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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10
The LEONARD WOOD FAKE

From the New York World.
 In reply to Senator Robinson's charge that the Senate was making army promotions the football of poli- tics, Senator Lodge said the country had not forgotten that politics kept Theodore Roosevelt from going to France and had kept Leonard Wood at home."
 This is characteristic piece of in tellectual dishonesty on the part of Senator Lodge. The so-called Roose- welt division was a political exploit, not military exploit. and President Wilson very properly refused to per init the military plans of the army to be upset by a political circus.
 As for Gen. Leoenard Wood, Sena- tor Lodge knows why he did not go to France. He knows also that neither the President nor the war department was responsible for General Pershing's decision which kept General Wood at home. This continued effort to pie ture Leonard Wood as the victim of politics in the war is sheer fake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10
LUKE s1'LUKE SAYS

About the most useless way to waste time Is to sit down and brood over the time you've wasted.
 If you arc fixing to go to Cuba for a month for rest. arrange your af- fairs so you can rest for another
 month after you get back home. And what has become of the old fashioned man who used hair oil? You imagine that fortune tellers can tell your future. But If you thought that they knew your past. you wouldn't go near them. would you? A lot of foolish people worry about Ceath. Just as though death was likely | to get absent-minded and forget all about them!
 Lots of married men believe that If there was fool killer they would
 have been carried into church in long casket, instead of being lugged into church by bride,
 This Is a contrary old world. X leather shoe scuffs up and gets rough at the toe. but a suede shoe wears smooth at the toe. of it sooner or later. But . pesstmist expects to get 1t sooner. The idiot who doesn't know anything isn't half as tiresone as the idiot wno knows it all.
 Education isn't such . much. after all. A high brow uses logic to calm i his angry wife, and loses out. A low brow uses hts zehoe on Ais wife's fea- turss to calm her anger. and wtns out Tell mau h January that the sun He 90. o00. .oO0 miles away from the earth l and he'll believe you. Tell him the
 same thing in July. and ben call you Ia wall-eyed liar.
 If you only knew how hard homei, l girl wofks Co make her face presenta. ble, you would admit that she is jus as pretty as she can be. (Copyright, 1e31)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10
as-CENr THEATRE SEATS

From the New York World
 Theatre managers arc urged by tho Actors Equity association to reduce the admission charge for the galleries of their houses to 25 cents The associA- ton regards 1t as disturbing" that playgoers of small means should be de- barred by the price from the spoken drama and "nourished only on vaude- vile and motion pictures"
 Is there any clamorous demand for this singular reform? Fifty cents is little enough to pay for seeing n sx- pensively mounted show. and public
 which is only concerned with fair prices for theatrical performances will regard an admission charge of zs cents as unfair to the producer. In seeking to eliminate speculators' profits ana restore the traffic In theatre tickets te something like its old reasonable basis' there is no desire to transform theatres into benevolent institutiens for incui- eating dramatic taste%
 Much more to tho point than attempt- Ing to pauperise the family circle would be | serious proposal tc managers to popularise 1t by means of uniform charge of half dollar and by imprcv- inw its accommodations and facilitating success The second balcony has been omitted from all new notion picture houses and from some newly constructs ed regular theatres. It has been tradi- tionally nursery of dramatic apprs- ciation. and it might still De made to swell box-office revenue and solve the problem of theatresolns for the thou sands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10
MORALS AFTER A WAR

incident to the speed that won the war. So our moral showing does not seem to suffer by this comparison. Certain ly during the World war conditions in America were far better than they were during the Civil war It is 2 matter of opinion as to how much bet ter they are now. There is less drunk enness. One hears much of dishon- esty in business, but trade standards are higher than they ever were. Soci- ety is doing we'll in spite of some Of the clothes that provoke comment in the pulpits. Politics is cleaner. Char ity thrives. People have better man. ners So. all in all, 1t is fairly safe to say that our morals arc not worse. even though they are far from being as good as they should be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10
DAYBREAk


