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New Britain herald., 1921-04-12

Little Willie nurses a secret hope that England will also corner the worlds supply of castor oil.
 Lobbying: The art of persuading Congressmen to rake chestnuts En- couraged by the practice of electing men of cats paw size.
 There is one consolation. You don't have to pay these high freight rates. You can let the railroad keep the shipment. ~+
 The man with the, hoe has his little troubles, but he doesn't have to pay a dollar for cents worth of wilted vegetables.
New Britain herald., 1921-04-12

Germany shed her blood freely unt Fofthne cast her in the role of turniI
New Britain herald., 1921-04-12

The old-time physician resorted {. bleeding on the slightest provocation but it's done by the tax assessor now
New Britain herald., 1921-04-12

SeiZing industrial cities as a means Of collecting an indemnity is fair enought, but it reminds us that men
 get Persian lamb by killing the mothers.
New Britain herald., 1921-04-12

A casual sIuuy of the worlds affairs convinces one that scraps are useless except for the making of hash
New Britain herald., 1921-04-12

It probably won't make much differ ence to Colombia whether we call it blackmail or hush money
New Britain herald., 1921-04-12

Professor West holds that college graduates know very little, but he says nothing of graduates of the electoral college.
New Britain herald., 1921-04-12
FACTS AND FANCIES
 BY ROBERT CULLEN - F.

Some of the bull spoken by the great. reminds us that there are ruminants as well as room at the top. .. ...
New Britain herald., 1921-04-12

This would be sort of Hades-
 Worse than that I'm here to swear, If it weren't for the ladies And the tricky things they Were fancy Easter bonnet
 To offset nilady's worth,
 There would be no living on 1t,
 And I'd rather leave the earth ! But the styles and the creations ". >s .st That reformers all deplore - Furnish old men recreations
 If they furnish nothing more In the afternoon of lifetime ,. When the youth has spent his torch That went blazing through the strife time s~r He sit out on the porch. Sit out the old piazzer, With twinkle in his eye, As he watches ev'ry jaxzer In the latest style go by. And while watching he'll be praying;
 Praying with mighty might ~ That the Scythe of Time a-slaying,
 Doesn't take away his sight. So say. and you'll approve it.
 That which causes men to pray Must be good. Who can disprove 1t? There is little more to say.
New Britain herald., 1921-04-12

There is always a quality of sad ness in Spring especially to those who observe, the bright new growth in the mint beds.
New Britain herald., 1921-04-12

prontaois advertising medium in ". Circulation books and press
 open to mdvertIs~rs
New Britain herald., 1921-04-12

Young man, if making money is the extent of your ambition, get a job ir the mint.
New Britain herald., 1921-04-12

Discretion is the better part of eS pressing an opinion of the wife's ne' hat.
New Britain herald., 1921-04-12
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS
By John J. Daly

 of his country cantonsville says now
New Britain herald., 1921-04-12

Well, why shouldn't speech be free Very little of it is worth anything
New Britain herald., 1921-04-12

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New Britain herald., 1921-04-12

Profanity: Fervid remarks by a male. The equivalent of woman'a tears.
New Britain herald., 1921-04-12

There are hoopskirts now to block the way And styles are getting smarter evry day;
 Should live to hundred and two There telling what may view For the Show of Life is bhthe and gay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
THE BooRIsH OFFICE BOY
Richard Spillane in the Philadelphia
 Public Ledger.

Richard Spillane in the Philadelphia
 Public Ledger.
 A foreigner recently asked me about the American office boy sIe asked what business men had in mind when they put on guard at the outer gate careless, inconsequential cub who accosts a caller as if the visitor should be and usually is subjected to something of approaching the third degree before being permitted to enter, if at all.
 The complainant argued that the general attitude of the average office boy is hostile and few employers ap- preciate how this influences the opin- | ion of some persons as to the char added that an office is a place in | which to transact business and the majority of callers go there for that purpose. First impressions count for a good deal. Visitors subjected to office boy treatment of the usual kind are likely to be Querulous or antagonistic when they meet the person they have gone to see, espe- cially if that person lacks suavity- 1 Unquestionably there is a warrant for complaint against the American
 office boy. The business man is re- sponsible. He never takes into ac- i count the worth of first impr essions- | An untrained boy is not the proper guardian of the outer gate. He is a liability, not an asset. Business men abroad wouldn't think of having
 careless youngsters greet their call-
 CTS. They employ men of settieo
 habits and discretion for that duty- 1 A man may appear to cost more, but
 it is possible that in the long run he costs much less.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
Fotced Promotion

