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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
A POET OF FEW SONGS

From the New York Herald.
That slim book of poems which will last
as long as English is reak "a Shropshire
Lad" was published in 1896, when A. T..
Houstman, its author, was 81. In the
twenty-six years that have since elapsed
Housman published no successor to his first
book. Now, at So, he is the author of Last
Poems.' This, too, is small volume and
these two books, so slight in bulk, will prob
ably mark the beginning and the end OF
Housman's course in English literary
history.
Most of the poems in "a Shropshire Lad
were written years before the date of their
publication, but he did not let the book out
~of his hands until every line was chiseled
beyond reproach. The age of 81 years is a
late date for poets first volume. Byron
was SO when he died, after life turbulent
with action, interspersed with long excursions
into postry. Keats and Shelly had done
their work and been dead several years at
the age of which Housman produced "a
Shropshire Lad" Their fame is greater but
no more secure han that of this late conner
If any of them had lived to Iousman's age
F glish literature might, and probably
would, be richer for their added years.
If Keats and Shelly had gone on it. pro-
badly would be greatly richer. But the
production of poetry, after all, is not conr-
parable. with that of automobile parts.
Houseman will have little, but that little
is perfect of its kind, and the best that any
poet does is to leave, few lines that are
permanently treasured.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
THE CHRISTMAS SEALS

1t has become an established custom for
people to cover their Christmas packages
and mail literally with stamps representing
sums of money to be devoted to the cam
paign against tuberculosis. 1t is a fitting
gift to those who desperately need it. Tu-
berculosis is both a durable and preventa-
BILE disease, and yet it stands at the top OF
the list of causes of human death. The fact
that it continues year after year as the
most deadly of scourges does not speak
we'll for the state of our practical applica
ton of humane principles. We punish those
who abuse animals, but we regard with COM
placency human sickness from preventabe
diseases. Nevertheless, forces are at work
reducing the hold upon us of the great white
plague, just such forces as those supported
by the revenue derived from the sale Of
Christmas seals. To fight tuberculosis
means not only to care for those afflicted
but it means to create such sanitary and
dietary conditions as will prevent others
from taking it. The very same hale person
who contributes to the cause may uncon-
sciously himself be protected from exposure
to this disease. Or some of his loved ones
may indirectly receive such protection. The
less tuberculosis there is the less likely the
average person is to contract it. The more
Christmas seals there are on the Christmas
mail and gifts this year, the harder people
are stamping on this too-common plague.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
TEXTILE MILLS COME SOUTH

The tendency on the part of owners Of
eastern cotton mills to look seriously to the
cotton states for location of operations at
the source of the raw material is assuming
tangible form. Some of them have posi-
lively decided to build mills in the south,
and Alabama is promised consideration. Ala
bama is given special consideration not only
because its water power development has
already made progress, but because the pro-
gram of increasing that supply is on a con-
tinuous basis There will be 100 per cent
more water power in service in 1928 than
there is now, and as soon as this is installed,
work will begin on so per cent addition
10 the power then available, while at Muscle
Shoals Wilson dam promises 100000 horse
bower by 1925. Besides this, Alabama has
lbw-cost steam electric plants due to con-
venient coal seams on her river courses, and
can increase steam generated electricity as
Auxiliary to the other as needed. Power and
location at the source of supply form the
double attraction presented by Alabama.
This is why one of the largest bingham mills
in Massachusetts, with 5000 looms, is re-
ported on high authority as having arranged
for early construction of a mill in this state
and removal of its entire plant here. There
is no escape from the logic of natural re-
sources, and it is not the custom of shrewd
fasteners to blind themselves to oppor-
tunity
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
NEGROES GOING NORTH
From the Mobile Register.

