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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
UNDERWOOD OF ALABAMA

John Temple Graves. in Hearst's Maga-
 zine.
 N1dHERE has not been day within
 the last two decades of the
 American Congress in which oscar Underwood of Alabama was not a marked and masterfuI figure in either the House or the Senate. The oldest member does not recall the time when, the smooth-faced. and tranquil Alabamian was not leader, power full influential and deferred to by his enemies and his friends.
 He came to Congress prepared for it equipped with knowledge and pano- piled in the spirit and temper for the legislative arena, and he forged to the front at a bound, without waiting and without apology--a model and exem- plar for thoughtless constituencies who rush half-baked and totally ufN seasoned young mediocrities to Con- gress-and never hear from them any more.
 oscar Underwood Is political child of the tariff. born of it's issues and intricacies and his extraordinary ca pacity to understand and apply them to his people.
 Roger Q. Mills of Texas, Wilson of west Virginia and oscar Underwood are the three great tariff leaders that the south has contributed to public life since the Civil War, and of these Underwood is perhaps the soundest and the broadest, certainly the most popular. He has given his name. as Wilson did, to great tariff measure which has lived and will be remem- bered. He did all this in the House and it made him the famous leader O.
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the democratic party on the floor, and projected him into formidable candi- daey for the presidency which has bene renewed by friends at every suc-I eeeding national convention. and is likely to become chronic, as his friends never diminish in numbers or. grow weary in pressing their faith in his standard eligibility.
 Some day he may win, or he and his may quote at least, "We shall do some. thing more than win success. Sem pronius, we shall deserve it."
 Mir Underwood has vfndicated the highest expectation of his friends in his senatorial career. He has been sound, fearless and American to the eore-speaking seldom. but making each speech a political count when he enters debate. He is author Of thsl statement: "I am for merchant sna. rine so strongly that l wili take it any way l can get it. I am for a merchant marine without subsidy. am for merchant marine even with 
 Congressman and Senator Under wood illustrated the highest type of practical Americanism in his tariff into which he literally fought q provision for; per cent preferentialS tariff in favor of American goods, or good in American bottoms, only to lose it under the Anglophilism and timidity of Elihu Root and his friends
 He made another superb stand for the right to send our American ships free of toll through the Panama canal And this, too, he lost to the then dominant Anglophilism.
 A government is always safe in such men as oscar Underwood of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
From the Washington :

From the Washington Star. N last a colonel-a sure enough A\ colonel. Flo years Henry Wat ~ = terason has jocosely com plained of being addressed as "Coloner' Watterson everywhere he. went, al- though but plain mister and ask ing no consideration over and above that modest designation.
 The matter was this: Once Ken tuckian, always kentuckian; and, a k ntuckian. inevitably colonel. The title inheres in Kentucky male citizen ship. The good people of the common wealth indulge in the fun among them selves, and enjoy it. They refuse to permit the outside world to monopolize the quiz at their expense.
 Mir. Watterson's complaint is at an end. Indeed, Mister Watterson is at an end himself. He is now colonel bv every right-the highest right-a K Kentuclzian holds dear. The title comes to him from the governor of the state.
 But. strangely enough, 1t comes from
  row. elected in November last by 10000 majority, bestows il upon democratic leader of national reputation these 90 years past. and hero of mony politi- cal shndics.
 But the action has been well taken. and will be widely approved. In taking it Governor Morrow has honored him. self and the state. as well as the dis tfnguished man he has called to his staff
 And Colonel Watterson will know how to wear his new itogs. He is no stranger to a uniform. When a young man he wore Confederate gray. and with credit to his prowess. Although older now, he has kept his spirit and dash. and. what is highly important in the matter of martial appearance. his waitsline.
 Shall we have the pleasure of seeing Colonel Watterson in this town arrayed in his soldier clothes? Present pros poets are bright A republican Presi- dent is in 'the cadicula tions of a good many people, and If he arrives. March A. 1921, will witness a great gathering of citizens here from all over the coun- try. The inauguration of a President is never partisan function. On such an occasion victors and vanquished mingle With great cordiality.
 Rnt of course. if the republicans win
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN

