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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
Vegetation Came Out Quickly

Vegetation took it's own time about making its spring bow" said Robert c. Redus, "but when it did start to put on it's best bib and tucker it did not waste any time in getting ready for Easter. It seems to me that the trees came into full leaf overnight. noticed an elm which was a bit ambitious and put out some tender feelers only to have them bitten by bitter frost, and l thought it had suffered beyond redemp- tion, but Wednesday morning I passed it and was glad to see that the leaves had a good green color and looked healthy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
Paderewski's Retirement
 From Concert Stage [,

1.-THE announcement that Ignace
 N Paderewski, pianist and com- poser, and in these troublous times distinguished as Poland's foremost patriot and statesman, will never again appear on the concert stage, causes no surprise, but thousands of people throughout the world who have been entranced by his music will learn of his decision with unfeigned sorrow. There is tinge of pathos in it, too a master artist who had felt an in- spiration in the teeming audiences he held rapt, now in the prime of life, taking quiet leave of countless ad mirers.
 After all, however, Paderewski is right. If conditions in Poland become stable he may relinquish political leadership, but for sometime to come his public duties will be so exacting as to prevent him from keeping up piano practice; and it is practice daily practice-that makes the vir- tuoso.
 Paderewski is not yet fifty-eignt, and being of sound health he might have looked forward to many more years of professional activity; but when the war came he offered him self unreservedly to the cause of suf- fering humanity. His countrymen were starving and he and his gracious wife raised great relief fund. From that time on he became more than ever the idol of Poland.
 When last heard in recital he was at the height of his virtuosity. He was performing for charity, and in New York, Boston, Birmingham and wherever he appeared during his last months in America he fairly sur passed himself. Could he be induced to return to the footlights, his play ling, after period of years away from the piano, would, as a matter of course, show marked deterioration, and that would be painful to those who had heard him at his best.
 For the sake of art, therefore, and for his own brilliant reputation, he has acted wisely. There are scores of excellent pianists, but none had so strong an appeal to the many os Paderewski. His music will remain a tender memory, but as a patriot he will be signally honored to the end of Ilife's span wherever freedom IS prized and great deeds cherish sd. x :x x
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
THE LOST IVORY CHARM

AHin Wapakoneta (Ohio) News.
 LOST-Watch fob chain and piece of my own skull as charm. Finder please return to William Weber.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17

PROSTITUTION OF TALENT ''Who is the gentleman" "A landscape architect" 'He seems upset about something" ''Yes. He has been asked to pro- vide a suitable setting for portable garage"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
STICKING TO FACTS

oIICkINJ ID FACTS
 The press agent of this musical comedy is evidenly careful man" Why SOP" He gives due credit to everybody who had anything to do with staging the production and speaks in the high est terms of Dame Nature who pro- vided the dimples exhibited by a oale- legged chorus"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17

CHOICE OF WORDS T object to your statement that the world is going to pot"
 "On what grounds, sir?+
 q gather from a nasty reading of the newspapers that what large par. of the world needs right now is some- thing to put in the pot"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17

Nrx heart Iaments, that virtue cannot live Out of the teeth of emulation.
 Julius Caesar.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
Marie. Brethren of the Cloth

"One of my ministerial brethren ac- cused me of trying to get corner on marrying the men of the cloth who take unto themselves better halves" said pr. c. Ross Baker, pastor of the Wood- lawn Baptist church.
 T suppose he. made his objection be- cause it fell to my lot to tie the nuptlal knot for Chapl ain John Inzer and his fair helpmeet awhile back and more recently to perform the ceremony for pr. W. R. F'igell and his lovely bride. The former is now back in his old pas torate at Mobile and the latter is talk ing up his new work at Sheffield"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter, un- der act of Congres, March s, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Al Dirty City ,

Al Dirty City
 While standing at street corner talk ing to Dr. N. A. Barrett, president Of the city commission board, a few days ago I noticed large number of hand bills and other papers lying on the street and sidewalk" said L. P. Hill, veteran newspaper man. T called his attention to them and asked why such littering of the streets was permitted. I know there must have been at least 1000 handbills scattered around that corner, and they looked like they had been there some time.
 "Dr. Barrett agreed that the streets should De kept free of trash and rub bish, but he said the city had no money with which to pay for cleaning up the streets.
 'All of this rubbish on the, streets makes a bad impression on visitors and is disgusting to the home people. I sin cerely hope everybody will observe clean up week and then when they succeed in getting the city clean keep it clean"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-17

Now. I buy lot of books thinking I am going to take them home and devour them, and then get so busy that I forget all about them for days, or months, or years, full knowing, however, that the hour is sure to arrive when I will take them up and read them. To get the best there is in book one must be in tune for it. Not having the time to delve into the volume on quilts, I just contented myself with looking at the pictures I am glad this is picture age and that even the twentieth century school books are filled with rare illustrations
 
