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New Ulm review., 1922-08-30

You will be agreeably surprised at
the reasona BILE prices on our good coats
and suits. The Bee Hive, J. A. Ochs
& Son, Props. Adv. 35c
New Ulm review., 1922-08-30

Peter Kitzberger left on Wednesday
for New York City and will visit other
points of interest during his stay~in the
east. He will also visit with his sister
who has benin a convent for great
number of years and is known as Sister
Antonella, at Elizabeth, NJ J. Mr..
Kitzberger will be gone for two weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07

writing paper, launder 1S,4SS,000 lace cur tains and 77,O4o,ooo towels.
 These statistics, which are subject to re- vision, probably upward, constitute but part of the hotel business. The hotel men don't say so, but bellhops sell several countless quarts of liquor in 12 months to thirsty guests, bored clerks get the lander up in mil lions of other patrons, jazz orchestras play 365 days and nights and head walters and their assistants collect almost enough money in tips to pay the soldier bonus.
 On the other hand the hotels cash enough checks to put Hungary and Austria on their feet and supply comfortable chairs in their Hobbies for about half the floating population of the country who can dress well enough not to be elected. One reason why so many hotels are victimized is because 90 per cent of the people who enter hotel can spot the house detective on sight. Crooks can do it without even looking at him.
 By all means give us some accurate statis- tics on the hotel industry. It is customary .o hark back to the days when hotel guest was embraced by the proprietor and treated like a long-lost brother. Those were the days, we are told, when guest made to feel that his patronage was worth something and he was of some importance in the world. We prefer the modern way, even if we never shake hands with the manager and don't know the proprietor from Adams house cat. The up-to-date hostelry, towering to the skies, with clerks and an army of maids and other att tendants, offers more luxuries and convent ences than the old-fashioned innkeeper ever dreamed about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07
WOULD TAKE RHINELAND AWAY FROM GERMANY

France proposes to penalize the German re- public unless it agrees to continue making payments on sums due to French citizens from German nationals by expelling all Prussian off, ficials from the Rhineland and separating that region from the German republic.
 The Rhineland would be given it's own gov ernment and law-making powers, with allied region. In addition to these invasions of Ger man sovereignty, the control of the allied ARhineland commission would be extended and economic pressure would be brought to bear on zGerman industries, including the manufacture of aniline dyes and the iron industries of Stinnes, August Thyssen, the Krupps, Franz Hanel and others who depend to large ex- tent on the occupying forces for the privilege of transporting raw materials in Dusseldorf, Dusburg and Ruhrort.
 While it is easy to sympathize with the French point of view, brought about by ex- .asperating delays and the attempts of Ger many to evade paying her war obligations, de- spite the fact that German industry is showing extraordinary activity, which is not reflected in nearly bankrupt government, France is sowing the seeds of another war; Regardless of the merits of her claims, she cannot further humilitate Germany and impose restrictions on her without intensifyng the bitterness Ger mans feel toward France and solidifying the German people for a war of revenge. A victor without discretion courts another 
 trial of strength. Financiers are charged with having started the World war. Money is cer- tainly the cause of most of the evils Europe is now experiencing. In proposing to wrest the Rhineland from Germany, France seems to have forgotten what history taught in AL sace-Lorraine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07
VOTERS SHOULD USE CARE IN SUPREME COURT RACE

Though the ticket for tomorrow's primary is long and will tax the patience of the voter, it is timely to call attention to the importance of the office of chief justice of the supreme court. The candidates are Justice John c. An derson incumbent, and S. A. Lynne of De- catur, speaker of the house of representatives.
 Both are estimable men, but for this exalted and important position, experience is one of the chief assets for effective effort for the states welfare. Justice Anderson first served on the circuit bench, then as associate justice of the supreme court and finally because of ability and experience promoted to be chief justice.
 Voters tomorrow may well ponder the words of Judge N. D. Denson himself formerly on the supreme bench, when he expresses doubt of the wisdom of putting new and untried man in the chief justices chair at this time, and expresses the belief that to do so in this instance would be detrimental to the efficiency of the supreme court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07
DENsoN FAvoRs ANDERSON

