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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-02
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT

"What is your attitude toward the agrarian bloc?"
 Well" replied Mr Cobbles thoughtfully, T feel about tn agrarian bloc pretty much tn same way that I do when one of these astroA- omer chaps says a comet is headed toward tn earth, an may hit us an may not"
 "Yes?"
 'No matter what happens we farmers cc=lC-. : be any worse off than we are now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-02
MODERN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

q don't suppose this flapper knows what dishpan is'
 "She has probably seen one." ''Where?"
 ''In jazz orchestra"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-02
THE DOMESTIC FORUM

Do you and Mrs. Dubwaite ever sit at home and discuss deep subjects?"
 "Quite often, said MT. Dubwaite, "The prob- lem of how to make both ends meet belongs nowadays in the realm of abstract philosophy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-02
ANTICIPATINC A VERDICT

Are the jurors ready to report on this pro- hibtion easel"
 "Yohr honor," replied grinning bailiff, they want to sample the evidence again."
 ''Umph,' replied the judge, sarcastically. "Oblige the gentlemen and tell them not to de- lay the dispensing of justice any longer than they can help. assume from what you tell me that the defendant will be declared not guilty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-02
INTERLUDES

Miss Founders" said Mr. Grabcoin, "do you think expressed my indignation strongly enough in this letter to skinnim Fleece?" q certainly do, sir
 "You didn't leave out anything, eh?"
 "No, sir. I took down everything except your snorts."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-02

New York man who is seeking divorce alleges that in 1920 his wife failed to prepare 149 breakfasts and 84 dinners, and stayed away from home 65 nights. No woman could get along with man who kept tab on her like that
 x <
 There's one consolation for ordinary mortals Nobody but smart scientist can tell when the earth is travelling on flat wheel"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-02
OVERDUE

Hi, Mister Blizzard, Whar you been so long? Seems to me Fse lonesome Widout yo' winter song, Whistling round de corners An rattlin' at de gate; Elf you don't show up pretty soon It's gwine to be too late
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-02
Dur foster-nurse- of nature is repost.
A MORNING PRAYER

Since life IS so short, dear Lord, let me be swift in glsddening the hearts of those who travel the dark trails at my side Amen.-M. s. B.
The New York herald., 1922-12-31

policy we shall get together around
the table and decide what win be best
to do.
IT think we can prove that this
business will have a soul and some
Of the human contacts which we have
felt in the past. The financial de-
tails have been SO arranged that I
am sure we shall succeed"
When Mr.. Frank was asked about
the attitude OF the company toward
union labor he said that union repre-
sentatives had found nothing to ask
for the Dix employees which they did
not already have.
About two years ago." he added.
I'VE sent field man to plant In
New Jersey to find out what our en-
ployees wanted from us. In this par
ticular place we had installed rest
srooms for the women, had given them
a player piano and were serving tea
during rest periods. Their only request
was for Mr.. Dix to pay them visit.
That is typical Of the attitude OF the
employees in all our plants.
I'VE have had a five day week for
TOUR years anu our pTOuuCtloH iH-
creased rather than decreased. There
have been no blue Mondays or SLOW
Saturdays since that went into ef-
feet"
Mr.. Frank, like George f. Reiser,
new president Of the company, who
has a record of twenty-five years in
the employ OF Mr.. Dix, is about 40
years old. Both were trained within
the organization and they say that the
same opportunities for advancement
they found will be held out to the
rank and file Of the present organiza-
ton. Mr.. Reiser started with the COM
pany at the age of IA in the Millville
IN. j. plant at s6 week.
Just the other day after announcing
the sale of his business Mr.. Dix was
found sitting in the sunny corner Of
his office on the ninth floor OF the Dix
Building, in Fourteenth street. He
wore a light gray cap and a linen
office coat over the waistcoat Of a
striped gray business suit. His short
stature and thick, powerful hands at
test the strength given by the outdoor
life at his country home in Westches-
ter county. He is 72. M
Two years ago he gave his Mount
Kisco estate TO the Young womenis
The New York herald., 1922-12-31
No Union in Plants,
NeverHadStrike;
Employees Tell
Their Plans and
Are Confident of
NJ Making Success

