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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22

From E. W. Howes Monthly.
 HF an American kills bear, he tells
 about it: and the bear of the story = does not weigh less than the bear in the real incident; usually it weighs more.
 Englishmen criticise us for this habit, and say we are boosters. The English boast in more delicate (but no less eff fective) fashion George Pattullo says an Englshman has a way of boasting modestly, which enlarges his bear story more than an American bear story is en- |larged; an English novelist or playwright does not come out baldly and state that Lieut.. Richard Merriwether, known to his intimates as Dickie, did so and so; that would be much too simple, and ut terly lacking in effectiveness. His friends set out to ask Dickie about what he. has been up to, and Dickie, gallant soldier and gentleman that he is, dis plays, intense confusion, and will not dis cuss the matter for moment. In fact, he is so brusque and overcome with shy-
  the conclusion that his achievement must have been something extraordinary. HIS friends exclaim with quiet satisfaction and in tones of awe. That's just like old Dickie!" There follows so much palaver and mock evasion that curiosity is stirred to fever pitch. and when the truth does come out it was very orci- rary achievement after all. Modesty in Ecapable hands can be- made an unbeatable
 medium of advertisement.
 The method is not confined to litera- ture or the stage. Everybody has heard conversations along lines similar to the following There goes Major Fore What? You don't know. who he is? Oh' my dear! He crossed the Canadian les ert on a camcl--or was 1t donkey:-ar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
FAMOUS HOUND CONVICTED
Lexington (Ky.) Special to the Ne,
 York World

Lexington (Ky) Special to the New
 York World.
 Old King, the most famous fox hun ter in Kentucky, today was convicted at Winchester Ky, on a charge of sheep slaughterer. County Judge w. Lee Evans ruled the dog was guilty but that instead of the death penalty. asked by the prosecuting attorney. the judge ruled that Old King must be exiled from Kentucky for the rest of his life.
 Old King was tried on a charge that he. with two puppies, had killed some sheep belonging to Robert Taylor. The two puppies were acquitted.
 Old King and the puppies belong to Frank Jones. noted fox hunter, and when the verdict of exile was pro- nounced. Jones announced he~had re- ceived letters from all over the coun- try, the burden being: Don't let them kill that dog. Ship him to me ard he will be safe and receive every care.'
 County Attorney H. H. Moore and ". W. Bush prosecuted the dog. and Jones employed Rodney Haggard and Renja- min Fishback. attorneys. for the de- fenSe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
AS A SPECIMEN.

"where in the demnition blazes is that new reporter, Jobbles?' beloved the city editor.
 "I sent him out to cover lecture on the Missing Link" said the assistant city editor.
 You did, eh? Well, I hope you told him to sit in the rear where he wouldn't attract much attention. At meeting or that kind he's liable to be drafted"
 A GUILTY CONSCIENCE.
 'Is there such thing as an embar- rassment of riches?'
 There certainly is'' said Squire With erbee. q met Bill Wattles little while ago. Somehow or other he'd gotten hold of two quarts of red flicker. Bill had 'em wrapped up to look like bundle or clothes, or something like that; to Keep from creating suspicion, but he couidn keep from rolling his eyes around to save his life, and he was as fidgety as a cat on a red hot stove"
 
 AN UNEQUAL STRUGGLE. A poor pedestrian I am And greatly dread a traffic jam,
 Because, you see, The tiniest of little cars, With little jolts and little jars,
 Can outpush me-, k EXCHANGING NOTES.
 "That new clerk of yours is studious fellow. He's going to make good.
 "why do you think so?' asked MT. Dubwaite.
 "He frequently steps over to consult the dictionary"
 "Yes, he and our stenographer use 1t as a postoffice." PAUL Cooh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22

