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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
AHERICANIsMs

Brander Matthews, in Scribner's Mag. asine.
 Among the general hints" prefixed
 to the English version of Baedekers Guide to the United States there is to be found a cautiously selected glos-
 sary. to enable the wandering Briton to translate the unaccustomed Ameri-
 canisms he is likely to hear into the
 corresponding Criticisms with which he has always been familiar. And there ought to be similar glossary in the Guide Book to the British Isles' for the benefit of the voyaging Ameri- can.
 We may assume that this Baedeker
 glossary was prepared by Mr. Muir head, an Englishman long resident in
 the United States. It catalogues about a hundred instances of the divergence
 of vocabulary, and to the untraveled American this list is instructive; it is an aid to his understanding of inn ported fiction. It informs us that what we call a "bedspread" is known in EHs ldnu as counterpdHcs Our Du- reau' is their "chest of drawers" our elevator" is their lift" our drum mer" is their commercial traveller our muslin Is their cotton cloth;" our notions are their small wares" and our spool of cotton is their reel of thread"
 It falls to mention our "commuta- tion ticket,' which is their season ticket" and which has given us com muter' to describe a resident of the. remote suburbs---a word quite incom- prehensible to the Londoner. It de- fines AmericAnisms for5which there are no equivalent Criticisms because the things themselves are more or less un- known in Great Britain--for example, cowboy" and "cuspidor." It seems 70 imply that we always substitute "fall' for autumn. -erooster" for cock" "deck" for ''pAck" (of cards). and "wilts for "wither." and this implica ton is unwarranted since we use both "falr' and autumn. rooster" and cock deck" and pack" wilt" and switharw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
Cahhass Sets

Tt has been wonderful season for cabbage pfantingss' says John Pate.
 About three weeks ago l had 25.0O0 plants set out on tract of land down in East Thomas which had been heav- fly fertilized with stable manure, and it's marvel to see how the plants have taken root and grown. l expect to set out another 25,000 today, and if nothing happens I'll be able to give the good housewives of Birmingham chance to get some of the finest home grown cabbages which were ever pro- duced in nnis fertile valley"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
LOVE

By Thomas Hood t17ss-1s45). Love. dearest lady, such as would
 speak, Lives not within the humor of the
 eye;- Not being but an outward phantasy. That skins the surface of tinted
 cheek,-- Else 1t would wane with beauty. and
 grow weak, As If the rose made summer. and
 80 lie Amongst tho perishabls things that
 die, Unlike tho love which would Sixs
 and seek; whoss health is of no hue--to fesl With chesks' decay. that have Alrosy
 prime. Love is its own great loveliness al- And takes new luster from the tossh of time; Its boush owns no Decembsr .n6 = But Sesss lss slssssa| iass viassr,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
Rotary Makes Ready

We are making arrangements for the district conference of Interna- tional Rotary which will meet here in March," said Luther Doty. There will be between 1000 and 1,2o0 Rotarians here at that time and we want to show them what fine city we have.
 Rotary clubs in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Cuba will be represented. It is up to us to give them the time of their lives. The other luncheon clubs have offered to assist us in en- tertaining the delegates and we are certainly going to accept this hospi- tality."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
Aerees With Mrs. Reid

T emphatically agree with every word of the article by Mrs. J. B. Reid dealing with the strike situation, which appeared in yesterday morning s Age Herald" declared Mrs. C., P. Orr
 Tt is high time the citizens of Ala bama, and the Birmingham district in particular, took some definite action with regard to the situation which is affecting our every day life in no un- certain manner"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11

