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New Britain herald., 1924-12-02
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 Boys interested in basketball will do well to attend the meeting at the Y. M c. A. tonight when Central Board officials will give an inter- pretation of the rules.
 The Falcons. who last year had a good basketball team are organiz- ing for another season on the court
 The Boys club outfits too, seem well on the way to successful sea- son.
 Jim Lynch and his Gasco outfit which last year had a most sue sess- full season, remains practically intact and James expects his boys to hang up a record this winter.
 One week from tonight the lid is pried off in the Industrial league at the Y. NJ, c. A.
 Even though he seldom has poor material, the remarkable work of Notre Dame is tribute to the genius of Coach Rockne.
 Dartmouth boasts two great quar- terbacks in Dooley and Fallon, a couple of Swedes.
 Hazel of Rutgers, one of the best ends in the country last season, is playing up to 1923 form.
 Cornelrs team has power but lacks an outstanding star like Kaw or Pfann to give it scoring punch.
 Cottle of Yale has been one of Coach Tad Jones' most reliable backs.
 By winning the Norfolk open golf tournament Walter Hagen jumped into the lead early as winter star.
 Jim Barnes says one of the most important things a golfer must re- member Is to Init through the ball."
 "Pitcher Beall of tho Tanks is the best looking right handler to break into the American league in years," says Connie Mack.
 Outfelder Frank Welch of the Athletics is slated to figure in a trade during the winter, according to re- port.
 Any left handed batter with a good eye and natural swing can over come the handicap of southpaw pitching" says Babe Ruth.
 Backbone papers, provoked at Firpo's two recent defeats, are re- ferring 10 the South American as Jumbo"
 Whats become of the old-fash- toned prize fighter who used to dazzle the sporting editor with & big ur-collared overcoat?
 A quarterback in Ohio had to run 1oS yards to score a touchdown. What the game needs is bet ter street car service.
 The news that American ball play CTS tossed pennies in a fountain in Rome is not unusual. Ameri- cans are notoriously extrayagant abroad.
 Florida is a wonderful state. *]" It must be to stand for the gab of all the golfers who assemble there in the winter.
 No football team went through the season without being scored on. ""* Looks like they use the rabbit ball on the gridron, too.
 MT. Sid Ferris of New York Is said to be another Benny Leonard. """ MT. Ferris has two ears and a mouth and breathes through his nose. Maybe the plan of the South Americans to send team of anna teur fighters to this country is just a cunning scheme to show Firpo up.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-02

Ing committee declared after the contest that SahwartE had been struck by a low blow.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-02

One and one-half million copies of the Scriptures, to be sold for one cent each, have been ordered from the American Bible Society.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-02

Outfielder Frank Welch Of the Athletics is slated to figure in trade during the winter, according to re- port.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-22

PAVE FIRST AVENT1E

In his decree dismissing the petition for
an injunction to prevent the parking of GER
tain parts of First avenue by the street car
company incident to the broadening of that
thoroughfare, Judge Walker of the chan.
Gerry court ruled that the city government has
full authority in the regulation of the city
streets for traffic, ornamentation and paving.
Whether or not the parking of First ave-
nue. as proposed by the utility interferes
with the interests of many thousands of resi-
dents of that district and affect the public
convenience, is not for the utility to say.
Discretionary power rests with the city COM
mission. Direct responsibility for and OBJ
legation to the public interests lie with that
body. There is strong public sentiment
against the proposed parking project on the
ground that it is submersive of the major
public interest to private consideration.
B The city has the legal authority under
court decision to reject any parking propo-
sition. Now let the city commission recognize
its responsibility, assume its obligation, and
exercise its legal authority by seeing that
First avenue is paved without further delay
10 provide the public need and safeguard the
public welfare.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-22
SAMUEL ULLMAN

