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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
WORK ON WILSON DAM UNHAMP FRED BY RISE IF RIVER
Cofferdam Heightened to Pro- tect Work and Equalization Canal Dug--C Chamber to
 Elect Officers
TENNESSEE VALLEY BUREAU I
 THE AGE HERALD ! Iuo. ln nac L

The rise in the waters of the Ten nessee river reached its crest Fri- day and the gauge at Florence bridge now indicates the flood Is gradually receding. Work at Wilson Dam was in no wise interrupted on account of the rise, and none of the construction was jeopardized.
 Engineers have taken every pre- caution against high waters, the tenn porary construction bridge having been raised about two feet and the cofferdams heightened during the dry weather this summer and fall An "equalizat ton canal" has been dug across Jackson Island just above the dam so that the flood can empty from the north to the south chan mel without causing any serious strain at any point.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
SYRIAN MINISTER TO HOLD MASSES SUNDAY

Rt. Rev. Theophilus Calif of Mt. Lebanon, Syria, who recently arrived in the United States, is In Birming- ham visiting relatives and friends among the local Syrian community. Calif was graduated from the con vent of St. John the Divine at Mt. .I,ehanon with highest honors. He will conduct high masses at St. George Catholic church Sunday morning and also Christmas morning. /
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
PREsBl-TERIAN

Second. Morning service at II a. m, subject: His Name Shall be Called Wonderful"
 White Christmas program at 4:30 D. m. Nc service will be held in the evening,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24

Belief in the i'll luck attending May marriage dates back to the days of ancient Rome.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-06
The Poor Little Rich Girl

BE even cautious in displaying
your good sense. 1t will be thought
you assume superiority over the
rest of the company. But if YOU
happen to have any learning keep
1t profound secret, especially from
the men, who generally look with a
jealous and malignant eye upon a
woman Of great parts and a cult
waited understanding" This pre-
cious record of the opinion of the
eighteenth century is from DR..
Gregory's "a Fathers Legacy to
His Daughters" (17s8).
Since DR.. Gregory's day the notion
OF how much learning doth become
woman has undergone momentous
change. Perhaps the period of most
rapid development has been that of
the last thirty years or SO. In the
1905 it was possible for woman
to go to college, but few women
cared to go and fewer still had
parents who cared to have them go.
1t was in general only the excep-
tlonally intellectual or ambitious
girl who found her way there. And
1t was by no means uncommon for
Jealous and malignant eve" to
be cast upon "a woman of great
parts" How different is the state
OF things to-day! Among women as
among men learning is priced both
Tor its own intrinsic pleasures and
as an economic and social asset
Even the Scott Fitzgerald flapper is
nothing if not clever, and wears at
least show of bookishness on her
non-existent sleeve.
IN one social groove, however.
there still remains sharp disparity
between a boys expectation Gin the
statistical sense) of college and a
girls. The ultra-fashionable people
consider it essential that their sons
should win degrees; even the most
unpromlsing of gilded youths is
tutored and coaxed and driven until
BY hook or crook he completes a
four years course. But when it
comes to daughters the case is alto
gether different. To be sure. a girl
OF this "set" is no longer regarded
as extremely queer if she goes to
college, but if she follows the cur
rent she doesn't go.
But even the poor little rich girl
New-York tribune., 1922-04-06
A Precedent for Action

Advocates of putting off speedy
coal strike settlement, trying to
break the force of the Roosevelt
precedent of 1902, dwell on the
fact that many weeks elapsed before
commission to hear and to de-
termine was appointed They thus
assume that the significant thing
in the great decision of President
Roosevelt was the delay rather than
the action itself.
That this is an erroneous in
terpretation Of the value of the
precedent is obvious. The outstanu-
ing fact in President Roosevelt's 5
course was that he effected settle
ment as speedily as he could. When
Mr. Roosevelt interceded he was
denounced in bitter terms. His
action was assailed as tnjustihable
meddling with affairs in which the
government had no concern. He
had to deal with public opinion
little educated.
During the last twenty years,
New-York tribune., 1922-04-06
Promises Performed

