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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27

Capt Wilfrid Ewart. in Harper's Masa-
 zine for December
 TN NrcEMBER 1S-ls, 1914 was night ! II j. of tragedy in the British army
 Forgotten now-buried in the sancia Of regimenta1 records. it was only demonstratiou-of what of whom, of Low much or of how little-that need be no inquiry here.
 Less than week later the first Christ mas morning of the war dawned. After weeks of rain and mud it broke keen and clear with white frost powder ing everything. The fiat Flanders Iaa-i- scape was strangely silent and still No guns fired and few rifles. Brar. dsvaliy so rare in winter trenches, appeared in r'4mDers. as ias.s 4s Q. s..a..J.,s se.n.s fed around a dugout.
 At S:Sl a. m. British officer look ing over his parapet. saw four unarmed Germans leave the'r trenches, which at this point were some $50 to 70 paces dis tant. This officer and one fiom another company immedia -eiy went out and met
 he enemy outside our harhed wire The latter consisted of three private soldiers and streteher bearer iile.r d ad hat they thought it only right to come over and wish us a Happy Christmas, trusting aa implicitly to Keep the yease The spokesman of the party who spoke ex- eellent English. asked that post card which he wrote forthwith-misat be sent to young woman whom. together with d motor bicycle, he had left in Suffoan This request was carried out by one of the British officers.
 These four Germans were Jaegers and SaXons of the l5sth infantry regiment the troops which had successfully defended their trenches on the night of December 1S-19 They protested that they had come over out of good will that they had no feeling of enmity toward the English that everything lay with their authorities and, being soldiers, they had to obey There had come into theil possession a copy of the Daily Telegraph of Decem- Der 10 of that year, which, they averred had caused no end of amusement You English are being hoodwinked, France was done. they said. Russia had re- ceived a series of very heavy blows and would shortly give in, England alone carried the war. There was more con- versaton of the same sort in the middle of No Mans Land. The German pro- tested that the English press was to blame for working tip feeling against them by publishing atrocity reports. There was discussion about soft-nosed bullets (which the Germans claimed to have seen in possession of English pris- onersb. dum-dum bullet, and the high velocity. SharD-noSed Dilile, TinallV the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
CONVERSATIONS

as of old Welcome to our ciAsStS all cities, and eke all villages where editors do abide,
 Pro Bono,' "Yox' and "Veritas" rs- gently achieved notable victory in Chi cago. Nobly they rushed to the breach. The editors welcomed them as prodiga,s and wept upon their necks The minis ters indorsed them and called them blessed. X meeting of ministers was called and resolutions were adopted de- mandng that boxing carnival sched- uled for certain night in that city of easy conscience, be stopped. The ear nival had been arranged by a news paper, and the funds were to be used to buy Christmas dinners for the poor. Some Of the leading boxers of the country had offered their services. But under the aggressive attacks of Pro Bono" "vox,' .vertas' and the preachers. the news paper scheme and the best artistic talent Of the nation went down for the count.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
MODERN MIRACLES
be Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
 Science beat fairy tales again lately when storm victims with broken limbs on a doctorless ship were treated by wireless orders from d surgeon on am other ship unable to reach them in per son The storm ridden vessel reported II, the men so treated as resting com fortably and out of danger. After all, the real fairy godmother of modern miracles is the eleotric spark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
CANADA'S LUXURIES

magnificent costume ball. The bitter com face of the general need were socialstic in their strictures. and the atmosphere theA created took on tinge if not alarming, at least, very unpleasant. timely article pointed out how such events were social blessings instead CT curses, and by the time the different trades and the immense number of work people were pointed out as benefiting by this expensive function, the amount of money distributed by it into needy homes, the eyes of the wen-meaninS critics, at least, were opened to the calamity which a cessation of all social entertainment in big city would be to the working class.
 When the late Queen Victoria indulged in one of her lugubrious periods of court mourning it alarmed the tradespeople of London sometimes to the point of pro- test over the money loss the stopping of court festivities meant to them and their dependents. Almost every ordinary in dustry and trade were affected by this economy at the top. The economist will quarrel with this reasoning, but it con tains elements of truth. The action of Canada is a practical answer to this carp ing and criticism in it's showing of the in- innate connection of luxuries with the eeonomc welfare of any community, in it's consequent, booming of trade an1 cir c,lofinp If pooDey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
THE SINGING OF THE CHRIsrMAs