@ EVEN men, to whom the control
OF a t75o.ooo corporation passed
last Tuesday. are undertaking
with the new year to prove that they
can "humanize' a business whlt..
they have acquired from a benefl-
cent former employer.
This venture is possible through
the unique sale Of the business of
Henry A. Dix & Sons Company, of
ll6 West Fourteenth street, which
the founder. Henry A. Dix and his
son, Morris Fl. Dix, announced last
Week The purchaser Of the Dix
manufacturing properties in this city
and In three New Jersey mill towns
is corporation formed by seven men
wEo have worked for Mr.. Dix in
periods ranging from eleven to
twenty-five years.
This group hereafter will be known
as the Henry A. Dix & Sons Cor
poration. It's leaders, representing
nearly 400 men and women engaged
In the manufacture and sale Of porch
and house dresses and uniforms for
maids and nurses. are so sure
that they have caught the spirit of
the founder that they say-their task
Is only to continue q business on
principles governing human relations
which Re put into operation. After
working under the Dix regulations for
years they describe their purchase and
assumption of control as neither
radical nor experimental. and they ap-
pear not surprised by an offer to ac-
quire control OF what they helped to
build.
Much OF the responsibility has fallen
to two young men who have been
trained in the Dix methods. Fred e.
Frank, secretary and general manager
OF the new company, answering in ad-
vance the curious and cynically skep-
teal. had this to say when he was
asked to tell something of what the
new company was going to do:
I'VE are not cranks, nor are we
theorists or idealists. We are simply
trying to humanize this business in
which we have been engaged these
years with Mr.. Dix.
"Since we have been with him we
have learned certain things and now
we are going to try to show that his
work cas- be continued along the lines
he laid down. We aren't trying to set
up ourselves as a model for any other
industry or to sociallzs or to democra-
tize any other concern. Our Job is
going to be right here in turning out
products for our customers and profits
for those who are working with us.
Routine matters will continue
much as they have in tho past. Each
viii have his special part to do. some
of US getting moro responsibility than
ever before. In matters OF general
The New York herald., 1922-12-31
FLIGHT
INTO HOLLAND

nos, -Tne nrst 'eztra' 70 just being sold
on the steetA"
And wAhnschafts interrupted ths
Admiral to say, That won't DO a
any good-4he Raiser-s suggestion ID
turidicaIly and politically impossible
Indignantly tho Admiral insisted that
the balance Of the taxi be heard and
taken down. This part of the EatseI's
message was never published even in
Germany because the army WAS not as
upset over his departure az the Kaiser
had imagined.
His Majesty wishes TO remain King
OF Prussia for this further reason. that
he wants to prevent tho army's be-
coming leaderless through the resigna-
ton Of most of the officers which would
automatically follow.
"His Majesty does not desire civil
war.
I'm xhe event Of his abdiation his
Majesty win command Field Marshal
Won HindenburE to take supreme COM
mand Of the German army. while he
himself win remain with the Prussian
troops. The Regent with issue further
orders
Army commanders are of the opinion
that the fact Of the abdication OF the
German Emperor and supreme war lord
will shake the army to It's foundations
and that therefore they cannot assume
any responsibility for keeping the army
intact.
'wMHELM, L r."
No sooner had ne finished than the
Secretary told him that the Chancellor
had already proclaimed the abdication
and that thus far there had not been
word said about this proposed soiu-
ton.
"For Gods sake" exclaimed the Ad-
miral. "how did the Chancellor como
to do this?"
The Under-9ecretary;
az suppose no assumed that bis
proclamation was in accordance with
the facts. But Simons can tell you
about this"
The Privy Councillor read tho text
Of the proclamation over the tele-
phone. Then he continued:
I'VE took 1t to be fact that the
Emperor would abdicate. That he
would abdicate only as Kaiser nobody
had a right to assume. The Prince
could not delay issuance OF the docu-
ment a moment longer II he wanted
to achieve any success with It."
The Admiral dropped the receiver.
He hurried to the monarch. Not
finding him at Villa Fraineuse. he
hurried to the imperial special train.
In stolid resignation the Emperor
heard the report Not until the Ad-
miral had ended did he give vent to
his indignation:
ITO think that Prince Of Baden
overthrew the King of Prussia"
Scarcely an hour later the members
of the General taft met In the villa
of the Field Marshal to study the s't-
uation. 1t was agreed not to issue
public protest against the Chancellor S
The New York herald., 1922-12-31
Hitherto Unpublished Part Of
Kaisers Own Abdfcatfon Motto,

