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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Income Tax

AncOme IhA
 People who want to be served promptly had better look after their income tax now, while the time limit lis still full month off" said John D. McNeel collector of internal rev. enue.
 The payments are coming in very slowly, and the office force has plenty of time to handle all claims promptly.
 Tn a few days, however, everyone will be trying to get it paid before March Is. ana the applicants will be forced to stand in line and wait Tor their turns Every year I exhort the people to pay erly and avoid the rush' and every year the rush comes Just the ssme. It would save the depart ment time and trouble, and 1t would save every individual who pays the tax time and, trouble If they would come before March 1, and give the peo- |ple working in my department an op- portunity to serve the public promptly and efficiently"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-12
REVIVAL OF OLD PLAYS

..Don Quixote,s which had then been
 recently translated into English.
 The wonder is that modern playgcers
 ara not s4ven moro frequent sppor-
 tunities of seeing como of the plays
 of shakespsare's contemporaries. hakespears, htmself. ws have. of course. oftan with uA but although
 there is in bocks and magazines much talk of the spacious days of great Elix- abeth. which were in truth wonderful in their dramatic output. yet outside the masters own. one scarcely ever sees . play of that period on the stage. It is quito possible that theatrical en- trepreneurs might. to use an Antt- quated expression. find their account in sporting Kyd or Marlowe's mighty line, and Kyd and Marlowe are only two of. a splendid galaxy. Here is an unworked mine which concsivab.y might yield golden returns. ENID's SONG By Alfred Tennyson. Turn. Fortune. turn thy wheel and lower the proud: Turn thy wild wheel through sunshine, storm and cloud; Thy wheel and thee we neither love nor hatc. Turn. Fortune, turn thy wheel with smile or frown; With that wild wheel we % not ID or down:
 our hoard IS little. but our hearts are great. S3s Smile and we smile. tho lords of many lands; 1 F'rown and we smile. the lords of our own hands:
 For man man si1 Is man and master Of his fate 1 Turn. turn my wheel above the star x;s1pk crowd;
 Thy wheel, and thou gre shRdoWe in 3he ol oud; E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-12
ALARAMA's DAILIEs
the Florence Times.

From the Florence Times.
 The big daily papers of Alabama in Birmingham. Montgomery, Mobile and Tuscaloosa are ably edited. Their edi- tional pages are bright. breezy, able and instructive. Never before has there been so much editorial talent arrayed on the state press.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-12

The statement that the women of today do not compare with Venus of Meios is substsEtiated by easy observations made on any city street.
 The Chicago alderman who knocked out professional pugilist in the city haii was not, to tell the unadorned truth, ah inexperienced boxer.
 Y F Y
 The idea of spending $3o,ooo,ooo for a battleship that will be pronounced a "tubY in few years does not cheer the taxpayer.
 There are still few unreconciled Britons and Canadians who like to re- mind us that we didn't get into the World war soon enough.
 Lincoln may not have been as homely as some of his biographers would have us believe, but he never would have
 
 made screen idol.
 Mrs. Shonts has lost her suit against "Friend Amanda It Is about time for her to call off her lawyers.
 x. < x
 The story that MT. Chaplin met with a chilly reception from Caruso is bit saddening. Two great artists should be on friendly terms.
 yon Hindenburg says France still fears Germany. It isn't so much fear as a firm conviction that Germany cannot be trusted The Louisiana negro who lived through the day set for his execution and ate three square meals has no need to be uneasy on Friday. $ q F An organization of cotton growers claims to be selling cotton in Europe profitably at 20 cents a pound. Some of7 ficial of the organization will please step up to the blackboard and explain how it is done. Before starting in to make thorough investigation of the Bergdoll case the probing committee should be equipped with gas masks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-12
A TIP FOR GAnE

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 D'Annunzio might do well to settle in Greenwich village, where the Bohe- mians delight to make lion of an ass
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-12
Ha. Company

'The rains of the last few days, fol- lowed by this cold snap, make the weather anything but pleasant for the suburban resident" said Hugh Mo Cary. who lives at McCsry Springs.
 Tt is bad enough to face a stiff breeze from the north every evening. but after all would take cold weath- CT in preference to rainy days and nights any time."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-12
Admiral Benson Needed
 on Shipping Board


