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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
POOR BOYS WHO
BECAME FAMOUS
ny Frederick HouK Law
WinslOw Homer

With the soldiers in the Civil
war was a young man twenty
seven years of age sent out by
Harper's Weekly as war-artist
and correspondent. The pictures
that he sent to New York from
the front were so realistic that
they touched the heart of all who
saw them. When he sat down to
make his sketches, or to conclude
work that he had laid out. groups
of soldiers gathered around him
and watched in admiration.
"How's that. boys?" he would say.
as he held the picture up.
From the chorus would come
approval. and almost always sug-
eestions for further realistic de-
tail. Because he accepted such
suggestions he made his pictures
come hot from the front" Be
cause he himself experienced hard
ships and dangers, and sympa-
thizzed deeply with the men, he
gave his pictures a pathos that
reached the heart.
Before the Civil war WINSTON
II omer Boston boy. had tried
his best to make himself an artist.
After he had gained some or
binary education in the schools he
had gone to work for a lithog-
rapher, and had found that work
a school much to his liking. He
had always liked to make
sketches. and the photographers
work gave him an opportunity to
learn much about the art of max
NJ LTrrf !, ayv,,cra
brought him into contact with ar
lists. with whom he talked. What
makes good picture?" he kept
asking of artist after artist. Out
of their answers. and out OF his
own ideas founded on practical
observation in a picture making
shop, he evolved his theories. He
had supplemented all this by go
ing to evening school and study
ing drawing there. When the war
broke out he had no difficulty In
convincing Harper's Weekly that
it needed his pictures. He had
the rare gift of putting life on
paper, of making his pictures
speak. He had worked so long
copying in TYPOGRAPHY and for
wood engravers. that he had no
longer any desire to continue i'm
itating anyone. He wished simply
to reproduce life--and the heart
Of life-in a way that would touch
people This he did through the
Civil war.
Then he went to Europe for fur
Their study, exhibiting his pic
lures, and found himself famous.
Until his death at seventy-four he
continued to reproduce life. and
he won the highest fame as an
artist.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

counties, reports deep interest IN the
work, and emphasizes the earnestness
and active efforts of the farmers in
pushing it. At one place early in the
morning not only were large num-
Der of farmers on hand at the ap-
two hundred yards long and had dug
a ditch which had been suggested pre-
paratory to draining the place. Many
ponds and pools are being drained,
and everybody seems anxious to help
in the work. The Tennessee Valley
people are almost to man in hearty
sympathy with the movement, and are
demonstrating their interest in prac-
teal ways by putting in time and la
Dor to promote it. They are aroused
to the value of community as we'll as
individual health precautions. In a
short while the effects of this move
will be manifested in decided i'm
provement of the public health, and
that fertile region will receive large
benefits accordingly. 1t is one of the
best investments of time and labor
that could be made
A most hopeful feature is that a
large number of farmers are partici-
pating in the work When the far
mers are aroused to the need for and
value of thing, they can be depended
on to do their part. This is the sit
uation in the Tennessee Valley as re-
spects this undertaking. 1t promises
tremendously valuable results.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
TO MAKE ALABAMA KNOWN

IL Much advertising of Alabamas re-
sources and production is being done
sin one way and another. The greater
apart of this is purely local. 1t amounts
SO Alabamians telling other Ala
gbamians what they are doing and
achieving. That is good, very good;
sbut it does not go far enough. The
advertising that will attract new in
sflustries and new capital must be
Eplaced in the habitat of capital and
Elnust be of such well-prepared and
lsconvincing nature as to merit atten-
saion. 1t must be placed in mediums
sShat carry weight and have large cir
seulation. 1t must bear the stamp Of
Eauthenticity and make no claims for
Ethe state that cannot be substantiated.
TT hiss the kind of advertising that the
chambers of commerce of Alabama
propose to conduct through the ma
Echinery of the chambers and with the
S5id of the state, city and county gov
serning bodies, the railroads, the utili-
Eties and the industrial corporations
EThese agencies have been called to
Smeet in Birmingham June 9 and de-
wise ways and means of conducting
-this campaign.
= Already the railroads and some of
sthe utilities are advertising Alabama,
scach in it's own way. The purpose of
sfhe chambers of commerce of Ala
gbama is to have this advertising done
sJlnder one directing agency, sponsored
Shy the chambers, and to have the va
srious sums of money now being spent
gfor advertising Jumped SO that some
thing really big can be done. The
Suggestion of 100000 as a minimum
ssum for the first year is sound. Moth
ling of broad nature can be done
sfor less than that. The entire state
Ids to be advertised with its various re-
ssources set forth so that capital of
HAZARDOUS kinds and with various pur-
Exposes in view may be reached.
VI Little that is worth while can be ac-
lscomplished through sporadic and iso-
dated effort, no matter how often re-
lSpeated. One year of systematized adj
i,sssyertising Of Alabama as whole, we'll
Igprepared, authentic and well-placed,
Twill do this state and all its parts
Ismore good than years of intermittent
IsAnd purely individual or local effort.
'9There seems every reason to antici-
Hpate a really epochal meeting in Biz
fsmingham, June 9.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
UNITING FOR HEALTH

