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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
New Express Company to Begin Business May l

N MOTHER important Alabama en- AA terprise, one with an Alabama charter taken out in Birmingham, the principal city of the state, and op- erating on two trunk lines in the state, begins business May 1. The Southeastern Express company has made formal announcement to that effect.
 The company will operate on the lines of the Southern and the Mobile and Ohio railroads and will be dis tinctly southern in character. It pre- sents a special appeal to the southern shipper.
 Birmingham has not been made a division point on the system and it is felt here that this works an injustice to a city of this size and importance. However, the business of Birming- ham shippers will bring the division agent here in due season.
 Alabama and Birmingham owe the company fair trial. We should build Up our own institutions. That is the best advertisement for any section and when it is done people acquire the reputation for progressiveness that attracts enterprise and investing cap ital.
 The Southeastern Express company is welcomed into the family of south ern utilities. Birmingham and Ala bama are going to do their part by it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
From the Nashville Banner.

From the Nashville Banner.
 N ENCOURAGEMENT from St. Louis | /A\ that the original manuscript of S S Home Sweet Home would be on | exhibit there all during the week of April 25. calls to mind some interestin- facts about the man whom the song made famous, John Howard Payne. American actor, dramatist and song writ CT. The manuscript is at present in the possession of w. K Bixby. who pur- chased it year or two ago from the col- lection of R. K. M. Halsey at a price which he did not make public.
 In contradiction to the tradition that Payne wrote Home, Sweet Home" in some foreign land, probably in Paris, the manuscript bears at the bottom the mo- tation, Washington, June. 4, 1s49." It is entirely legible and in an exceedingly fine state of preservation. One thing is certain, however, and that is that wher- ever he wrote the famous song, it's pa thos was inspired by the fact that Payne was without the influence of a home from the time he was IS years old until his death.
 John Howard Payne was born on Long Island in 1791, and by the time he was | 16 years of age was editing a publication called The Thespian Mirror" In col lege he also served as editor of a paper, and by 1909 had made a successful debut or the stage. Thereafter he was on tour in many cities of the country and was billed as The American Juvenile Won der" During this time he numbered among his friends many If the famous literary men of the age in America and England. for he also went to London and edited a paper called 'The Opera Glass"
 According to biographical reports. Home. Sweet Home was written for an opera called "Clari,'' produced in Coven, Garden. in 1925 and there is an unex- plained discrepancy in time between the production of the opera and the date on the manuscript. The music for Home. Sweet Home was adapted from an old l Italian air by H. R. Bishop. Besides the dramatic achievements outlined, Payne is said to have adapted more than 50 plays for the stage at one time or another. | An interesting story of how Payne. at the age of A. played Richard III in a flew hours notice to help out a theatrical
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
Celebrities, Mecca

Birmingham is becoming popular in the way of celebrities just now" commented William Thomas of Kansas City, in the Tutwiler.
 Tho heavy-set gentleman from the show me state" had just seen Clara Kimball Young pass through the lobby and to limousine. On the movie star he commented to his friend. A sec ond later, Doraldina's special car drove up to the curb and the exquisite ex- ponent of the dance entered the hotel.
 That's all good" said the sales mans companion, but look here," and he handed him an Age-Herald stating that the ex-Secretary of the Navy, Jo- sephus Daniels had just reached town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
E Pressed Steel Car Works to Operate May IS

7T1HE most important announcement
 U of an industrial nature of 1921 in the Birmingham district is that the pressed steel car plant of the Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car com pany at Fairfield which has been un- der construction for more than a year. is completed and will begin regular operations May Is.
 This new industry is another proof of the iron and steel possibilities of Alabama ores. It is an achievement in harmonizing one successful enter prise with another, for the car works will have the car materials manufac- tured in contiguous fahicating mills by the same machinery that makes parts for the steel freighters turned out by the company at Mobile. When cars are not being made, ship parts will be, and vice versa.
 The plant will be typical of the dual transportation facilities of the district, where land and water have combined to create strategical po- sition for the movement of products perhaps not duplicated anywhere else in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
AN OLD MANUSCRIPT

friend who was in difficulties due to the failure of one of his principals, has come to light with the discovery of some copies of the New York Mirror of August s, 1855. The performance was to be held in Bir- mingham England, and the manager. William Ellison, over Payne's protest, advertised all over the city that Payne would that night take the leading part Payne got as mHch of the part as pos sible committed to memory. went on. and extemporzed when necessary. It is re- ported that he received thunders of ap- plause.
 Payne was finally made United States consul at Tunis and served there until his death in 1852. The story of how mQpument was erected in the cemetery of St. George in Tunis to his memory. and of how his body was many years afterward brought back to rest in his native land, is too well known to need comment
 Payne was one Of the most gifted and versatile men America ever produced. and he will be remembered forever " Home, Sweet Home"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
BOY GAVE US LAMP CHIMNEY

