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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14
THE MARRIAGE RELATIONS

Cora Harris, in the New York Inde-
 pendent.
 1T F for any reason a woman submits to a secret marriage, referring, of
 S course, to the much discussed Fan
 rio Hurst-Jacques Danielson experi- ment. you may depend upon it that
 sooner or later she will stick her head out of the window at monday ana teli
 everybody that she is married, also give the name of her husband.
 The man never tells. The arrange ment suits his nature and convenience
 too we'll. If any shadow of the secret falls, it falls on the woman, not nm. There can be no doubt that very many men would prefer secret marriages, but
 women have long since discovered that if is much safer to be married in the open and to say their prayers about It
 in secret The shrewd old world may not he A good man. but he has vir-
 tuous eve and makes the best posslole
 witness at wedding.
 The triumphant mote in Mrs. Daniel- sor's explanations is bluff. She had 10 ron form to the custom which she de- sp-ses, and admit that she is married wcman. The sheen of the damask IS rubbed off. Her marriage is now the most public domestic relation in Ne" York. She has been obliged to tell things about her life as wife that usually no woman is asked She mas
 been obliged to discuss matters tha' usually are not discussed. She mas soe comets tail of newspaper reporters about her and behind Mir. Danieison'
 who will notice everything he does and
 that she does and talk about II, ana pass ten thousand opinions on their
 ce ,lduct, and not more than one out or
 thousand favorable
 She will be tired to death of this publicity presently, and may nave nervous prostration, or not be aole 10 devote her whole mind to her work. ana if would not surprise anybody il
 she wound up by getting divorce. The plan she tells about will not
 work now. It seems that neither she nor her husband really believed in marriage, which. of course. was a very bad reason for going off and getting : IT arried, because you ought to believe ia the thing you do
 There is too much said and written and dramatized about the worst and not the best of married life. The men and women who live honestly and well together do not get themselves written up nor their patience and goodness portrayed on the film and the stage. If you marry musician, you ought to be willing to take the consequences. as many women do when they marry men who snore, or use tobacco. or beat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14

From the New York Tribune. IA h1 UGH is heard of dark horses Wll these days and most Ameri- Ii
 cans understand so perfectly what Is meant by the term that few give a thought to the origin of this striking phrase.
 Most authorities content themselves with describing the term as "ap Amer icanism springing from the racetrack and adapted to politics" A story which al least has the virtue of being explicit gives a more entertaining ex- litical writer who stands as authority for this version, the dark horse had its origin. most appropriately, in Ken lucky In the early days of the Blue grass State nearly every town had it's race course, and racing meets were of frequent occurrence.
 An odd chafacter, named Judge Me- Ilveigh. travelled about from one meet to another, and was regarded as such
 an hcnest and unprejudiced person llldl ne uSudlly was called upon lO Ol- f:ciate in the judges stand; hence his title. Arriving at a small town one cay the judge found the sportingly inclined divided between two local fa- vorites, on which they were wagering all they possessed. Horses were not registered then as they are now, and no attention was being paid to a black hitched to a buggy and had been en- tered in the conest. But Judge Me- 1iveigh had seen this buggyAcrse per form on other tracks, and knew that, in present-day race track parlance, it was d ringer" It was not the judges business to interfere, but when ap- pealed to for an expression of opinion as to the chances of the favorites he replied:
 "Gentlemen, I suggest that you save enough for supper. There's dark horse in this race"
 The significance of his remark, &C., ccrding to the story, was lost on the local" wise ones," with the result that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14

From the New Orleans Times-Demo-
 crat.
 ~ MAPPING beads for locomotives, N or putting it the other way E round, swapping locomotives for beads. sounds like an odd business ar engagement, but it becomes much more surprising when such a transaction in wolves the entire bead output of a na- tion of some six million inhabitants and the equipment of locomotives need ed to reha bilitate a war-wrecked serv- lee. Rumania and the Baldwin Loco ing deal which has been concluded by Samuel M Vauclain, president of the locomotive company, who has brought the negotiations to a successful conclu- sion after considering other, offers made by the government to barter sun dry national birthrights for the mess of locomotive pottage. Rumania want ed railway equipment and wanted it intensely, but, lacking money and credit that kingdom, which brides it. self on being the nearest blood de- scendant of the ancient Roman empire, harked back to barter days and looked about for something it might pack up ard send across the Atlantic in ex- change for locomotives.
 Rumania and oil had become almost synonymous terms to western ears, before the war intervened, and it was natural for the government when east ing about to hit upon the oil output. This was dangled before the eyes of the locomotive company's president and the Rumanians must have been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14
ORIGIN OF DARK HORSES

