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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
Hobo of the Skies
 VoIplanes to a Job

1A M ERRILL K. 'RIDDICK, the 9V8 first "hobo of the sky" has gone to work at an airdrome neal Philadelphia, andN presumably the air lanes of America which he traversed in his flimsy plane will know him no more.
 Riddick, who is son of Repre- sentative Carl W. Riddick of Mon tana, has travelled all over the country in typical tramp fashion, sometimes taking farmers for a little joy hop" for $3 and frequent ly giving them trip for his supper and a nights lodging.
 Many of us who are bound to humdrum tasks can enter vicarious- tly into the adventures of this young aviator, who was formerly mail  pilot. The tramp who must per- force beat his way on trains and encounter the rude opposition of brakemea finds an irresistible fas- scination in his wanderings. and the result is that he usually dies a tramp. But to have literally the wings of bird, even though they are somewhat precarious wings, and to go wherever fancy pleases in the wide spaces of the upper air, a crea- ture of the clouds and the sunsets, and a rival of the eagle in these lofty attitudes, that is the very apotheosis of hobodom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
LETTERS TO EDITOR
With Two MontRomerians Re- gently Drowned In Pcrdido Bay


 To the Editor of The Age Herald: note your correspondent .>from Foley, in giving an account of the drowning of Messrs. stollenwerck and Noble of Montgomery, among other things said: Miss Julia. Anderson, daughter of Judge Anderson of Mont- gomery, who was with Noble and stollenwerck, was rescued from a boat that drifted for sometime before it was found.'
 My daughter Julia, was member of a house party at Perdido at the time of the accident, but was not in the boat with these young men and was on the shore when this unfor- tunate accident occurred, and knew nothing of it until several hours after 1t happened.
 Since your correspondent saw fit to name the young lady who was with them, he should and could have been accurate; and it is sufficient to say that it was not my daughter. Please give this as conspicuous place in your paper as you did the communication in question.
 Respectfully,
 JOHN. c. ANDERSON. Montgomery, July 2s 1921
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
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Time to Think About
 Winter Coal Supply

| WV HErHER FIT he purchases iron from retail coal dealers or direct from mines in car loads, which he shares with neighbor, the house. holder should give serious atten- tion to his winter supply of coal.
 Offerings vary. It is up to each man to exercise his judgment on the grade of coal that he places in his cellar and the price charged. The important thing is not to delay making arrangements for winter fuel.
 Nothing on earth ever has stopped or ever will stop arise in price when there is clamor for a commodity. To those who complain of the in crease hundreds of excuses of more or less plausible nature are made, but it is the law of supply and de- mand.
 When crops begin to move and better industrial conditions follow the shortage of available railroad cars is going to be keenly felt. No industry will suffer more than the domestic coal mines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
WHEN WAR LORDS DISAGREE

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
 N ND now General Hoffman, who AA read the riot act to the bol-
 sheviki at Brest-Litovsk and made them sign on the dotted line, has thrown the fat in the fire, to be fuel of further controversy.
 Hoffman was right-hand man of Ludendorff on the eastern front For a time chief of the operations section of Hindenburg's staff, he became chief of staff to Prince Leopold. the Bavarian field marshal, and so was virtually commander-in- chief of the eastern front.
 Ludendorff's book, he says, con- sists of Ties from beginning to end.n Hindenburgs book would make even a dog laugh"
 Falkenhayn was "the worst war criminal of them all."
 kuehlmann and Czernin. who quieted spoiled child Bulgaria with soporific promises of added territory. lied, as the foreign office has com sistently lied for the past 25 years.n
 Bernstorff lied when he said that but for the submarines America would not have entered the war.
 Not for years has the Ananias club had so large an accession to member- ship at one time.
 But the more important part of Hoffmann's statement is not his wholesale distribution of the Order of the Brazen Cross for pre- -eminence in prevarication
 It is his estimate of inc relativa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

