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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12

IN SATURDAYS Age-Herald one
 MT. Hampton, in the language of
 an official woman of New York when the King of Belgium visited us, said a mouth full"
 He practically advocated the abol- ishment of the jitney and return to the cents street car fare with a 2 cents transfer
 When the Birmingham street car company asked for raise in fares last year and got a cents fare it could have easily gotten a 10 cents fare. for everything was then expen- sive and the public was making high wages.
 But, as it is now, with thousands out of jobs and everybody's salary being cut, the public is more or less indignant at request for raise from cents to cents. The raise Is very serious matter to great many people in the Birmingham district They see no reason why street car fares should be raised when the price of everything else is going down.
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 ha 1fF af railway company of Greater Birming- ham has had a fearful time finen- cially. It's hauls are long and its ex- penses are great It is in the hands of a receiver. It not, only has not been able to make interest charges but 1t has not recently been paying running expenses. It needs increased revenues to keep going.
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 judge Grubb of the federal court and MT. Lee C. Bradley, the receiver of the properties, are undoubtedly us- ing their best judgment and exert ing their utmost efforts to keep the street railway company on its finan- ciaI feet, and to have it continue to well serve the people of Birming- ham. They realize that the jitney is merely a wet weather spring, which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
THE STARRY BANNER

Edwin Markham, in Leslie's. Up with Old Glory! Let her fly. A meteor in every sky, Till to all nations she shall tell The dream of Independence Bell-s- That men do not begin to be Till they are fetterless and free. Men ever fetterless, yet bound In comrade love the whole world
 round,
 Men free to unfold their inward
 might, Free for the onward march to light. Free for the new worlds comina
 birth.
 Free to build paradise on earth! Fling out the banner, lightly fling. And let the starry ripples sing. She is the daring one whose dream Shall be tho worlds immortal theme. Her shadow must--where'er tt falls Shatter the chains. shake down the walls; She is the glory of men unfurled On all the wide winds of the world; In every land she is the hope Of peoples where they grieve anu grope, | On every continent and sea The dream of freedoms yet to bel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
SUCH IS FAAm
From the Argonaut.

From the Argonaut.
 It was a benefit performance at . New York theatre and . knockabout sing and dance man was to go on at o'clock in order to get back at his own theatre in time to make his regular appearance at II o'clock. Az he waited in the wings he noticed q heavy set man walking to and fro with an air of impatience on the other side of the stage.
 "who Is that guy over there" he asked the stage manager.
 why, that's Caruso." replied the manager in surprise. He's going to singe couple of songs for ss.'
 Never heard of him." snapped the comedian. "but you tell him he can sing anything he wants to as lonE as he lays off The Darktown Strut ters' Ball. I use that for my open ing and I don't want it crabbed."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Antomohile sola Chean

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 l saw a Cleveland Six, new, fine looking car, sold for $25 in Ripley, Miss, and the license number was "75054 Ala.," or 74o54, or 73054, 1921 license. The car was sold by two young men, age about 22 or 25 years. They left the town on the first train. They were stran- gers in this part of the state. Yours truly, JAMES MURPHY,
 Salesman for the Western Grip and
 Trunk Co.,, Milwaukee, Wis.
 Columbus, Miss, June 10, 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12