from the MODue Register
A dispatch in the Register November 80,
from Cleveland, Ohio, stated that according
to the secretary of the negro welfare asso-
citation of Cleveland, 1887 negroes have
registered for employment there in the last
four months; the majority of them coming
from Georgia, but others from Alabama.
Some of these are negroes who had gone
north during the war and returned home
during the depression, but the majority
are men who are now north for the first
time. Employment is found in the steel
plants in the coke ovens of the Connelisville
region, and the Youngstown steel plants.
Owing to shortage of the supply of I'M
skilled foreign labor due to operation Of
the per cent quota immigration law, these
industries are recruiting labor from the
south.
Some newspapers profess to be alarmed
at this shifting; others endeavor to ascribe
it to political and social conditions in the
SOUTH and none appear to have ascribed TO
it the true cause, namely, the fact that farm
ing conditions are not favorable for the
individual and that an attractive wage IS
offered and obtainable in the north.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
A CALIPH WITHOUT PORTFOLIO"

Jealous of his daughter, Fatima, and
the succession of Fatima's husband
directed all her efforts upon an anti
Ali party. Meantime the group
which, ali along, had regarded Ali
as the legitimate successor, gained
strength during his rule, but were
kept busy fighting to hold the sway
Omar had established. When Airs
son and successor, Hasnan, was
murdered, probably by the hand of
his wife at the behest of Moawiyah,
this Moawiyah assumed the cali
phate, removed its seat to Damascus,
and began The series OF rulers
known as 0mmiades. Henceforth
the Shiites were alienated from the
Sunnites, or orthodox Mohamme-
dams, because of their reverence for
Ali and Hassan, and their belief
that the first of the Ommiades and
his successors were usurpers and
pseenders. Arabian and Persian
Mohammedans inclined toward the
Shiite faction.
Way back in the days of the
successor to Moawiyah the lnhabi-
tants of Irak rebeled-the same
Irak which only last year launched
out again on its national course
after electing Emir Feisal as King.
Feisal is the third son of the grand
sheriff of Mecca. 1t was during an
other series Of caliphates, that Of
the Abbasid monarchs, that Harun
al Raschid ruled. And it was after
his reign that the division of the
caliphate among his three sons made
the caliphate into sort of eommis.i
sion form of government. One son
was to hold sway over Arabia and
SYRIA; another in Persia and Tur-
kestan, and a third in Asia Minor
and the Black sea region. At an
other time. toward the end Ct the
tenth century, Bagdad, Cairo and
Gordova, Spain, all were the seats
of separate ruling caliphs; though
this was no amiable division. Each
caliph declared the other hereto
and held himself the lone head of
all. Islam.
''oHw Abdul Abbas. first of the
'Abbasid monarchs, had every living
male of the Ommiades thrown into
prison, killed them all, and then
gave banquet on a great cloth
thrown over their bones is but one
example of the fantastic cruelty of
the centuries-long struggle to be
caliph. The story of the caliphate
would fill-has filled-volumes. The
assumption of the title by the Sul-
tans of Turkey is a modern and per-
haps minor chapter in the struggle
to be the successor and thus to
hold sway avore this mighty force
of Islam. Points of special interest
are that force often has played a
major part in assumption of the
role, that there have been several
caliphs, both by mutual agreement
and also by rivalry, and that ac-
curing the title of caliph by no,
means guarantees its recognition by
the Moslem world,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
WOOD STAYS IN PHILIPPINES

The resignation of General Leonard Wood
as provost of the University of Pennsylva-
MIA, a position which was being kept open
for Kim until he could finish his duties il
the Philippines, is attributed to desire to
comply with the expressed wishes of the
administration" that he continue to serve
as governor general. There have also been
reports that conditions, political and other
wise, in the Philippines were such that an
able administrator, such as General Wood,
was indispensable. Perhaps he has made
the wiser choice. A man of his wide and
varied experience in the army could hardly
find the provostship of university suited
to mis- tastes and abilities. General Woods
splendid work IN Cuba and the results
already apparent in his administration of
the Philippines cause public satisfaction
with his decision to remain there.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
Veterans Camp Active

with the passing years the in
terest in the Spanish war veterans
organization is growing rapidly"
said Louis Blau, camp commander
of the Birmingham veterans. "Our
camp, which by the way is the Oldest
camp in the state, has taken on new
life and our meetings are well at
tended and of great interest.
Incidentally, it might not be gen.
orally known that there are in the
neighborhood of 500 Spanish war
veterans in the Birmingham district;
not all members of the camp. how
ever, but we nope at an early date to
have the majority of them on the
roster of our organization.
"0ur membership includes men
prominent in every walk of life, and
volunteers ALL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
HEROIC BAND

