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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
IMPUGNING MOVIE ART

From the New York World.
 Many of the objections voiced in Paris to>a popular American photoplay dealing with the war are logical enough from the point of view of French patriotism It does place great stress on the part played by American troops, and it's portrayal of the German soldiers may conceiv- ably provoke hostile opinion. But what per thence is there to the criticism that it is "a picture of France painted in Los Angeles?"
 So far from being a defect of movie art, is not that it's highest triumph? Surely Paris must know the infinite resourcefulness of the Los Angeles motion picture studios. A picture of France painted there is certain to be more French than anything in France, just as one of Rome is sure to be more Roman than the capital itself Whether it is war trenches or Siberian steppes or the desert of Sahara, the artifice of the finn outdoes the reality of the scene depicted. Nothing is beyond its powers and it can reconstruct ancient Babylon or Tyre as easily as it can reproduce an Alpine village or an English manor house.
 It is possible to get sane action in impugn- ing movie morals or movie drama. But movie scenic art is above detracton. It comprehends the entire world, ancieht or modern, and ranges from China to Peru in the infinite variety of it's ambitious realism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
WALT WHITMAN SUPPRESSED

From the New York World
 The Hungarian government has discovered that Walt Whitman is a dangerous stuff and Hungarian Lusk has forbidden publication. This is unfair. What is more, it is ignorant. For the Hungarian government ought to know by this time that no dangerous ideas are ever born in America. They are always imported from Europe.
 But on second thoughts perhaps the Hun- garian government is right. Perhaps the American idea, which Whitman carried so D. lentlessly to it's logical conclusion, has been more dangerous to autocracy of all kinds throughout the world than the most intricate theory ever concocted by Karl Marx. We are inclined to think it has been We are in clined to think it would go hard with any form of oppression any takes serious ly the ideas which grow as naturally out of the American soil as Kansas wheat or Walt Whitman's democracy. And we are inclined to think too that Walt Whitman rolled over chuckng in his grave he heard the news from Hungary, and then said to himself 'At last am taken seriously. l am rescued from the literary cliques."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
 TRUTH FROM A DIPLOMAT

Samuel Hopkins Adams in Leslie's Weekly.
 How clear a sane voice sounds in un- settled world Listen to Alanson B. Tough ton, in his farewell speech delivered with the fervor and conviction of a sermon--whch, in- deed it might have been-on the eve of his departure as ambassador to Germany First and foremost do not believe in the moral or spiritual or even the economic value of hate. Hate serves useful purpose. It is far more dangerous to those who hate than to those who hated It leads only to confusion and de- structon." There speaks true statesmanship, sincere simple, and unafraid. "Hate serves no useful purpose" words suitable to stand above the doors of every chancelery and bassy, to form litany for the daily repetition fevery official, to animate the spirit of every writer and publicist who sows woAds to reap convictions. Let the international propaganda of fostered hatred die of it's own poison. The time is ripe for the sanity of kindliness and understanding. On that foundation alone can the world rise from it's ruins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
CITIES MUST PROVIDE FOR COMMERCIAL AVIATION

The visit of Rear. Admiral w. E. Fullam to Birmingham has stimulated local interest in commercial aviation. The time is coming, and t is not far distant, when every American city will either have to provide landing fields and other facilities for aircraft or drop behind IF competitors. Admiral Fullam says: "In few months any city without landing field will De as bad off as if it were miles off q railrosd. Such city will be like coast town N1th its harbor blocked by sandbar which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
"A HANGING A DAY"
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 A proposal to hang murderer each day in the year would horrify most of us Opponents of capital punishment would denounce it as atrocity The average man and woman would finch from it at first as grewsome thought. Yet is a hanging day worse than murder a day? Do we cry out against that grewsome toll? We average a killing day. Why not a corresponding rate of punishment? If there was hanging a day there would soon be drop in the murder rate
 Of course, murders in the first degree do not run as high one day. In 1919 the number reported was 154. Homicides were 194. That is more than killing day. But with the death penalty confined to murders of the first degree, we should need hanging every two days, excluding Sundays, if punish ment kept pace with the crime.
 In the year 1919, in which there were 154 murders, there were three hangings and only 27 sentences to the penitentiary Ten murder CTS committed suicide; so that leaves IA un- accounted for. N
 killing asday represents our crime product. Three hangings a year was the rate at which justice pursues
 No wonder the killings go on and human life remains the cheapest of commodities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12

