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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 N MEAGER literary notice rec M\ ords that the Wharton lecture
 S S ono English poetry for thls
 year before the British academy was
 on the subject. Byron. Arnold and
 Swinburne." If Wordsworth were added to these,
 we should have joined all the names that figured, 35 years ago, in one or the great literary controversies of the last century. It was begun when Mat thew Arnold advanced the claim that Byron and Wordsworth sounded the highest and dearest poetic note Of that century. It needed--or has it yet ended d?-when Swinburne took up the challenge on behalf of Coleridge and Shelley.
 The lapse of years has cooled many fires. and it seems safe to explore the embers of this one. Perhaps the out standing fact is that the reputation of all four of the poets around whose rames the battle ragged, stand lower
 
 the last century. Byron, whose reputa- tion at one time stood highest, per haps now stands lowest of all. It is not probable that Byron is much read today and it is probable that at the height of his popularity a very con siderable part of it attached to his own romantic and tragic story rather than to his poetry-although one hastens to relieve Arnold from the imputation of being blinded by this Byronic stirrng-and just sufficiently sad while his wild and tragic cry was coming back from his exile in Italy, and his last deep sigh from Greece, but these generations cannot quite hear them ByroJ is now but name are greater names and greater poems. Bryon and Wordsworth make a queer, coupling to most minds. Byron could do what he could do with far greater facility than Wordsworth, but there are no depths in him such as Wordsworth revealed in his single great ode. The "1mtimations of Im- mortality" must itself be immortal. l One would hesitate to predict what work of Byrons will be, Byron was | the greater genius, Wordsworth the greater poet.
 Colerdge had mind more universal i than either, but is difficult to say
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
Should Consider What
 Hospitals Are For

ZINE dominant thought should be NJ entertained by those having to do with the location of a hospital. Where will it best serve its purposes and where will it stand the best chance of steady maintenance It is one thing to expend certain amount of money to build hospital with a hundred beds. It is altogether another thing to have these beds oc- cupied and to receive sufficient reve- -nue for continuous operation.
 A college might well be located in a village of 800 people. It might be advisedly placed some distance from any town. A college is :. place for study. The quieter and more remote from distraction the better in some respects. A hospital located in the country would be an absurdity. It might be superbly equipped, but it would have no patients.
 The Baptist hospital should be cen trally located. It should be where there is the greatest assurance of patients and of adequate medical skill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
THE CATS OF PARIS

From the London Mail.
 It is estimated that there are in Paris 240 900 cats. The official cats,' which keen the museums and offices free of rats and mice, cost the state s3 head a year for upkeep, so that if the private cats cost an equal amount, the total would be about s750,000 year. But judging by the number of rats one sees in the streets of Paris before dawn, feeding from the refuse boxes, several thousand more cats would bea good in- yestment, for the amount of damage done by rats must be enormous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
Looks Too Live

When did they place midway on your prominent streets" asked J. L. At tebury, tourist from the far north, who, on his way to Florida, had stopped over in this city.
 T expected to see a sideshow every minute as l walked along Third avenue around Nineteenth street and over. to Second avenue.
 Get a funny ball, monster toy bal loon, see the monkey dance. see the monkey dance.' Why do your commits sioners allow such things to go on in your city? Many of the things you see displayed on the streets of the down. town district are all kept in the toy de- partments of the several large stores you have, l am sure, and some of these quas4-merchants are parked right in front of these stores. It is an unusual sight, and why let them pick on your city?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22

of our government our neighbors to
 the south have had little cause to protest against the policies of far more powerful nation. In contrast to Europe, the western hemisphere has enjoyed large measure of peace and prosperity. The Monroe Doctrine has proved one of the most effective in- strumentalities for maintaining peace that has ever been devised, but it would have failed if the American government had sought aggrandize- ment at the expense of weaker states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
HENCE THE NAME
From the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
 The baby's name was George Homer. and in the vestry the English clergy man who hard performed the baptismal service was making the usual entries. When writing down the second nams he paused thoughtfully:
 strange" he thought. as he recalled the original Homer, the great Greek poet. Its curious name for the son of a navvy."
 Then he turned to the proud father.
 Your favorite poet?' he asked. point ing to the name.
 Poet sir?" repeated the man. with a surprised look. Poet, sire No; keeps pidgins'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
Making New Friends
 in South America

