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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
The Joneness OF Jones
By DIR. FRANK CRANE


 A MAN can never get away from what If he is John. Jones, he can become better. but he will only be better John Jones; he can grow wiser, stronger, weaker wickeder but he will still remain John 1onss. His John JonesiShness is the one quality ne can never lose. Perhaps! .,
 The little baby John is born to the Jones family. Great plans are laid for nlm lDy Mother Jones, Father Jones and the Jones uncles and aunts. Meanwhile there IS sS cret plan in baby Jones blood that IS solns to be carried out. Destiny meant a certain particular kind of thing when it put forth that baby among the living, and destiny mas A way of sticking to its purpose to the eno.
 Very often when the 'blood-plan does not coincide with the plans of Papa and MamMA Jones. young John is called perverse, ooau- rate, hopeless. z..L Those who have the, greatest success with their children are they who first carerully find out the John Jonesness of the young John Jones and try to develop that. Many family tragedy is due to their endeavoring with prayers and tears to make nm De u Smith.
 There are no black sheep these are merely misunderstood John Joneses appearing ID families that are obsessed by Smithlsm.
 There are no naughty and wayward pupils in schools; these are they whom incompetent teachers cannot comprehend or overworked teachers have no time to study and gulde'
 There are no criminals; these are they whom society has misplaced, Jonn Jonescs who are unable to be Smiths. Iney are warped, twisted, perverted personalities
 John by nature selects certain Jones quai- ities. from his family. .,. ,-,a ';'s;!.. t-g
 When he goes to school his personality ex- tracts certain food from books, teacher ana schoolmates; he and the Smith boy grow up to be different, as rose bush and a lily bulb taking nourishment from the same soil pro duce one a red and the other white flower.
 Though Jones has the same experiences as all others in his calling, yet hls business ga reer. his domestic relationship, and all ms environment become in him nothing put Ali a man is. does and says is tinged, dyed and saturated with his Being, his own Individuality, his peculiar organization
 Plato held that all knowledge IS remem- brance modern biology says much the same thing in a different way.
 Mature" says a recent writer mas ilrst to produce the kernel, the shell IS later excrescence; the body must be born before it can be clothed; the hero's heart must beat before heroic deeds can be achieved"
 The only real greatness lies in the degree to which one has developed his own peculiar personality The greatness that consists in Initiating others is second rate.
 "Is not the life more ,than meat, and the Ihodv than raiment?" means "Is not John Jones more than anything that may happen to him% (
 And what shall it profit John Jones if he gains the whole world and lose his John Jonesness!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
American Wanted

Senor Ibanez is keeping up his neY role of patriot His next effort will be ai flight over the cities of Spain to lombard the in habitants with pamphlets, according to an nouncements from Paris. It will be mis- sion full of danger. For General De Rivera army scouts will soar aloft after the man, who says that "Alfonso must go" and that Rivera is the assassin of his country" If Senor Ibanez is brought down and survives he will taste the bitterness of {the Spanish dungeons, where so many of his fellow lib erals and democrats are incarcerated. There can be no doubt about that. Any pilot who goes up with him shares the double danger One would be inclined to think that it is g hard matter to get pilot for the job Senoi Ibanez receives offers from French flying officers every day, even German ace of, fered himself, also two Austriahs, Belgian and Holander. Germans have nothing to be thankful for insofar as Ibanez is concern ed His portrayal of their militarist psy chology in "The Four Horsemen" was noth- ing short of merciless. What draws these young Frenchmen and Germans in this risky adventure? Is it a sporting instinct or is it another proof that love of liberty is not the monopoly of any people, but flames ir every breast, regardless of nationality?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
PEACE IN RHODE ISLAND

