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Evening star., 1923-05-23

Police Court, paid fine of $50. Es-
telle Thompson for an assault paid
a. like sum.
The following defendants, convict
ed in the same court, failing to pay
their fines, were committed to Jail;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
OUR FAITH IN BIRMINGHAM

Divine Providence Birmingham the primary elements and substance of great industrial city The enterprise and in genuy Birmingham towards the great des that inevitable of utilization of the nature has avishy provided
 belief that this Birmingham but entering upon it's of larger expansion industrial growth civic improvement considerable faith this city prompted the pres of The AgeHerad to acquire this property months ago. So short period of time expected forecast the possibilities potenaes any business yet
 the usual conception of what constitutes adequacy have demonstrated successful undertaking has been overturned therefore, that The Ageerad wishes convey and it's advertising patrons distinct of acknowledgement that support which has encouraged The AgeHerad make another further movement in order that the morning paper Birmingham can within who make it. reflect the bgness and the strength of this industrial city, The thus by its patrons leads The Ageerald to believe is hamburger SUD- port that is yet to to this newspaper.
 Confidence prompts expansion in every line, and confidence based support already that prompted The AgeHerad provide this newspaper perhaps
 unequaed by that of newspaper the United accorded The Ageerad option support with equal of fh equal confidence fuure and permitted conclusion but that the home The AgeHerad must be truly representative morning of the city of halfway meeting of the situation could be contemplated.
 The of pride felt by The AgeHerad believe be ndorsed in generosity of support by readers Surely ho Ie ought ana intention or The Ageerad to magnify its position time under any circumstances but The AgeHerad part of the industrial of this con muny it more; it is the in Alabama quatey the needs of dissemination all of the sections of the state to all the sections state institution believing Alabama supporting movement for the Alabama and never hesatng to take its against issue that would obuct delay the progress Alabama or deny the people equal rights and opportunities.
 The AgeHerald has determination to merit the support that has generously newspaper It but hope that its deservedy maintain and ment the confidence thus far manifested
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS
 MEN
The Mother of Beethoven

Beethoven was only seventeen when his mother died. The loss that he felt was so great that 1t almost crushed him. For as long as he could remember he had all but worshipped his mother. She had been for him the most beauti- ful woman in all the world, the perfect example of womanhood. He was away from home when he heard of his mothers Illness, and at once he threw aside all his hopes to become a musician, left the teaching of the great musician, Mozart, and hurried to his moth CTS bed, where he fell on his knees in an agony of tears. Mother! Mother" he sobbed. She could only reach out her hand and lay it on his long hair In a caress that he loved. She died not long after he had come home to her. For the rest of his life Beethoven, the master of all mu- sieians that the world has seen, remembered that mother and felt her influence. Into his great com positions he poured her spirit, and again made her live.
 Magdalina Leim had not found entire happiness in her marriage to the happy go-lucky singer, the father of the great musician. The first days of love had been suc- succeeded by days when bad tenn per held full sway. The husband drank to excess, and taunted his wife that she was beneath him. Sometimes he even beat his wife. At no time. did he provide suffi- cient money. The son followed his fathers and his grandfather love for music, but he inherited his mothers sweetness of nature. In the last two years of the moth CTS life she won the regard of her tender love by finding in Lud- wig a sympathizer and de- fender. The boy earned the money his drunken father would not earn. He defended his mother from brutal attacks. Thus they grew very close together, the mother depending on the sons support, and the son drawing from her love the inspiration and the hope for life. For that high inspiration he cherished her mem ory until his dying day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08

The Times-Union finds that the presf- dent did not offer solution of the problem of high living as traceable to faulty marketing of food products, but that Che did give very great en- couragement to the people in the eff forts they are making toward finding a practical solution of how to increase the financial returns of food produc- ton and at the same time lessen the cost to consumers. He gave assur- ance of his high office in the matter of helping those who help themselves. This, not by law but by the employ ment of practical common sense in the work that accompanies food produc- tion and distribution" It is feared, however, that this is a very liberal interpretation of the presidents em- phasis of the need for more farm relief legislation.
 On the whole, the press is inclined to give the president the benefit of the doubt on every important subject, and there is nowhere any tendency to violent criticism. It is as if there were general recognition of the fact that MT. Harding would have made a better president if he had had better congress for the enactment of the many constructive measures he has ad- vocated. The responsibility for that rests upon the people. There may, after all, be too much stress upon who is president, and not enough upon the question of the caliber of the mem- bers of our two chief law-making bodies. The people will do well to choose their congressional delegations more carefully in order that he who is elected president may not find him. self thwarted at every constructive turn by politicians of less vision and inferior statesmanlike qualities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
By THOMAS R. MARSHALL, Former Vice President of the
 United States

