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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
Former Stage Idol
Dies In New York.

ID AULlNE HALL, who died re-
IS Gently at her home in New
York, was a queen Of comic opera
thirty years ago. How the very name
of her coniu@es up recollections of the
past, when this petite, brunette beau
ty warblcd her way into fame and
fortune and was toasted wherever she
went!
There was a time when Pauline
Halls face was as familiar to the
headers of newspapers and maya
zines, and patrons of the theatre, as
many Of the rcigning stars of today,
but to the youngster who cannot re-
member 50 far back her name means
nothing. Like many another stage
favorite, she was forced into com
parative obscurity by the flight Of
time which took, away both her youth
and her beauty Yet, she continued
to act and played small part in
ssThe Gold Diggers," when this piece
was produced by David Belasco last
September She was the broken-down
actress who peddled cosmetics in the
dressing re- MS of chorus girls, role
which must have appeared to her
strikingly in keeping with her cwn
altered fort cs. Yet, to the credit of
New York hcatregoers it should be
said that when she made her appear
ance she vas given applause second
in volume only to that received by
the star, Ina Claire.
Pauline Hall won distinction on the
dramatic stage before she became IA
nous in com opera. She was born
in Cincinnati in 1860 and began her
stage career at the age of. is as a bal
let dancer Sic became star in
1855, making great success as Nj
non in "Nanohp
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

Another sad thing about the closing
of the saloons is that a man will have
to go out in the sun if he wants to get
his nose tanned.
The scion of a millionaire home may
look and act like a boob. But he had
sense enough to be born with wealthy
father.
The fact that you admire a Scotch
terrier is no reason why you should
wear that kind of whiskers.
We may be wrong. But we have an
idea that the Lord has more use for
the man who has corns on his hands
from working than he has for the man
woh has corns on his knees from pray
ing.
No matter how much you whitewash
bad mans character, the black is
bound to show through.
Many an imperfect 20 goes upstairs
to dress and comes down perfect Sc
The woman who hasn't the price of a
pair of new shoes for her little boy for
Christmas may think she has hel
trobles. But for real worry she should
be in the fix of the women who is go
ing to buy her poodle a $40 hand en-
broidered, initiated dog sweater fol
Christmas and can't decide which shade
would suit Fidos complexion best.
When many a big. 200-pound mar
gets home at a. nj. he wishes he had
| a catcher's mask to put on before he
goes in and faces his 100-pbund wife,
Even the girl who has a shape like 8
penholder will spend an entire houl
admiring her figure in mirror.
About the only time the averag'
married man fols his wife is the day h
iad her
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
RECKLESS WASTE OF TIMBER

for explosives were dependent upon
some species of trees which may be
fairly called exotic.
Our lumber supply of the near flu
ture is in grave danger. The 10000
100000 feet of lumber annually placed
on the market means 10000 600, GOO
more wastefully left in the forests to
furnish material for destructive fires
me annual cut is greater than the
natural increase. Half the lumber cut
is southern pine, and experts in the
business say that in 10 years it will
all be gone. When that is used up,
the Douglas fir and other species will
rapidly follow the beaver and the bison
to extinction.
The mythology of the Greeks pic
tured dryad or wood nymph as com
ing into existence with each tree. liv-
ing in it and tending it through life,
and dying with it. Perhaps that ac-
counts for the care European countries
give to their forests. OF is it just
hard headed business sense? P4odigal
young America is nov corning nea
| the end Of a resource once thought
limitless and must learn from the
perience of others. Reforestat ion nau
begin, else the next generation VAT
| find itself in a helpless plight from oug
reckless waste of a great5reSource
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
Speeding Up Is Needed
To Increase Production.

