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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-10
AN OLD DELUSION REAPPEARS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 0 N his testimony before the investl-
 II gating committee in Albany, so-
 0 cialist clergyman made state
 ment of great psychological and politl-
 cal interest. T am so far lost to the
 ordinary convictions. of men," he said,
 ..that if this country were invaded ny
 a foreign enemy, believe the ultimate
 victory could be won by policy or
 massive resistance more surely than py
 armed resistance"
 This is not new delusion, but It IS
 one so dangerous that every time II lifts it's head it should be soundiy
 rapped. For such delusions spread ana
 become an epidemic. They are capable of taking possession of a nation as WeA as of an individual. A whole people may become "a queer fanatic like this clergyman. The German people did' He believes that one nation could over come the pride. the greed and the power of another by. simply lying down ana being walked upon. They believed that nation would be wiling to do it!
 Every such, hullucination should De dealt with like the bacillus of fever. It should be brought into the light or universal history, as germs of tuper- culosis should be brought into the cura- Itive presence of the light of the sun- All history is opposed to, this con viction of "the queer fanatic" The his tory of personal friendship is opposed. No man ever had a friend who could De cured of his selfishness by yielding to fits encroachments. The history or family life is opposed. To yield to the self assertiveness of any indiyidusi ? 1 it is to nurse viper in the iAsA5ts bosom The history of business part- i nership. or neighborhood life. o1 com munity life, of national life. is eppyseu. The self-consciousness of the human soul is opposed. There is not living man or woman who does not ksiaw tna< | ifevsrybody gives way to him kfss}s 5ez tto his pride. ambition. greed, ae niil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-10
MURDER AND sENItIMENTALIsM
 From the Chicago Tribune.


 Margaret Seithamier confessed kill ing man. She admitted to an inti- macy which led to homicide. The newspapers continued her amazing revelations of delinquency and her vio- lent intolerance of the law. In spite the juvenile court appeared in her trial testified in her behalf. and the girl was acquitted.
 The jury was conrronted with the spectacle of 3 bold. willful and vicious girl. confessed homicide. apparently which are expected to protect the pub lie from criminals.
 Delinquency would appear to be not alone among those accused of crime. those sworn to suppress crime. The proof in this particular case develops most startlingly. Margaret Seitha- mier no sooner is acquitted of the charge of murder than she incites re- volt in the House of the Good Shepherd, aSsauilS muse WHO nave Her IT cndrSe, and displays all the tendencies so glibly denied by her one-time sponsors. Softness in the courts made possible the acquittal of this girl who killed a man. It is the kind of softness that contributes to the obstruction of justice so lamentable in Chicago. Even when the courts would deliver iustice spe- cial pleadings are interpo1ated to the end that mercy goes to the murderer and scorn to the murdered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-10
Progress of the
 Zionist Movement

THE Zionist campaign is progress
 H ing. satisfactorily. Alabama's quota is something over one hundred thousand dollars, and Birmingham's about thirty-two thousand dollars. These are moderate figures, and with l.. Pizitz as state chairman, the full amounts should be easily raised.
 Ten years ago the Zionist move ment had little support in this coun- try among the rich Jews. It was not because prosperous Judaism was not philanthropically inclined. No class of people are quite so generous with their money as the Jews. But luntil recently many prominent mem bers of the faith doubted the feasi- bility of the Zionist project.
 It is different today. A campaign 1 of education in behalf of the Zior movement has had an enhghtenine effect. There is scarcely Jew among the reform congregations who is not as ardent in his Zionist sym pathies as those of the orthodox faith. And it is noteworthy fact
 that the appeal being made now reaches the gentiles as well as the
 Jews.
 Our Jewish fellow. citiens have never failed to contribute in liberal measure to all benevolent calls. Chris tians now have an opportunity of
 responding in whole-hearted way | in aiding worthy cause. And they
 will not be found wanting.
 i Certain it is that Birmingham's
 canvass will be an over-the-top af- fair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-10
Wall Street Quick
 To Credit Rur1ors

