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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
BUSINESS GOOD WITH POLICE

"It's hard matter to say whether crime in Birmingham is on the decrease or increase, as business is always good with the police department said Judge Henry J. Martin.
 "some people in Birmingham kick against our police force, but they should have my job for a few hours and encounter the sordid events of life with which I am faced every day of the week. If we did not have the sf- ficient body of men that we have at present, I would not like to assume the responsibility of the crimes that would be committed, much less the mino violations of the city's code.
 'In order that Birmingham should be made clean and fit place. for it's citizens to re- side in, the populace should aid officers 10 the fullest extent, boost little and forget to knock policemen all the tme.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
JIMMY's HOUR IN JAIL
the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Doubtless some beetle -browed individuals will condemn Recorder Caesar Walters of West Hoboken, N. J., as mollycoddle and milksop for sentencing 16-year-old Jimmy Marchesani to spend an hour day in jail for 90 days. For Jimmy is now serving his sentence from 8:30 to 9:9o every night, and he frankly confesses that he is having pretty easy time of it. He thought he would have to stay in barred cell, but instead he serves his hour in the rest room, where the policemen lounge around and talk to him on equal terms until the time comes to take him home, to see that he does not loitef or get into mischief on the way.
 Jimmy was sent up for smashing the win- dows of Mrs. Mary Botwnk, not once but often. Mrs. Botwink is satisfied with the sen- tence, because, she says, it will keep Jimmy out of mischief, and that's all she wants. Mrs. Botwink must be very likable woman. As for Jimmy and his hour of conversation with the policemen, it will do him a lot of good. There are few conversatonsts so instructive and interesting policemen.
 On the other hand, if Recorder Walters had sent the boy to spend consecutive sentence, however short, he might have come out a bandit. Sixteen is the dangerous age for boys. The recorder saw that Jimmy was worth saving and joined the spreading ranks of those judges who seek to steer young feet away from the paths which adolescent restlessness and the gang spirit too easily point out. The name of Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver wears glory because he began the spread of this idea. Chief Justice Franklin Chase Hoyt of the New York children's court has written most enthraling book out of the annals of his magistracy. There is nothing of mere >sentimentality about these modern meth ods of dealing with the young. On the con trary, the method is scientific; each case IS studied on it's individual merits, with the idea of finding out how much of wickedness and how much of perverted activity are to be found. All this one can and should learn from Judge Hoyts book.
 The most encouraging thing about this affair in West Hoboken is that it shows how the new idea is enlarging it's boundaries and spreading from the childrens courts into the older mag istracies. Meanwhile, both Jimmy's soul and Mrs. Botwinks windows seem likely to be saved. The boy has found something to inter- est him, and his youthful restlessness has found legitimate channel. Policemen, after all, are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08

women are temperamentally unsuited to hold public office.
 When Miss Robertson appeared in Wash ington as a representative from Oklahoma she had to face the age-old prejudice against women office holders. That she met the prejudice and conquered it is conceded by Washington correspondents and members of Congress. She has shown that women can think as calmly on important public ques- tions as a man and has won a popularity in district in Oklahoma.
 There is no hysteria, no militant femin- ism in Miss Robertson's makeup. She was a business success before she entered politics, and according to report, she had no desire for public life. Perhaps it was her experience as a business woman that helped to fit her for a public career, but back of that was her own personality which had attracted atten- tion in Oklahoma long before Miss Robertson was drafted as a candidate for Congress.
 Women who are ambitious to make their mark in politics would profit by study of Miss Robertson's career. Too much emphasis on sex is a mistake. The problems of this country cannot be solved by arraying men against women. They must be worked out together, as all other problems are worked out. The idea of feminine "bloc," for any purpose whatever, is as repulsive to all nor mally constituted women as it is to men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
 Tears of joy are quite as salty as those Of woe
 The riches of one family are the hatred of many.
 Why isn't the crash department the noisiest place in dry goods store?
 The average man seems to use his wish bone more than any other.
 If love wasn't blind the lover might see the dog before it was too late.
 Ten cents in your pocket will purchase more than the dollar someone owes you.
 Don't allow yourself to be forced back oy too great anxiety about putting up good front
 If we take worms for bait when we go bobbing for bullheads we are certain to come to the conclusion that it is the day the bull- heads want fresh beef.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
REFUGE

