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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
WHY NOT MAKE BIRMINGHAM
 CITY OF FLOWERS

The Age-Herald has been highly gratifed by the interest shown in a new daily department of this newspaper under the title, "How Does Your Garden Grow?"
 This interest in garden and field activities is demonstrated by the scores of questions being sent in about flowers shrubs and crops To those who love flowers numerous little perplex- ing questions arise constantly, and it was to meet this very situation that The Age-Herald inaugurated the department conducted by one south Questions about farming and gardening are always welcome, and will be answered au- thoritatively.
 In addition to this personal service and help The Age-Herald believes that few things will be more effective in making Birmingham a charming place to live than the widespread cul- tivation of flowers and gardens. Birmingham has the climate and soil which make it capable of becoming one of the south's beauty spots. This has already been demonstrated. Those who during the past two weeks have watched the breaking into bloom of the wisteria, the Japanese quince, the Towering peach, the spirea, the early rose, wigela and other shrubs and vines while the bulbous tulips, daffodils and hyacinths covered the gardens with their gorgeous colors, know that these will be fol- lowed by others equally attractive during Bir- mingham's long summer and fall and far into the winter.
 Practically anything will grow in Birming-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
CHAMPIONS THE HoMELY MAN

From the Detroit News.
 Do homely men make the best husbands?
 The merits of the homely husband were up- held by Judge Theodore J. Richter, who has tied and united hundreds of matrimonial knots.
 The handsome is more likely to be- come a litigant in divorce proceedings, not because his good looks make him worse, but because they are likely to make his wife jeal- ous, he said Her jealousy leads to mistrust
 The hadsome man who is constantly being nagged by jealous wife finally gets tired of protesting his innocence. He may think that as long as his fidelity is questioned he might as well go astray.
 Judge Richter said that handsomeness in man is often handicap. Good looks make him conceted and cause him to attach too much importance to the incidentals of his person. ality rather than upon actual accomplishment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
EXPECTS EASTER RUSH

e "With eggs and chickens cheaper than they have been for some time, are expecting a big Easter rush." said W. W. Garrett, produce man of Morris avenue. "Tables can be supplied and the children can have their Easter egg hunt this year at a very moderate price so far as the eggs are concerned.
 Rabbits are the favorite pets during the Easter season, and for that reason produce men along the avenue have received small ship ments of rabbits to supply the demand. Eggs are selling at this time at around 27 centA s. dozen and hens and friers are reasonably priced"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
WHO IS SEMENOFF?
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 It is no business ia newspaper to pass any judgment on the charges which have led to the arrest of General Semenoff, the Siberian Cossack chieftan. He will have his day in an American court in regard to the claim of a trading company that he stole about $500,Oo0 in merchandise.
 But it is legitimate and important to note the affidavits submitted by two American of- fcials, one by General Graves, the commander in chief of the American expedtionary forces in Siberia, and the other by Charles H. Smith, American representative on the interallied rail way committee in Siberia. Both describe Sem enoff as bandit.
 On the other hand, Senenoff described himself as the head of the all-Russian anti-Bolshevist army after Kolchak. This is equivalent to asserting that he had moral and perhaps financial support from one or some of the allies. In any case he is mys- tery. His position has never been made clear,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
PROSPEROUS LECTURERS.
The Montgomery Advertiser

From The Montgomery Advertiser
 Margot Asquith is said to have earned $35,000 on her short lecture tour, and will now return home to write book about what she saw in America, but not what she learned, for she didn't stay long enough to learn very much about us. Any famous person with fair ability as a speaker can make fortune in America in less time than fortune can be made any other way except by lucky invest ment in highly speculative enterprise.
 Numerous instances could be given of men who have made independent fortunes on the lecture platform. MT. Bryan, who has been a drawing card longer than any of his con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12

temporares, has probably made more money featuring than any other man, although Irwin Cobb in recent years is said to have larger fees than any man of his time. Capt. R. P. Hob son, ex-Gov. Frank Hanly of Indiana and Thomas R. Marshall are said to have pros pered handsomely on the platform, as did Champ Clark before his death. Senator La Toilette ten years ago was a chautauqua drawing card, but he seems to have played oyt.. There are many less conspicuous platform fec turers who are prospering by their labors of less than two hours day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
SWITCHING ACROSS TWENTIETH

