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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-24

Hello boy called Uncle Wiggly, Billie Jackie
came near will one Of you please hand another Of red
pant2 Ny almost empty. Billie the goat said he'd bring
up red paint but instead joke up
green paint to Uncle Wggy won't he be surprised when he
starts dabng green paint where he put the red said Jackie
10 Peet at win be good joke agreed Petite "Bu hope he
doesn't get mad at US"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-24

All of sudden the alligator had the almost sawed
through and beginning to fall with Uncle Wggy the
boys rushed with their pots of paint Splatter him
good barked Jackie and he and Peet and Billie plashd different
kinds of paint the bad gator Oh my goodness mel guned
the kler scaey chap This will spoil my complexion
place for mel I'll get Uncle Nggys other time,
guess"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-24

Jackie Peetie and Billie splashed much paint on the gator
even putting in his eyes that the bad chap glad enough
TO He looked like broken piece of the rainbow Uncle
Wiggy easily got down out of the tree and he felt so happy
at saving his that he danced jig paint pots with
This funny waytO paint red bungalow green Uncle Wggy
But the bunny gentlemen only laughed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-24

lndeed not coming down and let you have any of
soue said Uncle Wgg the bad gator at the foot Of the tree
Very well then I'll begin to saw garged the bad chap So
with his TAIL which just like he began to down the
tree "Oh must Uncle WigglyP whispered Billie the
goat "Ye but how we?" asked JACKIE 81 know barked
Peete wen paint the agators tail red and he'll think he has
the nosc-bleed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-19
DR. DILLARD SPEAKS ON
 COSPEI. WORLD NEEDS

"The Gospel the World Needs To- day" was the theme of the morning sermon preached yesterday by pr James E. billiard. pastor of the South side Baptist Church. Dr. Dillard said in part:
 "The fundamental needs of men are the same in all ages; they are subject
 to sin, suffering, sorrow, weakness and death. They need salvation, healing,
 comfort, strength and the hope of
 heaven The gospel which meets these
 needs is ever the same, but there are
 times when the world has special dis
 eases calling for special remedies. This
 is such a time.
 There are three distinguished marks
 of our day; the first is the breaking
 down of the old moralities. Has there
 ever been heard such a stream of pro
 fanity as has greeted our ears during
 and since the war? Has there ever
 been such wave of crime as seems
 to be sweeping over the world now?
 In many places it seems that com
 mon honesty and strict veracity are
 almost forgotten. Think too, of the
 lack of modesty displayed in the dress
 in the plays and in the society Of our
 day I have been told that even hers
 in Birmingham the Lords day is by
 many being turned into day of feast.
 ing and hilarity. Such a condition as
 this needs vigorous treatment. II
 calls for gospel pronounced upon
 sin and it's inevitable consequences. II also calls for a gospel of regeneration that can make men over again ana make them love the things that are decent, beautiful true and good "A second characteristic of our day is the social and industrial unrest mani festing itself in every variety of com tention, strike and class animosity. The bolshevist the anarchist and the w w is abroad in the land. We neeo a gospel that teaches that righteous ness IS the law of the universe thai the way to success is by service and sacrifice; that only brotherhood and mutual helpfulness can save and pro- mote our civilization. We have spent much time in pouring in the oil and wine. It's about time now that we should proceed to clean up the Jerico road.
 Our day is characterized and the world is sorely troubled by international jealousies and suspicious. We cannot say that our own garments are abso- lutely clean. Everybody admits that America turned the tide and brought victory to the allies. Everybody like wise admits that it was America that stopped the advance toward Paris and it seems now that America is not only delaying but virtually defeating the ideal of the League of Nations. There is needed a gospel international in character as well as individual in its application. We have no use for law of gravitation that controls the fall of an apple, but will not control the tides and govern the motions of the world in space. The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ must now only control in- dividual lives. but must also govern the nations in their dealings with each other, else it fails of the ideal of the Master"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-19
Andrew and Ln1ogene Little Life Condolences in the Experience of Couple, Phil osophic, Though Married
 By ROE FULkERsoN
By ROE FULKERSoN