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 I read with pleasure and approval the edi- torial which appeared in The Advertiser sew era days ago, headed, "Chief Justice John An derson." What you said in the editorial in re- spect to Judge Anderson personally, it is my pleasure to concur in. 1 served with him on the supreme bench five years, and know he is capable and we'll qualified for the high po- siton he holds and to which he asks to be nominated by the democrats of Alabama.
 I further believe it would be serious mis- take to nominate MT. Lynne over Judge An derson for chief justice. For the reasons given in your editorial, the people should consider long before deposing Judge Anderson and putting a new and untried man in his stead I believe to do so in this instance would be detrimental to the efficiency of the supreme court.
 This is written not in criticism of MT. Lynne, but because I feel sure on account of Judge Anderson's experience and known ability, he would serve more efficiently as chief justice than Mir. Lynne. For the reasons above stated I shall cheerfully support Judge Anderson in his candidacy to succeed himself as chief jus tice Respectfully, N. D. DENSON.
 Opelika, August 8, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07
BASEBALL COMES ON THE. HEELS OF PEACE

The United States consul at Chihuahua, Mexico, reports an active demand for all kinds of baseball goods. More balls, bats, gloves and masks are now being sold than at any time prior to 1912, when baseball was dropped on account of disturbed conditions An athletic field close to the city has been constructed.
 The present revival is being fostered by a large number of business houses, who have or ganized, financed and given their firm names to ball teams for advertising purposes. Among others are a wholesale grocer, two breweries, lead smelter and mining companies.
 This is patent evidence that Mexico is really recovering from the effect of her long and weary series of rebellons, and that her peo- pie are inclined to resume the customs of peace. It is not surprising that business in terests are among the first to promote the revival of baseball, because they realize it's value.
 Practically every large business concern in America has it's baseball team. It is money well invested. Leisure hours spent in the pur- suit of outdoor sports are assurance of in- vigorated minds and bodies when those engaged in them return to their tasks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07
MERCHANTS CONVENTION TO
 BE REVIVED

A goodly custom in vogue for several years preceding the World war is to be revived. Merchants and manufacturers of Birmingham have decided to re-establsh the merchants conventions that ceased in 1917 In that year there were 2,200 merchant visitors to Brming- ham from northern and central Alabama.
 Another merchants convention is to be held this month. The dates are August 29, 30 and 31. Every merchant in Alabama is in vited to attend. The Wholesale Merchants and Manufacturers association of the Chamber of Commerce will be the host. This associa- tion comprises in it's membership many of the leading business men of Birmingham. They announce series of entertaining features that will make the visit of the out-of-town mer- chants enjoyable.
 It is good idea for the merchants of q state to come together now and then and get better acquainted. Such occasions as the Au- gust convention, where, while one is being en- tertained, glimpses of more important things are also afforded, are fraught with service of the first magnitude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07
ADDRESSING IN VERSE