TN its review of business conditions
= the federal reserve boards calls
attention to factor that is doing
much to demoralize industry in the
United States and keep the high cost
of living at unprecedented levels.
Highly paid workmen, instead of
using the opportunity before them to
accumulate something for the inevi-
table rainy day, "are working only
sufficient days to keep going
This state of affairs is a reflection
on the intelligence of skilled labor.
The boys and girls who turn up their
noses at a salary of 500 week for
beginners, as we'll as the trained ar
tisans who are paid wages undreamed
of ten years ago, must face reck-
oning in the not distant future. The
habit of living ION velvet" or "sit-
ting on top of the world" as the
doughboys express it, when once ac-
Iquired is seldom or never broken.
| Working but part of the time and
throwing away money easily earned
/ is uniting for the time of stress that
| is ahead. 1t is ia king away the stam-
ina Of workingmen and encourag-
ing idleness, thriftlessness and 1issi-
lpation, for there are still ways in
which one may dissipate in bone
dry land
Any person of average mental ca
ipacity who stops to reflect moment
will realize that the policy of work
ling as little as possible for the great
est obtainable wage is folly that leads
ito ultimate ruin. production
Us one of the greatest problems the
country is now facing, along with the
rest of the world There never was
ia less propitious time for loafing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02

From the Wall Street Journal.
TN FACE and the railways problem
~ bulk SO big in the public eye
that such matters as reforesta-
ton of the pulp wood lands locke like
a trifle in comparison. 1t is a matter of
vital Importance Senator Poindexter's
bill, therefore, deserves early consd-
Grafton.
Not only is the question of wood pulp
for news print a matter of anxious
consideration, but SO also are all for
est products. Our reckless destruction
of forests is bringing us face to face
with condition which cannot be
evaded. which must be mended while
there is time. The war showed US
many things. and the value of our for
est products was one of them.
With prospective need for millions
of rifles and as many airplanes as
could be built and navigated, we found
that the American black walnut was
essential for gun stocks and airplane
propellers. Yet the entire stand of
that timber was no more than 1,000,-
600. 900 feet. Short as was our par
ticipation in the war, one quarter of
that quantity was used up. War uses
also called for great quantities of black
locust, white ash and hickory. all of
which are in small supply. Tanned
leather for soldiers shoes and aceton,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02

Felicitous remarks made by the Prince
of Wales during his visit to America are
already taking on historical significance.
Let US hope the Prince did not employ
somebody else to write his speeches.
). X y
New York has a new girl show which
is said to shatter all previous records
for nudity, not even excepting "Aphro-
dite" Hol Hum! what's the fare to Cuba?
The New Year was celebrated quietly In
Washington lymph! In that respect
Washington differed not at all from
scores of other American cities.
). - =
II Wilhelm had dreamed that his mar
ginai notes would ever see the light Of
day he would not have called British
ministers 'unmitigated noodles"
X * y
Although Mr.. Bryan is getting on in lie
he is beginning to show the activity that
usually characterizes him when a presi-
Dental election draws near.
* y
After seeing Carpenter in several movie
"close-ups," we are impressed with the
fact that he lacks Mr.. Dempsey's hard
boiled appearance.
4 =
.l-.i.l
By this time Lady Aston has prooaDiy
settled down to the dull routine OIL par
lament. From all reports it's deadly Dull
y y II
Sam Gompers issues MANIFESTO 'h'''
reads like good American doctrine WIN
out a trace of bolshevism.
Eve, when a person thinks he has seen
everything worth seeing, that is no excuse
for drinking wood alcohol
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Higher wages evidently tempt worAii7n
70 work as little as possible and LOAF as
much as the law allows
The New Year was greeted Win q
vawn by the citizens who had nothing on
their hips.
To tie dubious 1920 promises to oe
fully &c months long.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
Osler Followed to His Grave By
Alleged Claloroform Theory.

TT is one Of LIES ironies that Sir
u William Osler-will be remembered
by the average person for state
ment he did not make.
DR.. Osler was greatly attached to
Johns Hopkins University, where he
was a member Of the faculty from
1880 to 1854 On leaving this in
stitution to become regius professor
of mcdicine at Oxford, he made a
speech in pleasant vein, stating his
belief that rlen who stayed in one po-
sition a ling time got into rut and
declaring that it would be of ''incalcu-
liable be.l-fit "a Sin CONNER
cial, political and professional life if,
as matt of custom, men stopped
working 1t this age"-60 years.
The Spaalker referred to a novel
by Anthony Trollope, written in 1882
and entitled 1.-THE Fixed PERIOD in
which the plot hinged on the scneme
OF college to which men retired
a. so for a year of philosophic re-
Election before they were chloro-
formed.
some newspaper reporter started
lie story that Dr.. osler advocated
nc chloroforming Of all men whoshaa
\ REACHED the age Of 50 years. and al
I tla5~gh lie made repeated dcn;als, lAcs
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS