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 few days ago George H. Rogers wrote you in regard to the Southern railway blocking Twentieth street by allowing it's passenger trains to discharge passengers there, and also in regard to its switching at that point. He criticised the Southern very harshly for doing so without mentioning any other road.
 As an employe of the Southern, knowing full we'll that the Louisville and Nashville is guilty of switching across Twentieth street as much as the Southern, l answered him by asking why he did not mention this fact.
 He replies in Saturdays edition by stating that he has lived in Birmingham 35 years, and that the Louisville and Nashville does not switch cars across Twentieth street.
 Now, MT. Editor, am going to let the public decide this themselves. but I wish to state that would appreciate if you would take under consideration the idea of adding to your good paper daily question box of Alabama and Birmingham events of the past, so as to avoid any future communications of his nature and also to refresh the memories of our pioneer citizens, setting forth such questions as:
 How many governors has Birmingham fur nished?
 What late Birmingham man wrote a history of Alabama? What Birmingham man represented the dem ocratic party at the conference?
 What Alabamian at one time Vice Pres. ident of the United States?
 How manw railroads enter Birmingham? How many railroads switch across Twentieth street between Powell and Morris avenues? Yours for the good of the community,
 E. L. PORTS,
 Clerk Southern Railway Co. Birmingham, April 10, 1922. No. 9 Twentieth street. south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
EDUCATOR LIKES CITY

Birmingham is lovely city and I'm mighty glad the national illiteracy commission sar fit to call the regional convention here," says Mrs. Cora W. Stewart, chairman of the ,commis- sion and organizer of the iiteracy movement, who is presiding at the southern illiteracy con- vention here this week. Mrs. Stewart said that it was chiefly because, Alabama topped the list in the reduction of iliterates that the first regional convention was being held within the state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
THE GOLDEN APRIL

" Bliss Carman.
 A stir on the brink of the evening, A tint in the warm, gray sky, The sound of loosened rivers; And spring goes by. A stir at the rim of winter,
 A wing on the crisp midnight; A herald from dusk to gloaming In northward flight. A stir in the dawn re-arousing The wild, undeparted unrest, To forth in the springtime and follow The infinite quest. A stir of the golden April,
 By Indian-willow and stream, The sap goes upward with morning And death is dream.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
GIVING HIM A CHANCE

"T would like to hear some of your latest phonograph records"
 "Do you care for classic music?" asked the dealer in phonographs
 Mot at the present moment. Pm church organist in small country town and I'm in the city on pleasure trip"
 q understand. MT. Jinks," said the dealer to an underling, assault the gentleman's ear with little jazz.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
ASSOCIATION DOING GOOD WORK

"The Association for the Blind in Birming- ham is dcing some commendabe work" said Lewis Carris, field secretary for the National Association for the Prevention ot Blindness. "Of the 200 blind in Birmingham practically every one has been greatly benefited by this association.
 "Their work is new, and they have consid- erable difficulty in securing the cooperation of the public very ofte.., but if Birmingham $ citizens will lend their moral support, which does not in any wa, involve financial sup port, I think much good can be accomplished heren
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12