Frank L. stanton in the Atlanta Const tuition. Winter Fires singing
 Sweet, to all the Earth: Want to see the children Playing round the hearth When I'm shinin' bright Singing to the Night,
 I sing: The love of childrGn Makes all the Christmas light!" Winter Wiad is singing
 Round the skies of gray: Once the stars were dreaming Of Christmas, far away; And on q Mothers breast little child. at rest.
 Dreamed the dream of Christmas That made us love it best.' Winter World is singing
 To all the singing skies; The light and love ,af Christmas Shine from. the childrens eyes. My storms are lulled to rest Tn that light--that love, so blest: I aream that HERE is Heaven With my children on my breastr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27

 their criminal instincts, they will be prosecuted. Should the Hon. William Allen White care to repeat his famous ques- tion, What's the matter with Kan sas?" a considerable part of the American people will take pleasure in telling him that Kansas strains at gnats and swallows camels.
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 An explorer who has started for the Antarctic says he will be heard from in IS months. For a person who enjoys peace and solitude. with comparative free dom from telephone calls. there is no place like the frozen regions of the north or the south
 Two justices of the New York supreme court held that one act of drunkenness Is not sufficient to cause the discharge oi all efHpioSe WHO IS uhueI taCl' lA en the law sometimes recognizes that the flesh is weak. and no man knoweth when his foot will slip.
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 A cave of the stone age, estimated to be 5000 years old, has been found in Moravia The remains of more than 1000 mammoths indicated that the late oc- cupant had a large family to feed, and probably had to hustle to make both ends meet.
 Cigarettes and 'possums were included in the Christmas presents received by Mir. Harding. If he received anything that called for the application of . cork screw. it was not mentioned in the public prints
 Actors are going to ask reduction in railroad fares. Yet we have always un dorstood that nothing was more displeas- ing to their artistic natures than to make road tours and play the tanks
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 Chilean grape growers are said to be or- sanizing to fight prohibition. They m ght learn something to their advantage by communicating with the grape grow CTS of California
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 MT Harding's secretary is named El- that boys named Elmer nearly always turn out well and are credit to their parents.
 A pleasing absence of wood alcohol fa- talities during the Christmas celebration seems to prove that people occasionally take good advice.
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 The meanest thief halls from Atlanta. lie robbed Christmas tree. A man like that would be capable of sandbag- ging santa Claus.
 The British governor of Jerusalem who has some idea of the eternal fitness of things. says he will not permit trans to be run to holy places.
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 Foreign correspondents in Athens have been treated with distinguished consd- eration since Constantine's return. There's a reason.
 Holding indignation meetings and pass ing resolutions does not have much eff attend
 Although the cost of living is unques- tionably seeking lower levels, it's descent is not rapid enough to take the consum- CTS breath away.
 It is discouraging to think about but children born today will probably never live to see navies become obsolete. If the ancient Mir. Willard were not pugilist he would be considered in the prime of life.
 It would scarcely be worth while to wish Ireland and Plume happy New Year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
A MORNING PRAYER

Through Christmas week, Lord God. | watched at the death-Ded of a child and marVcIed at inc courage of brOken-hearted mother. 0 help nsc to understand the mystery of joy and sorrow and pain, and of love that triumphs over death. Amen.- W $. Fl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
STILL LOOKING FOR TROUBLE

From the Charleston News Courier.
 Most of the jingoes in the world to- day seem to be living in Japan and the United States. Perhaps the reason is< that these two countries did not get as large dose of wars misery as some of the others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
THE ELUSIVE GUNMAN

From the Nashville Banner.
 We might begin the process of dis arming by taking the gunman's "gat" away from him. Birmingham Age-Her- ald.
 The trouble is in first catching the gunman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
MEANING YOUNG ONES

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 Anyway, blue laws will not carry as far as formerly. For instance witches. nowadays. are too winsome to burn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
PADEREwskrs DESCENT IN LIFE

From the kansas City Star.
 Jo Davidson, the sculptor, who re- gently returned to the United States after many months in Europe where many great men posed for him, relates the following passage between Clemen- ceau and Paderewski which. vadisoA ceau and Paderewski. which. Davidson
 "Clemenceau is a gruff old sort of a fellow" Davidson relates. He was re- ceiving Ignace Paderewski.
 Are you Paderewski, the great pi- anist% he asked.
 Yes. replied the artist, lowing. And you have just been elected pre- mier of Poland?' Again Paderewskie bowed and an swered in the affirmative.
 "Clemenceau looked at him a moment and then shook his head sadly, saying. My God, what a come down,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
 CHERCHEZ LES PENNIES

