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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-02-29
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-08
GIRL SCOUTS AND COOKING

There is a prevalent opinion, not without some justification, that the modern girl Is drifting away from her traditional work as a home-marker. Predictions are freely made that another generation will witness the pass ing of the real home, with families merely having rooms in which to sleep, and with community kitchens to relieve the women of home work. It is gratifying to find that no such thought is entertained by the great organization of the Girl Scouts.
 Last year almost 4,OOO girls successfully passed their tests as cooks, and among the 55 merit badges that are awarded, the high est goes to those who prove themselves su- peror in domestic science. This is splendid showing for the Girl Scouts, who are not only taking their members back to Nature and strengthening their bodies through whole some outdoor exercise, but are holding them to the old virtues for which no satisfactory substitute has been suggested.-New York Evening World.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-08
THE INTEREST IN CRIME

z Protest is often properly made again;t ;.any newspaper policy of featuring revolt ling crimes merely for the sake ot sem t: ;:sationalsm. Yet there is legitimate de- ; gree of publicity of crimes which no newspaper can properly refuse to turnlsh.
 Whether reading about crimes engenders
 crime is a debatable question. That It
 does not impel normal persons to crime
 is hardly to be disputed. And even
 among the criminally inclined 1t IS prob
 able that they are less influenced by a stories of crimes, than they are by read ing of the number of criminals who @ escape the legal penalties of their crimes:
 In most cases, mere narration or murder, for example, creates but passing : attention. Murder in itself IS revoltlng .to the normal mind, and no amount ot @nublicity can make it anything else. What
 really creates interest IS not the cr1me
 itself, but the dramatic mystery that may t, he connected with it. That is the real feature of interest in the Edwards mur- %%der case. The deed itself was brutal and the average person shudders to think :of it. Perhaps if the full details could " have been known and made public the next morning, it would already be for
 gotten incident. Because the element ot :. mystery, both as to agent and motive are still in doubt, one of the strongest of :: human instincts, curiosity, is appealed to- <: And so, thousands of people, the great majority of whom are revolted by the
 deed itself, continue to be held by the
 dramatic mystery of the facts daily un- folding. It is the grim reality of a type
 of literary plot which is found in many
 novels.
 If there is need for any public actior
 in the matter, it should take the form of a popular demand for such treatment ot criminals that their kind shall be deterrec ;;and prevented from indulging in theil :murderous impulses, for even murder
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-08
Watching The Parade
By JOHN PILGRIM

OLD MAN HANCOCK says he made a N , discovery when he bought his car Not
 about the car, he says, but about him self, As consequence he is the youngest old man you ever saw. His clothes are all they should be, his linen is immaculate, and his waist is as trim and slender as debutantes S.
 Just because bought the car, said he.
 A year ago he bought the car for little enjoyment before he cashed in. He had be- come sloppy old man who whined, and over-ate.
 "When I bought the car the agent told me that it should last me for ten years. l thought, privately, that he lied.
 "'Of course,' he said, you'll have to take care of it. Keep it oiled and keep air in the tires and do not overheat it and when you hear a rattle see to it. Give it as good tTeat ment, said the agent, 'as you give yourself
 For a year the Old Man did that with good success. The car ran beautifully. Other cars of the same make and the same age were wheezng and chuckling. He began to boas about his success in getting mileage and keep ing down the noise overhead Then 1t oc cured to him that what he had done witt the car he could do with himself If he tried A human body is a machine, Just as IS car although of different sort
 And I'd been treating my own machlner. as though it were just ready for the dump.
 He had discovered that age is not matte of years, but of fitness. A man Of eight. may be younger than man of fifty. properly cared for machine wears longer an better and gives it's owner less trouble thai one that is abandoned to the garage hands Well that's all. But you ought to see tn old man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-08
THE "sxxxa sss.ssiH w |%%si{SaRBkSMIl|1;ilIll Y
Literally "Swelled Heads"

IN THE course of the annual session Of
 the British Chronological society, recently
 held in London it was brought to hght by one of the learned delegates that the head of MT. Lloyd George continues to develop. In 1903 the circumference of the cranlum or the Welsh wizard measured 25 inches. Since that time quarter of an inch has been added by natural growth. The same authority also affirmed that the head of the English writer, Bert Kennedy, had expanded three-quarters of an inch during the past ten years, period during which MT. Kennedy wrote ~no less than eleven books. The physical adornments of MT. George seem more than once to have been fit subject for investigation and com ment. At his last visit to the United States, Father Brisbane drew an interesting comparl- son between the former British prime minister and the jungle ape, dwelling especially on the notable short arms of the Welshman, who had to bend over to reach his trouser pockets, lit seems The "enfant terrible" of English letters. Mir. Bernard Shaw, has already com mented on the discoveries about the Georgian caput," saying that the chronological an- nouncement was nothing new to him and that he had been aware of an undue swelling Of late years in that particular head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-08
The Right Word
ON AN ANNOUNCEMENT fFind the Error in This Article.)
By W. CURTIS NICHOLSON