One very interesting experiment twas tried this year in one of our larger schools" said Dr. N. R. Baker, county superintendent of education. At the beginning of the year the lower grades were crowded, the up- per grades were few in number.
 "Thirty-four pupils were promoted even though they had failed of pro- motion at the close of the previous term. Of these 34 pupils 25 were again promoted at the end of this term to the next higher grade, thus making two grades in one year, even though, theoretically and mechan- ically, they had failed to make one grade the preceding year.
 And this is not all, for three of the first grade pupils were promoted a second time, and thus passed from the first to the third grade in one session, thus making total of 2S pupils of the S4. This would prac- tically save the salary of one teacher besides serving the pupils both by saving of time and by the inspiration to be gained from rapid advance ment"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
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DO YOU KNOW

The Festival of the Sun" is cele- hrated every year by banquet of the Astronomical Society of France held on the Eiffel tower on the night of the summer solstice.
 The southernmost permanently in- habited spot on the globe is Laurie island in the South Orkneys, south east of South America The govern ment of Argentina maintains a meteorological station in this inhos- pitable spot, which is generally ice bound and has not even wireless com munication with the rest of the world.
 The amount of iron and steel manu- factured, each year in the United States Is at the rate of about 800 pounds for every man. woman and child in the country.
 An acetylene light ssaticn off the coast of Hawaii burned for 10 years intended
 The Mer de Glace, ths most famous of Swiss gfaciera. moves an inch an hour in the cenSer lr summer and half as fast in wintsr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
--------------'s------- = YEAR OF THE GREAT REST

From Farm Life.
 Seven years ago the World war be- gan. and since that time production has been under high pressure. Now things have slowed down. They have sagged. In a sense, 1921 is rest year. a sort of Sabbath time, when the need of greater production as well as the inclination toward strenu- osity, is absent. We see signs of this on every hand-in unemployment of labor, in reduced output of factories and more or less curtailment of agri- cultural activities. Probably this is a natural thing, and good thing. Il gives us & chance to take up the slack, to gather up the loose ends occasioned by a long period of high pressure production. Some corn growers who already have their cribs full are resting part of their acreage and restoring fertility by clover that is to be plowed under. Orchardists whose fruit buds have been killed by frost are cutting back their trees Everywhere fences are being re- paired, buildings being ,re-roofed and painted, pastures being cleaned up fence corners moved, lawns trimmed The wise farmer is not pessipistie now. He is giving his place sort o1 Sunday shine" and general renoya- ton as he waits for the revival which will follow the readjustment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
Want Through Water
 Rates to the East

T7N HE Mississippi Warrior trans
 U portation management and the Birmingham Traffic Bureau should press their request for north bound water rates from Birming- ham to the Atlantic seaboard until they are obtained. The rates re. gently granted from Atlantic ports and interior points to Birmingham via the Mallory steamship and barge lines apply only in one direction. Birmingham wants them each way.
 The ironmakers >of this district now face and will continue to face acute competition in the disposal of their product. Rail rates are so high they almost shut out the district from the north. If the 20 per cent dl1ferentlals to eastern ports and the 15 per cent differentials to in- terior eastern ports were estab- lished by declaration of through rates via the Mallory and barge lines. Alabama iron would find it easier by $2 and more per ton to reach the territory.
 The Mallory line rates this way were secured only after long and persistent, effort and following the enlistment of the services of the shipping board through Frederic I. Thompson, the Alabama member. MT. Thompson remains on the board and will no doubt exercise his good offices to secure the same rates to the east that were obtained from the east.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
CIty of superb streetr

