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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-07
THE STAIR

wilfrid wilson Gibson. in Today (Lo, dony.
 Dear. when you climbed the icy Ma
 t.rhorn, Or braved tie >ouehing green-eyt
 jungle night with heart exultant in the sheer wef
 light On the snowpeak. or covering 10 h the old Indian darkness tsrr. Had you no inklins on that eryst
 height Or in .he shuddering gloom. hev sn Of Lcndon stairs we'd meet o.s Vi
 tef's morn? And when we met, dear. did ', realize. That as waited. watching you d
 scend. Glad in the sunshine of your eyes q,
 hair And you the first time looked into \ eyes Your wanderings were done. ana
 that stair A I. too. Q Love. had reached u ney's end?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-07
Federal Government Needs
 Law to Fight Bolshevism

! E1f1HE federal government is still j, 4 greatly handicapped in dealing with naturalized citizens of the United States and native born citi- gems who preach sedition. It is the purpose of the bill introduced by Rep- resentative Davey of Ohio and spon- eored by Attorney General Palmer to provide law with teeth in it" that will enable the government to wage a vigorous campaign against persons who have thus far been able to claim Sthe immunity of American citizen ship.
 It is a striking complication of their patriotism when such persons shelter themselves behind the laws oi a government that they openly defy and which they are seeking to over. turn. A fred" appeals just as quick ly to the police department of city i for protection as anybody else, and he is not slow to take advantage of legal fechnicalities in federal statutes. The Davey bill defines acts of SC. ldition and provides punishment fol those found guilty of such acts, i'm posing fines, prison sentence anc deportation, according to the nature of the offense and the status 0f the person convicted. A strong feature of the Davey bill is the clause which provides that naturalized citizens can,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-07
Eating Habit Growing.

"The eating habit is growing on the
 people of Birmingham" said John C..
 Henley. Every time two or three men
 want to get together and talk over q
 matter they arrange to meet at luncheon,
 and thus dispose of two important en-
 agreements at the same time. Before ts>
 war we never thought of talking over business matters at luncheon or dinner. but treated those occasions as being more or less of a social nature, where business was not supposed to have any place. "Now the first thing a man says when he wishes to see you about anything Of im- portance is, Meet me at the club Cor hoteD at lunch That doesn't mean he is going to pay for the lunch, for we have long since learned that these are strictly l Dutch affairs, and we expect to fork over the price of the meal. I think it is a very geod idea, and l hope it Will be permanent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-07
REMEMBRANCE.

EAIRA NAJANtE, The high cost of living we're forced to concede, When paying three prices for all that we need: M But diamonds and rubies and costly fur coats And pearls to encircle our, lady loves threats And high-powered motors for gadding about Are things that we could-if we would do without.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-07
ADRIFvT WITH THE TIMES
MOST OF THEM DO.

MOST OF THEM DO. what have you therez- = "A booklet entitled, How To Save" 'Is it worth while7"'
 '-weiI, 1t contains a fine picture of old Ben Franklin, the original thrift ex- pert"
 OF THE SAME MIND. This picture" said Mir. Gawker. Twas painted in garrett" replied the proud owner
 ''welll We'll"
 "A hundred thousand wouldn't bry it now"
 'No?" said Mir. Gawker. eyeing the masterpiece more closely. And I'm one of the hundred thousand"
 HIGH PRICE OF POISON. what are the chances to get drink in this town2'
 "Got your life insured, stranger" What has that got to do with my question:" "You'll soon find out after sampling i the kind of stuff bootleggers in this vi- cinity are selling for sl5 quart" ! EXPENSIVE.
 MT Grabcoin rather beltties the value of. a college education"
 ''That's because he can't figure out 1 how the sum total of Jack Grabcoh g achievements for the rest of his life will be worth the amount of money it is taking to sget him through his sopho- more year" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-07
Fairs In England.


