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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-20
Days NeiU Issues

The Canadian province of Ontario
will open bids to-day on two SO .00O, 900
issues OF bonds. Both Issues are same
as to terms, bearing per cent coupon
rates and running to 1913, but one is
payable in New York and Canada and
the other in Canada alone. The
treasurer of the province reserves the
right TO make awards of either issue
or both. Bids were opened on these
issues last week, but were rejected be-
cause they did not meet with the ap-
proval of the provincial treasurer. It
is expected that local banking syndi-
Gates will submit bids for the bonds
The issue of s1s, 100000 of Toledo
Edison Company first mortgage Z per
cent bends offered yesterday by Har-
ris, Forbes & Co. and the National City
Company, has all been sold. The sub
scripton books were closed yesterday
before noon.
The Consolidated Textile Company
has announced it will pay off on Octo-
Der ] at 1902 Il all its outstanding Z
per cent convertible debenture notes,
due 1928.
The Province of Alberta is selling
on October l s500o,0 GOO ten-year 6 per
Cell boHttS, p1laolS III NEW IoFk. Inc
proceeds are to be used for railroad
construction.
The Bank Of Italy, San Francisco, is
Offering 100000 California Joint
Stock Land Bank 51a per cent bonds at
lol and accrued interest, to yield about
5.3S per cent. The bonds are due No
vemher /, 1851. and are not callable
before November !, 1881
Plympton, Gardiner & Co. and Cassatt
& Co are offering at 100 and accrued
dividend, to yield ia per cent, S1.540,-
0G0 Public Service Railway Company
IA per cent equipment trust certif-
Gates, Series Z. They are issued under
The Philadelphia plan and are guar
Gnseed both as to principal and divi-
dend by the Public Service Corporation
Of New Jersey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-20
Days Dealings in Bonds


Despite the unsettlcment In the
stock market at the beginning of the
week yesterday bonds exhibited firm
tone and the volume of business moy-
me reached large proportions. United
states government war issues, which
displayed strength last week. continued
IA demand at advancing prices. For
elgn government bonds also acted we'll.
The French IS sold at 1o0Ss. Belgian
IS sold at 1o2 Among the railway
issues the st. Louis & San Francisco
adjustment IS, in which per cent in
terest will be paid on October /,
touched a new high for the movement
OF e9ia. Industrial bonds were gen
orally steady.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-20

To figure the precise yield on bond It
rs necessary to use Yield tables, but the
approximate yield can roughly be heured
Closing quotation bond into the rate
o. interest 1t pays, and the result will be
s s annual return. II the bond is selling
appreciation Of the principal. TO do this
subtract the market quotation from. par
number of years the bond has to run be-
fore maturity. For example. II s per
cent bond Is ceiling at 30 and has ten
years to rum the annual return will be
e.66 per cent. The difference between par
and the. market price will be 10 points,
suotractlng 80 from, 100. Dividing ten
points by ten years the quotient Will be /.
This figure is to be added to 666, which
Is the annual return. and the result. 1856
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-20

The Consolidated Textile Company
has announced it will pay off on Octo-
Der j at 1927 all its outstanding T
per cent convertible debenture notes,
due 1928.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-20

The Province of Alberta is selling
on October s5,ooo,oo ten-year 8 per
cent bonds, payable in New York. The
proceeds are to be used for railroad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
HISTORIC LANDMARK SAVED

have already disappeared Lyons Inn was torn down to give place to a theatre. Clements Inn was remodelled out of all resemblance to it's original form, and F>urnivaps Inn, where Dickens lived when he was reporter, and where he wrote Sketches by Boz and began "Pickwick Papers, gave place to large insurance building. Cliffords Inn alone remains, the London Telegraph says, "a romantic survival in the midst of much indiffer- ent prose-
 The auctioneer used all of his per- suasion and eloquence, declaring that the site was the only one adaptable for an office building between two such impor- tant points as Charing Cross and the Bank of England, and attempted to meet the sentimental objections to the sale of the property by saying that while Cliff ford's Inn had a great history, we dq not get much for history" The higbe zg bid fell far below the upset price. M one ventures to say that sentiment had anything to do with the lack of higg bids, but it may have had its effect in saving the old structure. An effort is now being made to have it's preserva- ton assured by converting it into homo for a civic association or into offices for some department of the London city gov ernment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04

