The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-04

 of work in the world movement and their addresses will be informing and stimulating.
 "The Significance of the Inter church World Movement" was the opening theme, and it is needless to say that this discussion was listened to with rapt attention. Other subjects of profound interest were the foreign survey, foreign missions, "The Out look and Every Land," home survey and state survey.
 Today's programme wiil include Religious Education" Hospitals and Homes," Literature of Inter church." Industrial Relations" Ministerial Relief" American Ed ucation" and Evangelism" Fridays programme will be taken up largely with reports.
 That great good will come from this conference there can be no doubt. The denominations, already close together, will be even more closely cemented. Major Dalrymple, hero of the Michi- gan rum rebellion," says, T am reliably informed that fund of $2500oo has been raised to ruin me. and most of it has gone into the public press" A foolish statement to make, but recent events showed the major to be foolish man. < # < No wonder the consummation of peace is bit slow, when members of the pes.e conference in London are trying to fol- low intricate discussions in three lam guages without being able to speak more | than one fluently. # # # l It's a shame to publish a picture of Booth Tarkington at an early age, as Worlds Work has done. In his twenties Booth looked like the sort of young man who says, "Oh, mercyn and wears pink ribbons in his B. " D.'s. l Erstwhile inbiDers of strong drinks are said to be spending their leisure hours in gymnasiums where the exercise is much more vigorous than crooking one s elbow
 l The citizen who wears a derby eight or nine years and has one Tn a reasonable state of repair, isn't alarmed by the an- nouncement that mems hats will be high CT than ever next winter. :; i; a; l An astronomer says a voyage to the moon is impracticable. Furthermore, if doesn't interest the average person who wants to know where he's going when he's on his way.
 l Major Schroeder could probably make a fair living by simply going about the country telling audiences how it feels to fall five miles.
 Thanks to the generosity of the trav- cling public, New York hotel porter has leased hotel for fifteen years at g gross rental of s25o,ooo. 'Link' Eyre is now engaged in telling the palpitating public the truth about Russia. Link" writes with the usual con. vincing sincerity.
 After considerable delay, Uncle San has acknowledged that the Steel Cor. operation Is good trust'' whose morals are almost perfect.
 The war is over with vengeance fol army officers who have been reduced ts I their pre-war rank. | < # #
 The making of "shinny" on southsrr \plantations has nothing in particular tt do with crop divershcation.
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 Although prohibition is now a part O the constitution, political prohibitionMti talk as if it were put there tentatively.
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 If Jack can prove it is a case o: Iwoman scorned, he'll get little publi, sympathy. "IIell hath no fury" etc.
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 How can We support the silence o Empa and Alex much longer? Is it pos sble that they have nothing to cable? # * x
 At the hour of going to press New Jer lsey had not yet seeded from the UnNs,
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 This years flu may be mild. but it i certainly not beneficenv II * # * A little perjury, more or less, seems in separable from every I. W. W. trial.
 
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 From the New York Telegram.