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Evening journal., 1920-12-01
MAY THEIR SUCCESS coNTNIF

TWO Of Wilmngton's representative financial nstu-
tons celebrated the thrty-afih anniversary OF their
founding yesterday.
one was ne Security Trust and safe Deposit Company;
ne o'ner The Central National Bank Both have made r
nare growth in the thrty-nve years Of their exist
s rus largely 70 The admirable manner in which they
have been managed and to the public ,l.s.s -,
mat has been pursued undsviatinsly by their o,csr.
and employees.
We congratulae them upon their remarkably. s,.o...
and wish them many years Of continued success IN 49,
financial neld WV
Evening journal., 1920-12-01

No President ever was free from embarrassing OBJ
gaons in choosing his Cabinet Senator Harding will
be when he assumes the executive chair on March 9TH
and picks the heads Of departments The huge majores
that elected him President sufficiently large TO enable
him 70 disregard the claims Of factions Of individuals
for consideration in The naming Of the Cabinet This
fact is additional that the Harding Cabinet
Will be composed Of the biggest the party from the
viewpoint Of special fitness for the duties each will s-
pervise.
Evening journal., 1920-12-01

The Treasury Department Is engaged in survey Of
large cities 10 determine how much being paid by the
Government in rentals II has been ascriained that in
New York city alone the annual rental bill Is si5e6726
j. IS hoped mat substantial cut IN the outlay may be
made There little doubt that after the Republican Ad-
minsraon has weeded out the thousands Of inoompe-
tents maintained by the Democrats many rened quarters
De vacated
Evening journal., 1920-12-01

Of Wilmington, was the guest Of Miss
Margery Bair. on Monday-Mr. and
Mrs J. p. Gray and daughter EVELYN,
spent the Thanksgiving holidays with
Mr.. Gray's parents, at Restertown,
Md, near Baltimore.
Evening journal., 1920-12-01

One Of the greatest sources Of immigration IN the near
future Will be Germany unless Congress passes drastic
restrictive legislation before peace is declared with that
country II is estimated that from 5OOOOOO 10 i0OOOOOO
Germans viii to the United States within the next
hvs II they be permitted 70 enter And hey will
be Of the poorer class who are not able 10 sustain them
selves in their own country
Evening journal., 1920-12-01

The radical labor union leaders who backed The tic.
mems strike in Boston, the steel strike manipulaea nv
an anarchist, and the coal strike denounced by the pre
dent "crminal' protesting that they are en-
dsnsered by radicals boring from within" It would be
interesting to the color OF this new kind Of radical
He must be red. indeed
Evening journal., 1920-12-01

the marvellous record of November Is no nero lnclie
ment to eSultation, Haryeys Weekly 1T is rather
call 10 prompt and earnest fulnment Of duty" And
That is the call that viii be the inspiration Of the new
President and Of the Congress in cooperation with him.
Evening journal., 1920-12-01

Spain Great Britain, France and Belgium are TO send
troops to wilma 10 maintain order during an election This
is one of The little duties he United states escapes
through its freedom from hague entanglements
Evening journal., 1920-12-01

Wealthy English children in the
eighteenth century had toys of solid
silver.
Mount Full, in Japan, has heat
enough in some OF its steaming rs
sures to permit eggs TO boil.
Ever since the Middle Ages the ear
bones OF a flsh have been held lucky.
Evening journal., 1920-12-01

That old saying N al an Irshman is never at peace
except when he aghtng is being borne out pretty we'll
by the Sim Fein outrases and the reprsss which are
taking place in the Emerald Isle today
Evening journal., 1920-12-01

Delaware pedestrians think manslaughter indictments
ought to hold against careless auoists the latter say
pedestrians should remember there's law against sui
eide.
Evening journal., 1920-12-01

Deawareans no doubt convinced that between Red
Russia and Green Erin, England is having ooorful ex-
istence
Evening journal., 1920-12-01

Madrid has acute bread 81 ortage while over here
he width and height annoying as the length OF the
loaf
Evening journal., 1920-12-01

What has become OF the od-fashioned Wilmington man
who said Bacon wrote Shakespeares playsf
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-11
BERMUDA WILL
 CELEbRATEITS TERCENTENARY
Prince of Wales Will Attend Big Occasion To Be
 Held October '.

