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

erature," he lived comfortably, en- joyed his work and was by no means a pariahA among the elect.
 In the realm of "paper-backs" MT. Garvice was a power. He had a rep utation that extended outside of Eng land, where his home was and where l.e wrought indefatigably. In Ameri- ca he was familiar to readers who Ego in for" Bertha M. Clay, "The Duchess," Mrs. Southworth, Sylva- nus Cobb and others of that ilk. Ala bamians will not relish having Au- gusta Evans Wilson placed in this category, as has been done by some commentators in referring to the death of MT. Garyice. Mrs. Wilson was better than the best of these writers. The novels of most of them have been read and quickly forgot ten, but that has not been the case with several of Mrs. Wilson's books.
 But why turn up our noses at the Charles Garvices of England or. even the Harold Bell Wrights of America ? Such authors give entertainment to millions of readers. If their works are not great, they are at least clean and do not lack the element of sus- pensc in good story telling. If the truth were known, authors which the high-brow" element dismisses with a supercilious air have given the reading habit to countless men and women who later on climbed to bet ter things and developed taste for real literature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
JOHN H. BANKHEAD

bodys time in speal.ing. butscontributinE much to the shaping of important meas
 ures to be brought before it S1Ie has. therefore, but to pursue the same course in the Senate to. reach the same level oi usefulness and. appreciation there
 Mir Rankhead's successor will soon be
 named. Will he be practical man on
 the Bankhead order--a doer rather than C tail1ers s These are times conspic,fousiy for men Iof that sort. The leading questions now are of business hiid There is pressing necessity for the ,function.ng' again of ali
 branches of industry. Every wheel in
 tho country should De turning, and as many moro as possible added to the num- Der. Production should be general and at top speed, and whatever legislation is necessary to promote this end should be
 written on the books as soon as possible
 Business of all Kinds should be encour- Ineed.
 The country Thew Mir. Banh head only as lesislator. If things had turned out differently at Baltimore eight years ago t might have known him as an execu- tive. He was in charge of Ma Under- woods interests at that convention; and had Mir Underwood been nominated and elected President we should probably have I seer Mir Bankhead called to the cabinet 1 table. as Secreta~y of tho Trea sury, Sec lrftsry ofsths Ip,srior o Pos llrasl ers {; e,, erals in any of which places her spA,t--
 have made yreputa tion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
LUKE M,LuKE SAYS

The reason why fat woman can't run as fast as her slender sister is be- cause the more waist the less speed
 Why is 4 that a 15-year-old girl can't get her skirts long enough and 25- year-old girl can't get them snor. enough? because they are naturally bad. It Is because they try to see how close to the danger line they can go without stepping over it.
 We do not blame some women for get have to sit at the same table with a mutt who gargles his coffee and inhales hir soup every day?
 A married man can avoid a lot Of trouble if he will merely pay the freight and let his wife run things.
 Cheer up. Do not get discouraged be- cause you are not famous. The fact of the matter is that you make lot of noise in the world when you are sound asleep.
 man can have wonderful command of language and yet be unable to say ..No'' at the right time.
 When they are engaged he thinks that she has a bird-like voice. But after they are married he thinks that she talks like a parrot.
 When you act that way. 1t is en- thusiasm. But when the other fellow acts that way. it Is gush.
 Every 16-year-old princess expects Sd many offers of marriage that she thinks of getting lot of rejection slips print ed for her own use.
 Some watches remind you of the 1Asn who carry them They are always Wxonx.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
To Mine own Coal

To Mine Own Coal
 Tt is quite generally. known that the Chicago Tribune and the New York World have their own paper mills. but the announcement that the World is going into the coal mining business as we'll has created surprise and Interest,"" said w. Carson Adams.
 The Mill Supply Company, a sub sidiary of the New York World and the Joseph Pulitzer estate. has jusr bought the mines and coal land hold ings of the corbett Coal Company, along the Pittsburgh and shawmutt railroad. between Dora and Timblin, Pennsylvania. The price paid was about s10o0 900.
 The coal from the pits bought by the New York World will be shipped to the paper. mills owned by the World In the east. for use in the manufacture of newsprint paper The World evil dently is determined to have neither coal shortage nor a paper shortage hereafter.
 The history of such ventures, how ever, has shown that efforts of pri- vate companies to mine their own coal have not usually been successful Several Alabama manufacturing con- cerns purchased their own mining properties. but they found the cost of production was greater than the cost would have been in buying their coa. Furthermore. in times of stress such as the railroad crisis in 1918 and the mine strike last year coal mined even in private pits was diverted to other uses"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
Inability to Tell
 Hawk From a Handsaw

