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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
JOBS IN BIRMINGHAM FOR
 All. WHO APPLY

There is job for every able-bodied man in the district. The city welfare department reports 1,477 orders for workers in August and only S5s placed.
 Another good feature of labor conditions here is that positions waiting for workers call for full weeks work and, in many in- stances lot of overtime. That means bulging pay envelope.
 This district has nearer to keeping it's workers busy in the past several years than any other iron and steel center. Even at the height of depression our leading steel indus try did not go below 30 per cent of produc- ton compared with an average of 20 to 30 per cent elsewhere and this is the only in- dustria district in the country that has been continuously at a 100 per cent pace since the rail strike began July l.
 These conditions are source of congratu- lation and at the same time they should pro yoke serious consideration of steps that will insure the retention of our available labor supply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
ONE ON THE CORONER

Several days ago when Coroner Russum, MT. Pittman, myself, and several others went over to that wild territory near Sayreton to investigate the killing of negro, very anus ing incident occurred at the expense of the coroner" said S. M Arnett, deputy sheriff of Jefferson county.
 That part of Alabama where the negro was found is patch of land that seems to serve only two purposes, harboring illicit dstIiing and holding the world together. It is suc- cession of valleys streams, hills and miniature jungles from one end to the other. Just as our party reached the edge of that wild tract the coroner stated that he would try to make it on foot. After several minutes of pcrsua- sive argument he was finally induced to ride on horseback. There was nothing particularly wrong with the coroner's horse but it seemed that every time the horse would attemp. to ford creek, it would fall to the ground with both front feet stretched forward at the edge of the stream Every time the horse fell the coroner would call for help and as soon as the help arrived the horse would be on its feet again. This happened several times until one of the men finally told the coroner that he had a fish horse, whereupon the coroner replied, What do I want with a fish horse on trip like ths.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
ANOTHER BIRMINGHAM HOME
 FOR WORKING GIRLS

Fully as important as the establishment of new industries in Birmingham and the in- crease in bank clearings are such institutions as the Esther home which will be opened shortly under the auspices of the Alabama conference of the Woman's Home Missionary board of the Methodist Episcopal church. It will be desirable place to live for business girls and those preparing themselves for self support in business colleges and other insti- tutions.
 There will be room for 50 girls in steam heated and well-ventilated building, with am pl, accommodations.
 Instis utions of this kind gre multiplying in the community and refec5 the philanthropie character of its people. It is more and more realized that taxation alone cannot adequately provide for all the wants of society and men and women are giving more and more of their private means to make up the deficiency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
MARK TWAIN ON ADULATIoN

From Unpublished Chapters from the Auto
 biography of Mark 5Twain," in Harper's
 Magazine.
 I am built just other people are built, so far as I can discover and therefore do prize a good hearty compliment above rubies; and am grateful for it, and as glad as you are yourself when I can in sincerity return the mate to it.
 But when man goes beyond compliment, it does not give me pleasure, it makes me ashamed. It makes me ashamed; l am not thinking about him, l am thinking about my self; he may humiate himself if he likes, t is his privilege, but I do not want ts be hu- initiated.
 Adulation. Adulation-spoken or hinted And never earned; never due, to any human being. What king must suffer- For he knows deep down in his heart, that he is a poor, cheap, wormy thing like the rest of us, a sarcasm, the Creators prime miscarriage in inventions, the moral inferior of all the ami mals, the inferior of each of them all in one gift only, and that one not up to his esti- nation of it-intelect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
WHY AMERICANS ARE NOT
 POPULAR ABROAD

In a recent editorial the Atlanta Georgian comments on the statement made by the editor of woman's magazine who spent nine weeks in Europe that Americans are not liked abroad" This feeling is attributed to the be- lief that America is rich and stingy. Europeans think the sacrifices we made in the World war were small, compared to their own. and our war profits great.
 The Georgian says: 'Tt is bad thing for the peace and unity of the world that Euro peans should believe this sort of thing about the United States-that Americans could re- store Europe to prosperity if only they weren't so stingy. European governments encourage that sort of thinking. The rulers clutch at straws to save themselves from their own mis- takes and the mistakes of men exactly like themselves who held office before the war"
 While it may be true, as the Georgian says, that Europe must take the first step toward her rehabilitation, great many Americans share the belief of Europeans that this country could do more than it is doing to help put Flu rope her feet. The policy of national sola- tion as preached by Lodge, Borah and others is economically wrong and against the instincts of humanity. If we had helped the allies in- stead of holding aloof after the war-if we had even joined the League of Nations-most of Europes troubles would have been solved by this time, or they would have been well on the way to solution
 We can't get around the fact that we have T duty to perform which greatly concerns our own future. With half the world in economic chaos, America will suffer and for selfish reason, if for no other, we will be compelled sooner or later to extend helping hand.
 America can't prosper and the world can't transact it's business with conditions as they are in Europe today. Some of our unropularity abroad is deserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
A FLAPPER QUEEN

