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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
Foch Tells Why He Became
 a Soldier
Paris Correspondence in London Times.

Paris Correspondence in London Times.
 In a conversation which is recorded in the Petit Parisien today Marshal Foch has told a correspondent of that paper many things about his private life while few things he has denied. For one thing he has killed the legend that, since his visit to America, he had become a teetotaller-"an impenitent water-drinker."
 "The truth is," said Marshal Foch, 'that I drink at each meal two glasses of wine. It is not too much, I think, but it is enough; in all things I love moderation. Without being a gourmet, without having marked preference for any special kind of cooking, I have good appetite and I eat well-and quickly. It is not well to grant too much to the animal The marshal confessed, however, that after meals he always takes hastily to his pipe "That is my vice"
 He gently ridiculed his career as horse man. For forty years, Hess from conviction than from sense of duty" owing to the army belief that in time of war one would always have to be on horseback, he rode from 7:30 to 9:30 every morning, winter and summer, wet or fine. But during the war, except for reviews, he .never had occasion to show his talents as a horseman." If he
  riding, he spoke very differently about shoot ing; then he became lyrical.
 Another legend which the marshal demol- ished-though perhaps hardly completely was the story that he was an "optimist-" !" People called him optimist, he said, merely because he always turned his back on disaster and eliminated the hypothesis of failure" But optimism and pessimism were senseless words. Or, rather, he added, Optimism is tempera- ture In any case, it has nothing to do with war or with action.' Then he summed up his philosophy of action. Whenever you have a task to perform he said, consider it care fully estimate exactly what is required of you. Then make your plans, and to carry them out have method never improvise. The fun damental qualities required for the proper ex- ecution of plan are-frst, intelligence, then dscernment and judgment, which allows one to recognize at once the object to be attained and the best means of attaining it, then a proper sequence of ideas, and. finally, what is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
SPEEDS UP TRADE

New York Correspondent Pittsburg Dispatch.
 wagon load of bananas, plus little iD- genuty, equals empty wagon and full pocket This problem in commercial arithme- tic was successfully worked out the other day by two enterprising young men at One Hun dred and Sixty-thrd street and Longwood avenue, the Bronx. They drove up with a wagon piled high with bananas. Residents might have gone their way placidly enongh if the banana vendors had remained content to wait for the occasional customer Instead one of the men clipped off bunch of about 15 bananas, raised it high in the air and cried out
 Who'll give a cent for this?" The inter- section is busy and five passersby who were caught by the loud voiced offer took it up.
 Who'll give cents, ladiesangenmen?" shouted the auctoneer.
 By this time the crowd had gathered and the bidding became spirited. The bunch of bananas finally went to woman who bid IS cents. Within half an hour the entire wagon load had been sold out the bargain a good one, the profit small one, the turnover a quick one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24

most essential of all, villa stubborn will"
 Earlier in the conversation Marshal Foch confessed that Thers, whom he had read ten times, was the first author that he studied, then came Walter Scott, and later Taine, with, naturally, study of all the classic military writers-he paid a special tribute to Moltke's Memories for the study of the theory of the Rhine" The marshal also told what had decided him to be a soldier. It was at Metz on that August Sunday afternoon in the war with Prussia when Napoleon III, who had ar rived only the night before, had to flee, caus- ing a notice to be posted the wall stating that MacMahon had lost battle, that Frossard had been obliged to retire, but that the retreat was being conducted in good order. There was disaster in the air, and, said Foch, that day. facing that notice, felt that I would be soldier"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
MONUMENT TO WASHINGTON
 RECALLS HIS USEFUL LIFE

It might surprise some of our New Eng land brethren to discover the respect in which Booker T. Washington was held by the white people of Alabama, where he served many years as president of the Tuskegee in- stitute.
 On April bronze monument in honor of pr. Washington will be unveiled on the campus at Tuskegee, and the occasion will be one of interest to Alabamians who regard his work having had much to do with uplifting his own people and improving the relations between the two races. Dr. Washington had the wisdom of common sense. Had he been a visionary, or the type of negro leader who is usually assailing the south from a northern or eastern city, he would not have established his school in this part of the country. But he wanted to do his work where it was needed good, and the success of Tuskegee proved that he was right
 Dr. Moton, the present head of Tuskegee, is following in the footsteps of his predecessor The average Tuskegee student comes out of the school equipped to be useful citizen and usually is one There are hundreds of pros their training at Tuskegee, where the dignity of labor is taught
 A delegation of Birmingham citizens who attended the golden jubilee celebration at
 
 institute, for the purpose of giving them an object lesson. They found the plant and equipment of Tuskegee superior to poverty stricken Auburn. The explanation for that is simple. Tuskegee is not dependent on the state legislature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
A MODERN TREASURE ISLAND