Only few minutes later Admiral
IIintze called UP the Chancellery from
Spa, reporting to Secretary Wahnschaffe
that the Emperor had just signed the
following document:
"IIis Majesty agrees that the German
Government empower the Armistice
Commission which is now with the en-
emy to agree to an armistlce even
though the conditions arc not as yet
known here. To avoid bloodshed, His
Majesty Is ready to abdicate as En-
peror OF Germany, but not as King OF
Prussia
Just then Won Prittwltz called out,
- he pssssd thy0rgh wahnschaffes Of
The New York herald., 1922-12-31

action. but merely TO Lodge ono with
the archives of the Prussian Ministry
Of State.
To Go or Not to Go, That Is the
Question; Kaiser Finally Flees
The question of where tho Kaiser
was to go was raised. fila personal
safety was endangered. His villa was
unsafe. Even the Headquarters Bat-
talions could not be depended upon,
according to some. On this point
Gen. Groener refused to express
an opinion, saying that Headduarters
Commandant was Major-Gen. Won
Plessen, and that tho latter was re-
sponsible. He expressed the opinion,
however. that the report that 10000
sailors we're marching against then.
was nonsense.
II wish TO point out, however" he
said. that IL the Kaiser has abdi-
Gated, then he Is free to travel wher-
ever he wants TO. II he has not alb
dicated. then he must not leave the
army. Not TO abdicate and yet to
leave the army Is an impossibility."
He did not wish to discuss the rub
Itfl A1AbtSs ltib lilhl no WAS
talking into void--that nobody un-
derstood his standpoint.
Field Marshal Won Hindenbury said
uneasily:
AT the worst event tho Emperor
might go TO Holland, under no circum-
stances to Switzerland"
The Admiral showed great nervous
ness;
"If tho Emperor wishes to travel,
then the decision must be made at an
early date so that there may be time
left TO inform the Dutch Government
and the Foreign Office"
The meeting was adjourned. No
final decision was made. The General
Field Marshal and General Groener
rode to the Emperor's villa.
At o'clock the Kaiser, tho Field
Marshal and tho Admiral conferred In
one room while various other officers
and officials waited In the adjacent
one. Finally Admiral Scheer and Cen
eral GToencr were called in. Emperor
Continued on Pare Hl0hl
The New York herald., 1922-12-31
Humanizing, Not Sovietizing,
Say Dix and the Workers to
Whom He Hands over Business

Hebrew Association as a vacation
camp and also gave 100000 IN trust
for It's maintenance Last year he in
sisted on paying rent for the privilege
Of occupying some of the buildings On
the estate. There he cares for his
COWS and drives his favorite horses
and lives an outdoor life during the
summer.
He came 70 this country with Ass
wife and two sons from a small town
near Odessa, Russia. in 1898. Having
been dry goods dealer there he un
dertook TO establish himself in the
same business in Millville. n. j. He
had no acquaintances in this country
and small knowledge OF the language.
In March. 1896. with about $4,000
capital, he began manufacturing. His
business has grown since TO be capt
talized at s750,o00. involving an an
nual sum of more than S1,ooo.Ooo.
Selling my business now isn't 50
strange" Mr.. Dix reflects in answer
to question about the reason for the
deal, when you know what we have
been doing these gears.
II have realized that could not
always be in business; but what I
have just done isn't charity, for I
haven't given a thing away. Instead
of selling my business to some out
slider I called In my own people and
after months OF negotiating arrived at
this arrangement with them.
"why. when stop TO think OF those
people out there"-indicating his en-
ployees in the outer offlce-"I couldn't
walk out and look them IN the face
II I sold this business to some one
who was a stranger to them
"I have agreed to accept a nominal
salary of so cents a year Ga reduc-
ton from $4,000 a year. 'tis said,
which he previously has drawn from
the company and shall come in here
to this office and be available when
they want me"
Mr.. Dix says little about unions and
union labor, but pressed on this point
will refer to the record of his firm.
without strike IN its history and
without agitation for an organization.
He thinks that unions may be all
right in some instances. but adds with
a smile that he has never had deal
ings with them and has never been
bothered by their representatives.
Nine years ago bonuses Of from $10,-
900 to $4,000 year we're paid to en-
ployees, and during the war weekly
wage earners received added compen-
sation at the rate of 10, 25 and finally
37h per cent This last bonus was
added to the basic wage scale as the
standard for all employees OF the new
company, Mr.. Dix said.
Both Mr.. Dix and his son assert
that no special political or economic
theories inspired the sale. Mr.. Dix
calls himself an independent in poll
tics, and the son, disclaiming any SO
cialistic motives, describes his father
as a conservative"
Whatever prompted the unusual
transfer OF a business which he had
guided nearly twenty-seven years Mr..
Dix seems specially pleased with let
ters which he has received from
friends and business associates since
the story of the sale was published.
one OF his favorites is from barlow
who sold his shop similarly TO his
employees carly this year.
"The news was not entirely sur
prise TO me-" the barber wrote. Good
for you! Never mind what your
friends and attorneys said. You did
the right thing"
The New York herald., 1922-12-31

