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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
THE DRAINAGE AMENDMENT

Some weeks ago the state supreme court declared invalid the law permit ting the formation of drainage districts and the assessment against benefitting property of the costs of such improve ment. The court held that the legisla- ture has no authority to extend the tax ing power to drainage districts. That being the case, the only remedy is to obtain from the people consent to such Allegation of authority. Accordingly, in November the people will have the op- pertunity of voting on a constitutional ahendment authorizing the program con templated in the law.
 AS The Mobile Register recently ex- ressed it: "The drainage projects in iabama which were begun, and for
 iich in some instances bonds had been
 sued, were declared unconstitutional
 cause of the limitation placed on the ate in delegating it's taxing authorty
 municipal corporations only. It is smental justice to permit those com .tinities that wish to do so to tax them selves for their own improvement. With inc adoption of the amendment by the
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS

And all that glitters is not guilt.
 There's always head waiter in a crowded barber shop.
 A sensible man is one who knows when to let go before taking hold
 A lazy man is on the wrong side of hu- manity's profit and loss account.
 If a woman nags her husband it's up to him to supply her with plenty of cause.
 Many a man has lost his good name by having it engraved on the handle of his um. brella.
 The evident admiration of a strange man makes a girl almost as indignant as his fail ure to notice her.
 Many an otherwise sensible woman has given up a good paying job in order to be come worthless mans wife. -
 When a man tells you that he will follow your advice, it's unnecessary to call him Q liar, but you may think what you please.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
DOES WOMAN DO THE COURTINGs

Man views it as a great testimony to his prowess at amour to yield up his liberty, his property and his soul to the first woman who, in despair of finding better game, turns her appraising eye upon him. But if you want to hear mirthless laugh, just present this mas euline theory to a bridesmaid at a wedding, particularly after alcohol and crocodile tears have done their disarming work upon her. That is to say, just hint to her that the bride harbOred no notion of marriage until stormed into acquiescence by the mOonstruck and inn petuous bridegroom.-H. l.. Mencken in "In Defense of Women"
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The Right Word
THE REGENT TEST
By CURTIS NIcHoLs SON
tFind ths Error in. .Thls ArtIeIel


 The first sentence in the recent test should of read as follows:
 "WliOm did you nention5" It is. not unusual to hear a person ask, "WhO did you mentionY There are many who think that who is always the right word when it comes first in sentence; or at least they seem to think 50, for they never begin a sentence with whom.
 You would hot say, "She did mention he. z You would use him. And, if you insisted upon placing the him first, still you would say, Him she did mention"
 The same analysis applies to ''Whom did you mentiong" The word whom, which is really the object of did mention, as him is the object of did mention in the second sen. tence, is placed first in the sentence in order to ask question. a~
 The Second Sentence
 It read as follows: "Here is the boy who you thought threw the ball" The foregoing Ico:istruction waylays many an otherwise fair. l ly good grammarian or fairly good writer An examination of the sentence will disclose that who is the subject of threw; as, who threw the ball.
 The words you thought" m ght be said to be parentheteal Who is not yhe object of thought,
 The Tbird Sentence
 The third sentence read as follows: "He has been lying down. For some unknown reason it seems the most difficult thing in Cs world for many people to avoid sa5 ng fife Ass been laying down. Lay IeaAs place; eieept when speaking sof the past @ lie lay down this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
Watching The Parade
By JOHN PILGRIM

I've known old Tom Hornaday long enough and intimately enough to talk turkey to him when the occasion demands it. So that when he said this morning:
 q wisht had a car, darn it. But I can not afford it-" -
 I said:
 You're an old fool. Of course you can af- ford it. You cannot afford not to have it."
 We took account of stock, and Tom couldn't fool me, because know too much about him. His children have reached the self supporting age, even if they seem not to have reached the self-supporting stage completely. Tom has enough money put away to be as certain of comfortable age as any one can be in a shifting world. The only reason why he has refused to buy Q car is that he has acquired habit of false economy. a
 >"Why do you want to save more money? ?" asked.
 Tom didn't know. He did not have single reason for saving more. He admitted that his children would be better off if they started life with a modest stake instead of with lit tle too much. But he has been pinching pen nies so long that his fingers curl at the sight of an Indian head.
 ''The wisest wisdom" told him, lis the wisdom of lnxuries."
 A car would keep the old tad in the open. It would give him something to think about beside dividends and the pranks of his young 'uns. It would convince the young 'uns that they had best settle down to work for them selves. The purchase would add to the total prosperity of the United States, for it, is by such purchases that we have become the rich est nation in the world. Thank goodness, Americans as a whole know the wisdom of luxuries.
 Last of all, there is no safe deposit box in A coffin.
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FiniS

