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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-16

cratic primary through that very act, pledges himself to support the candidates selected in that primary and the party is fully supported by law in its right to rule any recalcitrants out of future primaries.
 But even though the danger of knifing cer- tain of the county nominees is remote, the fact remains that there should be a full vote at the general election. Everyone realizes that the general election in Alabama is largely perfume tory, the real contests always coming within the democratic party itself. But there is plenty of room for criticism of the lack of interest among intelligent voters both in the primaries ular to criticise public officials and many times this criticism comes from men who went fish ing or pretended to be too busy on primary or election day to do their duty.
 No man or woman has a right to criticise public officials unless they themselves have done their part either in defeating or eecting the official they criticise. When incompetent men are put into office no one is to blame but the electorate, and the blame upon the mau who failed to vote is greater than upon the man who voted mistakenly. If all would go to the polls and do their duty we would have much better government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-16
CONCERNING VENUS

From the Chicago Herald and Examiner.
 Venus, the brilliant planet about which there has been so much discussion lately relative to the possibility of life on her surface, is now about 50,000,o00 miles away and rapidly ap- preaching the earth. Her nearest visible posi- ton, about 33,6S0,00O miles away, will be reached October 21 after which, although still coming closer until November 25, she will be but 27,400,000 miles distant she will be in- visible to us. If Venus is really inhabited, at that time the earth will appear far more bril- liant in her sky than she ever does in ours
 Mars, although retreating rapidly away from us, still is a notable point of red light His dis tance, which was something like 100000 miles from the earth June IS, has now in- creased to 75,0oO,ooO and will become 140,- 000,000 by the end of the year.
 During the early months of 1923 Jupiter and Saturn will be conspicuous in the morning sky, and, together with Venus, will delight early risers who love the glories of the stellar realm. There is no more fascinating study for old or young than astronomy, and the boys and girls should be encouraged to learn the geography of the sky as well as that of the planet on which they live.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-16
GREECE SURVIVED MANY REVERSES

schooled, but because the spoken tongue, being demotic, will have vastly different voeabu- lary from that which he has taken from the dictionary.
 Greece of today looks back only three gen. erations, if one places it's origin in the War for Independence, which was concluded by the protocol of London in 1880; and, witnessing the progress which in that brief span has been made in land of such sparse resources, one cannot see how praise can be withheld from people who have accomplished so much
 "It is only in the islands or deep in the coun- try, where the Albanian flood which swept across the Arctic plain has never reached, that one finds the racial lineaments and the bodily grace which the ancient sculptor has taught the modern world as being common to all Greeks of classic time. And this survival per sists chiefly among the children, because in cessant toll and scanty nourishment soon de- prive both boys and girls of their native grace and stamp them with the ineradcable marks of a life of labor.
 Greece is essentially land of agriculture, pre-eminently intended to be such; but owing to the tremendous drain by emigration from the rural districts, the progress of agricul- ture has been painfully deficient. In many places the land is titled only by women and girls. Many of the men have gone off to America.
 "Throughout Greece-and indeed through out the entire Balkan region-English is mucn heard because of the great numbers of Greeks who have returned home from America; and few travellers in the Peloponnesus will fail to recall at almost every railroad station the eager face thrust in at the carriage window and quivering with the demand, You fellers from American
 "The ancient Athenian democracy may be said to have projected itself well-nigh intact into the life of Greece as it Is today. Class distinctions are unknown. Titles of nobility are forbidden by the constitution, even though every native of Corfu claims to be Venetian count. and the Crown Prince Is known only as the Diadochos, or Successor. Neither wealth nor education flinders the association of all upon terms of the most absolute equality.
 "One unfortunate result of this extreme de- mocracy, so firmly fixed as a Hellenic char acteristic. is the disincination to obey leader which has had a strikingly disastrous effect upon both the politics and the commerce of the nation.
 "Long years of Turkish oppression have, however. left their mark on the Greeksi not in externals but in certain customs and at titudes of mind. Thus the position of women in modern Greek life is semi-oriental, to say the least"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-16
DOCTORS FIND A CURE FOR A DREADED DISEASE

