too. lives beyond hio task And traffics with a realm unseen 2. Behind the placid front of use The baffled whims move to and fro; We fear to let these genii go.
 Their wings grotesque we dArs nt
 loose.
 But sober-faced ill church or mart In office. street. or drawing room. We carry cAged to the tomb. The golden nonsense In the heaEe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-08
Brisk Demand For
 Good Truck Farms

1 NITY real estate is in steady de- NJ mand and values are all the while advancing. Farm lands are likewise reaching higher levels. There is great demand for truck 1 farms within radius of forty CT fifty miles of Birmingham. Home seekers from the north are coming to Alabama this year in large numbers. The hard winters in sec- tions far north of us are causing farmers to seek this climate. Forty acre farms in Alabama are especially attractive. A man with a family, of trucking experience, can make for tune in the south in few years. Never were there so many inquiries for "small farms near Birmingham" as now. And with the building of hard-surfaced highways, the demand will be far greater. Five years hence the territory adjacent to Birming- ham, with it's fine markets, will be very like vegetable garden. /, a # #
 l Chicago employees of the Federal Re-
 serve Bank are forbidden to marry
 unless their salary Is at least sl25
 a month. Surely there would be no
 objection to an employe marrying a
 movie star whose salary is s1,Ooo a week?
 1 Since .Lr. Munsey bought the New York Herald. the editorial page of the i Telegram. which was the afternoon
 edition of the Herald. has undergone
 q remarkable change. The oldest sub
 scriber wouldn't recognize it.
 * x <
 The Rev. crooks Lawrence has dis covered that desiring prohibition, candidate to retire from the senatoria
 race and persuading him to do it are two entirely different propositions. I x g. F
 l Every day or two the echo of an overseas romance gets into~the news ] papers and as rule the American | wife-in other words the girl he lief, behind him--is as mad as a hornet $ x *
 Tn calling Americans pious. wlnstos Churchill had no intention of paying
 them a compliment. The thought in
 the back of his mind was "bally
 bounders."
 1 Leonard Me-rick's real name is Mil Ter, cognomen the novelist regarded as too prosaic. It is a good name 1 and is only at it's worst when spelled
 Muller"
 A writer in a French publication
 says Woodrow Wilson has Caesars
 madness. Even if the diagnosis were
 correct. there is no Brutus in sight. E E * 1 A large number of Alabamians are
 trying to step into the shoes of the late Senator Bankhead without stop ping to consider their size. l x E *
 I After a stubborn fight against the high cost of living the esteemed New York doughnut has surrendered. The new price is one for . nickel.