I readily recall that archaic time when saint and sinner school boys in the process of education were compelled to submit to re- ligious pincers on Sunday. So strict was the rule of church at tendance that each student was compelled to answer upon his honor at roll call Monday morning whether he had attended services the day before. If the delinduent avoided roll call, some fellow of his was expected to answer for him and give the reason for non- attendance at church. On one oc- casion boy had died on Saturday. At Mondays roll call answers to which had to be made Fin Latin, the dead boys name inadvertently was called A comrade answered ''Mortuus est" Promptly an old professor spoke up, Ration non sufficit." Not even death was a good reason for failure to attend task, this compulsory religion, while 1t was being accomplished, yet out of it we learned much. Such philosophy as I possess trace to it.
 I shall not soon forget seven long sermons delivered upon seven successive hot Sundays by my old Greek professor to prove that the ."Ek-tou ponerou" of the Lords prayer had been incorrectly translated into the plea, Deliver II from aUi1 '' if c1Nn,tll ho been, Deliver us from the evil one" Not for a long time did I grasp the full significance of all this, but it made me in the end a confirmed optomist. The world, it's politics, it's business and so- ciety are filled full of things that do not suit us, but they are there to be grappled outright; and they are being met and overcome with either conscious or unconscious purpose, and always-slowly, all most imperceptibly. perhaps, yet surely-humankind is toiling up the mountainsides of civilization to a broader view and a clearer light.
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 Value of Press
 Throughout the years the press, generally speaking, has been the agency of progress and of right eousness. The voice of the editor usually is the voice of the en- frightened and right-minded peo- pie of the community, yet many persons continue pessimistically to inquire whether the power of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
PRESS ON HARDING'S VIEWS

The president has apparently en- joyed his tour of the West, and there is evidence that the West has enjoyed his speeches. Whether his addresses have won votes for thH Republican party is less obvious. There are many observers who think not. MT. Har- ding is handicapped, from a political viewpoint, by having to talk to an awakened generation which does much of it's own thinking. The press, travel, education, modern inventions and q whole host of other factors have com bined to make this the most intelli- gent and penetrating generation of common people that ever lived. For that reason, the presidents ability to point with pride to legislative achieve ment during his administration, no matter how great his personal earnest ness and alertness to public needs, has not escaped the notice of his hearers.
 The New York World recognizes the disappointment of the president, at not being able to get congress to pass urged legislation, by remarking that he "has given utterance to a series of yearnings." This includes the
 yearning to shorten the bridge be- tween producer and consumer; for a
 settlement of. coal troubles; reduc- ton in the price of sugar; a world
 court; remedy for the railroad sit
 uation; federal prohibition enforce ment; remedial legislation for agri- culture, and other "yearnings." The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08

that the cleanest of all the cities vis- ited is Caracas, Venezuela. Ameri- cans have been accustomed to sup pose cities of South America to be dirty and unhealthy. Formerly they were; but they are no longer so. Many are models of cleanliness, and their people individually help to make and keep them so.
 Just here is the point. The people of South American cities suffered heavily from disease-malaria, small pox, yellow fever and other contagious and spreading maladies. In seeking solution of their problem they learned that cleanliness was the rem edy, and now they protect the public health through the public cleanliness. It is with them matter of self pre- servation more than of aestheticism and love for the beautiful. A clean city in South America, as elsewhere, means healthy city, prosperous and contented city.
 III tuC oulUCu obdbcS GUcIG IS scarcely city that could not be made much cleaner and much healthier if it's people would realize that the pub lie health is their largest asset and that it depends chiefly on municipal cleanliness. Birmingham could and should be much cleaner than it is; and it would be if the people were aroused to the fact that municipal cleanliness is the foundation of the public health. Caracas, one of the cleanest cities in the world, and for that reason one of the healthiest, is smaller than Bir- mingham, and far less financially able to keep itself clean. Yet it has be- come so as protection against dis ease. It learned its lesson after years of suffering from various serious maladies. Birmingham might we'll learn the lesson from precept and ex- ample to the greater good of this pop ulation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
JOHN-A-DREAMS
Dreams of n Great Jewel

