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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
INDIA IS TOO CROWDED

Harold Cox, in Asia.
Compared with the United States, India has
a smaller area and much larger population.
The area of India, including the semi-indepen..
dent Indian states, is less than two-thirds of
the area of the United States; but the popula-
ton is three times as large. 1t may reason,
ably be inferred that India is already overfull
of human beings. Yet social custom and re-
ligious creed still impose upon Indian parents
the duty of begetting children, regardless Of
the means available for their maintenance, with
the result that children poured into the
world even more rapidly than in Europe and
in the United States Roughly, one in four OF
the infants thus brought into being dies before
it has ceased to be an infant. Others die in
early youth or early manhood. The average
duration of life in India is far below the av-
erage Of western Europe or America Be
yond this is the final fact that the whole stand
ard of life is lowered, because the resources OF
the country do not suffice for the adequate
maintenance Of the millions who are striving
to live
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12

them and the forward-looking republicans than
between the latter and the conservatives of
their own party.
While the plans for tax revision are as yet
in embryo, yet the general principle of tax
revision is along the line of removing some of
the burden from the small tax payer and re-
lieving business in general from the hamper
ing tendencies that have caused capital to seek
refuge in tax free investment. Tax relief is
a republican pledge, but it looks very much as
if democratic influence would be the one to
carry It out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES


Byways
Some love the crowded highways,
But in the little byways
Is beauty found,
For those who seek her there,
And often on the air
Is borne sound,
Mayhap from feathered throats
AS they trill their liquid notes,
The dawn to crown;
Or it may be from hill
A joyous little rill
Is dancing down
On its journey to the sea,
And il any heart could be
From care redeemed,
should think it would be where
Simple folk, who found life fair.
Have toiled and dreamed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
A WORD FROM ANDY GUMP

The remarkable race Of Andy Gump for
Congress has had few parallels In history. So
far rs can be known the campaign for Mr..
Gump, or Andy as his wife affectionatey calls
him, was one Of the cleanest on record, and
stands forth as model for its freedom from
boss rule, its innocence of any connection with
the privileged interests, sublime confidence in
tho intelligence and good judgment Of the
American people, and for the high moral pur-
pose Of the candidate. Andy, hereafter to be
known as the Hon. Mr.. Gump, would rather
be right than congressman, and in that re-
spect is far above those who neither one.
The following letter of appreciation froln
Mr.. Gump to The Age-Herald, which features
him In his various important activities, shows
his simple-mindedness as nothing else could do.
Judge him then by his own words:
I do not claim to be the best man for
the place. Modesty forbids my doing so.
Besides the result Of the elections says that
far more forcibly than I can say it. 1t
s viii be my purpose to equal the achieve
ments Of Webster, of Clay, of Calhoun, of
Blaine and of Alice Robertson, than whom
no better woman ever went TO congress.
All that / am ! owe to my wife,, besides
other debts. You will always find me
ready to clasp the hand of the lowliest.
and of other folks too, for that matter
am 100 per cent American, ana over. Inc
rood people of this country may rest as
sured that their interests will not suffer
81 long as Andy Gump is permitted to
breathe the air Of Washington.
Thomas Jefferson himself never wrote let
~ ike that. There was never another con-
rresUnan like Andy. 1t would be too much
Is say that there never have been any Gumps
IL Congress, but it is safe to say that there
nsver was another Andy Gump. Congress
wju not be any the worse off for Andy's IN
obtrusive and yet firm presence in those his
tonic halls. Although he has risen over the
poIitical horizon like meteor, his popularity
has not waned with his election to office, and
Il q reasonable to predict that no other states
nan will have his pictures in caricature SO
consistently and continually in the newspapers
6 this same Andy. There can be no summit
{ u political ambition higher than that!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
A GREAT RAILROAD

