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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
MAKING BETTER SCHOOLS

The annual convention of the Alabama
Congress of Mothers and Parent Teachers
in Birmingham, calls attention to the BEN
Gifts that may follow closer cooperation
between parents and teachers in an i'm
proved educational system. Formerly it
was the custom for parents to place all
responsibility on the teacher for the in
struction and moral training of their chill
dren after they left home for the school
room. Few parents ever took the trouble
!. to investigate school conditions, to learn if
they were adequate, and If their children
were being taught in the proper environ
ment. They assumed that such was the
case when quite often 1t was not.
In addition to the lesser advantages de-
rived from parents and teachers working
together and sharing their responsibilities
such as discovering ways to make individual
schools more attractive to children and bet
ter adapted for their use, much more i'm
portant purpose is served by creating an
interest in the distribution Of public funds
for general education. The sight Of a badly
overcrowded, inadequately equipped school,
room, with poor sanitary conditions and
other handicaps, which are still too much
IN evidence, will cause a demand for in
! creased appropriations for the schools and
will result in better educational facilities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ECONOMY

In spite of the republican pledge of tax
reduction and retrenchment in public ex-
penditures, the budget for the next fiscal
year is for more than three billion dollars,
and Is only two hundred million dollars less
than the budget for the present year.
When It is recalled that the appropriations
for the present year exceed the budget by
more than half billion dollars, it is per-
ceived that reduction in. the budget may
not necessarily mean reduction in expen-
ditures. 1t was easy for the republicans to
be carried into office on a wave of enthu-
siasm for their economy program, but 20
put that program into effect is far diff
ferent thing The republicans have not
done it. 1t Is not believed that they will
do it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
A MODERN CoRIOLANUS?

From the New York Tribune.
Mussolini has introduced refreshing
element into the Italian political situation.
Instead of speaking as a politician anxious
not to offend he has plainly told the ItaI-
ian chamber that he is ready to dissolve it
upon need. He has informed the members
that in addressing them he is performing
what is act of purely formal defer
ence" toward them, for which he does not
seek their thanks. He explains that with
his army of 100000 he might we'll have
closed Parliament altogether, and adds: 81
say l might have done these things, but
at least for the present. have not wished
to do them"
There is something of the rough brusque-
ness of Coriolanus in this spirit The scorn
of Coriolanus, it is true, was directed
against the Roman proletariat and against
their representatives, the tribunes. But
when urged to observe the decorum of po-
litical formalities and not to give the people
and their tribunes offense by demanding his
own way Coriolanus waxed more and more
outspoken. n To all the entreaties of his
friends he grew more Obstinate insisting
that he would not give in to them, even
though they presented him with death on
the wheel or at wild horses heels,
"Or pile 10 hills on the Tarpeian rock,
That the precipitation might down stretch
Below the beam of sight, yet will still
Be thus to them"
Mussolini, it is to be hoped, will not suf-
fer the fate of Coriolanus; but his plain,
blunt speech and direct ways, reminiscent
of that hardy soldier, are welcome in an
age when time-serving is the method of so
many politicians,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
PSEUDO JOANS
Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
No radical political movement seems to
be complete without "Joan of Arc" A
few months ago reports from Moscow dwelt
at length on the great influence exercised
by Russian woman on the fortunes of
the bolshevists, and a little later reports
from Turkey expatiated on the mighty in
fluence welded by Turkish woman IN
the direction of the nationalist movement
an leader who shines forth in the front
ranks of the Fascist. In all of these in
stances the woman leaders have been classed
as Jeannes d'Arc--which is stretching it
some in the case Of the bolshevists and of
the Turkish nationalist. But the pictur-
esquely verbal have seized on the Maid of
Orleans as the prototype-and the descrip-
tive term flourishes~ Joan of Arc would
find it difficult to see any resemblance in
these her modern alleged imitators Her in
fluence was along nationalist lines-but it
was also along religious and idealized lines
She was never favorite with the politicians
of her day. She was not paraded as a party
mascot--as it appeared frem reports are
those later women who are cassed as
"Joans." Nor did she lay any claims to
beauty. Indeed, it is narrated that pulcari-
tude was not her long suit--which fact
seems to have been overlooked by the word
painters who describe these latest feminine
leaders. But still they pass as Joans, and
all of them are visions of loneliness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
THE REPUBLICAN GADFLY
rom the Mobile Register

rom Ule MODHe ReSiSteTH
1t is somewhat unusual for member Of
the party in power to be turning the spot.
light upon the deficiencies of the administra-
ton, and insisting upon those deficiencies
being remedied, but such has been the
course of Representative Frear of Wiscon-
sin, republican to the core; heretofore
regular" in all of his acts, and member
of the ways and means committee of the
House. Mr.. Frear has fallen out with the
Secretary Of the Treasury, and has accused
him Of being entirely too tender of the
financial feelings of big interests in this
country relative to taxes. Mr.. Frear did
not intend to furnish the Democrats with
campaign literature, but his arraignment
of the policy of Secretary Mellon will make
good reading two years from now; and
especially as his party, always extremely
considerate of great wealth, will hardly
adopt any Of his suggestions of tax and
financiaf reform.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
In Hotel Lobbies
Traffic in Atlanta