He went out into the world And made his mark, His name becoming q target For envy. And>now he has gone back to the beginning His people.
 They greet him with the same irreverent: Hello, Johnnyw
 And he is chagrined, For with all his importance ..f He has not acquired sufficient humorI To save him from the spectacle vst g Of the old actor
 Who still would strut Though the play be ended. --Ie Baton Cooke in "Contemporary Verse
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FROM THE WISE

We should not pass from the earth with out leaving traces to carry our memory to posterity.-NapoleOn.
 The smart woman divides her time between pampering the flesh, astounding the world and amusing the devil.----AnonymOus.
 Go down the ladder when thou ehOosest a wife; go up when thou choOsest a friend.- Hebrew prOverb.
 Zeal without knowledge is runaway hOrse.-Proverb.
 The little girl expects no declaration of tenderness from her doll. She loves it, and that is all That Is the way to loye.-Remy de Gourmons
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and detect section after section which is
 utterly unscientific and unsupported by clinical or laboratory diagnosis. It is felt that many of the answers are due
 to the witness's general experience or be- liefs. The concern for the defendant is as usual permitted to take precedence
 over concern for society in general, and for the families of the victims. There is
 no desire to try the case in the news
 papers, but the press may properly de-
 mand sanity in the conduct of sanity cases
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
Anrn NnT LEOPOLD ALOllE

Leopold ridicules our type of work as far as society is concerned" said Dr. William Healy, expert alieniSt for the defense in the Leopold and Loeb hearing. We suppose the good doctor presented this precious morsel as evidence of the weakmindedness of his client but is it? If the medical expert testimony so far offered in this case is characteristic of N'our type of work" we suspect that the aver age mortal will agree with Leopold Paul Dispatch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
THE LONDON CONFERENCE

The atmosphere of the London conference while not pessimistic exactly is described as one of cautious and restrained confidence. Something like the air of your banker who knows you aren't going to pay your note but wants to make you believe he thinks you are.-Kansas City Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
English Court HumOr

EMhAABAA NUuhe AAuAAAON
 At the recent convention in London of the American Bar Association, our lawyers were frequently the honored guests of English judges in the latter's court rooms. They had occasion to witness many cases on trial.
 A friend of ours, with the Fun Shop in mind, took down actual happenings in the English courts, and we pass these on to you Magistrate Cto appIieant): 'Is your hus- band jealous of you?"
 Wife: "oh,, no, sir; I'm nothing to be jealous of.
 Magistrate (to talkative wOman) "Say yes or no to the question"
 Woman: ''Yes and mo-"
 Judge: "what you say is irrelevant, madam"
 Witness: Excuse me; I'm. a ehurch-EOins woman.
 A woman complainant '@rhis man and me 'as 'ad an argument that's lasted sixteen years, and it's about time it came to, an end one way or another.P
 A Fan
 '''Do you go in for physical culture?' asked the medical examiner.
 "Sure. I always wear athletic underwear ' -GeOrge F. Paul
 The hOldup man understands pretty well that you've got to know how to approach people if you want to succeed;
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When Love Files Out of the Window
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When Love Files Out of the Window l cannot love you longer, sweet; $ The reason sad find Although in you the graces meet, You say "Ohe of those kind" Your charming ways seduced me, near, Till, in moment shy,
 You whispered softly in my ear: We're done with him and l." I'd gladly take you to my breast, Your bills I'd gladly pay; But, darling, feebly I protest, Don't call it tlan-jay-ray." < Howard Stephenson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
5. FROM A MEAN MAN TO NOBODY