WHERE THE WEAR AND TEAR els Windows in bathing suits?" That's the latest wrinkle"
 My wordg'
 You'd better say. My eyer"
 A TAcTLEss DISTRIBUTOR "Drat that agent" What's the trouble?"
 He eemoralized oa office force.r How sog
 He came in here and said he want ed to give away a box of face powder to our prettiest stenographer. Be- fore we could stop him that's just what he did and tow the other 14 are ready to ouii."
 INTRIGUED. AS IT WERE. SDid she seem interested when you told her the old. old story?" Interested? should say so! I misjudged that girl"
 "Yes?"
 Why fshe actually forgot. to flip the ashes off her cigarette.'
 BADGERING A REFoRMER T hear the lids off at Deauviile." Where's DeauvilleY
 Tn France"
 Thanks. I want to tell that to professional reformer I happen to know Unless I'm much mistaken. it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
Sea Literature

From the Baltimore American.
 Q who can hold fire in. his hand
 By thinking on the frosty Caucasus
 or wallow naked in December snow By thinking on fantastic summers I seat?
 50 sang Shakespeare; but, though
 there is no doubt that even the most
 concentrated reflection on the arctic
 regions would not serve to make the
 Baltimore weather of the past month
 more bearable, it has been noticed lately that the literature of the sea has acquired an increasing vogue, and the probability is that the ma ] Jority of the readers of sea stories are iandsmen who in quiet corner or over pipe may think themselves many miles from land Is this be- cause of the perennial fascination of the sea, with it's many moods, its vio- lent passions and it's placid ways, it's perpetual suggestion of mystery. per- haps of shores yet unknown that lie far beyond or of depths still un- fathomed, it's hints of possible ad- venture that appeal to the spirit Of youth which never quite dies out in vigorous types? Or is it because some of the best-known writers cf~ sea stories have been great literary art ists whose writing could recall the beat and rhythm, the tang and fresh ness of the waves?
 Whatever the explanation may be, it does seem3to be the fact that many readers, both connoisseurs and those who love to revel in book which is as far as possible removed in thought and atmosphere from the humdrum routine of daily life, find their recre- ation in reading, Conrad and Tomlim- son and Hergesheimer and William McFee and Eugene O,Neill. Some old boys, too, are taking down again from their shelves long-unused vol umes of Captain Marryat and Her man Melville or, older still. Smollett, who wrote as sailor would have written if he had had Smollett's gift of the pen. It is a wholesome taste and, as life on the ocean in contact with the immensities of sea and sky seems to make a man bigger and broader in heart and mind, the next best thing to being sailor is to love the masters who have brought the sea home to us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
Date-stamped Egg
 Only Safe One

T7N HE meat and milk inspector of
 J Etowah county has notified merchants that they must conform strictly to the law which provides that eggs must be candled before being exposed for sale.
 The Denmark custom is the best. Under the cooperative marketing system prevailing in that country, which raised it from poverty to af- fluenee, each egg offered for sale is stamped with the date on which it is laid. That eliminates all guess work. The man who buys a Denmark egg knows when the egg and the hen parted company.
 A rubber stamp costs very little and is easily manipulated. It's ap- plication does not injure ali egg. In fact, many egg producers who take
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27

