The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-25
GOOD WORK DONE BY CIVITAN COMMITTEE


 The Civitan club and it's energetic com mittee, of which P. Y. Whitman is chairman, have earned the gratitude of the community for the manner in which they have handled the proposal to provide white way on Fifth avenue from the Terminal station to Eigh- teenth street.
 They have not only worked out the de- tails in business-like fashion, but they have secured the pledge of the city commission to keep the white way lighted for period of five years if the property owners will provide the light fixtures.
 The sentiment of the property owners af fected has been almost unanimously in favor of the proposition, for they have realized that adequate and artistic lighting of the thorough fare would not only add to the attractyeness of the avenue, but would materially enhance the value of property because of the added popularity
 The development of Fifth avenue as a strictly downtown business street has been very rapid From the standpoint of the en- tire city it is considered important that the main route from the Terminal station to all the hotels and business houses should be prop erly lighted in order that the visitors first and last impressions may be pleasant.
 The Herald feels that it voices the wish suitable lights may soon adorn Fifth avenue.
 
 Some objection is raised to merely stating in school histories that John Hancock was "smuggler,' without explaining that the trade relation of the colonies with-at that time pestiferous England, made smuggling strictly honorable. No matter what John did, the fact that he signed the Declaration of Independence and gave birth to synonym for all other sig natures makes him winter than snow to us.
 
 Much depends on the way headline is written. Miss Holmes the Swift" refers to a Detroit post office clerk who distributes 43 letters minute. That headline will attract great many readers, but if it reads "The Fast Miss Holmes," nearly everybody would hesitate long enough to find out what the article was about.
 In addition to looking like pirate, former Premier SBriand has 2 sense of humor. Inter, viewed on his return to Paris, he asked above all things that the report of his arrest as vagrant be not denied, saying, "You would thereby deprive me of my only chance of not being forgotten"
 An Italian paper says the amount of paper used daily by the Northclffe press would be enough to print all the Italian dailies for a month. That's one of the reasons why the Northcliffe press made British statesmen sit up and take notice.
 The ladies make superb post-mortem state ments A member of the deadly sex who re- gently pistoed a man, said, '''m glad shot him. The bulletin in him is nothing to the hole he made in my heart.'
 
 Some rnawkish stuff gets into the magazines. Will Hayes is pictured as viewing his little son, who wanted to be Doug" and then going out to clean up the movies.
 One Georgia paper says people have talked too much about the Candler case. Well news is news, whether it's printed on the front page or passed over the back fence.
 
 Astronomers estimate that the heat of three stars, Aldebaran, Betelgeuse and Capella, is 10000 degrees. Think of that when you are reaching for palmetto fan.
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 Fans who handed MT. "Babe" Ruth the "rasberry" but short while ago are now pre- senting him with the golden plum on silver waiter. Fans are tickle.
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 What the plain, or common, people want to know is whether or not the coal strike will establish some new altitude records next winter.