Constance Talmadge is suing her Turkish husband for divorce. Although he Is wealthy cigarette manufacturer of New York, Con- stance talks as if he ran true to form.
 X X Warm weather may reduce the consumption of moonshine. In view of the fact that some of our moonshiners have been working day and night, they are entitled to a rest.
 x x 4 Count Apponyi of Hungary says Americans are the only real pacifsts in the world. He was not referring particularly to the gentle art of conscientious objecting There was a "diabolical political fight in the House the other day. We never would have known 1t if Representative Tncher hadn't said so.
 With the Newberry talking point, the average democratic spelbinder is good for an hour and half on any stump in the country. It might dishearten Chang and Wu if they knew how little confidence American news papers have in either one of them.
 x x x The Russians seem to be sparring for time at Genoa. The prospect of getting a loan makes even bolshevik cautious.
 X x We can't all travel as comfortably as Mor- vich, but most of us would rather be flivver owner than pampered horse.
 
 Foreign commentators who say they are i'm pressed by MT. Dempsey's refinement are posi- lively too civil for words.
 x < < The Genoa conference has been at the break ing point so long it must be considerably frayed around the edges.
 x x x As luck will have it, most of are not in position to board up our town houses and go away for the summer.
 < x x Germany has fallen into the habit of writing payment either preceded or followed by the word Impossible"
 It strikes us that Mrs. Stiman is rather good in the categorical denial.
 4 4 x Jim Reed Is not yet willing to admit that "Marplot" is his middle name,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
MERCHANT BAR MILL FILLS
 A LONC-FELT WANT

Formal announcement by the Tennessee company that it will build merchant bar mill of 10000 tons monthly capacity at Fairfield was received with satisfaction by steel con- sumers of the Birmingham district and the news will be greeted with the same feeling throughout the south. Such mill, furnishing shapes and sizes of many kinds and filling long-felt want in this territory, adds to the capacity of this great industrial concern for serving the south and the export trade.
 The community is no longer thrilled by such announcements, because it is becoming accus- toned to the broad policy of the Steel Cor poration in continuous expansion of the finish ing steel industry in the Birmingham district.
 Each step taken by the Tennessee company under George Gordon Crawford, southern man whose industrial novitate was spent in this district, has been wisely planned. There have been no mistakes. First, the raw material properties were built up for economy of pro- duction. Then the finishing mills were enlarged and improved, and new mills have been added 1IoW eHne to SiiHo' Eacn new Pidnt hdS HtVeu in with it's predecessors.
 The merchant bar mill makes the third finish ing mill completed or begun within year. The car plant of the Chickasaw company began operations last June, and the tie-plate plant, . phenomenal success, started last year. Be- fore 1922 is half gone the merchant bar mill is announced.
 It was the red letter day of the Birmingham district when President Roosevelt approved the taking over of the Tennessee company by the United States Steel Corporation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
BIRMINGHAM SEEKS ADVICE
 ON BOND ISSUE

Probably question has ever been submit ted to the people of Birmingham where there was such confusion of opinion and such diff ficulty in knowing about what Is best to do as is the case with the pending $7,0o0, 1000 bond issue.
 Everyone wants good schools everyone wants suitable recreation; everyone is touched by the appeal for the welfare of the city's children. And yet thousands of our men and women voters are puzzled to what is the best thing to do. They want to do all in their power for their city. If the authorizing of $7,000, ,00o additional debt is necessary, they are in the frame of mind where they are willing to make the sacrifices and assume the obligation.
 Nine out of ten men or women are unfaml- jar with financial problems of such magnitude as the assumption of s7,0o0,000 debt. They would like to have and they would ap- preciate words of advice from those most com- petent to give it.
 Who the men most competent to give advice on such subject7 Birmingham has puDl1c spirited citlZenS who are used to con- sidering and handling large financial matters and solving monetary problems in a big way
 Would not the representatives of Birming- hams great banks and financial institutions the brokers who handle millions of dollars worth of bonds, the heads of great concerns would not these men confer genuine service to the community if they would give Brming- ham citizens the benefit of their advice at this time?
 Is there not some way in which commit tee of such men can be formed, the committee to issue a formal statement on the subject? If they approve the pending project it will be reassuring to the whole community. If they can suggest better way for the requirement. of the things Birmingham needs and desires, their words will be appreciated and will come at most opportune time.
 genuinely patriotic service will be per formed if group of the city's financial lead can be prevailed upon to make deliber- ately considered joint statement regarding the $7,00O,00o bond issues and the three mills in- crease in the tax rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
BREAKING WEST POINTERS HEARTS