Joseph Auslander, in Contemporary Verse. o we have seen white weaving of the stars Against the tapestry of twilight gold, And we hae seen sudden midnight rolled In shivered rain-mist over the mountain-bars, And like thousand flashing battle-cars Broken to feed new sunsets, we would hold The lightning to our hearts when they were
 cold,
 And with the flame forget our ancient scars. For we who have known many a bruised en-
 deavor And many stifled aim could feel in these A rumor of remote tranquilities, A cloudburst of all bitterness forever; When even the gods hurl vainly to be free, Shall there be rest for such you and me?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
AUTOMATIC DEVICES USELESS WHEN HUMAN BRAINS FAIL

The Missour-Pacific railroad wreck at Sulphur Springs, Mo-, was one of the worst in the history of the country. Again 1t ap- pears that modern safety devices were set at naught by human carelessness. And again the familiar, but tragic, story is told of fast steel passenger train shattering the wooden coaches of local.
 It is always easy to blame the engineer, but the failure of someone to keep his wits about him was responsible for the collision in which approximately 37 persons were killed and 138 injured. Engineer Matt Glenn of the through train from Fort Worth to St. Louis, who lost his life, was credited with 37 years of service as a locomotive engineer without a mark against his record. That proves he was careful and competent man. What trick of fate, what momentary lapse of his faculties, after so many years of experience caused him to send his train hurtling past a block sig nal warning and crash into the train ahead?
 Perhaps the fault was not Glenn's, but if not, someone else who held the lives of hun dreds of people in his hand caused the trag- edy. Block signals as used on railroads are presumed to afford the maximum of safety, but in the last analysis, the alert human brain must be depended to prevent accidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
SPELL OF THE EVIL EYE From Le Petit Parisien, Paris. (Translated for the Kansas City Star.)

From Le Petit Parisien, Paris. (Translated
 for the Kansas City Star.)
 Tn his memoirs, recently published at Mad rid, the Marquis del Muni, former Spanish ambassador to France, relates tha. Queen Isabella II of Spain was extremely super stitious. She told everyone with whom she came in contact that her son-in-aw, the Count of Girgenti Ca Bourbon branch of the two Siciles) was afflicted with the evll eye. Even after the latter's death the queen believed sinister persecution because of this curse would continue attributing a malign power to the counts sword, which he had bequeathed to her. She placed the sword in the Almeria in Madrid and, shortly afterward, the build ing burned to the ground.
 The jettatura is an Italian superstition. Many celebrities have been accused of having the evil eye-Offenbach, for instance, who, for time, was accused of being a jettatore nuncio in Paris who was said to have had the evil eye. The superstitious were prompt to attribute the tragic charity bazaar fire to it's influence, the prelate having visited the exhibition the same day.
 Goltti, the former Italian premier, had the reputation of bringing misfortune, two of his ministers having died, one within A6 hours of the other.
 Baron Mollerus, at one time Dutch min- ister at Constantinople, was said to have been famous jettatore. It was said of him that, at a banquet, he shattered lamp suspended above the table merely by looking at it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
wAcNER's IRREGULAR HOUSEHOLD

