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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
ssCHINEsE FUN STORY.

s. P. K Ming. in Judge.
 (This is "a contribution received from Chinese author. whose home Is in Milwaukee. and is printed ex- actly as written.-Editor)
 Mr. Wing Yin including Young Lady sit behind the green balcony. Each hold the warmly hand; never say something.
 The polished lockwood, the ycl- low cushion, the tea-pos--all make a sparkling among the sunlight.
 Alter some moment Mir. Wing Nh say, Tomorrow I must be marry .
 "oh," report young <lady cracking melonseed with bout fa,e, then to- never see yoJ all daS :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
SOUTH SEA LABOR
From wild Men of the New Hebrides.

From Wild Men of the New Hebrides. by Martin Johnson, in Asia Maga-
 zine for July.
 Even In the remote islands of New Hebrides. the labor problem has reared it's head The employer, in civilized regions. has a slight ad- vantage resulting from the fact that men must work to live. In the New Hebrides, indeed all throughout Me lanesiay~ black man can. live very comfortably, according to his own standards, on what nature provides. Only minimum of effort IS required to secure food and clothing and shell ter, and most of that effort is put his wives.
 The recuriter who travels through the islands to engage labor for work on the coconut plantations naturally finds it hard to get the Melanesian to exchange his life of ease for a life of toll. And the inexperienced re- cruiter finds it very hard. The days when natives could be picked up on any beach are past. The blacks in the more accessible regions know what recruiting means-two years of hard labor, from which there is no escape and from which a man may or may not return home. So the re- cruiter must look for hands in the in- terior, where knowledge of the white man and has ways has not penetrated. Even here, the inexperienced recruit CT is at a disadvantage. For the ex- perienced recruiter has invariably preceded him.
 Each year, the number of available recruits is. growing fewer, for the na- tive population is dwindling rapidly. As a result, the cost of labor is high. In the Solomons, one may secure a native for a three years term at five or six pounds a year in the case of inexperienced workmen, or at nine pounds a year in the case of natives who have already served for three years. Tn the New Hebrides, planter bids against planter, and tne native benefits, receiving from 12 to 15 pounds a year for his work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
IN JUSTICE TO MEXICO

From the. New York World. TN thanking the World for open
 ing its columns to him for an au- thoritative statement on the Mex ican question, President Obregon speaks feelingly of "the good work you are doing in the cause of peace and understanding" It was solely with that end in viewsthat the World secured the message of the President of Mexico which has commanded such wide attention. The ways of diplo- macy are guarded, and private inter- ests, with their own special ends to serve, naturally are not concerned with laying impartially all the facts ple., As the truth Is revealed to them, they will be better able to form for themselves a fair judgment upon the matters under discussion between the governments of the United States and Mexico.
 In upholding American property rights Secretary Hughes has received a reasonable explanation by Mexico of the difficulties in the way of its immediate compliance with his de- mands. The statement of President Obregon published in the World Mon- day goes far to clear up the situation. It makes more imperative the obli- gation of the United States to deal in patient and friendly spirit with it's neighbor south of the Rio Grande and to avoid the appearance of at. tempting intimidation of a weaken nation.
 There Is an orderly method of in- terpreting og amending the constitu- ton of Mexico so as to remove all doubt as to the meaning of Article 27,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
E E N Experts Declare Crop Prospect Encoura pinp

T7NHE weekly crop report of the U American Steel and Wire company, which secures it's data from skilled and experienced cor respondents all over the country, declares that Summarizing the country as a whole, the outlook is extremely optimistic"
 No news could be better than that. The farms are the basis of prosperity; all else is superstruc- ture. Factories themselves are a farm by-product in that they reflect farm activities and operate or do not operate, according to the status of the farms.
 Corn and wheat are in fine shape and the cotton crop will be small one. The small yield of cotton is not due so much to the season as to a determination to bring small amount of the staple to the fad market. The former cotton acre. age has been devoted to other crops, and the reduced production will off set the amount on hand, which is much larger than that of the pre- ceding year.
 The tide will turn with the gar nering of the crops. Wage reduc- tions on the railroads will enable the trunkGAnes to carry them to market with greater prospect of net earnings. That, in turn, will favor the ordering of needed equipment by the railroads. No one looks for sudden revival of business, but it should begin to show itself with the movement of farm products.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
Women Spectators at
 Battle of Century"

