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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12

Thrift is being ding-donsed at the American people day and night by pub lie speakers and editorial writers. but about every half hour or so new garage goes up somewhere in the coun- try and another gasoline station is opened for business.
 < x #
 The Providence Journal accuses Sec retary Daniels of hounding navy chaplain and trying to blacken the good mans character, in what is prob ally the most vitriolic language ap- piled to Josephus since he made good on his job.
 Mir. Bryan's solicitude for the dem ocratic party seems to be consider ably discounted by a gentleman in the White House. How seldom can a. statesman and a patriot escape the charge of self-seeking!
 a. # #
 
 "siamese twins" are to be enumer- ated in the census as two persons, according to Census Director Rogers, who probably scratched his head con- sidorably before reaching that deci- sion.
 San Francisco is the democratic party's "farthest west" but, as a con- temporary points out, "a national con vention may be held in Honolulu, some day.
 General Foch is one of the thou sands of the truly great. living as well as dead who have carved their careers with the aid of pipe. # :. * A Birmingham man says he was charged $7 a day for a room In an Havana hotel It would be just as bac or worse in New York. " By the time Alabama gets good roads there will be thousands of new automobile owners to help pay the tax.
 Engiands hangmen have joined the Tue and cry for living wage. This I
 seems to make it unanimous # # x The treaty of Versailles is now in effect. but America Is still technically at war with Germany < # # A certain eminent Nebraskan simply I can't break himself Of the habit of try | ing to boss the job. # # # Grover Clevei1nd BergdoI failed to follow in the footsteps of the man he was named after. * # # l The person who writes an epitaph for a man who drank wood alcohol has A tick lisn task l # # # Consular Agent Jenkins is already receding into the limbo of oblivion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
Divorces Continue Popular

''The new year evidently did not bring any good resolution on the part of some married couples" stated Inzer Hood, flor divorce cases continue to be filed in the chancery court. There is hardly day when we fail to have at least three or four. while on some days tine number comes nearer to a dozen. This office l believe. is run ming nib and tuck with that section of the probate court which issues licenses for the marriage. News of final set clement of some of the cases, where the cause is abandonment reaches the second party months later, when let ter comes to this office asking in- formation as to whether certain party is stil married to them or if he has obtained a divorce"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Nemspnners nn File

NcWHpupcrs on Flic
 Because of the various trade, po- 'litical and educational developments in many parts of the country of more or less interest for perusal here, the Birmingham public library has sub scribed for leading newspapers of the various important cities and sectiona of the country"
 This announcement was made yester- day by L. W .Josselyn. who recently. took over the management of the library. located on the fourth floor of the city hall
 Tt is obvious that. for lack of space, no single paper can cover the many important developments going on throughout the country. for what in- terests one section may not be in- portant news for another. yet there are people in every city who find it of great advantage to have this com prehensive collection of the best news papers.
 "Realizing this. the need of many Birmingham citizens for having these papers available for constant perusal and comparison, we have added to the files of the library here. in addition to the Birmingham papers, the Rallies we believe to be most expressive of their various sections in editorial com ment. market reports, development news and general influence.
 trhe list is as follows: Atlanta Con stitutfon, Boston Transcript, chatta- nooga Times, Chicago Tribune, Cincin- nati Enquirer. Cleveland Plain Dealer, Dallas News. Detroit Free Press, Louisville Courier Journal. Los Angeles Herald, Mem phis Commercial Appeal. Mobile Register. Montgomery Adver- tiser, Nashville Banner. New Orleans Times -Picayune. New York Evening Post, New York Times, Portland Ore gonian, St. Louis Gloha Democrat, Washington Evening star"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12

sent the complete list of agitators ac- tually arrested in various cities.
 Recently a man who is prominent in labor circles of Birmingham said all the bolshevism he ever saw or heard about was in the newspapers. His statement was probably true, and the south may well rejoice that bol- shevism has gained little or no foot hold in this part of the country. It is because there are comparatively few foreigners in the south, while in the eastern, northern and far-western cities they are found in large num- bers.
 Recently a notorious fred" leader was arrested and his picture appeared in several eastern newspapers. He looked as much like a rat as it is possible for a human being to look, and was cross-eyed into the bargain. We read of mere girls and boys preaching bolshevism, their profound ignorance only matched by their as- surance.
 It is such creatures, many of them deformed in body as well as in mind, who are trying to overturn the Amer ican government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
Conspicuous Examples
 Of the "Idle Richo

