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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
Small Donations Wanted
 for Semi-Centcnnial Fund

T1T7HE semi-centennisl fund is
 U growing rapidly and municipal whales are making mighty splash with their $1 LOGO donations, but Chairman Ramsay of the finance committee, does not want smaller contributors to feel bashful.
 It will be impossible for the com mittee to reach everyone by letter, or otherwise. For this reason it is requested that donations of any amount be sent to the committee as soon as possible in order that the semi-centennial celebration can be made community affair. As was the case with one prominent citizen who was assessed $l00 and strolled into campaign headquarters with a check for s1,oo0, no one should feel limited strictly to his assessment.
 The committee assures the peo- pie of Birmingham that part and maybe all of the money they donate to the semi-centennial fund will be returned to them, but they must have sufficient funds in hand before the celebration starts to make it both financial and artistic suc- cess. If the amount subscribed is large enough to carry out in full the plans which the committee has under consideration it is probable that every dollar can be refunded.
 But the prospect of being repaid should not have as much influence on the public spirited citizens of Birmingham as the desire to make the semi-centennial a celebration that will give pleasure to thousands of home people and visitors and at the same time add to the prestige of Birmingham.
 Send in your check today. The committee is by no means averse to accepting donations of $25 or less. The main thing is to donate and enter into the spirit of a celebration which will be the most unique Bir- rningham has ever had and, judging from present indications, the most successful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS


 From the Chicago News.
 Most old men are inclined to boast of their youthful naughtiness. A girl is hardly ever entirely sat isfied with herself unless nobody else is.
 By doing the hard thing first you will be sure to find the rest easy. There is something cannibslistic about vanity; 1t feeds mostly upon it. self. An eptinist may be man who laughs at misfortune, never having had any himself. { There's nothing the angelic man wishes more heartily to be called tha. "A devil of feliow.s
 A man may have enough money to keep him out of heaven and still no. have enough to get him into society. Most frenzied financiers realize the fact that there is more money to bs made from big failure than from q small success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
THE LITTLE WINDS

c. T. Davis in the Arkansas Gazette. Keen with the kiss of pesE ana flce And the rime of the ringing north slashing and shouting up from the
 south
 The great world winds ride forth. Breaking. upthrusting, smashinG
 down
 Surf roll and riven trees Their song is the vail in inc moun-
 tain pass
 And the moan of the leveled seas. And they are good when the camp is And the ta. good ship lift. through But give me the kiss of the littla
 winds The clean caress of the little win1a The balm and bliss of the little wind2
 The little winds of homo. The desert and open sea are prey To all the winds that blow. And the de4d campfire and the msst-
 head light And I have seen. and am back From the plains and tho smDtS I have come to the scent of tha jas-
 mine flowers And the song in the maple trses; Te tho breeze borne message of houae-
 ly things And the old loved ways csme- And I'll take the kiss of the littls
 winds.
 The clean earess of the little winds. The balm and bliss of the littia yinda
 Ths hffta winds of homo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
v V v Alabama Lined Up for Muscle Shoals

"A PROMINENT of 8 special GA committee of Alabamians to work in the name of the state for the completion of the Muscle Shoals plants aligns all Alabama behind that Hroject. City after city has in- dorsed the proposal of Henry Ford as being the best yet offered and many chambers of commerce have approved the enterprise dear to the hearts of the Tri-Cities.
 The Annston Star truly says: "Anniston would share in the bene- fits of Muscle Shoals development az would all north Alabama" And with equal force it declares that Ford has or can command the money to make good his promises and he has the reputation of always carrying out what he undertakes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
political movement, but were the re- suit of local conditions.

