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The Washington times., 1921-06-21
A Poor Half
Loaf
THE Borah bill, just reported

NhE DoTdn Dill, JUST IepOIIeu
from the Senate Interoceanic
Canals Committee, offers to
American shipping using the Pana-
ma Canal half loaf.
For while the needs of American
shipping and the clearly expressed
sentiment of the American people
demand that all American ships
should be allowed to use this canal
built by Americans, with American
money, without being obliged to pay
for the exercise of that right,
the Borah bill limits free passage
through the canal to our ships en-
gagged in coastwise trade only.
Foreign ships are by law excluded
from American coastwise trade. Ex-
cept to aid them in competition with
the transcontinental railways, most
of which are American owned, our
coastwise ships need no concessions
of this sort.
But our shipping engaged in for
eign trade is hard put to it to main
tain itself against the form of COM
petition which foreign merchantmen
with government subsidies and cheap
labor are able to array against them.
In striving to build up merchant
marine of its own the United States
does not wish to degrade the Ameri-
can seamen to the level of the Las
cars, who form large part of the
crews of British vessels, or the rice
eating Japanese and Chinese coolies
who labor sixteen hours a day for
our competitors from beyond the
Pacific
Every other maritime nation is
using every advantage it enjoys to
protect its ocean shipping against
American competition. The United
States has but one such weapon
ready to hand, and British influence
with American politicians and the
American press has thus far pre-
vented its employment.
The Panama Canal should be open
to every craft of American register
that may need to pass through it.
There is not another nation with
flag afloat that would hesitate for a
moment to adopt this policy if it
owned the canal. Senator Borah,
who is usually right, has needlessly
delayed the adoption of the only
right policy by his advocacy of
compromise.
The Washington times., 1921-06-21
We TOWNE GOSSIP
Registered u. g. Patent ofnca
X. c. B.

Zone morning I called UP big coal COM
pany to give them the mischief about not
having delivered some coal as promised.
Just as soon as the connection was made a
most pleasing voice said: Good morning!
This is the Smith Coal Company speaking
The musical voice and happy Good morn
irg!' of the operator took all the fight out
of me and l was willing to agree the
delay was excusable. The moral is, one Of
the most important workers in your office
is your telephone operator."-From "Take
It From Me-" by Coleman Cox, Monadnock
Building, San Francisco.
The Washington times., 1921-06-21
!" What Good Would
Hu1Tying DO Me 20

YOUNG person, male, with mind, soul and body con
centrated clothing and personal ease walking
slowly to his work.
A friend of different type asked "Why don't you move
little fasteri 1t wouldn't do you any harm to get the
Job few minutes earlier to look around and what is
happening"
To this the slow moving YOUNG person replied, in the
refined language of day, Forget it. get 500 week.
wouldn't get $21 if hurried So what good would hur
ryng do metz
There are many of the hurrying type too many of
them They hurry to the movies hurry to get AWAY from
work But those that hurry work. that ge on the iob
ahead aud look around for chances to GET AHEAD
few, and apparently growing fewer.
There is truth and fasehood, is the
with nearly all statements in the lowmoving young mans
remark eff 1 hurried, wouldn't get $21 instead of
twenty"
Possibly if HE hurried he would not get the extra
dollar the extra thousand dollars that sometimes
with hurrying. But then HE would not really be huyng
He would only be trying to get another DOLLAR.
1T not trying get the other dollar that makes
succeed 1t is BEING the KIND of that hurries and
works
You don't get more because you hurry, but you get
because you with whom hurryng is natural
One who hurries TO his business and hurries
THROUGH business, can do MORE business
land although the gentleman with his mnid fixed his
hat end and his fancy shoes at the other end
doubts it. yet those that manage business successfully
able to recognize the NATURAL HURRIER.
In tue French Revolution when somebody suggested
'that little Corscan" good to send to Italy, he
picked out young Bonapare later known the Emperor
Napoe because he knew that Bonaparte, hat young
Corsican.' was the sort of man that HURRIED.
The Austrians also discovered that young Bonaparte
belonged to the kind that NATURALLY hurried.
Young Bonaparte didn't make himself Emperor of the
world, practically from little Corscan nobody, MERELY
because he hurried. :.
Hurrying was simply SIGN of what was in him.
Therefore, if worthless says, "I wouldn't get
dollar for hurying he probably tells the truth For
though he DID hurry, he might still be worthless
man.
On the other hand, and general principles, EN-
COURAGE the hurryng instinct within yourself 1t may
turn out that huryng arfciay will teach you to hurry
NATURALLY. Then that "extra dollar" will come.
One thing is sure: Those that go slowly TO their
business slowly through it, and rapidly AWAY from it,
will 60 slowly to success very slowly that they viii
hurry away rapidly from life before getting there
The Washington times., 1921-06-21
MIR. B. Baer
CAMPHoR TOURNAMENT.

