The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-17
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Some men make love apparently for
the purpose of studying human nature.
Frequently man has the best luck
when he's afraid to depend on it, and
goes to work.
One Of the saddest of all sights is
a man who has all kinds of brains
without any idea of what to do with
them.
Politics is largely the dilution of
patriotism through the introduction of
watered stock.
A hero is a man who does not I'M
dertake to claim credit for having
done something worth while.
Sometimes a gossip makes many
seeming friends by holding her pro-
fession over them as a threat, then
goes out and brags about her popu-
larity.
There are lots of people whose mis-
sion should be; to get rid of the idea
that they've got one.
People who talk about themselves
so much that you can't talk about
yourself are terrible cyclists.
When a man blames his failure to
lack of the worlds appreciation, it's
a pretty good sign the world knew
what it was doing.
Tell 1t to the King of Denmark
PARIS. May 1O.-Antinea, the mys-
teal queen of the lost nation of At
lantis and heroine of Pierre Benoits
novel, "Atlantide," actually reigns.
She is white woman, blonde,
and is tall, graceful and of surprising
beauty. Her people are the Tuareg
tribe, white nation, living in the
fastness of the dread Hoggar desert.
These remarkable discoveries are
reported, according to the Matin, by
Professor Alufsen's Danish mission,
just returned after seven months
exploration trip to the Sahara.
There is great to-do on the first
page because seven of our citizens are
endangered by Chinese bandits.
For the lives of our citizens must be
safeguarded at all costs.
Back in secluded spot on page six
we read:
"Autos Crush Out Lives of Four
Children"
1921 Deaths From Auto Accidents
in Cook County, Illinois, This Year"
"Twenty-eight brothers and sisters
are already there" says Professor
Moore, speaking of his newly founded
Heaven City. "They have sixteen
cows and are learning to milk them"
A sort of milky way, as 'twere.
Hazing
To meet your foe upon the football
field
AS gentlemen, arraigned in knightly
court,
Though skulls be cracked, and death
may be the yield,
That is knightly sport.
To waylay with gang" at still of
night
The lonely victim, unaware, and
main
And torture him without a chance to
fight,
That is a towards game.
w. R.
Unequal distribution is the cause
Of most of our discomfort. In Yuma,
Arizona, for example, the thermome-
ter registers 100.
Tioux Trioux!
Dear Torch Bearer: There is some
thing in name. The Sioux Indians
are siouxing the government for a
billion or twioux of revenioux dioux.
Yours triouly.-Lioux.
The way to make the railroads sore
is to take business away from the
barge service and give it to them.
The Alabama Power Company
doesn't seek a water-power monopoly.
1t merely wants to acquire all the wa
ter power sites.
1t is true that the power company
advertises Alabama's industrial op-
portunities. But then it mustn't seek
credit for altruism for that, 1t has to
advertise Alabama in order to market
its goods.
The police commissioner has been
working on automobile parking or
dinances for only about year and
already has solved the problem for