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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02

On his accession to the throne, Charles was swept into the maelstrom of the World war. It should be said to his credit that he did not seem to be warm ally of the Hohenzollerns. The German militarists used the Austro-H Hun garan monarchy to further their own ends. As result the Hapsburgs went down in the crash which drove the former Kaiser out of Germany. Austria Hungary suffered worse fate than any other power engaged in the war. The dual empire was broken up. Austria and Hungary are but shadows of their former greatness and the vast domains over which the Hapsburgs ruled have been parceled out to create a number of small states.
 Had Charles endured his exile with dignity and patience he would have been regarded more kindly by the world than William Hohen- zollern, as being less to blame for the conflict which drenched Europe in blood. But he could not adjust himself to the changed con ditions in which European royalty found itself at the end of the He still believed in the divine right" of kings to rule and apparently nothing could convince him that the Hapsburg dynasty was thing of the past. In exile he plotted to regain his throne and incurred the i'll will of Switzerland, which gave him shell ter. His first coup was disastrous failure, but that did not deter him from attempting another, which caused the exasperated allies to send him to Madeira.
 Like Napoleon, Charles died in exile on an island that was his prison, but there is no other resemblance between the breeding man on St. Helena and the futile Hapsburg at Funchal, One left an indelible impress on history, but the other will be remembered chiefly as the last occupant of the Austro- Hungarian throne.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
BATTLING PROBLEM PRESENTED
 BY THE COAL INDUSTRY

Philip Murray, vice president of the United Mine Workers of America, proposes that Con- gress prohibit the over-depveopment of the coal industry MT. Murray says 10000 blum inous mines are being worked in the country when 1000 would produce all the coal the nation needs There are 15O,0O0 more men drawn into the industry than it can keep regularly employed and miners "are required to live 365 days the earnings of from 40 to 200 days. There is huge waste of hu-s man power, of money and of coal, followed by strikes" MT. Murray would have Congress prohibit any further development of coal lands flor at least 10 years.'
 While the accuracy of the figures may be questioned, it cannot be denied that there IS something radically wrong with the coal in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
 PALMING

From the New York Telegram.
 We are indebted to Boston for a hint that may save us much money and property
 When John, OBren was proceeding home- ward Monday carrying a package of paper and dozen eggs he held up by two high waymep
 In addition to the merchadse O. 'Bren had in his right hand si00 bill and when the revolver was thrust into his face he promptly elevated his hands palming the century" which he retrieved when the thieves had de- parted with the eggs and purse containing an unindorsed check.
 Lacking any police protection here, we must add pamng to our defensive methods.
 Direct instruction in and correspondence schools of palming may be looked for, and with practice there is no limit to the useful of the trick.
 Evidently MT. OBrien is not an expert or he would also have palmed the eggs and saved them.
 tor proposed to him to open a school near his home.
 Within l few miles of Snow Hill, Edwards began with & one-room and one-teacher school In a short time two rooms were needed ana then lhreN, ana so on the Scnool continued to grow. It now has property valued at $780, 900; has large corps of teachers, and is do- ing splendid work among the scolored people of Wilcox and adjoining counties Mr. Simpson and many other friends have given liberaly to the school from time to time.
 This large gift from Mrs. Mayhew will enable the school to expand in usefulness, and I am sure all of the friends of education will rejoice in the good fortune that has come to this de- serving institution.
 Among the trustees of the school may be noted the names of R. O. Simpson, Furman, president; William Howell Reed Tufts college, Massachusetts; Dr. P. V. Speir Greenville; E. L. Cunningham, Furman; W. G. Simpson, Snow Hill; James H. Post, 129 Front street, New York city; William H. Baldwin, Is Clark street, Brooklyn; E. M. McDuffie, Laurinburg, N C.; p. :. Gaines, Snow Hill; T. J. Johnson, Snow Hill. T. W. PALMER. 7
 Montevao March 30, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
A LITTLE HOUSE

Abigail Cresson, in the New York Times. When grew tired of gypsying, 1 bought bit of land I built roof against the sky, A floor above the sand. 1 built fireplace for my fire, I bought myself bed With linen sheets to cover mo, A pillow for my head. G My house was neat, my food was good, My bed was soft-and yet Some sights and sounds and smells there were That I could not forget! I tried to stay I tried to eat, tried to sleep, but oh, One night the wind came calling me What could I do but go? What could I do but rake my fire And shut and lock my door? What could do but set my foot Upon the trail once more? But gypsying is not the same, For now Pm not so free The little house I built myself Is always calling me!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
MOVING A MOUNTAIN
e Popular Mechanics Magazine.

