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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
MARY AND DOUG

From the Chicago Tribune
 VANTIOE DEERSI.AYER DOUGLASS
 scion of an aristocratic New Yon- u family. was awakened one morn Ing by the butler. and his valet. He bounced from bed and chinned him self twenty times on the very expen- sive chandeliers of his room in the costly mansion and jovially slapped the butler so brislSly on the back that the faithful servitor swallowed his con venient and helpful store teeth. He then, laughing, stood the butler on his head and shook his teeth back into place again With a snap, grinning de- lightedly at his own cheerfulness.
 In order that the valet also might feel happy Ivanhoe DeNrslayer Doug las seized him by the~ coat collar. climbed cout of the window. and with his free hand traversed thirty feet of water spouting, returning safely by the window to the room, where he pro- ceeded to divest himself of his even ing dress clothes which his proud and aristocrcatic parents compelled him o wear in bed in conformity to the de- mands of high society.
 This life pals on me- said Ivanhoe,
 I need the air Brushing the faith ful butler aside into the bath tub full of water and the valet through the wall of the room into. tall and handsome chestnut tree which was one of the adornments of the lawn. and, grinning cheerfully, he dashed through the pala- tial residence, grabbing two soft boiled eggs as he went.
 He leaped to the top of passing au- tomobile and was driven downtown. Leaping from the top of the automo- bile he hit stern, elderly gentle man with white side whiskers and a white waistcoat knocking the wind and a folded paper out of him. With out stopping he picked up the paper and, running very rapidly read: Dear Uncle, am very unhappy. Cinderella" He immediately swung on to the handbars Of rapidly passing freight car and was attacked by six buns, who were attracted by his winning smile and his evident prosperity. The fight ragged until the Mississippi river was reached. He then. smiling threw them all into the river and continued his journey until the freight car. skirting a fake, was deEailed. He swan sixteen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
SOUTH AND THE PRESIDENCY

From the Washington Star.
 For quite half century the south has been the stronghold of the democratic party. She has furnished the bulk of the electoral votes for every one of the demo- cratic presidential tickets in that time. She elected Grover Cleveland president twice, and Woodrow Wilson twice. She is the partys main hope for this year. Whatever difficulties may be encounted in the east or the west, or in the mid dle country, the south is expected to stand fast-to roll up the usual major- ties no matter who may be carrying the standard, or what the platform contains.
 How loyal the south has been to the party label is shown by the list of the
 presidential candidates for whom she
 has voted. She cared little for Sey
 mour. She had detested Greedy for years
 politically and pers~ 1ally. She rather
 distrusted Tilden. She admired Hancock as a brave man. She knew nothing about Cleveland She warmed to Bryan, because of his wonderful oratory. She grows orators herself. She was indifferent to Parker, and at Baltimore felt only so-so toward Wilson, although he was southern by birth But on election day she plump ed for all of them without hesitation. For some years there has been. specu- lati9n about how much longer the south with so many able sons of her own, would continue to efface herself in the matter of the democracy's highest honor. Will she again repeat her familiar perfor- nance? Or will she press for recognition
 at San Francisco with a son of her own? Is it not about time?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
v,rv tbe Monofony

'sOne of my friends recently called my attention to most compensating thing, but something which l had never thought about" said Thronton Estes, for he remarked that it was great relief oh going to ones office to find the mail not wholly made up of dun ring letters, for now the ones from the various candidates greatly outnumber the other kind. Being somewhat of a philosopher, he added, but why should I worry? I do not pay She former and do not read the latter, but political ones vary the monotony and perhaps fool the office boy, and that is worth while itself. for the tribe act as if they knew it all :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
HOW KAISER AND TURK ESCAPE