Camphor ball golf sea-
son is on. Owing to fact
that gypsy moths have
habit of moving in like
gypsy relatives. now Is
time to perfume works.
Camphor was invented so
moths could have dainty
dessert after rough meal OF
sharp lapels and buttons.
Old man pulls open bureau
drawer. Barrage OF cam
phor agates starts shooting
like popcorn orchard in
forest FIRE. Old boy looks
in clothes closet for his
ingrown hair tonic. Pulls
down bundle. Runs into
blizzard of camphor bear
ines.
Everything worth throw
ing away n carefully ban
daged up in camphor dust.
Contents of attic would
make municipal garbage
dump look like Cap Kidds
treasure. Csmphor is what
makes moths live so long.
Would starve to death
without it Makes 'em
hungry. Just like syrup on
waffles-
After having talked for
century it's time for Con-
gress to stop monologue
and go into their dance
They should do something
about this international
camphor ball polo. Camphor
Is Intoxicating to moths.
One sniff and they imme-
diately look up bright
lights.
Camphor aroma is nice
In subway. Sings sort of
tenor odor in community
chorus of smells Pop goes
to buy up profit-shsring
interest in one subway
ticket. Hands subway
guard three pennies and
two camphor marbles.
Guard hands pop one
punch in nose change. Old
man pulls out tobacco
pouch. Draws on pipe one
hour. Something wrong
with tobacco, Looks in pipe
bowl. Finds he has been
smoking camphor with all
moth filler.
Old man gets up In dark.
He patamas around room
while his feet play three
cushion billiards with cam
phor balls on carpet. Cam
phor scent Is fierce.
Friends don't like II. Boss
hates IL. People shun him.
Everybody avoids him ex-
cept moths.
The Washington times., 1921-06-21
PREHISTORIC DRAWINGS

Drawings of 10000 years
aeo have been discovered
in caves near Poncin. on tho
Ain, in France. These pic
lures were scratched with
sharpened f1ints. and show
some OF the earliest repre-
sAntations OF human beings
found an TO the present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-02
WALPURGIS NIGHT PANDEMONTUM