J. L., of New York City, writes that "A school for children has sent out blank post card, the heading of which reads: "lf your child need help in school work, call on us. Further on. this same card reads: we help your child get good marks and be promoted. And another item of this card reads What ever the grade of your child, it will benefit by our help.' Will you kindly state the right word in each caseT J. l.. questions the use of need for needs, the omission of ''to'' before get and be, and the use of it instead of he in referring to a child.
 "If your child need -" is precise Eng llish, although in this type of expression the form need is rapidly being displaced by needs. The following examples illustrate the change that has taken place: If it be there, we can use 1t. If it is there, we can use 1t.
 There is yet time if he come inside Of all hour.
 There is yet time if he comes inside of an hour.
 "The Right Word" calls J. L.'s attention to the fact that further should be changed te farther in the foregoing query; as, Farther on this same card reads. It is not necessary to put "to' before gel and be.
 The construction of the sentence that fol lows can be improved: Whatever the grade of your child, it will benefit by your help Tt" which may be used in referring to s child, seems, however, to refer to grade
 Suggestion: Your child, in whatever grad' it may be, will be benefited by our help.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-08
KEEPING UP WITH THE WARRIOR

The regular visits of General Ashburn to Birmingham and other shipp- g ptints on the Warrior are visible indication that he is keeping abreast of the situa- tion all along the line, and that his ln- terest in his responsibility is genuine and alert. The fact that the business men of Birmingham regard his coming as of con- sequence to this producing center and make special preparation to receive hm shows that there is in this district lively appreciation of the value of the barge /. lines to local industry. With these two : influences co-ordinated to the welfare : of the waterway, it is readily anticipated : that the barge lines will be additionally equipped in the near future to extend to Birmingham their service in adequate degree.
 The most pressing need of the barge lines, it appears, is additional floating equipment, supplemented by such term inal facilities as will expedite the turn around and reduce the cost of transfer ring cargo each way between boat and dockage. At present it is said that the service is handling peak business, and that this business is limited only by the capacity of the barges and not by the offerings. There is also required more intimate connection by rail between all the shipping points of the Birmingham district and the Warrior. At present the benefit to Birmingham is greatly dimin- ished by this intermediate transportation lack.
 The management of the Warrior un- derstands all these difficulties more clearly than anybody else, but public possession of the facts and local interest on the part of shippers may help to hasten the day when the deficiencies Will be supplied and the Warrior equipped to serve the entire basin as its supporters intended. General Ashburn has the best wishes and favorable sentiment of this community in behalf of his efforts to inn 1. prove the barge service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-08
EASY MONEY

Easy money is always a temptation to run into debt. The exemption of State and local bond issues from the federal income tax created an investment demand for that sort of securities, and State and municipal of ficers have availed themselves of the easy opportunity to raise money. In the first ten months of the present year the national industrial conference board in this city finds that there has been an increase in long term bonds of S319000,O00, as compared with the same period in 1923. This years increase in the issues of such securities will exceed 1923, which was q record year. The board sends out warning that State and local taxations are assuming dangerous propor- tions.-New York Evening Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-08
Cincinnati Reforms

The world moves. Cincinnati, long a synonym for boss government, has decided to reform and, like many a convert when wicked ways are forsaken, has turned 10 the straight and narrow path with bang.
 By the change in government the city coun- cil is reduced from thirty-twO to nine mem bers elected for 2-year terms. NO party designations are permitted on ballots and nomination is to be by petition. But rom 800 to 700 names are needed to nomlnaIe' Under the system devised proportional rep resentation is made possible. The mayor ana vice-mayor are elected by members of the council from their own ranks. But real au- thorty is placed in a city manager, who IS also chosen by the council and who need not be resident of the city. He will be charged with administering the citys affairs, and after six months probationary service can not be removed except on trial ana Tor cause.
 For many years Cincinnati has been boss ridden, and it is surprising to note with what ease the electorate has overturned poltlcai domination The vote for reorganization was two to one. But of course, good govern ment is not so easy of attainment lnat d change in the machinery will automatically assure it. Cincinnati will find that only wide spread and informed public opinion, vigilant press and a citizenship that wants good gov ernment and means to have it will bring about permanent reform. It is true, nevertheless that such a simplification of administration and definite fixing of responsibility aid ma terially to eliminate politics.
 It is to be assumed that so large and wealthy city will secure as city manager someone who measures up in ability to the heads of our large corporations, and it will be interesting to see what a man of this type can accomplish in municipal government when given free hand.-Baltimore Sun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-08
No pITpTITRE IN EUROPE

