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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
MEN, WOMEN
 A ND T Fl IN c s

This is day of specialists. Specialism is in the very air, but specialist who is only a specialist is a very poor specialist. This ac- counts for the plea made against the grow ing arrogance of a certain type of specialist who looks with disdain upon any one not willing to ride the hobby which he sits astride.
 Surely we need specialists in every line, but there is little fear that the subdivision will not be more than sufficient in every trade and pro- fession. If new religion is born over night it is equally true that between the setting and rising of the sun a whole crop of specialists spring up. Some thrive while many, thank the Lord, wither and die.
 'eWho's Who in America aims to give a brief, crisp, personal sketch of the notable liv- ing Americans, just as 'FWho's Who in Eng land' features distinguished Englishnsen; but where's the volume which would be large enough to catalog the specialists in these two countries? And the mere thought of including the ones born in Germany is but to emphasize the degree to which specialism has gone.
 This is not written to discourage special ization, but to make better specialists, for have profound regard for the men in any business or profession who las the patience and the determination to pursue any one spe- c;al branch until he has mastered it aid has the r'eht to set himself up as specialist. It's only against the abuse of spe :ia ism this is written.
 once attended the lectures of German pro- lessor who was known as Herr Professor Flea, but merely out of curiosity. wondered what any man of learning and research could say about the irrepressible little pest which should make it worth while. His lecture course was something of joke, and yet, one day the flea came into notice in connection with the bubonc plague and it was found that he was well worth studying, both His habits and his habitat.
 Few lives are more interesting in connec- tion with research than that of Pasteur, and what he accomplished through specialization will always be a feather in the cap of the sci entific who shut themselves up in spc- cialty in the interest of truth and humanity. But pass over his great work in fermentation and achievements in ths fight against insect pests to his contribution in the cure of rabies. It's bright chapter in the history of science and sheds luster on the medical world and it's triumphs.
 This brief is only directed against the psuedo- specialists, whether they be in trade or pose in the professional world. It isn't necessary to enumerate them, for if you happen to be in business, several will call on you during the day protesting to be specialist in this or that,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
THE AMERICAN HAT

From Leslies Weekly.
 In these days of uniformity any change in the direction of individuality is gratifying. Such change is that under way in the fashion in hats, for the Slouch is driving the Derby from the field.
 This is well, not only because the Slouch has the advantage in comfort and is less con- ducive to the falling out of hair. It is also more expressive of personality, for the man must conform to the Derby, but the Slouch hat conforms to the man: sunny nature shines the brighter for the upward tilt of the forward brim; the pugnacity of the decisive is proclaimed by fierce downward slant over the eyes. The flexible crown as readily yields to the nature of the individual.
 Moreover, the Slouch hat is the American hat. Under it's shadow the West has won from the Alleghanes to the Pacific. It has adapted itself to every American condition. Southern suns broadened it's brim for the planter and gave it a protective hue. On the plains it's brim stiffened to meet the flowing winds and widened to assist the far-looking eye of cattle man and scout. In the Civil War it abetted the aim of the Confederate rifleman and embel- lished with golden cord it adorned the heads of Union officers. Under its twin ridges the boys of '9S followed Roosevelt up San Juan and marched under the medieval towers of Manila and then the War Department learned from the cowboy and moldng the crow ninto a single fluted peak set it upon the heads of our Mexican border patrols and those of the men of our National Army.
 But, whatever it's form or color, it was al ways the Slouch hat; and so it still remains, however the matters may bind it's rims, or adorn it with ribbons-the hat of independence and idividuality, the American hat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
PAUL COOK.

while if you be professional man you will be overrun with them. There are many of them not seeking whom they may devour, but those upon whom they can impose their overpower. ing personalities.
 In conclusion, beware of the specialist Be- fore giving him chance either at your soul and body, your business, your pocketbook, see well to it that he produces not only cre- dentials which will lift him out of the charlatan class into the ranks of real learning, but evil dence of his having made practical use of his knowledge entitlng him to your confidence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
DISCREDITING LAFAYETTE

From The Mobile Register.
 The senator from Georgia has taken side swipe at Lafayette, who is made to appear very small and useless friend of the American people. It is nevertheless in the record that the day after Cornwallis surrender, which was brought about in large measure by LaFayettez pursuit Of that general until he took refuge in Yorktown, Lafayette was publicly thanked by Washington. Watson says that Washington knew Lafayette, implying that Washington knew him to be of no good; but doesn't that charge Washington with doube-dealing when he gave Lafayette public praise for services performed? And are we to be asked to revise our estimate of Washington, along with that of Lafayette? The charge is altogether more serious than the Georgia senator seems to con slider it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
Tumulty's Wilson.
From The Washington Herald.

