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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-23
MY FAVoRITE STORIES
BY IRWIN S. COBB
NOT A FAMILY OF MUSICIANS

A self-made western millionaire built tn
finest house in his home town. He importe
decorators to furnish it, and managed to get
it finished by the time his eldest son arrived
from the east, where the youth had besn COM
pleting his education
The proud father escorted the young man
through the shining new mansion, followed by
the other members Of the household When
the grand tour had been completed the mil
lionaire inquired whether the son had any sug-
gestions to make.
"well," said the young man, "to me It seems
complete In every possible detail except one."
whats missin'?" demanded the parent.
sYou ought to have chandelier in the main
drawing room," said the boy.
"All right" said the father "rn order one
by telegraph tonight, but I'll bet thousand
dollars there amt darn one In tho family can
play it."
Copyright, 1922, by the McNaught Synd. Inc.)
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
CLAssMATE OF owsLEY

1--WE are all more or less prone to speak of
our acquaintanceship with celebrities" said
Henry Porter, Jr., land I am not without my
shortcomings in this respect. I speak with re-
gard to the fact that was very close personal
friend of Alvin M. Owsley of Texas, who was
elected national commander of the American
Legion during their recent convention at New
Orleans. We were both members of the grad
uating class of '09 at the Virginia Military in
stitute, were classmates, roommates and also
officers during the Final Ball. gala event
of the commencement period.
ION this occasion he held the position of
president of the class and l was the vice pres
ident He was also manager of the vars,fy
basketball squad and captain of Company A,
First battalion. l was captain Of the ball
squad and served as first lieutenant under him.
We were members of the same fraternal clubs,
rivals in the same classes and in short were
intimately associated throughout our whole col
lege career.
~ consider, as well as large number OF
Virginia men who are living in Birmingham,
that the legion could not have elected better
man, socially or morally, to the position Of com
mander than Mr. Owsley."
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A NEW USE FOR CARS

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
Irwin Cobb pays the automobile new COM
pliment.
II meant it when / say l believe that the
spread of the use Of automobiles is going co
do as much to teach one nation that another
nation is made up of decent chaps and to cure
them of their old rivaries and feuds and BIT
terness as any other agency on Gods green
footstool can ever hope to da," he says. "And
| believe if, back in '61, the man who lived
in Carolina could have stepped into his Lizzie
turned on the gas, and cruised away to Yer
mont. and found that the people there were
of his own flesh and blood, with much the
same aspirations and ideas of decent and
peaceful and orderly government, this country
never would have been rent by the great Civil
war;
Then, if instead Of taking cargo OF long
haired cranks to Europe in 1915, Ford had
started long procession Of little lizzies in
that direction he might have got farther with
his peace project.
The only trouble about the automobile as
a harbinger Of peace, in so far as Europe Is
concerned, is that but few Europeans are able
to buy them. Europe, however, might offer
a fair market for Americas used cars.
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BOTH PARTIES WORKING

"There is one measure that the democrats
and republicans of this state are of one accord,
and that is the Alabama seaport amendment"
said Hardie Browne. each of the parties at
their recent state conventions Endorsed and ap-
proved the amendment, and men and women of
both affiliations are working side by side for
its passage.
"In addition to the political parties the
amendment has been Endorsed by hundreds of
civic, commercial and labor organizations
throughout the state, and with the splendid
work of the campaign committee the prospect
for an overwhelming majority for the measure
are exceedingly bright"
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PRACTICALLY NO ESCAPE

From the Saturday Evening Post.
AS present to their first baby Msj. Henry
Vaughan and Mrs. Vaughan, who / ed to-
New York from Spartanburg, 5. o.,
given fancy bred Pekinese dog. They mosess
out to the country for the summer, and sent
for Sallie, the old negro cook, to come up
and look after the baby and Ming Toy, the dog
Ming Toy nd never seen cat before. So,
when big tomcat came to the back door
Ming Toy, in the strongest bark he knew,
promptly bayed the cat, showing great brav-
cry for such a foolish-looking dog. Sallie
looked out the back door.
"Ming Toy" she advised, "lemme tell you
-sump'n. You'd better quit yore projekin' wild
dat tomcat. Fust thing you know, at cats
gwine to git mad and at amt gwine to be
no place for no dog laik you. Elm at ole cat
gifts started he's gwine turn you ever way
but loose"
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SELLING COLLARS
q wall Street Journal.