From the Popular Mechanics Magazine
 Moving a mountain is the huge task under taken by engineers in Rio 'de Janeiro, where the Morro do Castello--consisting of an esti- mated 100000 cubic yards of earth and rock-is being obliterated the completion of which is expected to make the southern me- tropolis much more breezy, cool and health ful, besides adding some 66 blocks to the heart of the city. Various methods have been tried in the transporting of this mass from it's pres ent location and deposting it in the bay, among these being pick and shovel mule cart, steam shovel and "dinky or dummy train" The presence of an old convent the sum- nit of the mountain has given rise to the rumor that gold is hidden near it, and causes added zest among the creduous workmen.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02

N ALIAS, TEXAS, is a twOn worth the Il looking up and looking at.
 ~ It's growth has not only been great but its appearance is pleasing and business like. No city anywhere has better hotels and bank and office buildings.
 Incidentally the government spent nearly $3,OO0,oO0 in building Federal Reserve Bank And, nobody has kicked about it like some are complaining of the wasted money put into the Federal Reserve Bank building in New York
 Texas is so big and has so many congress men that the politicians are afraid to kick about what is done by the government in this, so-called, Great Republic.
 From Memphis and St. Louis and Chicago the very best trains are operated to Dallas, and the dining car service is many times bet ter than that which we get in the east, except of course that service from Birmingham to ing car service.
 But from Dallas to New Orleans one goes over railroads which shake, and buck, and jolt like travelling the road from Macon to Columbus, Ga., in the olden days when the light track was laid upon what was then known as stringers. The trains are good and dining cars serve good food, but the jolts are such that one is never sure whether the piece of lamb chop on his fork will go into his mouth or hit him in the eye. On this route you go from Shreveport down to New Orleans along or near the west bank of the Mississippi, which is now a raging torrent.
 In Memphis and below there is great alarm. The levees are on the verge of breaking. There has not been such high water in years and the Mississippi valley country is getting panicky. Even in New Orleans the water is already very high and much alarm is felt in the territory immediately above New Orleans.
 There have been torrential and continuous rain falls all through the Mississippi valley country, and as far west as Dallas. Fields and roads are great ponds and the railroad beds are soft and soggy everywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT DALLAS
 AND GOOD IDEAS FOR BIRMINGHAM

The one thing in Dallas which impressed the writer most is the absolutely perfect grounds of the Dallas State Fair Association These grounds remind one of the old Worlds Fair in Chicago;. except that the Dallas build 7ings are permanent, of concrete and steel One of the great auditoriums of this country is on these fair grounds. There is stadium and coliseum, and all manner of exhibit buildings, grandstands and every conceivable kind of housing place for all sorts of exhibits, all built for permanency.
 The directors of the Fair Association never pay dollars dividend. They take the profits every year for new buildings and equipment. Thus, during the fair season Dallas is the Mecca of the entire southwest.
 It would indeed be worth the while of the directors of the Alabama Fair Association to take trip to Dallas and see what has been done there.
 The auditorium is on the fair grounds and not in the center of the city. That might be a good idea for Birmingham. The city govern ment might put it's auditorium on the Alabama State Fair Grounds. It would be practically as convenient as any other point in Birming- ham. The street car service to our fair grounds is as quick for the great mass of the people of Greater Birmingham it would be to any other point. The main driveway for. automobiles to the fair grounds is paved. Other driveways would quickly be paved and, indeed, the city auditorium there would be nucleus for the construction of many permanent build ings for our annual fairs.
 The idea certainly is worth looking into by our city commissioners. Such a street car service as we have here, and so many auto mobiles makes distance amount to but little.
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 With the hum of industry renewed and building for the future, it is we'll for us to take advantage of the good things as we'll as the mistakes of other cities and to make of Birmingham not only the industrial hub of the south but the Paris of this southland.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
LETTERS TO EDITOR
BIG GIFT FOR ALABAMA SCHOOL
the Editor of The Age-Herald:

