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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
MOTOR FUEL PROBLEMS

will handle heavier and. less volatlle gasoline satisfactorily.
 In spite of the fact that for several years the United States has produced two- thirds of the worlds oil we have recently been dependent upon foreign sources of supply of crude oil. Eighty per cent of the worlds oil Is con stunned in this country. In 1920 our imports were 110,00o,000 barrels O. 25 per cent of our domestic produce tion. This oil came largely from Mexico. As the years pass, the United States will become more and more dependent upon imports of petroleum. This will mean higher prices and therefore necessitate more efficient utilization once the oil is in this coun-ry.
 What other possible sources of fusl are there? Much has been heard of shale oil and of alcohol Neither of as motor fuels until many far reach ing developments have taken place. The development of shale oil in- dustry on a scale sufficient to fur nish large quantities of motor fuel is an undeMaking comparable to the creation of the whole coal mining industry of to- day. And to produce alcohol ws must first have available suitable raw material It is quite out of the question to make large quantities of fuel alcohol from food materials. such as grain and potatoes. Possibly wood may be the future source of alcohol, and reforestations of waste areas, the means of supplying the wood.
 Lastly it is probable that necessity will be the mother of invention in methods of utilizing fuels. Present engines and devices for carburetion will be modified in such a way that where we now drive a car 10 to 20 miles on gallon of gasoline. we shall later be satisfied only with 20 to 40 miles. The chemist will be called upon to study what happens within the, engine cylinders and to find means of producing moro salutary results.
 Let us not allow the momentary oversupply of gasoline to blind us to the real situation. The cooperation of scientists. commercial interests. public and government Is needed for. the successful solution of the prob- lem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
---------------'s' ------.-. FALSIFYING HISTORY

From the New York World.
 When an ordinary newspaper sup presses the news it's action concerns it's readers mainly. When, however a great public journal like the con gressional Record publishes, gar bled account of important proceed ings in the halls of Congress it does more than violate the ethics Of Jour- nallsm--it, makes itself a party to the Justification of history 1T any journal is under solemn moral ob- ligation to print the truth 1t IS the Record, and the fact measures the gravity of it's offense in censoring tbe story of the clash between Sem ators Mccumber and Reed over the bcnua bill
 How is the historian ever to obtain the true facts of this momentous en- cobnter? Here was a<Momeric war Of words on the folor of the Senate Tn which .blackguard' and other cpl tbets and challenges to settle the
  Apollo's darts--or should we say like the tongue-lashings of Thersltes? Yet not line of it is embalmed in the official record of the proceedings or Congress, "it being understood that the stenographer's rfhgside report was blue -penciled by the principals themselves in the interest or senate decorum."
 Is Senate decorum paramount to the truth of historye It must De salu that the Congressional Record has failed the country at a vital momSat' h. allowing senators TOT '"'7'es motives to blue pencil it's news IL mas descended to the level of the suo- sie.sed principles of a hireiing press'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
The Watermelon as
 Cash Farm Product

IE ARMERS at Union, near Eutaw, J were debating this spring what they should plant for cash money crop. The farmer pastor of a local church suggested watermel- ons and their sale by the co-opera- tive plan. He himself agreed to plant 10 acres.
 This week a carload of these melons was shipped to Birmingham and accompanied to the city by one of the farmers as agent to attend to the sale. No doubt the melons were advantageously disposed of in a market like Birmingham.
 It is understood that the farmers of Union previously had not sought markets other than the local ones, which forced them to sell at low
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23

prising, as one would naturally ex- pect a western state to have more womep~farmers than a small eastern state like Rhode Island, but one Nebraska farm may equal in size half a dozen in Rhode Island. Ala bama has GA per cent of it's farms operated by women, the number of fSnale farmers being 16,264. Missis- sippi has 1s,992.
 It is not improbable that most of the women farmers of the country went into the business through pressure of circumstances, taking the places of husbands, fathers and brothers who died. The World war must have forced a great many women to take active control of farms in the United States. No matter how they got to be farmers, it is worthy of note that women are nearly always successful in az riculture. The average farmers wife is as competent to manage a farm as her husband. It is busi- ness for which country women are more or less we'll fitted by experi- ence and training.
 It is all a matter of taste, but to the city dweller it looks as if the woman farmer who is her own boss and makes a fair income gets more out of life than the business woman in towns. She may have to work longer hours, yet modern methods have done away with many of the hardships that formerly made farm ing laborious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
x E Y Southern Lumber Supply Is Fast Disappearing

