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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1923-12-20
KATALIN
(Folytatas


- En- nem tudok az ON ketszaz-
ezer koronajarol semmit es bizo-
nyara a feleSegem sem tud. A f.
lesegem fogja 0nnek a szemebe
vagni, hogy gyalazatosan- ham
dix!
Kollorik lecsillapodott 6s most
mar egyszerre ker6re fogta a dol
got:
- Nezze, m6ltosagos uram, bo-
csassa meg, hogy elragadtattam
magamat. Hogy megint dunapar-
Ii zsakhord0 voltam. de on mem
is sejti, hogy mire kell nekem oily
nagyon az a penZ. A cs0d sZelen
allok. Ezzel a szallitassal segit-
hettem volna magamon. s AIT a
ketszazezer korOnat a legegctobb
tartozasaim fedezesere tettem fel-
re. Ha mem kapom vissza, elvesZ-
TEN. En- meltanyolom az On hcly-
zetet. On sem biborban, barsony-
ban j0tt vilagra, ha mem is hor-
dott zsakot, mint en-. Szegeny
hivatalnok cmber, kinek ezer a
gondja, baja. Hisz a meltosagos
asszony is AIT mondta, a mikor oily
szepen kerte AIT hitvany penzt.
Ont mem fenyegeti cs6d, ha vissza-
ada. Ha meg ell mem k0lt0tte.
Ha csak a felet is visszaadhat ia.
melt6sagos uram.
Tahy osszerazk6dott:
- Kollorik Az eyre. IIagy-
jon ell. ;.
Az embert ujra el0nt6tte az
epe:
- Hat csakugyan a veszedelcm-
be akar taszitani? Mem addig a !!
Akkor hat egyiitt megyiink SEE
gyenbe: maga is, meg meltosa
gos asszonya is! De a meltosagos
asszony mem fog selyemben pom
pazni, mig az en- gyerekeim kol-
dusbotra jutnak.
Ebben percben megjelent a k0-
szob0n a tanacSosne.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1923-12-20

sagom witt veszedelemb A hiu-
sagom! Fenyleni, hoditani akar-
fam
''''i'' -.-t
(Folytatasa kovetkezik.)
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1923-12-20
A ravasz.

ANNA: A ferjem AIT mondta,
hogy egy okos, miivelt, szep asz-
szonyt vett felesegiil.
BERTA Akkor csak nezz uta-
ma: nem-e bigamista
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-23
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS
MEN
The Mother Of David GarrIck

Although there was nothing in
the direct descent that brought
to David Garrick, the great Eng
fish actor of the eighteenth cen
fury. any part of his genius. it was
from the family of his mother.
Arabella Clough, that he inherited
the qualities and talents that
brought him into fame. His ma
ternal grandfather was vicar
choral in a great cathedral, and
biographers claim that this man,
although he led clergical life,
had the temperament and undevel-
oped talent Of a fine actor, and
that these qualities skipped a gem
Grafton and We're transferred di-
rectly down to his daughters son.
AS for the mother of Garrick
herself, she was a kindly, sweet
natured woman, of a rather re-
ligious and somewhat puritanical
turn of mind. She was a good
mother in the conventional sense,
taking care of her sons physical
and material welfare, and doing
what she could to develop him in
the way he should go. She did not
approve of actors. and felt that
anybody with such inclinations
should be guided into the path of
righteousness. Yet, when she dis
covered that her son was deter
mined to lead what she considered
an unconventional life. she re-
signed herself to the circum-
stances. She was good, kind,
well meaning and thoroughly in
effectual sort of person, who did
her duty as she saw it. and had no
imagination.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-23

demand also province for their own,
they are not asking thing unheard of
in China.
Using foreign captives as a lever
age for obtaining these concessions is,
however, mot to be tolerated by the
governments concerned. The chief diff
ficulty is in preserving the dignity of
the central government at Pekin while
at the same time not driving the ban
dts to the threatened extreme of put
ting their prisoners to death. The whole
Chinese system of internal govern
ment cries for reorganization, and that
system thwarts present efforts at res
cue without payment of ransom. 1t
will be we'll for the powers to con-
tinue their efforts along constructive
lines when there is no crisis threaten.
ing. The thing of first Importance
right now is to deliver the captives
from the shadow of death.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-23
HOW IT'S DONE IN CHINA