A STRANGE story, rivaling the A imaginary adventures writers of fiction put into their tales, is that of the Bergdolls, wealthy German American family of Philadelphia. There are several versions of the way in which the two sons were branded as draft dodgers and deserters, but they became fugitives from justice and for two years led federal agents merry chase all over the United States.
 The other day Grover Cleveland Bergdoll was captured while hiding in the box of window seat, in one of the three mansions maintained by the Bergdolls. His mother, pistol in hand, is alleged to have defied the officers, who were forced to subdue the infuriated woman before search ing the house. She was arrested and is now out on ten thousand dollar bond. Her son is at Ellis Island, waiting court-martial. The other son. Irwin, is still at large, but his mother, declaring the Ellis Island officials are gentlemen, says she will advertise for him to give himself up, so the two can "face the music" together.
 According to one account Grover Cleveland Bergdoll swore he would never fight in the United States army because of his German sympathies, and that was why he became a draft dodger. Neither one of the Bergdolls can be accused of cowardice. Both have defied death many times in hair.raising escapades. Irwin won fame as an automobile racer, while Grover was daring aviator, as we'll as driver of fast cars.
 The explanation of the Bergdoll af- fair, which. has forever branded the family's name with infamy and made the two sons renegades, probably lies in too much pro-Germanism and too much money. The wealth of the elder Bergdoll, brewer, now dead, had al- ready demoralized his two sons before the war started. Grover, in particular had become notorious for defying the speed laws as well as other laws. Brought up in such an atmosphere. it is not surprising that the Bergdoll brothers proved disloyal to America and thought their wealth would enable them to evade military service.
 x x *
 Foreigners Are To Blame
 For Disturbances In America 7T7HE Montgomery Advertiser re-
 U gently reproduced list of names from the Manufacturer's Rec. ord which showed in a most conyinc. ing way that it is the foreign ele. ment in this country, and large per. centage of them Russians, who arc carrying on the propaganda of blood shed and violence.
 The men whose names appeared il the list were arrested November or warrants which charged them witt s'fomenting revolution, preaching an archy and attempting to overthrow the government" The names wers not selected at random, but repre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12

BEGINNING THE DAY-Life, my Lord, is course preparing me for the great days of trial and examf- nation, and for the greater days of appearing in Thy court and see ing Thee face to face. I would not miss one lesson. | would not lose one word. ! would not face the nakcdness, the tragedy of being un- ready.--H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
noxyr All. SPEAK AT ONCE

From the Cincinnati Enquirer. Win some bright little boy please hg- ure this problem: If it costs the govern ment se4o, ,OoO, 900 a year to operate the rail- ways and the experiment is continued two years longer. what will be the price of eggs in 1922?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
BALLADE OF cHRIsTMAs GHOSTS


 By Andrew Lang.
 Between the moonlight and the fire In winter twilights long ago, What ghosts we raised for your de-
 sire. To make your merry blood run slow How old. how grave. how wise wel
 grow.
 No Christmas ghost can make us|
 chill.
 Save those that troop in mournful
 row. The ghosts we all can raise at will The beasts can tell in barn and byrel < On Christmas Eve, old legends know As year by year the years retire, We men fall silent then I trow, Such sights have memory to show, Such voices from the silence thrill Such shapes return with Christmas
 snow The ghosts we all can raise at win) Oh. children of the village choir. Your carols on the midnight throw Oh. bright across the mist and mire! Ye ruddy hearths of Christmas glow Beat back the dread. beat down thu
 woe. Let's cheerily descend the hill: Be welcome all. to come or go The ghosts we all can raise at will
 ENVOY.
 Friend. sursum corda. soon or slow We part, like guests who've joyce
 their fill: ss5s Forget them not. nor mourn them se. The ghosts we all can raiss ct wiu'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
TO BE ENvIED

