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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
10 FAVORITE BOOKS
(As chosen by WadswOrtk Camp, ..G..aIi.t 3ho,-f xxs-d4>.<A

(As chosen by Wadswortk Camp, The Bible.
 Shakespeare.
 The Way of All Flesh ( Butler). Judge the Obscure (Hardy). The Research Magnificent (Wells).
 Tom Jones (Fielding).
 Poe's tales. Renaissance (Pater).
 Oxford Book of English Verse. Browning's collected verses. Copyright, 1923. in United States and Great Britain for The Age Herald by the North American Newspaper Alliance. All rights reserved.
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It Doesn't Take Much
Chattanooga Times)

Lady Astor pulled the coattails of an M. P. and got herself ex- tensively in the papers. Then. the important information is ca- bled to the world that her lunch con the other day was only "a hard-boiled egg and a glass of water" It does not seem to re- quire much to get your lady poli- tician in the limelight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07

In one of the smaller European countries they have enacted a law to tax bachelors between twenty-five and sixty years of age. Now they have an opportunity to test out whether two can live as cheaply as one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
Just mn Assumption

(Memphis Commercial AppeaD
 Edward Box has created a s100,- 900 award for the best plan to preserve world peace. We take 1t for granted that the League sof Nations and, the world court arc barred from the contest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07

Efforts being devoted to the propa- gation and protection of game fish in Alabama indicate that within a few years there is going to be some tempt ing sport for lovers of outdoor life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07

It may be true, as a contemporary says, that college professor has better chance for long life than does blacksmith. Yet, the former hammers away on some just as hard subjects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
PEOPLES tORU M
Time to Call n Halt

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 If you will allow me space in your paper l wish to express my appreciation of your editorial in the morning paper regarding some of our Alabama papers knocking the Public Service Commission and our legislators because they did not give the Alabama Power Com pany a deed to the state of Ala bama. One of our papers, name ly, the Birmingham News, has cer- tainly been putting up a great fight for said power company. wonder how many editorial pages you could find the past six months that did not throw some bouquets at said company, although you had to read some of them "between the lines.'
 1 noticed, though, that said pa per did not make any comment when the power company was caught trying to 'over-value their property several million dollars, which would let them fleece the dear people" out of a vast sum every year. The dear people" "smelled a mousse" though, when the News became weak as a rag doll," in advocating Ford getting Muscle Shoals. Let me make a prediction that said power com- pany will take over the Birming- ham Railway, Light and Power Company within five years eff it has not already been done). Don't think l am a corporation hater. l am very proud of most all our corporations, but when a concern like said power company tries to hold up our state in daylight and then our great papers" try to up- hold them 1t Is time to call a halt
 B. M. SMITH.
 Birmingham, Ala, July 5, 1923.
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An exchange says: "The number of women preachers in the United States is decidedly on the increase" This includes those who practice on their husbands.
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Taking as sample of it's future ac- tivities the preliminary incidents in connection with the organization of a proposed new party, it will be more militaristic than political.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07

"One man out of every hundred is blind in some way or other," observes an exchange. The adjustment prob ably lies in the fact that fully as large a percentage sees double.
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With thirty-three deaths and four hundred and twenty-three injuries on the Fourth, it appears that many peo- pie gave their lives to celebrate their independence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
No Effect On 1t

Nashville Banner)
 Parts of California have been shaken by earthquake shocks again. But earthquakes seemingly cannot shake them loose from their climate boosting out that way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07

These glorious summer nights may have a thousand eyes, but there is reason to suspect that Luna alone can see a good deal more than she ever tells.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
Theh Are Exceptions
 (NLlnilo RnnirtnrA

The And,lusia Star uses the known lroverb that 1t doesn't pay to go Wing. The proverb is as true as ey,r. In the long run 1t does not pa; but 1t Is evident that bootlegges are of the opinion that for a shorlrun it pays big.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
Nose Thinks First

(Prize Story in Judge) The prosecuting attorney was examining a negro witness.
 Now, Nose" he said, tell us what you know about the fight" Well, boss" began Nose, 'I think"
 T don't wanf to know what you think. Tell us what you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
A Question of Fairness
 (FayettA Ran,Arl

