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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS
 MEN
The Mother of John Tyler

In 1776 there was a wedding in Virginia. Mary Armistead, slen- der, pretty, only a girl of sixteen, married a lawyer named Tyler, an active, influential man. You can picture the scene-the quaint old costumes of the days of the Amer ican Revolution; the silver shoe buckles, the white stockings, the long coats, the powdered hair, the simple furniture, the silent slaves and a sixteen-year- r-old girl, just as young and fresh and pretty and sweet as any siXteen-year-o girl today, giving her heart and her hand to the man she loved
 What a fateful event every we'd ding isl How much of import it carries for the happy couple and for the world in general! For the Virginia girl of that day, the six teen-year- old bride, there remained twenty years of life. Seven chill dren came to make her home happy. As she talked to them, or told them stories, or directed them in their study. how could she have told that any one of them was to be more famous than the others,! It was not the first-born, nor was it the last-b born. It was the sec ond child, John Tyler, who was to become the tenth president of the United States.
 There was something about that mother that made her rare in fluence In the life of her son. He was only a boy when his mother died, but she remained with him as lasting influence until his death at the age of seventy-tw His father, Judge Tyler. likewise felt the influence of the bright, beautiful woman who had died all too soon. He wrote poems in her honor, and spoke of her with the highest respect. President Tyler himself openly admitted the great influence his mother continued to exert over him throughout all his long life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
WINKING AND HEALTH
dentists and experts of this

dentists and experts of this day . constantly digging up dangers
 i'd warning the "hoi polloi" to the eidgety point. The appendix, the ton-
 ills, the teeth have all come in for
 heir respective shares of merciless
 ambasting as ruthless offenders against the body polite. Now an em-
 ,ent representative of the field of ssearch advises people in general, and /. he male species in particular, to wink frequently and emphatically if they would save their eyesight. It may be all right for aught we know, not being m oculist and laying no claims to dis tinction as to what is good for any organ, faculty, sense or psychological Noower. But on first blush and fright ,ff the bat" if we may employ the yernacular, more or less serious diff iculty is suggested. Being of the male
 ersuasion, and having noted numer- us and sundry objections to the art \ winking, we make bold to question \he advisability of the prescription.
 N The diagnosis may be well founded from a strictly scientific view. The treatment is another matter. Just how it could profit a man to preserve or improve his eyesight, only to get .., mauling in and around that organ, aas not been figured out to our satis- faction. Winking frequently and un- mistakably on crowded city thorough fares, whatever the ultimate motive, when sensitive young ladies and squeamish matrons are out on dress parade, might cause embarrassment, to say the least. How are members of the feminine sex to determine whether eye treatment or step to- wards the testing of modesty is in volved? These are days of athletic girls and quick-action escorts. Wo- len folks have become experts in the
 of the hammerless and the auto-
 tie, and seem to have wonderful ess in getting away with it in the
 of sympathetic jurors. There
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
For the Live Wire
(Huntsvilla Timasl

NtuntSNlll6 IlmesJ
 There Is one noticeable thing about the world as we rub elbows with it, and that Is that part hay ing to do with the success of the men and concerns who are con- stantly on the lips of the public: they are the limelight and they are getting there. And other things about the newspaper ad- vertiser. you will always find this character of man or concern a live wire, ready and willing to do their part in every worth while public undertaking. This picture, if you please. against the advertiser who Is always whining, has more hard luck stories than the rest of the world combined J1d has just drawn up his shell to pass out with the dry rot. Be 8 doer. Smile and the world smiles with you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
NEVER OPENED HIS MOUTH

(Forbes Magazine)
 The farmer and his boy were driving to town with n load of produce and the father had become peeved ~ i-tio fellow.
 UpoI driving D to a stor, in town, gne old ,raH turned the lines over t. the boy and said. New, sit there ard l1eep your mouth shut ana people Von't find cut what fool you arc"
 In Jew min tf a prospective custom er climbe- -p on the wagon and asked, "5o1Cv. what are those potatols s WortDt' he boy did not answer.
 Again the cuFtomer inquired. Sonny how muer are those pota- toes?" Still no IT. g' from the boy. The prospect clu )ed down, and, disgus ed arl You must be duri fool!
 The ta ther sool turned and the boy st q, Pa, yer opened my mouth and they md it out any how"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
wILA MANAGE TO EXIST