7T1HE south should lend its ear to H the warning issued by those who are calling attention to the rapid disappearance of her forests under the ax of the lumberman. If reforestation on a large scale is not practiced great industry 1sill wane and the south will suffer the consequences in floods and cor roded lands.
 Clifford Pinchot, federal commits sioner of forestry, and w. B. Gree ley, United States forester, speak ing to the Georgia legislature and the Southern Forestry congress in Atlanta expressed the opinion that unless steps were taken to replace forests and prevent waste and fires, in the next five years S5 per cent of the southern lumber mills will cease operation.
 The waste and the fires cannot be stopped without some kind of protective legislation and replanting cannot be brought about except through creation of forestry boards by the southern states. A bill pro viding for forestry board for the state of Georgia is now before it's legislature. Alabama should take a similar step.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
THE TABLOID HOME

From the Hotel Monthly.
 In this issue of the Hotel Monthly there is described the modern apart ment house with lSitchenette and con cealed bed in it's most modern form the tabloid home as these houses are sometimes called
 We searched the dictionaries for the meaning of the word tabloid" It is not found in the older books. Tor in the smaller dictionaries, but m Funk & Wagnall's Standard Dig tionary there is this definition:
 Tabloid-A copyright trademark designating the concentrated prod ucts made by Burroughs. Welcome and company of London, England. Used in a figurative or humorous sense, chiefly attributive to designa.- ing anything compressed, condensed or concentrated; as tabloid journal- ism; tabloid sermons; tabloid enthusi- asm.
 The modern apartment is indeed a tabloid" home. It is living space condensed to minimum; is a sort of bee hive with tier upon tier of com plate homes; each tier with it's rows of doors; each door opening to the castle of it's occupant family.
 The editor has made tours of a number of these houses In one of these described in this issue, we re- marked. after . seeing 20 or more homes one after the other in the space of few minutes, and without seeing single bed, that it locke almost as if the people living in this great house had no homes. There were rooms to sit in, cook in, and to sleep. But. when the question of q bed was put, the pulling of a handle or the opening of a door, either swung or slid a bed into the room, as if byi magic, and in second of time, the room was changed from parlor to bedroom.
 A remarkable feature of this new tabloid home is that it is in the main so wholesome and free of musty smelling dead air. The fact is that these apartments are customarily better ventilated than the old-time home with closed windows, for every l one has mechanical ventilation. a constant flow of air from dressing l closet. bath room, and kitchenette that pulls fresh air first through-the living rooms and then out of the building; consequently there is s continuous influx of fresh air to re- place that which is pulled out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
Passing of the Bar