From the Wall Street Journal.
An official Of a collar company was dis
cussing the strange places where his goods
often found market.
"Our business is surprisingly good in parts
Of Africa, where white men seldom penetrate"
he said. "The natives are exceedingly fond Of
stiff collars, and it seems to demonstrate the
negro's innate love Of finery. In fact, the
higher the collar the better pleased they are.
eve also have large trade in South Amer
lea. Our brand of advertising there is neces-
sarily different Instead Of the stereotypei
young man with the slcked down hair, which
has no appeal to the Latin taste, the South
American advertisement represents fierce
looking gentleman with piercing eyes and a
curling mustache."
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An UNSATISFACTORY MURDER
FOR PRESS PURPOSES

BY pleading guilty, Mrs. Cora Lou Vinson,
Georgia woman convicted of numbering her
husband at her first trial and sentenced to
DEATH gets sentence of life imprisonment. She
said she would never be hanged, and she waA
right but she came uncomfortably close to the
gaows for woman.
There was no glamor, romance about the
crime Mrs. Vinson committed. To newspaper
readers ever on the alert for headlines an
nouncng a new sensation, it was one of the
most unsatisfactory murders on record. Mrs.
vinson is neither young nor pretty. She Is
a drab little woman, with not trait that would
inspire newspaper reporter to write a column
and a half of sob stuff" There was no "tri-
angle" no tangled skein of life to appeal to
lovers of sensationalism and arouse sympathy.
A4wife merely developed an implacable hatred
the evidence showed that he did not deserve his
fate.
If Mrs. Vinson had been the type of woman
who makes good appearance in a court room
and can by a single tear melt the heart of a
susceptible juror, there might have been Cir
ferept story to tell. Had she shot lover there
would have been "extenuating circumstances"
AS it was, the case made dull reporting and dull
reading.
The American people expect thrills from their
murder industry, and when they don't get
thrills they are disappointed.
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REFRESHING RESPITE

"Respite from the responsibilities of col
lege professor is very refreshing indeed" said
DIR. George G. Brownell, professor of romance
languages at the University of Alabama, who
is enjoying years leave of absence.
~ am planning tour of the Holy Land, in
GLIDING Egypt and other Asiatic countries, for
the spring. will probably leave with party
of about eight in February. I enjoyed my
summer in Europe very much, and am looking
forward to delightful tour of the Holy Land
in the spring..
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An airman who made parachute jump from
a disabled plane and landed in grape arbor,
said he was not hurt, but "just bit excited"
It's pity he admitted he was excited at nif
The nonchalance of an aviator who tumbles out
Of the skies, lights cigarette and says, TITS
nothing" cannot be too highly commended.
X X
The department of state will have to apollo
give to Great Britain because over-zealous dry
officials seized a Canadian ship loaded with
wet goods. There must be times when pro-
hibition robs Secretary Hughes Of his equa-
nimity.
Books of verse are actually selling, but the
number of bards who make decent living
by disposing of their wares may be numbered
on the fingers Of one hand where one or two
fingers are missing.
No matter what happens on the sea, dplo-
mats in Washington who are accustomed to
take little something before dinner and at
other times during the day, will not have to
fall back on bootlegger.
X
Five hundred suspicious characters were
Jailed during the coronation Of King Ferdinand
and Queen Marie of Roumania. 1t feared
thew would not enter fully into the spirit of
the occasion.
y =
California judge was so unsympathetfc
that Ralph DePalma, automobile racer, was
sent to Jail for speeding and will not be per-
mitted to flirt with death for 10 days.
\ X
Mrs. Lloyd George is woman who under
stands. Speaking of the ex-premier, she said,
IT am always pleased when there is fight,
because he gives me far less trouble"
X
Vienna opera lovers paid 14o,o00,0 900 kronen
to hear Madame Jertza sing in LA Tosca."
Considering the present value of kronen, that
isn't as staggering sum as it looks.
\ X
Twenty-one woman are running for the House
of Representatives and two for the Senate,
but it will be some time yet before the feminine
"bloc' amounts to anything.
Y Y
Mary Garden is reported i'll at Monte Carlo.
There is always a shortage Of photographic ma
terial when Mary is away from home.
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HIS PAL