From the Detroit News.
 The lamp chimney of today was given to the world through the med ding of a small boy. The first lamp having an air chamber was invented by Swiss. Jules Argand. A wick was introduced into hollow tube and the tube inset into the lamp. As this allowed oxygen to enter the base 3 much brighter flame was given than by any lamp then in use. Jules had a small brother, and as small boys of that day were very like the small boys of today, Jules was instructed to watch him and especially to looA out for fire and little fingers.
 Jules remembered his instructions so busy that his little brother quite passed from his mind. He was bend- ing over bench. straining his eyes to see some minor defects in his work, when suddenly the room became much brighter. Jules turned and discovered the boy with the bottomless oil flask which he had lowered over the wick of the lamp. The flame had leaped up the long circular neck of the flask with greatly increased brilliancy. Ar gand instantly saw the possibilities be- fore him and the modern lamp chim- ney was born.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
 LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

Before marriage he loves her from the bottom of his heart. After mar riage he discovers that he has a lot of room left at the top.
 Our ideas of a dignified man is one who can act that way when he steps on a wooden collar button with his bare foot.
 Some men buy books and lend them Others borrow books and keep them
 Once in while a poor. but honest man gets so Respondent that he fig ures that the wages of sin is wealth
 It is hard to criticize the man who keeps his mouth shut You can't tell whether he is deah or dummy.
 The fact that woman can speak but one language doesn't keep her from talking enough for two.
 It hurts man almost as much to tell him that he is pretty as it does a woman to tell her that she isn't.
 Some men wouldn't have to work SC hard if they didn't devote so much time to telling how hard they have to work.
 After he marries her and has to pay for it a man doesn't like girls style as much as he did.
 Ana even though tney nave 10 live from hand to mouth, most dentists make money.
 The old fashioned girl who used to think it was up to her to act shocked now has a daughter who thinks it is up to her to act shocking.
 A lot of men say" Get thee behind me, Satan." in the hope that the old boy will shove them along.
 
 Many man who would rather fight than eat is that way because he married a cooking school graduate.
 Copyright. 1921.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
STRETCHING. A FERRYBOAT

From Popular Mechanics Magazine.
 Built in 1907. the steel railway-ca ferry "Albatross," plying between
 Vicksburg, Miss, and Delta, La, was
 being rapidly outgrown by the mod
 ern freight cars coming into use. Af- fairs last year had reached such a
 stage that a full string of cars could
 no longer be accommodated on the 30S- foot deck of the boat, so the owners
 decided that the only way to remedy feet longer. Accordingly the ship was sent to the government drydock at Keokuks la, part of the big dam and powerhouse installation. After being
 cut in two. the aft portion of the boat was flooded and sunk The forward section was then dragged ahead ex-
 actly 57 feet and lowered to the cradles by draining the dock-- The necessary stesl plates, ready-shaped and punched at big steel mill in the south, were then riveted into place. So accurate was the whole operation. that all parts matched within M of an inch. Bolts of smaller size than the holes were first
 used to pull the parts into line, after which the full-size bolts and rivets kuk dock is the largest on the river.
 being the same size as those at Pan- anna
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
Helping Crooks

Summer time is here again, and 1t is now easy for sneak thieves to make a living again" said Casey Jones, a city detective, yesterday. When hot weather comes, people leave their doors and windows open, and in this way all the thief has to do is to walk in and help himself unless trap is set for him.
 ''Women, too. come back from town. go into the house, take off their coat and hat and leave them with their pocketbook in the front part of the house. Then they go back in the rear of the house probably to prepare sup per- and the sneak thief walks in the front door and helps himself. People who persist in leaving their front doors unfastened and valuables lying near open windows will have many unpleasant surprises in store for them selves this summer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Pacific Coast Rnte.

