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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-17
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AMERICA WANTS TO HEAR WHAT
CLEMENCEAU HAS TO SAY

Georges Clemenceau's forthcoming visit to
America is creating discussion on both sides
of the water. French politicians seem to think
the former premier never makes move with
out q political motive. The "Tiger" himself
declares that his American trip has connec-
simply state the French case to the people of
the United States. According to a dispatch
from Paris he will not ask the American gov
eminent to take part in settlement of Euro
pean troubles, will not make any bid for aid
and will content himself with giving what he
considers to be fair statement of conditions
in Europe, especially as regards France, Glenn
enceau says, 81 know I viii get fair hearing,
and that Is all I want"
H He may rest asstfed that his reception viii
be all he could desire. With the exception of
Lloyd George, Clemenceau is the most pictur-
esque and dynamic personality developed dur
ing the World war among the statesmen who
lived through that crisis In spite of his adj
vanced age. he is still man to be reckoned
with in French politics, and matter what
may be the present attitude Of France toward
America, or America toward France, his own
popularity In the United States is undimin-
ished, and no Is an ideal spokesman for his
country.
What C1emenceau has TO say about post
war problems viii come from an authority who
knows what he is talking about France has
sorely needed some outstanding figure to pre-
sent her claims to America. Her military
heroes who have visited us were not capable
of doing that. viviani alone has spoken in
way that arrested national attention, but his
utterances at the armament conference prob
ably did more harm than good, so far as
strengthening friendly relations between
France and America was concerned.
Clemenceau typifies the fighting spirit which
Americans admire, and even II he should come
to with an axe to grind, he will receive a
sympathetic hearing.
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since it was organized" The war finance cor
poration placed 100000 to the credit of the
association and that fund remains available but
unused today. Whatever funds the association
has needed have been Forthcoming from the
financial institutions Of Alabama.
The Alabama banks were glad to lend money
to the cotton associations as soon as they we're
on business basis; the moment they were
on the same safe commercial foundation as
merchants millers, lumber cutters and makers
has always been potentially available to the
farmer well as to others, but the farmers
were late in placing themselves in position
that would enable the banks to make these
loans.
The remedies for the former backwardness
of the farming interests of the south, and be-
fore that the farming interests of the west,
have always been within the power of the
farmers and them alone to devise and apply.
Once it was bleeding Kansas The wheat
growers of the west were so poorly organized
lIou sales SIaHupo1nI tHdb III AZ leaSI one
season prices for grain were so low that they
burned it in stoves, CRATES and in locomotives.
Then the west organized the cooperative local,
county and state grain elevator system. There
has been no bleeding Kansas since that time
Alabama farmers will find all the money re-
quired for their financing at home as long as
business principles are followed in mark citing
their products.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-17
THEATRE MYTHS
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
1t was theory of the late Charles Frohman
that a theatre myth created in the interest of
publicity was valuable just in proportion to its
falsty. In other words, the greater the fic-
ton the greater its power over the minds of the
simple folk it was intended to affect. So the
agent of publicity who had the most unre-
strained Imagination was, in the opinion of this
famous entrepreneur, the most capable.
OF course, invention has borne fruit often
some historic fables connected with the fame
of Frohman which survived with the tenacity
of gospel truth. How many years did it take
for the solemn proclamation that Sarah Bern
hardt was to act Romeo to the Juliet of Maude
Adams to lose its force? That bit of audacious
mendacity survived through many theatrical
campaigns undertaken on behalf of one artist
or the other The Towering Imagination that
made Nine. Bernhard act in a tent owing to
the refusal of the theatrical syndicate to give
her theatre in Texas is still honored by the
occasional repetition of the yarn Yet the IA
kind, in spite of such corroborative evidence as
the widely distributed pictures of the very can
under which this unprecedented artistic
event" took place.
Certainly every theatre year for a decade
opened with the positive assurance that William
Gillette was at last to play Hamlet Scenery
had been ordered Actors were under contract.
Other inventions less spectacular in their APP
peal to the public seemed to prove the mana
gers theory that the more improbable the
more easily accepted these fictional advertise
ments are. Entire companies of Broadway ac-
tors were to be carried to the Bowery and SIM
liar quarters of the city to act for the residents
Plays were to be given regularly on the ocean
express liners. popular comedienhe was 30
retire from the stage to devote her time to a
cham of mems apartment houses, which would
provide for bachelors even the watchful care
which did not stop at sewing on buttons and
darning socks.
The gradual decline in the startling character
of the examples described here seems to do
much toward establishing the truth of the man
ayers theory. The more extravagant the in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-17
DEMAND FOR MAGAZINES