All five Of the active Liberty bond
issues are at new levels for the year.
The first-second four and quarters
on Tuesday went to 100.O8 and the
first four and a quarters went to
par. Within few years all issues
will be at par or better.
There have been times when Lib
erty bond owners wondered whether
patriotism wasn't going to be prac-
tically its own reward. But there
was no ground for their fears. Not
only did the Liberty bonds help
greatly toward winning the war, but
they proved the best investment that
could be made at the time. The
United States is a going, prosperous
concern, and will remain such.
Those who sold their holdings
were foolish--too often yielded to
the opportunities of those selfshly
interested in marketing securities
less sound. But the distribution is
still wide and all holders should real
lie that par is not enough.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-06

however, public opinion has been
educated to broader point Of view,
and there arc few who now ques-
ton the general principle that a
crisis in All industry so intimately
bound to the interests of every one
as the coal business is a matter of
national concern. That some sort
OF supervision is necessary by a
governmental agency is the opinion
OF many people. And that the
public has right to be considered
in the settlement of this present
strike is believed by nearly every
one--except small group of re-
dictionaries and labor unionists.
No valid argument is advanced
for delaying action by the govern
ment. Any commission that is
formed will require many weeks
of work before it is in position
to make final determinations and
recommendations.
The precedent of 1902 is a prccc-
dent for action, and not for DELAY.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-06
Cermany's New Taxes

Germany, which now pays in ma
tional taxes $40 per capita, while
France pays $35, this country $40
and Great Britain $50, announces,
with great flourish of trumpets,
that she has increased her levies.
How much, the Berlin dispatches
neglect declaring. A new 2 per cent
business tax is announced, but this
is offset by an abandonment of the
tax on postwar profits; there is
n new levy on coal and sugar, and
finally, with an extra flourish of the
loud horn, compulsory loan of
S250,000,000 gold is to be exacted
from property owners. But the last,
it turns out, is not a tax at all. After
three years the taxpayers are to re-
ceive interest at per cent. SO the
much advertised property tax boils
down to levy of $37,5O0, ,0OO-in-
terest on s250,000,00O for three
years. This is merely small change
in these days.
Germany is to remain the lightest
taxed country. Her financial min
lister may shout that "No country
ever wrote tax legislation of such
magnltudc.' But it is not so.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-06
Murphy Collects

Philip +. Donohue, treasurer of
Tammany Hall and one of Boss
Murphy's best friends. has been an
pointed by Mayor Hylan to tho Office
OF Commissioners of Water Supply.
at a salary Of $4,000 year. The
office is a sinccurc and should long
ago have been abolished. The an
pointment of Donohue, who has no
especial qualifications for any office,
is merely a sop to Murphy.
A little more than four years ago
the Mayor put the late L. J. O'Reilly,
a Hearst political manager, in the
same position. In making the ap-
pointment the Mayor said that the
work of the Office had been finished
and that Mr.. O'Reilly's job would
consist largely of making a report
recommending that it be abolished
Mr.. O'Reilly, however, failed to
make the report, and continued to
draw his salary until his death a
few months ago.
In appointing Donohue Mr.. Hylan
said nothing about doing away with
the position. Observations of that
kind would not appeal to Mr.. Muir
ply. What Donohue's duties-if
any-will be is undeclared. The
commissioners have completed the
aqueduct and the water system and
there is no more building at present.
There is, however, scheme afoot to
purchase new watersheds, which,
while not needed for fifty years or
more, may provide excellent picking
for Tammany Hall. In the event
that these plans take practical form
Donohue's occupancy Of the office
may be convenient to the organiza-
ton.
Meanwhile he will have a nice Of
flee and plenty Of time to continue
other activities which have made
him affluent, all at a salary of
thousand dollars a month taken
from the tax roll. But, after all,
what is thousand dollars of tax
payers money a month if it brings
the Chief" and the Mayor closer
together?
New-York tribune., 1922-04-06
The Murder, of a Word