 |. The British government through the ernment department has inaugurated a series of fairs in Great Britain to fa- cilitate trade in the products of British industries" said c. P. Orr. British vice consul in Birmingham.
 These fairs will be held in London, Birmingham and Glasgow from February ] B to March 5. The London fair will be held in the famous Crystal Palace a structure erected for the special purpose of fairs, exhibitions and such like. There | is narea of s14 acres on the ground I floor. There are 20 acres of glass win dows to this edifce and 50 miles of hot water pipes. It is a half-mle long 1 from one end to the other. In this build l ing will be exhibited cutlery, silverware, | jewelry, glassware, china, printing, toys. papers, fancy goods, scientific instruc- ments and such.
 l 'In Birmingham will be exhibited 1 lighting accessories, general hardware, including builders, marine and household ] hardware, tools, machinery, motors of all kinds, paints and ropes.
 In Glasgow, textiles of all descrip- l ton.
 Now that British exchange has depre- cated one-fifth of its usual value, buy CTS in America-in Birmingham- may find it profitable to visit these fairs and buy British goods, and in this way re- duce the H. c. l.. now prevailing. Should any citizen of Birmingham de- i sire to visit these fairs invitations to dc so may be obtained by applying to the British vice consul at 30S North Twenty first street, who will be pleased to pro cure them.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-07

CIVIC PRIDE.
 But this town has no scenic beauty" |said the critical visitor
 Tt doesn't need any" said the satis- fled business man. 'In my eyes there's nothing more beautiful than miles of fac- tories in operation and hundreds of big smokestacks belching smoke day and night. Why, sir. every time I get a flake of soot on my face or my collar 1 wear it as proud badge of prosperity z
 CAN'T BE SOLVED.
 They can't live together and they can't live apart"
 'umph. Whats the solution of a problem like that2'
 "chioroform. but. confound the luck, it's against the law LIBERAL HELPER. MT. Bilton says he is not appreciated in his home town "oh, yes he is. and, at his true value, too'' Why do you think so?" If it were not for MT. Biltons easy l manner in handling his fountain pen and check book half the campaigns to raise money in this town would never get past | the keynote speech
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-07
IN HOTEL LOBBTES
 AND ELSEWHERE
The Thnnder Line.


 Ever hear of rainstorm building s2.oO0,Ooo railroad?9 II. E. Hutchens, who is sort of generalissimo of rail road life in and around Birmingham asked. Tt was this way:
 Fellows name was commodore-lets see; I forgot the other part of it; but let it go at that. He wanted to build road somewhere around Kentucky and Virginia, and the only trouble was he lacked the several millions neces- sary to get it going.
 Finally. after hunting around the states bit for capital he went after old man Benjamin Newsass of London, | England But Ben couldn't see the proposition. Commodore saw him at the London office. went to his home. Nothing doing.
 Now. old man Ben, like most of his l people. held great store in showing his own family a good time-rather see his family happy than make money. He 1 decided to give his folks a picnic. He chose spot on branch line out of ! London, where morning train went out and came back late in the after \ noon. They went Hardly Had they gotten there when the clouds rolled up and it began to rain to beat the band. There was no shelter but a small shed, unsided, at the station, and thither old Ben led his brood
 First thing he knew. there came a r1ne engine and fine passenger coach. Out stepped Commodore and invited them in. He had sought the old man in his office again, heard of the pie nic seen what the weather was do- ing. chartered a special train and gone
 to the rescue.
 1 But what would you haveg' asked
 Ben later. He was so alarmed thought fu and considerate. And that dratted
 special train finally cost me s2,0oo,- l ooo.'g"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-07

When our actions do not, Our fears do make us traitors.
 -Macbeth. # # #
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-07
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-07

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age Herald VIII not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address
 THE GE-HERALO,
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-07

On the other hand, many of the worlds great and best beloved have come down through history with sobri- quets clinging to them which endear them to us. for we know they were~won on account of the love of those who knew them best. either in war or peace Any one can call up a score, but just because he hapepns at the present to loom so large in the public eye andsbe- l cause he was recently our guest, and therefore we can share to a degree in 1 his career, I merely refer to Black Jack. Pershing.
 History, however, records some names (which put a bad taste in our mouth. Even those who wore them have long since passed to their reward, good or levil But I'll not weary you now by re- cording any of them, but will only state i that in my opinion one of the worst which ever stuck to a public man was iwhen Cobbett. the English statesman. applied to Frederick Robinson, created lviscount Coderich. the opprobrious
 term, "Goosey Goderich," on account of
 his incapacity in public matters.
 sss
 'l, Now, it is different when the name is l a real one and not invented. I reckon 4 many of you know that Mother Goose" was real character. and not an imagi- Ipary parsonage. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Foster. She was born in 1865 I aud in 1893 she married Isaac Goose. IT suppose when she saw spinsterhood staring her in the face she preferred to be a goose rather than to remain lunwed. The first edition of her songs, which were originally sung to her own little goslings. was published in Boston lin 1716 by her son-in-law, Thomas Fleet
 She was a good goose, for she joined
 the old South church, Boston. and lived
 to the ripe old age of 92.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-07