On various occasions I have given you the interpretations of dreams of jewels, jewelry or other trinkets. I will now tell you the meaning of one of the variations of these dreams which stands ab- solutely alone. I refer to the dream of a, great jewel. This vis- ion usually brings before your minds eye large diamond, ruby, emerald or other precious gem. It is not like any you have ever seen before. It Is immense in sizey 1t attracts you like magnet; 1t has the appearance of something that does not exist in real life. It sparkles, 1t has almost unbe- lievable value, it is beautiful and unearthly in its size and brilliance This is the dream of the great adventure. the memory of which you will cherish until your hair is white.
 Let me know, when this dream comes to you, as much as you care to divulge, about your private life. I shall then endeavor to match its facts against the meaning of the dream and if it lies within my power l shall attempt to outline the adventure that Is waiting for you at the turning of the road.
 In the case of unmarried young women the dream usually refers to an offer of marriage, so rich in terms of happiness and wealth that 1t exceeds the dreamer's S widest hopes. In the case of mar ried women 1t mostly foretells an adventure of material sort which, in the matter of worldly goods, will place her far above all those with whom she has so far associated. However, unless I know, a good deal about you, I am unable to gauge the possibili- ties of your fate. Have full con- fidence in me when you write, be- cause I never divulge the secrets of my readers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08

World concludes: "Whoever was Rodin's model for The Thinker Warren G. Harding is qualified to sit for The Yearner.'"
 In the recent speech on the world court the New York Times perceives that the president, in attempting to broaden his interpretation of his idea so as to conciliate the irreconciliables, has "driven nearly all the Democratic senators into open opposition. They can easily muster numbers great enough to defeat the president if he purtsues the negotiation of a treaty along the lines which he indicated at St. Louis. This clouding of the pros pect for our entry into the world court is much to be regretted. But the cause of it is unmistakable. The good nature of the president was inn posed upon. A way was pointed out to him in which he might win over two or three of the disaffected Republican senators. He did not perceive that in the act of gaining them he would lose almost the entire body of Demo- cratic senators. His strategy was we'll meant, but it is already clear that it was disastrous"
 On this same point the Springfield Republican thinks that "it is too early to say whether MT. Harding's effort to persuade the United States to ad- here to the world court will end in tragedy or comedy" However, the Republican really does express a judg- ment when it declares: "Mr. liar ding continues to appeal to his Vest ern audiences to take to their bosoms his drastically reorganized court, with its very novel and impossible self perpetuating bench. He does not seem to realize that his court is al- ready dead, while that child of sin, the league court now in session at The Hague, is so much alive that new judge is about to be elected" In response to the presidents ex- pressed desire to do something to bridge the gap between consumer and producer and to assist the farmer to obtain better profits, the Dallas News remarks: "That prosperity and hap piness cannot be bestowed upon the farmer by legislative fiat, and that congress can do no better for him than tear down those tariff barriers which keep his customers out of our market, must seem to many of us the unavoidable inference. But that idea gets no countenance from the presi- dent. He seems to think that law which greatly enhances the prices of the things which the farmer has to buy and little if at all the things he has to sell-if, indeed, it does not depreciate them-is compatible with his interest. It is to be feared that so long as that notion has sway over the presidents mind his earnest effort to bestow prosperity and happiness on the farmer will come to naught. or very nearly so." The News doubtless subscribes, to the opinion that most laws to help the farmer are designed rather to win votes than to establish an economic betterment.
 | On the other hand, the Florida Times-Union of Jacksonville finds en- couragement for farmers in the presi- dents utterances and believes that his II is so big as to demand attention on the part of the federal government"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
THE DECLINE OF MAN

Every now and then some militant feminist sweeps forward and tells the public in no uncertain terms just what the women are going to do to run things before long, what the men are not going to be able to do be- cause of changed conditions, and paints rather sombre picture of the genus man. Mrs. Alice Foote Me Dougall of New York is one of the forecasters who has figured it out apparently to her own satisfaction. Men will be tolerated, according to this lady's school of advanced thought, because they happen to be on the earth's surface, and cannot be pushed off en masse. So far as concerns their usefulness, how ever, they won't amount to a row of pins, because women are fast coming to the front in perform ing the worlds service, and the for mer lords and masters, as classified by old-fashioned and out-of-date GUS toms and tradition, will take a back seat and meekly receive orders. All of the worlds business within the next century will be conducted by the women, according to industrial and sociological statistics gathered by Mrs. McDougall and her program. Her figures show that the women in busi- ness increased about seven per cent. within the last forty years, while men went backward one-half of one per cent. Thus in century men will be out of job entirely, and will walk around on their uppers, because, as the distinguished feminist says: 'T don't pretend to predict what the men will do. Someone has to do the house. keeping, l suppose, and if the women are otherwise engaged, the men will have to do it. Probably by that time, though, inventors will have relieved human drudgery to such an extent that it will be pretty easy for the men,"
 Some men, of course, who have in- disposition of the feet, do not like to move under their own power, and are constitutionally opposed to working between meals, will enjoy their in- definite vacations. They can talk pol itics, play checkers, join whittling clubs and take things easy. The average man after time will find loafing ar duous, and would be willing to com promise on doing the housekeeping, alarming, minding the babies and fir ing the cook, rather than to sit around and watch the clock. There are many men who insist on doing some work, even if they have to work their friends. It is source of hope to some of the men that there may be inventions within the prescribed pe- riod whereby some of the drudgery can be avoided. Perhaps by that time everything except religion will be run by electricity. But there is a fairly well-founded theory that neither the most advanced feminists nor the most startling inventions will be able en- tirely to transfer motherhood to men. Doubtless the advanced feminists are greatly vexed at the stubbornness of biological facts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
ATIN.AMERICAN CLEANLINESS