public in the United States. is carried on in an extremely high voice. pune tuated by the loud laughter of women. From the first measures--or better said the rioting racket-of the band the guests begin to dance- The nnxtrot leaves the tables deserted and the va cant space is soon crowded with part ners of all ages-eve of years which in former times would have been consid- cred, or at least called. respectable. They dance with hands balancing on high, cheek resting against cheek. with features which have suddenly become grave, impassive, and composed
 The few diners who remain at the table throw paper streamers over the dancers. Rattles castanets, sirens. and gongs punctuate the music, or better said the racket But the dancerz, who were so exuberant and joyous at the tables a moment before, now seem to be performing some sacred rite.
 Altogether it is startling vision of movement and madness, of alternating gauzy toilettes. sparkling jewels, dark dress suits. variegAked confetti and streamers, and above all brutish noise combining in a veritabae Walpurgis Night pandemonium-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-02
From the Kansas city star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 @ FORCES LECHARTIER, New K 7 York correspondent of Le Cor
 respondents, Paris, dropped into the Plaza grill on election night. His inn pressions, as published in his paper, are graphically recorded.
 Let us enter the Plaza grill. null titude of little tables with shaded can dies. decorated with roses and orchids, fills the vast room. In the middle there is, an open space for dancing. These tables. reserved for weeks and months ahead. are now occupied by gentlemen in evening dress and ladies en grand decollete-corsage are evidently re- earded as pre- war institution--wear Ing furN and enormous pearl necklaces
 All of these people are eating pas tries. ice creams. and candies, or are smoking and drinking-in spite of pro- hibition-something else than water A typicA 1azs band, with discordant ban jos, rattles sirens. squawkers COW bells. whistles, breaks loose at inter- vals. At the far end of the room is 2 screen half hidden by vines and flow CTS. where the returns are protected as they arrive.
 r,o.,ars.tion here as eyeryWhere in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-02

to kidnap binn by members of the American expeditionary forces, which was a fiasco and led to formal apolo- -gics by Gen. Henry T. Allen, com mander of the American army of oc- cupation.
 The career of this renegade million aire, the son of a German brewer, is stench in the nostrils of the American people and an affront to the millions of young men who patri- otically served their country during the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-02

Harry L. Foster. in leslie's- 6T7HERE are plenty of stores in Lima.
 II Hhe middle-class Latin-American
 1A is by nature and disposition re- tai, shopkeeper. His racial jealousy ana distrust of his fellow -workers make impossible that teamwork which is essential to large industries. Nearly svery Peruvian between the land-own- ing political class and the Indian la norins class Is retail merchant,
 Alter looking over multitude of shons, yudson and I entered the one with the most promising window dis |pias
 'iaaye you any khaki shirts3a in auired J ison.
 The 6 K, who was staring out of '.ha xlnaow at some passing senorita> shoeis his head and shrugged his shoul- ders
 N. ssnJf." he replied absent-mind- < Ied}s
 JpAson having spent several years lin Peru. waited until the disappearance of the girl around the corner left the clerk free to attend to customers Khaki shirtsr" he repeated. "Ah, yes. senor, How much are they 2 twenty soles, senor. 5uason looked n the price tag. 1. '.ttl says IS soles." ea. is soles, senors t did not ask Whsthsr We wished he else. n fact ne appeared rssaer annoyeA upon learning that we Idi& WhereaA most Of us when we 1 cTas, 3alary feel that it is our duty t3 IT 4ks soms pfetense toward earnina iit. great many I.atin-Amsricans feel
 no such FesponsibiiityA sems year1 iaso m AmerioAa doctor wlio cana idown from Washington for the Peru viAn govsFnusnt to ssnitats city h ] <hs intesier. va mueA anneya1 n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-02
A LIGHT OF, OTHER DAYS

dition of Elisler and Tagfioni and she adorned the art which a few years be- fore Lola Montez had desecrated with a trail of scandals.
 Although she appeared in many spec tacles later, Bonfanti's greatest fame was made in '.rhe Black Crook" whose success paved the way for the intro duction to our stage of the French opera bouffe, the cancan danced by q troupe from Vienna and. more famous than any of these, Lydia Thompson and her company of British blondes. z Since the days when the young Bon fanti first led it. the ballet has been popular on the New York stage, all though several earlier attempts to in- troduce it here failed. Now when the ballet is more popular than ever, the woman upon whose grace and beauty it's American popularity was founded passes on with only here and there a word of remembrance- It is the way of the world. and especially of the mimic world in which Bonfanti was so vital a figure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-02
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle
 0Td HE wide gulf which separates the
 theatrical interests of today from
 those of the Hast century is shown by the fact that the death of Marie Bon fanti has been allowed to pass with brief and obscure mention in the newspapers. Yet in 1886, when The Black Crook" was produced in New York, Bonfanti then a beautiful girl of 1s, was its chief dancer.
 .~The Black Crook" was for a dozen years name with which to draw down denunciations from the pulpit in com parison with which the railings of our present critics about the undressed stage are tame. On the strength of those denunciations the spectacle achieved a run then without precedent; the four hundred and seventy-fifth per formance was reached early in 1873, and the piece enjoyed prosperous re- vivals' for several years afterward. In the midst of it's glories of scenery and tights, Bonfati twinkled like the star she was. She continued the great tra-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-02
Says They Are Lucky

