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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
MIXED METAPHOR IN HYMNS

1 Kindly Light" There Is Rock of | Agea" To be sure, Augustus Top lady, who wrote it, was called by John
 Wesley 6 lively coxcomb" and 'too
 dirty writer Tor mo to meddle
 with;s but the hymn is one of our best. and an lrngliih tradition is that the Prince Conser Albert continually repeated fl on his ieathbed. Here is the firzt ssanEA.
 Rock af Ages. el4gt for me,
 Let m. h.ds Hyaslg in Thee;
 Let tht Ter NS 1e blood | From rNN sldd ' healing flood Be of The onhle cure. Save fl N~ En4 make me pure.'
 First efa eStHe figure of the Israelit, s2a n che wilderness cleavina lae FxH rom which water gushed Ho ! fs kesp the people from dying of iaiest fhsH the Idea of hid l ing in a raek; shsn ehe conception of the blood and water rom the wounds of the Crist aa a sare or medicine for the st But why analyze at alle Samuel yir1asary Duffieid in ihRs | authoritafivs wsrf<. English Hymns" assglssz
 There fhsse gvhc in hymns, as in art an fa music, are clamorous nowadays T tA9 nav, the precise, and the es'halte But the old wine
 Is good eaeugh yet. and there is honey still iw tss lsan.earcass of the field-preaching Cihueah of lLady Huntingdon day. shall not defend archaic exrssssicas, pad rhymes and haltlng rh, sams. eus shall constant ly aver thss hysnns Rra pre- eminent ly the uttei ass of sps3Eual life, and that what tsa Churea Universal adopts and aAGria1es ia.s by that fact, removed both rem tAs control of a picking pedansrs and os@ cold-biood- ed correctness.
 After all, we &xS inclined toward the Duffield viAm- ,Gut the hymnal or hymnary wll sese nathing of inn portancs by ths siision of Stone and
 the Bickesteth prsaurtlens. Neither stood very higa \ or popu- larity. And praSsSiSsfs compilers will not bar ''slaclx sf Ages." They. too, have some rssasct for the honors that time has hastawed ap on hymn. braced his consnsalen vln0rously, sx- claiming:
 IA aI. yrf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
ADRIF7T WITH THE TIMES
SOME PEOPLE ARE IA
 PLEASE

SOME PEOPLE ARE IA A@ So
 PLEASE
 Say" protested the disgusted pa tron. This show is not worth s2''. Didn't you see the leading man embrace the leading lady in the third act?" asked the manager. "Of course I did" well, he squeezed her 50 hard he broke a rib. What do you want for 3s7"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
rno os,p ro.t CAVE STUFF

From the Mro0kIYN 4aeIe.
 Manhsttan bhsiness man of 45 who marrisd pcNaa If 22 to tame her la Pstrucllo, as in police court badly hanKta Up within q month. Cavs man keslna though me- dieval. are ot wik for the middle aged to atte
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
PARADOX AITsTRIA

From the Kansas City Star.
 Austria is again appealing to the allied supreme, council for help in it's financial difficulties, if a state which has no finances at all can be said to have financial difficulties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
JOHN sKEl.roN DISCOUNTED

From the Columpps Enquirer Sun.
 Anyway, it begins sc look as if Gov ernor Harding of she federsl reserve board, is going to pe sabls to discount the Hon. John Skalton Williams at about the right rath
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
4 s12,eogl ll'HlA CHER

From the St. 1cuih eaobs- Democrat.
 sense of 2 vital wpsE conscious ly performed is not always the sole reward of Inc ssle-sacrificing teacher. St. Lauia' rev s1.o0o-a- month superintsncans began his ca- reer at IS as stach CT nt country school in Kent seY ax ss7s5o month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
Birmingham's Offering in Freight Rates

