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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-11-07

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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-11-07
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Copyright. 1921. Western Newspaper Union.

Do you know what fairy palaces you
may build Of good thoughts Ruskin.
"All things come to the man who
goes after them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09
From the Kansas City

From the Kansas City Star.
 N OMIRAL SIMS presentation of the A\ case of the battleship vs. the air plane in the May number of the worlds Work, develops what will be a novel view of the layman. The case, as the admiral presents it, is not of the battleship and the airplane but of two weapons of which two opposing types of war craft are but the carriers.
 The battleship and the airplane carrier are both capital ships The airplane itself Is merely the carriers weapon as the big gun is the weapon of the battleship That is the case, as Admiral Sims puts 1t. and what he has to consider is whether the big gun discharging a pro- jeetile of whose limitations we are pretty well aware has been outranged by this new weapon discharging high explosive bombs, gas and torpedoes.
 The battleship, as he states the premise. is a vessel of .4o,OoO tons with speed Of 9 knots, it's principal armament being heavy turret guns. These and it's armor arc it's defense. An airplane carrier is a vessel of 35,0Oo tons with a speed of S5 knots and an armament of as many as 30 airplanes. The carriers defense is it's speed.
 Now, what can these two capital ships dc with their respective weapons?
 The airplane carrier, armed with its 60 weapons can choose its own range and send forth it's planes in any num-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09
THE NAVAL AIR WEAPON

1 Der necessary to control the air over an area where battleships are operating. Ao hitting the claims made for this weapod and Admiral Sims accepts them or be- lievcs they are about to be realized the airplane will be able to discharge bomb weighing 1000 or 2,Oo0 pounds that will penetrate all decks of a battleship and explode, destroying the ship or put. ting it out of action. Such a bomb. if l 1t strikes the sea within 60 feet of a battleshp, will sink it or render 1t help. less The airplane weapon can launch q torpedo more dangerous to the battleshig than the torpedo of submarine, because the surface, while the plane, being in control of the air, can be attacked only by anti-aircraft guns, which Admiral Sims shows to be very limited in theiI operation Finally, the airplane weapon can discharge a gas bomb to windward of a battleship that will release gas dey structive to the whole crew.
 The hattleships weapons, Admiral Sims shows. are not designed to meet this kind of attack. nor is their carrier de- signed to escape it. The battleship can not engage the airplane carrier because the latter has the speed. The battle ships weapons cannot silence the air weapons because the latter have the range of them The admiral concludes that, granting the claims of the air wea- pon, battleship operating in an area dominated from the air will be destroyed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09
BURROUGHS, WEATHER PROPHET

John Burroughs, in Harper's Magazine MNDE are all interested students Of
 W\v the weather. but the naturalist
 studies 1t for some insight into the laws which govern It. One season I made my reputation as a weather prophet by predicting on the first day of December very severe winter. It was an easy guess. I saw in Detroit bird from the far north, bird I had never before seen, the Bohemian waxwing. or chatterer. It breeds above the Arctic circle and is common to both hemis- pheres. I said. When the Arctic bird comes down, be sure there is cold wave behind them. And so it proved.
 When the bircs raj, 70 give me hint of the probable character of the coming winter, what reliable signs remain? These remain: When December is marked by sudden and violent extremes of heat and cold, the winter will be broken; the cold will not hold. I have said elsewhere that the hum of the bee in December is the requiem of winter. But when the season is very evenly spaced, the cold slowly and steadily increasing through Novem- Der and December-no hurry. no violence then be prepared for snug winter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

There was time when man had to go through lot of red tape before he could kiss a girl. But nowadays he meets her at 8 o'clock for the first time and kisses her at S:S0. It may seem paradoxical. But lot of wives act like they can't be happy unless they are unhappy. The reason man acts 50 brave when when he hears a noise downstairs at a. nl- Is because he knows his wife isn't going to let him go down to investigate
 There may be some excitement in bunting the lion in Africa and the tiger In India. But if you want real thrills these days, go house hunting in America.
 Many a wife never opens her mouth when she is out with her husband and never shuts it when she Is at home with him.
 Shoes are supposed to be larger than the feet that wear them. But you can't make woman believe It.
 It is hard to be independent when you arc broke Many Q man has to swallow an insult because he hasn't a dollar in his pocket
 It may be that Methuselah had . grudge against his wife and kept on llVinS 10 spite ner out or lho insurance money.
 When you see the list of automobile smashups every day you get the idea that this is the unsafe and Insane era.
 Why is it that a man will make an affidavit to a thing on which he wouldn't bet cents.
 Every time we meet real English man and hear him talk. we are thank full that we do not sneak English Copyright 1s31l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09