we realize, perhaps. His cherished League of Nations, which has been secuted as a snare and delusion, or at best as glorious dream which can never be realized, is still a factor to be reckoned with by the Harding ad- ministration. There are signs that MT. Wilson will yet be vindicated, that whether the "irreconcilables" will it Or not, America will take her proper place among the nations, as an asso- ciate and not an outsider, and in some way, not yet disclosed, the League of Nations will survive with America as a member.
 As for MT. Harding, the demo- crats of the country wish him well. The sympathy and support of repub- licans seem assured. He is an amia- ble man, with great deal of com mon sense, and has conscientious de- sire to perform his duties to the best of his ability.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04

From the New York Herald.
 NN THE,y Cliffords Inn. practically WW the the last of the famous old
 inns of court and chancery, was offered for sale few days ago, 1t found no purchaser London rather rejoiced than grieved that this ancient landmark was saved for the present at least from the wave of modern progress which has in the last few years swept away so many objects endeared to English speak ing people by historical or literary as- sociations.
 Cliffords Inn dates back to the four teenth century. In it were settled the claims and disputes which grew out of the great London fire. Dickens described the dingy halls where the long-roned judges Of chancery sat and the little garden, hardly big enough to swing a cat in,'' where clients went for breath of fresh air. George Dyer lived there and gave dinners, at which he had as his guests Charles Lamb, Southey, Col. eridge and Sir Walter Scott. Samuel Butler lived in the inn for years, and was served there by that incomparapie valet who is so frequently referred to in the recently published life of Butler.
 Most of the other inns of chancery, uhancery lane, Cursitor street and the lit- erary landmarks of the neighborhood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
A LITERARY OBSESSION

the concept of national literature to. an obsession. Animated by this obses sion, no one can talk about any book without establishing it's position in our literature. This obsessing inl- pulse is so material and frigidly calculating that if it once fastens if x self upon a young creator it steals his zest, steals the fire we are de- pending upon to produce the literaturs we are continually speaking about.
 The poet, dramatist or novelist who is motivated wholly by the hope of bettering his countrys letters is one of the reasons why the letters of that country will not improve In America we have Edwin Arlington Robinson. ! poet of undenia ble grea tness. Eugens O'Neill, a potent and penetrating dra- matist, and James Branch Cabell the imaginative. and harassed author of "Jurgen.' Nobody can tastefully ignore their importance, nor can one safely sa. that they are influenced with the loftly -motion of "elevating our literature" The divine affiatus $ kindled by no such design. We wi. not produce any more of these artisi , no more Dreisers. Hunekers L4ewise |. Van Wyck Brookses by encouragii l their consciousness of the fact thi [ every word, they write adds to our literature"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04

From the Baltimore American.
 7 F American literature is to be ele-
 vated above the plane of flat artifi- S ciality and submissive initiativeness. the elevation will not be hastened by the present attitude of American critics This attitude can easily be dfscerned Read a review, of Sinclair Lewis Main Street." Floyd Delrs Moon Calf or Henry Aikman's zell." All three are recent novels. You will probably encounter difficulty in find ing a single criticism that does not indulge in solemn reference to "American literature.' True. Main Street" nightly accredits the letters of this country, but it is wise to let the fact be inferred s-om particular recommendation of the book.
 When young author sits down to his typewriter, this dominating thought. does not inspire him: I am now going to write book that will improve the position of American literature" Sinclair Lewis did not pose of creating a novel superior 70 "The Scarlet Letter. although a critic claims he has done so.
 What the brand of criticism that harps on American literature ac- complishes is briefly this: it reduces
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
W. U. GEORGE ON AMERICA