From the New York Tribune Everything that is 100 per cent virile shudders at the thought of afternoon tea a { Harvard.
 American parents, of course, have long since accepted the red blooded the ory which accords athletics the first place in an institution of learning and spare the family the disgrace of funk | ing out. So what place have marma- | lade and tea in the curriculum of great university? It is not by crum-
 pets and jam that true academic tri- umphs are achieved
 The explanation of the authorities is that the festival of afternoon tea is to provide the students with mid-after- noon relaxation from their books, talk ing the place of the outdoor sports which Cambridge winter forbids. The explanation scarcely satisfies. Is it not more likely that this latest mark of decadence. like all others from which the higher learning suffers, is due to the influence of the coed? Radcliffe, 1t is true, is not strictly part of liar yard university, ana is removed two blocks from the heart of the campus, where the tea parties are to be staged; but what are two blocks when the ener- vating influence of woman gets in its deadly work?
 Men who would, if left to themselves, spend the winter afternoon in snowfall fights and honest slaughter of hot dogs and doushnuts at some quick lunch counter have. been poisoned by co edu- cational propa gandists with false love of warmth and lolling wicker chairs and sweets.
 Just as the women of Cornell have
 ruined their college by their skating and flirting, so the women of Cam bridge are the ones rightly to be blamed for the tea fights which will presently disgrace fair Harvard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
There With the Goods

T think the Age-Herald has the pest cartoonist in the country" says Will liam E. Matthews. T consider it enc of the papers best features, and 1t has got to be a habit with me every norm ing to watch out for the story ne IS telling in his drawing. He is not only la fine artist, but he has the knack of seizing upon the salient incidents of per in a way that drives them home. l think l have noticed a decided im- provement, both in his artistic work and the grasp of current events since paper
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Best in the World

A. w. Whiteley, familiarly kno VII as Bug" one of the best-known ne @sDa- per men of Detroit, Mich. was a Bir- mingham visitor yesterday. T am just in the south to see what the climate will do for rheumatism,' he said "I have tried most verything-massage medicated baths, a long line of dr igs, mental therapeutics-yes and I've Lad my teeth pulled. 1 have no bank &C., count left, but l still have my rheu a1- tlsm.
 Now. they tell me southern climate will cure it. so | have picked out lit tie place on the gulf coast of MississiP- pi. and I'm going to give it try 1ut won't tell where it it, for some of my creditors might read the Age Her aid Funny thing about rheumatism is that no one knows what causes t.,
 Tt is laid to faulty circulation, uial- nutrition, depleted nerve forces, blood disorders, but l find that rheum1tism is rheumatism, and it doesn't natter much what caused it after you have it'
 MT. Whiteley was in Birmingham e. fore the war gatherin industrial statis- ties and commented specially on, the many signs of improvements and pros perity since his last visit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27

The cattle market has grown bv leaps and bounds in Nashville. and to- day is one of the city's biggest com merciai assets. The whole town is backing it. For the year ending May I. 1920, there was sent in Nashville in stock yards and packing house building ann improvement more than a million dollars in real money. And judging from what heord and having met and seen the active fellows behind the cat tie game. l am confident that they pro- pose to keep the lead which they have gained They richly deserve the sue cess which has bee. theirs for while they are making money yet they ara
 cal cattle boosters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
Building the South In
 Spirit of Friendliness

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-30
HARVEST FESTIVAL

At the II o'clock service tomorr ow morning at St. Johns Church, here will be held harvest festival, at which the rector, pr. Edmonds Bennett, will preach sermon fitting to the occa- sion. Appropriate music will be rem dered
 All people interested are asked to bring to the church contributions of fruit, vegetables or any of their prod uct for presentation as an expression of the spirit of the festival. These ef- ferings, together with money dona- tions,. will be sent to the church home for orphans at Mobile
 There will be early mass at 80 o'clock, and church school at s:45 o'clock. On Monday, the members of St. Margarets Guild and the Women's Auxiliary win meet at 3 o'clock.
 The officers and teachers of the Ens- ley Highlands Presbyterian Sunday school have sent out the following in- vitations to the boys and girls of the Ensley district:
 Every boy and girl in the Ensiey district between the ages of and 13 years who are not members of any Sunday school are asked to meet with MT. R. F. Palmer next Sunday moaning at a. m- at the Ensley Highlands Presbyterian Church, and spend an hour and thirty minutes with him snd his assistants in the junior department of the Sunday school. We have the best junior department in the district and we want to make it the largest be- fore Christmas. We promise you good, wholesome time with lots of and we will talk a little about Noah and his ark"
 First Christian Church---Rev T. H. Lennox, pastor. Revival services in progress at the church are growing in interest at each service. Last evening the sermon subject was, Tonight, Christ Our Refuge Sunday morning, Rev. Lennox will use as his sermon subject, Primitive Success and Modern Failures" At the evening service lis topic will be- Gods Way
 Good music is featuring each service, and many additions have been made to the membership of the church. The public is invited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-30

