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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
LETTERS TOEDITOR
sPAsMoDIC LAW ENFORCEMENT


 To the Editor of The Age-HeraId.
 In the beginning, Jet me say that I believe in law enforcement. and 1t is far from my purpose or desire to bring the law in disrepute. Just at this time we see where merchants are being arrested. because they have not properly screened their places of business. Surely this is not a new law, This same thing has happened a number of times in the past. Now who is to blame for this condition? To my mind it is easily attributable to enforcement of the law. If it's dangerous to expose these articles of food now unscreened, what about the past few years? Surely it was as dangerous then, and yet it was per- mitted to go on. The law is good thing, but to enforce it only now and then, does not impress me as being very helpful.
 came to Birmingham over 40 years ago, and have always been deeply interested in its welfare. I'm sure there are many others who have been impressed with the fact that many of our laws are constantly vio- lated because of their spasmodic en- forcement. Take the automobile laws, all, no doubt, good. but how poorly they are enforcedl We find in the papers now and then the statement that at certain point the night previous lot of people had been arr rested for having bright lights, or for speeding. or for having their muf- flers open. But what is the result? Well, perhaps few dollars in the city treasury, and a lot of people out ragged and rightly so because they happened along while the law was being enforced. Perhaps the very next night the officers would not have been on hand. This kind of law en- forcement breeds contempt for law, and naturally so.
 Take the parking ordinance as am other illustration. At certain locali- ties it is unlawful to leave your car for more than 45 minutes. Now how could this law possibly, or fairly be enforced without a large number of officers constantly on hand, who would take the number of each car being placed, and also keep record of the time it stood there? Of course yet the enforcement of this law is simply absurd. I see it is now pro- posed to make 1t unlawful to park a car in the alleys of the city and, no doubt, is a wise thing to do, but how long will it be before this law also becomes a dead letter? I often won der if we have not lost our heads in the multiplicity of laws, many Of which cannot be enforced, and If 1t were not better to have fewer. and enforce them.
 Why do we have these discussions as to whether the grocery store shall close on Sunday, and the sale of auto mobile tires be prohibited? The law says they must close. If these are bad laws. why not enforce them all the time, in place of waiting until somebody has pain for a few weeks and calls for their enforcement.
 NJ c. REYNOLDS.
 701 Twenty eighth Street, South,
 Birmingham, August s, 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
x- Lesson Taught by
 the Woes of Russia

IT HEADLINES that tell of "Twelve IU Millions of Starving In the Volga Basin," teach the world in a way that will not be forgotten, the utter futility of bolshevism.
 Russia has destroyed the wealth of those who worked. It has none with which to replace it. It stole the money that had been accumu- lated by trade with other nations and has none to put in it's place. It manufactured money out of paper. but that paper money bore no stamp of authority and the world has spurned it.
 Men were told that they are equal. They are not. There are the strong, who must bear up the weak. Tear down the strong and the weak have none on whom to rely, nothing from which to draw in order to make up for their own deficiency.
 Gone are the fallacies of the bol- shevist and the communist. De- parted are the false theories that would reduce the brave, the true and the strong to the level of the faint of heart and purpose, the shiftless, the n-producers. Gone is the credulity of the masses who have been led to believe that liv- ing could be made without toiling.
 Russia made the last stand for the crudest of errors. It attempted to bring about ideal conditions by emasculating strength, energy and initiative. Its chapter of woes closes with prostrate business and starving millions begging the world to keep it from being wiped off the face of the earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
DMoroR SPINE, NEW DISEASE