 The first one in colors in the book is saThe Bedtime Quilt in blue. with it's procession of night-clad children in white, with stars in center of blue, and a half moon. Just the thing for the little tots to be snugly tucked in before the mother croons her nursery songs or tells the story of little Bo Peep, or of the birds that nestle in the trees while friendly stars above keep watch.
 Then comes ''The Iris" design. and the Morning GlorieS SIoioW- Both Of these are lovely in their soft colors 'eThe Daisy is also an ideal pattern for a child's bed, the blue, yellow and white blending beautifully together. ''The Pop nv, diagram is more intricate and the colors brighter and bolder, the red show ing conspicuously against the green. But haven't space even to give the floral titles, for there are beautiful specimens of tulips, sunflowers. pansies, roses and
 TI1c I the hook and I'll smother you in quilts.
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produced;
head boss of the Plaindeaer

other is the method of selecting and
paying the probation officers. They
are appointed and removed at the
pleasure of the judge; their salaries,
within certain limit are also fixed
by him. No special qualification is
required of a probation officer; in
Connecticut many had no previous
training for the work, and seven pro-
baton officers had had for their oc-
equations that of liveryman, halter,
contractor, Waterman, court messen-
ger, and dealing with peoples"
I'm a large proportion of the So
called delinquents there is an ac-
compartment of low mentality" says
the report. Mental examinations to
determine the mental condition of
delinquent children are given but
rarely. This, in the view of the re-
port, is a weak point in the proceed
ure of the State in dealing with del
inquent children. Many children are
brought into SQUIRT again and again
before it is finally determined as a
result of an adequte mental examin-
alton that they are feeble-minded.
The report concludes with IL rec
concentrations which it is hoped that
Connecticut will put into effect. They
include more adequte institutional
care for the Predetermined, testing
and special training for mentally de-
fective delinquents,' revision of the
laws for the care of dependent chill
dren, and the qualification test for
probation officers.
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FATHER OF 20 CHILDREN.

St. Louis, Mo. (SpeciaD-B. B.
Banks, a colored man, who lives in
Benton, St Louis County, says he is
the father of forty children.
Banks asserts that all his 'rbabiesv
are alive. He says be has six sons
fighting in France.
Banks was discovered in Division
No. 5 of the Circuit Court, where he
was a plaintiff, in an action against
the Clover Leaf Casualty Company.
seeking judgment of $500 for alleged
personal injuries suffered while en-
ployed at a steel plant.
"Pve been married three times
Banks said. By my first wife / had
eighteen children. She's dead. Nv
second wife had no children. I d.
voreed her. ! had twenty-five chill
dren by my third wife"
Brother Banks Is alright being a
live wire he is nObly and manfully
doing his part to increase the popu-
lation Of the United States.-Editor.
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JUDGMENT RENDERED IN FAV-
OR OF EAST ST. LOUIS RIOT
VICTIM.

Special--Mrs- Carrie Redmond
Williams. of Madison, Ill, has beer
awarded a judgment of $4,000
against the East st. Louis and Sub
urban Railway Company.
This case grew out of an assault
upon Mrs Williams on one Of this
eompany's cars during the East st.
Louis-riot Of July 2, 1917. Although
she was injured in East st. Louis,
H., the case was filed and tried in
the courts of ST. Louis, No., because
of the cars Of the company entering
this State and It was possible to get
service on them here.
There are number Of other cases
filed against this railway company
and Mrs. Williams is the first to be
tried. Others win be heard during
this term Of court
Attorney Homer c. Philips repre-
sented Mrs.. Williams and Is also the
plaintiffs attorney in the remaining
eases to be heard
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Easeern Advisory Board

Hon. Fred. r. Moore, Chairman
Mrs. Frances r. Keyser, Vice Chair.
man; Prof. Adena C. E. Minott, Sec.
retary-Treasurer; Mr.. Menko H
Wolfe; Mrs. Addie W. Hunton, Rev
DR.. VIM. H. Brooks; Rev. Father
Hutehins C. Bishop.
The mental sciences will not cure
all the ills which have been hung upon
the Colored people, but if they. will
cause them in the slightest degree to
expand or develop their minds, so that
they will form the habit of reason
ing from cause to effect, Mental Sci
ence will have accomplished a lasting
benefit for the Colored race in this
country.
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GRADUATING EXERCISES OF
THE CLIO SCHOOL OF MEN
TAI SCIENCES. WAS A VERY
ENJOYABLE AFFAIR.
Prof. Adena c. E. Minott, Delivered
a Far Reaching Address, The
Unfaiiing Law of sueeess:2