Congratulations to you. gentle men of Birmingham, on your city of superb streets" said Douglass Mac Lean, movie actor, speaking to the board ow directors of the Civic Asso- station yesterday.
 Your streets were wisely built wide and straight and the best l have visited so far in the south. Your regulation of traffic Is worthy of emulation by other cities. l can say truthfully that you have a far better traffic situation in Birming- ham than in Los Angeles
 'In that city we have tried every device, innovation and theory with cut satisfaction. Now I think they are going to leave off every regula- tion until something new can be de- vised."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
Real Life Melodrama
 Is Unfolded in Ohio

m EHIND the Kaber murder in O Ohio lies a story of crime, intrigue and overmastering desire for revenge that rivals fiction.
 Two years after Daniel F. Kaber, a wealthy publisher and an invalid, was stabbed to death in his home, the relentless search instituted by the dead mans father led to the ar- rest and indictment of four women, including Mrs. Kaber, her mother and her daughter.
 Kaber's widow was suspected of being implicated in the murder, but the police could not connect her with the crime. After the usual investi- gation the case was dropped and it appeaerd that it would never be solved. But Kaber's aged father was not satisfied. He was convinced that &es. Kaber was responsible Tor she staying of his son. He em- ployed detectives to shadow her constantly. At last enough evidence was found to justify her arrest.
 Developments followed fast. Plots and counterplots have been dis closed or hinted at in the confess sions wrung from the lips of the wretched women involved in the case. Poison, dagger, a fortune teller, 8 midwife, skulking for eigners, an unhappy married life, the desire of an old mother to shield her son by sacrificing her daughter and sordid greed for money are some of the elements which make the Kaber murder a strange human document. If it were met with in- side the covers of book we would dismiss it as improbable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
Horse and Mule
 Not Passing Away

NOI HEN one sees the streets of
 WV his city lined with automo- piles passing and repassing the whole day long and the curbing fringed with them, he is apt to think the horse and mule are on the way to extinction. Great inroads have been made on the urban use of horses and mules, but not as much as the presence of tens of thousands of motor vehicles would suggest.
 In Birmingham in 1910, according to the census report, there were 3,S70 horses; in 1920 there were 1,943. In 1910 there were 1,755 mules; in 1920 there were 1,136. In proportion the mule gives ground less easily than the horse.
 In Montgomery there were 1888 horses in 1910; now there are 1,040. Montgomery had 637 mules; now she has 1,074. In the cotton belt strictly the mule seems to have more than held his own.
 Animals as docile and intelligent, as strong and patient as the horse and the mule will scarcely be re- placed by any of mans creations. It is difficult to conceive of any form of machinery that will do the work for railroad contractors that the mule does. This sure-footed friend of man will go where machinery cannot be used.
 For short urban hauls on level streets it is doubtful if the motor ve- hicle will be found more economical than the horse in certain lines of business. Express companies, grain dealers and transfer companies still use the heavy and docile draft horse. Laundries have not dispensed with the horse-drawn vehicle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
-------------s--- - CHEMISTS AS WARRIORS

From the Pittsburg Dispatch
 A demonstration in the manipula- tion of the latest development in war gas is to be a part of the commence ment exercises of Pennsylvania Mill tary college next Monday evening. with General Pershing, Governor Sproul and governors of neighboring states as guests fof honor. The ma neuvering of the gas brigade from the federal service is merely to give in wars death fumes will be sent into the enemy's position, for, according to the experts in charge of the af- fair, killing men in future armies will be something like the spraying of trees and small plants by farmers. Some of these gases will cause death by inhalation, others by contact. while others will simply temporarily disable men without loss of life.
 The latter seems to be the func- tion of what the experimenters call toxic candles which manipulated by infantry release suffocating dust intended to silence machine gun nests and knock out advanced positions held by relatively few men, At the Pennsylvania Military college com mencement the cadets will assist in the demonstration which will begin with a smoke screen laid down by the gas brigade. followed by an arr tillery barrage from the students batteries. concluding with the ad- vance of the poison squad and their vaporous weapons. The gas experts are as sure future wars will be fought by chemists as air men are that they will be the leading figures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
Montgomery,s Free Advertising