neers, some Presidents, some subway
guards, some poets and some screen
artists. So, If man wishes to call
himself an artist" who shall say hin,
nay7
Now, despite this, and despite the
fact that the making Of movies" is
the fourth or fifth or sixth largest in
dustry in our country, I dare to as
severate that acting for the movies
is not an art. further asseverate that
the ordinary screen actors posturings
bear the same relation to real art that
painting Bull Durham signs bears to
the etching of Whistler. If this be
treason
Art is creative. What does the screen
actor create? He was born with his
face. How much other equipment has
he? None, if you except a certain
mobility of feature, a makeup and a
sport shirt.
Have you ever seen "movies" made ?
| have. In one, and thiS case is typical.
the heroine was we'll known star
who receives $4,000 week, or more
than the yearly salary of a professor
OF aesthetics in university. The pic
ture was made in minute bits. For ex-
ample, our star at breakfast stood I'D.
took the coffee pot in her jeweled hand
poured out cup of coffee, handed il
q h,c Il,
"artist'), gave him an angry look and
sat down. This dramatic scene was re-
hearsed six times, and then photo
graphed twice. The lady star mastered
the intricate feat Of pouring q cup of
coffee and looking angry after five
tries. Even then the best she achieved
IN the way of expression seemed to an
unartlstic onlooker to be q sullen pout.
The point is that the little scene which
takes place in a million homes each
morning had to be thought out for her,
rehearsed and her slightest movemet
carefully directed. She was simply a
puppet.
Afterward I met the lady. She was
minus on ideas but plus on profile She
thought Anatole France was a place,
but she had perfect teeth.
Her press agent assured me she was
an artist.
"Artistic?" he cried. "Ill say so!
You should see how temperamental she
Is. Often slaps peoples faces. And
She won't set foot in apvtb;pr b,,+ ,
Rolls-Royce. And you should see how
New-York tribune., 1922-04-06
Removing Enright

"The World" at last has been edu-
Gated into adopting the frequently
expressed opinion of The Tribune
that the crime wave will probably
continue as long as Police Commits
sioner Enright remains in office.
Says "The Verdi:
There are innumerable reasons for
the removal Of Mr.. Enright. 1t is not
necessary TO prove moral turpitude,
or to prove anything but the failure
OF the police TO cope with the most
auoacious crimes of violence at all
hovrs of the day and night. The
Governor may be reluctant to inter
fere in local affairs, but the charter
does not take cognizance of q Gov
eYnor's personal wishes. AS long as
he fails to exercise his power he is
no less responsible than Mayor Hylan
for the continuance of broken down
police system under an incompetent
Commissioner"
The Tribune believes, and has be-
Acved since law and order were sus-
pended in New York, that it is the
duty of the newspapers to join in
ending Enrightism. 1t welcomes
THE World" to the campaign it be-
gan more than a year ago to secure
adequate protection of life and prop
erty to the citizens. 1t hopes every
other New York newspaper will en-
list. The issue is not a partisan one.
Neighborhoods have begun organ
i2'ng what are equivalent to vigi-
lance committees to defend their
homes against invasion. Twenty
five thousand citizens have obtained
apermits to carry guns, to be used in
the protection of their homes and
places Of business. An emergency
rhich provokes such drastic defense
measures certainly warrants the
warning that the Governor yester-
day addressed to the District Attor-
ney and the Police Commissioner.
1t is obvious that Mr.. Enright is
either incapable or unwilling. He
still insists-in the face of dozens of
robberies a week-that New York is
the safest city in the country. The
Mayor, instead of making an effort
to put the Commissioner to the
proper discharge Of his duty, misses
no occasion to lavish public praise
upon him.
The only power that can furnish
relief is the state executive, and
Governor Miller is alive to his duty.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-06
When You Write Your Plav

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: Students in dramaturgy should
take great care in selecting plot. The
Keynote of the play should be simple
lty. Make the main theme simple. be-
cause most of the audience lead simple
lives and hate to be disturbed either
physically or mentally. Originality is
not necessary, but in plagiarizing be
clever, and if you are caught at it saw
1t was from an original Hindu fable
written over thousand years ago.
The other author probably is as guilty
as you are and will keep quiet.
There are always possibilities in the
triangle. few morbid minds delight
IN tragic action, but the average per-
son likes romance, sentiment and the
milk pail variety of drama At the
ilnal curtain the birds are singing and
the flowers are blooming and happi-
ness reigns supreme.
A fact that cannot be disputed is that
many plays from the box Office point
OF view are written by men who know
practically nothing about dramaturey.
and probably think that Cleopatra is
either the name of a race horse or q
town.
Write play about China, India,
japan or Africa. Most people know,
practically nothing about these coun-
tries and you are safe. Burn incense
in the auditorium before the rise OF
the curtain and then go to it with q
vengeance. Be sure to put in a little
American "jazz." A good line is:
Il like you, Uncle Toy, and I like
cocktails, too" This is merely a
suggestion and can be said in anv
dialect
Can a play succeed in spite of thz
fact that it is written contrary to ali
rules OF dramatic composition? Ask
the tired business man.
MARCEL STEINBRUGCE.
New York, April S, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-06
Back to Normalcy in Art