To the Editor of The Age Herald; The Snow Hill Normal and Industrial insti- ute, a negro school located at Institute, Ala. near Snow Hill, Wilcox county has recently received bequest that will enable its trus- tees to enlarge greatly the facilities for future work.
 Mrs. Mayhew, wealthy philanthropist of New Jersey, died in December, leaving an es- tate estimated to be worth anywhere from two to four million dollars Private bequests to the amount of $65 ,000 were first provided for. The remainder of the estate is divided between four institutions. Two of them are in Alabama- Tuskegee institute and Snow Hill institute Two-sevenths of the residue, after the small bequests are paid, goes to the Snow Hill insti- tute and one-seventh to Tuskegee. It is thought that Snow Hill will receive between s200, ,o00 and s50oo00. However, we know that such figures are generally exaggerated but the school can safely be counted on receIv- ing the lower fgures-s200,0 ,000-and very probably more than that.
 This school was established about 25 years ago by it's present principal, w. J, Edwards with the assistance of MT. R. o. Simpson, one of the leading citizens of Wilcox county The story of its organization is a very interesting one.
 Edwards small, untutored, crippled col ored boy living on one of the plantations owned by Mir. Simpson. He was not physically able to do much, if any, work. At that time stock laws were passed for certain beats or districts. and gates were placed across the public roads which made it very inconvenient for travellers. Ed wards remained at one of those gates to open and close it for passersby. Many of them tipped him with a nickel or dime In this way he saved little money.
 A kind physician living nearby performed an operation for him which relieved him of his lameness. He then left the gate and entered Tuskegee Institute. Through the generous assistance of Mr. Simpson he was able to con- plete his course of study there, and was about to leave for Texas when his former benefac-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
AcE.HERALD IS FULL OF PEP"

During the past week or 10 days have been very much impressed with the fact that The Age-Herald is full of pep and old-fash- toned 'git-up-an git as the darlzies say" said Judge Joel Browne "The Talk Birmingham feature has certainly aroused the civic pride of many, while tn estories on Birmingham $ successful business women has opened the eyes of the community to the many fine young business women who have reached the heights in their various professions. The good-natured cartoons of prominent people are very clever and altogether The Age-Herald is getting out corkins good paper every day and Sun day, too."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
NO WHISKER FAD
From the Savannah News.

From the Savannah News.
 Nobody need be fearful lest the whsker fashion started in Sacramento sweep the United States. Sacramento wants to celebrate the days of '49 and must have whskers, because the forty-niners had little time or desire to shave and their chin foliage grew and grew until it kept the chest warm on cold nights. 4 forty nine celebration would be without its kick if it's actors appeared with clean slaves, IT even with false whiskers, and anyhow, this is day of realism. Whiskers must grow, else Sacramento could have celebration. But on the morning after the event, how the barbers of the California capital will have to work. Think of the mass of hair the street cleaning department will have to cart away It is true that fads in personal adornment need little to start them, but America doesn't fancy whis- kers; they get in the way. She will have but few of them. And that's good thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
THE LOST


 Who are the 'lost"? So foten this word is used today to describe those who have wandered beyond redemption. It is used to describe the utterly abandoned, who have put God forever out of their lives, and there are those who go so far as to picture the lost in terms of Dante's Inferno, suffering torments in which a good God could not possibly have any part. It is so understood and taught in the popular" theology of to- day, though why anything so repulsive should be popular must forever remain a mystery. There seems to be morbid streak in the religion of many people.
 On one occasion, Christ did use '1ost'' in this sense, but it was when He was speaking of Judas Iscariot. For the most part there was B tender pity, and hopeful yearning shining like a golden thread through His discourse when He spoke of these; there was pity, because the lost were in danger; there was hope, because nearly aways the lost were ultimately found. There was the lost coin, for which the woman searched diIi- gently until she. found it. There was the lost sheep, and the shepherd left the fold and wandered over the hills until he gath cred it again into his arms. There was the lost son for whose coming the anxious father was waiting, and who came at last to his fathers house again. These-from the fif- teenth chapter of St. Luke's gospel-are characteristic passages in which Jesus refers to the "lOst," and in every instance the lost wer found
 The coin was lost through no fault of it's own. Someone had cast it aside and for gotten it. The coin was not to blame. The careless steward has deeb at fault. How like this coin are the lives of some of Gods lost children! The abandoned wretch whom society hath rejected; the little children born and reared in wretched poverty where vice too often parades itself as virtue. If they are Host" to God it is we who have lost them, and so we must search and find them.
 The sheep lost through ignorance. There was danger without the fold, but the sheep did not know it. There was safety and happiness within, but the sheep did not know that. The sheep only knew that the lure of the distant hills was upon him, and he pushed away into the wilderness while the shepherd was not watching. And these are our "lost'' young people; the boys and girls who come to the city to make their way; who cannot believe that there IS safety within their Shepherds fold; whose confi- dence we have not yet won; who wander out into the wilderness while we shepherds watch the littl eflock which timidly crowds around us Of course these "sheep" are many and wild. Some of them wander in spite of all that we can do, but they can be found when we seek them with sincere and visible love.
 Thelost son wandered in wilfullness. No one sought for him. It was useless. He had found the way out, and he knew the way back. The Father could but wait. These they who deliberately turn their backs God; on the teaching of their parents and their church. If these are to be found, it must be by the searching Spirit of God who will help them find themselves.
 MIDDLETON S. FAREWELL.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
----------- DEATH ENDS EXILE OF FORMER EMPEROR

