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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-16
LAMENTING THE "RUcK PRIvATE"

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 The war department is out in lament for the passing of the ''buck private" "the fellow who does the fighting There are less of him in the army today than before we entered the war of 1917, it is said, when there were 53,165 enlisted men in the infantry, as against 47,s37 today in an army considerably larger. Actually, it is reported, there are not 20 Oo0 plain "huck privates,' the puddle with the bayonet," at this moment
 The department makes this spiel with the in- ference that it is because Congress has been in sisting on reducing the army. But since it is admitted that even with the reductions the army is larger today than in April, 1917, yet there are 5000 less enlisted men in the in- fantry, the fault, if it is fault, must rest with the department in it's organization of the army and not with Congress The fact is that the war suggested such need for specialization, bombers, automatic riflemen, ground aerialists, machine gunners, signalers and key men of one sort an danother, besides the air service, motor transport, artillery, etc., that when the army organizers had provided for them all they had only 20,000 '.buck privates left to do the fight ing. But as it is not so long since our entire army strength was only 25,000, perhaps that will be enough. Should war unhappiy come the tsbuck privates' will have to be found as they were found before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-16
LETTERS TO EDITOR
ORIGIN OF MONROE DOCTRINE

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Several times within the past few months articles or letters have appeared in the col ums of your paper indicating that the Monroe Doctrine was adopted in this country at the suggestion of the prime minister of Great Britain. Others give the credit to John Quincy Adams, and others still to President Monroe. The controversy is of no recent origin. On this point the following from "The Life and Correspondence of John A. Quit man" (Harper Bros., New York, 186o), page 310 volume l, may prove interesting to your readers:
 "The doctrine of European non-interven- tion, commonly attributed to President Mon roe, originated with MT. Jefferson, August 12 1790 when Secretary of State, he thus wrote to Governor Morris, our minister in Paris The consequences of their (the Brtish) &C., quiring territory on our frontiers are too ob- yous to need development. We wish you to intimate that we cannot be indifferent to en- terprises of this nature; that we should con- template change of neghbors with great uneasiness; and that duo balance on our borders is not less desirable to us than bal of power in Europe has always appeared to them. We wish to be neutral, and we will be so if they will execute the treaty fairly and attempt no conquest adjoining us. (Iife of Morris, Vol 2, PIP. 32)"
 This was construed by Hon. J. F. H. Clai- borne, author of the book from which the quo- tation is taken, as sufficient evidence to show that Jefferson was the author of the "doc- Urine of European non-intervension," com monly called since the days of President Monroe, who seems to have given it the first practical application, the Monroe Doctrine.
 You will pardon a suggestion further that Lord Lytton was not the author of that beau- tiful poe mentitled, 'There Is No Death" re- printed on your editorial page yesterday This poem was written by James l. McCreery, for merly of Delhi la, but later of Washington, D. c. It first appeared in print in Arthur's Home Magazine Philadelphia in July, 1863, and was written, as claimed by MT. McCreery, in February previous, while he was serving as editor of a small country newspaper at Delhi Later Eugene Bulmer of Dixon, Ills, wrote an article on Immortality" which he closed with this poem written by McCreery; and this article printed in the Chicago Farmers Advocate. Later still a Wisconsin paper clipped the poetry, and supposing that Flu gene Bumer was the author, so published it, as written by "E. Bulmer." Finally, another editor copied it from the Wisconsin paper, and supposing that the I'm" in the last name was typographical error, and that the name should have been E. Bulwer, he published it one of the poems of E. Bulwer Lytton. MT. McCreery made some changes in the poem as finally edited by him for incorporation in his volume of poems, Songs of Foil, and Tri- umph," published by Putnam, New Ycrk, 1883. But some prefer the lines as originally pub lished in Arthur's Home Magazine
 ED. D. HAMMER.
 Attalla. June 13. 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-16
PLEASED WITH EpIcT

"The edict of Commissioner Cloe and Chief McDuff allowing uniformed policemen to wear light or mohair coats with their uniform dur ing hot weather, was certainly relief to us" said Officer H. c. Propst.
 sThe coats give snappy appearance and relieve from the hgh-collared, heat-produc- ing collars of the heavy uniforms. It permits us to do our duty in comfort and makes it pleasant these days instead of keeping us swetering."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-16
Epes, June IA, 1922.
WOULD STOP USELESS DISCUSSION