| military capacity of his colleagues
 and his ascription of failure to tho
 want of bold initiative It the psy- | chologic instant. Defeat in the first i battle of the Marne was due to in capacity in high places.r There was 10 divisions too few on the left wing and 10 too many or the right. Even when Hoffman sent Ludendorff l. . 1000 men, keyed to fighting, from the eastern front In 1918, Ludendorff did not dare to strike. Four years earlier had two more corps been thrown against Russia, that country. h holds, would have succumbed 10 Germany. It is easy to be wise after the event.
 Hoffmann, in his personal evalua- tions, caps the climax by setting down his former idol Ludendorff, in favor of Conrad yon Hoetzendorff, the Austrian chief of staff whom he styles the best ard ablest officer.y
 Hoetzendorff recapMred Lemberg from the Russian a..d was made field marshall for service against Italy. He is said to have been one of the few generals of Austria who had prestige at Berlin. Ludendorff's in dignation at the comparison is easily imaginable
 We now have fairly complete portraiture of German leaders by German leaders The likenesses- save in the instances of self-portraits -are not flattering. The cradD.l process of mutual attrition may. in 1ew years give us a residuum of something like the truth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
-------------7---F77-s 1s= -=7777-77-- WOMEN IN POLITICS
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
 Although it was in the south that the advocates of votes for women when that cause was in contest met with their stoutest resistance in that section today, Nnow that the contest has been won, appears great activity to put the new order of things into full and practical operation. The right to vote carries with it the right to hold office and participate in party organization work, and women are presenting their claims to such recognition.
 In Missi ssippi a woman has offered for the seat in the Senate now oc- cupied by John sharp Williams. MT. Williams does not aspire to succeed himself. Former Senator Vardaman and former Governor Bilbo are can didates. but neither was present at the meeting when Miss Belle Kearney announced for the office.
 The republicans of Virginia have nominated woman--Mrs. Dexter Otey--for the office of superintendent of public instruction, and she is al ready on the stump speaking for the party's state, ticket. The women of the commonwealth are taking a lively in- terest In the campaign.
 In Maryland also women are promi- nent in organization work. In both of the old parties they are assisting in campaign .preliminaries, and other wise showing B desire to take part in the practical features of politics.
 It is the only way to learn the games and play it with success. And now that women are sitting in, the game should show the effect of their presence, Their industry and ora toricai powers will find opportunity for full exercise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
Toddling Top Popular

Birmingham has certainly taken up the 'toddling top habit" said K. c. Tate, T hear the game has be- come a fayorite pastme with the ladies, and certainly the tops are In evidence everywhere.
 Sometimes it is, said the game is played for fun, but at others it is said to be used as pleasing and fashionable way of gambling. Take up and put up have become fami- liar words in the vocabulary of the average citizen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
Negotiations With Ireland
 Are Shrouded in Secrecy

7H HE Irish Bulletin, official or
 4 gan of the Sim Vein Parlia- ment, is quoted as saying that noth- ing less than national independence will satisfy the Sim Fein leaders. If this represents the views of ma jority of Irish republicans the set clement of the Irish problem may be as far away as ever.
 Most of the correspondence that has reached America from London is mere guesswork. Lloyd George has stated that newspaper reports are inaccurate and until definite an- nouncement is made by the British { government of what it has to offer outside speculation as to the prog ress being made in the negotiations between the Sim Fein leaders and Great Britain is limited to rumor and hearsay. Obviously, the at tennpts of correspondents and edi- . tors to discuss what they know lit tie about may do more harm than good, particularly when the British press adopts an air of condescension or makes yelled threats and the Irish newspapers are defiant.
 Any negotiations carried on in an Atmosphere of secrecy are bound to arouse false hopes or create prejudice in the public mind. Diplomats still cling to the idea that their deliberations must be secret and the people whose future depends on their decisions must be kept in the dark until their decisions are made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
A SENSE OF PROpORTIoN