From the Chicago Herald and Examiner.
 young girl from California, Miss Helen Wills, age Is, is the tennis sensation of the east. Twice she has beaten Mrs. May Sut- ton Bundy, and three times she has appeared in finals against Molla Mallory, the national champion.
 The first time Mrs. Mallory defeated her with ease, the second time with much greater effort the third time in hot three-set match in which the infant Californian for a long time held the advantage, and at the end of which the mighty Molla left the court in a rage, vowing vengeance on the spectators who openly showed their sympathy with the little girl
 Meanwhile Miss Wills has played on plac- idly without a trace of timidty or tempera- ment, as cool as a cucumber and as fierily sweet as stick of peppermint candy. In another year, the experts predict, she will feel the crown nestling on her bobbed hair.
 The talk about flappers is trifle mslead- ing. Here is one who minds her own business like general and never overlooks a chance nor courtesy. We commend her to her generation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05

cheaper than it's competitors. It would seem that the so-called independents exist by it's wise tolerance. It evidently dominates the trade. Yet, in such condition of affairs we seek to prevent this comparatively insignificant combination whose object plainly is to effect economies. That such combination could, if it wished, restrain trade or create monopoly is out of the question. The does exist We seek to prevent this small combined com- petition. We strain at the gnat and swallow the camel"
 Of course, the federal courts will finally decide the legality of the proposed mergers and it looks very much as if the federal trade commission is simply paving the way for trans hitting the question to tribunals of final ju- risdiction. Time would have been saved if the commission had done months ago wEat it 's doing now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
COLONEL BAILEY AT 5S

From the Houston Post.
 Just 58 years ago today the E. M. o. first saw the light of this world. It has been a wonderful time all along the line down to now, with hope painting our landscapes and expefi- ence cluttering them up with collie, hate, rheu- matism, corns, tin cans, disappointments, and other debris of life. We have had more than our share of carrots, while some of our per capita seems to have fallen into vandal hands. Our pants are thin and smooth where they ought to be strong of warp and wool, and they subject us to increasing uneasiness. We have learned that fellows enemies have better memories than fellows friends, and we have learned, too, that there are people foolish enough to fall out with us about our religion, of which we have little and probably they haven't much, either. As for our politics, well say, what is democrat? It must be the fel- low who agrees with you; the other being an anarchist and an imp. But, all in all, we have had the time of our young life, and wouldn't have missed the fun for all the world. Things have happened as if for no other purpose than to keep us entertained. It's long,. long way back to that morning toward which we look but to which we shall never return. Over here in the western sector where we stand, the sky just above life's last entrenchment is melowina in a gorgeous tintage of purple and gold, and we see about us some fine old fellow travelerl with whom we can thresh out differences over infant baptism and the tariff without fight, thank the Lord. Are we downhearted? We should say not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
LETTERS TO EDITOR
A VIEW FROM PITTsBURG
e Editor of The Age-Herald.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
 Being from the south I take great deal of interest in the matters pertaining to the de- velopment of the south read your Age Herald daily from the news stands and want to say that I have had no city, town or village impress me with such utter contempt as Bir- mingham does.
 Weekly you have mobs or individuals who go out and attack innocent law-abdng citi- zens-and get away with it. Do you make any attempt to correct such situation there in Birmingham? It is my opinion that you do not. If I am not right, correct me, please. I do not believe that such situation could con- tinue any place as long as it has right thAre in Birmingham It is the most disgraceful thing that I have heard of in long time
 Birmingham people thought the Herrin, H., affair disgrace the fact of the earth. suppose there are any number of them who hold up their hands in horror at the situation in Ireland. let is either condition worse than the one which exists right there in Birming- ham7
 These articles are printed all over the coun- try. I'd be ashamed to say that was from the south. It does so much harm to Birming- ham-and the entire south-that it seems such a pity we haven't sufficient authority there to stop such uncivilized proceedings. Do you suppose that people contemplating a move to the south are favorably impressed with such things? To the contrary It makes an im- pression on them which they will never over come.
 When I forget and admit I am from the south, near Birmingham, the one thing they remember about Birmingham is the little pro- tection afforded men, women or children. No- body is safe. And to my certain knowledge these affairs of taking citizens tor women in one or two instances) out and beating them has been going on for almost two years.
 It is deporable Is there way it can be stopped? Very truly. AUSTIN COBB.
 Hotel Henry, Pittsburg, Pa, September 2,
 1N22
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 [ oDGES RESPONSIBILITY