From "The Beautiful and Damned" by F. Scott
 Fitzgerald. Published by Charles Scribner's
 Sons.
 The camp itself dreary muddle, cold, wind-swept, and filthy, with the accumulated dirt incident to the passage through of many divisions. Their train came in at one night, and they waited in line until one while a mil itary tange was strengthened out somewhere ahead. Officers up and down ceaseiessly, calling orders and making great uproar. It turned out that the trouble was due to the colonel, who was in righteous temper because he was a West Pointer, and the war was going to stop before he could get overseas. Had the militant governments realized the number of broken hearts among the older West Pointers during that week, they would undoubtedly have prolonged the slaughter another month The thing was pitable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
STRANGE LOT. NEWsHoUNDsi

"It was always strange to me how reporters visit scores of offices day, and, after being told there is nothing doing and then paper chock full of news out the next day." said Hollis B. Parrish, local attorney.
 Although reporter woke me up at Il o'clock last night to find out about a story take my hat off to them all. They always seem to be at the front and act as Jason officers between the firing line, so to speak, and the public. They are the eyes of the news paper which they represent and the press of this country is, as Gladstone rightly said, a fourth estate, and watchdog of our liberty"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News
 Don't go in yet, boys-the waters not fine. When money talks the majority of us hear the echo.
 Having a sympathetic nature lets you in on a lot of trouble.
 Some men fail to get rich, while others fail and become poor.
 Folks who have the most advice to spare often need it most.
 A mans faith is known by his alley as well as by his front yard.
 Luck may knock at the door, but it takes hard work to force it open.
 Fortunate is the individual who has long memory and short tongue.
 One way to punish man for his sins is to make him live with some of them.
 The warmth of our welcome may depend upon the length of time intend to stay.
 Just as sure as man plans to go to the matinee that's the day that he has to take the children after school to get them new shoes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
NORTHERN MILL MEN KNOW
 WHAT SOUTH HAS

Not from southerners alone comes recogni- ton of the advantages which this section pos sesses for commercial and industrial enter prises. Northern men of vision acknowledge them. E. Farnham Greene, treasurer of the Pacific Cotton mills, Boston, recently made this statement:
 "I would like to call your attention to the fact that the southern mills have cheaper and easier coal transportation, cotton supply, labor, moro hours of labor, less stringent industrial laws, lower cost of living and less burdensome taxation, which, to say the least, calls for some alarm regarding southern competition"
 It might be added that if labor is paid some what less in Alabama than in Massachusetts, labor here pays out much less for living costs, as is admitted by the Boston manufacturer. If southern labor works more hours per annum it h because southern labor has fewer inter- ruptions from work by reason of wage disputes and because workers do not live in tenements but in houses letting in plenty of air and, very generally, surrounded by trees, garden spots and recreation grounds.
 Not only is there cheap coal, but there is already large supply of water power, which is being more than duplicated by the extensive development of power sites in Georgia, Ala hama and the Carolinas. The cotton is at the mill door. Climate speaks for itself.
 The north is finding out lot about the south, and it is knowledge that will be good for both sections.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
co OPERATIVE ASSIGNMENT

"We have just received three carloads of fer tilizer ordered comparatively by the truck growers of the county" said J. R. Cook, busi- ness agent of the Truck Growers association. "The shipment consists of the clements which the farmers may mix to suit their land. By ordering collectively the fertilizer is obtained at cost.
 Farmers not knowing the kind of fertil- izer best suited for their land may send sam ples of the soil to Auburn for diagnosis If he will govern himself by the answer that he gets there will be no guessing on his part as to the fertilizer that will produce the best results on his land"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
THE CLOUD

By Percy Bysshe Shelley. bring fresh showers for the thrsting flowers, From the seas and the streams bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noon-day dreams; From my wings are shaken the dew that
 waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mothers breast, As she dances about the sum- wield the flail of the flashing hail, And whiten the green plains under, And then again dissolve in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
SHOULD GENOA coNFAB FAIL

''If the Genoa conference proves unsuccess- ful, and Pm of the opinion that it will accom- plish very little, look for another international conference sometime this year, either at Washington or some other propitious place. said Congressman Montague of Virginia, flor great minds of today have realized that some sort of binding agreement to establish the shat tered confidence among nations is the best way to bring order out of chaos," continued the congressman who after serving on several international commissions in the past, has very mature opinions about treaty making and in- ternational affairs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
A CELEBRITY