To the Editor of The Age-Herad:
 Referring to your very clear and conclusive editorial in todays paper regarding proposi- tions to use parks for any other purpose save the one for which they were donated I will say have often wondered why the papers opened their columns to and afflicted their readers with, constant stream of letters urg- ing the use of parks for impossible purposes. Why not refuse to publish all such letters on the perfectly valid ground tLat such propo- sitions being not feasible are therefore of no public interest? Yours truly,
 P. c. RATLIFF. Birmingham. June IA. 1922
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-16
FELLOW HooCH HOUNDS

"Mrs. Bibbles and Mrs Jagsby are trying to think up some schemes to keep Mir. Bibbles and MT. Jagsby apart"
 'SWould they destroy beautiful friend- ship?"
 'Tt seems so. They take the position that if there were no such thing as liquor in the world Bibbles and Jagsby never would have become aequainted'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-16
ADRIFrT WITH THE TIMES
HARD TO DECIDE

Where is Mrs. Calder going to spend the summer?7
 "she hasn't decided yet" said Mr. Calder, deiectedly. livery time she makes up her mind that certain resort will suit her, she hears of another one that's more expensiye.D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-16
UNHoNoRED AND UNsUNG

"There's one consolation" remarked the village philosopher.
 ~Well?" inquired the gentleman of leisure.
 "The world doesn't expect much of dubs like us."
 That's fact, and if man can get his wife to look at the matter the same way the world does, hell have pretty smooth sail ing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-16
SURE As FATE

SURE AS FATE The ladies talk of politics And many other things; Of servants, dogs and babies, too; Of cabbages and kings; If what is amiss with this old world, And how to right it's woes, But soon or late, as sure as fate, They get around to clothes.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. The men will talk of politics, Taxation, bonds and stocks, The art of raising peonies, Petunias and phlox. z1 They'll talk of Europe's sad affairs, And all the latest news, But soon or late, as sure as fate, They'll get around to booze.
 Detroit Free Press. The flapper talks of hats and clothes, of style and fashion, too; She talks about complexions and The kind of gum to chew; She talks of all the scandal, and She makes 3 lot of noise, But soon or late, as sure as fate, She talks about the boys.
 Hastings Tribune. The matron talks of many things, Of fruits and of preserving; Of carrots and such worthless thrash, Of luncheons and of serving; She talks these days of voting right, And of the League of Nations, But soon or late, as sure as fate, She talks of operations.
 Houston Chronicle. The flipper talks. of Palm Beach suits, Of cigarettes and spats, Of ties and racing cars and beauts, The latest styles in hats. Nor does this youth forget to brag About his fathers pelf, But soon or late, as sure as fate, He talks about himself.
 Newark Advocate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-16
BILL. DIDN'T oWN A cAR

'Who said, The better part of valor is dis cretion'?" ment," said Mir Grumpson, "but it probably wasn't the kind of chap who fills up on hooeh and takes his car out to do a little fancy driving"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-16
nEscRIPTIVE MUSIC
name of that piece you were

Whats the name of that piece you were playing?"
 Bungalow Blues
 "And what was the prolonged, melancholy strain you repeated at~frequent interyals?" That represented the installments.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-16
A PRoVIso

Kniekers are the only wear When 8 girl is trim and fair. will never criticise What is pleasing to the eyes. Some object, but don't care, If the miss is trim and fair.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-16
WE'LL SAYIT

Never snort at spooning couples,
 Never mock their youthful bliss; All the lipstiels in creation
 Cannot poison true loves kiss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-16

and Boris, recognizing the changed order, is anxious to be considered man of the people, Hence he plants turnips and tomatoes, instead of the seeds of future wars, and the pot kept boiling by the royal sisters is not political.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-16
CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH GIVEN
 GOVERNMENT PRINTERS

