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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
No Place to Talk


 When Gen. Robert L. Bullard comes to the city June l." says w. K. New man. I've will have to face the prob lem of seating the crowds that will flock to hear him, who, next to Persh- ing, is the most popular soldier in the country today"
 Capitol park Is at once suggested, but there are a great many dIsadvan- tases connected with having him speak there. First, judging from the kind of weather we have been having recent ly there is a big possibility of rain. Besides, the speech will be delivered at night and the cool air will keep a great many people away. A third req son is that the talk will be one of vital importance to every nearer and 1t is well known fact that the voice does not carry we'll in the park am phitheatre.
 The Jefferson theatre will proba- ply not seat the number of people that will attend.
 The choice is left, then, to the First Methodist Church as the only practi- cal place for the talk I, therefore, sug- gest that the committee in charge of the arrangements for the address se- lect this place"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
Saw Their Raise

T am beginning to feel bit at home at the Southern Club" says Clar- ence Lloyd, the recently elected sec retary.
 For years l was a fixture down at the city hall and felt that mine was to be life lived out in a political at- mosphere. Then the call came to me from the Rotary Club, and later I took on the Birmingham Automobile Club. and it seemed as if I was to spend my days in attendance upon the duties of the Rotarians and the automo obilists. But just as l got fixed good and was feeling very much at home in my twin jobs, along came call from the South ern Club, and as there was a raise to 1t, l saw it. After all I am daily meeting practically the same fellows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
BEAKFAsT WITH BROWNING

From Harpers Magazine.
 In his Memories of Men and Places" in Harper's Magazine, W. H. Mallock gives an interesting picture of Robert Browning, whom he first met at the home of Jowett the famous Oxford scholar.
 'The host on this occasion was Jowett who asked me to breakfast with him in Browning by some one or other-I think it was James Spedding-had been shown certain manuscript verses-precous verses of my own. He had sent me message of a flattering kind with regard to them and he now held out both his hands to me with an almost boisterous cordialivy His eyes sparkled with laughter, his beard was carefully trimmed, and an air of fashion was eXha1ed from his dazzling white waistcoat. He did not embarrass me by any mention of my own perform ances. He did not, so far as I remember. make any approach to the subject of lit erature at all, but reduced both Jowett and myself to something like complete silence by a constant flow of anecdotes and social allusions, which, though not deficient in point, had more in them of joculiarity than wit. He was not, per- haps, my ideal of the author of Men and Women,' or the singer of Lyric Love as "a wonder and a wild desire;' but there the great man was, and when l quilted his presence and found myself once more in undergraduate circles. felt myself shining like Moses when he came down from the mount"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22

From the New Orleans Times-Picayune. 70HE spirit of the boom town has
 almost entirely disappeared in the
 = present census, and fewer "booms'' are reported than ever before in our his tory There are some cases of towns doubling, quadrupling aven increasing tenfold m population, but these are in are protests against the count as falling below the estimates. The boom was universal ten or twenty years ago, and many towns employed special boom CTS" or agents to put them on the map, to sing their praises and get as big fig cases the boom was worked to the limit, great deal of padding indulged in. This practice was so general on the Pa cific coast that it became necessary to make a recount of most of the cities to satisfy their respective claims and riv- alries. The same system of padding was common in other western cities. Omaha got through with the fraud in 1890. when the census increased it's population near ly fivefold from 30,5lS to 140,452, but the fraud was exposed at the next count, when the city was compelled to admit that, according to the census figures, it fell behind 30 per cent
 Not one-quarter as many boom towns are reported this count as of old, but there are still many stories of wonder ful growth, generally due to specializing in certain lines of industries. No less than twenty-three cities more than doubled in population in the ten years. The most important of these is Detroit, which just fen short of the million figure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
Birmingham's Opportunity
 To Help a Worthy Cause