As to wet and dry summers, one can always be guided by the rainfall on the Pacific coast-a shortage on the western coast means an excess on the eastern. For four or five years past California has been short of it's rainfall--so much so that quite general alarm is felt over the gradual shrinkage of their stored-up sup pl.es, the dams and reservoirs; and dur ing the summer seasons the parts of New England and New York with which I am acquainted have had very wet sea- sons-floods in midsummer, and full springs and wells at all times. Tho drougths have been temporary and local.
 We say. "As fckle as, the weather, but the meteorological laws are pretty we'll defined. All signs fail in droutn, and all signs fail in wet season. At one time the south wind brings no rain, at another time the north and northwest wind does bring rain. The complex of conditions over a continental area or rivers and lakes and mountain chains IS too vast for us to decipher; it inheres in the nature of things. It is one of the potencies and possibilities which matter possesses. We can take no step beyond that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09
VISION OF WARS VICTIMS

raising one of his crutches in the air he began to speak.
 "As representatives of the war invalids of this country, we-have come here to make known our desires and demands, the speaker began. First. we want law giving us free access to such positions within the producing machinery of our society-be it industrial agricultural or intellectnal-as we, respectively. are cap able of filling. Behold this host of mem Have they really deserved to be cut off from every chance of work and of earn Ing livelihood?
 Why should they, in particular, be outlawed and treated worse than other human beings-nay, worse than dumh' brutes? A dog Is permitted to run about the street and pick up such food as il can find. But these, who have come here to seek work. are everywhere met with harsh words.
 "No we. who suffered the hard ordeal of self-sacrifice in the hope of seeing Nany great wrongs ended forever, and who, In reward, have been condemned tq a lifetime of agony, we cry out so that heaven and hell may hear us. Cursed be this evil that has befallen the world. Cursed be the black demon of war! Cursed be all those who still carry the bloody seal of the wild beast in their hearts, believing in It's necessity and glory! Cursed cursed, cry wei!
 And from the crowd, so still moment ago. echoed the thousand -throated cry
 "Cursedl Cursed'
 A forest of sticks and crutches sprans into the air. The clanking of artificial limbs mingled with piercing screams and raucous babblings. But higher above all else shrilled that cry of anathema.
 Then the ghastly chorus was swelled by yet another set of sounds, more sharp and penetrating. Lunde became aware of new procession that in the mean time had approached along one of the side streets and now awaited it's chance to pour into the square.
 It was made up of women with pale. wan faces; they bore the placard:
 Ten thousand mothers and ten thou sand fatherless children-a mere fraction of the total nCmberi"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09

too much as a machine operated by grown-up methods on the assumption that what is good for the adult is good for the child. But that is wrong. The wise gardener will not handle a tender shoot as he would developed plant. He adapts his treatment to conditions.
 The child mind is greedy for infor- nation and it is the duty of the adult to provide it in such form that the child's attention is aroused without compulsion. Any child will look at 8 motion picture. Why not put the in formation there?
 Not only the motion picture, but many other means of sugar-coating learning can and will be devised just as soon as the adult in charge of child education builds on the child nature rather than on that of the adult mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09

Prince Wilhelm of Sweden, in Leslies
 A TREMENDOUS procession was ap- |N preaching along the street leading = S into the square on line with the balcony where he stood.
 Little by little the procession drew nearer. and at last Lunde was able to decipher placard borne at the head ot the procession:
 Fen thousand invalids-a mere fraction of the total number"
 This was set forth in enormous letters. Below appeared in smaller type:
 We demand legally determined place among the workers of the nation"
 IL was a dismal host of human wreck age that poured in an unbroken stream past the balcony. Row on row, column by column, the black mass rolled into the open space until gradually it's wide semi circle was totally filled.
 First came those who showed no out ward sign of trouble. They had the ap- pearance of being intact. but every step they took made their artificial limbs
 
 about to signal the hour.
 Followed those who could not afford to replace their lost parts with artificial substitutes. They bounced, tottered, limped, crawled shambled and wabbled onward. while their sticks and crutches beat steadily rising tattoo.
 After these, the blind-row upon row, close, close. guided by their dogs or by one-eyed comrades; then those who prac- tically had no faces left, and those who could not keep their bodies still for a single moment, but had to jump up and down on the same spot when the process sion failed to move fast enough; and finally those who continually jabbered strings of meaningless words while way ing aloft their amputated arms, with steel hooks in place of hands. as if ad- dressing some great assembly.
 One of the demonstrators emerged from the mass, dragged himself painfully up the stairs with the help of a pair of crutches, and handed roll of paper to the foremost man at the top. Then he turned about so that he faced the square. Having called for silence by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09
THE MELODRAMATIST