From the Baltimore American.
 In the last November issue of City and State, a monthly published by the Baltimore Alliance of Womeli's $ Civic league, there is an interesting explanation by Nellie F. Kingsley of how the community kitchen. at Evans ton, suburb of Chicago, was made going concern. Miss Kingsleys account of the Evanston kitchen is couched in such enthusiastic terms that there is no room left for doubt as 10 the practicability of the scheme if and when. the community to be served is sympathetically attuned to the idea.
 Started a midday hot-food shop, the Evanston service soon developed into systematized hot dinner deIiv- cry service. "The menus are planned
 in the kitchen and are the same for everyone. The dinners cost S5 cents per person for regular customers on week days, and s1 for each person on Sundays. Casuals are charged s1 and $1.25 as to each for the same meals" Regular patrons own their contain CTS, casuals rent them from the kitchen. Diners are sent out in auto trucks. and the containers collected next morning, washed and sterilized.
 As foot note to the article con tributed to City and State by Miss Kingsley, Mrs. A. R. Mayo Thom, chair man of the executive committee of the community service organization of Roland Park, says of the plans Of the Roland Park promoters that it is hoped "to take up gradually many questions affecting the household and to start many activities which will be of value to the children and young people of the community as we'll as to the grown-uuS"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
 LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

somehow or other you never hear of man applying for |. divorce on the ground that his wife l. a good cook. Ana you never hear of a woman applying Tor divorce on the ground that her 'uspand gives her too much money.
 Even when she is announcing that d ~eA-ouiit giri looks immodest flat cnested girA will Keen right on spending two bucks Der weak for developer
 Tie man who can't make 20 bucks |, week at what he is doing always knows that he would be world beater if he had the other fellows job.
 What fine children there would be in this world if the. neighbors raised your chiidren the way they think your ciui- 1ren should be raised, and you raised the neighbors' children the way you thinS the neighbors' children should be raised.
 And what has become of the O. f. ma. who wanted to kiss the bartender before he went home?
 We do not know much. But we ar know that there is always one cartridg- left in the gun that is supposed to be empty.
 Why is it that man can't sit beside sood looking giri for five minutes witr, out resting his arm on the back of toe chair is occupying?
 The O. f. woman who had a pet brand of flour and a pet brand of baking powder now has a daughter who has :, pet bakery that charges her N cents for a 5-cent loaf of bread.
 A henpecked husband crows as loudly as anybody when he is away from hom-.
 The reason why a thin girl does not mind having her collar bone stick out three inches is because she knows that her ankles are not fat.
 Ask any married woman and you viii learn that the ideal husband Hves furiser up the stree<
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Personal Side Revealed
 In MuItimiIlionaire's Will.

1E1 URTHER details of the will of O Henry c. Prick give some inter- esting glimpses of his character His daughter, Helen C., appears to have been his favorite child, for he gave her more than twenty two million dollars, while his only son, Childs, was bequeathed but three million dol lars, of which two million dollars was placed in trust. To his daughter-in- law he gave two million dollars in trust His widow will have the use of his New Yorl, home and sumn- CT home at Pride's Crossing, Mass, which are to revert to the daughter at Mrs. Tricks death.
 A faithful chauffeur was rewarded with legacy of twenty thousand dollars, which should make him inde- pendent for life, even in these days  when one hundred dollar bills are re- garded as chicken feed' by nation of reckless spenders. Another quite human, though it may be regarded as reprehensible, trait of MT, Prick is revealed by his will. He remem- bered the children of his brothers and sisters, but did not mention his wife's relatives Sach of his nephews re- ceived fifty thousand dollars.
 One legacy, in particular, discloses the gentler side of man who was reputed to be "as hard as nails" in the business world To John P Grier, who was Mr. Tricks lifelong friend, he left one hundred thousand dollars, a graceful act that rebounds to the credit of the multimillionaire and the man who was his frnend. It is quite probable that Mr Grier never expected to receive penny of the Prick Will
 Total bequests to the public are estimated at one hundred and seven teen millions dollars. Even the nu- merous enemies Mir. Prick made dur ing his lifetime must acknowledge that he disposed of his huge fortune with duo regard to his responsibili- ties to his fellow men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
"ROBIN-HOOD'S' COMPOSER