political movement, but were the re- suit of local conditions.
 The bolshevist leaders are begin ming to rectify some of their mis- takes, they are making compromises and strengthening their position. The great peasant element, the backbone of Russia, possess their land and no longer suffer from the kind of oppression which ground them down for centuries. These factors serve to increase the hold of political leaders who are dim and distant personalities to the average peasant, who cares little what they do, so long as he is not molested.
 Mrs. Harrison's statements agree with the views expressed by other competent students of Russia who do not predict the early downfall of bolshevism, if it ever occurs at all. Russia is going through a pro- cess of political readjustment, and in the course of time may have
 
 something like representative gov ernment, such as we understand it in America, but it will not be the direct result of the bolshevist dictatorship, which Is extremely autocratic. It will come when a dictatorship of any sort is no longer needed or tol- eratcd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
State Fair Is Due
 to Be a Big Suecess

1rHE Alsban,s State Pair is go-
 l ing to be one of the big events of the year in Birmingham. With the kind of public support to which the management is entitled, it ought to be the most successful fair we have yet had, in point of attend ance, in the variety and extent of exhibits and in amusement features. It will be an exposition on large scale designed both to instruct and
 entertain. The free attractions
 booked will De of the highest class. Some of the best known features of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
IheuGh honesty be DO puritnni yet | wiI do DO hurt.
 --Alrs Well That Ends Well.
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Fewer Idle Cars Mark
 a Change In Conditions

1NHE movement of loaded cars is l on the increase and has been for month. That is incontestable proof of a greater volume of com mercial transactions and increased confidence in business circles.
 There were 24,1s4 more cars leaded in the week ending August lS than in the corresponding week of July. There was an increase of 1909 in cars loaded with general merchandise.
 As to idle cars the Journal of Commerce says:
 "A further drop of 13,446 in the number of idle cars is regarded as constructive. In view of the busi- ness depression throughout the country surplus of less than 500,- COG cars is not regarded as excess sive. A revival in business would soon wipe out this surplus and leave the greatest shortage in his tory, as the railroads have bought little new equipment over the last several years"
 Jobbers, wholesalers and all other shippers should bear this data in mind No one should fail to con slider the probability of car con gestion when the crop movement starts.
 Indications are against the hold ing back of cotton or other crops this season, the desire to liquidate being .uppermost in mems minds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30

aided in energizing successive Slavic groups.
 Tt was the Czech sokol spirit which united the thousands of Bo- hemian war prisoners in Russia and. when the permission from Kerensky came, forged them into the army which formed the .pear point of the herensky offensive in the sum, mer of 1917. It was the sokol spirn which actuated thousands of men in western Russia, who could almost sea their native hills, to set out on tba most marvellous anabasis that world war has known. an adventure which eliminated in the capture of huge tracts of Siberia, and the return of me veterans in American transports from Vladivostok to Trieste.
 The Sokolovna, or Sokol han is not only the gymnasium for the men and women of CzechosloRakia, but is also the social and cultural center or the city or village. It has been through more than half a. century or awakening nationalism the hearth stone to which the Czech Lares and Penates have been gathered.
 Last year the seventh SokoI fan tival was held in Prague. Coming at time when the new nations of Europe were still dazed with self government. it did more than any other thing to unite the people of one country and to reveal to them the spectacle of 4 nations people CO., operating in tribute to the very na- tlonality which their co-operation WAS strengthening. sokols were brought from the most remota dis- trfets. Children who had long hs.rd Of their capital, but who had never seen golden Prague, spent . week in visiting the places rich in histerieat and national interest. The railvavr were given such q test as war itss,r would not impose upon th.m wu, dreds of thousands Of newly enfran- chised citisens had the privtle<. os paying personal tribute to their new ly elected chief, President Masaryk.
 The or<anisation which was insti- tuted under hostiis government to roster the physical and spiritual forces that make for nnanliness. si- multaneously forged into the n.. tional forces which mako for frae- dom. Freedom having been securAd. the same organization operates in strengthening the bonds that unites the new csech state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
\ MORO PLATFonM

