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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04

pr. Hemp, in the Outlook.
 HHHE results obtained by manipu-
 lating the ouija board are ex-
 O actly what the psychologist who understands the unconscious as well as the conscious action of the human mind would expect.
 This great field of the unconscious in comparison to the conscious has been likened to the submerged portion of the iceberg in its relation to the visible portion--a mere peak Of the iceberr is above water, mass of ice many times as great lies below the water level. unseen by the eye. So it is with the mind. The unconscious mind below the threshold of conscious ness is stored with many, many timea a. many facts and experiences as can rossibly be in consciousness at any particular minute.
 Take walk down the avenue bent on looking for hat and studying hats. Your attention is drawn to every win dow that displays hats. and the passers- bv are attracted to you in terms oi hats: but in addition to consciously studying and taking in hats you are unconsciously influenced by the walk or dress of men and women the color of the sky. the air. the sidewalk whether it be smooth, clean and dry or dirty, sloppy and snowy. etc.
 Unconsciously you thus learn more than you consciously set yourself to learn.
 That two people seated opposite each other is a ouija board should uncon- sc;ousiy begin to move the board to |letters spelling out words that have d relation to something they are both in- tent on thi- x.ag about is but natural phenom rtn They assume passive sta. of mind ad body so far as every ti,i else Is eancerned. but all the association centts of their minds that are svsn sistantlv connected with this though tnaz the are considering are srcussa and th energy awakened wan ders until by chance the happy or cor rect associations are brought into play. IEis eIsggv sssSs sxpression through the maj nissure of he sitters. The relaxed muscles Of he fingers obey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

Ask a thousand different men who Is the prettiest girl in the world and they'll name thousand different girls.
 A Corn Fed may not cuss you when you ask her how much she weighs. But. as far as she is concerned. you are No Gentleman.
 is engaged. That's why he has to do so much listening when he is married. If Mothers would only tell the truth. you would learn that the Princess who Is Little Sunshine when she is out with you is a Surly Snip when she is at home.
 When a girl thinks that she has a Perfect Figure. she just hates to wear clothes when she goes out.
 The first baby yells because the poor little darling is upset. But the fourth baby yells because the little brat in- |herited his Fathers bad temper.
 Many homely girl will look at her self in the mirror for an hour at time and then wonder where she got her headache.
 man is boob who knows all there is to know about women until he mar ries one.
 It is just as we'll to remember that while you take the road from Virtue to Vice. you can't get a,return ticket
 Why is it that people are all so will ing to do favors for the man who does not need favors?
 The fact that a man wears busi- ness suit when he cal1s on . girl ts no sign that he means business.
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much that it was impossible to reconcile them.
 It is now asserted, to support the story from Japan, that the inhabitants of Ekaterinburg knew nothing of the mur- der by bolshevik soldiers, and in cor roboraton it is claimed that General Lo- goskowski and an engineer, Natinof, were in Ekaterinourg at the time the Romanoffs were reported prisoners in a mysterious house where the executions were said to have taken place and heard nothing either of the royal presence or assassination.
 If the former Czar and his family are actually alive and in Japan, or elsewhere, it is regrettable that it cannot be estap- lished with any more certainty than the accounts of the mysterious executions of which no one knows anything definite and of which men of prominence now assert no one ever heard anything conclusive. Fake or fact. the Gazette de Lausanne has started story that has aroused keen curiosity throughout Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
CAMPAIGN STUFF

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch. healthy sign of active and intelligent interest among the rank and file and cheering augury of victory. In the other party it Is proof of disintegra- ton, hopeless split and ignominious defeat. Quietude in our party is con- fidence and unity, in the other party the fatal lassitude of despair, indiffer- ence and impending death. These in- tclligent opinions usually are ascribed political observer whose predictions have been infallible."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
 HN1D-TIME westerners will shake Il their grizzled locks sadly at the
 W news from Jackson, Wyo., where a straight soprano ticket has been elect ed Jackson, in the middle of Jackson's Hole, once the refuge of the train rob- Der, the cattle rustler and the all-round bad man, has been reformed and debrutal- ized so that all it's offices are held by women At the municipal election held a short time since the mems ticket was rather badly beaten. Thus the last Will derness and the last stronghold of purely ''man's'' county has succumbed to the refining influence of civilization.
 Particulars are lacking as to the issues in the election but it is difficult to see how the women got all the offices unless there was treachery in the mems camp In most western towns men are in the majority and hitherto there has been no dispute about who should have the of fees If there was any swiveling to do in a swivel chair, the men were patriotic enough to assume the duties and enjoy the privileges of office. If the town marshal found it necessary to blot out visiting gunman, he quietly buckled on his revolvers and performed the cere-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
'Tis one thing to be tempteu' Escai"' Another thing to fall.
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Birmingham a Good Place To Do Business In