Monday evening, the Clio School
of Mental Sciences, held its second
anniversary celebration of the es-
tablishing of the school in Chi
cago, at the school rooms, 3543 S.
State street; which were crowded
from end to- end by some of the
most prominent citizens in Chicago.
Mr.. Ford.S. Black, author of Blacks
Blue Book, who is very much inter
ested in the school, saw to it, that
all who entered registered their
names in a book and at the end of
the reception and celebration, it
contained more than one hundred
and twenty-five names.
Major John R. Lynch, was the
chairman of the affair. Miss Adena
L. Price; Mrs. Mamie Marshall, and
Madam Martha Broadus-Anderson,
Mrs. Estelle Bonds Majors, accom-
PIANIST, furnished the highly delight
full musical program; Salutatory Ad-
dress, Mrs. Emma Nc Dougal; vale
dictory address, Miss Adena L. Price,
who delivered it in place of Mrs.
Mary Thurman, who could not at
tend.
The annual address, the "Unfailing
Law of Success" Prof. Adena c. E.
Minott; Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett,
was substituted in place of Prof.
Richard T. Greener, who was unable
to be present, to present the certif-
Gates to the graduates, and Mrs.
Barnett was just as eloquent, smi-
lingly sweet as she possibly could be
and her remarks were very appropri-
ate and right to the point and she
made each graduate feel, that they
had high and very important mis-
sion to perform among their fellow
creatures here on this earth.
The social hour, for students, men,
bers and friends, was a delightfully."-
pleasing feature. and during that hour
choice refreshments were served.
The following are some of the
members of the Western Advisory
Board of Chicago School of Mental
Sciences: Prof. Richard T. Greener,
Major John R. Lynch, Mr.. Anthony
0verton, Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay
Davis, Prof. Adena C. E. Minott, DR..
George C. Hall, Rev. Father John
Henry Simons.
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U. S. Department of Labor.
INFORMATION AND EDUCATION
SERVICE
EDUCATIONAL DIVISION
Washington

The need of better care for Con-
necticut's dependent and delinquent
children, of making special provision
for defective children, and the nee
essity for changes in the probation
system are all brought out strikingly
in a report on Children Before the
Courts in Connecticut" prepared by
Professor VIM. B. Bailey of Yale Uni
versity, for the Children's Bureau Of
the UsS. Department of Labor.
Things have progressed long way
since the passage of the Blue Laws
in 1850, which allowed the correction
of youthful offenders by cutting of
theirs ears, but in the opinion of the
report, enough changes from the old
system have not yet been made. The
need of prevention rather than pun
ishment is emphasized.
In New Haven, the largest city in
the State, 692 children were brought
before the courts in 1914 and 1915.
Of this number 672 were boys. Dur
ing that period no child under 6 was
tried, though one boy of 6 was COM
mitted for burglary, an unusually ser
rious offense for his age. One pris-
oner summoned to appear in court
and confined overnight was so youth
full that the next morning he had to
have assistance in getting himself
drssed before appearing in court. He
was not allowed to remain in his
home overnight while awaiting trial.
The children's offenses varied from
playing ball in the street and bathing
naked to trespass and theft
An exact connection between pow
erty and delinquency is difficult to
establish, although the report points
out that the families of one-fourth
of the New Haven children concern
ed had at one time or another re-
ceived aid from the associated char
tiles.
Prior to 1917 Connecticut had no
special laws governing the trial of
children. They were jeeted to the
same legal processes Asadult Offend
ers. An act passed in 1917 provides
that no child under II shall be CON-
nitted to a jail or common lookup
while awaiting trial, although it is
not obligatory to have all hearings
away from the other business Of the
court.
In most cases before city courts
IN Connecticut, a child is arrested
one day and tried the next This
does not allow time for the proba-
bon ofieer to insAtigate the cease,
md advise the court about the dis
position Of it. This, IN the opinion
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to fix laws for the GROWING work
of his creation, oversighting human
society its successes and failures,
leaving it without chart, compass or
rudder as guides law for its ex-
istence.
The individual. who rises in the
rank, or in the esteem and confidence
of his fellowmen, rises not haphax-
ardly, nor by chance, but by fixed
and certain laws which he obeyed,
consciously or unconsciously With
out obeying these laws he could never
have arisen. The individual who fails
in life does so, not because he ''had
not the pull nor luck of the other
fellow" as. people often excuse them
selves by saying, but because he dis
obeyed wholly or substantially the
laws OF success
And may 1 say right here, that
what is true of individual success is
also true of racial success God, Nat
ure, The Universe, whatever differ
ent minds may wish to recognize as
the lawgiver and law builder of the
world, the all-governing hand of So
ciety, has laid down laws which must
be obeyed, and disobedience of them
means failure in spite of yearning,
partly-striving, ambitious hearts for
success socially, ciivicaly or financi-
ally.
Laws are stern, unyielding, merci-
less; and the laws that govern the
universe, like civil laws, allow no ex-
cuse for ignorance, and the penalty
for violation of natures laws is. ami
hilation, whether the disobedience be
of physical, psychological or social
laws
The laws of unfailing, individual
or collective success, are typical of
natures laws, that is to say, they are
mighty and wonderful, yet simple and
comprehensive People need but to
bring their minds into subsection of
these laws and they viii find unfail-
ing success not the unattainable some
thing many supposed it TO be, but
that it is infinitely easier to live in
accordance with than to dodge and
circumvent as many try to do.
Man is not born with a mind fully
developed, hence it is capable of i'm
provement, and the greater the i'm
provement of the mind, the greater
becomes its power to draw to it the
success it needs. make this state
ment at this time because / wish to
speak of the power of magnetism
and ability, as conductive factors to
success.
Magnetism plays an important part
IN the role of success. Cooperation
of others with q given individual is
one of the necessary factors to sue
cess in every line Of endeavor. I'll
one cannot inspire others to help him,
or take a grip on those who should
help him, his life cannot be wholly |
successful. Bear in mind, however,
hat the cooperation spoken Of win
come soon and in fuller measure II
1ne relies upon himself for the bur
len Of his work. Other attributes
hat should be possessed are, rsli-
lbflity, thorouehness, promptness, po-
iteness, ehserfulness, self-relianee,
'ympathy, humility. self-eontrol, ec-
,ncmy, frueality, persisteney and the
,se,ed care Of health. People may
Gym to succeed who do not possess
N the above named traits; but you
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By Prof. Alden. C. E. Minott.