 From Stepping ng-stones Across the Pacific,' by
 Elizabeth Titzel in Asia Magazine for
 March.
 American bicycles are common and prized possessions on Nauru, modern treasure island where, every one is rich. Nauru is one of the famous phosphate islands of the Pacific. Formerly German property, it has now passed into joint ownership of the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. These countries have bought out the company that was engaged in mining the phosphate and are operating the mines jointly. The phos- phate is divided in fixed proportions among the three owners, the United Kingdom and Australia each receiving 42 per cent and New Zealand 16 per cent, and each government is bound by agreement not to export it to any other country or to sell it for export without the consent of all parties concerned. The mines that enrich the fields of England and her colonies bring wealth to the Gilbertese who inhabit the island. Through selling fish and food to the Japanese coolies who do the hard work of Nauru, the natives soon become wealthy beyond the dreams of South Sea ava rice; for in the Pacific wants still remain conl- parativey simple.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
NOW IT'S EAR RosEBUDS
From the March Designer.


 Among the apparently fanciful accessories, that are in reality the most useful and prac- tical that one imagine, are the floral de- signs made of satin to wear for corsage bou. quets or bracelets for the wrist that have hidden under these lovely innocent flowers a tiny purse to hold ones handkerchiefs. Handkerchiefs we must carry, be we ever 70 smart or ever decolete, and they are nuisance when one has neither pockets nor hand bag, so an ingenious idea has been launched in these floral bracelets and bou- quets- Other charming things that done with flowers are wearing punches of tiny silk rosebuds at either in true Japanese style, wreaths of buds entwining the wrists and to trim ones sash. Triple hearts of jade joined with pearls swing from the ears of the smartly garbed woman and she carries an umbrella in March storms which sports a pendant heart of jade to match her earrings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24

Friends of Max Oser, engaged to marry Ma tide Mccormick, say he is full of pep" That, of course, makes big difference
  When Mary PicBford appears in court it never occurs to a photographer that it's worth while to "shoot" the judge.
 x Considering the number of people who put their trust in bootleggers, the mortality sta tistics might be higher
  If it is proved that Chinaman and not jealous rival killed Taylor, popular interest in the case will ssubside.
 * * * Possibly the Wrghts didn't dream that it would ever be necessary to SCOUT the skies for aerial rum runners. Advocates of beer and wine know way to make the payment of soldier bonus abso- lutely painless. Hon. J. Thomas Heflin claims that move ment is under way to squelch him. It can't be done.
 Jail is the safest place for a financial wizard" who needs protection from his dupes.
 $ x What the Genoa conference needs more than anything else just now is press agent.
 * x * The common people seem to love Henry Ford for the enemies he has made.
 X x As rule the motor bandit is careful about his dress, even during working hours.
 x The 'ldck'' in jazz seems to assert itself most noticeably in youthful shoulders.
 * The output of South Sea Island stuff has about caught up with the demand.
 * X The Chinese found it easier to get rid of their queues than to shake the Jap
 * * Uncle Joe" should not forego what looks like opportunity to die in harness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
GOOD PROSPECTS OF THREE
 BASIC INDUSTRIES

Construction work in the south under con tract and scheduled for this year is such that cement mills of Alabama have already felt the need for capacity operations during the entire year. One of the largest makers says the indications point to demand for cement in the south that southern mills will not be able to meet. The most conservative maker is of the opinion that capacity operations of southern mills will be necessary if they are to meet the demand.
 It is pointed out that road construction in this and adjacent states will call for approx mately two million barrels. In addition to this special demand there is the general de- mand coming from all sorts of deferred con- struction projects that are either under way or soon will be. The statements of the cement manufacturers as to this years prospects are based on actual knowledge of the construc- ton that is to be done and in which they are primarily interested.
 Birmingham brick manufacturers report decidedly better February and January than in 1921, and they have been especially grati-
  fled over the way in which orders and in- quiries have been coming in during the week They are not quite so sure of capacity oper ations as the cement men are, but they are be- ginning to approach that state of assuredness.
 Orders for high-pressure pipe have been booked steadily. A large pipe production which, in turn means large consumption of pig iron and furnace operations to produce the iron, may be confidently expected. There also is a quarter in which easier money has enabled the carrying out of long deferred projects.
 These are three basic industries, and it is gratifying indeed to realize that they face an apparently secure and sound period of productivity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
THE ART OF AUTHORSHIP