The announcement that no official census of China has ever been taken comes as bitter blow. We used to be proud of the fact that we thought we knew the population of China The British government has sent 8 battleship to San Salvador to collect a little debt. That's the kind of col lector you can't tell to drop around tomorrow"
 Hayward Broun gives Mrs. Fiske's new play an unmerciful roast" in the New York Tribune. None of our dramat- ic critics has the temerity to roast Mrs. Fiske.
 The inspiring spectacle of a demo- crat sitting in the cabinet of repub- lican President will not be witnessed during Mir. Hardings admins tra ton.
 < * x Erwin R. Bergdoll, Draft Dodger, Demands His Release" - Headline. Since when has a draft dodger been in a position to demand anything?
 Y # < An American army officer who took the Sultan of Turkey by the arm scan dalized his attendants, but the Sultan bore up wonderfully.
 * x < Caruso is getting well and, unlike most stars, when he returns to the stage he won't have any words with an understudy
 Crime certainly didn't pay in the case of the Memphis boy who got bare ly $1O0 out of thirteen robberies.
 * # E Now>is the psychological moment for Peggy Marsh to drop into obscurity. but there isn't chance.
 F * E It looks like poor xeturn to ask a "dollar-a-year man what he did with the money.
 x # E Great Britain may be picking on our merchant marine, but that's business. you know.
 x x < All Frenchmen think alike in one respect. They want Germany to pay the fiddler.
 # < < If Trotzky has become infatuated with ballet dancer, it may be the beginning of the end.
 * # x If the nickel cigar ever comes back, here's hoping it will be a nickel's worth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

As income tax payment time draws near do not waste all of your sym pathy on the poor. Save little of it for the rich.
 Once upon time there was man who didn't think he had right to control the policy of newspaper after he had taken a years subscription But he died. He was too modest for this world.
 You may have noticed that the man who has $1,000,000 wishes he had $1.- 900, 900 never agree as to how 1t should be spent.
 A woman can stand other faults in man. But she finds it hard to for give stinginess.
 After a man has been over the jumps for sixty years, he quits looking for boosts and devotes his time to dodgin 6 knocks.
 When a young man is engaged to a kittenish girl, he forgets all about the fact that kittens grow up.
 And a homely girl doesn't get much consolation out of the fact that beauty is only skin deep.
 It makes a thirsty man mad every time he thinks of all the good alcohol that is being spoiled by the patent medicine manufacturers.
 woman is prone to exaggerate. Unless. of course. she happens to be telling her age.
 Some men may be suspicious. But a photographer likes to see everybody in the best possible light. When things are coming . mans way, he wonders why other men are not satisfied to take things as they come. A woman doesn't think that she keeps her age we'll unless she looks five years younger sthan she did five years ago.
 Some of these days smart man will start barber shop for women only, and get rich. Some of them need |shtNef GwPrsf than the uep folks. 1''sr Vt " 4cbp$eight. ds21,3 M F'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
THE ENGLISH BEAR STORY

any rate, he lived for days and days on hardly anything to eat and with nothing to drink, except a little water. Think of alone in the wilds, nobody within miles but natives. and never knowing what the next minute would bring! I understand he will get the D. IS. C., but nobody can get him to utter a word. Isn't It romantic? And he is so unassuming, too." "Of course he would be-" says the other curtly; "he's Eng lish"
 The adventure probably represented in privations and danger nothing beyond what ignorant roughneckA are doing every day of their lives. without sus- picion that their performances are out cr the ordinary.
 MT. Patullo admits no American will contend that we initiate the violet: but we've got to take off our hats to John Bull He is so accustomed to brageing that he doesn't realize when he is dcing 1t Where can you find in our everyday speech or newspaper and platform ex-
  pressions the counterparts for British pluck British valor.'' British fair play" British justice" British hon. |esty? Those abound in their newspa- |pers and literature; every public speaker employs few of them at some stage of his effort. They have been worked SD constantly for generations that they are familiar to the entire English-speaking world. What they imply is superiority of the British brand of these qualities over all others. Most people would re- gard them as bragging. It doesn't seem so to the Britlsher, says M. Pattulo. Tn him constant use has made them simple statements of fact. But were an Ameri- can to venture on similar tack. It would be vulgar boosting. se
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
vINDIcT1vE NATURE.