From the Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
 Brethren, things are real serious.
 The first hobo printer that we have
 seen since 1914 blew along Mon day morning There has not been
 one along in so long before, he
 looked odd . to us.--Bainbridge
 Post -searchlight
 nn7 7oBO PRINTER" where have lH we heard that word s,ra-osfess. osf9ss. sage that is becoming extinct. An. other and more polite name for him used to be roadster But even the .roadsters'' have almost disappeared. For. be it known, the printer of today most of them, at least-js as steady- going and thrifty as the average man of the day. In fact, he is better paid than the average for even the poorest printer working on daily newspaper, draws down his $40 to $50 a week. While many linotype "swifts' are not satisfied with less than sixty odd dol for weeks work. But the hobo printer"--he has passed on. Or else he has pulled up, and become a worth. while citizen of some community.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
tertainment of friends t,

tertainment of friends taken from him.
 When stress comes, men and women alike, do without the gew-gaws. But so long as means and conditions per nit the nations luxury bill will be a large one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
CHAPLlN JOKE IN AUSTRALIA

From tho Ch hristian Science Monitor. The Auckland wecklS News recent ly printed an Austraiians version of a joke that promises to. join the small numbers Of ouips that travel around the ~cfld. Variants have recently come from France, Italy and Spain. The teaehet vas conducting lesson in natural history.
 Now, pupils she said. there is fone cfettutes which none of you has mentioned. IL doesn't stand up on it's feet all the time. and it doesn't wafio like other creatures but takes funny Title skips. What is it7"
 With one delighted voice the class answered; Charlie chapiin!''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
What We Spend in
 Life's Enjoyment

N expert informs the country GA that the bill for feminine adornment and knick-knacks is half ! billion dollars per annum. and that this amount would maintain a big navy, including ship construction.
 Perhaps the women will get busy and dig up the statistics on tobacco, white and red liquor, silk shirts and ties, golf, club dues and a few other luxuries that men indulge in. If they do, it will probably be shown that quite as large navy could be main 'thined on the money thus spent.
 Figures like these prove nothing. Men make money that they may se- cure with it that which makes living worth while. A man would rather remain poor than have his cigars, his baseball, his golf, his club. bis lodge, 4ts decency of appearance and the en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
STARE THE DOGS

From the Washington Star. Patent medicines with kick" are
 under growing suspicion. An effort to | throw physic to the dogs would. if
 attempted literally, call for the inter
 vention of tho S. P. C. A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
BEFoGGING THE JURY.

BEFUGGING THE JUh1.
 Smart lawyer you have"
 "He seems to be-" said Mir. Cobbles, but don't know whether he's the man to help me win my lawsuit or not
 Whats the matter with him?"
 "oh. he's powerful sharp, but I don't see any use of quoting famous Greeks and Romans and a lot of other people never heard of before simply because a train ran over my Jersey COW.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11

ton grower has ever had to face. x Y F
 America Cannot Afford
 to Reduce Her Navy Now 1T HNTIL some concrete plan is " adopted by the leading naval powers of the world to reduce arma- ments, and is put into practice, it would be folly for the United States to quit building battleships.
 That's all there is to question which has agitated members of Con gress and large part of the Ameri- can people who really want to see the intolerable burdens of taxation lifted from the nations of the earth by curtailing the expenditures made to maintain great armies and navies.
 America is not quite as dependent on her seapower as Great Britain, but her navy is her first line of deefense, the most effective weapon she has to repel an invasion. The world has not yet been made "safe for democracy, |" to use phrase that was often heard during the recent war. The move ment in Congress to hold up our naval programme has been checked, and that is fortunate for the nations future welfare.
 Merely to make the American navy equal to that of any other power would not mean that we had set out to dominate the world, nor would it mean that we were carrying a chip on our shoulder. The present temper of the American people is such that it would take century or more for us to become martial nation, even if such a tendency should develop. We are simply not that kind of peo- pie. Our fundamental characteristics would have to undergo a change be-, fore we could be as militaristic as Germany was when she invaded Bel gium in 1914.
 When our navy is equal to the navy of any other power we will be in a better position to talk disarmament than we are now. Our views presented to an international conference would certainly have more weight. We could speak as nation which had nothing to fear and the threat that we would continue to match every other power in the race for naval supremacy would nave the force of ocular proof.
 While 175 gallons of confscated whisky vas being poured into sewer at Logan, ). members of the woinan's Christian union sang Praise God From whom All Blessings Flow. we ave good reason for believing that some # the spectators did not join in the inging. "When it was proved that two goldfish roze to death in New York apartment he landlord was promptly fined for fail- ns to provide enough heat. The piteous ate of the goldfish was incontrovertiDle 
 The Harding houseboat established ew record for sticking in the mud and e quilted 1t without resret,
 The Washington woman who had her usband arrested and then pawned her swelry. to ball him out should decide neither or not she wants him in jan.
 ~ * &
 Pershing will not testify before the smelling" committee Although he has cen in the regular army long time. it
 doubtful if General Pershins has Gen ral Dawes sulphurous flow of language.
 z q
 Automobiles that come into contact ith trains and trolley cars continue to ct the worst of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
veni. vldiv