The people of the entire Tennessee
Valley, including Colbert, Madison,
Limestone, Franklin, Lauderdale and
other counties, have entered into
big. spring offensive against malaria,
which has been in the planning for
some time. The drive against mos
quitoes. and their breeding places is
enlisting the active cooperation of
hundreds of individuals as we'll as
many corporations and organizations.
Colonel w. D. Wrightson of the fed
eral health service, directing the
movement with the health units of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
ONE TRICK A DAY
% Make Three Chosen Cards
Change Into Three Others

Change Into Three Others
Have the pack shuffled and
three cards freely drawn. Re-
place them in different parts of
the pack. Note them, and with
draw them from the pack and
palm them In the left hand.
Spread the remaining cards on
the table, face down. and ask any
person to touch three Of them.
AS he does SO, turn up each and
show what one 1t Is. and place it
between the second finger and
thumb OF the left hand. Then say,
Now. sir. l shall ask you to place
these three cards in your breast
pocket" Handing them to him,
you substitute for them the three
palmed in the left hand. Those
last selected remain in the right
hand. With this same hand gather
the scattered cards on the table
together. in so doing replacing on
them the three cards left in the
hand. and ask someone to shuttle
and hold them. Then order the
cards first drawn to pass from
the pack into the pocket and those
(professedly) in the pocket to
take their place In the pack, which
they are found to have done ac
cordingly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
FREE US FROM EVIL
by Rev. !. C.. OfferMAn

Everyone of US should be
spanked at times for what we.
as grown ups. do that we should
not do.
Often, the more chance you have
to do a thing the less willing you
are to do it.
There are temptations all about
us. but we must remember-"yield
not to temptation"
You are not living in a world
where nurse-maids take care of
you all your life.
However. you are living in n
world where goodness is rewarded
and where God is on the side of
right.
Be joyful. Be optimistic. Be
hopeful. Be buoyant. Be cheer
full.
When evil comes, pray God that
He may deliver you.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Reports that the English are sur
prised that much of the time of the
American congress is consumed in
speeches having no bearing on gov
ernmental affairs or the public well
fare, suggest that the English have no
idea of the value many American con-
gressmen attach to marked copies of
the Congressional Record.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
no STUDY CONVICT SITUATION

a In its undertaking survey Of the
Convict employment situation in Ala
bama the Junior Chamber of Com
merce enjoys an opportunity of SER
vice. The exact data is always the
best base of problem solution. The
chamber proposes to get all the facts
about the convict lease and contract
system in Alabama together with the
revenue derived from that source, and
Intends to secure from other states
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

An expert on safety methods says
the reason for the killing of 10000
persons and the injury of 100000
in this country annually are largely
psychological" The impression here
tofore has been that liquor, the speed
mania and general cussedness were
partly responsible.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
SMILES


(American Legion Weekly
An old colored woman had
stopped on the street corner to
chat with another member of her
race. Suddenly, as the town clock
struck five, she started and ex-
claimed:
Nah goodness, tempus suttinly
am furgitin'. Guess Aid bettah
go on home and count dem chill
lern.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
STAINLESS STEEL
milwaukee Journal)

Knives and forks which may
be boiled with vinegar or left in
contact with eggs for long time
without furnishing are now said
to be possible. through the use
of new steel known as ~ A."
manufactured by the krupp
works at Essen. The steel Is
ordinary chemicals, except hydro
chloric acid. and Is untarnishable
by atmospheric agents. 1t may
be used instead Of platinuss Gar
dseNBv NNd othss pE5SE--.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

1t will not do to provide school
facilities for the population We
have today; provision must be
made for at least double that
number of children, for Hunts
Vile is growing and will soon be
required to provide for a great
many more children entitled to
education.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Statistics show that gasoline pro-
duction in March reached a new high
record. Yet it was in that month that
manipulators offered batch of I'M
Ineligible explanations why the con-
sumner was mercilessly gouged.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
People behind Good Move
(Huntsville Times)