EIGURES showing the compara- 1T tive freight rates from Bir- mingham and other cities to points in northern, central, eastern and western Alabama, published in The Age-Herald during the. past three days, have proved eye-openers at Z home and abroad. Few realized to what an extent the revision of rates from Birmingham had taken place during the past several years, fol- lowing a campaign for the removal of discriminations conducted by the Birmingham wholesalers.
 For example, the first-class freight rate from Birmingham to Sulligent is 25 cents, compared with $1 from Nashville, our nearest com petitor. The Sulligenti merchant will get the same goods from the same great manufacturing establish ments at one-fourth the freight rate from Nashville if he trades in Bir- mingham.
 Cullman is on the direct line of the Louisville and Nashville rail road from Nashville and enjoys the most favorable rate from the Ten nessee city, yet the freight rate from Nashville is TIE cents, while rom Birmingham it is only P cents, ,rain almost a fourth of the rate rom Birmingham's nearest com lIitor.
 !. In the Tennessee valley, where
 IIHng with Nashville is well estab-
 #d, Birmingham's new rates of
 8nany advantages. Madison has \ #e from Nashville of 65h cents,
 the rate from Birmingham is
 cents, or almost one-half.
 These conditions signify the new rolations existing between Alabama nsercbants and the wholesalers oi 
 IT state's chief city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
LETTERS TO EDITOR
OLDEST TRAVELLING MAN

OLDESI IHA EblNN MAN To the Editor of The Age -Herald:
 In reading your DO You Remem- Der" colsmn, it occurred strange to me that no one has submitted the question, Do you remember when Harry Jones was not travelling salesman?"
 am getting to be somewhat of an old-timer myself, and remember quite a bit back, but I cannot re- member that far. Along in the early seventies I was living at Courtland, and quite a youth. I can remember well the first travelling salesmen ever saw. They were called drum mers then. Harry Jones and Bob Goodall were the first drummers, so far as I know, who ever came to that town, and it was quite an event. My recollection is now that the young people got up a dance for them ana showed them every attention Now when one comes to town, they gen orally sick the dogs on him. Up to the time that Bob Goodall retired from the road and Harry Jones changed his territory, they were both prime favorites in Courtland and all ways welcome to that burg. As l have ofssn said before, wish to again submit the statement that Harry Jones is the oldest drummer in the world. Yours truly,
 c. M. SHERRoD.
 H,..i. A,1ust O 1921
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
PROFITABLE BUSINESS

PROFIIABLE BUSINESS
 "Who are these prisoners?"
 Convicted 'moonshiners' on their way to the penitentiary." Didn't overhear one of them tell a friend not to forget to attend to little matter at the bank%' You probably did. He may have a little matter of .5oooo or s1oo.ooo In the bank"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
9Svernor Small's Foolish
 Tactics Prove Futile

15NHE attempts made by the gov-
 ernor of Illinois to prevent the iSw from applying to his case as ,6ould in that of any other citize
 ( his state similarly accused has ~1t offset the seriousness of the .>iuuo with which he is charged. nor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
.DAnpy, nATTLEsNAKE

To the Editor of The Age Herald.
 l note that you state the oauos rattlesnake was killed, same having 17 rattles.
 The daddy" rattlesnake was kliiea about IS years ago in Coffee county about 17 miles south of Troy, anu about 15 miles north of Elba by one negro named George Davis. rms snake had 2S rattles, and l do not remember the size of the reptile.
 Yours truly, R. A. KING, Jk. Chelsea, August 9, 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
d MoRNINC pnAyER

A MORNING PRAYER Dear Lord. I look to n life be- y-ose6 Here, may my love for thee grvs there may it ripen! Here may I joy in hope, and there in M. S. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11

PHASE OF THE HOTEL BUSINESS
 What are your rates?"
 Seven dollars a day and up. for one person." said the hotel clerk.
 But you advertise ss a day and up."
 'When that advertisement was published" replied the clerk. with an air of great weariness, i've had no idea the President was going to spend a week in this vicinity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11

1 braced his consnsglen via0rously, ex- claiming:
 My boy. AFn Asexandre Dumas" ito the ute sriazemsnt and ds- light of my friend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11

A TEST OF ART T won't follow the monkeys" said the prima donna, with a bout. Madame" replied the vaudeville manager. there's a chance for you to prove your srts "Eh?"
 Make 'em forget the monkeys"
 PAUL COOK.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-05-27
GRAFTON COUNTY FARM BUREAU
LARGEST IN STATE.

