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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
AcE-HERALD FOLLOWS HIM

q went on. trip the other day. said J. H. Perkins, prominent real estate man of Ems ley, land was surprised to get the latest edi- tion of The Age-Herald at 5 o'clock in the morning 150 miles from Birmingham.
 "of course l vas glad to get the paper be- cause I wanted to know the news of the pre- ceding day, but was impressed with the speed with which The Age Herald reaches the outly- ing parts of the state. The edition that read was the same one that I found at my door when I returned home"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
PSYCHOLOGY OF QUESTION?

sThe meat in the cocoanut as to why so much opposition has arisen against the authoriza- ton of the $7,000,o00 additional bond issue by the city of Birmingham, in my opinion, is the psychology of the question:, declared Dr. Cecil Gaston, who asserted that opponents were going to vote against the several issues to keep the cost of living from increasing in the city, since the issuance of the bonds would undoubtedly be reflected in an enormous boost in living costs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
VITAL REPORTS PRoMPT

fThe mere fact that births exceed deaths in the city means very little the surface, for civilization would be in very serious plight if such was not the prevailing tendency" declared Dr. J. D. Bowling, "but the significant facts are that such standing is both indicative of "a virile population and also shows that births are very hastily and generally reported to the health department" it was pointed out by the official
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
DOINGS

From the Chicago Herald and Examiner.
 Kipling has faded, but the romance of action continues in real life.
 Did you read of Captain Bergsten's voyage in the Eastern Ocean?
 By the fifth day from Philadelphia four men were out with knife wounds. A seven-day gale halted the fighting In the middle of the storm the Eastern Ocean struck submerged derelict,
 The crew tried to take to the boats. Berg sten dissuaded them with gun. On tho thir- teenth day the ship was beached and frightened. When she sailed again, another mutiny started
 The captain quelled it for awhile, then he signaled to neighboring destroyer, which sent over 40 men to clean up. It cleaned up. Then Bergsten, at the end of two weeks, went to bed for little sleep
 "A good time,' he says, Twas had by sil.~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
SHED A TEAR FOR CHINA

9Atk@6 n AA-RAN 0te SttttNA A troubled land is China,
 I'm sure you will agree; The spectacle of civil war
 Is very sad to see. I've known some Chinese laundrymen Who seemed peaceful lot; But back at home, across the foam, I fear that they are not. Dissensions rife in China
 Make the judicious grieye; The patriots who go to war
 But practice to deceive. Each one pretends he seeks to save His country from its foes; But China's scraps delight the Japs, As everybody knows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
WILLING TO GO

Well, did you succeed in selling any life insurance to MT. Grumpson?"
 "No," said the new salesman. After I'd talked to him for hour and half he threw up his hands and yelled, Q death, where is thy sting?'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
ACQUITTED

The fair defendant dabbed her eyes
 And showed a pair of ankles neat; Her lawyer, learned man and wise,
 Knew eloquence could not compete With woman's tears and loyeliness-
 Experience had taught him SO; And when he'd made brief address
 The jury let the sinner go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
M'DUFF'S GOOD ADVICE ON
 TRAFFIC SAFETY

Chief of Police McDuff advocates the golden rule for traffic. He is right. When chauf- feur places himself in the position of the man who is walking and the pedestrian places him. self in that of the driver of an automobile there will be fewer accidents.
 Here is precisely where the difficulty lies. Chief McDuff says:
 "As driver have had to continually preach to myself that I am not the only driver on the street. As careful as might be- I have. got to watch the other fellow. The same thing holds true when am walking. Don't have anything on your mind but your position as pedes- trian and you arc not apt to disobey the traffic signals or walk around with your head down."
 Safety in traffic depends on the carefulness of the pedestrian and driver alike. If each obeys the traffic signals and keeps an eye on the movements of the other there will be fewer ac- cidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ALERT AND PROGRESSIVE