full of big headlines and bizarre an .nouncements, intoxicated with success. entirely aware of the value of citizen ship. self conscious even to concern with the nature of the soul, reverenr and irreverent, and a good many oth CT things already listed and to be listed in the analysis.
 There is truth in all MT. George says about America and Americans; but it is not the whole truth. And the whole truth likely is out of the reach of any man. The trouble is that in- dividuality is the distinguishing fea- ture of Americans, of American cities. of states and of sections of the coun- try. There have been. many men that history has been glad to class as Americans, typical Americans; but generally speaking, the "sveraHe American and 8 composite American character have yet to be developed. 2
 But MT George is doing something worth while. There is 8 fascination in writing and in reading about Amer lea and Americana in the very fact that the subject is surpassingly big and continually elusive And if MT. George had not said anything else. his reminder to Americans of his one certain fact about their country is ex- ceedingly valuable:
 Here is favored land, which. ow ing to its area and it's wealth. can give chance to every young man, and, if 1t chooses. even to every young woman,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
Traffic Code Is Also
 for the Pedestrian

THE new traffic code going into
 J effect next Monday is for pedes- trians as well as drivers of vehicles. If both make an effort to keep out of trouble, there will be few accidents.
 In the more crowded cities of the north and east pedestrian who dis regards the traffic signals is prompt ly restrained by traffic officer and, if he insists on having his own way, the treatment which he receives is far from ceremonious.
 Let us all be courteous. That will do the work. Let each individual realize that for the safety of all he must make some surrender of his own independence. Those who wilfully violate the law should be dealt with summarily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
sUsPICIoUSLY QUIET From the Atlanta Constitution. Villa is getting to be so orderly that he's under suspicion.
LUKu pf,LUKE SAYS

Nature seems to arrange matters so that an economical wife gets an ex- travagant husband. and vice. versa.
 A woman generally gains her point unless she happens to be trying to sharpen a pencil. k We do not know much. sBut we do know that 1t isn't the worrying they do for other people that makes people pine away. Some men believe that honesty Is the best policy, after everything else falls.
 When they are engaged she will call him the light of her life. And when the yare married he will keep lit up . good deal of the time.
 The trouble with lot of musicians is that they overdo 1t trying to look the part.
 Once in e while nature spoils things by giving pretty girl feet like a cam
 Any married man cah tell you that having heated discussion with your wife every night won't keep the house warm.
 Another prohibition note: About 4o of our good friends have gone on the water wagon during Lent.
 Many a man will loudly announce that he won't stand for certain thing But he falls for 1t eventually.
 The Apti-Saloon league is braggins that it made this country dry. But the former Kaiser Is the party who is rs- sponsthle for prohibition in this coun- try.
 A woman hates to have company make an unexpected call when she ia bawling out her husband becauSe ahe has to be all smiles and dimplss as long As the company sticks around.
 (Copyrigbt. 1s21.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04

From the Kansas City Star.
 EIHH analysis of the American
 character which is being given
 O in Harper's by W. l.. George, English writer and lecturer, will be received with complacency by resi- dents of this country. Attempts to analyxe America and the American character have been made before, both by natives and ''outsiders." And while many of these attempts have resulted in interesting reading, no one has quite carried with 1t the conviction of finality or even certainty. The final feeling about such an effort nearly always is that America is too big for analysis and that in reality such thing IS 'the" American character does not eist
 The work of Mir. George is enter taining, nearly always entertaining. no matter what his subject. But even MT. George must have found that America and the American character were topics beyond him. His method of attack was commendable; he spen' considerable time going from one sec ton of the country to the other. from one city to another. and he talked with men and women of all deEfees. visited manufacturing plants, schools, church es clubs, homes and what not Tnit is better than Dickens or Thackeray or Count Ilya Toistoi. or Tagore' or several others, did.
 But, apparently 1t was not enough MT. George leaves one with fhe i'm pression that he has actually visitet Boston, New York Chicaxo,t Los An. geles. Kansas City and good man, other places. But Nc also leaves thu reader | bit confused. and with ths feelinE that after aii, we American are fearfuiiy and wonderfuliy made As Mir. Georke sees us. we are demo cratic hospitAble, sociable. warn hearted. full of vitality. concernet with business above everything elsa very much in a hurry. moral even tt the extent often of being puritanical
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
A CASE FOR PRAYER

