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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

After a man gets too old or too rheumatic to tango he discovers what a sinful thing dancing Is.
 One great difference between eggs and men is the fact that eggs never get too fresh.
 You may not believe 1t, but a whole lot of people who are Careful are not Good.
 Don't rub 1t in on a patient man. The longer 1t takes him to hit back, the harder he'll hit when he gets worked up to 1t.
 All marriages are happy marriages. It is living together after marriage that causes all the unhappiness.
 A woman isn't going to be happy with a husband until she learns to be happy without him a good deal of the time.
 Once in while you meet a man who isn't nearly as bright as his nose would indicate. One great mystery to the father Of four or five small boys Is why in hex people want to adopt children. Another damli: Once upon a time there was husband who lived up to his wife's expectations of him. Even under prohibition corkscrews are still in demand as openers at poker game. It doesn't take the Light of HIS Life long to discover that her Hero ex- poets her to work harder than hired girl and for less pay.
 When your wife tells you how good and kind other husbands are to their wives you have the consolation Of knowing that this is just what all oth- CT wives are telling their husbands. lCopYright 1921l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
Pluck and a Pistol
 Prevent a Lynching

N0 THEN mob attempted to take a
 wv wounded patient out of the Methodist hospital at Hattiesburg, Miss, and lynch him, Dr. G. s. liar mon, a Methodist preacher, stood in the way with pistol in his hand.
 Evidently there was gleam in his eye and ring in his voice that con- vinced the members of the mob that he meant what he said when he told them he would shoot the first man who crossed the top step of flight of stairs where the preacher was on guard. Not one of the crowd ac- cepted his challenge and the arrival of the sheriff with endorsements caused the mob to disperse.
 Most lynchings could be prevented if one man of courage opposed the mob. The most violent blood lust cools considerably when would-be lynch CTS stand face to face with a deter mined individual who shows fight. It is one thing to "overpower" an off cial who offers no resistance and wreak vengeance on a wretch who cannot defend himself and quite an-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
No Attempt Made to Exploit a Scandal

N READER of The Age-Herald ob- ASA jects to some editorial expres- sions regarding the reported offer of motion picture producers to exploit the matrimonial troubles of multi millionaire and his wife in photo plays. Re takes the position that newspapers which publish reports of such cases should not criticise motion picture firms for capitalizing the same kind of appeal to prurient minds.
 So far as The Age-Herald is con- cerned, it published only the conserv- ative dispatches of the Associated Press dealing with this particular case. No attempt was made to treat it in sensational manner, although many other newspapers did so. There is, however, sharp distinction to be made between a photoplay based on salacious incidents and the bald re- cital of facts as contained in the aver age newspaper dispatch. One is ex- ploitation of the most insidious and reprehensible variety, while the oth- CT could have little of the demoraliz- ing effect of moving picture, with all its artful devices to excite the im- agination and throw a glamor around sordid tale.
 The readers contention that photo plays of this character do not "de- termine the possibilities of moving pictures as an art" is quite true, but since the motion picture is fighting to be recognized as art, the less it de- bends on vulgarity and sensationalism to attract patronage, the sooner will it gain that recognition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29

knew how to separate the wheat from the chaff in legal contention. He could discern the truth in multitudes of phrases and circumlocutions in tended for it's obscurity.
 It is significant that the chief jurist of the nation, in drawing his own will, should have made it a model of brevity without sacrificing its clarity.
 Many wills and contracts and con- veyances would be the clearer but for the roundabount forms that are used and the surplus of verbiage with which the law has been loaded by those who live by the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Cabinet Namesakes.

