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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
When Artists Models
 Appear in the Movies

A UDREY MUNSON, yclept the A perfect woman," was acquit- ted by a jury in St. Louis, where she was charged with immoral pos ing. Audrey stated that she would abandon her profession if she could not pose in the nude. Shaking hands with the palpitating jurors, she as sured them that they had arrived at a just decision.
 But why should the famous Au- drey be brought to trial in St. Louis or anywhere else for exhibiting her shapely figure in a motion picture at this late day, when the entire coun- try, through the medium of the newspapers and. the magazines, has perfect conception of whom she looks when ready for bath?
 The chief criticism that should be directed against personable young females who exploit their charms in the movies is that they are not catering to art, but to the sensation seekers who pass by a good photo play to see one that promises to be daring, if not salacious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
COOLIDGE AND THE PALMS

Edward G. Lowry in the New Repub-
 lie
 By tradition and precedent the Vice President has become the official diner-out of the administration. Every night from November until May he must sally forth in his glad rainAnt and eat for his party and his chiet. He and the potted palms that the close observer of official life notes being hauled from one house to an other every afternoon during the sea son are social fixtures. No big dinner is complete without both of them. The r.llms stand in the corners and on the stairways. Anciently 1t was q game, mildly Jiverting, to scratch one's name on the under side of the fronds and then keep tab to see how many times one encountered the same palms and back ground. but the Vice President is essentially foreground. He sits on the right of the hostess. He is the chief figure of the feast. The palms are. or are supposed to be. decorative The Vice President sell dom or never is. The theory is that he is witty and amusing, or 1earned and informative, or a wei, of deep in side stuff about current political af- fai
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
THE TREATf WITH GERMANY

From the New York Globe.
 The progress of the treaty of Ser lin through the Senate foreign rela- tions committee presents melan- choly spectacle. Of course. it will be ratified. II must be ratified in or der that the country may be extri- cated from the pretense of contlnu- ing the war with Germany. But it Is a cold-blooded way out of an unten- able position. Not even it's prota- gonists have any good thing to say for it. Unrelentng selfishness can rot be eXtolled. We have taken everything which the treaty of Yer sailles put at our disposal and we legations which that compact sought to impose. No body of responsible men can boast of such a triumph. We know too well that we have used great power meaniy. We plead the eXigencies- of internal politics, but most Americans, Secretary Hughes and President Harding probably not least of all. are saddened by the rep utation for narrow selfishness which our recent behavior in the interna- . tional field has earned. ldealism and generosity are persistent American traits. There is shardly a family M the United States, whatever the con duct of it's individual members. which is not taught to honors the qualities which are ignored in the treaty of Berlin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
sHArrEnING IDOLS

From the Columbus Enquirer-Sun
 This is. as you might say, an icon elastic age. We scarcely get accus- toned to something before some fel- low comes along and. shatters 1t. For instance. all these years, we have fire which swept the city of Chicago some@5O years ago, was caused by Mrs. OLearys COW kicking over a lamp. but some fellow comes along So, how are We to keep our history straight?
 The Atlanta Georgian presents some facts in connection with this dis ments both of which are interesting. Here's the way the Georgian looks at the matter:
 "Both Mrs. O'Leary and her COW, before the fire started. Whether they base this assertion on a newly discovered confession of Mrs. O'Leary or of the COW Is not apparent. Suf- flee it that the storX is false and that the cows reputation was wrongfully ulackened
 The world owes an apology to that COW. For 50 years she has held up to obloquy as having caused one of the greatest fires known to his- tory She has been looked upon as bad COW, particularly by insurance companies. And now it turns out that she was 8 perfectly we'll be- haved. ladylike COW, who went to bed early and chewed her cud with out evil design
 Rest in peace. o COW, Yours was the common fate of all; into each life some rain must fall--or afterward.
 After many centuries, the story of William Tell and the apple turns out to be bunk. Romulus and Re- mus were never suckled by wolf. The story of Rip Van Wrinkle sleep ing for 20 years is fake. We even doubt whether Nero played the fid- dlo while Rome burned. He was probably playing auction pinochle.
 Fifty years hence the exile of the Kaiser may be denied; Babe Ruth may be regarded as a myth and John Barleycorn may not have solitary friend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
BY SCARLET TORCH AND BLADE