From the Louisville Courier JournaI.
 The Wisconsin legislature, that most ingenious assembly, to supple ment the eighteenth amendment and it's busy shield and lance, the Vol stead act, has deereed that ali the barrooms in the state shall be dis manted No longer can Badgers elus- ter in the near-beer dispensaries, re- plete with the saloon atmosphere, and allow their ina ginations to float dreamily eo other days.
 Indeed to those who were wont to quaff beakers of the warm south and flagons of creamy ale, the corner sa- loon is at once a poignant reminder and an epitaph. Its long, shiny bar. conidant of an intimate cama- raderie, wet with overf1owing amber, decorated in it's center with plaque of brilliant brass, it's glistening hy- drants spouting forth cold fluid, it's rail sffording surcease to one weary foot at tlme-this old standby is passing.
 The bar, however, as old Badgers will recount, was only the focal point of the room. Back of it was the geniaL white-robed barman gliding dampening dry palates. Back yet of him was the large mirror bearing in ornate lettering the legends of things to drink At it's base were the gilt tering pyramids of glassware and the rows upon rows of labeled bottles. The little card tables, the pictures of questionable art. old cats proving around complete the picture. Out of this atmosphere was taken liquor, yet the atmosphere remains, except in Wisconsin. conjuring up the days that used to be.
 Perhaps Wisconsin is being cruel only to be kind in dispensing with the stage setting of the poor mans club" It's presence can only be sad dening to it's former frequenters.
 A people, or a civilization, or a custom is remembered by the things it bequeathes to posterity. But for the Parthenon, the Forum, the Coli scum and other vestiges, who would think of the glory that was Creed and the grandeur that was Rome Liquor supplied such fashion of in terior decoration as is here described. While it is dear to many of the liv- ing, it is doubtful whether an arch aeologist, unearthing a barroom among the ruins of New York city 1000 years hence, would classify the barroom, per SC, as a thing of beauty, especially since it did not prove to be a joy forever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
POOR soN-IN-LAW

From the New. YYk Herald.
 Speaking of marriage reminds us of what an old friend of ours down south said to the young man who asked for the hand of his daughter.
 I am confident you do not know who am" said the young man after he had made his formal request when he noticed that his prospective fath- .r-in-law hesitated perceptibly q am a directors in the Young Men } Christian association, l am the SUI perintendent of my Sunday schoo, and personally teach aelass. am one of the local lecturers for the pro- hibition movement. l do not swear. I do not smoke and never have. l do not drink and have never taken a erink in my life. There IS more l could say of myself. but these things are sufficient to let you know the kind of life I lead'
 "Young man" replied our friend" from what you tell me of yourself am now cons inced that you will. make my daughter mighty good husband, but You. are going to make me q darn poor son- law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
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CHANGE TO GET A WIFE
mn the Columbus Dispatch.

From the Columbus Dispatch
 The commercial side of Chinese love is emphasized in this translation of an advertisement which the father of Chinese girl inserted in Shang- hai daily:
 q, have several 1O-acre of fertile land and am quite well-to-d do. l have no son, but. only d daughter who is now just in her teens. Her rosy cheeks are like peach blossoms and her dainty feet resemble three-inch golden lilies. It is my desire to have a good son-in-law, who, after being adopted by me, shall become entitled to all my property. Any young man under 20 years of age.ewho has a face like water lily. and is versed in Chinese classics. is qualified to ap-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
Aircraft Superiority Remains to Be Proved
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TIT has not yet been shown that ll the airplane has made the bat tleship obsolete. Although army bombers sank the former German battleship, Ostfriedland, in 25 min utes after beginning their attack off the Virginia Capes, there is a world of difference between bomb- ing a helpless, motionless and un- defended hulk and a dreadnaught fully manned, maneuvering under full power and heavily armed with anti-aircraft guns.
 The airmen believe they have proved their contention that the battleship can no longer cope with airplanes, but Maj. Gen. Charles F. Menoher, chief of the army air serv- ice, does not agree with his assist ant, Brigadier General Mitchell, that the tests were conclusive. This opinion is shared by Secretary of War Weeks and Secretary of the Navy Denby.
 The flyers made brilliant
 
 showing, yet it remains to be seen what can be done to fit battleships for defense against aircraft. Con- stant improvements are being made in naval construction and if a means could be found to protect battle ships against submarines it is not unreasonable to suppose that they can be made at least a match for air bombers.
 The superiority of aircraft over battleships could not be demon strated except under conditions of actual warfare, which were not du- plicated off the Virginia Capes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
RHonEs \ Goop MIxER
From Homer Woodbridge's Review O Basil Williams Cecil Rhodes" i, The Literary Review.