T am sorry Montgomery is get ting so much free advertising on ac- count of the charges which have been made against it's enforcement of the laws" said Richard Hobbie, who is in the city en route to At lanta.
 While I do not wish to stir up any further strife over the issues raised, yet l do wish to go on record to the effect that the bob Jonec' meeting is having wonderful effect on the city as a whole. It is being stirred as never before in a moral and religious way.
 "The Protestant churches are standing behind the movement sol idly, and the best people in all of the evangelical churches are giving IT their hearty support. feel that the revival services will go long way to betting conditions in my home town"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
Mexican Mining Expert

Luis c. Jiminez, mining engineer and representing the mining depart ment of the republic of Mexico, is in the district to have look at it's coal mines and mining operations.
 We have done very little in way of coal mining in Mexico" said MT. Jiminez, but we have coal lands in northern Mexico and wish to develop them. am here to see how they mine coal in the Birmingham dis trict
 "Obregon is a good man. We have had 10 years of war and are tired of 1t. l believe we will have peace straight along now and develop our country. Alabama is quite close to us, and there should be very profit able trade relations between your state and our republic"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15

FHHE Florida State Automobile
 U association, which does the routing for the 100000 motorists passing each winter season through the Jacksonville gateway, has de termined to quit recommending the route from Nashville via Atlanta, and, if a few bad places are done away with, route these tourists via Decatur, Birmingham and Mont gomery.
 The secretary and manager of the Florida association has just made a pathfinding trip over the Birming- ham route and, even with the bad spots, finds it better than the At lanta route. The Birmingham way will be definitely decided on and recommended by the Florida club if the rough places between Blount Springs and Garden City and few near Dothan are smoothed over. Assurance has been given by the Birmingham club that the south eastern bad spots have been attend ed to and that the state highway commission, acting in conjunction with Cullman county, is about to smooth out the difficulties north of Birmingham.
 Such an opportunity as becoming the main road for Florida travel should not be ignored. The motor travel of 2ao.oo0 persons who stop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
A THEORETICAL DISCOURSE

A THEORETICAL DISCOURSE An ex-profiteer made fine ad- dress to our graduating class What was his theme?" Honesty in Business "Umph! What does he know about honesty in business?
 Enough to give him talking point. Astronomers can tell us a great deal about Mars. but they've never been there."
 THE IMPRESSION WE GET There Is some talk of muzzling the admiral"
 Nonsense. You can't muzzle an admiral"
 That seems te be his idea, too."
 A HARDY DEMONSTRATION Are you going to take part in the anti-prohibition paradeg
 'No," said MT. BIbbles "Im like the prisoner who tries to make friends with his jailor."
 "How's that?"
 T don't see any use of making D otests when it's too late for pro- tests to accomplish anything"
 THE NEWS FROM NICE A Frenchman who styled himself. King Louis I of Trans Caucasia has been arrested at Nice, charged with swindling residents of the Riveria and prominent officials out of mill lions of francs. He was exposed by tradesmen from whom he orderss court dresses, uniforms and crowns for himself and his n.''--.News Dispatch.
 A certain gay adventurer
 Appeared one day in Eice And cleverly devised a plan
 The populace to fleece. With diamonds on his person
 And medals on his breast. He moved among the mighty ones
 And lived upon the best. The tKing of Trans-C -Caucasia"--
 Twas so he styled himself; He entertained quite lavishly
 And borrowed lotg of pelf. The tailors and the milliners
 Always @ canny crew, A quick investigation made
 And then told all they knew. The gentleman Is now in jail
 Who had 8 joyous fling. The moral of this little tale:
 They Still Fall for King
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
Mankind Still Has
 Great Deal to Learn