VINDICT1VE NATURE. What's going on hereT'
 Tt looks like a bank robbery" said the phlegmatic citizen.
 Aren't you going to interfere?' Nope" said the citizen, as he thruss his hands in his pockets and spat into the gutter 'The president of that there on note indorsed by four of my friends. If this gang cleans him out it'll serve him right"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
IJANUARY

By James Russell Lowell. Where was neversa leaf on bush or tree. The bare boughs rattled shudderingly The river was dumb and could not
 speak. For the weaver winter it's shroud had
 spun; A single crow on the tree-top bleak x From his shining feathers shed osf tn e
 cold sun: Again it was morning. but shrunk ana 7 cold. Al xH heEveinA were sapless and old. Andi< 1e f0se ~ s dstf fkpttl " ns ss Rdr . laSt dipas lock at sasth ana sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
SOMETHING ELSE.

eyes, long hair and flowing tie?" asked MT. Grumpson. He looks as if he might be a genius.'
 That's scribson. He writes motion picture scenarios.''
 ''Umph! My mistake said Mir. Grump- son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
JOHN MEIsTERHANS

From the Dallas Evening Journal
 From PiaiRview in the south plains country comes human interest storS of sort exceptional. John Meistet- hans. Swiss. dead as'do. after years of bootmaking for riders of the west Texas ranges, will be 5honored by the men whom he served with a monument bearing this inscription: M
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
AGAINST ODDS.

"A prohibition worker made speeches to the first-cabin passengers while we were coming over"
 Did he keep it up for the entire trip?''
 "No, he got discouraged Most of the gentlemen who attended brought along highbals which they held in their hands and slipped thoughtfuTly as they listened 7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
GROWIN0 sII1I:1ICAL
From the Houston Post.

Griffith says that soms of the rsputed salaries of movie stardom are purely legendary. We have always suspectedit. There are times when we doubt that as many farmers have auto- mobiles as people say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
Paving Poll Tax

Many women are taking advantage of; the booths in the downtown stores and suburbs to pay their poll taxes said Mrs. A. J. Bowron, state chair man Of the League of Women Voters.
 Already we have opened several and expect to have number of others within the next few days This will relieve the congested conditions at the office of the county tax collector during the last few days and will be real convenience to the women of this city.
 We are making an effort to have all women who registered pay the en- franchisement tax and thus be able to participate in all elections held in the city, county and state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22

that the Farmers Film corporation had been organized to cooperate in this work with the federal department of agriculture, state departments of agriculture, agricultural colleges, the American Farmer Bureau federation, the National Dairy association, the American Bankers association and CO., operative buying and marketing or ganizations.
 No further details of the plan are at hand, but it is practical and sim pie way to inform the American peo- pie of matters that should interest everybody. The motion picture is the best medium ever discovered for prop aganda. Its. value is not yet fully realized or appreciated, but millions of people can be reached on the screen, who would never take the time to hear lecture or read a pamphlet.
 The farmers of America may be expected to benefit most by this movement, but anything that helps the farmer helps he entire nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
TrtumnhaI Arches

T see that the workmen have near ly finished tearing down the charred walls of the high school building which was once the pride of Birming- ham, says Solon Jacobs.
 ''The two entrances made of heavy stone are still standing and have the appearances of triumphal arches. Those charged with erecting the new building have had many difficulties to meet, and some criticism has been leveled against them for not moving faster, and yet I believe that in the end they will be commended for walt ing until it was possible to get all Of the property needed and to spend wisely the money required for con struction without having to pay war prices tor material and labor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
Echoes of Prosperity
 in Southeast Alabama