When we arrive at the point where we provide tho girls with opportunities fer mental and physical development equal to those enjoyed by thas '5oys, we will have an even harlier and more progressive race than we have ever had before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
His Difficulty

Providence Journal)
 A humorous person suggests Charlie Chaplin for vice president. But Charlie was born in England ; and besides how could he keep still fifteen minutes in the vice presidential chair?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
The Combination System (Gadsden Journal)

The Journal long has bsea . believer in the combination If city and county government, es> pecially in counties oontain1pF large cities. But 1t. like other s1- vocates of tho plan. Is mot win the argument that 1t ts too gre.t a step toward centralized govern ment. And so we will continue t, pay a high price for our govern. mont in the way of overhead ex penses and official salaries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
A Chan.e Needed

If reckless speakers only caused their own deaths.there would be little cause for gref on the part of the public. utin most cases they escape. while beir innocent victims are sent to their graves or crippled for life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07

political party out of the seven hun dred thousand teachers as basis. That would be an effective way to destroy the usefulness of the schools.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
Can Always Find Tine /TTx -xvs1y. TNl,~.

The passing of each day finds that the busiest business nan Is the man who is ready and can al- ways find time in which to readsr public service. There Is no.Eug strange about such condition, no puzzle. nothing hard to undeptand about it-he just acts, does things. Hence the delightfulness of public service
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07

At the meeting of the National Ed ucation Association New York delegate advocated the forming of a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
X GOOD IDEA
(Portland Oregonian,

IPortIand UregOnlan)
 William A. Pinkerton advocates the whipping post for house burg lars. Time for whipping is before they are old enough to become burglars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
Duo to Her Schools (Tuscaloosa News)

The growth of Tuscaloosa for tho last few years has attracted the attention of tho whole coun- try, and there Is probably not a city of its size in the South that has received moro favorable pub licity. and we attribute . great deal of this growth to the fact that our public school system Is one of the best in tho state. and we know a large number of our new citizens have been brought to our community on account of our school advantages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07

The hardest policy to adopt with a suave gentleman who insists on pat ting you on the back is to stand pat"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
THE PARAGRAPHERS
A Mistaken Idea

Washington Post) Europe seems to think that Americas purse string should all ways be on the outside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
Differs on One Thing


 To the Editor of The Age-Herald: :: appreciate your editorial of Wednesday morning on The Fourth of July so much that I wanted to drop you a line to that effect. There is just one thing that I differ with you on and that Is your statement concerning dropping out speeches on the Fourth. May I remind you that 1t did not happen during the Great War with all our patriotic daily papers; that In the coming cam paign speeches will be made on the platform In spite of all the enlightenment that may come from the daily press; also that the radio and our religious press are not supplanting the pplpit and the day,wiH never come as long as the world will stand. You would be glad to know that in a speech in Walker county I used this edito- rial and commended the last sen tence of the same.
 F. E. CAVALERI.
 Birmingham, Ala, July 5, 1923.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
The Anglers Paradise

The bass and trout
 Come flashing out And they are fighting mad. With squirms and leap And swirl and sweep They make the angler glad. They act that way
 The livelong day In any railroad ad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
The Wrong Application

(Tampa Tribune)
 President Harding shock ed wheat in Kansas, It would do him more good. however. to shock Chairman Adams of the RepubI- can national committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
. Tho People Demand Action

(AIbany DalIy1
 It often proves easy to undo what an assembly of people at- tempts, but not that of state. Alabamians have voted ''yes" on the motion for port development at Mobile. The port amendment has passed; the supreme court has said it was all right, and tho people demand that the amend ment be made effective by proper enabling act passed by tho present legislature and that Ala bama's only seaport be given such docking and shipping facilities as will make 1t second to none in the entire world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
SMILES
Busy Baby
(Boston Post)

willie"
 "Yes, mamma"
 What in the world are you What in the world are you pinching baby for? Let him alone"
 "Oh, I ain't doin' nothin'! We're only playing autos, and he's the horn!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
Only One Way