 A DMIRAL BENSON, chairman of AN the United States shipping board, has made an effort to lift the congestion at eastern ports by afford ing an equal opportunity for business naturally flowing in this direction to be routed via ports of the South At lantic and the gulf.
 Some powerful transportation in- terests are understood to be quietly working to restore the old conditions because their trunk lines empty into the eastern ports. They are not in love with Admiral Benson and win not favor his retention as chairman of the board under the new adminis- tration. It would be- a national ca lanity if they have their way.
 Admiral Benson has not played favorites. His work has been to so distribute the shipping of the coun- try that no ports are congested and that the shippers get their goods to the sea by the easiest, the quickest, the most natural and the most eco nomical rail points. He has acted as an American should act.
 New York does not gain by be- ing congested. Vessels putting into congested port pay an enormous price for the delays thus entailed. Admiral Benson has shown that it cost one ship $25, 900 to make turn around of cargo in New York. Under such conditions the net result is that business is hampered. The entire country pays the bill.
 Southern ports have asked and con- tinue to ask nothing more than fair chance at the commerce of their ter ritory. There is no real democracy where business is artificially diverted from it's natural channels and that is an expensive procedure as well.
 The south should stand as a unit for the retention of Admiral Benson The Airplane in
 Mine Rescue Work
 TN 50 minutes after the Birmingham u office of Shelby county mine operator had gotten in touch with the mine rescue station at West End experts at the station had engaged an airplane and with special life-savine apparatus had been landed at the mine, 30 miles distant.
 This marks a new field of useful. ness for the airplane. Physicians life-saving experts and mine rescue apparatus may be carried through thu air to the scene of . mine disastea and many lives may be saved by this quick service.
 When the airplane has evolved :int< a medium for the saving of human life, it may indeed be said to havl entered the class of the essentially practical.
 Decision to Investigate
 the Escape of Bergdoll
 ~ ONGRESS owes it to the young N manhood of America to make thorough investigation of the noto. rious Bergdoll case. The Philadelphia slacker who Haunted the laws of this country and refused to fight under the flag that sheltered him and per mitted his father to amass million. TT ! brewer, is now safe in Cor many, where he gives out moeling in tsrvi1xs.
 IL is announced that the House mil itary committee will ask Congress fol authority to find ont why BergdoI Nss permitted to escape from . mill fazy guard under circumstances tha Vers more like comic opera than al
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-12
Lady From Oklahoma
 Wants Cooperation

TN dispatch from Muskogee, Okla, ll Miss Alice Robertson is quoted as saying she is opposed to the National League of Women Voters, Tor any oth- CT organization that will be used as club against the men. We cannot say we will do this or that if they do not comply with our requests. We want cooperation and should let the women fill such offices as they are capable of filling creditably."
 Some exterme feminists to the con- trary notwithstanding, America is not ready for sex war. The fear that women would combine to dominate elections, wherever their voting strength might have permitted them to do so, has been proved groundless. Women are voting for the policies they believe in. There has been little or no mass voting except, possibly, in a few municipal elections held in small towns.
 Every attempt made to array the women voters of America against the men should be discouraged, and will be discouraged by women whose judg- ment has not been warped by radical doctrines. Miss Robertson voices the sentiments of the wives and mothers of America. The common sense which enabled her to make success of the restaurant business and to win seat in Congress with minimum expendi- ture of campaign funds has not de- serted the Lady from Oklahoma"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-12
Governor scay,. cIevernes.

