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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-17

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 ST RANGE. eager for American
 friend hip and assir0us IS Of # com s,a patch a special mission, headed by Rene viviani, to discuss Franco-Amer- ican relations with the Harding ad- ministration at Washington. The fail ure of the United States to ratify the Versailles treaty and the subsequent points of difference, which have kept the two republics from fullest coop eration in the work of world recons- truction have impressed the French .yovernment with the desirability of making a new start France believes that only through earnest 'co-operation with America can she work out her own problems to the best advantage.
 Anti-French propaganda in the Unit ed States has not stirred any general feeling of hostility or suspicion. but 1t has created the impression that at least a small part of the American peo- ple does not look with sympathy on Frances present constructive efforts. The symptoms are n4t agreeable, and France believes that while they may not indicate any real change in Amer ica.s attitude toward her war partner, thev do indicate that strenuous efforts are being made to force a change of attitude. It is partly for the purpose of offsetting this nefarious work that the yfviani mission is coming.
 A more practical purpose is to obtain at first hand the views of xhe new American administration on important questions of world politics. France has no wish to run counter to American sentiment. She is eagerly desirous q shaping her course in such manner as to command at least the moral supr port of the washington government and the people of the American repub- Lie. As yet no one. either in AmHFtca or in Europe. has any definite idsse of the views of President Harding and his advisers M. viviani will endeavoi to ascertain the policy which the Ad- Fministration purposes tp pursue. Upon his report after his return to Par1s much may depend. Unless he nnds that the American Presidents views run strongly counter to what Francs believes to be essential. it is highly probable that Frances course of actior will De largely influenced
 In brief, the viviani visit win afford President Harding an excellent op' portunity to make American sentiment practically felt in Europe. and this without any necessity of assuming large responsibilities. Incidentally I is likely that the rest of the worit wi,l be taken into the Presidents con
 fidence more fully than if has beer taken by his inauguration address ant his incidental utterancss prior to hi assuming presidential responsibilities
 The great majority Of the Ameri'a' Y people love and 'he4or the e-.el
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-17
wasn,t fine Renl Thing

Judge W. R. Voorhis, general coun- self of the American Waterworks and Electric company, who is in the city, is intensely human as the following story, which I heard him relate, will prove." said Leon c. Bradley.
 The judge lives in Indiana, where politics is system, a science and a fine art. It appears he was invited to ad- dress a gathering in behalf of a friend who was a candidate for the United States Senate. Arriving on a cold night ,,at the locality designated, he found it was a livery stable. By the dim light of kerosene lamp he dis cerned handful of patrioits, rusty iron stove, into which an attendant was feeding bale of hay, and table on which were the traditional glass and pitcher of ice water. The situation was exuding depression ad libitum when the chairman arose and said:
 Boys, we are going to have real meeting next week in the town hall with brass band and a sure huff ora. tor. We will now hear from Judge Voorhis's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-17
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

A lot of alleged Christians worship the good book on Sundays and the pocketbook the rest of the week.
 A husband puts in all his time preaching economy. A wife puts in all her time practicing economy.
 A professional lover who has new girl every month always takes the cigars out of his vest pocket when he calls on girl. But an amateur lover hasn't that much sense.
 A smart husband does not contradict his wife. He lets her talk and she soon contradicts herself.
 The men folks of the next genera tion will brag about the good bread mother used to get from her baker. Old Samson probably wore, long hail because he knew that he was so biz that other men were afraid to call him a sissy.
 After woman has slept in Pull. man berth three or four times sh' takes a. chance and takes her stockings off before she hits the hay l Another helpful hint: The married man who knows how to wash dishes or cook is a blame fool If he tips hi' hand. l Where two or three are gathered to sether you'n find . bootl geer close by l About the only way for a bridegroon l to attract any attention IS TOT him t fail to show up at the ceremony ] Why is 1t that the man who cough' his head off for an hour when ne issil church doesn't even grunt when he | attending a three-hour musical com
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-17
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 HIOMMERCIAL aviation has been II given a somewhat severe setback NJ in England. The Airco organiza- tion, which ran daily service between London and. Paris. went out of busi-- ness three months ago, and now the Handley- Page company, the largest of its kind in England, announces that it. too, is about to retire from the field. It Is now trying to rent its spacious flying fields in the vicinity of London.
 The reason given is the high cost of operation and the impossibility of meeting French competition ac- count of the failure of the British gov ernment to give the encouragement to the industry which the French compa nies receive. This opens up the old and much-discussed question of free trade versus protection. Great Britainr being the free trade country par excel lence. is opposed to any system of gov ernment subventions of private indus try. If an industry Is not viable, in brltlSn oplHion, IL IS useieSS to heep IL going artificially by contributions from the public purse.
 In France a different theory ob- tains. The war has left France in possession of hundreds of trained aviators and thousands of aeroplanes. The public interest demands that these shall be utilized commercially. But the up to the point of making use of the aeroplane as a means of locomotion. This is a process requiring time. Therefore the commercialization of aviation. so obviously to the public in terest, receives assistance from the government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-17
PARIS IS NOT THE CAPITAL
,om the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Paris is not the capital of France. This is not a paradox. nor joke. bat an official fact. Parisians who are given to an alarmist disposition are disturbed in their minds. for from the fact that Paris has ceased to be the capital of the country since 1914 re- suits that all official documents of the republic of France signed since tbs above date are theoretically illegal
 On September 3. 1914. when the gov ernment left Paris before the menace Q! the German advance the Journal off, cial announced that Bordeaux was henceforth and until further notice the legal capital of France. and officla documents would be dated from Bor- deaux. Until December this procedure was followed. One by one the minis. tries came back to Paris. and by De- member Il all documents were once again dated from Paris.
 No one. however. in the stress of ths times. thought to insert notice in tho Journal Official to the effect that Pari. once again had become the capital o1 France, with the result that all docu ments since september. 1914, should b' dated from Bordeaux. and those dated from Paris are technically illegal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-17
A MAHARAJAH,s MOTOR CAR

