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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16
Forum Of The People
Management of Mentone Springs Hotel


 To the Editor of The eHerald:
 The Baptist denomination neither owns nor operates the Mentone Springs Hotel or any other hotel at Mentone. As a member of the board of directors of the Mentone Springs Hotel wish you to correct the state ment appearing in The Age-Herald, under a Fert Payne, August 10, date line.
 This news article said Guests at Mentone Springs Hotel, the noted summer resort on Lookout Mountain, which is owned by the Baptist denomination and used by them for their summer conventions,' following this with an alleged complaint by natives of the surrounding territory that bathers do not wear sufficient clothes. >
 The mountain folk at Mentone are entitled to their opinion of our guests, just as the guests are entitled to their opinion of the mountain inhabitants, but I do wish to call attention to the grave error made in the as- sertion that the Baptist denomination owns this hotel. As matter of fact, the Mentone Springs Hotel is owned by an operating com pany, made up of business men who seek a return on their investment just as other men. During the first three weeks in June this hotel ls rented to the Baptist denomination for its Sunday school, B. Y. F. U. and W. M U. conventions, and during these three weeks is actually operated by the Baptists. Beginning with the first of July the denom- ination has no connection with this or any other Mentone hotel.
 Mentone is Alabama's mountain resort, op- erated as other playgrounds for the pleasure of it's patrons and the profit of the owning interests. It is by no means denomina- tional resort, although we gladly lease our house to the denomination through June and proud of the fact that several of our stock holders are good Baptists. As for the reso- lutions drawn by surrounding mountaineers in which our guests are criticized, no answer is necessary, because it is known that the best people of Alabama, especially of Birmingham, are our regular patrons If their habits alarm the mountain folk, the latter alone are to blame. W. B. THOMPSON.
 EnsIey, Ala, August 12, 1924.
 The Age-Herald is in receipt of an anony- nous communication of some merit regarding the situation at the dog pound. This news paper does not print anonymous letters, and only in exceptional cases letters not signed with the writer's name. The Forum of the People is open, however, to the expression of the views of citizens and such communi- cations are welcome.-Editor Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16
Watching The Parade
By JOHN PILGRIM

This is a plea for the collateral interest. For the side issue. For the occupation that has no dividend paying attachment. For the fad, the avocation, the nutty idea, the eva sion of routine.
 From Davidson is getting stafe," said his boss not long ago. Mrs. Davidson said that he always came right home from work.
 "Buries his nose in a book" she says. "I can hardly get him to go out with me" Tom said that he was sort of dauncen. That is an old-fashioned word, If it is a word, but it seemed to indicate that he was below par. He lacked interest in everything. Es- pecially he lacked interest in the movies, which seemed to him to be directed by per sons suffering from a delusion of grandeur, who thought they could improve on the work of genius, and in the rather commonplace people Mrs. Davidson loves to call upon nights.
 II don't know what's the matter with me" said Tom, yawning.
 And then, and Tom hasn't been able to ex- plain why, he became violently interested in pure white bull terriers with pink noses. First thing l knew he had kennel in his back yard, being the fortunate possessor of a back yard. He met other bull terrier fanciers and read b. t. literature. Then he took up photography, in order to picture his pets. Be cause he thought they should have a suffi- cient amount of country air he became a fish erman, it being an obvious incongruity to take bull terriers on bird shooting trips. His reading was enlarged to include the art of the camera, if any, and how to catch fish and why.
 I've got a great little shack down the shore" Tom said to me this morning. Moth ing in it but frying pan and a couple of blankets. Come down and spend the week end with me and my dogs"
 He's the liveliest man you ever saw. The boss is throwing bouquets at him all the time. Mrs. Tom mourns. She does not under stand the necessity of side lines for the man who wishes to stay frash
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16
The Source Of Lies
By DR. FRANG cRANN

