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New-York tribune., 1920-11-08

an emotional man and what he con-
tends for in one mood he abandons
in another.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-08

"When I was young" said President
Lowell, "no young man wo1ld think Of
smoking while with a woman" Tut!
tut!l Prexy! When you were young
your sister Amy hadn't cast off the fet-
ters of rhyme. Nor, now that you bring
the subject up, did the women poets
think of smoking cigars in or out Of
mems society.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-08
By
Broun

US such thrilling business that VIC be
came excited and left Commedienne
(Putnams), by W. S. Reymont, at the
top of the Stadium. Still, on the
strength of 1856 pages already digested
it seems safe to say that this story
from the Polish 6f the life Of pro-
vincial troupe of players is vivid and
entertaining.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-08

After seeing Sir Arthur Quiller-
Couch's new book, On the Art of Read
ing (Putnam), we have decided not to
go to Westport, after all, when we re-
tire. Botocudo sounds more attractive
According to DR.. Paul Ehrenreich, who
is quoted by Quiller Couch, "The Boto-
cudos arc little better than leaderless
horde, and pay scant respect to their
chieftain; they live only for their i'm
mediate bodily needs and take small
thought for the morrow, still less for
the past. No traditions. no legends are
abroad to tell them Of their forebears.
They stifl use gestures to express feel
ing and ideas"
And yet, we suppose, there's no good
in building hope too high. Probably
they have some gesture which means
"Botocudo first" and another to ind,-
cate that person is 400 per cent
Botccudoan."
New-York tribune., 1920-11-08

Mr.. Harding will be the first cigar
smoking President since (it is late, and
there is nobody here to verify ths)
Mckinley. What we arc driving at is
this: Undoubtedly, as President, he
will get more Christmas cigars than he
can use. Does strong party
Republican like US deserve no reward?
New-York tribune., 1920-11-08

Secsaw, Margcry Daw,
Henry has got five plaster;
And he shall have but highball an
hour,
Because he can't drink any faster.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-08
Gotham Gleanings
W EsY
Looks like an open winter.
- " a white Xmas.

Looks like an open winter.
' I" white Xmas.
This dept is for Daylight Saving
in 1921.
Hen. Candy has moved into his
house on Charlton St.
Miss Cronin laid safety razor
on our desk Thurs. 1t slaves o. k.
-Olin Howland was looking al
pictures last Monday afternoon.
-Francis Wilson the W. k. Thcs-
plan is in Baltimore to-day on bus.
Mrs. Alma II. Rogers of Pitts
ford w., was welcome caller Fri
afternoon.
Brock Pcmbcrton OF here and
Emporia has got an automobile
Rumor hath it.
Pat Enright OF here had a GER
tain party to the Cornell-Dartnl'th tn
game Sat. afternoon.
Mrs. Emma Benedict OF Calf
is visiting her nephew, Everly NJ
Davis, of Englewood, N. J.
Art Samuels was to Philada
Thurs, where he was the luncheon
guest as usual of Chas. Beck.
-Aleck Woollcott was a pleasant
caller at this office early Wednes
a. m. to get the news OF the election,
Miss Neysa McMein, Quincy
Ills, talented daughter, to borrow
an apt Characterization from The
Quincy Herald, was to Philada,
Wcdnes. for lunch.
Prices are lower, the telephone
service has improved, and the sub
way service appears better. But
there are enough flaws in the world
.et. 20 cheer up say We.
Consideration Of the Boy Scouts
leads to thoughts Of Mr.. Daniel Carter
Beard. At the age of seven we re-
ceived q copy Of Mr.. Boards "The
American Boys Handy Book" and at
once tried to make everything dia-
grammed in the book. The only thing
we had any adroitness IN was making
shadows, in the form of animals. on
the wall. You did it, as May Sinclair
says in her later manner, with your
hands. Putting them together Wig
Cling the fingers Bats Butterflies
Snakes. Crocodies. TIL Mother turned
out the gas.
But the ability to make these shadows
is costly Our agile cat, Mistah, loves
to jump at these shadows We enjoy
seeing him jump. so we cast them.
But it has ruined two sets of wall
paper in five months.
They were close to the subway, and
that was quicker
Norma could not talk in the packed
and swaying train, and when they
emerged at Sixty-ffth Street they had
only one slippery, cold, dark block to
walk.-From The Beloved Woman" by
Kathleen Norris, in The Pictorial Re-
view.
The sixty-sixth Street station ap-
pears to have walked block, also.
lie realized that the girl was the
victim of some form of poisoning and
anecdotes were administered. ed.-Sharon.
Pa, Telegraph
Stetl
New-York tribune., 1920-11-08