TN spite of it's sophistication, Wall ~ street is in some respects amaz- ingly gullible. Nowhere else In the world, unless it is in European stock exchanges, are idle rumors listened to with more eagerness and apparently more often believed, although they may not have the slightest basis of truth.
 A case in point occurred Monday. News agencies serving the New York financial district announced that the United States supreme court had de- cided that stock dividends were tax able. There was a wild scramble to 4unload." and in few minutes nun dreds of thousands of dollars were lost by panic-stricken spectators. Other holders of securities who took the trouble to learn if the report were true or false not only saved them selves from losses, but had an oppor- tunity to profit by the rebound m prices
 An outsider would suppose that every siter,a of news or alleged news that might influence the stock mar ket would be carefully verified. The average man doesn't believe every- thing he reads in the newspapers, bv any means, and the canny citi- zen must first see the same item printed twice before he is convinced that it is true.
 As matter of fact, the supreme court decided that stock dividends were not subject to income taxes. It would be interesting to know what explanation was made to their clients by the news agencies who misled them, with disastrous results. As usual the Associated Press made no mistake,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-10

A reader of The Age-Herald contributes a lengthy account of the purnpg aof the famous library in Alexandria. It is well for persons whose memories do not go any further back than cleveland's admin istration to refresh them occasionally with a bit of ancient history.
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 The conservation of the Hawaiian is advocated by John H. Wise of Hawaii. It is said the Hawaiians, who once numbered isG,oOo, have dwindled to bare 2s,coO. Have investigators thought to search for the missing natives in vaudeville?
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 News agencies which caused panic in the New York Stock Exchange by mis- stating a decision of the United States supreme court are not popular just now with persons who lost their heads and unloaded stocks at any old figure.
 * * *
 Mr McAdoos suggestion for reducing taxes is regarded in some quarters as merely another bid for votes A citi- zen suspected of cherishing presidential ambitions is rarely credited with having an unselfish motive.
 < # # The fair possessor of what are said to be the most beautiful--ahem-legs in Paris , .z |. A.s-;,r, t, dance Iafffn Broadway will be pleased to give her the 70. o."
 A recent photograph shows the Prince of Wales looking uncomfortable in top hat. One reason why the prince is pop ular is the fact that he's so much like the average human being. Eating "too high up on the hog ana too far back on the beef' are two phases of national extravaganza. Excess sive consumption of gasoline is an other.
 | "A ulSpdLCa HUH ANOW AOAA Np%SS N~A@ tramp is as extinct as the dodo, which is of course not true. The dodo is gone never to return, but we'll have the tramp with us again.
 There may be nice distinction between a nullifer and a mild nullifier, but Presi-  dent Wilson says he can't see it. He's man with an academic mind, too! w T E The New York assemblyman who would | limit the size of newspaper headlines 1 strikes blow at the vitals of American l journalism.
 The King and queen of Spain have been going about making friends with working people. Before the war this was qu<te unnecessary.
 l The high cost of living has not appre- ciably reduced the number of men who are leading double lives. l Add .Horrors of Prohibition" Deprived of whisky, monkeys at the Cincinnati "zoo" are suffering severely from colds
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 Carpenter bride says she doesn't like boxing, but, %. la, la! Madame. think of the purses!
 # # # 1 President Wilson does not trust the inn perialists of England any more than he does the same gentry in France. | N # # f American aviators flying across the Pa eific may give natives of remote islands the thrill of lifetime
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-10
THE CRY OF THE DREAMER

THE CRY OF THE DREAMER By John Boyle O'Reilly. l am tired of planning and tpiiing
 In the crowded hives of mem Heart weary of building and spelling,
 And spelling and building again. And long for the dear old river,
 Where I dreamed my youth away; For a dreamer lives forever
 And a toilsr dies in . day. I am sick Of the showy seeming
 Of a life that is half lie: Of the faces lined with scheming ! In the throng that hurries by. From the sleepless thoughts endeavor
 would go where the children play; For dreamer lives forever
 And q toiler dies in a day. I can feel no pride. but pity,
 For the burdens the rich endurue There is nothing sweet in the city
 But the patient lives of the poor. Oh, the little hands too skillful
 And the child mind chok<d wiEa wsez The daughteH's heart grow wllfnl.
 And the fathers heart thA4 tlseda. Nc, no! From the streets Fucf rv tla
 From trophies of mart and soige would fly to the woods low 1ustlA
 And the meadows kindly paee1 Let me dream as of old by the river.
 And be loved for the dream away, For dreamer lives forever,
 And Q toiler dies in aday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-10

we feel that such bright and airy creatures, apparently so remote from the commonplace things of life, ought not to die, but go,on year after year, entertaining the multitudes. Theirs should be the gift of eternal youth, for do they not, in spite of their personal cares and sorrows, keep youthful the hearts of men and women who never miss a circus?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-10
MADE HIS HEAD SWIM