NNTHILE folk in the cities are w speculat;ng on the return of business activities, people in the country districts are going ahead do- ing things. Being closer to nature and more dependent on nature, they follow the seasons, hope, springing eternal in their breasts with each ap- proach of spring.
 In southeast Alabama, where white men long ago titled their own acres and rural prosperity first made it's appearance on the heels of diversi- fled farming, people are already busy preparing for this years crops. The Swift and company packing plant at Andalusia reports that the supply of local cattle for slaughter is greater than it has ever been. Covington cat tie raisers made themselves independ-
 
 ent of cotton. Cooperative market ing of cattle has forced She top price at home in competition with that of fered by the great western slaughter pens.
 Andalusia is to have sale of pure- bred hogs early next month. The farmers are going to plant still less cotton and raise more hogs and cat tie. They have achieved independence in Covington, Dale, Houston and Henry and they intend to stand by the system which has brought about this independence.
 E $ *
 Studying Farmers' Problems by Aid of Motion Pictures 6Q ONE days ago it was announced s n that motion picture campaign would be started in the United States to bring the city and the farm closer together and attempt to solve some of the problems now confronting the farmers of the country.
 William E. Skinner. secretary of 7 the National Dairy association, stated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
For Better or Worse

q recently had accession to go to the county jail to take dispositions from several prisoners being held there for the government said Jim c. Smith, assistant United States at torney.
 Among the members were man and woman who had been arrested on charges of counterfeiting and that woman was certainly loyal to the man. He was discussing the length of time he would get and after listening % it for several minutes she walked up and put her arm around his shoulders and said That is all right. honey, If they give you 10 years I want 10 years, too. so we can both get out to- gether'
 T then told her if they were con victed he would be sent to Atlanta and she would go somewhere else, but she said that didn't make any differ ence if they got the same sentence they would get out together
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
WE KNOW BETTER.

WE KNOW BETTER In tropical isles Where nature, smiles And the human skin is bare, Life flows like a song, But l think it wrong To get our fashions there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22

quiet. you can pick up sea shell and hear sounds in it. But the sea shell
 will magnify any sound that reaches H..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
VI F '. Tuscaloosa Will Make
 War on the Mosquito
TUSCALOOSA doct

"A TUSCALOOSA doctor has IA aroused sufficient interest in that city to secure the appointment of a committee to provide funds and other necessary equipment to war upon tEe mosquito.
 The idea, at first, sounds slightly whimsical, just as whimsical as a few years ago when science declared the fly nuisance and warned that it's species must be decreased. As a matter of fact, though, the only as- tonishment that should result from Tuscaloosa's proposed drive on the mosquito is that such drives have not been institutions of years standing. Just a degree of common sense ad- mixed with disposition to expend a small amount of money and do some manual labor, like draining swamps and insisting upon the elimination of bogs and damp holes and water soaked debris-these steps will put the mosquito out of business.
 Cities are much like individuals. Some like to take a bath occasionally and put on newly laundered linen, while others are content to let dis ease-breeding spots accumulate in or near the corporate limits.
 Tuscaloosa and every other city can get rid of mosquites by buying a few loads of gravel and placing them where they will do the most good, also by digging a few ditches. This, too, will help to keep down the doc tors and undertakers' bills, and add to the happiness and contentment of community.
 Pennsylvania wives have started . movement to step their husbands and sons from using tobacco. with the re- suit that men are smoking in cellars. If pushed too far. they might develop into cave men.
 e&4
 While we are passing. or advocating. so many fool laws. why not put com moa-sense lay on the statute books. making 1t penitentiary offense to offer prizefighter more than $lo,ooo ] to box? e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
Couldn't Reach IL

Marc Link, the clothier, also carries a few good ones about with him. This he handed out to friend:
 "A small boy was in Birmingham with his father and mother the other day. They had come from out of town to do some shopping and all day long they did it. The little boy was not accustomed to the crowded streets and hung to his fathers coat tails
 Toward late afternoon as they wended their way to the Louisville and Nashville depot to catch the train homeward the tired father said to his son: Son. why don't you let go of my coat once in while and hang, on to your mothers skirts? Pm tired, cid top To which the boy replied; Pa, l can't reach mas skirts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
auaIity>of Courtesy

