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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
Keeping Out the Politics


The Alabama Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton, at it's recent meeting In
Montgomery. adopted a provision
that any officer in the organiza-
ton should Immediately lose his
position should he become candi-
date for public office. This Is .
provision which might we'll BE-
adopted by other public service
organizations. Too frequently
there is seen some candidate for
public office exploiting an organ.
ization, or several OF them, for his
political advancement Member
ship in many fraternal orders II
frequently sought as a means of
securing popularity at the polls.
Sorae even exploit the churches.
All of this bears TOO strong a faint
of hypocrisy 10 apneal to the OBJ
serving public. who would like ths
provision of the Farm Bureau to
be adopted generally In other o.
eani1ations.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
THE ALABAMA PRESS
A Wonderful Help

"A chicken a day will buy tha
flour for a family of ten."-Tho
Southern Star. Yes, and the sale
of the products of COW and a SOW
will buy all the necessary trim
mings for making a complete meal
three times day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

A safety day" has been proclaimed
in New York. Even one day in the
year when a visitor to that city can
negotiate a crossing without fear is
better than none.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

Debs insists that he will force Chief
Justice Taft to resign. The humorous
side of the boast is that Debs actually
takes himself seriously.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
Scare 1t Again
(MOhi1e ReRiSter1

A holdyour-cotton -cente
scheme is mentioned by President
Wannamake of the American Cote
ton association as a proposed RENE
edy for the decline in cotton,
Meantime cotton has taken a shoot
upward. Possibly 1t heard Of the
proposal; but it is still far away
from fifty cents. 1t had better-bt
scared again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

A court in another state refused to
grant divorce to woman whose
husband chunked lamp at her. The
complainant is understood to regard
the decision as burning shame.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
Playing Safe

(DaIIaS NeWS1
Vice President Coolidge made a
speech>in Massachusetts, the other
night. and. in touching on the is
sues of the day. cautiously in
dorsed the Y. M. c. A.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

Now that the schools have closed,
it is for the parents during the next
three months to impart some home
made education.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

An exchange says: "Officeholders
love the clamorous approval of the
populace;" which suggests that many
things are valued according to their
scarcity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

America" says M. Loucheur, "is
about to die of her gold" Whereupon
he offers to save US from ruin by re-
lieving US Of said gold. Greater love
than this no man hath.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
Would De Great Help

A common interest would keep
the nations at peace. and even
common honesty would be a great
help.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

Now that arrangements have been
completed for payment Of the $780,
100000 due from Germany for serv-
ices of the army of occupation, it is
presumed that the single doughboy
who has been keeping watch on the
Rhine for Uncle Sam will be ordered
homo
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
Regular Dream Garden
Huntsville Times)

Z
The Daily Times Endorses the aos
tivities that are being made along
the lines of developing suburban
property. Nowhere on earth is
there a more advantageous oppor.
tunity than that which Is pos
sessed by Greater Huntsville for
scenic beauty and general develop
ment. Landscape gardeners with q
little touch here and little touch
there are helping nature to turn
this whole community into a reg
ular dream garden. The valley
and the hills, the master touch Of
genius on every hand. the enter
prising activities of our people
and their eye to the beautiful 10
developing something gorgeous
here.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

1t appears that secret diplomacy is
still being employed in Europe to put
over large accumulations of concen-
trated crookedness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

(NeW YORK Evening SUM
Apropos of the Ruhr risings it
is well to remember that France
has had a few communes of her
own. They were cured with grape
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
Getting Her Commission

(HOUStOn FOSCI
Old Gent (to little girl candy
vender): well, my little friend,
now that you have so many sweet
things to sell I suppose you take a
piece for yourself once in a
while?"
Little Girl: mo. sir, dassn't do
that, but 1 lick EN-"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
The Compensation
(Talladega Daily Honey

(Talladega Daily Home)
That the negroes are go3n1
North in numbers is we'll knowd.
Why they are going. except from
their love of riding, Is not fully
known. To moro than compensate.
except for their farm labor. still
greater numbers of skilled white
laborers are coming South, from
Northern states. than of negroea
drifting Northward, as a great
new industrial era dawns over the
South, especially Alabama. and az
Alabama's mighty dormant res
sources are becoming known to
capital and advertised to the
world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS


ALBANY Times-Union)
Act I: Let us have cheap for
eign labor" Act II: Let us de-
port the Reds"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
Sign of Statesmanship