7THE visit of Secretary Bainbridge
 lI Colby to South American coun- tries should do much to strengthen the cordial relations that exist between North and South America. As our ranking cabinet officer, MT. Colby is . distinguished representative of the United States government, and per sonally he is we'll equipped to make a favorable impression on statesmen in that part of the world. They will find him typical American, unspoiled by his public position and his success in private life.
 It is a source of pride to the Amer ican people that since the foundation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22

One explanation of Venizelos' defeat, recently offered, is that the Greeks got tired of hearing him praised so much, thus recalling what happened to "Aris- tides the Just"
 Without in any way disparaging the former Lady From Montana" we ven- ture to predict that the Lady From Ok lahoma." who is made of sterner stuff, will not weep in Congress.
 s: < # A newly married grand opera star is quoted as saying that if her husband ob- jected to her singing he wouldn't be her husband long. Our heart goes out to the unfortunate gentleman.
 # # # A citizen of Jacksonville, Fla, was tarred and feathered because he objected to the use of the word Hun" in local paper. He spoke too soon after the war.
 4. * # By publishing pictures of the idle rich 
 lolling on the sands of winter resorts Sunday newspapers are adding to the un- rest of the proletariat.
 ;. # # Now that soviet Russia is at peace with the outside world, Lenine and Trotzky can give their undivided attention to propaganda.
 The Prince of Wales is reported madly in love. With all due respect to that young gentleman, he doesn't seem capable of doing anything 'madly."
 # # # While pearl necklaces and limousines may do very well for Christmas pre- sents, true philanthropist hangs tur- key on the tree.
 # # x Honest burghers in some cities may they succeed in going 10 blocks without encountering footpad
  Haiti is not popular among tourists Haiti hasn't much to offer visitors except some extraordinary potent rum.
 < x # We might begin the process of disarm- ing by taking the gunman's "gat" away from him.
 !. # # New York's crime wave has assumed metropolitan proportions That is ncth- ing to boast about
 < x # Uncle Sam has heart, but he is not yet ready to retire the nations agricul- turists on a pension.
 y. # # F The President of France will quit kissing all corners. A new and militant form of self-determination.
 # # # Speaking of superservice, you may have noticed that your porter and your ele- vator man are giving that kind just now.
 # # # A revival of hospitality at the White House will also arouse the culinary de- partment from a state of torpor.
 # < x Marion is going to be deadly dull town when the Hardngs entrain for a four-year sojourn in Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
New Traffic Ordinance
 Proposed for Birmingham

I7THE proposed traffic ordinance
 Q submitted to the city commis- sion by Commissioner John H. Taylor is designed to end traffic congestion in the business district of Birmingham By creating Hoop section," where no motorist will be permitted to drive around traffic policeman to reach the opposite side of the street; by inn posing more drastic penalties for reck- less driving and establishing 68 safety zones, with several other needed clauses, this ordinance should give much needed relief.
 While automobiles create confusion and menace life all during the day and half the night in the downtown section, it is from o'clock in the aft ernoon to 6:30 that congestion is at it's worst. At many street intersections traffic is most of the time in a snarl, despite the efforts of traffic policemen to maintain some kind of order and protect pedestrians. This is not the officers fault, but is due to the neg ligence of automobile drivers, espe- cially women and children, who have no business driving automobiles at all.
 The north entrance to the Rainbow viaduet at this time of day is crowded with automobiles, most of them going south, carrying shoppers and business men home. It is providential that there is not an accident of some sort about every five minutes.
 Birmingham is too large for the kind of traffic laws which might do very we'll in a city third or quar- ter of it's size. Sweeping changes are needed and Commissioner Taylor's ordinance contains some excellent sug- gestions.
 While efforts are being made to stop reckless driving and keep motor cars within proper bounds, it might be worth while to make another study of the parking nuisance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
CURED.