G FEARING in defense of the five NJ socialists busted from the New York state assembly, Morris Hillquit, their socialist lawyer, called atten- ticn to the fact that the democratic party in New York opposes prohibi- tion, yet it criticizes the socialist party for opposing war. He inferred that it was inconsistent for one po- litical organization which is fight ing federal law to assail another because it took exception to the se- 1ective service act.
 MT. Hillouit delivered this opinion with the air of man who lad scored heavily against the prosecution. It is reported that there was litter among his hearers--those of social ist sympathies no doubt. Thousands of half -baked people who read the excerpt from his speech in press dis patches regarded it as an adroit bit of reasoning, just the thing to dis comfit the enemies of socialism.
 Nothing could b. further from the truth. War is life and death mat ter, not only for individuals, but for states. To say that political party or any other group which tries to prevent the raising of an army for national defense is doing nothing more than an organization which ops poses a sumptuary law is preposter- ous. Yet, it is this kind of an ar gunent that appeals to superficial minds. It is pernicious doctrine and nisleads people who haven't intelli- gence enough to see it's falsity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
BY ELIMINATION

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Mfr. Bryan says MT, Hoover is not his kind of democrat William Randolph Hearst says Mir. Hoover is not his kind of an American. MT. Penrose says MT. Hoover is not his kind of republican.
 By utterances MT. Hoover makes known what he is, and by elimination we shall learn upon incontrovertible evidence what he is not.
 If there is anything the sane Amer ican citizen wants to avoid it is advo- eating as presidential candidate man who is an ideal democrat from the point of view of Mir. Bryan. the perrect Amer ican citizen in the eye of MT. Hearst or good republican in the estimation of MT. Penrose.
 Mir. Hoover may be nominated by his friends. Again he may be nominated by those who look upon him as menaAe because he does not. and would not stand for that for which they always htve
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
IN THE LITERARY UNDERWORLD


 From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 The literature which is not literature written for people who do not read, reaches an enormous annual bulk There are popular novelists whom the higher intellectual circles have never heard of. Their books are not to be found in the bookshops or the public libraries. Yet the piles of them on obscurer shelves never diminish. Many have enjoyed a long posthumous fame, reincarnated in industrious emulators of their style In this fashion the author of Dora Thorne,' long since dead, continues to turn out new stories for the literary underworld
 Now and then, as in the case of Charles Garvlce, who has just died in England. one of these experts in best selling achieves a somewhat wider fame. MT. Garvice was a not unknown figure at the Authors Club of London. held in esteem by writers who had far differ ent audience. It is quite conceivable that he wrote with his tongue in his cheek. Many with a reasonable fame in the higher walks of fiction have heen known to masquerade pseumoymically in the flower. Unlike these MT. Garvice signed his own name to his outgivings. A history of literature that compre- hended the activities of Agnes May Flem- l ing, Mrs. E. D. F. N. Southworth Syl- vanus Cobb, Mrs Augusta Evans ct i'd omne genus would be decidedly interest. ing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
Fruits and Vegetable.