Mark Stuyvesant, in the Cleveland Plain
 Dealer.
 Eugene Field, the poet and journalist, loved books with an affection like that for a human being. They were his greatest interest in life. He regarded them with reverence. As Francis Wilson writes in his "The Eugene Field I Knew9:s
 Though he did not lack in pety, such was his love of good book that he felt like Charles Lamb that grace before Milton, or grace be- fore Shakespeare or grace before any author whose work enriches the world was as essen- tial as grace before meat"
 Field had very comprehensive library, filled with all kinds and conditions of books. He took great delight in arranging them n the most amazing combinations, not only for his own amusement, but to hear his. friends laugh. For instance on the shelves a friend of his found "The Philosophy of Drunkenness wedged next to Paradise Lost" To find the books he loved and longed to own, Field haunted the bookshops. He called looking for books being ''on the prow for plunder." He was an asset to any book store, and attracted people there to see him and listen to his imitation of book salesman
 Field would actual ypretend that he was q statesman, ana then would suggest the most absurd books to customers and wheedle them into buying volume entirely foreign to their taste.
 It was at this same bookshop in Chicago, that there met the famous group of men known as members of "The Saints and Sinners Cor ner" It included all the writers, journalists and politicians of note in the middle west. They all came to the "Corner' simply because they loved Eugene Field.
 Among the members of the group was Ed mund Clarence Stedman, the fnancier and writer. Once Field addressed and mailed letter to him, writing nothing on the envelope but the following verse:
 There is herein a plaintive ditty
 For E. c. Stedman, New York city. In Broadway, 66, fourth story,
 You'll find the same in all his glory. So take this packet to that Stedman, |. Or, by St. Hocus! You're dead man.
 The letter was delivered promptly and fur nished the fun for which it was intended Mr. Stedman filed it away with his valuable papers,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07
Contagion in Russia
From the New York Times.


 Secretary Hoover thinks that the worst of the Russian famine is over, but that there IS need of continuing help from outside for sanl- tary service-this not as a matter of charity, but in self-protection. Russia" he says, "s a cesspool of infectious disease.' Dr. Maurice de Fleury wrote lately in the Figaro to the same effect, although he quoted the doctors gath cred for the All-Russian Congress of Bac- teriology and Epidemology as declaring that the famine was far worse than official sources admitted and was daily increasing in severity.
 Whatever may be the facts about the fam inc, there seems to be general agreement on the subject of disease. The public health sec ton of the League of Nations reports that in the districts covered by official statistics (which seem not to include the worst famine areas) there were 837, 1000 cases of typhus reported up to May 20 this year, against only 437,O00 for the previous year. The plague is devastating the southeastern provinces and cen tral Asia. Dr. de Fleury observes that if Rus sia is to hold her own against these diseases she will need large number of doctors weIl-fed doctors, he significantly adds. Medi- cal men from western Europe who cannot go themselves can do their bit by sending food packages to such Russian doctors are left
 The national information bureau, which is sending commission to Russia to study the relief question, has appointed as one of the members Dr. Henry c. Eversole, till lately commissioner of the American Red Cross in Czecho-S -Slovakia; and before that holder of a similar position in Siberia. Dr. Eversole is veteran and an international authority in public health service. His appointment is a token of the shifting emphasis in Russian af- fairs. Famine and the causes of famine are still important, but the spreading epidemcs more urgent.
 There was great fear of the contagion of bolshevism in 1919. It turned out to be groundless, though the sanitary cordon" 90 much laughed at did perform a considerable service If it had been broken at Warsaw in 1920, the subsequent course of European his- tory might have been very different. But bol- shevism died out, in the main, because the po- litica sanitation of western Europe gave it 10 opportunity to enter. We may trust that hy- giene will prevent the spread of other dis eases which are ravaging Russia; but it will be safer to do what could not be done with the disease of bolshevism--to go into Russia and fight the plague at its source.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07
THE INSTINCT TO DOLL UP"

' rom 1eSile w cckiy.
 The superintendent of the New York State Reformatory for Women has made an obser- vation sufficiently surprising to the general public to be good copy for the daily news papers. He says of the inmates of his institu- ton, who are as completely removed from masculine gaze as those of nunnery, that ''they take the same pains in dressing and beautifying themselves here as they would for an Easter parade on Fifth avenue. They love to doll themselves up.'"
 This would seem to confirm those cynics who have been saying for so long that woman did not adorn herself to find favor with man but simply to make her sisters envious. But isn't the sounder explanation that the desire for elf-adornment with her is instinctive, as ir- stinctive as the desire for physical strength ~in man, and by the satisfaction of this desire she helps maintain her self-respect in trying circumstances? It will be sad day for the race if and when men cease to develop muscle and women to make themselves attractive, ex. cept with some definite and practical object in view
 The authorities of the New York state re- formatory would do well, instead of fighting the expression of this instinct, to encourage it, while guiding it along the paths of good taste.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07