It seems that foreign press core spondents of American newspapers are on the lookout for features indicating nossible rupture among nations, and par t;cnlarIv among nations belonging to the T oaona of Nations. This attitude may he nnconsciously the reflex of nearness to European nervous strains, but it has resnlted in creating the impression in this country that diplomatic relations among tbe movers are more unstable than is actualIv the case. As one in memory reviews the dispatches of the past two or three years, there is a prevailing note of ever imminent crises and breaks be- tween Italy and France, between France and England, or between some other pail of nations that should be in harmony
 LatterIy. the crises have been portrayed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-08
GENE sIRATToN PORTER

. Although regrettably claimed by acci- dental death, Gene Stratton Porter was fortunate in that she had lived full life
 and achieved many notable triumphs during her fifty-six years. Perhaps her most distinguished success was her Girl of the Limberlost," nature and human
 interest story of much power, having as
 its background the great and gloomy
 swamp in southwestern Indiana. Fer
 haps one should not call the swamp
 gloomy, however, after reading the story
 by Mrs. Porter, for she peopled 1t with life and color and sentiment to degree {; astonishing to those whose previous knowledge of swamps was confined to observation from car-windows or to near. :; ing of their forbidding rather than ot l: their attractive equations. An intense love of nature permeates this book as we'll as "Freckles," part of the scene of ; which is also in the Limberlost. The charm and verity of Mrs. Porter's ob- seryations of nature are attested by her
 nomination to the natural history staf1 of Outing Magazine for time.
 Her short stories, sketches and more . imposing volumes constitute small H.
 brarv. and contain within their covers ar . educational storehouse of richer and 1; fuller substance than come within the . entire experience of hundreds of thou ! sands of people. Few indeed are those l: for whom Hrs. Porter's happier writings .' do not hold sentiments and observatlons :. of value as well as of entertainment ; Perhaps, through the screening ot some
 of her works, for she was engaged III
 preparing moving pictures at her death, a
 far wider public than otherwise will have
 the opportunity to enjoy the wholesome
 sensations her nature love produced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-08
On The Cold Hillside

I walked alone where once walked with you The privet hedge was silvered OCT With moonlight and the primrose lay Blanched by the rising moon. I heard your step fall lightly beside mine. I felt your fingers lightly clasp my wrist, Lightly your breathing slipped the evening air.
  We wandered mute down the hushed woodland
 ride,
 And where the eopse runs out on. to the down I saw a dog-fox drinking and stood still, With finger raised. Three times he parked
 to the moon,
 Then snuffed the air and knew us and was
 gone.
 Smiling, I turned to you so that our eyes Might share the secret. But was alone; I was alone, smiling upon thin air. The shadow of d beech fell on the patch, II heard the leaves sigh and l called your name, And the cries echoed back to me from the hill. I walked alone where once I walked with you. George Rylands in the Nation and the Athenaenm, London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-08
Futtfrists
"TF," writes Sir Francis Younghusband, we
 stand A two-foot rule on end and take
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

"TF," writes Sir Francis Younghusband, we
 stand a two-foot rule on end and take
 it to represent the period which has elapsed since man first appeared, it will be only the top inch that will represent the drs- tance of time since the dawn of clv1llztalon, and only the last eighth of an inch that will denote the period of European civilization"
 As far as scientists are able to judge, the earth is still in it's infancy. In all prob ability the human race is to continue for million years or so. Before us therefore, stretches out a vast future, inconceivably more influential than the past.
 There are two classes of minds. One is dominated by the past and the other by the future. Whenever you find two or more men gathered together you may witness the clash of these two types. There are conservatives and progressives, liberals and standpatters, orthodox and heretics the adventurous ana the safe; all of which amounts to saying tnaC there are souls gripped by what IS to be ana souls gripped by what has been. :.
 Both tendencies need the moderation of common sense certain conservatism IS needed, because whatever good there IS Tn the future must grow out of the past; civilization | is growing unit. And certain progressive ness is needed because without it the past would paralyze us vita its dead head. 100 much conservatism means stagnatlon' too much pr0greSSlVeneSS means dHdrcHy. I But it is the future-feeling that most needs to be devolped. The past is but too strongly intrenched already in the consciousness Of the world It is for those million years to come that we should draw our inspiration. Law is now, and always has been, but the accumulated wisdom of the past. It ought to grasp the future; there should be more legls- | llation for what will be than from what has been.
 Education is past-ridden. It should turn more toward taking as its norm the man yet to be than the man as he has been or IS. Morals that aim to make us conform to Mesent or bygone social standards are lrrltat- ing, but a morality drawn from what society will be can impassion us, and so develop us.
 The cities of ancient times are imposing In their ruins, but I like best to wander the streets of those magnificent cities of the days to come. those dream-cities, where democracy expresses itself in beauty and the majesty of work is beyond all that war and kingcraft ever devised.
 Even so with life itself. The greatest con- trihution of religion to human life is the gift of a sense of the future, of another life be- yond this. Whether this be probable or not the very presence of the notion of it in mems minds lends them dignity and power noth- ing else could induce. If as old age comes on. we have amassed only a past, pile of memories and faiMres, then life moves slowly on to tragedy; but if there looms in the con sciousness a feeling of a possible future the mind finds in it veritable fountain of youth I make no bones of saying that I am, or want tO he. "futurSt"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-08