= (HuntsViIIe TimeS)
The effort to rid Greater Hunts
Vile and the whole of Madison
county from mosquitoes will sue
coed because all of the people are
supporting the movement. 1t also
means that malaria must go. And,
by the way. don't overlook any
opportunity to swat the fly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Monkey fur is said to be the most
popular new style in Paris. The
question is why so many people pay
money to make monkeys of themselves
when nature has saved them the
trouble?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

The more one reads about Hugo
becomes the impression that there's
no use for other greedy citizens to en-
ter profiteer Marathon against him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
10 FAVORITE BOOKS

CAS- Chosen by Deatrice Forbes
Robertson Hale, novelist lee
turer, actress and feminixt)
Works of Shakespeare.
Works of Browning,
"Oxford Book of English Verse"
Plays of lbsen.
Plays of Shaw.
DIARY of Samuel Pepys."
Life of Johnson" BesweiD,
Outline of History" (H. q.
Wells).
THE Wealth of Nations" (Adam
Smith,.
The poems of John Masefield, +
Copyright. 1928. United States and
treat Britain. for The AgeHerald, by
xerth American Newspaper Alliance.
al rights reserved.) ~ III
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Among all the presents for Uncle
Joe Cannon on his eighty-seventh
birthday, strange that nobody seems
to have thought Of an especially ac-
stogies
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
A Word Of Warming
(Opelika News)

Sinners and bootleggers will
please take notice that Federal
Judge Henry d. Clayton is stress
ing full prosecution of all guilty
of violating the prohibition law to
each grand jury, and govern them
selves accordingly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

A foreign observer says American
children do most of the ruling in the
family circle. Still, there are some
parents in this country who get in a
whisper edgewise once in while.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
Arrived Too Late

(WaShlnEtOn Star)
What do you think or Tut
ankh- Amen?"
Hes one of those chaps" re-
piled Senator Sorghum. who get
a lot of wonderful publicity so
long after their death that it
doesn't do any good"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
Waiting for Right Time

Greensboro Watchman)
Fishing has been mighty poor
thus far this season. The weather
has not been suitable and the wa
tiers have been. and are yet. high
and muddy. Might catch a few
little cats and cells. but the sport
of pulling them in is more thar
counterbalanced by having to take
them from the hook. So we arr
impatiently waiting for conditions
to get right before beginning our
once week fishing trips.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
THE ALABAMA PRESS
(Coosa River News)

Hanging is relic OF the bar.
barrie past, and all civilized states
ought to abolish the system.
Chloroform, gas, electricity-any
summary method to dispatch our
unfortunates, when it becomes
necessary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Announcement that the Michigan
legislature has adjourned, but that
the Georgia body is preparing to con-
vene suggests that necessary evils are
fairly we'll balanced on an average.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

When the stock-selling drive in
Memphis is over, it will be Wall
Streets move, and the public may
soon see the ultimatum stage reached.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

(New Orleans Times-P icayune)
An interesting device-that mo-
tor truck which walks like a
man" Now for pedestrian who
can run like motor truck.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Cincinnati Enquirer)
The human anatomy is Won
derful bit of mechanism. "
Yes, pat one kind of man on
the back and you'll make his head
swell"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
THE PARAGRAPHERS
The Up-to-Dnte Woman

beaumont Enterprise)
A beauty hint says face powder
aids in keeping a husband loyal.
The moderns, however, seem to
prefer gunpowder.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
DI}S?H6ZbzAR9R.
Once upon a time a comic ST

Unce upon a time comic strip
was one-man job.
Now it is a merger.
The artist of other days grappled
with an idea, achieved toehold on
it, flattened it out on a sheet of pa
per, linked it and went on his way re-
joicing.
Nowadays comic strip reads some
what as follows:
The Cooling of the Goofs. $50.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Europeans are said to be trying to
to figure out the American foreign
policy. Lots Of intelligent Americans
are doing the same thing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

(Mobile Register)
Houston, Texas, is to try for
100000 population in the next five
years. 1t is said to be an oily
proposal.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

How can Russia go to war, as she
keeps threatening to do, while so large
a percentage of her army officers are
fighting for tips in New York?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

FordneyMcCumber schedule on pea
nut oil are apparently strengthening
the old argument that the tariff is
local issue.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
Hard Position to Defend


The governor Is starting out
upon a course that he will find
hard to defend before he is
through with it. The convict
leasing system is there, regard
less of the manner in which 1t is
being handled at the present time.
Everything may now be working
smoothly and conditions may be
ideal, but to say that the convicts
leased out to mines can be as
sured OF humane treatment at all
times is claiming great deal. a
system that Is wrong is wrong,
regardless of the manner in which
1T is dressed up. When the fun
damental principles are wrong It
Is to be expected that any feetSic-
tons will at some time b oask
aside
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Eight million more Russians
are said to be facing starvation.
Lenine seems to be grand frost
as chairman of the committee on
refreshments.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

