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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
THE WHY OF RADIUM DEALS

Floyd w. Parsons, in the Worlds Work
 for May.
 One common use for radium is for making luminous dials on watches and clocks. An examination of one ot these radium dials through power full magnifying glass furnishes sight that will neverfbe forgotten. The lu- minous material is seething with tiny flashes of light, caused by the explo- sions of radium atoms. As each atom explodes, a particle flies from 1t like a projectile from a gun. While it is im> possible actually to see one of these particles. scientific investigation has shown that when one of these particles. suddenly stopped by striking crystal of zinc sulphide, the heat is sufficient to make a flash of light the eye can see, and 1t is these flashes that are seen under the magnifying glass. They occur at the rate of 100000 second. and their combined light produces a glow that may easily be seen without a lens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
Preparations Problem
 May Soon be Settled

|WWH.lLE the American government WV has refused to act as media
 tor between Germany and the allies.
 America will play a conspicuous part
 in settling the separations claims re-
 sulting from the war.
 This decision was not due to any desire to befriend Germany, but it is recognized here, as we'll as abroad, that the world cannot get down to work until the reparations question is settled. America, because of her dis interested role during and after the war and her economic power, is the only nation which can hope to solve the problem. If Germany draws up new proposals which can be submit ted to the allied governments, the prolonged wrangling may soon come to an end. Nothing has been gained by quibbling, so far as the allies are concerned. The delay has worked a hardship on Europe, including Ger many, and has been felt, but to a less extent, in America.
 The worlds business cannot be re- sumed until terms of indemnity are agreed upon and accepted by both sides. America will not act as an um- pire, but she can hasten an agree ment. If the Harding administra- tion can accomplish this difficult task without encouraging Germany or alternating the allies, it will be an achievement of tremendous signifi- canoe to the world.
 Germany's clumsy attempts to in volve America with the allies have not succeeded. That has been made clear. We are not to be placed in the atti- tude of befriending Germany and helping her to evade payment of the just claims against her. This fact should be recognized by all the Flu ropean governments, but America is willing to aid in bringing order out of what threatens to become permanent chaos.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
WHAT'S WRONG WITH FICTION

1T AOitl tAc 0AlCd6O 4NCW WSs
 William Allen White, the sage of Emporia, has been considering recent American novels. with interesting re- suits. The silent tear which once glittered upon the pages of American fiction" says MT. White. lis going dry with the rest of the country under some sort of literary volsteead act. Mixing his metaphors just little, this critic goes on to say that the books and plays of the new men who write ly waterproof so far as tears are con- cerned. They operate by a kind of dry surgery"
 The gifted Kansan has the right idea as to what ails modern American fic- tion. though he may not say precisely what he means. Dry surgery is right enough in it's way. A surgeon who wept over his patients would be as unpopular as a surgeon who scowlei and gnashed his teeth. The sick room need is a cheerful manner. not over- optimistic, of course. but brisk and stimulating. Just now the novel is falling into the hands of school Of literary killjoys to whom every case is hopeless. and 1t will be mighty sick novel unless it is rescued speedily.
 Not that these literary surgeons do not mean well. The trouble is that they are too deadly serious. The need is for more novelists with sense of humor. which generally includes sense of proportion. Dickens and Thackeray could allow themselves tears because they had plenty of smiles. What MT. White misses is not so much the tear as the smile; not so much the rain as the rainbow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
RECLAIM PRINTED BOOK PAPER

From Popular Mechanics Magazine.
 Though chemical processes for the reclamation of printed book paper have been in use for some time, their ef- ficiency is reduced by the fact that the mechanical pulping forces the ink per- manently into the fibers. By method recently patented, a mixture of 10 pounds of borax, 10 pounds of soap, two gallons of kerosene and two gall Ions of pine oil is used for soaking 1000 pounds of stock with enough water to make to 6 per cent pulp. The beater used pulls the stock apart gently with minimum breakage of the fibers. and the process is continued for an hour or less, with the pulp heated to from 1e5 to 190 degrees Fah- renheit by live steam. The separated ink and the chemicals are then washed away by the usual method, and the re- claimed pulp is ready to be bleached.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
Suicide of Jack" Cudahy
 Has Caused No Surprise

