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Evening star., 1924-07-29
A Strange Face.

A Strange Face.
Here's the secret looking little
cottage again." said Billy Cut-out.
as he and Betty came down the road
with their blueberry pals, for there
were many blueberries near their
summer home.
mo one seems to be about" said
Betty. How gloomy looking the
place is with those big pine trees and
that high fence covered with vines.
1t makes me shudder."
Suddenly at one of the tiny windows
appeared a girls face, a very pale
little face, for one moment. Did you
see that?" exclaimed Billy. She
looked like a princess in a tower"
"Sh-h warned Betty. WED bet
ter walk on. Here comes that awful
looking old lady. I'm afraid Of her."
So off they walked
Copyright, 1924.)
Evening star., 1924-07-29
Banana.Cheese Salad.

Peel some bananas and cut in
pieces about two inches long. Stand
these in the centers of individual
salad dishes. Around these place a
layer of cubed bananas. Over this
place a layer OF grated pineapple and
sprinkle with grated cheese. A little
sugar may be adaded to the bananas
and pineapple II liked.
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bread, and to learn and labor truly to
get his living"
Well known persons born ON this
date are: Hiram Powers, sculptor;
Clement l. Vallapdigham, statesman;
Eastman johnson, artist; John 8. Pills
bury, once governor of Minnesota;
(Edward) Percy Moran artist; N,
Booth Harrington. author.
Copyright. 1824.) q
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First Lessons.
In play are many lessons taught,
And wisdom for the future wrought.
old MOTHER NATURE.

These were anxious days for Mrs.
Happy Jack Squirrel. She worried
from the time she opened her eyes in
the morning until she closed them at
night. Four frisky children. are
enough to worry any mother. Don't
you think SO? 1t was simply impos-
sible to keep those four little Happy
Evening star., 1924-07-29
Paris Offers Long Tunic Blouse
BY MARY MARSHALL.

Next best to going to Paris your
self is having some one go that you
know well enough to ask to bring
You some bit Of French apparel. You
may sincerely believe that American
made frocks and hats and wraps and
Evening star., 1924-07-29

from that branch to a branch OF an
other tree. Then she jumped back
again. without that big tail OF
mine l couldn't have made that long
jump" she said.
Copyright, 1924)
Evening star., 1924-07-29

If a billion silver dollars were laid
out In a long line, each touching the
other, they would stretch just 22,674
miles, which is almost around the
earth.
Evening star., 1924-07-29

This is another felt model, with
brim slit, and each small section be-
tween Sits tied around the middle by
a patent leather band Gas shown in
the detail sketch on top).
The crown front is decorated with
stitching of worsted and gilt thread.
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life. People of given age and height must be within given weight range in order to be regarded as safe risks. The weight tables are the result of long years of careful record, comparison and esti- mate. They show conclusively that after certain age there is a degree of over weight which means early disorganiza- tion of vital parts followed by death. They reveal items of significance to physicians and dieticians. They are con stantly referred to by the students of prophylaxis.
 Thus the life insurance companies have compiled and contributed to hu- rnanity record of increasing longevity from which much has been learned and much is still to be learned. Undoubtedly, were it not for these records the present average of life would now be shorter and there would still be in prospect long years of premature dying, before science would have overcome the handicap due to the absence of this important ally.
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boy, as his days go on, tends to the realiza- tion that while there are some boys from whom. he can take whatever he wishes, yet there are other boys who can take from him what they wish. Then arises in his mind, probably for the first time, the question of right. Not at the moment does his contem- plation of the question invade the realm of religion or morals. Ethics are in no way ine vOlved, but something wonderfully practical is deeply involved. The question is viewed in the light of probabilities. The boy wonders whether if he. keeps on taking what he can take and bigger boys keep on takingaswhat they can take, he will in the end be as well off. Unconsciously he accepts the theory of permitting each one to retain what is his own, and of submitting to fair-minded out siders rather than to physical superiority the question of ownership when controversy arises And so, as the years go by, most of us tone down our radical ideas and grad ually become more and more conservative.
 For the moment am eliminating from the equation the religious and moral train ing, which induces a boy to do the right thing regardless of desire. But the results of this training must not be discounted. The moral precepts which come from inspiration are, and will probably ever remain, the steadying force in a world filled with con flicting desires and contending purposes. If it were not for them, no one knows what might be the possible fate of humanity. But with their theoretical elimination, any nor mal-minded man must, as he passes through the successive experiences of life, be led by the light of his reason to the conclusion that his own peace and the quietude of society lie in conservatism of thought and conduct quite as much upon his part as upon the part of others.
 
