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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26

The Los Angeles hammer murderess, hav- ing been beach beauty and chorus girl, the newspapers are able to publish some fetching photographs.
 It is stated that the young woman who mar ried George J. Gould has been both blonde and brunette. That is not beyond the realm of possibility
 recent photograph of MT. Dempsey driving farm machine is about as convincing as the photograph of MT. Dempsey working" in a shipyard.
 Imported liquors valued at $10,00o were seized on a farm near Mobile. Yet all the agricultural experts say farmers ought to di- versify.
 The Germans have named their largest ship Columbus. For that reason the tugs will be more inclined to toot when she arrives at New York.
 Fashionable Nahant will have to put up with Mike di Carlo, prosperous Italian butcher. The experience promises to do Nahant world of good
 < x If Cole Blease were to say he had as much right to be in the United States Senate as Tom Watson he'd be telling the truth.
 < % August I is a significant day for Woodrow Wilson. That day will decide the fate of Jim Reed of Missouri.
 x It looks like infringing on the rights of hotel- keepers for European states to put tax on tourists.
 Y Primer lesson: Who put Muscle Shoals on the map? Answer: Henry Ford.
 < As publicity trumvrate, itNis hard to beat Marilynn, Billie and Flo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
MERCHANTS PROFIT BY BEING ORGANIZED

Furniture dealers, now organizing as a branch of the Retail Merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce, have evolved plans of cooperative action that point to distinct benefits.
 Among these plans is that of having consign- ments of several merchants coming from the same factories and manufacturing centers pooled for shipment in carload lots. By this means each merchant will reap the benefit of the carload rate, which is 50 per cent under the less than carload rate.
 Another proposal is to have daily reports of furniture repossessions and of removals col lated and reported to each member through a common service. This service would be ex- pensive for an individual merchant, but where it is done by one agency for all, the expense will be nominal.
 Moreover, the furniture dealers, by becom- ing branch of the Retail Merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce, will receive the benefit of the mass strength of the other mer- chants of the city in matters that concern them all. They will have representation on the executive board of the merchants division.
 The Chamber of Commerce is performing an excellent service in uniting the retail mer- chants as whole and the different lines of merchandising in affiliated groups. It is also good for the merchants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
THACKERAY THE GENTLEMAN

Stanley T. Williams, in the North American
 Review.
 Thackeray's gentleness carried him far. In a sense he never, like Dickens, went down with the crowd; they did not know him. Bret Harte tells us that the miners of Roaring Camp paused in their card game at the news of the death of Little Nell; but during this lecturers visit . member of the proletariat was heard to inquire plaintively: "Who the hell is Thackeray?" Thackeray's mind seemed impervious to many of the issues which angered Mrs. Trollope or disgusted Dickens. A southern woman re- marked bluntly at dinner party "Do you know, MT. Thackeray, thought you were a gentlemanw Again Thackeray laughed and declared it was the clevefest comment he had ever heard. What an opportunity for Frances Trollope in such an incident as this: As Thackeray's train came into Concord one of the two silent Yankees sitting near him remarked "Mr. Emerson, hear, lives in this town. 2 Yeas" was the drawling reply, land I under stand that in spite of his odd notions, he is a man of con-sid -ersa-ble propity."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
Germany Can Pay

From the New Y6rk Tribune.
 Is it not about time to discuss the repara- tion question not in the spirit of propaganda but in a spirit of presenting the truth, no matter which side is helped or harmed?
 Now, there is gross misrepresentation. For example, it is constantly said that the sum de- manded of Germany is $33 100000. This is but half truth, and hence most danger ous lie Those who put it forward fail to add that payment is spread over approximately 40 years.
 The present cash value of Germany's debt, reckoning 5 per cent on the deferred pay ments, is in the neighborhood of $13,000,000,- 900. This would lift the German mortgage. Yet steadily the public is told by those who must know better that the total is more than, double the real sum.
 Is Germany capable of paying $13p00,- 0O0,o GOO? Bernard M Baruch, our chief financial expert at Paris in 1919, estimated that she could pay $15, 1000, 100000 and the Amer ican delegation supported this figure which was regarded moderate. Keynes, whose pro- German bias is notorious, estimated in his first book that Germany could pay $10,000,- 0O0,000 He has since admitted that he uu-
 