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Now that the cubists and post
impressionists are nearly extinct and
the remainder of the sensation-se eking,
cultlike painters fail to excite any
thing more than passing curiosity, may
we not be content to look at the de-
piction of nature through the same
eyes as our forefathers2
Having failed to improve upon Gods
handiwork, as we'll as to form nucle-
us for lasting individual fame, the
portrayers of brain storms, soul bursts
and nth dimensions seem to have
fed under cover Of darkness. Mean
while the galleries of art are crowded
as never before with eager, we'll
balanced people who continue to find
enjoyment in the imperishable art of
the ages.
In view Of the increasing attention
New-York tribune., 1922-04-06
For General Amnesty

To the Editor of The Tribune. i,
Sir: 1t is only just, since tas :.
over and peace has been forns !,
clared, that the LA men nov "a .,I
sentences in Federal prisons iA -
political opinions should be 'n'n
released. y.
Every other lately bsiIisess s.,.,i
tion, each incalcu!ably nofe =. ...,.I
by the war than ourselves, ha' 800
its wartime prisoners; the !. 4
act has been repealed. Ine.s ~,
reason for the continued imp1.' s.
of political prisoners. In al
general amnesty should be oe''. .sr,:i
only because of the nipen ,asr'
democracy of this country. Hs ,,.a q
not be a democracy Of the incf nnsncf
we'll? ANNETTE Lfas
New York, April 8, 1851
New-York tribune., 1922-04-06
Charming Them

AS mama from on high, as cup
OF cold water to the desert traveller,
came the semi-humorous remark of
Otto Fl. Kahn to the Mayor that as
music soothes the savage breast so
possibly bandits attending the con-
certs Of municipal temple of music
might be led to forget their preda-
cious plan.
His Honor is in no lightsome mood.
Headlines have become daily hor-
ror to him. He is not stupid enough
to be satisfied with his theory that
the publicity the newspapers give to
burglarious activities is the sole rea-
son why burglars are so numerous
and bold. Did he not telephone from
Palm Beach to Dave" telling him to
ask the inspector to give extra good
protection to a certain house on
Bushwick Avenue?
So the Mayor responded to Mr..
Kahn with the utmost seriousness
and at once enrolled himself as a
hearty friend of music. Full of new
zeal, he can be seen wandering about
a troubadour. He will pipe the Grim
inal away from wicked projects. He
may decree that every auto horn
shall become saxophone and put
uniforms on all who crank the
hurdy-gurdies. He may still whistle
loudly that New York is the worlds
safest place, and that only slander-
New-York tribune., 1922-04-06