Sergeant Hlll. local recruiting of- ficer of the marine corps, said: Sec retary of the Navy Edwin Denby was at one time a member of the United States marine corps. Now he Is one of the foremost members of Presi- dent Harding's cabinet, as everyone knows.
 But does everyone know this: On the muster roll of the marine corps today there are 36 men bearing the name of Davis 14 bearing the name w allace," Il whose surname IS Hughes six 'Hoovers,' two by the name of Weeks, one Fall" one Daugherty.' one Hays and one Mel lon?
 Not to mention a Harding whose home is in Washington, D. C."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
W. P e. HARDING'S TALK-By Frank Willis Barnett

turn up. sat down, tired out, but be- fore he got through, I felt like jump ing up and getting into the fight to bring back things to normalcy. Vi
 I can't even give 6 resume of his remarkably clear analysis of the busi- ness situation here in Birming ghaan. Alabama, America and Europe. for with keen insight he painted in bold strokes business conditions here, in the state, the nation and the world until each one with his own eyes saw for him self just why he was so confident that the financial cyclone which threatened these United States and the countries abroad had passed safely over. and no one but the timid need stay any longer in the storm-pits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
Death of Judge Betts
 Is Loss to Alabama

N7ORTH ALABAMA during the IN past week mourned the loss of a distinguished son in Judge Tancred Betts, whose death occurred Tuesday night at his home in Huntsville. His funeral on Thursday was a striking tribute to the esteem in which he was held by the people of Madison county.
 Judge Betts sprang from one of those famous north Alabama families which played such a large part in the affairs of the state and nation in the ante-bellum decades and he himself represented strikingly not only the graces and courtesy of those days that are gone, but also the in tellectual cast of mind, which was the basis of the leadership in the states earlier history.
 He had served with ability, both as solicitor and as judge of the law and equity court, and the appreciation of his services in these capacities was attested by the resolutions adopted by the Madison county bar at a special meeting held Thursday morning.
 Judge Betts was gentle, but he was heroic in standing by his convictions. His simplicity of manner, his natural dignity and his unwavering courtesy, won him friends in all walks of life He loved the law to which he de- voted so many years of his life, both as student at the state university and in his practice. But he also loved his garden and his flowers. Perhaps it was the knowledge of his love for flowers that prompted his admirers to pour out such an unusual wealth of blossoms around his last resting place.
 The life of Judge Betts is a shining example for emulation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
E E q Justice Whites Will a Model of Brevity

H77HE will of the late Chief Justice
 u White, by which he left his earthly belongings to his wife, con tained 51 words. It began with the concise statement, "This is my last will" and in the remaining 46 words ] he was able to clearly state that everything he died possessed of was to go to his wife and she was to be executrix without bond.
 Justice White was learned in the law. He held the highest position in the judiciary of the country. He
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

going to run for office"
 Its all mistake, sir"
 "Indeed?"
 "Yes, the fact that I've been get ting my name in the papers quite often here of late is merely due to my interest in street paving, traffic laws pernicious movies and one thing and another. I haven't the slightest inten- ton of trying to capitalize my en- thusiasm.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT LAKE BANEEHEaAD Il AND NEED FOR FINISHING ROAD TO LOCK L7

feet. The trip over it in an automobile can easily be made in an hour and forty minutes. without a jar or 8 jolt. The speeders can easily make it in an hour. But at the end of this good road one finds trouble, and lots of it. One must sacrifice his automobile to go further through the rough passes.
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 The Board of Revenue owes it to every citizen of Jefferson county to cut these roads through to the lake and to Lock 17 immediately. The work should be done right away. Otherwise Jefferson county will show no appre- citation of the many millions of dollars the United States government has ex- pended to improve the Warrior river.
 # # #
 Thousands of people of Birmingham have never had view of the beauti- fuI Lake Bankhead because of the diff fculty in getting to it. With the road builded we would have hotels and bathing and boat racing and all manner of sports, including, of course, the great sport of fishing in summer and duck shooting in winter.
 As it is now, only the reckless and al-sa his way to the banks of Lake Bank head.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
"Make It a Million"
 Campaign This Week