| From the London Times.
 i It appears that the eminent French
 historian, Professor Seignobos, of the
 Sorbonne, has found it necessary to
 call the young men of hiS class room to order and to rebuke them for al-
 lowing their attention to be diverted from the grave pusuit of history to | the more attractive study of Demp- sey ana Carpenter. He recommended
 them maintain ~-sense of propor- tion in their intellectual interests a counsel of well-nigh impossible perfection. Yet there may be per sens spiritless enough even to sym pathize in secret with his protest, for sense of proportion is what many of us seem in these days con- spcuously to lack. But what with the redoubtable champions of the ring, whose aim is to Knock each other out as soon as possible; ; what with thousanads of less trucu- lent antagonists whose object is to strike a ball either as few times or as many times as they can; what with the huge apparatus of teleg- raphy -and photoplay, and other sciences set in motion every hour by universal and ubiquitous press, it is not surprising that the history of the mere past should pale into in- significance. In vain does one seek to apply the ancient diatribe of Euripides:
 '"of all the myriad evils over Greece None is more evil than the athletic
 kind.''
 In vain does one remember that the most infamous blackguard of the Caesarean line was an accomplished gladiator. In vain does Professor Seignobos remind us that negro pusilist could have felled Napoleon. Satire indeed, is of no avail for satire, as we know. only has to be pursued far enough and all human wishes become swallowed up in vanity. Weigh / /Hannibal,'' saSs the most indignant of the satiric tribe laying an annihilating hand on the subject professed by our Sorbonne monitor, and how many pounds does he scale?" Weigh Dempsey. weigh 0arpentler,' we retort witn matter of fact sincerity, and satire retreats outdone by the earnestness of our demand. Apparently it was this very point-their comparative weights--that was distracting the Sorbonne when a more aenient pro- fessoriate would have aclxnow ledged With greater philosophy the. desire Tor enlightenment on so crucial a question: History and her profes- sors will come in for their revenge later even though for the moment the tame or a French boxer may have ecllpsed that of his compatriot whosa genus saved civilization. They will make use of todays fight by prov ing from it that the age lacked sense Of proportion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27

which has made great progress un- der President Denny's able admin istration.
 Every one who is familiar with conditions at the state university knows that Dr. Denny has been over worked. Although the student body is about four times as large as it was formerly and the equipment has been considerably enlarged, prac- tically all of the executive duties have been performed by Dr. Denny, who endangered his health by his zeal and energy in looking after the rapidly growing interests of the university.
 Dr. Claxton is a distinguished educator with a national reputation. He is already known to the people of Alabama by his work in Wash ington, which has left afr impress on education throughout the United States. His wide exp&ience will be of inestimable value to the univer- Ity and his fame as an educator will add prestige to it's faculty.
 With such men as Dr. Denny and Dr. Claxton to direct it's affairs, the university will increase it's use fitness to the state and will con- tinue the remarkable growth which has characterized it during the ih- cumbency of Dr. Denny, who will re- main as the active head of the in- stitution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
FoRGERs USE NEw METHOD

From the London Daily Mail.
 Making forged notes dirty in or der that they might look real is said to have been the method adopted by four men who have just been arrest led at Limobes on charge of coun- terfeiting the small brown one franc notes (nominally 10d). which are in circulation in Paris owing to the shortage of silver ones.
 After printing off bundles of notes of face value of f7,ooo, the men. it is stated. buried them in the ground for fortnight. The notes then had Ia crumpled and dirty appearance as if they had been long time in use, and were readily adopted. In some eases the forged notes were accepted in bundles of 50 at local banks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
pride in their product are using stamps.
 The date-stamped egg would save trouble and prevent the sale of mil lions of stale eggs.
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lions of stale eggs.
 # # # Surgeon General Cummings says some of the contract hospitals have been very bad" For corrborative evidence some of the disabled sol diers who have been Harmed out.p
 # # x A magazine writer says we ought to read Dumas when we have busi- ness troubles. stll, it's hard to con centrate your mind on Dumas when a bill collector is at the door
 F # % What with trying to Keep one eye on Ireland and the other on, the worlds oil supply, the British bull dog is getting ross-eyed.
 < # x Just because the wages of watch makers have been reduced, we needn't jump to the conclusion that the dol lar watch is coming back.
 # < < A disarmament conference held be- hind closed doors might suit the diplonSts. but it wouldn't suit the people who pay the bills.
 Y < # Nevada's lethal gas chamber will make an execution painless, but even then the person executed is bound to have few regrets.
 4 # # Black Is the fashionable color in Gotham. We expect to hear at any moment that the dry cleaners are up In arms.
 Russia's soviet leaders may de- eide to trade handful of American prisoners for medical supplies and food.
 Now taht the German war lords are calllng one another hard names, we 1 may find out who lost the war.
 # x < The Georgia negro who stole a { two story brick house had ideas con- siderably above hen roost.
 < # < The great American camp is not  complete without a photograph and a can opener.
 # # < The Sim Feir seems to have it's heart set on the 177e brand of in- dependence.
 * # # There is room enough for America and Japan in the Pacific. but not in California.
 # # < Automobiles and home brewing nave speeded up life in the small owns.
 # # If they are left alone, British and Irish newspapers may spill the beans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
No Hurry to Make Chanwe,