the owner of the dark horse" carried away all their money.
 But the dark horse quickly became g byword around Kentucky tracks, and it's application to politics was only step.
 Whether this story is truth or fic- tion. it is certain that the phrase was in common use in American politics at an early day. For instance. Herman Eduard von Hoist, the German biogra- pber of John c. Calhoun. says:
 Folk was what in the political slang of the day was known as dark horse"
 If the phrase really originated In America it was quickly adopted in England, for Thackeray used it in his Adventures of Philip" Philip remark ing in regard to talk about candidates for Parliament:
 Why, bless my soul, he can't mean me- Who is the dark horse he has in his stable?"
 It appears also in Disraeli's Young Duke" novel of great popularity in it's day. A race is one of the incidents of the book, and the finish is thus de- scribed:
 "The first favorite was never heard of, the second favorite was never seen after the distance post, all the ten-to- ones were in the rear. and dark horse that had never been thought of rushed past the grandstand in a sweeping tri- unph."
 Bryce, in his American Commons wealth." without attempting to trace the origin of the phrase, thus explains its significance:
 "A dark horse is a person not very widely known in the community at large, but known rather for good than fer evil. Speaking generally, tie note of the dark horse is respecta- bility verging on colorlessness, good sort of person to fall back upon when able but dangerous favorites have prCyed impossible,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14
Sought the Woods

Hundreds of people spent yesterday afternoon in the gathering of flowers and strolIing around through the woods around Birmingham" said Law renee Broughton.
 T saw dozens of automobiles filled with people driving along the high ways toward the woods and the coun- try to escape the heat of the city Those that did not own an automobile rode the street cars as far as they could and then walked the balance of the way. Yesterday was the hottest day I believe we have had this year, and I think most everybody in Blr- mingham spent yesterday afternoon in the coolness of the woods to escape the heat.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14
They Sleep in Peace

"The soldier boys who fell In france should not be brought back to thls county for reinterment unless rela- tiyes demand it." said w. A. Goodwin. 'oThere has been much discussion on this subject and personally l am op- posed to the removal of the bodies. It would mean lot of expense ana moro grief to the relatives of the dead SOL diers.
 "The governments of England and France have taken a stand against the removal of the bodies at all. l belleve 1t will be the policy of the United States to remove only those where such action is requested by the rela- lives"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14

their wives. It is not wrong to live with your husband if he plays the piano. It is brave, and exactly what yor ought to do, because he will be . better man If you do, although he may not have such a good time. And this is one of the main objects of the mar ried relations, to make better men and better women of those who enter it, people who do not think first and most of their own pleasures and convenience, hut of what is right and proper toward each other and toward society.
 In marriage you are not supposed to eyade. but to assume your responsibili- ties and live up to them, even if it ruins your opera and your literary ca- reer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14
Devoutly to Be Wished

At last l think the paving or the streets to West End is nearing a real ity," says E. A. Powell. For a good many years the citizens of that section of the city have waited for the prom ise to pave Tuscaloosa avenue to be fulfilled.
 But now I think that with few more months of luck the streets will at last be paved. One single track or the car line has been paved the entire length of the street, and the other Tor a distance of about eight blocks. The city is coming along with their part of the work, too, for between the car line and the curb stone on the lett hand side of the street, distance or about six blocks has been paved and new curb stones put in place..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14
What Untitled Tonnage
 Means to Birmingham

II JUST as every cotton grower 0 should read the monthly cotton statistics showing mill consumption, stocks on hand and the like, every citizen of this industrial district should read the monthly statement of the thrilled orders of the United States Steel Corporation.
 The reason is very simple. The largest industry, employing the most men in the district is the Tennessee Company, the United States Steel Ccmpany's auxiliary.
 Hence, when latest report, shows thrilled orders on the books of the United States Steel Company to amount to nearly two million tons in excess of the thrilled orders of January 1, the district should real lze that this forecasts large opera tions at blast furnace and steel works of the Tennessee Company this summer and fall.
 The thrilled tonnage is the great est in three years. The world is crying for the products of the steel mills. The railroad and structural requirements in this country and the skimpiness of production abroad pre- sage long continuance of steel mill activity.
 The industries of the Birmingham district are producers of great ne- cessities. They will operate when other lines of business do not.
 Residents of Birmingham should make a study of the great underlying causes of their prosperity. It will serve to make them more homo genuous people and will tend to a sense of justice and boise of judg- ment when idle rumors fill the air or when false leaders make attempts to show that the captains of industry, who are building the district, are cormorants seeking whom they may devour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14