Some people seem to think be- cause I built on the crest of Red noun tain in Miner Heights, overlooking the city. that am shut off from hav- ing fruit trees and a vegetable gar den." said G. w. Connors. hut they are mighty badly mistaken. for last sum mer, although my garden was newly made one. we grew more in 1t than the family could consume, and had the pleasure of sharing with our friends. have had apples. peaches pears, plums and fig trees set out and am sure that I will have good success with them, and particularly with the peaches. have raspberries and straw berries and keep COW. From this it can be seen that not only get a view, but have all of the good things hich grow in the fertile valley be- low.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 N REGENT special dispatch to the ZA\ New York Tribune. dealing with
 1 S the controversy between Mrs,
 John H. Curran and Joseph Rinn as to called supernatural communications,
 broug ght in the name of John R. Rathom of the Providence Journal as one who was convinced by the genuineness of
 Mrs Currans claims
 As the Providence Journal has been
 known as one of the leading spook
 chasers'' of America. the exposer sof
 many fake mediums. and as Mr- Ratlt-
 om himself is a pitiless foe of anything
 he believes is fraudulent. he was asked
 bv the Fourth Estate as to the correct
 ress of the above and made the follow
 ing statement:
 Tt is quite true that l have Knon " of Mrs. Currans work very intimately for some years, and that have beea convinced from the beginning as far as she is concerned that the cop1munica- lions which she receives are genuine in every way. and that while she and ! differ as to their real origin, there can besnc question whatever of her honesty or of the marvellous character of the nina that directs the Patience Worth communications.
 ssrhat the source of these communlca- ltions is super normal and has nothing 1 10 do with any embodied personality is. ,r my opinion, not open to question, The thousands of people. including many or the kesnest minds in America. who have had the privilege of being with 1 Mrs. Curran during these periods of so- called control, have no question as 10 her entire honesty.
 q find the best answer to any claim 1 to the contrary. thssfact that no human being living today has ever produced such . mass Of marvellous literature as the disembodied personality known as Patience Worth.
 .In her book. "A Sorry Tale the chapters which describe the crucifixion are not only wonderful in their lan- puare and expression. but show re- markable knowledge of geographical land physical conditions. which up to the time the book was written were not known to exist, and which since 1t was written have heen proved, through sx- pert research in the Holy Land. to bs 1 ltrue.
 | "Mrs. Cufran is woman of ordinary education. She has never been . bs- lisver in so-cailsd spiritualism. and , za lnever attempted to earn a dollar 1 reason of her remarkable gift. all aou l she and her husband have often ! sefl
 .traightensd circimstances.
 William Marion Reedy of ne i Louis Mirror. Caspar s. Yost. an a men who have followed Mrs. larI
 career for several years, very elq se we'll as hundrsds Of other e nsp>
 witnssses, have alwsys held the
 opinion as myself with rsgard d iCurran.
 I Tho production of over 6,
 lwords Of wonderful literary cus
 ths spacs of five years (a grej of. IL In axchsic English. which
 soaf h the opinion pf great As
 expsrtsL III addsa immsnsely
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
Coinage of Quarters
 For Alabama's Centennial

l@ CONGRESSMAN L. B. RAINEY N of Alabama has introduced a bill which is now before the commit tee of coinage, weights and meas ures, authorizing the coinage of twenty-five cent pieces in commence ration of the hundredth anniversary of the admission of this state to the union. The measure is good one, but the bill provides for only one hun dred thousand quarters of a dollar. It should be amended to increase the number to at least two hundred and fifty thousand.
 There will be great demand for the memorial coins, and there should be no shortage of the new twenty five cent pieces. Amended as sug- gested, the bill should pass without opposition.
 It is provided that the memorial coins should be of the standard troy weight, composition, diameter, de- vice and design as might be fixed by the director of the mint. The said twenty-five cent pieces shall be legal tender to the amount of their face { value.
 The matter of diameter is most im- portant. The Buffalo nickels were too large-almost as large as quarters. They were too large to fit into slot machines, and created confusion in making change. With the Alabama twenty five cent pieces this defect will be guarded against.
 # < <
 One of the Best Known
 "Paper-Back" Novelists MHARLEs GARyIcE, F. R. S. L., " was prolific author, and while he is usually classed with what } facetious writer in the Philadelphia Inquirer calls the underworld of iat-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06