Have you any old-fashioned bad men around here?'
 "No," said the westerner. "They are all strictly up-to-date.'
 "How's that?n
 ''They drive high powered motor cars and make the prohibition agents earn their sal aries"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
 Like honesty, consideration for others pays.
 Hate is good runner, but love jumps all fences. : Polished language is often used ip telling the unvarnshed truth.
 Sow good services and sweet remembranees will grow from them.
 Every boy believes that some day he will be able to lift half ton.
 No book ever written is quite as realistic as a well-filled pocket book.
 When man doesn't care what's for break fast it isa pretty gRod sign that it is the morn ing after.
 Some men have to have hard and fast con tract before they will consent to be honest with themselves. is ,,..5@..s aaa-s After woman has been married lorg end0sh to secure five-passenger csr, she is usually large enough to fill the back seat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
TRAFFoRp AGAINST DANCE

T believe that public dancing at Pershing pier, among the questions to be settled Monday, will be defeated" was the opinion of H. D. Trafford, who cited the great attack that has been miSle from all directions to oppose the ordinance whereby public municipal dancing will be permitted and supervised by a single commissioner
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
A MODERN NOTE

'Now, this is what I call realistic movie
 Looking at that picture, you'd think you were in ancient Rome
 Perhaps, but the conversation of pair of flappers immediately behind us rather spells the illusion."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
A PEDAooGUE's INSTINCT

"Do you ever feel i'll at ease in the presence of sef-made millionaire?"
 "oh, yes" said Professor Diggs.
 "On account of his money?p
 "No. I'm afraid I might forget I'm not in my lecture room and correct his grammar"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
CLOSE

"How is MT. Jagsby?"
 "In what particular?" asked MT. Bibbles "Would you call him Good Samaritan?" tNo. I don't believe he'd produce his pocket flask if you showed him the snake that bit you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
LITTLE DoRRITs. CHURCH HAS EFT

London.-Lovers of Dickens arc preparing to participate in the commemoration of the S00th anniversary of St. Georges church, where Little Dorrit rested on the night after the party when she was too late to return to the Marshalsea prison. Later she was married in the church. Dickens was also a worshiper there during his boyhood and often later in life. The present church was built in 1734 on the site of the first church which was given by Thomas Ardene to the monks of Bermondsey Abbey in 1122.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
Happy are they that hear their detraetions, ans put them to mending.
 Much Ado About Nothing.
A MORNING PRAYER

Give me, Lord, to know the joy of labor ing in thy vineyard, and the peaee'of ae- , complishment shall be mine, though the growth of the seed be slow. Amen.-M. ;. b.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
APPRECIATION sY VETERANS

Woodawn, May 16, 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-05-14
By FAIRFAX DOWNEY

The case is known of a man who waited
three hours at the information boot1, for
sued him around the affair ten times before
he caught him. The only explanation of the
late arrival was that he had been up all night
playing golf with BIN Jarnes.
But the crying need of the Grand Central
is some one-way traffic regulations to apply
particularly to the large, nervous lady with
bundles who always confronts you when YOU
have just half minute to make your train.
You move toward your right, and she moves
toward her left. You try run around the
other end, but are effectively blocked Until
New-York tribune., 1922-05-14
By FREDERIC F. VAN de WATER

wherefore~the good Caliph Hy-lan spake. to an
assemblaga of his lords: "Behold. none is
so fitted to be Governor as Will ibn Hearst
who is filled with the milk of human kind
ness
And Will ibn Hearst, speaking as was his
custom through those journals that continually
echoed his own praises, quoth:
The man for Senator is Hv-lan of the
huddy Countenance, the upright Caliph"
Now 1t came to pass in the fifth wear Of the
Profit that word came from the north. even
the poison wells Of Albany and struck terror
to the land
Scouts sent forth by the faithful to snv
upon the Sultan Nathan the Curious of that
realm returned on sweating barbs to report
that the Sultan armed himself for war. Men
had whispered to Nathan the Curious. so the
report or the scouts ran, that the forces of the
Callph Hy-lan and the Sheik ul Islam and
Murtee the Mullah planned to topple him from
MS throne and set up one to reign there in his
stead.
Wherefore, or such was the tale Of the
scouts, the Sultan armed himself for the frav
and gathered together cohorts of speeches and
leglons of statistics in mighty array to defend
his throne.
And alarm ran through the ranks of the
faithful and men sought in haste for one who
might lead them to victory against the ad-
versary. Wherefore, some cried aloud:
Let the good Caliph Hy-lan of the Ruddy
oountenance lead our host to the fray and
vanquish utterly this Sultan Nathan and reign
IN mis- s,1a3'
Yet others shouted also as those who earn
their daily wage by shouting:
Willi ibn Hearst for Sultan! Let him faro
forth at the head of our array and reign in the
place Of the Sultan Nathan when he hath over
thrown him.
Now, the goodCaliph Hy-lan of the Ruddv
New-York tribune., 1922-05-14

