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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
FATHER AND SON

HOSE words ought ultimate
 lection of personal relationship They love and ectg ought confidence oedence they ought aperfect example the hand perfect following of on the other And yet they many things
 The first thing think of hood and sonsp and this of the ideal set forth In the first the father often the coming of the
 little child who looks him be and then he too give the growing boy the ompnonp and love he needs Too often the father the everything wishes nothing that he wthhod comradeshp proud he withhod the which Father hood and son often accident brth and there children would
 orphans This imperfect relationship thing when father son."
 something think of His chi
 conditions the ideal those pictured lives up heaven while His children struggling their arbound We think Father who making Him. self with the bffng problems which confront His little boy he stum bitter with thought of their obligation do
 obey which divides fathers from gulf life which from God And why should these things be?
 a thing whether His There ought be between which intended should be between and God the relation between and child There love understanding which to the little helpless with has bes There obedience respect ob f that demand of which the Heaven y demand of
 relationship father divine think of the divine relationship terms of shall and children and God draw each other blessed Trinity which God and the world shall smile MIDDLETON S. FAREWELL.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
They MaHe It

T had a real moving picture race the other morning to catch train, said Kenneth Charlton, United States commissioner. Tt happened that Mrs. Charlton had expected to leave for Atlanta, and we had plenty of time to get to the station, but in some way wasted it, and when we arrived at the Terminal and attempted to buy tick ct, the agent told us he couldn't self us one, as the Atlanta train was pull ing out of the station right then.
 T asked him if we might catch the train at woodlawn, and he said if we could get there in time. Mrs. Char ton seemed disappointed, and I told her to get in and we would go to Woodlawn. We had a wild chase, but succeeded in getting there in time for her to catch the train and she left. smiling"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

Friday afternoon I had telephone call from Mrs. R. D. Johnston, asking me if I would go with Maj. Gen. Leon ard Wood and her son. Lieut.. Col. Cor don Johnston, cut to the Boys Indus- trial institute at East Lake on Satur- day morning. provided that they could make the stop in Birmingham.
 I told her that would gladly do so. I wanted to show her my interest in the institution which she has mothered for more than . score of years, and then I wanted to meet the general again and also to have the pleasure or seeing her splendid military son. vas mighty glad to have the chance to be in such distinguished company.
 Saturday morning before teclock I was out in my garden busy with rake and spAde trying to get the best of crop of Johnston grass which had got ten we'll rooted in ono of my beds. l vas summoned to the phone and wAs told of the arrangements, and made . hurried toilet and walked over to the Tidewater line and in . short while was at the school in time to make part of the inspection and to hear the spesches.
 It was . gray morning. The atmos- phere and the clouds all seemed to be backing up Horton, tho weather prophet, in his prediction that cold wave was on the way from Alaska. The golf links were deserted. and the swim- ming pool in front of the Rosbuck club building was | turquoise blue and made me shiver to think Of any one ever hav- ing to dive down into its liquid depths. rot off the car and walked around the circling road. taking time to pause ana drink in the beauty of the great spring. which flows out of the big rock beneath . giant tree. and to wish that before the summer passes some way can bs found to build . surs enough swimmiAg pool for the boys. It could l be easily dcns and without great ex- pence. q the material h 1t hand and l the boys could do tho work. Hero is . I good chance for soms public spirited eitissn to do great thing.
 
 was surprissd to find the fislds se green. saw great rows of collards l am sorry for any man or woman whose digestion will not permit then
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