 By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "A wind came up out Of the sea. And said, 70 mists. make room fos
 me- 1t hailed the ships. and cried. Sal on Ye mariners. the night is gone And hurried landward far away, Crying. Awake. 1t is tho day. It said unto the forest. Shout! Hang all your leafy banners outi" It touched the wood hirds folded wing And said, 'oh. bird. awake and siny.v And OCT the farms. 70 ehanticiser. Your clarion blow; the day is near." |It whispered to the fields of corn. Bow down. and hatl the coming It shouted through the bslfry towey. 4 Awake. o peu! proclaim the honr.- II crossed tho churchward with { plaA And said. Mot yet! h quiet ue.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Need of Homes.

F. E. Butler was asked how many rentals he had on his list. Two" he said. and they are sub-rentals. Even the sub-rental business is about ex- hausted. People have doubled up and doubled up until there is very little left, even of that kind of living guar tern. Go out and look for really good home and you will quickly real ize what mean.
 We have reached the limit. If we had five thousand more homes in Bir- mingham they could be rented. thought some time ago that we nao reached the acme of the housing short age, but Birmingham Keeps growing and it has become worse and worse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10
ro oreanize Burcau.

"The business men of Albany have written to us for copy of the consti- tuition of the Birmingham Traffic Bu- reau," said assistant manager Chas E. Jones. They want to know all about how the bureau works and what it has saved the shipper members Tn collection of claims for oyercharges and the like We have sent the in- formation and, if needs be, will help Albany organize a bureau.
 Southern communities are rapidly following the example of Birmingham in organizing live traffic bureau, and it is the combined force of these traffic bureaus that has brought about some excellent results"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10

the matter until the forgetful sheriff asked for advice.
 There were evidently extenuating circumstances in the crime of mur- der, for which the negro was con- victed and sentenced to death, but the legal authorities who were willing to save his life and were in posi- tion to do so, would have let him go to the gallows had it not been for the extraordinary forgetfulness of the sheriff.
 It remains to be seen whether or not the negro is legally dead. At any rate he cannot be hanged now with out making a travesty of justice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10

ELEGY We've taken our leave of the little
 brown jug
 That used to be a familiar sight; Its grave by the eighteenth amend
 ment dug,
 It long since suffered fatal blight. How well we remember in days gone The rounded shape that betokened cheer; It's contents never again we'll try It belongs to the things of yester- year
 SELF CONSCIOUSNESS OF AN EASY MARK
 What did you say when you saw the pyramids?" Nothing"
 Didn't you feel that the centuries were looking down on your NO, but I had an uneasy feeling that my guide knew exactly how much money had in my pocket" INTERESTED Henry, a fortune teller said I wasA going to Florida"
 "Tll go around at once and see that fortune teller" What forr' "she Gay be able to tell me where to get the money" A TIDY SUM SAVED How was Mrs. Grabcoin's recap- tion?"
 ''The prima donna engaged for tho occasion had an attack of tho -art1stic temperament and refused to sing
 "That explains . remark MT. Grab- coin made" What was itr' 'He said he had never in his life ect- ten more satisfaction out of tearing up a check" PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10
WOOD CARVING FROM EGYPr