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 1NRAMATISTS may not suggest the Ii solution of social problems, but
 sometimes they discuss those problems soberly and give the playgoer something about which to think seriously The melodramatists wallow in salacious- ness, inviting the audience to participate and, with a smile. smear silly sentiment talism over the wallow, in the fnai act.
 Of current play upon conditions which have been the theme of much de- bate, oral an dwritten. the dramatic critic of the Brooklyn Eagle says:
 Miss Brothers finds American girls wearing short skirts. violating the Vol stead act, smoking cigarettes. staying out late at nights not only free, but boy, going to France with the belief that the Hun was at the gate, found al the gate girl in knee-length skirts pleasantly intoxicated. . But when erring American youth gets back to the farm. learning the art of common serse and raising chickens. everything is set right again,
 .In the first act Miss Brothers shows how loose and liquory young people can be. The boys kiss the girls. The girls talk, between puffs of their cigarettes, about things their grandmothers pretend ed ignorance of. The heroine for bidden to go out with Scottie Wilbur. teaches her father a lesson by staying out all night, without losing her inno- cence. of course"
 Only in nelodrama do sophisticated young persons experience sudden. conn plete. fourth act regeneration by reason |of meeting someone from the farm who has the moral attitude of the stage rur-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09
Administration Follows Path
 Blazed By Woodrow Wilson

@O far has the Harding adminis- 0 tration left the irreconcilables and the bitter-enders behind that we are to be represented in all the coun- cils and deliberations which the al- lies will hold for the settlement of Europe's affairs.
 Our association with the allies un- der the administrators latest deci- sion is essentially practical. It has to do with the details of German rep aration. We are intimately drawn into the settlement of the problems of Europe, which are those of the world. This is what MT. Wilson aimed at through the. League of Nations.
 The administration has done noth- ing contrary to the Wilsonian idea. It has not done what he would have done in the manner in which he would have done it, but it has not departed one iota from the guiding principle that he laid down.
 MT. Wilson specified a golden rule for nations and machinery for carry ing it out. The administration has accepted the rule and the suggestion of machinery. It may be said to be using fuel oil instead of coal for the navigation of the ship of state, but the ship is headed in the same direc- tion as MT. Wilson had it going and the people aboard are not quarreling about the change in the method of producing power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09
Teaching the Young By
 the Motion Picture

IF the counsel of Thomas Edison is U accepted and put in operation, the child attending elementary schools will be happier at their desk than now. MT. Edison proposes to teach him through the moving picture rather than books.
 His criticism of the primary school system is that it is unattractive to children. therefore, the child learns unwillingly. He who learns unwilling Y, learns little.
 The remedy for the weakness of the present system, said MT. Edison, 4is to eliminate boresome books and teach with motion pictures. This is a move vivid, more compelling method cf holding the attention"
 MT. Edison is striking in the right 1ktction. The child has been treated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Farmers Up Against It

T had swing round in south Ala oama the last week." says Walter B.. Mills. " and in spite of the propaganda to reduce the cotton acerage. fear that little has been done. It's mighty easy to say raise less cotton, but the tenant farmer Is up against 1t when he talks to the landlord about rent and the merchant when he talks to him about advances.
 Its going to take a long time to educate landlord, merchant, banker and farmer out of the old one crop plan. Of course there are some signs that the progressive farmers are be- ginning to see the necessity of diver sification."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09