T hope we have convinced Cleve- land representatives that we are real live wires, said L. ". Jossclyn. city librarian.
 They are surely in for a few sur,7 prises, for I think great many people in that part of the country are in- clined to think we are an easysoing lot down here, content to drift with the tide of life. and hard to convince on anything that speaks of progress. But those who hold such ideas will soon have them expelled and it is my hope they judge us fairly by the things which will come under their ob- servation."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
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From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The latest recollection" of Lincoln is by man who finds that old Abe was not only not homely, but except for the protruding lower lip. was a strikingly handsome man; and that he not only was not slovenly, after en- tering upon the Presidency, but was very neat and tidy.
 In time the writers may prove that Lincoln never told funny story, and that instead Qf entertaining some in dependent views with regard to the Scriptures, he seriously contemplated entering the ministry upon his retire ment. After that, canonixation, St. Abe will be his legendary, if not ac- tual, name.
 Lincoln was great man and was endowed with many lovable traits But he was not brother to the Apostle Paul. His middle name was not Adonis neither was 1t Brummell He didn't have any middle name. Why should the historians arbitrarily endow him with oneG The fact is he even signed with the simple initial, A. Lincoln.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
NOT IN BLANK VERSE.

NOT IN BLANK VERSE. Hell and Marian roars General Dawes, 'T cuss at Congress for cussable cause. We didn't bookkeep; we won the war; Hell and Maria What were we for?" Peggy Sus. in the New York Herald. Hell and Maria!' roars General Dawes, If man like that could take our laws And the fact that he can't is surely
 pity
 We never would hear of a smelling"
 committee. PAUL COOk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
v World Wants a Chance to Heln Itself

World Wants a Chance
 to Help Itself
 ~ UMS raised to feed the hungry 0 and clothe the naked, much a. they are needed and irresistible as i. the call for them, are drops in ths bucket compared with the poverty that exists because nations are moi doing business freely with one an. other and thus raising themselves tc independence.
 The food is soon eaten and the children and adults in the suffering nations are hungry again. The cloth ing wears out and again they are naked. The World war has been over 27 months. Trade still halts. Men willing to produce have no markets There is plenty of money, but it is tied up in the intricacies of exchange
 Enlightened charity has long ago passed the stage of giving to beg gars. It seeks to prevent beggary It tries to make those who are in need self-supporting.
 The stricken world that is shut off from the more prosperous world wants to exchange it's labor for a stated and fixed income. The duty of the prosperous nations is to effect the exchange. Until it is done emergency relief will be absorbed all most as soon as it is given
 Housing Problem at
 Most Acute Stage
 1f7HERE is not the slightest doubt l about the acuteness of the hous- ing problem in Birmingham.
 There is not an office for rent in the skyscrapers, no apartments for rent in the apartment houses and no homes vacant. Rental lists at the real estate offices are negligible. Where they have them at all, chil- dren are barred, or the 30 and 8O-day sale clauses are included.
 
 ] A majority of the rentals offered are for subtenancies. Homes that oncs held single family now have two and three Many houses in the business section that once served one merchant, now serve two and more. The capacity to pack, to subdivide, to subrent is exhausted.
 It is not a choice between apart ments and residences. It is des- perate hunt for any kind of make shift for home.
 Do men realize that this situation S30SSS SCVubiIu0ltCc Ol ul8u IcHt8lS Was anything ever scarce that was not dear? Is necessity going to force people to acquire homes?
 Heads of families who sit idly by and wait on empty apartments and houses, without Investigating the cost of building home are not showing good citizenship.
 F x xs
 What We Spend in
 Life's Enjoyment M N expert informs the country A that the bill for feminine adornment and knick- -knacks is half ! billion dollars per annum, and that this amount would maintain a big 1 navy, including ship construction. Perhaps the women will get busy ] and dig up the statistics on tobacco, white and red liuuor sill sh;r+s .rd |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
rHE NArIoNAL coLoRs.