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala- as second-class matter. un- Ger act of Congress. March 8. 1873.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-20
TRAILING ARBUTIES

Last Sunday turned out to be very
fair spring day, especially in the af-
ternoon when hundreds of motor cars
were off for the country. Many went
to the pine forest near Gardners to
see if the trailing Arbutus was in
blossom and sure enough they were
well rewarded. In the open where the
flowers can get the benefit of the sun
all day, there was an abundance of the
beautiful spring flower. All of last
week while it was cold, there was an
abundance of sunshine, and this
brought out the railing arbutus, and
in some protected places, the clusters
are large, varied in color and very
fragrant. For the next week the
trailing arbutus in the open will be
very plentiful and by that time 1t will
be in blossom in the thick woods.
With little warm rain and plenty of
sunshine, this will be an unusual year
for the trailing arbutus and they can
be had for the picking.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-20
WAUSAU HOUSING COM.
PANY

Wausau has started on a PROPOSE
ton to build homes for the accommo-
dation of those who want to come here
to reside, and for those already here.
The concern has been incorporated
and is known as the wausau Housing
company. The incorporators are H.
c. Berger, W. r. Chellis and c. B.
Bird. It is not a stock company and
there will be no profit to its members.
1t is the intention of the company to
finance its transaction by the aid of
the banks backed by the members of
the company.
II has a guarantee fund of $4,000.
The company will build houses and
sell at cost to citizens who will be OBJ
liged to pay certain percentage at
the out set and a monthly sum con-
tinuously until the property is paid
for. 1t is thought that many homes
will be built this season.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-20
FISH SEASON ON THE WAY
Wausau SpOrtsmen Tuning Rods for
May First-Fish Laws.

With the advent of spring Wausau
and Marathon county fishers are oil
ing up their diamond reels, patching
up lines of before the war" use, and
arguing as to whether their old rods
will stand the gaff." The season
this year, fishermen declare, will be
one of real sport. Everyone who
throws line is keen to try his luck
on an honest-to-go goodness trout
stream, and those who are more at
tached to still water fishing are no
less eager. The disposition of the
latter group, however, shows much
more patience than the former.
Despite the fact that the Wisconsin
game laws of last year will regulate
fishing during 1920, there are some
who are wondering what they are.
The Pilot herewith prints a brief
summary for their guidance
Trout >of all varieties, except lake
trout, in all waters, may be fished be-
tween May 1 and August 81; day linn
it, thirty-five each day; minimum
length seven inches.
The season for pike of any variety
open on June 1 and continues to
March l, 1920; day limit ten each day;
minimum length thirteen inches. The
season for pickerel and muskellunge
opens at the same time and continues
through March 1, 1920; bag limits,
respectively, fifteen and two; mini
mum lengths, respectively, sixteen
and twenty-four inches.
Bass enthusiasts have the hardest
luck of all. Not until July 1 does
the season for small mouthed black
bass and large mouthed black bass
open. The bag limit is ten each day
and the minimum length is ten inches.
The law provides that the measure
ment of length shall be taken in a
straight line from the tip of the nose
to the utmost end of the tail. Copies
of the Statutes Relating Wild An
imals," which includes the fish laws,
can be obtained at the county clerks
office.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-20
PASSED WORTHLESS
CHECKS

Last Tuesday a stranger giving his
name as Albert Lambrecht, passed
checks on the furniture stores of Rit-
ter and Deutsch and Chas. Helke. The
man gave his residence as Aniwa
at Helke's and at Ritter and Deutsch's
he gave it as Amigo. He talked glibly
about people living there and seemed
posted. He claimed to be a cattle
dealer. AT Helke's place he gave a
check for $4,000 on the First National
bank of Amigo and at Ritter and
Deutsch's, check of $225.00 on the
same party at the same bank.
1t was learned to the sorrow of the
above firms also by several other
firms in Wausau, who lost quite large
amounts, that there was no man by
the name given that had funds in the
bank at Amigo.
1t is strange that stranger can
come into Wausau and work the same
old gag about once a year and get
away with the money. The fellow
was dressed differently in every place
that he went to work his game.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-20