Lawrence Gilman, in the North American Re-
 view.
 Wagner and Nietzsche met for the first time in the autumn of 1868, and in the following summer Neitzsche visited the composer of Tristan" at the villa in Tribschen, on Lake Lucerne, where Wagner was living with the wife of Hans von Bulow Cosima, the accom- plished daughter of Franz Liszt and the Countess d'Agoult. For so stern moralst as Neitzsche the situation must have been some what trying. Wagner told his friend Malvda von Meysenburg that Neitzsche had Suffered unspeakably' over the irregular relations of Wagners household-a statement corrobo- rated by Neitzsche's sister, who explains to us that Neitzsche was able to Overcome his scru- pies" against associating with the gifted para mours at Tribschen on the ground that "ex- traordinary persons are at liberty to adjust their personal relations according to their own standards and that "this was particularly true of artists" Wagner, according to Neitzsche's view, proved that genius need not fear to take an inimcally hostile attitude towards ex- istng social forms and laws, if by so doing he is endeavoring to disclose the still higher truth and law dwelling in him." This "still higher truth and law" was, to be sure, some- what oddly exemplified by Wagner for he was not too preoccupied by his devotion to Cosima to lack time for meditating helpful marriage with a rich widow shortly before he and Bulow's wife fell into each others arms at Wagner's pretty villa on Lake Starnberg. Less than year later, daughter was born as a result of this rapprochement and they named her "Isode," which was happy thought, for just two months afterward, the guileless and se- voted Bulow, who thought the child was his, conducted at Munich the premiere of certain opera in which another Isolde, also creation of Wagner's, figures conspcuously You won der if Wagner and Cosima laughed over the odd coincidence as they listened to Bulow's memorable conducting that night in Munich opera house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
A JoBBING CENTER

Birmingham is known far and wide as a steel and iron making center" said w. A. Currie. "What the wholesalers and manu- lecturers of the district should keep at until it is thoroughly established in our natural trade territory is that Birmingham is also a real jobbing center.
 "Our iobbers are now as busy as can be supplying the trade that is knocking at our door, but we want to build for all time and the way to build is to get the out-of-t town merchant to fully realize the jobbing center that we are.
 'sThis is the reason back of the merchants convention which we are to entertain August 29-31. We do not care so much whether the visiting merchants make large purchases dur ing their stay here as to convince them that Birmingham is the place to come to regularly when they want goods and wish to get them promptly and at greatest advantage to them selves. We expect over 2,000 visitors and they can rest assured that they will be well entertained"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08

Well, if Missouri didn't repudiate Wilson ism, what did it do? It seems to be pretty strong for "jimreedry."
 Times hard in Russia, but soviet leaders can always dig up gold to finance propaganda in other countries.
 Anna Held's daughter, Liane Carrera, has been sued for debt. Liane seems to be a chip off the old block.
 English militarists have set their hearts on a large flock of airplanes, strictly for de- fense, of course
 Miss Alice Robertson of Oklahoma is a level-headed, od-fashioned woman, and look where Alice is!
 A strict censorship of books before they were published would inevitably lead to book bootlegging.
 The American equivalent of what Germany is saying to France is something like "Qut- cher pushin'.'
 Germany's request for a moratorium was met with "no" In German ears it sounded like "naw'
 * The soviet leaders will not object to an invasion of European doctors to fight typhus.
 < x < Diplomats of Europe are going to hold an- other conference. Gosh, how they dread it
  Oh, how loving Marilynn and Jack are! Look 'em up about year from now.
 x < The lady candidates for office are handing out neither bon-bons nor cigars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
UNION LABOR SUFFERS WHEN
 CRIMES ARE COMMITTED

The brutal assault on w. s. McLane fore man at the Illinois Central railroad shops, is another deplorable result of the feeling aroused by strike. There is nothing to be gained by such tactics. Rather, there is ev- erything to lose-the good name of union labor, public sympathy for workers when they have just grievance and the very life of union labor, itself.
 It is only too apparent that a concerted drive is being made against unions in Amer ica. The union leaders admit it and the course followed by the railroad executives if not the coal operators, proves it to be a fact. At such a time when union organiza- tions must have public support to win their fights, it is both foolish and criminal to com init outrages lwhich can only create resent ment against organized labor. The law-abid- of the lawless.
 Union leaders have urged their men to maintain order and do nothing that might jeopardiss their cause. They should continue to issue these warnings. In the rank and file there are bound to be men who are not easily amenable to reason, who let their-pas- sions become inflamed and are tempted to commit crimes for which there is not the slightest justification or excuse.
 Officials of the striking shopmen should De quick to disown the men who beat Fore man McLane, for after assaulting him they robbed him, which made bad matter worse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
ALLEN BACK FROM GRAND LODGE