NS,nd Mountain Banner)
 We vant our Albertville friends to undestand that there's only ono corrNt way to swat flies. and that is tdkeep swatting until you run out q flies,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
Civilization


 l quit the town week ago and sought this lonely place, where I could roam a little while in solitude and space, where l could shun the news and views of all the human race. Today I roamed amid the woods and l was lone and cold; I seemed an outcast all follorn, outside the hu- man fold, when in the dust I chanced to see a paper torn and old. A morning paper, torn and old, that l had read before, but eagerly I picked it up and read it OCT and OCT, and l became a member of the human race once more.-Artemus. Those bandits who held up a hotel must have been full of desperation or coke or something The average hotel clerk can freeze a stranger with single glance.
 Harold Lloyd, without the glamor of his rubber-tired specs, looks like an ordinary citizen. Wonder how Pade- rewski would look with an iceman's s haircut?
 "Man," writes J. R. S., lis a pecu- liar insect. He will gaze upon a giant tree without the sign of thrill, and he will yell with delight at sight of a radish in his garden"
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THE AGE-HERALD
dCK l. THOMPSON

Entered at the Birmingham Ala, postottlee ss March G. 1879.
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"Slayer in Cell spurns Drink" Reading further, however, we learn that the jailor offered him a drink of water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
The Country Store

The village store where once I played Now stands in glaring paint arrayed. For it is now the Auto Inn
 Where sheiks and shebas stop for gin.
 The Duke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-07
THE ALABAMA PRESS
Should Bo Restricted
(Annisfon Starl

f you will study the crime rec- or, north of the Mason and DiAon line almost any day in the newspapers, you will soon become convinced that limitation of im- migration Is advisable.
The Washington times., 1923-02-05
.z|EL REJECT s
WEST POINT
OFFER
University Of Washington Half
back Doesn't Care to
Enter Army.

SEATTLE, Feb. So Admitting
that he had been approached by
West Point representatives and that
his attitude toward accepting an APP
pointment to the Military Academy
had been ''felt OUT, Leo ZieI, star
washington halfback for two years,
said that he would not leave Wash
ington.
II have no Intention Of leaving
washington Ziel said, though
several approaches have been made
to me in a roundabout way concern
ing a West Point appointment. no
definite proposition has been made
to- me as yet.
Besides wishing to finish my foot
ball career at Washingto ziel
continued, II have no desire to en-
ter the military service, which would
call for three more yearsI prepare
ton. Added to that, think three
years at varsity football is enough.
The possibility of man growing
stale after that time very great."
/ AN OF which means that offers fat
and juicy may come and go, but Leo
Ziel will be on top when Coach Bag
shaw makes his first call for grid
ders next fall. His punting, place
kicking, passing and plunging, sea-
soned by two hard years experience,
will thrill Washington fans as they
have before.
The Washington times., 1923-02-05
HEIGHT BoWLERS FORM
SNAPPY DUCKPIN LEAGUE

Some lively competition is ex'
pected in the Heco Bowling League
lust formed by employees of the
Hecht Company. With six teams
representing the various depart
ments, the entire store Is keenly
interested. The teams are the Heco
Braves, Manhattan SQuatters, So
ciety Brand, King Pins, Hanan
Midgets, Office All.stars and the De-
livery Spark Plugs.
The league was formed with an
idea of throwing the men Of the
store into closer association, a plan
carried out by means Of bowling
by commercial concerns throughout
the country.
Attractive prizes will be awarded
successful teams and individuals.
Here are the new leagues officers:
Bert Rosenberg, president; Harry
Barstow. treasurer; Charles Clay.
burn, secretary, and William Day
scorer.
All games win be contested at the
Grand Central, in the Center Market
building. Matches will be rolled on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday OF
each week. The schedule calls for
thirty games for each team.
The Washington times., 1923-02-05
G. w. U. AND CATHOLIC U.
TO PLAY Basketball