Governor Seay was among the quickest witted, as well as most Iowa ble of men" said Frank Fowlkes. "Once, when running for office, he made a speech to a large crowd near Greensboro. few days afterwards he was back that way and met lot of people whom he had previously Seen and been introduced to.
 One old gentleman walked up to the governor and shook his hand, at the same time calling out his own name. Oh, yes. I remember you quite we'll said the governor, met you at the speking the other night weren't there, said the old man. That is so,' rejoined the governor without batting an eye. now very distinctly remember noting your absence and making inquiries about you
 The old gentleman felt very proud of himself, and the governor had made another lifelong friend"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-12
Work Comes First

"As several of our office force had to assist in the scramble to secure dog licenses during the rush few weeks ago, our recording got behind,' said J. B. Foster, deputy clerk of the .ir- cult court The employees. anxious to catch up with the work, have agreed to give up their Saturday aft ernoons off until this is done.
 This action was purly voluntary. as no orders were received .for us to do this, but being interested in their work they decided it was the only way in which the recording work could be brought up to date.
 Tn my opinion this is very com mendable in them, as every person who has been in the habit of having Saturday afternoons off looks forward to this holiday all week."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-12
AN EARLY RISER

"so you were brought up on farm ?"
 T was" said the self-made man.
 "A rather hard life in the old days"
 Tt must have been. didn't know what sybarite was then. but realize now that felt like one every time slept later than o'clock in the morn ing"
 HELPING HIM OUT
 Judge, be easy on me-
 "Why should I be lenient?"
 Because concatenation of unfor- seen circumstances precipitated me into this deplorable predicameEt"
 Well I'll do the best can for you tYou seem to have a liking for long words, so I will send you to a prison W here there is good library and you can learn a few more"
 TEARS OF SHAME, PERHAPS ''The orator moved his hearers strongly"
 How so?" .'He pointed to the Stars and Stripes hanging above the rostrum and actu- ally shed tears" 'He ought to have wept. His four husky sons had swivel chair jobs dur ing the war" A NATURAL PROCESS Been around to Dorfling's house lately?" NO. Is anything stirring" 'Yes. It's stirring beautifully and he says it will be ready for consump- tion in about week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-12
Read djustment Is
 a Worldwide Affair

NNT P. G. HARDING, chairman WV of the federal reserve board, recently declared that there could be no complete recovery of commerce in this country until there was recovery in Europe also. Commenting on this statement the New York Journal of Commerce, one of the highest finan- cial and industrial authorities in the country, so far agrees with. MT. Hard ing as to say:
 We cannot expect national
 prosperity on satisfactory scale
 so long as our foreign customers
 are depressed It will be essential
 to obtain settlement of the poli-
 tical and economical difficulties
 which wifi set other nations at least on the path toward a better state of things The Journal does not advise how this is to be done, but it emphasizes what it considers the crux of the worlds business status, saying: The point in the present connec- tion is merely That such restora- tion or recovery Is an unavoidable element in the general scheme of
 advancement and that without it there can be no complete rectifica- tion of conditions. The golden rule, which mankind has accepted as the law of conduct be- tween individuals, is looming up in the minds of nations with the same |forcefulness. Individuals have found that neither gains by two men being at each others throats. Nations are discovering that the Law is the same 1 in their case.
 We have been generous in feeding Europe; in easing the pangs of hun ger. A greater service to Europe and the rest of the world as well as to ourselves would be to do our best to reopen the arteries of trade and help men to help themselves. 1 The Now York woman who kept five pet lions in . garage may have caused some uneasiness in the neiEhborhood. but nobody will ever catch her kissing . poodle.
 %*~ The less the American Legion has to do with politics the longer 1t Will. last as . patriotic orsanization: 1 The Chicago Tribune says Mary Gar den is : wonder. some Of these days Nov York may reluctantly concsde that the Tribune F right q 2 Now that Congress has learned that Harding and Coolidge have been elected. 1t may put itself in frame of mind tc deal with . new administrator.
 
 Captain von Boy-Ed has mirried an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-12

A MORNING PRAYER When this day's rising sun shall sink to rest grant, Lord, that It's dying light may fall ncross land drawn nearer to thee. Amen.
 NJ. S. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-12

The Chicago Tribune says Mary Car den is : wonder. soms Of these days New York may reluctantly concsde that the Tribune is right
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-12

The less the American Legion has to do with politics the longer it Will last as : patriotic organization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-12

Now that Congress has learned that Harding and Coolidge have been elected. 1t may put itself in frame Of mind to deal with . new administration.
 