Another great victory for medica science has been won. After many years of investiga- ton and research cure for diabetes has been discovered Psychologists of the University of Toronto have prepared serum which will con quer disease that has long baffled scientists.
 A small quantity of the new serum was sent to the University of Pennsylvania to be used in experiments on diabetes patients. After several injections had been made. Dr. Alfred Stengcl, professor of medicine in the medical school of the university, said the experiments were ian unqualified success"
 T regard the serum," pr. Stengel declares, "as one of the big discoveries of the age in medical science. So far as we have been able to discover, it's results have been entirely sat-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
From the Chicago News.

From the Chlcago NeWS.
 You can't travel far on lame excuse.
 All the world loves to laugh with laughter. Inquistive people acquire lot of informa- tion that isn't so
 Only those who have no worries can afford to look worried
 Life is short, but many people manage to out live their usefulness
 It is hard to keep the man down who is able to keep up appearances.
 A woman always has a tender feeling for a man who pays her compliment
 The breadth of life depends upon how much of the world 1t takes into its heart
 You may induce people to listen to your grievances-but what do they care?
 A letter should bear the stamp of approval also 2-cent stamp if it is to go by mail.
 The earthly tax dodger is apt to find it difficult to prove his title to mansion in the skies.
 Hope is an excellent thing to have, but it is one of the things pawnbroker will not ad- vance anything on.
 Fewer people would have axes to grind if they had to furnish the motive power to re- volve the grindstop-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-16
DUTY OF ALL TO GO TO THE POLLS

Within the past few days alarm has been ex- pressed that some of the local democratic can- didates might be in danger in the coming cleo tion through failure of democrats to go to the polls and back up the choices made by the party at the primary.
 The alarm is probably not serious, because the charge was that some of those who took part in the democratic primary would repudiate the results there and support others of their choice. This is serious matter under the Ala chance of being ruled out of all democratic pri- maries in future because of refusing to accept tho primary's outcome. A voter in demo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-16
MIR. WELLS THE SUBJECT OF
 DEBATE IN KANSAS

Kansas no sooner settles one "great moral issue" than 1t plunges into another. The lat est controversy, waged by Kansas politicians, educators and theologians, involves H. G. Wells Outline of History Theologians say 1t is not 8 fit book for school The educators favor 1t and when Governor Allen was ap- pealed to he promptly passed the argument on to the state board of administration
 After the Outline of History" was adopted as a text book letters came from many parts of Kansas protesting against it and asking that it be barred. It was charged that Wells treat ed religion in somewhat cavalier style, showed a disregard for the moral prejudces of Kansas and stated the bare facts of history too boldly.
 It is creditable to the intelligence of Kansas school teachers that they believe MT. Wells to have written an interesting and instructive work, well adapted to the class room when It is supplemented by reading other historians. The statement of freshman that "It is the driest book I ever tackled' may have been due to the fact that he hasn't read very far in Mir. Wells fascinating narrative. The first part is apt to be trife tedious for immature minds, but when MT. Wells gets down to the well-known human race, one discovers why 50 many thousand sof people, not necessarily students, have read his Outline"
 Unless Kansas wants to incur further ridi- cule for being narrow-minded and provincial, the Outline" should not be abolished as a his- tory text In spite of the criticism directed at Mr. Wells by the historians he has crowded more information into his work than can be obtained anywhere else in the same number of pages. He has told more than the average his- torian could tell, not half so well, in dozen volumes. Thanks to his gifts as novelist, he has succeeded in writing history that Is read.
 Teaching young men and women just what their elders want them to know and leaving them to find out later what has been concealed from them Is poor sort of education.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-16