ing off down the road with my clothes tied up in a handkerchief on the end of a stick
 T could easily visualize the scene in my bedroom in the morning when my father and mother came in and found that my little bed had not been slept in and my clothes were gone and they would know that I had passed out of their lives forever; and my mother would weep and my father would put his arms around her and pat her on the back like he did the time the telegram came telling her that Aunt Jane was dead.
 Then they would pick up my toys and fondle them and cry over them and they would think over the mean things they had done 10 me and their cruel hearts would be torn with grief over the way they had refused to al- low me to go bird-nesting or swim ming.
 My mother would wiring her hands and cry and wish that she had me back again for just one moment | never did run away, for there was al- ways something coming up to alter my determination before I could carry it out.
 T suppose it will be the same way now. There is really no one in the whole world who appreciates me. There is no one who quite understands me. So l want to vanish and then you will all see what noble and good man I was.
 You will wiring your hands and phone to the newspapers and go to the lodges I belong to and try to in- terest them in the hunt for me and you will finger my lounging robe here and cry because l wore it the last time 1 was at home.
 Then you will cry some more and regret every little unkind word you ever said to me You will feel awful ly sorry that you ever were cross with me and on your birthdays and and our wedding anniversary you will think of the flowers l used to bring you, and you will only then realize what jewel among men I was and your heart will warm toward me-
 Darling" said Imogene, my heart is warm now It never was warmer, but as you are meditating going away forever, I must tell you that my feet are cold and insist that you go down cellar and throw one last shovel full of coal on the furnace"
 He sighed and rose to do her bid ding.
 Copyright, Twentyfirst Century
 Press, Inc.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-19
" "S0LDdtiOn Army D0g''

6T1ODAY is Salvation Army Day"
 in Birmingham-"I is so nomi-
 9 mated in the bond" and the countless friends of the great Salva- ton Army are preparing to give the beloved commander, Miss Booth, right royal welcome when she lec- lures this evening at the Jefferson on the striking subject Christ in Deeds" the first time the great leader has appeared here in four years
 Today is salvation Army Day in Birmingham. and it enlists the atten- ton of the rich and the poor, the
 man who may. be down. but is never out"-the rich--the humble, the great the small: and the keys of the city if not actually turned over to the be- loved commander, will certainly be hers for the asking, the city commis- sioners being among the most Inter ested of all those who will participate m the salvation Army Day celepra- ton today. for these keepers or the city's gates" feel as the rest of us do' that no homage is too great, no cor diality too genuine. no reception 100 gracious for this godly, saintly woman whose life has been devoted to the homes. and other people, and other ln-
 
 childhood when she was ntue match girl'' in the streets of London.
 To me-the Salvation Army lassie ot whom the commander Miss Booth4 ls typical, with her saintly face, her au- burn hair curling softly about her tenn ples. her sweet. gentle eyes looklhg into yours without a finch or culver her kindness and gentleness-al these lave become an adoration with me
 h1 to my way of thinking, the commander Miss Booth. stands towering SKY high today. intellectually, spiritually- above all the others
 Modernism" has no meaning for the commander.
 Metaphysics" are not path to the masses. and her answer to 'fhe New Theology" would be "Halelu)ah' and her religion and the religion or her great Salvation Army sum up In the two great commandments:
 "Thou salt love the Lord thy God with. all thy heart" and Thou shalt ,ove thy neighbor as thyself
 The commander, Miss Booth, IS hke an idea-an enthusiasm-sh lives m dependent of the flesh and blood-the flame of her spirit leaps higher ana higher as the candle gutters to the end. and a vision of her beautiful tace comes to me as l Dehoiu her suns out into glory with a brust of "halle- lujahs" and a roll of drums anu tinkling of tambourines.
 For always in my mind will be asso- oiated the drums and the tambourines- with the Salvation Army, ana there are many stories that the girl with the tambourine" could tell, but with the passing of the old order and the substitution of modern machinery nee essary these days for the national sup port of any large organization the tambourine, one of the quaint old tra- ditions of salvation Army history, will slip into the limbo of forgotten things.
 No longer will the little instrument tinkle it's way through the hlgh swinging doors of gaylly lighted sa- looms or clin kits plea for free will whim of fate has decreed it's meta morphosis back again into a regulation part of the band and nothing more.
 Yet there are those who will tell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-19