6r7HE suicide of Jack" Cudahy at
 ll his home in Los Angeles on Thursday caused no surprise to those who have followed his career. Moth ing could save a man of that kind He set his barge going on the sea of excitement in his early manhood and at the time of life when he should have been an honored and useful cit izen his disorganized brain made him end it all.
 Knowing his spendthrift ways, his wise old father, the late packer, Michael Cudahy, left his bequest to his son in trust so that he might not dissipate it. Even that failed. The suicide followed the refusal of a loan on this trust fund.
 The great danger that youth faces is it's love of excitement. The pulse runs fast, the blood is warm and im- agination paints roseate pictures of strength to stand and ability to slow down the pace when the body tires of speed. But the cultivation of ex- citement creates more and more de- pendence on it and a craving for the superlife. The disillusionment which age brings is one of remorse and anguish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23

it's value, hope that St. Christopher,
 whose battered medallion lies next to it.
 will take Fire in your eye" in good part. For his sake. as he knows very we'll would throw every charm in the world over side
 But he Is great saint, and as the first roadfarer has no prejudices. So 1 am not really anxious. Fire in your eye will probably amuse him enormously. He has taken care of me and my cars so long (about S1 years all told) that he must know that I am setting up no heather idols on my dashboard
 We have in England 2 cold, fish minded way of affecting to laugh at what we are pleased to call local super stition. Let me tell you that this point of view will not work in Africa What is obviously a childish hallucination in ity under this immense blue sky. You can disbelieve a lot of truths you do not understand as you strap-hand homeward, but you learn to believe everything inl Africa.
 And by the measure of your capacity for belief will your mental outlook be judged In Algeria, especially in the south on the skirts of the desert, and in Tunisia charms of all sorts abound. A chameleon's skull is a most valuable specific against the manifold evil spirits which roam the air searching for easy game, and in most villages you will see a mules skull clamped in housetop or on palm tree.
 Who are we of the dark, frozen north to laugh at such things, who know noth- ing of them? If they do nothing more (and this is pure supposition) they at all events bring comfort to those who believe in them. Is that nothing!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
A. DOG HERO
From the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore sun.
 Clyde Scott. 4 years old, lies dying on his fathers farm near Beckley, w Va. His pet collie is dead. A viscious SOW, bearing the scars of battle 10 the finish, is so badly mangled that she must be killed too.
 It is one of those simple little stories of dog, to which all human sympa- thy responds. The boy, playing in the yard. was attacked by the SOW. which had escaped it's pen. Hearing the ckild's screams, the collie rushed to ths rescue. and engaged the SOW in fight It needs no assurance of the telfgraphed item to tell him Who knows the dog the details.
 The child's mother came into the pie ture. bearing her torn baby to sarety. But the dog remained TIts was a su- preme duty that knew no compromise. The infuriatel SOW was a menace to those he loved. It was his business to remove that menace. and into the job he put all the energy of his devoted little soul. He may have known that there could be only one ending. That was not his concern. It was his con- cern only to remove the menace, nd at any cost. His own life mattered not at all. and in the end he lost it in as noble a struggle for what he believed to be righteous as any that ever frightened the annals of man or ma ton.
 We do not know the little collie's name. If we did. we should like to print it. in honorable memory of his gallant conduct. He was a soldier and a gentleman; he was . devoted com- rade and playmate; he was all that | dog is and that . right man should be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
THE PRESIDENT AT HIS MEALS

THE PRESIDENT AT HIS MEALS William H. Crawford, in the Worlds Work for May.
 Housewives will be interested in
 knowing what the President eats, and to know on what Mrs. Harding feeds
 him to make him So healthy The President has an excellent appetite. A typical menu for the day follows: For breakfast he has half of grape fruit. bacon and eggs, the bacon ceeked to a golden brown; buttered toast and coffee, followed by waffles, such as Mrs. Harding has made la nous. His luncheon is a substantial meal. usually including meat and two or three vegetables, but the din- ne. is the principal meal. It is com plete. from soup to nuts. He enjoys his meals, and mixes with them a full amount of laughter and light -hearted- ness. He throws off what little off cial manner he has at other times. Hc is no longer the President. but is jusr Warren And his wife is Lou.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
Preno Car