"A Spotless Town" is the subject of an interesting article in the maga- zine section of the New York Times in which the writer makes some prac- tical suggestion that might well be accepted by any American city. Touching on the large financial and hygienic value of clean streets, parks, private premises and all the rest of it in centers of population, the writer, who has travelled extensively, declares that many of the South American cities are far ahead of the citiess of the United States in this respect, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08

point; and well he performed his task, reflecting in his views the views of other great editors, past and present. His was a viewpoint which not only students of jour- nalism, but the newspaper-read- ing public, could well adopt in good faith.
 The news columns of the city dailies are moving pictures of the activities, prejudices, passions. hopes and fears of the American people. The camera Is constantly being turned by the reporter upon an endless throng of individuals and causes. One man may be pie tured by front view, another by a side view, and still another by a back view, but, by and large, the newspapers give the man, seeking to know and honestly striving to learn. perfect vision. Out of the composite pictures comes a nearly perfect likeness. Any really great newspaper knows that distortion of man or of a Fause by intentionally setting the camera at an angle will work no permanent injury. It we'll knows that the best way either to pro- mote or to impede Is to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. But I pass from the collection and dissemination of news to the work of an editor, l which MT. Lyon described as in- terpretative and argumentative. I interpose that I have no objec- tion to any cause having an or gan and an editor. Neither organ nor editor can destroy the influ- ence of right-purposed man or long impede the progress of an honest cause.
 The great war disclosed the | common fallacy that newspapers are wholly selfish. All other in fluences which sought to coalesce American thought were negligible | in comparison with the service and sacrifice of the great newspapers, which set their hearts and hands to the task, regardless of politics and everything else. And more than any one agency in American l life today they are striving to present and interpret to the American people the complex problems which confront them. Out of this presentation and ir- appreciation by editors a people that keeps it head cool and it's feet dry may hope to walk stead fly toward the point where each individual can reach a just con- | clusion as to what is best to bo | done.
 Copyright, 1923. by Thomas R. MarshalD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08

the press, now universally rec ognized in American life, is power for good or i'll. We form a liking for a favorite newspaper and are apt to be critical of all others. The average public of ficial is prone to conceive as a great moral agency that newspa- per which comments him to his fellow citizens as man whose life Is worthy of emulation and whose views and conduct work for good. We have been slow to realize that the right of one editor to praise is. the right of another to criticize and condemn. The fault is not in newspaperdom, dear reader, but In ourselves. Mindful that faithful are the wounds of friend, we should realize that valuable are the sword thrusts of a dissenter.
 In the administration of justice we hold it essential for the court to hear both sides before render ing a decision. We would not tol- all witnesses, taking into ac- count, of course, their interests, bias and prejudices. But when we ourselves are the ultimate judges of newspAper facts and conduct, we pick our witnesses and refuse to hear those of the other side. This is important and greatly to be deplored in view of the fact that great decisions in America are not those handed down in litigation, but rather those of the court of public opin- ion, in which we try our political, economic and social causes. This may be a narrow view on my part, coming as it does from a heart grateful to the newspapers of the United States. might pull down my window blind and classify them as good, bad and indifferent, but if interrogated I should be compelled to say that most news papers, whenever now and then they have paid any attention to me, have been more than kind. Even those editors who have felt it incumbent upon them to criti- cize have been charitable enough not to turn the knife around after sticking it in me.
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 Speaks of Address
 I am led to make these observa- tions by the splendid address of MT. G. A. Lyon of the Washing ton Evening Star before the class in journalism of George Washing ton diversity. He discussed ed itorial writing, seeking to impress upon the budding newspaper men and women the newspaper view