Murder! Help! This is not the out
cry Of q corner cigar merchant enjoy
ing our comic opera police administra-
tion. 1t is the cry Of a word that is
being clubbed to death by a gang Of
language bandits consisting of some
hundred million members. We have
! murdered or crippled lot of words
we Americans. Think Of "convincing,'
elegant" "intriguing," cine" lawful
"lovely," "nice"-but why go on? All
these and many more have had all
their original meaning knocked out Of
them and they now can barely limp
around. The word that is in the most
acute danger Of being MANNED or muir
dered to-day is "artist."
Artist" was once a proud title, hard
to win and worth the winning. But to-
day! The age that has produced pro-
hihition. All Woods, the fapper, Hylan
and underwear ads amid Berkshire
scenery has also produced the motion
picture "artist."
Every celluloid hummer is an cart
ist." Every piece of trick photography
is "artistic." Every picture is "tri-
umph of art" 1t matters not whether
it be homespun hokum, where the hon
est yokel leaves the dimity-clad maid
In Granville, Ohio, for the lure Of the
big city, feels the blight of Broadway,
and comes back, chastened, to the little
woman who has waited in the vine
covered cottage in the buckwheat belt,
or whether it be pseudo historical rub
bish, or Freudish. stuff in a property
desert, or home -and-m other, silver
threads sam ong-the gold bathos - it is
ART. And don't forget the capital A.
The billboards never do.
The abuse Of the word "art" as ap-
piled to pictures is matter that does
not concern the present writer But
what about the word "artist" as ap-
piled to the performers of those pic
turcs? Is acting for the movies an art
Is the ordinary, running-around film
actor an artist?
Well, this is free country, democ-
racy. Any man can do or be anything
he wishes to-. We arc all born equal,
and at birth are presumably endowed
with the same number Of ounces Of
brain and the same innate capacities.
1t is only our inclination that makes
some of us soap statesmen, some adver-
tising engineers, some tonsorial engi-
New-York tribune., 1922-04-06
By Richard Conrell

I she slathers money around, Ab,.
lutely no idea OF its value. Just lis
an artist"
The lady Of the profile and teeth i
called an ''artist." When we do this vi.
are numbering noble word. She, lis.
most screen actors, is simply figure
from a Punch and Judy show Film
folk are often stupid, frequently de-
ticient in taste and education, and
sometimes vulgar. From this category
you may except your fsvorite sta,
(maie or female), and believe all thar
press agents say of them. And, d
course, you must except Charlie Char
I'm, who has the creative spark and b
really an artist. But taking xssea
actors as a class, Judging them lg
their actions on the screen and OF, one
cannot escape the conclusion that L
they may be called artists" 50, tn.
may the pony that can count ten b.
striking the stage with his hoof eeV,'
times. while he keeps an apprehsnslT'
eye on his masters whip. The Hpps
drome elephants are artists. And al
juggling seals.
Indeed, the amount Of intslleS
needed to be a screen star Is demon
strable by single example: Mr.. 'isza
Coogan. Mr.. Coogan is not yet sn ''d
cannot read or write. but he is ss'ssA' !
"artist" of the first magnitude 'aa
earns enough to present bis pssenu
with limousine, or, if he were 80 -
clired, to endow q chair in the Pnil0'
ophy Of Humor IN some university.
That there should be scandals ~
Hollywood, or wherever these "srslsS
congregate, is but natural They aH
mostly spoiled children, rewarded ana
honored out OF all proportion 70 she''
abilities, deserts and widest dream
They have few intellectual rescaf1sA
so it Is inevitable that some Of 'nsD|
blinded by sudden wealth and s'0''I
should do foolish things. There u ~
reason why they should be bette1 'a'.
the run of mankind, or worse. iaSI
simply have unusual opportunities H'l
making fools of themselves. Il
Now, l do not deny that motion g'|
lures have artistic possibilities.
ness "The Cabinet of DR.. Cale.'t
I'm simply entering a protest as'us
word-murder, against so big . ~
as "artist" being robbed OF iss n,. =,
ing by being indiscriminately app"
to such little people. II
New-York tribune., 1922-04-06
Federal Coal Control

10 the Editor of The Tribune,
Sir: Not a few had hoped that Presi-
dent Harding would see fit to call a
conference of the coal miners and the
operators.
Whatever the result of the present
strike, it will help to bring about the
control of the coal mines of America
not IN the interest of private owners
but of the masses. The tide is rising
and tends to government ownership of
the coal mines.
WILLIAM KIMBERLEY PALMER.
Chicopee, Mass, April 3, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-06

is coming into her own. Schools
that used to be finishing schools"
have become college preparatory"
Visits to the Metropolitan, brows-
ings in book stores, trips to theater
guild productions do not satisfy her.
The Colony Club and the Junior
League have actually debated the
question "Shall Coming Out Be
Abolished?" The Junior League
argued for the affirmative - and
won. And the chief point empha-
sized was that coming out" with
its implication of a year spent in
making a business Of pleasure, is
regrettable interference with a girls
intellectual development.