Although the kidnapping of. foreign
ers in China is ascribed to bandits, yet
banditry in China is an established in
stitution. Most rulers and magistrates
are bandits, in that they collect in
Ekin, or internal taxes, all the law al
lows, and then some. Each person in
authority over any civil subdivision
collects as much tax as he can and
turns as little. as possible over to the
superior next above him, and so on
up the grades to the highest. 1t is
not known generally that China is in
reality governed by military rulers, or
tuchuns, each Of whom maintains his
own soldiery, and each of whom is in
many respects independent. When re-
Gently there was civil war in China
these tuchuns each with his army sup
ported one or the other of several con-
testants for supreme authority in
China, that is, for the Chinese presi-
dency. Naturally, those who supported
defeated claimants are somewhat at
outs with the successful candidate
This explains why these bandits de
mand a general amnesty in return for
the surrender of the captives. 1t is
not merely a separate question, but it
involves matters that have their roots
deep in Chinese customs. When they
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-23

from the Greeks for the invasion of
Asia Minor, whereas the Greeks reply
that indemnities should be mutually
forgiven by both nations. The Turks
counter with a threat of war to en-
force their claims, and the Greeks re-
tort with an invitation to come ahead.
The Greek foreign minister threatens
to withdraw from the conference l.
Turkey persists in her demands for
reparations.
On the whole, it is rather peculiar
for the Turks to ask indemnities,
when the Turks themselves are re-
sponsible for the burning of Smyrna
and the other losses for which they
claim damages. By the withdrawal
of the Greeks the Turks are actually
in possession of far more territory
than they would have had otherwise,
if there had been no Greek invasion
The Turk would not have come bach
into Europe, and would have had n,
outlet on the Mediterranean. After
all, the Turko-G Greek dispute is mere
ly a squabble compared with the
struggle among the powers for ma
terial ggrandizement in the final
settlement. The Turk is not the real
obstacle at Lausanne, but interna-
tional greed. The powers must first
conquer themselves before they can
conquer the Turk, even in confer
ence contest
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-23
1CIpELIcHTS Fit Ha AZ
A\NATIOkAL SFl
UCAPI1AL &E!xs; ssnSs

Valentino found Washington as
gullible as any other city he has
visited since retiring from the
movies for the purpose of advertis-
ing mineralava.
Society paid 81 seat and
packed the spacious ballroom OF
the Wardman Park Inn.
First, there was a dancing con-
test between five or six couples.
Then. an hour was expended in Sc
lecting the prettiest girl of Wash
ington to compete with the pref
test girls of all other cities for
the honor of appearing in the next
picture that VALENTINO thinks
proper to produce.
1t was not regarded as indica-
tive of Washington girls lack of
pulchritude that one Of the judges
who selected the prettiest girl was
William J. Burns, the nationally
known detective. exceptionally
skilled in the location of the
missing.
And then Valentino and his wife
appeared. Valentines hair was
pasted down with "ever-brushed"
or some other patent masculine
beautifier. Mrs. Valentino was
very attractive. They danced the
Argentine tango and danced it
we'll. Then Valentino delivered a
lecture on the elevation of the
movies which he termed an art
and not an industry.
While they were dancing, society
climbed into chairs. Some chairs
were overcrowded. There was a
craning of necks, and ultimately
a scramble. Every step was greet
ed with wild acclaim
When the man who married once
and was divorced. and then mar
ried again too soon and had to
wait when the man who played
the Shiek and other erotic mas
terpieces" of aphrodisiacal appeal,
preached the elevation of the pic
lures. appreciative applause shook
the rafters.
And no doubt every Washing
tonian who participated in this
idolatory has smiled with little
tolerance over the fervour with
which people in other days and
countries fell on their faces and
worshipped the great eye of
heaven"
The author of this column did
not see Valentino. The descrip-
ton is accurate. however. for 1t
came from Cranston Williams, sec
rotary to Senator Harris of Geor-
gia, with whom accuracy is a pas
w. r.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-23
PEOPLES FORUM
States Greatest Asset

