The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-08

that railroads exist primarily. to pay dividends. That news was on last nights front page. The tinan- cial page said:
 Bright outlook for Katy operat- ing income in 1922. largest in com panys history"
 Katy" Is Wall streets pet name for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad That also Is gratifying to stock holders.
 The government may hear more about these cuts at the next election, and then, again, 1t may not. Poii- ticians rely %on the old saying; "workmen talk a good deal between elections and line up In the old way on election day"
 Not all wage news Is bad. In New York the building 1aborers' formerly called hodcarriers, signed up for two years at $7oo day. A few years ago, when Lillian Russell was sing ing at Tony Pastors, bod carriers got s2OO a day and less. Which Is bet 
 ter for s nation and especially the next generation--s7.oo or s2.oo q day to feed, clothe and house a work man and his family7
 Science, slowly, steadily works to diminish suffering. Only little moro than three hundred years ago, Eufame Macalyane. Scotch woman of high rank, was burned alive on Castle HilI at Edinburgh. Her crime was hiring Agnes Sampson to help diminish her agony at tho birth of her twin sons. Now doctors give chloroform occasionally and the mother isn't burned alive for talk ing it.
 Only 7S years ago Sampson, young Scotch doctor. begging for permis- sion to use chloroform in child birth' was opposed by elergymen. who said he was trying to avoid one part of the primeval curse on woman"
 They asked how he could justify hia conduct bibiicai1y, the question that MT. Bryan now puts to evo- lutionists, Sampson quoted. Genesis a1st verse, second chapter. saying:
 "The record of the first surgical oneration ever performed. shows that the Maker of the Universe. be- fore he took the rib from Adams aide caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam"
 This disturbed religious minds, as similar reply would disturb MT. Bryan. Then religious ones said; ..yas. hut that was before the fall; hefore pain came into the world and man was in state of innocense."
 Lillian Russell is dead and upon her tomb might be written: Hers Has one that made the world happier hv her talent, beauty and kindness.
 spjr,tuailsts will be interested with the rest of America. in Miss Rus sells career.
 When this writer, aged ls. reporter for Charles A. Dana'a New York Sun, was sent to interview Lillian Rus sell. at the Casino theatre. Miss Rus sell sat in her dressing room. nicely chaperoned by her mother, Mrs, e.vnthia Leonard. Mrs. Leonard said: young man. let Lillian be lesson to you, if you ever get married. Before she was born l determined that she should be very beautiful and have splendid voice and kept my mind on that all the time until she was born. Now. look at her, and listen to her"
 It was advice easy to take.
 Mothers of little girls still to be born will be interested in the de- termination of Lillian Russell's mother. Lillian Russell Is one of five distinctly American stage per sonalities of the past half century the other four being Mary Anderson, Minnie Maddern Fiske. Ada Rehan and Julia Marlowe-
 Senator Lodge praises President Harding for mot soaring too high. Poor praise. MT. Harding won't thank him for It The man that never goes too far never goes far enough. That's true saying. Moth ing is disgraceful, except falling to try A story that illustrates 1t, Sol Wortheim told yesterday to Abe Stein, who has heard it. but listened politely Please do the same.
 gentleman from Poland. for the first time, found himself outside race track-without money to buy ticket A man with no ticket merely said: I'm Morvich's trainer. He was admitted. Then came Morvich's rubber and his jockey and both went in with no ticket. This was the cue of the Polish gentleman. Walking up to the ticket takor. he said: I'm Norwich himself" not Knowing that Norwich is a race horse.
 He did not get in but he will have a good business for himself today. He is not afraid to try.
 This leads up to the interesting fact that science now identifies cattle by the Bertillion system. Instead of frightening. tying and throwing the poor beasts. and burning their flesh with red hot branding iron. their noses are dipped in ink, and a fin ger print" taken that identifies them ever afterward. That's for valuable cattle. Common beasts are still branded.
 has now reached the stage: Willing to run If the people insist upon it. But he won't spend a cent for nomi- nation or election.
 Like the politician with big ma chine back of him, MT. Ford wouldn't need to spend money His thousands of agents all over the United States could put his name as an indepen- dent candidate on every ballot and h 6rIt Ita