T was standing on the side of the Frisco track in North Birmingham the other day. said E. Haley, ''and two freshly painted coaches came by and was attracted by their handsome ap- pearance and the bold lettering on their sides. which read; 'Premo Racing Trio, Preston Motors Corporation. Bir- mingham, U. S. A
 They were fitted up as private cars for the great team which is making >the name of both the Premo car and the Magic City known far and wide. It a local firm is showing g much pep in order to advertise it's product and its home town"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23

BiiI' White of Emporia deplores mod ern tendencies in literature. No matter what modern tendencies may be in nt- erature. art and women's wear there is always somebody to deplore them.
 * # #
 That candidate for governor of vir- ginia who challenged his opponent to a foot race of 200 yards is ss years old. He's probably forgotten all about the alleged Osler theory. # # #
 British coal miners, as shown in the movies, are like Alabama coal miners. They need liberal application of soap and water after work hours
 # # # Swindlers who occupy palatial resi- dencees naturally have to travel about great deal to get in touch with their victims
 Charleston distillery, operated in a colonial mansion, had telephone service and a new delivery truck However, it suddenly went out of business
 # # * Claiming that there are millions of men in the bolshevik army, Trotzky is naturally looking around for new worlds to conquer
 Pat Harrison's ill-timed remarks about Colonel Harvey didn't hurt liar vey. and didn't help the democratic party.
 No great objection would be made if a few other agitators would follow Big Bilp' Haywood to foreign parts. s Germany has tried hard to place the American government in the attitude of being her friend with barren results.
 % * * The annihilation of the Armenian peo- PAC lo d6dlu lIilIHlH0ut. A<A0 III All is just one annihilation after another.
 # < x After topping off a rather hearty breakfast with waffles, President Hard ing is ready for all corners.
 # # # The name of President Ebert of Ger many figures but little in cable dis patches. Possibly he's saving wood.
 # # * people left who can't get along without 3 spring tonic.
 A job has been found for General Per shing. This takes a great load off the minds of paragraphers
 # * # It helps little, but not much, when ! suave bandit apologizes for taking your bank roll and watch. There is not a brewer in the land who yill not vouch for the medicinal proper ies of beer.
 Summer resorts are already beginning o tug at the nations pocketbooks.
 * * * Concentrate a few minutes every day n swatting the fly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
scREEN TRAvELocUEs

A man may take a lengthy trip
 See all the countries, just about And never board a train or ship,
 By travelling the movie route.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
Why They Are Slow

One reason why Birmingham whole salers seem slow to take advantage of the 20 per cent freight saving en- abled by the Mallory and Warrior barge lines" said Charles Jones, sec retary of the Traffic Bureau, lis the character of present business. Orders are for small amounts of stun and they are of rush nature. Every purchaser is afraid prices will go down before he gets his goods, hence they are in a tremendous hurry for delivery.
 However, we have the assurance of large shippers that they will have their regular consignments of staples for later delivery sent by the Mallory and Warrior river lines. Not much can be done in the present jerky state of busi ness, but the rates are there and bound to appeal in the long run"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
VALE

VALE By Kennedy Russell. Stay with me- The long last night is here. Hold my cold hand That may feel you near, So, while the sacreds silent hours oreep
 -TH understand And sink to sleep. Close my eyes-- ~ As you would, tenderly, Mourn not my loss. You loved me faithfully, l. Then. when the cold gray Aawu Breaks silently Hold up the cross And pray for mol M
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
COULDN'T BE WORSE

COULDN'T BE WORSE
 Dear mel" exclaimed the inquisitive old lady. There is great crowd around that bulletin board. Has a catastrophe occurredr.
 Yes. ma'am," said the diseu,tsd fan' as he paused in his flight to a suburban car line. You said it. ma'am. The home team lost"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
Captain Warren at Home