Hamilton, Bermuda, June 1o-i Bermuda, the oldest remaining Brit ish plantation is preparing to cele- brate it's Tercentennary this autumn, for which purpose 1000 pounds
 have been appropriated Since the Prince of Wales announced the
 other day that he meant to pay a
 call on his loyal subjects, they hit on
 the scheme of combining two festive
 occasions and having one grand af-
 fair on October when the Renown,
 with the heir to the throne aboard, is to cast anchor here.
 It was August 1, 1920 that the Co.,
 lonial parliament held it's first sit ting, but as the royal engagements cannot very well be altered, it was thought wise to set back the gala date.
 For nearly 300 years the business of governing this little outpost of the Empire has gone on under the same forms without material change.
 It is but natural that the 10000 jn- habitants of this 20 square miles of
 coral rock should wish to honor their aged constitution.
 Originally founded by ship | wrecked company under Sir George somers, destined for Virginia in 1909, the islands have remained con- tinuous1y under British rule. Revenues are raised chiefly from tariff duties. No land taxes are lev l jed by the colony. There is very ] light tax on realty in the parishes i and the proceeds are used for main l tenance of the poor.
 There are no divorce laws in Ser i muda and only one breach of prom 1 ise case was ever tried there. Most l of the cases on the calander involve ! bicycle. stealing, assault, petty theft; | there is little serious crime, though l in a region where everyone rides a wheel the theft of a bicycle is re-
 garded somewhat as horse stealing 1 was in the West a few years ago. | There are old-timers here who
 have never set eyes on d train or a l trolley car; but of late they have had the satisfaction of seeing flying
 boats circling through the air. /. Innovations of any kind are apt to 1 be looked with some suspicion. l The majority is conservative and that is perhaps why so much senti- Y ment is attached to the coming ce1e-
 bration of the 3oo-year- constitu- i ton.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-11
STUDENTS MUST
 WORK TO EARN PAY THIS SUMMER

Kansas City, Mo, June 11.---College students must be industrious and husky to find employment in the harvesting of grain in the middle west this sea son. They need not expect vacation with pay, say the employment agents who want 900 men for work in Kan sas and Oklahoma alone.
 A. L. Barkman,s zone clearance off Ger in charge of the whole belt, en- phasizes the fact that workers must pay their own railroad fare, and should if possible be provided with small surplus in case of delay in find ing work due to rains He also em- phasizes the fact that a.ble-bodied men are wanted, that the sun is hot and that prospective workers should be sure of their endurance if they are to be of value either to themselves or to the farmers.
 Wheat cutting in Okla homa is be- ginning; it will begin in southern Kan sas about June 20; in Nebraska July 12: in South Dakota July 26; and in North Dakota the first week in Au- gust
 Oklahoma, it is estimated, win need about 10000 men from outside the state, and wages from harvest hands will range from s4 to $7 a, day in that state. with wages for stackers $6 to BIO a. day, and for experienced engineers and separator men $ to s10 9, day.
 In only a. few isolated communities, where labor is abundant, is any one offering less than $ a day for any sort of labor, it is added. In most sec tions only ableLbodied, English speak ing white are desired. Oklahoma of fees of the free employment service have been established in Oklahoma City Enid. Tulsa Muskogee and Ard more. There will be no free or re- duced railroad fares.
 In Kansas it is estimated there will be nearly 5000, GOO acres of wheat to harx est, and the state employment di- rector has declared that during the height of the season employment can be furnished to 5o,009 men from out side the state. Hutchinson and Wi chit will be the principal clearance and distributing points for Kansas harvest labor, and there are branches of the federal state employment ser vice in both places. as well as in Kan sas City Kan, Salina, Parsons and Topeka.
 Seventy cents an hour is the maxi mum harvest wage in Kansas, with no minimum fixed This includes board and lodging. It is estimated that, starting in southern Kansas about June 20 the cutting will reach the northern border of the state July to 5.
 In Nebraska it is expected that about 5000, 900 acres of wheat will be harvested. A large amount of outside hebp is necessary. There will be two to three weeks work in Nebraska fol- lowing the Kansas harvest. The federal employment bulletin states that, beginning July 20 to 9 in South Dakota, the harvest will move northward. requiring many men from outside the State-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-11
DANZIG SIGNS
 POLISH TREATY