1T1 HE campaign to raise forty thou
 4 sand dollars in Birmingham for the Salvation Army's home service fund is not meeting with the suc- cess it deserves. Only a small part of the full amount has been raised, six thousand dollars.
 This poor showing is a reflection on a city which has been noted in the past for it's generosity. No more worthy cause has ever been placed before the people of Birmingham, for their indorsement and support. The Salvation Army needs no recommen- dation. The work it has done for humanity during the past forty years, it's heroic record on the battle fields of Europe and its practical humani- tarianism plead more eloquently for this noble organization than any printed or spoken word.
 There has never been any criticism of the Salvation Army or it's meth ods. Every dollar contributed will be used to aid erring and afflicted humanity. There are no high-salaried officers to be paid, no expensive business staff to be maintained. The work done by the consecrated men and women of the Salvation Army is done in spirit of self-sacrifice. It is labor of love, prompted by desire to help the poor, the friendless and the outcast.
 Other "drives," rainy weather and a lack of volunteer workers have proved handicap, but Birmingham must not fail the Salvation Army.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
Let Nothing Delay
 Building the Auditorium

1NHE committee named to select a
 U site for the auditorium is to be commended for not limiting it's choice to any particular locality.
 The important matter is the audi torium. It should be built just as soon as possible, as economically as possible.
 The auditorium should be convent ently located so that the masses of people may reach it by car lines.
 It is not at all necessary that the auditorium should form any part or parcel of dreams that may be had of m eventual civic center. It is right to have an idealistic conception of a civic center with fine walks and groups of elegant strutures costing many millions of dollars. But it is wise to realize that the many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22

From the Chicago Tribune.
 |NS( THAT picture of the curse of wv revolution is disclosed in Col.
 Reilly's dispatch from Kiev,
 published in yesterdays Tribune. The picture disdains the effects of the usual writing man. It is dispassionate state
 ment of facts which the writer saw with
 his own eyes. of conditions he had ob-
 served in passing through a country in
 the depths of economic and social demor-
 alization.
 Although Kfev is in one of the most
 fertile regions in Europe. it has been re-
 duced to half it's population. and those
 who remain are impoverished and forced
 to part with their most necessary belong
 ings for such food as they can obtain at almost impossible prices.
 In the country the farmers raise only food they can hide from the bolspeVist military levies, the great sugar beet m dustry is gone implanted and unplowed fields are to be seen everywhere" Food production is about 30 per cent Of nor nal.
 This is the condition of the region or Kiev two years and half after Lehihe and Trotzky seized power. Up 10 the evacuation of Kiev before the Polish ad- vance. Colonel Reilly reports, the bolshe- vik power was maintained by smah body of troops who terrorized the peo- ple. It is hradly to be wondered that the first question asked of the Polish and Ukrainian troops when they entered the city was Are you going to stay?' Colonel Reilly found evidence Of the methods which had been used by the Reds to sustain their authority, and they were not methods the people Of kiev care to undergo a second time. The massacres were evidently recent, so that the eA- crse that these killings were merely the first excesses of revolution dosn't seem to fit.
 Two wears and a half would seem 10 be enough for an acceptable governmeh' to bring peace and normal conditions. The Ukrainians are not for bolshevism' which has invaded and oppressed theni' and it is to be hoped the Polish ally Will assist them to set up their own govern ment and develop their country as tnN wish. If Polish policy is wise 1t Will not n,av the imperialist game. but will con ena it's territorial ambitions to territory clearly Polish in population and make friendly alliance. both for defense ana economic exchange, with ukrainia ana the other neighboring peoples now hoping. like the Poles. to be free and independent. By following constructive course in stead of the imperialism which has near lly brought Europe to ruin, Poland can insure her own safety and prosperity and at the same time surround the boi- shevik menace with a barrier of free pso- ples, more prosperous than ever in their history. In this family of independent states Poland may enjoy natural hege- monY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22

