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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21

From the New York Evening Sun.
 A E7EN'S shoes. showy. fashionable Ml shoes, for s1.2o pair, and good 0VQ pair of womens shoes for yO cents; good cloak for man or woman for n .so and 8 for one of extra hne material, cut by fashionable taior- ~elye and one-half cents for meal TOT three children, and 2A cents for a meal for an old man.
 These are some of the prices paid in ancient Athens. about the time of Demos themes. $50 years before Christ They are given in aStudies in History, Economy os Athens" by George Bancroft, the famous American historian. He tells us that the whole expense of building was inconsid- erAble. The price of houses varied from A5 to $500, according to size, situation and quality. The latter price was unus- ually high half the sum would purcnase good dwelling house.
 Under SoIon a bushe1 of wheat was worth 10 cents, from 3so to 3so years be- fore Christ t cost about 9 cents. and Tn the age of Demosthenes 50 cents was con sidered a fair price.
 The bakers of ancient Athens were proficient in their craft, but the price they charged for their products is not known. Bancroft says the dispropor- ton between the price of wheat and that ot bread must have been greater than al present. in cdsiquence of the high rates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
LUKE McLUKE SAYS

It is hard to tell whether a woman is crying for joy or sorrow and a man doesn't know whether to. sympathize with her or congratulate her.
 There never was husband who would not do more for strange girl than nc would do for his own wife.
 And if there were only two command 'ments instead of ten.' some men could not live up to them.
 The woman with the stuffed buzzard on her hat has lot of sympathy for the benighted heather who wears feathers in her hair.
 A big stickpin in a tie won't make q dirty shirt or a dirty collar look any cleaner.
 If you want to get real picture of misery, take look at a man who is waiting in the ladies' underwear depart nent of a store while his wife is buying something.
 We can't understand why~s soap is so high. There are enough grcasy kimonos in every neighborhood to make 2,000, ,oOo bars of soap.
 The wise rube who never plays she ponies because ke knows that all hoss races ara fixed usually has couple of gold bricks and wad of green goods in the anti, of his home.
 man never worries much about tie germs tl kissss unless the party to be kissed Happens to be his own wife.
 Funny how peeling potatoes for five minutes will give a girl the backache when dancing for five hours won't bother her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
Not As Dry As It Looks

This Is a great country and 1t will rever be as dry as it looks" said C.. ". Cooper, who has sold enough flour in Alabama within the past fifteen gears to powder the state from Muscle Shoals to the sand dunes of Dauphin Island so that it. would resemble a statewide snowstorm scene.
 Recently I have been travelling through the southern tier of counties vith a statesman who is also candi- Cate. At several points which we vis- tied I was shown samples of home made rum that compared well with samples of the same staple that I had examined week or two before in Ha- vana.
 This only goes to show that our people are resourceful and that they want what they can't get and are de- termined to get what they want. It Is very improper for them to show their contempt to Volstead and others of like ilk in this manner; otherwise they are poor but friendly and, say it rev. erently. thank the Lord they are pure and sanitary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21