Andrew had slumped down in his morris chair and his chin was so low over his collar that his ruby tie pin looked like a drop of blood on the end of his chin. His eyes had a far-away look in them as he stared steadily into vacancy.
 What's the matter. honey?" asked Imogene, sympatheucally.
 T want to run away" he said with out rousing from his revery.
 You want to run away she re- peated in questioning amazement.
 "Yep," said Andrew seriously When ] was a small boy and wanted to go to the mill pond fishing or out to Greer's woods 10 climb trees for birds nests and my mother wouldn't let me. used 10 sit for hours out back of the woodshed and think over how abused l was, how unreasonable my mother was and how much freedom all the other fellows had and how l was tied down to my mothers apron strings.
 -Then l would determine to run away. I wanted to go west and fight Jneians and find a gold mine and catch robbers.
 -I. would picture myself climbing out of the window on to the woodshed and slipping over the fence and strid-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-19

you of other days when the tambourine stood as a symbol-a veritahle Pyg- malion, able to transform the marble of a weary worlds tragic indifference into the warmth of a living faith.
 The girl with the tambourine will tell you that life exists in hard out lines, silhouettes of tragedy but she. will inevitably add the comfort and hope of happy ending, for this is the historic task of Commander Booths Army of Mercy. This is sesalvaging men.
 One of the tales of the tapbourine has to do with Dick. Dick was a chap who knew more about the insides of the prisons of the middle west than almost any other man his age in the entire country He was well and un favorably known to wardens far and wide. His portrait was on exhibi- ton simultaneously in the art gall leries of a score or more police sta tions.
 Judge yawned when they saw him coming and gave him thirty days in the same tone you would order ham and eggs with coffee for your break fast, Finally in the course of human events. Dick wandered back to his old home town. A few days found him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-19
Brief Account Of Sermons
 Preached AtLocaI Churches

God was called upon to redeem his heritage, to give practical proof of his faith in the future and to show his belief that, a new and better day was coming. He was willing to- back up his faith with his money, when money meant life. And in all this Jeremiah had the inspired conviction that he was led of God.
 Gods cause needs such practical idealists. It is in the darkest hours of the worlds night that those who have real faith in the living God shine forth as candles of the Lord It is then that they buy up the land and show their trust in the future and their con fidence in the ultimate triumph of righteousness and peace.
 ''The man or woman who cannot see the spirit of God in action today is not living in the real world of our time The really big men and women the world over are for the first time, it seems to me, beginning to understand the task and mission of the church of Christ n something like it's real magni- tude. They are buying lots in the
 land of promise purchasing back their inheritance in the city of the new Jeru- salem. That is, some of them are a few out of the great mass. Will there be enough of them. I wonder? When the Lord comes will He find faith on the earth?
 q am an optimist. for l know Him whom I believe and love and serve. All the sweetest songs have yet to be sung; all the greatest books have yet to be written: all the finest sermons have vet to be preached; all the truest lives have yet to be lived. The whole wide world with it's restless millions waits to be conquered. The challange of the heights is in our ears; it stirs l our blood; it fires our fancy. The gol- den. age waits to be ushered in-the kingdom. of peace and truth and broth erly love. Invest then in this field of the Lord to the limit of your ability and you will receive a hundred fold more in this life and in the world to come life everlasting"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-19
The Second Shriek