66M AT AXE IT A MILLION" for
 HVll Birmingham-So Southern col lege is a slogan that means more than a million invested in a new factory. It tells of young men and opportunity through the decades. It looks into the future and places Birmingham in the front rank of southern cities as an educational center. It forecasts the time when Birmingham will have a university of such dignity and repu- tation that it will be known for this institution throughout America.
 Birmingham is worthy of a real university. Her people have the means. They can make no better in vestment than in creating that uni versity.
 The Make It Million" campaign is to be actively conducted this week. Let it be a success. Let generous contributions to this ambitious dream be an investment in the hope and confidence we feel in the destiny of our district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
WILLING TO WAIT.

we will now drink a toast to our guest of honor" said the master of ceremonies, as he raised glass ot water.
 ''In what?" asked a gentleman who seemed excessively bored by the pro- ceedings.
 You see what hold in my hand" re- piled the master of ceremonies, 'but if you are in a position to make il worth while to delay this toast few minutes, produce the goods"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29

6R HE newspapers, shippers and the
 public generally are indulging in
 voluminous hot air talk about the Warrior river and it's transporta- tion facilities.
 Commercially this Warrior river is of great advantage to Birmingham and to large section of the south.
 The Warrior is a. great river, and Lake Bankhead, extending from Lock IF upward for some 30 miles, is one of the beauty spots of the world Neither the Hudson river nor Thousand Islands present more ideal scenes nor better sites for cottages. The lake is surrounded by great wooded hills, and creeks cut through the wild hilly sec tions and enter the lake every few miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29

miles above the lock, the most beau tiful section of the lake, where Hubert Drennen, Dr. Lewis Morris. George Cray, Frank Rushton, Dr. Cunningham Wilson and half a dozen other promi- nent citizens have built attractive homes, Is almost inaccessible because there Is a stretch of nearly two miles from the end of the highway to the banks of the lake. The lake can only be reached over the very worst of country woods road.
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 It has been decided that the Jeff ferson county line is below Lock IT, that all this territory is in Jefferson county Therefore, there is no reason why the Board of Revenue should not immediately complete roads to Lock IT and to the beauty spot of the lake some three miles above it. Indeed, the highway should be made on the crest of the bluffs reaching from the end of the main road down to Lock 17.
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 The government built this great look. where the water flows over a dam 70 feet high, for the benefit of Birming- ham. It is a wondrously beautiful spot and should be the show place of this section of the south. With great road it would be. Forty-two miles of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29

had been hearing so many speeches of late that I had about made up my mind to eidestep the one scheduled for Friday at the Southern club by W. P. c. Harding.
 
 It wasn't because I was afraiad that 1t would not be worth while, but from the fact that I was a bit mentally fathgued and was afraid that 1t would use up too much of my gray matter in hearing him discuss high finanace and big business.
 I have always been Hardinglte from the old day when he first came to Birmingham and landed in the Berney bank, and. by hard and faitnrul work, steadily began to climb the banking ladder until he landed at the top in one of the biggest banking institutions In the south, the First National of Birmingham. From the old days until now W. F. U. Harding has been serious student Of finance, and 1t Is small wonder that he now looms large in the minds or the American public as one Of the sanest and safest leaders in the bank ing world, for he has more than made good in the high position which he holds as governor of the federal re- serve bank
 am sure that Birmingham as a whole is ready to return the compn- ment which he paid it towards the close of bis address at the southern club, when he said: T am proud of the way this city kept it's head when many of the great cities in the land lost theirs" by answering it was in a great measure possible on account of his master hand being at the helm to steady the boat when others less trained insisted on Jumping overboard. It was one time that prophet had honor in his own country" for, as long as w. P. G. Harding stood on the watch tower without striking his colors, 1t was felt that while the storm was rag 1 ing vet In the end the country would be able to weather 1t. We are. how | ever too close to the event to properly l evaluate just how much depended on our Birmingham leader to keep our heads ahove the water which was ready to engulf business at the frs. sign. of weakness on his part in the stormy days when the deflation began. 1 I sat and looked at W. P. G. Harding as he was speaking and thought of l the old days when we were young men 1 together. We knew that he was an unusually studious young man and that he was preparing himself for a career but I do not believe that even his warmest friends had the high hope | for him into which he has come. They had expected him to stand high in financial circles in Birmingham and Alabama, but had not made a niche for him as a national. yes. world figure
 1 All during his speech I was trying l to place him as speaker. He has a commanding presence a good speaking | voice. an earnest and natural delivery, and what's moro his gestures em 1 phasize the points he seeks to drive home. He has the poise of Senator Underwood and something of his inn pressive manner. He convinces his hearers from the start that he has a message which is worth hearing and
 that he knows how to 'get it over, l and he does.
 | It Is small wonder after hearing him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
For Clean MIX.