"To say that the grand lodge annual con vention of Elks at Atlantic City won derful success would be putting it too mild; you wouldn't comprehend even in small way it's immenseness,' said J. W. Allen, who re- gently returned from the east.
 "The fraternal and good fellowship feeling was exemplified not, only at Atlantic City, but also by lodges of the nearby cities.
 "Atlantic City was we'll arranged for enter taining the grand lodge. Visiting Elks found plenty of avenues for their amusement; in fact, all you needed to do was to make wish and somebody was there to take you to the best places.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
AT THE END OF THE RIDE

From the Argonaut.
 A story that 'harks back to the Civil war concerns troop of Confederate mountain volunteers and their colonel. They had been sent for by certain Confederate town, but before they could arrive the Federal forces were in command of the city, The auxiliaries arrived in the night and found the town de- serted. Not caring to mix unnecessarily with the Union troops, the yturned around and rode. out of the town by the first gate and road they found. Before them stretched fine smooth highway, and they took to it for all they were worth They rode all night without passing any villages or signs of civilization. The countryside seemed not only deserted, but de- molished as well. When the sun peeped over the Blue Ridge mountains the colonel drew up suddenly. "Whats the matter, suh?" asked his lieutenant. Dammit, suh,' roared the colonel, s'we'vs been gallopins around . race track all night"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
SMALL TARGETS

q had nightmare last night" remarked the golf expert.
 "What was it?" asked the rank amateur.
 'I thought was out on the links, but every time I teed up ball and started to drive, it suddenly expanded and became as big a balloon.'
 "Umphp' sighed the rank amateur. "That wouldn't be nightmare to me. If golf balls were the size of balloons I might have better luck in hitting them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
FEW INDICATIONS OF STRIKE

Comparatively little is heard of the railroad strike in the east because conditions are so ap- parently near normal" said Ross c. Smith, who has just returned after spending several days in New York.
 Traffic is about as usual. In fact some of the eastern roads are so well supplied with skilled help that several of them are sending men to other sections where they are needed, especially to coal carrying lines in fields now at work. All realize the importance of moving every ton of coal mined promptly.
 "So far as the roads up east are concerned the strike is a thing of the past They have solved their problems and have gone on moving the traffic in such way as to satisfy the public"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
STRONG FOR PLATTER

"The flapper is all right" said Eddie A. Lyons. "We have to caution a few of Bir- minghams younger feminine sex, commonly known as flappers, not to give their cars too much gas some times, but considering, they are in all whole-hearted, care-free set who take life as it is. We never have call where the origin can be traced to the flapper, so we haven't kick coming"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
sELF-DEFENSE

"What is the best way to approach MT. Wadleigh for a touch?"
 Are you good female impersonator?"
 Certainly not. What has that to do with getting money out of the old boy?"
 'I was thinking you might disguise your self as lady uplfter seeking contributions for worthy Cause. He has been known to give caller of that type as much as $50 just to get her off the premises"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
WRITES FROM HAMBURG

August Hirsch writes from bad Hamburg to Birmingham friends, saying: q am a. the famous watering place, which became so re- nowned through the escapades of the then Prince of Wales long time ago. Kindest wishes to all Birmingham friends and will be glad to be at home again soon.
 'After all, the incest thing about visiting away from Birmingham is the pleasure in get ting back again to the best place on earth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
soNcs AND SINGERS