FROM the LOS f1HkCicS ALuleo.
"Uncle joe Fordney, chairman of tho
House committee on ways and means, tells of
a young fellow in his home town Of Saginaw,
Mich, who fell asleep in the church service
one night while a revival service was in prog
ress.
The minister doing his best to make
converts. He asked all the good people who
wanted to go to heaven to stand up. The
young man dozed contentedly in his pew.
"Now,'' said the preacher, "please be
seated" and everybody sat down. and in doing
so somebody bumped the man who was asleep,
and by that time the minister said: "All who
want to go to hell, stand up"
The young man heard the words "stand up
and that was all. He rose, looked around,
rubbed his eyes and said:
"Parson, don't believe fully understand
the question, but you and I seem to be in a
hopeless minority here
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BISHOP BRATTON ON THE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS

The Rt. Rev. Theodore Bratton, Episcopal
Bishop of Mississippi, does not excuse the
political consideration which urged those who
were successful in keeping the United States Of
America out of the League of Nations. In an
interview in The Age-Herald he takes the high
ground that America was the logical umpire
between the distracted nations of Europe and
that both "sin" and "blunder" were COM
mitted when this country evaded the service to
which it was called. He said:
As to the League of Nations. 1 consider that
country not only committed positive bunder,
but a positive sin. in not taking part in its func-
tions. The old nations who have had strained rela-
tions cons family with each other cannot eaualizs
the situation among the various peoples. and they
have wanted an outsider umpire. America
the logical umpire the only nation strong enough
to be respected and disntcrestcd enough to be inn
partial
Can nation commit sin? A man COM
nit one and it would seem that an aggregation
Of men such as nation is commit both a
sin and blunder. When the atrocities of the
Turks are considered, can it be denied that a
nation is capable of SHINING as the Mississippi
prelate contends?
There are many in all Christian lands who
believe IL America had been in the League
Of Nations the Turk would not have been re-
turned to Europe, and be in position again to
play havoc with Christian peoples and their
interests.
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Kenneth Mcgowan, in Arts and Decoration.
In Vienna on Christmas Day, 1921, there
were no matches in the match stands of the
cafes, and no paper in the hotel writing rooms.
Some of the well-to-do and the recklessly soft
hearted had begun to feel that they could af-
ford to keep pet dogs again; but there were
no silk stockings on those most un-Teuton
ankles that paraded the Ring. You may guess,
therefore, that there no butter on the
tables of the middle classes, and no milk in
the houses of the working people.
Two nights later three or four hundred peo-
pie, with bits of bread and meat wrapped in
paper and slowed in their pockets. could be
seen seated in great and splendid ballroom
of Maria Theresas palace, under the light Of
crystal chandeliers and the glow of priceless
Gobelins, watching the first performance,
"The Marriage of Figaro" in theatre stride
ahead of any in Europe.
They had paid good money at one of the
doors of that extraordinary old building, the
Hofburg, which rambles from the opera to the
Burg theatre half across the shopping district
of Vienna. After they had parted from two
or three thousand crowns apiece, they had
wound up stone stairways with white walls
and twists of old ironwork, passed through
cloak rooms where prineesses once left their
wraps and supper room where artists may
cheerfully go mad over molding, pediment ana
mirror, and reached at last the theatre in the
Redoutensaal
They found one Of the handsomest haroque
rooms in Europe holding within its beauty both
stage and an auditorium. A row of Gobelin
tapestries filled the lower reaches of the walls.
Above were holdings and pilasters, cornices
and parqueting, spandrels and pediments, fillets
and paneling, an ordered richness of orna-
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CONGRESS SLOW TO REWARD
A NOTED AMERICAN