Countenance safe in the throne room. Of his
palace, debating to what purpose he should
devote the coming week. when messengers
entered who, kissing the ground between their
hands, cried:
"Ho, defender Of the Faith no. great
Caph, the people cry for thee that thou 90
forth and lead them against the Sultan, and
when thou hast vanquished him become Sui
tan in his stead.''
Then murmured the good Caliph:
"Truly Allah is great and all seeing, and
when | shall have overcome the Sultan, as the
people desire, my cup of happiness shall be
filled to overhowing if only he shall come be-
fore me some day with a bill for the further
Increase of his own salary"
Then to the messengers he replied: "I am
for the people and against the interests. let
the people rule. l am their servant Send me
stralghtway my scribe that l may prepare a
hitting speech of acceptance of this honor"
And even as he spake there sounded the
clamor of voices in the courtyard of the pal
ace, shouting in we'll trained unison:
Hearst for Sultan! Hearst for Sultan!"
And the good Caliph hardened and ouoth:
~Wazzat?"
Whereat LORDS of his court who stood about
spake, saying:
1T is the voice of the people who cry that
Will ibn Hearst be chosen to topple the Sui
tan from his throne and rule in honor in his
stead"
Then pondered the good Caliph, yet said no
word until the scribe whom he had summoned
entered And to him he spake, saying:
Thou canst have the day off. / have no
need for thee now
And he paced the floor in agony of soul and
at length cried with loud voice. saving:
Who am l to lead the Faithful to battle
when they cry for the Sheik I'll Islam? Behold.
let his be the glory"
New-York tribune., 1922-05-14

after your train has left the lady is veritable
Verdun-on ne passe pas.
For studies in the most mobile expressions
that ever fitted across human features, artists
and movie scouts should visit the Grand Cen
trail. There they may find the most graphic
registrations of emotions or convictions such
as these.
Fatalism-Man buying the last lower berth
in Pullman. Woman with baby next in line.
Strategy-Man who is invited out to dinner
at country club su1reptitiously drinking three
glasses Of milk at soda fountain.
Despair-Man with minute to catch train
in long line composed of women who are going
to have difficulty getting at the money in
their purses and putting away their change.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-14

THEkE is nothing radically wrong with
the Grand Central Terminal except
n that people will arrange to meet each
other at the information booth. That
is probably the worst trysting spot in all his
tory. 1t is no easy feat to meet some one at
some point on circle, especially when hun
dred or so others who could think of no other
place have picked that as a rendezvous. AS
for the men in the booth. they are very gener-
Gus with timetables and can tell you the train
you want leaves from the Pennsylvania sta
ton, but they somehow don't feel free to in
form you whether tall man with mustache
has been walking around there, or to take
message for Cousin Beulah that you condn't
wait any longer for her,
New-York tribune., 1922-05-14

