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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
DINNER
Pennell, q the North Amer
Elizabeth Robins

Elizabeth Robins Pennell, q the North Amer
 can Review.
 The idea of dinner as something to be rushed through and escaped from, has become na- tional. In the most perfectly equipped restau- rant you must hold on tight to your plate or the waiter will be off with it before you have eaten mouthfu In the most perfectly ap- pointed private house you might fancy re- ward promised to the swiftcst maid or butler. Dinner, rightly understood, is ceremony, the great event of the day work of art to finger over to delight in. Man has evolved no higher form of pleasure, none that is such an eloquent inventive to the art of conversation. When people do not devour their food as if tax was ticking away a fortune at their door, but talk as they dine, they talk their best Could Socrates, in cafeteria over platter, ha p spoken those words of wisdom that the mode.a uplifter, who never dimes, so sadly misintc, prets? Or could either platter or cafeteria ha se opened the willing mouth of our own autocra., even at the breakfast table? For dinner, WITS once prepared their most brilliant flashes, goc- sips reserved their most joyous scandals, state men unbent to their most discreet indscretions In England, the prime minister still makes the lord mayors banquet in November the Royal academy dinner in May, occasions for his most important statements to the public. In Eng land the youth of the country still ask: "Is there anything better in the world than sitting at a table and eating good food and drinking great drink and discussing everything under the sua with wise and brilliant people?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
WORLDS CosTLIEsT THEATRE

New York.--The costliest theatre in the world is nearing completion, says the March Mentor Magazine. It is the National Theatre of Mexico at Mexico City, which will cost approximately 2o,ooooo0. This huge struc- ture presented it's builders with engineering puzzle that has finally been solved. The whole City of Mexico is on the site of ancient lake. Usually foundations are omitted from Mexican buildings and their place taken by thin layer of concrete and steel, which ex- tends for considerable distance around the building. Regular foundations were laid Tor the theatre, reinforced with girders. They started to disappear before the superstructure was erected. This has now been renedied
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
ROUGH WORK ON THE RAND

From the New York World.
 To American readers the labor troubles in Johannesburg, South Africa, where fighting on more than 2,000 prisoners, seemed to come out of clear sky. But there has been abundant reason, recent or remote, to apprehend dis order.
 It has always been hard to get skilled labor for the Rand mines, though black unsked workmen, held under rigorous police rules, are numerous. In 19046. 50000 Chinese coolies were imported, but the Asquith government later sent them home. Indian cooes, subjects of the British empire, enext brought in. In the same time of stress when Gandhi was protesting against their unfair treatment white union miners engaged in desperate strife. On July 4, 1913, 19 of them were killed. The fol- lowing January a number of the leaders were deported. An unsuccessful revolutionary ay- tempt followed. Then came the war.
 One-thrd of the miners being English and Welsh they held down labor troubles fairly, well while their countrymen were dying on the battlefield, but the coming of political peace brought anything but industrial peace
 
 to demand for representation in the manage ment which the owners refuse The coal miners struck last November the iron and gold miners in February, and the more radical ment turned the labor dispute into a demand for republican revolution
 So we have the odd spectacle of Dutch farm er-soldiers under Dutch premier, General Smuts-some of whom, like him. are probably veterans of the Boer war against British-sup pressing revolt of miners among whom Eng ishmen, Irishmen and Welshmen are large element, and probably predominate in leader ship-and incidentally dealing with few Her zogists of their own race. There is little love lost on either side, and at this distaEce local public opinion seems less shocked than is inter national public opinion by the rough work dis played in fighting the uprising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17

We are now writing what may be our last paragraph about the Taylor murder. The de- tectives still have their noses against a blank wall.
 The anthracite coal miners want increase of 20 per cent in wages. Haven't they heard that the World war is over? #
 The next opponent of Mir. Dempsey doesn't interest us half as much as the status of the spring onion crop.
 Judging from picture of Mary Ellen Me Donald, the Antigonish ghost" is a healthy looking specimen.
 Poet Riley thought the farmer got close to God. Nowadays he gets close to the average politician.
 Premier Jan Shuts, who knows thing two about revolutions is putting one down in South Africa.
 Max 0ser takes good picture, but we can't say much for his poor relations in America.
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 statesman ought to be able to forget casionally that he holds an elective office. nations poverty cannot always be judged by the size of its drink bill.
 word to the ''irreconcilables': of you know better 'ole, go to it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
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JITNEY COMPETITION TOO
 STRONG IN AUGUSTA