From the Chicago News.
 One of the advantages of being an illustrator. we take it. is the illus trator does not have to read the story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
Author of "In His Steps"
 To Edit Christian Herald

ZINE of the most widely lead books NJ ever written by preacher was "In His Steps" The author, as near ly everyone knows, is the Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, who recently be- came editor in chief of the Christian
 Herald. It is said that the book, pub
 lished in 1898, has been translated
 into fifteen languages. The sales
 are estimated at ten million copies.
 Had Mr. Sheldon never done any
 thing else, he would have been as-
 sured of international fame because of this book, but he has for twenty
 five years been a prolific writer of
 books and magazine articles, lec-
 turer and pulpit orator of note. In
 vited to take charge of the Topeka Capital and edit it as he believed Jesus
 would have conducted daily news paper, he attracted the attention of the entire country and is credited with having increased the circulation of the Capital from twelve thousand to three hundred and fifty thousand, with cdi- |tions of one hundred thousand printed lin New York and Chicago to meet the demand for it.
 MT. Sheldon has been an indefatl- |gable worker, both in his church and lin literature. For thirty years he was pastor of the Central Congrega- Itional church of Topeka. The congre- gation, which originally numbered |fifty-seven people, has grown into one of the largest and most influential in America. He has written on many subjects and has lectured around the
 world.
 A man of such prominence will add prestige to the Christian Herald. His training, as well as his experience of life, should make him a worthy sue
 cessor to T. Dewitt Talmage, who filled the post for many years. !
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12

You undergo too strict a paradox, Striving to make an ugly deed look fair.
 Titus Adronicus.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12

Artistic temperament is simply meanness,r says Mary Garden. "Tem- perament often used to be a hang over.' Unfortunately. most of the people who make other people mis- erable by exhibitions of the so-called artistic temperaments are too old to spank
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
POETIC JUSTICE

From the London Chronicle.
 Our note on Admiral Sir Montague II. Browning. who succeeded in passing his fathers relative army rank. recalls good story told of him whom commanding ons of cur battleships.
 A hard bargain" was brought before Captain Browning. charged with having broken his leave for moro than 100 hours The evidence being heard. the captain asked the defaulter: Have you anything to say in your defense?'
 Nothing sir" came the reply. except that to err is human, to forgive divine Shakespeare.
 Ninety days detention without the option of a fine-Browning.'' was the ready if unpleasant rejoinder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12

TELEPHONE Bell (private exchange connecting aiI departmental Main 1900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
THE HERALD E. W. BARRETT. Editor

Entered at the Birminsham. Ala'' postoffice as second class matter, un- Ser act of Congress- March s. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
Member of inc Associated Press

The Age-H Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmlng nam carrying the Associated Press dls- patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication or all news dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper aud also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication Of special disI atches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12

Remfttances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald VIII not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address
 THE AGB- HERALD,
 Bfrminsham, Ala.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-02
Poor Woman Makes Sacrifice

For years 1 have doctored for in
digestion and severe bloating with
gas, all my money had gone for doc
tors and medicine which did me no
good. / had lost all faith in medi-
cines and as I have to work hard for
the few dollars l earn, was afraid to
risk any more money. A year ago my
neighbor told me to try Mayr's Won
derful Remedy. l have found it to
be the best medicine in the world and
am glad l made the sacrifice" 1t is
a simple, harmless preparation that
removes the catarrhal mucus from the
intestinal tract and allays the inflam-
nation which causes practically all
stomach, liver and intestinal ailments,
including appendicitis. One dose will
convince or money refunded. Glen
Thistlethwaite's seven drug stores,
A. G. Luken & Co. and leading drug
gists ere.-Advertisement.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-02
Boosting Armistice Day

