The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-13
masses of the people have done their

hhdooCb O1 JHe pcOpie nave uOHe thSlI part and are still doing it. Almost every week somewhere in Alabama they are voting this local school tax. What Alabama lacks is appreciation of its universities.
 Neither Auburn nor the state uni versity has been treated right by the legislatures. Too often short-sighted legislators have allowed themselves to be arrayed against the institu- tions of higher learning in the name of devotion to the primary schools. The position is neither patriotic nor creditable and comes with especially poor grace from men educated free at these institutions.
 All our schools are common schools.
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 Our worst fears have been con- firmed. Cal Coolidge is putting on more style in Washington than he did when he was merely the governor of Massachusetts.
 Defenders of Greenwich Village say 1t Is not as wicked as the public has been led to believe. In other words, visitors from the provinces haven't been getting their moneys worth.
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 Capt Franz Rintelen has been awarded the iron cross. first class, as & reward for his Imprisonment in America The Teuton has queer ideas of what constitutes heroism.
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 The fact that he is a millionaire with a weakness for throwing his money away makes it not unlikely that Stanley Joyce has had other loves.
 Representative Gallivan of Massa- ehusetts calls Admiral Sinis Ian un- desirable alien" Nevertheless, he probably won't be detained at Ellis Island.
 When the time comes for Lenine and Trotzky to pack up their belong ings and leave Russia we are curl ous to know where they will go.
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 If there were no ''hyphenated vote" in America the Harding administra- tion might not lose any sleep over Admiral Sims speech.
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 The popularity of Admiral Sims in England is tremendous. If he were to become British citizen nothing could keep him out of Parliament.
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 The new mystery" wing for air planes will serve long-felt want if it prevents American aviators from breaking their necks.
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 The New York policeman who didn't know Babe Ruth should not be censured. The town is literally overrun with celebrities.
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 Now that it's water system has been repaired, Pueblo no longer has "water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink"
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 While the horse may be holding his own on farms, the "clo-clop" of the old fashioned cab horse is dying out in cities.
 The grand old republican party, so- called. is having the usual difficulty in living up to its election prom ises.
 Whatever it may be that M. Car pentier may desire to conceal it is not a. fear of Hon. Dempsey.
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 Now that the outdoor season IS in full swing, sooner or later the con versation veers around to sunburn.
 # # !, A Salt Lake City fan dropped dead when the home team won. A mar tyr to the national pastime. our fair female bandits would en- joy larger incomes by lending artistic ycrisimilitude to the movies.
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 The world "do move" but ships are still striking icebergs. without dam aging the icebergs.
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 England and France have not drift ed far enough apart to justify loud cheering in Berlin.
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 It is reported that Henry Ford will see the bout in Jersey City, yet he's the man who financed the peace ship.
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 As a symbol of the upiift the fly swatter has no equal.