When 1t was announced that New York hotel porter had leased another hostelry for se5o.ooO most of the para graphers of the country rang the changes on the tipping evf. The porter boasts that during his three years of service at the McAlpin he has never accepted tip. What are we going to do with case like this?
 While taking his first automobile ride since he became Ill, President Wilson mo- ticed sign advertising pork at s5 cents a pound He said, T knew the cost of living had scared, but did not know that pork had reached that figure" Alas. the common people have had an eye on the price of pork for some time.
 < * x
 Colonel Roosevelt pronounced the Steel Corporation good trust" while he was President Professor Taft came into of fee and said, "Try the wicked combine" or words to that effect. This made the breach between "will' and Theodore wider than ever. Miss Jeannette Bliss of the Pennsyl- vania State College, department of agri- culture, told fifty wives in Philadelphia that father needs feeding" Every now and then a woman gets up and says mouthful.
 France wants It distinctly understood that she was also at.-war with Germany, and would rain remind us that some years ago she was supposed to have been bled white
 An Illinois preacher is quoted as say ing that dancing is wholesome sport" Perhaps it is kind of sport, but we had never thought of it in just that light. < # x Doubtless hotel proprietors of San Francisco are getting ready to extract 1 the usual swollen dividends from the democratic national convention. # < # | The plea that young Bergdoll, wealthy draft dodger, was too frightened to be irresponsible for his acts. is a trifle weak. He had better change lawyers. # * < l A loaf of bread now costs 12 cents in New York. Alcohol. which some au- thorities declare has no food value what ever, costs around s1 drink. < * # | Alabama's s "Warwick' has decided that two senatorial candidates can't defeat Oscar underwod. What he is yet to learn is that one can't, either. x < x 1 If A. Mitchell Palmer can induce large numbers of the voters to call him | Mitch he will be a long way on the road to the White House # x # | The imbattled "wets' are talking in | HCtOiN ldot bitth ottiS. 4hdypC ttf6t 2 why the victorious "drys" say there is still much to be done.
 # E x | rbanez denies that he said 1t. No mat ter, whether he did or not. American husbands are not going to manage their wives with bull whip. | * * 2 There's nothing sadder in life than the spectacle of : sturdy Boy Scout plead | ing with his mother to stop smoking l * * a | Although shorn of its navy, Turkey will still be in a position to swat the Ar menian ever and anon. r * z The Nevada judge who thought Mary Pickford was merely Miss Smith" and Inothing more is evidently no patron of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
IMPROVED STATUS.

How is ,scribson getting along as a scenario writer7'
 First rate. The movie magnates have just discovered that they can't do with out authors. Producers who used to ad- dress scribson as Here. yeu' now call him Mister
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
PATIENCE CONVERTS AN EDITOR

Knowledge of that form), through woman without superior mental attain ments, who does her own housekeeping and housework for a ianlily.of six pee- pie. seems to me Q ne sufficiently im- pressive proof of .tils. possess.onr of ex- planation by any logical process of ma terial thousllt..s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
Deserved Praise

Tt seems to me- said Charlie liar cid. in speaking yesterday of the re- cent conference between chemical ex- rerts and the board of city commis- sioners. that very few people have considered just what a fine asset this city has in the Birmingham branch of the American Engineers Association.
 Here is group of experts. in the troadest sense of the term. who have devoted their individual and collective time to the matter of searching out for the city workable facts about the availability of by-product gas. and then. in public-spirited patriotism, lay ing their findings before their home town as a gift.
 "A similar number of expert en- gineers, working for the same period, had they been employed by the city, would probably have charged in the neighborhood of $50. 900 for the infor- nation these gentlemen have presented as free gift to Birmingham.
 "But 1t Is not so much the matter of the money saved, as big as the amount was. to which l want to invite attention. but the fact that the city of Birmingham has as an asset an or ganization of such men who are ca pable of furnishing such information, who make the city their home and are always available as consulting en- gineers.
 "The Birmingham branch of the American Engineers Association is something for the city to boast about"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
An Adroit Answer