E1HIs Sunday week ago was
 III Mardi Gras day in Havana.
 Every one was up early in the morning and went to mass at the usual hour or attended the Protestant churches at a later hour.
 In the early afternoon the Amer jeans and other visitors and as many Cubans as could afford it went to- the races. The Grand National vas run on this notable day, and the winning horse got prize of s1o,ooo. There were sK other races. Most of the horses are American horses, and the great race track-said to be the best in the worlds primarily owned by 
 Ir the afternoon the Cubans of all shades and compilations and of all classes celebrated Mardi Gras in gay costumes beautifully decorated floats
 
 and all manner of vehicles. There must have been thousands of tons of confetti thrown until fully 10 miles of the streets of Havana were knee deep in this colored paper. Every one laughed and made gay of it. Not a rock was thrown, nor was there an accident among at least 100000 people who took part in the celebration.
 At the same time every drinking place and restaurant in all of Havana, with it's 100000 or, more of population, was wide open.
 There is not a screen in front of what We formerly termed in this coun- try bar. room. Everything is wide open and apparently on the street.
 Yet, in a week in Havana. I nefer saw one native under the influence of an intoxicant. Nor did see one in any way boistrous
 Of course, there are some Americans who land there from Key West in the afternoon and who try to drink it all up the first evening. But they are al- ways mellow and good natured, be- cause those who surround them are good natured.
 The Cuban rarely ever drinks my thing except the lightest of wines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

and light beer. If one offers native . whisky or brandy. he win politely prefer light wine.
 & * <
 The Cuban or the resident of Ha- vana feels that he has performed the religious functions of a Sunday when he attends his church in the morning. In, the afternoon and evening he takes his wife and his children out for en- joyment. All the great fetes are on Sunday; and the great Jai Alai games are on Sunday evening. So are the dances and the operas and the the atres.
 There are apparently now more ho- tels in Havana appealing to Americans than in possibly any other city in the world outside of New York. Several of the great hotel corporations of New York have built hotels in Havana. and can give New York prices, cards and spades, as we used to say in seven up.
 My family, some friends and I first went to a hotel which had been rec commended by a Birmingham coal operator. We were given a sufficient number of rooms, but one bath room for four grown people and two chil- dren. Within . couple of hours I had found a beautiful suite of apartments at the Savilla, perhaps the best hotel in Havana, conducted by New York people. The prices charged, however, could not be considered in any sense modest.
 In order to have the baggage re- moved from the first hotel, and said trunks were still standing in the bag gage room, the very polite room clerk wanted $32 for looking over the rooms and leaving our grips therein while we were getting lunch. In making bit of a kick to him. he responded that that would pay for the room until the next day.
 It was so ridiculous that I laughed and told him that I had had two of the dirtiest looking cab drivers I had lever seen bring me up from the dock to the hotel and that I felt so sorry for them I intended to invite them to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

to sit down to a meal of old fashioned blue-headed collards made greasy with side meat, with corn pones and butter milk on tho side. I. of course. mean after the frost has fallen on the col lards and swecsensd them. Any one who turns up his nose at coliards must be confirmed dyspeptic.
 Collards and fat meat as . regular diet call for manual labor and might even prove to be too much for bunch of healthy boys, if served as contin- uous performances; but the lads at the instttate are lucky in their bill of fare in the way of vegetables, for in spite of the fact that it's February. they have chance at five vegetables from their own gardens. I do not know fho is in charge of the gardens and the farm. but whosvsr he may be I con- srAtaiAte him on his suecess.
 The dairy barn in the distance looked mcst ;mposing and the cows In the pastures gave just that added touch of homc which made the picture perfect. The Da-aAs ground was | scene of busy activity and General Wood. who has becn the guest of Emperors and Kinga and as . representative of our gov ernment attended some of the greatest military maneuvers in Europe. was q much interested in the drilling of ths boys as if they were crack regiments abroad.
 believe I called attention to tho fact on his visit hsrs some few yeArf back st . flag Saising in Capitol pal | that whom . young lawyer living |, AtiantA used to go out and play ten his with him. when he was then ar army doctor at Fort McPhsrson. Re cause had known him before he be- came famous made mo intsrested in hil career. which have followed with [ keen personal interest for 1t show. what . wcnderful country America is that in 1t one has ! chance to mako good If hs is n,aAs of the right kind of stuff.
 It was gracious thing on the par, of General Wood to stop off in ordsl to do honor te the mother Of his aide IAsut. Col. Gordon Johnston vhen se many calis were bsing made on his tima. vas struck with his very gsnu. inc inteFeet fn evefything he uaW, aal
 he did not opare ntmself in goinl through the varsous buildings. am sufe his whit to tho dormitory whegx half dcsen youngaters were h be<
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT A VISIT ITO
 + HAVANA AND WHAT HE OBSERVED THERE