From the Detroit News.
 solid silver cigar box. gold and s.l- yer push buttons, various cut glass and silver mounted toilet bottles, a mani cure set. a brush and comb, and many other little fittings. with mahogany, satin wood and mother of pearl panel- ing. are some of the details given in d trade description of what is styled a luxury car recently constructed for his highness. the Maharajah of Bharatpus. Raiputana. India.
 The car has 45 -horsepower, six cylinder engine a chassis of the high est possible workmanship and finish. but it is the interior which strikes. th eye for splendor. Finished entirely in solid mahogany and satin wood veneer, lit is inlaid with mother of pearl. In this interior, which touches the height of luxury. are fittings equally ornate. At the back of the front seat is a cab met, over which is table. Two small folding doors in this fitting give &C., cess to large solid silver cigar box. while a drawer at the bolton, lined with plush. contains glasses. The bushes for calling the attention of the driver arc of solid gold and silver, and are fitted into the coping around the win d0Ws.s It is upholstered in mauve silk shot with silver.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-17
COMMERCIAL AVIATION

A subvention of francs kilometer is granted for each flight by an aero plane with a single motor and F francs a kilometer for each plane with twin engines. In addition the government subscribes 50 per cent of the money re- qyired for aircraft construction. In orr der to benefit by these subventions a company must have a fleet of at least IA twin engined planes or 9s with single engines. The government fur ther sees to it that an adequate sup ply of pilots is maintained by putting government aerodromes, aeroplanes and free petrol at their disposal for practice flights. During the period of training the government insures the life of the student aviator for 50.000> francs.
 As the result of this government as- able to reduce their charges for flight from Paris to London to 300 francs, or s21 at the present rate of exchange. The nonsubventioned Brit ish companies had to charge SAP for the same service. Under such condi- tions British competition was hope- less. The Belgians have even gone further. They have an aerial service running between Brussels and London which costs only s12.25 trip, or less than the present fare by rail and steamer. Brussels to Paris by air costs only s10.50.
 Germany is also indirectly coming into competition with England. A Dutch aviation line, backed by the big steamship companies is to be started this summer, running from Amsterdam to, Southampton and Liverpool, using German Fokker aeroplanes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-17
THE aIoCKINGBIRD

By Frank L. stanton.
 He didn5t know much music
 When first he came along: An all the birds went wonderin Why he didn't sing a song.
 They primed their feathers In the sun,
 An sung their sweetest notes: An music jest come on the run 's.ss
 From all their purity throats! But still that bird was silent
 In summer time an fall; He jest set still an listened 7
 An he wouldn't sing at all! But one night when them songsters Was tired out an still s. An the wind sighed down the valley An went creepin' up the hill. h the dreamin' fields O blue. When tho sraxa was all a-tremblo Am the dairy n the darkness Felt the fa111H o's the dew Thers coune sound o' melody l No m0Ftal ever heard. Tft An aIl the blrds seemed singin' | From tho throat of one sweet bira.- Then tho other birds went playinss ! In . land. too fur to call;
 Far there warn't no use in staytns
 When one bird could sing fer all!
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-17
A RIG BOMR PLANE