 True, some men are natural-born conserva- tives, but as a rule conservatism is an evo- lution of human experience. True, also, some born radicals continue radical to the end of their days. These are men, so impressed with the views that they hold and so convinced that they must consecrate themselves to the advocacy of these views, that, regardless of
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SENATOR wHEELER's DETECTION

Senator Burton K. Wheeler's defec- tion from the Democratic ranks is all the more regrettable in that he served so ably as committee prosecutor in the Daugherty inquiry. But Mir. Wheeler has never been at all orthodox, even in his progressivism. No man can get too far ahead of his times and be consistent. Besides, civilization may not be travelling in the direction he seeks to map out. Wheeler will make very good mate for LaFollette, and perhaps, since he is a comparatively young man, he may yet come back into the party fold, chas- tened and disciplined man. Just at pres ent he is intrigued by certain Napo- leonic mirage which veils the precipice over which he is about to leap.
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AS To Who Pays The Ipccme Tax


 To the Editor of The Age-Heraid:
 With reference to the small proportion paid by incomes over $100000 as compared with total income tax receipts, two points ought to be considered In the first place. these in the total reported, so that if they pay only 4 per cent (as yOu report) of the total, it is plain that they must claim exemption on an enormous scale.
 In the second place, when William Rocke- feler died year or two ago, over 40 per cent of his fortune was found to he in tax-exempt securities. and it has been asserted without any denial that I have heard that the entire fortune of Senator Couzens of Michigan, one of Ford's former associates and reputed to have received about $12.000,OOO from Ford for his share, is so invested that he pays no income tax.
 Does it not appear from this that it was nothing but demagoguery Qargely demo- cratic) for congress to turn down Secretary Mellons proposals, and especially that rela- tive to cutting off tax-exempt securities? It is claimed that there is already a turning away from these by the large fortunes, but the flood of them is unchecked and they are being absorbed as fast as issued With the relatively low return produced by them as compared with industrial bonds offering equal security, who is likely to buy them except the very rich?
 Henry Ford has recently advanced a very large sum to the city of Detroit. Is he likely to pay income tax on the return from this :? He gets very low interest on it.
 Autaugaville, Ala, July 1s, 1924.
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THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD, SUNDAY. JULY 20, 1924

apparently held the contrary opinion, for France opposed limitation of submarines, and France is the nation that has paid most attention to this type of war yes sel since that time. The American naval construction policy is so discontinuous that there is no predicting whether this craft will be followed by others in pur- suance of some carefully conceived plan of naval defense, or whether it is merely a remarkable achievement, but robbed of most of it's meaning because not prop erly supplemented with other naval equipment.
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THE SITUATION INV EVENT OF DEADLOCKED ELECTION

It is Senator LaFollettes hope that he may manage to throw the choice of a president into congress. To that end he will direct the strategy of his campaign.
 No detail in the American system of self government is less generally understood than the constitutional provisions governing an election deadlock, and not only for the req son that the situation itself has so infre- quently arisen but because these provisions are so complicated as to seem the handiwork of q higher mathematician. Twice in the history of the country an election has been thrown from the electoral college into con gress. The first occasion was in 1901, when after thirty-siX ballots the house of represent atives finally elected Jefferson over Burr, but public opinion in the meantime was SO unsettled that the twelfth amendment to the constitution was adopted to clear the ground of future trouble.
 If anything, however the twelfth amend ment made matters worse On the one occa- sion in which it was called into effect and the second and last occasion On which the house of representatives took hand in the choosing of a president the twelfth amend- ment ultimately was the means of electing Adams over Jackson, and only after public opinion had been badgered to the danger point.
 What is needed to bring into action this ancient piece of legislation is that sort of deadlock in the electoral college which the friends of LaFollette now claim he is ca pablo of forcing. Such deadlock is always possible with three candidate in the field. Woodrow Wilson was n minority president in 1912; he secured a total of 5000, GOO votes as against q combined 7.5O00O0 for Roose- welt and Taft. But on a basis of states car. ried, Taft made so poor a shwing (he cap tured only Utah and Vermont with eight votes) that in the electoral college Wilson had a majority of 435 to SS for Roosevelt.
 Mhatavar hannens this vear will mt ha
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A SUPER SUBMARINE