hC oCtOHu h1hAiNh
 GA ghost story by the author of: "The Lady and the Molecule;' Mike Me Biffs Professions" The Bride or the Bear;" TWO Beats that Heart as one;'' Across the Alps in Riddle Kar;" "The Curse of Old Woman Either skate;" Tn Russia with Vodka Slu- goodvitz;; Flight Girls in a Canoe or Splash Splashl Splash!"; The His tory of a Shore and Sneeze;;| Little Miss Stuffit, Cousin to Little Miss Muffett;" shooting tine Coal Chutes; How to Cross a. Bridge Before You Come to It." Thoughts on Watching a Newly Grown Garlic Patch;' The Woman with the Green Eyes, Wise fant;' The Girl the Pink Spatula;' ;'' For the Sake of d Poodle;" The Man Who Dared, or Six Feet Under;" The Violet Canary" "Innocents at Home Sequel to Innocents Abroad; 'The Man with a Dark Past;" "The Woman with a Rosy Future" "99 Years of Married Life" etc, etc. etc)
 The Second Shriek.
 All alone he lay in his fourposter
 Twas quite dark save for three struggling moonbeams peeping in through the curtains. They had nc place else to go for shelter.
 The clock over the sleeping simon Shoots head chimed twelve and ther shut up.
 Suddenly Simon Shoots sat up in bed and gave a piercing shriek. He hac eaten Welsh rarebit and seven dil pickles before retiring.
 Right afterwards. another shriek came back to him. uncannily, creepily Twas his echo.
 Shivering shudderingly, Simon Shoots lay back in bed again and soon fel asleep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-19
Congressman Blackmon
 Confident of Success

Congressman Fred L. Blackmon of the Fourth district was in. Birming- ham yesterday. MT Blackmon is now carrying on an active campaign for reelection. He is opposed by Lamar Jeffers. a fellow townsman of Annis- ton.
 While modest in regard to his own political prospects. Mir. Blackmon feels confident of getting large ma jority in his district, which he has represented in Congress for number of years with zeal and ability. Since quitting a lucrative law practice to enter politics Mir. Blackmon has been enc of the most active members of the Alabama delegation in Congress. He was instrumental in locating Camp Mcclellan at Anniston and has rec ord of service which his friends be- .ievc will insure his reelection.
 Mr. Biackmon leaves this morning for Clanton. Unless called back to Washington. he expects to remain in. Alabama until the election is held May II.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-19
THE PROFIT IN BUSINESS
 SERMON-DR. MacSPORRAN

The>sermon of Dr. J. A. MacSporran at the First Presbyterian Church yes terday morning was a comparison of a business transaction in the days of the Prophet Jeremiah with the duty of the modern church in the world today.
 Tt is necessary to understand the dramatic. historical setting of the text in order to get it's full meaning. And l bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel mine uncles son. and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver" said pr. MacSporran in part.
 "The time was near the end of the siege of Jerusalem. It was the eve of chaos and destruction--the blackest night that ever fell upon any people. Property was absolutely valueless. Sill yer and gold was all that might buy their lives from the blood-thirsty in vaders. At such time the prophet of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-19

ragged pennliess and Triendless, just recovering from the effects of a pro- tracted drunk. Early one evening Dick sidled along the pavement, won dering where he could raise the price of another drink and at the corner he met the Girl with the Tambourine.
 Impelled by the music, he came to an unsteady rest against a convenient lamp post. and as he swayed indefi- nitely, wondering what it twas all about he heard testimonies ahd songs and listened to the prayers of the lit- tie group of Salvatinoists gathered there. Suddenly an unaccountabfe thing happened to Dick. Tears began to roll down his dirty cheeks, and. all most before he was aware, he stepped out into the street and asked the Girl with the Tambourine if she could help make him better man.
 Today the old things have passed away and Dick is respected citizen. To him now belong those things for which men strive. He has a good po- sition, a wife, comfortable home; he has honor. health, hope and faith.
 There is no miracle in the world more profound than that which can remake men, but it is a miracle which the Girl with the sTambourine takes very much for granted.
 When the commander. Miss Booth, speaks here this evening she will tell you many and many story of the Girl with the Tambourine''-of her own experiences when she stood on the street corners of London as a little match girl and held out ''the cup of cold water to the parching lips and with graphicness and a dramatic ef- feet little short of epic-the words that fall from the commanders lips will be like dewdrops on the gentle soil--a benediction of deep religious fervor and an enthusiasm of humanity
 Christ in Deeds" is her wisely chosen theme, and none knows better than she the great significance of the subject-the practical humanity con tained in the thought
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-19
WHOLE HOG OR NONE
 JOHNSON PLATFORM
 IN G. O. P. CONTEST
By Associated Press