Against thieves and robbers" old Bill Cantren used to say, Eve have defense; bolts, locks and bars; but against liars we have no defense"
 Of almost any crime the disgusting part is the cheating involved. Plain murder and high way robbery are not so bad when there have been no false pretences.
 The most distressing person to have to do with is that one upon whose word you can. not depend. Our faith in one another is the cement of society; when that cement will not hold, the house tumbles. The liar is the arch enemy of mankind. It might be advisable to let house breakers and assassins go, and hang the liars, only it might come to pass that there would be no one left to pull the rope.
 Ona who tells you what is not so is not necessarily liar, for the fables of Aasop, the tales of Kipling, and the parabIes of Jesus are even more deeply true than things that are "so." They mislead nobody, blind and betray no soul, but their fiction is light and verity.
 The lies of art are no lies.
 So also there are the necessary and be. coming lies of decency and love. Of decency, where we conceal that which is shameful to reveal. Of love, where we disguise a fact that would be cruel.
 That lie is a real lie that tends to create a /
 This kind springs from cowardice, vanity or malice. So that, after all, the test of lie is the quality of purpose fin 1t.
 The lie of cowardice is what we tell for fear of the facts; as, when a man has stolen money, and denies that he has stolen, for fear of contempt and punishment.
 The lie of vanity is what we say to pro duce better opinion of ourselves than that to which we are entitled, as, when one pre- tends he is rich or wise, when he is poor and ignorant
 The lie of malice is the faIsehood that is told in order to bring harm to some one. The history of ecelesiasticism, of politics and of society is full of these lies To avoid being liar 1t is not needfuI to There is but one thing needful; it is to see | ity and malice.
 When these three poisons are not in you, you cannot lie, if you try. When they are in you, even the truth you utter Is false.
 seeks to make others think of him more highly than they ought to think Humility is the quintessance of truthfulness,
 And when you fall in with the man who is uhafraid, who never stoops to substitute and leafy tree in a desert land, yea, foun. tain of water among intolerable sands.
 And the lie of malice is a squeezed out drop of venom from a mean soul.
 If you keep your heart free from these you need fear neither God nor man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16
|eAGasQfNC ]! F.
 |01 OVER.

How to Observe National Mobilization Da. l. All citizens of military age shall ris' on September 18th at 5 a, m Rising shoult in all cases be done by bugle,, Family fight over which member is to blow the bugl' should be avoided. Claims of deafness vii be disregarded. 2. American families not equipped witf regulation army bugles should write theil congressman at once:
 B. Members of all families shall rise imme diately upon the bugle call and proceed tt dress as carelessly as possible
 f. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for si lent cussings and denunciations.
 5. The family shall proceed to the kitchen and line up for inspection.
 6. The oldest member shah call the roll.
 [. Practice in opening sardine cans Break fast of cold beans and prehistoric goldfish
 8. The above breakfast shall be eaten standing up.
 9. The head of the family shall take charge and lead forced march eleven miles over wet roads, each member carrying a piano or it's equivalent on his back. If there are any members of the family mentally def. cient they shall be appointed second lieuten- ants.
 10. Exhibition of trench digging by father using only fountain pen, pocket-knife or ta. ble spoon. s.
 II. Remarks and criticisms by rest of family.
 12. Open discussion on the care and cul- ture of barbed wire.
 B. A. W. o. L. practice. Father will act as the officer in charge and the children will try to quit camp and go to a matinee unde- tected.
 14. Distribution of wet crackers for noon lunch.
 15. Consumption of lunch while standing in a swamp.
 16. Practice in criticising the war. IT. Practice in criticising the government
 IS. Practice in criticising the president g conduct of a war.
 10. Practice in denouncing army life
 20. Practice in denouncing all generals and staff officers.
 21. Practice in denouncing the transport system. :4
 9. Practice in denouncing things in gen eral.
 23. Forced march of twenty.two miles ir hot sun. (No time out for ice cream cones).
 24. Practice in d0dging own barrage Father will take a position ten paces ahead while the rest of the family lombard hin with old iron.
 25. Instruction in correspondence, with special attention to use of a hill as writing desk
 26. Practice in denouncing the '. NJ. c. A
 27. Demonstration in repulsing wal brides
 2S. Shirt reading. Cooties will be distrib uted by the chairman of the Mobilization Day, committee in each community. They must be returned in good condition for use in the next war. This is most important ii the U. S. is to maintain it's cootie ratio on the 5-5-3 ratio.
 29. Instruction in cutting own hair and shaving with regulation bayonet.
 30. Return to base or home crawling on stomachs.
 31. Denunciation of universe, human race etc.
 g. And so to bed, fully dressed
 Note :-The above orders apply to male members of any family eligible for military service. Women members and men average shall confine themselves to planting homo gardens, calling sauerkraut Liberty cabbage refusing to listen to phonograph records ii dialect, accusing the man next door of being spy, and getting along on one lump of sugar in their coffee,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16
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Etiquette for BridegrOOms (By Wallace M. Baylissl

When you stand before the altar Scared, and waiting for the halter, Don't let wild imagination throw your senses
 in a whirl; You have not become a midget, Nor a gianti do not fidget; No oneis looking at you, mister; they are look
 ing at the girl. When it's time for osculations It will please your wife's relations Should you miss her mouth and give your
 wife a peck upon the chin. When they tease about it after With much tittering and laughter Do not enter wild denials; take it all with
 sheepish grin. As you walk some hundred paees Through a sea of uptgrned faces While the pastor, like barber, glances round
 to see who's next, Try to have pale complexion And a look of proud affection As your leaden feet go dumping by the wife
 you have annexed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16
ALFONSO MAY ABDICATE

