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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-02

sister Mrs E S Locke.
Mrs Henry Hood returned Monday
to Ernest Halls in Corinth.
Henry White of East Topsham
called on friends in town Saturday.
Mrs Lucy Waterman was in Barre
recently.
Perley Hood butchered pigs the
past week.
Mr. and Mrs Austin Patterson of
Washington took Thanksgiving din
ner with Mr. and Mrs George Nc
Duffee.
Mr. and Mrs Fred Fisher and baby
of Barnet have moved into Will
Richardson's house.
Harley Hood returned Monday from
the Oxbow farm in Newbury.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-02
WAITS RIVER.

Mrs SpOoner and daughter Of New
port are visiting her mother Mrs
Otis Page.
Mr. and Mrs Leslie Clark of Glover
spent Thanksgiving with her mother,
Mrs Will Davis.
Miss Winona Sanborn of East
Barre spent Thanksgiving with her
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-02
notice.!

We have purchased the Grist Mill in this
place and are in a position to do custom grinding
and sell feed, grain and flour. We shall sell on
the market price and terms at the mill will be
cash. Do not ask for or expect credit. The mill
will be open from a. m. to II M, and l p. m.
to $50 p. m. We solicit your patronage and
shall endeavor to serve you in all your grain
needs.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-25

@asbtnetou's Federation Of Citizens Assoctations
ORGANIZED years ago meeting called in the
~ of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, the Federation
of Citizens Associations of the District Columbia
membership of SO separate societies. unique
less successful substitute for popular government
Pledged unquaedy the vote and the right of citizens of
the District their affairs has without
devices succeeded making popular needs felt and
able has had them realized Many American city
equipped with all the customary machinery has less
than Washington perhaps par
ticipaton in its affairs
This argument further denial of sef-government
the womenof the citizens associations who by their
their their petitions their appearance before Congress
have accomplished what had appeared impossible
In every matter of common from threatened
famine and underpad cleaners the need of public
tiles commission the Federation had influence
Often it has been the deciding factor
For thirty before Federation succeeded Washington
had its neighborhood associations which looked
and agtated" Congress
got around to
1t until truly federal plan worked giving
representation without taking away the bodies
that Federation Of Associations possible.
That scheme effect would be worth the
of student OF representative organization No resolution
public by first initiated
by local Delegates may before the
Federation question be referred assoca-
tons for instruction Nothing of purely
of the whole city, be by the Fed
Grafton
Today Federation of Citizens Associations stands more
conspcuousy responsible mouthpiece for public
opinion greater street
fight its hands, and D. c. suffrage
books for high Schools representation Congress- separate
and popularity elected public utilities commission
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
MEN MORE HANDSOME

From the London Daily News.
 Sir William Orpen's statement that men are becoming more handsome ev- cry day seems likely to cause contro- versy in Great Britain. Inspection of an old family album--a fadin 3 relic of Victorian days-did nothing to bear out Sir Williams conten- ton. 6
 The men of a century ago appeared quite as good looking as the present day man about town. Their whis- kers seemed eccentric and their clothes outrageous, but their fea- lures appeared in several cases to be even stronger and better cut than those of the modern. "knut"
 visit to the National Portrait Gal lery had similar result. Thera was. no evidence in support of the famous artists point to view. It was impossible to trace on the wall, any progressive improvement in looks.
 It was equally difficult to find any evidence of q dlstinctively lega. artistic. or medical face. It was ob. vious that Sir Henry Irving in a wis would have been hailed as typically legal. and that Mir. Justice Darling without his wig might have been mistaken fors family doctor Mucl apparently depends on clothes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03