The growth of the night school which is being held at Ensley High is very gratifying to those in charge. Last night there were over 125 students registered and Prof. E. l.. Smith stated that he expected the number to in- crease the coming week.
 The school now has five classes in vocational work which are well at tended. Trade drafting, electrical work, machine shop work in two classes and carpenter work are being offered to those desiring to learn more of ihe trade without serving such a long ap- premiership A number of younger boys from the steel plant are mem bers of these classes.
 The commercial classes are record ing a good aattendance. A number of women and girls are included in he members of these classes. The classes in advanced English and advanced mathematics are we'll attended.
 The Ensley night school is held on Monday, Wednesday and Friday ey e. nings at 7:S0 o'clock, and is open to rhe public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-30
Fly HUGH w. ROBERTS Washington Burean The Age Herald
 500 Davidson Building

500 Davidson Building
 Washington, October 29-(Special. )--The observer who is guided entirely by prac- tical. tangible facts, must conclude that Senator Harding will be elected President next Tuesday. Likewise. he must have concluded, four years, ago, that Charles E. Hughes was certain of election. In this year, however, just as was the case in 1916, there is something working call culated to overturn the natural advan- tages of the republican party. And CoU may carry the day.
 In 1916 the people supported Woodrow Wilson because they knew that without cause he would not hrrl this nation into war, and opposed Charles F. Hughes be- cause they feared that the domination of Theodore Roosevelt would result in inn mediate war. It Is possible of demonstra- tion Tuesday that the people are for Cox because the League of Nations is call culated to prevent war. and against Harding because of the domination of re- actionaries and manufacturers of munt- ticns who profit from war.
 There is still another reason why 0emo- crats, relying on the psychology of the situation, persist in their hope. The re- publicans, convinced in the beginning that they would win without appreciabie effort, and ignoring the normal necessity of pretending to give attentsc., to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-30
Having Difficulty m Hanging the Master 


 electorate, initiated campaign featured by contempt of man which logically led to a contempt of God.
 CASE OF SACRILEGE
 In this connection, the scurrilous and sacrilegious cartoon printed first in the National Republican of Washington anc secondly in Harvey's Weekly, proves the case, the cartoon representing Governor Cox as hanging painting entitled: The Wilson League of Nations, the Immacu- late Conception"
 This cartoon was drawn by Albert T. Reid, regularly employed by the National Republican, a political journal owned by republicans prominent in the councils of the reactionary wing of the republican party. In a grotesque effort at humor, it drags the mother of Jesus into the mIre of American politics. The effect has been instantaneous among all people who re- gard the woman who bore Jesus as one entitled to respect and exaltation. v Will H. Hayes, chairman of the repub- lican national committee, refuses to dis cuss the cartoon The National Repub- lican, however, which first printed 1t, is child of the committee. It's owners are John T. Adams of Iowa, vice chair man of the con1mitte; John w. Weeks of Massachusetts, formers %United States senator, one of the few furnishing tho brains for the Harding campaign; George w. Fairchild of New York, congressman and millionaire: A. T. Hert of Kentucky,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-30
Keep Your Blood in Good Condition and You Throw
 Off Disease
PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR HEALTH
No Need to Take Chances With It. Pepto-Mangan
 Makes Rich, Red Blood

When you first feel tired. aIi-gone feeling and look pale, your blood is los- ing in quality. Weak, impoverished blood has no power to fight disease. It takes red blood to keep you well.
 If you keep your blood in good condi- ton it will fight off disease. You will not be such an easy prey to long and ex- pensive sicinesses. With thin blood you take chances every day.
 There's no need doing that. You can take Pepto-Mangan and build up rich. red blood. With red blood you are able to win in the fight against prevailing diseases. Try Pepto-Mangan- It comes tn tablet or liquid form Take either kind. The tablet has the same medicinal value as the liquid. But be sure you get the genuine Pepto-Mangan. Ask for '-Gude's' and be sure that the name. .fauda's Pepto- o-Mangan." is on the pack age.-Adv.