In his lecture on "Children's Read
ing" Quiller-Couch says of the child
"His brain teeming with questions he
asks them Of impulse and makes his
discoveries with JOY. He passes to a
school, which is supIS sed to exist for
the purpose of answering these or cog
nate questions even before he asks
them, and behold, he is not happy"
Here, to be sure, is the chief objec-
tion to the greater part of the school
system. The child's whole impulse and
eagerness to learn is throttled because
the process by which he has gained
most of this knowledge up to the time
he went to school is suddenly not only
checked, but reversed. Now he must
answer questions instead Of asking
them. AS matter of fact, we have
used the same system ourself, though
not for the good Of H. Sd, but merely
gets into q streak of asking "How does
the lion GO" "How does the zebra go ~
How does New York City go?" and
even "How does the go-go 'go?" there's
no stopping him except by counter
questioning. When we just can't keep
on answering for another moment we
brush aside the last question as if it
were a straw not yet on the camel's
back and say firmly: "Woodie, who was
George Washington
This is enough to down him in his
tracks and shut off completely his ques-
tioning fit of high spirits. Sullenly he
tries to turn us aside once or twice
with Il don't know" and when we
press the point he seeks to be trivial
and to get by with "the father of the
Hippadrum." i" "But we have already
been goaded to brutality, and we in
sist on the correct answer until he
says, THE father Of his country"
Then he will go back to his rocking
horse and let US get on with our book,
for all children feel that there's no fun
in asking questions if you have to an
swer them too.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-08

1--WE can see the way women dress on
any Boston street." continues President
Lowell. "Our mothers would call it an
indecent way" Expert opinion on the
way Boston women dress is all toward
the idea that it is a tacky way.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-08

cnsrsd Al tho Pos,otncs at N~,- York ss Second
Cisss Mai Matter.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-08

Harvard's last touchdown seemed to
New-York tribune., 1920-11-08
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1920

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rss.ase IN THE UNITED sTATES
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26
SCHOOL
 SERMON BY DIR. DILLARD

Before a large congregation, including quite a nnmber of school boys and girls, pr. James E. Dillard pastor of the Southside Baptist Church. preached an unusually interesting sermon yesterday morning on ''The Boys and Girls Who Quit School"
 Taking his text from Proverbs 16. Flow much Better 1t is to get wisdom thau gold, yea to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver" Dr. billiard said in part:
 "This is a cRtical time with hundreds of boys and girls in our city, Many finished the grammar school last Friday and should enter the high school tomor- now, but many of them will not And of not stick to it until they graduate I visited a high school recently; they had a freshman class of 400 and senior class of 30 Why is this? Something is wrong
 sPerhaps our schools themselves are not what they ought to be; perhaps we have not put enough money into them to pro- vide the best equipment pay living salaries and secure the best trained teachers; perhaps. they are too much crowded to enable them to do the best work; perhaps the courses of study are Fnot such as to awaken enthusiasm upon the part of pupils and parents; perhaps we can pick many flaws in our schools here in Birmingham, but are we going to have our children handicapped and rnaimed for life by allowing them to quit school because our schools are not all that we desire? The sensible thing to do is to keep the children in school and then
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26
MRS. LULA DERoNCEY


 Many local people are telling Of the wonderful benefit they have derived from the use of Plant Juice in ailments of long standing.
 For instance Mrs. Lula DeRoncey of Weems. Ala, who is popular among 4 large circle of friends here, recently stated
 For the past 10 years have suffered from stomach trouble in the form of in- digestion and would have terrible plains after eating. l could scarcely keep any food in my stomach. as 1t wodld ferment and cause gas to form | would have such a choking feeling al times that [ could hardly get my breath; had such terrible dizzy spells that l felt as if would fall over; had pains all through my body, could not sleep at night and felt weak and all run down I lost in weight and was reduced to skin and bones' l started to take Plant Juice and got great relief from the first few doses 1 took; since I have continued to take it I can honestly say tn. i put me on my feet and l feel Ii l4 again. 1 eat all kinds of food i HeF0 good appetite for my meals. tlgc1 well and have no more trouble RaHs l have gained over four pound fw@ weeks and 1 feel that | can 3cuestlg recommend Plant Juice to any 4g 2a tt did so much for me"
 Plant Juice is sold in Birm rh4fn Hs Nortons Drug Store, Fourth avenue aHd Twentieth street.--Adv,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26
THE RICH YOUNG RULER" l"
 SERMON BY DR. M'NEILL