(Meloplis Comm rcial Appeal)
 Pres dent Hsrdi predicts that within century tne United States will h ye population of SOO,O0O,- = 900 people. In Ne meantime we suppof the tariff beneficiaries will m ae to exist on what they get 'ou Of cur 01.000,0O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
A Way to Help
(Gadsden Journall

IGadSden JOurnaI)
 Prohibition will be more effec- tive when supposedly respected and respectable citizens obey the law. They lose sight of the fact, however, that every time they take a drink of liquor they en, courage the class of men who arc working to break down law and undermine the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
Schools As mn Asset
cseIn,a Times-Journ.,,

SSelma T1mes-J
 Although the ingrained and &C., quired distaste for taxes and for tax-paying Is strong In all com munities, proposals to levy more taxes for schools rarely fall of popular support. In three special elections held in different school districts of Dallas county during the present year to secure addi- tional funds for school purposes the people voted almost solidly to tax themselves. This public atti- tude toward education is the most wholesome guarantee of the per- petuity of the state and the prog ress of our civilization. To make education available to all under attractive and effective conditions will stamp the citizenship of any community as being the worthicst and the best, for there can be no more durable monument to the generosity and far sight edness of a people than good schools well administered for the generations that come after.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
SMILES
Fairly Put

(New York Evening MaiD
 T want a shave" said the de- termined looking man as he climbed into a chair in the Co., liseum barber shop. "I don't want a haircut nor shampoo. Neither do I want any bay rum, witch hazel. hair tonic, hot towels or face massage. I don'rs want the manicure lady to hold my hand nor the bootblack to fondle my feet. I Just want plain shave, with no trimmings. Do you understand that?"
 Yes, sir" said the barber. will you have some father on your face, sir?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
The Speed Demon

(Anniston Star)
 One trouble with some motorists is that when they get their car going for a Saturday night or Sunday trip they get in a tremen- dous hurry to get somewhere. and generally 1t Is some place where 1t does not matter one bit when they get there. Driving at sixty miles an hour merely in courting death; half that speed is too fast for car to go on many roads. Yet it frequently Is found, that some wrecked car, in which human life has been the forfeit, was plung- ing along the highway at 75 or 80 miles an hour. Not only is such speed dangerous to the people in the car so driven, but a car going 60 to 80 miles an hour. even on the best of roads. Is a menace to every car approaching and to every pedestrian along the way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
10 FAVORITE BOOKS
(As chosen by Samuel Gompers, president American Federation
 Of Inhorl

Shakespeare's plays.
 Robinson Crusoe (Defoe). Les Miserables (Hugo).
 Six Centuries of Work and and Wages (Thorold Rogers). Junius Letters.
 Christmas Carols.
 Uncle Remus (Harris). The Rubaiyat.
 Social Statistics (Spender). American Federation of Labor History Encyclopedia and Refer ence Book. Copyright. 1928. in United States and Great Britain for The Herald by the North American Newspaper Alliance. All rights resirved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
C1enn-Up Needed


 Cleanliness Is next to godli- ness" not only as to personal cleanliness, but also in community life. Girard and Phenix City net only need a moral cleanup, but a physical cleanup. At this time of year 1t is of very great impor- tance to the health of the people that weeds be cut, trash. tin cans and other h1lboring places for mosquitoes be done away with as far as possible. The city officials will be glad to cooperate in every possible way in eliminating all these things, but the citizens vii. have to take some interest in the matter before 1t can be done. 1t is up to each one to sweep around his own door," and cut the weeds. pick up the tin cans, and drain the low places in order to protect the people against disease carry ing mosquitoes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
ONE TRICK A DAY
To Discern One or More DrawI
 Cards