To most of his fellow citizens Woodrow Will son has been very much a man of mystery. So many things have beenSsaid of MT. Wilson with entire postiveness and impressive empha- sis, that were wholly contradictory, that the public has been quite mystified as to what man. her of man he really is. It is generally &C., cepted that all men are at least two men, but according to those who have claimed to know, the former President must be every grade of human being from fiend ncarnate to demigod.
 With this condition of the public mind, there was absorbing interest in the book now be- ing published Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him. by MT. Tumulty, his private secretary during his administration as governor of New Jersey and eight years as President No man long remains mystery to either his wife or his private secretary, though the latter may temper his revelations to the exigencies of the occasion.
 Not so MT. Tumulty. He is very frank. He has not yet hesitated on a single page of single chapter to tell how much of MT. Wilson's success was due to the political shrewdness and ability of his secretary. To him the governor went to school as private tutor. It was Mir. Humility who, in those early days steered him from the brakers and whirlpools of reactionary politics into the broad deep, onsweeping cur rents of progressivism. It was MT. Tumulty who made him the way of devotion to the people and their cause and kept him from en- tanglement in the web of selfish, sordid politics.
 The secretary laid these foundations broad and deep. Having fought for years the battles of righteousness and probably against the malevoence of the Jersey democratic bosses, he seized upon Mr. Wilson's appearance on the scene, as the needed agency to redeem the state and then the nation. He found him apt pupil quick to see the Tumuty virtues and to appreciate the Tumulty political wisdom. While MT. Wilson always made up his own mind and formed his own decisions, he did this under the tactfu guidance of MT. Tum- ulty, so avoiding all mistakes. Otherwise he might never have been President.
 It is not fact that he never made mis- takes, as several times in the later years of his Presidency he failed to take his secretarys advice or to act upon his judgment. This oc- cured during the Cox campaign, when no word came from the White House. though so much desired. There were other such occasions. Indeed title equally appropriate as the one given the book might have been "Woodrow Wilson, as I Know Myself" many ardent admirers of the former President will still pre- fer their own image of him, their ideal, to Mir. Tumultys Woodrow Wilson Humility.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
THE WISE MEN

Arthur Brisbane, in The Chicago Herald and
 Examiner.
 The wise men of Washington have empha- sized mans feebleness in dealing with his des- tiny. For they have solemnly proposed what? To cut down the number of battleshps just as the battleshp becomes of no importance whatever. The flying machine and submarine have made battleships joke-they can never figure seriously in war again. And with funny solemnity, America suggests limiting the bat tleships with no limit on flying machines. It is as though the American Indian chief that laid his war bonnets beside the flowers and decorations on the unknown soldiers grave had said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is my contribution to world peace. And promise to make no bows and arrows.'
 The official mind settles happily into q groove and gets out, if at all, just in time to take up some other line also out of date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17

six months of the year. The result was that when the tide turned wholesalers were often found short of goods that the retail trade de- manded, but to offset this the markets were open and the retailer had made prompt payment of bills. This was far better than being over stocked and in debt.
 F Industrial organs are of the opinion that inventories will be exceptionally light at the opening of the new year." That being the case, the year will be ushered in auspiciously
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
BUILDING IN THE EAST IS MAKING NEW RECORDS

The reason for the business done in the east by Alabama sanitary pipe works is disclosed in reports of building operations from that sec ton. Following September which broke all prior building permit records, that of October in 27 northeastern states, according to F. w. Dodge and company showed an increase of 25 per cent over October of 1920, and was only 10 per cent less than the high mark reached in the previous month
 Forty per cent of the total of $90 000 ,000 represented by the permits issued in October will go into dwellings, which shows that the northeast is as alive to the housing situation as the south.
 The cheering conclusion drawn by the Jour- nal of Commerce in reviewing these facts, is this:
 Considering the large volume of construc- ton started within the past two months, it ap- pears that activity will continue at a very sub- stantial rate through the winter months.
 Tsere could be no stronger evidence of im- proved economic conditions than the nation wide building programme that seems to gather momentum with, the passing of each month of this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
TAPERING OFF PROCESS
 A HEALTHY ONE