"MoTOR SPINE. NEW DISEASE From the Milwaukee Journal.
 Have you a motor spine? ~ It's the feeling that ripples down some place in the hip. It starts only after a road has been bountiful with bounces and jolts.
 Many people havoc or have had mo- tor spines, say osteopaths. Unless they are neglected too long, they are easily cured.
 Many motor car seats don't con form to the shape of the spine" says pr. F. W. Olds. Muscles contract and fragments tighten from the con tinual pressure on the pedals or on the bracing rod. Those fragments must be relaxed before they can be gotten back to normal.
 Pushing back the thigh bone to brace the body against a jolt causes the seiatic nerves to be distorted. Pain results. Sometimes sciatic neurltis is produced"
 Tenseness of the body causes the whole trouble. according to a woman osteopath. However, she does not find that it always brings pain.
 Tt is usually nervousness" she stated, which tends to contract the spine"
 All these theories are disregarded by pr. o. W. Williams.
 Never heard of motor spine" de- clares Dr. Williams. "The only time person gets hurt motoring is in an accident !
 Riding to town on ar iron wheeled spring wagon over ruttci roads is 10 times harder on the spine than Jolts in motor car. Or. horseback riding think of the shaking up galloping horse can give.
 'No. nothing doing on motor spine for me. It's all bunk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09

treated contemptuously, while Wood row Wilson and his arch foe, Sena- tor Lodge, are mercilessly flayed. MT. Wilson, who is charged with viewing the attitude of President Harding with Supreme contempt" !" is quoted as saying, q look forward to the new administration with no unpleasant anticipations except those caused by Mir. Harding's lit- erary style." Due attention is also paid to Mir. Wilson's dislike of Sen ator Lodge.
 George Harvey is described as a kind of mental acrobat. MT. Roots career, the author says, has been handicapped by public distrust of his motives. Hiram Johnson of Cali fornia is "cold, hard and selfish" and trusts "only three men in the world" Philander Knox had the ambition to soar like an eagle, but couldn't negotiate the distance with the wings of a sparrow. Colonel House couldn't think clearly and as for Senator Borah, Taken at it's best, life, to William E. Borah, is little more than a troublesome pill grimage to the grave"
 Mirrors of Washington" is a remarkable book and it must make interesting reading to the celebri- ties who are pilloried in it's pages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09

By sounds or signs that touchc1
 with an ineffable sense of hoiires|
 the mediavalist's soul. the modern spirit is sorely troubled. If they buI hit upon his ear or beam upon hiI sight, the modern's spirit straight way Is stirred 70 mcrosen.sd if not to mutiny. Forthwith tc court he goes. invoking there the law" t1 still the chimes that mar his morn1 ing's slumber.
 Seldom is the modern known td stand on the bridge at midnight whild the clock is striking the hour. In fact
 the modern little likes Ito stand anywhere He likes to race, till he
 drops in his tracks; likes to race to
 his office, to midday meals race homeward, race through dinner through acauaintances, through friends, through dear ones through | life itself. To him the race is iver
 to the swift the battle ever to the strong. Unlike the Tuscan poet, tho
 modern is seldom found in Fra HI lario's garden, poking his staff, lift ing up his wondering eyes and cry ing: "Pacem," when asked what he's
 searching for. Peace, to the modern is the one thing of earth that needs to be avoided. Restless is the modern s as throughly as restfulness was the medievalist's creed.
 Which is the better creed? Whither Is the moderns leading or driving it's
 victims? Is the peace that passeth all understanding to be had by muf- fling church bells? Where is quiet
 bred-spiritual quiet, mental satis- faction--in the silent face of a wrist
 watch or in the chimes of Notre
 Dame? In the impertinence of a cuekoo-clock or in the melody of the bells
 ''The bells of Shandon That sound so grand on The pleasant waters
 Of the River Lee"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
A PoLLYANNA PRESIDENT
Neu, Work World

From the New fork Worlu.
 Everything is beautiful as Presi- dent Harding surveys the "indescriba- ble charms" of the scene from Mount Prospect "We of the United States have outstripped every record of civilization in all the world To us "is voluntarily conceded the leader ship of the world" The things for which we stand have come to the ap proval of all the world" Your gov ernment is always seeking to serve YOU to the best of it's ability" Those who are accused most of using ous government for the advancement os their selfish interests are the IT cst generous of all in tenders of sup port"
 Poilyanna was pessimist in eaaa- parison with the President, and Z all the countrys troubles do nat dis solve in the sunlight of th< issncas ter speech. then this N Indeed v perverse and stiff-neekfa MensF fipn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
More Loaded Cars
 Mean More Business