TT7- ' From the New oriean. rims.-Pte-
 ayune.
 Word comes from the Philirr,r.s that representatives of the Moros have filed a claim for what amounts to the right of "seif-determinati ton" with the Wood Forpes investixat- ing mission. They have already de- termined upon what they want, ana upon what they don't want They de- sire the separation of Mindanao from the remainder of the Philippines, and it set up as a territory of the United States. under supervision of Amer iean officers appointed by the wash tngton government They do not want independence for the Philip pines, nor do they want to be grouped with the other Filipinos in their official relations.
 Whether this platform" represents the desires and aspirations of tho Moro people entire, or whethsr it is . group utterance designed for pur- poses of propaEanda. cannot b. judged at this time and distance. It is known of course thta the Movos and their neighbors in the Philip- pines have not always dwelt to- gether in peace and harmony. Their feud lcpg antedates American occu- patton of the islands, and it is evi- dent that the inherited bitternesses have survived in greater or less de- gree through the 20 years of Amer ican administration.
 This reported Moro opposition to Philippine independence has prompt ed the sugsesticn that Mindanao may prove another Ulster. At the least it supplies ground for another of those endless arguments about self -determination'' and an excuse for deferrins the grant of indepen-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
CZECH SPIRIT OF '76'
7TAsHINaroN, D. c. August ,s.

NNT AsHINGToN, D. c. August ,s WNW Especial. )--"The coming of a delega ton of Sokol gymnas- tic societies from Czecholsovakia to the United States has deeper inter est than that attaching to an inter national athletic event. Europe's newborn republic Is sending to the far older republic of the new world a representation from an organiza ton which had much to do with keeping alive national spirit against the day when she seized her opportunity for independence.''
 With this comment the National Geographical society issues the fol- lowing bulletin explaining the his torical significance of the Sokol so- cieties:
 The delegation of Sokols from Czechosloyakia to the Chicago con vention are repaying the visit made by many American Sckols who went to Prague last year, each of them bearing food drafts so that their presence in Prague would not be more of an embarrassment than a help. A group of American Sckols met at the castle crowned hill where the March and the Danube unite and there draped Old Glory over a mil lennial monument. which was erect ed by the Magyars to commemorate the establishment of the Hungarian state by stephen the First in ss7.
 The founding of the Sokol organ ization in Bohemia was the sounding of the reyeille to a slunaberine na- tion. Czech nationality in 1862 was somnolent. Even friends of the Hus- site people despaired of its rerain- ing its sense of freedom. The ene- mics of the race which produced Comenius openly sneered at the low estate to which the once proud na- ton had fallen.
 "Then came Miroslav Tyrx and Jir- drich Fugner, who conceived as a means of awakening their race tbe establishment of an organization which would escape the antaEonism of the Hapsbur< oppressors while cementinE the people into unit by training them in discipline and or ganization.
 The sokols, or falcons, derive their name from slav legend in which that bird typifies . spirited and cour- Aseous youth The organization is slavic in conception and it has Sd far
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
GOSH: HOW THEY GRn,y

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Philadelphia expert announces that American women have added an inch and half to their stature in 70 years. shucks! Every man who has sons home round about a. m., without proper credentials of excuse knows that any wife woman can in- crease her stature more than a foot ans half in less than 10 saeorAs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
OMAN WITH MONKEY WRENCHr From the New~York Horeld.


 If the Markhams of the future are impelled to break out in lyric la mentation over the physical exertions 0. the farmer, it win be of the man with the monkey wrench instead of the man with the hoe that they will sing. War exigencies gave tremsn- dous impetus to the introduction of agricultural machinery. Farm labor vas hard to set. It's cost to many farmers was prohlbitive. There were machinery substitutes for 1t. 1he farmer Nhad to use machinery. Having tried it. he liked it. :. The up-to-date farmer must have ,ome knowledge of plumbins. of slst- trieity, mechanical training. to know why water pumps. electric lighting plants and &sseline engines get out of scar, and he must have thA skill and the tools to apply the remedies. Machinery that blows and plants and cuitfvates and harvests and transports to market has all but lift ed that load from the farmers shoul- ders. Electricity now lights farm houses and farm barns and even milks the cows Exit the hoe: enter the monkey wrench.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30

dencs te the Filipinos. if such ex- cuses are sought. The Philippines are peoples by . mixture of races who speak many languages or dia- iects, so that the demand for self determination" if pressed by other groups might be carried to such ex- tremss as would cause 1t to fall of it's own weight. The Wood Forbes mission, when 1t completes it's inves- tisation and files it's report. should give us clearer idea of the right and true inwardness' of the Moro protest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
LETTERS TO EDITOR
HELp FOR coIr,rcr MEN