From the demand for writer's magazines
| should say That there were an unusually
large number Of amateur writers in this city
Perhaps Roy cohen's success is responsible
for them7 said John Farmer, one of the oldest
news dealers Of Birmingham. Beside the
trade journals, I~believe the biggest demand
Just now is for fiction, the adventure and de-
tective type
"That there are a great number Of readers
in Birmingham is shown by the number or
news stands. When / first came to this city
in 1890 and opened my stand there was only
one other Now on every corner and in be-
tween there is news dealer and half of the
other stores handle magazines side line:
Thousands and thousands Of magazines are
bought each month.
"The mo = interesting thing in the business
to me within the past few years has been the
way in which the radio magazines suddenly
sprang into popularity, and as suddenly lost
their popularity
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-17
LINCOLN'S ADDRESS CREATES
ROW IN SAN ANTONIO

By this time you would think that Abraham
Lincoln's Gettysburg address would be accept
ed anywhere in the United States as master
piece of oratory that could be admired and
taken to heart by north and south alike.
Quite an opposite opinion exists among the
ladies Of the Barnard E. Lee chapter of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy, in San
Antonio. When the city school board granted
permission for placing framed copy of the
address in the public school rooms. of San
ing the board to rescind its action on the ground
that it was ian uncaled for and unnecessary
proceeding, hurtful to southern feelings and
sentiments, and preventive of the kindly feel
ing that should exist between the two sections
Of our country
The San Antonio newspapers promptly in
formed the daughters that they were making an
egregious error. The San Antonio Express
carried an editorial extoling Lincoln and his
memorable utterances at Gettysburg. The Ex-
press says, every American child as soon as
meaning, its patriotic grandeur, it's purity of
thought and word, and the essential nobility of
its author, should learn this address,"
The Evening News declares at should adora
not alone every school room, but every public
hall. No one can be too familiar with this
glorious masterpiece. To deprive a child of
knowing it is to deny him his birthrght as an
American"
Sporadic outbursts in the south against Lin
coin should not be taken too seriously. The
episode at the Confederate Veterans reunion
at Richmond was a flareup of sectionalism
which soon died out. There isn't much patience
nowadays with that sort of thing. Fighting
the Civil war over at this late day is waste
Of energy which invites ridicule. The good
daughters of San Antonio are at least 40 years
behind the times.
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EXPERT HELP AVAILABLE

"a man asked me the other day if he could
get an expert stenographer through the city
employment bureau" said George Schweikert,
manager Of the bureau. 81 replied that he GER
tainly could, whereupon the man expressed
surprise. He said, Why, I didn't know
could get first-cass office help through the
city bureau That is just what many people
do not understand explained to the man that
we could give him any kind of help he could
possibly want, from office or business man
ayers down to cooks, and then all the way
back up the line again. The city bureau is by
no means a reservoir of cheap labor. We
would be glad if the people would know that
they can call on US for any kind of help in the
world. Il we have not an applicant for the
particular kind of position viii do our best
to find one. We want to cooperate We
want to be of all the service we can, and we
would like for the people to know what We
are trying to do"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEW HERE
HERE,s A WARNING