Tapering off in iron and steel buying as the holidays approach is to be expected. There are tyvo reasons: It is seasonal on account of the inventory period and it is in line with the policy of caution which has marked buyers all during the recovery process The consumer of ton and steel is playing safe.
 Wholesale merchants have counted them selyes fortunate that both they and the retailer roId and bought conservatively during the first
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
THE TOLL SYSTEM

When I was boy in Georgia" said Samuel L. Dobbs, of Atlanta, president of the Warrant Export and Discount corporation, "my father would send me to the nearby corn mill and the miller would grind the corn, taking his toll and giving me the rest in the way of corn meal to carry home for the family table. No money passed hands, but we had what we wanted.
 "We must deal with portions of distressed Europe on the same plan, because they have no real money. There is this difference, how ever: Eventually we will get good money for the finished product"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
TWO CROPS OF ApPLEs

"The warm spell and the report of turkey hens over in east Alabama trying to raise a family at this time of the year recall to my mind a second crop of apples from the same tree one year," said John T. Yeatman. 'I know this from personal acquaintance, because ate apples from this tree in June and again in late fall.
 "It was down at Marion when I was a boy. The first crop came in June and we boys dis posed of that. The second in November was pleasant surprise and was as quickly absorbed. remember all the more accurately because we boys got the apples without permission of the owner"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
DRAWS A LINE
From The New Orleans Item.

From The New Orleans Item.
 The Nobel commission which has just award ed its literary prize for the year to Anatole France, has barred H. G. Wells, Bernard Shaw and Maxim Gorky from consideration because their writings are influenced by political con- alterations That probably means that their parlor socialist leanings are wrong, according to the commission. The three gentlemen named seem to sell all they write at good prices, so the debarment isn't so serious. It seems a curious line to draw, considering that Mir. Nobel made the money which furnishes the prizes by manufacturing and selling dynamite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
MANY HUNTERS OUT

Judging from the numbe of hunters licenses issued so far this year, there won't be a bird left,' said Woolsey Morrow, chief clerk in the probate court. Already 1870 state licenses and 805 county licenses have been is- sued, and I believe the organization of the Jefferson Fishermen and Hunters association is largely responsible for the interest manifested in this sport this season. More hunters licenses have been issued this year than ever before at office, and if the present record is main- tained believe we will surpass all other coun- ties in the state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From The Chicago News.
 Stiff hats cover multitude of soft brains,
 Lots of men who claim to be gentlemen don't work at it.
 Time is caught by the tail more often than by the forelock.
 girl loves to be loved by a man whom some other girl loves. s.
 The microbe never bothers the man who Is unaware of its existence.
 Theories do very well for the mind, but corn beef and cabbage is better for the body.
 Man is said to be a free agent, but there are some married men who are doubters.
 mans curiosity never rivals that of a woman until some one casually remarks that his name appeared in yesterdays paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
HENRY FORD WANTS TO BUY
 A FEW NAMES

The sometimes visionary, but always inter- esting, Henry Ford believes that the way to disarm is to disarm. Therefore he proposes to buy the worlds discarded battleships and con- vert them into tractors, automobiles and other things "that will make people happy instead of sad" Synonymously with Mr. Fords announce menet it was stated in Washington that if the American plan for naval reduction is accepted the government will receive offers from Mr. Ford and other bidders for the ships this nation will scrap.
 It would be criminal waste of money to sink ships costing millions of dollars and it is not likely that any nation will do that The loss to the powers who are expected to agree America's the greatest of all, but much can be saved by selling vessels to manufacturers who can use the steel they contain for other pur- poses.
 As MT. Ford points out large sums of money are spent in getting ores out of the ground when there are quantities of high-grade steel in warships which can quickly be cut up by the acetylene torch and electricity and converted into implements of peace. Thus far MT. Ford's proposal is practical. However, the world poweers will hardly turn over their navies to him entirely. The millennium is still distant and the .edifying spectacle of the Detroit man ufacturer buying the navies of America, Great Britain and Japan outright will never be wit messed. Something of the sort may come to pass in the dim and distant future, but not now or hundred years from now.
 Nevertheless, here is MT. Ford ready to take over any amount of excess tonnage, speed up industry, give employment to thousands of men who may suffer if the naval reduction plans are carried out, and make countless tractors and flivvers grow where there were only use- less battleships before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
HOW NEWS TRAVELS