crossed arms stay the smile or still the
gladness. i am gone-you will not for
get. You will not cease to remember
that I still am in France where YOU
marched and where We fought, side
by side that the day of happiness, the
day of gladness might come. Every
joy must have its price. every smile its
tear; every cloud it's sunshine to fol-
low, every storm it's rainbow life is
only life-death is Eternity, and death
is Reward. And I have gone to it."
Yes, l am a Little White Cross in
France. I stand stalwart and true to
my Master who sleeps beneath 1 stand
proud and straight, for it was through
him, the glad prodigality with which
he gave his All that today you laugh
and sing, today you celebrate In
gladness he went, in faith he fell.
Should you weep for the Cross in
Franco.
Memory? Yes, sweet. tender recoIlec-
ton. Pride-a world of it. Honor,
stand in Honor's Field. For am. what
gave you today the joy. the happiness,
the gladness of Peace
A Little White Cross in France
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
LOCKED IN WITH A TURK

From ''StowaWayS, Inc, by capt. Alan
Bot, in Asia Magazine.
Gone was the Bosphorus, and in it's
place we saw the leaden waters of the
Black sea. From the portfolio of josef s
cabin we could distinguish many miles
west of us the coast line of the country
in which White had spent three years
Feodor soon left us, for he had to bring
other stowaways to the light of day
From every concealed Granny of che ves-
sci men and women, almost as light
hearted as ourselves at deliverance from
the Turks were coming into the open.
One of the stowaways, a passportIess
woman whom the aged captain was TAX
for some time. AS hiding place for her
the old man had chosen deep locker in
his chartroom on the bridge. There she
had remained for the past two days Now,
Rosa, the kitchen wench, knew nothing
of the captains lady. That morning, not
wishing to send her own particular stow
away. a Turkish deserter with coal
hlackened face, untrimmed beard and de-
cidedly odorous clothes, back to the
hunkers, where he had spent the pre-
fvious day, she thought of the locker as a
temporary home. Dumping him inside
the locker, she fastened the lid and ran
back to the kitchen. The Turkish de-
! serter landed with some violence on the
captains lady, and both received bad
fright as they clutched at each other
! in the darkness. Yet the lid could not
| be removed from the inside, and the
woman's screams were unheard outside
| the little room. The air in the unven-
tiiated locker grew more and more stufsy-
Finally the woman tainted. The Turk,
tired after long spell of cramped wake
fulness in the bunkers and the kitchen.
composed himself philosophically and
| r-o,,t IN Sleen.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
Had a Regular Kick

Il have often heard of men break
ing their arms while cranking auto
mobiles and believed that nothing less
than carelessness could cause such an
accident" said w. r. Mabry. "I have
changed my mind now. and this ban
daged and splintered arm is the reason
for the change of mind. was crank
ing borrowed flivver and thought I
would give it an extra whrl; result,
a broken bone in my right forearm, a
doctors bill and a siege Of pain and
invalidism. No, 1 won't admit that i
was careless. 1t was just the con-
trariness of the old flivver, and, say,
it has more powerful kick in its sys-
tenn than the heftiest mule you ever
saw"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE


1T is mighty good sign when the
bankers of Alabama are beginning to
be alive to the fact that it is. good
business as well as good citizenship
for them to lend every possible aid to
encourage agriculture" said J. D..
Moore, chairman of the agriculture
committee of the Chamber OF Com
merce. Il was pleased to know that
the production of purebred hogs was
inaugurated last week in Colbert
county through the Importation by this
Sheffield National bank of IS bred
Duroc Jersey gifts of highest breed
ing, for distribution to acarefully Sc
iected list of farmers in thfs county.
Under the plan adopted the hog be-
comes the personal property of each
fagmer upon his delivering to the bank
from the first litter of pigs, two To-
months-old gifts, with an agreement
to continue the breeding of the sow in
future only to a boar of similarly
high standard of breeding. These two
gifts will then be assigned by the bank
to two other farmers under a similar
arrangement. until through this end
less chain of fine breeding stock there
y guaranteed az drove of purebred
hogs on every farm in the county.
The bank was. assisted in the plan
adopted by L. S. Deal, farm demon
stration agent at Tuscumbia. who will
have general oversight in behalf Of
the bank of the care and feeding Of
the hogs. This is well worth copying
by other banks 81
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
HELP FOR PANAMA