The Madrid correspondent of the Liverpool Post reports that rumor is cur rent in the Spanish capital that King AL viera, the military commander endorsed by the king, has not made the success in Spain that Dictator Mussolini has met with in Italy. It is believed that con stitutional government is in the offing for Spain, and that the abdication of the king is prerequisite to peaceful accom- plishment of that purpose. .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16
Sonnet
Dorothy Aldis. in PoetrEl

Lovers stir not the bright pool of your love, Nor throw a stone to watch the nipples play, Nor cast small twigs afloat, nor from above Shake down loose leaves to make the surface
 gay; Nor yet from pique or curiosity
 Make acorn boats and send them sailing out. Boats full of hungry questionings to see If they bump each other. Do not shout To hear if there are echoes; but be still, And let your pool wait quietly in the sun Reflecting patient things-the sky, the hill, And growing trees for your delightful one. And it will lie as brimming and as deep As summer oceans, and as kind as sleep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16
DESTROY COTTON STALKS EARLY

It appears to have been demonstrated by careful experiment that it pays the cotton farmer better to destroy his cot ton stalks before frost than it does to leave them to mature the late-opening ,bolls of stained cotton that cannot be picked until after frost. It has been proved that the boil weevil is destroyed by early destruction of the stalks, but that his Information is accomplished be- fore late destruction takes place. The benefit of early destruction of the stalks comes in the increase in the yield of the following year.
 According to the New Orleans Times Picayune, the agricultural bureau of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States has found much evidence to sup port the theory that early destruction of stalks is profitable. For, "a test was made in Bexar county, Texas, where a Sisntation increased it's production sixty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16
MORE BARRARIsNy

A California judge urges the whipping post as a punishment for robbery and other crimes. He snys criminals fear bodily hurts more than they do prisons. The iudEe will do we'll to think twice about this. lien are not made better, they arc not reerested or i'm proved by physical Ignishment. They are brltalized by it. They nre made worse. And punishment which is aot designeL 10 nave beneficial effect on ths victim of it is no good Prisons should be hard schools They should teach while they eontine. To establish the whipping post would be tO slep back into barbarian. Toledo Bltls. 3as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16

and doubtless will be complaisant in the present crisis. His eldest son is said to be an expert in raising chickens, and no doubt will be able to support the family in the style to which it has long been 'unaccustomed. Perhaps even Alfonso himself will be of some help in picking up the eggs and doing other, odd jobs, all though there is no record of king ever having learned anything much. In fact, many of them as kings forget much that as princes they easily comprehended. Per- haps the king even in deposed status will not notice any change in demeanor, for it will probably still be the policy of the polite Spaniard to say: After you, Alfonso.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16
THE REMEDY FOR IT

The compound alienist are compounding |asininity again in that Chicago murder case. They now say that Leopold is victim of autoism and that Loeb is a case of nom emotional psychosis If that is true, the rem edy for autoism and psychosis is the gallows. Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16
FROM THE WISE

Here are we in a bright and breathing world Our origin what matters it?
 -Wordsworth.
 Proverbs are short sentences, drawn from long experience Soon as midnight brought on the dusky hour Friendliest to sleep and silence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16
ON RECORn

"This radio is wonderful means of reach- ing the public"
 Tt has it's disadvantages" commented Senator Sorghum. If you happen to say something you want to take back next day there isn't chance to come out and say the interview was garbled. d."-Washingto Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16
A COnnoiageur

A tall, thin, bald-headed man entered a shoe store the other day and sat down by a handsome woman
 Presently the clerk came to wait upon him. He took the gentleman's foot measure
 Do you prefer the small vamp, sir?' in. quired the clerk.
 'No," replied the man, "I like 'em when they make an armful. Ruth Ford
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16
NATURAL REACTION

It finally develops that the Brazilian rev. olation is related closely to the recent enact. 'ment of an income tax law. That makes it easy to understand. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16

If the choice were left to me, whether to have free press or 8 free government, would choose free press.-ThOmas Jefferson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16

MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESs-The As- sociated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it, or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news published therein. All rights Of republication of special dispatches are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16
To 8 Beefsteak

Oh, what brings my childhood to me As sit here sad and gloomy, While my knife and fork in hand I firmly take, And with grim determination now make my preparation To tackle once again this old beefsteak. In fancy now I'm roaming In the country in the gloaming, And for sixty years I've felt life's griefs and joy, And I'm certain that it gamboled In the pastures when I rambled In my childhood days, tousled barefoot boy.
 M. Annis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16