From the Atlanta Georgian.
The dispatches give circumstantia details
of the fearless, almost jaunty, manner in
which the Greek victims of governmental
murder met their death. The bravery of the
victims accentuates the fiendishness of the
executions. Also their heroism in the SUI
preme moment illustrates the beauty of
bravery with which death can always be
faced and met by any Of US. Not only be-
cause it isfususlly simpler and easier to die
than to live, but because 4 modicum OF
philosophy teaches one that death brings
rest and infinite possibility.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
COST OF SMOKE IN CITIES
Floyd ". Parsons, in the Worlds


Work.
The cost of smoke in cities like
,Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Chicago and st. Louis amounts to.
about $1.80 per ton of soft coal
burned. While this estimate takes
into account laundry bills, damage
to exterior painting and sheet metal
work, injury to household furnish
ings, depreciation of merchandise
in commercial Establishments, and
the added cost of using more arti-
fetal lighting, no attempt has been
made to include in the estimate the
cost of such items as depreciation
in the value of property, compulsory
absence Of certain industries, in
jury to health, impaired mental eff
ficiency, etc. Smoke costs London
$50, 100000 annually, Chicago $751;
900, 900, Cleveland $4,000, 900,
Cincinnati $7,000,000, and other
cities in proportion. Each
person breathes about 1000 gallons
of air every "a hours, or about 81
pounds in weight, as contrasted
with a~daily intake of less than six
pounds of liquid and solid foods.
1t is evident, therefore, that the
weight Of the air exhaled by each
individual daily is more than six
times the weight Of daily consunhp-
ton Of food and water combined.
Of all the factors that contaminate
the atmosphere of our cities and
towns, smoke is by far the greatest
cor1rcn nf nollutian Our neClicencp
in handling this problem will stand
forth in comirfgk times as proof of
our inconsistency and the lopsided
character of our twentieth century
civilization.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
the Samson Ledger.

From the Samson Ledger.
We are so constituted that we
cannot impart instruction in re-
ligion or politics without having our
teachings colored by our own
peculiar views, no matter how free
from prejudice we may believe our
selves to be. The fundamentals of
our government require complete
separation between church and
state, and Il this country is to re-
tain its attitude or religious tolera-
ton this separation must continue.
The public schools are for the pur-
pose of instructing all children in
those subjects upon. which we all,
Christian, Jew, and Snfidel, agree;
ave venture from this safe
ground we fall into the breakers of
factionalism and religious contro-
versy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
The Guilty Walker

From the Tuscaloosa News.
A judge in Kenmore, o.. fined q
pedestrian the other day for .get-
ting hit" BY an aul9E.obile. The
Pedestrian had not bAqn seriously
injured, and the collisiga was OBJ
'viously his fault. Persons who have
had narrow escapes or who have
been struck by careless Motorists
find it hard to believe that the
pedestrian is ever to blaine for
street accidents. Careful drivers
and traffic policemen, however, IAN
testify that dangerously large Ter
centage of persons still look uIon
the automobile as the intruder in
the street and belligerently dcfyit
every chance they get. They r.
sjst on crossing the thoroughfafF~
at any time or place, regardless
the cross-walks provided for TIL
regardless Of traffic signals and
gardless CT tie motorists rio
Enforcement of traffic regulat
must be continued everywhere
increasing strictness. The moto3
may bear the greater responsible
but the walker must not be allot
to escape his duty to public saft'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
PRIVATIoN ON THE DEEP