Decorating-Bill Zimmer, George
Phillips.
Publicity. L. Sturtevant, E. B.
Thayer.
Transportation-Jud Alexander,
Fred SeXmith, Phil Van Vechten.
Stunts-Lute Wheeler, Clark Ever
est, Mark Ewing, Rudolph Puchner.
Entertainment-Ever Rotarian in
the Wausau Rotary Club.
Among the leaders in Rotary VINO
attended the conference were: AL
bert S. Adams, International Presi-
dent of Rotary, of Atlanta, Ca, Harry
B. Craddick, Governor of the Fifteenth
Dist. of Minneapolis; Thomas Atkin-
son of Milwaukee, Conference Secre-
tary.
The principal places of gathering
were at the Hotel Bells, st. Mary's
Auditorium, Elks' Club house. Wausau
Club for the Rotarians.
The ladies gathered at the Hotel
Bells, Wausau Club house, and at
various churches. The conference
meetings were held at st. Mary's au-
ditorium where also in the large din
ing hall of the church, luncheons
were served at noon of each day of
the conference and there were 600 to
700 ROtarians given their meals.
The ladies of the church served
wonderful meals and everything was
simply perfect. The church was dec
GRATED with much taste; the exterior
was very attractive in the national
colors and the same effect was carried
out extensively in the various rooms,
ond tho fah1nS han1cnnnn with
cut flowers.
The weather was perfectly wonder
full in its effulgence of sunshine-two
more perfect days in this respect
could not be produced, but it was cold
so cold that heavy wraps had to be
worn to be comfortable. There was
considerable moderation as the con-
ference progressed-all warmed up to
the situation which probably had its
effect on the weather.
During Monday night and Tuesday
morning Rotarians arrived here in
special trains until there were over
thirty specials parked in various parts
Of our city.
Tuesday morning, the Tenth Infan-
| try band of Wausau and the Jackie
band of Milwaukee, the fife and drum
corps of Fargo and the Green Bay
band, were playing and marching our
streets, going to the various parking
places, and serenading the guests and
our people generally. All kinds of
stunts were pulled off on our streets,
and something was going on every
minute.
! The clubs represented were Apple
! ton, Ashland, Beloit, Fond du Lac.
| Grand Rapids, Green Bay, GAINESVILLE,
Lacrosse, Madison, Manitowoc, Marsh
field. Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Racine,
! Rhinelander, Sheboygan, Stevens
Point, Superior, and Wausau, all of
! Wisconsin. Austin, Duluth, Minneap-
oils, st. Paul, Saltwater. Virginia, all
of Minnesota. Fargo, Grand Forks,
! Minat and Williston, all of North Da-
kota. Marquette, Menominee of Mich
( igan.
The district sessions were presided
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-20
CLEAN UP AND PAINT UP

The following is sent in from the
State Industrial Commission:
Filth, dirt and rubbish invite fires
and diseases.
Waste paper, packing materials,
oily waste and rags, discarded cloth
ing, old furniture and like useless
rubbish have accumulated during the
long winter. Now is the time to rid
your property of all such fire hazards.
Streets, alleys, yards, area-ways,
Easements, attics, closets, fence cor
ners and out-buildings all need at
tention.
Residents sometimes lose civic
pride, but strangers will always Judge
town and its citizens by what he
sees,
Rubbish breeds fires, it spreads
fires and increases the fire damage,
it makes fire fighting dangerous, some
times impossible because of the vol
ume of smoke. Trash sometimes
blocks exists and costs precious lives.
Renew that moss-covered shingle
roof, rebuild the defective chimney
top, clean out the chimneys. When
you take down the stove close up the
flue hole with metal stopper, not
rags or paper.
Replace missing, loose and broken
siding and close up needless wall
openings. Sparks may enter.
Whitewash is clean and a fire re-
tardant.
Apply the paint brush literally.
Spade up fence corners and other
waste ground and raise green grass,
flowers and much needed vegetables
instead of unsightly and dangerous
weeds.
This Is your home town. 1t is what
you make it. Clean up, and then keep
it clean.
Clean up, fix up. paint up and spade
up.
Mayors should proclaim CLEAN
UP-WEEK not later than the first
week of May.
Firemen designated for that pur-
pose. and the health officer should see
that the cleaning up is done thor
oughly.
Women's Clubs. Commercial Clubs
and other civic bodies, through the
appointed committees, should aid in
this work
School children and b1y scouts make
a good cleanup squad.
The housekeepers and the shop
keepers must do their part.
Unattended rubbish fires are dang
ercus to property and to children.
Section 927p makes provision for
the removal of rubbish and ashes at
public expense as city councils and
village boards may direct.
If favorable action is taken, publish
a notice that 'all refuse, litter, trash
and ashes piled in convenient piles
along the street or alley by the even-
ing of the second day of May will be
hauled away free by the city. Wagons
will be sent around for that purpose
the following morning. You must be
ready, II you want this free service"
Make your town the cleauest one of
the state.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-20
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO..
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE
WAUSAU PILOT TEIRTY-THREE YEARS AGO