of thrift would keep down and in a short while restore conditions to nor- nal. But as long as the S20 a week stenographer wants to own expensive furs-and probably buys them on credit-and the $25 a week soda water clerk wears SIS silk shirts and S2O shoes, while everyone else, ac- cording to his means and ability, seems desirous of emulating the ste nographer and the soda water dis penser, there is nothing to do but wait for the inevitable crash
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 0N returning the ownership ana GUS
 U todv of the monastery of La Raoida U to the friars of the Franciscan or der the spanish government has done . most graceful and courteous act
 -as,a.rt of the western hemisphere has ,,t.rext in the deed, because ~As , nsr,ment of the prior. Juan fereA .. xa-cn.ra In 14s2, that the nnisnins stroke was placed upon the ionse 1
 alan of Christopher Columbus 10 un1
 take the voltage of discovery 'na' to change the face of the exactins VI
 r.,. ,nu.t have conspired to orins 'ne
 .ha fate that day when the urea ..-ar weary with walking throusn Andalusia. stopped to plead TOT Ioou - dr,nk for himself and his son. some u"- ,een mower must have caused nm 'o D 1,.v. the hypothesis put forward oy ms .,..,n-,,.hed guest, and itSmust naSe
 ..s..a n,ro. to ride in the night to the
 :, o,aen Isabella to plead success f,,,,v that to the Genoan be given snips IA ,,en Id prosecute his quest across tne ,,ccsarted seas Indeed. were 1t no' io' tn,. relirious enthusiast America would nave remained unknown for centuries longer.
 The monastery which now goes DacA t, ina Franciscans was ancient when eo- i,;r,b,,s knocker at it's portals It stanos n.,f < league from the port of Paios ds Mo~uer. from whose harbor the three .n,r. sailed on Friday. August ! for the r.nayv Islands. from which the course w.. n be set for the Indies, the goal of n. voyager's hopes, It is dedicated to s.,,. Maria de Rapida. and was the |hcme of friars who served 'ne towns 'l ralos and Huelva- the home Of the brother-in-law of Columbus. whither he was journeying when chance brought hin into tbe prssencs of Fra Juan Persa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
Local Drama League
 and Its Good Work

17T1 HE Birmingham branch of the
 0 Drama League is accomplish ing good work. The bulletiriing of plays worth while and of high moral tone was one of the early aims of the national organization. Less attention is now given to this feature, but the elevating character of the league is nevertheless in evidence.
 The Drama League is to large ex- tent literary institution with em- phasis laid on the progress of the modern play and the cultivation of a taste for the better class of dramatic performance. To that end lectures by distinguished authorities on plays, old and new, and on the technic of the playwrights are heard frequently. Reading of fresh comedies by men and women of trained expression is also an important feature of the monthly meetings.
 The season just closed has been sirgularly attractive. Not single entertainment has been common place. Mrs. w. D. Smith, the presi- dent of the Birmingham league, de- serves distinct credit for the success. of her undertaking.
 At the annual election of officers held a fev1iays ago, Mrs. John R. Hornody was chosen Mrs. Smiths successor. She is one of the most CT thusiastic and enlightened mem- bers. The retiring president was elected first vice president, and other vice presidents and a large list of committees, making up gifted per sonnel, assures a brilliant year ahead.
 The local branch has large mem bcrship, but it should have twice as many active contributors. Few in- stitutions in this city are so edu- cative or wholesome in their activi- ties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
Do It Right

q have always bean a good roads booster, said Thornton Estes, but there is one thing certain. and that is, those who have tho spending of the money to be derived from the bond issue will have tc learn the lesson that the old-style founda05n for road beds is thing of the past and a delusion and snare, for the day of the buggy and wagon is vanishing and the age of automobiles and heavy trucks Is al- ready on us.
 "The streets to North Birmingham are great improvement over the old ones. bu. already 1t has been demon strated that they are not able to hear up the heavy traffic, and so holes are beginning to appear in many places.
 For once, let those in authority spend the money necessary to build adequate and permanent high ways
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
THE SHRINE OF LA RABIDA

Through this praiseworthy att of the Spanish government the historic old struc- ture, after 42S years, once more will echo to the sound of the chant of the friars at maths and complin. and the censers again will give forth their fragrant fumes before taking his momentous departure. Henceforth through all time 1t should be preserved as shrine to which the west ern world can send it's pilgrims; holy place where one great mind discerned fellowship in another. and, trusting t1 m implicit faith, resolutely went forward to mighty accomplishment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
BUT WESTWARD LOOK

By Arthur Hugn Clough. Say not the struggle nought availeth. The labor and the wounds are vaia, The enemy faints not. nor faileth. And as things have been they remain. If hopes were dupes fears may be
 liars; It may be in you smoke concealed, Your comrades chase cen now the
 flitrs And. but for you. possess the field For while the tired waves, vainly
 breaking. Scem here no rainfsl inch to gain, Far back. through creeks and inlets
 making. Comes silent. flooding in, the main. And not by eastern windows only. When daylight comes. comes in the
 light; h front, the sun climbs slow. how
 slowly, But westward look. the land is bright.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
preferrea 10 stay Here