MADE HIS HEAD SWIM What's the matter with your friendr
 Its nothing serious. He got dizzy during the war and hasn't quite recov- cred yet"
 "Did he go up in an airplaney' 'No. He sat in swivel chair all the time and kept whirlinE around to create the impression that he was very husy."
 AN INNOCENT Y-sTANDER Have you suffered much from the flu this winter?"
 T should say I have replied Mir. Dubwaite.
 How long were you sick?' T haven't been sick. I've had to listen to other people telling how it feels to have the flu
 THE WISE CALLER "Is Mir. Blobbs inr' asked the brisk stranger
 He's out at lunch.p said clerk. TAk! wfil he return within an hour??'
 "why-er-he went out with his new stenographer. sir"
 "Umph! Do you expect him back today7',
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
EAs1LY6PsEr

l EASILY CPSET T care not for the filings of fate, A certain citizen remarked; Then loudly did his luck berate Because his motor car he parked Right in a zone prohibited, For which he had fine to pay. little thing. when all is said And yet. somehow. it spoiled his day.
 A WORD NOW AND THEN MT. Glithersby keeps in the back ground at his wife's fashionable par ties"
 That's because he's lonely" T don't understand"
 'The guests ignore him. but by lounging in the halls and near door ways he occasionally gets a chance to make what he regards as a witty observation to one of the servants
 NOT SUCH A wEAKLING 'who is that anaemic looking fel- lowv
 Montmoreney Scribson. He writes red -blooded' fiction"
 "Umphl He doesn't look as if he had a drop of red blood in his veins Appearances are deceptive. how ever. You ought to see the way Monty worries typewriter
 
 THE FORMULA What's the secret of success? Anxious brother. can't you sguess7 NDo not let yourself be holding, Hold your head up, keep a-plodding. TOTAL DEPRAvTTy T notice the slogan of this newly organized anti-cigarette league is Save the Girl
 Whats the idea~
 My friend. have you ever stopped to consider what dreadful thing it is l to go the perfumed cigarette route?'
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-10
Star of the Circus
 In Barnu1n's Day

NAME. ROzELLE E. DOCKRlLL' iGVU is dead in Wisconsin. To the younger generation her name means nothing, but thousands of circus patrons have applauded her in years gone by as she gaily pirouetted on the back of big white horse, clad in tights and spangles.
 Mime. Dockrill was at one time famous equestrienne and of course she was employed by P. T. Barnum. She is credited with having been the first to turn somersaults and exc cute a toe dance on the back of a horse. She enjoys the distinction of being mentioned in the great show lman's autobiography, along with such celebrities as Tom Thumb, Jennie Lind and Jumbo, the giant elephant, supposed to be just about the big gest thing in the world by youngsters twenty-five or thirty years ago.
 Not long ago the former Mrs. Tom Thumb, who married again, died in private life. One by one older circus stars are dropping out. Few of them survive and those still living are end ing their days in obscurity, save when some enterprising newspaper report er brings them back into brief notice. Even the Barnum & Bailey show, the s.greatest On earth," has ceased to be . separate organization and has been merged by the Ringlings with the Ringing Brothers circus.
 The passing of circus star is like the loss of an old friend. It reawak- tns memories of childhood Somehow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-10
MISSED SEEING A CELEBRITY

MISSED SEEING A CELEBRITY How did you enjoy your Mexican trip?"
 T was disaPDointed.~ replied the tourist.
 How sor' Tt was announced that Villa in per son would rob our train. but he sent an understudy."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-10

.
 take advantage of their weakness. The pride, the greed, the ambition c men are like the ocean, which is onl restrained by the resistance of tn shore. It is by meeting with the in vincible barriers of the wills of othe men that they are curbed--and onl curbed
 The man who thinks that Belgium Q France could have overcome the eli croachments of Germany by polio of nonresistance" is, indeed, lost t the ordinary convictions of men;" 1 truly "a queer fanatic" as the clergy man calls himself.
 However innocuous such delusiorl are in times of peace, they are danger ous, enough. in war. There are time when men who. are Host to the ordl nary convictions of mankind" are pubic peril Those ordinary convid tions" are to the social system wha the laws of nature are to the physica universe. Abrogate them and dissolr tion quickly follows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-10
TEis wide and universal theatre

