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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
WHY SHOULD IGo TO CHURCH?

"Why should I go to church? can wan der afield and find God there. In the grass beneath my feet I see God covering the earth. In the wild flower I see the beauty, in the song of birds I hear the tenderness of God. In the gray dawn sense Gods serenity. In the flaming noon- day I perceive Gods power. In the oncom- ing shadows of twilight l feel His enfold- ing love. What can I learn of God in the church that I cannot learn of Him out amid the beauty of His world?" So men speak, and so they turn away from the gates of the house of prayer.
 There is something to be said for this point of view. It is better, far better, for men to find God in the fields than not to find Him at all. But you, who talk so blithely of the kindly tributes of God which shine through the flowers and the sunset, how comes it that you see this beauty there7 The heather sees the fading flower and it speaks to him of the passing of life and the never-opening grave. He feels the burning sun and it speaks to him of Gods cruelty. He covers before the storm, for he finds in it only Gods wrath and unrelenting anger.
 As matter of fact, you find God of tenderness and love in nature because you were taught of such a God before you ever went there to find Him. You do not find God there at all. You only see reflected in nature the God in whom you already believe. You see god there as the savage does, but his god is the terrible god of whom he learned as he crouched at the clay feet of an idol, while your God is the merciful God of whom you learned in your childhood while you knelt at the knees of the dearest mother the world ever knew.
 And your mother learned of this God in her little white church. She learned 1t from the revelation which God hath given of Himself to the Jews through their patri- archs and prophets; togus Christians through His most blessed Son. From age to age the church has kept alive this faith and vision in the hearts of mothers that they might teach their wandering children to find God everywhere. And you should go to church and help to hold on high the beacon which shall tighten generations yet unborn.
 MIDDLETON S. FAREWELL.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
MILL AND HOME BUILDING BY STEEL CORPORATION

One hundred new houses for employees of Steel corporation auxiliaries at Fairfield to be constructed in the near future are fur ther proof of the continuous development that has been the rule ever since the acqui- sition of the properties of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company by the cor poraton IA years ago.
 Now it is mills for more workers and then houses to accommodate the new workers. There is systematic progress in whatever the Steel corporation undertakes. Nothing is left to chance. The human equation Is recognized in every department. It is realized that pleasant surroundings and attractive home environment produce better workmen and cause a superior production.
 The Steel corporations provisions for the housing of its operatives is among the very best of its investments. Not only are the houses themselves comfortable, but care is taken in their location and approaches, in the yard enclosures providing garden room and in the sanitation of the mill villages
 The merchant bar mill being constructed at Fairfield will be operated more successfully because employees will come to their daily tasks from comfortable and sanitary homes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
SIGNS THAT THE HYPHENATES
 ARE BECOMING ACTIVE

Referring to a conference of the German league, held in Chicago, the Polish Leagues Daily says 40 delegates from all parts of the United States participated and German-Amer- jeans were urged "to vote for six senators who were considered to be friendly and favor matters which are of direct interest to us Poles"
 This newspaper says further:
 One point is clear for us-namely that the Ger
 mans in this country raising high voice. and
 in earnest in attempting to regain the posi-
 ton held by them before the This should
 be a spur for the Poles in America to start also
 to join their strength and work for what they
 deem would rebound to the improvement of their
 condition and to the furtherment of their national
 interests.
 This is the sort of thing that should be dis couraged in America. We've had more than enough hyphenism. What national interests should the Poles or the Germans have distinct from their duties and obligations as American citizens? None whatever. If they are going to live here and pose as American citizens they ought to quit calling themselves Polish Americans or Communications. They ought to quit thinking as racial groups
 There are many evidences that the so-called German vote is trying to regain tho influence it had before the World war. It was active during the recent senatorial campaign in Mis- souri and will become more assertive as time goes on.
 The attitude of certain racial groups in America Is doing about as much as anything to strengthen the demand for drastic restric- tions on immigration. When people come to America-whether from England, Ireland, Russia, Poland, Germany, Greece, Italy or some other country--it is presumed that they want to be American citizens. Most of them do take out citizenship papers, but some of them continue to act and think as foreigners Instead of an asset to the nation, they are a liability. We don't need and don't want peo- pie of that sort in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
THE LATE w. H. HUDSON