such A conference and discussion; ninety-fiye per cent or more of those present being southern born and the sprinkling of those from the other side of the Mason and Dixon line having lived south long enough to be in perfect sympathy with the view point of those born and reared in 1t.
 Through the whole proceedings emphasis was put on the fact that 1t is a southern movement, and that the north is waiting on the south for leadership in the matter. It was re- freshing to know that at last the thinking men in the east and the west had come to the realization that the quickest and surest way to estab- fish better relations between the ne- groes and the whites was to leave the settlement in the hands of those who had had the longest experience and who really had at heart the interest of the colored brother.
 For too many years unwise north ern interference simply angered the southern whites, and this to a large extent nullified much of the effort made at great cost of money and sac rifice on the part of we'll intentioned teachers or missionaries to help the negro. It is a good omen that at last our friends to the north of us have awakened to the fact that the best and cheapest and surest way to bet ter the moral, mental, physical. spir- itual and economic life of the negro Is to either cooperate or leave the matter in the hands of southern men and women.
 One of the best talks made at the luncheon was that of W. H. Stock ham. who. while from the north. has lived in Alabama long enongh to un. derstand conditions here. He spoke as no theorist, but as a large em- ployer of negro labor in his grea' plant, and to hear him speak gooe word for the ability and integrity O hundreds of negroes in his employ a workmen and as citizens was heart Iening to those who wish to see thu race develop along industrial lines al
 well as in citizenship.
 iN
 The leading address of pr. Alexan
 der was sane. and gave evidence tha the leading spirits behind the inter racial movement are men and womel
 of vision and sanity, and are workinl
 along Christian and economic line
 which will have wide influence i laolvinE the problem which presse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
MetropoIitan Air

Birmingham Is certainly a won derful place" says Mrs. Marie Bank head Owen, state historian. whose speech was the feature of the third annual convention of the Alabama Federation of Business and Profess sional Women's Clubs, at the Tutwiler on Friday night.
 Tt has such a metropolitan air. and there is always something do- ing. The minute I step off the train l begin unconsciously to quicken my pace in order to keep step with the quick-moving throng of men and women on the streets of the city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
Noted American Actor
 Is Successful Abroad

~ REAT honors have come to NJ James K. Hackett, who used to be a matinee idol and thrilled debutantes by playing the romantic roles that have long since lost their popularity on the American stage.
 MT. Hackett might have gone on making a comfortable living by ap- bearing in mediocre plays and get ting on the pay roll of the movie magnates, but like all good actors he was ambitious. He aspired to be a Shakespearian actor and his success has been extraordinary. When MT. Hackett played "Mac- beth" in London, in the land of Shakespeare and in the city where his plays have been acted by the greatest dramatic stars, from Shakespeare's day down to the pres ent time, he won triumph that as- tonished America quite as much as it did England. The inevitable prejudice and skepticism of English audiences whenever an American actor attempts Shakespeare were swept away and MT. Hackett was hailed as one of the greatest Mac beths. That was high praise in deed.
 The interest created by MT. Hack ett's superb performances in Lon- don, which the most captious critics received with enthusiasm, caused the French government to extend him special invitation to appear in Paris. Supported by Sibyl Thorn dyke and British company, MT Hackett played Macbeth" at the Odeon theatre before an audience which included President and Mme Millerand, Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan and many other notables
 At . time when there are few great actors on the stage and fears are expressed that the American
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12

A luncheon at the Tutwiler on Fri day in the private dining room brought together some representative men and women from all parts of the state who are interested in better race relations.
 Those interested and connected with the movement are doing their work quietly and are not courting publicity, and yet because of this at titude and tho great importance of the subject both to the white and colored people, am going to give 1t a little publicity.
 John D. Rather, Jr., of Tuscumbia racial committee, and Judge H. l.. Anderton is the secretary. The mem- bership is made up of we'll known names in public and private life who have always shown . disposition to bring about better relations between the two races in the south, without h the slightest degree even question ing white supremacy.
 The dinner was given with the view of hearing primarily general presentation of the inter-racial plan by Dr. W. W. Alexander, talk from President Moton of the Tuskegee i'm stitute and report from Judge H. L. | np n- der of Atlanta was present, but pr. Moton was unable to appear with the colored delegation who came in after the lunch. but sent . represen- tativc and also lengthy telegram, setting out his interest in the meet ing.
 1 There were 50 or more in attend ance to hear the addresses and re- ports and to confer in regard to CO., operating more fully with the state inter-racial committee of the Young Men's Christian association. Among the many distinguished members was glad to sec Drs. Denny. Dowell l Abercrombie and Phillips, showing that the men occupying . key posi- ton in the educational affairs of Ala bama were keenly alive to their op- portunities and ready to assume their full responsibility in furthering the aims of the movement.
 There were lawyers, preachers
 doctors, bankers, manufacturers. mer-
 chants. farmers and quite few
 women known throughout the lengti
 and breadth of the state for their in
 terest in every uplift movement t create just the needed atmosphere fo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12