$700,000 of preferred stock in that concern offered the citizens of Bir- mingham has been taken by them and $530,000 of the proceeds is all ready going or about to go into de- velopment and improvement of the water supply and service.
 New pumps and boilers are being placed at the Cahaba pumping sta- tion, large feeder mains are to be laid on the southside in advance of paving, water lines are to be ex- tended to Boyles and Inglenook and around 2,5o0 feet of small extension and service pipe are laid daily to accumulate new neighborhoods and consumers.
 New meters at the rate of six to eight day are being placed. The home builders and the influx of fac tories and merchant houses are keeping pace with the company ex- pansion. Utilities that serve Bir- mingham must be progressive.
 Possession of the securities of sound local concerns by the people is good for both, through the estab- lishment of mutual relations tending to a mutual understanding which should exist between the served and those who serve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
Popular Pastor

"Dr J. w. Johnson, formerly pas tor of the First Methodist church and for some years the presiding elder of the Birmingham district, now pas tor of the Fourth Avenue Methodist church, Louisville. Ky, is on trip east with his family" says pr. h. C. Branscombe. editor of the Alabama Christian Advocate.
 His church not only gave him a months vacation. but also the money to enjoy it. He is having great pastsrate in his new Kentucky home, more than 200 people having joined his church since the conference"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
TRULY TERRIBLE

From the New Orleans Item.
 We were shocked to read on Mon day that the virtuous city of Wash- ington has recorded s4 per cent more "drunks" in it's jails during the past IF months than during the 12 months preceding.
 We recovered from our shock when we read that the number of trunks jailed during the year just passed was l.0s7.
 This dark period iEcludes "Inaugu- ration pay" How well do we reanem- Der in the gay days of our eiddy youth when single gilded saloon. oi all the hundreds the capital sup ported. would produce twice that many drunks on this one Eorgeoui day alone!
 When we learn that the presen' figures include those who got thsir' 'convsntionally imbrued by safer ant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
LETTERS TO EDITOR
CROWD AT HAMILTON

To the Editor of The Age-Herald: In sending account of Saturdays events here the Western Union oper- ator at Jasper made error in receiv- ing the story by making 1t appear that there were 25.o0o people in at tendance on the exercises. My copy shows that I said Fully 5000 people were here"
 did not want to make a mistate- ment and be out of line with other reports of the event, hence am max ing this explanation.
 had to give the story over the telephone to the Western Union oper- ator at Jasper since We have no ser vice at Guin on Western Union lines: hear of no criticism over the error but will thank you to correct it. Yours very truly,
 VICTOR R. WHITE,
 Correspondent. Hamilton, August 29, 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
Judge Landis Lets His
 Critics Do the Worrying.

6HHE action of the American Bar
 J association in criticizing Judge K. M. Landis for serving as baseball commissioner while retaining his seat on the federal bench has doubt less created some resentment among 100 per cent fans, but the attitude of the bar association is in keeping with the traditions of the legal pro- fession.
 There is an old and we'll founded belief that a judge should devote himself exclusively to his judicial duties. Nevertheless Judge Landis was an ideal choice for baseball commissioner, nor has anyone dared to question his integrity and fear lessness on the bench. Perhaps one feature that causes other federal judges to shake their heads over Judge Landis and his sacrifice of dignity is the fact that they are worrying along on comparatively small salaries while he has an in- come that would justify him in main- taining at least two cars of the best make.
 No ordinary man could do what the Chicago jurist has done and, in popular parlance, "get away with it." He is such unique character, and such an independent one, that he can afford to ignore his critics. No harm will result from Judge Landis keeping his federal position while safeguarding baseball, but it is precedent that it would be un- expedient for other judges to fol- low.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
sARGAssO

Leon D'Emo, in Leslie's The herrinG-gull on tilted wing Is wary of its winnowing, Nor shark nor barracuda's fin Will venture meath its dreadful whln. For ever since the world began Atlantic currents round it ran, Nor ever crossed it's mighty span. Nor counted it as kin. sometimes ship that's lost at sea Slips down the green profundity, Some, rudderless from tempest fled Drift to this liquid Limbo dread. Where. though the sky above ia blu4 And sun and stars shine brightly,
 too.
 They seem like birds of brilliant h,s That hover OCT the dead. Here treasures from the spanlsa Wait for adventures in vain. Poor ships with rusty chains-a-e1inlEl They cannot sail and cannot sink, Wearily lurch to and fro,
 Their huddling sQuadrons all arrow Cast on the greasy tide below Reflections black as ink. Of all the shining oceans floor This spot is cursed foresFf more. And xs 8 sign it's lost to st&ea, Great God has turned away Hia taco, | And ssilornen in terror teit When Lucifer from Heaven fsll
 Riwhy through the sea he sank to Hctl
 up9N sAss very place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
There Is No Politics
 In American Relief.