T feel that marriage will improve my writing" says a literary bride. Far be 1t from us to bring up the servant problem.
 Wilhelm Is settled down at Doorn, and Is now writing history of the war. He is expected to deal kindly with the last German emperor.
 <. * * William Dean Towels left an estate of s165.oO0. which Is a good showing for ar author who was never hippo dromed" in his life.
 # $ # A contemporary says Governor Cox is growing" In the meantime, MT. Bryan is rerfecting his knockout punch.
 President Wilson can easily forego vacation this summer. There is not much diversion in a wheel chair holi- day.
 Photography royalties will keep the wolf away from Paderewskfs door. unless it's a ferocicus and persistent wolf.
 With SD many people wearing old clothes and patched trousers, ge- nial panhandler is at a disadvantage.
 # # < Tourists bound for Europe on board booze liners no longer shed tears as the Statue of Liberty fades from view.
 < < # Texas may find that coping with the pink boil weevil Is not quite so easy as settling Joe Bailey's hash. as # # "Favorite sons" are much in the public eye. which may account to some extent for it's Irritation.
 ]. * * Spain will never be a fully en- frightened country until it substitutes baseball for bull fights
 # # # What's become of the old-fashioned family that used to fit from flat to flat
 * * Boy, Alone, Shot, Dies. ."-Headline. masterpiece of condensation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
THE BOOM TOWN"

has been due to the wonderful story Sf the auto which has swept all records away
 similar experience is that of AKron O., whose rapid growth, like that of De- troit, is due to the auto, and to the con- centration of the rubber industry in that city. Akron is only thirty miles from Cleveland and until participating in the industrial development of that section it's growth was slow until the automobile boom Akron has become a great manu- facturer of tires, the most important rubber center of the country In the last ten years, and as consequence 1t has sprung from ssooo to 2Os,5Oo. jumping over forty-eight of it's competitors. Its suburb of Kenmore across the river gained 7l..o per cent in the decade, and is so con gested that it is preparing to erect 5.C01 additional houses to accommodate the rush.
 Or take Gary, the "steel town" of In- diana. It has jumped from 16SO2 to 55.- S4 this year. and is growing faster every year. It has attained a national reputa- ton because of it's steel industries, it's big strike and it's school system which at- tracted such attention that 1t was adopted in New York under Mayor Mitchell, and became one of the leading issues of the last municipal campaign in that city. But Gary is boasting more of its rapid growth in population than of it's schools, baAed upon the theory of vocational training Similarly, Akron is placing more claims on it's "boom." it's increase of population. than on the fact that it claims to have the best charter of any city in America, although this charter helped to assure it's growth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
Famous Spanish Author
 Calls Carranza a Joke

7BANEZ, the Spanish novelist, was U in Mexico before and during the revolution which brought about Car ranza's downfall. He is writing a series of articles for American news papers which present events below the border in new light, as interesting as it is entertaining. Furthermore, he seems to write without bias, al though a Spaniard might be inclined to be sympathetic toward country whose population is to a certain ex- tent of Spanish origin, particularly the ruling class.
 The astonishing ease and rapidity with which the enemies of Carranza brought about his undoing and got control of Mexico is attributed by Ibanez to the fact that Carranza was regarded as joke. It appears that the Mexican people have sense of hunnor, after all. Ibanez tells of mock parades held in Mexico City to discredit the exquisite Bonillas, who had been chosen by Carranza as his successor. Through it all the great est good humor prevailed. The Mex jeans do not regard Carranza and Bonillas as bad men, Ibanes says. They simply laugh at the "First Chief" and his favorite. Incidentally, he draws a vivid picture of Obregon, one-armed hero and conqueror of Vil- la, slovenly in civilian attire, given to telling risque stories at which he ruffaws loudly, hail fellow well met with the plain people and intensely egotistic.
 If Ibanez's theory is correct, it will explain much that has happened south of the border since Sonora seeded. We may infer that the laugh which started in the north swept over a large part of Mexico and eliminated in the capital. Even Villa was credited with joining in the mirthful movement for new government, but later dispatches quote him as saying he would as soon fight Obregon as Carranza. There is no accounting for "Pancho."
 If the Mexicans have highly de- veloped sense of humor, there is hope for them yet. And it will be grati- lying to American cartoonists and paragraphers to learn that their opinion of Venustiano is shared by a large part of the Mexican people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
Birmingport and Payrolls
 Enjoy Close Connection