< Senator Ashurst of Arizona was one oi the most conspicuous members of the congressional party that came to Alabama with the remains of Senator Bankhead He was. the center of an interested group of men in the lobby of the Tutwiler hotel Thursday night, whom he entertained with stories of political campaigns in Arizona and of doings In Washingtvn.
 T was making my campaign for re- election to the Senate" remarked the senator. land was speaking at a smai, town to large audience The crowd seemed to be sympathetic and I felt that was getting along fine. There
 had been a great deal of talk ahou. prohibition during the campaign. but had avoided any discussion of the subject as far as possible. I had Just
 finished my speech and everything was going we'll. hAdnt mentioned pro kibition.
 "One old fellow way back in the audience, addressing me. asked, Sem ator. how do you stand on prohibit tionr
 'T hesitated for a moment, trying to frame reply that would not alien ate any voters. After moment, how
 ever, drawing myself up to my full
 six feet two, and in measured tones 1 responded. My friend. have always 1 believed in prohibitions I have always
 heen for prohibition. ever since I found that it was the inevitable.' And in
 the election shortly afterwards I re ceived every vote in that town"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
STATE PRESS VIEWS

Dothan Eagle: A chair of door closing
 should be established .insall schools
 Anniston Star: H.epfI3iican Senator
 Earding foresees the collapse of the
 solid south. Twas ever thus with the. republicans along about election time Talladega Home You may not have said it. but there are mind readers who do say there are lots or choked-down curses in this country. How mucl, longer can they be held in, without breaking se puckerins strings is the question. Tuscaloosa News: No, the oid-fash- .oiied paper collar is not coming back. Paper costs too much.
 Gadsden Journal: The American voters ;are going to consider the. claims of some rrited states senators for reelection With reservations.
 Huntsville Times: We have. every req son to belieye that Goverpor Kilbv will rise to the dignity and importance of lie emergency thrust upon him in the ator Bankhead and will make no mis- take. Montgomery Advertiser: Tt IS quite in order" remarks the Macon Telegraph, ito run Franklin K. Lane, the retiring Secretary of the Interior, for President. using his letter of resignation as a plat form" No doubt many accommodating gentlemen have already reminded the sss- uaily well informed Telegraph that Mir Lane is not eligible to the presidency due | to his alien birth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06

wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile, Fflths sapor but themseives.
 -king Lear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
THE HURDLE BLOWER

By Edith M Thomas. How knew you whither. in its idlest plays. The thought Of childhood strays, when I was blowing Bubbles. long ago. Watching sweet colors grow. With freakish chanFft of things Tar and Traced on tho eir hlexns sphere. had wish thofi0m some magic spell> Myself thera1@ dweiE With that. | 1ght- V hat if ! standins hish
 ne fiel<
 bubble peanf eiFs .e do.
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 wished he
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
FOR EsIGHT.

This seems to be case of near-iove."
 What kind is that?'
 "A beautiful young creature promised an elderly millionaire unbounded affec- tion if he would first settle s1oo,cOo on her to insure that loves labor would not be lost"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
ADRIFT WITH THETIMES
TI1E noor.

THE LOOT. Hardy cracksrnen blew a safe, As they've often done before. When the steel walls fell apart A- With a slightly mufffed roar Diamonds lay before their eyes. Costly trinkets cleaning gold, Stocks and bonds and silver, too [ Royal wealth, if truth be told. Yet they scorned these things, in sooth, Brushed them like mere dross aside; Something far more precious still These bold yeggmen sought-and spied. Six full quarts of mellow rye
 Seized upon and swiftly fled. While the iuckless owner slept
 All unknowing in his bed.
 VIA WIRELESS.
 Little boy" said the meddlesome old lady. you should be kind to dumb ani- mais"
 eYessum. but I've got to ue can to this dog's tall"
 What for7"
 He belongs to Tommy Perkins. When IT turn him loose he'll run home an let Tommy know I'm waitin' for him where | sa'd I'd be-" GOING TO EXECUTION.
 T saw pathetic sight the other day" What was it?" "A little country 'still. captured bs dep rties, was being hauled to town in q farm wagon to be destroyed after 1t was used as evidence" 'sYes. yesga More than one city dweller studied it curiously as it passed by, and then turned away with tear-dimmed eyes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06

Washington Bureau. 300 DaV'nsoA building. .t
 European Bureau. 10 klns Covent Garden. London. ". C' z' Ara
 Eastern business office. Worte office Tribune building Chicago. Tne s. C. Beckwith Special Agency, aseh's Tor foreign advertising.