Washington, October 15.-(Special.)- .)- If anyone feels inclined to fear that Greece is in way to pass wholly from the world stage because of the tremendous reverses which she has suffered recently" says a bulletin from the Washington headquarters of the National Geographic society, "he has only to glance back into history to change his mind.
 "There are few parallels" continues the bull letin, quoting communication to the society, ''to the striking racial phenomenon of Hellenic continuity throughout the vicsstudes of 2000 years Modern research has penetrated the dark byways of medieval Greek history, and we now know that the Greeks, whatever their temporary fate, have preserved unbroken the thread of their national existence.
 "The firmest bond which unites the Greek of today with his illustrious forebears of the golden age is the Greek language, the essen- tial elements of which remain as they were in the days when the tongue served as the me- dium of the noblest poetry and the sublimest philosophy which the race has yet produced. This tongue traces its unbroken lineage back through medieval and New Testament Greek to the classic speech of Plato and of his con- temporares.
 And yet, with all this continuity of lan- guage there has existed in Greece for some years linguistic condition of affairs around which centers controversy at once comic or tragic for there are in Greece two languages, one written by the newspapers, spoken by the educated classes, and used in parliamentary debates and in public documents, including ths scriptures the circulation of which Is regulated by law; and the other vernacular used by the masses of the people, containing many words of foreign origin, especially Turkish and Ital- ian, arising from those periods of for eign occupation, with much simplifled grammar, and rarely reduced to writing except for private communications. The former IS the cultured tongue; the latter, the popular idiom; and between the two there rages mereess warfare, in which fanatical students of the university have lost their lives, min- isters their portfolios, and metropolitan of Athens his miter.
 "The controversy is too intricate to be briefly summarized, and like most questions which divide the Levantine mind, it is prob ably not to be settled wholly in favor of either extreme party.
 "The use of these two tongues Is a source of much confusion to the visitor in Greece, es- pecialy if he has reckoned upon his knowledge of classic Greek to assist him in his travels. He will be able indeed to read the newspapers without much difficulty but he will be utterly lost in conversation, not only because of the pronunciation, which is vastly different from the Erasmian method in which westerners are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-16
A HERO WANTED
From the Chiffon County News.

From the Chiffon County News
 When the bottom of the flour barrel stares you impudently in the face and the meal tub looks like it had been swept and garnished; when the last grain of coffee has been ground and it's succulent hector been distilled and drank; when the sugar sack has collapsed upon itself, and the place that knew it's contents is vacant; when the lard bucket gives forth the empty sound of forsaken tin can; when the frosts of winter begin to kiss the flowers to sleep and the woodpile looks like deserted graveyard; when little bare toes begin to peep out from among the wreckage of what was once a pair of shoes and the landlord begins to glover at you with stony glare and your pock- cts as empty as last years bird-nest; then it is that it takes person cast in a heros mould to sit down on nail keg at the battered old editorial table and write optimistic stories, live editorial and amusing anecdotes for his readers. Ask the average country editor if this is not SO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-16

 As the United States lines steamer Resolute was being warped into her berth her band played "How Dry Am," which has become in recent years funeral hymn.
 X < Alfonso of Spain has gone into the gambling business, which will assure him competence in his old age, no matter what happens to the king business.
 The former Crown Prince of Germany wants to return home and lend hand probably with the idea of doing something in an ornamental way.
 fat movie comedian proposes to step Into MT. Arbuckle's shoes. Something more wifi be required of him than the ability to make the weight
 k x After serving as street car conductor and motorman for IT years a West Virginia man has entered the ministry He wasn't prompted by mercenary motives.
 Those gland robberies" in Chicago are probably in the same class with the premature reports of Mark Twains death. A New York wife says her husband left his home Il years ago to get drink and hash t come back. He must have found 1t. The last chapter of the Antigonish ghost mystery has been written. Mary Ellen Mac Donald is in an insane asylum.
 \ k < By walking about Birmingham on Satur- day night one may discover strong evidence of leak in the dry law.
 x x The rich have the best of everything Poor people can't afford to go all the way to Paris for divorce.
 In making a political speech Lloyd George is not above charging the Turks with slaugh- tering Greeks and Armenians.
 x x x It is possible for rich Americans to buy their way into English society, but some of them don't know what to do after they get in.
 < x Ebert, the saddle maker, will probably be reelected President of Germany, much to the disgust of the monarchists. Expanding the limits of the universe makes the earth more of pinpoint in space than ever.
 It's too soon after the World war to warm up the common people for another war.
 * x < Atlanta is in fair way to lose It's reputa- tion hotbed of southern chivalry.
 x k Longer skirts haven't reduced the consump- tion of cigarettes in flapper circles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-16
CITIES AND AUDITORIUMS