From the London Nation.
 It is a ludlcrous irony of fate that the Sultan should be enabled to keep Constantinople because MT. George must needs talk to the British electors of hanging the Kaiser" That is none the less the sober fact. The comedy ran through several acts:
 CD MT. George prepared to hang the Kaiser and his generals, and the French agreed.
 CD He next got ready to drive out the Turks, bag and baggage. and the French hotly dissented. (S) He chaned his mind about the Kaiser and generals, and the French objected to his changing ais mind. s(4) The French allow him to change his mind about the Kaiser and generals on condition that he changes it also about the Turks. (5) And in the final scene the rope which should nave hanged. the Kaiser pulls the drowning Sultan safely to dry land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 sM ny HICKOK, the Brooklyn Ea- N 1 gie's Paris correspondent in a
 personal letter presents the following striking description of con ditions in Europe:
 "At present the whole mess, aiiies ana enemies together, are lot like a derelict liner with her engines busted all to bits. Now and then the silly crew get a donkey engine to work. Hero and there on the deck they TIE up a stick for jury mast and hang opt a bed sheet for a sail And few stand around waving distress signals at any craft visible on the horizon. But no one goes near the engine room. The engineers sulk and say they are not mechanics. The firemen say it's not their business The officers won't dirty their white gloves. The passen- gers take the attitude that they paid to ride, not to run the boat. And in The meantime you can almost hear her scraping, bottom.
 "rhe whole of Europe wants to get hack to August, 1914. Gradually the allies are learning that with strict application of the economic clauses of the treaty this can never be done One might as we'll expect to run off the Eagle with three or four dozen monkey wrenches pumping around in the big presses downstairs. The Italians and British seem to understand this bet ter than the French. which is strange in view of French intelligence. Tn principle at least. the first step back toward 1914 is simple Europe was then like A big industrial machine. and they must begin to restore it by taking all of the monkey wrenches out -scrap the reparations .sommissiou al=
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
soIdiers' Friend

Soldiers triend
 eThere is one way they could settle this matter of how much bonus to pay the soldiers, says L T. Quinn of Mont gomery, who attended the teachers convention. "as most of the work done in the country during the war period was on a government basis, and the rates are still available for reference a general average could be struck. for so. much a day. and it's equivalent paid to the chaps who wore the uniforms
 @of course the soldiers had their clothes and food free. and had few dollars left after paying pension es7 caping insurance, allotments,. bond buying and the like. These items could ride as the bonus. while the boys now should get the kind of money that was paid the fellows who were held at home running things here and creating supplies,
 eWhen all is said and done, compared with civilian war pay. it seems to me fair average to pay the soldiers, who never saw time and a half pay or dreamed of six-hour day five days q week, in the trenches, l would say an extra five dollars a day for each day of service would be just, but l doubt if they will get over dollar or so under present conditions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
THE CHAIRMAN'S ACTIVITIES