From the New York Times.
 The passing of W. H. Hudson was just as he would have wished. He was one of the most retiring of men, indifferent to fame and as gentle as he was modest. He literally faded out of life, dying in his sleep; and the news came to America, where he had many admirers, not by cable but by mail. Doubtless many of his countrymen have not realized yet that he will write no more, for while his pen was ac- tive in his declining years his life was secluded He was always dreamer, from those lonely days on the Argentine pampas, whose solitude made such profound impression upon his spirit, to the sunset of life, which saw him, still alone and musing, roaming the South Downs. Never was a naturalist more given to meditating upon the problems of destiny. In Far Away and Long Ago" he tells the story of his early doubts and how he resolved them
 It was one of Hudson's distinctions that, sensitive and impressionable as he was to the mystic in nature, he could vie with the robust Cunningham Graham in stories of adventure in strange lands. Their methods were not the same, for there was nothing of the pagan about Hudson, but in "The Purple Land" and in "El Ombu" he stirs the reader as much as the brilliant scotsman doeS In those realistic stories, some of the scenes of which are laid in South America Fanciful Cunningham Graham is not, in the sense in which the term may be used of Hudson. The latters fame will probably rest not upon his early books dealing with the pampas but upon "Green Mansions" and Crystal Age," which, although rarely imaginative, were books of the spirit, too refined indeed to be appreciated by the average reader. As poetical, not scientific, naturalist Hudson did not have his equal in England. As prose writer he had in the judgment of critics of authority, no superior among English men of letters of the present day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03

It is announced that M. Carpentier will re- tire from the ring shortly. M. Carpentier is not so popular in France he used to be, but he has accumulated enough francs to make him independent of public favor.
 #
 Goshl It's tough being President. MT. Harding wants to visit Coney Island, ne says, and ride on the roller coaster, but he has to stay in the White House and worry.
 k The first arman fined for flying too low over Birmingham paid $5. In the future there will be some pretty chases between air cops and violators of sky traffic laws.
 < x Magazine writers who describe conditions in Russia emphasize filth. You can't expect people to pay much attention to soap and water when their stomachs are empty.
  New York photographer who died the other day left fortune of several millions. We venture to say he took precious few pho tographs of the common people. Flogging people may be a good form of exercise to develop the muscles of the arms and shoulders, but it is much more reprehen- sible than golf.
 x Painting beds and walls in Russian hospitals glowing red may possibly soothe the patients, but bolshevsts are just naturally partial to that color.
 Some political observers think Hiram John son has lost his chance to be a national leader. Hiram is comparatively young yet. He may fool them.
 Two stage beauties are quarreling over which has the shapelier legs. Their press agents probably put them up to it.
 x MT. Arbuckle has wirelessed that an opera tion is necessary. At one time the law was eager to operate on MT. Arbuckle.
 x < Short skirts expected to return in 1925, probably making their reappearance tho moment Paris says the word. x x Dick Garfield believed in moderation. His son, who inherited fortune, couldn't see life that way and now he's dead. There are comparatively few telephones in Greece, but the politicians contrive to find out what is going on.
 Germany is printing s,ooo,ooo,ooO marks a day, which is of the things the matter with Germany.
 The advent of a motor car to compete with the Ford will give pedestrians something more to think about.
 < Correspondents might at least tell us how D,Annunzio's cracked crown Is getting alonc
 
 Can't some way be found to inspire little respect in Sam Gompers for federal courts?
 = = Nellie Grant is dead. It takes an old stager to remember when Nellie Grant was young
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
TALLADEGA ASKS YOUR AID