ND ILIONS of dollars have been O wasted in wars and millions of lives sacrificed, but not one per- son in thousand had any clear idea of what it was all about. The sol dier fought and died, as he believed, for his country. His widow and his children submitted to their >fate in the same spirit, yet how many wars in history were justified by the causes which started armies on their career of rapine and plumber? How many could have been prevented?
 The history of industrial wars is another indictment of human intel ligence. It was stated during the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor in Denver that there were 1885 strikes in this country last year, involving 191, ,234 members and costing $8,462, ,174. That was only one year. The actual cost of a strike, particularly when 1t involves ? major industry, like the railroads, for instance, can never De estimated. Millions of people who have no direct interest one way or the other in controversies between employer and employe have to suf- fir and pay. The strikers them selves pay heavily in lost wages and lower standards of living, while the employers add to the total.
 When will men who boast of their civilization be able to settle their differences without resorting to force, either on the sattlefield or in the strike zone? How much longer must humanity wait for reason and justice to prevail, rather than blind hatred, prejudice and the lust for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
Standardized Traffic Laws

municipalities was a very good thought coming from the interna- tional police chiefs convention at St Louis,' declared John Taylor, com missioner of public safety
 Such a system of handling all traffic regulations would certainly tourist class which visits cities all over the country at practically every season of the year. I think 1t would be a good piece of work to have this practice inaugurated."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
RuTTERFLIES

(Species-Papilio Americanus) By Samuel Minturn Peck. Butterflies, Butterflies
 That neither toll nor spin. And yet-the grace that meets the
 eyes
 Needs but a glance to win, Fluttering here, fluttering there,
 Human moths of white, Cleaning arms, shoulders bare
 Fascinate the night. Butterflies, Butterflies
 Beauty never still Fashion and frivolities-
 Time was made to kill Dancing to and fro-- Chattering as they flit-- Words to fit the passing show Far beyond our wit! Butterflies. Butterflies Mated unto Bees By whose ceaseless moil and sfghs They lead life of ease. Weary spouses turning gray Viewed with gay content Why shouldn't such irsects toil-AaA pay? For what are husbands meant? Butterflies, Butterflies Most delightful noise Seeking things Of hssh emprise | To make cf them heir toys: | Newest is the halfot-box. | Over if ehey gloat- Sport the rnost hswttahing frochs Motoring to Fote Butterflies BfEttarftsE l Pray don't hink I mean l Women whose Efory never d es.
 Whose cuuFAse Is serene But danes without a serious thought l With bran axb pov-der-pnTf Who, when thetT bcanty's flea. areA.
 naugit
 Therel--IxA aa.H enep~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
DROP A TEAR FOR PoNz1
om the Macon Telegraph.

From the MdcOn ltltBrdpH.
 Wiz Ponzi complains about the fare, he Is furnished in prison. And chances are the rinheads he pried loose from their bankrolls are not or dering porterhouse steaks as ire ouently as before they learned about the uses of diversity from him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15

power? When will mankind real ize the utter folly of war and put an end to it? Thousands of years, perhaps. The millennium is a long way off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
NOTABLE PASSING AWAY
n tha New Orleans Item.

From the New orleans Item.
 Last survivors" of the memorable race between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee in 1870 are now begin ming to pass, the first being Bob Gib- son. colored. of Baird, Miss. Addi- tions to the list may be expected for the next 25 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15

MAKING IT HOTTER The time has come
 When all we meet Have words to say
 About the heat. The more they talk. The more we mop We'll simply melt
 Unless they stop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
TOO MANY COLLEGE STUDENTS?

plays up to this popular demand So there is less wonder that already 42 per cent of the graduates of our high schools go on to college or to some
 other institution of higher grade, while 66 per cent of the graduates of private secondary schools do like wise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
THE MISSOURI ATTITUDE

From the Washington Star.
 The tradition that man from Mis- souri frankly demands "to be shown may compel the Einstein theory to skin number of towns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
MESsRs DOE AND ROE
From the Arkansas Gazette.

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 The Wichita Eagle reports the arr rest on charge of gambling of John Doe and Pich-rd Roe. They are per haps the two most notorious gam blers in tn, United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-15
A MORNING PRAYER

Each moment, Lord, I stand mt the dividing ways of life. The narrow path leads upward to thee. Grant that | may scOrn the broad highway in remembering the glory of thy welcome. Amen.
 M. s. B.