THE NATIONAL CoLoRs. How was the Jonesby -Gawker we'd ding?"
 T was much impressed by the color scheme"
 What was it?''
 The groom was red the bride was white and all her relatives were blue"
 THE LESSON OF SPEED. YOU remember the fable of the tor toise and the hare?"
 quite well. saw race of that kind few days aso."
 How did it turn out?"
 In the usual way. A motcrist in high-powered car who whizzed past seedy citizen in flivver, with a mock ing laugh, repented a few miles down the road and begged lift to town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11
STEAMBOAT COMING BACK

From the Dearborn Independent.
 This year alone 43 steamboats, bet ter known to the old timers as pack ets," came back to the streams of the lower Mississippi valley. Where did they come from? No man can tell.
 From Memphis and vicksburg and Greenville and Cairo; from the Shell tered waters of the Bayou St. Johnh, at New Orleans; from little towns on the Atchafalaya, the Red and the Missis- sippi rivers; from fishing villages on Barataria and Lafourche and Vermil- lion bayous, and even from the far Sabine river of Texas, they were brought back, when railroad rates went to height which made water hauls profitable.
 But there is one difference in this return of the packet: It is coming back as freight carrier. It is coming back as abusiness proposition, not as a palatial pleasure boat
 But with railroad freight rates 20 to 40 per cent above the costs at which freight can be handled profitably by water, other people besides the water ways department of the federal gov ernment have learned that their aver age of 175 miles day freight, as com pared with the 24 miles a day of the average freight car, is profitable in- vestment of firewood, water, negro la- bor and hulls, which for these freight CTS seldom cost more than $25,O0o to $30, ,000.
 Realizing the size and importance of this back to- the water movement of freight, and the packet owners and builders are going into 1t seriously, many cities along these rivers are in- vesting large sums in terminals and cargo handling facilities to meet boat lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11

It is small wonder then that music lovers of this city, as we'll as the dis trict and surrounding towns, have looked forward with the highest an ticlpation of pleasure and interest to the visit both of Luisa Tetrazzini, The Queen of Song" and her concert company, who sing here tonight at the Jefferson theatre, and to the Minnea- polls Symphony, the renowned orches- tra which has shown to the world that America covets the best, and gets it because willing. to pay the price, whicn appears Saturday afternoon and night.
 It's good thing to locate a new industry in Birmingham. lt's-a good thing when our citizenship is aug rnented by capitalist, a merchant. manufacturer, a lawyer. a doctor. a preacher. They have been coming and going for years, but of late we are get ting more cosmopolitan, as can be seen by the constantly increasing number of noted musicians who have come here to make 1t their home. The com pany of pianists. singers, leaders, vio- linists, oreanists and other specialists IS eniarEing. This shows that our people are being educated unsteady. J was greatly interested In the story of Dolly Dalfynple in The Age -Herald of Tuesday morning about one of the latest arrivals in the musical colony. MT. Charles Gumprich, the gifted 'cei list, who has united himself with Vie. Eand's orchestra. He is not only : and distinguished mu- sician. but man of the world who hax trave1ed much and is in sympathetic touch with all that makes for cultural cduc&tlon. welcome him most heart- fly, Tor feel that he will be a great addition to the community in every way.
 P.s.-Bc sure and hear Tetrazxini fcniehf. It's a chance to hear "The Queen of Song"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-11

The groom was red, the bride was white and all her relatives were blue"
Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27
N0TA"TREncH" OF BAY0NETs
True story Of Famous Incident At
verdun, Which French Bravery
Has Made Immortal.