 After mentioning that San Antonio is pro posing to build, at cost of s5oo,ooo, city auditorium with a seating capacity of 7,3o0, the Fort Worth Record says this Is an example that its city should follow. In discussing the larger entertainment attractions that might be brought to Fort Worth, the Record says the people of that city will not go to the Chamber of Commerce auditorium to sit on uncomfort- able chairs, crowded front and rear, stretching their necks to see over the heads of those in front and straining their ears because of the poor acoustics, to hear artistic performance given under adverse conditions It is now gen. erelly recognized that every city needs an ade- quate auditorium. Such an institution has be- come an important if not essential part of municipal equipment We do not believe the people of Little Rock, if they had the legal power, would vote money more willingly for any other public enterprise than for a city auditorium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-16
THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA

From the Louisville Herald.
 We would not want to so much as let "Tom" Marshall pass through our neck of the woods without greeting him, not only with that re- spect due to the position he filled so accept ably, but with that cordiality and approval which commonly he earns by the honest and common-sensible tenor of his daily life.
 Tom Marshall is not great man, but then he has no illusions on that score; he is not man abounding in the deepest and ripest of wisdom, not statesman in the large sense, but no claim is made for him or by him of that character He is, on the other hand, repre- sentative American, most satisfactory exhibit and cross section of Hoosierdom, and citizen who says nothing he need regret and some things by which all of us can profit After all is said and done there are not so many of whom as much can be said.
 When at length the history of the country comes to be written, it will not be easy to understand it unless place is found for the "Tom" Marshalls, the Zoe" Cannons, and, go ing back a little, the "Tom" Reeds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-16
MEXICO

From the Atlanta Georgian.
 This country has fully $1,000, ,000,000 in- vested in Mexico, and that is but a small per centage of the total foreign investment in that country.
 For eight years the adjustment of Mexico's foreign debts has baffled international bank CTS. Mexico went on the financial rocks just month before the great World war; Here collapse was the aftermath of the Madero rev olution of 1910. At last stable government has been established, and the new Obregon administration is strong enough seriously to attempt financial rehabilitation.
 It is to be hoped that for the benefit of the world at large, and for the United States in particular, the present government will be recognized and it's finances adjusted.
 This ought not to be difficult, since Mexico's government debt is one of the small est of any country's debt of equal wealth in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-16
The Duchess Last Resort
Mark Stuyvesant, in the Cleveland Plain

