The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-10
Mrs. Cornelius Winner
OF Second Essay Prize
Federation OF Women's Clubs Makes Public
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Bible by a special offer that has placed
the book Of books in the hands Of count
less readers. All this means great
deal. ~
"A merry heart ,doeth good. like q
medicine" and the wit and fun of many
Of The Age-Heraldss sparkling features
certainly are conducive to merriness of
heart. %
The Forum of the People affords an
outlet Of expression for its readers,
and one that is much appreciated. In
its extracts, reprinted from other
papers, The Age-Herald gives its read
ers much carefully selected and valuable
matter, touching on such matters as
the desirability of thrift, the dignity of
home owning and kindred things that
mean happiness and prosperity to a
people.
To me The Age Herald means a
source of clippings of incalculable
value, on every subject under the. sun.
These range from simple informative
data on every day subjects to finished
essays on the arts. and sciences. These
clippings are carefully classified and
filed and form wealth of material
that is of the greatest possible help to
me. as a writer
If readers of The Age Herald saw
no other line of, printed matter for a
year, but really read this paper care
fully and Understandings and made a.
file of clippings. of all valuable matter
found therein, they would, at the end
of the year, have enriched theirseduca-
ton vastly and would have in. their
clippings the equivalent of a good Ii
brary.
4 What one gets out of newspaper
depends great deal upon how he reads
III. Here (clipped from The Age-Her-
ADD are seven rules that are valua-
BILE and suggestive;
1. 1t is better to, read one paper
thoroughly than to skim number of
them, - ~ q.
2. 1t is. better to set aside scer-
tain part of the day than to snatch
at a paper. For this reason it maybe
better to delay the reading, or to keen.
the paper until evening. have tried
this the last thing at night, and find
it has been a great help. ~ Y.
3. Always read carefully the utter
ances or quoted opinion of every pub
lie man. Usually papers give only im.,
portant utterances, and these are like
y to be from authorities in special
fields
4. Do not skim the editorials. This
is unfair to the writer's. What edito-
rails you select to read, read through
carefully. 1t viii pay you to do this.
). Read all headlines carefully--do
not gulp them. Great care is usually
taken in writing them. They deserve
to be studied.
q. II you are In a. hurry at the time
and see something you, want to read,
but haven't time to, check it with a
pencil This will cali your attention
to it later. 80
z. Never leave aanewspaper behind
you. You will generally wish you
hadn't because someone will always
ask you II you saw something in it
which you now want to look at.
E. Let me, add to these seven rules, es-
clipping habit, and take care of your
clippings. -. -, :
The right newspaper is indeed a
treasure and a friend whose daily visit
is d constant joy. All this, and more.
The Age-Herald means to me.
To Alabama, The Age Herald, splen-
didly house din the 27-story Age Her.
aid building, means newspaper that
is great and growing--one that is a
vital factor in all that makes for np-
lift, growth and progress. Physically.
The Age-Herald is finely equipped to
carry out its cherished purpose of sery-
ing the best interests Of Alabama, but
OF much greater Importance is the spir-
1t that animates the whole organiza-
ton. The composing rooms that are
the last word in efficiency, the pow
erful battery Of the latest type linotype
machines, and al 1.-The other wonders
Of modern newspaper machinery, re-
Gently installed in this splendid plant.
are merely the means for the CARRYING.
out of the shining purpose behind it
all. This purpose is the fostering of
higher. standards of government, better
observance of law, finer commercial
ethics and better educational oppor-
tunities. = : :