MoT only shippers, but every per-
 3 son interested in the payrolls of the Birmingham district, should realize the crisis that exists by rea- son of the lack of funds with which to complete the terminals on the Warrior river at Birmingport.
 They should realize that subscrip- tion to the stock of the Port of Bir- mingham corporation is not a gift, but an investment.
 The federal government has signi- fled it's willingness, upon completion of the terminals at Birmingport, to contract with the stockholders to op~ crate these properties and pay the stockholders an investment of 8 per cent, allowing per cent depreciation. There will remain per cent left to the stockholders.
 Car shortages are so frequent of occurrence that they may as we'll be
 considered static condition. Gen.
 eral Hines, chief of inland waterway transportation, declares that, whatso- ever the effort of the railroads to supply themselves with adequate roll ing stock, it will be five years before they succeed in doing so. Shipment by Birmingport is 20 per cent under all-rail rates. A recent movement of Birmingham and Besse-
 mer cast iron pipe to Japan would have saved nearly four thousand dol lars in the freight bill had Birming-
 port been ready to handle the ton mage. The lower the freight rate the easier for Bir1ningham's products, which establish it's payrolls, to go far afield.
 It is not matter of patriotism; it is one of self protection. If Bir- mingport is not completed and used, the freight differential will be taken from us.
 Will Birmingham, which has given
 to every outside cause, falter when it's own basic interests are at stake That Mobile trucker who dumped a cargo of snap beans Into the bay rather than sell them at 60 cents bushel rroved a tenefactoi to the owners of beany waters and scooped them up. ;. < * It now appears that Mexico regard ed Carranza as joke. That being the case, the United States govern ment should not have taken him seri-
 ously.
 Ibanez says General obregon likes
 to talk about eimself. In that par |, ticu.ar General Ohregon is 100 per cent human.
 Although he says he is not a candi- date for tile presidency. Mir. McAdoo
 bctrays all the symptoms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
NOT YET CONVINCED.

NOT YET CONVINCED.
 DO you see this clgar?" asked 'sou,re witherbee.
 Yes"
 "rh bet 1t cost 50 cents. It was s,vsr to me by Henry Potts. Henry. v,p lOnaire now and he's here visitin. the nome folks. When he left chiggersyiIe predicted that he never would amount to anything"
 You've changed your opinion, SUD- poser"
 slightly Henry's done well. of course put when he worked for me I said he was durned poor grocery clerk. and I'll stick to it'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
SPRING

By Shelley.
 springs From slumber. as a sphered angels
 child, shadowingit its eyes with green and golden
 wings. Stands up before it's mother bright and
 mild, Of whose soft voice the air expectant
 seems So stood before the sun. which shons
 and smiled To see it rise thus joyous from its
 dreams, The fresh and radiant earth. The hoary
 grove waxed green. flowers burst forth like
 starry beams. How many spirit then puts oa the
 pinions Of fancy. and outstrips the tagging blast And his own steps. and over wide do
 minion Sweeps in his dream chariot far and fas. . More fleet than storms. the wide wor,r
 shrinks below When winter and despondency are past
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22

But yesterday the word of Caesar
 might Have stood against the world: now
 lies he there, And none so poor to do him rever-
 ence, Julius Caesar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
oBFUSCATED.

OBFUSCATED. 'Do you mean to tell me- beloved the cross-examining lawyer, that you don't know where you were on the night of May 10, 1s2o?'''
 ''Yes sir," replied the witness. ''Ha! I'm afraid you'll have some diff hculty in explaining that to the satis- faction of the court"
 T can explain it in one word" Well, sir, what is that one word?' 'Moonshine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
SETTING HIM RIGHT.

SETTING HIM RIGHT. T live on the outskirts of town" said life along with the advantages of city" An" replied MT. Twobbie. "'Rus in urbe,' eh?"
 NO. The suburb where live is called Frogsdale.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
NOT INTERESTED

Whats the name of this town7,, askes the supercilious tourist who was louneins on the rear end of an observation ear
 "Toadvine.' replied the sleepy looking native.
 "Umph! I've never heard of the plaee before"
 'Mebby not" replied the native, as he spat nonchalantly of the station plat form. But don't see no delegation of prominent citizens gathered here at tn depot an askin' you questions, so it kinder strikes me that you've got more curiosity about Toadvine than Toadvine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22

JUSTICE.