Henry Ford has been granted site for a tractor factory in Cork. If the Irish will buy tractors instead of firearms; Ireland will be a happier and more prosperous country.
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 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle says there are mar riages in the spirit world and they are always happy. That must be a gloomy sight to the spirit of departed divorce, lawyer
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 Lloyd George is doing some plain speaking at Genoa, but he can never hope to surpass the record of Secretary Hughes in the arms con- ference.
 Although employment is increasing the tat- tered tourist who does most O. his travelling on freight trains still clings to his leisurely habits.
 "How About, Havana?" asys the Tampa Trib- une. All the average American wants to know about Havana is the approximate cost of a visit If only miracle" can prevent civil war in Ireland, the excessively fatgued British goy- ernment may have to get on the job again. The old-fashoned bad man of the west was lovable character compared to the rat-faced thug of the so-caled effete east
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 The man in public life who behaves himself doesn't need the services of expert lawyers to keep his record straight.
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 Art reaches sublimity undreamed of by the old masters in drawing entitled, "Woman Scratching Her Back"
 Secretary Hughes has just celebrated an other birthday. Here's hoping he will round out the naval holiday.
 
 It would be interesting to a group pie ture of the kind of constituents who sent Rep resentative Blanton to Congress. When Shakespeare wrote, "Thou wilt not trust the air with secrets" the radio had not been invented.
 Life will not lose its zest for some people as long dry agents continue to fight the battles of prohibition.
 Galli-Curcis jewels have been recovered, but we still don't know who shot William Desmond Taylor.
 Jazz is never more barbarous than when it is heard about 4 o'clock in the morning. It seems to be hard matter for a Euro- pean conference to stick to the agenda. Philosophers regard the flapper as a passing manifestation and let it go at that. Even Liberty bonds are struggling back 10 normalcy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
NO SHORTAGE OF CARS
at movie salaries are great

'I've been told that movie salaries are great ly exaggerated"
 Maybe they are,' said MT. Grumpson, "but until hear of movie star having to walk to his work Pm not going to worry about economic conditions in Hollywood"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12

and yet his role in the recent history of Siberia has been very considerable. If we knew all about Semenoff we should know more about the problem of Siberia and why the Washington conference found it so intangible.
 It is to be hoped, therefore, that some way will be found in court of having General Graves, MT. Smith and semenoff tell what they know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
JUST LOOKING THEM OVER
work

"Is Mrs. Calder doing any uplift work among the roor?"
 "Yes, in a casual way" ''Eh?"
 'You can't uplift the poor by staring at them through lorgnette.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
GETTING ON IN LIFE

"How old should a person be before start ing his autobiography"
 Opinions differ"
 "Yes?".
 "But any man who ever belonged to volun- teer fire department has reached the period of life when he would be justified in jotting down his memoirs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
URBAN GREENHoRNs

"Did you ever buy gold brick?"
 ''Yes," said MT. Cobbles, years ago made an investment of that sort, and it was a long time before quit wanting to kick myself, but I got my self-respect back when I began to read about slick city chaps with a thirst paying big price for barrel of water"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12

ham with proper attention, and it is the duty and should be the privilege of every citizen to enter in the spirit of making the home city a paradise of flowers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
PRIVILEGE OF WEALTH

The man who owns store of riches May wear old hats and shiny brooches; Whats shabbiness in you and me In him is eccentricity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE

My friend" said the moral person, "are you aware that strong drink is raging?"
 "Verily I am," replied the genial citizen. And as survivor of three home-brew ex- plosions can also state that some of the so- called softer beverages are at times tempestu- ous."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
EXERCISE

If all of life Were free from strife
 And gales were never gusty, Whate'er backbone We chance to own
 From disuse would grow rusty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
IN HOTEL LOBBTES
 AND ELSEWHERE
POPULAR SONG COMPOSER TALKS