"The people of my home town, Talladega, are very deeply concerned over the proposed amendment to the constitution of the state to be voted on at the general election in November and which would give nine towns in the state the right to tax themselves an additional 10 mills," said H. L. McElderry, prominent Talladega banker.
 "The water supply of Talladega has been condemned by the state department of health. The water is unwhoesome except when treated, and when treated is unpalatable. The supply is inadequate. We can't get good water without taxing ourselves, and we cant tax ourselves because the state constitution forbids it.
 "We are asking an amendment in Novem- Der to give us this right. Your ballot is the relief we need. Your pencil is the knife that will cut us free. Our predicament is particularly hard upon the laboring man and the poorer classes. Some of us can buy pure water, but the large majority cannot af- ford it.
 "The amendment provides for an additional possible levy of 10 mills, which would give us a total city taxing power of but 15 mills. Everybody in Talladega is supporting this amendment, as was revealed at big mass meeting of the citizens recently held. Dr. Welch, state health officer, and Governor Kilby have both issued strong appeals in our behalf, taking this action after a thorough investigation of our needs.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03

that MT. Gompers Is not the boss of the United States, now is good time to make the dem- onstration. The American people have no quarrel with union labor as an institution. It is needed for the protection of workmen. There can be no doubt that unions have held the rapacity of employers in check on many occasions and a man has just as much right to belong to union as he has to join lodge That is not the question:
 Here of late certain union leaders, MT. Gompers among them, have acted as if labor's rights came before the rights of everybody else in the country. If laws are enacted that are displeasing to the unions, they should be ig- nored. If the supreme court interprets laws in manner that does not suit the labor bar ons, the supreme court should be scrapped Congress has been threatened with reprisals if it did not carry out the wishes of organized labor and the government, from President Harding down, has been treated with scant respect.
 This attitude isn't helping the cause of union labor. On the contrary it is alienating public sympathy. The,public is willing to put up with a great deal of inconvenience when capital and labor are at war, and has shown an extraor- dinary patience, but there are times when it wants to know who is in authority and to whom it must look for protection when patience ceases to be virtue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
THE HOMES OF ALABAMA

 By A. B. Meek. The homes of Alabama, How beautiful they rise, Throughout her queenly forest realm, Beneath her smiling skies The richest odors fill the breeze, Her valleys teem with wealth, And the homes of Alabama,
 Are the rosy homes of healthl The homes of Alabama
 The cottage and the hall, Her institutions spread alike
 A guardian care OCT all No titled fopling spurns aside
 The peasant from his way, But the homes of Alabama
 Are blest by equal sway! The homes of Alabama,
 The prairie's flowery bed The broad fields decked with snowy wreaths-- The mountains star-crowned headl The forest and the fertile soil,
 Each, all, their tributes bring. And the homes of Alabama,
 Teem with the offering! The homes of Alabama,
 The shrines of faith and love, Where honest hearts forever lift
 Their incense prayers abovel Where science, art and peace combine To scatter bliss around, And make the once rude savage wastes Now consecrated ground. " The homes of Alabama,
 Homes of the brave and free Stout hearts beneath their cabin roofs Pulsate with liberty! They scorn the despot's iron rule,
 The zealot's galling chain And the homes of Alabama
 Shall ever free remaini The homes of Alabama,
 Let the tyrant keep his own, The bigot nurse his narrow creed,
 But not pollute her zone! Should war and frenzy ever strive
 To crush her strength, they'll feel
 Are filled by hearts of steell That the homes of Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
RAKE,s PROGRESS

q have no wish," Said Gerald Fish,
 "To make my mark; My only thought And all I've sought
 Is just a lark think that creed Is poor, indeed,
 And so will you; For pleasures quest Pursued with zest
 Will end in rue. one's money spent, Come discontent
 And doleful days; And oft the trail Leads on to jail
 Through cabarets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
LABOR LEADER SCOPES AT
 FEDERAL INJUNCTION