"rhe bigger they come the harder they
fall,' said Cope, the new coach for Howard
this year. in speaking of the game with the
Mississippi A. & NJ. last Saturday. "The first
part Of Towards football season may have
seemed to any who was not working with the
boys to indicate that we were in for bad
year. We were just getting started. I never
saw team enter into their training any more
enthusiastically nor earnestly. Not a man has
broken training me-
'Howard's team held A. & M. to score
less tie through their excellent team work.
Their interference was perfect. Not once
the entire game did Howard man have to
tackle alone, but there was always two or
three others to help him.
Toward the last Of the game, though, the
weight of the A. & M. began to tell us.
However, we held them. There is certain
other college in this city who suffered a ae-
feat of d to 0 Saturday before last at the hands
Of the A. & NJ, and who had better keep an
eye on Howard"
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LETTERS TO EDITOR
APPRECIATION BY UNIVERSITY MEN
To the Editor of The Age-Herald:

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
We wish to convey to you, and through you
to ThekBirmingham Age-Herald, our sincere APP
probation of the valuable service you have done
the University of Alabama throughout its mil
lion-dollar campaign. Your unfaltering sup
port has not only aided materially in the adj
vancement of the campaign, but has encour-
aged us in the belief that this great movement
for the good of native state will not fall
short of complete success.
We desire to make especial acknowledgement
of the able editorials in The Age-Herald by
Mr. Paul Cook and the cartoons by your Mr.
Harper.
This expression of our gratitude is sent by
this committee on behalf of the entire body of
Birmingham alumni of the university. In
these early days of our campaign we have
drawn inspiration and encouragement from
your loyal support
The servce performed by great newspaper
is too little appreciated by the public. The
University of Alabama is in dire need of addi-
tional buildings in which to house and give in
struction to its increasing throng of students
The state university must go forward or the
state of Alabama will go backward The uni
VerSlIy Is eHlHeHIly worthy OF the support OF
the people of Alabama and must have it. No
one who has investigated the situation would
deny the truth of these statements
And yet, matter how worthy our cause,
no matter how urgent our appeal little prog
ress could have been made in this campaign if
it had not been Endorsed by The Age-Herald
and the other Alabama newspapers In your
news columns, by editorials, cartoons and pic
lures, you have informed the public of the
needs of the university and shown the people
the Importance of success for the campaign
The people of Birmingham will not fail to re-
spond to the university's appeal now that they
know the facts
Again assuring you of appreciation of
what you and The Age-Herald have done, we
remain, yours sincerely,
JELKS H. CABANISS, Chairman,
HILL FERGUSON, Vice Chairman,
HUGO L. BLACK, Vice Chairman
Birmingham October IL, 1922.
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DOCTORS ARE STILL STUDYING
THE PERNICIOuS

The effects of tobacco on the human sys-
tenn have led to endless Investigations. Users
Of the weed will find consolation, if not justi-
fication, In the reports of some eminent scien-
lists and cause for alarm In the researches of
others. The fact that smoking is so prevalent
among doctors should Of course, have no bear
ing on the controversy.
For three years experiments have been con-
Quoted in the psychological laboratory of Johns
Hopkins university on various types of smok-
ers. The learned gentlemen announce that
towering of the accuracy of finely co-ordi-
mated reaction" has been shown, 'but that
there is no indication that the speed of COM
plicated reactions has been affected"
Further along their report states, "There is
no indication that thorough mechanical reac-
tions requiring no fine motor adjustments are
AFFECTED. With regard to men engaged in tn
tellectual work, the situation may be differ
ent"
All Of which is pertinent and Illuminating,
no doubt, to the scientific mind, but it doesn't
convey any particular meaning to the man m
the street who wants to know if he can smoke
10 or IL cigars day without impairing his eff
ficiency and if it is true that most GEN.
tenarians are confirmed tobacco chewers
There are times when the learned gentlemen
announce their findings in such technical Ian
guage that they are as clear as mud.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-17

POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
An honest painter is always true to his
celors.
wife is either mans better half or the
whole thing.
There isn't much sweetness in the smile that
won't come off.
There are still as good fish in the sea as
have ever been lied about.
Good workmen are like shears; they shut up
when they go to work.
1t doesn't improve the morals of the cater
pillar to turn over a new leaf.
No, Roland helping hand and the glad
hand are net necessarily the same.
You would do much better than the other
fellow if you had his chance-so you thinA.
Job evidently had no desire for tickle fame.
He was in position to win out as a manufac-
turer of profane history-but he didn't.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-17
MOTHER OF BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham is bigger than its mother, and
the younger generation of Birmingham folks, 1
have no doubt, do not know who their mother
was" said Fred C. Ball of Montgomery Some
Of the old-timers do know their mother 1t
was Montgomery
"when they agreed to pay 100000 for the
1900 acres constituting the heart Of Biz
mngham in 1871, the pioneers had to come to
Montgomery to finance the deal. This was
done by the banking house Of Josiah Morris.
Then the late Col. d. S. Troy the Baldwins and
others invested in Elyton Land company stock
and became baby Birmingharn's boosters
"There ought to be much affection betwee,.
Birmingham and Montgomery and there witt
be more and more of it as the relationship
between the two is more and more apprc-
GATED"
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Sherwood Anderson thinks Ring Lardner is
hiding something. There is surely nothing in
his private life that Ring hasn't written about.
y
Secretary Weeks was considered too "wet" to
speak in New Jersey. In an emergency like
that Cal Coolidge is pinch hitter
Tiger" Clemenceau says he will not stay
with Colonel House in America. That's no re-
Election, Of course, on the colonel
The British government may have kow-toweo
to the Turks, but General Harrington bore him
self like an outstanding Briton.
Time flies. Many American Legion members
now in New Orleans have discovered that they
have outgrown their uniforms.
Sikh says he will quit drinking absintbe.
That being the case, there is no reason why
he shouldn't come to America.
Now that the west is outplaying the east on
the gridiron, may have to dig up that obso-
lete term, the "effete east"
With all due respect to Bishop Cannon,
Uncle Sam isn't going to poke his nose too far
into the Near East business.
not in the same class with a radio operator
when his ship catches fire.
Some of the papers that didn't buy the ex
Kaiser's memoirs are making mean remarks
about the papers that did.
X
Mr.. Bryan says he will not support Andy
Volstead which may lead Andy to think he's
certain winner
y =
Won Hindenburg is popular in Bavaria where
the people still think king can do no wrong.
K
France will speak good word for the
Turks, let the chips fall where they may.
X
Stealing gland is infinitely worse, in some
respects, than robbing poor box.
\ X
Lloyd George is again fighting 9with his back
to the wall. Cinemal
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-17
FRATERNITIEs OF ISLAM

Rev. Amos l. Dushaw, in the Christian Herald.
A spiritual factor of great importance in the
Mohammedan world is the fraternities. Islam
always had its fraternities, but the two which
did the most for its religious and political re-
vival came into existence about the middle of
the nineteenth century-the Sennussiya and
the Djena-ed-Dn
The founder of the Sennussiya was Seyid
Mohammed Sennussi, descendant of the
prophet and man Of learning, piety and 30
sition. 1t was strictly puritanic in character
and now, 80 years old, is exerting a great
spiritual influence on Islam. This fraternity
has lodges scattered throughout the whole of
Islam, but Ell Sennussi, the present leader, has
a firm hold on the whole movement and he has
kept it from all political alliances, Islamic and
Christian. He is aiming at spiritual revival
of his people because he feels that Islam can
not regain its complete political independence
without its old spiritual life In word the
Sennussi fraternity is doing preparatory work.
It is also carrying tremendous mission
airy propaganda and converting millions of
pagan negroes to its faith.
Djemal-ed- Din, unlike Sennussi. was less of
theologian and more of political propagan-
dist, feared and prosecuted by the English. He
saw Islam's danger and worked hard to stir it
up to action. Stoddart says: 1T is not too
much to say that he is the father of every
shade of Egyptian nationalism."
His influence did not end with Egypt Die
mal-ed-Din was no wild fanatic. He knew the
forces that faced the Islam world, and like Sem
nussi, only dealing with political matters, he
Offered advice Of real value to his people: "It
is plain that the whole Moslem world must unite
in great defensive alliance to preserve itself
from destruction, and to do this it mnst acquire
the technique Of western progress and learn the
secret Of European power"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-17
SCALES INDICATE BUSINESS