WOOD CA1Gv IN " Y A~O2H- AS~s T . . From the Kansas City Times.
 Wood carving was common in very early Egyptian sculpture. Some of the most realistic statues of the ancient empire were carved in wood. such as the so-called "Sheik -el-Beled' Wood was a convenient ground for polychromatic decoration; that is, treating the carved figure with thin coating of plaster upon which the art ist has placed his colors. This art
 was very popular with Egyptian art ists. In Greece wood carving probably was the earliest form of archaic sculp- ture. The later Greeks and Romans used 1t comparatively little. but among tho most remarkable works of early Christian sculpture are the carved wooden doors of Santa Sabina. Rome. Wood carving was revived in the l.eleventh century in the north of Eu- ropeScandinavia, Germany and part | of France. The material was not only
 used in it's native simplicity, but was covered with canvas or cloth. succeed and painted. Wood carvings formed the most important part of German sculpture in the fifteenth and six teenth centuries. and stone sculpture was influenced by 1t.
 In the Italian Renaissance master pieces in wood carving were elaborate choir stalls elaborately carved cell | ings. and minor works of industria! art. such as carved wedding chests. In Spain wood carving flourished to s still greater extent Here the art first showed Moorish influence. but during '.the late Gothic period French. and in the sixteenth century Italian infiu.l i ence. During the seventeenth century polychrome sculpture in wood was perhaps the most characteristic form of Spanish sculpture. The master pieces in the art were choir stalls and screens.
 Some interesting examples of Italian Renaissance wood carvings were brought to America in 1918 and placed lin tho Carnegie museum. The carvinss $ | were formerly in the collection of M. Emile Fares of Parts. . noted antiqua- rian. All the pieces are ofs | religious character and formerly were part of the decoration of . church. tho name of which Is unknown. There are seven
 pAnels, carved In high relief and dsco- rated in poiychrome. They depict for the most part incidents from the life of st. John the Evangelist. and were se: either in the panelinss of wail ,. were part of the decoration Of interios
 doors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10

From the Baltimore American
 7T IS not safe to blame the moral delinquency of the present on ~ what was done years ago, and yet the temptation always is to make con- parisons, and try to find out how much worse are we than our ancestors, or possibly, how much better. In the charges of corruption, waste and prof. iteering spread every morning on the front page of the newspapers there IS cismay for those who study morals and hope for brighter tomorrow.
 James Ford Rhodes. in his excellent history, discusses the many charges of universal fraul during the Civil war
 and cites one which stated. At least 20, if not 25 per cent of the entire e4- penditures of the government during | the rebellion were tainted with fraud That is to say that over $700,000.0oo
 was paid to public robbers or worse
 than wasted through improvident methods" MT. Rhodes goes into this because it was the statement of . spe-
 cial commissioner appointed by Stan- I ton. and he believes that with honest men in power such gross amount ci
 stealing was simply impossible Of
 men high in administrative office after Fthe resignation of Cameron. he discov- cred only one implicated in dishcnest Itransactions-one of the assistant Sec iretaries of War. That there was cor ''ruption, is admitted. but not on the
 scale that was charged. For the Civil war period the disbursements through lthe paymaster generals department were $1.o2s, 2ss,o ,ooo. and tho defalca-
 tions for the same period were $541.ooo,
 while the total expenses for the dis
 bursements were $s,42s.6oo. making aa
 aggregate of Ss.s7o. 600. or less than
 seven-tenths of per cent
 In the south. the current reports painted the conditions in the blackest
 colors Army officers gambled away
 public funds in the 70 gambling housed of Richmond. Governor Vance conn plained of a wave of vice and crime in North Carolina. Citizens of Charles ton declared that thefts. burslaries
 arsons. assaults and murders were Icommitted daily. Other cities had
 similar reports. Newspapers daily charged that officers were stealing ISwindling by those occupying official
 positions was declared to be general
 Rhodes balances the matter thus: "Tc gauge official corruption in the Union
 and the confederacy Is impossible. but
 as there was more to steal in the north
 and its money was the more valuable l 1t Is fair to presume that the stealings there were In the aggregate the
 larger" In both sections. drunkenness and petty crimes were serious. and the morals of the years following the va 1 included not only loose personal con
 duct. but widespread dishonesty ir business.
 l The various investigations nov 30 iine on win probably fix how mucl money was waited In the World wal ana how much Of corruption was found Tor course. the sl.ooo. ooo.ooo spent
 through tho paymaster generals de lpartment was only part of the cost ol
 tho Civil war. but it stands for thu
 whole. It will be found, we think Ithat while the percentage of theft 1T the recent war war far less than In ths
 civii var. the waste was larger. bu' lthe the extravagance wss intentional
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10
penlnres Indifference.