Tho Democrats of Rhode Island have heen impressed by the defeat sustaned1 a bv their party in the recent electlon, anu particularly by the returns ln hnooe fsIand. and have concluded to abandon their program for the redistricting or the state. The leader of the plan was mm- self defeated at the polls in his candidacy for the governorship. The Republican senators. who have been in exile III Mas sachusetts since last June, thus prevent inc the completion of any legislation, are exnected to return, and help proVloe TOT the states immediate needs, the staIe haEing lived on credit for nearly year, waiting for appropriations that dld not come.
 The Democratic plan proposed popu- lar referendum on the question or noid' ing a constitutional convention "hicl should repeal all property quail1lcatlol laws for voters; reapportlon tne sIa1e senatorial districts so as to eno tHe poi' ough system whereby the Repuoncans retain control of the senate by means o1 the rural vote, which constitutes but z4 ,oar cent of the total vote of the state amend the registration laws; transfer from the legislature to the governor the authority to appoint sheriffs; and take from the senate the veto power over tne executives appointments. II,
 This appears needed reform Tn the direction of democratic administration but the people have declared their un. n willingness to endorse it. The Democrats recognize that it is useless to go on II face of such opposition; and they expect the exiles to return, upon receiving as surance to abandon the fight for reform which began last January.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
The Right Word
A Difficult Test
By w. CURTIS NICHOLSON
lFind fine error in this articlel

(Find the error in this article) No one has remarked that the recent test was easy. In fact the papers show that it was extremely difficult, as those who tried it will discover when the results are pub lished inside of the next few days. One contestant, Louise D. Soaring of Newport, Ky, comments as follows:
 You surely have given us a tough test this time. I predict that the list of 100 percenters will not be very lengthy"
 Look Bad''
 Linda K. Goldstein, New York City: "Will you kindly tell me which is correct, You look bad, or You look badly'-and also state the reasonsT
 Answer You look bad" is correct You probably mean that the person in question looks i'll, in which case look should be fol- lowed by an adjective. III is an adjective. Likewise, bad is an adjective. Furthermore bad means ill.
 Another Detects Deliberate Error
 Many are writing "The Right Word" to demonstrate their skill in detecting the de- liberate error that appears daily in this col umn Rebecca Ephraim of Chicago found one recently and has written correctly as follows:
 "In explaining the use of the right word in your column recently, in the last sentence you say, Either one of these expressions are correct I believe it is correct to say Either one of these expressions is correct
 Yesterdays Error
 Wrong: Either of the following sentences would be correct. (Aiore than two sentences folIowed.)
 Right: Any one of the following sentences would be correct.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21

the newspaper boys missed something, doesn't it?" To the average American, who knows how hard it is to keep any thing out of the newspapers and is also aware that some of the best newspaper men in the world Covered" the peace conference in Paris, it seems impossible for any such incident as described by MT. Steed to have occurred and to have remained secret until he disclosed it in his book. It is also recalled that MT. Steed is the same person who gave out an interview while in this country, which caused a peck of trouble to his chief, Lord Northcliffe, and caused the latter to apologize to King George.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
Forum, Of The People
Cross Word Puzzles Interesting

 To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 I find your cross word puzzles both inter- esting and profitable mental gymnastics, as they revive and replenish ones vocabulary by bringing before us many words that are not in common use.
 I realize that in anglicizing words from other languages we frequently change the spelling, but it rather jars upon the sensi- bility of anyone fond of the classics to see NemEsis spelled with two "Ps, when as a matter of fact, because of the spiteful char acter of the Goddess of Vengeance we really begrudge her having any "eyes."
 By the same token I am unable to find any spelling for EchElon with any "i.' Of course, the change from an 'i" to an "e" in NemEsis forces the vertical word, EchElon, to be spelled correctly.
 JOHN W. SHELBY. Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 19, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
Watching The Parade
THIS world as the poet sings, is full
By JOHN PILGRIM