1.-THE traffic in Atlanta is even
more congested than it is in Bir-
mingham,' said Mrs. Bertha Caugh-
Ian, secretary Of the local automo-
bile club. Il spent Thanksgiving
Day in Atlanta, my former home,
and the town had gone mad over
the Auburn-Tech football game.
Out at Grants park there were at
least 10000 people, and in this
crowd there we're as many Alabama
fans as there were Georgians. The
Atlanta folk were lovely to the Wis
itors and extended them every
courtesy. Of course l was inter-
ested in the traffic. so watched
the automobiles and how they han
died them carefully. The streets
there are very narrow and they
have more difficulties to overcome
than we do with our wide streets.
However, the way they handled the
traffic on Thanksgiving Day was
really wonderful, and | will be so
glad when Birmingham gets its
new traffic ordinances. Despite
the fact that Auburn lost the foot
ball game, they surely put up
splendid fight and felt real proud
of them"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
IMMIGRATION CONTROL

It is understood that President Harding
favors continuation of the present immi-
grafton law, with amendments suggested
BY Secretary of Labor Davis, for the pur-
pose of raising the general standard Of
Immigrants The Secretary would provide
for an examination of all emigrant aliens
! At the port of embarkation. Their charac-
ter, mental and. physical condition would
be Investigated and they would be subjected
TO blood test. This work would be done
BY public health and immigration bureau
Officials abroad.
Mr.. Davis recommendations are in ac-
cord with opinions expressed by other stu
dents Of the immigration problem who be-
lieve that the flood should be controlled
y IT its source. This is the practical and
humane way. The confusion at Ellis
Island, where most of our immigrants enter,
ESnd the needless hardships to which they
xre exposed, could be prevented by wedding
nut the ineligible before they start 20
America. In this way, too, there would
~ greater assurance Of getting the kind Of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
HIGHWAYS BRING CUSTOMERS

OF equal Importance to the business in
terests of Birmingham and Jasper, which
is in the heart of the rich Walker county
mining field, is the construction of the nine
mile link that will complete the hard-sur-
faced road between the two cities. This
work is now under way and, when 1t is
completed, Birmingham, Jasper and inter-
vening territory will be in close personal
and commercial touch. Birmingham will
realize a distinct and growing benefit from
this easier access to its manufacturing plants
and mercantile houses, wholesale, and re-
tail, on the part of the tens of thousands
of persons who will be led to trade here
more and more as the feasibility of doing
so is realized. The Jasper road will localize
Birmingham to the citizens along that route,
and The large and varied stocks of merchan-
disc carried in Birmingham will automati-
caly make these people patrons of our
l. Good roads and the motor vehicle
distances. The facility of travel afford
ed by paving, and the superior inducement
of shopping where there are modern and
well-supplied mercantile establishments
clinches trade for city like Birmingham.
There is also corresponding benefit to the
communities thus served.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
Cause and Effect

While Major Roy Haynes was in Bir-
mingham it was reported that prohibition
officers were guarding every road and high
way leading into the city. At any. rate,
there was great scarcity of what prohibit
tionists have nicknamed the "pernicious
stuff" Bootleggers informed the trade
that their supply had been cut off and scores
of ultimate consumers met with no response
to their distress signals. Is it any wonder
that the major went away thinking the dry
laws are being strictly enforced?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
SHOALS PROJECT IN DANGER

News from Washington to the effect that
the Ford offer for Muscle Shoals has suf
fered a loss in congressional support is dis
quieting. The explanation Of this desertion
by the House leader of the farm bloc
is not convincing. The mere fact that the
Ford offer has undergone criticism Is no
substantial reason for abandoning it. 1t Of
fers everything important that the people
expect from Muscle Shoals, which is more
than can be said for the substitute measure
which seeks to authorize federal operation
of Muscle Shoals and federal manufacture
of fertilizer. The'people have no confidence
in government entrance into business and
industry. The situation as to fertilizer
has been overdrawn for arguments sake.
There is fertilizer to be had. The real
point is that fertilizer costs too much. The
hope in Muscle Shoals was not that it would
produce fertilizers in untold quantities, but
that it would produce them SO cheaply as to
! create lower price level for fertilizers of
, all kinds There is general belief that q
private corporation, such as Ford proposes,
would be more efficient than federal opera
ton, with the opportunities to distribute
political plums as the first consideration
rather than the fitness of candidates for
the high positions. 1t is time for the friends
of the lease plan to rally to the support of
this project, or Congress, and a discredited
Congress at that, is likely to perpetrate an
other monstrosity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
THE FARMERS EMANCIPATION