The statesmen are In favor OF
all appropriations and against all
taxes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

None are SO blind as they who drink
wood alcohol.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce
says that the state in the next four
years will take in eleven million dol,
lars in excess of its expenditures for
the last four years. Still, the half-mil-
lion blood money from convict leas-
ing may keep us from bankruptcy.
There ought to be some way to stop
this laughter and applause in court
rooms. The judge ought to be able
to do it with a word-or at least with
a sentence.
Birmingham's capital investments
are growing rapidly. Capital! Capital!
The internal revenue department
has extended it's investigation to in
clude all federal prohibition officers
in the state. Very good. But why
confine it to Alabama?
The supreme court holds that the
city commission has authority over jit-
ney licenses. Looks like entirely too
much home rule. We'd like to have
an opinion on whether the commits
sioner Of the city dumps has legal au-
thority to stop the incubation of flies.
The present ruthless destruction Of
these merry little visitors seems to be
flying in the very face Of nature
herself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

ly argument as to whether r. Il
an animal OF fish was start, or
the jump, and proceeded swimming.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
DR}S3HK2bEApfR

We may as we'll dispense with the
weather bureau and its attendant ex-
pense. Everybody knows that it's 60
ing to rain anyhow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
Words

Our words are unavailing,
Our language fails
A steamer goes a-sailing
And has no sails.
y p G
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
How 1t HAPPENED

ILlLeJ
Why, Mary, how did you break
your doll?"
she went on a hunger strike,
mamma, and tried forcible feed
Ing"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
One Solution of II


(PlttSburg SUM
One way to send sugar prices
down might be to send the prof
iteers up.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
Among the List

paterson News)
Among the ships that are being
converted to oil Is craftsmanship
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
Something In "a Name

(Springfield ReNutlican.)
Doug. Jr." Is TO get $1,000 a
week in the fnovleg. Apparently
about $3.50 is for the name,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
Early Glory Of the State

VANIII6LOIK SIdI
The restoration of "King's ReDtA
to it's former shape and beauty
and the creation Of 1t into a mes
mortal to the great Alabamianv
would be the most fitting thing
that patriotic Alabama men and
women could do, but this now
may be impossible, for 1t appears
there is not even picture Of
the old mansion to show hoy lt
appeared. Too little attention -
paid in these busy matter-of-fact
times to preserving the things that
point to the early glory OF the
state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

Bret Harte had the right dope on
the heather Chinee. The Suchow
bandits wreak their vengeance on the
hated foreigner by hurting three of
their own countrymen off cliff.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

When the S. P. C. A. of Chicago
carried its fight into the courts, live
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
10 FAvORITE BOOKS

CAS- Chosen By Ernest Boyd, Critic)
Andersen's FAIRY Tales.
"A Mummer's Wife" George
Moore).
New Grub Street" George Gis-
sing).
Tho Opinions Of Jerome Coig-
nard" (Anatole France).
Sopenhauer's essays.
Hands Around" arthur 6chnit-
zler).
THE Triumph Of Death" (D'An-
nunzio).
Don Quixote" (Cervantes).
Crime and Punishment" (Dos-
toievskD.
Man and Superman" SHAW.
LLOYD GEORGE FEELING FINE
Boston Transcript
Private IND unwireless wires
from London indicate that Lloyd
George already has sort Of
sprinElike feelip1 in his bones.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
ONE TRICK A DAY
To Predict the Sum Of Five Rows
NJ Ecs~mr~a


Ask spectator. whom we will
call A. to write on a slate a row
of figures. say Of four or five dig
it's When the slate Is returned to
you. note carefully tho number
written. turn over the slate. and
on tho opposite side write the
Same number, with 2 distracted
from the units place and the same
number prefixed at the opposite
end of the row. Thus, II the num-
Der first written was 46975, the
number to be written on the oppo-
site side of the slate would be
24s973. This represents the total
Of the number first written, plus
a like number Of mines, twice re-
peated. Thus:
l6975
$1,000
5000
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