Samuel Gompers says the restraining order granted the government by federal court in Chicago, against the rail strikers, will be treated by the American Federation of Labor as "scrap of paper"
 If it is necessary to demonstrate to the sat- isfaction of approximately 100000 ,ooo people
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
MAKES SPLENDID RECORD

''The state-federal employment service, with offices in the Real Estate building, has made an envable record during the last 30 days" said H. E. Oliver, manager of the bu- reau and senior examiner for the federal employment service in Alabama. Despite the handicap of new location, substantial gains have been recorded each week since August 1, when the federal bureau removed from the city hall. Our friends and former patrons are rapidly learning our new location and are responding with many offers of em- ployment opportunities over the city and dis- trict with quite few unusually remunerative positions included. The report for the week ended September shows 189 applications, POS orders and I'll placements.
 For the information of firms needing men and men needing jobs, our temporary loca- tion is in the Real Estate building on Twenty first street, between Second and Third ave- nues. Our telephone is Main 2910.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
RATHER TO BE ENyIED

"Tm an American citizen, sir" said the shabby pedestrian, ''but Pm stranded in Paris and can't get home"
 Here's little change" said the tourist "but I don't see what you have to worry about. After spending only two weeks here I've got to go home.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
A MORNING PRAYER

My God, when l have poured forth my soul in prayer; when have barred my life and laid my burdens and my waning strength at thy feet, grant that in answer I may have the sweet assurance that since I am Thine, all is we'll. Amen.-M. s. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
STANDBYS

q don't want any more flivver jokes or any more prohibition jokes," said the editor. .I know what you are trying to do," sighed the contributor.
 "What?"
 "You are trying to prevent me from earn ing livelihood"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
CARELESS BRETHREN

Some editors who cannot spell On weighty thestions like to dwell And fain w<1d steer the ship of state, Who cannot 'Nen punctuate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
NO SUCH ANIMAL

TrUH tlle AfKanSaS G6ZeCCe.
 pious newspaper man has returned from his vacation with four $100 bills. We con- sider this item one of the biggest of the year Who ever heard before of pious newspaper man, or one with $4o0, or of man return ing from his vacation with $400i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
NO LUMBER ADVANCE HERE

"There has been no advance in the retail lumber market here since May, 1922, and lumber in Birmingham is selling from $10 to $15 per thousand under the market quota tions in Atlanta and some of the other cities of the south,' said Thornton Estes, of the Estes Lumber company.
 My attention has been directed to press telegram sent out from Atlanta which states that lumber in that market has been increased in price, due to the railroad strike. In Bir- mingham we have seen occasion to boost the price of lumber, and the retailers here are aiding the present building boom in every way possible. Birmingham is going forward just now at very rapid stride and building is brisker than at any period since the close of the war. There is great season of pros perity ahead of this city, in my judgment"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
COUNT THE PAGES

"rve been deputized," said the formal old gentleman, ''to buy book for young woman"
 "What kind of book7" asked the clerk. "She isn't particular. She just said she wanted one she could read in two hours"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
FoLLoW-uP SYSTEM

"Who's the important-looking stranger?" "He calls himself an organizer"
 "He looks to me like an efficiency exper. who came through here about year ago." 'Its the same fellow. He's going around now gathering up loose ends.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
A MADE MAN

How did this lawyer become so rich?'
 "He got divorce for an eminent movie star. After that he was continuously in the public eye"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
LADY LUCK

Lo, the rich Indian rides in car And Hicks off the ash from costly cigar;% His clothes are well tailored, he need never
 toll, But he might be beggar, if he hadn't struck
 oil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
DELAYED ENLIGHTENMENT

''The Gadders must be cultured people," "Why so?n
 "They have bust of Goethe in their living room."
 Mrs. Calder picked that up at q bargain sale. They had it six months before they found out who Goethe was.n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
HOPELESS TASK

''The professor is prostrated.r Whats wrong?9
 "He tried to psycho-analyze cake eater."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
TIT ALL DEPENDS