Harold Heartbreak, movie star, Drives costly motor car. Lovely ladies mob the lad 'Tis a sight to make one sad. Yet we should not Harold blame, If the sudden rush of fame, Making him the sole objective, Rather spells the boys perspective. Seeing how admirers use him, Iris but kindness to excuse him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
TREND TOWARD AGE-HERALD

"The Birmingham Age-Herald is certainly carrying the live local, state and general news of the day in great style, and this fact is very noticeable to readers over the state,' is the opinion of Fowler Dugger, associate editor of the Andalusia Star, who was in Birmingham yesterday en route to Louisville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
SOME MORE PSYCHOLOGY

'Do you think Mrs. Peckton can be elected?"
 'Just confdentially," said MT. Peckton, T believe she is going to be defeated. In that event I'm prepared to spend considerable sum of money for clothes, articles of personal adorn- ment, and perhaps trip to the seashore. The reaction is bound to make her take keener interest in strictly feminine pursuits.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
ADMINISTRATION EMBARRASSED
 BY COLDSTEIN CASE

President Harding has shown on divers oc- casions that he will go a long way to oblige a friend, particularly if that friend happens to be member of the republican party. When he nominated the notorious Nat Goldsten to be internal revenue collector for the eastern Mis- souri district, he did it at the behest of Senator Spencer.
 The nomination created such an uproar and gave the democrats such good opportunity to attack the administration that the President found himself in predicament which threatened to impair his urbanity considerably, but MT. Goldstein relieved him of his embarrassment by asking that the nomination be withdrawn, on the lofty grounds that he wished to remove himself as an "ostensibe cause" of efforts by partisan democrats to make political capital" out of the appointment Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi gravely congratulated Senator Spencer "for extracting himself and his party from a very bad position at the eleventh hour.'
 Mir. Harding has given easy berths to other party workers who were involved in the Lowden campaign scahoal, put the record or GoioStem is so unsavory that he couldn't be swallowed, even by an administration which has shown marvellous capacity for ingurgitating politicians with past.
 Goldstein is charged with having accepted $2,500 from the campaign fund of former Gov ernor Lowden of Illinois, when that gentleman was a candidate for the republican nomination for President. That is not large sum to take when slush fund is being distributed, but connection with Goldsteins career. The people of St. Louis and the St. Louis newspapers seem to know great deal about Goldstein, but not much that rebounds to his credit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
BLAME THE STYLES

From the Arkansas Gazette
 The Birmingham Age Herald prints letter nearly column long about How Chickens Lose Money" It's our private opinion that rolling em down does lessen the safety of the favorite banks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
SEEKING THE NEAREST BAR

"So you are going abroad?"
 q thought I'd see London first.' "Be careful when you get off the boat" "Eh?"
 "A friend of mine was trampled on and seri- ously injured in rush of thirsty Americans, headed by former football star"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
A PRIVILEGE OF CITIZENSHIP

'Mr. Grumpson is typical American"
 'In what respect?'
 ''If he were to hear foreigner abusing our government the way he does hostilties would begin forthwith" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
ANYTHING GOES

You'll have to entertain the guests. Exert yourself
 q know an-Irish joke" ''Is it fit for mixed company" 'It's fit for mixed company nowadays"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
RUBLES

"Do you suppose footpads in soviet Russia operate with trucks?"
 "Why should they?"
 "If they frisk the price of meal from lone pedestrian, how do they get away with it?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
THE VALUE OF EXERCISE

"A big, strong man like you ought to be ashamed to go around begging"
 "When I started out I was physical wreck. Walkin' done it, num-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
ADRIFvT WITH THE TIMES
THE MODERN EQUIVALENT

"A member of Congress accused another statesman of indulging in 1ivery-stable talk ," He's behind the the times" "Eh?p
 'He probably meant garage chatter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12

London women are having their big toes cut off so they can wear the new style shoes, which are long, narrow and pointed. Yet, we used to think it dreadful when the womenfolk of the "heathen Chinee" bound their feet.
 V
 Historian tells the New York World that French soldiers and civilians have never called Joffre papa" As he admits himself, his in- formation comes too late to do any good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-12
A MORNING PRAYER

Let mo not be discouraged, Lord, if my dreams beyond human accomplishment. for if shoot at the and miss it, may hap shall hit . star! Amen.-M. s. B.
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