The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03

prediction are the statements that Lenine and Trotzky are due to re- ceive the coup de grace some time next year and the high cost of living IS coming down in stricken Europe. Madame Bellaugh has evidently been consulting monarchial stars with a strong predilection for crowned heads. The Swiss colony of exiled kings, the Hohenzollerns and the militarists of Germany, as well as the reaetionaries of the other countries mentioned in her pronouncement, are welcome to any comfort they can get out of it, There's many a slip between a prophecy and it's fulfillment, even when the sseeress happens to be a national figure An Omaha-sstreet car conductor sur rendered s52 of the eompany's money  to highwayman. but beat the man into insensibility when he insisted on taking watch which was the conduc- tors personal property. nice dis tinction which the would-be robber now realizes to his sorrow.
 < # # The difference between the cost of living and an aviator is that when an aviator has established new altitude record he comes down as fast as he can.
 brisk demand for cocoanuts may be expected. A Philadelphia woman dis covered the milk in the coeoanut" to be whisky.
 MT. Hughes general reputation is good, but he can't deny that he's had some heart -to-heart talks with the brewers.
  Charles R. Crane American minister to China, has reached his post. After passing San. Francisco he probably t-eathed more freely
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 Sing Sings "baarders' are we'll fed or 2S cents day The echoes of a troubled world scarcely disturb the peaceful inmates of a prison.
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 Major Dalrymples attempt to dry up the cellars of the rich may eventually put the thirsty rich on the same foot ing with the thirsty poor.
 x # # --"Throw her out" is not parliament tary language, but it fits the case of a female hooligan who tries to heckle Congress
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 Even though some eminent psychol- ogist should trace the "shimmyo to a dancers subconscious self, it will still be taboo in polite circles.
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 The Biblical importance of Mount Ararat seems to have had no influence whatever on Congress in it's discus sions of the Armenian mandate.
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 If Colonel House would only am rcunee that he is at work on his me- ntofrs, the present generation would have something to live for.
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 Returning home, little Jimmy Wilde rIght well quote those we'll known words of J. Caesar, to the effect that he came. saw and conquered
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 The Chinese may be sleepy. but mo- body has ever yet been able to con- vince them that the Japs are their friends.
 If it were not for the "eternal 1rian- gle,' many tire,ess member of the sob squad" would fall into innocuous desuetude.
 Fortunately for the peace of the world, Editor Bottomley is not in po- silion to declare war on America in behalf of the British government
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 Five per cent beer is considerably over the border line of depravity
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 After what has happened you could hardly expect Secretary Post to look wpth favor on the Palmer presidential be om
 The curse of ambition applies with crushing force to a favorite son rele- gated to the side lines
 With 1000 hotels, san Francisco is prepared both to welcome and to speed the parting guest.
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 IL may be discovered at Chicago that Hi Johnson somehow slipped through the republican eliminator
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 If Mexico remains tranquil for thirty days. there will be mourning in the camp of the interventionists
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