The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08


 Lusitania and the warship Tiger. The Hood is eight hundred and sixty ] feet long, with a beam of one hun dred and four feet, and is equipped with turbine engines of one hundred and forty-four thousand horsepower, giving a speed of thirty-one knots an hour. She carries eight fifteen-inch guns, twelve five and five-tenths quick firers and four four-inch guns.
 The Hood was built, we are told, by MT. Hearst's newspapers, with Amer ican money, loaned by our govern ment to England. Be that as it may, England has not the remotest idea of relinquishing her supremacy of the seas and is building accordingly. Unless the unexpected happens, by which is meant some sort of agree ment to limit armaments growing out
  of the league of nations, it is the policy of Secretary Daniels depart ment to make the American navy second to none.
 It would appear that the vision aries have had their day and prac- tical men are back on the job. It is a great pity. The world has need of peo- pie who are able to dream dreams-of the right kind. Whether we are as pessimistic as James Hamilton Lewis, who predicts dire calarnities within the next twelve months, or take a more hopeful view of the future. it is reasonably certain that the miI- lenium is not yet at hand.
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 While harptng on the subject of tb- erty in the United States 1t is interesting to note that the Chicago banker who was arrested for transporting liquor in a pocket flasks, is held in sa.ooe bond, charged with violating the eighteenth amendment
 If the dairymen of Birmingham strike. what's to become of that slogan, Bet ter Babies?
 So fast does one "drive~ tread on the heels of another. the citizen of means writes checks in a serni-dazed condition. * % # MT. Taft is still being pictured by car toonistasas among the presidential can- didates, t the return of MT. Taft to the White House is one of the extremely remote possibilities # # % Tough luck. Surgeons who might be cutting people open and charging large fees are compelled to scury about town visiting flu" patients at the usual rate. # # x President Wilson seems to be about the only resident of Washington who is able to enjoy the kind of weather Washing ton has been having lately. + # # The lobster habit is said to be waning. along with another habit that used to make for a brisk business in the white light districts.
 What do you think of American, asks a contemporary. It's always a little worse in a presidential election year than at any other time * # &
 A Paris rent profteer was sentenced to spend week in jail and pay a fine of 500 francs. They do such things better in France
 Lord Grey spilled the beans, and it looks as if he spilled most of them where they'd be noticed by Mir. Wilson.
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 All the financial wizards are not to be found in Wall street Some of them are leading double lives on a small income. # x T
 The New York World is doing it's best to arouse in Senator Lodge a realization of his own unworthiness. x * *
 It is reported that Mrs Dempsey would like to be reconciled to Jack. Why not? The young man is affuent now
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 Taking the kick" out of hair tonics is another way to reduce the druggist s profits.
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 Since Kolchak has just begun to "dle," he may last for years