Rage-Man who has forgotten his commu-
tation buying straight fare ticket.
Incredulity - Woman who has forgotten
that daylight is being saved looking at rail-
road time clocks.
Persistence-Child who wants its papa to
buy it an orange to eat on the train.
Flattery-Commuter with suitcase being
asked by porter, california train, sah?'
The fiction that New Workers. are a hurried
sort had its origin in the Grand Central Termi-
nal. Residents Of other parts arriving around
committing train time noted the rush and con-
fusion and sprang to conclusions. Strangers
fail to realize that over the head of every COM
muter hangs a timetable as sword was sus-
pended above Damocles. The catastrophe to
Damoces would have been death; to the com
muter who misses his train it is that other
hard fate, the necessity of taking a slow local
New-York tribune., 1922-05-14
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Then prostrated his .courtiers themselves to
the ground and made obeisance before the
Caliph, saying:
"Bismillah! Here is a man whose heart
outweigheth even his intellect
Then spake the Caliph again and his visage
exalted, so that men looked upon it with
difficulty:
'Cancel straightway the vacation of my
scribe and summon him hither forthwith, for
between we shall devote our days to the
writing Of speeches for Will ibn Hearst, the
Sheik ul Islam, 50 that the milk of human
kindness container shall prevail. But first, let
it be published abroad to the ears of all that
/ decline the nomination."
Then were the members of the Caliph's
court filled with reverence for their lord, and
they bowed before him, overcome at his great
ness, until many were overcome by sciatica.
Now Will ibn Hearst had retired, as was
his custom at certain times, to the further
most coast of the realm. and there he paced
the shore, keeping watch lest the war galleys
of Japan loom above the horizon.
And a messenger brought him word that
men clamored his name for Sultan. And he
smiled, but said naught.
Yet another messenger burst in upon him,
saying:
Behold, exalted one, the people clamor for
the good Caliph Hy-lan, urging him to be
Sultan over them"
And the Sheik ul Islam, having read al
ready the reports as to the sentiment of the
voters up state, was moved to generosity and
spake, saying:
Public life and public Office are repugnant
to me. shall remain here on my ranch and
guard the welfare of the nation.'
And men marveed at his greatness Of
heart.
But the Caliph Hy-lan, when he heard the
words of the Sheik ul Islam, retired to his
private showerbath and mingled his tears
with the waters Of .Ashokan.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-14

~ REAI, oh ye emirs all, was the love of
Abu Bekr for Mahomet, the prophet
of Allah. Mighty and all-encompass-
ing likewise was the devotion that
welded the hearts Of Sohrah and Rustum. Yet
greater far, oh mobiles and common folk of
Islam and ye holy Hadji who wear the green
turban in token of your pilgrimage, was the
brotherly affection and sacrifice in the tale
now to be told for your hearing.
Emirs, pashas, beys, effendi draw near
therefore and give ear to the thousand and
forty-ninth tale, told by the Sutana Sharazad
to her lord Shahryar, king of kings. even the
tale of the good Caliph Hy-lan of the Ruddy
Countenance and the love that he and Will
ibn Hearst, the Sheik ul Islam, bore the one
to the other.
Mighty in the world of Islam was Will ibn
Hearst. All of the papers that had not been
debauched by the interests informed the Faith
full thereof twice daily and once on the Sab
bath. And the good Caliph Hy-lan usually
each week improved on this ratio. For by day
and by night he pondered on the deeds of the
Sheik ul Islam with reverence and the words
of him he treasured in his bosom, such of them
as he could pronounce.
And it came to pass that the people mar
veled at this DEVOTION saying: Behold, those
immortal friends of ancient lore, the Sheik
David and his vizier Jonathan, Damon Pasha
and Pythias Bey, Bismuth and Soda Effendis,
coupled in song by the poets, yet who is
there who will sing the greater friendship for
Will ibn Hearst for Hy-lan, the Caliph, or
vice versa?"
Yet though nc such poet stepped out from
no of urho
Hearst sang Of the wisdom and great heart of
Hy-lan and Hy-an caroled of the milk of hu-
man kindness of which Hearst was container.
like bul-buls in the orchards of Bagdad when
the almond trees blossom.
But the time came about when words of
praise through constant usage.lost their edge,
New-York tribune., 1922-05-14
Old Boys Yearn
for Dime Novel
Continued from page fve