To the Editor of The Age-Herald There are many young mer throughout the state who are eager to obtain a college education, but who are unable to do so unless they can secure positions whereby they can ray at least a part of their ex, penses
 The Young Mems Christian sssoels . tion of Btrnain shsm- Southern college sees q chance to render 8 real service to these young men and in addition give to the business men of Birmins- ham 3 chance 10 secure employees who are ambitious, industrious and de- pendsple. For this reason 1t has es- which will be conducted absolutely free of charge to employers and stu dents
 No student will be recommended to position who has not been proven trustworthy and reliable,
 Surely no finer opportunity could be given the business men of Bir- mingham to prove their interest In their home colleges and perform a valuable service to the community and the nation, than by helping these young men to help themselves. Those interested are asked to com municats with me by phone. Main b72s, or by letter. 53o Nineteenth street north. Yours very truly,
 STEPHEN MORENO,
 Y. N. c. A. Secretary Birminghan1- Southern College.
 Birmingham, August 2s, 1921.
 Names of Soldier Dead To the Editor of The Age Herald: It is the intention of the Alabama state department of archives and his tory to issue book at as early date as possible, which will contain soldiers sailors, marines, nurses, etc. in field and camp who lost their lives during the World war
 The government issued from time
 
 upon checking this over, we found some omissions. It would be g mat Ser of profound regret If any man or woman who made the supreme sacrifice for our country during this critical period of our history, should be omitted from the roll of honor. I am writing to you to ask you to please print this letter, and call upon the epaily and friends of every man or woman from your county who de- serves to be upon this list, to fur nish me their names and the address of the next of kin. Thanking you, am, Respectfully,
 (MRs.) MARIE BANKHEAD OWEN.
 Director. Montgomery, August s7, 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
Newspaper Woman Tells
 of Conditions In Russia

MA1 RS. MARGUERITE E. HAR- GVU BISON, an American news paper woman, who was imprisoned by the Russian bolshevists for near ly year, has returned to the United States and declares ia an article written for the New York World that the soviet government win en- dure in a modified form.
 There has been much misrepre- sentation of conditions in Russia. Mrs. Harrison, in addition to being an experienced correspondent, is an American citizen who will hardly be suspected of favoring the bolshev- ist cause. Her statements may be regarded as authentic and based on personal observation. Most of the reports we have received about Rus sia have been hearsay and there fore unreliable.
 Mrs. Harrison says the dictator ship of the communist party is now supreme, with the communists in control of the army the co-opera- lives, the trades unions and the scviets. They exercise an iron dis cipline and have the best organ izcd secret police and the best prop akanda service in the world" They have also suppressed free speech, free press and party opposition. Mrs. Harrison believes the counter revolutionary elements are so weak ened that "there is no possibility of any organized reaction from that quArter.'
 The Russian people fear anarchy more than anything else. while they are still suffering from war shock and are not ready for political in- dependence. Mrs. Harrison says that none of the peasant uprisings in kussia CT Siberia in the last few years vsss due ts any concerted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
A LITTLE LESSON

Henry" said Mrs. Clipping, tear fully, "I saw 3. photoplay this after noon that quite unnerved me. The cook is gone and I'm notable to pre- pare dinner"
 What was the title of that movie ?' asked Mir. Clipping, suspiciously.
 "'Why Husbands Leave Home.'"
 Take it to heart. woman, take It to heart. You are face to face with one of the reasons"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
RED SNOW