From Homer Woodbridge's Review of
 Basil Williams Cecil Rhodes" n
 The Literary Review
 From Queen Victoria and the Kaiser to the Matabele savages. Cec.i Rhodes could gain the confidence of almost any one whom he chose 70 win. "Oom Paul" Kruger was an ex- ception; so was Leopold gf Belgium. after interviewing whom Rhodes said to an attache: satan, tell you; that man is Satan" characteristic story of his dealings with De la Rev. 9 violent old Boer: Blood must flow was De la Keys answer. to Rhodes first words. No, give me my break fast" said Rhodes, "and then we can talk about blood" Well" he added in telling the story T stayed with him a week. l became godfather to his grandchild and we made set clement"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
PSYCHOLOGY

What are these dreadful pictures hanging on the walls of your waiting room?"
 "rhey illustrate some of the tor tures of the Spanish 1nquisition," re- piled the dentist.
 Y should think they would be out of place here"
 Not at all. After my patients have seen what people suffered in the old days, having a tooth filled seems mere chiIds play"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
ss ., W Lasker Leans to the Smaller Ports

~ HAIRMAN LASKER of the N shipping board, has placed himself on record as favoring the smaller ports of the country in or der to relieve the congestion at New York. He has not assumed th1 position out of sentiment, but be- cause the best interests of the coun- try point in that direction. Speaking to the gulf port operators he said
 The purpose of the shipping
 board is to build up the smaller
 ports, and, while we do not pro-
 pose to detract from New York's
 greatness or her supremacy as
 the major port, we will give
 little shade of preference to the
 smaller ports, because the war
 showed that the lack of small
 ports was handicap to the na-
 tion in the case of a national
 emergency"
 That is the proper view to take of a business matter. The ports of the country are for the service of the country. Some serve parts of the nation better than others would, being closer to the producer The commerce of the country is moved more easily and at less ex- pense to the producer if it flows through the natural and non-con- gested channels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
x@ $ N Junior Chamber Wants Sports in Public Park

1.-THE sports committee of the
 ll Junior Chamber of Commerce makes the suggestion that tennis courts and baseball diamonds free to the public be established in one of the city parks.
 There is a splendid opportunity in this direction at Idlewild park, the more than one hundred acres of land acquired by the city in the ad- ministration of George Ward years ago, and allowed to lie fallow with out serving the people since. On this undeveloped property there are fine springs of water, wealth of beautiful woodland and open spaces more than ample for a baseball diamond, several tennis courts and other sports.
 This park land is immediately contiguous to the city and can be brought into service with minimum of expense. It seems strange that it has not heretofore been utilized.
 The Junior Chamber will perform a real service to the young people of the community if it makes drive for the opening. of Idlewild park, and sticks to the job until it is done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
DECENT MOVIE PICTURE MEN

From the san Francisco Chronicle
 We fear that few have forgotten the sordid story of the relations of one Clara Hamon and Jake Hamon. n wealthy man of Oklahoma whog she finally shot and Killed. Having for some reason been acquitted by the jury, the woman at once proceeded to Los Angeles for the purpose of exploiting the nasty particulars of her career in moving picture.
 To the credit of our moving picture men, the State Association of Exhib. itors took action and let it be known that they would have nothing what ever to do With the picture if pro- dGcoG
 Nevertheless. one producer mas found to produce the picture, and now the deserted wife. now widow, of Hamon, appeals to the public to ban the picture. which it appears that some exhibitors are sufficiently low minded to show. Here is what Mrs Hamon says:
 I'm beaten A good woman re- ceiyes no sympathy or support. l can do nothing against that woman. only know that if the picture is showE it will kill me-
 We believe. that the pathos of this appeal of a good woman will reach every decent soul when she pleads that the misery of her life. which she tries to forget, shall not be ex- plotted for money-f Tor the enrichment of the woman whose shamelessncss the picture will display, and the more degraded producer and exhibitors who might conspire with her to do it.
 Thank heaven. almost all our mos ton picture producers and exhibitors are decent uA-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
Like Spring Flowers

Houses, like spring flowers, are springing up everywhere" said B. J., Tillman, "and if the present rate, is maintained through the summer the house shortage will certainly be re- lieved. Although people complain of the dullness here, this cannot be said of building, for houses are going ID on all sides.
 Tt is interesting to note the prog ress on houses being erected along the car line, and few days after they are started they are ready for occupancy.
 Along the North Bessemer car line many houses are being built and as soon as they are completed are oc- cupied."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
HIGH COST OF POPULARITY