as impending between now one nation, now another, and the league.
 There is no doubt that many grave ls- sues have arisen during the period, buf lit must occur to every thoughtful ob-
 server that the continued serenity ot diplomatic intercourse is triumphant refu- tation of constant fears of rupture. And so, in the recent predicted issue between England and the league with respect to Egyptian sovereignty later and more au- thentic information withdraws the ap- prehension created by the earlier stories lit appears. for example, that the Brltlsn note denying the leagues right to inter-
 vene in Egypt was drafted before the Assassination of the British sirdar and the consequent rioting. The British note was confined principally to definition o1 the British view that Egypt, as non. member nation, could not properly appear to the league under the provisions of the famous protocol of recent adoption. The note recalled the terms under which the British agreed with the Egyptian govern ment on the manner in which England should insure the uninterrupted service of the Suez canal and protect foreign
 rights in the Sudan.
 ] It appears that Great Britain assumes the same authority over the Suez zone as
 we assume over the Panama zone, and with equal right. In the Sudan, England proclaimed sort of "Monroe Doctrine as condition of Egyptian self-govern- ment. Egypt has bound herself tJ a
 covenant on these matters, and the league is not the proper recourse of na-
 tions seeking to break contracts made and entered in good faith. Besides, the league protocol has not yet been ratified
 by the respective parliaments, and unti it is so ratified certainly it should not be regarded as sufficient cause for schlsn
 between the league and any of its mem lbers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-08
~hG'asONCE' 'HNy OYER
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By H. I. PHILLIPS PhOtOgraDhs By Radio


 Photographs have been sent successfully across the Atlantic ocean by radio. In the initial tests both the faces and the radio sets stood the treatment very we'll.
 Faces of the Prince of Wales, Dowager Queen Alexandria, Premier Baldwin and Pres ident Coolidge made the voyage from London to New York in about 20 minutes. They stood the trip wonderfully and arrived prac- tically as good as new.
 President Coolidge gave the least satisfac- tory results. He hadn't exactly the right type of face. for broadcasting. It seems to gather static"
 The radio world is ageg. Radio bugs already are preparing to equip their sets so they can enjoy an evening of pictures.
 Experiments are going on in every home Owners of one-bulb sets report little success Only small, pinched faces can get through them satisfactorily. The five or six-bulb set is necessary. A face can pass through 1t without cramping.
 Much care must be used in the matter Of tuning" A little interference will ruin any face that is at all sensitive Only last eve ming prominent radio lunatic, trying to get a cabinet photo of an uncle in Glasgow, tuned in on wave length of 326 kilocycles, when he intended to tune in on 245, and received splendid photograph of the wife of an African bushman by mistake.
 Similarly a bachelor in London trying to receive likeness of radio picture-bride from WEAF, America, accidentally tuned into KDKA just as that station was broad- casting a photo of the elder of the Smith Brothers. He was frightfully upset!
 Photoradiogram Questions And Answers
 Q. My radio hasn't worked in several nights The other evening I was trying to get group picture of my wife's family from Queenstown. The set hasn't been working since Whatzzamat?
 EDGAR.
 A. It is extremely difficult to get group of faces through the average set. If you inspect your set thoroughly you probably will find that the faces of your wife's relatives have become caught between the "B" batteries and the coil.
 o. Last night I tuned in to get photo graph of my sweetheart who is now on business trip to Wales and whom haven't seen in a number of years. To my astonish- ment the picture showed him without any ears. What am I to understand! ELLA.
 A. There is the possibility your loved one has been in a fight. Our inclination is to think, however, that if you dissemble your radio set you will find his ears caught be- tween the radio frequency amplifier and the transformer. If not, look under the fllament This frequently happens with the faces or people with prominent ears There is limit to what any set can do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-08
Tribes And Traits

Some men have striking personality, some hit the pipe, some chop their sentences, some split their infinitives, and some do smash ing business.
 Some men go round a subject, some turn the tables on others, some revolve question in their minds, some wheel about in opinion and some roll their own. ;. Some men cut up capers, some sever friendships, and some open up new paths to fame.
 Some men run their business into the ground, some chase rainbows, some pursue pleasure, some dash off poem, and some rush the season.
 Some men see others at poker, some look daggers at their enemies, some eye a needle, some scan their verses, and some indulge Tn glaring errors.
 H. W. GRAVES.