When President Harding dismissed a large number of employees From the bureau of print ing and engraving, flor the good of the tserv- ice," it was rumored that there was crooked ness in this department.
 The employees who were discharged, most of them democrats, went out under cloud. One of the most dsquieting rumors circulated was to the effect that there had been heavy du- plication of government bonds. This report caused needless anxiety to the holders of such securities, although it was promptly denied careful audit has been completed and it shows that conditions in the bureau of print ing and engraving are "about the same as in other treasury department bureaus"I Sensa- tional charges made in Congress and else where had no foundation. There have been no large losses to the government and no bonds were duplicated.
 MT. Harding is expected to make further statement, giving his reasons for the whole sale dsmissals from the bureau He ought to make it, in justice to the employees who were summarily discharged without being notified in advance or given a chance to protect their good names. Some of these men whose char acters suffered had been with the government many years. They should be vindicated.
 
 dry lecturer of Baltimore is charged with driving his car while drunk and fatally injur- ing woman. He said he was on his way to a s,xtcc fn 1ao n. ., He seems to be the kind of upuifter who can speak from practical experience.
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 Ex-service men have about quit using French phrases picked up during the war There are newly arrived Greek walters in ~ths country who have never heard ham and eggs ordered foot sweet"
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 MT. Harding, who dedicated memorial to Francis Scott Key on the site of Fort Me- Henry is not among those excessively literary persons who say "The Star-SpangledaBanne is poor piece of poetry.
 x x It is said that the annual per capita ex- penditure for soap in the United States is 20 cents Evidently some heads are not get ting all the soap they need.
 
 Chemists who say raw corn whisky is pois- onous should consider the southern mountain- ger who has made and consumed it for genera tions without being what you might call a physical wreck.
 Attorney General Daugherty wants s5,oo0 to buy office furniture so the lawyers prosecuting fraud cases can work in the lux urious environment to- which they are accus- toned.
 Semenoff's visit to America was quite con- trast to the triumphal progress of Joffre and Foch.
 Even with Billy Sundays support, MT. Ford isn't sure of getting Muscle Shoals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-16
NATURALLY

'How did it feel to drop four miles and half in parachute2" asked the fussy old lady. Madam, if you must know" replied the bored aviator, q had sinking feeling"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-16
A MORNING PRAYER

Since l shall pass this way but once, o help me, Lord, to plant some flower now in the waiting garden of the worlds great heart. Amen.-M. S. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-16
FERRY BARBECUE AT EpEs

AttaIla, June B, 1922.
The spectator., 1922-01-06
CHAPTER |.
Blind Samson.

It was perfect weather along the San Francisco waterfront, and Raj rley reacted to the brisk touch of the frade-wind upon his cheek, the breeze 6empering the sun, bringing with it tang of the open sea and hint of ori %ental spices from the wharves. The dull thump of heavy cane upon the ftimbered walk and the shuttle of un- certain feet warned him from blunder- tng into a man tapping his way along dhe Embarcadero, a giant who halted abruptly and faced him, leaning on the Aeavy stick.
 "Matey.' asked the giant, "could you put blind man in the way of finding ahe sealin' schooner Karluk?"
 The voice fitted it's owner, Rainey Ghought-a basso voice tempered to ehe occasion, deep-sea voice that could below above the roar of gale df needed. For all his shoregoing sclOthes and shuttle, the man was cer tainly a sailor. or had been. He wore dark glasses with side lenses, over which heavy brows projected In shag- gy wisps of red hair.
 Blind as the man proclaimed him. self with voice and action, Rainey ssensed something back of those col sored glasses that seemed to be ap- praising him, almost as if the will of the man was peering. or listening, fo- >cused through those listless sockets.
 You're not fifty yards from the Karluk." Rainey replied. But you're bound in the wrong direction. Let me put you right. I'm going that way my self"
 'srhats kind of ye, matey," said the other. "But picked ye for that sort, hearin' you whistlin' as you came swingin' along. Give me the touch of gore arm. matey."
 Rainey wonderingly sized up his con sort. The strangers bulk was enor- mous. Rainey was we'll over the aver age himself. but he was only strip ling beside this hulk, this stranded hulk. of manhood. And. for all the spectacled eyes and shuffling feet, fhere was stamp of co-ordinated strength about the giant that bespoke the blind Samson. Given eyes. Rainey could imagine him agile as panther, strong as bear.
 His weight was made up of thews and sinews, spare and solid flesh with out an ounce of waste, upon mighty skeleton. His face was heavy-bearded an hair of flaming. curling red, from high cheekbones down out of sight be-
The spectator., 1922-01-06
COPYRIGHT BoBBS MERRILL co.