From the Christian Science Monitor.
When it is recalled that the Pennsylvania
railroad has paid a dividend every year for
upward of 10 years, the fact that it has just
restored its dividend rate to per cent, fol
lowing its cut to per cent during postwar
difficulties, assumes more than local impor-
lance. This railway is the foremost system
of the world; it carries the largest number Of
passengers, and it is owned by the greatest
number of stockholders This restoration of
the dividend rate means that business has vir-
tually returned to normal, and is, therefore, a
subject of congratulation by all financial OBJ
servers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
Lots of infant industries never grow up ,
Most men who go to church like finished
discourse.
Many mans phenomenal success is sur
prise to himself.
It is not impossible for thin man to make
stout denial.
A man who has made good doesn't have to
blow his own horn.
About the only thing some men lay by for a
rainy day is borrowed umbrella.
If woman has history she usually thinks
it is up to her to repeat herself.
It is usually tn bridesmaids who weep at
the wedding. The bride can afford to wait.
Girls talk Of what they will do when mar
ried. and married women talk of what they
did when single.
Of course you realize that it is every man.
foremost duty to do unto you as ne would
have you do unto him.
Perhaps nothing makes girl SO angry as
the thought that a young man thinks she
would not resent being kissed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
Something to Smile At

II understand you had Smile Day. in
Chiggersve last week?" remarked the ex-
cessively stylish travelling man.
eve tried to have one," said Squire With
erbee, .but everybody seemed to start off
on the wrong foot that particular morning and
the day ended in what you might call com
munity Crouch"
''Too bad"
.'Twas so. STILL" continued the squire,
meditatively, as he eyed the visitors gor-
geous raiment, "if you had arrived in town
that day I'm blest if I don't believe we wouid
have made it got"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
Popped Up Considerably

'Felice married a rich old man with one
foot in the grave"
"Lucky girl. She'll soon be free"
"You haven't heard the worst"
"WeH?"
"The wedding bells put new life into the
old codger. He not only pulled his foot oaT
of the grave, but he wants to shake it in the
dance halls.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
TO URGE TAX REVISION

The opinion expressed few days ago that
~ republican numerical majority of the
House is not working majority is borne out
already by the indication Of alliance Of the
nlresdy by the indication Of an alliance Of the
democrats in both House and Senate to foster
~ revision. The democrats are true pro-
w urivos and there Is greater kinship between
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
An Unfinished Explanation

81 am selling" said the brisk caller, "a
labor-saving Device"
what is it?' asked the busy man.
"a pencil"
"Whatw
SOFTLY, sir. Softly. I must remind you
that primitive man carved his sentiments on
tablets of clay or stone with infinite labor,
but with pencil, sir, it is the work of only
a few seconds to jot down what you wish to
say, or remember, and therefore"
Ten minutes later q policeman passed a
battered figure leaning against office
building, so he called an ambulance and sent
the pencil salesman to hospital.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
"Tino" Is Exempt

The divinity that doth hedge king is
still operating. Constantine of Greece will
not be tried by court-martial for the Greek
disaster in Asia Minor, but his former cabinet
ministers and generals will have to face the
music.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
THE EMPTY ROOM

Abagail Cresson, in the New York Herald.
The gray dust powders underneath my feet
Close by the window was her easy chair.
The smell of lavender was always sweet,
Her cherished pictures hung to catch the light;
The books she loved; her colored silk and
thread;
The blue rug on the floor; her four-post bed
So fresh, SO dainty in its lacy white -.
Now nothing but the windows left to stare;
Blank walls. bare floors that echo to the
tread.
A close and musty smell that clogs the air,
A stained, discolored ceiling overhead.
So cheerless and SO still, her tears would flow
II she returned. think to see it 30!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
Then the Lady Shut Up

"Do tell us, professor" exclaimed the gushy
female, "about those shocking native you met
in the South Seasp'
"Gladly, ma'am," replied the professor. "I
have witnessed better manners among half
naked savages ON a coral reef than I've seen
in the haunts of wealth and fashion"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
just a Theory

Some Of the road houses around Birming-
ham that ostensbly specialize in chicken am
ners are under suspicion. So many of their
patrons walk with waddle when they come
out it's thought they may be serving duck
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
Quite Different