1N1E shrill screams of women and
 ll girls mingled in the roar of 90,000 fight fans at Jersey City. The crescendo reached it's height when blood flowed. These cries came not from the kind of young women known in underworld par lance as "molls." They were, or the dispatches so declared them to be, representative of our "best peo- ple." With eyes glued to the ring they followed every blow and the veteran spectator of hundred fistic battles must have marveled at the sight.
 These young women constitute the vanguard of a new order of things Society has taken up' pugilism.
 Perhaps a few old-fashioned peo- pie will want to know what we are going to do about it and what are we coming to? They may wait in vain for an answer. The "emanicpa- tion of woman" has proceeded at such rapid pace that there is no telling where it will end, but any body who dared to criticize Roose- welt or some other notable for wit messing a prize fight would be promptly squelched and given to un- drstand that he was considerably behind the times.
 The debutante will never forget the thrill she got out of her first battle. It surpassed any movie thriller" she ever saw and at all great prize fights of the future we may expect to see the more or less fair sex were represented. Who knows? They may refine the pas time, instead of themselves being lowered to the level of cave man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
AMERICAN AMERICAN COOKING
From the Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
 A MEXICAN humor has done in- l A definite harm \to American
 cooking. Jokes on the foun- dered pie and the lard exuding dough- nut have in the end persuaded people of the badness of the dishes their mother country used to make. No doubt kitchen ranges and the deadly resulting frying pan did produce a cooking slump. But read Brillat- Savarin on earlier American cuisine. um-yum!
 FWhere Is the cooking of the old colonial days? Has it vanished with the snows of yesteryear? These oues- tions. are often propounded by Amer jeans of colonial stock. Asked to de- fine just what these dishes were. thev speak eloquently of the omelets. sa- voring more of heaven than of earth, made by skilled ancestors.
 With eyes full of mourning for old, forgotten. far-off things they men- tion brown betties, lemon meringues suet buildings favored with currant jelly, gingerbread, homemade mince- meat and fruit cake, numerous des- serts, served with whipped cream. Reference is made to the wonderful things done with oysters roasted in their shells, creamed, fried, scalloped, souped, pickled; to grilled lamb, to the dressing of the turkey to chicken potpie. Vegetables, 1t is Indicated, were smothered in pure butter, and with the various dishes superlative homemade bread, biscuits and muf- fins were eaten.
 The flood of immigration to Amer ica has undoubtedly swept sundry wholesomel colonial dishes almost out of existence. The Italians introduced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04

and to that procedure President Ob- regon, to his honor, is committed. His sincerity there is no room to question. ~ It may not suit American oil in- vestors in Mexico that there should be further delay in satisfying their demands. But much as they woulh like it, they are hardly in position to dictate the policy of the State De- partment There have been occa- sions in the past when they, were not averse to an agitation in favor of intervention in Mexico. If they still cherish that hope they may find it hard to rush Secretary Hughes off his feet. There is a wide diff ference between adopting a stiff tone toward President Obregon and send ing an army of invasion into Mexico to gratify American oil producers. Before any such venture is sanctioned the people will be heard from in an unmi stakable manner.
 In justice to the Mexican govern ment and President Obregon, the United States should practice for bearance. It can afford to be mag unanimous toward a country that after years of exhausting strife is strus gling to its feet. Any policy look ing toward coercion would not only make of the Mexican people enemies of this country, but alienate the states of Central and South America. whose friendship the United States sseeks % merit and strengthen, The road to satisfactory understanding with Mexico was never clearer of obstacles. It must not again be ob structed to serve private interests at the cost of the nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEW WHERE
Interest in Fight

