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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
BIBLE AND sHxkEsPEARE

From the Detroit Free Press.
 The Harvard Faculty has done the cause of America1 culture solid service by demanding that's all students who concentrate In English or in ancient Of modern languages shall have a good working acquaintance with the English Bible and with 12 plays of Shakespeare when they appear for their final exam ination. Without this knowledge there is to be no graduation.
 The announcement setting forth the requirements laid down is significant of the faculty. It says that the Bible and the plays of Shakespeare are works of literature without which an adequate appreciation of English letters is im- possible. and it adds:
 "The King James version of the Bible is one of the great monuments of Eng fish prose, but any standard version, ancient or modern, may be used. The plays of Shakespeare as foremost among the masterpieces of the English IOnSu6 are lHulSp6HSdplo lO dll oluuChNo of literature. Moreover, the language of Shakespeare, like that of the Bible, has become part and parcel of our fa- miliar speech"
 Considered purely from the educa- tional standpoint. the fragmentary knowledge of the text Of the English Bible possessed by tens of millions of Americans is a deplorable, almost ap- palling thing. And the widespread lack of knowledge regarding even the rela- lively best known of the plays of Will liam Shakespeare is absolutely pitiable. Altogether the prevalent and, we fear, growing ignorance of the contents of the Bible and the works of the bard of Stratford is responsible for a large amount of superficiality and flatness of outlook among present-day Ameri- cans and 1t Is refreshing to find the oldest institution of higner learning in this country taking so ficm and thor oughgoing stand in eehalf of these fundamental masterpieces of the lan- guage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25

MT. Wilson. we venture to say. is in- dulging in many chuckle these days as he follows events in Washington.
 # # E After all, free verse may be merely passing manifestation like the 'shim- my and jazz.
 # # # If 1t were not for their movie con tracts our pugilists would have more time to harden their muscles
 F @<hs # Eliminating a. correspondent or two from notorious divorce case does not rob it of it's news value.
 # * x Won Ludendorff is still a popular idol in Germany, which is at heart the same old Germany.
 E < The nations paragraphers should not permit Bergdoll to be forgotten until he is brought to punishment.
 # * xN If the headline writer had his way about it all words would be as short as "Yap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

pretty girl usually cuts down her batting average by acting like she knows it.
 Never rubber around the room when you call on a woman. She'll know you are looking for dirt.
 Put 10 eyewitnesses on the stand and every one of them will tell a different story as to just how it happened.
 woman is a democrat or a repub- iican just because And a lot of the men are that way. too.
 We have met book agents and insur- ance solicitors But the nerviest man we ever saw was a fellow who tried to borrow a toothbrush in the washroom of Pullman one morning.
 Any bunco man can tell you that he can clean six wise guys in the time it would take him to get acquainted with fool.
 When you hear woman say that the men are all alike, you can bet that sine has been married for few years.
 It is all right to give flowers to the living. But be careful that your wife doesn't find 1t out
 If we must have spaternalism in this country, why not a twentieth amend ment compelling fat men to carry pill low muffs to hide their corporosity?
 Most of the time when you are told to take your choice, there isn't any.
 Some of these days a genius is going to invent skirt that can be pulled around and worn the other way when it gets shiny in the rear.
 There are so many knockers that 1t might be well to make the hammer our national emblem.
 Copyright 1921.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
NEW YORK IN MID-APRIL
By c. M. STANLEY