The true barometer of the rise and fall OF
business conditions Of state said Arthur L.
Stone of Atlanta, salesman for the Toledo
Scale company, "is the amount of sales maze
in that particular state with regards to scales
| have travelled over the major portion of the
southern states and in careful review of the
sales made in the state of Alabama can
truthfully say that it ranks among the leaders
in this lire Our business in this state, COM
pared to last years figures, have increased
more than 500 per cent within the past three
months Virtually all of the various kinds of
mills and. factories throughout the entire state
have taken on additional forces and are buy
ing larger number of scales this year than
they did last year. The farmers over the
state are doing good business and crops of
all kinds are reported favorable, and the opti-
mistic spirit seems to prevail everywhere"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-17
CITY "sTEPs MAN UP.

"Some cities have the peculiar faculty Of
stepping man up in energy somewhat after
the fashion Of a step-up transformer" said DR..
A. R. Bauder, professor OF physics and cleo
trical engineering at the University of Ala
bama, who was in Birmingham the other day.
New York does-that, of course, more tnan
any other city in the country. But | have
noticed that the same thing is true Of Birming-
ham. More than any other city in the south,
and more than many of the larger ones of the
north, think Birmingham steps man up.
1t has a happy way of making man feel at
his best
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-17
DUX GREAT ARTIST

"The artist course of the Music Study club
is one of the finest the club has ever had"
remarked Mrs. Oliver Chalifoux, one of the
founders of the club, who was recently made
life member.
"Claire Dux alone is worth the price of the
season ticket, as she not only is an artist Of
the highest order and universal favorite in
Chicago, where she sings in opera, but her
personality is so winning and her magnetisns
SO compelling that she soon captivates her au-
diences. She is a great artist
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-17
NATURES WAY

Some poets sing of autumn leaves
In such way you'd think it grieves
Their very souls to see them fan,
But shucks, do not mind at all,
Fen though they tumble, tempest-tost.
The scientists say nothin's lost
In nature. Every leaf and seed
A task performs. 'Tis so decreed
That nothing lives and dies in vain,
But will create its like again.
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ventien the more it will interest the world at
which it is aimed. The current publication of
a prima donna's memoirs has recently empha-
sized the vitality which certain inventions Of
the press agent may retain. Here are recited
as part of her experiences in this country
some of the oldest anecdotes known to the pro-
fession of publicity Yet they sound rather
fresh even to the knowing, SO great is the
strength of a good tale. The good one, of
course, is of the same extravaganza, incredible
and overwhelming kind in which Mr.. Frohman
had so much confidence
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-17
AN ANcIENT CRUDCE

@You are not grateful to Columbus for dis
covering American
'Not at ALL said Mr.. Jagsby. eff Columbus
hadn't discovered America my ancestors might
not have come over in the Mayflower, and
might be living in one of those pleasant
English towns in easy walking distance of
first-rate public house,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-17
THE cHAMBERED NAUTILUS

BY Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Build thee more stately mansions, oh, my soul,
As the swift seasons roli
Leave thy low-vaulted past!
Let each temple nobler than the lass,
Shut thee from heaven with dome more vast,
It'll thou at length free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by 1ife's unrest
ing sea.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-17
A NUMEROUS coMPANY

Republicans boast that they have reduced
the number of federal employees
Let EN- boast" said Senator Snortswortny.
"They wouldn't dare to let the government
clerks hold a parade in Washington. There
would be many of them they'd make the
United States army look like cadet corps"