Mark stuyvesant, in the Cleveland Plain
 Dealer.
 Margaret De Folk was the Duchess D Eper- non. The duke, Margaret De Folks husband, was the governor of the castle of Angouleme, France, in 1888.
 At this time the chief of the league of which the duke was member, became jealous of him, and set about to find way to ruin him. He told untruths, and in every way endeavored to arouse suspicion against the governor Finally, the chief was successful in convincing the court that the duke was guilty of treason, and received an order to take the castle away from him.
 When the chief tried to compel the duke to submit he refused positively to do so, knowing that submission would be an acknowledgement of guilt. Seeing that the duke was determined, the chief seized the duchess by stealth and took her away with him. For the chief knew of the dukes great love for his wife, and believed that he would do anything rather than see her suffer.
 The duchess was brought in front of the gate of the citadel where here husband was being besieged. She was compelled to suffer great pain and humiliation before his eyes, In order to frighten her the chief ordered the two officers who had been captured with the duchess from the castle to be murdered before her eyes. The tragedy did not shake Margaret De Folk. She remained calm and self-controlled.
 Finally the duchess was commanded to tell her husband to acknowedge his guilt, and told that to refuse meant instant death. The duchess, seeing that her husband, because of his great love for her, was weakening in his resolution, cried out for him to die with her, but not to besmirch his honor Looking the chief in the face calmly, the duchess told him that she regretted that she had only one life to give for the honor of her husband. The duchess declared that she would die with pleas ure at the castle gate for the duke, but that she would be guilty of act of cowardice which would disgrace him.
 The heart of the chief was moved by the bravery of Margaret De Fox and he com manded his men to set her free. While he was deliberating upon another plan by which to at tack the honor of the duke, aid came. Friends arrived to release the duke, and overpowered the chief and his men.
 As result of the bravery and self-contrss of the duchess, the chief was banished from the league, and life at the castle of Angouleme went on happily and peacefully thereafter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-16
FORUM A FACTOR

"The Civic Forum, which is held at Hotel Tutwiler every Monday at 12:3O, is not only interesting to those who attend" said w. M. Staton, "but is of special value to the general public.
 "The discussions cover questions of immedi- ate interest and often result in organized eff fort for the accomplishment of important civic ends
 "It is really refreshing to get away from the business questions of everyday life and to de- vote an hour with others in the discussion of those purely civic questions that are so essen tia to the welfare of the community"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-16
THE MELoDIOUs AFRICAN

From the Wall Street Journal.
 Southern business conditions may be poor, the cotton crop may be wretched, but the me- lodous African on the plantation strums, fid- dies and blows to his tuneful racial melodies, in poverty and in plenty.
 One of the largest Chicago music houses, selling instruments chiefly by mail, finds that 80 per cent of it's requests for catalogues come from south of the Mason 4nd Dixon line, and 90 per cent of it's orders from the same tor ritory.
 Analysis of correspondence indicates that all but an insignificant fraction of the 90 per cent of orders come from southern negroes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-16
LOVE IS NOT A MATTER OF
 THE INTELLECT

The Rev. Dr. John M Moore, pastor of a church in Brooklyn, advises young women how to be happy though married. It all depends on getting the right kind of man. Dr. Moore says
 DON'T MARRY MAN
 Whom you don't know thoroughly,
 Whom you expect to reform.
 Who doesn't respect womanhood.
 Who is unpopular with children and other
 Who can't support you,
 Who hasn't q sense of humor.
 Who has been wild,
 Don't marry q unless he is about tho age and has the interests yourself
 Don't marry a unless there is intelligent love both sides.
 Boiled down, the preachers advice amounts to this: Don't marry" Granted that young woman seeking husband could find . man who met most of these requirements, how would she know there was Intelligent love on both sides'7 There is no such thing as intelligent love, if we may judge the so-called divine passion by its symptoms. Authorities on love have defined it as form of madness. To love is to lose whatever ability to reason one may possess.
 Ancients were right in ascribing the seat If the tender emotions to the heart rather than the head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-16
GRATEFUL TO MERCHANTS

"We are certainly thankful to the merchants of Birmingham for their hearty cooperation in the staging of the Merchants Carnival which will be put on at the Jefferson theatre within the next two weeks," said Mrs. Jack Walton, chairman of the publicity committee, land we are also pleased to state that everything is near ing completion for the carnival, which will be one ofthe best of its kind ever staged in the city.
 eve have very capable director in the per- son of Mrs. Fifty, who is coaching the members of the cast, all of whom are taking keen interest in the play and are very enthusiastic about the outcome''