In the death Of Samuel Ullman, Birning-
ham has lost one of its most loyal and valu-
able citizens, whose faith in and service to
this community were measured by many wor-
thy and constructive Deeds Whether en-
gagged in religious or educational work, his
activities were marked by fidelity to duty and
efficiency in achievement. He left the i'm
press of his influence especially upon the edu-
cational interests in which he was an active
and productive figure. The Ullman, school
bears his name as tribute to the memory
of one who contributed generously and whole
heartedly to the advancement of education in
this community, not only during his sixteen
years of service as member of the board
of education, but in subsequent periods during
whcih he worked faithfully for educational adj
Whether as a soldier on the
battlefield, in the capacity of public servant,
in the field of spiritual uplift or enlisted in
the cause of public education and civic well
fare, he was in the forefront of citizenship
which recognizes responsibilities and obliga-
ton to ones flelowman and strives to perform
those duties which contribute to the advance
ment of worthy community interests. Through
the practice of high principles and the appli-
cation of a cultured mind to the solution of
moral and intellectual problems as bearing
upon community welfare, he wrought well for
the progress Of a city which was close to
his heart.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-22
Bide DudIey's Rhymes
The Birth OF A Thriller


l wrote a five-reel photoplay and called it
In the Month of May" l took it to a film
concern expecting I'd have coin to burn.
They gave il just a look or two and said the
name would never do 1 took the script
back home with me and changed the name
to MARY Lee" Once more sailed forth
to try to sell my photoplay and was sure
it had pretty name. They laughed and
called my title lame" Next time l named
it Pleasures Reign and then they wouldn't
even deign to look at it, but l. got wise.
Said l. IN fix it for those guys
] took it home and thought while. At
last hit the proper style. | named it
"Blooiy Susan Smart. the Lady With the
Blazing Heart" Six film producers nigh
went Wild TO pay hard cash for my brain
child The name had proved a magic bait.
The man who bought it called il great, He
made the story fit the name. l saw the film
and blushed with shame. felt I'd helped
commit crime. l guess Ill stick to writing
rhyme.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-22
BEssEMER's HEALTH SERVICE

Perfected arrangements whereby the county
health department at Bessemer will admin
lister diptheria anti-toxin to all school chill
dren and those of pre-school age over one
year free of charge is commendable con-
structive move in the public interest. Anti
typhoid serum will also be administered free
by a competent nurse. Thus mothers can
insure their children against both these dan
-serous and costly diseases at little incon
venience and without charge
Diptheria and typhoid are among the most
dreaded of disease in this country. They
are highly communicable, and liable to be-
come epidemic in form unless subject to pre-
ventative measures, and may cause serious
danger and heavy individual expense, not
to speak of large public burdens. Such fore.
thought as the health department has mani
Tested in offering rejection against both
maladies without cost to the beneficiaries il
in line with a progressive spirit and a broad
policy for the public protection and welfare
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-22

XIV Painstaking methods pursued by the health
department, resulting in successful efforts to
prevent a threatened typhoid outbreak in the
western part of the city, are commended by all
who feel a greater sense of security from dan
gers Of this insidious disease under the de-
velopment of modern science in its preventive
field. The first case of typhoid which de-
veloped in that section put the health depart
ment on guard, and the case was carefully
studied to ascertain its source. Several other
cases soon followed in the same neighbor-
hood. Then the health authorities were sat
isfied that there was a common source of
origin, and the cases were traced to two men
who were working in one of the diaries,
which was otherwise above suspicion, and
who were listed as carriers" The remedy
was plain, and the proper preventatives
were promptly adopted.
Progress in modern science has made it pos
sible 50 to trace the origin of typhoid and
attack the source as to prevent spread of the
disease and eliminate a threatened epidemic.
What has been accomplished in combating
this disease is applicable also to other dis
eases which are common. Theories and
principles are applied more to preventatives
than to cures, because methods which seek
to ascertain the origin of communicable dis
eases and combat them from the source are
more effective, more protective and more eco
nomical.
The work of the health department in at
lacking communicable diseases in this COM
munity has been efficient and productive
Of practical results. The typhoid situation
has been pretty well cleaned up. The public
is more secure against possibilities of cpl
denies, and the economic benefits are note
worthy. The record provides a strong argu-
ment for more practical>co-operation from the
public authorities with the purpose of put
ting the health department on hundred
per cent. efficiency basis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-22
NOW FOR REAL PARKS