By Science Service,
 Washington, August 2s.--Add blood red snow. with the sate of watermel- ons. to the wonders of Americas na- tional parks, Out in Rocky Mountain park, in Colorado. on the continental divide, that rises nearly 1e.oeo feet above sea level, tourists have seen the coiored snow and have asked why they see red.
 The rays of the setting sun re- flecting on the snow at about twilight have bsNa blamed by those who trav- eled by toward the close of the day. but in full daylight the rsdnsss of the snow does not disappear.
 Countless billions Of tiny orsan- sms, that move and STOW and repro duce in that cold environment, are responsible, government experts have tousd. Protoeoccus nivalis is the name of this microscopic polshevik, whe bAs the charscteriyties of both the plant and animal kingdoms.
 The coloratien of the snow is moro intensive a quarter of an inch below the surfsse. and ths streaks that are often red as bleed have ! swedish taste when placed on the tongue.
 This straagt snow celorer is bt- lievea to have come from the arctic reGions, where il has been found in the past. Scientists believe that it's spores may have been brousNt down from the north by the Chinook winds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
! sOuNCING YoNNGsrEn
.om the Nashville Banner.

From the Nashvllie Banner.
 RirminEhAm is going to put on q semi-centsnniaL Fifty years are few in city's life. Yet Birmingham has utilized every one Of them and is as biz. bouncing, lusty yeungster as any one would care to isek at.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
A LEAN sANDWlCH

From the Boston Transcript.
 Figures printed by the oommis- sion on the necessities of hfe would seem to indicate that sandwich consists of very thin slices of food bstwSsn very thick slabs of proAt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
this kind in the country will thrill or amuse visitors,

VI oIuuoC hleitOIos
 The fair has long since become an established institution, known throughout Alabama and the south. By good management it has won confidence. The thousands of towns people and visitors from other parts of the state who pass through the gates every year are never disap- pointed. They always get their moneys worth," and that is the best compliment that can be paid to any show, large or small.
 What the state fairs have accom- plished for the cattle and dairy in- dustry alone is worth 10 times their cost and the trouble involved in ar ranging the exhibits, while the out door sports and pastines have been a source of pleasure to young and old, doing much to make the fairs popular with people who don't care to visit the exhibit halls.
 The gates will be open October 3 to s. Birmingham wants the peo- pie of this state to be her guests and see what has been done during the past year in agricultural and industrial Alabama.
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 Knicksrbockers are declared to be just the thing for housework. Yes, yes, but consider the feelings of the laundryman when housewife ia knickerbockers opens the door.
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 We now feel justified in fearing the worst. Department of labor statis- ties show that more garages than homes were built in 1920.
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 A revival of railway excursions will satisfy the wsnderlust of people who think a oomlle trip in day coach is a great adventure.
 The report that Mr. Wilson and Colonel House have made up has not yet been oorroborated by any photos- rspher of our acquaintance.
 + # 4 If the Greeks don't make bet ter showing against the Turks there won't be 8 dollar left of the former Mrs Leeds fortune.
 # * x A former deorman at Delmonieos died reputed a millionaire After having accumulated sufficient of tips he naturally drifted into Wall street.
 Germans who arc talking about ths | next Emperor" will never be sstis- fled until the heel of a military boot | is on their necks.
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 Only one joker" in the peace treaty l with Germany? If that's the case ! what becomes of Secretary Hughes legal reputation?
 The people who believe bicycles are | coming back don't realize that Henry | Ford can make more than 100000 fiv- | vers q month.
 T # x Latter day bandits are so enter prising a robbery that doesn't run | into six figures is hardly worth pub 1 fishing
 It may not be any of our business, but how are Lou and Geraldine get ing along with the sordid details?
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 neslricteu lHHllkHaton ana dutomo- bile casualties will keep the popula- s7eGreat yetaoin nu nu n r,.. - 3* x George are leaving open" seems to be the Revolving kind. vacation hints" wiSl soon be sup plemented by timely topics on how to run the furnace
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 Surely Ireland will notrefuse to do | business under the firm name of Great Britain 4 Co.,
 The woman who was never Mrs. is telling the story for the Sunday papers.
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 We don't need Strombor in this country as long as we have West Virginia.
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 RED SNOW By Science Service,
 Washington, August 2s.--Add blood [ red snow. with the sate of watermsl-