7HHE refusal of the American re-
 U lief administration to become subservient to central organization in Europe on it's work in Russia has practical basis.
 The failure of the international commission for relief, created by the supreme council, to coordinate the various relief agencies will not be lamented in this country, where the objects of MT. Hoover and his asso- ciates are thoroughly understood. Their idea is to help Russia in an unselfish way and not to "play politics."
 The American relief administra- tion is working solely for afflicted humanity. It has no desire to be- come involved with the soviet au- thorities and pull any of their chest nuts out of the fire, neither does it want to be party to the maneuvers of European nations who are sus- pected of having political and com mercial designs.
 Russia is the worlds richest prize. Europe is merely waiting for an opportune moment to exploit her enormous natural resources. Know ing that the European nations are not entirely disinterested in their at titude toward Russia and having good reasons to believe that relief and propaganda will go hand in hand, the American relief adminis- tration is wise in holding aloof.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
Southern Railroads
 Service to South

RHHE Southern railroad is doing
 l an important service for the south in placing an annual exhibit of the mineral resources of this sec tion at the National Exposition of Chemical Industries. This years exposition, which will be held in the Eighth Coast Artillery armory, New York city, has been widely adver- tised and will attract experts and captains of industry looking about for fertile fields of investment and exploitation.
 With the idea of showing the wide range of minerals to be found in the south, the materials for the exhibit have been selected with the greatest care by experts thoroughly familiar with the south's resources and will be shown by corps of intelligent men under direction of the general industrial agent of the railroad.
 The Southern and other railroad systems operating in the south have done much for its advancement by fostering it's industries, encouraging new lines of effort and advertising what the south has to offer in the way of soil, climate and other ad- vantages.
 The chemical exposition is given annually and is doing much to open the eyes of the nation to what the south has.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
Echo From Early
 Telephone Days

N07 L. WOODRUFF, for years wv superintendent of the Southern Bell Telephone company in Birmingham, says the local ex- change was opened May 8, 1882, with 25 telephones. This quota was se- cured only after strenuous effort Nand finally through the liberality of pioneer citizen who subscribed for six of the total
 MT. Woodruff came here in 1884. The telephones had increased from 25 to 200. In two years the tele- phone exchange had grown 1000 per cent. Today there are more than 10000 telephones.
 In the early days few residences shad telephones. They were re- garded as luxury. Now they are in almost every home. The luxury of one generation is the necessity of another.
 Marvellous as was the early growth of Birmingham, the future holds forth the same prospect. There is no end to building on a founda- tion such as this district has. That foundation is the proximity of it's raw materials entering into the manufacture of iron and steel prod ucts and it's situation with refer ence to tidewater, both by land and by water, for carrying products over the world.
 That is why we cannot count our returning prosperity complete until the blast furnaces again belch smoke. Meanwhile the steel mills give a good account of themselves and are paving the way for furnace Resumption.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
EaNNY,s COMING ON

Jay E. House in the Philadelphia
 Public Ledger
 "one night she wanted to unlacc his shoes" observes the incompatible Fannie Hurst in her "She Walks in Beauty" and even shine them, would have. in fact. except for his fierce catching of her in his arms. and for some reason his tonsils ached as he kissed her."
 To us the new note in Miss Hurst's work is alluring, but there are those who view it with trepidation. They fear it foreshadows the abandon ment of her earlier rieIa, that or synecology. We fancy 1t is rather that she Is extending her physico- logical range. Her art as 1t were, broadens. We shall. however. follow the gen. tleman's further experience with hil tonsiis with keen interest. We shall want to know whether he finally had to have them out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
THE LARGEST CITY