JUSTICE. And now the plaintiff takes the stand. A lovely sight to see; A tiny foot. a little hand, And gowned quite modishly. The gallant jurors cease to nod, They lend attentive ears To what she says, and need no prod To shed some furtive tears. This weak. defenseless creature met A villain rich and bold; A sadder story never yet In open court was told. She .blushes, trembles. gins to cry Who says she plays a part, Fen though the sum is rather high It takes to heal her heart?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
FAIR SHOW OF WISDOM

From the Boston Transcript.
 When Lovely Woman Stoops to Folly" If, at her first trip to the polls. she casts her ballot for the democratic ticket
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
BOLSHEVISM AT KIEV

The other alternative is to try to sub- due them and exploit them by superior force, but at the end of that road Po- land, after heavy sacrifices. would find cnly her ruin.
 The issue is by no means settled. Bol- shevik Russia has a large army, we'll of- fieered, and may be strong enough to turn upon the Polish army and defeat 1t. If it does not and Polish policy is wise, there is reason to hope that bolshevism will fall in Russia proper and a liberal regime be set up in it's place. That would remove the most serious obstacle central and eastern. Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
PREPOSTERoUS.

Whats wrong with MT. Glipping?" asked Mrs. Jibway.
 "The doctor says his motor nerves are affected" replied MT. Jibway.
 T don't believe it."
 Why not, my dear?"
 Those Clippings don't own a car" has about you.' PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
Member of the Associated Press

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 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication or all news dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper ard also the local news published therein.
 All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22

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 European Bureau, 10 King street. CSvent Garden, London. w. c. Z.
 Eastern business office. World building, New York city; western ousl- ness office, Tribune building. Chi eago. The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
MODERN.

And this?"
 ''Is statue of a celebrated pugilist." T thought it was a classic work" "No. You will observe that the pu- gilist's brow is too low for that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22

Although he says he is not candi- date for tlie presidency. Mir. McAdoo bctrays all the symptoms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22

Ibanez says General obregon likes to talk about nimself. In that par ticu:ar General ohregon is 100 per cent human.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22

extending it's vision to all.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-12-16
BRIDE TO BE IS GIVEN
MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER

Miss Myrtle Clayton, who is to be
one of the winters most charming
brides, was given a miscellaneous
shower Tuesday evening at the F. w.
Bleck home. Mrs. Bleck, Mrs. w. B.
Dewitt and Mrs. Glenn Gettor being
hostesses. The house was tastefully
decorated for the occasion. The
affair was a complete surprise. 1t
had been arranged that Miss Clayton
call for Mrs. Gettor and the two were
to attend the show. When she called,
she was at once surrounded by about
25 of her laughing friends.
The evening was merrily spent in
playing guessing games, after which
Miss Clayton was led into a darkened
room and blidfolded, and her lap
filled with parcels containing a va
riety of gifts.
Following the most delicious lunch
which was served, there was a merry
time devoted to writing jingles to
rhyme either with bride" or the
name of the groom.
The date of Miss Clayton's
riage has not been announced, but it
is understood by her friends that the
wedding will occur before the win
ter is over.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-12-16
STAR ELECTS OFFICERS

Riverside chapter No. "a Order
Eastern Star held the annual cleo
ton of officers Wednesday night.
The following were elected:
Mrs. S. L. Kleve, worthy matron
Mr.. S. L. Kleve, worthy patron; Mrs.
F. E. Rathert, associate Matron; Mrs.
Clyde Patton, secretary; Mrs. 0. c.
Heinze, treasurer; Mrs. Lloyd Mont
gomery, Conductress; Mrs. w. B.
Dewitt, associate conductress.
The other Offices are appointive
and will be named later. 1t is under
stood that installation of these newly
elected officers will be held in two
weeks.