cisco, and act so as to keep the party
 in power another four years.
 But however the tide turns, the
 business interests are safe.
 The Hon. "Nicky" Arnstein denies that he is bankrupt, citing sums of money borrowed from his wife and loaned to a
 friend on a post-dated check to pay a
 gambling debt. "Nicky" is at least an
 optimist.
 Boston scrub women are quitting their
 jobs because the Demon Rum no longer
 forces them to support drunken hus-
 bands. A dry world has It's compensa-
 tions.
 Almost any circus that has ever played in the Chicago Coliseum was a better
 show for the money than the republican convention. 1T f 1s Boss" Penrose flatters himself that he
 has rounded out his political career by naming the next President of the United
 States.
 cracker boxes will make dependable furni- ture is helping to cut down the cost of living. There is probably one section of Hades, is made extra hot by being paved with asphalt. | Governor Coolidge is not only 100 per cent American, but it is probable that he hasn't split an infinitive since he was 1 a boy. | One short week to breathe in, and the correspondents will be working twenty four hours day at San Francisco. # # < | There seems to have been a great deal I of lost motion in Hi Johnson's hectic cam. paign for the presidential nomination. < * x l Recent census reports will encourage the habit New Workers have of referring 1 to Chicago as mere village. In swapping beads for American loco-
 motives Rumania is exchanging luxury | for an economic necessity. x. !. # General Woods supporters have thrown away their feathers and Ivory soap is floating out to sea- # # # "Savoyard' neatly fits the parable of the good Samaritan to Americas treat ment of Armenia. # * # The tax dodger in Alabama shows no symptoms of spring fever He is alert ness personified. % # x Marion, O., landed on the map with both | feet shouting for Warren G. Harding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14
EQUAL TO THE EMERGENCY

From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
 Collection money was to little Tommy ore of the essentials of church going. Every Sunday morning he saw that his penny was ready. One day just as the ushers began to take the collection. Tommy noticed that guest In the family pew was not duly provided. Sliding along the seat. he whispered:
 Where's your penny?"
 T didn't bring mine," replied the lacy.
 Time was short and the matter was urgent, but Tommy was quick -witted Tbrusting his penny into the lady's hS nd. he whispered:
 Here, take mine! It'll pay for you and I'll get under the seatv'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14
As to Water Supply

"The franchise of the Birmingham
 Water Works to furnish the water sup
 ply of the city of Birmingham is soon
 to expire" said George w. Maxwell
 and it behooves the citizens to make
 some effort to get municipally owned
 water supply.
 Birmingham is the third city in the south and rapidly growing to the sec ond place. But she has reached size when her water supply should become part of the city government ana each citizen should make it his duty to see that something toward this end is dcne.
 ITO be sure, an appraisal of the property has been made by the clty' which probably indicates that some thoughts to this end are in the mlnds of the commissioners, but to make sure, every citizen should take every opportunity to give his views on the subject"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14
A Timely Suggestion

Tt just naturally makes me mad to walk the streets and see so many idle persons" said Grady Mckoy or Oull- man county, when the farmers are begging for hands and willing to pay good wages for service. There are only a few negroes in my county, and not a enc in my beat, and every white per- son is used to work, but on account oL the rain and the cold the crops are Tar behind, now that the weather is sultapie for planting and all outdoor labor our people are putting in at the least fourteen honrs a day. A lift while the good wealth CT lasts would mean not only much to the farmer, but to the city man who VIII have to buy from him later, on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14
The American Flag and What It Represents

6THEAmerican flag, which is to be
 U honored by appropriate cere- monies today, should mean more to the American people than ever be- fore. It is the standard of the most powerful nation in the world, A statement of this kind is not mere braggadocio. Its truth is conceded by all the nations of the earth.
 But the Stars and Stripes should be symbol of something greater than riches and worldly power. First of all the flag represents to the pa- triotic American who puts spiritual things before material things lofty ideal. It is the banner of freedom. There are rumblings of class war in America, we may have departed somewhat from the fundamentals laid down by our forefathers, but, after all, is there a land anywhere else whose fortunate people enjoy equal opportunities Is there an- other nation where there is a greater measure of personal independence, even if we discount the plaints of embittered "wets" who cry out upon a law that has taken away from them unlimited indulgence in alco- holic liquors?
 The American government has it's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14
A NOVEL MOUTH WASH