From the Baltimore American.
 Anyone who wishes to start an arr gument on the question which city is the largest in the world can discuss the comparative claims of London and New York. The census of this year gives the population of Greater London as 7,476,16s, a slight increase over the previous census of 1911, when it was 7,258.2ss. The small rate of increase is due above all, per- haps, to the unusually heavy casual ties among London men during the war, to the transfer of residences from the suburbs of London to adja- cent counties. which have been linked up with the metropolis by fast train services or the increasing use of au- tomobiles and. possibly. to a fall in the birthrate among certain classes. The population of London proper Is now 4,4ss,249. which shows slight decline on the 1911 figures (4,521.6S5).
 New York at the census of last year had a total population Of b,S2o,- 04S, but Greater London is spread over an area of 675 square miles and police administration purposes has an "outer ring" which takes in many of the suburbs wAh population of ahout two and three quarter millions. If New York extended it's administra- five area, which is at present 3l5 souare miles, to cover as much ground as London by including ad- iacent towns which are as near to Manhattan and the Bronx as the Lon don suburbs are to Westminster, the resultant total population would be very much larger than that of Greater London. The true test of city is, of course. not a mere count of heads. but a general diffusion of well-being, and anyone who wishes to add an- other item to the discussion can ad- duce the evidence of London's own most skilled investigators to show that the proportion of the whole pop ulation living below the poverty line is very much greater there than in any other large city anywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
THE FEDERAL RESERVE

the federal reserve system is one thing, while vicious attack is quite another.
 When anything goes wrong it Is human nature to charge 1t to some- thing; and under the stress of un- usual conditions now existing the federal reserve system has been made by some the "goat" of the financial depression of the past year.
 It was blamed for the slump in the price of cotton, and yet the bottom dropped out of the silk industry in Japan long before cotton was hit, and Japan had no federal reserve system.
 The worlds business card house began to tumble then and the process has been going on ever since
 Business conditions are much bet ter here than they are in Japan. where silk is q staple commodity of commerce..
 They are immeasurably better here than in Europe.
 The federal reserve system is our main bulwark against panic; and to it more than to any other factor or to any combination of factors, credit is due for the fact that the financial, business and economic situation in this country is better than anywhere else in the world.
 Undoubtedly there is room for im- provement in the operation of the sys- tenn. This will all come in time.
 If the federal reserve system should be destroyed the south would suffer more from the consequences than any other section of the country!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHER
Building More Homes

Building and buying of homes in Birmingham has certainly picked up in the last month or so. judging from the reports of the building inspector on one hand and realtors on the other,' declared o. H. Horton, exec utive secretary of the Birmingh Real Estate board.
 Tt all goes to show that Birming- ham people, in times when business sense and conservatism are needed, are turning to a safe investment building their homes and buying them where they feel they can make 8 better bargain than by building. The own your own home movement started by Hill Ferguson several years ago and which has gone over the country, is bearing fruit right here in Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
MONKEY ROLLS THE 1oxao

From the Cleveland Plain Dea10
 Quincy. Mass.-To appease the in-. sistent petition of an organ grind- CTS monkey, who held out his hand and doffed his hat repeatedly. asman threw the monkey pair of dice.
 The monkey pulled out a penny from the pocket of his little jacket, placed it on wall and threw the bones. ;",F
 Twice the dice showed g "crap,' and the monkey put down additional pennies. Then he threw a winning combination, grabbed his three pen- nies. threw the dice away and jumped on the organ.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
WHAT TT COSTS TO STOP A TRAIN