The New York Times recently published an
editorial criticising Congress for not awarding
small pension Of $3.50 month to the widow
of Gen. William C. Gorgas, a great Alabam-
ian, whose fame was worldwide.
General Gorgas wore himself out in the
service of his country and Of humanity His
work in conquering tropic diseases made him a
besides his own. Honors and decorations were
showered upon him, but the government ne
served so ably and SO long has been tardy in
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THE REST BELOVED

''It was my pleasure to meet DR.. ]. A. Bryan
on the street yesterday" said c. P. Ward.
1.-THE streets were crowded on this typical au-
tumnal day, and many men and women throngeo
about the beloved pastor, enjoying the sun
light of his presence.
1.-THE whole scene was pathetically beautiful
and soul inspiring--one long to be remem-
bered. Any one who enjoys the acquaintance
and confidence Of DR.. Bryan is indeed
Fortunate
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FAIR WARNING
F. P. A., in the New York World.

T. r. a., III the NEW LUX WoIiu.
Mr.. Leonard A. Snt kin, of counsel for the
publishers of the "Satyricon" of Petronius Ar
bitter, says the edition was limited to a select
clientele of 1900 subscribers, "all mature and
incorruptible persons" That is something we
should be last to deny, but may as well tell
the police that, some time between August 10
and September II, copy of the book was
stolen from our desk by some immature and
corrupt person, and if the dirty crook doesn't
bring it back, we'll print his, name.
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"PAY AS you ENTER"
From the Passing Show, London.

From the RAISING Snow, London.
The ntroduction-into-society' profession
has done exceedingly well this year. American
"smart set journals, from New York to the
far west, are frequently displaying "ads" from
some of our nobility announcing their readi-
ness-for fee-to arrange introductions into
the most exclusive of England's supper succles."
There may be things that dollars canno,
buy, but the entree into BeIgraIa (and its
environs) is not one of them.
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TRoTzKY's NEXT JOB
.ansas City Times

From the Kansas City Times.
Now that Mr.. Trotzky has an army Of $780,
900 men and is building navy, can't he ar
range at the same time to relieve the United
States of the necessity of passing the hat for
Euss:9n relief?
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A MORNING PRAYER

Darkness is behind me, Godi life is before
me, and beyond life 10 heaven. Grant me
not to fall backward. Lead me and guide
me to the blessedness which awaits. Amen.
M S. B,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-08
WOMEN'S WOES
Perth Amboy Women Are Finding Relief
at Last

CIV NhbsUbJ
at Last
II does seem that women have more
than a fair share of the aches and
pains that arlict humanity: they must
keep up" must attend to duties IN
spite Of constantly aching backs. or
headaches. dizzy spells. bearing dow n
pains. they must stoop over. when to
stoop means torture They must walk
and bend and work with racking pains
and many aches from kidney Ills. Keep
ing the Kidneys we'll has spared thousands
OF women much misery. Read of a rem
edy for kidneys only that IL endorsed BY
people you know.
Mrs. G Ryder. 81 Broad St. Perth
Amboy. says: II can recommend Doao's
Kidney pills as a good. reliable remedy
I have used them off and on when my
kidneys were out OF oTTer. had a weak
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ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's kii-
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Price soc at all dealers. Don't Simply
Foster iIburn Co. Mfrs. Buffalo. N. y
Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-08
REPEAL RAILROAD Law,
IS CANDIDATES DEMAND
(By NEA scrvice)

HES MONIES. Ia.-Repeal of the
transportation act which he de-
clares opened up untold for
waste, is the principal issue upon
which Colonel S. w. Brookhart, Re
publican candidate for United States
senator from Iowa, is making his
campaign for election. Senator
Cummins, senior senator from the
same state. is co-author of the act
which Brookhart denounces.
Colonel BrOokhart's nomination
was hailed by progresSives as "a
singular victory.
THE railroad law should never
have been enacted and it should be
Immediately repealed" Colonel
Brookhart declared.
at legalized the capitalization OF
about seven billion dollars of water.
anu provided a legislative guaranty
OF So per cen on this fictitious
capital.
state Commerce Commission wds
fixing the aggregate value of the
railroads at approximately nineteen
billion dollars. all the railroad stocks
and bonds of the country could nave
been bought for about twelve billion
dollars. About ten billion dollars OF
this bonded capital was procured y
the railroads at approximately Az
per cent, making a bonus of more
than $50 million dollars a year dit
ference between this interest rate
and the guaranty rate. The guar
anty provisions of the law. which
are in effect a 'cost-plus' system,
opened up untold n for waste
in the furnishing of material and
supplies. All of these items increased
the cost of transportation by over a
billion dollars a year.
wages have been reduced moreI
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-08