Suspension of street car service in Augusta, Ga, seems to have been the result of a short sighted policy which public service corpora tions can no longer indulge in without doing more harm to themselves than anybody else.
 According to news report, the Augusta Rail way and Electric company fought losing bat tie with the city council and the state railroad commission over fares. When the company in- creased fares to 10 cents for persons not buy ing tickets and cents for ticket purchasers, jitneys were brought into the controversy to show the street car company the error of it's ways. This competition evidently hurt, for the company later agreed to 7-cent fare. for purchaser of tickets, but continued to charge 0 cents for casual rides.
 The city council issued an ultmatum that the street car company must agree to 7-cent fare for all passengers, or favorable licenses would be issued to jitneys allowing them to operate on all streets in Augusta in 1922. The traction company retalated by placing it's cars in barns for an indefinite suspension.
 The SltudCloH III AuBuSt6 mas pceH uupi- cated to some extent in many other cities of the country where allegiance has been divided between jitneys and trolley cars, but wherever the traction companies have shown willing ness to charge a reasonable fare and have not aienated public support by arbitrary and in defensible attitude, they have more than held their own against the jitneys.
 Regardless of the financial condition of the Augusta street car company, the motive of it's fight against the city council, 10-cent car fare is too high There might have been another story to tell had there been no jit- neys to fall back on, but every municipality which finds itself at loggerheads with its trac- tion system can depend on having the enthusi- astic support of the jitney operators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
PICKS DEMPSEY TO WIN

q notice in the early morning edition of The Herald that Jack Dempsey, the boxing champion, has accepted Ed Lewis challenge for rough and tumble bout stated Elwyn Cobbs last night. 'Well, you can take it from me, Jack Dempsey would defeat Lewis in short order if the bout were staged.
 Dempsey, besides being boxing champion knows considerable about wrestling, as he was a wrestler before taking up the mitt sport Jack could combine that mat knowledge with his boxing ability, and Strangler Lewis, worlds wrestling champion that he is, would not stand a show"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
PROMISE OF RECORD YEAR
 IN CONSTRUCTION

Related structural plans under way in volume that bids fair to be unprecedented. This is especially the case with public work and commercial and industrial construction. Road building is due to make 8 new record in mile age and tonnage of material used
 / The F. W. Dodge company reports contracts totalling SIT 0oo awarded in 27 north eastern states in February, and says: "Thc accumulated volume of construction since the frst of the year has been 60 per cent greater than in the first two months of last year. Con- templated new work reported in the first two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
HARD TO BEAT

From the Chicago Herald and Examiner
 A real estate agent had been engaged to drive a prospective purchaser and his wife over a large estate in the west of England He was young man, and had adopted, or tried to adopt, some of the American methods As the car wound along the lanes he pointed out the parks and meadows and woods of the -s- tate, launching out in panegyrics. Finally he gazed up at the sun, and, waving his arm, con cluded, "And there's sunshine for you There's . sun! Can you beat itv'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
LETTERS TO EDITOR
FARM LOANS FOR ALABAMA

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 inclose copy of letter which written yesterday to every bank in Alabama.
 You will see it is in line with your editorial of Tuesday Twice in January, again in Feb ruary and again in March have the banks of Alabama had this matter brought to their at tention The Alabama Bankers association and other agencies have made the effort. Of the 375 banks in Alabama, not more than 80 per cent have taken any notice of our com munications.
 This is not written in criticism of the banks, but in hopes that you and others may give more publicity to the opportunity which the banks of Alabama have to obtain these advances. The Alabama committee, composed of Mir. Moody of Tuscaloosa, MT. Bartlett of Birming- ham, Mir. Melvin of Selma, Judge Thomas of Prattville and Messrs. Hobbie and Baldwin of Montgomery giving generously of their time without compensation. The committee meets every Thursday in Montgomery to consider ap- plications, and will meet oftener if necessary. Very truly, JOHN P. KOHN,
 Secretary. Montgomery, March 15, 1922.
 Montgomery March 15, 1922. Dear Sir: Mr. Eugene Meyer, Jr., managing
 