T am mighty sorry to see the two proposed amendments to the state con- stitution defeated, especially the one providing for the sale of highway bonds at a higher rate of interest" said Percy Rosenberger.
 The lack of interest in such an im- portant proposition is to be greatly deplored, as the welfare of the entire state is vitally affected by the condi- ton of our roads,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10

The Louisiana sheriff who forgot to hang negro. sentenced to death for murder, is the most absent-minded of- f1cial on record
 Lloyd Georges appeal for sympathy brought forth hoarse hoots from many of the British newspapers. A politician s life is not an easy one
 You wouldn't think the lowIy peanut needs protection after seeing the way it sells at circus.
 + ] E The validity of Mary Pickford's di- vorce is one of the least interesting topics now before the public.
 * !. * MT. Chaplin. says biographer. shuns publicity. The biographer will please ex- plain what he means by that. The number of high-powered cars con fiscated is just another illustration of the prosperity of ''moonshine'' distributors.
 F E Y Rents are coming down, chirp the op- timists. It's shame to ask them what they've been smoking.
 q q . Republican officeseekers are all set for rush on the pie counter scheduled to start shortly after March
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10
Absorbs Money.

T came over the Twenty second street bridge the other morning on my way down town" said Roscoe McCon- nell. and although I have lived here for a quarter of century or more and have seen it closed from time to time for repairs, I believe the bridge is now in better shape for travel than at any previous time.
 The surface Is smooth. I do not somehow 1t seems to have the capacity for wearing away mighty fast. The amount of money spent on it since it's construction would astound the public by It's sine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10
As To Face Washing.

T read with amusement the state- ment of Birmingham's policewoman in which she said that she expected to wash the paint off of the faces of some of Bitminghams young women" said Miss Ellen Blacksher. If every girl is as haFd-up as I am she would not mind having her wash her face, once in while.
 There is no law. as I understand it. that sets out just how much paint woman can put on her face and, in
 my opinion. it would be absolutely a violation of the law for one person to wash the face of another without
 the permission of the party of the face part. Such action might cause a nice little suit and maybe some money as damages"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10
Another Tuberculosis
 Remedy Is Announced

m ROFESSOR D'ARSONVAL of l the Academy of Medicine of Paris has presented a report that appears to have substantiated claims of the curative effect of new method for treating tubercular patients dis covered by Henry Spahlinger, Swiss bacteriologist. Patients treated six years ago and pronounced cured are declared to have remained strong and healthy to this time.
 The treatment is not new in form. It is administered by injection of an antitoxin modified according to the stage of the disease. The question of merit will not revolve about the method, but the effects of the anti toxin.
 Physicians are going to be slow in accepting the Spahlinger treatment as cure-all, even though it may have some merit, because so far none of the antitoxins has come up to first expectations.
 Among the most pitiable phenom- ena of this disease is the faith with which it's victims receive every new announcement of the, discovery of 3 cure; almost as pitiable as the slow ness with which they adopt for them selves and families the simple pre- ventives and means of relief that nature has provided.
 The safe course for those who wish to stamp out the disease is to con tinue their campaign of education pending the discovery of real cure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10
FIRST AID TO AERoNAUTs

From the Washington Post. The court of inquiry that investi-
 gated the three balloonists has sent in it's report on the value of the dog
 sleigh to naval aeronautics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

HEAVY CONSUMER OF GASOLINE
 Didn't your boy graduate from col iege last yearr
 "Yes, and he tells me he is still look ing about him."
 What kind of business do you think he will enter7
 T don't know, but if all the young women he hauls around in his motor car paid him taxicab rates he would soon be a millionaire"
 NATURALLY HOSTILE
 The two lads look fit"
 "So they do." But will they fightg' Wait and see. Ones an Irishman and the other an Englishman. You'll get your moneys worth out of this bout" TASK FOR A SOLOMON '.Mr Jibway is not in his office" He's serving on the jury" ] Important case?"
 Very. He and II other good men and true are trying to appraise a broken heart" STOP THERE She's too good for me-" That's all right. my boy. Tell her so. but don't try to prove it." SPARED HIMSELF -rhat was a good writeup you gave the amateur performance of Hamlet last night" Thanks said the smart reporter. 'How-er-did you happen to be SC complimentary? T wasn't there"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10
Will America Be Able
 to Scrap the League?