To the Editor Of The Age-Herald:
1t was with great interest that
we read in the Thursdays issue
of your paper the editorial: NO
Water Power Monopoly" We do
not think that 1t is generally
realized the priceless value of the
states potential hydro electric
power We are indeed glad to
hear the strong voice of The Age
Herald protesting against any
monopoly of this wonderful power
perhaps Gods most wonderful
gift to Alabama. The writer
should like to state just a few
uses of this mysterious power.
This is being written beside a
beautiful light. transmitted by a
copper wire more than hundred
miles distant. which may be OBJ
tanned by pressing button. With
in reach is pure artesian water
drawn by this same power.
Another button may be pressed
and the room may be heated an
other and it may be cooled; an
other and a clean electric sterili-
ger. in a few moments, has boil
ing water. bringing asepsis and
healing to surgical instruments;
another and the interior of the
eye may be perfectly seen; an
other, and its contorer outlined an
other. by retinoscopy, refractive
errors may be scientifically and
accurately diagnosed and cor
rected. Just a few of its uses.
BY the wizardry of the immor-
tai Edison, this great power is
produced by falling water which,
since the dawn of creation, has
been going to waste. This power
may be used for a hundred useful
purposes, in production and trans
portation. Swift. clean, powerful
cars may be driven at great speed.
etc. 1t will strike the gyres from
wheels of labor. 1t will bring
new light on every face.
The state of Alabama should
and will safeguard every legiti-
mate right of the Alabama Power
company. These gentlemen de-
serve the thanks of all the people
of Alabama for their enterprise,
but it is unthinkable that they
should have monopoly. IT will
be impossible to know the real
cost of a power so wonderful and
valuable unless the state develop
at least a small amount. This
power may be had forever for the
harness-this priceless white
coal" At present it Is mainly
foreign capital being used in its
DEVELOPMENT, from other states
and other countries. If given a
monopoly. the logical sequence Is
economic and mental slavery for
large percentage of the children Of
our great commonwealth.
B. F. REA, M. D.
Lafayette, Ala, May IS, 1928.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-23
POOR BOYS WHO
BECAME FAMOUS
NJ Frederick Houk Law


Russell II. Conwell was born on
a farm in the Berkshire hills in
Massachusetts, in 1913 His father
was a man who had his own opin-
Ions. based on principles as solidly
set as the rocks on his little farm.
Therefore, the boy saw the ne
groes. brought on what was
called the underground railroad"
make the home their stopping
place for a night on their flight
into Canada. From such a home
and from little district school
the. lad drew the beginnings of
power. He worked on the farm
and then set out as book agent.
studying the very books he sold.
BY hard work. finding time for
study as best he could. he pre-
pared himself for Yale. Then
came the Civil war. and off he
went as captain.
Some time after the war Cap
tain Conwell delivered an address
to the veterans of his regiment,
the Forty-sixth Massachusetts,,
and called the address Acres of
Diamonds" Into that address, as
into everything that he did, he put
his full spirit. He touched mems
hearts. Other people heard of the
speech and demanded to hear it,
Since that day Russell H. Conw ell
has repeated Acres of Diamonds"
In every state in the United States,
has travelled thousands upon thou.
has earned by that one lecture
alone more than four million dol
lars.
. But giving lectures has not been
Russell Conwell's only work in
life. For a while he worked as a
lawyer, then as land agent, an
editor. an emigration commits
sioner. newspaper correspondent.
a city missionary. and finally as a
pastor and college president of a
college that he himself founded,
Temple university.
Practically all the money that
he has earned through his prodi-
gious activity he has given away
for good purposes. Not only Tenn
pie university. but also Samaritan
hospital, testify to his earnestness
In helping others. He Is as ready
to sacrifice himself now as he was
in the days of the Civil war.
Whatever he does he does with
steam at full pressure. Thus In
the Civil war he was promoted for
ga1lantry in action. AS newspaper
correspondent he went around the
world. AS lecturer he has lectured
every day for months at time. He
has simply continued the hard
working life that he saw about
him in his boyhood. and the I'M
selfish work for others for which
his father set him such a good ex-
ample.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-23
THE RIDDLE AT LAUSANNE