We now have a complete file of rates by rail and water between the Pacific coast and ports of Mobile and New Orleans" said Charles Jones. sec retary of the Birmingham Traffic Bu- reau
 This bureau is now in a position to quote Birmingham shippers rates. rail and water, to and from the Pacific coast. We are already making these rate quotations following interest that is being created in movements to and from the Pacific coast via the War rior river barge lines.
 We have the steamship rates be- tween the coast and the ports of Mo bile and New Orleans. We get the through rate by adding the barge-line rate to the rate to Mobile or New Or leans from the coast.
 Our file of these tariffs is thorough and shippers needing information have them at command"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
There Is a Reason

Yes, do dress the same way year in and year out" said Hollis B. Par rish. Asked to describe me, those who know me say, Look for man of medium height, wearing dark sack suit with light vest, a standing collar, small black bow-knot tie and broad brimmed soft hat, the hat being black in winter and light-colored in sum- mer.' That description is correct.
 T do not change style of wear. not only like to be conscious of ap- bearing the same at all times, but have found it of actual service to me. My dress is a kind of trademark. l have extended my acquaintance the more easily by uniformity of my dress. People are more apt to remember one who always looks the same I find that I do not have to be reintroduced to the same persons over and over again. This is not only convenience, but positive pleasure, and I also be- lieve of profit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27

furrlers are not the only people who know how to enhance the value of a cat An investigator for the National Association of Credit Men says a Penn sylvania man trained eats to knock over lamps, after which they were sold to merchants who wanted a little fire insurance.
 Georgia says she always stops at the best hotels. Why, not? Begging is the cheapest way there is to see America first"
 Americans who thought they had used up their available supply of epi- thets during the war thought up some new ones to apply to profiteering land lords.
 There is little or no news value in the announcement made by a magazine writer that MT Harding addresses Mrs. Harding by her first name.
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 Boosting Methodism must be mere child's play for Josephus Daniels, com pared to the job he held down during the war.
 r;n chair to President Harding. MT. Hard ing is already we'll supplied with ami nal pets.
 An advertiser wants a first-class cook. That kind won't even look in on a kitchen for less than s5,Ooo year.
 Carpenter may do most of his train ing behind closed doors. MT. Dempsey will follow precedent and take in small change.
 Obregon is planning to reduce the size of the Mexican army. Bandits have adopted policy of watchful waiting.
 Haywood's comrades have begun do ing time at Leavenworth. Big Bill" continues to "do" Russia
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 Requiring two-piece bathing suits at Birmingham bathing resorts is no re- flection on Birmingham figures.
 Brother Volstead is trying to tighten up his justly famous amendment. There is man who doesn't know when to quit.
 Doctors are having the time of their lives looking over the remains of the late John Daniel, gorilla.
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 It begins to look as if Gabrielle D'Annunzio had won front-page top column position for the last time.
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 The air mail promises to be a great help to impatient lovers with con tinent between them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
E & E Alabama State Banks Make a Fine Record

N LABAMA has reason to be more A than, satisfied with the record of its banks, especially during the past two years. In all the stressful period only two of them closed their doors. One was small institution which liquidated, but was replaced by new and strong bank before. liqui- dation was completed. The other was closed owing to false report caused by the cashier being compelled to stop payments while state examiners were going over his books. This in stitution was and is strong and will reopen its doors stronger than ever.
 A new bank has been organized in Franklin county and charter has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
DREAMS

By Lord Byron Dreams in their development have
 breath, And tears. and tortures, and the touch
 of joy; They leave weight upon our waking
 thoughts They take weight from off our walk
 ing toils They do divide our being; they become A portion of ourselves as of our time, And look like heralds of eternity; They pass like spirits of the past-they
 speak Like sibyls of the future; they have
 power The tyranny of pleasure and of pain; They make us what we were not
 what they will. And shake us with the vision that's The .dread of vanish'd shadows--Are
 they so? Is not the past all shadows? What are
 thAy? Creatio z of the mind? The mind can
 make Substance. and people planets of it's own With beings brighter than have been.
 and give A. breath to forms which can outliss
 all flesh. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
Worth Hearing

Every music student in Birming- ham and it's environs should hear the popular concert at the Jefferson thea tre Saturday, April 30, if they cannot attend any of the other concerts,' Mrs. Victor Hanson remarked recently.
 The orchestra will play three of the most popular compositions written for instruments, the William Tell over ture, Andante Cantabile of Tschaikow- sky, and march from Tannauser.
 The Treble Clef chorus will sing two very beautiful numbers with or chestraf accompaniment"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27

