The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-22
since the Birmingham station was

The personnel of the navy is noted for its intelligence and character, and in discipline and morale is unsur- passed by any of the great navies of the world. Our navy is indeed a model now. viewed from any angle.
 The improvement in the enlisted strength of our seafighting force is due topincreased pay, the kind treat ment accorded the men, rapid promo | tion and above all to the advantages offered to ambitious recruits in the matter of learning useful occupations.
 There are fifty-seven trade schools in the navy which are taught every conceivable branch of mechanics and in addition, bookkeeping, stenography and the rudiments of a liberal educa- tion. When man quits the navy he is well equipped for a useful calling in civil life.
 If he re-enlists and remains in the service for sixteen years he receives generous pension while he is yet a comparatively young man-young enough to engage in business or a profitable trade. No wonder. then. that the appeals to young men to join he United States navy are meet ing with ready response.
 Premier Leygues says it will take France from twenty-five to thirty years to recover fully from the effects of the war. By that time Germany will also be in position to start something. wayne B. Wheeler says New York, New | Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts. l
 ASi"no' Connectlcut, WISconSin, H. | linois, California and Louisiana are the 1 wettest states in the union. There is also | considerable moisture in most of the | others.
 Senator Harding offers a reward to anyone who will prove that he has changed his position since he accepted the republican nomination for President As usual, he is ambiguous and doesn't ! name the reward H. G. Wells wants to help Maxim Gorky save Russian culture The Rus- sian ballet should be preserved. by all means.
 The advent of 'possum- picking time re- minds us that there is an affinity be- tween the 'possum and the sweet potato The raisin growers of California are smart business men, but they don't supply ] recipe with every raisin.
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 Foreign aviators, here to take part in he international balloon races, by their uniforms and decorations, lend a touch of color to the scene.
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 That hunger striker who died in the Cork jail may have been a misguided nan, but he was certainly in earnest.
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 There is nothing like an automobile and ! change of clothing to expedite ones 'udden departure from Sing Sing
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 Senator Harding says the Versailles reaty is largely memory now'' He las been travelling backward at faster ate than we imagined.
 Democrats who match the Presidents 300 contribution to the campaign fund II.
 < < * A large number of youths who go to 'ollege never get on the football teams. This enables professors to earn their 
 # # # Governor Cox speaks with the conf ence of man who expects to be the hief actor in the next inauguration.
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 Booze boats cruising up and down the Atlantic seaboard are doing wonders to mitigate the drouth. { Boos and misses, mingled with cheers, ,reeted pr. Eliot's recent address at Har- , ard. That's what comes from injecting ( 'olitics into an academic atmosphere. COLLEGE GIRLS IN AFTER LIFE From the New York World.
 Why girls go to college is revealed by statistics published dealing with the liter careers of Barnard graduates. Of he living alumnae 2.095 in number, 5S per cent are holding paid positions. t Thirty per cent have married and only ? per cent are neither married nor at