be gambled on as being the petrified truth. How I've succeeded, it would not be modest in me to say" Thus came into being a pseudonym that is known and loved around the world. The doughty captain would not sleep the sounder in his grave if he knew how celebrated Mark Twain" became in after years. A Paris hair dresser, journeying to Greece to devise a coiffure for Princess Anastasia, was mistaken for a distin- guished French physician. Though barber, his manners were presumably perfect.
 A New York saloon man discovered good way to discourage the treating habit. His patrons stepped into a tele- phone booth, one at tine and helped themselves from a copper tank and a spigot.
 A man killed in New Orleans by his wife Is said to have been paying too much attention to hula dancer. All authoritiea agree that the grass skirt is a great little demoralizer
 4 * *
 Max Harden says the German govern ment has made many blunders. The al- most irreproaehable American govern ment has made some itself. What does Hon. 'Strangler' Lewis mean by letting an ancient Pole, nearly old enough to be his father, pin his shoulders to the mat9 * # < Edison is astonished at the ignorance of college graduates. In Edison's case we are willing to discount the prejudice of a self-made man.
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 Ring Lardner is one of the few humor- sts who Is sufficiently important to play golf with the President of the United States.
 Nothing has happened to revive the dropping spirits of Charley Hapsburg, and nothing of that sort is liable to happen.
 Wayne B. Wheeler says whisky has always been rebellious. The stronger brands have that effect on consumers.
 # # < A New Jersey woman, angry at the prospect of having to serve on jury, threatened never to vote again. So there! This nation Is not going to pot as long as 1t puts its heart into celebrating Mothers Day"
 a < * PAOSS~S seems to be in the nature of a post mortem.
 x x Y Brother Bryan, who is now Wash irg gton lawyer. Is not specializing in pro- hibition cases.
 * F # The World war Is rapidly receding. Lon- don gave Fritz Kreisler an enthusiastic reception.
 F q Unfortunately the average mans Idea of a living wage is more than he is capable of earning.
 * # # Hi Johnson is still dreaming of some day getting his mail at the White House
 * * * Calling Cuba ''cess pool of sin" isn't going to hurt tho tourist business. silesia is showing precious little re- gard for Europe's peace of mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09
PREFER THE SHORT AND MERRY

From tho Detroit Free Press.
 The benefits of prohibition" said Edwin Box at Young Mems Chris tian association lecture in Philadelphia, "are countless. And not the least of these benefits is the abolition of a certain class of pessimists-that is. the heavy thinker, who. getting up stale every morning from too much booze the night before, inevitably finds life a burden. Many men are like John Hor- rocks.
 Wishing to administer a gentle re- proof to Horrocks one day, I said to him:
 Did you ever hear the saying, John, that the man who never drinks. nor smokes, nor stays up late at night. al- ways lives to great age?
 Yes replied John, with yawn, that's his punishment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09
A LONG WAIT

From tho Philadelphia Public Ledger. If you are little impatient because the train is 10 minutes late, think of
 the bird in Dannemora prison who around 1942w
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09
One Hundred Per Cent

"One of the surest signs that young America Is taking an Interest in great CT things these days" said LeRoy Holt, "is the fact that in the young peoples department of the Fifth Avenue Pres byterian Sunday school there was re- ported last Sunday registration of 100 ger cent for the city-wide young peo- ple's conference that will be held in this city under the auspices of the Bir- mingham Sunday School association on May IS. 14 and 15.
 And, according to reports that are coming in. they will have to call it the league of fifteen hundred before the conference opens"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09
Rival of Asheviue

"One of the most attractive and in- teresting rides an automobilist may make around Birmingham Is to the crest of Shades mountain" said W. R. Slagle. Recently the Green Springs road has been improved almost to the point of perfection and the natural beauty of Shades mountain, partic- ularly in the neighborhood of Linger Longer lodge, surpasses, in my opin- ion, anything to be found In the state.
 The work of nature has been en- banced somewhat by the landscape art of the architect and the cool, shady walks, the sparkling springs, the rustic seats In the valley will be un- usually enjoyable during the heated term"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09
Women Are Keen

The modern woman is just about as keen in business matters as men," said M H. Sterne, broker. More of them arc investing in sound securities than before. They are coming to the offices of substantial bond and stock invest ment houses and investing with rare good Judgment. They ask more ques- tions than men do, and are more painstaking in their search for the best investment.
 Women are just as much inclined to speculate as men. Many of them are as fond of the speculative investments as men, and have a preference for the security in which there Is that ele- ment. compared with those where safe- ty is the first consideration.
 The blue sky law has helped good securities, but the growing common sense of men and women has helped them more"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-09
Must Preserve Forest.

We must preserve the forests of this great country in order to avoid a famine" said Bishop Lambuth. Lack of forests In the famine area Is largely responsible for this great calamity that has overtaken China. China started cutting down her trees in this area hundreds of years ago, and did not replace them until now there Is scIrcely a tree to be found in this great area that includes 100000 square miles.
 Unless the United States is care- ful and protects her forests famine, such as Is now existing in China, will overtake this country. But it will not be in this generation, but the situation will become acute in perhaps 500 years and starvation will be at hand. So, for the sake of the future generations, preserve the forests, and when tree is cut down See that another one is planted to take it's place"