From the London Morning Post.
 She was lady of somewhat flighty appearance, showing rather more silk stocking than her years warranted especially for visit to the vicarage The vicar's small daughter. aged s, opened the door to her and surveyed her with some disapproval. "Is the vicar in?" inquired the visitor He's gone out" was the reply. "But mother is in, and she'll pray for you. you mis- erable sinner"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
A LITERARY CORRECTION
rom the Kansas City Star

From the Kansas City Star.
 A reader sends the Star book cover from which it would appear that firm of publishers has put out an edition of the "Autocrat of the Break kfast Table . bestowing the authorship of that work upon Mary J. Holmes. The Star has not seen this rare work, but only tho cover or paper jacket of the volume.
 It Is perhaps understandable that publishers should not read the books they publish any more than reviewers read the books they review, but it does seem incredible that any person having to do with books should fail to asso- ciate title so well known with name so familiar as that of Sherlock Holmes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
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MIssoURI RHAPSODY

From the Bethany {Mo.) Clipper
 After the serving of light refresh- ments the young ladies repaired to the third floor and 'tripped the light fan tastic" while music waved eternal wands. And then the whole company flocked in and enjoyed the beauties of this grand home. lingering and chat ting. with the enchanted, spell of the glorious evening still strong upon each one, until the crescent moon had yelled her face and the vain young night trembled over her own beauty And then with expressed regrets that the hours had flown so r4pidly the guests bade q fair good night to their charm ing hostess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
As to Fertilizers

''Of course, there is complaint about the price of fertilizers" said H. l.. Brown, county agent. Without going into the merits of the, matter. this one thing does stick out as basic fact and truth. If the farmer wishes fertilizer or anything else at rock bottom prices. he must co operate with other farmers in the purchase. That is what we have been doing in this county this spring, and as a result we have gotten fertii- izers at $15 per ton under market price. We not only bought comparatively, but we paid cash, and cash talks. Agricul- tural welfare and cooperative buying and selling are very closely knit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
Southern Cities Begin to
 Appreciate the Warrior

NNN the self-propeller Birmingham " on it's last trip hp the Warrior river from New Orleans there were consignments to eight diffeernt points, immediately on or adjacent to the river. They were Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Payne's Bend, Sipsey, Ensley, Columbus, Miss; Atlanta, Ga., and Montgomery. Prior to this there had been consignments for Chatta- nooga and Aberdeen.
 Montgomery is on the extreme southern rim of the 20 per cent freight differential territory, Colum- bus and Aberdeen on the extreme western, Chattanooga on the northern and Atlanta on the eastern. This shows appreciation of the advantages of shipping by the Warrior as far as they apply It points to period when other cities are going to ask to share in the Warrior traffic.
 It has been demonstrated that At lanta, Aberdeen, Montgomery and Chattanooga are fully as alive to the benefit derived from the use of the Warrior as Birmingham. The reputa- tion of this service and the freight differentials has spread further. The local agency of the Mallory line in Mobile was requested recently by a Tampa, Fla, firm doing business in this section to furnish information about the Warrior river service, which it contemplated using.
 Our river is getting to be big asset and none seem to be more keen to realize it than those far enough removed to have a clear and disin- terested view.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
sAGAMORE

By Corinne Roosevelt Robinson. At Sagamore tho Chief lies low Above the hill in circled row The whirring airplanes dip and fly, A guard of honor from the sky Eagles to guard the Eagle. Woe h on the world. The people go With istless footstep, blind and slow For one is dead-who shall not die
 At Sagamore.
 Oh! Land he loved, at last yeu know The Son who served you well below, The prophet voice. the visioned eye Hold him in ardent memory. For one 10 gone-who shall not go From Sagamore! NJ E(Copyright, 1919. by Charles Scribnefi
 Sons. From The Poems of Corinn< Roosevelt Robinson.")
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
MASTER MIND UNCOVERED