The navy has just launched subma- rine said to be superior in every way to the types previously existing. It's cruis- ing radius is very great, reported to be equal to that of first-class battleship, and no mother-ship is necessary, as the craft can enter port like any other yes sel for fuel and supplies. The vessel, the VI, is to carry a crew of seven officers and eighty men, indicating it's unusual capacity. Its armament and ef- fectiveness are not made public, but un- doubtedly the ship is armed and armored most efficiently.
 At the time of the Washington peace conference opinion was divided as to the threatening nature of submarine strength, with the sentiment inclining to the view that the submarine was on the decline except for coast defense. France
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worn by its passage through the electoral college and the house of representatives, is passed up t0 the senate. Y 7
 And what the senate does is not to elect president but to elect a vice president from among the two highest candidates. The twelfth amendment provides: "A quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of senator's, and a ma-, jority of the whole number shall be necAs- sary to a choice" Once a vice president is chosen, he proceeds to act as spreAident. In senate so closely divided as to rank. B1 Republicans against 43 Democrats (remenA-, her, it is the present senate that would vo6e) } the deadlock might be carried one stage fur .ther. s-S
 What would happen next is well beyond mans knowledge. For the twelfth amend ment, with all it's complications, leaves of here, and nothing helps it solve the problem.
 It has been suggested that article 2, sec tion 1 of the constitution, together with tho presidential succession act, would qualify the present secretary of state to act as presi- dent. But if that is true, the statute also re- quires him to call. a special session of cons gress, and in that case it might be the duty of the incoming congress--the statute doesn't specially affirm it or deny tito elect new president and vice president.
 Again, it is suggested that the guprem6e court might be asked to pass on both the Interpretation of the constitution and the constitutionality of the statute. But the 0ues. tion raised, the method of electing a presis dent, might be chased with what the sus preme court calls political" questions over which it has no jurisdiction.
 Other theories suggest all manner of emer- gency methods, from the appointment of an electoral commission, as in the Hayes -Tilden controversy, to the theory that the present oc- Cunant of the WkitA Houea ainoDIv v&;v.,a-. to hold office until his successor is elected ,- -Nnu YnrI Wnrlh - ~.
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their own intereSts and unmindful of societyz at large, they continue, while life lasts, the
 fight to overthrow the established order 6f
 things and to set up in its stead q system
 based on radical theories. For such men Ad-
 miration cannot be withheld, but as look over the lives of those who are engaged in
 the warfare against things as they are, re. 2 luctantly approach the conclusion that their state of mind was not produced exclusively by adherence to principle. A contributing
 cause very often is desire for revenge, -e which in any one is symptom of A @jaun- diced mind andsA wfthered soul I would not
 be understood as suggesting that radicals fn ayr not honestly feel that certain outrak4s iH j. life are traceable to conservatism, unfeason4
 able and unreasoning, that talents and labor : are not always justly rewarded under our present system, and that the way to balance
 the books and adjust all accounts is to cru. sade for the recovery of the holy sepulcher
 of human rights from the Saraeens Those
 who thus make the fight for radicalism in : law and government and in life and property : are not to be condemned. -s-..,:&4
 There is, however, the propakandist of radicalism who is deserving of nothing. Be, is radical for revenue only. In the name of equality, he dwells, figuratively speaking, :. in marble halls, clothes himself in purple and : fine linen, and dimes sumptuously each day.. He is making money out of his advocacy of : reform, and cares not how much bitterness and hatred he arouses 50 long as it pays. He is the big little boy who never divested him.
 self of his primitive instincts to take what-s.- ever he could whenever he could. 9tS
 Neither ultra-radicalism nor ultra-c6nserv-, atism will suffice. Neither in the end is. better for the world. We can lose too mueh
 of boyhOOd, and we can retain too much ,: bOyhood. It is my view that we should re- ; main conservative until our iudrment and {. cOnsciences convince us that the general wel-@s fare lies in some radical reform. When we. turn radical we should be able to face any. one of our fellow men and prove to him that .l at the sacrifice of self-interest we are striv25 ing to promote the common good.
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INSURANCE COMPANIES SERVICE