This has always been recognized
 the correct view by party men havit a sincere interest in the integrity their party; for it is agreed that scru
 ulously impartial conduct on the pa of executive committees and th'
 chairmen is required, not simply as act of justice to candidates who a. seeking office under the party's al spices, but as a necessary factor in rs litical association. It is clear that the contrary policy should become t. rule there would be no lasting ass. citation. Let it but become known thl men of unquestioned party fealty al record may be knifed in the house their friends, or supposed friends, al the party organization is doomed.
 Officially, Chairman Nesbitt is vii out excuse in his working to defe. Senator Underwood. Personally, he without good reason Alabama's jun senator is democrat of national I
 sition he was the party leader of ts house of representatives in plannil legislation and defining policieS which the party was successful inl national election for the first time twenty years; in 1912 he was in su. esteem that the democracy of his std declared unanimously that he VI
 worthy to be the party's choice for q
 presidency of the United States; al he is today practically assured of cid
 ton by his fellow democrats to the portant post of leader of his. party
 the United States Senate; and as to pi| hibition. upon which issue the chaI
 man assumes the right to work for q senator's defeat. Underwood says;
 is the law" and frankly declares \ belief that the law should be enforcI i The issue presented, however, by tl executive comm.ttee chairmans courI
 Fin taking part to defeat 3 democi against whom the party has made
 complaint and has no complaint,
 greater than the men involved. It fleets the whole political organizatH land the white mans rule in Ala bal 1 It threatens our social order Uhdl mine the temple of our democEa.
 faith. and break down our party, Sa we know too well what evils we
 ' yite to come in to dwell among us
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
From the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register.
 L. Breck Musgrove, candidate
 for United States senator in oppo-
 sition to Senator Oscar w. Under
 wood, W. D. Nesbitt, chairman of
 the state democratic executive com
 mittee, and Lewis Bowen, secretary
 of the Alabama Federation of La
 bor, are in Mobile. It is stated
 that the three came here in the in
 terests of the Musgrove campaign.
 Registers local news report,
 printed Sunday morning.
 OT1HE spectacle of MT. Nesbitt state
 chairman of the democratic
 party in Alabama, lined up with one democratic candidate for the party's favor against another, must occasion surprise wherever the proprieties of official conduct are held in respect.
 It is well known that the executive committee is the party's court of ap- peal; it acts in the settlement of party disputes and strives always for the preservation of harmony within the party, to the end that the party may present a solid and unyielding front to all opposers and maintain and carry into effect the policies it believes are for the. best interest of the common wealth and of the nation. The com mittee andmittee and it's chairman are to hold the scales equally between all party candidates and be prepared to decide, without prejudice. in any mat ters brought before them affecting the rights of the candidates and the well fare of the party
 A most serious departure from the correct attitude is the taking of sides for or against candidate in good party standi9g It was only a fortnight ago that the chairman of one of the na- tional parties have an accurate defini- tion of the obligatiol resting upon him and upon his committee, declaring him self unalterably opposed to any sort of iunfair and illegitimate use of his of- flee for the election of any candidate. He declared that Eft makes no differ ence what may be said by any person for any reason, at any time or at any place, the chairman of the executive committee should not influence di- rectly or indirectly, in any way, the result of any contest among men of equal party standing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
Senatorial Aspirants
 Bestiring Themselves

m HE primary election is only six
 0 weeks from today, and the campaign of the respective candidates for the late Senator Bankhead's seat will soon approach white heat
 As for Underwood's race, there is every promise of sweeping vic- tory. No political observer expects anything but the reelection of our senior senator, but as the race ad- vances, his support grows stronger, and the indication of landslide for him seems assured
 Mir. Underwood will begin short speaking tour in Alabama today. His duties in the Senate are exacting, and it is hard for him to leave Washing ton. He could be elected without making single speech, but it is a courtesy due the state that he show himself and discuss as only he can some of the great issues of the day.
 That he will be received with ova- tions wherever he appears goes with out saying. Senator Underwood is a great asset of Alabama. The people are proud of him and will Soll up a mighty vote for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
Always Friendly

Birmingham means home, always, said Capt. T. B. Abernethy of Marion Army and Navy College, Marion.
 T Vas reared here and it makes no difference how long I stay away nor how much the city has grown in the meantime, Birmingham always seems the one absolutely friendly city to me Other cities are attractive for many reasons. Some are beautiful. some are progressive, some are exciting. Bir- mingham is all of these. but to me it is essentially homelike and friendly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05