When John Mccormack sings
 It thrills my soul completely, For everybody knows
 That John can warble sweetly. But when my neighbor, Jones, While in his bathroom bathing, A ballad roars, wish
 That fifty folds of swathing Were wrapped around his throat,
 The way the surgeons pack it; And maybe then the boob
 Could not make such a racket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
THE LADY FROM OKLAHOMA
 IS RENOMINATED

The renomination of Miss Alice Robertson h Oklahoma is a victory for common sense. She is the first woman elected to Congress who has proved her fitness. Miss Rankin from Montana was . failure. Miss Robert son has bean success. She is the best an- pwer that could Dc made to the objection that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
FAST LIFE IN KANSAS

From the Eldorado Times
 A man whose wife is out of town waxed real devilish last night. He had dinner at the Y w. cafeteria, went to the chautauqua and saw couple of gals dance the Highland fling-gosh-all-f -fish-hooks! = and drank a cherry phosphate and ate a hamburger on the way home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
SAFER

We all admire the trim canoe, It seems to be just built for two, But, listen, lassie. If It's likely that you will be kissed And you've notion to resist, You'd better try a skiff.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
CHIvALRY IS NOT DEAD I know one thing,
 I'll always stop When asked to by
 A lady cop.
THE USEFUL WORD, "IF"

''What is parliamentary language?"
 "Take Congress, for instance"
 'eWell?"
 "One gentleman gets up and says if things are thus and so, certain colleague of his is liar'
 ''Then they fight?"
 "No. The colleague jumps to his feet and says if things are thus and so, the gentleman who inpugned his veracity is another.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
TOUGH JOB AHEAD

"An imposing array of lawyers There must be an important case in court"
 "A professional politician is suing citi zen for libeling him. Most of the lawyers ara engaged on his side of the case. They've got to prove that such thing is possible"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08

much more interesting than are corner loafers Neither are they too high-browed. Oh, most just judge, we salute youl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
WHY SAY MORE7

"Have you nothing to say against the op- position canddate?' Nothing, except that he has as much busi- ness holding public office as yellow dog"
 That's enough"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08


 In the meantime, what has become of the mail car bandit who sniffed loudly when it was announced that United States marines would guard the mails?
 There's no use reminding President Hard ing that there will be another national cleo tion in two years. The poor man knows 1t only too well.
 The wife of Grand Rapids manufacturer says he "outsheiks the Sheik" in fascinating women. Is it safe for a rascal of that sort to be at large?
 We hope for the sake of his reputation as an actor that when 'Uncle lawn" Drew was. fighting fire recently he wore evening clothes.
 General Chen Chung Ming still wears silk robes and topknot, but in battle he looks more like coming Chinaman than going one.
 Hon. B. Leonard has had another tooth loosened This ought to answer the objection that modern prize fighting is tame sport. An Osage Indian girl is sightseeing in the east. The Osages can afford to travel about and glare at naughty hotel clerks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
ALABAMA IRON IN STRONG
 STATISTICAL. POSITION

The production of pig iron in Alabama in July, this year, was 195, ,000 tons. This com pared with 66,0o0 tons in July, 1921. There were five blast furnaces active in July, 1921, and 22 active in July, 1922. The recovery has been completed. It came gradually this time. Furnaces resumed, one by one, as the legiti- mate demand for iron justified resumption.
 The result of this conservative course of action has been stabilized market. At no time since the present revival of iron and ton. An advance in prices has proceeded with singular regard for the firmness of the market Each advance has been strongly pinned down before another one was made. It was many months before iron had got ten even $3 above the low record of $15 and not until last week did base of s2o become what appears to be a very general one
 Another result is the low point of stocks on Alabama furnace yards. They reached 6o,0o0 tons by June and by July there were only 44,00o tons
 Alabama furnaces have not been forced to curtail production on account of the rail strike This strengthens their already excel lent position, adds to the demand for their stocks and stimulates current production. In this connection is should also be borne in mind that Alabama is the only state in the union with rivers carrying iron and steel products north and south simultaneously.