'I think the Drama league is most fortunate in having been able to secure Dr. Gregory zilboorg, graduate Of the University of Petrograd, in law, and of the Psycho- Neurological institute, Of the same city, in medicine and philos- ophy. to lecture before it." says John R. Hornady. But better still, he can speak with authority on Russia. as he was the secretary of the minister of la bor under the Kerensky regime. In addition to this he is distinguished author and editor. and from the press reports wonderful orator"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-02
PAYER SAVING IN ST. LOUIS

From the New York Times.
 Waste paper conservation has be- come a sort of indoor sport in most of the schools of St. Louis, Mo. This movement had It's inception in April. 1916, and today over 100000 pupils in 1855 schools are participating in the work. The pupils bring old newspa- pers and magazines to school to be sold for the benefit of the Teachers Benevolent Annuity association. and in order to stimulate interest on the part of the pupils, some schools have insti- tuted contests, with one room ,pitted against another. In some schools a banner is awarded the room having the largest collection of papers, to be retained until some other room makes a better record.
 For the school years which ended June, 1920, S5s tons of paper were col lected. Of this amount. 764 tons com sisted of newspapers and 94 tons con- sisted of magazines. The sale of waste paper during the school year of 1919- 20 netted profit Of $17.30S the ex- pense of the operation being $S,367.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-02
N HUNTING SONG

7A AA M " SVtN0 " Will H. Ogilvie. in the Weetmin0ter
 (Izondon) Gazette.
 Now that the nuts are taken
 And the vale is cleared Of the ooFn. Now that the wind has shaken
 The last leaf from the thorn Now. with the woods forsaken
 And the empty fields forlorn, Let the desolate spaces waken
 To the music of hound and horns The feet of the year are flying
 As the years before them have uoo. Wegs see that the leaves are dyinG: We know that the flowers arc dead; And we hear the wild geese crying In their southward flight o'erheod; And our hungry hearts are sixh9ng For the flash of the white and rod For this Is the wise god's guidinG When winds have scattered tho rose And earth for while lies hidipg Tn mantle made Of the snowA And the gales fro mthe north apo 6lid' ing,
 And the gates of the summer eloee- That the lords of the land go ri1in0 And the horn on the upland bloWs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-02
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

Six months from now you'll wonder why you worried so much over the big worry you are now worrying over.
 Be careful how you talk about fools. There are 60 many of them in the world that you are bound to offend some one.
 When a man stretches the truth it isn't because he is so fond of 1t that he wants 1t to go farther.
 A gentleman never tells a woman that he knew her when he was a little hoy. He tells her that he knew her when she was a little girl.
 man can do lot of things. But any wife can tell you that he can't get anything out of an ice box without spilling something.
 It is a heap better for bald headed man to be sensible under it than to be sensitive over it.
 We do not claim to have any great executive ability. But we do know that you can Jolly lot more work out o1 men than you can kick out of them.
 Many wife would II keto so away and take a vacation only she knows that her fool husband would feed the poor canary bird on dog biscuits and fill the poodle's plate with bird seed
 girl will do feverything but act modestiy to adyexttoo her mooesty. And then she wonders why the men do not fall for 1t.
 Some tightwads imagine that expAn- sive things arc things that you can, buy In . 1o-cent store
 \ lot of married women can tell you thAt thsy would ttill te matdens # the fool Killer haa atttnded 10 his husinesa before they rot marrleds
 After III. . 6nqe is mersly ! man whs Iihg whom hs has nothing te say.
 Culture Il something tnas enables ing like ahs Wae otraining eomethlng.
 oome of t1eoe daye we suppooa tht Ant4-Joutfioation league win have Con 6feee onaet An Amendmont reducing th( number of ohoeyo from thret 10 one.
 (copyr{ght 1o11,)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
A wanderfuI TnIk