 A novelist who is famous for the quantity and quality of his output recently said some thing about writing. He said ''You cannot learn to become a short-story writer or nov elist. It must come natural like moving your ears or knowing how to draw to the strength of hand of poker. Submit what you have written to a publisher. Keep on submitting what you write. You will soon learn whether you are destined to shine in literature"
 It does not follow that because one can wiggle his ears he also has talent as a writer but writing is a knack. Some call it talent, but that is too complimentary. Many facile, prolific and successful writers perhaps have not that quality called talent, but they have the "knack.o It is not likely that anybody taught them how to write They learned how to do it, but they learned within themselves. They learned great many things from other writers, but not by asking them how they did it, but by reading them, and having the 'knack' within them they could see the mechanism and the plan for producing effects followed by the other fellow. Without that 'knack' they would not have seen in the other fellows work anything but words, sen tences and sentiments. So writing is knack, and does naturally, just as does ones ability to wiggle his ears or make music on the jewsharp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
THE TREES THAT LEAN OVER WATER

By Marion Couthouy Smith. The trees that lean over water,
 Living enchanted days, have known them on quiet farmlands, have seen them on golden bays; Dreaming in calm, cold twilights,
 Musing in monday suns There are trees that lean over water Wherever the water runs. There is nothing in days or seasons These rapt trees ever know; The only world for their dwelling
 Is the crystal world below. They are deaf to the winds alluring, They are dumb through it's stormy song; They answer only the water
 That whispers and glides along. The trees that lean over water,
 They miss the untroubled sky; They lose its fathomless splendor
 As the starry march goes by; In their own boughs entangled
 They view the eternal suns. There are trees that lean over water Wherever the water runs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News
 Anyway, bald men needn't worry about gray hair.
 Preachers lives would be awfuly tame ex- cept for weddings.
 Let the other fellow have it his way-as long as it is only talk.
 Some men are of no more consequence than thermometer on pleasant day.
 Advice is like castor oil-it is one thing to prescribe it and another to take it.
 Cleanliness may be next to godliness on one side, but it is next to impossible on the other
 "Ise Kreem Saylune' over the door of a Cincinnati establishment is probably the cold est spell of the season.
 When girl pins flower mans coat she always tilts her chin up and looks at it sideways-and the man who doesn't take a tumble is too slow to lead funeral pro- cession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
AIRPLANES TO ENFORCE THE
 PROHIBITION LAWS

Prohibition enforcement is becoming more and more spectacular. A dispatch from Mi ami, Fla, tells of the recent capture of a schooner loaded with 11,5oo cases of whisky, valued at s3,ooO,oOO which reads life fiction.
 The vessel was first sighted by a submarine chaser. Its location was wirelessed to pro- hibition enforcement squadron of eleven air- planes. The squadron was assembled in the proverbial jiffy and swooped down on the ship in battle formation. Since each of the airplanes is equipped with machine gun capable of firing 400 shots minute, it is hardly necessary to add that no resistance was offered.
 The possibility of the airplane for rum rum ming were quickly recognized by the more alert and progressive dealers in contraband liquor, but as an enforcement measure it is still more useful. A whisky ship, regardless of it's speed, doesn't have a Chinaman's chance to escape when pursued by airplanes.
 If the country continues to show strong disinclination to go dry and stay dry, we may expect to see increasing use made of aircraft in prohibition enforcement, not only along our coast lines, but along the Canadian and Mex ican borders and in the interior parts of the United States where they have already been successfully employed to locate stills" It has been said that it would take an army of a million men to enforce prohibition. Maybe fhe iob could be done better with few thou sand airplanes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
TELLS WHY HE FAvoRs FORD

Henry Ford should have Muscle Shoals by all means" said T. D. McGaughey of Ensley. ''In the event that Mir. Ford's bid is accepted thousands of men unemployed will he given work. I think MT. Ford is friend to the people and he pays good salaries and gives his employees an opportunity to share in the profits by purchasing stock. Should the Alabama Power company secure the shoals am afraid they will corner everything in the state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
EXPLANATIONS IN ORDER

What time did the poker party break up?"
 About a. m.'
 "Bibbles tells me he didn't get to bed until nearly A."
 T happen to know that Bibbles went home with about 53 cents in his pocket A man who returns to the wife of his bosom from 8 poker game with that amount of capital has to put up pretty stiff argument to get into the house."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
WHO'S RESPONSIBLE?