warsaw June 11----A treaty was signed in Warsaw recently between the free city of Danzig and the repub- lie of Poland, assuring Danzig of a liberal supply of provisions until the new harvest. In return Danzig agreed to send to Poland 500 tons of sugar, marmalade and fruits
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19

front porch, except for a few ad- dresses delivered with the approval of the G. o. P. leaders, because he is not the sort of man to make good showing anywhere else and be- cause the party gag, which he wears with suitable decorum, is in less dan ger of slipping in Marion than it would be if he went out and mingled with the people, some of whom might heckle him and draw from him a statement which would cause Boise Penrose to sit up all night.
 Senator New forgets, or pretends to forget, the magic that lay in ''Ted- dy." That Cox is known to thousands of people as Jimmy" is no dispar- agement to him. It shows that he is close to the people, that he is what the Harding type of politician can- not abide, vote-getter.
 It is obvious to anyone who has
 followed the presidential campaign closely that Cox has a more winning and more virile personality than Harding In that particular he may prove to be a second Roosevelt. Dig nity is an excellent thing in it's place, but it can be overdone.
 The more dignity with which snug leaders invest Harding, the greater will be the desire of the American
 people to find out what is behind it.
 Does it stand for real statesmanship, or is it cloak 10 hide commonplace
 candidate?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19
Hurting the Prestige
 of Alabama Coal


 51 HERE should be some means of
 offsetting the harm that bids fair to come to Alabama by the ex- portation through the port of Mobile of what Birmingham operators de- clare is an inferior grade of Ala bama coal picked up here and there by eastern coal merchants.
 These customers, being prevented from exporting coal through east ern ports by reason of the federal embargo, came south in an effort to fill their contracts and continue a lucrative business with Europe. They found the leading operators unable to supply them On account of contract obligations previously en- tered into, so they went into the by ways and hedges, it is claimed, and have picked up any kind of coal they can find. This coal is going to Flu rope to injure good Alabama coal when the Mobile terminals are built and the state is ready for real ex- ,,or+ ooal hneipeSs
 Pittsburg coal operators were wont in old days, when short of river tow from Pittsburg, to hastily engage and rush to consumers in Central Ameri- ca and elsewhere low-grade Alabama coal. The result in Guatemala, Cos ta Rica and Honduras, for example, has been bad reputation from which Alabama coal has not recovered. Pittsburg used Alabama coal to help out in emergencies and, when the inevitable complaint came, explained that they knew the poor quality of the coal, but that it was Alabama's best.
 Alabama operators should be able to ascertain where this coal is going and they should take steps to see that the facts are presented to the for ci-n consumers, else 1t may be an upnlil game when we really need the export outlet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19
SYMPATHY

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Col. Tom Cody says that colored dude was loafing in. front of tene- ment house. He had loud suit, silk shirt, a Panama hat. with noisy rib bon and yellow shoes. He was smok- ing a cigarette and enjoying life. An ice wagon. drove up and big black helper, wearing what was left of his A. F. F. uniform, stood on the rear step of the wagon. It was his duty to carry a 1oo-pound block of ice up three flights of stairs, where it was cut into 10 and Is cent pieces and sold to the tenants The big black helper yanked a 1o0-p pound block out of the wagon and put it on his shoulder. He started to enter the door, when he saw the colored dude. The sight ranked the black man. He stopped. loaded down as he was with the ice, and said:
 "Heeah I is. hero. an what is I doin? Ise workin' lak mule, that's what Ise doin. I done made de coun- try safe fur niggers lak dis we're nig- ger, who is duded up in good clothes. Whar wuz you when I wuz fightin', nigger" The colored dude took a lordly puff at his cigarette, flicked the ashes off the end in a contemptuous way, glanced at the load the black man
 Bear down. iceL Bear down"
 had on his shoulder. and said:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19
INTERPRETING "MACBETHs


 From the Argonaut
 It was on the occasion of Mime. Mod jeska's last tour through the United States. The play was Macbeth" Ths city. Madison, Wis, where is located the University of Wisconsin. Member of the Haresfoot Club. the college dra. matic organization. imbued with a de. sire to see life behind the sceues, ap. piled for work as supernumeraries The production was late getting in and taken in charge by the 'super-captain' just. before the first curtain was runs up. He proved to be a red headed stage carpenter. made up and prepared to enact the role of the Blodoy Ser. geant. He gathered his little troup. about him and explained the bushes. of the banquet scene. Its dis way.' he expounded. De ole guy wid de al. falfa-Ma cbeth---he's knocked off couple of ward bosses what stood in banquet to square things and youse is his guests. He pipes ghost. or thinks he does, after he gets full of booze an acts kind O nutty. Youse get up all excited, but his missus--shes wise dame-she ups and says: "Oh. don't mind tn damn fool. He gets dat way See? By'm'by, he goes bugs once mora and he says: Get t hell out O here. Den you exit. Now, go on an do your damndest.' The players did.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19
HOW IT'S DONE
rom the Wall Street Magazine.