This wide and universal the1tfe Presents more woefui pagennts than the scene Wherein we pla-.
 As You Like It
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-10

THE FORMULA Whats the secret of success? Anxious brother, can't you guess! Do not let yourself be holding, Hold your head up. keep a-plodding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-10

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The north Mississippi herald., 1920-07-02
A MAN AFOOT
1797-1s01-Vice president.
18o1-lnaugurated third presi-
dent, aged 81.
1803-Purchased Louisiana.
1807-Enforced Embargo act.
1809-Retired to Monticello.
1926-July 4, died, aged 80.

THE furious storm aroused by the
4 combat between Thomas Jefferson
and Alexander Hamilton, the greatest
gladiators to face each other In the
arena of American politics, makes our
recent campaigns seem like sunShow-
erS HamiltOnians scorned to eat and
drink, and sometimes even to pray,
with the Jcffersonians.
Nothing else 50 stirs the angry pas
sions as q conflict of classes or of Sec
tionS, This was both doubly bitter.
An almost solid South united with
the Northern masses in a common
dread of a strong government and in
common hostility to the old ruling
caste In the middle states and New
England. The new parties called them
selves Federalsts and Republicans.
In the first battle, when those par
ties fought for the chair of Washing
ton in 1876, the result was so close
that Jefferson came within two cleo
toral votes of winning the presidency
against Adams. In the second battle,
which was waged In 1SOO he beat
Adams
Contrary to the familiar story of his
hitChing his horse to the capitol fence.
Jefferson walked to his Inauguration
and afterward walked back to his
boarding house, which was only few
hundred yards away. This man afoot.
dreamer ard theorst, quietly ushered
in that day a more lasting revolution
than a man on horseback could have
wrought with sword and Whit of
grapeshot
Believing that revolutions should
begin at hcme Jefferson revolutionlzed
the White House by casting aside the
eeremonaIs which had been adopted
in feeble imitation of kingly courts.
Opening tie doors to all. without re-
gard to social classifcatons and with
out order Of precedence, his rule was
first come, first served" Determined
that the president, as he said, should
cease to be a parsonage, he stopped
the custom of celebrating presidents
birthday, never made Il public tour,
did his own marketing and went and
came like any other citizen. Although
no successor has thrown a British min
lister into fit of Indignation by re
'eaiItng him in slippered feet, Jeffer
sonian simplicity rather more thar
Washingtonlan courtliness remains the
standard Of presidential conduct.
1t was the strange fortune of this
most thoroughgong pacifist to find
himself at the helm in the midst of
a world at war. When the globe was
brlstling with baynnets until 1t looked
like a porcupine, he calmly announced
that peace was his passion, and start
ed out by cutting down his little army
one-half and by talking of hauling up
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-07-02
LEGEND OF SIR GALAHAD
Tennyson's Hero of "The Holy Grail"
the Noblest and Purest Knight
of the Round Table.

Sir Galahad Of Tennyson's "Ihe
Holy Grail" was the noblest and pur-
est knight of the Round table. The
title was invented by Walter Map in
the "Quest of the Grail" Morley, in
his "English Writer'S" says Sir Gala
had was the son Of Maps L'AncelOt
end Elaine. The son and namesdi,e
Of Joseph of Arima thea, Bishop los
eph, to whom the holy dish was be-
Cueathed, first instituted the order of
the Round table. The initiated at
their festivals sat as apostle knights
round the table, with the Holy Grail
IN the midst, leaving one seat vacant
which was reserved for descendant
yf Joseph. named CGlahad. Whatever
man else attempted to sit in the place
of Galahad the earth swallowed. II
was called therefore the Siege (Seat)
Perilous. When men became sinful,
the Holy Grail, visible only to pure
eyes. Disappeared. On its recovery
depended the honor and peace Of Eng
land but only Sir Galahad, who ~'as
at the appointed time brought to the
knights by mysterious old man cloth
ed In white, and placed in the Siege
PerilOus-only the pure Sir Galahad d
succeeded in the quest
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-07-02