THIs world, as the poet sings, is full
 of number of things. Including fat heads One definition for fat-head is the following
 "A person who painfully saves up money and then puts it into something on the say-so of a stranger"
 These reflections came to me as l rode through a peach orchard in Jersey. Now no state in the union, perhaps, raises better peaches than New Jersey. But stretch of land in Jersey cleared of pines and planted to peaches is not necessarily peach orchard.
 Hundreds of people thought so, though" said the banker, gloomily. We could have told 'em better"
 Years ago some bright-eyed young men bought a pine forest, paid a dollar down on it, and sold it in ten-acre tracts to people who hoped to live easy all the rest of their lives. They were to be relieved of all care and worry, except that of providing the money.
 I've agree to clear the land, plant 1t with peaches and cultivate it until the trees reach bearing state,p said the promoters.
 They did all that, so that the law cannot reach them. The trees produced little, gnarled, scrubby peaches that could not be sold even for the making of peach rum when the trees reached a bearing state they were turned over to the so-called investors. All they had to do was to move in and begin to raise peaches.
 Some of 'em did," said the local banker. Faith is hard thing to uproot.'
 There are still pathetic remains Of the little bungalows in which their bright hopes were sheltered. Scattered through the so- called orchard are mean little trees, on some of which knotty peaches still grow. But the land has grown up again to pines and has been abandoned to the deer.
 Not one of those investors" knew anything about raising peaches. They only believed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
HONEsTY THE BEST POLICY

Poland is the latest European country to join the honorable company of selt-respectlng nations who have agreed to settle Ill tull with tbe limited States. Its arrangement to refund its obligation of $16S,000,OOO to this country has been completed in every detail and only awaits formal sanction of the debt commission to become effective. In this it comes into line with Cuba, which has dis charged its debt entirely, and with Great Britain, Lithuania, Finland and Hungary which have made refunding agreements Tn the fair and square disposition Of thelr debt problems It will find this policy pays Tn financial credit and reputation as well as Tn the satisfaction derived from the honorable settlement of a just Philadelphia Bull letin. ..- 4-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
Freedom

What do we want of bed and board, Of lock or lighted lamp; What do we want of an acre or two With the whole wide world for camp? For bed is not the gift of sleep, Nor board the zest of feasts; A lock shuts out nor death, nor care, A lamp lights no new casts. For us the far horizons, Their timeless come and go, The mystic tents of change and charm, The stuff of dreams aglow.
 Edith Thompson in The Forum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
Brief Nature Studies
THERE'S silver frosting on the rocks
 II;nk Tar Arail The rnnrn-
By J. OTIS SWIFT
along the High Tor trail. The morn
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along the High Tor trail. The morn
 A ing sun floods wood and cliff with crystal emeralds pale. The hoary reindeer lichen creeps OCT lodges old as Time-a tan gled beard among the hills, persistent, white, like rime. Mid bracken dells the sumacs glow, blood-red, cockaded, tall. Oh, tEere is glory on the Tor these perfect days of fall" It's diff ferent world mixers look downupon from eerie nights in Indian summer.
 Tallus Mater, the earth goddess, as if blushing at the rudeness of old Boreas tearing her leafy raiment from her with cold fingers, lies partly nude and altogether lovely in autumnal coloring along mountain sides and valleys. Dead leaves of blueberry, huskle- berry and vibernum, swept off the high rock gardens blythe north wind, reveal polished gray lodges beneath tangles, ponds and seas of lrock-rimmed with vivid green moss where the sod encroaches.
 In black loam of ledge Impressions, made of star dust from outer space, powder from deserts, smoke of volcanoes, decayed rock and lichen grows queer flat prickly pear or In dian fig of the cactus family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
A Nut
Dear Wally:

Dear Wally:
 I admire you And what you tell folks they should do. Please send me some of your advice.
 Yours Very Truly, LOTTA SPICE. Dear Lotta Spice: Thanks for your note; And in return for what you wrote would advise that you steer clear Of all asylums for the queer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
THE LESSON OF THE LADDER

A wise father said to his son who was just starting out in life: "Take good look at this ladder, my boy, and remember that if it were possible to get to the top at single bound there would be no need of the bottom rungs s"-Boston Transcript.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21