Yesterday the Lausanne conference
reopened with prospects of any defi-
mite settlement as remote as ever. Yet,
as it is always darkest before dawn,
perhaps a successful elimination of
the long negotiations is at hand. There
is a new element operating at present
to disturb the tranquility of the con-
ference. It is the dispute between
Greeks and Turks as to indemnities.
The Turks are demanding indemnities
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-23
NO EXCUSE FOR THEM

they are digging up the Iwen-
tieth street crossing again. 1t is
standing performance. No sooner
does the automobilist flatter himself
that the entire crossing has been
made available for traffic than pick
ard shovel return to the old, old job
of keeping that roadbed in order. The
daily jar and grind of the street cars
going north and south and that of the
RAILROAD trains going east and west
throw the joint traekage out of line
almost as soon as it is lined up, and
the result is that traffic is almost al
ways on the detour from the center
of the street and congested in mar
row paths. This is another of the
eternal inconvenience of the railroad
crossing, and it is also one of the
ceaseless expanses of overhead. In
the course of years the money spent
caring for the Twentieth street cross
irg would more than build subway.
Among other hindranees to traffic
caused by the Twentieth street cross
ing is its interference with street car
schedules. One day recently five
cars going south and three coming
ncrth became cengcsted a. this cross
ing by the leisarely passing of a long
freight train. That interferred with
the schedules of eight ears and five
car lines. and in more ways than one.
The cars coming north, after having
been congested on the south side of
the crossing, were forced to wait on
one another at the First avenue land
ing station. Three of the car lines
going south, having been punched at
the crossing, were again delayed at
the foot of the Twentieth street hill,
waiting each on its predecessor to
mount the hill before it.. Cars fol-
lowing the Avenue and Avenue B
loop lines were compelled to hold up
while the latter made their detour
from Twentieth street to the east and
the west. These Interruptions of
street car schedules and delays to
them occur all day long.
OHe OF the results Is LflaC, though
the street car management arranges
schedules that would cause several
lines of cars traversing Twentieth
street between the Highlands ard the
business section of the city to come
at intervals, thereby greatly adding
to the convenience of the travelling
public, the cars are actually thrown
. on the same schedule and follow one
another like team of tandem horses.
The citizen using this route has more
cars than he needs when he has one
at all, and long waits when there are
none, because the Twentieth street
crossing has annullcd their schedules
ard thrown them together. This is but
one of the timc-worn nusances of the
Twentieth street crossing. A menace
to life, a detr:rcnt to business,
never-ceasing overhead expense and
cause of traffic congestion, foot,
horse-drawn and motor driven, there
is no excuse for grade crossings in
well-ordered community.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-23
SMILES
Least Of the Evils
(Chicago News)

ITO be sure, I want my daughter
to enjoy some kind of artistic ed
ucation," said the father who had
recently made his fortune. Il
think I'll let her study singing"
why not art or lfterature?"
questioned a friend.
mo. Art spoils canvas and lit
erature wastes feams Of paper.
Singing merely produces a tempo
rary disturbance of the atmos-
phere."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-23
NEwspAPHANp TRIALS

: There appears to be tendency in
Birmingham of late for attorneys for
the defense to allege newspaper ac-
counts bearing on case as prejudi-
cial to the defendant and to ask for
continuance on the ground that the
minds of the juries may be unduly
influenced by their reading of news.
1t is about time for the juries to
arise in their own defense and refute
this primitive idea that a jurors mind
must be blank sheet on which the
defense may write what it will and
color according to its own designs.
The average juror is perhaps fully as
competent to be unbiased in the
premises as is the lawyer who seeks
to influence him; and the average
Juror is perhaps as we'll able to judge
as the attorney whether the stories
he reads in his daily paper are true
or false. If the newspapers prejudice
a jury, how much more must the
prosecution prejudice the jury against
the defendant. In the interest of a
fair trial, why not ban both the news
papers and the prosecution, so that
the possibility of conviction may be
as remote as possible?
AS long as newspaper stays with
in its legal rights in publishing the
news, it's relation to any court pro-
ceedings is that of any citizen. If
the publication of facts which may
be legitimately published are preju-
dicial to a defendant, then it would
appear that the defendants record
and not the newspaper is to blame.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-23
THE STATES SELF-REsPEcT