Commissioner Van Fleet of the federal ing of the board that the proposed steel mer- gers must show affirmatively that they are not in restraint of trade. In view of the at titude taken by the United States supreme court in the case of the Steel corporation it IS difficult to understand the commissions po- sItton on mergers of minor nature.
 IF. Van Fleet observes: ''The Steel corpo- ration can produce . ton of steel at $3 to $5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
 We often wonder whether there are any heavenly mansions reserved for landlords who raise the rent despite the reduction in pay envelopes.
 As soon as the impossible happens it isn't.
 Putting it on ice won't always keep secret.
 What little affair it takes sometimes to start big row! face is always dirty.
 It's better to marry and be boss than never to have bossed at all.
 The people who are looking for trouble de- serve all that's coming to them
 Let man go hunting and fishing . few times and get no hing and he will quit.
 Age brings wisdom, but the trouble is it doesn't leave us much time to use it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
DANsE MACABRE

By Minna Irving As went down the winding path
 That led me through the wood I heard brisk wind piping in
 The basking solitude, And met upon the narrow way
 By lofty branches spanned A fairy in a russet cloak
 Who danced a saraband. She whirled and spun and leaped along Before me as l went, Now circling swiftly to and fro,
 Now resting still and spent, And then gyrating on again
 With light and airy grace. "An elf,' I said, "come out to play
 In this secluded place." Still faster round and round she flew
 And fell upon the mold Reposing for a space beneath
 A ray of morning gold, And 10! it was the first brown leaf
 Of autumn, sad and sere, at Dancing the devils dance of death
 Before the dying year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
THE LITERAL WITNESS

You say you saw this man crawl through window of the residence he is accused of robbing?' asked the defendants lawyer. q did" said the witness
 What time was it?"
 Three o'clock in the morning.
 Are you sure it wasn't 2 o'clock, or half past two, or half-past three?"
 "Yes, sir. I heard the clock strike and counted the strokes
 "Ahem! And what were you doing up as that hour of the night?"
 T was watching this fellow crawl through a window
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
THE MARCH OF EDUCATION

From the Chicago Herald and Examiner.
 "'Through fen and copse the whole day long," the teacher quoted, "'sweetly echoes sthe birds sweet song Now I want some member of the class to compose sentence containing the word copse. Woodrow, have you thought of one? Very well, please let us hear it.'
 "Last night" said little Woodrow Wilson Terwilliger, .the man that lives next door to us commenced to beat his wife, and the cops come, and was goin' to pinch him."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFLATIoN

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 In an article sent from Washington and ap- bearing in The Age Herald August 28, refer ence is made to me and my opposition to the republican defation policy conducted by Gov ernor Harding. Permit me to say in reply;
 The deflaton machinery was created by a republican Congress in April, 1920; the defa- tion resolution was passed by a republican Senate in May, 1920, and deflation was de- manded by the national platform of the re- publican party in June, 1920
 Senator Hitchcock, a democrat of Nebraska, in the democratic state convention held at Omaha, Neb., August 15, 1922, said
 "One of the causes of that business distress was the drastic deflation' of credit which forced down prices of agricultural products rapidly and unreasonaby. For this the re- publican leaders are responsible. The federal reserve board was influenced by the demands of republican leaders for deflation. The re- suit was a drastic and damaging curtamenr of credit reduction of currency and fall in prices, especially among the farming classes west and south.''
 The Nebraska state convention adopted a platform denouncing republican deflation I'll the following language:
 "We denounce the unnecessarily drastic de- flaton of currency and credits at the expense of agriculture, labor and legitimate business as a perversion and misuse of the powers of the federal reserve system, and pledge our selves to the cause of making this great system serve faithfully the purpose for which it was designed"
 These facts answer the insinuation made by Governor Harding's friend in The Age Herald article of August 28, that the deadly deflation policy of 1920 was of democratic origin. Only one democrat in the Senate has defended the republican deflation policy and when he fin ished his speech the only senators to walk over and congratulate him were Senator Mclean of Connecticut, a republican, and chairman of the Senate banking and currency commit tee, and who voted against creating the fed eral reserve banking system, and Senator Freylnghuysen of New Jersey, republican
 All of the other democratic senators feel as I do, that the deflation policy which produced so much human suffering and business disas- ter in 1920, was brought about by the leaders of the republican party. The fact that Gov ernor Harding wired congratulations to Pres ident Harding when he was nominated by the republican convention at Chicago, and later on went to see him at Marion, O., and accord ing to the Washington Times, supported him and then bore down heavily with deflation just before the presidential election, giving to the republican ticket the states of New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma and Tennessee, show that the trail of the republican deflation serpent was over it all. With best wishes, am yours very truly. J. THOMAS HEFLIN.
 Washington. September 2, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
HOLD UNIQUE FORD CONTEST