J.Y. Riggs, 236 Hemingway Street, Blank town, Mass. There is no such person and ne such aGdress. I haven't q friend in the. world and no relatives. Ana sending this card in this way ,j,istqto do my bit to see that the letter carriers are overworked delivering silly mes sages in summer months.-K. M.A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
HCr ''VyiId' Mamma

Several months ago my wife was a guest" |" for two weeks. at the hospital During her absence our little daughter Mary, aged 6, openly disapproved of being separated from her mother. boy in her arms, little Mary was more indig- nant than ever.
 Staying away from home all this time is bad en6ngh, mother, 2 sue said sternIy Nitia1 out running around with another baby ''-- Austin D. Dolan.
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WHERE ATTENTION CENTERs

The German spokesmen in London prob ably are investigating the solidity of the new allied front even more carefully than they are studying the terms of the allied agreement.-- New Orleans Times Picayane
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

According to the alienists, this Loeb Leopold pact must have been a beau tifM friendship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

M the choice were left to me, whether to nave free press or free government. would choose free press.-ThOmas Jefferson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

"Four Officers Held for Dry Con- spiracy."-Probably wet conspiracy is what is really meant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

An Ohio lunatic recently set fire to the infirmary in which he was an in- mate. A case of being crazy before the heat
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We have an inkling that MT. Dawl suspects the nature of the revelation tC be made to him today.
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"Shape of Foot Index to Character A flat foot, we take it, indicates : detective complex.
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As we understand it, the American fly CTS intend to finish their flight even if they have to walk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

A Louisiana parish ordinance forbids hugging, betting or kissing in public, Another blow at personal liberty?
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Berlin burglars are reported on their vacations. It must be gratifying to be engaged in a business that won't go to pieces while all the personnel is away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
Tight

Jipson: 'Is he a close friend of yoursg Gayboy "I'lI say so Too darned close !"- Louis Schneider.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
They All Dodge

When a woman is learning To drive a car, She's fur less nervous Than her neighbors are
 ..-Hortense Green.
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6. FROM A POSTAL EMPLOYE ON VA
 CATION

To Whom It May Concern My life has been made miserable handling millions of these d-souvenir post cards a month all summer. | just want to feel that this is one card won't have to handle personally. Worker. .-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

Those bandits hemmed-in in that Colo rado mine haven't caved in yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PREss-Ths As
 eoelated Press is exclusively entitled to the uss for publication of all news dispatches credited tC iS or not otherwise credited in this paper anC esao local news published therein. All right
 ot republication Of special dispatches are als'
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The Jingle.JanEIe COunter

Sad 1t is when friends are gone; Girls are nice to lean upon.
 f IN. NJ. Levy. Sweet the lips of lovely misses; There's not much in candy kisses. Gertrude Heller. Daily evil things are done; Nags we bet on hate to run.
 '+ Allan Bipberg,
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His FeaM

'+0h, Mfr Smith :" hissed the hired girl "A book agent was here this afternoon and held your wife on his iap!"
 "Ah, yes,'' returned Grout P. Smith, "l was afraid you were going to say he sold hel a set of encyclopedias"
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES-By mali. payable in Advance, in United States and Canada; Daily and Sunday. one year. $500; six months. $4.oO: three months, $7.25 one month. S5c. Daily only; One year. $650; six months, $3.25; three months, SL75; month. 75c. Sunday only: One year. $2.5O; six months. s1.50; three months, Ebt one monthh, 25c.
 By carrier. where carrier delivery is main. satnedi 2oc per week. s5c per month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

NEWS BUREAUS-washington 800 Davidson Building; State Capital, Montgomery Journal l5uilding; Tennessee Valley. Decatur Albany; Eagle Building; Annlston. Star Building; Gads- den. Journal Building; Muscle Shoals, Tri-cities Daily Building.
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Ruby says: When going downtown on the street car this morning, took out that van ity case bought at the drug store, and the mirror in it was so cracked that. instead of my own, powdered the nose of the girl next to me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