furnishes the service when 1t is not needed and fails when most required. They realize that man must depend upon the street car for an early morn- ing train, and the street car to get home during a rain storm, and they know that Birmingham cannot con veniently exist and grow unless the street car service Is properly con tinued, They are therefore doing their best to make the company earn and improve. They have given much study to the problem and honestly believe that an increase in fares is the one solution.
 On the other hand the public has been reared on a 5-cent fare basis. People have built homes in the su- burbs and at distance from the cen- ITo OI buo CitS, DdSih6 1Act II AfiAe expenses on the old 5 cents street car fare. They stood the raise to z cents when they knew 1t was neces- sary without much protest. At that time they would have stood 8 raise to 10 cents if urged; but now, when most street car riders are in the slough of despond, so to speak, they cannot figure out in their own minds why another raise should be put on them. They feel that when they are getting sugar and meat and meal at less than half thoy were paying for it when the original raise was put into effect, 1t is unfair to them, when everything else is going down, to have street car fares raised.
 They feel liks acting like anyone would act who would go to to a tailor now and find that he charged $10 more for a suit of clothes than he did six months ago. They have been taught that they can buy suit now for s1o less than they did six months ago and that they can buy shirt for about half what they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12

AMONG THE DEPARTED '1s Mrs. Calder planning to go away for the summerT
 'why do you ask that question:? Just idle curiosity
 .Trs idle, all right. Mrs. Calder isn't going to stay in one place for any length of time until her pastor refers to her in the past tense."
 MOST UNFORTUNATE .Your fair client was acquitted?' "Yes,. said the lawyer. "Is she going into the movies" -No. but if wo had been able to in- troduce a certain batch of letters. I'm sure shs would have received some attractive offers"
 POLITE IRONY Are you hungry. poor man?" asked the sympathetic old lady. "Yes, num-" said the beggar. well, here's a dime for you" .AThanxs, mum, Could you recon mend place where I wouldn't have to dress for dinner?"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
How to Do Business
 in the Dull Seasons

TT is quite true that normal busi- u ness cannot be done in periods of depression, but it is equally true that those who make the strongest aud most intelligent effort come nearer doing normal business al such times than those who hoist the white flag.
 Thomas A. Edison, in a message to the Edison dealers, is quoted as saying:
 ''f your business falls off 65 per cent, increase your selling ef- fort 75 per cent"
 That presents an obvious truth pithily. It is what has saved many a man from failure.
 A patent medicine placed on the market by young eastern drug gist 40 years ago made him anc his associates millionaires within IL years. Nine-tenths of their sue cess was due to advertising. Int stuff was emblazoned over the face of the earth from Maine to Tim buctoo.
 This young man died in his early thirties. Older and more conserv. ative partners regarded the adver. tising bill of $35O,0o0 per annum as a useless expense, inasmuch as thu linament was by that time knowr and used the world over. They GU out the advertising bill. The work soon forgot all about that liniment Few men now under 80 years of ag' ever heard of it.
 The liniment would not sell it self. A man cannot sell norma quantity of the average commodit. when demand is subnormal withou extra effort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12

"Yes," said MT. Dubwaite. 'He never did anything but stand around and look wise.'
 q guess you've seen the last of him"
 T don't know about that. He may turn up here some day as an effi- ciency expert"
 THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION T don't like Bibbles' attitude to- ward the eighteenth amendment"
 NO? Whats wrong with it?"
 Every time he takes a drink of moonshine' he acts as if he were get ting even with the United States government" PHYSICALLY AT REST "catching anything. brotherT Nope" replied the angler who was lying on his back with his fishing l pole stuck in the bank. I'm just | fishing for exercise"
 If you are exercising anything. 1t must be your imagination" 1 NOT PALATIAL
 "where did you stop in Chiggers- vilIer'
 At the Palace hotel" l Good place to stayT'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
A CURSE ON GRAVITY!