 stantial agreement, though he covers it up, with the figures of the reparation commis- sion.
 Impartial persons who have studied Ger man resources concede that the demands on Germany do not exceed her capacity to pay.
 Before the war the German national wealth, according to her own statisticians, was close to $10O,O0o, 100000. Since, not injured by war operations, it has increased through the decline of the purchasing power of units of gold, to something like $140,000, 100000. To say that Germany can't pay $13,000,000,- 900 is to say she can't realize 10 per cent of her assets and convert them into gold cred it's Some case can be made out for a tempo rary moratorium, but none at all for her prin- cpal contention.
 In 1871, when Germany collected $1,0oo,- 000,00 from France the French national wealth aggregated only 25 per cent of this sum. Yet France, though, her potential re- sources were vastly less than those of Ger many met the instaments before they were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
AMERICANS BRISK BUYERS
 OF INITIATED ART

Interruptions dealers have sold bogus works of art ever since statues were first sculptured and pictures painted. not to mention the mil lions made by swindlers in disposing of in- tation jewels, rugs, furniture and other ar Sticles to people with more money than brains From time to time exposures are made, caus- ing unrest even among those who know real art when they see it, but that does not cause more than temporary Hull in the business of duping the unwary.
 An American in Paris, Thomas Knock, dis covered that 43 pictr-es in his collection of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
My Favorite Stories
The Prediction That Came True
By Irwin s. Cobb

The Prediction That came True
 At recent luncheon in New York of the Catholic Actors guild, the Rev. John Talbot Smith told story which had an especial appeal for his audience, most of whom were communl- cants of the same faith of which he is dis tinguished clergyman, Father Smith said that a young woman in the confessional confided that she was afraid she had been spending some of her money foolishly.
 Spending your money foolishly calls for penance," said the priest. sternly. "How have you been spending yours?"
 "Well, father, I went to fortune teller admitted the penitent.
 .Oh, ho so you went to fortune teller, eh? We'll, that's wrong to begin with. In the first place, professional fortune tellers are most of them frauds, and in the second place they pre- tend to deal with the supernatural. And what did you do for this fortune teller?"
 2 gave him $2.00, father"
 "Worse and worse-wasting your hard earned wages on fakir. And, in exchange for your $2, what did he do for you?"
 "He teld me pack of lies, father, about my past and my future"
 "What did he say about your past?"
 "Only pack of lies, as I was just afther tellin you"
 And what did he tell you about your fu- ture?"
 He said father, would shortly be gon' on long, hard journey"
 Well" said the priest, refectively, ''he may have lied to you about your past, but when he predicted that you would be going on long, hard journey in the near future, he was not far wrong, after all. You'll do the Stations of the Cross 12 tmes!"
 Copyright, 1922, by the McNaught Syndicate,
 Inc.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
HER woMAN's HEART

By William Watson. Oh, like queens her happy tread, And like a queens her golden head But oh, at last, when all is said,
 Her womans heart for me! We wandered where the river gleamcd Meath oaks that unused and pines that dreamed A wild thing of the woods she seemed,
 So proud, and pure, and free! All heaven drew nigh to hear her sing, When from her lips her soul took wing, The oaks forgot their pondering,
 The pines their reverie. And oh, her happy, queenly tread, And oh, her queenly golden headl But, her heart, when all is said,
 Her woman's heart for me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
LETTERS TO EDITOR
FROM THE MERCY HOME

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 The Mercy Home has sustained very real loss in the death of the editor of The Age Herald, Mr. E. w. Barrett. His great gener- osity in opening the pages of The Age-Herald to the many calls of the Mercy Home has been of inestimable help for quarter of cen- tury to all who have worked for the mainte- nance of the home.
 The children of the Mercy Home and the board of managers express their sympathy sincerely to the editorial staff of The Age Herald and to the family of MT. Barrett. Very truly yours,
 THE CHILDREN OF MERCY HOME.
 Birmingham, July II, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
CRIMINALS, BLACKLIST