"Drinkers of milk will be glad to learn that Jefferson county dairymen were never more earnest in their com bined effort to furnish the best klno of milk" said H. L. Brown, county agent and secretary of the agricultural committee of the Chamber of Com merce.
 "In the past six weeks there have been purchased and installed at as many dairies steam sterilizing appa- ratus for the cleansing and purifying of the milk containers.
 "Time is at hand when many per- sons who have accustomed themselves to doing without milk on account or their lack of confidence in the quality are going to become milk drinkers again The Jefferson county dairy herds are free of disease, and the new methods of handling milk now being installed will do the rest"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29

other to run the risk of being killed There is not a particle of risk to the members of a mob in the aver age lynching. That is why it is 3 popular pastime in some parts of the country.
 Ihls courageous Mississippi preach CT proved himself a better man than many a sheriff and jailer who have permitted their prisoners to be lynched because they thought more of their own skins than they eid of their duty.
 It is announcer that Villa and ob- regon will bury the hatchet. That will give Mexico City another excuse for q bull fight.
 Upper Silesia has ceased to he a storm center, but is still under obser- vation by political meteorologists.
 # * # Foch says If Napoleon were alive he'd probably be troublesome. Other wise, he wouldn't be Napoleon.
 # Ts * Mime. Curfe's hand has given way
 
 under the strain. The American peo- pie treat the hand of a distinguished foreign visitor like pump handle. The slaughter Of Mr. Dempsey.s sparring partners has not interrupted the flow of MT. Carpenters reminis- cences.
 The Identification of Chicago may eventually reach the purlieus of Pack ingtown.
 A Jap slapped an American steno- grapher on a street in Tokio. Still. it may not yet be time to 'let slip the dogs of war;
 Even the seizure of BergdoIrs prop erty may not turn his wandering foot steps homeward.
 * * * Georges says he feels fit like a battleship." Yes, yes. A battleship launched in what year?
 # * * Great Britain is planning to send more troops to Ireland. In the mean time how does it happen that British soldiers are being killed with Amer ican ammunition?
 * ;. * Being able to answer a lot of fool questions does not make man great says the Cincinnati Enquirer. I, doesn't even give him an income the average railroad president might envy
 as < # Former Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria is one of the few exiled monarchs who seems to be getting something out of life.
 E # x Venizelos says he has no designs against King Constantine of Greece Does he mean he hasn't any yet?"
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 The oldfashioned citizen who used to take a bottle to bed with him takes a shot of hooch and can't find his bed.
 People continue to set out confident ly for Petrograd. thus showing tha, there is no accounting for tastes.
 F * E
 Revelations of cruelty to war pris- oners have shocked German judges who were not prepared for such q blow.
 E E E
 Although the purchasing power oi the dollar continues to increase, 1t will never again be able to pay for a table
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
THE FUTURE

By Dryden. Too curious man. why dost thou seek
 to know Events. which. good or i'll, foreknown
 are woe; Tn all-seeing power that made thes
 mortal. gave Thee everything mortal state should have. Foreknowledge only is enjoy'd by
 heaven; And, for his peace of mind, to man
 forbidden; wretched were life. if he foreknew
 his doom; Even joys foreseen give pleasing hope
 no room, And griefs sssur'a ass felt before thsy
 come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
FOLLOWING sCHOPENHAUER