women wear those remarkable riding habits is in the movies
 The other afternoon 1 went out to Dur lands Riding academy. Many of us in Birmingham didn't know there was such a place
 Imagine a great glass-covered building without pillars and with ta ark floor. Along the sides are great min. yrs which make the place look much la 'er than it is. The galleries can seat a large crowd. A big reception room overlooks the entire arena
 I think smart" is the only word that will describe the costumes, but some of the ladies look like beautiful pictures. And they know how to ride and how to handle a horse It is refreshing to watch the business-like way in which a charming girl will go up to horse. ex- anime the bit and make a few delft ad- justments, run her fingers up and down the saddle girth to see that it is right, take in the entire mount at a glance, put foot in the stirrup, swing the other across as the animal ,cavorts down the arena-just like story-book scene.
 The academy is just off Central park, and on pretty afternoons the riders don't stay on the tanbark long. They are rid linz in the park by hundreds.
 Washington, too, is a great place TOT horseback riding. In Rock Creek park saw great many ladies riding. It IS said there are more than 100 miles Of bridIe paths in Rock Creek park
 By the way, the socially favorite eating and dancing place in Washington Is m what was formerly a negro church. You wouldn't guess much from the outsioe' but once in you can appreciate what an artistic decorator can do. You dine anu dance under a canopy and the lights are so arranged that the vaulted blue ceiling of the church looks like the night SKY. The whole lighting effect is so suodueo that you seem to be eating alfresco py moonlight ..,, | Curiously enough the place still bears tbe name the church formerly pore. have seen no place in New York quite so unioue as this restaurant at the cap | ital
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Building n Home

If fellow gets as much satisfaction out of building home as planning one it ought to be fine pastime, said E. D. Mckinney of the Alabama company T and my family are having the sport of our lives in drawing plans for the bungalow which we intend to build. We have had bodies of fun in locating a bath, so as to be most convenient to the greatest number. Every time we figure on the stairs into the base ment and servants rooms we strike a new idea.
 'Tt is entertaining to shift the breakfast room about and to change the location of the sleeping porch so that it will get the most fresh air.
 My hope is that the building and the actual outlay of the money when we build will be one-half the pleasure that we are getting out of our various and sundry pencil sketches"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25

SN 7Ew YORK, April A.-(Special)- DWl One of the most striking person. S Y alities I have met in New York is Mrs ogden M Reid who is the execu- tive force in the business department of the New York Tribune, of which MT. Reid is publisher.
 Mrs Reid devotes her personal atten- tion to the advertising department and has her desk right among her boys and girls of whom she is very proud.
 She is petite, she is gentle and wom- anly, but she is cordial She and MT. Reid, whom I had met at the Gridiron dinner in Washington. have just recently returned from their vacation at Palm Beach.
 Mrs. Reid was very happy over sur prise her boys in the office had given her on her return. It seems they had heard she caught some good fish while in Florida Upon her return to the of flee they had fixed up quite string of bardboard fish. They were of va rious sizes, complexions and Importance. Each was inscribed with the name of some particular advertising contract the boys had landed while she was gone.
 And then there was one fixed up as a whale. This represented the general gain in business made in recent weeks.
 It may seem strange that the daughter in-law of WRitelaw Reid, the man who brought the Tribune to it's greatness, and who became one of Americas greatest ambassadors to Great Britain, should be taking such personal interest in the con duct of her husbands newspaper But she loves it, has the ability and there fore succeeds at it.
 There are fish in the Aquarium here such as Dick Eggleston and our other Alabama fishermen never dreamed of
 Art is apparently flourishing. saw dozens of artists at work in the gal leries of the Metropolitan museum copy ing the masterpieces there. By the way, saw one Birmingham girl among them.
 Some people may think the only place
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
BORING THE ALPS

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. A second Simplon tunnel through the Alps between Switzerland and Italy gun before the war, but the mobiliza- ton of the workmen halted progress until recently. As soon as the new pas sage is made available traffic will be diverted through 1t, the old tunnel will be repaired and both will be in use next year.
 When the Romans of old put most of the known world under the yoke of Caesar the Alps were reckoned among the most formidable of their enemies Today the engineers, the sons of Mar tha,' come as the marching 'soldiery of applied science.
 They say to mountains, Be ye re-
 moved"
 They say to the lesser floods, "Be
 dry"
 Under their rods are the rocks re-
 proved
 They are not afraid of that which is
 high.
 Where travellers of old toiled and panted among the crags, cheering themselves with the hope of vista of the sunny plains below, the mod ern passengers whirls along in a car lighted by electricity and supplied with every creature comfort, querulous as to the temperature of an omelet or a draught along the corridor Switzer- land itself is called the playground of Europe" and the mountains are re- garded not as hideous and forbidding but as holding the promise of heal ing and comfort, of hope and peace.
 The Alps bored the ancients, but the moderns bore the Alps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
q finely Advice Given
 | Bv Chauncey DepeW