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
F7RHE mental picture of Panama
possessed by many Americans
< doubtless. is that of narrow
strip of jungle bordering canal Win
a city at each end. In reality, Panaiha
is country of superb agricultural re-
sources capable of becoming one oil 'ne
richest crop producing nations IN 'he
world. What it needs to develop these
possibilities are primarily good roaos
and intelligent financing.
1Tn,i,xe some of it's Latin American
neiehbors. Panama looks upon tne
1rnited states as a. friend. When the
n.tional assembly some months ago
t,,rnad 70 the problem Of developing
the country's material resources II
thoupbt Immediately of the uni'eo
states and the marvellous success TINS
,,t,ic had had in bringing vast
,;ra into subsection to the needs OF
Through PRECEDENT Perras, II
souyht American assistance, which was
uerhaps the first time in the recent
history of nations that one people vol
unfairly asked the aid of another peo-
ple in such an undertaking.
A commission Of Americans was ap-
nointed. 1t is now back in the United
states. Its report and recomemnda-
lions will soon be published.
First among the measures to be sug-
aested for passage by the Panama ma
tional assembly is one establishing q
farm loan act. modelled after that OF
the United States. Registration OF
land titles is to be recommended, along
with the development of Transports
ton, better law enforcement, reform
in taxation and in the management OF
fiscal affairs generally, better con-
troll of Immigration, an encourage
ment OF colonization, more attention
to health and sanitation.
The commission. under the leader
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02

BY Ryley Cooper, in the Recruiters
Bulletin.
17 AM Little White Cross in France.
year ago, armed men marched
q past me, shouting and singing
some stopped moment to stand grim
beside me.
/ could not speak to them.
I could only stand before them, stall
wart and erect like they, / who would
remain behind when they were gone.
But could 1 have spoken, I would not
have said words of sorrow.
I would not have uttered sentences
to cut into the hearts of those who
cheered and laughed and sang.
A year ago has gone since then. Still
stand at my post of duty, over lit
tie mound in France. The men who
marched past me year ago have trav-
eled the seven seas--to home. Today,
they laugh and cheer. And today they
may think of me. and for moment
stand sad. But still my message, could
Nut speak, would be the same, the
message of my Marine Master who
sleeps beneath;
Laugh on-be joyous. Let not my
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
The Best Investment

When Christmas week arrived we
real estate men expected to get a
breathing spell, but business was bet
ter during the Yuletide festivities than
any week during the past year. said
A. C. Montgomery, well-known realtor.
always a, half holiday, We closed up
four Grades and have had our hands
full looking after prospects since.
Birmingham real estate is the best in
vestment in the world and people gen
orally are coming to realize that fact
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
WHAT wooD ALCOHOL, is

From the Pittsburg Dispatch
Wood alcohol is distilled from greer
wood, cut in the forests 1t is made in
retorts, and is also a by-product OF
charcoal and acetate of lime
Denatured alcohol is made by com
bining 100 gallons of pure grain alco-
hol, 10 gallons of wood alcohol and
one-half gallon of benzine.
More than 100, 100000 gallons of alec
hol of all sorts was produced last year
in this country. This year about 49,
100000 gallons have been distilled.
Wood alcohol may make its first
effect upon the body by causing blind
ness, for which there is no cure Wher
consumed or absorbed. even in small
quantities, it may cause death.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
A Quiet New Year

IF the business for the rest of the
year is anything like the first day
stated Woolsey Morrow yesterday,
the probate office will be place of
ease There were only two marriage
licenses issued, one or two realty
transfers filed and couple of appli-
cations for hunting licenses. People
certainly must have been enjoying the
New Year holiday, for they have been
conspicuous by their absence around
the courthouse in general, and espe-
cially in the probate Judges office"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
A DULL LIFE.