Republican powers at Washingto ton are in no hurry to make changes in Alabama" declared Truman H. Aldrich, aspirant for the collector ship, who returned from a visit to the capital Sunday night Affairs are pretty much mixed up with little running along, with no undue haste on the part of the administration to make changes. When appointments will be made, no one knows"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
ORIGIN OF FAsCIsTr

From the London Graphic
 Who are the Fascist? Italians de- rive their name from Fasco, a bun dlc; and as they describe themselves as a band of comrades formed to bfad Italy together. and as their en- maSers. the derivation is obviously correct.
 They originated as 'll Fascio di ccmbattimento"- Comrades of Battle'-ex- soldiers. who formed a league some months after the armis- tice to resist the wave of communism wh:ch swept over the country. and which, as a matter of fact, threat ened to destroy the very foundations os the unified kingdom of Italy. The government. which at first tacitly encouraged their attacks on commun- ism now finds the movement has got out of hand All the <. hot-blooded youth of Italy marches under the Fascist flag. which has become not only a threat to communists, but to law-abiding social democrats. as we'll as to all races which seem in any way to thwart the extreme nation alist aspirations of Italy.
 It was the Fascist who were be- hind d'Annunzio at Plume, and have still not forgiven the government of Italy and France for dislodging the adventurousp poet. They 1t is, too, wiio are ready today for wars with .Iugo- Slavia. Serbia Itnd Austria. In- deed.it may be said of them that in their>r youthful enthusiasm they ,sct no limit to the number and size of the countries they are prepared to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
Famous Educator Joins
 Staff of University

TYR. P. P. CLAYTON, for the O past 10 years United States commissioner of education, is a valuable addition to the executive staff of ,the University of Ala hama. Te announcement that sDr. Claxton Has accepted the appoint
 ment of provost at the university will give pleasure to the alumni and
 friends of this fine old institution
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
FIGHTING MOVIE PIRATES

or film producers efforts serious
 " impairs the value of his produce tion
 Alter being exasperated almost be-
 yond endurance by such activities, noted film producer recently ae- Veloped the reflectin-mi method Of eliminating the annoyance. It is
 far more effective than violence. po-
 ice assistance or court injunctions
 This producer recently spent several
 weeks and thousands of dollars pre-
 pairing particular scene, and when
 he went to film it; he found no Jess
 than six pirate news cameras on inc Job just as he had anticipated. This time he was prepared for them. As many of his assistants as there were pirate cameras were on the scene with small hand mirrors The pirate ca amera men were not requested to leave. and no attention whatever was paid to them When the scene was ready for shooting" however, the men with the mirrors were ready. As the director called "Acti<fi Camera "i the men with the mirrors directed beams of reflected sunlgh directly into the lense of the pirate cameras The reflected light in their lenses precluded the possibility of their filming the picture. Several of tbs pirate camera men went on crank ing before they discovered the Neasn of reflected light in their leose4 agf they got was piece of badly 6ycF exposed film streaked with frighilui light halations. Those who sobsexveG the mirrors and beams of rsftects light simply picked up tholr cssne and tripods and marched v knowing that they were putv x,ea and that they might as we'll a4fnlx it line the forms and phyaleqi cs.Arae- teristics of the ugers atr spaltins found little difficuls an saakias a likeness of the aaslpssl tn his art work he has repf pd9esd she skeleton proportions and &dasa fa external characteristics q lhe cs6 family, whereby he believes esefect copy has been aeeeila \ isIasa ds the Ire eyed feline aeasacn t rqamstl u- preme in tse de'ss N sissse nsAls xas