How did you get to be so friendly with that prohibition officer?'
 "He insisted on sampling the 'evl- dence,'" said the astute "moonshiner."
 "Well?"
 There's not much more to tell you, except that the next day when he climbed down from the haylort where me and my hired man put him to sorter he said he believed he'd go back to town and get quiet job as a night watchman or janitor.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
NEVER THOUGHT OF SHAKESPEARE

From the Glasgow Herald.
 Once while in London, writes I'll. C. M.," I heard the late MT. Lionel BrouSh tell a story of dinner in England at which the principal guest was Kaiser Wilhelm H.
 Someone in the course of conversation remarked: "As the immortal William said, There is. a tide in the affairs of men, etc.
 His Imperial Majesty turned to the speaker and said: "Did I say that? l don't remember
 On my return home I was telling this story at tea one evening, and amidst the general laughter one lady said to me- with a pitying smile-"Of course, 1t was his grandfather they meant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
MIsTREATING A DOG

From the Houston Post.
 A Chicago woman left SS,Ooo for a dog, stimulating that it must have a good home. daily bath and plenty of And the poor dog would gladly exchange the sS.O00 for the right to be a dog and enjoy all the hilarious and cryptic frivolity of canine life, in- cluding an occasional meal on buried
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
WASTE OF BREATH.

"Blithersby is a thoughtful host. but he asks too many useless questions re- marked MT. Bibble5.
 of his guests, you mean?"
 "Yes. For instance, the other night sev- eral members of the Sir Walter Raieigh Poker club met at his house and he an- nounced, Gentlemen, I have some unfer- mented grape juice and some hard cider sent me by my uncle in the country W hieh will yOI have ?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
ADRTFT WITH THE TIMES
EMPTY CoFFERs

EMPTY COF FERo. Stirring news from Athens, 'Tino" s home again; Sounds of loud rejoicing
 Float across the main To the crowding islands Of tn Aegean sea. Are his people happy?
 Well, they seem to be. Yet. despite processions, Flowers, songs and cheers And the swarming peasants Pouring out their tears, Ruling may for 'Tino'
 Prove a heavy yoke; There's no fun in Ringing When your kingdoms broke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
# # #
Some Advanta ges of
 Being m Prison

mHILOSOPHY has been defined lS as the ability to view the mis- fortunes of others with equanimity. The inmates of Sing Sing, find their thick walls and steel bars not so irk- some when the gunman, the automo- bile bandit and the all-round thug are terrorizing many of the large cities of the country, particularly New York, from which Sing Sing gets many of it's "boarders."
 In recent issue of the Bulletin, a prison publication that is we'll worth reading, light hearted convict writes, 'Isn't it pleasant sensation, when the keeper locks our cell door at night, the feeling of security that comes to us as we drift away to dreamland? It wouldn't be a bad idea to build wall around New York city and keep all their crooks there, instead of sending them up the river to contaminate the inmates of Sing Sing?"
 Without discounting it's sly humor, there is "more truth than poetry" in this picture of the retired life led by +lA at Cfncr o~+ from certain restrictions, which are not so onerous after one becomes ac- customed to them, and rather close confinement during certain hours, it | is possible for person to be worse off than in jail. Humane ideas have succeeded the more rigorous discip- line of other days. Opportunities are provided for self-improvement and re- fined amusement. The meals are reg ular and substantial and prisons in winter are kept warm. Gazing out on troubled world, inmates of first |
 grade penitentiary may we'll congrat- ulate themselves on the immunity they enjoy from many of the perils and annoyances to which the average citizen is subjected, They are not only safe from criminals at large, but they are not disturbed by the book agent, the oil stock salesman, the "drive" engineer and the tireless bill collector, to say nothing of the ability to snap their fingers at the high cost of living.
 Franklin D. Roosevelt has been elected vice president of an insurance company, and his salary is probably larger than he would have received had he been ] elected Vice President of the United States.
 If the average prohibition officer were lArgus-eyed and had as many arms as a squid. he would still be unable to eaten all the bootleggers.
 * x !.
 There is no one we could take leave of with less regret than Ambassador" Martens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
O. k. at Haleyy-iIIe