by soecph A. Altsheler and others The school
story, which has come into such popularity
in standard book form through sklful ham
ding by Ralph Henry Barbour and others, is
here found reflected in the "Work and Win"
series. Thus we find such titles as Erred Fear
not on the Gridron, or the Opening Game of
Football Erred Fearnot az a Backstop, or
Winning Hot Ball Game and Erred Fear
not's Steal to Second, or the Trick That
Turned the Tide"
One finds the Horato Alger ir. type of
story being continued in this weekly ''lbrary'
form. This type Of story usually concerns the
pSor country boy who comes to Wall Street
and achieves financial success against great
odds. 1t is the crude predecessor Of the "bus-
neu story" which has proved so popular in
shavier and more expensive form. Then there
IN the Wild Western series and, of course,
1Ao detective series--forns Of literature which
axe found on the bookstands where the So
fiction grows. Thus it will be seen that the
dime novel is firmly rooted in certain basic
IDEAS which rule literature in general. The
public likes mystery stories, success stories,
Western stories and stories Of invention, and
pays in proportion for what it gets. And
sometimes it appears if the dime novel
reader-his favoritc works are now at a
standard prien Of seven cents, by the way
gets the most for his money. Also, he has
been spared the "fapper" type of story.
Mr.. Senarens long ago recognized the pull
iug power Of the story of inventio.:--the
Jules Verne story reduced to 10000 words
and simplifed in proportion His first hero
was Frank Reade, who devised wonderful
, steam: man-something that sug
gestion from a steam man exhibited at the
Centennial Exposition. In the SOS, when
electricity came III, there We're variations Of
tho idea, carried on by younger hero, Frank
Rcade jr. The dirigibe balloon the airpane,
the submarine and the armored car all figured
! at one time another in these stories. Mr..
Senarens stories were written under the
pseudonyrn of "No Name" Nearly all writers
Of dime novels and nickel libraries adopted
some such name. When Mr.. Senarens took
up the game the writer's of thrillers were turn
ing ont their copy in longhand Then came
::,ne typewriter, which proved boon 10 the
dime novel writer as to others. Mr.. Senarens
estimates that he has written more than 1000
Of these novels--or about 35 100000 words.
There arc calls for dime novels from all
over the world. They are shipped to Europe
and the Orient, to South Africa and South
America All of which Indicates that one
section Of this globe has a monopoly of boys
Who never grow up. ~; ,b... .4tr.,
New-York tribune., 1922-05-14
Planning New York
of 1000 A. p.
(Continued from page foar)

tlnct governing forces in the area under cor.
sheraton, including three state government
many counties and scores of towns and vl-
lagos. It is when this region is viewed as amt
that the need for plan becomes appsreat
"nat use IS there for the people of Yonkers
Tor example, to maintain contagious disease
hospitals, exercise auarantines and other pre-
ventive measures if most Of the fa,msn
who bring produce into the town dwell in COZ
munltles which do not make any effort to ps
vent the spread of communicable disease
For more than yeaS the physical surTs
has been under way. Nelsop P. Lewis, formn
chief engineer of the Board of Estimate and
Apportionment Of New York City snd former
president cf the National City Planning Con
ference, has been studying the density and
trends Of population, mapping the whole area
and learning what public officials and. ensl-
neers are doing or can do, in the development
Of forest reserves, parks and Fairgrounds a.
we'll as in the development of railroad, port
harbor and transit facilities.
According to Mr. Norton, Mr.. Lewis is go'T
to endeavor, with the aid Of special grou
including William Adams Delano.Jule Guef'ns
George D. Pratt and Sherman Fairchhd 70
develop new type of map for city piannels'
in which the painter with his mastery OF at
rangement and of color. will be guided BY tns
accurate contours of the engineer and the new
viewpoint of the aerial photographer.
1t is the aerial photographer Who has en-
abed the minds behind this scheme to Vler
their problem with a hetter perspective 1nah
has ever been had befare. Dreams like tnose
that resulted in the Brooklyn Bridge ana tne
Hudson Tubes are born RS freely as an opiuD
smokers visions when one of these nafse0S
blrds-eye pictures are laid before an ensxnsO
Already Mr.. Lewis has scheme Tor q s'eu9
to skirt the waterfronts OF Manhattan a'f
the Battery to Riverside Drive at Seseaa
second Street. His imagination has even ~
structed that monster elevated MOTOR D's. =.
ward completely around Manhattan. ~ -
Lewis's eyes the Hudson is barrier -. !.
nightly sends flood of commuters up A's
Westchester County, while New Jersey Ies,.,1s ~
equally close to New York as the crow W.
are but sparsely inhabited. Most OF the p1ss
lens being dealt with by Mr.. Lewis nav.
do with transportation and one of these -
has been worked out tentatively is pro-.
for the diffusion of much vehicular tlsp8
around New York instead of through IL.
For the accomplishment of this additis.
road, links would have TO be constructed
the total mileage of new roads would De =
prisingly small, compared with the incress,
value that would be given to existing "
ways. #
But the problems ar@a plans of the
veyors, social, physical, legal and economic =
all to be directed by some man with a,y
god-like vision who is yet to be select3
bear the title Of Planner for this great
taking, 81
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