 Cards
 Turn, unperceived by your au- dience, the bottom card of a pack face upwards; then let several of the company draw a card. Re- verse the pack rapidly. so that the bottom Is now on the top card, and thus all the other cards are turned face upwards, unseen by the spectators. Hold the pack firmly in your fingers, and re- quest all those who have drawn to replace their cards in the pack. Thus all the drawn cards will lie with their faces downward, while the other cards will lie with their faces upwards. You now step aside, select the drawn cards, and show them to the company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
Gives That Impression

(Boston Transcript
 Maude: What a beautiful new gown Helen is wearing. Says it's imported, doesn't she?"
 Marie: Not exactly in those words. It's her last seasons dress. The dressmaker has turned it inside out. and now she says its from the other side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
FULLY WORTH TT

est. Louis Globe-Democrat)
 Of the $100,000 offered by Ed ward Box for the best plan for preventing war, $50,000 will not be paid until the powers and princi- palities of the earth have been persuaded to adopt it, and to do that it would be worth the whole $100,00O-in fact, a good deal more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14

More reports are to the effect that Germany is on the verge of collapse. Efforts have been made for several years to create the impression that such is Germanys chronic condition; but the world is tired of playing the goat to a constant output of propa- ganda.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
You Said an Eyeful

Dear Torch Bearer: I notice that Harold Lloyd has discarded his specs since he leaped into matrimony. Is it because she is easy on the eye?- Artemus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14

The heavy drop in the price of wheat of late has doubtless convinced the growers that an ounce of prac- tical production and prudent market ing is worth pound of advice from outside sources.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14

It becomes more and more appar ent that a fair degree of prosperity on a permanent basis is far better for this country than an orgy of extrava- gance for a little while to be followed by dull thud of reaction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
What n Messing

VTTONlUtTC6 JUuI TldIJ
 Widespread interest follows the announcement of a California photographer that he can photo graph peoples thoughts. Now if he can find a way to develop them!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14

A contemporary suggests refor- estation program to raise presidential timber. It would be we'll to preserve any struggling political sequoias that may yet survive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14

Florida is putting on drive for a flood of tourists next winter This is a good time to start the thrift habit among the tourists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
THE ALABAMA PRESS
Already Have the Law
(Opelika News)

Both the state bar association and the courts already have ample law and regulations for punishing ambulance chasers and other vlo- lators of law and ethics. Results of recent tests made In Birming- ham make it appear that shysters have the strongest pull both in the association and in the courts there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
Only n Tear

(Boston Evening Transcript She (seated in park): "Oh, Bob. we'd better be going.- I'm sure I felt 8 raindrop." He: Nonsense, dear; we are under a weeping willow"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
THE PARAGRAPHERS
A Change of Chorus

Of course, there was a para graphic chorus of Instead of Shelby, Mont, 1t was Shellout, Mont"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14

Skagway, which once became fa- nous as pay-dirt center, perhaps re- gards the visit of President Harding as another golden opportunity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
He May Need It
.ttanooga 1'imes)

Chattanooga Times) Governor Peay is not cashing his salary checks. Maybe he is saving his money to put in a win ter supply of coal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
Astute
(El Paso Herald)

(El PaSO HeraId) How does Owens manage to keep up his extravagant mode of living?"
 He has credit"
 How does he get it?" By pretending to be worried almost to death over the income tax"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
How To Do It

(Brisbane Daily MaiD
 This is the way to write a thor oughly angry business letter:
 Sir: My typist, being a lady. cannot take down what I think of you. I, being a gentleman, can not write it. You, being neither, can guess it all."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14

Reports from Montgomery say that the convict lease lobby is hard at work. Perhaps dollar-mark bosses are doing the flashing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14

A new novel has been suppressed in Boston without any publicity. It has no chance to become one of the best sellers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14

A Los Angeles theater has a check room for babies. Here is where a lusty chorus gets in it's work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
FILING THEM LIP

(Cleveland CommerciaD
 This is a wonderfully produc- tive country and the indications now are that within ten years we shall have 110,000,000 laws.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
(THE END)

Scientists tell us that a teaspoon ful of soil contains forty million liv- ing creatures, but campers discovered it long ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
What Is Needed

Washington Post) What the nation needs is more little red schoolhouses and fewer little red school teachers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14