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 A West Virginia architect announcea that after 40 years study he has suc- ceeded in squaring the ciEcle. Having achieved the impossible in this in- stance, other little miracles like per- petual motion and the transmutation of metals will be the merest pie for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04

caused citizens of Birmingham to take sides in the controversy.
 The people of this city and dis trict are convinced that Governor Kilby's representatives will make an impartial report. They have talked to men in all walks of life and have gone about the district to gain first hand knowledge of the situation. They have gone into the matter with con- scientious desire to be fair and we may rest assured that when they sub init their report to the governor it will enable him to mike just deci- sion.
 A man in Ohio whose name was Whisky changed it to Aquaski. He should have clung to his original name In few more years people might have been pay ing him a fee just to hear him pro nounce it.
 The slogan, "Go west, young man." has never made any impression on our immi- grants, who prefer to stick around New York and other congested cities of the east
 # % #
 MT Harding's willingness to sit down and talk things over will be gratifying to certain senators who feel that they have been ignored for the past eight years.
 A contemporary refers to the judge as "Limelight Lands" The limelight and a judicial temperament never did go well together.
 Billy Sunday is planning to run the devil out of Cincinnati If Billy suc- ceeds in his purpose we fear the devirs absence will be but temporary.
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 Champ Clark will also be remembered as the man who squeched an obstreper- ous colleague by saying, Go away, fly. Don't bother me-"
 If the airplane is now as safe as an automobile, why do so many aviators continue to go up alive and come down dead?
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 Judging from their attitude. the em- ployes of the A, B. & A. railroad would just as soon see it on the scrap heap as not
 If the cares of office spoil Mir. Hard ing's appetite for waffles the American people will have much to answer for.
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 So many people are signing on the dotted line nowadays that book agents work is comparatively easy.
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 MT Harding is said to feel more kindly toward President Wilson. We'll. he's out of the Senate atmosphere
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 On the other hand, the armys hob nailed shoes were never intended Tor hotel wear Today woodrow Wilson becomes a qualified member of the ex-President's s club
 Summer resort literature will soon Dc turing people away from their comfort able verandas.
 A nail puncture in one of MT. Chap- lin's feet may merely emphasize his com cal walk.
 A short inauguration speech will not be as displeasing to inauguration visitors as an abbreviated parade.
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 What's become of the old-fashioned oculist who used to say the movies were running the nations eyes?
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 When John skelton Williams retired as comptroller of the currency he still had on his fighting clothes. # * g
 Even in democratic Alabama repup. lican officeseekers are crowding up te the trough. %* <
 Whisky figures largely in the latest triangle" It usually does.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
Glad ta Be n Civilian

Am I glad to be civilian physician again?' said Dr. Mack Rogers. 'l left .the army service in January after hav- ing been in it three and a half years. Although I wore major stripes I am thoroughly weaned from military serv- ice It will take strong pulling to get me away from Birmingham again."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
LOOSE TALKING

The Hun may murmur this and that, And have his little say. But all his please are falling flat. He'll
 paya
 pay,
 pay His erstwhile foes united still, His wiles can never sway; Although the Hun protests their bill, He'll
 pay,
 pay,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
Gor A pIYoRcE FIRsT

GOT A DIVORCE FIRST It's shame the way he treats her. after all the sacrifices she made to marry him."
 "sacrificesT'
 "why, yes. She spent six months at Reno"
 ENHANCES MOTHERS COOKING Mother used to worry about our boys appetite before he went away to war. remarked MT. Cobbles. and ate with the soldiers"
 T don't suppose he complains about home fare now?"
 '.No. All we've got to do to make him take three or four more hot bis cults and another piece of fried chick en is just to mention 'corned willies (
 S. o. S. Come, gentle spring. with glad ada
 vance,
 Thy presence fair we seek; TO tell the lTuAn, our WliiNtI pdhSS Won't last another week.
 A SUSPICIOUS NATURE T don't like MT. Dubwaite's new stenographere said Mrs. Dubwaite. Why not, my dear?H asked Mrs. Gadspur.
 "she has dreamy look in her eyes "oh, well. She may not be meditat- ing mischief"
 "Perhaps not but when q girl is young and pretty and indulges in day dreams, with susceptible old fool like MT. Dubwaite around some of those dreams may start to coming true.a PAUL COOK.