spend one night in luxury and would permit them to spend the night in the room, giving them an additional s1o to pay for their meals.
 You wouldn't do that" he said. "1t would ruin the hotel.''
 You are trying to start me on the road to ruin," I responded
 But. to make long story short I compromised with him on sls to look at his rooms.
 However, a,i are not robbers in Ha- vana. It is really one of the most de- lightful places in the world to spend few weeks during the winter ,eason. The people are the most polite, cour- teous and refined which one could meet anywhere; and at the best plac,s the prices are fixed.
 The old days in Havana, when ons had to barter and trade for every thing which you would buy, nave passed
 There are American banks and American institutions of every charac- ter there; and the American business men and manufacturers, including many from the Birmingham district. are we'll content with the business they do both in Havana and through out the island of Cuba.
 It is true that on account of the slump in sugar and other products of the island some of the financial in- stitutions and other business concerns are undergoing a strenuous time; but they have called upon American bank CTS, including Oscar Wells of Birming- ham, and other business men of this country to advise and aid them Tn solving their financial problems.
 Things had been so prosperous on the island that the people did not ex- pect the slump, and many had ex- tended their credits too far.
 Such things have occurred here in Birmingham: and the best opinion is that the island of Cuba and its buss- ness institutions will pull out within a reasonable time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
TALL STORY, ANYHOW


 In the old days" related the truthful bachelor" T know man named Trad wind who had q remarkable dog"
 ''So this is to be dog story?" inter- rupted the travelling salesman.
 "Yes. That dog went everywhere Tradwind did. He was so smart he'd follow Tradwind into saloon and after his master had taken six drinks would nip him on the calf of the leg as q warning that it was time to go home. Do you wonder that Tradwind erected monument to that faithful brute when he died?"
 ''No, don't said the travelling sales man. And wouldn't wonder much if you told us the said memorial was as tall as the Washington monument"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

will never be forgotten by them, for he had good word to say to each one as he stood by his bedside. The visit ing physician couldn't have been more interested in their welfare or more nat ural in his approach.
 Superintendent Weakley WAS. pArtic- ularly gratified when the general re- marked that he had had large experi- ence with charitable institutions as an administrators, but the thing wLich he liked best about the Boys Industrial institute was that he had failen to de- tect the institutional odor which is so pronounced and objectionable in most of them. It's enough to make those who have lAbored to make it pure and clean feel that their work was not wasted on such an expert.
 Mrs. R. D. Johnston in . brief but Charming introducticn gave the general. an opportunity to speak to the school boys and the boys gave him < rou2ing welcome. standing at salute until he told them to be seated. He IS frank and easy speaker and spoke directly and simply without any attempt at orr atory. It was just the kind ol talk that . kindly red -blooded man would be expected to make to lot of youngstera such as faced him. There wasn't per- functory note in the entire address.
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 Colonel Johnston was most happy in his preliminary remarks, for 1t was It the urgent insistencs of his mother that he told the boys the story of Alvin
 TeHk. . member of the division in which he served over seas. had read many different versions of the mar vicious exploit and had even heard Sergeant York himself. but the account given by Colonel Johnston was the most vivid and realistic of any of them and Eripped the boys from start to fins ish.
 Al sAt slistsning to ana looking It General Wood and Colonel Johnston. said to inyself they represent the best typo of ths northern and the southern men. for both ars tho incarnation oe the American spisit. hops 5oth VIII have many stAsr sueA oppertunisiss te instill into tAs Grewang beys If thsse United states gsnuine levs or coun~ |trs ,s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

ing that none was deprived of the benefit of its situation with respect to trade territory. The chairmanship of the shipping board is a big job, recurring a fair man in it's admins tration. Admiral Benson has shown his fitness for the position and should be retained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
LITTLE GIVEN MENTION