Members of the Farm Bureau co-opera-
tive marketing associations have been adj
vanced $2,3OO.000 for financing their hold
ings. They are entitled to every penny of
this credit because their cotton is being ham
died in a business-like manner and thus
stands in the front rank Of collateral They
would not be entitled to this loan money on
cotton that was not properly stored insured
and otherwise protected. Realization of the
first principles Of sound finance has done
more for the southern farmer than all his
friends in and out Of Congress and all the
spellbinders who laid the blame for the
farmers ills on things outside his scope of
control. Business, not sentiment is getting
the farmer on the plane Of sound financing
and independence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
A GREENWICH VILLAGE TALE,

New York Correspondence Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Artist and his wife, who is an artist, too,
recall an incident of their early studio days.
friend, leaving the city for few weeks
left in their care large, healthy and hungry
black cat, with injunctions to give it good
care. the feline's owner left with them
sufficient funds to keep the cat in meat.
The artistic pair not having attained their
present success, were the reverse of afflu-
ent at the time.
There we were, not eating regularly
ourselves said the husband the other even
ing as he consumed the last of large pork
chop, land we seldom had meat. But we
had to sit around and watch the cat eat
good liver"
"Why didn't you steal the cats liver
sometimes?" he was asked.
eve wanted to-" he answered, 'but the
animal wasn't fat and we were afraid its
ribs would show when its mistress got back"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07

The French government took prompt and
effective steps to break he recent bakers
strike. 1t lasted only Is hours. When the
government announced that it would use
army bakers to meet the emergency, the
master bakers capitulated The French
masses subsist to large extent on bread
and bakers strike was, therefore, pat
ter of grave national concern. The bakers
grievances may be just and reasonable, but
there should be some other way of attain
ing them than by starving the poor, upon
whom such burdens always fall the hardest
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
Adrift With the Times
Watch Him

Keep an eye upon the statesman
Who proclaims that he will fight
To release the toiling masses
From the cap'talistic blight,
Weeping tears of indignation
For the wrongs that they endure,
While in fervid tones protesting
That their rights shall be secure.
For, in spite of his orations
And his passion for reform,
And his willingness to bear his
Manly bosom to the storm,
There's basis for suspecting
That he caters to the mob
While his secret hopes are centered
On the presidential job.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
From Answers, London.

From Answers, London
The hall twas crowded and the woman
speaker was waxing eloquently
yes" she cried emphatically, women
have been misjudged for ages. They have
suffered in thousand ways
Here she paused to give her audience time
to consider this momentous statement.
"There is one way in which they never
suffered and never will" said q meek little
man from the back Of the crowd.
The lecturer gave him frigid look.
.'And in what way is that?" she inquired
I'm silence replied the little man, as lie
sank into his seat
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
A Strong Ford Supporter
From the Mobile Register

FROM the Mobile Register.
If public opinion finally forces
through the FORD offer for the
Shoals development, the Sheffield
Standard will deserve and receive
measure of praise, for it has been
consistent and persistent in its adj
vocacyS and in its effort to bring
about right understanding of the
merits of the Ford proposal.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
My Favorite Stories
BY IRWIN S. COBB
THE GROWTH OF AN ERROR

Since Charles H. Schwab fell from grace
and became a semi-professional after-dn-
ner speaker, he has been retailing across
banquet tables an incident which he claims
figured in a personal experience. Still, it
is we'll to view with suspicion the alleged
"reminiscences of any, after-dinner speaker.
1t may be that the thing didn't happen
to him at all. Perhaps he only heard it
somewhere.
Be that as it may Mr.. Schwab states that
during one of his trips to Europe he met a
gentleman whose breast was almost entirely
covered with decorations bestowed by va
rious continental governments
"Tel me, SIR" said Mr.. Schwab, "the
story of the heroisms or the achievements,
as the case may be, for which you were
awarded this extraordinary number Of
honors?"F
81 shall be perfectly frank with you,"
stated the other man. "This large medal
here-the one containing the pigeon-blood
ruby in the fringe Of amethysts--was the
first to be bestowed upon me. received
all the others as result of having received
that one."
"And for what were you given the first
one?" inquired Schwab.
"oh," said the European, that one was
given to me by mistake"
Copyright 1922 by The McNausht Syndicate. Inc)
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
Alabama Press
To Conserve Game