 Captain von Boy-Ed has married an Amsrican girl condolsnces to hsr family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-12

The Now York woman who kept five pet lions in sarase may have caused some uneasiness in the neighborhood. but nobody will ever catch her kissing . poodle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-12

Our content is our best having.
 Henry VIII.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-11

and shipman are operating. requires them to
collect the garbage In the resident districts at
least twice weekly and as much oftcner as tho
city health authorities require.
"Twice weekly IN ample. II every garbage
s omptled twice each week no grounds for
complaint exists But the facts that cana
arc not being ompticd once weekly even
IN ten days, ~ reports from housewives are
TO be accepted.
The terms of the contract require the gar
bage contractors TO maintain extra vehicle for
promptly answering complaints made to the
health department. II does not appear that this
provision IN being compiled with. For " II was
thon complaint could be answered promptly,
and housewives insist that thor complaints to
tho city health department are repeatedly ig-
norcd 40 far securing adequate roiiof is con-
corncd.
Wo roltcratc, the contract with the gontlc-
men who have charge Of tho garbage appears
adequate Ia all respects ftq provisions safe
guard every contingency and their fulfimont
are guaranteed by bond Of suitable nature.
Let the city stand It's contract. II Thomp-
and Shipman will not keep their contract
obligations they can at least be made 10 bny.
THAT is what tho contract and bond wero
made for.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-11
He Fair With All.
Tulsa. March )

Editor world: In all my years have looked
upon ministers az different type or the aver
age citizen. II occurs TO me with all their train
ing years of study along the one line, they
should be equipped with patience good thoughts
and feel a keen sorrow for thor weaker
brother not n fighting hostile attitude,
should think It would be the last thing on earth
for "A minister to break the laws OF our coun-
try although | believe Reverend Crum has ad-
rnitted he was speeding or jay riding.
Even IL he was abused by an officer who does
not have the religious training the officer who
mlngles with a different type Of humanity, my
idea is Reverend Crum should have been able
TO control his human feelings, and should have
handled the situation In way that the officer
would have been glad that there were such
men that lived among us, and | believe a dlf-
fprcnt attitude would have been the means OF
bringing more to church. There must be an eN-
ample act, and II cannot look to the min
listers who are being paid large salaries just to
be good and to help and teach others 10 be good
general reports officer McaCham ia a good Of
ficer and gentleman. lie Is hut human, his
act IL not the act of a cool thinking man, but
show me a largo body OF men, any class that
especially on any police force in the United
states They have enough to contend with TO
make them much worse than they are pictured.
Say we try Reverend Crum on the police force
one week and see how he will get along with
ell classes good, bad and Indifferent. That
would be much different no doubt Reverend
Crum Is wonderful man, good minister, but
he was found wanting In this case, lie did not
show what would have expected.
| personally think we have one Of the best
body Of men called policemen officers OF the
law from the bottom up to the highest officials.
In my opinion they are clean, upright, and most
Of all gentlemen, That is speaking of them as
a whole force, and do not think should be
too hasty in condemning them, for the error OF
one or two that slipped Let's be fair with ALL
Tulsa, March I. A WORLD READER.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-11
The Woman Who Loved Earned
by JANE PHELPS
MODERN STORY OF HOME AND BUSINESS