Life insurance companies are com monly regarded as of value because of the financial function they perform in the proteN tion a persons future or de- pendents. To be sure, that is a service of recognized merit and is the basis of the insurance appeal to prospects. But as result of the painstaking care with which insurance companies have gath cred their data and prepared their sched- ules based on life expectation a very valuable by-product of advantage to the human race has been evolved. Life in- surance statistics are the most complete in the world regarding human mortality, the virulence of disease, the causes from which men die and the various factors that appear to shorten or to extend life. Although this service was not contem- plated by the companies in the begin ming, it is in reality of most far-reaching human value. It is an unintended hu- manitarian by-product of a service that in the beginning merely sought to turn to profit an opportunity that has won derfully developed as the years have passed.
 Therefore, life insurance has come in a sense to mean actually the insurance of a longer life. The mortality tables accurately reflect the value of health measures and sanitary precautions. They are q faithful record of the efficiency of methods of combating diseases by serums and specifics. Above all, they graphically portray the direct affect upon longevity of living habits. Right living .lengthens life, wrong living shortens
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a repetition of that story. For Senator La Follette's strength, unlike Taft's, is not spread evenly throughout the country but massed in separate states-which fact in it. self gives him an immense advantage under the electoral college system. If LaFOllette for instance, should carry Wisconsin, Min nesota, Montana, the two Dakotas and no more, he would have a bloc of 39 electoral votes and with a close election between the regular Republicans and the Democrats, that bloc of 39 might prove enough to blockade an election. For a majOrity in the electoral college is necessary. to elect. -
 What the twelfth amendment first requires is that the house of representatives proceed to. choose a president from among the three high candidates. But note these facts: First the house votes not as it does ordinarily, by individuals, but by states second, each state counts one vote and only One-New York, for instance, with 43 members in the house. counts no more than Wyoming, with it's 1 i; third, the house. too. must have a majority of all the states, and not mere plurality, to make its choice effective. Note, in addi tion, it. is not the new house that does the choosing, but the old house, that is, the ex- isting house, even though the election itself may have turned the ruling party out of power.
 How large fraction of the present house of representatives Senator LaFollette could control in such a contest is debatable but for the sake of illustration grant him his five states again. There are AS state votes in all % are necessary for majority; set LaFollette's aside, and all the losing party would require to block election in the house would be to tally 19 votes. Those 19 with Senator LaFollette's 5 would leave the win ner only 24. And 24 is one vote shy.
 Assume this happens. What comes next? fU deadlock. But the senate takes a hand
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has committed itselt to the ticket and will support 1t through thick and thin. The various party splits that threatened for time to develop at New York are already disappearing. The party unity that is so necessary to political success appears to be assured and is daily more solidly cemented. Davis and Bryan. That is the ticket, and the rank and file of the party stand by it.
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chants annually for years. They never sx- pected to have their women jeered at be- cause they were from the South. Our dele sation is on one of the back tiers of seats, and the language hurled at us from the gal. leries could not have come from anv other than q tough clement" New England millb.
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NEW YoRK,s MANNERS

Sentiment plays 50 large a part in business that New York business men may well pom der on these words attributed to Governor Cameron Morrison of North Carolina : Southern people have bought millions of dollars worth of goods from New Ycrk mer-
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It seems that we should agree to can eel foreign debts in order that our debt ors may maintain armies and build bat tleships in preparation for another war which they will again expect us to pay for
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manufacturing for New York jObbers, may, also be somewhat affected by this resent. ment which appears to be common among the Eouthrohs. New York's increasing un- popularity in the South and West is likely to be a New England liability, too, wA feaRs --Lswell CouEier.Citisen. ~.
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Senator Wheeler says that he could not consistently get out and support Mir. Davis for the presidency. Well, Senator Wheeler has done few things consistent ly, so that should not worry him.
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T VERIFYING changes in life from age
 % to age except one thing-human. nature, A) It remains the same always and every where The strongest argument against the Darwinian theory is not the Holy Bible, but the holy nuisance that every man now and then realizes that he, himself, is. Men are now born with larger opportunities than ever before, greater chances for advancement and more comforts and conveniences, but still they are born men, as in the past. As far as the primal instincts of the race are con- cerned, they are what they were. a thousand years ago and what they probably shall be a thousand years hence. They enter the world without cognizance of law or anything of the kind at the outset they are individually socialistic. -r
 He is rare child who is not a radical. To most young persons, whatever is, is wrong. The average boy is individualistic enough to desire to keep whatever he has, and sufficiently socialistic to think, if. he thinks at all, that he has right to anything he can get his hands on. He knows no req son why Keep off the grass" should be stuck up at the very place he wishes to play. He cannot understand why anything he wishes is not something he has a right to take His training in the principles that gov ern society does not begin until some larger boy, equally radical, takes from him some thing which he regards as his own. Then for the first time his radicalism is checked.
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By this time the favorite sons have settled down to business just as if noth- ing had occurred to distract their atten. tion.
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Closets are not the only places where family skeletons are disclosed; some- times they are seen on the bathing beaches.
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One of MT. Kellogg's first duties at the London reparations conference was to explain his presence there.
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IT the choice were left to me, whether to nave free press or a free government, would choose free press.-Thomas Jeffersen.
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Candidates who are their own plat form may find it advisable to wear hob nailed shoes to avoid slipping.
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Perhaps the country would get along better if 1t didn't have to be saved every four years.
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Birmingham, Ala, July IS, 1924.
Publicity Helps Alabama College Drive

Publicity Helps Alabama College Drive To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 I am writing to thank you in behalf of Alabama College for the generous space you have given us in advertising our drive. Sure. ly the press of the state is doing wonderful work for the cause of education.
 The authorities of Alabama college highly appreciate this, and wish to thank The Age Herald especially for it's great help.
 Cordially yours.
 T. w. PALMER, Pres MontevalIo, Ala, July IS, 1924.
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