17T7HE increase in the movement of
 U loaded freight cars is indis- putable proof of a greater volume of business. This increase has been coming on steadily for several weeks and indicates a marked de- parture from trade apathy as we'll as disposition to purchase and lay in stocks for forward delivery.
 The total movement of loaded cars for the week ending July 16 was 776,252, compared with 639, ,69s dur ing the preceding week. This is an increase of 136,554 cars. Com pared with the same date in 1920, we are still far behind, the loaded car movement during that week having been 942,000. That, how ever, was when peax movements were still in vogue.
 The current figures show a marked improvement. We have been gaining confidence during the past 10 days, with the resumption of work at idle steel plants and the larger sales ,of pig iron due to the realization of the melter that stocks are low and ill-assorted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
F E * Showing Up the Foibles of American Notables

Se7zHE MIRRORS OF WASH
 l INGTON," patterned after the famous Mirrors of Downing Street," gives famous Americans much the same treatment received by English statesmen and politicians in it's predecessor.
 Although the book is anonymous, the author is evidently no tyro, for his keen analysis of character and the details he tells about the men who have been making American history during, recent years could not have been written by anyone who was unfamiliar with his sub ject.
 "The Mirrors of Washington" as the Kansas City Star says in lengthy review, is not "good na- tured book" What the author has to say about our great and near great is by no means flattering particularly in the case of Presi- dent Harding. The author who quotes many statements made by public characters who were evident ly not talking for publication, at tributes this remark to Senator Brandegee of Connecticut: "There ain't any first-raters. We've got lot of second-raters and Warren Harding is the best of the second raters." Then the author summa- rizes MT. Harding's career before he was nominated for the presidency to show that it was sadly lacking ir worth while achievements.
 Secretary Hughes, according tc this observer, has the best mind ir Washington. Herbert Hoover is de scribed as a man of little person ality, who might have been Presi dent if he had been more "human. MT. Lansing, unfortunate man, i'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
THE TEST OF TIME

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 The national gallery in London has hcrght Millais' The Carpenter Shop" for s52.5oo--a picture for which the artist received $1.250.
 It is but one more of many instances of hste-arriving, posthumous appre- sAon of an artists handiwork- The alass of whistlers famous portrait of his mother is often cited When It was shown in Phiiadephia at an ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

THE UNHAPPY ENDING The sorrows of Werther
 Were sad to relate, But I know another
 Who met worse fate. His wooing succeeded-
 He tells me with tears He's been in hot water
 For thirty-three years. "If he isn't hardboiled, well He should be-" you'll say, But I judge from his story His wife is that way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
LOST LURE OF TITLES

LOST LURE OF TITLES
 Business is not what 1t ought to be-" remarked the proprietor of a seashore hotel. whats to be done :' Couldn't we import a few noble- men and let them stay for a month, free of charge" asked the public- ity man.
 No. Titled foreigners were draw ing cards before the war. but now they are merely objects of suspicion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
THE HUBBARD

From the Chicago News. Serene. obscene, on lazy wings,
 Dark watchman of the sky; Around a mighty circle swings
 His keen, unerring eye. That takes note of the stricke
 things
 That are about to die. No corsair, with . warriors %les. Hunting his dangerus prey. A grim philosopher is he.
 Who knows that day by da The harvestings of death shall see Some gleanings thrown his wzy And in the larger, wilder sky
 That round our system swir What giant buzzards now may . Our earth for dying thingsf For every earthly thing nnust Ss NAtions and creeds and king
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
Cheaper by Road


 IT. have just had delightful weeks visit to Springville," says II S. Doster, editor of the Prattville Progress, who passed through Bir- mingham in his car yesterday.
 There is small wonder that the street car systems and railways are feeling the competition of automo- piles and trucks, and it is my opinion that with good roads the railroads will play a continuing losing gam. unless they reduce both freight and passenger rates.
 Take my case. I found out that it was cheaper and quicker to drive through from Prattville to Spring vile in spite of the fact that son.s stretches of the highways were 1T bad repair. than to go by train"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
GIVE HIM THE CREDIT
rom the Honolulu Mirror.