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 One Little Rock girl says her archi- lecture from the knees down is not adapted to the rolled stocking fad. She found that when she rolled them part of the way they rolled the rest of the distance under Sir Isaac New tons law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
SHORT DRIVE

From the Washington Star.
 They tell me this moonshine stuff will drive a man crazy"
 Tt hasn't much drivin' to do." an- swered Uncle Bill Bottletop. Any man who drinks moonshine Is fool ish to start with"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
Hopeless Cases

While in New York recently" said Felix Drennen. T was told by a cit- izen in a position to know that there were 5000 prohibition issues on the court docket there and that 1t had been calculated that it would take two judges 10 years of continuous court operation to dispose of all of them, even though they tried no oth- CT causes meanwhile.
 This well-informed citizen told mo that if these cases continued to mui- tiply as they have been doing ana | it was sought to dispose of them quickly, every citizen of New York of voting age would be engaged in court service as juror, defendant, witness or in some other capacity. Not man would be left to carry on the other business of the city. You cannot make much progress with courts damned like that with one class of cases"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12

theatre has reached low ebb, MT. Hackett is upholding the fine old traditions of the classic drama. Always an actor of ability, by hard and conscientious work he has raised himself to the top of his profession. The American people may we'll be proud of his achieve ments, which inspired message of congratulation from President Harding.
 Mrs. Dodge, widow of Horace E.. Dodge, automobile manufacturer, has been allowed $5oo,o0o year as liv- ing expenses. It's good thing for the country that the average Ameri- can family can live on considerably less.
 Birmingham's first laundryman is dead. He lived here 40 years and when he opened his laundry some of Birminghams pioneers were not wearing collars except on Sunday.
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 IT derstand that We have a helpful dis position. The amount of money Eu- rope owes America ought to prove that.
 Bets are being made that Carpen- tier will not last three rounus. AL though betting Is sinful, We might be tempted to accept wager of that kind.
 The next war will be largely In charge of the chemists, which is another reason why it should be post poned as long as possible.
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 Democrats are reported to be pluck ing up their spirits, but the way they are losing their grip on t.e postoffices is painful.
 * x # Jim" Reed got right up in the United States Senate and said he didn't love Carter Glass. What are our senators coming to? x ]: < Another indication of a return to normalcy is the large number of colored washladies who are willing to do a small family wash for s1.
 + + < It may be improper to mention 1t here, but young women who roll their own" should not stand on fire escapes to watch parades.
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 Carpentier has one great advantage over Dempsey. He can entertain wounded war heroes without tra .s of embarrassment.
 E * !. It's deplorable to think about, bu, July ? promises to be more impor- tant date this year than July the Fourth
 There Is material for dozen pho toplays in the life story of Peggy the barber's daughter. x E Y: The home coming of Admiral Sim. promises to be melancholy event tr the nations history.
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 Mrs. Bergdoll has wisely dec,d st that paying fine is preferable tc prison fare.
 | Hon. Babe" Ruth says he won speed in New York again. There are other states. to be sure. l Since beach beauties have begun tt rouge their knees. censors are fac, to face with a brand-new complex. | E x E
 Millionaire Joyce looks like SUI dious young college man. but he isn't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
SHE DID HER PART

From the Houston Post.
 She: Before you married mo you used to say that Twas the sunshine of your life"
 He: Well, you still do your best to make things hot for me-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
BYNG!