With dragon-spit she hisses and with
 maniacal wrath She laughs to scorn the human things
 that try to block her path. On wonder crest they've made their
 stand--hark to the timber fall, Again the winds have veered around
 --the bosses curse and call Through driving blasts of pitch-pine
 heat and pitch-pine smoke and
 smell,
 shes turned again-hang to your
 tools--and damn you--run like
 Hell"
 A four-league stretch Is burning
 now--the cavalcade of death Moves on with scarlet torch and
 blade and with a scarlet breath. And over all the smoking ridge, the
 clouds that hang iflee lead Oh. Is it any wonder that the moons
 . red-hot red That the thirsty earth's a drowsin8
 meath lowering panoply From Frisco to Seattle-from thes
 Rockies to the sea. For the skirmish that they're hav'ns
 up the Clear Creek e~"sua
 there
 Is but one of all the flareups tAat
 are burning everywhere. And you'll know them-oh. you'll know them when decades
 come and gone, And the lifeless bark has fallen from those trunks turned pale and
 wan And their ghostly. gray battalions
 in their long, unbroken lines. Stalk the ridges. rising. falling-- ghosts that once were frs and
 pines
 You will know them, you will know them when a score of years has
 run.
 Faintly limned in mist or gleaminS
 silver lauces in the sun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
Unnsuai Business

Our business at the State Fair has been unusual, taking in consideration all the circumstances, said Ed J., Salter, publicity agent for the Johnny J. Jones exposition. When we start ed our trip south we knew that con- ditions were not as favorable as those of last year, and We were expecting decrease in business.
 We have been agreeably surprised, however, and have found business at the Alabama State Fair very satis- factory. Of course, the Johnny J.. Jones shows have become not mere ly a feature of the State Fair, but an institution, and l want to say that much of our success in this. as in former years, has been largely due to the cooperation we have received from the fair management, the press and the many friends we have made since joining this circuit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
CHEMISTS COMING SOUTH

:, f1culty, and there is no doubt that a
 sufficient number would agree to go
 to secure a special private train, so
 as to make tho journey both com
 fortable and enjoyable.
 l In the great southern Appalachian section there are large waterpowors
 surrounded. by valuable deposits of coal, limestone, salt, Iron ore and
 metallic, that makes this section a
 metallis, that makes this sect--n
 veritable storehouse filled with op- tportunities for the establishment of a wide range of chemical industries.
 We cannot emphasize too strongly
 what the coming meeting of the
 American Chemical society to Bir-
 mingham. means to the south; nor
 can we emphasize any more strongly the valuable things which the chem
 ists of the country can leafn by an intensive study of the south's chemi -s cal potentialities.
 The American Chemical society rnmberss in #membershp over 1S,0oes chemists. Theses men are, for theH most part active factors in directing. the manufacturing processes in the great industries of the Country. No one can estimate the many improve-4 ments that have been made in indus
 trial progress through the study and the application Of the chemist. By
 research and experimentation old methods of manufacturing have been revolutionized: new products of su- tperior quality and broader adapta '
 bility have been developed; wastes
 have been eliminated or utilized so as to reduce the cost of manufacture or create some new useful article. Without the chemist our great iron.
 steel and other metallurgical plants l could not operate; the automobile would not have been possible. and we would be without proper fighting | equipment for our army and navy. The clothing we wear and through the highly developed art Of canning,
 the things we eat, are made possible only with the aid of the chemist In fact, from the fertilizer that goes itno the ground to enrich the soil and
 make it produce greater crops, I.through all periods of mans life and activities the chemist Is an im- portant, vital factor, creating. pro- ducing improving and expanding all
 our industrial pursuits and making | the progress in all phases of our na- tional life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
THE GINGHAM GIRLS
From the Savannah News.

