The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23

 trial additions is pepper-sauce fac. tory. This town is getting "hot or the job" The Digger He was digging in the April-scented meadow
 And it seemed his heart and soul
 were in his toll, For the beads of precipitation from his frontal elevation
 Fell and mingled with the furrows
 in the soil.
 '"Tis noble thing" I thought as l
 beheld him.
 "Tis noble thing to till the stub-
 born lea
 And to dream of red tomatoes and of
 carrots and potatoes
 And of cabbages and onions fair to
 see."
 But his angry voice arose as I ap-
 preached him,
 And his words of rancor caused my
 cheeks to glow. He was planting no tomatoes, ruta-
 bagas nor potatoes
 He was digging with niblick-not
 hoe
 "Dance Through Two States for Forty-eight Hours" To say nothing of the state of coma.
 In addition to the soulful thrills de- rived therefrom, these nonstop shin digs have a scientific value. They have demonstrated that human be- ing can endure forty-eight hours of continuous jazz and still live. Vice and Window Cleaning
 Dear Torch Bearer: The man who lives in the flat across the court is all bandaged up. His wife washed the windows yesterday and he stuck his head through one, thinking it was open.-M. M. T.
 A family of six can live on $11O a month, according to the uplifters, but it would be necessary to discharge the second chauffeur and dispose of the cottage at Palm Beach.
 We don't know much about drama, but we suppose it is easy to find an actor qualified by nature to play the part of robot.
 The pre-digested newspaper for hur- ried business men is a noble idea as far as it goes, but it does not go far enough. What we need is one-page journal of short, succinct paragraphs, printed in large type, so that the hur- ried business nan may grasp the news of the day at one glance over his fel- low passengers shoulder. Under pres ent circumstances, the hurried busi- ness man has barely time to become interested in story when the owner turns the page.
 To Queen
 Wild thing, superb as ting lingly alive fine eyes so Span ishly splendid under exquisite brows, and so expressive |. adored the two deep frown-lines a face so strong, all those around you seemed weak, puerile, insipid the high cheek-bones make one wonder if the blood might not be quarter-strain h. dian l liked your wry, hurt smile loved you in that black thing as you crouched in the sand near the heap of dromedary bones such in- tense personality .. you would have made wonderful panther ... splen- did tigress :. mad mountain tor rent but why not lay off the pork sandwiches, and eliminate few of the several chins?- Paula. The Indigo Sabbath The world is so full of a number of things
 I'm sure we should all be as happy as
 kings,
 Excepting on Sunday-for Sunday is blue,
 And all forms of pleasure arc strictly taboo. Speaking of your favorite pests, We'll, watch that's slow,is mine; My stomach says it's almost noon,
 But my watch says "Half-pa5t ninev'
 I am no grumbler, I'll admit,
 But l say watch should do it's bit So make some pest house "chief" re-
 sign,
 And let's install this watch of mine.
 -"Wander Vogel." It seems har9 to believe that any prohibition officers are not doing their duty. Why, there isn't more I