Agents of the Warrant Warehouse company travelling in northern Alabama and the Tennessee valley have run across many unexpected evidences of good conditions prevailing in rural sec tions," said Charles Francis Wood.
 'Take Haleyville. for instance. Over there the farmers appear to have sold their cotton early in the season and then turned their attention to other things, Among others was the getting out of cross-ties. Every man in those diggings' got out cross ties at so much per hundred. The result is that more than s1,500,Oo0 has come into that com munity the bank is in fine shape and the whole section is prosperous.
 There were many showings of better conditions than low price of cotton might have one to expect, that of Haleyville being but one of them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
VARIED ARCTIC INDUSTRIES

has passed the experimental stage. as the exports from Nome indicate The herders of reindeer are enlarging their activities, improving their product and looking hope fully forward to the building up of profitable market. They are now ex- porting mostly from Nome; and Nome s residents believe that the reindeer meat trade means much to their future pros- perity
 Towns die when their industries die. With the golden sands of it's beach no longer yielding gold, Nome might have given up the ghost as many . placer mining camp has done since 1s4s. But with a new and highly promising indus try to take the place of the old. Nomc cannot be dismissed as dead or even as dying. Rather. it appears to be sim ply in transition stage, with it's health jest years before it.
 TO AN ATHLETE DYING YOUNG From "A Shropshire Lad" by A. E.
 Housman.
 The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market
 place;
 Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder
 high.
 Today. the road all runners come. Shoulder high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down,
 Townsman of a stiller town. Smart lad to slip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay. And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker than the rose. Eyes the shady night has shut Cannot see the record cut, And silence sounds no worse than
 cheers
 After earth has stopped the ears: Now you will not swell the rout Of lads that wore their honors out, Runners whom renown outran And the name died before the man. So set, before its echoes fade, The fleet foot on the sill of shade, And hold to the low lintel up The still-defended challenge cup. And round that eariy laurelled head VIII flock to gate the strengthless
 dead. AAd find unwithered on it's curls The garland brieaer than Girfs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
MATERNAL PRIDE.

''The idea of letting mere child like that dance the 'shmmyl" exclaimed the old-fashioned person at an entertain ment given for charity. What can her mother be thinking about?'
 q see her sitting in the front row with a glad light in her eyes, said MT. Dubwaite She's probably thinking about stage career for her gifted daughter"
 PAIII. COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
Mutual Help

''The other day l saw two men at Third avenue and Nineteenth street seemingly preparing to go across the street from that corner" tells Harry Erwin.
 "I could see very plainly the one nearest, me was blind and was feeling with his cane for the curb. I kept watching his efforts to locate the curb, which were not proving successful, and was wondering why the fellow with him didn't help him out, when I no- ticed for thesfirst time that the other man was engaged in the like occupation of finding the curb. It was real case of the blind leading the blind I felt almost shame-faced over the few mo- ments that ! had to all appearances, derived my moments entertainment from watching their helplessness. and was just going up to help out. when another and quicker minded fellow walked up and took the arm of the out side man, and led them across.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
A MORNING PRAYER

A MUKNINN PISA ELK
 Through this Christmas week, O God, may my joy bc chastened by the thought that sorrow is yet in the world, nnd that no mans joy may be completed until it is the common lot of all. Amen.--M. $. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
A cHRIsrMAs CRISIS.