A DULL LIFE.
Alas for mortals with thirst
They can't alleviate;
For death has truly lost it's sting
When thus they have to wait
Through weary years, with signs and
tears,
Since few, indeed. 'gainst the time of
Have laid a barrel by.
EARLY HUMoR.
Professor Digs has no recreations
whatever, I hear
You are very much mistaken
"Ahl What does he do to rest his
mind after hours of arduous study in
his libraryg'
HE chuckles over the wheezes of
Babylonian column conductors. writ
ten on tablets of clay
Low BROwED COMMUNITY.
Il hear the engagement of a 'cellist
at the opera house was cancelled"
That's true said Squire witherbee.
II don't know how TIL Teller come to
be booked here in tn fust place, He
couldn't expect to do any business in a
town where ninety-nine out of a hum
dred people don't know TIL difference
between cello and a bull fiddle
COMMON COMPLAINT.
Il have just received letter saying
an old acquaintance died suddenly in
the east
"Well?"
my correspondent doesn't state the
cause of death He merely writes,
! Poor BIibbs passed away this morn
ing and adds the two letters. w. a. .
HE means wood alcohol"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
construe The times to their necessisie.


BEGINNING THE DAY-O God.
assure me over aad over again that
IL is not what l have, but what
am. Not abundance of things shall
make me rich. bat the sweetness and
strength of my splrii. In Thy prov
idenee grant mic sn0rc only when !
can use rightly what I now have.
Help me to fear luxury and SELFISH
ness more than poverty. Amen
II. Nj. E.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
Birmingham Made
New Record Last Year.

| I'D ERHAPS no other city in the
= United Sites made greater in
crease in bank clearances in 1919 than
Birmingham. The report of the Bir-
Imingham Clearing House association
shows clearances for the twelve
months in excess of seven hundred and
fifteen million dollars, which is more
than double. those of 1918, with the
late months maintaining the ratio es-
ltablished early in the year.
If this is an indication of business
conditions, and it is usually SO con
sidered, then Birmingham indeed was
prosperous in 1919 and enters the
year 1920 in better condition than
ever before.
Over forty million dollars of gov
eminent securities are held in Bir-
mingham, which is substantial evil
dence of the financial solidity Of the
community. Not only are the citi-
zens large holders of government
bonds, but they are buying heavily
of industrial securities.
While they are investing in gov
eminent and other gilt-edged secure
ties with fixed dividend rates, thew
lare also investing in Birmingham
property and local industrial enter
Iprises, which shows their abiding
faith IN their home town.
Everything points to 1920 as the
greatest year in the history of the
south's biggest industrial center. Her
industries are now running to capac-
lily with constantly increasing de-
Imands for their products; her mer-
chants are doing the biggest business
they ever did and everybody seems to
have money.
!; i X
Elihu Root will be asked to help in
establishing the international supreme
court provided under the League Of
Nations. Europe seems to think more
highly Of Mr. Roots legal ability than
certain prohibition leaders in America.
y y y
i Although the wealthy young man killed
lin Michigan did not amount to much, huge
sums are being spent daily to furnish the
palpitating public with the latest details
and all the idle rumors concerning mis-
murder
A. y X
{. Having set the pace in airplane develop
men, t'nele sam is content to let EIrase
carry on
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
THE BEERLEss ONE


From the N6W iUrh Iief"Iu'
civilian Jennings Bryan to tour
country for party" writes an inspired
headliner. No explanation needed, for
no American familiar with political
history can fail to identity the party
Native OF Illinois; once favorite son OF
Nebraska sBoy orator of the Platte
in 1896: bald orator Of the Chautauquas
in 1919.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
Mount up in the sky
And shine there everlastingly.

The poet said that only those who
had eaten their bread in tears could
know the veritable presence of the
heavenly powers. There is discipline
in struggle, a drill in hardship, that is
essential to the making of man of
truly viriIe fiber-the man qualified
to take command, whose attributes oil
leadership are felt as soon as he APP
pears
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02
GETTING ON IN LIFE

From the Providence Journal
Time flies. The boy orator of the
Platte will be so in March.