valuation upon the people, on which
they must pay dividends in the form
of excessive freight rates. For ex-
ample, we should not permit the
railroads to capitalize the unearned
increment to the extent of hundreds
of millions of dollars a year on land
which they received free from the
people. Under such a system the
more we gave them to start with.
the nor we owe them now"
Replying to a recent statement by
Senator Cummins, that eff Colonel
Brookhart's power YER common
surate with his apparent desires.
this government would not last a
fortnight" Colonel Brookhart said:
Either Senator Cummins is right
and | am wrong or vice versa. The
voters o. Iowa will decide the ques-
ton in November. If | am defeated
/ am out. If | am elected. Senate
Cum minis should quit. Is it will then
be apparent that he is not in line
with the views of the people of this
state. Senator Cummins should be
willing to risk two se%natorships on
this election. Therefore | propose
that he submit his resignation to
the governor of iowa, to take effect
tho day / am elected United States
senator. and permit the governor 10
ppoint SOM Dne in his place more
In harmony with the views of Iowa
' : s."
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Women Give Out

Homework is hard enough when
healthy. Every Americas woman
who is having baekache, blue and
nervous spells, dizzy headaches and
kidney or bladder troubles, should
be glad to heed this Americas woman's
experience:
Mrs. Lula Leamon, 927 Ogle-
thorpe Ave, says: 81 can hardly le-
scribe the misery I endured from
lame back some years ago. When
swept the floor, sharp pains shot
through the small of my back and
racked my whole system. My back
was weak and I was so tired | hated
to get out of bed in the morning.
suffered with dizzy spells and every
thing turned black before my eyes.
read about Doan's Kidney Pills and
| bought a box at Howell's Phar-
macy. soon felt 1000 better in
every way" a
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy--get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Leamon had Foster-M ilburn
Co., Mfrs. Buffalo, N. Y. adv
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q KNOW DAN LOVED ME-
KNEW HE DID"

MAN leaves his soul outside sins
gate,
"'And finds it waiting when he
tires
"'Of carnal pleasures and desires.
But,
Woman, a creature finely spun,
Her body and her soul are one
"a woman never checks her soul
outside, Katie, while she goes on with
the dance. Men do"
Silence.
"It's true-Katie," Justin was
speaking, "a good woman is one
man woman. She's like fine dog,
responsive only to her master. And
she will suffer the affection of only
that one man. The very Unborn fine
ness of her would prevent any other
code.
''But man, Katie" continued
Justin, "even a man who is a good
father and a good husband can find
some pleasure in the lips and eyes
of many women, while he loves only
one.
"God forbid that any man should
say he loved all of the women he
had kissed after promising to be
faithful to one!" the old man con-
tinued. "It's just fault that men
have, Katie-not all men, but many
of them-and women haven't. And
we respect them, and trust them and
love them because they haven't.
DAN don't know him. Never
have seen the face of the man my
own little girl loved!" AS her faith
er's hand closed over hers, Kate
Ward dropped on her knees in front
IF him, her lovely face raised toward
MS.
81 know Dan loved me-" she said
earnestly, Il know he did.
"And father" her voice broke as
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she went on, 'I'm still the girl who
dropped from her bedroom window
one night II years ago and walked
out into a world as black as the
night the window opened into. I'm
still the girl who was sitting on
park bench, deserted and dis.
couraged, when she met the man she
married.
81 came back here" Kate con-
tinued, because l knew of the doubt
he must have had, though he never
told me. l felt that he would know
that my soul, too, had come all of
the way back to the sweet, clean
place it started from.
Il wanted him to know that, be-
cause l loved him as no man ever
was loved" Kate had walked to the
window and once more was looking
out toward the open road of u
years ago. ooh, if | though he
didn't know and didn't care and
hadn't been square"
Ito be continued.)
Copyright, 1929