Among the rulers who figured in the World war, former Emperor Charles of Austria Hungary, who died yesterday at Funchal Madeira, was somewhat pathetic figure. He succeeded Francis Joseph the ancient throne of the Hapsburgs, rather weak, but amiabe young man with a beautiful wife. Had fate not ordained otherwise, he might have been a popular and even useful monarch. The young couple could have looked forward to a long and happy reign. Apparently the power of the Hapsburgs was as strong as ever and the hold royalty had on the people of the dual empire was strong.
 But the storm clouds had already gathered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
ANNIsroN FIRM PRosPERs

Business is indeed improving" said Mir. T, c. King of the National Forge company of Anniston yesterday q have just returned from trip in which l secured the Chesapeake and Ohio contract for knuckle pins; one from the Southern railway and one from the Sea board Air line for the second quarter of 1922. I also secured big order from the Louisville and Nashville for prompt shipment.
 "You doubtless know that our company manufactures coupler knuekle pins, coupler yoke rivets, brake lever pins, brake shoe keys, center pins, brake hanger pins and other railroad car forgings, principally the pin bus- ness. I am very proud of our success"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
SOCIAL WORK CONFERENCE
the Editor of The Age-Herald.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 The Alabama Conference of Social Work adopted resolution thanking you and your great newspaper for the helpful assistance you have rendered to the conference and the peo pie of our state in giving such splendid pub licity to our meeting. The reports of our different sessions as made by yourertper were truly faithful to the proceedings and presented magnificent portrayal of the transactions at our various sessions.
 I congratulate you personally upon the splendid staff of reporters that your paper commands. Yours very fraternally,
 MORRIS NEWFIELD.>
 President Alabama Conference Social Work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
PAUL COOK.
CHURCH PROFESSIONAL FOR EASTER

From the Boston Transcript.
 It was at camp meeting and hats had just been passed round to receive the collection. The preacher rose and said, "Let us sing while the hats are coming n'
 The pianist, after some fumbling with the pages, turned to him and said, T can't find it. 5 's4z.Eh?n said the preacher, not understanding That ngs@.Whe the Hats Are Coming .In'---it isn't in my book said the pianist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
VERY SUCCESSFUL MEETING

"The recent conference held here by the Ala bama Clothiers and Furnishers' association was one of the most successful held said Bax- ter M. Eastburn. Delegates from over the en- tire state were present and much business transacted.
 By passing resolutions appointing a com mittee to draw up code of ethics for the as sociation think great step forward was taken. The clothing industry should become an organized industry similar to the others
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
AN ULTIMATUM

Father, you don't seem to like Mont morency." @ "Well, daughter, Pm willing to discount the slight dscooration his upper lip which l take to be a mustache; the kind of clothes he wears, his sport and his solid ivory dome, but if he ever addresses me as old thing I'm going to hit him."
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
NEWS OF THE DAY

NEWS OF THE DAY "Stop the pressesr' bawled the managing editor.
 What's wrong?" asked his third assistant "We are about to disappoint half a million readers.'
 How so?" By getting out our tenth edition without line in it about Hollywood"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
LIKES TO FISH

q am glad that the fishing season has opened" said Judge Edmund Dryer. "The one sport I like above all is to fish for bass and bream..
 Of course the northern waters are preferable, but I think Alabama fishing is pretty hard to beat The bass is sometimes called trout here but it is the same fish and just as much enjoyment can be derived from catching the trout here as the bass in northern waters"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
ITS ALWAYS A WOMAN

How did the pay roll bandit happen to be captured?"
 Poor team work"
 "Eh?"
 "The bandit who was ordered to keep the engine of their motor running for quick getaway, while the other two bandits held up the cashier and grabbed the pay roll, got inter- ested in passing flapper."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
MIGHT HAVE USED TIT HIMSELF

"When the fashionably dressed young man was picked up on the street, you say lip stick was found on his person." "Yes"
 Maybe it was souvenir of some love af fair"
 That's the kindest Interpretation you can put on it." s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
BEWARE

Let us still be up and doing, Still the goal of life pursuing, And abstain from all home-brewing
 While we strive; Madam Folly counts among her Dupes the men who made it stronger And, alack-a-day, no longer
 Are alive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
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INTRODUCING BERTHA

My heart goes out to Bertha Bragg, Who's never known to light flag, Or at flapper dance to ask
 A snifter from he-vamp's flask.