In his warnings against "imperialistic America" perhaps Trotzky has method :n his madness; he may be trying to dis tract the attention of Russians from his own imperialism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16

Telephone (private branch exchange connect ing all departments), Main 49Oo.
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EXCLUSIVE MEMBER OF NORTH AMERI- CAN NEWSPAPER ALLIANCE IN ALABAMA.
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A Total Abstainer

Don't you want to join our Sabbath League which advocates the cessation of all forms of labor on Sunday?"
 Sure, do, and what's more, I'd be glad to join six more leagues covering the other days of the week."-Ralph Clifford.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16

SUBSCRIPTION RATES-By mall, payable in Advance, in United States and Canada: Daily and Sunday, one year, $500; six months. $4.0O: three months $2.25; one month, S5c. Daily only: One year, S650; six months. $3.25; three months, S1.75; one month. T6c. Sunday only; One year $2.5o; six months, $1.5o; three months. 7bc; one monthh, 26c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16
THE AGE-HERALD

Nntefed at Birmingham, Ala. post office as leeond-class matter act of Congress, March 6,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16

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By carrier, where carrier delivery is main- tained 20c per week, S6c per month
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Fair Warning

FaF Warning
 Harold: "NIy dads got new automobile, and it can go sixty miles an hour" Jimmie; Well, he'd better not let my dad catch him at it. My dad is motorcycle cop. Gertrude Heller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16

Unlucky Fellow Smith: Johnson looked into his gasoline tank with lighted match"
 Jones: 'Ye gods Did it kill him" Smith "No, 1t was empty and he cussed because he had to buy gasoline. Mildred Moss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16

3e7S -
 FREDERICK I. THOMPSON. .. PRESIDENT
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A bore is a person who, when you ask him how he spent his vacation, tells you. The things we sometimes do without inten- tion oftimes bring better results than the things we do with the full intention of doing them. For instance, San Francisco bookkeeper thought he was kissing the landlady's daugh- ter in a dark hallway; instead he kissed an old maid music teacher. She died the other day and left the book keeper a small fortune.
 No Chance Ethel; Docs Gladys ever lie about her age?"
 Clara: How can she-with a twin brother" r."-Bertha Sadek. An express train came down the track; An apple cart started to cross.
 And to this day
 Eye-witnesses say The story is apple sauce.
 Il. J. Childers.
 Courage Mrs. Tippler: How dare you How dare you come home in this condition? Mir. Tippler: ''The stuff-hic-I drank hic-gave me the necessary courage"
 Copyright 1924 Reproduction Eorbiddsnl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16

A bore is a person who, when you ask him how he spent his vacation, tells you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-16

Note The above orders apply to male members of any family eligible for military service. Women members and men average shall confine themselves to planting home gardens, calling Sauerkraut Liberty cabbage, refusing to listen to phonograph records in dialect, accusing the man next door of being spy, and getting along on one lump of sugar | in their coffee.
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Lawn Furniture

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MISS 0GLESBF'
NEDS Allan
COUNT
Ceremony Performed BY
Father O'hlearn in Historic
Roman Church
u InternatIonal Newa servlee.


+ ROME. July "a. Miss Felicity.
oglesby Of Elkhart. MS, and Count
Cenci Bolognitti were married to-
day in the historic Cenci Church
by Father O'EIearn. rector Of the.
American college at the Vatican.
Cardinal Nasaili Rocca. who came
from Bologne to celebrate the nup-
tiai mass, was unable to obtain
papal permission to officiate, but
participated in a ceremony OF ex.
changing rings with Father
O,HearT.
Following the wedding, the count
and his bride nnotored to the Vati-
can, where they received blessing
from Pope Plus. They were to
leave tonight for a wedding trip
among the italian lakes and will
come 70 the United States within q
few weeks
The best man at the wedding was
Doiguido Cenci Bolognitti, Prince
Of Vicovar, q relative OF the bride.
gloom. Guests included General
Petit, Of Roete, Count Sogerini and
Count Macchi, of Cellere, Princess
Roccagiovane and John Oglesby,
brother of the bride.
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BOTH MEN IN PISTOL
DUEL ARE SHOT DEAD

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, July a.
Haywood Meadows, thirty-four, mer-
chant and postmaster at IshaIn, and
Earl Jones, twenty-five. shot each
other to death in Meadows store
today.
Meadows opened fire with a re-
YOlyer when Jones. who was drink
Ing, entered the store and seemed
about to attack him. ~.
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