 made statement of the amount of money ad- vanced through that government agency in the effort to prevent disastrous liquidation, and to stabalize values of agricultural products. MT. Meyer states that at the end of Feb ruary 5,200 applications from banking and financial institutions had been approved for loans amounting to $157, ,00o; $5s,300,000 had been advanced to cooperative marketing organizations and $37, ,500,000 to finance the export of agricultural commodities.
 It is easy to connect this large extension of credit with the substantial improvement in farm product values, which has happened just in time to hearten the farmer at planting son, and encourage him to take hold, and set himself to the purpose of making another crop. In Tennessee in the past 30 days 40 aSplica- tions for advances, aggregating $999 ,000, have been handled.
 In the same time, in Georgia, 40 applica- tions aggregatng $2,750, ,O00, have been han dled Loans have been placed in 11o counties out of 150 in that state.
 During the same time 29 loans, aggregating S472, 2,000, have been approved by the Alabama loan agency.
 This rIney should be just as good for Ala bama banks as for Georgia and Tennessee banks, and the Alabama loan agency is anxious to help to place more of this money in Ala bama.
 The cooperation of the banks of Alabama is needed, and you are urged to do your part in bringing this matter to the attention of some who seem to be overlooking it. Very truly,
 JOHN P. KOHN, Secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
From the Chicago News.

From the Ch1cago NeWs.
 Fame that is cooked up soon sours.
 It is better to lend hand than to give ad- vice.
 It is always the open season for hunting trouble.
 Occasionally society bud develops into a wall flower.
 We get no higher work until we put the higher motives into that we have
 If you would have the world like you at your own valuation, don't give yourself away
 The shocked look on mans face when n sympathetic woman says she understands" him is probably caused by hidden fear that maybe she really does.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
GRAPHITE INDUSTRY IS NOW LOOKING UP

Another Alabama industry has begun to show signs of renewed life and activity. Sev- eral of the graphite mills in the Ashland dis trict have resumed operations, and one large maker reports an influx of orders that points to continuous operation in that field.
 Alabama has the largest storehouse of graph ite in the country It is a salable and usaDle product, the demand being steady and large. Prices have been against Alabama production, owing to the large quantity of foreign graphite sold at prices which the Alabama material could not meet.
 One large operator, instead of selling to wholesalers, who act as middlemen in dispos- ing of the graphite to the consumer, proposes to establish a sales force and market direct. The graphite is to be packed in containers suited to the customer.
 This seems business-lke proceeding It avoids the middlemans profits. It would tend to place the Alabama graphite business on a much sounder basis. When it is on a sound and permanent basis the graphite industry should become an important one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
FOREVER"

"There is no truth in the report that the prima donna is seeking divorce?"
 ''No," said her lawyer. q called on her 70 inquire about the matter and she told me her latest love is the kind that lasts forever"
 q see.'
 "So expect her to look me up in about six weeks" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17

"Do you believe women should run for pub lie office?"
 "Yes," said MT. Peckton. of Mrs. Peckton were to get her heart set an office and then discover that the voters didn't intend to let her have it I might be able to put up more convincing argument when she jumps on me for not drawing salary of $50,000 year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE SOUTH SEA BELLE

THE SOUTH SEA BELLE Eve wandered far
 And wide" said one, His face Drowned by The tropic sun. "I've visited
 The distant isles Where, tourists say,
 All nature smiles. Eve dwelt for months On coral reefs And been the guest
 Of savage chiefs, "But ne'er, amid
 Enchanting scenes, Have beheld
 One of those queens "With child-like charm And lovely looks You read about
 In story books.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
CINDERELLA

Let's go.
 But you don'1know how this play is going to end"
 "The dickens don't! Didn't the heroine ap- pear in the first act in shabby gown and didn't lot of disagreeable people impose on her and order her around in way that almost made your blood bol?"
 'fYes."
 Shell be fine lady in the last act"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE

Do you suppose Sam Pillers, the druggist, ever violates the prohibition law7'
 'I didn't think so until recently"
 What caused you to change your opinion ," 'John Jagsby spends great deal of his spare time cultivating Sams acquaintance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
A KANSAS sPRoUT

From the Topeka Capital.
 Glen Hyder, Wichita, Kan, is only nine feet in his socks and weighs 325 pounds, but he may be big man some day. He's only 9 now, but if he doesn't stop lighting cigars from street lamps he may stunt his growth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
NOBODY PLEASED

"When Mr. Wadleigh hands out 1o-cent Ii he grumbles about it for-the next half hour" "So does the recipient"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
A WINTER DREAM

By Clinton Scollard. The white winds die, the west grows pale
 With twtterings faint the starlngs fly; A cloud barque with saffron sail
 Goes slowly drifting by. Like expresses the pine trees stand
 Against the shimmering opal blue; dream of an enchanted land,
 Of Italy-and you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
THE FLAT DWELLER

Though gardening Is now the thing,
 1 do not yearn The soil to dress And don't possess
 A single fern.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
A MORNING PRAYER

O help me to measure my life, O Lord, not by my mesger accomplishment, but by my noble ambition, and shall be trium- phant though fail. Amen.-M. s. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17

The sun, shining through a goldfish bowl set fire to wearing apparel in the home of an Allentown, Pa, man. Fortunately, the mys tery was solved before the scientists were called in.
 An organization to fight the Ku Klux Klan announces that it will work "bare-headed in the sunshine" We hope it will bear in mind that the season for sunstrokes is close at hand.
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 Longer skirts for women, shorter street car steps or binders for men are the three alterna- tives faced by Chicago Might as well elimi- nate the first one from consideration.
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 A bigamist, believed to have married IS woni- en, was a choir singer, church worker and baker, but his speciality seems to have been gathering in the dough.
 V v v A prima donna who married chauffeur and called him her "ioo per cent man." seems to have lost him. Maybe he is 100 per cent man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
A CHRISTENING EXPERIENCE

She'll be fine lady in the last act"
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-11-08
now TO BUY WORLD PEACE



r5TlTIE Japs and the Germans glory in war. They
go to die in battle. Every American mother be-.
lieVes, however, that service is greater than sacrifice
She believes in sacrifice when sacrifice rs the last SER
vice her son can render. But she would have him So
that he would not be called upon to make the Su
preme sacrifice.
BY classifying a telegram the German Bismarck
forced a Wholly nnWarranted war il conquest upon
France LIVER since chat crusade OF conc ueo5 Geroa-
ny baslv prepared for fper Tag" waen she would
rule the world Austria Russia and Italy We're e oe
her quick assets. She would coqUui France. Then
England With that accumulated power she planned
to work out her already plot ed scheme through the
help Of Mexico to invade country across the Ric
Grande. Thank God. al this presented.
Germany now says she cannot pay her indemnity.
Germany whines
France is fearful Of Germany, az she has reason
to be ..........
The German mark is practically worthless; but
Germany IS not bankrupt. Far from it. Germany is
rich. The Germans are getting rich fast.
Gold is an arbitrary standard Of exchange. The
Germans an ingenious people. They find it to
their advan9ro to establish another form of exchange
among themselves They appraise commodities and
exchange commodities direct.
Robert Brewer, the head Of the Exchange Nation
al Bank Of Tulsa Okla, who has just returned from
Europe, can't leesiate paper money into
power but you can establish commodity appraisal
change for the whole world as Germany has done.
Then we can make Germany pay her debts, not with
marks but with products"
That is sound.
This done, America should follow the Borah plan
Of trading in CLAIMS for tight riveted assur-
ances OF peace.
If by this process we buy the peace of the world,
We would get world peace at bargain counter price,
and our sons would be saved
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-11-08