The Farm Bureau membership cam
paign continues to meet with the sue
cess attained at the start. Every
town has made more than met the
expectations of the officers. County
Agent w Ross Wilson reports mem
bership of 1910, the largest number
of any county in the State, and ex-
poets the membership to go over the
1900 mark.
The campaign is centered in the
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-05-27

Baker River Valley during the week..
The last meetings at which Mr. c ]
Cooper and the County Agent will
speak are Bristol and Alexandria on
May 31st. Headquarters for the cam
paign were moved to Plymouth on
Thursday from where the work will
be completed.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-05-27
STATE NEWS. =

The freezes Of last week in Morris
vile ruined the strawberry crop there
for the season.
The total receipts of the May festi-
val, recently held in Newport, were
about 500.
Olin L French, aged "a years. who
was the dean of Vermont editors
when he sold the Vermont Phoenix Of
in 1910, died May I3 in
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-05-27

Florida has miles and miles of
good roads but the wear on the
roads is very heavy and the prob
lem IS to keep the roads in good
repair. 1t may be that the Florida
House has hit good idea. The
gasolene tax bill has been passed
and that means that about a two
cent a gallon tax has been put on
the gasOlene and oil sales
throughout the state, the money
b be used for roads. 1t looks
fair for only those who are using
the roads are paying this extra
tax and that in proportion to
what they use them.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-05-27

Europe is pleased that we have
come to the council table al
though not of the League of
Nations. Time will prove whether
1t is a wise move but anyway. we
have tried holding aloof alto
gether without good results and
we are certainly not ready to 90
the whole figure and become a
party to the League. so there
didn't seem to be any other way
to go except into this half way
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01
Money Mania

y Mr.. stevens became engrOSSe'
W his business. He thought o
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01
JuUeniIe Advisory Body
Created by Legislature

wASHINTON. April 30.-With
the PRONUNCIATION OF the laws passed
by the 1921 general assent bly,. Indiana
will have a juvenile advisory COM
mission and a state probation OF
ficer. who will act in conjunction
with the board. This was provided
for in a law passed by the legis-
latu-e.
Under the provisions Of the law,
the commission would function in
the way the state child welfare COM
mission has functioned and the pro-
baton officer will be its field agent
The officer would travel over the
state and would cooperate with local
and county probation officers. whose
appointment will have to be con-
firmed by the advisory commission.
The state officer will be vested
with powers similar to these of
county and city probation officers.
who will work under the state Of
ficers direction.
Local officers will be required 20
report quarterly TO the state office.
Failure to do so will subject them TO
a fine Of not less than $40 and not
more than $500.
No one except a parent rearing
their own child is eligible TO either
the county or state job
The commission members will
serve without compensatios. The
state officer. however, will be paid
from an appropriation Of $500
provided in the law.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01

one cent out OF the way. Mind you
just one cent l dropped penny
on the floor. picked it up and hand
ed IL to him saying, Why, here Is
the difference
But ne was not satisfied.
Often He Wept.
often 1 would walk into the IL
brary 10 find him sitting alone. his
eyes filled with tears. sobbing hys-
terically.
He adopted his mode OF living,
and adhered 10 IL. while 1 chose to
continue here with my children.
"Mr. Stevens owned 100000 acres
in Virginia and had a home there.
with servants an deverything that a
mans wealth could afford. He also
maintained a room in a hotel in New
York. but that in his business, I be-
lieve. was necessary.
II tried with all the love in my
heart 10 mae him take care OF him
self 10 preserve his health.
Finally. 1 made up my mind not
20 interfere in anything he did.
II am sure he left no will. / and
others who knew him will under
stand what terrible horror ne had
OF death. He didn't want TO speak
OF il. and the subject of q will. he
once said. was to invite death"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01
RENT SITUATION
HELD GREATEST
PROBLEM TODAY
Secy Davis Believes Housing
Crisis Biggest Barrier to
Readjustment.
BY III. IL. Hunt

WASHINGTON, April SO.-The
housing situation with high rents is
today the most serious problem con-
fronting the government, in the
opinion Of Sec'y OF Labor Davis.
II is in just such a situation as
Davis describes that congress and
the state legislatures, under the su-
preme court ruling. have the Iower
10 enact emergency legislation curb
ing rent hogs.
Davis holds high rents the great
est single barrier 10 a readjustment
such as is essential TO permanent
prosperity
Because OF high rents and made
quate housing" he says, families
double up, sometimes two or three
TO a home. II is not too much to
say that the loss in morale and
morals due TO the housing condi-
tons in many cities today is one of
the greatest dangers 10 our who'll.
social structure"
Disease and Death.
The report OF the recent state in
vestigation into housing conditions
in hicago showed that 100000 peo-
pie In that city were living in the
most unwholesome conditions. sleep
ing sometimes three and four in a
bed. five and six TO a room.
Reports from other cities hard hit
by the housing shortage and higl
rents show an alarming increase in
sickness and disease.
In some cities the birth rate OF
lllegltlmate children has increased
90 percent.
Davis has ordered a special in
vesugation Of conditions in some OF
The worst centers. Federal investi-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01