Criminals have been giving Birmingham wide berth, especially those of check-flash- ing proclivties,' said William H. Propst, city detective, who handles forgery cases.
 "So many forgers have come to grief here in the past that am sure Birmingham has been placed on the blacklist by criminals. don't know whether it has been luck or not, but we have caught a number of criminals here with widespread police records.
 'In that respect I am sure our law enforce ment agencies will compare favorably with those of any other city in the United States 7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
ENDLESS PROCESSION

due Moreover, the invading Germans had done $1,000,00 ,oO0 damage to French terri tories Yet the back of France did not break under the double load. She could pay 10 per cent. The precedent clearly shows that it is possible for a modern nation to endure a sudden 10 per cent loss.
 The conclusion is unacceptable that Germany can pay The defect is in her will. This judgment is confirmed by the recent com parison made by Professor Irving Fisher of the present taxation levied by belligerent na- tions He found that the German government collects $1O per capita per annum, while this country collects nearly $40, France $45 and Great Britain $60.
 Germany maneuvers to escape payment So she whines of her poverty, and her friends and those she is able to deceive repeat, as if litany, the phrase Poor Germany! Poor Germany! Surely sss 100000 is beyond her strengthp'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF
 WATER POWER

There is more water power development under way in the United States than in any pe- riod in the nations history. The federal water power commission has been in existence for two years, and it has received 321 appli- cations for water power projects involving ap- proximately 20,000,000 horse power. Up to June 30 the commission had authorized 60 pre- iminary or survey permits and 49 licenses, of which IS were for transmission lines nvolv- ing an estimated installation of 2,386,0 horse power and 91 licenses for projects involving 1,932,000 horse power.
 The nation was aware of the value of water power before the lawmakers could frame law permitting the harnessing of streams Much more water power than is now in service would have been developed long ago but for the extended debate in Congress As soon as the commission was created applications for permits commenced coming in, among the first being several from Alabama.
 In no part of the country is water power de- velopment progressing with more rapidity or on a larger scale than in the south. Simul- taneously Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee are building power dams and adding to their hydroelectric supply. The systems of these states are connected already by trans mission lines and real superpower system is being evolved.
 With auxiliary steam plants at strategic points in these states 1t is not fanciful to look forward to the electric operation of trains from Mobile to Washington in the not distant future. Not so much raw coal will be burned, but the by-product oven will discover more and more uses for coal tar products.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
AN EVENING oF sHuppERs

Any entertainment to be had in town to- night?"
 A lecturer is going to tell about the hor- TOTS he saw in Russia"
 "That wouldn't come Ander the head of entertainment, would it?'
 "Not unless you are the kind of person who enjoys visiting morgue."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
SAYING IT SOFTLY

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 "Bootlegging on America1 ships at sea? Oh, mo- Only furnishing medicine for the relief of seasiclness,7 says Emmett Mccormack. When a gallery of euphemisms is established this onght to be in the most conspicuous niche.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
THE coUNTERsIGN

THE COUNTERSIGN "I'm poisoned" gasped the dry agent. "We, didn't you ask the barkeeper for horse liniment?" q was told that was the way to get whisky served here"
 "You were not told enough. Regular GUS toners call for horse liniment, but they don't get the real stuff unless they neigh"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
CRASHING AN OPPORTUNITY

Space is at premium on the first floor We'll have to move the bookkeeping depart ment to the second floor"
 "Go ahead. Put page advertisements in all all the newspapers, announcing our great re- moval sale, the price of every article in the house cut in half"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
MATCH FOR FIERY TOM

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 When Cole Blease gets to the Senate we predict that Tom Watson will not be so pro- miscuous in his challenges to fight Ter out on the floor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
BIRMINGHAMs HONORABLE MENTION

My civic pride was certainly quickened to find in the August issue of Good Housekeep- ing an article by Dr. Harvey w. Wiley, en- titled The Health of the School Child,'" said Mrs. M. T. Elliott 'from which quote as follows:
 "'In Birmingham, Ala nutrition classes have been organized in both the white and colored schools, and efforts are made to induce the children to drink a sufficient amount of milk and eat other wholesome foods, particularly green vegetables and fruits.
 " The milk is in half-pnt bottles and served with straw and two graham biscuits. In many instances children who did not drink milk at home thought it great sport to take milk through straw at lunch time. In some of their schools a work-study-play program under the supervision of physical director has been established
 'It is a wide subject, and as the magazine says, We can't think of any one who should not read this article. Parents should, teachers should and politicians and statesmen and every one who wants this America of ours to grow bigger, better, loveier as the years go by
 'It is an argument, for not only longer life but better one, beginning at the beginning, so let us remember it when school opens."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
USEFUL ADJuNcTs