The wife of an ex-bartender in New York says he has been on a spree ever since prohibit tion went into effect Before that time he had never touched drop. He had been too busy.
 person with vivid imagination wonders what would happen if clubs and restaurants in London were raided by dry agents. Zeppelin raids would seem tame by comparison.
 x The report that there is friction between Ma Pickford and the mother of Marilynn Mil Ter has no element of improbability, so far AS we can see.
 An old fire horse in Washington is reported to have committed suicide because he was re- duced to drawing garbage cart. It's good story, but it isn't true.
 x It is amusing to see the haste with which candidates for office deny the insinuation that they have been patted on the back by the Ala bama Power company.
 A savant deceares woman isn't happy until she reaches 50. Tut, tutl They don't reach that age any more.
 * # < United States Lines' is the proper name, but those boats are better known as Lasker ticker liners.
 There is much curiosity regarding the car in which MT. Ford was riding when he was re- gently pinched for speeding. It was Lincoln.
 x % The striking shopmen's air of confidence is only matched by the air of confidence worn by the railroad executives.
 Hammers performance against Hon. B. Leonard proves conclusively that there is noth- ing in name.
 A "dark horse" is said to be contending for the hand of Matilde Mccormick. We fear he exists only in the minds of alert reporters. Senator Jim Reed says he wants to heal the wounds of his opponents in the Missouri cam paign. They will need careful nursing.
 
 Charley Chaplin has bought hill out in Cal fornia and proposes to build house on it, some day.
 The fascist of Italy haven't time to don nightshirts and masks before going into action.
 
 Dyeing dogs to match milady's gown is a mean way of trying it on the dog
 <
 We suspected before seeing his picture that Noah Cooper of Tennessee had long neck.
 * X
 Election hostilities show that prohibition is not dead. It is not even sleeping. x x A heavy precipitation of candidates cards preceded the primaries in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07
BE A GOOD CITIZEN AND
 VOTE TOMORROW

Z. It is the duty of every citizen of Alabama to vote tomorrow. The man who complains zloudest about misfits in office is too lazy, too busy or too indifferent to help elect the right kind of public servant. Apathetic elections reveal dangerous tendency in na- tional life, an unwillingness to perform the duties and exercise the privileges of citizen ship.
 The campaign, both in Alabama and in Jef- ferson county, has been quiet, but intensive, 50 far as the candidates were concerned. They have kept their claims and their personalities before the public.
 There is no excuse for any citizen not know ing who are the most competent men seeking public office in this state. If he doesn't know, it is not yet too late to find out, and he should cast his ballot as his convictions and conscience dictate.
 -- -- The type of citizen who scam ballot and gays to himself, "Well, promised to vote for this fellow, but don't know why,' or, Here's ! man I know nothing about, but I've got to vote for somebody, and I guess he'll do," e making mockery of~his vote and his citizen ship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07
LIFE OF A FIvE-DoLLAR BILL

From the Federal Reserve Monthly Review.
 Paper money wears out rapidly and has to be replaced frequently. The life of $5 note for example, is on the average about 10 montns and in New York city is about two months less than the average, owing mainly to the mora rapid rate at which it circulates. This same tendency is seen in the higher rate at which bank deposits turn over in New York than in other parts of the country
 The work of keeping the. paper currency in good condition is done very largely by the federal reserve banks, which in the course of their daily business handle all forms of cur rency and coin, eliminating that which is unfit for further circulation. This service is large item in their annual costs of operation. Last year, for instance, the supply of currency and coin caused an expenditure at the Federal Re- serve bank of New York amounting to about $2,875,000, of which somewhat more than one third represented the cost of printing new federal reserve currency to replace worn notes in circulation and to increase supplies unissued and oi hard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07
ELECTION RESULTS