his seven warshps. His only interest
in the Napoleonic struggle was 70 keep
out of It,
Nevertheless while the military pow
ers were fighting over little Islands
and provinces and drenching Europe
with their blood, this most unhilitary
president, without firing shot gath
cred in far richer spoils than ;he vic
tors in twenty-five years of warfare
divided among themselves at the con-
gress of Vienna AS Jeffersop'S cleo
ton was blOOdleSs revolution, his
purchase of the immense empire Of
Louisiana, which doubled the territory
of the United States, was a bioodlesS
conquest, the greatest peaceable an
nexation the world ever saw. Having
made ii, the flag was no more than
hoisted on the farther bank of the
Mississippi than he dispatched Lewis
and Clark and Captain Pike boldly to
SOY out the uneXplored rivers and
mountains of the new soil, so honestly
won, and from which so macy free
states were to spring.
Jefferson is the only president who
remained the leader of his party af-
ter leaving the White House. Indeed,
the Democrats never have ceased to
swear allegiance to his spirit,
tcopyrIght, 1920. BY James Me'xarl
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-07-02

pride and display of the old families
liamsburg.
To support the large family of his
mother on their too small farm Jeffer-
son turned to the law. In seven years
at the bar he doubled his estate and
increased his slaves to 400. Buying
the little mountain at whose feet he
was born, he built upon its summit
from plans of his own drawing, with
bricks Of his own making and with
wood of bis own cutting, the noblest
house in all Virginia. There at Mon
ticellO he made his home ever after
Jeffershn's law practice continued
rapidly to grow until it amounted to
So, 800 4 year, when he abandoned 1t
forever TO prosecute George III in the
great ard general court of mankind
He had beard the first call of the Rev
Olution while law student in Will
liamsbueg. It's clarion han been ring
ing in his ears ever since he stood, an
eager .roker-on, in the door of the
house Of burgesseS. He saw Washing
ton in Iis seat and he saw his own
friend, Patrick Henry, a fiddling Vir-
ginian like himself holding the floor
amid cries of treason as ite Invited the
king to profit by the example of Gaze
sar, who had his Brutus, and Charles
I, who had his Cromwell.
The sword, the tongue and the pen
Of
that memorable day. After the pen
had waited twelve years for its turn
to speak Jefferson sat in the congress
at Philadelphia. The sqaire of Month
cello was silent member, as silent
as the squire of Mount Vernon.
After serving as governor Of Yir-
ginia and member of congress Jeffer-
son was sent as minister to the court
of France. "YOu replace Doctor Frank
lin," the Count Vergennas said to him
on his arrival in Paris. "I succeed
him." the new envoy happily replied; !;
"no one can replace Doctor Franklin"
Six weeks and day after he had
seen that old France of the BourbOns
crash beneath the walls of the BaStiIle
Jefferson left Paris to become our first
secretary of state Taking his seat at
the right of Washington he was face
to face across the cabilet table with
Alexander Hamilton, tho secretary Of
the treasury.
BY nature and training the two
were as opposite In their political Opn-
Ions as in their chairs, and they found
themselves, as Jefferson said, "pitted
like fighting cocks" AS they fought
and the feathers flew a great crowd
collected behind each to urge on its
favorite in that cooking main over
which Washington had the unhappi-
ness to preside. Quickly all the people
In the land took one side or the other
and formed themselves into the two
political parties which with changing
names and changing disputes have di-
vided the country to this day.
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-07-02
Why Not World Wharfage POOP That
Civilization May Not Perish?
By PROF. PAUL cARNoT. University of Paris

THE last census figures showed great surplus of males females
t, limited States millions of surplus Then why
franco American bureau marriage of
with M girls France where the left such shortage of men? Why
NOT Franco Argentine bureau Franco Australian bureau in short why
NOT GREAT where each make its human
ods known and provide courtshp and eventual marriage?
Is there any why the a white of the world should not
po their productive that civilization itself
not perish?
Sree councils ambassadors councils and prime ministers and
foreign ministers sitting up nights discussing territorial boundaries
and the rates exchange but they actually doing nothing solve
the greatest problem that has confronted the world since Christ
bonhe ouion of maagbe young who destined to
repair the waa but who find husbands awaiting them