action. but merely TO Lodge ono with
the archives of the Prussian Ministry
Of State.
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continnsa on Page Eight
The New York herald., 1922-12-31

''I was not arrogant. though j was
wise.
was not promiser, though I was
rich.
was not boastful, though I was
skilled.
would not speak III OF the absent.
would not reproach, but l would
praise.
would not ask. but I would give.
For Il Is through these habits that
enc young become old and kingly war
riors.''
when In the Teach Mi Chuarta a
session Of the Parliament was 70 be-
gin tho following was the form gone
through: The hall was first cleared of
al but threA . Eenealogist marshal,
The New York herald., 1922-12-31
Laws Enacted In Ancient ireland
Still Hold Good and Are Wonders

The laws originated or accepted by
the ancient Irish Parliament, very
many of which are still preserved, are
alike the wonder and admiration of
present day jurists. They are among
the wfsest, the most just, the most
democratic the world ever knew. For
instance, TO give illustration, 1t may
be mentioned that under these laws
a miller drawing building material for
his mill claimed and got the samo
right of way as did the king carrying
stones for his castle. The poorest man
In the land was, under these laws, en-
abled to recover a debt from the
noblest-even from the king himself.
upon whom n distress could be levied.
Under these ancient laws the man
who stole the needle of poor en-
hroidery woman--a needle being then
of the value Of one yearling calf-was
compelled TO pay n far higher fine
than he who stole the queens needle.
An alien. coming to Ireland to sue
native, was given his choice of all the
brethons claw professors) of the land
to uphold his suit. Punishments were
hCNVANiAib w ttiV AoAAh Va e'ho
offender-the higher the rank the
heavier the punishment. For a hurt
full thing said to any person In public,
which confused or embarrassed that
person, blush fine was leviable upon
the loose tongued one.
Lawyers. however. were debarred
from claiming the benefit Of this law.
No lawyer could under any circum-
stances, no matter how serious the
thing said TO him. claim blush fine.
IA man who IS paid 10 abuse Others"
says the law, Cannot claim damages
when abused himself"
These laws. known as the Brethon
laws, were examined from the Chris
tan point OF view and purified by
Saint Patrick in the three years. 436-
439, A. ID. He was assisted by three
kings. three bishops, three scholars
one OF tho scholars being the poet
Dubtach. Patrick got poet says the
The New York herald., 1922-12-31
Ireland Going Back Centuries
for the Culture, Language and
the LawS for the Free State

chronicle. to put q thread OF poetry
around the amended laws. OF tho re-
mains Of these ancient Brethon laws
five large volumes were edited and
published in Ireland In tho last CEN
tury.
1t has been already mentioned that
after and during the days Of the Par
l!ament's meeting the general public
from the four ends of Ireland were as
senbled on the green slopes of the Hill
OF Tara engaged IN various pursuits.
Athletic contests were coming or In
one place: a doctor OF philosophy was
discoursing to pilgrim students In an
other; a poet was chanting his verses
to crowd here: q seanachie was re-
citing stories to a gathering there: an
historian was informing the crowd
yonder. There was marriage mart
on one side Of the hill; market where
foreigners exhibited their foreign
wares on another side: elsewhere
women met and discussed their prob
lens and had womanly contests In
a special enclosure which no man
dared enter under pain of death. The
showmen. clowns. magicians. musi-
clans. ballad singers. falirs, holding
each their own crowd, were here and
there and everywhere. 1t was glorf-
fed country fair. That the character
of such gatherings has not much
changed in the course OF a couple of
thousand years is evidenced by the
following stanZa taken from the
ancient poets description of one of
these gatherings:
Trumpets. harps, wide mouthod horns.
Cruisechs, timpanists without fail,
Poets. ballad singers and groups OF
agile Jugglers.
Pipers. flddlers. banded men.
Bowmen and flute players.
The host Of chattering birdlike fliers,
Shouters and loud bellowers-
These all exert themselves to the ut
most.
The New York herald., 1922-12-31