6T1 HE great increase in the amount
 U of capital invested in new cor porations in the district during the first five months of this year is grat- ifvinp but there is more satisfaction in the volume of money invested Tn +he expansion of business concerns al ready taking their part in the dls- trict's development.
 In the first five months of the year the total investment in new corpora tions and increases of capital stock of old ones amounted to ten and a half millions of dollars, an increase of 235 per cent over the corresponding period in 1919. At the rate now in vogue the district is headed to an un- paralleled record this year.
 The increase in capital stock of go- ing concerns marks the success ot well-conducted enterprise in the Dr. mingham district. Notable among these increases in the month of April was that bringing the capital stock of the Pizitz Dry Goods Company to a million dollars, and that bringing the capital stock of the Stockham Pipe and Fittings Company to five millions of dollars.
 Both of these concerns, one mercan- tile. the other industrial, are Birming- ham products pure and simple. One came from small beginnings and both owe their growth to right conduct of business where sound business prin- ciples win their reward.
 That business which does not pros per in this district does not fail from lack of opportunity, but from un- soundness on the inside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
RENTING THE GEAR

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 NC1HE story published by the Gazette
 de Lausanne on the word of Rus
 = sian nobles and military officers just returned to Europe from Japan, that Czar Nicholas and his family, presumed to have been foully assassinated at Eka- terinburg, are living in hidden retirement in Japan, is at least as circumstantial as the stories of the familys death.
 The Romanoff family, according to these officers and noblemen, escaped from Russia through Vladivostok9 to Japan, where they have been concealed successfully and are living in pleasant quiet. Their location and identity, it is explained are kept secret for political reasons which are easy to understand if the royal family is indeed alive in Japan. The slight plausibility in the tale of these nobles and officers is that, al- though much was gossipped and printed concerning the assassination of the inn perial family, no two accounts agreed, and most of the narrations differed so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
REFORMATION OF A BAD TOWN

mony without much talk. Women w1-e profitably employed making baking pow der biscuits and in keeping the home fires burning.
 The upheaval in Jackson is an indica- ton of the remarkable change going on in the world. Possibly the men made mistake in going to war and permit ting the women to run things They now refuse to give back the reins of gov- ernment and the feminist movement IS attaining alarming proportions. Perhaps other cities will follow the example of Jackson and let the men stay home ana give matinee recitals on the wash board.
 Westerners will lament the fate Of Jackson for sentimental reasons. It en- joyed the distinction so long as being the rendezvous of the most desperate Of the bad men that it's reformation must have placed it in a class with a. peace ful New England village. No more will Owen Wister's ''Virginian'' shoot from the hip at the villainous 'Trampas,' and no more will they hang cattle rustlers to the cottonwoods. In turning Jackson over to women officeholders the writers of nc- tion have been deprived of the last wild and woolly spot in the west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
WET SCENIC ROUTE POPULAR

From the World.
 Washington.-Railro agents so- liciting delegates for the San Francis co convention admitted today that many congressman who voted dry on all prohibition measures are booking for the Canadian route" on the return trip. They are taking that roundabout way home on account of the scenery. which ranges from the peaceful and pastoral half pint to the magnums and magnificent demijohns of the wilder regions.
 The Tammany special is returning that way. and others of the delegates are taking advantage of the oppor- tunity to study the barbarians of that benighted country. who, travellers say, are still in that stage of development where they have on public sale bev- erages with even more than 275 per cent of alcoholic content. and drink them at public bars and even with their meals without consciousness of shame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
Completion of the Great
 Warrior River Scheme

e PIRIT of John H. Bankhead, Ala 0 bama salutes you!
 The quarter century of devotion which you gave to the Warrior is about to bear fruit.
 Tuesdays advices from Washington contain the promise of that which just about completes the Warrior scheme and puts it on the map of permanency.
 The first item was agreement by the House and Senate conference com- mittee on the appropriation of four million dollars for the Mississippi Warrior work. The Warrior is to get seven hundred and fifty thousand dol lars, of which five hundred thousand dollars is to be used in the construc- ton of coal and ore terminals at Mo- bile.
 The coal terminals at Mobile mean that Alabama coal, for which the ex- port demand is almost limitless, but facilities for handling which are pitt fully inadequate at this time, will be enabled to reach France, Italy, Spain, Cuba and the Latin Americas in quan- titles desired.
 The terminals are to be so con- structed that either river barges or railroad cars can be unloaded direct < into steamers, or the contents depos- tied in enorlhous bins with capacity of fifty thousand tons. From the bins vessels can be loaded at the rate of eight hundred tons per hour.
 Rich Brazilian and Cuban ores can iu like manner be transferred from ship direct to river barge or railroad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
State Aid Amendment