From the San Francisco Chronicle. s It would seem that there should be closer agreement than there is be- tween the authorities of the army and those of the navy, which together constitute our means of national de- fense. The admirals of the navy in- sist that dreadnaughts costing $50, 0oo,- 900 or s4O,o00,oO0 each are and will continue our main reliance against foreign aggression. The army author- ities, on the contrary, are equally firm in their conviction that with an air plane costing s375.000 they can knock into smithereens any dreadnaught which the navy could build at any price. And there you are. The air plane which they are now building can carry a bomb weighing five tons, which Is surely some bomb. Conced- ing that, the navy declares that the airplane cannot shoot to hit. The army, however. claims no Juris- diction on the sea, but does claim the right to defend the country from the land by any machinery which it can contrive and insists that it is its duty
 
 to defend our coastal cities with air, planes which can fly out over the water
 The British government apparently agrees with our army men that the day of the dreadnaught is over, for | it has stopped spending a cent on them. But we may feel perfectly cer, tain that 1t is bending every energy to the construction of airplanes bis bombs and airplane carrying ships costing lot of money. such as our navy is building or desires to build It may be that from now on the peo. pie of the nations must put all they can save beyond the bare means of existence into the machinery o1 slaughter. If so. we shall have to panperize ourselves with the others We shall not like it. Neither will our competitors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-17
WHAT TO READ WHEN TIRED

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 Why go to the library for some thing to read. Here are two big mur- der stories spread upon the pages of the papers every day, as the murder trials proceed. If you like sex interest take the Hamon trial; if you like the ad- venture and daring of highway rob berv try few columns of the Chester trial There is no reason why people should waste their time and money buy ing novels these days, when the papers carry such thrillers as are running ln the news.-Emporia (Kan.) Gazette.
 This is all very well, but we prefer more solid reading. We like, for exarfi- pie, such stately historical narratives as recently appeared in the British Weekly. Reviewing J. M. Bishops com pilation of the letters of Theodore Roosevelt, the writer informs us that after his military exploits in Cuba in the Spanish American war, Colonel Roosevelt was offered" the governor ships of two different states. accepting that of New York Then when William Mckinley ran for President, Colonel Roosevelt. says the British journal. was induced to accept second place on the ticket and twas elected Vice President but occupied the chair for only one week. retiring to take up the practice of law"
 You didn't know that, did you7 Well we didn't either. until we commenced to read American history as she is writ by foreign journalists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-17

ing of murders, "triangles and d. vorces, but they lose some of their ap- peal when real blood is spilled and the simulated emotions of actors be- come the actual experiences of men and women.
 Col. George Harvey will be accepta- bIe to the British government as Amer ican ambassador. It begins to look as if the colonel didn't sit up late in Chi cago for nothing.
 < x % paying his income tax of cents cent at time wanted to make himself as obnoxious to Uncle Sam as possible. It is said that Mormon influence put the ban on tobacco in Utah. We've all ways had a suspicion that the average Mormon is narrow between the eyes.
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 Daily reports of the Haman case pro- vide an honest working girl with more l thrills than she can find in a novel by Bertha M. Clay.
 The fact that M. viviani is person. ally acquainted with Woodrow Wilson will not be held against him when he visits Washington.
 Taking the crooks out of the movies would be sad blow to a great many old boys of 50 years and upward who like to see them at work on safe. $ < #
 A memorial to President Wilson is being planned. The promoters won't get nickel out of Jim Reed
 The brewers will cooperate with the medical profession in saving human life with beer
 The decision of Theda Bara to play l moral TOlSS HdS, we lSdA, d SohAAhoA SA@-- aspect.
 MT. Harding proved himself one of the plain people by putting off paying his income tax until the last day.
 The tranquility of Mexico is a stand ling invitation for American dollars to get busy.
 Cal Coolidge has become so hardened that he can face a battery of dozen cameras without flinching. * * 4
 Nearly 1000 dogs have been killed in Birmingham, most of them because they happened to be poor and friendiess. x # q
 If the League of Nations should be scrapped, Geneva would lose it's place in the sun.
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 The supply of federal jobs is totally inadequate to the demand. That how ever is not a new manifestation.
 Berlin's night life has not been slowed up by the hard-hearted conduct 1 of the allies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-17
A UTILITY MAN.

"why do you seek a divorceT' Your honor. my husband is victim of badgitis."
 ..of what7''
 '.Badgitis. Every time a badge is pinned on him he forgets all about his business, his home and his family He spends so much time attending comnlit- tee meetings for the public welfare anc receiving distinguished visitors to the city he can't earn a living"
 FED UP. AS IT WERE Put more ardor into your love scenes" said the director.
 If you want me to register passion you'll have to get me new leading lady" replied the movie star. What for?'' Betty Peacherino has been with me two years now and I'm tired of working with old material"
 NATURAL DEDUCTION. '.The man who argues with worian is a fool" said MT. Gadspur. T agree with you" said MT. Twobble. And if he expects to have the last word he's an even bigger fool" "Quite so. quite so. What did you and the 'Missus' quarrel about this morn' ing?" ! GETTING DISCOURAGED. e
 For thirty years
 Said Henry Bears,
 i've tried to practice thrift;
 But quite in vain
 And now I'm fain
 To think it is a gift
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-17
POOR HUsBANDRY

