The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-07
and Daughters, to made a fine show

|
 enrolment was fully 75,000. The
 Daughters were organized in 1894
 with an enrolment of 100000, and
 the Sons in 1896 with reasonably full
 ranks.
 The women have kept up their or ganization better than the men, but
 the two branches ogether-Sons1 and
 Daughters-number now about 50,-
 900. The old "Vets" have dwindled to
 about 25,O00. Of these, fully 10000 1 will be able to journey to the re-
 union, and participate in the parade
 few on foot, but most of them will have to ride in automobiles. Houston is arranging for gala
 time It is expected that, counting Sons and Daughters, and the men who surrendered with Lee at Appo--
 mattox, 10000 or 5O,0OO will be in 1 line.
 The reunion of 1916 was held in Birmingham, and a mighty crowd as- sembled on that occasion, and the re-
 union held here as far back as 1908 ! was one of the largest ever seen. But | thousands of the men who were in vigorous condition then have long since crossed over the river. The reunion of 1917 was held in Washington, D. C., in conjunction | with the Grand Army of the Republic. It was a brilliant scene, but as the | ranks of the survivors were fast thin | ming out, some of the leading Con- federates thought the time had about come to discontinue the reunions. But ] that idea did not meet with approval.
 The reunion in Atlanta two years ago was well attended, and so, too, was the reunion of 1919 at Tulsa, Okla
 homa.
 The railroad companies continue to treat the veterans, both north and south, with marked courtesy. They carry them for one cent a mile-the
 lowest rate granted to any persons in the United States. Birmingham will make a big show ing at Houston. That reunion will
 be followed by an invitation from some other hospitable southern city.
 Let us hope that it will be many
 years yet before we see the last of the Vets" assembled for farewells around the camp fire. no use ouarreling with the English people because they call drus store chemists shop and bae- sage lussase' or street car tram, but certain type of fAmerican thinks
 the only right way to do anythins ;s
 his way.
 Cobblers of Jerusalem are said to he
 worried because the British govern ment is improving the Holy citv,s streets. Decreased wear and fear on shoe leather may take the bread righ; out of the cobblers mouths.
 The Japs merely want freq b.,d in Corea and China. That's all Ger many wanted in Europe. Asia, Africa and North and South America
 frohieition has brought forth the ebullioscope which shows when liquids have reached the boiling point. Afte, imbibing home brew" what the aver age citizen needs is stabilizer. * # < If Terence McSweney were starving
 himself to death as a protest against the high cost of living the American state department might do something about it.
 German manufacturers are said to be turning out cheap goods bearing the Made in America" label mild. but
 nevertheless irritating form of fright fulness."
 estate to his landlady. Nevertheless, the forward looking lahdlady should
 consult Dun and Bradstreet before
 showing favoritism.
 * E x The happy Esauimau eats his fill of blubber, divorces his wife with word
 and never sits up late O nights worry ing about ethnographic boundaries # x #
 White collar" men who fire their own furnaces this winter will find practical use for the overaIls they bought to parade in last spring The postoffice department has not