I do not know who wrote the yarns,
The stories weird and wild,
That devoured in sheds and barns
When I was but child.
! do not know who wrote the tales
That thrilled me night and noon;
l only know he left these wales
And persisted all too soon.
For he would reap harvest now
And bear an honored name
And wear laurel on his brow
And bask in wealth and fame.
The wild and goofy tales he told
In nickel-movement days
Today are sold for gobs of gold
AS motion picture plays.
AS we recall it, dime novels were
so called because they sold for a
nickel throw.
Do you know that there has never
been monument erected to the men,
DRY of the man who invented hash?
Criticism
He who sitteth upon a throne or in
a presidential chair, hearing the COM
plants of the multitude, hath nothing
on him who stitch behind the wheel
of the family car with his wife in the
back seat.-Jason.
Wilbur Glenn Voliva has created a
radio station in Zion to broadcast his
messages around the flat earth.
We read that the death Of Miami
man is ascribed to a heart attack.
Where does a heart attack man?
The federal prohibition inspector is
worried about how to dispose of five
thousand quarts of likker. Why
doesn't he call for volunteers?
Whfrr will this cold summer end,
and warm winter come again1
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

The supreme court holds that you
are in possession of likker even if you
hold the jug in your hands only long
enough to take swig. After that the
likker is in possession Of you.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

To those who have no almanacs, we
may remark that the moon has been
at the full this past week. Several
persons spoke of having caught a
glimpse of it before the clouds closed
in again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
THE AGE-HERALD

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala. postoffios As
second-class matter under act OK congress-
March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

Whsrr will this cold summer end,
and warm winter come again3
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

We are not a movie fan, but these
wild life films do not bore us
in the least.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

We read that the death Of a Miami
man is ascribed to a heart attack.
Where does a heart attack man?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

The federal prohibition inspector is
worried about how to dispose of five
thousand quarts of likker. Why
doesn't he call for volunteers?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
246973

The audience, however. do not
know this. They know that you
have written something on the re-
verso side. but that is all. Turn
ing the slate over once moro. you
invite a second spectator. b, to
write. under AS. second row OF
figures. This done, the slate Is
passed to a confederate. c. who is
Instructed to write under each of
BIS figures such a number as whom
added to 1t will make nine.
Thus is BIS figures were 62b41
Cs would be ........... 37458
Together making ...... esesS
The slate is now handed to .
fourth person, D. who writes an
other row, and lastly to another
confederate. e. who writes a num-
Der 30 as to complete with DIS an
other row of mines.
The trick Is now finished. the
slate Is handed to a sixth person,
who Is invited to add the five rows
together. When he has done SO.
the performer turns the slate over
and shows that. by some prophetic
instinct. he was enabled to antici-
pate the result.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

Wilbur Glenn Voliva has created a
radio station in Zion to broadcast his
messages around the flat earth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

None are so blind as they who drink
wood alcohol.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

AS we recall it, dime novels were
SO called because they sold for a
nickel a throw.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

Do you know that there" has never
been monument erected to the mem
ory of the man who invented hash?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02

Birmingham's capital investments
are growing rapidly. Capital! Capital!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-02
Nickel-Movement Literature

I do not know who wrote the yarns,
The stories weird and wild,
That I devoured in sheds and barns
When I was but a child.
Evening star., 1923-06-07

known Virgin series: of interiors and
figures by Thomas W. Dewing. and
of landscapes by Dwight w. Tryon.
The National Gallery of Art as yet
has no building of its own. but its
collections, temporarily housed and
aggregate in value several million
dollars. Although the Smithsonian
Institution was made the custodian
of a national gallery of art at the
time that it came into existence, about
1855, 1t was not until 1902 that def
mite steps were taken to develop such
gallery. Then the Harriet Lane
Johnston collection came to the ma
tion as a bequest. Almost imme edi-
ately thereafter the William T. Evans
collection of American paintings was
given, which, in turn. was followed by
the gift by Ralph Cross Johnson of
Washington of a rare collection of
Paintings by the old masters.
Best Of American Works.
The Evans collection, which origi-
nally was to include a hundred paint
inEs. but grew. before Mr.. Evans
death. to nearly twice that size. con-
tains notable works by George Inness.
George Fuller, William Norris Hunt.
John La Fargo. Sergeant Kendall,
Elihu Vedder, Frederick J. Waugh
and Winslow Homer. High Cliff,
Coast OF Maine" by the last, is reck-
oned by many as this great Amer
lean painters masterpiece, a superb
picture of the rock-bound New Eng
land coast. La Fargo Is represented
by his painting 'Nicodemus and
Christ" Included with these COL
lections at present is the McFadden
collection of British masterpieces.
which, with the Ralph Cross Johnson
collection, brings together in one
building at this time the finest and
most comprehensive collection Of
works by such men as Reynolds Rae
burn, Romney and Lawrence. that is
to be found outside of Great Britain.
The Ralph Cross Johnson collection
occupies one room and contains
Evening star., 1923-06-07