People who are expecting to learn the election results before retiring Tuesday night will be disappointed" said James F. Haw- kns. q have taken one of these ballots and 'tallied' it. and find it will take about five minutes to count ballot, where there is second choice vote.
 "You can readily see that where there are as many as 300 votes in one box, which is the case in many precincts, it will take all night Tuesday and all day Wednesday to count. Of course the smaller boxes in the rural precincts should be counted by 10 or II o'clock, but where any election is close, the results will not be known until Wednes- day night.
 "The boys in the tax collectors office are preparing to keep tabulted list of the re- turns, and are asking the election officers to phone them the results as soon as the count is completed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 Always the well digger gets in his work.
 Spare hours are the shortest of the busy mans day.
 Wheelbarrows have done more for man kind than automobiles.
 Why isn't the bump of caution placed on the front of mans head?
 A man isn't necessarily bashful because he declines to meet his obligations.
 Many man is given, a soft answer because, he is known to be hard hitter
 That man is to be pitied who can't distin- guish between friend and acquaintance.
 There may be room at the top, but the se- curity is greater at the other extreme.
 Don't fail to learn that it is better to have to regret many loss than to learn the profit of remorse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07
OUTING FOR CHILDREN

"The Automobile club is making big plans for picnic to be given in week or so for the unfortunate children of the city," said Charles G. Davis, president of the club. "We expect to furnish one big days pleasure to several hundred children from the orphanages, Sal vation Army home, the Mercy home, the Neghborhood House and other institutions.
 Right now contributions are being re- ceived from members of the club to pay the ex- penses of. the outing. The response that has greeted contribution cards sent out is more than gratifying. The more we get the more children we can entertain and the happier we will be. There are going to be merry-go- rounds, ice cream cones, cold drinks and every. thing for the pleasure of the little ones."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07
THE MODERN HOTEL IS A, PALACE OF WONDERS

In spite of the wall heard not long since that prohibition would ruin the hotel business, it has assumed formidable proportions in the United States The Hotel Association of New York City has requested the government to in- dude the hotel industry in census tables, &laiming that it is now about fourth or fifth Anong >the country's industries.
 # The application was accompanied by figures ~ show that American hotels wash 8,06S, ,S00,- 100 dishes every year, serve 4S,200,ooo ban >,et guests, provide 3,eoo,ooo,ooo pieces of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07
SOMETHING NEW

"The patented concrete slabs as recently laid down by A. T. Newell on a portion of the street between Gate City and Irondale are at tracting considerable attention,' said M. J. Wheeler, county road superintendent. "They are something new in highway construction work and seem to be thoroughly practicable.
 ''Each of thes eslabe weighs more than a ton and when placed down the road is ready to travel over. MT. Newell, who is a contractor of experience laid the slabs down as demon- stration, but there is possibility that their use may revolutionize highway work"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07
MY HOUSE

 By Clinton Scollard. Although the winds caroYse And brawl the brimming streams, Still will build my house, My house of dreams. On faith, against rude shock, Shall the foundations stands; Thus shall they rest on rock And not on sand. The walls, the roof Ire slopes, Floors mortised skillfully, These of my hearts high hopes Shall shapen be. And all the rooms thereof, Though scant they be and few, Shall be made rich with love Because of you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
PRAISE FOR FIREMEN

Capt E. G. Moore, in charge of the morn ing shift, police department, was high in his praise yesterday morning of the excellent work done by the fire-fighting forces in han ding the conflagration at the Fit-Rite Shoe company, Second avenue. "If the firemen of this city had not been put through such gruel- ing training under the efficient direction of Chief S. A. Middleton and Assistant Chief Aiken, a greater toll on property in the Sec ond avenue district would have been taken Saturday night" said Captain Moore.
 q believe that those boys who mounted lad ders and onto the roof of that burning build ing are as husky specimens of physical man. hood as can be found anywhere. The two fire chiefs deserve lot of praise for the work they have done in bringing the department to the present high state of efficiency"