'The demand for printers in the Bir- ningham district was strikingly illus srated last week when the Ledger went out of business" said c. Frank stewart. At the time the Ledger closed down there were about thirty men employed in the composing de- Lartment and inside of twenty-four hours practically every one had found employment in the local printing es- tahlishments.
 When it became generally, known that the Ledger was discontinued the secretary of the local union was be- seiged with telegrams from adjoining and distant states calling for the men formerly employed on the newspaper, but the large majority of the men have homes fere and preferred to stay in Eirmingham."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
ROUGH ON BILL

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 William Allen White proposes to ''de- rort the vets" Bill would do it, too. if he had his way. Politically he was brought up on the apron-strings of Car rie Nation. He Is one of the most bril- liant and interesting fanatics the west ever produced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
Distinguished Woman
 Quits Y. w. C. A. Board

M T the national convention of the GN Young Women's Christian As sociation, held recently at Cleveland, a decided sensation was created when
 Mrs. Finley J. Shephard, formerly
 Helen Gould, resigned from the na- tional board of which she had been an earnest mernber for many years. As Miss Gould she had taken lively
 interest in the association. She had tgiven freely of her money and her time, and her action at the convention came as surprise, not to say shock. In this day of humanitarianism and social activity, there IS less stress laid onsorthodoxy than in other years. But Helen Gould was a devout Pres byterian as young woman, and after her marriage continued to keep the doctrines of her church well to the front, and to insist upon the religious side of the association being key note.
 She opposed a trend of the dele gates to commit the association to participation in efforts to forward welfare legislation and to modify the
 associations strictly religious atti- tude. She opposed on the floor of the convention a plan to base voting membership in student associations on simple declaration of faith, instead of affiliation with a Protestant de- nomination.
 "As a humble member for many years" said Mrs. Shephard, "I must own tc real grief over some of the sentiments expressed and the meas ures adopted by this convention, l have always believed in the depth
 rather than the breadth of the tenets of it's construction, and contend
 that the association's greatest gifts
 are the intensification of the religious
 and inner life of the nations young
 women
 Mrs. Shephard is one of Americas lnoblest women. She was ever un-
 ostentatious and was loved for her
 deeds of charity and admired for her lfirm stand in church affairs.
 The Y. W. c. A. will go on with its
 useful work It will miss Mrs. shep- Ihard, but practical christianity and \ social service will be more than ever its distinguishing marks. But every ione must applaud Mrs. Shephard for the courage of her convictions.
 Victor Herbert and Fritz Kreisler. who ought to know what they are talk linz about, say Paderewski can come hack' as musician. If Polish politics
 failed to impair Paderewskfs playing.
 he's wonder indeed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
Americans Have Forgotten
 The Teachings of Franklin

M M ANY and varied are the plans NVU offered for reducing the
 agh cost of living, but the prices .,se are now paying for necessities IS well as luxuries are due largely to national extravaganza. The remedy lies in thrift and increased production.
 Unfortunately, the people who are willing to save and work harder are helpless before the onrush of spend CTS. They constitute that part of the population which is not sharing in the general prosperity. They are what have been termed the "white collar" men, whose incomes have not risen in proportion to the high wages paid labor, and have not reached d fabulous figure as the result of wal profits. Neither do they belong to the crop of new millionaires created in this country, who with their wives and dependents are helping to pro- long the orgy of spending.
 A nationwide, concerted effort to curtail extrasagance would bring prices down. The consistent practice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
TREE

"Gadspur and I eommuted together for many years
 Then you ought to know him wells Not necessarily. A man often shows lis worst side when committing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
,ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