l n HAUNCEY DEPEW at the ripe 8"AS old age of 86 declares that the Worlds greatest need is humor. He lps quoted as having remarked on his latest birthday that life is too short to worry about such things as the Einstein theory, losses on securities and people who won't pay their debts."
 "To be happy" says the venerable statesman, "is to remember and think only of the good things and the good people of the world"
 MT. Depew Is himself an illustration of the value of humor. He is the worlds most famous after-dinner speaker. For 50 years he was the nations chief entertainer when it's great men sat at the banquet board. He lives and is cheerful and cheering
 
 at an age to which few men attain. His advice is not of the left-handed variety which says, Don't do as 1 do, but do as I say" MT. Depew's coun- sel is warranted and corroborated by his life.
 And he is exactly right. No one ever succeeded by worrying. There is no such relief to the overcharged brain of a hard pressed business man as a show where the comedian is king bee. When mans thoughts become black, the remedy is to mix with those people and surroundings that are the sunniest. I
 Business would go ahead the sooner if men ceased worrying and began doing something whether with or without some risk. The prevalent commercial malady is the dry rot The commercial liver is suffering from bile. Business men ought to act on MT. Depew's advice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
It Is Graded Product
 That Gets the Price

51HE time was when Alabama corn u found it difficult to get to mills. It was good corn, but the growers did not send it to the market in mar ketable form. Colors and grades were mixed, the inferior with the su- perior. Trade is definite. For any product to be marketed successfully it must be graded. The consumer wants to know what he is getting.
 The practice of grading and sorting Alabama corn was begun and Bir- mingham mills, which had heretofore ground western corn, accepted the Alabama product. Birmingham has an official federal inspector to do the grading in this market, so there is no question between the shipper and mills and wholesalers.
 Alabama's native Johnson grass hay is not faring as well in the Birming- ham market as it should. The de- partment of agriculture says it has higher food values than western Tim othy hay, yet the Timothy pays a higher freight rate and sells above the Alabama hay and in greater quantity. The matter seems to be grading.
 The sbuyer receiving Timothy hay knows what he is getting. It is No. 1, 2 or 8, according to choice. The grading is done before the hay is shipped.
 When man buys No. Timothy j he gets that and no other.
 Hay growers of Gallion in Hale county have organized an associa- ton whose main purpose will be the shipment to market of graded hay; hay graded before it goes to mar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
Straw Lids stin Hirh

T may be mistaken" says Paul Bar nett, but it does not seem to me that straw hats have been lowered in price to the same extent that felts have been for the spring season. There may be some good reason for this, but unless a man is dealer and knows the cause it is not easy to discern by the man in the street.
 Tt is true that they are priced below the prices of last season, but then they were notably high even in the opinion of some of the best dealers in them. The same thing applies equally as well to caps. Neither straw hats or caps ap- pear to have been reduced in the same degree of clothing, shirts, shoes and underwear"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
ohristen Doraidina