From the Colbert County Reporter
 H. Fontaine Little, q well-known republican of this section, has been mentioned as possible successor to Hon. John D. McNeel as collector of internal revenue. Well. if McNeel has just got to have successor. we see no objection to our friend Little. and would like like to see him land 1t. He has done good work for the repub- licans, and we believe in rewarding the faithful who are competent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
New Forms of Service
 by the Local Red Gross

New Forms of Service
 by the Local Red Gross
 r1T7HE war is over, but the work of ll the Red Cross. goes on. In all parts of the world this noble order is ministering to humanity, and in America it's services are in demand, despite the fact that poverty and disease in this favored land are far Hess prevalent than they are in Eu- rope and Asia.
 Here at home the Jefferson county chapter of the Red Cross is planning new ways to relieve want, to pre- vent disease and to take away some of the horrors of poverty by aid judi ciously given. The home esrvice com- mittee, headed by Rabbi Newfield, one of Birmingham's most useful and most widely beloved citizens, will shortly establish free milk stations to feed undernourished children. At first there will be one station on the North side and one on the Southside,
 A scholarship fund has also been set aside for the purpose of enabling children who are compelled by family necessities to work part of the time to complete their education. The amount of money they are earning for those dependent upon them for support win be paid directly to their families by the Red Cross, so that these children may attend school reg ularly.
 Another worth while innovation is linen supply station already estab- lished at the city hall. Families where there is sickness and is no money to provide bed linen, bed clothes and similar articles will be supplied with the linen they need by the Red Cross.
 These are but few examples of the good work the Red Cross is dohg in Jefferson county. Its record in peace and war is truly admirable. Admiral Benson Should Be
 Retained in His Position
 m RESIDENT ELECT HARDING
 could perform no better service to the transportation system of the country than by reappoiHting Ad- miral Benson chairman of the United States shipping board. In that ca pacity the admiral has done the fajr thing by the various ports of the country in providing equal opportu- nifty to do business.
 The ports of the United States are we'll distributed. There are good harbors in the north Atlantic, the south Atlantic, the gulf and on the Pacific coast. The south Atlantic and gulf ports had not been placed on an equal footing and were not accorded the same opportunity until Admiral Benson exerted himself to see that port congestion was ayooded by mak- ing it possible for business destined for export to flow through the most convenient channel.
 The congestion caused at eastern ports by inequality of freight rates and other conditions has served ir times past not only to delay ships but to tie up thousands of loaded ears on Gdetracks and delnoralize thu entire, rail transportaticp, system o1 the country.
 Admiral Benson has not been . par Hsan of' any part of the country ol ne ports of any one section. Hi aim has been to increase the shipping facilities of tho whole country by treating all the ports alike and see
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
LUKE M,LUKE BAYS

married man soon gets into tho habit of expecting his wife to do a lot of things for him that he should do for himself.
 There Is nothing more pathetic than an old fool dclled up in the gay garb of giddy girlhood.
 After . man passes 70 hc doesn't { csre.if 1t never gets cold enough to % skating.
 Nowadays It takes about ! dollars worth of paint to make sotAe of the biushing brides blush.
 If you want to see . headstr onx woman. just get . look at one who has made up her mind that her husband is going to kick in with the price of q new hat.
 Even . panhandling loafer doesn't object to work when the work consists of working on the sympathiss Of others.
 It is good thing that some men have to go to barber shops for ghAves, If they didn't their necks and ears would be dirty all year round.
 What doth 1t profit a nan to put whip and spurs to his ambition If he neglects to bridls his tongue!
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
NIGHT wIND,s' s0No

 Frank L. stanton. in the Atlanta Con- stitution. The Wind sings over the houeetops-- The Night Wind, low and sweet. When the Darkness seems to listen For unreturning feet A song of the years with their hopes
 and fears \ And the lovs-light in Lafs's tears. Of the stars that made Lsovs's heaven In the dream bright Long Ago. Whom the whispered word o1 the heart
 they heard:
 With the Love that's Heaven to
 know Tho Low chat reaps Lfes rosAs wAen lsneeoms falls the snow. That is the pong the Wind sings Under the sleeping skisa. And there is light for the lonoly Night, 1heugh stili 'tis . song of sighs: And the Spirit of Peace. whore tho
 life-otoPms cease. Kisses Loves dreaming eyes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
snn HAsHr rnlnD sr TIT