Perhaps a better slogan for the c. o. P. than Don't Rock the Boat" would be, Pull for the Shore."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14

vides that it must be approved by the senate. In that event, the interest on the money will come to equal the prin- cipal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
HE RNEW IT

| tNashViN6 3anner) Rem ad 'Ae ayor of Shelby
 after Inc hia fiEit fiasco, Slip
 me tn ee 1t a have" He had
 alread seen tsit med and he l knew
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14

It seems that a celebrated Ameri- can dancers craze for publicity went from her feet to her head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
Put Down As Doubtful

TNTIOA As a result of which, Alaska has been put down by the political forecasters as doubtful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
A Source of Wonder

Wonder why the German gov
 ernment never thought of selling advertising space on the mark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14

MT. Bok's offer of hundred thou sand dollar prize for peace plan pro-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
The Twelve-Hour Day

me IWelVe-FIouf Lay She had been working Since six in the morning And now it was night And the socks had been darned And the ironing done. And the buttons sewed on And the children sent to bed And she sat in the rocker To catch her breath And read the evening paper And she saw an editorial Crying out against the evils Of the twelve-hour day, And she laughed, But there was no mirth In her laughter. Betty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
THE AGE-HERALD
EDER1cK THoMPsoN. President

Entered at the Birmingham Ala: poStoitlee as sscond-elass matter under act oh congress March 6. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14

A street railway company is some thing you can't get along with or with out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14

The street-railway company says that it won't pave First avenue, and that ought to settle it. What has the public desire to do with the way the company runs it's private thorough fares?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
7|TODAYS
'NCALINDAR|
SAT-.
PRII.
IA
1923

AT THE MOVIES
Alcazar-"Brass," with an all-star
cast.
Galax-Priscilla Dean in The
Flame of Life"
Odeon-Pearl White in Plumber.
Princess-"Outlaw and the Lady
and Breaking Through"
Rialto-Hoot Gibson in Single
Handed
Royal-Lester Cueno in The Dew
lis Ghost"
StrandAPola Negri in Bella
Donna"
Trianon-Barbara LAMAR in "Tri-
fling Women
AT THE THEATRES
Jefferson-Dark.
Lyric-keith vaudeville and pic
lures.
Loews Bijou--Vaudeville and pic
lures.
CURRENT EVENTS
Travellers club luncheon in the st
andrews lunch room of the Morris
hotel.
Birmingham Milwaukee baseball
game at Redwood park at 3 o'clock
No w program.
Cotton quotation service begins al
3 ii. m. and 3 p. m.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
REALTY TRANSFERS

J. A. Hood to Roy r. Cox J. r. Kirk
and Mack Hodo, let 10. block 3, according
to map and survey Of West End Place, Tor
$3.50.
birmingham Trust and Savings com
pany, as trustee to c. S. Morable, one
ton ~ township 10. range west, for
$3.50.
l.. f. Bender to NJ d. Pendlcton, lot 2,
block s. according to first addition to
West Elyton, for $500.
]. A. swanton and l.. W, swanton to
George w. Burt. Jr., lot 7, block 10, &C
cordipg TO East Lake Land company's plan
and survey. for $1,000.
a. b. Bromley and wife to w. c.. Lassi-
Walnut Hill Land company. resubdivision
OF block 6ss OF Elyton Land company's
survey Of city OF Birmingham. for $3.50.
Gussie ID. Peck and husband to Anna
Daniels, lot s, block IA. according to map
of Crestline Heights, for 5000
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
SURVEY BEING MADE
OF LABOR CONDITIONS
BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT
Paul Moncure of Labor De-
partment is Doing
The Work

Paul H. Moncure, special agent of
the bureau of statistics, United States
Department of Labor is making a
study OF efficiency in the building
trades in Birmingham, as part of a
survey being conducted in many
Southern cities New orleans, Atlanta
and Chattanooga are three cities
selected for the survey and it was
stated others may be included later
The trades which are now being
studied include bricklaying, plaster
ing, roofing and tanning trades. The
survey was. started it was stated,
following request by representa-
tives of Chambers OF Commerce in
several cities. Object of the survey,
it was stated. is to obtain a basis
of comparison on the efficiency of
labor in the trades being studied
Miss Ada NJ. Geddes, of the same
department, was in Birmingham re-
Gently checking the number of build
ing permits issued in order to study
the amount of building going on In
the city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
RENEWAL OF SCHOOL
TAX FOR JEFFERSON
COUNTY. TO BE ASKED
Present Provision Will Expire
With End of This
Year