From the wall street Magazine
 Leave America with. say, about $4o0 Change it into f10o, present exchange. in London Cross to France and ex- Change it for silver coin (f1 equals 42 francs) and you have 42oo French francs.
 Smuggle these coins into Switzer- land. Here they attain twice the value they had in France. owing to the fact that the silver French franc is normal in Switzerland, but the paper French franc is worth but half of it's face value in exchange. Change the silver francs into Italian paper lire. then pass on into Italy and cash into Italian silver,
 You now have 21,ooo Italian silver lire. Take these back into Switzer- land and you have 21,ooo Swiss francs. Now purchase French paper money and you will receive for it 42,000 French francs. Return to France, there buy English notes and proceed to London with f1,ooo instead of HOO you set out with.
 Change these into American money at present exchange and you have about s3.50o instead of about s4oo you possessed at the beginning of the jour ney. This profit of ss,1oo should be enough to pay your expenses for the trip. Of course. you have to do a bit of smuggling. but that should add to the novelty and interest of the trip
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19

From the Richmond Journal.
 @ NE of the forfeits Germany nas W had to pay for her recent M o
 havior is the loss of the toy .a. If the world, an exceedingly rrof;tabl. traffic on which she was won't. in former times, to depend TOT .r+ If her incomeA The children of France, England. America anu eis
 .r. not however, to suffer TOT it. apparently. Made in Germa"s
 nil, not for many years at any rate' h nonular label in the shops, but as a substitute, they say, we are 10 "aN' Made in China" The old Asiatict eni pire. with it's eye on the lost traoe ol the disgraced nation. has gone ih'o ''Ae husiness of supplying the world toy
 .r.et and punk and puzzles 'no' punk puzzles) are no longer i'e
 contribution to the amusement oi
 western peoples.
 Tn the strange shops of New forh Chinatown afe to be shown un"is 'A ,,. s;sns If an acute consciousness oi the opportunities afforded by the suu den absence of competition Tn ehe o'' irdnstrv. Mysterious looking ooAes .u h.,f way across the world Ca h.,is+,c,,,v adorned with weird or1en- .., ch.racters. are being unloaded on tha crowded sidewalks, and, unpacAeol reveal dolls. dolls, dolls-ooy dolis' SIT dolls. grown-up and bapy ooils
 ;+ ta f;,lsthe arms of all the httie n;~,. ;r the city, and they are all torr,ed after the Anglo-Saxon model that is. as much so as the orien.a could manage. for hint or ooiaui's' making unmistakable their orisih' turks about the eyes. There are o'he' toys. too: creeping things animals hAe none that ever entered the ark ana quantities of strangely devised slm- cracks in the occident-- And' alter ai'' what more fitting?
 Why, the national emblem or Shina is toy, a re-spitting dragon. The eni- nose people are themselves a race or children. and with his fantastic, color full. magic ridden imagination, ana ms long. delft fingers, who so fitted oy ma turs to cater to the fanciful desires of children as the celestial? Experts bear witness that the toys With whicn Chinatown is flooded and with which it will in turn, flood the country arg
 far more ingenious than the German article. for making toys is for the orl ental one of the most congeniei occu- pations imaginable, and neither tne Chinese nor the Japanese can imltate anything without trying to improve on it. A Doyers street mercnant says "The motto of the Chinese government | is: Let the rest of the world manu- facture guns and swords to fight with; we vii! make them toys to play with. vhich is entirely as it should be- Fc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19
SUFFRAGE AND POLITICS
By HUGH W. ROBERTS