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 England has been regarded as behind America in the scientific care of teeth, but a recent conference in London shows that the subject is at last re- ceiving adequate attention. The most Interesting address made at this gath erjng was that of Dr. J. Sim Wallace, who has been lecturer on dental sur gerry and pathology at the London hos ttntion to beverages for cleansing the mouth. He disapproved cocoa and chocolate, which, he pointed out, re- main in the crevices of the teeth, but approved tea, coffee and beer Since sweets are generally admitted to be
 injurious in this respect, his conclu- sion may be generally accepted. Many have wondered what the increase in the use of candy which has followed prohibition will do to American teeth.
 There is an element of surprise, however in the further statement of Dr. Wallace that dry champagne makes an excellent mouth wash. Why 1t should be superior to the preparations usually recommended, he does not make clear Even if it could now be obtained in this country, the price would be prohibitive. Nor can we easily picture it's use for this purpose by either the prosperous British pro- letariat or the hard pressed British bourgeosie at present prices across the water. Only a teetotaller would refuse to swallow champagne once he got 1t in his mouth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14
BEADS AND LOCOMOTIVES

shook an unwilling head. Why he did so we admit was at first blush a sur prise to ourselves, as oil has been an Aia ddins lamp for wealth production of late and one could not imagine 2 comm odity surer of ready and profit able market than the output of the Rumanian wells. But no, MT. Vauclasn must have a family of young lady daughters who know beads and bead fashions, for when he had refused the oil and gasoline offer he accepted that factories. which. we judge, must rival in value those of Czechoslovakia We nay here explain, however, that in de- clining the oil offer, Mir. Vauclain did so with a first thought toward the reed of Rumania herself, knowing as he did that her oil patrimony was her real means of financial recovery and that to accept it. even under such stress as the need for locomotives would be to block a national regenera- ton in a manner irreeoncilable with international right doing.
 This big bead barter deal is pointed to as a model that might well be fol- lowed by many other branches of big business that find their deals with im- poverished European lands checked by lack of cash and credit; but it requires a man of more than ordinary commer- cia! perspective and wideness of vision | tn think of locomotives in terms of glass beads just as it would to match agricultural implements against opti-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14
NOT TOO LATE

By Henry w. Longfellow. Tt is too late, An, nothing is too Cato learned Greek at eighty; sopho-
 cles Wrote his grand 'Aedipus, and Simo-
 hides Bore off the prize of verse from his
 compeers When each had numbered more than
 four-score years; And Theophrastus at four-score and Had begun his Characters of Mem Chaucer at Woodstock. with the night
 ingales, At sixty wrote the Canterbury Tales Goethe at Weimer. toiling to the last, Completed Faust when eighty years
 were past. What then? Shall we sit idly down
 and say. The night hath come; it is no longer
 day? For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself. though in another
 dress And as the evening twilight fades The sky is filled with stars invisible
 by day."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Not the Only Havoc

"The recent rains have played havoc with the pride of Jefferson county, her automobile roads" said Frank Lee. T recently made the trip to Bessemer and back for the first time in several months, and was very much surprised at the deterioration that had taken place. We struck one bump after an other until we were almost shaken to pieces.
 One of the bad effects of this kino of road was apparent all along the way. We counted eighteen cars with punctures, one in ditch and one with a broken axle, besides three with broken springs. In practically every case the accident was brought about by the rough jolt of an unexpected hole in the road"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14
FAST LIFE FOR ARKANSAS

From the Arkansaw Thomas Cat The Snagtown Adding band gave dance at the Dun Front hall last Sat
 urday night, and you couldn't hear
 the saxophone played by Doctor Huff for the rasping of overalls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14

faults, as all human institutions must have; there are many evils that should be remedied in this country, yet no citizen of the United States who is worthy of his citizenship can fail to regard the American flag with reverence and gratitude. It is the only flag of a great nation that is not stained by the blood of conquest. Stored in the Fall,
 Sold in the Spring
 1T HERE is nothing romantic about
 0 sweet potato curing house. It is simple affair, composed of a few lathed and shelved partitions, capable of proper construction by any farmer.
 But there is romance in this state ment by Macon, Ga, banking es- tablishment:
 "During May the largest individual shipment of sweet potatoes ever sent from South Georgia, twenty thou sand bushels, went from the Union Cotton Oil Company, at Fitzgerald, Ga, to Pittsburg commission house. The potatoes had been in a storage plant ever since October" During the past several years Ala bama lost annually ten million dol- lars worth of sweet potatoes labori- ously cultivated. The market could not absorb the entire crop when freshly gathered and, in the absence of potato curing houses immense values were lost by rot. Potato houses would have carried them over spring. These Georgia sweet potatoes had been Tn storage seven months, yet came forth in marketable form at a time when high prices prevailed. Many potato houses were built in 1, Alabama last year. The time will soon be here when the farmer who ipretends to be potato grower will not think of being without one on his place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-14
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The end crowns aIIJ And thnt old common arbitrator, Time, Will one day end it.
 -TrOfIua and Cresstda.
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala-' postoffice as second-class matter un- dAr act of Congress March s, 1879.
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