Although we were a long wa, from the fight for the world champ ionship everyone was much interest ed in the outcome of the battle" said Jack Greener. Little else was talk ed yesterday, and one could not walk down the street without absorbing the enthusiasm for it was atmospher- ic. Nearly everyone had holiday and they seem to have gotten the holiday spirit as well and at all the places where the returns were called people were packed and damned. am glad it is over, and that Demp- sey won and know more people VIII read the papers today and will men tally see the fight just as it hap pened"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04

spaghetti; the Chinese, chop suey; the Germans, sauerkraut; the Irish. boiled cabbage with bacon; the Hungarians, goulash. All these dishes are found jumbled together on the menus of restaurants in American cities. Their impact upon each other when introy duced into the human stomach must be terrific.
 With the growth of large cites in the United States the number of Americans eating restaurant cooking in place of home cooking naturally increases, and reasons of economy compel a large patronage of the cheaper varieties. Only in private families, in small towns and villages and in country hotels conducted by de- scendants of colonial stock can real American dishes now be obtained. Foreign visitors who adversely crit icise American cooking after hurried visits to the larger cities, theNefore, attack something of which they have had no experience.
 A movement for the revival of the wholesome old dishes would result in greatly Improved health for the race. Back to American cooking" might be its slogan. Such movement would form natural part of gen eral campaign for more home life in America and the spending of less time in the hectic atmosphere of pub lie places. American mothers should aid by teaching their daughters how to prepare the old-time dishes, and to other girls should be given similar instruction in schools. Unless some such steps are taken American cook ing is likely to disappear forever. Shades of spoon bread and of succo- tash but that were pity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
------------------'s' SMALL TOWN FACILITIES

From the Dahlonga, Ga, Nugget.
 Last Wednesday, while going along the two-foot aisle of one of our principal six-foot sibewalks. having two feet of deg fennel and pepper grass on neither side. some 10 to Is inches high, young man walking behind stopped us and. after part ing the fennel. pointed to half gallon fruit jar which he had found hid there a few days previous, where some fellow had drained the vessel of It's liquor and covered up the jar beneath the blooms. It's real con venient to be where youecan drink up your liquor and hide your bottle or jar on the sidewalks without having to go to the woods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
--------------.es-- CIRCUS VS. SOVIET

From the New York Tribune
 Circuses do not harmonize with the social revolution. to judge from an indignant editorial quoted by the London Morning Post from the soviet newspaper Trud Labor). The circus. the writer charges. as it is consti- tuted today. is not only unnecessary but positively dangerous and detri- mental" to the cause of the revolu- tion; it should either be suppressed or, suffering the fate of the Russian fairy tale, become an agent for rev. olutionary propaganda In it's pres- ent form it makes mock of sacred things. Clowns, boxing each others ears, discrediting in simpering, whin- ing voices the soviet regime, must be once and forever removed from.the ring" So far, it would seem, cir cuses have shown a pernicious ten demands that the authorities take steps to stop the following perform ances: When a clown comes into the ring and, beating his empty stom- ach. calls it the soviet commssariat for food, or, spinning around on one spot, explains that he is Increasing production,' he is guilty of political stupidity" This might be taken to mean that the clowns performance Is dangerously like the governments But there must be no more of this The circus must go, or join with bother agencies in preaching the gooo word. A sense of humor is unwel- come in >the land of boishevism where life is to be real and earnest But one can only be sorry for the children, for whom every fairy tale must bear a moral, and every circus be loaded with sermon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
-----ses---------------------- INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE

From the New York Times.
 An amusing incident in the career of the late Chief Justice White is re- lated. As young lawyer he was called upon to defend man who was accusd of stealing pair of pants" The man was seated with his legs under large table. when Mir White sat down and asked him something about the case. The man was most +reticent Finally the lawyer for the other side called the accused to take the stand. The prisoner turned to MT. White and said:
 Hedge, I don't want to take the stand''
 Why not?" asked MT. White You're perfectly innocent, aren't your"
 Yes, sir. I'se perfectly innocent as long as I sit with my feet under this table. but if I get on the stand oh Lord, jedge. tile trouble is ,'se got them paints on."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
PROPHXLAXIS PLUS
he London Opinion,

From the I1OnuOn OpihlOn.
 Dental examinations are now held throughout the London schools and the mothers of the children are in- vited to attend. Recently a woman dentist was trying to impress upon a group of mothers the necessity of making the children clean their teeth.
 "oh! don't ave to tell my Nose and Disy." declared one good lady. Its 4rfight between 'em which shall ave the toothbrush fust.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
x q. F Prohibition Is Still A Bone of Contention

5MESPITE the fact that prohibi- lO ton is now the law of the land and promises to remain so, the "wet" and "dry" controversy is,not yet ended. It will survive as topic of conversation and a theme for magazine and newspaper articles. as long as the memory of the "good < old days" survives. When genera tions are born who know nothing whatever of the "wet era" they will accept prohibition as a fact and not a theory. But it is stifl too recent < and too much of an experiment not to engage the attention of a great many people who are not necessarily politicians.
 Writing in the July Yale Review, Fabian Franklin says: V
 The Anti-saloon league did not
 triumph over resistance; it tri- {
 umphed through the absence of
 resistance. It did not win be-
 cause almost everybody was anx-
 ious to enact prohibitions; it won
 because almost nobody was anx- ious to preserve liberty. A man
 might have a profound love of liberty and yet feel that the evil
 of drink was so great as to out
 weigh the evil of tho particular
 infringement of liberty. But nine-
 tenths of those who favored pro- hibition, and ninety-nine one-
 hundredths of those who, while % not favoring prohibition, were A willing to have it come about.
 never made the comparison; they
 were quite unconscious that there
 was anything at all in the other scale of the balance.
 Prohibition in America was the work of vigilant, well-organizeo and well-financed minority.s That is generally conceded, but there , were many factors, in addition tc z those pointed out by the writer quoted above, which made the cru sade of the Anti-Saloon league anC it's cohorts easier. The American saloon was an unmitigated curse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
Beggar Has Method

"I was amused at a negro beggar whom l saw down on Eighteenth street a few days ago, says Jeff Bailey. He was seated near tele- graph pole, and in some manner had gotten hold of one, of the coin re- ceivers like the ones worn by some of the street car conductors in order that those who gave him bill might not be kept waiting for their change.
 If he had just stretched wire rom one pole to the other and rigged himself up a trolley and placed a register above his head on the pole by which he sat. he would have been ready not only to take jitney out of dollar, but to ring it up"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
PROBLEM IN MATHEMATICS
the Arkansas Gazette.

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 H. c. Witwer has figured it out that doughboy would have to fight Germany 1000 years to be paid what Dempsey will get for 80 minutes of play with Carpenter. Thus far no one has figured how long it would have required for Dempsey to make up his mind to assist in fighting Ger many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
WHY DOES HE DO Irs

From the Ohio State Journal.-
 When a man is tickled to death with one editorial and strongly dis approves another in the same paper he writes the editor about the latter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
PICTURES AND PLAYS

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
 This is a period in which moving pictures are as countless as the sands of the sea and moving plays ar rare as the smile of gorilla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
THE ONLY MONEY THAT TALKS From the Brooklyn Eagle

Berlin City is now making con tracts payable in marks or dollars" The curse of an Indian rubber cur rency is apparent. Dollars will com monly be preferred by these. our enemies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
--------------------------s- WHITE HOUSE CHINA