T had the pleasure of hearing pr. Charles E. Barker deliver his address on "A Fathers Responsibility to His Son. last year in Salt Lake City" said Clarence Lloyd and think 1t was the most wonderful talk I ever heard. Dr. Barker will be in Birmingham on February g, at which time he, will ad- dress the students of the Ensley High school joint meeting of the womons s clubs of the city and the Rotary club. He is so unique and unusual that any attempt to describe him would be sure to miss much that ought to be in- cluded. I wish that every man in Bir- mingham could hear this distinguisned speaker. who comes to Birmingham under the auspices of the local Rotary club"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-02
USELESS GIFr

Well" remarked the cheerful citi- zen. T see where we are going to con tinue receiving free garden seed from our congressmen.'
 T don't share your enthusiasm.' said the gloomy flat dweller. "If I were to get a package of seed from my congressman, 1t would merely re- mind me that my lifelong dream of owning farm has never been real ized.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-02
yVaIue. Ballot

'T filled out my absentee ballot yes- terday for the February 8 election for the constitutnioal amendment on the sale of state road bonds at per cent instead of per cent" said Mrs. A. J. Bowron.
 Being new voter, could not think of not casting a ballot for this impor- tant measure, and as I will be out of the city on the election day, prepared my ballot beforehand. I am much in favor of the measure, and hope it will carry"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-02
rHE WIND

l don't know what the wind says
 l only know it sings All up and down the hills and wales
 And perchance a message brings Of a dreaming world of solitude
 And places far away, Where the trees are ghostly sentinels
 And only the winds at play. l hear it when I fall asleep,
 I hear it when I wake; It fills the night with a rush of sound
 Till the windows rattle and shake. And ever it blows and wandering goes
 And it's voice is never still; Now grooming the softest lullaby, Now turbulent and shrill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-02
Rstter Conditions

Marked optimism is shown by resi- dents of the Muscle Shoals district con corning the appropriation for the nitrate plants now pending in Con- gress,' said E. W. Houser, Jr, who has just returned from trip to the Tri- Cities
 Merchants generally say that con ditions are already feeling the effects of the stimulant. They believe collec- tions will pick up sharply, and that business will swing back into stride approaching that of the halcyon boom days of the war period
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-02
I,ATIN-AMERICAN BUSINESS WAY

being detained at Lima by some trivial red tape.
 Hook here" he said to the Presi- dent .rm only wasting time want to get busy and clean up that city"
 The President was both surprised and offended.
 'Why. my dear doc4or.- he protsstsd, "are we not paying you your salasy regulary? Yes? Then, why iweFry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-02
spring Gardens

At will soon be time for the people to begin thinking of planting their spring gardens" said Frank Butcher, land whether we have an early or a late spring I think that everyone should begin to make preparations to have a garden this year. It will be profit to the owner as well as a pleas ure and will also be the means of keep ing the table supplied with fresh vege- tables all during the summer months.
 q have only a place about 10 feet square in my back yard, but just the same I am going to plant it as thick with vegetables as I can and believe I will have one of the best little gar dens in the city,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-02

IDLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS Elise yearns for the Bohemian life.' ' Somebody ought to talk to Elise" And tell herr
 That you can't become a poet or an artist by simply wearing bobbed hair and funny clothes and smoking cigarettes"