 From the Louisville Courier Journal
 N MEXICAN composers of dis A\ tinction are not so numerous = S as to reduce to an ordinary in- cident the death of Reginald de Koven
 For variety and prolificity he was without doubt the foremost of this country's contemporaneous composers, Achieving his first fame with his first success, the comic opera, Robin Hood" he pursued lifetime of musical crea ton, his work lying principally in the field of operatic composition with here and there a song or an instrumental number.
 With all his activities in somewhat lighter, yet never tawdry vein, it re- mained for the last few weeks of life to bring to production by the Chicago Opera company his most serious achievement, Rip Van Wrinkle" in which he set to music libretto by Percy Mackaye, built upon the tale of Washington Irving. It's critics describe it as an admirable example of fine mu- sic and orchestration with a decidedly popular appeal. It is fortunate that the lived to witness it's productions; it is
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Poincare. Nevertheless, he was a candidate up to the last moment.
 President Wilson's reception abroad was the most extraordinary any American ever received. The pres |tige he enjoyed was amazing. Ac- cording to the popular conception, President Wilson was America. But when he returned home with the peace pact he was at the mercy of political enemies and the instrument on which so much of the worlds fu- ture depends, as well as that of America, continues to this day to be a football of partisan, politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
ATHLETES IN sLAcKER LIST

Marquis James. in the American Legion Monthly.
 Without starting an argument re- garding the relative patriotic perform anees of the various callings, there is one that stands out in the stacker scandal above others for the simple reason that by all logical conclusions one naturally would suppose that it's members, claiming to be sportsmen by trade, would be the last to seek grounds for exemption. We refer to professional athletes.
 The crowning example of this form oil audacity came last summer when two men met in a squared circle at Toledo to determine which of them should be known as the champion prize fighter of the world. The purse was more than $125,000. There are four million other men with fighting rec ords in the United States. They may be narrower of chest, but they are stouter of heart and they did their fighting for a purse of $30 a month and on a training table diet of slum aAid LII WllIie
 Such men are going to find 1t diffi- cult to recognize a slacker's claim to the title of worlds champion fighter, under the rules of the late marquis of Queensbury or anybody else.
 The profiteering spirit that has can cered the profession of athletics is a thing that has long been deplored by the writers for the sporting pages. Contrast the war records of non-pro- fessional with those of professional athletes. taken as a class. True sports men heard the call to the bigger game and needed it. College athletic fields were turned into drill grounds while the country was at war, but the base ball leagues went full swing, save for the early finish last year.
 Neither professional athlete nor the nagnate who employed him, however, can point with pride to that fact. It was not concession on their part; it was a point of honor forced down the throats of these sterling patriots by an aroused public opinion. Athletes and magnates whose pockets were touched let up 8 loud howl at tie high-handed proceedings, and, in or der to plead some remote connection with the war inquired how they were going 70 pay for their Liberty bonds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
GLADLY THE NEW YEAR

Margaret E. sangster. in the Christian Herald. Gladly the New Year smiles across the
 earth. Waking dim echoes of forgotten mirth, Painting the hills wits rosy tinted
 laughter, Gay with the promise of forever after. Sadly the old world raises up it's eyes Dreaming to find the hope that wakes
 and dies Praying to find the New Years smiling
 glances Touched with the rainbow shine of lost
 romances. Out through the mists of suffering and
 strife Sounds forth again the New Years call
 to life. Urging the world to conflict. blood
 lessly; Urging the world to reach real victory. yictory<over stubbornness and pain. Victory over bitter loss and gain, Victory over empty hearted signing Victory over discontented crying. Gladly the New Year smiles accross the
 earth, M Bringing again the promise of rebirth: And the sad world, with tired eyes up-
 lifting, Sees that the darkest clouds are break
 ing, drifting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
COL. HENRY PATTERSON

this time they will figure very. prom nently in next years inaugural parade; and we may expect Governor Morrow With his full staff mounted on the best horses the Kentucky stables can sup ply adding to the interest and attrac- tiveness of very interesting and at tractive picture. And the Kentucky contingent will receive a greeting in consonance with its undsputed deserts.
 Men and brethren, of all sections. parties. creeds, colors and conditions. salute Colonel Wattersoni
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
Can Get College Education