"The credit for providing a name for the most famous dancer-film star in America. Doraldina, who is coming to Loew's Bijou theatre next Monday for a three-day engagement" says Man ager Thomas H. James, belongs to :, certain Spanish baggage in Madrid--or whatever they have in Spain to wreck the trunks of the un- wary tourist.
 "A certain ambition young Ameri can girl reached Madrid bent on sec ing famous dancing instructor there. The custodian of her trunks produced piece of paper and indicated that she was to write her name upon it. Dora l.. Dina wrote the girl. When her trunks arrived at her hotel. red sticker ornamenting each piece of bag gage bore the name, 'Doraldina,' which was the name the railroad employs had written on the card.
 T And so the story goes continued Manager James. when the dancing student showed the card to her in- structor as an evidence of the errors that hamper the European traveller, he smiled and then uttered an exclama- : tion of triumph. Just the thing for you. he exclaimed, with that as your professional name. you cannot but succeed
 Thus did Doraldina, originator of the Hula Hula dance and the most famous dancer in America come into possession of the name that has decorated electric signs from the Att lantic to the Pacific"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
Call Ont the Firing sdnad

'"The use of cosmetics seems to have pervaded the masculine realms" said street few days ago with his cheeks and lips painted and his eyebrows pen ciled. In fact, he had on just as much makeup as any girl I have ever seen, and I looked at him and wondered if this was aAnew fad and whether or not 1t would meet with favor among the men of today I hardly think so, for can't conceive of a man trying to make himself beautiful in an effeminate way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25

ket. Auburn experts and the Bir- mingham Chamber of Commerce are going to cooperate in the standardi- zation of Alabama hay.
 {. The result will be the market and the price which the hay ought to have. It was done with hogs and corn and cattle. It must be done with hay to bring the best results.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
WHAT THE ARAB LAUGHS AT

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 An Arab laughs~at the idea of walk ing in the street with his wife or of ever vacating his seat for woman, and his wife walks behind him. He has no use for chairs, tables. knives. forks. or even spoons, unless they are wooden ones. Bedsteads, bureaus, and fire places are also considered worthless by him. On entering house an Arab re- moves his shoes. but not his hat. He mounts his horse on the right side. while his wife milks the COW on the left side. He puts nearly all his com pliments on the outside of a letter he writes He sees to it that his head IS always wrapped warmly. even in sum ger, and disregards his feet entirely, Often going bNefooted in the winter. He reads and writes from right to left. He eats little for breakfast little for dinner, but at evening time. when the work of the day is done. he its down to hot meal swimming in oil or boiled butter His sons eat with him, but the woman waits until his lordship is done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
EAGLES SOAR 5000 FEET

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Eagles have been known to fly to a height of 5000 feet. A lark will rise to the same height. and SO will crows. As a rule. however. it is said. birds do not fly at greater height than LOGO feet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
Canal at New Orleans
 Is Nearing Completion

~o ~'O~A &A& e%OAAARhCNA0h 1T7HE $20,OOo,OOO canal at New Or J leans will be decidated May 2, when the third annual conven- tion of the Mississippi Valley 'asso- citation, representing 27 Mississippi states, is held in New Orleans.
 The entire cost of the canal is borne by local tax payers without any assistance from the government. Naturally the Mississippi valley re- zion will profit greatly by the enter prise, but it is destined to play it's part in making New Orleans one of the nations greatest ports, far great CT than it is now.
 The canal will provide II miles of deep water frontage, connecting the river harbor of New Orleans with Lake Ponchartrain and Bayou Bien- venue, which extends to the Gulf of Mexico. It is 300 feet wide and has an available depth at all times of more than 30 feet Industries, ware- houses and other projects will be es- tablished on the land adjoining the canal, which will be ready for use next October. A system has been devised by which canal sites can be leased for 99 years from the Dock board, or nearby property purchased and connected with the canal, and harbors, terminals and other facili- ties, developed.
 The canal will be 51s miles long. The cost of the lock and approaches is estimated at $7,321 ,524. What. has been accomplished by the progressive business men of New Orleans should be an inspiration to other southern ports, particularly Mobile. Southern shipping has entered upon the period of it's greatest development.
 There are less than 5000 Central Amer jeans in the United States. The Central American prefers to stay at home and play politics.
 "Chaunce" Depew is satisfied to worry along through life without bothering his head over the Einstein~ theory. "Chaunce'' is like most of us. * x # An Ohio man. 6 years old, put on his first pair of socks the other day, but couldn't stand the discomfort. It all de- bends on what you've been used to.
 A large number of prohibition enforce nent officers who are reported to be getting rich have no quarrel with the
  volstead law.
 x Y <
 The author of Home Sweet Home" never had a home. Incidentally, some of the finest tributes to matrimonial felicity are paid by bachelors. * z z
 There are times when France reminds us of the combatant who continues to brandish his fists after his adversary has been knocked out. 1 a * * | It is reported that Haywood has gone to work for Lenin and Trotzky He was working for that precious pair in America
 l E * E I Business will never get anywhere as long as business men wait for something to turn up.
 A bungalow on a hill should be the goal of every. man who cannot afford a l palace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
4 GOVERNOR WITH A HEART