Reading of the acute suffering from cold in frigid regions of the North, one wonders why there is not greater ex- odus from that section to Gods coun- try" where there are no extremes in the olimatn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
ruosr NEwsPAPER MISTAKES

A young lady society reporter on an East Texas paper wants position on another paper in another town. In reporting local entertainment recently the linotype man made her say: 1.-The second number on the pro- gram was mule quartette. ."-Mineral Wells Index.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21

Constructive citizens are slow to dis card any system of public service which has demonstrated it's efficiency and suc- cess. That is one reason why the Com munity Chest plan in Birmingham is so universally endorsed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21

Of his ill-fated 1894 campaign for gov ernor, David B. Hill once said to a friend "Of course, knew I was beaten when l started in, but do you know, everybody cheered me so loud that I came to half be- lieve 1 was going to be elected before the thing was over" The illusion of certainty is easy to understand. Every candidate is sur rounded by his admirers not by his opponents Brooklyn Eagle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21

Apparently the business interests of Arkansas in sending a special tram bear ing a representative exhibit C the indus tries of that state to large centers of capital figured that the next advantage to having a good thing is to market it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
-hGA2oNCE Y'9D OYER

| "A Radio Report Of A Football Game TVHIS is the last period of the game at ... there they go! Wilkins carried
 the ball through center for. mo. It was Brodkin. |. Brodkin carried the ball around left end, or rather right end for ten for nine. just a minute. flor SIX yards. In carrying the ball that time smith CTS, who made that five-yard gain l just told you of, was hurt.
 ''This is the last period of the game at Patooka University between .... wow .... l there's a smashing drive right through the center of the line. or rather little to the right. II should say left. of the cen ter. Elkins ripped through for fifteen yards ...no. for about seven yards. just minute folks. it was Keeney on that play and he was thrown without gain.
 They're lining up again. there they go. Edgerton takes the ball. mo, it looks like Jones with the ball. |. its shift play with the quarterback pretending to pass the ball to the fullback. LOT rather making a double pass to the right halfback who pre- tends to take the ball but who turns, and as he turns the fullback comes in and. well, anyhow, there they go again. ...it was no gain. just minute. .Edgerton or Jones or Keeney made twenty-two yards on that play.
 This is station wROL broadcasting the game between Patooka University and Am monia at. there goes a punt. It is Pa tooka's ball. |. just a minute. it is Am- monia's ball on her own. .on Patooka s forty. .. .on Patooka's thirty. ... on Patooka' 8 twenty-five. mo. .twentyseven yard line. That was a beautiful end run. On the next play Grodwarf gets away and runs the ball sixty yards-I mean thirty yards-almost to the goalposts. It was beautiful kick.
 '"This is the last period of the game and the score is. they're off again. ... there they go. Captain Fiddle is badly hurt. .. they are taking him out. It looks from here as if Captain Fiddle's leg was broken .. he doesn't want to quit though and is fighting to stay in the game. Captain Fid- dle has been doing yoeman service. he IS one of the best men on the team and now that he is forced to retire through injuries it will be big blow to the team. there goes Captain Fiddle off the field. two men are carrying him..
 "Just minute, folks. it wasn't Captain Fiddle who was hurt on that play. it was Birdseed, the right end. .. the right tackle. That's the third time Wallace has been hurt this season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
A Spectacular Case

A SpectaCuIar Case Dear Wally:
 I am in a plight I am far-sighted, Shall I spoil what few looks I've got? For spectacles make me a fright;
 DIZZY DOT. Dear Dizzy Dot:
 It is so near You've overlooked this fact, my dear A girl who's far-sighted, hooks The man before he notes her looks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
WALLY THE MYSTIC

He'll Answer Your Questions, Somehow All kinds of people write to me
 Because through mystic eyes l see Solutions to the things that vex The stronger or the weaker sex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21

Apparently to whet the appetites of many folks for the Thanksgiving bird, it is announced that the turkey will cost more this year than formerly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
AN ARSURDITY