From the Dothan Eagle.
If game in Alabama is to be con-
served the open season will have to
be shortened. the bag limit mate
rally reduced and the use of gun
that shoots more than twice at one
loading prohibited.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
cor USED TO EACH OF

From Farm Life.
The selected choir was
away at the funeral, staniin9
the casket. They were OF
verge of weeping.
An old, old man whd W.
chief mourner, came and
looking .tearfully down It tt
old face of the deceased hdy. I
just as the singers wfe ssal
in on the last verse, tie OLD
said to himself:
Il declare, when you've
with q woman so years, yol
o. git attached to 'er.'
Y The choir broke down, , "
with grief.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
WHAT'S IN A NAME7
From the Boston Transcript.

rIOfIf tife TDostUI ITdHScTIpC.
An English motorist was stopped
by policeman on account of poor
lights.
"I'll have to take your name
sir"
'John Smith," was the rep
"Don't try that on me, sirf
warned the man in blue. II wait
your proper name and address
"Then if you must have il. Is
William Shakespeare, Stratfo q fa-
Aven."
THANK you, sir" said the | Ices
man, jotting it down. "Sofs u
have troubled YOU
Don't mention it." said tt mo-
torist, driving on.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
Most Rare

HAS the person you just spoke of any
claims to Distinction"
ale has one of those hyphenated names
"That isn't so unusual"
"But he seems averse to seeing it in
print"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
Hoping for the Best

Brother Jones, on de last great day de
sheep will be separated from de goats"
dat dey WILL Brother Jackson, an I'm
prayin' night an mornin' dat de good Lord
put me on de woolly side of de fence.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07

Ammonia fumes were used to repel dry
raiders in San Francisco. The real danger,
however, lies in sampling the stuff.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
Holiday Exploitation

Il wonder if people are not drift
ing away from the real significance
of Christmas and Thanksgiving"
said Mrs. Mary McNall, secretary
to Mrs. Mary Echols, commissioner
of health and education.
"They talk of buying, buying,
and buying at Christmas time. 1t
is buy this and buy. that, and the
season has come to be one of COM
mercial exploitation. wonder
how many people think Of going to
church at Christmas and worship
ing Him whose birthday they mean
to celebrate.
Zone little boy asked me the day
before Thanksgiving what l was go
ing to do on that holiday. | told
him that | was going to church and
then home to a'turkey dinner
Go to church?' he asked, why,
Thanksgiving's Thursday. Didn't
know you went to church on Thanks
giving"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07

Eternal vigilance on the part Of, traffic
bureaus is the price of equity in freight
rates. Such bureaus cost money, but are
among communitys greatest net indus
trial and commercial assets in preserving
the communitys transportation rights.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07

From the standpoint of the we'll
meaning public, l think the recent
action placing authority with the
welfare department to regulate
street soliciting great benefit, :"
said Mrs. Eunice Hughes, secretary
to D. f. McLendon, president of the
commission. There have been so
many demands upon the public for
subscriptions that it is impossible
to know which is the most worthy
and should receive the little money
that we can give to uchNcauses. It
will be protection to the public and
at the same time to the most worthy
of the causes that some regulation
is to be effected"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
Too Late +!

My heart goes out to Betty Pate,
Who mourns her luck in piteous tones;
A chap to whom she gave the gate
Inherited million bones.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07

whats become of Blithersby?v
81 believe he's going to get rich"
''Doing what?"
''He's put tar-and-feather remover on
the market down in Texas"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07

According to Conan Doyle, there are no
flappers in Heaven, but Conan Doyle hasn't
said the last word on that subject.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07

Clemenceau says that his long life is due
to his egg diet. And yet nothing gets old
more quickly than an egg.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07

will visit America. There is man with an
Unsuitable appetite for new sensations.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07

Gretna Green smithy, in England, has
been condemned as dangerous to motorists.
1t was formerly dangerous to love-sick
couples who married in haste and repented
at leisure.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07

Stranger Threw Acid in Mans Face
Headline. One shouldn't do that even to
an acquaintance, let alone stranger.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
The Nonchalant Aviator

care you hurt?" asked the excited far
mer as he rushed up to an aviator whose
plane had been wrecked in his corn field.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07

member that they have only one, that At
Mobile, which is at the service Of ALL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
Going to Be Drier

"Recent rumors intimating that
there was to be q let up in the
strict enforcement Of the prohibit
ton laws should be dissipated by
the visit of Maj. r. c. Haynes, fed
eral prohibition commissioner"
said Judge G. M. Sartain, prohibit
ton. director for Alabama. "Major
Haynes said that he was pleased
with the prohibition situation in
this section, but at the same time
he gave orders to increase the drive
against, violators Of the prohibition
.sws.H
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07

The one certain item of population in
crease which this country can safely afford
to forego is that which comes about through
the importation of the unfit alien.