ing: the Archaeological Institute OF
America. which occupies rooms on
| the third floor, and the American
| Federation of Arts which is located
| on the first floor. The last, the Ameri-
| can Federation of Arts includes In its
membership all of the art museums of
the country and a majority of the art
| associations. besides which it has q
large individual membership. Annual
conventions are held every other year
in Washington and on alternate years
, in other parts of the country. This
organization sends out travelling ex-
hibitions. circulates illustrated. type
written lectures. publishes the Ameri-
can Art Annual, a comprehensive di-
rectory of art in America, and the
American Magazine of Art. Among
| its directors are such men of high
standing and broad vision as Elihu
Root, Robert W. de Forest, the presi-
dent of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art: Morris Gray president of the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Henry
White. former ambassador to France:
Charles L. Hutchinson, president of
! the Chicago Art Institute. and Robert
Woods Bliss, American minister TO
Sweden.
Much could be written of the artists
VINO reside in Washington, or who
temporarily have work here, for these
Irclude Sargent. SaintGaudens.
Frank d: Millet. Charles Y. Turner.
Charles Hopkinson. Philip de Laszlo,
Ellen Day Hale. Edward Lind Morse.
H. *. Bush Brown. E. c. Messer,
James Henry Moser and many Others.
During the winter season there is a
round OF exhibitions ae the Corcoran
Gallery the National Gallery. the
National Museum. the Smithsonian.
the Library of Congress, the Public
Library, the Arts Club and the Art
Center, not to mention the charming
little Phillips Memorial Gallery. which
has lately come into existence and
which Is generously open TO the pub
lie during the winter on three after
Moons week, but which at this time
of year is closed
Evening star., 1923-06-07

superb examples Of not only the Brit
ish masters, but of such great paint
ers as Titan, Guardi, Nicholas Macs
and Rembrandt.
The great need now is for n build
Ing. Congress a few years ago set
aside the National Gallery as a sepa-
rate unit. Last year it designated a
site for a National Gallery building,
but as yet no appropriation has been
made to cover the cost of erecting
such a building, nor has any appro-
priation ever been made to purchase
exhibits or to provide more than
incidental costs.
Famous Library Murals.
The Library Of Congress was the
first great public building owned by
the national government to include
mural paintings as an integral part
of its design. 1t was completed in
1897. and the men who had made
names for themselves at the great
worlds fair in Chicago were called
on to provide it's decorations. They
did it, in most instances. as pa
triotic service, and their works have
done much to give impetus to mural
painting throughout the United
States. Among the most notable are
Evening star., 1923-06-07

the series by John W. Alexander Illus
trating The Evolution of the Book"
Henry Oliver Walkers Poetry series.
Walter MacEwen's Greek Heroes"
On the staircase leading to the gall
lery is a superb mosaic-"Minerva
Goddess Of Wisdom" by Elihu We'd
der. In the rotunda are notable
statues. among them Columbus and
Michelangelo. by Paul Bartlett;
Shakespeare. by MacMonnies. and
Homer. by Saint -Gaudens.
The print division of this library
has its own reading room and sets
forth from time to time instructive
and interesting exhibitions drawn
from its own collections and from
loan collections, such as the Garrett
collection. which have been deposited
with 1t for safe keeping. 1t includes
also among its possessions the collec-
tion of Whistleriana assembled by
Joseph Pennell and his wife. which
is in itself a complete history OF
Whistler and great monument both
to the mans genius and to the noble
friendship that he inspired.
Professional Associations.
There are two professional associa-
tions of artists in Washington, the
Washington Society of Artists and
both of which for more than twenty
years have held annual exhibitions
of their members works. There is
also a Handicraft Guild, made up of
craftsmen. and a Landscape Club. the
members of which are chiefly business
men, who spend their holidays and
recreation hours in painting.
The Arts Club of Washington has
both artist and lay members and has
as its home the historic old house,
2017 / street, which at the time of the
war of 1912 was occupied by Monroe,
then a member of the cabinet.
The Washington Society of Fine
Arts is a local organization, having a
membership of approximately a thou
sand. It was organized in 1905 with
the purpose of stimulating interest in
art and aiding I'm every way within