One of the most well known popular song composers of today, and unable to distinguish one musical note from another, sounds perhaps strange, but is true of L. Wolfe Gilbert, who appears the first part of the week in person as the headline attraction at Loew's Bjou.
 'eYes, it is true that I can't distinguish a note on the scale," said Gilbert, "but happily l have a gift of humming and this is the way l locate my melodies"
 In looking over a list of Gilberts successes, Are You From Heaven?" "If You Like Me Like I Like You" "Hitchy-Koo,' "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee,7 My Little Dream Girl' and others, it is hard to believe that they were not produced by some inspired pianist who had a marked versatility with the worries.
 George Conan plays the violin, Irving Der lin a piano with one finger, but newly, I can't even do that" lamented Gilbert, "but this is not absolutely necessary if you have a good idea for song just simply catch an idea, hum it in my brain until know it by heart and then get trained musician to write it down for me.
 My trip south is mainly for atmosphere as I have in mind several southern songs which am goin gto publish when my tour is com pleted'
 At this juncture Gilbert recited amusing experience which happened several years ago when he was in New Orleans
 q had just finished Waiting For the Robert E. Lee, and the song was sweeping the coun- try from coast to coast. approached me at my hotel and asked if I was the author of the song. q was proud of the work and answered promptly that I was the writer, He turned to me and said in breath-taking man ner, Well, believe me, you're some writer. Who ever heard of a levee in Alabama?'
 ''You remember that the first lines are, Go down to the levee in old Alabamy,' well this shows how badly I need atmosphere and this trip is my only way of getting it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
SHOPPING

Have you any hose for ladies?" Certainly, sir. Here are some beauties, only SIS pair"
 "They are for the wife"
 "Here is something durable for $1.50."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
SHARKS UNDER SUSPICION

'Ioan sharks are seemingly feeling the de- pression,'" said George R. Trafford, secretary of the department of public safety. q judge this because they have surely gone up on rates within the past few days. I guess that either the business is getting so dangerous or else sentiment is becoming more avowed against them that they have to charge high rate for whatever they lend.
 "A man told me the other day that one shark was charging 100 per cent, spread over a period of six months, and later I understand the whole troop is taking it up. The sharks. in the downtown district are higher than the others because they are always under suspicion, and if they are ever caught with the goods they can expect no mercy from the police depart ment'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-12
FIGURES SHOW ALABAMA HAS
 NEGLECTED AUBURN

Statistics show that Alabama is a backward state in supporting its higher institutions of learning. According to figures compiled by John V. Denson of opelika, president of the alumni association of the Alabama Polytechnic institute, Auburns per capital appropriation is lower than that of any other agricultural and mechanical college in the south.
 The annual appropriation per student at Auburn is $1os. At the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical college it is $512. The people of sive than Arkansas and Florida may be sur prised to learn that both of these states give more to their agricultural and mechanical col egss than Alabama.
 South Carolina gives $40S per student and Mississippi $212, despite the fact that neither of these states is as rich as Alabama.
 Alabamians who say Auburn is not justified in asking for more money should study the figures taken from the United States govern ment bulletin of 1920-21, showing how other southern states have supported their agricul- tural and mechanical colleges.
 Where Auburn has $1.OO invested in agri- cultural barns the University of Mississippi has SIS; Oklahoma Agricultural college has $19; North Carolina $15; Clemson, in South Carol lima, has $10; Florida university has $4.5o; Kentucky university $6 and the University of Tennessee $15.
 If the underpaid professors at AuburnN can contribute $1o,0G0 out of their salaries to make Auburn's $1,o0O,OoO cSmpaign suc- cess, surely the people of Alabama will not refuse to help an institution which is an asset to the entire state. There is not community in the state which has not benefited in some way by the work being done at Auburn. The extension department alone, which sends out experts to advise farmers how to make the most of their opportunities, has added millions of dollars to the wealth of Alabama
The Coconino sun., 1922-10-06
NAVAJO COUNTY MAKING
 45 MILES OF ROADWAY

