The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-06
GOOD YEAR FOR THOSE WHO ARE PREPARED FOR LIT

ARE PREPARED FOR IT Not all the people who stand around and make inquiries about the turn of the tide to- ward better business will benefit by the better business that is already here, and the still greater improvement which seems imminent Not all the millionaires made during the war were millionaires at it's close, because not all good business man is he who adjusts himself to the shifting conditions of human affairs and does his best under all of them.
 The editor of lumber journal, speaking at Nineteen twenty-two is going to be a mighty fine year for those who work, but darned lean year for those who don't No business that is giving the public square deal is yelling about depression. It is the fellow who seeks some- thing for nothing.'
 The rise of the Tennessee company to 100 per cent of steel production, and the blowing in of two more blast furnaces within week of one another to make more iron for conversion into steel for it's finishing mills, will not put penny in the pocket of any who is not on the job in his department of human energy. It may be said of the majority of Birming- ham industrial operators that they have been cheerful under trying conditions, and that they have done as little complaining as any set of men could have been expected to do under these conditions. They have kept their plants in repair, they have made some improvements and they have divided out what work they had to give so as to retain their working forces Birmingham is ready for the better times, be- cause it did not give up when they were bad. The new type of ghost, who has the attri- butes of life, may, be pleasant to have around the place, but what assurances do scientists of- fer that he won't try to sample ones private stock?
 Ruth Law has quit the clouds for a home and babies. Domestic life may be less exciting than stunt flying, but, provided the divorce court doesn't intervene, it's apt to last longer.
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 Those thew ideals' Will Hays set up for the postoffice department may be all right, but un- fortunately Will was drafted by the movies be- fore he got them to working smoothly. The fact that MT. Ford has the largest bank account in America may explain why he is looking for some way to use up his surplus energy.
 stupefed boy was placed in a chair and hanged in a Chicago jail. A condemned felon is expected to cooperate with the law by dying game. Democratic senators who voted against the /. Yap treaty are 90 per cent politicians and 10 per cent statesmen.
 The long-suffering press is already paving the way for big gate" at the Wills-Dempsey Nbout.
 The flapper is not as bad as she is painted, says an eminent church man. She couldn't be and live.
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 The McAdoo trek to California doesn't nee essariy mean that his name will not be men toned at the next democratic national conven- tion.
 The Age-Heralds Sword" contest helped thousands of people to get acquainted with a dictionary.
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 Sam Blythe says the American people have the "booze complex" And gosh, how they enjoy it!
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 By refraining from English idioms Am bassador. Geddes proves himself to be citizen of the world.
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 Estimates differ as to the upkeep of flap per for one year. At the lowest estimate, is it worth the cost?
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 Europe is calling bucketshop propretors There's nothing like a little trip abroad fol ones health.
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 MT. Harding is willing to admit that his first year in the White House has been no s;necure.
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 The Thebetans are backward people. They | still refuse to take kindly to missionaries. <
 If Dr. Work makes good as Postmaster Gen eral he'll have to live up to his name.