captain, and to Rainey his words lacked conviction. T didn't know you were blind. I heard you shout just before the blizzard broke loose. There's others present, Jim. can ex- plain 1t to you when we're by our selves. When you're a mite calmer, Jim."
 table with a smashng blow that made the man with the vandyke beard, still silent, keenly observant, draw back his arm with a catlike swiftness that only just evaded the stroke. The heavy wood landed fairly on the filled half of the poke and caused some of the gold to leap out of the mouth.
 "What's that I hit?" asked Lund. "Soft, like rat" He lunged forward, felt for the poke, and found it, lifted it. hefted it, his forehead puckered with deep seams, discovered the open end, poured out some of the colors on one palm. and used that for mortar, grinding at the grains with his finger for a pestle, still weighing the stuff with slight up-an-down movement of his hand.
 He nodded as he slipped the poke into a side pocket, and the cabin grew very silent. Lund's face was grimly terrible. He stepped back across the companionway.
 "So," he said, his deep voice muf- fled by some swift restraint, you found 1t. And yo're going back after more7' His forehead was still creased with puzzlement "Wal, I'm going with ye. eyes or no eyes, an I'll keep tabs on ye, Bill Simms, by day and night. You can lay to that, you slimy hearted swab!'
 His voice had risen again. Rainey saw the sweat standing out on the captains forehead as he answered.:
 Of course you'll come, Jim. No need for you to talk this way"
 No need to talk! By the eternal, what I've got to says bin steamin' in me for fourteen months O blackness,
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an i;'s comin' out. now it's started 1! Who $ this man, who was talkin' with ye aen I come aboardT
 "TAat's Doctor Carlsen. He's to be surg on this trip. Jim," said Simms depr, catingly, though he darted look at R they half suspicious. half resent full.
 Ralney, on the hint. turned toward the ladder quietly enough. but Lund had nipped him by the biceps before Rainey had taken a step.
 "Y oull stay right here," said Lund. "whi.e l tell you an this Doc Carlsen what kind of Il man Simms is, with his oke full of gold and me with the price of my last meal spent two hours ago. won't spin out the yarn.
 .T rescued an -Aleut off bit of a berg one time. There warn't much of him left to rescue. Hands an feet an nose was frozen so he lost 'em, but the | pore devil was grateful, an he told me something. Told about an island north of Boring strait. west of Kotze- | bue sound, where there was gold on the beach richer and thicker than 1t ever lay at Nome. makes for it, gifts close enough for my Aleut to recog- nize lt--it ain't an easy place to for get for one who has eyes--an' then we're blown south, an we git into ice an trouble. The Aleut dies, an lose my ship. But was close enough | to get the reckonin' of that island. Finally land at Seattle. broke. meet mp with the man they call Hard luck Simms. Also they called him Honest Simms those days. like him an I finally tell him about my island put up the reckonin', an he supplies the Karluk. grub. an crew.
 "Simms' luck is still ag'in' him. The Karluk gifts into ice, gifts nipped an | carried north. way north, with wint an current. frozen tight in a foe. Il looks like we've got to winter there Mind y., I've given Honest 6mms tn. reckolin' of the island. We 60 ou
The spectator., 1922-01-06
WHEN BABY HAS A COLD
Be Kind to Him, Mother; Don't Give Him Nasty Medcne-U
 Nash's SaNe-Peasant, Safe, Sure.

It's a positive sin 10 make baby take medicine except at the order of physi- clan. To give baby a cathartic simply because he has cold is brutal. His little stomach and bowels are tender. Too much medicine may ruin his digestion for life.
 Best and surest treatment for baby's cold and cough is Nash's Croup-Pneu- monia ,Salve. Simply put little in each
The spectator., 1922-01-06
From Abraham to Allenby.