Mr. CHAIRMAN, MeulDcES VI tHc
School, Students, Friends:
We are gathered here this even
ing upon a similar occasion as we
were a year ago. We are met for
the purpose of delving into the facts
and usefulness of the studies taught
in the Clio School of Mental Sciences,
and to hear the testimony, as it were,
of those who have been making the
study their own during the months
that have elapsed. There are many
of these Students present, two, from
whom you have heard already, and
the others We hope you win meet
later on.
should much prefer to have list
ened tonight than to speak, but there
are some formal requirements to
which one must conform at times and
50, in the wake of this formal obliga-
ton, assume the pleasant duty of
addressing you tonight.
The subject selected for my adj
hess to you, is Sueeess-The Un-
falling Law of Success. This sub
ject suggested itself to me as one
that viii interest you because, wher-
ever we go, in whatever line of en-
deavor, we find people employed, the
desire uppermost in their minds
is for success
The word success has several mean
ings; one of which is ITO end with
advantage" Let US consider this
meaning mostly IN my address. There
ne as many kinds of success as
here are individuals, ambitions and
mans of occupations; but in spite
Of the diversity of occupations, am
htiOns and strivings, there is but one
law of success. This is not strange
when we realize that the law-loving
Architect of the universe, God, has
established everywhere, both in the
realm of mind and of matter defi-
mite rules or laws differing in char
seter but governing the varied objects
N the world according to the group
to which they belong, whether of
mind or of matter.
In the physical world definite laws
differing in character govern the var
led objects from the humblest shrub
to the giant oak; the most remote
star to the mighty, majestic sun, and
iron the simpIets growth Of animal
he to the perfect, wonderful and
sublime masterpiece Of creation
nan.
Just as we find this reign of law
matter, so we find it in mind. The
sst man who ever reasoned out or
cured mathematical problem cor
eety, viii find his answer agrees IN
Aeduet with the last being who shall
reason and figure it out. The men
VI past medieval and the present
Ss' Reasoning upon vital and weighty |
s0eSaOns, find TIER conclusions car
Fng weight with the thinkers Of
successive generations. proving that
Aefe Is but one set of laws govern
~e al human thought for an time
&0o Tor all ages.
Al the laws of the human mind
" not fully understood yet, but
Aeh new one unraveIed By recog-
A1ed thinkers harmonizes and dove
With the system Of Universal
1t is not to be supposed. nor
50. that the regulating hand Of
Universe, deEiated from his meth
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Mrs. Paul EesiestOn, 1913 s. Park
avenue. lately returned home from
Madison, Ca. bringing with her hsr
aged parents. Mr.. and Mrs. B. F.
johnson, who win make their future
home with their daughter and SON
in-Isw. At this writing her father,
Mr.. johnson, Is quite IN. being con-
fined At Provident Hospital He is
under the siiIlful medical care Of
DR.. W. H. Marshall
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THE UNFAILING Law OF sue.
CESS.