Some agreement must be reach
cd by the building trades and the
building industries that will make
possible a resumption of home build
ing.
The building industry Is the key
stone OF our entire industrial struc-
ture and once construction work can
be set under way again the whole
emp loyment and industrial situation
VIII be relieved.
To-day. however, we have the
paradoxical situs ton where IL Is
cheaper 10 travel than to pay rent
There are 100000 people. It j.
estimated. living in Ford cars"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01

gators have been sent TO Chicago
and more will 20 20 Cleveland.
What We need in dealing with
the situation Davis says. IS no.
only horse sense but heart sense Il
is not merely a matter Of houses AMI
rents, Of dollars and cents.
Just what could be accomplished
by the way OF rent regulation. and
how far that would meet the prob
lem except in removing one Of the
barriers TO a wage readjustment, I
am unable 10 say.
The real solution. OF course, lies
in more houses as well as in more
reasonable rents.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01

Herbert Hoover, secretary or COM
merce, finds high rents as reflected
In delayed readjustment OF wages.
hampering the stimulation OF manu-
featuring and commerce.
As I see IT," Hoover says. Eve
are az a blockade on the housing
and rent question until we can get
more buildings. And We can't get the
buildings until prices-both OF labor
and materials-come down
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01

Mrs, Jessie u, Stevens (abOyel ,
Mrs Kate Stevens Pagan. rs (cen-
teri. and Bobby Van CIecf DeSOusa,
,. (belOw). widow. daughter and
grandson of Calvin Amory stevens.
all likely To share i'm $15,OOO,0OO es-
tate.
nothing else. 1t became a mania
with him.
Il can recall many a time when
he came home actually i'll from
Overwork, but he wouldn't rest Night
after night he would sit up until
long after daybreak, porting over his
books and his satchels of money.
Il have heard his racking cough.
and often went downstairs and plead
ed that he go TO bed TO save his
health But. no.
There were times when he blunt
~ informed me that his books were
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01
Secret SOrYO7C Causes Millionaire
10 Lie and Die as MiSer; Ezen His
WidO70 Can't Explain Mania Mystery

hat was the secret sorrow that
rsinated the life OF Calvin AM
stevens that It turned him from
ouoyant. loving husband and
'ner' into a bitter. misery old
han7
Why did he abandon his beautiful
nome and forsske his charming wife
/ M daughter. 10 live in a garrett
'ooei atop dilapidated business
uiiolng in the heart OF the wall
Ftreet district
stevens the miser, died suddenly
n Trinity hospital. Brooklyn. on
hrch 20. Screaming and protest
~ against the invasion Of the no.
ce' he had been forcibIy taken to
Pc hospital only after his ianitor-
superintendent feared he would die
pr starvation. Starvation however
IN ho1 XIII him; heart disease did.
Asks Allowance.
a nple court proceeding brought
80 oy his widow revealed that
ftevens had left behind upward Of
100000 in cash, bonds, real es-
Yte' coal mines in Virginia and min
raj deposits In western state.
10 will has been found
. The court action OF his widow con
pted Of an affidavit filed I'm probate
urt asking for $4,000 a year from
husbands estate for the sup
and education OF their daugh-
Kate. IS"
She submitted 10 the court that
te recently became the bride OF
ichard Pagan, 10. student at
= dartmouth college. whose home is in
galveston. Texas.
Kate has been a student at Miss
aywood's school Overlook. Phila-
keiphia- She met Pagan at school
ops. The youngsters eloped.
Marries Widow
4 IL was while living in a modest
BOARDING house in Hobcken that
4tevens fell in love with a young
Fidow and married her. Together
Shey went 10 Bensonhurst. where he
Erected a costly home. Within two
Tears Kate was born.
hen came a weird change in
Mems life.
4 For years he limited himself to
cents a day for food. patched his
Oes himself with cardboard. and
rried forth at night ia collect news
Apers and tin cans which he sold in
- morning to junk dealers.
~ Wife's Story.
n faf hfa ruffa foil her esforrr
N the early days it was all so
Herent. Then we had all the lux
J les our hearts desired.
81 had a daughter. Jessie. when I
iarried Mr.. Stevens. Che IL now
IRIS Anthony de Sousa. and her nus
land Is an electrical engineer in
Brazil
MY husband loved Jessie as his
,wn daughter. He was devoted TO
both girls. Jessie and Kate. and de-
pied them nothing. But there was
|some sorrow in his heart-he never
kould tell me what.
"As time wore on my husband be-
anne Obsessed with the idea that
everyone, no matter how rich, should
| dispense with all luxuries. He or
kAred plain foods and said we must
spend money for anything that
n't absolutely necessary.
Then came the time when we dis
Bensed with our household employees
1 nc settled down 10 a humdrum ex-
Is;ence.
Money Mania.
Mr.. Stevens became engrOssed
NJ bis business. He thought of
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01
VEIL AND HAIR.