I judge because The Age-Herald has had several articles about our forthcoming booklet entitled Birmingham the Jobbing Center is reason why receiving requests for the booklet before it is published" said Charles F.. Yarn, secretary of the Wholesale Merchants and Manufacturing association. q have at hand letter from the c. E. Conover company, New York, large concern acting as agent for manufacturers requesting a copy as soon as obtainable.
 ''News travels fast. Whatever Birmingham does on the inside gets to the outside in hur- ry. If we do it, the world will find it out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
A FRIENDLY AFFAIR

'The dairy survey now under way is con structive and friendly affair."" said J. E. Ram sey, secretary of the Dairymen's association "Our intention is to ascertain what dairymen need to come vp to Grade A and make sugges .tions accordingly All will have opportunity to conform before we organize the Grade A dairymen's' association and publish that list
 ''The city, Chamber of Commerce and Auburn are helping the dairymen in the survey. I be- lieve it will result in more and better milk"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
GHOST

GHOST John V. A. Weaver, in The New Republic. I'm comin' back and haunt you, don't you fret = What if get as far as Hell away? They's things of me that just can't help but
 say Whether want or not, you can't forget. Just when you think you got me wiped out clear, Some bird that's singin
 hill-
 Some lovely thing Il hurt like it would kill, And you'll hear somethin' whispern Hes
 here!' And when somebody holds you closet, like this, And you. start in to feel your pulses race, The face that's pressn' yoursll be my face. My lips II be the ones your lips Il kiss. Don't cry 1. which do you think it Il hurt
 most2- Oh, God You think I want to be ghost7 =.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
MED1TAT1NG VIOLENCE

'Hum," said the magazine editor, 'this is going bit too far"
 What's the trouble?'
 "A chap who says he has received 50 rejec- tion slips from me in the past 12 months states in this note that he'd like to meet me-
 "Well, you might grant the poor devil in terview."
 "But he adds, in an alley, after dark D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
THE OTHER HALF

THE OTHER HALF How'll you have yo' aigs, boss?" asked the colored waiter in country hotel. q don't want any eggs" said the traveller, who had had bad night. Every time stop at one of these cheap hotels all I hear is eggs, eggs, eggs. Haven't you anything else on the bill of fare?"
 "Well, boss" said the waiter, hopefully wes got bacon"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
HENRY FORD INTERVIEWED

F. P. A., in The New York Tribune.
 'I am glad" said Henry Ford to Tower reporter last night, "that Anatole France got the Nobel literatureN prize. Although traitor to the continental army, his statement that he had but one life to give his country was outweighed by his wonderful The Old Wives Tale"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
CIDER HERE AND THERE

From The Portland Press.
 In Connecticut the law permits cider to be sold by the glass; In Massachusetts it can be sold in quantities, but not by the glass. In Maine it can be sold on the quiet. That's the difference in New England temperament, we suppose. ssia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
LEARNED FAST

LEARNED FAST
 Its all his fault" said the fair defendant in divorce suit. "He showered luxuries on me and taught me how to spend money.'
 Have you anything to say to that?" asked the court.
 Nothing, your honor," replied the plaintiff, mournfully, "except that she was an apt pupil"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
AILING

"If Bibbles were to stay at home three nights in succession, what do you suppose Mrs Bib- bles would do?"
 Shed send for doctor, and be justified in doing so.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
SEE WINDOW DISPLAYS

Eve been trying for years to learn the cor rect pronunciation of 1ingerie.'' D "The merchants have solved that problem for you"
 ''How so?''
 "They're advertising dainty underthings.'n 'n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
SPOILING HIS AIM

That's the third time Judge Julep has missed his cuspidor.'
 "The way that young lawyer for the defense is arguing this case is getting on his honor's nerves"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
CAMPAIGN PLEDGES

"Pa?"
 "Well, son?"
 "What are VOWS writ in water'?"
 "The kind candidates get into office on, son. Now, along and play, and let father read about the way women going to purify politics."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
AND FoCH KNOWS

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 If you want the real truth about a matter it pays to go to an expert. Marshal Foch, be 1t noted, says that war is criminal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
FINE GIRL

A girl you could~not help but love
 Is pretty Agnes Parr; She's even gracious to cove t Who doesn't own car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
Take heed, be wary how you place your words.
 Henry VI. 
A MoRNING PRAYER

If l have sinned against my fellows, Lord let me be quick to make amends, and if l am sinned against, make me quick to forgive. Amen.-M. s. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-17
WARNED IN TIME

I much admire the motorist
 Who gives me half chance And heralds with repeated 'honks" The speed of his advance.