From the New York Tribune.
Neither at sea nor ashore can man live
by liquor alone--a fact which has reduced
the crews of the merchantmen who hover
beyond the three-mile limit to sore straits
Distressing stories of water famines drift
in through the blockade almost every day.
Even with barrels and casks and cases and
hogsheads slowed snugly between decks, such
Of the mariners as remember Mr.. Coeridge
chant dolefully:
Whisky whisky everywhere,
And all the boards do shrink.
Whisky, whisky everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink"
Shippers of vessels that pass the low, rak-
ish craft which heave and toss on the long
ocean roll are often spoken and besought
to sell days water supply for prices even
greater than those which are demanded
ashore for sterner stuff. But trafficking
with contraband ships is bootlegging, even
though the merchandise vended is as kick
less as the beverages now sold across the
soda counter. And to be sent to a federal
penitentiary for selling water is fate that
no hardy captain cares to contemplate.
Perhaps, now that winter storms have
begun to sweep down from the Labrador
coast, enough falling snow may be caught
and melted to supply at least chasers for
the thirsting sea-dogs. Perhaps eftsoons the
profits of the business will justify the install
lation of saltwater condensers. Until one
of these two measures of relief is afforded
little groups of doleful mariners will cling
to the mizzen shrouds and wall:
ALAS! for sorrow on the sea and pleasure
on the shore,
The deep seas terrors are increased by one
privation more"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
THE HUMAN ANGLE
From the Chicago Herald and Ex-

amlNeT.
Nearly two Of every three men
mobilized in France during the war
were killed or manned. One in
habitant in every six was mobil-
lied. Had our America sustained
a proportionate strain and ,appro-
pirate loss, instead of $4,000 we
should have had more than 4,000,-
900 dead; instead Of 100000 in
jured, nearly 100000.
The losses we had affected W
lseenly, but is probably impossible
for us to realize fully what France
has felt. If by any possibility We
can visualize these figures and in.
terpret them in terms of the hu
man spirit, we can, perhaps, more
nearly understand why the France
of today is still gripped by acute
dread and not yet In = mood ia
give reason for right Of way.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
The Hog Coming Back

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
Hogs can be raised for Market
ing in twelve months provided the
right kind is secured. Why can not
the farmers of this territory enlarge
their allotment of hogs for the in
coming year and have money in
COME from this source? Grad.a+S
pens and scales are already installed
IN Roanoke to accommodate the
public. "-Roanoke Leader. By all
means. The hog, an economic
necessity, is coming back in Ala
bama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
HOW NOT TO SELL APPLES

From the Sikeston, No. Standard.
Joseph Schutrap of Washington
shipped bushel of choice apples
to Minneapolis with the intention
Of disposing Of his crep there if be
made reasonable profit. He rec
cived a letter stating That the apples
were satisfactory and that he would
be paid rs cents bushel. Trans
portation was ~ cents and postage
two eents. A nee profit Of one cent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
RECENT VERSE
cHIID,s CHRISTMAS

Martha Haskell Clark, in the December
(Christmas) Scribner's.
Who has not loved little child, he knows no.
Christmas Day
The wondered, breathless waking through
fir-sweet morning gray
With tropic forests on the pane against the
dawn-streaked skies
The awe of faith unhesitant in lifted childish
eyes;
The spluttered, spicy, teasing JOY of kitchen
fragrance sweet,
The sting of frost upon his face, the snow
creak meath his feet;
The swish of runners, song of bells, the
laughing echoed call
From drifted hilltops, sparkling white; the
blue sky folding all;
The holly-berried table top, the Teasing
and the fun
With Christmas ribbons strewing all until the
day is done;
The hush of candle-ighting time, the hearth
flame flickered red,
The warm soft clasp of clinging hands up
Swallowed stairs to bed;
The cfib-side talk that Stacks and stills on
stumbled drowsy note,
Love that stings behind your eyes and
catches in your throat;
Tbo 4bo fbo fandorpaac hos
Mary-prayer you pray
Who has not loved little child he knows
no Christmas Day.
THE CLOCK WILL STRIKE
Clement Wood, in the Survey.
How petty, then, the me above you,
The birthmark moles of race and shade
and breed.
There is no sacred watermark of hue
Between us, when the skin is pricked to
We bleed
One may be branded with younger face,
Closer to tree-tribes out of yesterday;
Today, for all the strut of strength and
place,
They shall like brothers form tomorrow'z
clay
Men slowly learn it is a twisted pleasure
To feed and drink upon another's loss;
Nor can man build again one breathing
treasure
Shattered on scaffo1d, battlefield or
cross.
The clock will strike the hour when we may
Stay,
When lips learn to blow life within the
clay.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
Matching Depots