THE AMERICAN SAHARA" The caravan. in days gone by,
 Traversed the sun baked desert sand; A dreary waste-the rowing eye
 Discerned no work of human hand But still a dusty traveller
 Refreshed himself with vi1ions fair Of green oases where the stir
 Of palm leaves cooled the sultry afr, And fountains leaped. and flowers
 bloomed
 And there was rest and sweet repose. Such joys along his pathway loomed And helped him to forget his woes. But in this parched and arid land, Subdued by prohibitions might, This desert" paved with glowing sand There's not an oasis" in sight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
PLuMBERs DE LUXE

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 Birmingham plumbers demand SIP day and chauffeurs to drive them to and from work. Why not stipulate that noth- ing less than limousines may be used anc that they must be kept decorated with fresh flowers? Oh. lilacs!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
DRAWING THE LtNE

DRAWING THE LINE
 ''who is the citizen in overalls pos ing before battery of cameras7" "'The president Of our local Overall Club"
 Didn't he just now spurn some kind of tool offered him by spectator" "Yes. It was a monkey wrench. He says he may be getting up in the world. but he has not yet reached the point where he's willing to be mistaken for $12-a-day plumber"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21

H tory DlFd act or i9lc, 10 carry out the provisions of a treaty made between the United States and Great Britain for the proteGtioa of migratory birds. is ccDstitutional Still. that doesn't im- prove the passport situation enough to notice
 The presence of>Anti-saloon Leaguers pussyfooting in the convention cities. Chicago and San Francisco, should serve as warning to politicians that the Anti-saloon League is stin intact and has not lost it's punch.
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 Here's a pretty kettle of fish, A costly miniature of the former crown prince of Germany is reported to have been lost at a ball in London by mem Der of King Georges family.
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 While it may be true that Socrates contrived to live on the equivalent of $75 ayear, all historians and bioGra- phers agree that SOC" didn't care q .hoot about keeping up appearances.
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 Federal raiders destroyed seventy five stills" in Alabama last month. Strange It is reported by reliable cour- .ers that the price of "moonshine" has been reduced.
 If Carranza is driven out of Mexico 1t may be found that he made suitable provision for his old age, the money being deposited in Paris or some other afe place.
 The Philadelphia Public Ledger says the limit has been reached in showing leniency to agitators. Righto! Tn the future our government should slap them severely on the wrist.
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 The crown jewels of Great Britain will receive spring cleaning. Due care will be taken to see that they dc not fall into the hands of the bolshe- wiki.
 An easthern newspaper published some pictures of bathing suits worn twenty five years ago. It's good to be alive in this year of 1920.
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 The President has issued call for another cabinet meeting. The am nouncement. however, means nothing in particular to Robert Lansing.
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 poet sings about Spring Noises" To some peoples ears there's no spring noise more pleasing than the crack of bat.
 A hangman is about the last person in the world you'd expect to meet at a spfritualstic seance clamoring for word with the departed.
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 The department of labor reports that the cost of living is stationary. Cold comfort unless there is some assurance that it will not begin to climb again. x # q Persons attending the De Valera lec- ture in Birmingham are requested to leave their shillalahs at home. as the atmosphere promises to become tense. # # x Grand old Shelby county, in spite of repeated raids, upbolds it's record as the "moonshine center of the universe" x < # Come, Gentle Peacew says the Cin- cinnati Enquirer. You'd better try lmegaphone, brother. # * x l If Mexico splits up into it's component parts. there still won't be enough pieces to satisfy everybody who wants one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
GREAT HARDSHIP

GREAT HARDSHIP What's your friend. Che vers florist, doing?
 Writing poem on the rattle of milk cans. It's a hard life" How so?" He got up at o'clock in the morn ing to seek inspiration"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
ALL GET POOLED

From the Richmond virginian.
 Hunting spirits. some go to ouija boards and others to bootleEEers-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
MERE PROPS"