T do not think that the work of the Epworth League of the Methodist Epis- copal church which is being done in co-operation with the Savings Divi- sion of the Treasury Department. whereby any ambitious boy or girl can get a college education. can be too highly commended said pr. P. E.. Wells, pastor of the Highlands Meth odist church. and 1 hope that it may be found wise for Southern Methodists to adopt similar plan
 This work of the league is being accompanied with the aid of the say lngs division of the Treasury Depart ment Boys and girls all over Amer ica are being enrolled in college clubs the object of which is to aid members to secure money for college educa- ton by means of saving and invest ment I2-Eovernment securities such as War Savings Stamps and Treasury Certificates. These securities not only hold educational funds safe hut return excellent profits in the shape Of interest and may be gauged SO that they mature at such times as to effectively meet collegiate demands"
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ANOTHER SACRIFICE

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 7GJHE fair lady who has shied her
 new spring bonnet into the
 presidential nomination ring is named Lucy Page Gaston. and it sounds prettier than even William Jennings Bryan. Miss Gaston, with unique orig inality declares herself fof clean nor als, clean food and fearless law en- forcement.
 Every other candidate in the field is shaky on the first and last blanks of this ladys platform, but all agree on the clean food proposition. Of course, the lady, in common with the mascu- line victims who are offering them selves for sacrifice, insists that she has no personal ambitions=even Bryan has the gall to say he is not afflicted with any such stultifying irritants as ann bitions-but she comes to the altar of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19

It is rumored that Colonel House may support Herbert Hoover, but is "Herb' the type of man to use a 'warwick"?
 s. < # When Alabama roads are made safe for flivvers the progress of the grand old state will be accelerated 100 per cent.
 !. % + The spoiled olive is just about as dead ly as wood alcohol, without offering the prospect of stimulation.
 # < # The wealth of Spanish galleons was as nothing compared to those booze boats that have put to sea.
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her country ready and willing to be. come Mrs. President.
 immediately after her election sh, proposes to have Congress-and it doesn't matter what old Congress hap pens to be pretending to function jump on, wallop, maltreat and extin- guish the thrice accursed cigarette habit by prohibiting the use of those devilish contrivances which stain the fingers and souls of foolish mortals.
 We'll, what about it? Isn't Colum- bia lady? And don't we all get up and cheer her every time we see her in her Phrygian cap and her best new dress, cut Grecian fashion? Of course we do. Then, what's wrong with a lady President, if she can make the rifle in despite of masculine aspirantsSwithout ambitions? A Gascon A Gasconl is not such an unimposing campaign slo- gan. It beats sixteen to one," and "He kept us out of war" and lot of others we wot of. So let the little lady powder her nose and go to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
Politicians Wreak Vengeance
 On Clemenceau and Wilson.