A man may tame lioness,
And even kick and slap her;
I need not say lioness
Is different from a flapper.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
Profiting by Instruction

"How is your boy getting along at col
lege?"
"He says the football coach calls him a
consistent ground gamer"
"That's good
"But how about his education?"
"What further proof do you need that he's
learning rapdly?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
A Futile Gesture

Many citizen gets the reputation of be-
ing constructive and public-spirited by offer
ing resolutions at mass meetings which he
never lives up to.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
Moderate Circumstances

"How rich is your friend, Twobble?"
"Thats hard to say. He doesn't brag
about owning two motor cars, but he might De
inclined to brag if he had a private yacht
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
The Whole Story

What are the salient details of this do
mestic 'triangle'?'
"The husband who didn't understand is
suing for divorce from the wife, who wasn't
understood"
81 see."
"And he has named as correspondent the
man who didn't understand, either Das
thought he did,"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12

HIGHLY CREDITABLE TO HUGHES
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Turks vehementy are scolding Secretary
Hughes for his Boston speech. That should
be enough to make even Senator LaFollette
speak I'D for Mr., Hughes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12
Reducing

Hon. "Babe" Ruth announces that he will
spend the winter working on farm. While
he is shortening his waist line he should not
overlook the opportunity to relieve some of
the pressure on his hat-band
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12

Police vigilance and the return of the long
skirts have speeded up traffic around some of
Birmingham's busiest corners A man can
keep his mind on where he's going.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12

California voters returned large majority
against resolution calling for the repeal Of
the prohibition amendment. Five years ago
that could not have happened in that home Of
the wine grape. Prohibition, however, has
taught them that there is money in grape
juice. And there you are.
y ~
On the sixteenth of this month Mobile is
preparing to celebrate the passage of the sea-
port amendment Birmingham, as the chief
beneficiary of this project, may well accept
the invitation to be represented on that occa-
sion.
X \
New committees in Congress will have on
them larger proportion of democrats. A
little leaven was not enough to leaven the re-
publican lump.
\ y
Ohio has a woman as associate justice OF
the supreme court. If she be fair and very
fair, there is no limit to how fair she may be-
\
Cocktails in the spirit world7 Then it must,
indeed, be the spirit world.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-18
MINERS NOW FACE
Uphold E.P P / |: MIC MI
Tent Colony Of Striking Min
ers Near UniontoWn, Pa,
in Bad Condition.

UNIONTOwN. Pa, Aug. Is
The dread shadow Of a typhoid cpl.
denic looms over the tent colonies
of striking miners near here.
Already 16 cases have been dis
covered in two Of the colonies in
the Connellsville field.
It is believed that only prompt
action by health authorities pre-
vented a scountry-wide spread OF the
disease tSs.S4t1
Officials believe the threatened
epidemic got a start when miners
without funds for medical aid
used home remedies in an effort
to cure the ailing.
The majority OF the cases were
discovered at the Palmer plant OF
the H.#C. Frick Coke Co, and the
others at Phillips, a Frick plant.
three miles from Uniontown. All
cases Immediately we're rushed to
nearby hospitals.
In an effort to check progress Of
the disease, engineers from the
state health department are cor
recting the supply Of water. and
Officials Of the Frick company hav7
agreed to pipe pure water to the
stricken camps With this done.
authorities predict there viii be no
further outbreak.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-18
OFFICERS ELECTED
All MORGAN REUNION

sssS55ss .. -. Morgan Of this city was
@chosen president OF the Morgan re
SE,nion Ass ociation at the affair held
gNbysthe Morgan family yesterday at
ENTractions Park.
OF her officers selected were Mrs.
SsLeota Morgan Berry, vlce-president,
MRS. Arthe Morgan Crosse, secre-
IttaTy;; Mrs Minta West and Mrs.
t9DaVid Robert, assistants; and Mrs
MARY Morgan Fishbach, treasurer.
The next reunion of the NJ organ
family will be held the fourth Sun
3 day in August at Oak Grove near
II Georgetown.
ID ssNearly 500 persons, members and
friends OF the Morgan family, at
stended the Traction Park affair yes
S;terday. "a fine program featuring
anSadd dress by M. E. Morgan, was
I spresented. The address of welcome
was made by ]. y. Blair Fred q
lsGannonS sang a solo at II O'Clock lock
Morgan OF Washington
EnhdeS an excellent address. follow
ting the sele ction Of officers.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-18
DECLARES w. C. I. U.
STILL NOM partisan