Dr. 5ohn McNeill. pastor of the South Highlands Presbvterian Church, preached a forceful sermon yesterday pr. McNeili had for his theme "The Rich Young Ruler" and said in part:
 The subject bristles with diff culties. unless and until we get the real interpretation. Our sympathies go, at first with the rich young ruler, and that is what wa,ps our judgment and disterts the picture. It certainly looks as if he were somewhat harshly dealt with. although please remember a little later death came and most per- emptorily made him leave all behind To put it in modern language, to have a pistol put to your head and the de- mand made-not your money or your life--but your money and your life that doesn't seem to ee A likely way to get this man to be disciple! And yet it is all that.
 The claim of Jesus Christ is abso- lute; everything must be surrendered. . and if you are weallhv you are, at most now only trustee on what you call you~ own estate. What a num- Der of >' lent trustees there must be in the Christian Church. Thank God for those who are honest in their
  ertv. May their nnm5ers be increased.
 But the real point of this mans story lies here: He made his appeal to the law And there is no road to heaven that way. Obedience to the law was. for him. the way to eternal life. What more am l to do, to gain eternal life. As if he said Master. I'm conscious of it. only by the absence of it. Chats the aching void of our familiar hvmn) What am to do that will put the 'topstone on all my other goodnesses and merits and win eter- nal life.
 And Jesus applied a test that sim ply pulverized all his hopes of saliva ton by keeping Gods law. For the law is Thou shalt love thy God per- fectly, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thine. own soul.' And this man fails and becomes a transgressor like the rest of us. Not saved by the law but condemned by the law although the law is holy and just and good. By the law. if we are honest is only the Knowledge of sin, not the attainment of merit. and right. ousness and the favor of God, although that is life and heaven.
 "T hold that our Lord. although he loved this poor fellow T nse the word iberately-coujd not hein Himself He tJesusl was bound to test this man down to the ground. If this man is right. if righteousness comes by the law. then Jesus Christ isn't needed DO this our Lord might have said. and yon<will put the tonstore on all vnur other doines and win life. Do this and you will be as good as I am. and YOU will have rendered my com inc her in human nature and the awfnl gonv of the cross. 10 which daily travel blunder and inexpiic- able crinre.'
 'Tn justiae to his own mission here Christ hcd to test this man to the utmost. and had to prove him sinful. and not righteous. Jesus was here, that he might redeem us to.whom the law had become a millstohe around our necks sinking us in condemna- ton. Jesus Christ. dear decent peo- pie. isn't here in vain. nor is the cross unnecessary. There is none righteous. We need a righteousness better than our own. We need also a sacrifice the Lamb of God.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26
BEST WINE FOR THE LAST
 SERMON"-DR. EDMONDS

You and I will keep the best wine for 1 the last, if?' Those were the closing words of pr. H. M Edmonds' powerful appeal for right living at the Sunday morning service of the Independent Pres byterian Church, held yesterday at Tenn pie Epanu-El. "Tf we will it to be so the best wine, the wine of life, like the wine at the feast. will be preserved for us at the last were his opening re- marks. And@aiAtween the two statements he told how 1t might be so. the warnings and the laws were given and an exposi ton of that philosophy of life which says
 Grow old along with me, the best of life is yet to be-the last for which the first was made
 After David had killed the Philstine,' said Dr. Edmonds the women sang, Saul has slain his thousands but David has slaiA his tens of thousands:' but later along they said of David You shall go no more out to do battle for us'-hs eyes were not so bright, his ears not so clear. hi slimbs not so active. But it needs not be so with us. The scenes of life are shifted from realm to realm The physical and intellectual and spiritual in- terlace and go from one to the other we may appeal the trial from court to court. Man the Body appeals to Man the Mind, ana Man the Mtnu to Mdu tne Spliit
 Paul saved his best wine for the last. Surrounded by prison walls, he said: I have kept the faith, I have fought the good fight: there is laid up for me crown of righ hteousness. stephen dared all things for his new master. and when being stoned to death 1t is written of him that his eyes seemed fixed on heaven.'
 Here are the laws" said pr. Edmonds, If we are to save the best wine for the last Our house must be built d rock and not on the sands. must be built on permanent things. Not on elegance, wealth, popularity, display, beauty, power, favor with- the great. keeping up with the those things perish. But if we are to have the good wine. the foundation of the house must be honesty, loNhlty--loyalty to family, wife, husband, friend employer, to everyone; courage; refinement rather than display. simplic- ity. courtesy, purity. constancy, fidelity! Not on self-indulgence. but service And vet if theer be one here who believes to the contrary it were well that he get the most out of life right now for there won't be any best wine for him later on
 Happy is he who hs the ability to stand on the shore and welcome whatever thing any ship in Gods name may bring him word; happy is he who has the gra- cious power of assimilating-he saves the best for the last"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26