HIGH COST OF POPULARITY
 T understand your friend. Cad spur, is proficient in making home brew" said MT. Bibbles.
 Well, you needn't expect me to inc troduee you to him" said MT. Twob- ble. with some heat. He has too many friends now to suit me. When I drop in to see him. just to be neigh borly, you know. he seldom has more than two or three bottles to show me for a weeks work"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
LETTERS TO EDITOR
QUICK RECuPERArIoN

To the Editor of The Age- Herald.
 Seeing the statement of MT. Abe Rich in this mornings Age-Herald. I must challenge his record as OR the 18th of this month last year I was ol erated on at the Fraternal by pr. Ira J. Sellers for the removal of the same aninal-the old appendix. went home on the eighth day and back 10 my office on the twenty third day, and haven't missed a day since Furthermore, the animal taken from me was bad actor, as he rave me considerable trouble before Dr. Sellers subdued him. Respectfully.
 0. J. GARRISON.
 Birmingham, July 2l. 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
---- ShOcIeSS Winter

Judging from the line of shoes being shown by the merchants this will be another shoeless winter" said Ben Harrington, "and the women will wear slippers all winter instead of shoes It is strange how these fads strike the country and how every one joins in in carrying them on.
 When you think of having to lase shoes with high tops every morning it is no wonder the women prefer to wear slippers, but it does seem that 1t would be better for them to wear shoes in the cold WeatherN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
 MARK TvvAIN's POPULARITY

From Publishers Bulletin.
 Harper and Brothers discovers that out of it's large family of authors. Mark Twain seems to be the pet of the press. They have received o.22l newspaper and magazine clippings relative to Mark Twain since Janu- ary l, 1921. The Harpers announce as further proof of the famous humorist's growing popularity, that the royalties paid his estate during the past year were four times as much as those paid to him during the last year of his lifa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
Many Women Farmers
 in United States

NE WOMEN were successful farm wv CTS long before members of the sex began to play an important part in the business world and the professions. Recent figures given out by the census bureau show that z.1 per cent lof the 6,4SS,366 farms recorded in 1920, or 2el,5ss, were operated by women.
 The percentage for states ranges from 1.9 in Nebraska, to 7.2 in Rhode Island, which is rather sur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
A LITTLE TIME

Frank stanton. in the Atlansa cc. stitution.
 A little time to know
 The joy that Love has eiveni And then in flowers and sno~ Sleep-'neath a tranquil hes yen. A little time, dear heart.
 To love thee and adore; And then the clasped hands r@rs And we shall love no more A little time! The way
 Is even as God shall will Give me thy hand today,
 Sweetheart. and love me stilks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
MADE GOOD

From the Kansas City Star.
 With a deficit of S3S0.000, ,000. the shipping board has demonstrated it's eligibility to be raised to the dig nifty of regular government depart ment with q place in the cabinet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
MAKING THE MOST OF IT

Mrs. Gawping lost her temper when the installment man came and took away her plano"
 "You can't blame her for that"
 Tt wasn't so much the loss of the ptaro that made her mad. When all the nelghbors poked their heads out of doors and windows She invited them to come down and line up on the sidewalk so they wouldn't miss anything"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
.wooING IN ARKANSAS
Armstrong Spring Correspondence

the Searcy Citizen
 William A. also seems to have some mysterious mystery around the south side of Sattelee's store. It is hard for us to believe Mack a regular lady killer. but ffem all indications he sure sets pretty" in the park every sunday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
SOMETHING IN HIS LINE

How was the performance of Maebeth?"
 Rather poor but one scene ap- pealed strongly to a gentleman in the audience. When Lady Macbeth ex claimed: Out, damned spotr it aroused the professional interest of dry cleaner who was sitting in the front row"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-23
SPOILED

From the Providence Journal.
 The fans used to cheer when Babe Ruth made home run, Now they want their money back # hs dossn't.