Dav. Sarvis have been helping out the
Marshfield baseball nine in several
games the past week.
Miss Alice Bradford of Appleton,
came down to the city last Wednesday,
to spend while with her many old
time friends.
Henry Abraham and Karl Mathie
went to Appleton yesterday prepara-
tory to beginning a collegiate course
in the Lawrence University.
DR.. Win Wylie has been confined to
his room for week past with a mild
attack of the typhoid fever. We hope
to see him out soon.
ALI the dams on the river are shut
down, and as soon as a good head
is secured, will be opened. There is
a prospect that the logs may yet
reach our booms in time for a couple
of months saving.
At the Lyceum last evening, the op-
ening number was a laughable reci-
tation by Mr.. Mullen-"The Mouse"
1t was followed by discussion of the
question SIS Lie Ever Justifable?"
by Mr.. Neal Brown in the affirmative
and Mr.. G. d. Jones opposed. Mr..
Jones, however, agreed with Mr..
Brown so Thoroughly that Rev. F. l..
Wharton moved to enter a vigorous
protest against all lying and this
stirred up a considerable amount of
animated discussion. Programs were
announced for the next four meetings.
For September 27, the main feature
of the evening will be the Lyceum
Journal, Miss Helen Bruneau and Mrs.
L. A. Pradt being the editors. The
program for next Monday evening is,
music, Miss Minnie Leahy; recitation,
Mr.. E. D.. Pardee; discussion, (which
Profession has Most Benefited Man
kind, Divinity, Medicine or Law%
Rev. Rogers, DR.. Win Wyle, and Judge
Alban.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-20

The. fifteenth Dist. Rotary Confer
ence, held in Wausau on the 18th and
14th days of April, was a pronounced
success. There was not single fall
ure to carry out the program as ar
ranged 1t meant work and the Wau-
sau Rotarians selected to arrange the
details and carry them to their final
conclusion are entitled to great credit
and the thanks of our citizens for ad-
ding laureIs to our city, for the coming
together of such a splendid body of
men; pleased with the entertainment
accorded them, could moth elp but add
much to the fame of Wausau and her
people.
The following are the officers of the
Wausau Rotary Club:
l.. A. Pradt, President.
j. n. Manson, Vice-Pres.
c. II. Hooker, Sec'y.
Otto Kaross, Treas.
George Bennett, Sergent-at-Arms.
Directors-Dr. Joseph +. Smith, NJ.
c. Ewing. George Phillips, w. II. Bis
sell, Alfred Zimmerman, Louis A,
Pradt. and Charles Hooker.
The president appointed the follow
ing conference committees to take
charge of the event and TO the officers
and the committees great credit is
due. but every Rotarian was ready to
do what he could to make it pleasant
for the VISITORS:
Fred C. Wiechman. Chairman
John Sullivan. l.. H. Wheeler, VIM
Schlaefer v AthertOn. L. L. Spencer
Geo. Bennett.
MuSic-Malcolm Secor.
Registration and Finance-Harry
Berger. Chairman. Adolph Sole, Bob
Evans
Hotel Accommodation Goerl-
ing. Henry Smith, Walter Thorn.
Reception-Alfred Zimmerman
Chairman. Roman DeutSch, George
Bennett Andrew KreutZer, Walter
Bissel Geo. E. Foster. Hans Hagge
Walter Heinemann, Aytch Woodson.
Hall and Meeting Place-Leonar6
Spencer. Harry Wilson. John Sullivan
Boy Scouts-AleXander II. Reid. 81
las B. TObey.