all work together to remedy the defects as rapidly as possible. The fact is our schools are better than they are given credit for being, and they are to be better still
 The reason boys and girls quit school
 IS often found in the home The parents
 fail tot take an interest in the schools
 They criticize the teachers in the presence of their children. They do not hold high
 ideals of life before their children. They teach by their example that the whole of
 life is in making money and in having good time. If any boy has a job paving
 good money. he is lucky boy; if a girl marries man with money it is for
 tunate- marriage, no matter what kind of man he is. In this and other ways the parents are to blame for their children cultivating distaste for education and
 an impatience with habits of study, re- sulting upon the first opportunity in their quitting school
 Perhaps the main reason in most cases Is found in the children themselves They want to be independent, they want to | make money. They know of another boy Or girl who has job and lots of money to spend and seems to be having a good time. Then, too. they think they will be able to help their parents some They feel that their parents need the help and will appreciate it. And so they watch fthb WhSu tHt liISt SOOu 1OD IS offered they are in a fever to take it. They beg and tease until father or mother { finally consents. and then they quit. How | little do they realize the colossal blunder | they are making.
 I "I offer no word of censure of the people who were denied the advantages of an education in their youth I sym | pathize with them and congratulate them | that they have done soswell. How much more f1pV cOnid have hona hD T ho the opportunities now offered to their chill dren. Neither do l speak a harsh word concerning the poor widow dependent 1 upon her boy for support, and have only words of praise for the manly fellow who gladly shoulders his responsibility. If
 he has the right stuff in him. he will work hard, be economical, will go to night school or take correspondence course. will read good books and will try in every way to make up for what he misses in the day school.
 'I assert that every boy or girl who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26
Jewish Scholars to
 Plan Hebrew College
By Associated Press

New York, January 25.r-Noted Jewish scholars from all parts of the world. in cluding Dr. Albert Einstein. physicist and originator of the Einstein theory on light rays and gravitation, will meet soon in Basic, Switzerland. to prepare the foun- dation of Hebrew university in Jerusa- lem the Zionist Organization of America announced here today.
 Prof. Patrick Geddes of the University of Edinburg, one of the worlds foremost authorities on town planning. is design ing the university as part of a scheme of modernization he is carrying on in Jerusalem to prepare it to receive the thousands of immigrants who are ex- pected to settle there
 The cornerstone of the university has been laid already on top of the Mount of Olives, with part of the s10,0O0, 900. be- ing raised in the United States this year for the Palestine restorat tion fund. Pro- lessor Geddes expects to have the chem ical research building completed this year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26

campaigns engendered. Instead. he was most cordial Therefore. it is with sim cere pleasure that 1 speak truthfully of his virtues today His honesty impressed itself not only on the state of Alabama but on the nation. He fell in line of duty when he died bravely in harness"
 Of the eulogies spoken in behalf of the Alabama member today the gist was this:
 He spurned insincerity and loved the truth. His most conspicuous service. in
 the words of those who spoke of him, was his bill throwing restrictions against
 immigration. Representative steagall ot Alabama and others referred ta the fact | that he had been one among the fist to 1 urge limitations against immigrations in bills, which all presidents since Cleveland vetoed Had these presidents" in the language of MT. Stegall. viewed the sit- nation IS Burnett view it, we would not now be trying to cure disease which he fought with varying success to prevent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26