From the Savannah News.
 Fifty seventy-five and a hundred
 years from now the folks win speak
 of these days as the good old times Today we are inclined to look back at the good old days" of similar lapses of time in the past. The truth is that all days are bet
 true that in larger, more meaning
 ful manner today<is always--in every progressing period-infinitely better than any period of the past. Today conditions in many ways arc far bet ter than they were in grandfather's and grandmother's time. But for all that memorable fact Of record, the past in its pictures ever turns up to point it's virtues and emphasize their 1 importance. For example the good old days"--with all their hardships and lack of comforts and conven- 1 iences--have still 8 virtue of sim
 plicity by which the present might profit. Even with the modern com plexities of new methods of activity ana new manners of living, it mi ght
 be we'll to drop back to the sim plicities of the past In some things. Along this line, paragraph from
 the Cordele Dispatch is in point;
 "The kind of booster we like is the
 good looking girl who wears mort
 gingham dresses. It Is . fine habit because 1t means cotton consumption.
 A tip to the short dress crowd: Ging-
 ham dresses have tendency in the
 right direction. Wear them, boost
 them use more gingham dresses and
 help dad get more for his cotton
 crcp."
 [ Now there are ginghams and ging-
 hams. Today there are to be seen ginqhams everywhere. And yet they ! arr rot the ginghams of other years. 1 In the old time sense "gingham'' had i with the simplicity of life in the home, of industry and thrift and
 economy. It carried somehow with
 it the idea that the girls not only i helped boost the price of the cotton
 that father grew by being loyal to ! the fabrics made from cotton, but
 that they in their gipgham frocks-
 they we're not elaborate dresses
 kept busy about the house helping
 mother with the household duties
 "GingEams' and bushes and modesty
 and becoming reserve had co-rela-
 ton that is subtle but certain. Ging-
 ham carried the thought of sanity ] and normalcy and wholesomeness; Il i meant less of sham and excess and dissipation; it mig ght be good thing
 if the present times-with all theil progress and advancement and ae' ! complishment--could capitalize tht heritage of the good old days wher the girls wore gingham frocks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Mir. Pierce and ~The Cause55

MT. Pierce and "The Cause55 To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 In your issue of october ,, appears statement attributed to MT. N. l. Pierce. enforcement officer for the state of Alabama.
 MT. Pierce complains that too much publicity is being given the killing of Curtis Tidmore and appears to place the newspapers in the role of being enemies of the cause"
 It is to be assumed that the cause referred to is that of prohibition. Inasmuch as Curtis Tidmore had no whisky at the time of his death and had never been suspected of having been involved in any whisky transac- tions the ringing. in of that issue is not Justified.
 MT. Pierce states that the way in which the killing of Curtis Tidmore fs being received strikes him rather strangely"
 What MT. Pierce should do in order to clarify his version is to circulate around the streets of Birmingham, where these rife rumors" are circu- lating. He should then visit Blount and St. Clair counties where Curtis Tidmore was known. Especially he should attend the mass meeting of the citizens of these two counties, which is to be held at the courthouse at Oneoata tonight. for the purpose of conforming the killing of Tid- more and of taking some steps to prevent recurrence. of such a trag- edy in this state. He should also visit Autrey Gap neighborhood on straight mountain and interview the widow of Curtis Tidmore, who is now working in the fields trying to gather the crop made by her dead husband and at the same time take care of four babies.
 He might then find that the news papers are not imposing on him. but merely reflecting faintly an en- ragged public opinion.
 Also he might learn that nobody in these communities justifies as self defense the attack by a carload of armed officers on two poor farmers. who happened to have a jo-ree shot gun in the bottom of a wagonful of farm truck.
 Tn addition he might gather that In this section the newspapers are not considered the enemies of the cause so much as armed bands of men bearing the states commission or the commission of the United states, patrolling the highways of the state and killing it's citizens.
 r. c. CHENEY,
 Aiigood, October 6. 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
cMm1tNaMdAnssell
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
 self-made men never cease to. praise their makers.
 The person who has no will of ms own has an incurable malady.
 It Is easier for some men to sing Hymn than speak the truth.
 Realities of matrimony are usually less pleasing than the illusions of love
 Lawyers are so plentiful that but few criminals get a chance to plead guilty.
 The woman who always tells the truth tells about nine unpleasant ones out of possible ten.
 When the contracting parties unite in their efforts to make marriage a success it Is seldom failure. No doubt Columbus imagined that the world was round because it failed to treat him altogether square. Some insects reach maturity in 30 ! minutes after birth, and some specl- mems of the human race do not ma ture in so years Probably nothing bores man moro than to have another man begin to explain something that he was just going to explain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
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Heavy Fire Losses
 Due to Carelessness