Here's stage realism. for you"
 How sog" asked the captious patron. Every book in this library scene is a real volume"
 Maybe so, but anybody can tell by the way the actors talk that they've never read them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
UNDERwooD's ATTITUDE

trOm the Chattanooga Times.
 Senator Underwood. candidate to suc- ceed himself before the Alabama pri- maries. is being opposed by two prohibi- tionsts who are seeking the office be- cause and for rt. other reason than that they are pr ohibitionists. The senator struck his class conscious opponents a body blow the other day when he told them and tho people that prohibition is not now an issu., that the prohbitionists have gone as far as the constitution and the law will permit and that, therefore. he would be unable, even if he wanted to ever 50 bad, to do anything e change conditions. The whole matter IS now in the hands ut the supreme court, and if that body sl ould declare the constitu- tional amendment void. nothing further could be dore to prohibit liquor except what can be done by the states. Hence, so far as the temperance question is con cerned. it is out of politics for this campaign. at any rate.
 The man, therefore, who shall seek popular favor on this issue has little or nothing else to commend him., and he should be kept at home; we have too many topwaters in the public service now who have been elevated solely because they calimed to be for prohibition. When the supreme court shall have acted, we shal. know whether the question will ever again be raised in the politics of the country. If it shall hold the eighteenth amendment to be valid. 1t will mean. of course, that the states have surrendered their police powers to the federal govern mcnt, and that we have been wrong for rearly century and half in believing that the original compact between the states reserved certain rights to each of the signatories the federal government should not and could not suspend or interfere with. With that issue the new senator from Alabama will have nothing to do any more than will the national convention to he held in san Francisco It would be a wicked crime if man like Senator Underwood should be defeated bv fanatical appeal to an issue that is not an issue and by a man whose only claim to distinction is that he has money and has been blatant prohibtionist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
SUPPLYING A WANT

SUPPLYING A WANT
 Whats in that crate of stuff you are getting ing'
 Just a shipment of ouija boards" re- piled the hotel manager.
 "Great Jupiteri Whats the idear e''we believe in giving service here. Every now and then a guest calls for ouija board. Hereafter when we get request like that our clerks will an- swer. Coming up. madam. at once'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
UNFAIR ADVANTAGE

UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
 ''Did that cultured book agent sell you a set of Hugo's works?"
 ''No, I talked him out of it"
 How did you do that?"
 '"1 noticed that every time I mispro- ,rounced Les Miserables' he writhed in his chair, so I kept it up until the poor devil fied.' PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21
'. E' x Carranza's Power Menaced By Sonora Revolution

THE latest upheaval in Mexico A threatens to become the most serious that country has experienced in long time, although outbreaks have been of frequent occurrence.
 The secession of Sonora is diff ferent matter entirely from the &C., tivities of bandits and the guerrilla warfare that has been going on be- tween the federal government and various discontented' leaders, chief among them the redoubtable Villa.
 The Sonora quarrel with Carranza looks like ar attempt sc settle the ul- timate control of Mexico. The revo- lution has enlisted the support of Villa and the Yaquis, whose prowess makes them no mean adversaries, but the most significant feature of the movement is the rumor that the man
 
 aho really heads it is General Obre- gor, candidate for President of Mex leo. Obregon recently fled from Mex ico City, where he had been charged with plotting against the govern ment.
 Sonora is a large state in northwest Mexico. It has an area of seventy-six housand nine hundred square miles, ard population of about two hun dred and twenty thousand. It is favorably situated for smuggling arms and ammunition from America, hut the American authorities have probably taken steps to prevent the passage of contraband across the border.
 Obregon, from all reports, is an in- telligent, capable leader. Villa is the best military chieftain now in Mexico and there are indications that Sonora will have to fight alone against Car ranza, who has never been popular in northern Mexico. He is said to have sent an army of sixty-five thousand men against the insurgents
 
 Sonora may not overturn Car ranza's government, but it promises to give him no little trouble. With an "ambassador" already in Washing ton and an army ready for battle, the "Ropublic of Sonora" is consid- erably more of reality just now
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-21

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