either. Her father doesn't earn much
and the boys are too young-both OF
them in school. She's n born cook,
too. ! have had some great feeds
at her house"
1T seems to me. Robert, that you
'hink great deal Of what you eat
never knew you were so keen about
food"
II don't think I really am, Gerry
Only I have boarded so long that
home food seems to represent a
home. to cook and eat 1t in. / guess
1t Is that more than the food ITSELF
Wen have a home one of these
days when we can afford it"
As often. when I made such n re-
mark, Robert started to say some-
thing, then caught himself. I cant
explain why. but never asked him
what he was going to say, when he
broke off like that. And I went on:
"You see we will save enough to
have things real nice. Then We can
entertain and do things right
During the days following our
evening at the Murphy's, ] often
thought OF Marion Hovey. Had Rob
ert been Just bit in love with her,
I wondered. He had said they were
"only good pals" but his face had
lighted up when he greeted her, she
rad seemed 30 delighted to see him,
that had been OF a jealous dis
position think the thought OF their
pleasure in each other might have
| made me a bit unhappy. But | was
not Jealous. II would take great
deal to make me soto make me
doubt Robert. ] did not realize that
we're my jealousy awakened II would
be far more intense than had 1t been
easily aroused.
Robert had not told me that Jane
! Murphy went on teaching after she
had married I must ask him about
! Il. wondered why she had given
Il up. They had a nice little apart
| ment OF four rooms, but everything
was very simple. the furniture, her
| table. appointments. everything
MOVED the need of economy. She
was very bright, and must have
earned fair salary. How foolish to
give up until they could live in q
more refined ncighborhood, and
have a little better apartment.
with Betty Il was different, Frank
Weed earned more than either Car
son or Robert. He was little older
too, and had saved enough so that
/ they had furnished nicely, and lived
very we'll indeed. In n better neigh
horhood, too--one thing / considered
absolutely essential. Our boarding
house was in a really aristocrauC
norton OF town, a fact which made
! me overlook many things, not as
I agreeable as they might have been
| Tomorrow-Apple Pie Lures Rob
nrt Away for Dinner.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-11
What OF the Rcnt-Hogs?

Editor world; Is there no property owners
willing to live and let live? What OF the nun
dreds OF struggling young couples that are eaten
IN ovety month with rent2
Their salaries are not large enough to pay
this scandalous rent asked for furnished apart
ments and still be able to save enough to buy
furniture let alone a house In which to 1--we,
And vet they have to live It's either pay $50
to 800 per month or live In place too dingy
and filthy for hogs.
THESE renters are human just as much az
any property owners and only ask to be given
a chance But with conditions az they are,
they are not allowed to even breathe without
paying $50 for the privilege.
Is This to be allowed? one Christian lady
rented an eight-room house on North Main FOR
800 n month. She subronted II FOR enough
to pay her rent and clear fl4O over ana above
expenses She is working and drawing a salary
OF $500 a month, with only herself to care Tor
Another man rented IA nine-room house on
South Cincinnati for si40, and then sub-rentcd
II for 1926 furnished.
There are hundreds OF just such grafters no
better than the two mentioned above. liz the
public going to let this go on while work IL so
scarce that married men with families are walk
ing the streets hunting for work?
"A STRUGGLING RENTER.
Tulsa March g.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-11
Benny's Notebook

II started to drizzle vile we Va,
eating brekfist yestidday. me thlns
ing, Heck, | bet III have Ia wa~.
my rubbers to skool.
Rubbers being my most urfayor.
ite things to ware, and 1t kppn q,
drizzcling and pop sed tu ps
Mother, don't forget to see tbsi
Benny puts his rubbers on
Me thinking. Darn it au Ana
pop finished his brekfist and Wan,
down to the office and | thawt Of y
good ideer to influence ma not a.
make me ware my rubbers. saying
Hay ma, did | ever tell yea about n
fearse dreem l had once auout a
boy that had to ware rubbers iesI
because 1t was drizzcling a tiny nits
bit?
Wioh ma kepp on eating her egg
without saying weather | ever did
ur not, and | sed, Well g., ma /
dreemed there was boy Jest about
my size, and one day ii hardly was.
ent raining at all and the boy had a
feeling something fcarse was libel 10
| happen IL he wore his rubbcrs. but
he had to ware them Jest the same
on account of his mother making
him, and sure enuff he hadent hard.
| ly got outside wen a bull started To
chase him with horns, and u he
hadent OF had his rubbers on he
could of got away easy, but his rub.
bers kepp him from running fast on
account Of sticking to the pavement,
and the bull cawt up to him and
| bucked him up on top OF a house
and he fell down the chimney and
stuck half way and nobody ever
herd OF him agen, and he was Jest
/ W.N l.
OF that. ma?
Wat, wasent listening, wa,
thinking of Something elts. sed ma
! 0 gosh, holey G., ma, II took me
about 8 minnits, | sed.
I'm sorry, and O by the way don,
falc to put your rubbers on, sed ma
Wich / did.