trumpeter. Then, at word from
the marshal, the trumpeter sounded
his horn, in response to which came
the shield bearers Of the chiefs and
mobiles. gathering at an open door. The
marshal took the shield of each and
under the direction of the genealogist
hung it in it's proper place, above the
seat that was thereby reserved for its
owner. A second time the trumpeter
sounded~h his horn-which now brought
to the door the shield bearers of the
captains. Then the marshal, under
the direction of the genealogist, hung
the warriors shields in order. Again
the trumpeter blew a blast And to
this third blast answered the mobiles
and the warriors. who filed in and took
each his place beneath his own shield.
At the gathering In the MiCuarta
the Ard-Righ OF Eirinn sat midway of
the hall, facing the west, the King of
Ulster sat at his right hand, the King
of Munster at his left, the King of
Leinster faced him and the King of
Connaught sat behind him. Naturally
at such state assemblies the partici-
pants arrayed themselves In such
splendor as those ages sanctioned
At this .Feis the ancient laws were
recited and confirmed, new laws were
enacted, disputes were settled, griev-
Gnces adjusted, wrongs righted. And
in accordance with the usual form at
all such assemblies, the ancient his
tory of the land was recited, probably
by the high kings seanachie (his-
torian) who had the many other criti-
cal seanachies attending to his every
word, and who, accordingly, dare not
seriously distort or prevaricate. This
constant and continual repetition,
down through the ages, of the ever
lengthening history-repeated, too, al
most always in the presence of many
critics-fixed the facts Of the past
history and familiarized them to all
the people. And while plenty of poetic
coloring and artistic exaggeration was
undoubtedly permitted to the poet
historian, the basic truths ever had to
be preserved inviolate. This highly
efficient method OF recording and
transmitting the country's history, in
verse, too, which was practiced for a
thousand years before the introduction
of writing and the introduction of
Christianity-and which continued to
be practiced for long centuries after
these events-was a highly practical
method. which effectively preserved
for us the large facts of Ireland's his
tory throughout a thousand of the
years of dim antiquity, when the his
tory of most other countries Is a
dreary blank.
Every prince had his own seanachie,
man who. having studied twelve
years under masters. was we'll versed
in the history OF Ireland in general
and in the history of his own princi-
pality in particular. For more easy
memorizirg, and thus fanIiliarizing the
multitude with the facts, and the more
surely to guard against incorrect repe-
tition, all Irish histories and chron-
icles were, in these early ages, cast
in verse. For the seanachie had to
make the studies of a poet as we'll as
of an historian and to have intimate
acquaintance with the hundreds OF
kinds of Irish verse.
, 1922-10-24
Do Children
Here D i n K
Enough Mix?

DO your children drink enough
milf.
An extensive ard thorough sur
vey now being taken OF the child
rem attending Casper schools indl.
cate that there are too many child
ren In the need OF proper nour.sii-
ment. Ttsis because % this %
ant need of more n~ourlshing foods
hat the slogans-"Drink More
MIX" and Put Milk In Casper
schools Will be foremost ia Cas-.
per's health campaign next week.
A survey Of the health conditions
nmong Casper children has been
carried forward by the Wome,f's
Departmental CLUB OF Casper and
the result of the work will be given
10 the public through the & N
the Casper Morning Tribune Health
Edition next Sunday.
The survey is being carried on BY
means Of teachers and pupils pre-
campaign cards. The teachers
cards report the number OF children
attending: the number Of children
who drink mily daily; ghs .,rrmber
Of cups OF milk consumed each day,
the number Of children who drink
milk occasionally; number Of child
rem 10 per cent under weight.
The pupils cards after recording
the age, weight, grade in school,
occupation. ruce and NATIONALITY,
records answers to The following
questions:
Do you drink milk daily: How
many cups? no you drink milk
occasionally? Do you drink TIA or
coffee daiiyf When do you 10 to
bed? How many hours do you
sleep?