The scaffolding has now been taken
down from the monument over the IA
nous Trench Of the Bayonets" at
Verdun which President Millerand has
inaugurated. But the term trench
IL misnomer. The true story IL
this:
Tifty-seven survivors Of two Breton
battalions were holding the line there,
not in a trench, but in series Of
shellholes. nearly Regularly spaced and
aligned. The men were 30 packed that
when any were wounded they were un-
able to fall down, while for security
they teld their rifles, with fixed bay
onets, In the air.
During the whole Of June IL. II and
18, 1915. terrible artillery duel ragged
fouEd them. Caught between the
French and German barage fires, one
by one the men died, while the burst
ing shells buried them under waves of
torn-up ground. When the scene could
be visited all that remained was a
line Of baycnets protruding from the
ground.-Continental Edition Of the
London Mall.
Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27
WAR GENERALS ACT TO oIsARM
GERMANY AND ENFORCE
TREATY.
COUNCIL Want REPORTS
SUPREME couNclLTELLs CHIEFS
TO DRAW UP PLANS FOR
EXECUTION.
Iw.st.rn N.v.p.p.r Union New. seric..I

"
Paris, Jan. 25.-The Supreme Coun-
ell, composed of representatives Of
Great Britain, Italy, France, Belgium
and Japan, have heard the military
experts and later conferred together
regarding the failure Of Germany to
disarm as provided for by the Treaty
Of Versailles.
The experts were asked to make a
detailed report on the subject, with
recommendations regarding measures
to insure execution of the disarma-
ment clauses of the treaty.
The British prime minister, David
Lloyd George, and the president of the
French council, Aristide BRAND, it is
understood desire an opportunity to
talk over the different phases of the
reparations question before the sub
ject comes up for discussion at the
full council.
Thus the changes ip the councils
program.
In this connection the premiers are
said to be considering whether it Is
feasible and advisable to have the
German representative sit with the
council before the final decision on
reparations is taken.
The British delegation is believed
to favor inviting the Germans to take
part In the discussion after the allies
come to an understanding among
themselves.
Pending a decision on this question,
Herr Bergman, the German delegate,
1t is expected, will confer with Louis
Loucheur, the French minister Of lib
Grated regions.
It Is reported he will make an OFF,
cial offer to pay two billion marks In
gold within year, one-f0urth Of that
amount in cash.
The eventuality Of German being
invited to sit with the council depends
partly upon Herr Bergmann's reply to
N. Loucheur, who will ask him If Ger
many has any proposition to make be-
fore the allies decide on what course
they shall pursue to enforce execution
Of the treaty.
The Eastern question, Greece and
the treaty Of Severes will be taken up
after the council has finished consid-
ering the Austrian situation.
Resumption of trade relations with
Russia by allied governments which
would entail sort Of conditional rec
ognition of the soviet regime in Mos
COW appeared to be topic which
would be discussed seriously during
the next week.
In connection with this subject, the
note sent by President Wilson to Paul
Hymans, president of the assembly Of
the League Of Nations, in which Mr..
Wilson demanded that the allies as
sumo hands OFF, attitude toward
the Russian nation, appeared to be Of
prime Importance.
Cheyenne record., 1921-01-27
/ You Need I Medicine
You ShauId Have tho Best

Have yon evsr stopped to reason Why
= il that 20 many products that arc ex-
ensively advertised, all at once drop out
II sight and are soon forgotten? The
:eason il plain-the article did not fulfill
:he promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to . medicine.
4 medicinal preparation that has real
:urative value almost sells itself, as like
IN endless chain system the remedy il
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says 'Take for
nample DR.. KilmeTs Swamp-Roo -
preparation have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for in
Utmost every case it shows excellent re-
mlts, as many Of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has 70 large .
sale"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of Thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of Dr..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact,
70 many people claim, that it fulflls al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; corrects pri-
nary troubles and neutralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive . sample bottle OF
Swamp Root by Parcels Post. Address
DR.. Kilmer. 4 Co., Binghamton, N. Y,
and enclose ten cents; also mention this
paper. Large and medium size bottles
for sale at all drug stores.-Adv.