| lM NEW YORK. April 26-(Special)-A M man can apparently live in New York for just what he wants to spend. He can spend 8 or s1o for meal at one of the big hotels or he can go across the street and live for couple of weeks for that price.
 | These delicatessen places must be very tempting to the New York housekeeper have noted some of their beautiful dis play windows. There are seen little pans of luscious looking baked beans-enough for two-15 cents meat pies, 15 cents; whole roast chicken, 75 cents; platters of potato and vegetable salad, 15 cents. There are baked ham, fancy rolls, saus- ages, canned goods and the prices all
 In an attractive Greek restaurant on upper Broadway I note on the menu card Blue Points on half shell, half dozen. 20 cents.
 | One of the papers makes daily fea- ture of printing the retail prices of food at the Washington street market. Here are some of the prices quoted today:
 Smoked hams, 30 to 32 cents per pound; bacon 2S to 35 cents per pound; prime rib roast, 8 to 45 cents per pound; sir loin steak, 32 to 40 cents per pound; pure lard, IS to 20 cents per pound.
 Roasting chicken. 42 to 45 cents per pound; broilers, 40 to 45 cents per pound.
 Market cod fish, 16 cents per pound; bluefish, 40 cents per pound; haddock, IS cents per pound; herring, 15 cents per pound.
 l Blue Point oysters, 25 cents per dozen; little necks, 20 cents a dozen; shrimp 30 cents pound.
 Butter, 5s cents per pound; fresh eggs, 32 to <3 cents per pound
 | Bermuda potatoes, 20 cents a quart; white onions two quarts for 25 cents; eating apples, 40 cents per dozen; Florida oranges, 40 cents per dozen.
 At the American Museum restaurant one afternoon paid 40 cents for very small, delicate and fragile chicken sand wich Another afternoon at the old Beck man saloon, away down town. I paid 1o cents for a very large sandwich made with liverwurst. They were selling others of the same generous proportions made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
Frost Damage

There must be something in the claim that the frost does not work the harm on the hills that it does in the valley" said Russell Hunt.
 q have friend who was surprised to learn that my garden had not been injured by the recent frosts, for it seems that many of his early vegeta- bles had been nipped so badly he was compelled to replant.
 T know that even tender tomato plants got by in the Mountain Terrace section and that Irish potatoes were not at all damaged. It seems also that fruit on a hillside or even mountain crest stands the cold and the frost better than in the plains below"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
Money-raising Campaign
 for Southerns Methodism


 for SouthernS Methodism 771HE Methodist campaign to raise J $33,0O0,OOO for the maintenance of nearly 100 denominational insti- tutions supported by southern Method ists, and the extension of this work in the south, should meet with the indorsement of all denominations and the southern people as a whole. It is an ambitious undertaking, but emi- nently worth while, and there is every indication that the movement will meet with success.
 Churches are no longer daunted by the prospect of having to raise huge sums of money. They caught the in- lection aroused during the World war when the American people poured out billions with a patriotic fervor that the country had never before witnessed and it has since been proved that the cause of religion and educa- tion, which are closely united, can awaken the same kind of enthusiasm. What other churches have done the Methodists can do.
 Birmingham has a Methodist in stitution, the Birmingham-S Southern college, of which this city is justly proud. It had already won a high place among educational institutions before the Southern university at Greensboro was consolidated with the college at Owenton. Since then it has made gratifying progress and is now recognized as one of the strongest institutions in the south.
 Life is easier to endure because in- fant prodigies are comparatively few l- numba>
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27

been issued for a new one in Mobile county. There has not been a real bank failure in Alabama in so long that such an incident is almost for gotten.
 For the safety and success of the state banks Alabama owes much to the state banking department and the integrity and fidelity of the examin- CTS, whose periodical examination as- sures depositors of expert knowledge of their condition.
 The banking business has grown in character, as have other lines of hu- man activity. Business is conducted on higher plane everywhere. The cheat and the swindler find it more and more difficult to earn a liveli- hood. Men are more careful of their trusts. They are more honorable in their dealings with one another. Busi- ness has discovered that "honesty is the best policy" and no one with a grain of horse sense attempts to win success on any other basis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
A sPoRTING JupGE

Thirty days in the workhouse. That ought to cure you of speeding"
 Tt certainly will, your honor. Would you like to use my car while I'm in durance vie?"
 NO, thanks. I've seen you riding in that old bus of yours. It couldn't do over forty miles an hour"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
VICTORY ASSURED

From the Washington Post.
 A dwarf weighing sixty pounds is credited with having whipped a spe- cial policeman weighing 1S0 pounds in an encounter in a New York place of Fortunately for the fame of the dwarf. there was a press agent present instead of a referee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
ELoQUENcE PLUS

q don't believe the negro race is naturally eloquent" remarked the northern visitor.
 Sir" replied the old fashioned south ern gentleman, you have probably never heard a colored bootblack ad- dressing few appropriate remarks to a pair of dice"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-27
INNOCENT

That boot1eggers lawyer made a great speech"
 He proved his client was as tnno- cent as a babe in arms"
 Do you suppose he got fee7~ Some of the best 'moonshine' a member of the legal fraternity ever spilled over a law book"