Washington, April IS Senator Hiram Johnson will not accept the re- publican nomination for vice bresi- eent. if he should fail to obtain the presidential nomination. Representa- tive Nolan, republican, California, one Of his campaign managers. announced today.
 II am authorized to say for the sen ator that 1t is not intended to let him te nominated for Hitchcock post" Mr. Nolan declared. .He is out for the presidential nomination. and un- der no circumstances will he take the vice presidency"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-19
Rev. Dr. J. A. H. Irwin, Who Speaks in Jefferson Theatre Wednesday Night at 8 O'Clock Favors
 Freedom of Ireland

Eamon Valera president Republic Ireland visits this city Wednesday, will be accompanied here by Rev H. prominent of the Irish Presbyterian
 
 try Dr. Irwin arrived in America three weeks ago. He will this country for four weeks during which he will speak in behalf of Irish independence.
 Irwin synodca of the sustenaton Fund of the Irish Presbyterian Church. the mainay and of hreefouhs of all the Presbyterian ministers in Ireland and pastor of the Presbyterian congregation of Klead of the parishes in Ulster He is also of four schools namely, Klead Diamond, Bayhi and Strad haver built the the school Kead generally be the complete rural national school in the entire country residence already virtually debt He member of the leading of the Irish Presbyterian Church. including the committee in correspondence with the British and is outstanding prohibition having fight the General Assembly last favor of excluding from berhn in the church all who were engaged in the uuor traffic of the Branch Women's National Health Association of which Lady Aberdeen president pres County Insurance and member of the Presbyterian Health Insurance Society Rev Dr Irwin intimately familiar with the prSams poverty Ireland Among the other responsibilities with which by the general assembly of the Irish Pres bterian of the Widows that church. which maintains the widows and orphans of its ministers
 duties clergyman and officer in the religious and social agencies aforementioned pr Irwin and operates large hundred He member Union and three weeks just before leaving his nominated executive board member of that organization
 Rev m Irwin was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by University distinction attained by only one other took first Ireland in the degree of Master of Arts at the Royal University obtained gree Bachelor of Divinity from the Irish Presbyterian faculty He not politician political affairs in Ireland In an interview newspaper upon his New York that determined when he learned cergymen, Presbyterian told American audiences that the Irish question is a religious issue.
 q to show by platforms with Presi- dent De this ue, he said I of many Protestans who of liberty country These few hmen who freedom do not from political and economic Americans understand No decent will condone that the they religious Irish Republic One of the best that freedom do not the that number of Protesants a but aunch Roman Cahos h. deed that the difference between the republican the United States ground religious bgoy that the Unonsts opposed to the Repubc) Republicans Sinn Fenl at loggerhads the religious beliefs of their individual followers Sim Fen includes Catholics Presbyerians Episco- paans, Mehodsts and who believe Exactly the be said of the unonlsts Denis Henry elected to Parliament by overwhelming constituency staunch Roman Catholic.
 Mn;nr M A KelIv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-19
Major M. A. Kelly

of the 65h US Infantry who eighteen months France will also speak Major Kelly was gasssd in the Coi de and decorated with the highest French o Chevaer of the Legion of Qnpr or France
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