to be economizing in clothes, Colonel Forgan could we'll afford to pay the high prices demanded for shoes, but he has not forgotten the lesson of thrift learned in his youth, which made him in time a multimillionaire. Like many another successful man who has fought his way to the top by hard work, he is both alarmed and irritated by the way the American people are throwing away their money.
 Colonel Forgan is quoted in Chi cago paper as saying:
 l propose to patch and patch un- til the high cost of living comes down.
 have not bought pair of shoes since before the war, and I have bought only one new suit of clothes.
 I have refrained from buying at
 the present mountain high prices. I did this on principle and propose
 to continue to do it to help the general protest against high prices
 High prices will prevail as long
 as we encourage them by buying. People are spending money like
 drunken sailors The extravagance
 is largely a state of mind.
 We go on increasing wages and
 then increasing prices of necessities.
 Tben another jump in wages, and an-
 other jump in living costs.
 Where is it going to stop? The
 condition must end in disastrous
 eruption.
 Until find out, intend to use
 patches.
 The trouble with the American peo pie is they have lost sight of the in evitable "rainy day" The "viciou' circle" created by increasing wage: and raising the necessities cannot gt on forever. That is one of the fixeC laws of economies. To make matter' worse, those who are earning mor' money than ever before and ar' spending it Hike drunken sailors, compel other consumers whose in comes have not kept up with thu high cost of living to pay exorbitan prices.
 When the reaction comes the maj who has invested his surplus earn ings or started a savings accoun will have nothing to worry about while the wastrels are lamentinl their hard luck, but just now ther seems to be no such word in the vo cabulary of the average American a thrift"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
Scores Again

The entire presbytery has gone over the top in the campaign for funds for benevolent purposes, and the officers are delighted" says James l.. Powell.
 Fifth Avenue went away over. Our quota was $S, 25O, and we have paid in H$4,70Q. The above does not include things done by classes and departments, as some of them have not yet reported. This is good work for this church and top with Every call that has been made on the church, and they have been just as numerous as thosea made on the average citizen. have been raised and we are all proud of the record"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05

miles to lonely ranch house. whi
 he made in1qiries.
 End Of Part Three. Part Four Fl
 lows Immediately.
 Cinderella pollyanna Mary.
 drudge of very large and unpleasg
 looking family of lady cousins. I
 just picked the Kitten out of the a
 haze can and vas feeding it Russ
 cavier in her kindness of heart VII
 the mos pnD'casan, cs Inc lady col
 ips caught her and cuffed her ears> a
 made her work the manglc for
 hours. She then mixed large h' of thoroughbred Jersey cows and md
 butter
 She was very ragged and needed pair of shoes. sAe could hardly exp
 a pair. but if she could get a gd right which some oae had thrown ayJ because fl was. not fit to hal1 sole q then could find left which lad fail
 good uppers, she would be all right. She had one bright moment WI she stole a little of the white fI frosting and got a smear of it o,f rose. Looking at herself in the mir Ishe laughed, happy to think that
 matter how unhappy and ragged was she could still be funny. F bright moment was blasted by ov hearing the unpleasant lady cousins ciding to marry her to the superintei ent of the county poorhouse in ort that she might never discover that was the rightful heiress of a s1o,0oo, estate.
 This conspiring was suspended cause one of the unpleasant ladies s she thought hard rain was com up. Another, alarmed, said it must a tornado, and third thought it S
 an earthquake.
 It was not. It was Ivanhoe De slayer Douglas, coming by stage, au mobile, steamboat, handsprings. W 1 walking, and house Jumping As neared the fated house he abandod all these methods of locomotion 4 /. took to the tree tops, moving from , branch to another until he jumped| the roof and down the chimney, lanq| ' in the room, and bringing down a eS, cloud of soot which blinded the hats /; cousins. He seized Cinderella. carn her outside, pushed the house down
 hind them, and they agreed to put th 1 joint funds in 2 per cent Standard Company gold bonds. Clinch and fl
 out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
EUROPE IS LIKE A DERELI('T7.