T am glad to be at home again. said Capt. John K. Warren, who has been out west for some time enjoy ing surcease from the grind of bust ness. Captain Warren is stouter and in the pink of condition.
 "Change of secene is a great thing" said Captain Warren. q believe, after trying it, that change is one-haIf the battle of keeping fit. It is the ory rot of sameness that gets a fellow.
 The west is all right and a fine place to visit when you are run down and need a change, but it is the change that does the work. Another beauty about the change is that the old home place is so much more attractive when one comes back to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
LACKS SPEED

Prof Diggs is laborious student. "Yes?"
 He won't write single paragraph for an encyclopaedia without con sulting a dozen authorities.p
 He may be good at research work. but he'd never make police court reporter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
Chain of the Unusual

Charles F. Yarn. assistant manager Of the Chamber of Commerce, has re- turned from New York, where he cor ducted his friend, o. P. DeZort, recent ly injured in an automobile accident. He left MT. DeZort in a New York hos- pital recuperating. Mir. Yarn reports a chain of out -the-way happenings. He was in the automobile accident that so seriously injured Mr. DeZort. On the way north a spike was pulled out of the track of the Pennsylvania railroad and the act discovered just before his train passed that way, thus narrowly averting a wreck.
 Just as I got off the train in Bir- mingham on my return" said MT. Yarn the handle of my valise came off. 1 went to a restaurant and ordered some red snapper. I nearly broke tooth on a pearl. I hope this ends the chain of the unusual. I have had enough of it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23

We hope he had a Christian burial, for he was a Christian, if to be Christian implies sacrifice of self and love for others. He was all of that and he was a hero-a hero on four legs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
ADR1F'T WITH THE TIMES
A TROUBLE CENTER

A TROUBLE CENTER Though the island of Tap Is dot on the map,
 A morsel of land in the ocean, It has filled the jingoes, As everyone knows,
 With many belligerent notion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
Good Programme

The programme for the Shrine minstrel, which has just been dis tributed, is one of the best and most complete I have ever seen.' said Cliff ton Roberts.
 Much of the credit for the splendid display is due to the programme com mittee, which was headed by o. S. Finch, the chairman, and which broke all records in securing business cards from the stores. If the programme Is fair example of what the show will be like. it promises to be the best ever staged by local talent in this city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
W wEsTERN BEEF

WESTERN BEEF T don't want to hurry you,' said the sarcastic patron. but how much long CT must wait for that steak7r It's on the way, sir rspliea thq waiter.
 From omaha% A sTICKLER FOR PRoPRIETY What's become of the old-fash- toned stage beauty who got her name in the papers by refusing to wear tightsr'
 Her successor is atirsSdag sons attention in Paris just 'YesY'
 "she refuses to appear in less ,A4a the conventional number of beads"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Modern Method

Splendid work is being done by the class of retarded pupils at the Lewis burg school" said J. A. Harper, prin- cipal. This class was recently or- ganized for pupils who were unable to keep up with their classes and the primary teacher who excuses the chil- dren in her department at 1:sO o'clock gives special instructions to this class the last hour of school each day.
 The majority of these children are in the nutrition class and we feel that as soon as they come up to the stand ard they will be better able to keep Up their studies. In fact, we have been told by teachers of one of the other county schools which tried this plan last year that as soon as the members of that class became normal they did excellent work. Plans are be- ing made by the county board of edu- cation to have all schools organize classes of this kind next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
A MoRNING PRAYER

A MORNING FRAZIER
 Dear Lord, increase my faith. It is not enough that ! believe in thee. I would know thee as my companion and my guide, and shall know thee, Lord, when at last I come t0 do thy will. Amen.
 --M. s. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
A POKER FACET

How did MT. Grabcoin conduct him self while he was being tried for profiteering?p
 His facial control was so perfect that it was great help to his law yers.p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
Big Bill" Haywood Is
 Where He Ought to Be