''why are all These children being hus- tied out of department stores by their parents and guardans?'
 '.The local Santa Claus union has called strike for more pay"
 "Ahr
 And the strikers say if their demands are not met instanter they'll tear off their disguises and tell the world there ain't no Santa Claus
 THE WIzARDRY OF WORDS. The oil stock salesman talks so well,
 My protestatons flouting. merely have to close my eyes
 To hear a gusher spouting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22
SOUNDS REASONABLE.

"The speaker says he graduated from soap box school of oratory."
 What, do you suppose. is the first step in an education of that kind?"
 Probably the step that gets student on top of a soap box"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22

The wounds invisibIS That loves keen arrows make.
 As You Like 1t. * Y; x
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-22

ONCE IS ENOUGH. "Yes Christmas comes but once year, Remarked Elisha Pratt; And then these words we chanced to hear: q thank the Lord for that!
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-03-12
ALLIES SCORED BY
PRESIDENT WILSON
Declares the United States Dou-
BILE Crossed by Them.
DOES NOT MlNCE HIS WORDS
Stands by Agreement of December g.
Says Premiers Make Secret Pacts
After Calling on U. S. for SUI
preme Sacrifice.

Washington, March S.-President
Wilson'S reply to the allies in the FL
ume controversy, as already forecast,
is an announcement of his determina-
ton to stand by the agreement of De-
cember 8, which was entered into by
the United States, Great Britain and
France
The state department made public
the text Of the note and ii is believed
another reply will be forthcoming from
the British and French premiers, chief
ly because the president explains he
will not sanction any partitioning Of
Albania, even though such step might
bring an agreement between Italy and
Jugo-Slavia.
Expresses Resentment.
The president expresses resentment
over the intention of the British land
French TO withdraw the agreement Of
December 9 and proceed on new
basis. He holds that this agreement
is "the basis of reference representing
the combined opinion of these govern
mentS."
The president takes the view that
if the December g. memorandum were
put aside the allies would have an ex-
c1ISe for reviving the pact of London,
which was drawn up in secrecy during
the war. and he is unalterab1y opposed
to this.
AssaiIs Allies Secrecy.
No words are minced by the presi-
dent in expressing his antagOnism to-
ward the pact of London. He. says
buntly he is unable to find in the sex
i"encies of military strategy" suffi-
Gent warrant for exercising such Sc
crecy with the United States, a gov
eminent which was intimately associ-
ated in the task of defending human
freedom and which was being called
upon for unlimited assistance and I'M
told treasure.
The president recalls TO the pre-
miers, in response TO their plant that
they were Inconvenience by the alb
sence of an American representative
with plenary powers in the latter day
conferences, that many times decisions
nv the supreme council were delayed
because British and French rtpresen-
tatives had not obtained the views of
their governments
In short, it is apparent the presi.
dent will continue to oppose any so.
luton of the Adriatic problem that
is not based on the agreement of De.
rember 8 and that he will stand out
to the end against a solution predi.
Gated upon the terms of the treaty in
London.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-03-12
WOMAN KILLS MAN AND SELF
Shot Chicago Advertising Man
and Then Ended Own Life.

Chicago. Mar,h 10.-"Some day
will have the strength" This entry
in the diary of Mrs. Ruth Randall,
beautiful divorce, who was found
dead on a bed in her apartment at
1907 Lake Park avenue beside the
body of Clifford Bleyer. head of the
BleyeT Advertising agency, former cap
tain Of ordnance in the A. Z. T. and
member Of the Union League club, is
thought by the police to suggest an
explanation OF the double Staying,
which was the elimination of the
clandestine affair between the df-
vOrcee and the ciubman. Both Bleyer
and Mrs. Randall were found shot
through the temple. At the Bleyer
home, 918 Gait avenue, Mrs. Bleyer,
PROSTATE with grief. refused to believe
that her husband had led double
life and sought to keep the full import
Of the tragedy from her two little
daughters, Paulette and Jacqueline.
Dr. Joseph Springer, coroner's physi-
can, announced that the position of
the bodies when found indicated that
ETrs Randall had fired the shots.