EXCLUSIVE ALABAMA MEMBER OF NORTH AMERICAN NEWSPAPER ALLIANCE.
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Telephone (private branch exchange connect sns all departments). Main ,4soo.
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Dear Marilynn As I know the suspense which grips you, send you this remarkable coIored view of the Obidiah Griggs Public Li- brary at Greasekupp Lake. All your life you have been waiting for such a picture. Take it ,now and be happy.-With love, Wallie.
 P. S-Is it you or some other girl who has craving for views of fire houses in four cOlOrs?
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hE,AaONC F..
 | OVER

T. Vacation Souyenir-Postcards They Mover
 Write 1. l. TIRED BUSINESS MEN TO THEIR
 WIVES >
 Dear Emma:. Having a wonderful time. Glad you're not here.-Egbert. Dear Alma Arrived here anything but O. K. This is not pretty place. Expect to have almost as dull time here as have when I'm home with my family. Don't write.-- Abner.
 2. TIRED WIVES TO THEIR HUSBANDS Dear Joe: Am enjoying myself wonderfully here. 1t seems good to get away from you Don't miss you at all. Am off to dances and parties every evening. Met Judge Schmaltz the other night. Lovely man. So unlike you. Rich, too. He took me to dinner and l think he's wonderful. planned to stay here only a week but have decided to remain month Don't neglect your work.-Hattie.
 Dear Otis: This is not picture of the hotel at which l ana stopping. It just happens to be the first souvenir postal picked up, as I didn't want to waste any time on you. You said you might run down and join me the end of the week I hope you won't Love- Mary.
 Dear Husband Just drop you this card be- cause it is the custom. will not write later. I-Arabella. 8. FROM YOUNG WOMEN TO THEIR
 YOUNG MEN Ha9
 Dear Freddie: They have souvenir post cards here with real artistic and interesting views of this place, but they cost five cents each, whereas these are four for nickel. Have hardly thought of you since arriving. Have met dozens of delightful boys and am now certain you mean absolutely nothing in my young life. Want your ring baek?-YOur own Gladys
 Artie: Going to dinner tonight with a Yale boy who owns his own Cadillac. Knew you'd be interested.-Hazel.
 Prentice: am not thinking of you con stantly, my dear. Please do as much for me- Peggy. 4. FROM YOUNG MEN TO THEIR
 YOUNG WOMEN
 Patricia As it is the conventional thing, here's card from me with a picture of the post office taken in 1887. I send it to you because l know what a picture of a post office means to a young girl Don't write or phone. Loads of beautiful girls here.- Hughie.
 Dear Marilynn: As know the suspense which grips you, send you this remarkable colored view of the Obidiah Griggs Public Li brary at Greasekupp Lake, All your life you have been. waiting for such picture. Take il 1nOw and be happy.-With love, Wallia
 P. S.-Is it. you or some other girl who has a craving for views of fire houses in four
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THE ACE-HER AID

Entered at Blrminghaham. Ala post office as
 zaeondclass matter. act of Congress-. March g. 1873
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4. FROM YOUNG MEN TO THEIE
 YOUNG WOMEN

Patricia As it is the conventional thing, here's a card from me with a picture of the post office taken in 1887. I send it to you because I know what a picture of post office means to young girl. Don't write or phone. Loads of beautiful girls here.- Hughie.
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Dear Husband; Just drop you this card be cause it is the custom. I will not write later |-Arabella.
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Dear Alma Arrived here anything but O, K. This is not a pretty place. Expect to have almost as dull time here as have when I'm home with my family. Don't write.--- Abner.
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Dear Emma:s Having wonderful time. Glad you're not here-Egbert.
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'yRrDER1cK | THOMPSON. PRESIDENT
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?. TIRED WIVES TO THEIR HUSBANDS

Dear Otis: This is not picture of the hotel at which l ana stopping. It just happens to be the first souvenir postal picked up, as l didn't want to waste any time on you. You said you might run down and join me the end of the week hope you won't. Love- Mary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
8. FROM YOUNG WOMEN TO THEIR
 YOUNG MEN Y: A.