ended June 20, 1922, win show 2L52S
schools enrolled, with "A total of 4 tS},.
Si5 pupils wearing the Il Serve but
ton Of the American Junior Red Cross
the badge OF unseldsh service earn,
ed by each individual member through
personal sacrifice.
In international school correspond
ence 736 classes and schools engaged
in friendly communication with 623
schools in European countries, 90
schools in United States territories,
10 in South Africa and 10 in a miscel.
laneous list of foreign countries The
work in foreign fields in establishing
Fairgrounds, school Libraries, sewing
and manual training classes, homes
for war orphans, school reconstruc-
ton in devastated areas, encouraging
community gardens and many other
activities was financed through the
National Children's Fund raised by
the Juniors at cost of $39S.237 40
During the year $56,922.79 was con
tributed toward the fund, in which on
July / there was balance Of $20l,-
361. SO.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-11-08
How Wisdom
will Win

is possible for man to do ttat--that is, If our
Christian faith is practicable
Polluted water will Itself pure; so will tainted
money. Rockefeller began his substantial philan-f
thropies by TIE endowment of theological school
in Rochester ork Then he hurled great
university mi e,ty and hospital into another.
Since then he oeen bolsterng up weak colleges,
creating great pedagogical and research foundations
and spl mildly substituting a benignant life-rescue
work through meteorological laboratories, hospitals
and feeding stations the wide world over.
With all his undeniable niquities, the Rockefeller
who dehed our courts will die. The Rockefeller
who is trying to life all around the world and
after saving it to lift it up TO higher and finer alti-
tudes, is the Rockefeller VIA is going TO live.
What will Henry Ford do with all his fabulous
wealth? Unlike Rockefeller, he has not cramped his
character TO get his money. He is not burdened
with Rockefeller's handicap, But with all Rookie
ellers handicap Rockefeller may yet overtake Ford
in the enduring race, unless Ford does more wisely
with his greater wealth.
When wealth reaches beyond the proportions OF
supplying rational personal needs, it becomes not an
asset but responsibility.
Henry Ford has proven himself to be 1000 the
right-mnded fortune builders Future generations
will measurtNhim not by his ability to acquire but
by his power TO serve through spending.
The Rockefeller-Ford race for riches is over. Ford
wins. Now the race for wise spending Is Or In.
this great race wisdom will win.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-11-08
Junior Red Cross
Praised for Work
influencing Peace

The advancing standard of the Jun
Tor American Red Cross made two out
standing gains during the last year
one In the field of domestic activity,
which is rapidly linking up the schools
with the Junior program, the other a
gain Of dozen countries in Europe
pledged TO organize Juniors on the
lines of the American organization.
For this accomplishment the American
Juniors earned the hearty endorse
ment of the League of Red Cross So
cieties for its creation of an inter-
national spirit of human solidarity
among young people with view to
preparation of new civilization for
peace"
The Forthcoming annual report OF
ia American RED Crsss for the year
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-11-08

QUITE to its amazement Wall Street woke tip
= one. morning recently to find Henry Ford the
richest man in the world What amazed them most
was that he had grown rich in spite OF them.
Time was when Wall Street refused to help Ford,
when II looked upon him questionable risk and
wanted eleven per cent. Now Ford is propping up
the plutocrats Of wobbly Wall Street with loan
nearly $2O00O0000. With finer spirit he is letting
them have it at four per cents
Mr. Ford made his mammoth fortune in clean
and splendid way. 1t is no crime to be rich. 1t IS
not officially wrong to acquire the greatest fortune
if you have gained that fortune by helping men in.
stead of hurting them.
John D. Rockefeller acquired great fortune.
Much of his fortune was made by the most despc-
able practices. He brazenly dehed the laws OF the
land. He was not man-heper To gain his own
ends he would cruelty crush. His ambition was to
corner commodity. He bought up hundreds of pat
ents and suppressed them because they economical
for the consumer oil consumption.
Ford created something. He made an instrument
that consumes more Rockefeller gasoline than all
the oil-consumng devices known before. By his
invN.,ive mathematical and mechanical genius Mr..
Ford caused an increase in the Rockefeller
wealth Compared to him John d. was one-cyl-
Under affair
Rockefeller is not loved name. He is not re-
vered. she a very old man now His face IS crisis
crossed with lines. Years ago troubled conscience
overlook him and he set out to square hnnsck II