revolution have suffered the humiliation of disfranchisernent."
 Thus vanishes another hope either can- didate might have entertained of having the women point to him, exciaiming, "Ecce homo" As further indicating the plan of the suffragists to credit no par ticu1ar individual, Miss Paul. in her tele- gram to the obviously phlegmatic Hard ing was effusive as in her telegram to Cox who offered, Tn the dark hours inn mediately preceding victory. to go person. ally to Nashville.
 William G. McAdoo and W. D. Jamie son. assistant treasurer of the dem ocratic
 national committee. visiting Washington today, and comforting with President Will son and Secretary Tunulty stated their opinion in unequivocal manner that the
 enfranchisement of women will rebound
 tc the interest of Cox. Their conclusion in- volved the League of Nations and it's
 promise of lasting peace in the destruc- ton of WET, the promise, which, they de- clared, could not have any other than a most potent appeal to the mothers of men,.
 In this connection it is universally de- clared by posted politicians that Cox will, immediately redouble his efforts in behalf of the league, and that Harding will eauivocate on his recent repudiation of the entire covenant. 1t is said to be the part of republican strategy to counter act any prologue benefit which might accrue to democrats by stressing, particu- larly in the west, the alleged wet pro.
 rliyities of Cox
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19

Washington, August 1s.-(Special)-As suffrage amendme ent, the presses in dem- ocratic and republican headquarters be- gan grinding.
 The democrats are preparing to tell the women of the country that after Con- necticut had refused Tennessee, a demo- cratic state, with democratic legisia- ture, gave them right to vote In the coming elections. The republicans are printing statements to demonstrate that the vast majority of the thirty-six states which ratified were republican states' whereas practically all democratic states rejected the amendment
 The democrats are writing that the credit for the victory is due exclusively to President Wilson. Governor Cox ana Governor Roberts, all democrats. The re- publicans will rejoin with the statement that Senator Harding was just as active as Governor Cox.
 While republicans boast that the partic- Ipation of women will aid them in the election of Harding and democrats that Cox will be benefited. in private state- ments no leader has contended that either side from womanss gratitude exclusively will profit Already suffragists are wait ing thanks and compliments with lavish though impartial hands, and Miss Alice Paul. the most active suffrage leader Tn America, says:
 "It is a victory which has not been won hy an individual or group, but py L e~.,, ths tjrne of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19
Bursting of Ponzi's Bubble Has a Beneficial Effect

VT is fortunate for the youth of ll America and many of the older people that the Ponzi swindle has been exposed as just another negation of the eternal truth that man must earn his livelihood by the sweat of his brow.
 Had Ponzi been able to retire from his spectacular get-rich-quick career with real riches won in that way, and trail of successful satellites in his wake. the effect on the minds of tens of thousands of Americans would have been demoralizing.
 The period during which Ponzi maintained the easy air of financial wizard and real financiers seemed to have been outdone by him marked a critical period in the mental attitude of the millions who were devouring the newspaper accounts of Ponzi's career. It was beginning to appear very simple for any one to corner the earth's money, provided he took the trouble to do so.
 Ponzi in jail and banking institu- tions with which he was associated having their doors closed is quite a different setting. This is in keeping with the usual aftermath of get-rich- quick projects. The finale has been hard on Ponzi, but it has been good for Americans.
 It was especially fortunate to have this house of cards knocked down at period when the country is making supreme effort to return to sound ways of thought and action.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A POOR D1soRDERED MAN

A POOR DISORDERED MAN lately met a citizen
 Who had a telescope; He scanned the skies with anxious eyes And smoked piece of rope. I watched him sweep the heavens round And shortly did infer This creature queer. as would appear, Was an astronomer. It seemed his quest was quite in vain He sadly shook his head, And seeing me stand near him, he Put by his glass and said, Alas, there's something wrong. I fear, I can't explain it all; I've watched for days through sun and
 haze
 To see the prices fall" Just then a keeper hurried up And took the telescope. They walked away, I heard him say, Come, Bill. don't give up hope. They're serving soup at the booby
 hatch,
 The very best in town; And you can wait inside the gate For prices to come down"
 OVER THERE "Bibb1es looks depressed" "So he does'
 "Is his heart in the grave?" No, it's in Cuba"
 PROGRESS
 Has Gladys Twobble abandoned her plans to enter the movies?' "Oh, yes. Gladys is now passing through the second stage of soul de- velopment." "Ah"
 She's thinking seriously of being a slum worker or missionary. In an- other year she'll be about ready to marry some likely young fellow who is earning decent living and settle down to a normal existence in a bunga- low"