Artie Going to dinner tonight with a Yale boy who owns his own Cadillac. Knew you'd be interested.-Hazel.
Evening star., 1924-01-13

Boston Blackie. He sent his runner.
the half-witted, one-armed Squirrel,
for the turnkey. to whom he explain
ed the deputy's intention.
K y X y
BOSTON Blackie was sitting in his
dormitory cell slowly chewing
the crust OF a halfloaf Of bread
when the Squirrel slipped by the
turnkey into the CELL.
They mustn't know I'm here" he
said.t 81 heard what the doctor told
the screw turnkey. They're going
10 take you away. out of the hos
pital."
'"When. little Squirrel. when?"
Blackie whispered hoarsely.
Tomorrow. when the deputy gets
a place ready for you with Tenn
essee Red" the boy answered.
'Wht else did the doctor say, little
Squirrel?' he asked.
'IIe said the deputy thinks you are
framing something, but it isn't so be-
cause you're going to die in three
months. Are you going to die in
three months. Blackie?"
mo. not in three months. little
Squirrel" answered Blackie. and then
softly to himself he added "but
maybe tonight" He turned again to
the boy.
"Will you play your mouth organ
for me tonight, Squirrei?" he asked.
"Wfll you play it all the time from
lookup till the lights go out? All the
time, Squirrel, and loud so can hear
it plain. Here's a sack of tobacco
for you. You won't forget? All the
time, and loud"
"Yes, all the time and loud" the
boy repeated, doglike devotion in his
eyes.
Blackie's plan for escape required
that he sleep In the hospital dormi-
tory used for tuberculosis patients
and others unfit for the cell-houses
but not bedridden. To accomplish
this he diluted prison laundry soap.
strong with lye, and drank II day
after day until it ruined his stomach.
Blackie had been In the hospital
dormitory two months. He wasn't
ready to make his bid for freedom,
but must make tho attempt that
night or never.
He took a spade and laboriously
began to dig around the rose bushes
that flanked the lawn. No one saw
him uncover a rude saw made with
his hoe file from steel knife from
the kitchen. The saw and tobacco
sack containing single f1ve-doilar
bill were hidden in his blouse. The
bill had come from Mary.
Next he ask ed permission to air his
blankets on the clothesline in the
lower yard. The Toulouse in which
Evening star., 1924-01-13

face was a CHASTITY purple. Blood
oozed from his nostrils. He rolled
aimlessly to and fro on the floor, but
his lips were clenched.
Hes had enough-more than
enough, deputy" the doctor urged.
Better call it OFF,
Never till he begs,' said Sher-
wood.
The form on the floor ceased to roll
and toss. The doctor stopped over
him.
Hes out he announced.
Take him over to the hospital and
bring him round" said the deputy
warden. "We'n try it again tomor-
row."
Hours later Boston Blackie, slow
ly and painfully, came back into a
blurred and hideous world.
He didn't break me-" he said over
and over to himself.
when Blackie gets out of the hos
pital. put him in charge Of the lawn
in front of my Offices" said Sher-
wood to the assignment captain the
following morning.
1t was the first time the captain
viate from his infiexible rule that a
convict once sent to the jacket stayed
until he begged for mercy.
Martin Sherwood, from within his
office, stood fixedly studying Boston
Blackie, who was spraying the
courtyard lawn.
Hes ill, without a doubt" unused
the deputy warden. "The doctors S
evidently right. No man could coun-
terfeit his appearance: and yet
Sherwood's brow was wrinkled with
perplexity.- Because he is Boston
Blackie I'm puzzled. It's three
months since I barred his wife from
the prison and gave him the jacket.
Why this calm?"
Sherwood turned to his clerk
Phone to the doctor to come
over" he said.
against the deputy warden's order
to transfer Boston Blackie from his
cell in the hospital to one Of the
dormitories In the cellhouse.
''The mans nothing but a living
corpse now, deputy he argued. HE
isn't likely to live another three
months. Let him die in the hospital
"Move him over to C dornitory to-
morrow morning." Sherwood COM
manded with f1nality. I'm going to
put him in with Tennessee Red,
who'll keep me informed Of what he
does nights. I've got a hunch, doc
tor, that Mr.. Boston Blackie is franz
ing another surprise-party for u.s.
The doctor went back to the hos.
pital shaking his head at the strange
vagaries Of his superior concerning