 The people of Alabama are not probably aware that the state aid amendment intended to enable port expansion will also enable develop ment along any of the Alabama water ways at any point on them says Mur- ray Brown, chairman of the state har- Dor board. This. however, is the fact.
 If the state aid amendment is voted in November the state will have the power. through act of leg islature, to use funds of the state for development of its waterways in such ways as the legislature may from time to time determine to be wise.
 The state aid amendment, there fore, is an essentially statewide af- fair and of as much concern to the people of Florence, Girard, Eutaw, Tuscaloosa and Huntsville as it is to Mobile and to Birmingham.
 T regard the amendment as of ex- treme importance to Alabama and l think Alabamians who have the in terest of their state at heart should begin to work for the amendments adoption"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
Tourists Show Scant
 Regard for the Dead

6N HE thoughtless tourist is already
 O giving offense to war-stricken Europe. The losses of the struggle which ended in 1918 are still fresh in the minds of nations whose young men died by the millions that democ- racy might be saved from German militarism. Small wonder if they re- sent the behavior of visitors to bat tlefields who picnic and skylark on ground that should be sacred to hu- manity.
 The French, whose sensibility and tact are proverbial, feel keenly the dissertation to which scenes of blood shed and heroic sacrifice are being subjected. A formal protest was made in Alsace, where it is stated that light-hearted visitors have been con ducting themselves in an unseemly manner.
 It is said that a party of tourists danced on the famous hill known as Hartmann -Weilerkopf, where during five years some of the most san guinary battles of the war were fought.
 Is the bloody struggle on which the fate of the world depended so soon forgotten, even by the most frivolous person? Tourists of all nationalities have been guilty of the practices which have aroused criticism in France. When people go gadding about the world, to satisfy their curi- osity, they seem to leave their man. ners and their good sense behind. The kind of tourist who would de- face priceless relic to obtain sou venir is quite capable of dancing on battlefield that less than three years ago was drenched with blood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
TRUMPErs

Maxwell Struthers Burt in Songs and Portraits' (Scribner's). And they had planned a future filled
 with bright Upstanding days that held the warm-
 ing sun Even where shadows are: when these
 were done. Sleep, with heart made curiously
 light. They dreamed so much. as all men
 dream. at night; Of tasks, and the fine heat of them. That comes by dusk like color on .
 pool: Now this is over and new things begun. Now this is over, and their dreams.
 once caught Up in a great cloud. terrible and un.
 sought. And every hour. so straightly marked
 before. Blown and broken by the wind of war. Have left them dead. with never .
 time for reaping; The trumpets cared so little for theox
 sleeping.
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car, or to the ore bins and from ore bins to cars and barges.
 This settles the export and bunker coal business at Mobile.
 The steel containers enable mer- chandize freight business to be con- ducted on the Warrior, the contain CTS protecting the goods from the elements and being susceptible of from car to river barge and vice versa, as we'll as delivery at the door of the consignee.
 The new steel fleet for the War rior is on the eve of service.
 Birmingport is about to be com pleted. Birmingham business and professional men have decided that the one thing asked of them in return for the twenty million dollar gift of the government and as a condition of its permanency, shall not be classed as "fall down."
 It is too big to take in with one mental glance. The one certain thing is that nothing bigger shall ever be recorded in .Alabama's progressive annals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
BENGALEsn FLATTERY

From the North China Herald.
 The Babu stands unsurpassed as a writer of really unctuous flattery when he Is soliciting a favor. Few compli- galee who concluded petition with the pious hope that it might be grant ed 'by the grace of God, a gentleman your highness much resembles"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
Sir Thomas Will Again Try
 To Win the America's Cup

e IR THOMAS UPTON, whose " name is linked with tea, yacht ing and good fellowship, is on his way to America. Once more the doughty yachtsman will be a contender for the Americas cup in the international races. Undismayed by previous fail ures, he will again pin his faith to a Shamrock time the Sham rock w"
 Sir Thomas is something more than a tea merchant of great riches and worldwide renown, or a sportsman, although a splendid example of what
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
Alone Again

Two old couples on a train between Birmingham and Atlanta the other night attracted quite bit of atten- ton when they began to compare notes on their respective families" says Al Harris. secretary of tho Birmingham Autom obile Club.
 One of the male members boasted that he had eleven children. The other countered with the claim that he had thirteen. Then they began to boast of their grandchildren. By this time everybody was listening. On one side of the car an old man and his wife were counting up. Now, there's Henry; he's got seven, said the man. and he and his wife named them. one couple finally announced that they had seventeen grandchildren, while the other laid claim to twenty-three.
 "'Well. Will and I are at home alone now confided one of the women to the other. Just like we started forty three years ago."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
LOOKS LIKE A WINNER.