X MUSING it must be for the A diplomats of Europe and those of other countries, parties to the League of Nations and the treaty of Versailles, to read about proposals in the United States to "scrap" the league.
 From the light tone of the discus sion in this country it appears to be assumed by considerable num- Der of American politicians and publicists that the league is purely an American affair with Americans the sole arbiters of it's fate.
 It is quite the contrary. The league is worldwide. This country is only one of those asked to be a member. America can remain outside, but it cannot destroy the league and put something else in its place.
 The question for Americans to de- eide is not whether the league shall remain or be "scrapped," but whether in honor and dignity they can play . separate part in the readjustment Of the worlds affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10
Dual Fuel Equipment
 for Ships at Mobile

sHN OllE E dS lHpOFtdHC rom SCanQ- " point of shipping facilities as
 the coal terminal to be built at Mo
 bile are the fuel oil storage tanks
 just ordered to be placed on the coal
 terminal site by the United States
 shipping board.
 The instructions of the board call
 for two 55,000-barrel storage tanks,
 They will supply oil-burning ships with fuel as the coal terminal will fill the bunkers of coal-burning ships. No harbor is complete without both
 kinds of ship fuel. Owing to the lack of an adequate supply of fuel oil at Mobile many vessels have been di- verted to New Orleans. x F * That a Chicago butcher traded another
 man lot worth 500 for his wife is not
 surprising when you stop to consider
 that the butcher has probably been ac- customed to buying live stock on the
 hoof
 The latest announcement Is to the ef-
 feet that MT. Harding has determined to scrap tho Versailles treaty. That's
 the best way we know of to give his
 administration . black eye. = The smelling committee before which General Dawes appeared is believed tc have detected sulphurous odor In tho atmosphere.
 q x* 1 Tho moro tho eighteenth amendment Is interpreted tho more drastic it becomes.
 There will soon be nothing left to do but stand in with diplomat & $ g A Los Angeles newspaper has been pub lishing editorials assailing the south. Is California going to begin where New England left off = @* Thousands of immigrants who never leave New York don't stay there because they want to be close to the Statue oi
 Liberty.
 x* $ MT. Willard is more popular just now than MT. Dempsey. according to an au- thority on sports stili. that isn't saying
 a great deal for Mir Willard. z & President Wilson will go into strict re- tirement after he leaves the White
 House. Just at present he isn't doins much hobnobbing with the plain people. Echoes of General wood's martyr dom'' are still besng heard. It's trtfls late to make poIitioai capital out of l, | now.
 = && Card sharpers arc said to be operatins or Pullman cars. Beware the suav< stranger who invites you into draw Ing room for little friendly samA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10
Strange Forgetfulness
 of Louisiana Sheriff

p5T HE case of Louisiana sheriff U who forgot to hang negro on the day appointed for his execution Is probably without parallel. He pleaded press of "civil and criminal mstters.y which is rather . lame ex- cuse.
 Almost as remarkable as the sheriffs negligence is the statement of the attorney general of Louisiana, gho is . member of the state board Y psdons. He says an appeal was
 ls to ths governor for reprieve.
 ri the governor and the attorney
 neRal agreed that the negro should sk U haDged and the attorney gen <<iI calmly went about his investi- Sstien without knowing . date had tern ct for the man's execution. Ap- pesently nobody knew anything about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10

STOP THERE She's too good for me-" That's all right. my boy. Tell her so. but don't try to prove it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10

Card sharpers are said to be operatins or Pullman cars. Bewars the suav< stranger who invites you into . draw ins room for little friendly samA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-10

Plays like ''Lishtnin come along to adultery which too often walk un- shamedly across the foctlights, and while easy divorce was amusingly depleted in the hotel whose office was both in Ne- Ivada and California. yet there was no m problem ,discussed. but the whole thing was delightfully."- free frpm srotir
 cism.