m oemhers of the Tax Doo8eis iooSuo' ia a picture that>should give pause to every forward looking citizen or Ala hama. It is expressive of the best thought of our day, and 1t should rally hehind the governor every man ana woman in the state who believes In ed- ucation, progress and humanity to the end that good government may con- time and that this state may take the place to which 1t is entitled by reason of is potential riches. 1t is a true DIG ture If the ideals that dominate the Kilby administration and of the forces the governor is daily having to combat
 The Anniston Star recalls, similar picture that impressed the governor on his campaign for the office he now holds. He was riding in his car oe- tween Admission and Birmingham, and as he reached the crest of steep hill young boy and girl were seen sitting on the steps of g little hut that was perched on the edge of promontory to the right. It was late afternoon and the sun was going down. bathing the boy and girl in it's refulgent rays and bringing out every feature of their blittle faces-weary from the days Ia bor; dumb wistful pensive, longing for something they could not voice as they gazed in silence out into space across the valley below.
 It was for such as these that Tom Kilby, the business man with heart nd aa upon the picture he remarked; That is an appealing scene, and if l am elected governor hope to have the sun rise on new day of opportunity for the youth of Alabama who have been denied the right to an education; for through education there will be for the
 boys and girls of the future, on the farm, around the factory, or wherever they may be, the blessings of whole-' some recreation instead of life of amending drudgery. I hope to turn their eyes toward viste in which there will be happiness instead of sadness,
 health instead of disease. riches instead
 of poverty; and if can but get the i people of the state to visualize this ideal, I shall feel that have not served
 in vain"
 | Governor Kilby loves his state and ] it's people. He has served them at personal sacrifice, and it is inconceiv-
 able that there should be>men in Ala
 bama whose vision is so contracted
 that they cannot appreciate the far
 reaching benefits of the investment
 they are called upon to make in the
 form of taxation, for the upbuilding Of
 the commonwealth. It is at least a
 personal issue in which every man has 1 a personal interest We pay big
 premium for insurance in order that
 our dependents may be left in comfort,
 yet we begrudge the state the pittance
 of taxes which are used to lay foun-
 dation for the amelioration of tho con
 ditions under which our children and
 our children's children are to live and
 labor in the years to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
THE NATIONAL SPORT

From LOHu0n Puncn-
 Golf, we read. has not been taken up seriously by the people in Switzer- land. The fact is they are too busy chasing cuckoos into cuckoo clocks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
OVER THElsTEPPn

By Alexander T. Gretchaninoff. Sad lies the Steppe in its solitude; Night come on shadowy wings; Never tree nor flowerlet. Never a nightingale sings. Darkly the night knits her sombre
 brow, Nowhere a star in the skies, Hardly know who so suddenly Visions of thee now arise; Visions of thee my beloved one Limpid and fair as the day: Smiling upon me thine image brings Brightness that pierces the gray.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

Birmingham's head may be turned yet. Josephus Daniels will be there April 26. and next fall President Hard ing will come down to look the town, oyer and make a sneech