From the Honolulu Mirror.
 There have been no deaths this month. but there have been three births. We are therefore three t the good. This satisfactory state oi affairs is due to the untirins en- ergy of my assistant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09

CONSISTENT, ANYHOW DO you remember Jack Frisber. who was with us In college?" Quite we'll. Jack used to say he'd never be satisfied with anything less than a million dollars"
 ''He kept his promise. I met him the other day"
 Did he have the million?" NO, but he wasn't satisfied"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
HIS LUCKY DAY

Your friend seems to be in trou ble," remarked the sympathetic md torist to man who was sitting the shade of a tree and piacidly far ming himself while another man va fussing around a stalled car. "Yes," he replied, glancing indiffei entity at his friend
 Aren't you going to lend hand NO. I might have bought that ol bus if he hadn't taken me out for spin to show me how good it was
 FLIGHTS OF THE FUTURE DO you believe the automobile the last word in transportation" Nc" replied the r-sighted cit zen. Some of these days we ar all going to wear wings outdoor and hang em up on the hatrack the hall when we are not going an. where in particular"
 A TRAVELLED JOKE ''who Is the important looking pei som"
 He's the author of an origin joke"
 Just oner'
 "One made him famous. It form, the basis of a vaudeville sketch, musical comedy and a motion pictu, scenario. Last month it figured humorous story of 5000 words popular magazine"
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
CHURCH CHIMES

From the Louisville Courier Journal. @ ILBERT CHESTERToN'S pre- (k 1 scription for the worlds ills. namely, "a resurrection of the spirit of the Middle Ages would hardly be acceptable to residents of the exclusive residential suburb" of Cincinnati who invoke the law of Caesar to muffle bells that summon mortals in early morning hours to Gods sanctuary.
 Church chimes may be elouuently appealing at some later morning hour, at vespers or at evenfall, but harsh and ungrateful sweet bells tangled out of tune" they are nowadays to not few persons seeking refresh ment in Morpheus arms after a nights revels with Bacchus or with other lighter gods and goddessss.
 In these moderns "The bells of Shandon
 That sound so grand on
 That plesant waters
 Of the River Lee'
 inspire neither piety nor poetry. Only protest virulent and fnsstent, is awakened in them by "the music Of the bells.' Even The Angelus," in- vltjng the human spirit to bow in praise and thankfulness to the Most High, would be little needed. Their thoughts are of other, if not of better, things. Sleep is needed for their souls.
 Thus perhaps may the modern be contradistinguished from the medi- aeval world. The cuckoo clock dis places the bells of Shandon; the wrist watch is preferred to the chimes or St. Peters or St. Pauls. Only the necessary is required In life now sdays, the necessary and convenient each marked by economy, both un- touched with sensuous beauty. "A primrose by the rivers brim A yellow primrose was ohim-- And it was nothing more"
 fits the modern.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
FIRST AID TO LAWMAKERS

From the San FranclscO Chronicle.
 In their joy at abundant showers the farmers of Alberta slip $s,0o0 to Rainmaker Hatfield. whereupon, 1t may be presumed. the rainmaker er gratefully thanks Providence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
WHIMs OF THE GREAT

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
 President Harding seems to be still in search of complete mental relax ation, if one may be pardoned for reviving the perfect bon mot of Sen ator Knox of Pennsylvania coined On the occasion of the Point Isabel fish ing excursion soon after MT. Hard ing was elected.
 At that time, 1t may be recollected, Mir. Harding invited to be his fishing companions Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, Senator Hale of Maine and Senator Elkins of West virginia. three of his senatorial colleagues whose intellectual equipment had not then set either the country or the Senate afire.
 Older senators. with greater ex- perence and far more ability, who had drawn blank on the occasion Gf Point Isabel, i'll disguised their cha grin at the Presdent-elect's lack of discrimination. Senator Knox alone was unperturbed.
 Tt is quite evident" commentei l the Pennsylvania senator, that the President wishes to have complete mental relaxation on the trip"
 In his vacation in the White noun tains. President Harding is attended by two members of the original trio Senators Hale and Frelinghuyscn Perhaps the desire for complete men tai relaxation persists in Mir. Hard i~-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09