It always sounds like an absurdity to Americans to hear some savant talking about the population of the world reaching the food limit-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
A Barnyard Hit

Our old mare, Bess, Is in great distress Since she went and bobbed her mane; q She thought she'd look smart, But she knows In her heart, That she looks most awful plain.
 -Shephard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
A Trained XagabOnd

Tramp (to ticket agent): Does this train on Track stop at Kenwall?"
 Ticket Agent: "Only for people who are put off for non-payment of fare"
 Tramp: "Thanks That's the tram want" H. flsner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21

Washington seems to be exhibiting ar unsportsmanlike spirit these days in its disposition to shoot lame duck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
,,oDERN ToRTITRE FOR sAVAGEs

Dentists are increasing in South Africa Why teach those savages new forms Of bar barity Philadelphia Inquirer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
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Dough, Ray, Me Dough!

Harry: Your ma sure has her hands full when she's mixing the dough-" Willie: That aint a marker to the way she has her hands full when she's separating pa from the dough" -.r.
 -John P. Robinson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
WHY THEY ARE COMING HERE

Government ownership of railways IS salc to be costing the people of Canada $ll pc capita annually. No wonder many Cana dians seek opportunity to remove to tn United States !-BOston Transcript.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
Ln1.p pRnrRACTED INVEsTIGA ATIONs

By the time a man has been vindicated everybody has forgotten what the argument started about.-Atchison Globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21

If the choice were left to me. whether 10 have e free press free government, wouio choose e free rrcsA-Thomaa Jefferson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21

The elephants that went on rampage in Philadelphia probably decided that the town needed to be walked up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
ru1sI1. BRING FEM

The only realiable way to locate ones dis tant relatives in a hurry is to execute queer will and die-Detroit News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21

"Now that I have explained fully to you just how the two teams battled it out tooth and nail in one of the most exciting games of the season I will bid you all good afternoon. So good afternoon 70
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
THE ACE-H HERALD

Entered at Birmingham. Ala, post office as sec.
 snd-class matter act of Congress, March 6, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
Exactly

EXHCGIy Mrs. Jones: Henry, what time did you get in last night?" Jones' Ten thirty" Mrs. Jones: "Humpf! Your watch must have been slow" Jones: Tt was ten thirty, l asked the milk to make 'sure." .,.t. Some girls are so reserved that you have to speak weeks ahead.
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HAM ANn-i

Ahbreviations, ever popular with quick thinkers and fast workers, but abhorrent to protectors of the kings English, are becom- ing more the vogue because of radio. No fan talks of amateur radio operators. One word suffices-"Ham." DIX bats for distance, BCL is easier than broadcast listener, and CIV is simpler than Continuous wave. We may yet talk in code Shall we need another Edgar Allen Poe to solve our conversation for us2-Collier's A u
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EXCLUSIVE MEMBER OF NORTH AMERI' CAN NEWSPAPER ALLIANCE IN ALABAMA
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His Version

His Version Some of these college boys don't quite un- derstand the old songs. Recently we heard one singing: "Carry me back to old Virginia, There's where the cotton, corn, and sweet patooties grow" -Atnos.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21

MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS-The AS sociated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited te st or not otherwise credited in this paper ano also local news published therein. All righti of republication of special dispatches are alse reserved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
Cause And Effect

One day I was scolding my little girl and asked her why she wasn't fat like her older sister.
 Well sister was born before me and she had whole lot more to eat" she exclaimed suddenly. Mrs. Joseph barry'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
TRUTH IN A WORD.TwIsTER

The persistent pastime is picking the pub lies pocket.--Atchison Globe. -f..,s q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
The Invalid

Old Lady Cover back fence:) And how is your husband getting alongT Second Ditto: He can't complain. First: "Oh, my! Is he that bad
 Lyle Heintz.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
WHEN DAVID B. HILL LOST

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FREDERICK I. THOMPSON. |. PRESIDENT