"One of the most unique contests held n connection with Ford Day at Sheffield Satur- day was that for the noisiest Ford sad Wal ter l. Aiken of the Firestone Tire and Rubber company here, who was one of the judges. "There were about 1000 out-of-town cars in Sheffield that day, and consequently many contestants for this honor. Prizes were also awarded for the best decorated car, best equipped car, heaviest driver, lightest driv 1T, tallest driver and smallest driver. The Ford Day events were put on by the Harris-Asche Motor company, and there were many persons attending who expected to meet Henry Ford, the unfounded report having gained circr.a- tion that Mir. Ford would be in attendance. The celebration lasted all day and until 1 o'clock at night Music was supplied by the Sheffield band of 20 pieces. There were speeches and baseball game in the afternoon between Sheffield and Florence. The days activities were concluded with street dance at night participated in by 2,000 people. The Harris-Asche company were voted splendid entertainers by the visitors and home folk as well"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
soFT-PEDAL INIoUITY

q just want to say" began the colored par son, "dat some of de members of dis flock is steeped in sin"
 "Amenp said large black brother in a front pew.
 "verily, dey is tarred wid de pitch of sa- tan."
 "Amen!' shouted the black brother, louder than before.
 "And furthermore continued the parson, as he eyed the obstreperous worshiper with sharp disfavor, "some of de sinners who makes de most noise in de meetin house puts in all dey spare time pussyfootin' on de road to eternal damnation."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
A TRAyELoGUE

Madam said the irate movie patron to I woman who had been talking steadily through four reels q have no doubt that you have been to Rome, as you say
 Certainly have"
 "And I don't question the statements you've been making to your friends about that city, but, for the love of Mike, this. picture wasn't made in Rome. It was made in California" Probably so, replied the woman sweetiy "I've been to Los Angeles, too. I'll get around to that in just few minutes"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
TRIBUTE TO THE LATE E. w. BARRETT

Sunday morning at the services at High lands Methodist church Dr. Frank Willis Bar nett, who occupied the pulpit in the absence of Dr. VI R. Hendrix, the pastor, who is away on his vacation, paid beautiful tribute to the late Edward w. Barrett, with whom he was associated on The Age-Herald for four years," said M. P. Phillips, land also to the late Lige Chandler, both of whom Dr. Bar nett felt very close to. He said that just one year ago when he preached at Highlands Meth odist church, Lige Chandler had attended church to hear him preach and encouraged him with his kind words of praise afterward, which he always did with everyone. He spoke feel ingly of talk which he had with MT. Barrett on one occasion when the late beloved Dr. Whitten had paid MT. Barrett visit at The Age-Herald, and of whom Mir. Barrett said: That is one of the sweetest, saintliest old gen temen I have ever had the good fortune to meet, and I have enjoyed his visit Dr. Bar nett said few people knew that side of MT. Barrett's character, but being associated with him he had known it and knew that he treas ured very high Christian ideals and deep respect for everything religious.
 "Dr. Barnett preached fine sermon Sun day morning, which was enjoyed by large congregation, the text, If man die, shall he live again?' which he said was inspired largely by the recent death of his two good friends, Mir. Barrett and Mr. Chandler"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE SAME OLD STORY

"The girls of today have lost the sense of modesty that formerly inspired much ad. miration and esteem for young womanhooo. Their frivolity lack of decorum and boldness in dress are causing grave concern"
 Are you reading aloud from book about the modern flapper?"
 "No. This book was published in the sew enteenth century,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
BRISBANE'S CRITICS

From the Centreville Press.
 Some of the readers of The Birmingham Age-Herald don't like the editorials of Arthur Brisbane. All they have to do is to skip that column and they will find plenty of other good reading that they may like. Of course some people don't like what he writes, and they would hardly like what anybody else writes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05

It takes about two weeks of camping to eliminate the growls from restaurant patron
  Summer turned her sport car at the first corner and came right back.
  Germany's neck would suffer if Poincare ever, got his heel on it..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
THEN WATCH OUT

weep for John J. Public,
 His woes are hard to bear; He suffers sights, about his rights Nobody seems to care. He's kicked around and treated Just like a mongrel pup; But some day we may live to see Him get his lander up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-05
BOUGHT MORE FERTILIZERS

"The farmers of Alabama bought fully 50 per cent more of fertilizers this year than last" said c. M. Teacher.
 "Not only that, but the vast bulk of fertil- izer sales this year were for cash.>
 Farmers are in much better condition than they have been in years and, following good price for cotton this fall. there will be some real prosperity on the farms"