Floyd w. Parsons, in the Worlds
 Work. ~
 An ordinary --passenger locomotive consumes a pound of fuel for every 52 fesf it travels. Each unnecessary stop, made with heavy freight or passenger train, represents fuel loss of from 500 to 700 pounds of coal. de- pending on the weight of the train, the length of the stop, and the grade conditions. A brake-line air leak on train of 50 freight cars has been known to cause loss of as much as 254O pounds of coal in 10-hour pe- riod. The loss of coal each time modern locomotive pops off for five minus as about ss pounds. If loco motive firemen were to save a little more tl,an one shovelful of coal out of each ton used, the total saving would be equal to nearly l per cent of all the coal handled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
Order Must Be Restored
 In State of West Virginia,

7rHE deplorable situation in West
 u Virginia, where civil war has led to interference by the federal government, seems to have been pro- longed and aggravated in bitterness by poor leadership on both sides.
 United Mine Workers officials claim that the miners of West Vir- ginia have been bullied and harried by hired gunmen of the mine opera tors until they have become desper-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
WISE GIRL.

well, my dear" said the brisk travelling man, "are you dreaming of being a motion picture star some day?"
 "No," replied the fair waitress. And you needn't try to pull that old gag about being a motion picture scout. It won't get you your ham and eggs a minute sooner"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
EYE TO BUSINESS

From the Los Angeles Times.
 travelling salesman driving his car along a country road came upon victim of a grade crossing accident. The car was a complete wreck and it's former occupant Just coming to- He leaned over the injured man and shook him.
 What's the matter. brother. an ac- cident?"
 "yes, tle?"
 'No."
 Did anyone see itr'
 No"
 Well. tell me, has the claim agent been around yet?"
 "No."
 SThen, for heavens sake. move over and let me lie down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
THE OLD WAY
From the Houston Post.

A Kentucky belle who married an Egyptian prince wants divorce. In the good old days when the Ken lucky soclety column announced the marriage of the beautiful and arist- ocratic daughter of a Blue Grass horse breeder to the handsome son of wealthy Owensboro distiller al. vorces were seldom heard of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
IMPROVING.

You had narrow escape from that motor car, my friend" @
 T did, indeed" replied the pedes- trian. as he took a tape measure out of his pocket.
 What are you going to do?"
 I'm going to measure the distance jumped. I believe I exceeded my previous record by fully two feet"
 THE IMPRESSION ONE GETS
 You've travelled much?'
 "oh. I've been everywhere"
 "Tell me something"
 "well?"
 What size tip do you have to give a prime minister abroad" ANTIoUARIANs OF THE FUTURE.
 Here's quaint inscription. pro lessor. evidently belonging to the twentieth century. It reads, Here's how What does that mean?"
 'It seems to have been a phrase used in making some kind of demon- stration," said the professor, prob ably In the field of chemical re- search"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
c3ox1EzUM1Aautll
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
 A man who is we'll to do is also hard to do.
 Some deadbeats won't even pay at tention.
 It's difficult to love ones neighbors as they love themselves
 Men who talk much usually say but little, and bore everybody ex- cept themselves.
 If the fool could see himself as others see him his life would be one continuous laugh.
 Many man who considers himself we'll up in the prominent citizen class merely has a bad case of swelled head.
 Should a man contemplate down. ing himself he should make the at- tempt in shallow water. so that he can wade out when he changes his mind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
ADRIFT WITH TIE TIMES
oRD TO CHARLES

A WORD TO. CHARLES We've been told --. That Mir. Chaplin Wants to renounce Custard pies. He feels within his bosom The urge of art. So be 1t. But we, for one, Will never view Charles on the screen With whoops of laughter If he reforms His funny feet And wears A suit Of clothes To fit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03

from hair tonic, flavoring extracts. perfuneries, medicines and wood all cohol, as well as those who became more savory materials, we feel bound to sympathize more than ever with the statesman condemned to live by the Potomac. The way of the trans gressor Is indeed hard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-03
A. BORROWED ONE.

That looks like my umbrella"
 Are you sure~
 I'm not quite positive about :t.''
 My dear sir, In a case like this one should be absolutely sure. refuse to give up this umbrella to anybody but it's owner"