AFsss.The w. C. T. U. is and has al
WAYS been non-partisan' declared
I9sNlrs. cavalier Barnes of Fa1rmont
pr-ssident OF the West Virginia Wo-
$m4En's Christian Temperance Union
gSin az statement to the Charleston
s sssE $50 far from being a slate. said
S$NdTsrfBa .tthe list of dependa-
SsbleS candidates published in the
state organ was compiled by the
aid of prohibition and anti-saloon
#ni1len-both Repu blicans-as Well as
Ere ports from women over the Stale.
sE..If the person who called the at
ioff the Mail to the alleged
discrimination against Republican
Ascandidate, will take the trouble to
sheck up on the names she Will
~ fh d that there are more RepuDll-
[Acans@ there than there are Demo-
scrats. The whole incident recalls
ssArtemus Wards famous statement
that .syou had better not know 50
much than to know so much that 1s
|¬sso.'''S
sisss3s AS to. Mrs. Nina Blundson Wills,
shells just the type that the good
|speople OF Kanawha County want to
represent them in the House of Del
3#egates% and be1ns d mem h pei u = ne
2sWaC G.. T..5U., she should receive the
"a plport Of all friends of prohibition
and law enforcementr regardless Of
party.
. SThe i'll feeling over the indorse-
lent by the w. C. T. U. was caus-
Ebv the omission OF the name Of
81. Wills, prohibition advocate
5established reputation, and the
Inclusion Of the name Of Mrs Tom
{JGates, who was matching Mrs.
{&wilIs' candidacy by one of her own
#on the Dem ocratic ticket.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-18
GENEV|EVE WARD
DIES IN LONDON
Attack of Heart Failure Fatal
to Famous American
Tragicdienne-

LONDON, Aug. IS CBy the AS
sociated Press Genevieve Ward,
famous American tragedienne, died
Of heart failure today at her home
in Hampstead
Affectionately known to the
theatrical fraternity as The
Grand Old Dame of the Stage
she endeared herself to millions of
theater-goers in every corner of
the world during the ffty-fXe
years she appeared before the
public in almost every role from
grand opera to- light comedy.
Great as she proved to be in
mock tragedy, she was none the
less remarkable for the indomit-
able courage with which she met
and conquered genuine tragedy
when it appeared in her own life.
Either of two events occurring
while she was still quite young
might have overwhelmed a heart
less stout. The first of these was
an unfortunate marriage at the
age of17 to Count Constan tine de
Guerbal, of Russia, from whom
she separated, and the second was
the complete loss of her singing
voice through al dLldCh u ulpIl-
iberia after her success in grand
opera had been assured.
Madam Ward studied singing in
Italy and in Paris making her first
appearance in Paino's opera
Stella di Napoli" under the stage
name Of Nine. Ginevra Guerra
bella. 4
Warmly received by Italian
audiences, she continued through
two more seasons before goingSto
Paris to take the part of Elvira in
don Giovanni" Then sac APP
peared in London concerts where
her success was striking. Born in
New York. March 81. 1885,,
daughter Of Colonel Samuel Ward
and granddaughter of Gideon
Lee, once mayor of New York,
Madam Ward seemed to feel in
the beginning that she found more
sympathy from foreign audiences,
but this proved to be- an illusion.
Returning to America in 1862,
she made her first appearance as
Violetta in LA Traviata." The
next season she appeared in Cuba,
and it was here that the attack OF
diphtheria brought her operate
career to premature close.
In 1873 she returned to Eng
land bent upon trying her hand at
acting and recorded an instantan
eous success in her first appear
ance on the dramatic stage as
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-18

sEs8s NOTsA RUBBER BAND
Chairman of the Dance Commit
lee ): Can't you stretch the music 4
dance or two more
@ Orchestra Leader: Say, this ain't
10 rubber'bandl
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-18
e0hHREhle|'I
HARD | 4 ! COAL MEN ( { \.
RESUMED; RI I | I'd TODAY !. "A !
Both Miners and Operators
Optimistic Over Out
come of Parley-