(Well Street JournaD
Europe wants Uncle Sam to
come across and sit in conference,
but to come across, anyway.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

People who dwell on three little
words, a." ME-" "Mine," seldom
get three big cheers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Cause for Regret
(New York Morning Telegraph
Sir Robert Horne, during a
speech in Glasgow. told the fol-
lowing story about one of New
York's architectural "prides" and
the Earl of Balfour:
An American pointing to the
Metropolitan Tower): 1T Is eight
hundred feet high"
Balfour: Really"
The American: And it could
not possibly be burned down"
Balfour: What a pity"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
For n Sound Conscience

You are not running your job
as others would run it. They are
not running their business as you
would run it. 1t is not to be eX-
pected that we all do these things
alike. individually we must have
play. But if in the course of your
days work you have been fair to
all, courteous to all, and patient.
you should be able to sleep rea-
sonably soundly, unless you have
drunk too much coffee, and even
that doesn't keep some awake.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
Good Way to saIvc 1t

(New York Evening World)
Thirty thousand out of the
10000 families in Syracuse, New
York. own their own homes. An
excellent way of settling the hous-
ing problem.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
As to Choosing Judges

The State Bar Association wants
the election of supreme court
judges by convention. In other
words. the lawyers would like to
name the Judges. If the people
are competent to elect delegates
to "a state convention. they are
competent to elect their judges.
The people are the ones to whom
the judges are accountable and
who provide the money for the
conduct Of the courts. They often
make mistakes. but conventions
would do the same thing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
The Big Fire Loss

(Marion County News)
Fire. loss in Alabama during the
five years ending with 1920
amounted to $1S,542.000. according
to figures prepared by the Ma
tional Board of Fire Underwriters.
If this loss in Alabama could
have been used for building roads.
1t would have constructed 1854
miles of good macadam road at a
cost of $4,000 per mile. Marion
county would be entitled to about
thirty miles Of that. Be careful
where you throw your cigarette
stub.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
o, to Be a Lifeeuard!

A lifeguard's job is hard to take
He spends his life in swimming
And sitting pretty by the lake,
The idol of the winning.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Alabama farmers who are said to
be protesting against removing the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

(Life)
Are they wellto-do?"
We'll to-do? Why, those peo-
Pile are so ruch they can stay at
home in the summer If they
want to-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE

Duluth, Minnesota, Herald)
Late in life success expands the
waistband. Early in life it ex-
hands the hatband.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

The lucky baby of 1923 is born
with a lump of coal in it's mouth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
The Bootlegsers' Parade

The Bootleggers' Parade
When Bessie trips adown the street
With knee-length skirt and stockings
neat,
High bootees on her skipping feet,
Her devotee Pm made.
Then close behind comes dashing Rose
With sporting skirt and silken hose,
Her buckles Tapping as she goes
BY men quite undismayed.
Maud dons a high-laced walking boot
Beneath most bewitching suit;
'Twould tempt a saint to her pursuit
When she is thus arrayed.
Nadine wears tops of 'astrakhan;
Above them is stretch of tan;
Small wonder that of every man
The wandering gaze is stayed.
Next can glimpse the soft, warm furs
Viola has atop of hers
And every nerve within me stirs,
Fired by the saucy jade.
"Bootleggers" I have changed my
views
Of you since have seen your shoes
And clinging hose of charming hues
That you wear on parade.
w. L. Laurance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
THE AGE-HERALD

Inferred at he Birmingham, Ala. postoffice as
second class matter under act OF congress-
March g. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

tramp called at the house Of q
pious farmer and asked the lady in
the house for something to eat. She
went into the kitchen and soon re-
turned with big slice of bread, re-
marking; Here, take this, for the
Lords sake" Holding it for a second,
he replied. "For Christ's sake, put
some butter on it,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
And borrow a lawn mower.

Some say Safety first" and some
recommend Safety last" We sug-
gest: Safety first, last and all the
tine "
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Explorers say there is white race
ruled by women in the wilds of Africa.
Husbands say there is the same kind
of race in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Now is the time for all good men
To return the neighbours coal scut-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
Some Reward +!

Some Reward!
"Hobo's Heroism to Be Rewarded
With job"
We never hear of any one breaking
the worlds endurance record with a
pick and shovel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Hands across the sea and all that
stuff don't count when it comes to a
question of oil concessions. Looking
over the international situation, one
might justly say: ooh, what an oil
can you are!'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

(Boston Transcript
Luck one generally has to wait
for: pluck is better, for it is al
ways ready to begin.