@ CTOBER 10 will be Fire Pre- " vention Day in the United States. President Harding has al ready issued a proclamation calling on the governors of the various states of the union to set apart this day for showing the destructive eff fccts of fire and urging citizens to cooperate in reducing the danger from this source.
 In every school in the land there should be appropriate exercises. Every man, woman and child in the country should be awakened to a realization of the peril of fires which are due in majority of cases to carelessness. Millions of dollars worth of property and thousands of lives are sacrificed every year be- cause the necessary precautions are not taken.
 The Presidents proclamation urges Systematic instruction in fire prevention in our schools, constant observance of the ordinary precau- tions that safeguard us from fires, and an orderliness in home and com munity that we may overcome this lurking peril"
 Governor kilby has issued his proclamation calling on the people of Alabama to observe Fire Proven tion Day. Statistics show that most of the fires which occur in this coun- try could be prevented. Such an ap-' palling waste of life and property is heavy toll to pay for careless ness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08

We've always suspected that to- bacco was germicidc A whiff from some pipes would prostrate a boil wecviL The second assembly of the League of Nations has adjourned without creating q hiatus in tho worlds af- fairs.
 If Henry Ford succeeds in getting the salaries Sof federal judges in- creased they1l quit riding in his cars.
 < # z day."--Headline. The adjective seems to have been well chosen.
 # & x There are times when Colonel Forbes is almost as vigorous in his language as Charley Dawes.
 * # < Mobile women have indorsed the cereal beverage bill. "Brooksie" says. "They shall not pass"
 # * * It is reported that Judge Taft has reduced his weight, but we demand a look at the scales.
 # # * Birmingham municipal campaign is drawing to a close, much to- the relief of the voters.
 * * # With an enrolment of 3,449 Yale is assured plenty of football material.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08

Anthony Euwer, in Leslie's. Up the Sacramento Valley from the
 Frisco country south, To Seattle and Vancouver there's a
 thirsty, baking drouth From the Rockies to the Coast
 Range meath the heavy, hang
 ing haze
 Leagues and leagues of trees are giving up their ghosts In smoke
 and blaze. There are endless acres smouldering,
 their trunks forever dead Oh. is it any wonder that the suns
 a red-hot red. From the towns they're rushing
 fighters-rushing rushing them
 by rail-
 They're meeting them In motors and
 they'll tote 'em up the trail Where the pack-nags are a-packlng
 with tramp, tramp, tramp Packing tools and grub and blankets,
 up the canyon to the camp She's headed up for Clear Creek and
 she'll make it ere she stops, For she's a roaring cTown-fire with
 her wind-swept, blazing tops. From flaming lance to flaming lance
 on through the parching day, Exhaling clouds of rolling black, she
 urges on her way. She sucks the flying embers like
 burning hurricane, She filings them miles around her
 in sputtering. sparkling rain: She pants and thirsts for living
 green. she stays not for the
 snags,
 She's charged the steep <erNbank-
 ments and she's gained the
 higher crags. Her Devils dance leads ever up--ex- ultingly she swings Her wild red arms out toward the heights-she sizzles and she [
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A TEST OF PHILOSOPHY