A bungalow may be quite neat, And yet, it doesn't seem complete Without a little car of tin And little coop to keep it in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26

There is the dickens to pay on the north eastern coast of Siberia, where the Eskmos are making raw alcohol and drinking >it in such quantities that they are fighting and killing each other. Better send for Pussy foot"
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 It is announced that MT. Arbuckle will ap- pear in French revue and do some dancing. In the hurry of the moment it may have been forgotten that Mrl Arbuckle used to shake q "mean pair of dogs"
 Y
 Libel suits against Northcliffe are being held up because of his illness The British are good sportsmen and don't believe in hit ting man when he's down.
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 Newspapers never lose their interest for the average reader. The latest scandal involves beauteous oriental dancer and the son of proud and wealthy family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
NATURAL SEQUENCE

NATURAL SEQUENCE "I've been a salesman for 30 years" "Ever sell lightning rods?" Sure "I'Il bet nine dollars to nickel you are selling oil stock now.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
THE sHIMMY QUEEN

Till half-past two her shoulders shook, At length she fell, exhausted quite; But from flask refreshment took
 And then she finished out the night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
A REPUTATION TO MAINTAIN

A REPUTATION ID MAIN AIN q notice you have certain pet phrases you put into all your editorials q have to do that in self-defense," replied the editor of the Chiggersville Clarion. "Why so?'' gro refute the base insinuation that they are written by my office boy"
 STAY IN
 Life's gamble,
 Just scramble, Everyone admits.
 The who sticks
 May win some tricks,
 But not the man who quits. A DARK SIDE TO EVERYTHING A lizard on log must lead A happy sort of life;
 He has no worldly troubles and
 His days are free from strife. And yet do not envy him
 His lot, I freely own,
 When he becomes a target for
 small boy with a stone.
 ENDLESS PROCESSION Skirts are coming down." ''What's that to me?' Aren't you interested?" "I've sized up the present generation" There's another crop of t-cilers com E on.p PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-26
PATIENTS CARED FOR

q am of course glad to see the city com- mission and board of revenue take steps to care for tubercular patients of the county" said Thomas E. Huey, who fathered the idea to erect 100-bed ssnatorium at Ketona.
 "Tuberculosis is deadly disease, and we should do all we can to stamp it out We should not only look after incipient cases, but it is imperative that we take care of those who are in the advanced stages of consump- tion, so that they will not be left in the homes where the disease may likely be spread to the family and neighbors
 "The city and county will keep up the Red Mountain sanatorium until the permanent hospital is erected at Ketona, which they will then maintain. The speed with which the city and county acted has been gratifying to al especially to the committee from the luncheon clubs which propose to shoulder the responsibility of raising the $65,ooo required for the new hospital building"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-07-06
What Rock island As Doing

What Rock is'snd Is OosnG
In Present Labor Crisis
bdator Les1er. am quoting below
copy of = telegram sent BY J. f.
German, fresadcni OF the G. r. !. &
4, Railway Company 70 al employ :
es of the Mechanical Department
and taealng 1has tha general 7nblA !
would be interested IN SO clear :
sta.wulenl OF this Erlpsnys possgaf'A
- connecaa0n with The present strass
! am sare yoa wonaa be glad to hare
II.
In view Of ahe threatened slr4Se
ailxsre savah ne . clear understand
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The hacS Island has complied and
VIII comlay with every decision O.
ihe Inlleo STATES Aaalroaa A'aaso-
BoAFN The Rock asGand has no
contracts o. any Kind or character
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oshsF IKE faciiJses, 'or Ter the per-
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-07-06
||HIllIL WORK Of
EASTERN STIR DRlEl
Members Absorb 0races Taaeht
In ChAFter 1eczs; 1ivs
Degrees Are
Given