There has been some attempt re-
Gently to picture the convict lease
system as beneficeSt institution and
actually better for the convicts than
any other plan. Of course, the sys-
tenn has it's friends and supporters or
it would not exist, and would not
have existed in the first place. From
private industrial viewpoint the
leasing of convicts may possibly be
defended. But of such defense the
state can properly take no cogni-
zance, for the purpose of penal insti-
tutions is not to make money for pri-
vate firms If it were, then the Flor
ida system whereby, it is said, men
were impressed into the convict labor
gangs would be far more efficient
than the Alabama system whereby
convicts presumably must go through
due processes of law before sentence
Neither does the statement that
there is no cruelty in Alabama lease
camps because of the presence of
state guards, find credence among
the citizens Of this state. Even state
guards have not always been known
for their lamblike gentleness, and
particularly when segregated from
regular prison environment and dis
cipline, and placed in surroundings
calling for industrial output as first
consideration. Anyone may picture
to himself the first reaction of
guard to corporation criticism of the
amount of work his charges have
been turning out. He may become
angry at the official who criticises
him, but he will vent his anger on
the convicts in order to keep his own
skirts clean. If anyone doubts this,
let him but look up the records, or
let him read the recent report of the
legislative investigating committee of
Alabama.
There are ways in which the state
may employ it's convicts without sac
rifice of it's self-respect in SO doing.
Such ways have been followed in
other states, and have been found
successful. First and foremost, comes
the picture Of the state highways
now about to be constructed. Much
of this work is done by contract, and
properly SO, but there is also much
that could profitabiy be done by con-
Wet labor, particularly clearing,
grading, ditching, transporting earth
and other work in which hand labor
is required. This is open-air work
and is far more beneficial than i'm
prisonment in cells or working under
ground. The employment in certain
state factories has. been. found salts
factory and feasible to the extent
tried. There are extensions that
could be made to these factories to
accommodate hundreds more.
In some states, prison farms or
plantations afford ready relief to
prison congestion, and also may be
made to contribute in great measure
to the support of the penal institu-
tons. On such farms may be raised
most of the food consumed by the
prisoners, with doubtless certain
surplus for sale. There are plenty
of ways in which the convict may be
made to contribute to the public well
fare in manner far more humane
than under the lease system. The
question is one that will repay far
more earnest study than has ever
been given it, for there are POSSIBLE
tiles towards humane betterments
that are not apparent to casual con-
sideration.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-23
bringing EN- In
(HuptSyille Times

birmingham. Nashville. Memphis
and Chattanooga have nothing OH
Greater Huntsville when / comes
to refunding railroad fares to out
of-town shoppers and otherwise
offering attractive inducements to
cause the spending of monsy with
their merchants. Local retail
merchants for the past tive Mon
days have conducted such an en-
terprise. The initial days effort,
of course, was more or less intro
ductory. The second Mondays ef-
fort began to show up in reality,
the attendance being fine and the
trade in most instances almost as
good as on Saturday, usually the
big day of the week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-23
Battling Illitcracy
lAnniston Star)

eoft 0tofF
Unfortunately, the great trouble
in the battle against illiteracy and
in behalf of the ignorant, the chill
dren of the poor, there has been
too great readiness to agree that
relief is needed. but not sufficient
effort to bring about relief How
ever. despite obstacles, the battle
is being overcome and the children
are getting much better chance
than they did in other years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-23
Sh0uld Talk Good Roads


Don't forget the subject Of good
roads Whenever you have an op-
portunity talk good roads. create
q demand for them, and lead
everybody up to the point Of in
sisting that we have them. We
need a tremendous amount of road
improvement right heie In this
community. The horse and buggy
are becoming obsolete They are
too slow to suit the modern man
and his ideas OF transportation.
The wagon as a means of hauling
products to market will soon dis
appear. Motor trucks are more
practical and the cost Will soon be
within the reach Of the average
farmer. Many have them now,
where road conditions any
thing like satisfactory. rhe farm
or Is a shrewd business man, and
he dislikes to waste precious time
where 1t can be avohed. He
would prefer truck to wagon
any day. but the present condition
OF many country roads Is not con.
ducive to economical motor trans
portation. The remedy must be
applied. Keep on talking, and
urge others to Go the same. We
want better roads.