together if necessary; scrap all
 ridiculous restrictions at bound4
 lines that make travel and freight shl ment almost impossible now; buy vii out regard to sentiment where th money is strongest; not only allj goods. but assist them to flow freI wherever any one wants them to gI
 to do everything possible to get tra| portation and production back to n| nal Whether this will involve reorg3 izing Europe as an internationalisml as series of bolshevist states, or monarchies, is secondary-all poiit is secondary to the economic probl} The important thing for the next f| years is whether these people eat not; not whether they eat as re1, licans, monarchists or reds. Our old friend starvation is quite I partial in matters of that kind.
 starves the red and the white togetA and the children of both without 
 quiry. The bolos think that workmen's cd trol of industry will bring Utopia. q peasants all over think division off land will do it.. Both of these ida are making great inroads but neiti of them will keep the bellies of il lcontinent full unless all of these otl l silly restrictions and obstacles
 kicked out of the way. Personally | feel now that for Europe at least question of bolshevism is only, incid} tai to the main problem of getting
 wheels and the ploxs going againt
 Establishments in the treaty are ing made rapidly now. Their spd will increase until by the time she sd ate gets ready to ratify tht doc rm( l lthsrs ven't b much. left totane..-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
Two Cities That Show
 Decreases in Population

DS~A CoOSoEAA OPuAoSAOA |M F the cities whose population W figures have been announced by the census bureau, all had shown increases-some of them small, but gains nevertheless-until the list given out Saturday.
 Frankfort, the capital of Kentucky, with a population of nine thousand eight hundred and five, fell off six hundred and sixty, or 6.3 per cent, and Steelton, Pa., with population of thirteen thousand four hundred and twenty-eight, decreased eight hundred and eighteen-a loss of 5.7 per cent, as compared with the cen sus of 1910.
 The loss in Frankfort's population lis accounted for by prohibition. It had always been fairly sober. town, but the number of saloons put out of business reduced the inhabitants several hundred.
 Frankfort on the Kentucky river, is one of the most picturesque towns in the Blue Grass state. It is delight ful place of residence, and it will no doubt catch ur in population in the coming decade.
 Steelton, Pas loss is supposed to be accounted for to some extent by the closing of the saloons, but more particularly by the shifting of the in- dustrial population. The small increase in the smaller class of industrial cities is encourag- ing, as it indicates a tendency of the rural population to stay at home rather than rush to town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
Mandate Over Near East
 A Grave Responsibility

 ] TT HE American mission, headed by U Major General Harbord, which investigated conditions in the near east. reports that the only solution of a situation which now engages the attention of world politicians is for some power t. accept a mandate over Turkey, or rather the former Otto- man empire. Constantinople is to be included in the territory.
 There can be no doubt that America is best qualified to assume this re- i sponsibility and would unquestiona- ! ply be more acceptable in that role than any European power, because this country long ago proved its dis interestedness in dealing with smaller nationalities. The mere fact that America has never been involved in any of the intrigues to gain advant-
 
 age in the near east would inspire confidence.
 Yet there are weighty reasons why America will hesitate to undertake a task which may prove thankless after all, and will impose burdens on this country which would increase from year to year, instead of growing smaller, and might eventually involve the American government in the in- ternational jealousies which have for centuries made the near east sore spot.
 General Harbord estimates that fifty-nine thousand troops would be necessary during the first year, and the cost for the first year would be two hundred and seventy-five million dollars, no inconsiderable sum for country already over-taxed. Other estimates of the troops that would be needed go as high as two hundred thousand.
 If we are going to live up to the fundamental principles of the League of Nations, there is moral obliga- tion for America to accept mandate in the near east. It would first of all put an end to the bloody misrule of ] the Turks, something no other power has ever succeeded in doing. Justice s would be given the Turks, as well as i the Serbs, Armenians, Greeks and other peoples who have been the vic tims of Turkish cruelty. There would t be some practical advantages, such railroad building and trade which would offer opportunities for Ameri- can capital, but these should be, and are, minor considerations.
 On the other hand, an American mandatory in the near east would mark a complete and perhaps final reversal of our foreign policy. Self interest calls for hands-off atti- tude, yet we cannot consistently shirk our obvious duty to humanity. When America entered the war against Germany our national isolation came to an end. No matter what our fu- ture relations with Europe may be, we can never return to our, pre-war status.