Dr. Charles Aubrey Eaton, Editor of
 Leslie's Weekly. in Leslie's.
 Socrates taught that wealth is the ab- sence of desires; and that contentment with one's lot Is the shortest road to affiuence and independence,
 When xantippe. his shrewd wife. chased him from the house with fry ing pan. the philosopher used to stand barefooted in the snow and mediate upon the moral value of the husband of a bad-tempered wife
 In presenting this theory for practical consideration. 1t is only fair to say that in America Socrates would not be con- sidered . good provides
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-17
eADalgzlaM NpsssfN,
NO RESULTS
From the Macon Telegraph.

From the Macoh eieSfapu' s pr. Walter simons is Germapfs new est national hero A Berlin dispatch says: sDr. simons is getting khis trib- ute from all sides He isf the first German ninistet who said ;tso" to the allies. Some distinction. Z King Ca mute, you will recall. w<s the first hard boiled king to tell thb tide to stop right where 1t was. but. Eso far as wa have been able to. learn, it didn't get him anything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-17
Personal Preparation for
 Business With Mexico

A CITING on special invitation
 A from President Obregon, eight New Orleans business men have gone to Mexico for trade extension trip of 17 days. It would have been no bad thing had as many. Birmingham manufacturers accompanied them.
 It has long since been established that those who do the greatest busi- ness with outsiders know something of them through personal contact. The Germans educate young men for Latin American trade and send them there with more knowledge of Latin American history and speaking better Spanish than the average native. They are at home on Latin American soil. They get the business.
 Birmingham does large business with Cuba, much larger than former ly, because our manufacturers go there in person and study trade con ditions at first hand.
 It is not to be doubted that Mexico is to-be opened up for peaceful ex- ploitation. The gulf states can fur, nish what Mexico wants if they make themselves familiar with these wants and establish trade relations based on that knowledge.
 Alabama furnishes Mexico with z great deal of coke and some pig iron It ought to provide many other things It will if Alabamians spend some o1 their. present leisure time in cultivat ; ing Mexican buyers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-17
TO RESTORE UNDERSTANDING

republic. It will be hoped that tho viviani mission will be successfuI in establishing relation of clean under standing and cooperation Frances destiny may not be AmeTica's destiny. but America is more than academically interested in the salvation of France. for it is apparent that peace and re- mobilization in Europe and through out the world depend to very large degree on the strength, wisdom and firmness of the French people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-17
For Better Marketing of
 Alabama Farm Products

N T the meeting of the state hor- EA cultural society, to be held in Birmingham March IS, Morris avenue produce merchants will be asked to confer with regard to the varieties of certain farm products most salable, the form of package most popular and other marketing details that are of mutual interest to the merchant and the farmer.
 / The meeting will be attended by Auburn experts and farm demonstra- tors, the men who come in direct contact with the farmer and on whom he depends for knowledge of modern methods of doing business. It is be- lieved that the demonstrators may learn some things from the merchant which knowledge, in turn, they can pass on to the farmer.
 The entire agricultural system has awakened to the importance of mar keting. Extraneous efforts to helr the farmer have proved abortive Statesmen have tried in vain to dig him out of holes by emergency leg islation. The only laws passed for his benefit that have availed at all have been those that enabled him to help himself.
 Cooperative marketing on busi- nesslike basis, using proper packages standardizing the products offered and furnishing the markets with wha- they want will revolutionize farming The sooner merchants, farm demon strators and farmers all understand one another and work together tn, sooner remunerative marketing meth ods will be in vogue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-17
TURNED DOWN.

His language had a sting; So cleverly the witness lied
 He hadn't learned a thing.
 TURNED DOWN. Do you regard the farmer as the man of the hour7"
 'sNo." said MT. cobbles. gloomily "i don't believe he's half as important to the world as our statesmen and news paper editors say he is. If he were, my banker would not have been so un- sympathetic when I tried to borrow a lit- tie money to tide me over until I can make another crop"
 ALL TOO BRIEF. T have just met the champion pessim- ist"
 "who is he?"
 "A fellow who landed job with the new administration. He says. 'whatsfour years in a mans lifeT"
 UNWILLING TO DONATE. Did MT. Grabcoin have much diffI- culty in accomplishing his fortune?' He certainly, did.'
 Tn what way?'
 Some of the people who contributed to it objected so strongly that they forced MT. Grabcoin to appear in court accom- panied by a flock of lawyers"
 STILL YOUNG. The quest of youth has oft been made By learned men without success; Yet, when grandmother is arrayed From head to foot in modish dress. To see the way she trips along With nothing much upon her mind, You'd think-and maybe not be wrong She hasn't left girlhood behind.