Two fast basketball games are
promised at Central Coliseum, Ninth
street and Pennsylvania avenue, to-
morrow night, when the George
Washington University team clashes
with the Catholic University aggre-
cation of tossers and a preliminary
game is played between the fresh
mep teams of these two institutions.
Despite lack of practice, caused
by John Daley and BAT" Gold
stein having been laid up by the
grippe, the Hatchetites exyect to
give the Brooklanders lively tdssle.
They will be aided by Felix Altrup,
who jumped center last year, and
who has just Joined tIt squad.
Beslin and Eberts are playing the
forward positions for the Brook
land crew: Fitzgerald Is center. and
Lawler and Lynch are defending
the baskets.
The freshmen teams OF the two
schools are both rated among the
best in their class.
The Washington times., 1923-02-05
Walter Hagen Best
Money Player
In Golf

Walter Hagen is the greatest
money player IN golf. He is an
uphiller, always playing his best
when the competition is stiffest.
When the British open cham
pion is in the mood where he re-
fuses to be beaten he can over
come all kinds Of obstacles.
Hagen is the play-off king.
Four years ago at Braeburn he
beat Mike Brady in the play-off,
and he defeated Jim Barnes
twice in play-offs-once in the.
metropolitan and once in the
South. He defeated Lafitte IN.
the play-off for the French open
a few years back. His victory
in the play-off at San Antonio
against Melhorn is an old trick
Of Hagen's.
The Washington times., 1923-02-05
GRID EARNINGS
F0RCQLLEGES
ARE HIGH
University of Michigan Counts
Net Profit of
100000.

The feature of college football
which seems to cause the greatest
worry is the enormous size of the
receipts. The managers. first assist
ant managers and second assistant
managers of a big football eleven
now do not have to take courses in
business or banking. When they
get through counting up the sea-
sons receipts they are qualified to
take any banking job in the coun.
try.
Out at Michigan last fall there
was a net profit of 100000, and
some members of the faculty fear
that this is too great a sum to he
handled by amateurs. Worry on
this score seems unnecessary, be-
cause the money is as safe as it
would be in a safe deposit vault.
Where could one find a yeggman
with courage enough to attempt to
hold up a football eleven?
Prof. Angler, chairman of Michi-
CAMS board Of athletic control, says:
Throughout thes country the
amounts of money handled in con-
nection with intercollegiate ath-
letics are becoming more and more
startling. It must be recognized
there Is a certain incongruity in
purely amateur sport and such very
large sums, and that there are ele-
ments Of danger in the situation.
THE temptation becomes increas-
ingly strong to put undue emphasis
on the financial feature. So long
as the funds are handled in n way
consistent with the general uni
Versity policies, the difficulties and
dangers will be largely avoided.
michigan aims to transform. the
profits into an instrument for
achieving the real goal of university
sports-namely, the physical deveI
opment of all students"
The Washington times., 1923-02-05

The listing OF two events for the
women athletics has added much
interest to the meet, as it is the
ionship has been held for the wom-
en- athletes in conjunction with a
title meet for men.
Those who have been keen CD.
servers at recent athletic meets
have figured that the fight for hon.
ors this year will be between the
New York and Newark Athletic
clubs.
The latter organization has only
been in the field short while, but
nevertheless has built up strong
team Of performers. They have
enrolled many of 1.-The best club
scholastic and college athletes, and
are just about ripe for killing. y
| While not q few cOncede the
hOnOrs to the Mercury FOOters,
it is going to be a bitter battle.
If confidence can win, the New
ark bunch look like the winners.
They have fourteen entries in the
various, events.
Among their stars are: w. Kelly
and J. b. Denning, in the 600 and
1000 yard runs; Anthony Woos-
troff, Henry Boettischef, Y. Chit
tick and Haired Ray, in the 800.
yard run; George Bronder, in the
shotput; A. l.. Abromet, in the
running high jump, and T. Farrell
and G.. Schmon in the hurdle race
Robert McAllister, the flying cop,
will get into action again, meeting
| many of the best in the. local dis
| trict. From past performance 1t
looks like a cinch for him. He
will have for his opponents
Graeb, the Columbia University
ace; Jackson Scholz and Bernie
Wefers, jr., New York Athletic
Club, and L. Rawlings; of the Long
Island Athletic Club. Scholz will
give McAllister the fight, and it
may be that the police athlete will
be forced to a new record. Eddie
Farrelrs entry Is uncertain owing
to the death of his father.
Sid Leslie, Jack Sellers, Mike
Devaney, William Sullivan, r.. j.
/ johnson and other athletes of
note will start i'm the 1,OOO-yaPd
run. The five athletes are fairly
evenly matched, being old cam
| paigners. They have a world Of
experience and know how to use
it. Therefore IL will be anyone's
race. right up to the tape. -
| The one and one-eighth mile re-
lay race will bring out a. host OF
clever athletes. Walter Higgins
will run on the Columbia University
team. Pat Mcdonald will be seen
in thea shotput, while William
Plant aid Dick Remer will strive
for the honors in the walking race
There is going to be a merry
The Washington times., 1923-02-05
GR1 D
VETERAN BEATS
PLAGUE
Charles Barrett Recovering
From Tuberculosis Out
on Coast.