From the Sun and New York Herald.
 The national woman's party esti- mates that 17,ooo,ooO women will be eligible to vote next November; and the only democratic candidate who ap- breaches pulchrituds is A. Mitchell Palmer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
Prohibition Not an Issue
 In Presidential Campaign

A TENTATIVE draft of the re- SN publican platform has been completed and it contains no, refer ence to prohibition. Republicans, with their accustomed astuteness, regard the "wet" and "dry" issue as settled.
 Brother Bryan has been travelling about the land saying in loud voice that he must save the democratic party from the liquor interests. He is going to San Francisco with the avowed purpose of opposing perni- cious "wets," whose baleful influence will be exerted in and out of the con- vention.
 Perhaps Brother Bryan is unduly alarmed. If the republican party ig- nores prohibition, there will be no valid reason for the democratic party to do otherwise. Except for the Anti Saloon League and prohibitionists who have been misled by MT. Bryan's eloquence, there would be little in- terest felt in the liquor question. So far as majority of the American people are concerned, it is matter that no longer concerns them. John Barleycorn is dead and is destined to stay dead.
 There are many problems of far reaching importance to be solved in the next few years. The time for hysteria has passed What the coun- try needs is constructive legislation. Nothing further is to be gained by harping on prohibition which, to all intents and purposes, was taken out of politics when it became a part of the constitution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
Got n Raise Anyhow

T heard funny story the other day about the board of tax adjusters," said D. E. McLendon tax collector. "A man told me he had been working for the past ten years and had not had a raise and he believed the board of tax adjusters must have felt sorry for him and raised his assessment. He declared he had been waiting for a raise of salary for long time but did not expect the property assessment raise"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
A RocK-RIBBED DEMOCRAT.

RoCK-RIBBED DEMOCRAT. 1
 There's some talk among the repub- licans of trying to break the solid south
 Let 'em talk, sir; let 'em talk" sald Colonel Boffersby, with contemptuous snort. If the time ever comes when the sterling patriots who inhabit this fair southland of ours are seduced from the faith Of their fathers, l for one, sir, will move my habitat to darkest Mexico!,
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Model School

There has been established at Camp Grant, H., a model school, which in months of vocational and recreattonal training experience gained by such work in the army camps" says Lieut.. W. c. Burt, of the local recruiting of- flee. Any man between the ages of IS and 45 may enlist for this schoo, ther information can get it by writing to or applying in person at POI Clark Building, corner of Fourth avenue and Twentieth street."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
Sees Distant Smoke

Although there has been no out standing agitation, persons who are good listeners can detect a growing interest in the coming city election. says Louie Steiner. Tt is still a good way off, but I will venture to say that practically every candidate who will run has made up his mind and is merely waiting for some one to set the ball rolling.
 With such big issues at stake as the street conditions, the financial condition and general unrest in civic matters, the campaign promises to be one of the most active and hot in the history of Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
A HURRY CALL.

A HURRY CALL. Did you attend Gorflings home brew party?"
 No. I was invited. but was late in reaching Gorflings house. You didn't go in?" "No. When got there an ambulance was standing in front of the house and one of the guests was being carried out on stretcher."
 HI JOHNSON. You know the G. O. P. will soon Its nominee declare; Just so it isn't hootng Hi, really do not care On whom the choice may chance to faIl- If Lowden, Wood or Hughes, Or old Phil Knox, or some dark horse" Of rigid standpat views. He may be long, he may be short, lie may be wet or dry" l shall not mind who's named. just so It isn't hooting Hi.
 RIGHT ON THE JOB. IS your new malu prompt Tn answering the doorbell?"
 "Yes. indeed. She has a sweetheart somewhere who sends her a special de- livery letter every day.
 COACHING AN ORATOR. Are the voters here in frame of mind to hear a few solemn truths?' You'd better brighten your discourse with some flashes of wit and humor." "Goodr
 And remember dictum of the vau- deville stage"
 What is that?"
 The old stories go best"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
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 Eastern business office, World building, New York city; western pusi N.Iai ness office, Tribune building, Cni cago. The S. c. Beckwith Speciai Agency, agents for foreign adVertlslAs'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04

RURAL LIFE. You raise your own foodstuffs. l pre- sume?" "oh. yes,' said Farmer Cobbles, put I'm not yet on a self-supporting basis" How so?" T still have to buy gasoline in town, and don't produce any silk, here to provide my hired hands with Sunday shirts
 SCARCE. Now poets sing the barefoot boy, And though I'd like to be one, Still recollecting childish joy, l very seldom see one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
ADRIFvT WITH THE TIMES

NO, INDEED. h the days of Father Adam. Ere the cost of living rose. No one ever charged his madam Fifteen dollars for silk hose.