From the Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
 "In looking about for something to blame his troubles on, the farmer discovered the fed- eral reserve board" observes the Birmingham Age-Herald. But was it, after all, the farmer who did this? Our observation leads us to the conviction that it was the cheap politician and popularity-seeking press that first gave cur rency to the fool idea that it was the federal reserve board that brought on the after effects of war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
PAINLESS BANKRUPTCY

T understand Mir. Blithersby's affairs are in the hands of a receiver"
 Too bad How does Mrs. Blithersby feel about it?"
 Delighted
 ''Eh?"
 ."She says now that somebody has been found to take charge of Br. Blithersby's bothersome old business, they can go on their long deferred trip to Europe"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
NO USE STANDING AN HOUR

"Mr. Jibway is thoughtful of Mrs. Jibway's comfort
 "Indeed?"
 ''Yes. When Mrs. Jibway calls him over the telephone his first question is, Are you seated, my dear?' And if she says no he insists that she take a chair"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
INTEREST IN ANNIVERSARY

q visited several schools Wednesday," said Dr. N. R. Baker, county superintendent of ed ucation, land found the pupils all interested in the Washington birthday programs The hatchet and cherry tree incident seems to be the most popular story of Washington's life and the one best remembered by all the pupils Programs were given in the afternoons, in cluding stories and recitations bearing on the life of the Father of His Country.p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
LITTLE ROADS

never see a little road
 That winds away among the hills, And threads the groves of murmuring pines
 And crosses over laughing rills, That I don't have a wish to slip
 My shoulders from life's daily load, To leave the crowded ways and be A comrade of that little road. PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
SUPERIOR PERSONS

Though dogs delight to bark and bite, The critics seem far worse; They jump on everything in sight, Including books of verse. No novel can escape their spleen
 And not a single play; Whenever any flaw is seen
 They wax exceeding gay. For nothing pleases critics more, They lead such captious lives, Than finding everything bore
 The mind of man contrives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
WHY THE INDIFFERENCE SHOWN
 BIRMINGHAM SABRES?

The plight of the Birmingham Sabres is a challenge to our civic pride. When the troop was mustered into service, almost one year ago, it was understood that adequate quar- ters would be provided. The troop has all this time been quartered temporarily at the State Fair grounds, waiting for something
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
THAT REMINDS US

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 From theatrical point of view there is no such thing as "pitiless publicity, Birming- ham Age-Herald.
 You evidently haven't seen some of the things we have seen in tights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
SOMETHING IN HIS LINE

Professor Diggs tells me he reads meta physics for mental relaxation"
 "A man like that wouldn't get much enter tainment out of vaudeville show"
 "As a disciple of Darwin he might become mildly interested, in trained chimpanzee."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
soAPY SEcLUsIoN

"A man in public life is always more>or less under observation
 Quite true,' said the eminent statesman. "And that's why I enjoy patronzing my favor ite barber. You can't imagine what feeling of privacy I have after he has covered my face with thick coat of latheE."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
URGES MOTORISTS, COOPERATION

Cooperation on the part of motorists with the police department will in future result Tn better traffic management not only in the downtown districts but elsewhere" said w. B. Cloe, commissioner of public safety
 "The department is in receipt of complaints filed By Judge Martin in police court of the failure of women complainants against alleged violators of traffic laws to appear in court resulting in mol pros cases. Our policy has been to deal kindly with these cases, but in future failure of women witnesses to appear to prosecute will cause embarrassment"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
RusINESs CouRsEs PoPuLAR

"More persons than ever seem to be taking business courses now,' said H. G. Caudle, instructor in local business college.
 Many unable to find suitable jobs have taken up courses in bookkeeping, stenography and kindred subjects with an idea of getting a better job. One method used by the business schools, which the public schools might do well to adopt, is to graduate students as soon as they finish their subjects and can pass the examination. Some complete our courses in three months; others take two years.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
"PAY.UP WEEK" A SUCCESS

"Pay-up week has been put over very satisfactorily, I think" said N. L. Brackin, credit manager of Bromberg 6 Co. q think that it would be a good plan to hold these pay-up campaigns more often, say every month.
 "This campaign was started by the Retail Credit association of Birmingham, and the as- sociation is very much gratifed at the results achieved. The papers of Birmingham were very generous in their publicity of the cam paign, and without it the campaign would not have been the success that it was.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
THE DANGEROUS AGE

From Life.
 q may not look so bright and radiant as the younger set,7 said the 1888 bottle of hooch, "but, thank God, I'm purev'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
A DREAM FARM

q could stand before this picture for hours," said the visitor in art gallery.
 But it's time to close up, sir" replied an attendant. That's only an artists conception of farm. Why does it interest you so?"
 'tIt looks exactly like little place in the country real estate agent once described to me-"
 ''You bought the place?"
 tfNo Fortunately I saw it first"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24

Memory experts who forget where they put their umbrellas are in the same class with Chicago will expert who died the other day without leaving one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24

The unmarried, men of Babylon, N. r., have declared war on the flapper. We predict that at least one of them will be married to flapper inside of 30 days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24

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