From the Chicago News
 There are consolations for Germany in German philosophy, even now. Tn one of his essays Arthur Schopenhauer suggested that 1t was advisable for . man who wished to become steady and successful to go heavily in debt. The per capita war indebtedness of Ger many is now said to be $S.236.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
BUSY MR. BRYAN

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 While waiting for the 1924 election to roll around Bryan is going to prac- tice international law. run for the Sen ate from Florida and prospect for some new fool ideas for the democratic party. William just cannot endure idleness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
A RARE TREAT.

What's going on heref'
 "A hardboi1ed business man who is a czar in his office Is being given lecture by 2oo-pound traffic police man."
 "rhe spectators seem to be enjoy ing the fun"
 "Yes. two of them are his clerks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29

Yet Birmingham, Jefferson county and it's Board of Revenue have neglect ed this great beauty spot.
 Perfect roads out of Birmingham are built within few miles of this lake in several places, but none of them are complete. For instance, a great highway has been constructed within three miles of Lock IT. There it stops. Nothing but flivver can get through the country road to the lock. Three
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
A TEST OF SKILL.
7e.}s3,raea

| "The co-stars make love beauti- fully"
 "The fact that they are married to each other Is apparently no handicap. artists to their finger tips"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
PSYCHOLOGY
From the Mobile Register.

The word has gone out from Con- gross that times are on the mend Peo- pie have been told that so often they are almost beginning to believe it,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
SACRIFICE.

SACRIFICE. The heights that lead to glory Are strewn with noble dead; But that's an old, old story Still shines, far overhead, The light that lures men ever To battle and to die, Though a needless world may never Mark the places where they lie.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
IT POSITIVELY WOULD NOT

From the Searcy tArk.) Citizen.
 We often wonder if esthetic dancing would still be as popular if the dan seuse wore a mockintosh and arctics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL

My son." said the multimillionaire When are you going to turn your hand to useful pursuits?"
 Well, dad, I'm a pretty fair ten his player, I'm no slouch on the golt links and I've mastered the ukulele.'
 Yes, my boy, but I was referring to the kind of pursuits that arouse the professional interest of tax as- sessor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
SAFETY IN WORDS.

You don't seem to care whether your hearers applaud one of your speeches or not"
 "No," replied the eminent statesman. T prefer to take middle ground and thus avoid outbursts of either ap- proval or displeasure. I'm perfectly satisfied when addressing my constitu- ents if all they remember about a speech of mine is the length of time it took me to deliver it."
 A PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZEN.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29
MORE CERTIFIED CELEBRITIES

From the New York World.
 Perhaps the most significant thing about the formal admission of 26 illus trious Americans to the Hall of Fame on Saturday Is the inclusion of Edgar Allan Poe In the number He Is re- ceived at last among the elect, 72 years after his death-not indeed as poet but is creator of the short story Mark Twain has had to wait only Ii years and Saint Gaudens 14 Of the rest, Alex ander Hamilton Patrick Henry and Daniel Boone have all been dead more than century and Roger Williams more than two. There Is still time for Walt Whitman to be taken into the fold.
 For a roll of fame which equally in cludes ancient worthies and modern eel ebrities 1t Is inevitable that there should be some embarrassment of choice No doubt the electors are doing as well as could be expected. Stand ards for appraising fame are not exact and public opinion is hard to satisfy. Posterity may be left to correct present errors of omission. and it is obviously better that a deserving candidate should be kept out than that others should be admitted whose right to the honor may subsequently, be challenged. But a rule of selection suggested by pr. Van Dyke at the dedicatory cere- monies deserves notice. May no name ever be written on those walls" he said, except names trat are pure and lovely and of good report" Fame by fame. The outer world does not cir cumscribe it's estimate of genius with such limitations.