A TEST OF PHILOSOPHY 1 The optimistic brother tells us we | should never fret, | Or worry over illnesses or getting into debt.
 He says a. hopeful spirit will soon
 dissipate our woe And give us strength of character 1 to weather every blow. His talk is rather pleasing and we're
 willing to concede | That optimism now and then Is something that we~need. But when our friendly teacher has some sorrow of his own And substitutes for cheerfulness a melancholy tone, We cannot help but wonder why he
 doesn't try the plan He recommends so freely to his
 troubled fellow man. Which leads to the conclusion, and it cannot be denied, 'Twixt practicing and preaching
 there's chasm rather wide.
 MORE POWER TO HIM
 My boy, you can't support my daughter in the style to which she is accustomed"
 T don't intend to, sir. If I can't make her a credit to her sex I'll throw up the job and tell my trou- bles to lawyer" r Your hand, my boy I wish some chap like you had gotten hold of her mother about 20 years ago"
 DETERRENT SERIES
 T met Prof. Diggs this morning and asked him what he thought about tho world series"
 "well?"
 He thought I wanted him to ex- plain the nebular hypothesis"
 CHEERED CONSIDERABLY
 Did the plumber fix that pipe in the bathroom?" asked Mir Clipping. "He came and looked at it, said Mrs. Clipping.
 "Umphl I hope that did him lot of good"
 "It seemed so. He went away whistling and didn't come back"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08

AoAiA eHo hdHuIacturerS Record.
 N ENCOURAGEMENT has been | AA made by the American Chem
 ical society that the spring meeting will be held in Birmingham in April next.
 The coming of this great chemical organization to the south is filled with significant importance to this section. It is not only a tribute to the south and what it has done and what it still offers to the Amer 1 ican chemical industry, but this visit will give the south an opportunity >such as seldom comes to put Its ad- vantages and resources for chemical and associated industries directly be- fore the foremost chemists in the l land.
 The south should make the most of this chance. Its own chemists and industrial leaders should in the meantime be gathering together facts that will enable them to tell at the Birmingham meeting what the south las done and what 1t canedo in be- coming a real part in creating and | making permanent a comprehensive and co-ordinated American chemical | industry. Southern chemists will no doubt be given a place on tho pro- gramme for this laudable purpose, and if the right initiative and ag- gressiveness is shown in measuring up to the situation, great good can be done in centering attention upon the south.
 Unquestionably the south can learn great deal from the gathering of such large body of chemical ex- rerts; but at the same time 1t can also impart to them much valuable information that will permit the wis iting chemists to carry away with them broader Knowledge and appre- ciation of the chemical potentialities of the south.
 Knowing there many interesting developments for the Chemists to sec as they pass through the south on their way to Birmingham, the Manu- lecturers Record would suggest that the eastern chemists arrange to start l for Birmingham some five or six days before the meeting and make | their journey through the south an inspection tour, stopping at some of the places where notable develop ments have taken place. Such a trir was made in 1918 by the American Electro chemical society in their ap- preciation of the opportunity 1t gave them to sec so thoroughly and al first hand many of the important re- sources and potentialities of the Southern Appalachian region for chemical and electro chemical under l takings.
 The eastern chAmist could ar range a similar trip with little dif-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
Response to Publicity

'It is interesting just what a little publicity will do," said E. k. open shaw, but that is the only way the people have of expressing their views.
 For instance, the other day just after that child was run down by an automobile In Avondale park I was talking to newspaper man and stated that l thought it would be q splendid thing to close the road through the park.
 "The newspaper man wrote my suggestion up In the paper and many more were of the same opinion and as result the road has been closed and the park in future will be a\real playground for the children.
 Tt is bad that an accident causing the death of one child should be necessary to bring things like that to the attention of the public"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
A DAY DREAM

That was g smooth stock saIcs- man in here just now"
 "He was, indeed" said Mir. Dub- waite. "He hadn't been talking five minutes before I saw myself stepping briskly into a bank to deposit a few hundred thousand dollars, then strolling around to my tailor to or der a winter outfit of a dozen suits and making an engagement with 8 friend of mine in the motor business to look at the fall styles in nmou- sines."
 What happened next?"
 "oh. I woke up, glanced hastily about to sec if was still sitting in the little old office and wished him Good morning."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
A BID FOR SUPPORT

"The candidates said, My friends and fellow citizens, was not born in log cabin, but was brought up on cornbread and buttermilk, turnip greens. hog meat and hominy. In other words, I'm one of the common people and I solicit your votes.'"
 Very good. but what kind of plat form was he running on?"
 He seemed to be running on an old fashioned diet"