Washington Dispatch to the New
 York Tribune.
 A new catalogue of the White House collection of china has been completed and has met with the warm approval of the first lady of the land.
 The catalogue was made by Mrs. Abby Gum Baker, who has had charge of the collection since it's in ceptien, under Mrs. Roosevelt, and it is much more complete than any of the catalogues which have preceded it. Every piece of china, glass or silver has been numbered and listed, and each card bears brief history of the piece. Mrs. Harding is arrang- ing with Colonel Sherrill, whose duties as superintendent of public buildings and grounds include the supervision of the White House, to have the catalogued cards mounted on a revolving standard and placed in the collection room in order that visi- tors may use the catalogue for refer ence.
 A bill will be introduced soon in Congress defining the status of the White House collection as govern ment property and providing for the chief executive to receive as gifts glass or plate whose authenticity has been established. It is anticipated that .he enactment of this legislation will bring into the collection a num- Der, of invaluable heirlooms which have been held in abeyance by presi- dential descendants, who were hold ing them bending this actinn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
"WETsr DEATH RATTLE

From w. J. Bryan's Commoner.
 The sound that you hear in the wet sections is what drys call the death rattle" It became audible when Con- gress voted the money to enforce pro- hihitiou
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
For the League
 And Disarmament

N CCORDING to a countrywide
 A referendum conducted by the National Economic league, the Uni ted States is in favor of entering modified League of Nations and ratification of the Versailles treaty with reservations. The questions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
Just Be Normal

T flatly refuse to get old" said Judge J, J. Mayfield, former asso- ciate justice of the supreme court of Alabama, who was a guest of the Morris hotel yesterday.
 Men talk of all sorts of ways and means for keeping young; going without this, and never doing that, but my recipe is simply to hold to normal and work hard and stay in a good humor."
 The judges attention was called to an exceedingly stylish pair of tan shoes heywas wearing.
 ITO be sure.' he said, the sort. a young fellow should wear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
DO YOU KNOW

Bamboo stalks measured in India were found to grow nearly twice as fast at night as by day. The great est growth for single day was 1S inches. It took only three and one half months for the plant to reach it's full height of 71 feat.
 
 Tn the northwestern part of France, where the tides are very high, a plant is being built which will utilize the power of the tides for running tur- pines.
 Aeronautics. the leading aeronauti- cal journal of England. recently pub lished an edition in the German lan- guage.
 The African plant. "speckboom, . one of tho principal foods of the ele- phant, is to be introduced in southern California as food for cattle and sheep. It will grow under the same conditions as the worthless chaparra1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
School of Trades

T have been agreeably surprised to find the general interest through out the state in the coming campaign to raise S30,OOO for the Alabama School of Trades and Industries at RaEland," said Senator Watt T. Brown, chairman of the board of trustees of the institution. q was on a seaboard train the other day, and the conductor handed me s5 for the school, and also took up a col- lection among the members of the crew and some other employes~of the system and secured about s30.
 "All seem agreed that thfs is the one institution most needed to make the school system and the education al system of the state complete.
 "rhe idea of raising this money by dollar subscriptions has met with popular favor, and l anticipated that there will be a general response as scon as the campaign is launched, which will be later this month"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04
Working For Drainage

Prevention of a recurrence of rain flooding in the business districcH of the city, I consider of paramount importance right now,r said Commis- sioner Henry Page Burruss yester- day. We have had two overflows in the past 12 months, and that is plenty.
 With the city engineer, I have been doing all that can be done to secure the correct data to be pre- scented before the board of commits sioners. I shall call on the engineer for the information at the next board meeting, and I hope his report will be ready.
 There will be no let-up in my eff forts to have such steps taken for this drainage that will make another list of overflowed basements impos- sible. We owe this to the merchants and to the insurance companies that trust the city to provide normal and adequate drainage"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04

A MORNING PRAYER
 In the face of my danger, Lord, I am tempted to fiee. 0 help me to fnce it brnveIy. So mny come death, but so shall come peace! Amen.-M. s. H.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-04

When the Declaration of Indepen- dence was signed our forebears lit- tie dreamed that the United States would ever hold mortgage on Eu-