Renewal of the one mill school tax
for jefferson county, created by the
sta te constitution of 1901, which ex-
pires under the law this year. will
be asked for. according to a discus
sion which came before the meeting
of the jefferson county board of edu
cation Friday.
While no action was taken, \. r.
Baker, county superintendent OF edu-
cation. explained that the county
school loard should cooperate with
Birmingham city officials in the In
veHtigation 90 tine renewal of the one
mill tax and providing me 6lods for
such renewal.
Superintendent Baker explained to
the board that under the present con-
stitut:onal provision this one mill tax
expires with the present year. and
that it was likely that an election
would he necessary to renew the tax
after the present year.
1t is likely that the board Will
adopt some method for the renewal
of this tax at the next meeting, SUI
perintendent Baker stated.
4 resolution was adopted by the
school board asking the county board
of revenue to call an election for the
purpose of voting on three mill
school tax in School district l A. 1t
was eXpla lined that three mill
school tax in this district expires
with this year and the request for
the election is merely to renew tins
tax for three more years. This dis
trict is situated southeast of Bir-
mingham. across the mountain, ana
contains II rural schools.
The school board was authorized to
sign A contract for the erection of a
$4,000 school building TO be built
about two miles from Bessemer.
This new school is to be named the
p. NJ Mcneil school, in honor of for
mer County Superintendent OF Eduea-
ton aT NJ. Mcneil
The citizena of the Victory School
district offered to donate vacant lots
and $3.50 in cash for the building
of four-roam school there, in the
event the county would donate SUI
ficient sum of money to complete the
structure The offer was accepted
and the school will b. built as soon
as sufficient funds can be had. This
,cho oil district is located % miles
west of the city on the Jasper high-
way.
The Mud creek and Bethel school
houses will re repaired, it was or
dered by the board.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

At the Il O'CLOCK services Sunday
morning at the First Presbyterian
church Rev. E. c. Scott will choose as
his subject "On to the Coal. This
will be the home coming services anu
a special musical program will be
rendered which will include a solo
IF Ye Not O Isarel" 6Dudly Buck)
by Mrs. g. D. Randall. The last SER
vices in the present church will be
held sunday night at which time the
pastor, elect Rev. Scott, will be in
stalled. A large number of members.
former members and their friends
are expected to attend both services
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14

Funeral services over the remains
of Mrs II. H. Holiday, age 80 years
who died at the home of her son
Dr. w. II. Holiday 2121 Avenue F.
will be conducted from the residence
Saturday morning at 1880 o'clock.
Rev. b. T. Cantrell pastor of the
Pratt City Methodist church. assisted
by Rev. w. II. Mansfield pastor of
the Ensley Methodist church, will Of
ficiate. Interment will be at
Elmwood cemetery. She is survived
by one son. DR.. Holiday, her brother.
Jeff Stansel and one sister, Mrs.
Edwards of Atlanta, Ca. The deceased
had lived in this district for a num-
Der of years and her many friends
will regret to learn of her death.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
MRS. CARRIE ELLIS FUNERAL

Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie
Ellis. age "a, who died Wednesday
were conducted from the Pratt City
BAPTIST church Friday afternoon. Rev.
7. c. Wyatt assisted by Rev. Charles
Stone conducted the services. She
IS survived by three daughters, Mrs,
John Wren, Mrs. J. w. Alexandria
and Mrs r. NJ. Routledse of Pratt
city two sons. z. E. and Chris Ellis
Pratt city. II grand children, slA
great grand children one brother and
two sisters. Burial took place at the
Fraternal cemetery. The pail bear
ers were as follows; Active VIII
Thomas Frank Rogers. Walter Nc
Kinney. John Eperly, VIII MonJot,
and Gilbert Muir.