From the Opelika News.
"There isn't town the size and
Importance Of Greensboro in the
state Of Alabama that has as poor
depot facilities as Greensboro. =
Greensboro Watchman We will
cover all the bets you care to make
We will match the passenger depot
accommodations, or lack of them,
here with you, the sorriest one TO
take both.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
Blocks and Blockheads

From the Mobile Register.
The farm blocks reported aban-
donment of the Ford offer for
Muscle Shoals affords fine OPP
portunity for LaFollette and his
bunch to strike a popular note,
albeit most unfortunately for the
permanent good of the country.
If we must have blocks let them
not be composed of blockheads.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
Alabama Press
A Mark of Affluence

From the Dadeville Spot Cash.
Its strange, during the cotton
selling season. how much Difference
is shown the man with cotton lint
on his clothes by the merchants with
something to sell.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11

form it takes, the rich do not bear the load,
They can shift from one form of investment
to another in avoidance of the tax burden
SO long as the federal government and the
municipalities leave any loopholes for es-
cane
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11

1t is good year that gathers steam as the
months go by and passes out at the highest
point of production of the 12-months' period.
This is what 1922 in Birmingham will have
been.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11

The Turks propose to solve the Greek
problem in Constantinople by expelling all
the Greeks. From the Turkish point of
view, that's mild treatment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11

When demagogie politician can't find
anything else to rave about he can always
fall back on the vested interests"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11

Over in England there is still disposi-
tion to argue about who won the war. Over
here we are trying to forget it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11

Something is wrong when we lose more
aviators in peace than we did in war.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11

Paris is reported to be more interested in
the Siki-Carpentier controversy than the
Lausanne conference. At any rate, it IS
easier to talk about.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11

Amendments to the constitution are not
easily placed there, but once there they have
a habit Of sticking.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11

Slow thinking seems to be the order Of the
day at Lausanne.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
The AGE H E r AID

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, posteffice
eecond-class matter under act OF Congrsss. Marea
g. 1879.
Evening star., 1922-12-10

-Nut Set, consisting of one nick.
el-plated nut bowl,
one nut cracker and % no
6 picks, Special, sDZ.ST
complete ..........
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-09-28
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY,

(trom the Times-Recorder Sept,
Is, 1922
Go to Rees Park, take turn and
you will find the little church
around the corner" Mrs. L. B. Bos-
worth donated lot, and the good
people in the vicinity reciprocated
her kindness by getting up funds
with which to erect a neat house OF
worship The pretty little building,
when finished, will be an ornament
to that part of the city. and the
friends are to be congratulated upon
their Christian zeal. Rev. Mr.. Snow
and Rev. c. W. LittIejohn will sane
tify the good work by holding serv-
ices in TIE Elm avenue church when
completed
The S. A. & NJ, will run a special
to Coldela this morning for the ac-
commodation of those desiring to
hear Thomas H. Watson, the Third
party apostle speak at that place.
The train will leave here at 8
o'clock and the fare for the round
trip is only 81.
Judge and w II. Fish have re-
turned home after visit to frineds
and relatives in Atlanta.