The ritn2list5c work Is beaa.s.al
Isn6 important AZ Is sske the reses
sh.ss spT1ng fr0sn and beautisy ire
earth but they are net tAs earth.
says Mary L. Paine, grand mare,
At the Order OF Eastern Star in
Maine In speaking OF the fltaaL The
viiai principle which makes sAsn
tison lies beneaEA Them. The Ao-k
cf = chapter should be made a. per
feet as possible t4t In doing 50 we
should never mistake the means fa-
Eshe end The lectures az the
'faye degrees @re beautiful. har so
long as they are only beantissi TO
nxe We nsss iaeir meaning
We have already dewleasG matA
q tAe Symmetry ssAich resa. from
ccnsciersscus work. Let IS ever
strive to improve. We hare abb
so~bed into cur lives sonewhsf ii
tAe grac>s eaagaf in our ah~pter
rooms Let ls ogca our hearts ana
rairds get more frsely TO th~ss in
:9as1css .as.6 then through car lives
slse fcrfA these divine results II
Others
When AdAa teachings 6tsSne
\ "a e iaan charming oia- tiMs story
= olssdaeacs TO parent .rs .eaG
~a 70 practical obeaio1~a sf our
heavenly Parent; wAsa IL. sdyliit
love story az Ruth makes our leye
l'1rer and oar friendship truer; when
Esthers bravery becomes !. part or
oar being, causing US 10 stand for
Y hi and truth with ihe sxse.
ress0uahlen1ss which disarns oppo-
Tos.iion; when Mas1ha's faith in she
Master lives in as as d strong. rn-
seen chain binding earth t. beaver:
and when Ike E.ectas, car loss
circles the universe. calllng all ha-
nandiy brother aae sister. then arl
cnly then shall the Order OF the
Eastern Star reach shRt place in 10
world and in the hearts or the people
which as its privikge-which shag
he its heritage.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-07-06

dsEHraAlned 10 srsy out Ratil they
win the fdsAt- Here is bull1ln
trim Albuquerque. New Mexico.
geaaTgs have heea received from
ell large shop Points and a.g ma
sor1sy Of the snafl and isolasea
Joints Indications are that tins
Saria Fs System Employees are cut
~ Fsr cent
(. Me take off cur hats 10 The Gnlf
Lines who are practically 100 per
cent LATER wires from cleburnr
saats that pxo Machine Forumen qai.
so1ay.
The morale rt the membership is
rsNrred from ani poG1ts> as excellent
no1 one case OF violence or trouble
has been reported
We are worried about the Penn
sFaranla Railroads Union or the
imaginary unioa which WINS supposed
a0 have az eaa 10 The working rules
and ag-'seAnens promulgated by the
Pennsylvania ofsHcials. as We nzee
besn informed Thar the employees on
the Pennsy1Hania are aAoaf as strong
as the lien On this system
We urge the membership to send
information da6ly 10 this office 50
We may make more definite reports
to ths System Membership
just received messages from Arr
kansas City advising that three frre-
men walked off thu job this A NJ
0.her hnllerans RdA follow as the
information cornes sn- Fra1ernAlgy
yours W. T. wndaaber. see.g- Treas
nrcrs System Fed No. 81
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-07-06

CtthO; SWIko S$tH
PhaAdsarhiA Jay 8, Deoaarsng
she hated lsfs ana wanted 70 be ssns
- prison, Emma Nsrk. younv
Woman of this city. today admitted
x1< gave poison 70 fivs-yezr-0>$
Anne Van Horn. daughter os NJ. and
Mrs Leo Van Horn. recently r<-i-
dents cf Artz,nA~ bat WAC ara reS
s.ving q HorsAxn. reAr here
Miss Mack. who is s~eaty ssx
years old, and who the poiic< say
they believe is Erentsiay weak ss:a
she did not mean to kiE the sassd
she wss arrested in poylestowE, n. !.
Today, and taken to ths paTee station
At Abiasron. where STE admitted Civ
ing me little girl three tAAlezs TIE
child died In hospital hast nigh.
Lynch me. shoot me, kall me
send NE to prison for lise--l DE-
serve no PITY she cried sfter al
uniting the crime. Her pa~Ents
said she suffered from speas.