From the Atchison Globe.
 Half the things you do would look suspicious if some one should start report that you are going crazy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
scORNINc TIME,s FLICHT

T understand they met in an artists stu dio."
 .Yes. That was years ago. She was pos ing as Youth.''
 Well, she seems to be still at it,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
cYNIcs CAPTURED

When they who scoff at tender sighs z And jeer at true loves soft replies Are caught in Daniel Cupid's net z They make the biggest fools seen yet
 PAUL COOK. :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
A FLOGGINC CENTER

 Birmingham wakes in the morning, scans its morning paper, yawns, and then says: Well, well, another flogging last night"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
soUTHsIDE BUSINESS GROWING

Despite opinion to the contrary I sin cerely believe that the retail dry goods busi- ness on the southside is on the incline and not on the decline, as many are wont to oe- lieve," said J. M. Tanory, local merchant
 "Many are of the belief that with the clos ing of the saloons, which was a great boon for the southside, and the advent of the auto mobile and allied industries, the retail dry goods business would suffer. However, have great hopes for it's advancement and believe that in a short time it will come back into it's own with greater volume than ever. At any rate, my belief has been so strong that have staked a large part of my assets in the building up of the southside's first five-and-ten-cent store."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
JAZZ DEMAND INCREASES

Everybody is singing and dancing these days, and the demand for new fox trot and other dance compositions is far in advance of the supply" said M. E. Williams of the Will Hams Music House. Perhaps the two largest sellers are Stumbling and Alabama Blues and it is indeed difficult to keep full supply of these two popular songs in stock.
 Classical music, too, is more in dsruand than it has been for some time, but t.. sale of these compositions is not near the sale of the jazz numbers. Mrs. Libbie Williams Mehr, my sister, is the composer of Alabama Blues and the piece has gained such popularity that it is recorded on two photograph records, one sung by Mamie Smith and the other played by the Market orchestra. Persons who say that jazz music is becoming a thing of the past do not know what they talking about. The demand for jazz increases every day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
LIKE LADY AsToR

"That was very graceful compliment that Victor Hanson, publisher of the News, paid to a fellow newspaper friend, at the Rotary club last Wednesday when he was telling of his trip abroad, when he spoke of the marked resem- blance between Lady Astor and Dolly Dalrym- ple The Age -Herald's popular writer," said Pat Cummings.
 "Mr. Hanson said when he went to London, that he had cards of introduction to Lady As tor and when he presented them she invited him to the House of Parliament and arranged seats for him and his party in the distinguished guests gallery Lady Astor was taking part that day in debate and Mir. Hanson said her quick wit and clever repartee reminded him very much of Dolly and if the people of Bir- mingham wanted to know the type Lady Astor is they have but to see and know Mrs. Ship man."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03

Why, courage, thenl what cannot be avoided, 'Twere childish weakness to lament, or fear
 Henry VI. <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-03
ADRIFvT WITH THE TIMES

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-30
GAS ACCIDENT
NEARLY FATAL.

Rescued from death By the mar
rowest Of margins. Albert X. Tuck
er. "a. sailor from the steamer
Maxa,iAn. was recovering Monday
In the city hospital from the sf'
fccss OF gas fumes.
Tucker. who lives with his moth.
or NJ s7if Mayfair ave. had been
reading In bed. and becoming
drowsy about o. m. he turned off
the electric ilsht. In so doing he
brushed his hand against the gss
Jet. opening u. Tucker failed 20
smell the fumes and slept.
An hour later his mother. Mrs.
Anna r. Tucker. heard him Gaping
ana detected tho odor Of gas. She
found her son unconscious and ap.
parcnsiy dying. Physicians gave
Tucker ssimuIsnts and succeeded In
revivinx him. Tie win recover.
Tucker returned TO Seattle oeso-
Der 70. after q trading cruise on the
Siberian coast with tho Maxatlan.