The tour Of Wayne county by the Young
Mems Business club on Nov 9, only two days be-
fore the Armistice day celebration, affords a
splendid opportunity for an effective boosting of
the day.
Virtually the greater part of the county will
be covered by the club members. Banners an
nouncing the Armistice day celebration and other
forms of publicity could be used with telling eff
feet. The committee on arrangements for the
tour, cooperating with the Arnistice day COM
nttee, should be able to devise method where
by the trip would advertise Armistice day.
The whole county is taking interest in the
celebration, which unquestonably will be one of
the most pretentious witnessed here in many
years. Decision of persons residing outside of
Richmond to see the parade may be clinched by
little missionary work done by the Young
Mems Business club
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-02
Good Evening
BY Roy X. Moulton

From Philadelphia comes the report
Of several cases of sleeping sickness,
but in Philadelphia, is it an epidemic
Or a habit?
Out in our neighborhood the other
evening the tenants had a meeting.
Notices were sent out to all and SUM-
dry to be on hand because important
matters were to be discussed, and
there was a considerable amount Of
excitement in the neighborhood. Peo-
pie looked forward to the meeting with
interest and the tenants of three or
four houses planned to attend, which
they did. The meeting, which was
called to protest against the recent
raises in rents and other difficulties
Of present cliff-dwelling, was held in
a restaurant in the neighborhood, and
very good restaurant, too. There
were SO many people on hand that the
restaurant couldn't care for all, and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-02
This Actually Removes
Superfluous Hair Roots
ENTIRELY New and Quick Method)

By the introduction in this country
of what is known as the "phelactine
process, any woman can now rid her
self completely of annoying super
nuous hair or fuzz. The process Is
entirely new, different from all others,
and far better-because it actually re-
moves the roots, as we'll as the sur
face hair! 1t is almost instantaneous,
perfectly harmless, odorless and nom
irritating.
Just get a stick Of phelactine from
your druggist, follow the simple direc-
tions-and see the hair roots come
out, with your own eyes! No depila-
tory or electrical treatment can pro-
duce this result. The skin Is left
soft, smooth and hairless as a child 8
Phelactine can be used with absolute
safety-one could even eat 1t with
impunity .-Advertisement
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-02
Today's Talk
BY George Matthew Adams
WANY LIVES


So few of US are able to live even
one life. While there are those who
live dozen lives all in one!
Each day adds to the greatness of
such lives as that lived by Roosevelt,
Wendell Phillips, Gladstone, Beecher,
Cecil Rhodes and Frances Willard.
To have done with but one life
would have been to kill off such heroic
figures before youth itself had fairly
begun.
Take the single example Of Roose-
velt-writer, naturalist, discoverer,
statesman, reformer, scholar, editor
he was ten men all in one, living a
score OF lives over the course of one!
And all the time human and gentle.
with all the elements SO mixed that
the whole world might stand up as
one witness to say that he truly was
a man.
It is unfortunate that we have but
one life-in space-to live. But in
this space we may crowd the activity
OF many lives-and splendidly acquit
ourselves in long and happy service.
Each of us may live many lives.
And there may be no limit to the
number. But it is highly important
that each life we live have back Of it
at least one big purpose.
Let US not be petty at all. Let us
carry around with us a goodly supply
of the faith that conquers-and the
love that knows no extinction of time
or space.
Let us, however, resolve to live but
one life at a time!
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-02