to unravel wool sock and wind it into ball and cut the cover out of an old foot top in the form of two figures Sts and sew them on the ball ourselves and then make bat out of a paling swiped off the fence of the village graveyard. and the catcher sat behind the bat bare faced and bare-handed; but just look how easy it is these days
 Nowadays a boy can answer an ad in his weekly paper and sell nine boxes of indigo for Chicago firm and they will send him a ball. bat. uniform, catcher's mitt and glove by parcel post prepaid
 When I wanted a top I used to saw oneo of the pineapples off the post of an old bedstead up in the attic and carry it to the blaming mill and wheedle the wood turner to turn it into shape for me, and then put screw into the end and after stealing a file from the black smith shop put in nine hours filing the screw into a spinner for the top
 Today you can buy a better top in a toy store for nickel, and yet there are chumps in this world who complain of the high cost of living.
 '"When I was boy 1 used to carry water from six in the morning till ? in the afternoon to get into a circus. and today a kid can see all the beasts that were in the ark at moving picture show for a dimes
 T tell you, honey. was born too soon. I want back my youth and a chance to do it all over again 1 want"
 Backward, tuEn backward. o Time in your flight.
 And make me boy again just for to-
 night"
 sang Imogene
 NO, sirl'' broke in Andrew Not just for tonight, but for tomorrow and next Saturday and a week from Thursday and all the rest of the time.v I Copyright, 1920. by Twenty-first Gen.
 tury Press. Incl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26
Andrew and Ir11ogene
LITTLE LIFE CoNFIDENcES EXPERIENCE OF COUPLE PHLOSOFHIC, THOUGH
 By

'Doggone the luck" said Andrew, turing impatiently away from the win dow
 What is the matter?" asked Imogene
 Tive just woke up to the fact that I made most unfortunate selection of my parents" exclaimed Andrew T was too blamed hasty in the matter and. like every other person who does anything hastily. I regret it.
 : T should have waited about 40 years and selected some people so could be born in this day and time"
 What in the world are you talking about2' asked Imogene.
 T am simply regretting that I am not boy in these times rather than in the times when I was a boy" said Am drew. q was just standing at the win dow there and saw Stump Jones across the street come out of the house
 When I was stump's age and wanted to play soldier or Indian or anything of that sort I had to slip away from home and build fire in the woods and get chased by farmers and get licked when got home, and if didn't hide the s2 9s pistol out in the barn it was confis- eated.
 But just look at Stump, will vel He's got on his Boy Scouts uniform and just hate himl If he wants to go into the woods he's got uniform to wear a man to teach him to build camp fires, cook rabbits and all that sort of thing not to mention doing one kind act every day.
 If some Boy Scout wants to do a kind act that will make one man abso- lutely happy, let him turn back the clock of time and make me a kid again so can enlist in the Boy Scouts.
 When 1 was a hnx We nsed tn have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26
PRESIDENT EBERT LOSES SUIT OVER
 PAPER CARTOON
''Picayunishness Is Out of Place In Modern Ger many" Says Count In
 Giving Decision
By Associated Press


 Berlin, Saturday, January 24.-- President Ebert and Gustave Noske, the minister Of defense, today lost their suit against the editor of the Sasyr, h humorous weekly, which had cartOOned the members of the cabinet fin the shape of different animals, labelling the collection Sour MennGerie." The president and the minister Of defense were, the only members of the govern ment to bring suit.
 The defendant had a number of Der lin editors and authors supboenaed ai witnesses. among them being Couu Won Reventlow of the Tages Zeituus and George Bernhard of the Vossischt Zeitung. He charged that President Ebert's mode of living was far from "Spartan-like" simplicity. and that the president was not showing the measure of reserve to be expected of a German executive in the present situation
 Both Herr Fiber tand Herr Noske. the defendant, testified. had in fact per mitted themselves to be photographed in bathing trunks and had suggested the cartoon, while editors called upon to give evidence declared they failed to discover anything particularly objec- uonable in the caricatures
 The court gave it's decision in favor of the defendant editor after declaring 'picayunishness out of place in mod eEn Germany, in which freedom is sup posed to reign"
 President Ebert was cartooned as a wild boar, Herr Noske as an ape and Matthias Erzbergert the finance minis ter, as a chameleon.