In the Book of Genesis 1t Is told how Abraham dug the We'll of the Oath tt Beersheba, and from time immc- morial the Bedouins have watercd their focks from the wells of Beershe- ba. The occupation of Palestine has brought Twentieth century methods to the oldest country in the world. and Abrahnm's wells are now equipped with modern pumping machinery.
The spectator., 1922-01-06
THE DEAD ALIVE
"E1rIuk ahou p

"A Uf tt"t ceC
 The face of Captain Simms paled, tue tan turned to q sick Iy gray, and his jaV dropped. Rainey saw fear come into his eyes. Hts companion did not str c muscle except for tue quick shtft of his glance, but Went on sitting at the table, tue gold in one palm, tue fn- gers of bis other hand resting on tue grains.
 "Jim Lund" gasped tue captain hoarsely.
 That's me, you shulhtng sculpin! Thought I was bear meat by this, didn't you, blast pore rotten soul to h-l! But I'm back, BiU Simms. Back, an' this time you don't slip mei
 ~ <fYou left me blind on tue foe, BsH Simmsi" he roared "B6nd, tn q driuin' blizzard with the tee breahn' upt II T didn't haue use for gore car cass I'd t,eist gore head from .yore scaly body like I'd pull up q carrot
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nostril; thus he will inhale the vapor and his little head will be cleared in jiffy. Then rub his chest generously with tho salve and apply warm fiannel arrange covers about neck in such a manner that he will breathe the vapors. The cold will be broken in a few hours.
 Nash's Salve. that stronger kind, 10 sold only in % and 60-cent bottles. You can get 1t at the drug stores.
The spectator., 1922-01-06
17e, ,ooo, ,ooo Lives. Saved.

Superintendent c. F. Cutler reports that approximately 1760000W tish were rescued from landlockedl waters along the Mississippi river during the season which closed November I.
 This work establishes record In the history of the bureaus operations and serYes to Illustrate the tremendous mortality to which the river fishes are liable because of physical conQi- tions resulting from freshets.-Nsh- cries Service Bulletin.
The spectator., 1922-01-06

We'll, hero they Are-the main characters in the best sea tale that J. Allen Dunn ever wrote-all except Peggy, the captains handsome daughter. Tho scene is the main cabin of the KarIuk, about to sail from San Francisco to the mysteri- ous islands of the North Pacific for sold-a sample of which lies on the table. Lund, re- turned from the dead, and snow-blind, breaks in upon the Syndicate" The man handling the gold is Carlsen, physician and mate, who is planning to kill the captain with drugs, seize his daughter and make off with the gold. Raincy, a news paper man there by chance, is shanghaied when the kariuk sails.
 Of course the handsome Peg py is the mate" But who is the "man" - Lund? Carlsen? Rainey?
 The author, born in England, Is an Oxford man who has travelled the world and settled down here fifteen years ago to write short stories and dozen or SO thrilling "best sellers" This story is as fascinating as Jack London's "Sea Wolff and less brutal.
The spectator., 1922-01-06

Duty and happiness are synonymous
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E18I|yvE!51EE18E|3E E18I|

A MateriaIist's Deeision on Ducks. It is possible, Lord Grey has found, to bore ones friends with talk about birds. In an after dinner speech at Selborne society gathering he re- called an instance when he himself had talked freely about his water fowl. His listener gave vent to his boredom in a pregnant sentence: 1: Ducks should be talked about only when they are cooked Manchester Guardian.
The spectator., 1922-01-06
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"Knoekout drops? guessed it. That doctors slick"
1To BE coNTINUEp.D
In Another Sense.

She-"Before we were married you said YOU couldn't do enough for me" He-"Well, guess time has proved that I was right
The spectator., 1922-01-06

Crosses ocean te0 Times. W. r. Willis. business man of New York, has crossed the Atlantic 1S0 times.
The spectator., 1922-01-06
Coco Luck.

"Have any luck on your fishing trip7" "Yep. Won $2S playing pok' sx.~-Detrolt Treo PranA
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If you are ashamed of your calling hire q boy to call for you.