e7NHERE is parallel to be drawn
 4 between President Wilson and Premier Clemenceau in the treat. ment they have received at the hands of politicians.
 Rtalizing that he would not be elected to the presidency of France, ; Clemenceau withdrew his name. To an outsider it appears incredible that "a statesman who piloted his country successfully through one of the most trying periods of it's history, hailed everywhere as a deliverer and in- spired leader, could have been de- feated by rival little known outside of France. Yet, this is precisely what happened.
 Clemcnceau may not have cared particularly to be President of France His place in history is se- cured, and as war premier, he was a figure far greater in the worlds eye than that estimable gentleman. NJ.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
A VALUABLE DISCOVERY.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch
 More interesting than the fact that a recent discovery in pathological causa-
 tion. which is of value to the medical
 profession, was incidental, fairly acci- dental in fact, is the fact that the new information completely reverses former conclusions if that proves to be the cases Mrs. A. c. Ivy, until recently
 Miss Emma Kohman of the University of Chicago. found in the course of war work in bacteriology that the form of edema comn1only known as "war tdropsy,' is due directly to a loss of proteins in the food The condition. ligerent countries, and which was re- sponsble for scores of thousands of deaths, was referred to deprivation of fats until Mrs. Ivy's discovery verified by experiment.
 The significance of her work lies in the fact that until then the medical profession charged war dropsy" to the use of proteins. winch is precisely the reverse of what she claims to have demonstrated through all her eXperi ments. She was drawn to the discov- cry in the course of preparations for an exhaust tive inquiry in another direc- tion, but when attention was forced
 upon her she followed the lead to what is a surprising conclusion. If the dis ease is caused by lack of proteins and
 not by lack of fats, as supposed. and if
 fats were fed to its victims the heavy
 mortality in war-torn nations is not
 surprising if Mrs Ivy's experiments
 stand up under further tests for proofs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
should Make Returns Now

Thanks to the suggestion of The Ase-Herald, about 800 more friends have sent in either seals or money a. said Dr. George Ea yes. secretary of the Anti-Tuberculoss Association. Still there are T50o who probable expect to help us but have postponed the act. May we again remind them that 1t costs money to keep these ac. counts open and therefore they will help most who pay soonestT
 Tie bit of red wool on your fin ger and keep it there till the check Is written. the money order bought the cash mailed or last but sad al- ternatlve. the seals returned. Please use the envelope originally enclosed . It guarantees your being Nredited with seals or money sent.
 This for the comfort of donors. We are accepting more patients week ". one of the last had been dairy worker"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
roo slick By Fnr

R. I. Radburns of Memphis. who is in the city selling a line of goods told good story to bunch of commercial travellers yesterday. Here it is:
 Long ago, when first went on the road. I knew lot of sleieht-of-ha tricks I used to amuse the kids at home with.
 "One day I was stuck at little country town in Southern Alabama. There was only one nran there to sell, and no train for several hours, SO, after taking a good order I amused the storekeeper's kids with some stunts along sleight-of- lines. I noticed the old fellow watching me covertly. but paid little attention, hav- ing gotten my order
 By and by. toward train time had run through my repertoire and started to say goodbye.
 Just minute Mir. Radburn, said the shopkeeper. let's see that order moment before you go
 He took it and tore it across. Then he said:
 Any fellow who is slick enough to do all the sleight- stunts you have been doing is too slick to sell me any goods You needn't come back
 q didn't and. needless to say, I haven't pulled sleight- of hand stunt on customer from that day to this'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
RELATIVE VALUES

from the Florida Times-Unon
 Texas pays it's governor an annual sal ary of $500 and it's highway engineer slVooo year. indicating that the Lone Star state believes that almost anyone can be a good governor but that it re- Quires an exceptionally qualified man to give the commonwealth the best of good roads
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
AN AGE-HERALD CARTOON

From the Sheffield Standard.
 By odds the best political cartoon in re- cent months was that of Harper. of The Age-Heraid, of Bryan "The worst split in the democratic party extends from Bryans right ear to his left ear," was the title of the cartoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
THEY'RE ssTHINGs.. ALL RIGr

From the Houston Post.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald's column,
 Men, Women and Things relates to men, women and the creatures who com pei their wives to support them, maybe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord shall my heart say Thee nays Shall the creature stay the Creator: SbaIl the borrower withstand the own CT: Thou hast buiIded me; Thou hast loved me and followed me; Thou hast bought me again from the salary of sin. Here Lord. is Thine 0wn.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
DEcIDEDLY A THING OF THE FAST

From the Tampa Tribune.
 MT. Bryan may come back but enc thing is certain. he'll not be able to revive his old-fashioned dollar-a- rlate banquet this year.