From the Baltimore American.
 Lord Byng has been offered the governor generalship of Canada. He sounds as though he might give that country an emphatic administration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
BETTER RACE RELATIONS By Frank Willis Barnett

hard throughout the country as to the best way in which to keep down race friction and prevent such outbreaks as recently took place at Tulsa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
Birmingham Steel Industry Doing Better Than Any

Birmingham Steel Industry
 Doing Better Than Any s1HHE steel operations of the Ten II nessee Coal. Iron and Rail- road company are more than 50 per cent normal.
 A Youngstown, O., dispatch to the Wall Street Journal says:
 Independent steel mill operations In the Mahoning valley will reach . new low level this week, averaging less than 20 per cent.
 A Pittsburg dispatch to the same paper says:
 "Steel mill operations now aver age. about 25 per cent capacity against 80 per cent in April"
 When one is doing as well as his neighbors, he ought to feel recon oiled to conditions that prevail. When he is doing better, he should be gratified.
 Birmingham is doing better than any other steel center in the coun- try. The people of Birmingham have no cause of complaint.
 The Tennessee company resumed work at it's structural mill the past week and will continue operations through another week.
 The pressed steel car plant of the Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car company is beginning operations with orders already booked that will keep it going for several months.
 The Gulf States Steel company is operating at an average of 50 per cent.
 Birmingham is shipping steel rails to China, to Japan and 10000 tons ars being rolled for Alaska. Bir-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
THE PROBLEM

From the London Mail.
 "Wot's the good O goin' back? We shall only have to strike again."
 Well, low the ell are yer going to strike again If yer don't go back?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
WOULD HAVE TO WAIT

From the Detroit Free Prsss.
 NO. Algy; cannot marry you for q while"
 "why?"
 T was down to the jewellers today and the wedding gifts were dread fully picked over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
An Automobile State


 An Automobile State
 Florida travel is as much by auto mobile, If not more. than by train," said Robert G. Hiden. "The brick and concrete roads covering the state enable travel in automobile from Jacksonville to the southern part of the state in ease and comfort. Re- suit is that the gasoline vehicle Is taking the place of railroads more and more in the Florida transporta- ton scheme.
 T went from Jacksonville to Or lando with travelling salesman in an automobile and beat the train time This was done in spite of the fact that the salesman stopped sew eral times to see customers at differ ent towns on route
 "Florida has built tho roads and Is reaping the full benefit" Cahaba Bridge Repaired Repairs on the bridge over the Cahaba river on the Montgomery highway have been completed, and ir Is now open to the public" said James P. Dobbins. secretary of the Birmingham Automobile club. This bridge recently caved in and since its partial destruction 1t has been neces- sary for traffic to Montgomery and other points south to go by way of the pump house and Merkle. I Our club has received a large number of complaints regarding the condition of this detour. and we are glad to annouase the repairs on the bridge completed.
 "The highway is now open through Rosedale, and will give motorists the bcnefit of about 10 miles of pavement on the Montgomery highway"
 BREAKING INTO THE DICTIONARY From the Chicago News.
 Pluggers for Main Street." tn most talked of novel of the last de cade have been trying to boost new word Into the dictionary. The word derived from the heroine's name, il ito kennicott," or uplift by cultura process.
 The cultured Miss Carol Kennicot is not likely to break into Webster not if Captain Boycott knows 1t. Cap tain Boycott broke into Webster som years back by inventing proces dear to all lexicoRrAphers. Now Cap tain Boycott Is the patron saint Q | dictionary architects Boycotting word Is the easiest thing they do.
 Breaking into the Hall of Fame o | the biographical dictionary is no tricl at all. But the dictionary proper i another matter. Look at the livini celebrities who have failed to turl the trick Mme. curie went in whei the curie and the millicurie were de clared the units of radio activity Henry Ford Is not in. although tn henry Is now the unofficial unit c vehicular activity. Many a man ha made the dictionary by discovering new element plant. butterfly or bus but the ubiquitous henry has not ye hopped in. Edison has made his wa Into Webster, but Luther Burban I waits outside, although burbankin has done more for culture than tn phongraph or the questionable. No man can be sure of immorta fame until he has become commo noun or verb and entered the diction ary proper. The photographers wer always an arbitrary body of mon. con scious of their power, and they hay been worse than ever since Captai Boycott was accepted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
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sNo. The fellow who named that hotel the Palace was taking liberties with the English language