THE FARMERS FAIR DAUGHTER Full many a maid who charms the
 rustic swain Subscribes for a motion picture
 magazine And cherishes & dream-not always
 vain Of some day being hailed movie
 queen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
JUST THE THING

JUST THE THING T want to take book to a friend of mine who is In prison" "well?"
 Could you suggest anything~ T once read book called Gates Ajar.' Maybe he'd like that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
zwald Was mn Athlete

''The tragic death of Andye Zwald in the automobile accident which oc- cured Sunday night was great shock to me-" said Charley Phillips. T knew him intimately and he was one of the finest and cleanest men I ever had for a friend.
 We fished together a great deal down on the Warrior, for he was a true desciple of Isaak Walton, en- toying the sport in all seasons. He was physically one of the best speci- mems of young manhood I have run across. I am certain he had few equals as a swimmer.
 q used to watch with pleasure and admiration the way he plunged into the river and with steady strokes was soon on the other side and ready to swim back. It seems strange that man who was shot down five times from the skies should have lost hls life in car.
 He had the flying fever and joined the French flying squadron before America got into the war, put when his own country entered 1t he joined the forces of Uncle Sam"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
RISE IN TEMPERATURE

RISE IN TEMPERAIURE Why do you keep thermometer hanging right above the desk in your telephone booth?"
 "As warning to hasty-tempered telephone users"
 "Yesw
 When they start to swearing they can see the mercury going up"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
A Good Feature

..The Age Herald is certainly run ming a mighty good feature in this Do You Remember? column de- clared John c. Henley of the Bir- mingham Publishing company. II have lived here all my life and find myself going back and recalling the old landmarks of the city.
 Through the exploitation of such column as this. the city gains beneficial advertising for the growth of Birmingham could be impressed in no more effective manner than by this means. This is 3 fine feature"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
Made All Feel Good

That article in The Birmingham Age Herald about the state of opera tons at the steel works of the Ten nessee company did this community great good" said John c. Henley. Il had heard 1t repeated in many ways from time to time that the Tennessee company was going at 50 per cent pace in its finishing mills, but some how 1 failed to realize it until it was put pithily and succinctly under bold headlines on the front page.
 Being an old newspaper man, l have long ago realized that it is not only what you say, but that how you say it and present fact has just as much to do with it as the fact itself.
 We are busy mortals, each man with his own affairs, and occasion ally you've simply got to blow the trumpet to awaken us to the plainest thing going"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
A MORNING PRAYER

A MORNING PRAYER
 Since thou and I alone know that is fin my heart, dear Lord, thou must help me to cleanse it, and what we cannot cleanse do thcu forgive. Amen.--M. s. II.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09

If the charge is true that Mir. Hoover seldoms says anything at a dinner table unless a subject is men tinoned in which he is interested and knows something about it shows he is quite different from the aver apA dinpar c,,ast
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09

An archivist says Captain Kidd was not pirate at all, but a much abused gentleman. Let the learned archivist rave. We will have nothing to do with any Captain Kidd who is not pirate, and bluff, bold one at that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09

From the Chicago News.
 The fit of a tailor-made suit often depends on the pockets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09

are low and ill-assorted.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-22
SCOUTS TO SPEND WEEK AT
DEVILS DEN

The several troops of Boy Scouts
Of Durant are to spend the whole of
next week. commencing July 25, at
beautiful DEVILS Den in Johnson
county. some four miles west of
Tishomingo. where they will be in
charge Of Scout Commissioner John
S. Vaughan, with troop masters of
the several troops in command Of
the several troops. They and their
varied lot of camp equipment and
tents will get away early Monday in
two huge trucks, one Of them haul
ing the equipment and the other tho
forty-five or fifty boys in the gang.
While there they will equip an ideal
camp. among the trees. close to fish
ing. swimming and boating water and
are making big plans for a great
time.