Navajo county is now building 40 miles of new road, assisted by the state of Arizona and the federal gov ernment. The road runs from Hol- brook to Winslow and from Holbrook to the Petrified Forest, which is situ- ated about IS miles east of Holbrook. This, when completed, will make one of the finest pieces of roadway in the state. Under the plans of the Unit ed States government the federal aid roads must be 24 feet in width and constructed in manner laid down by the government.
 This will give us fine roads from Holbrook to Winslow and from Hol- brook to St. Johns and Springerville. Apache county has already built a fine road from the Petrified Forest southward, and now that Navajo coun- ty will have finished it's end of the roadway, there can be little cause for complaint for the distances above re- ferred to.
 The contractors on the roadway from Holbrook to Winslow are mak- ing good progress. There are four contracts, averaging about eight miles each. On the Petrified Forest side the engineers have been at work for some time. The contractors are now said to be actually engaged in building this latter road, so that by next spring there should be a fine piece of road in that direction.-Hol- brook Tribune.
The Coconino sun., 1922-10-06
FOUR BEARS IN ONE NIGHT IS TRAPPING RECORD SET BY
 A MIDDLE VERDE RESIDENT

Four bears at throw is the trap ping record set by Dutch" Dickerson of Middle Verde the other day, accord ing to w. Curtis Miller, supervisor of rural schools, who has just return ed from trip of inspection through that district. Dickerson set out four traps near Stoneman lake, says Mir. Miller, and when he returned to look them over the next morning he found he had bagged four bears. One of them, big black animal, had fallen over cliff and killed himself during his frantic struggle to get away from the trap. P. H. Hayes of Phoenix, who was with Dickerson at the time, looked over the edge to see how far the bear had fallen, and fell over the brink himself. He lodged in a tree top, however, and so escaped inn itating the rest of the, bears luck less move. The two men then went to the other three traps, where they found large brown hear and two l00-pound cubs, still alive. An at- tempt was fade to take one of the cubs back alive, but the trap had in jured it too severely, so all three of the animals were killed and brought in with the carcass of the big black fellow who had committed suicide. Dickerson says that it appeared to have been a powerful bad night for bear, and wonders what would have happened if he had set out several dozen traps instead of mere quar- tet.-Prescott Courier.
The Coconino sun., 1922-10-06
HON. E. E. FLEETWOOD MOV s
 TO NEW HOME IN PHOENIX

Hon. F.. F.. Ellinwood, chief counsel of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, has announced that he will early in No- vember move his home to Phoenix, Arizona. MT. Ellinwood began plan ming for home in Phoenix several years ago when he purchased tract of land on Central avenue out near the Phoenix country club. Later he pur- chased the home of Hon. Geo. A. Ol- ney, adjoining his former purchase. The Olney home was greatly improv- ed and added to and the land sur rounding has been improved by the planting of fruit trees and shrubbery. MT. Ellinwood has already secured of- where he will continue his law work, remaining with the Phelps-Dodge Corporation in a consulting capacity. Mir. Ellinwood is one of the pioneer citizens of Arizona. Following the election of Grover Cleveland to his second term as president MT. Ellin- wood was appointed to the office Iof United States attorney. Serving four years he retired from that office to make room for republican who was appointed by President Mckinley. He first resided at Flagstaff after his arrival in Arizona. When he left the office of U. S. attorney he moved to Prescott in Yavapai county where he continued the practice of law. He was elected as district attorney of Yavapai county which he resigned to accept the position of attorney for the Copper Queen Consolidated Min ing company, arriving in Bisbee in 1906. His last public office was that of delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1911 when he contrihut- ed much of his legal talent in the for nation of the fundamental law of Arizona, though he refused to sign the constitution when it was completed because of the inclusion of the recall for the judiciary and other radical features which he did not approve. When E. E. Ellinfood departs from Bisbee next month he will be follow ed by the best wishes of many friends in Cochise county who will always be ready to extend to him the glad hand whenever he returns and of course 1t is expected that he will come often. The law office of Ellinwood & Ross will remain intact in Bisbee with MT. Ross in charge there. A branch of flee of the firm will do business at Phoenix.-Douglas International.