W7THETHER he fled to escape serv-
 w ing sentence in federal peni- tentiary or is on a visit to Russia William D. Haywood, secretary of the Industrial Workers of the World, is in the right place. He belongs with Emma Goldman and Alexander Berk- man, who were expatriated to Rus sia. They tried to make Russia out of America. They should enjoy the kind of government and conditions which they attempted to found here.
 It does, however, seem the quin- tessence of irony that the big leader of the Industrial Workers of the World should be the only one of the 46 sentenced to Leavenworth prison not here to begin his prison term. The lesser ones have either surrend- cred or are in touch with the au- thorities. Big Bilrs is the only one of the convicted men absent with out leave."
 Thus has the bluster of the Indus trial Workers of the World sunk into itself and become a by-word instead of the power that it threatened to be and would have been on soil adapted to sovietism. But America did not want it and there is nothing left of it but contempt and the ignominy of prison cells.
 Instead of tramping about the na- tion with steelshod boots proclaiming another government within this one these former anarchists and their sentimental friends are on their knees asking amnesty. They should have thought about that when they were hurting defiance at the govern ment and doing their level best to thwart it's aims in time of danger and stress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
IGNORED GUESTS

IGNORED GUESTS 'Is it true, wonder?" "what?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23

understand Washington police men are showing special considera- ton to visitors from Ohio"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23
Birmingham Steel Filling

Two Ships Simultaneously
 IT T is no small thing in a period of
 slack industrial operation to have two 10,000-ton ocean freighters load ing in the same harbor at the same time with products of community's mills. That is being done at Mobile
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-23

Sc full of artless jealousy is guilt It spills itself in fearing to be split
 Hamlet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-04-22
Three Presidents Sons Are Among
Callers at White House

Washington, D. c., Ap'l "a
Three sons of form Presidents of
the United States were at the White
House yesterday. They were;
Theodore Rocscyelt. of New York,
and row assistant secretary Of the
navy.
James r. Garfield, CT Ohio,
former fuel administrator, and son
of James A. Garfield.
Scott, Hayes. son Of Rutherford
B. Eaves, and resident Of Ere
mcnt, Ohio.
The fathers of all were Republi-
icanz. They called separately and
assistant Secretary Roosevelt was ct
the White House on business of his
department. Mr.. Garfield called to
discvss the transportation situation
in its relaucr to coal, and Mr..
Hayes paid his ~espects.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-04-22
Rockefeller to Pay $4,000 Tax
On Plant He Lets State Use

Bedford, April %. As result, OF
a final legal ruling by Attorney Gen
eral Newton's staff, John D. Rock2-
Teller, Jr., according to an official OF
the State, Reforna tory for Women IL
Bedford today, will have to pay tax
bill Of $4,000, yearly on the social by
g;ene plant alongside the refo:matory
which he is letting the State use free
CT charge for the treatment Of pzyce-
path:c prisoners. Mr.. Rockefeller will
get 81 year rental from the State. II
is reported that MIR. Rockefeller, APP
precistine the efforts of the reforma-
tory managers to relieve him oil taxa
ton, w:ll pay the taxes without pro-
test.
Evening star., 1921-03-25

perience a desire to- talk to fellow
employees? Note how frequently this
happens during the day. and how
many times such conversations were
really necessary to the proper per-
formance of your work.
Do you have the impulse to look
frequently at the clock or your
watch?
When you make a report or sub
NIT facts to a superior officer does
he find it necessary to ask for ad
ditional informa tion before he is able
in each case the reasons why you
did not furnish such information in
the first place.
Do you frequently have difficulty
in comprehending instructions that
are given you? If so, ask yourself
frankly whether this wasn't because
your attention was wandering while
said instructions were being handed
out.
Is Memory Relfnbles
Is your memory as reliable in re-
gard to matters involved in your
uaily work as it is in respect to sub
jectS that engage your attention out
side of business hours?
All of the above questions and tests
are suggested as a thoroughly prac-
tical way of assaying your presen
quality which stands at the head OF
the line in analyzing the underlying
causes which keep so many salaried
| employees in the business rut.
When your mind is in state OF
complete concentration you are un-
is entirely concentrated on your work
| there is no room for other thoughts
not even for a thought about your
concentration. The instant you say