Manchester, Eng, has more than
5000 workers whose ages range from
7 to IA years
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-02

some had to wait. The poor tenants,
most of them who had not dollar in
the world, sat down at the tables and
ordered what they could afford. The
restaurant proprietor put on lot of
extra walters and an extra chef and
the orders for lobster and chicken and
prime roast ribs and filet mignon
swamped them. When the grand feed
was about half over, an orchestra,
concealed behind a bank of palms, be-
gan the seductive strains of a popular
fox trot. The poor tenants began dane
ing and they danced and ate and ate
and danced until 2 o'clock in the
morning. The chairman who was to
preside at the meeting, forgot all about
it, and no one reminded him, and at
2 o'clock, of course, it was too late
The limousines of the tenants began
arriving at 2 o'clock and they all went
home, pronouncing it the most sue
cessful tenants meeting they had ever
attended. The rents remain the same
Love at first sight is wonderful of
course, but it doesn't cost a cent to
take a second look.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-02
Irish Tourist Business
Affected by Revolutions

DUBLIN, Nov. z.--The tourist bust
ness in Ireland has been injuriously
affected by the revolutionary disor-
ders. Tourist agents and hotel keep
ers are in despair. North Wales and
the Isle of Man have captured the
visitors who used to come to Killarney
and Glengariff. There has been a
notable absence of the usual influx of
Americans.
Dublin has suffered less proportion
ately than other places, but Dublin
visitors did not take the risk of leav.
ing it for the provinces. There was no
danger to life or limb, but the disloca-
ton of the railway service caused by
the refusal Of the railway men to car
ry soldiers, police or munitions made
the train service so uncertain that no
body could count safely on reaching
or returning from any given destina.
ton within the limits Of a holiday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-02
Masonic Calendar

Tuesday, Nov. 2.-Richmond Lodge
No. 1876. F. and A. NJ, stated meet
ing.
Wednesday, Nov. 3-Inspection of
King Solomon's Chapter, beginning at
400 o'clock. Supper $3.50. Inspec-
ton in Wayne Council in the even
ing.
Thursday, Nov. 4-Wayne Council
No. 10. R. and S. NJ, stated assembly.
Friday, Nov. 5-Webb Lodge No. "a,
F. and A. NJ, called meeting: work in
Master Mason's degree, beginning
at 100 o'clock
Saturday, Nov. 6-Loyal Chapter
No. 40, o. E. S., stated meeting.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-02

sumption after D. M and domestic users are
urged to conserve lights.
Continuous power and light depends upon the
other units, which will be worked to capacity,
until the repairs are made. Should they fail, in
dustries will be closed and the city will be with
out lights.
Not only this menace must be considered
now. While the large unit is idle, and power and
domestic consumers are curtalllng their use the
revenue which the plant derives from normal
consumption is cut down, which will be reflected
in the net earnings of the plant. In this instance
the loss in revenue may not be large; but II the
plant is closed for week or longer, the idleness
of the plant will be factor in the earning capac-
ity of the utility.
If there are any doubling Thomases in Rich
mond today, they ought to be convinced now that
additional equipment, speedily installed, is of
paramount importance to the welfar of all of us
WORKOUT pump caused serious inconvenience
few days ago. The largest unit of the plant is
idle now What next? How many pieces OF
equipment in the $1,oOO,OO0 utility, owned by the
taxpayers of the city, may not be on the verge OF
going to pieces?
The municipal light plant is valuable invest
ment belonging to the city OF Richmond. City
officials who have been guilty of dilatory tactics
to prevent the purchase of new equipment, IN
tended primarily to prevent interruption Of serv-
ice ought to see the full measure of their folly
by this time.
The citizens see it. They have warned
against the danger for months. Not only are
they cognizant Of the danger, but also weary OF
the schoolboy antics of those who are permitting
the plant to go to pieces.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-02
Memories of Old Days
In This Paper Ten Years
Ago Today

Between rs and 80 florists, members
Of the state association and nearly all
engaged in the Wholesale business Wis
tied the e. G. Hill greenhouses in this
city. The visit was made on the in
vitation of Mr.. Hill, he wishing that
his plants be inspected while under
cultivation.
According to reports which were
made to the county officials and the
officers Of the Wayne county fish and
game protective association, the fish
in the Whitewater about a mile be-
low the city and further south were
dying by the hundreds. The cause was
said to be due to the oil which was in
the water coming from some factory
in the city.