When one of these men of ex- quisite courtesy passes from among us," said Henry Howze, T reel per- sonal loss. Such was the case when J. Rivers Carter died.
 He had kingly kind of courtesy that was compelling and never failed under any circumstances I never saw Rivers Carter act in manner that was not the pink of that dignity which we cestors.
 Sometimes feel that the man whose life has been that of perfec- courtesy has served his fellow man more than if he had builded empires
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
Good Conditions

Tt is my firm belief that business conditions in Birmingham are better than any other city in the south and they are increasing here daily" said II. E. Oliver of the United States em- ployment bureau, yesterday.
 T, admit the situation looked bad few weeks ago, but I was not alarm ed at the time because I have been through several periods O. depres- sion in the Magic City and l know how well she will stand up under thepk
 We have many applications on file at the, present time TOT jobs and we are handling them rapidly as possible get a weekly report of the employ ment situation in all other southern cities, and Birmingham is ahead of them all, both in the small number of applicants for work and also in the jobs secured for the applicants
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22
Too Convenient

Hardly day goes by that we do not get half truck load of banana reels, orange peels. peanut hulls, chewed tobacco and similar refuse out of the window flaps on some of our street cars" said T. G. Brabston. su- per.ntendent of transportation of the Birmingham Railway. Light and Pow CT company.
 All the new cars we have recently bought or built are so constructed as to do, away with this flap, but for merly all street cars were equipped in this way so that the windows might he lowered into the flaps~ Nat,.rally. it was not expected that passengers would throw their refuse into them. In order to get all of the trash out Of these flaps it is necessary to tear out part lof the facing of the cars and obviously this cannot be done on all cars every day.
 ], If the passengers would stop to think that this Dash will decay and cause bad odors and that 1t may ba some days before the facings can be taken off so that they can be thor oughly cleaned, am certain that they would be more careful about putting trash into these fiapss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22

While we are passing. or advocating. so many fool laws. why not put com mon-sense law on the statute books. making 1t a penitentiary offense to offer pri.sfighter 1lg gs more sgs than sio'ooo to box?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-22

Pennsylvania wives have started . movement to step their husbands and sons from using tobacco. with the re- suit that men are smoking in cellars. If pushed too far. they might develop into cave men. {.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1921-12-02
Tax Receipts Decrease.

Tax receipts of the Government during
the fiscal year 1921 decreased nearly ST.
000,O0O,000 as compared with the pre-
vious year, while the co Of collection
increased 80 cents for each 500. accord
ing to the annual report of the Bureau Of
Internal Revenue. just made public by
Commissioner Blair.
Collections by the bureau during the
past fiscal year totaled $4.595. 900.7 65.
against $5.4O7. 5S0.25l for the fiscal year
ended June so. 1920. decrease of $751;
579.486. or is per cent.
The cost of administering the internal
revenue laws for the year. the report said.
was $40.203. 716. or 81 cents for each
500 collected. compared with SIS cents
for the preceding year. However. the re.
port adds. included in the expenditures
was $6.S99. 407 for the administration of
the prohibition and narcotic laws and
$4,000 for the enforcement Of the child
labor tax law. which. deducted from the
total, leaves $3Sl74.SO9. or an equiva-
lent Of ~ cents for each 500 in taxes
collected.
OF the total taxes collected during the
past year income and profits taxes aggre-
gated $3.228IS7. 67S. compared with So
956.9S6.003 in 1920. and miscellaneous
collections totaled $l.336 .S6S. O9I. against
A.450.644.24S in 1920.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1921-12-02
Americas Education week.

President Hardings Proclamation setting
apart the week Of December 4 TO 10 as
American Education Week should be OBJ
served in all school communities in
the county. Especial thoughtful atten-
ton is asked for education during the week
The following suggestions are made for the
county.
l. A discussion Of education in all churches
on Sunday. December 4th.
2. All patrons becoming personally ac-
quainted with the teachers in the loca
school.
8. Patrons and others visit the loca
school sometime during the week.
4. Regular school attendance be en-
couraeed in all homes.
S. Pupils of school ages be especial!
urged to attend school. if not now attend
ing. The names Of pupils should be re
ported to the school board Office. if tn,
compulsory attendance law is being VIC
lated.