From tho Brooklyn Eagle.
 Nost women win not snvy the self- impesed task of Aiss Hulda Newsome. pelteewoman of Birmingham. who pro- poses to catch every gtrl artist on tho strset and wash the paint and povdsr' from her face. That sns will win. if at alL hy scratch is . fair prediction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

| have been reduced. Brlck, lumber, cement, tiling, roofing, wire, nails, coal, coke, pig iron and steel products have been reduced from 25 to 40 per cent.
 Readjustment has been largely ac- complished So far as costs are con- cerned. It has not only been brought I about, but men and women have be- gun to realize that prices are lower and more stable; that it is safe to go ahead and buy. 1 T felt so keenly about it that I could have struck them if had seen | them again." is the way Pennsyl- vanian who was swindled out of $z5,- 900 in Florida expressed himself re- garding the swindlers. A man with a fierce disposition like that might even go so far as to slap person on the wrist.
 There is a great deal of talk, back and forth, about laws in Washington, but. Judging from press matter that finds it way into this office, Charles K. Harris is still writing the nations | songs.
 i John Drinkwater is A successful dramatist, but we could think more of him if he wouldn't have his picture taken with his right forefinser rest ing against his temple. | The Germans might as we'll make up their minds that Lloyd George is not the kind of indemnity collector who can be told to drop around to- morrow"
 The issuing of canned nays is great industry, says Norman Hapgood. Norman certainly ought to know something about that kind of news 1 z ' l A doctor says there isn't much dan ger from encephalitis letharsica, which is merely the learned sentleman's way of referring to sleeping sickness. l E Y Y l Of course. Harding can be inau- gurated without parade of some sort but large numbers of the common people apparently don't believe it. 1 Only Caruso knows whether it was the message from the King of Italy or the White House that did more to hasten his recovery.
 z ' Being no longer presidential can didate General Wood finds 1t possible to visit . city without the aid of . reception committee.
 . q Wniie AmeFlcAn puDuc men may have their faults, disinciination to obiise . photographer is not one of them.
 It begins to look as if Boss" Pen rose would be among those present at the first meeting of the Harding cabinet.
 There Is no room in our melting pot for typhus germs. despite the fact that they don't require much space to op- | crate in.
 Those German frauleins who sx- pressed wish for American husbands are presumed to be still angling. l A . !, That Montgomerian who bought . gold brick" for sso, was merely one of natures optimistA So Alice Paul steps out. Wen have to give Alice credit for producing . great deal of "copy." anyhox.
 . ' . [ The reeppearance Of the feminine ear nay bs worth sonnst-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
HsgA Clan, Says Weod

could not help but notice. an en- terpristng feature writer's work in The Age-Herald this morning" said Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, who stopped off in Birmingham for 1a hours yes- terday. Whoever Dolly Dalrymple' may be. she made good play when she obtained octavus Roy Cohen, the novelist, to write her story of thea trical company"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
Lower Prices Prevail
 All Down the Line

Sz THELBERT STEWART, govern lC1 ment price expert, declares that food is now 21.5 per cent cheaper than it was six months ago. The data by which he arrives at this conclusion have been gathered from 51 leading cities and affects more than 50 arti- cles. Moreover, says MT. Stewart, The decline seems to be . substan- tial development in the general price situation, and not based on seasonal changes which are 50 often decep- tive"
 The average citizen has not the ex- act data possessed by Mr. Stewart but he has his eyes, his ears and hia memory. He can place his finger on price reductions that come under hia own knowledge. He sees the lower prices marked on shoes and clothing, on eggs, meats and sugar. He ha, been buying the same goods 1t 90 td 50 per cent under what be paid siz months ago.
 Not only have food and clothing gone down, but most other pricel