Have you ever tried matching
your hair and veil? The effect is
thoroughly charming. IL your hair
is coppery, select a russell veil, II it
is black with those deep violet lights
let your veil be black or violet, pre-
ferably black and If. perchance, II
is medium brown, and your eyes
gray, buy a gray veil.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01

one OF the difficulties Of prohibit
ton enforcement is that We haven't
discovered the need Of getting en-
forcement officers who are more in
terested IN enforcement than in get
ting drink.-William Jennings
Bryan.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01

Separate the sheep from the goats
on the other side and you viii
abolish 90 percent or our immiEra-
ton troubles Frederick A. Wallis
immigration mmissioner-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01

If grandpa is up to date today.
he must smoke cigarets and like
Jazz It's not comic; it's tragic
The Rev. r. r. Weber, Cleveland
clergyman.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01

Only Christ's plan OF universal
brotherhood can reconcile all class
- William Jennings
Bryan
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-01

Try NEYS.TIMES Wans Ads
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-16
ID, IND, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16, 1921.

were in this state, when new devel-
opment quite drew our attention away
from the original mystery
For two days Rachel HoweIls had
been so i'll, sometimes delirious, some
times hysterical, that a nurse had
been employed to sit up with her at
night. On the third night after Brun-
Ton disappearance, the nurse, findine
ner patient sleeping nicely, had
dropped into nap in the armchair,
when she woke in the early morning to
Ilnd the bed empty, the window open,
ana no signs of the invalid. | was in
stantly aroused and with the two foot
men, started off at once in search of
the missing girl 1t was not difficult
10 tell the direction which she had TAX.
en-, Tor, starting from under her win
doW, we could follow her footmarks
easily across the lawn TO the edge CT
the mere, where they vanished close
10 the gravel path which leads out Of
the grounds. The lake there is eight
teet deep, and you can imagine our
Ieellngs when we saw that the trail
OF the poor demented girl came to an
END at the edge of it.
VI course, We had the drags at
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-16
OND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM RICHMOND,

session the program was opened with
Thanksgiving thoughts given as re-
sponses. An interesting paper was
presented by Mrs. Everett Bennett on
THE Life of Daniel A social time
followed with contests, and later a
luncheon was served by the hostesses.
Mrs. Clifford Haworth will entertain
the class at its December meeting.
Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Albert An
derson will be the assisting hostesses
The Misses Karcher will be hostess
es to the Joy Bearers of Trinity Luth-
eran church at their home, Ills South
Eighth street, Thursday evening.
Miss Sarah Lewis will be hostess to
the Alice Carey club on Thursday att
ernoon. Members are asked to note
that the club is not to meet with Mrs
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-16
The Musgrave Ritual
BY
with The Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.

ing. His clothes, his watch, ard even
his money We're in his room, but the
black suit which he usually wore was
missing. His slippers, too, We're gone,
but his boots were left behind Where
then could butler Brunton have gone
in the night, and what could have be-
come of him now?
"'Of course we searched the house
from cellar to garnet, but there was no
trace of him. 4 is, as | have said, d
labyrinth of an old house. especially
the original wing. which is now prac-
tically uninhabited; but we ransacked
every room and cellar without discov.
ering the least sign of the missing
man. 1t was incredible to me that he
could have gone away leaving all his
property behind him, and yet where
could he be? | called in the local po
lice, but without success. Rain HAD
fallen on the night before, and we ex
amined the lawn and the paths all
round the house, but in vain. Matters