Charles Barrett, one of the great
est football players who ever wore
Cornell colors, is winning a fight
for tuberculosis at Monrovia, CAL,
where he is under treatment at
a sanitarium.
Barrett was quarterback and
captain Of the Cornell team in
1915, and All-American in his last
two years. t
After leaving college Barrett
went into business and entered
the navy during the war. On his
return to civilian life his health
broke down.
The Washington times., 1923-02-05
JONES AND HUBBARD WIN
ALL SAINTS A. A., RACES

George n. Jones and Harry
Hubbard were the winners of two
three-quarter mile road races con-
Quoted by the new All Saints
Athletic Association, of Chevy
Chase circle. Jones won the race
for juniors and Hubbard scored in
the unlinaited class.
In the junior race, Kirk Hopper
finished second and NJ. Mahoney,
third. In the unlimited class,
II. NJ. Stevens was second and
Howard Curtis. third Trophies
were awarded the winners. ~
The All Saints Athletic Associa-
ion, organized under the auspices
IF the All Saints Church, expects
% do big things in sports out Chevy
Chase circle way. The association
will go in for alf major sports.
The Washington times., 1923-02-05
CLARKE 5 MOVE
PUTSP PIRATE
IN RUNNING
- - = - = 49,
Gratis Offer to Coach Look
Like They're Going 3
After Pennant. FI;.s

The fact that Fred Clarke has
volunteered his services as cpae1T
for the Pittsburgh club this sprIhx
is fair warning to other clubs that
the Pirates are going out after the
pennant this year from the start -
Clarke has made a fortune in,oit
and doesn't have to worry about
the future. The call of baseball
is so strong that the former Pirate
leader cannot resist the temptatibh
to get back into the game. "a
1t is voluntary on his part, ARD
he wants to be with the club this
spring, if only as mascot. aiS
friends say that Clarke viii preba-
bly, be on hand to help out Man
ager McKechnie throughout the
season.
The Washington times., 1923-02-05

NEW YORK, 5.-Another group
will Madison Square Garden tonight to battle for honors
an A. A. NEE
games ranking
colleges
metropolitan nearly the coorful
consideration should make Of competition that
The Washington times., 1923-02-05
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETERS
RESUME PLAY TOMORROW

First games Of the second round
in the high school basketball cham
pionship series will be played to-
morrow at the Coliseum, Eastern
meeting Central and Western and
Business clashing. Action will start
at 1915 o'clock.
Both games should be stiffly con-
tested from start to finish, accord
ing to the dope. But the dope has
been unruly in the series thus far.
The Washington times., 1923-02-05
CASEY TEAM LEADING
BASKETBALL LEAGUE

The knights of Columbus team
leads the Washington Amateur
Basketball League today by virtue
OF a 32-to-22 victory over the fast
American Railway Express team.
Toward the end the Caseys put
on lots of steam and broke UP what
had been a real contest.
Swift, of the CaseSs, led the
scorers with seven field goals.