! PHILADELPHIA, Aug. Is
Members of; the committees Of the
an thracfte min rs operators, eacn
with a sincere wish to settle the
strike, were to meet again this
afternoon. Both miners and oper-
sfators were optimistic and contin-
3sued to hold the attitude manifest
ed after the first conference. but
both turn ed d eaf ears to questions
declaring that the joint statement
was all that could be given out at
sEssspresent.
st.tDo5you think it would be pos
sasible8t to reach an agreement To-
ssd ] Ohm L. Lewis was asked.
81 cannot venture to say VII at
1--WE will doatoday,"'h he answered.
4 ~ oseph$A- German. secretary or
lthe anthracite board Of concll Ia
$ttion said:
he sThefstatement is all have to
saNS at$present.'
Sd sssNfr.Warriner and Mt Lewis
snave both agreed to remaiu Quiet
about the details Of the meeting
until they can hold sparate con-
sgsultation witt their committees
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-18
l|!|0|||RIAlIR'0AD:
Strike EXPECTED!
At P AIRL.E|Y TODAY |!
Both Sides Hopeful--.N New
Employees Motto Be Given
Seniority

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1s.-Pres1-
dent Harding was told today by
Senator Watson, Repu blican, In
diana, one Of his advisors in the
rail strike, that long distance tele-
phone converse tions with brother
hood chiefs and Representatives OF
railroads in New York had dis
closed that both sides were hopeful
OF a settlement at today's meet
i ing.
Discussion OF the troublesome
. seniority was said by the Indiana
senator to be on a plan which would
provide:
| First-That the men who did not
go on strike so to the head OF the
list in seniority.
Second who walkeo
out July 1 or later be accorded
seniority second to the men who
remained at work,
Third-that the new men taken
on during the strike be given, a
seniority ranking below the other
two groups and be retained in en-
p1oyment by the railroad where
yer possible.
Senator Watson said that r.
Dewitt Cuyler. chairman of tbs
rail heads and leader OF the exc
cutives IN the New York confer
ence, had expressed himself over
the telephone early today as quite
hopeful The senator did not
disclose who he talked with among
the Brotherhood officials
The developments at New York
lie dtot the belief among some mem
bers OF Congress that President
Harding might defer until tomor
row the address he had prepared
to make the Senate and House to-
day but White House officials indi
Gated that up until the time the
cabinet went into session at 10 a.
m. there had been no change in
plans.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-18
tariff BAT TILE
REACHES CRISIS j
Final Vote on Measure to Be
Taken by Senate by To:
morrow Night.

WAsHINGTON,aAug. 1S-With
only two days and night left in
which to work, the Senate was
faced today with ailood of amend
ments to the administration bill,
which is to be brought to final
vote late tomorrow. Renewal of
the sugar dye and other fights
which have occupied the Senate
from time to time during the last
four months was promised.
Advocates of a dye license EN-
barge won on what was described
as an almost complete victory last
night with the approval by the
Senate Of an amendment provid-
ing that duties on coal tar dyes
and chemicals comparable with
these produced in this country
should be based on American
valuation.
Senator Moses. Republican.
New Hamp shire. one of the chief
opponents of an EN- barge. gave
notice that he would demand an
other vote on these duties. which
represent substantial increases
over those previously approved.
Under the provisions of the mea-
sure as first written. the duties
would have been based on foreign
valuation with the President given
authority to change to American
valuation and to increase the
duties by SO per cent.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-18
DANISH
NERVOUSNESS
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