Having acquired the services of a park
superintendent for practical work, the park
board has taken a step towards putting the
city park properties in condition for use, and
for the establishment of park system. The
new superintendent comes well recommended
He is a landscape engineer with several
years of practical experience in park work.
and is understood to have done creditable
service at Nashville, where he had charge
of that city's park system with considerably
larger funds than Birminghams present ap-
preparation.
This is a good time to start the work of
Improving the small parks so that they will
be of public service during the spring and
summer. There are several parks which can
be put in attractive condition with small ex-
pense. There are others that need more
work and money in order to utilize them to
advantage. With no very heavy costs most
of them can be so improved as to meet i'm
mediate public needs and afford pleasure
and benefits to the community.
The big undertaking, however, is a COM
plete survey of the community's recreational
needs for the future and the laying out of
definite plan for park development i'll years
TO come. Considerable additional lands will
be needed to carry out a well-planned sys-
tenn, and considerable money will be needed
to meet the costs of lands as well as their
development into a co-ordinated system pro-
viding the largest possible benefits 1t is a
big task that will challenge the vision and
administrative ability of the park board
Il the purposes and efforts of that body
promise fruitful results after reasonable
Dariod of service, there is no doubt that a
large measure of cooperation from the pub
llc will be Forthcoming. As soon as the
uaople are convinced from progress made that
shs board has the single purpose of construc-
i've achievement, and that all personal and
nlitseal considerations are eliminated on be-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-22
STANDARD OIL AND BILLBOARDs

No little interest and comment was aroused
by the announcement of the Standard Oil
Company of California that it is planning
to remove more than a thousand highway
billboard advertisements it erected in Califor-
MIA, Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Ari-
IONA, because the company believes that 1.-The
splendid scenery should be unmarried"
There is II tendency the country over, since
the notable activity in road construction, to
protect the scenery along picturesque routes
from the innumerable billboards that shut
off the views, and leave only box-car letter
ing in gaudy colors for the lover of nature
TO stare at and objurgate in no uncertain
Language. These glazing structures have been
,purposely erected at points which attract the
eyes of those who travel highways. Thus the
enticing vistas and rsvishing landscapes are
cluttered up by reminders of more mileage
the gallon" and reduction in depreciation
cost" and all that sort of thing.
In the states where these screaming bill
boards are to be regulated there is an abun-
dance of attractive scenery along the high
ways. Hence the strong appeal to tourists,
The more such. travel the greater the gaso-
line consumption. So that abandonment of
the billboards, while ostensibly determined
upon as policy of cooperation in preserv-
ing the landscape and providing additional
pleasure to those who use the highways, is
highly profitable to interests that market
more gasoline when the roads are picturesque
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-22
"MuSt Do Sun1r1lat''
nv JOHN CARLYLE

Says one of the characters in that delight.
full book, "The Broad Highway ga man
must do summat." And on the lips of this
man, Jeffrey Farnol, the author, has put
about all the philosophy there is for the aver
age man. The old countryman speaks in
the dialect of his shire. He says "summat
for something" But his simple words are
as true for today as they were for the period
Of Mr.. Farnols story.
Day by day, year by year, life by life, we
are faced with matters that call for all our
ingenuity, our judgment and our patience
disappointment is bound to be part Of our
lot. -, -
enlargement. Oftentimes we do not know
what to do. We are sorely tempted to stop
in the road, to give UP, to pity ourselves and
to weep at the foot of the barriera
But "a man must do summat ~
Disappointment and encouragement deepen
with inaction. To fail to try is to reach the
depth of futility. One might as well not
have lived at all.
Without doubt, in pursuing our program
to do something, we shall make frequent and
grievous mistakes. We may sometimes end
up, for the moment, in worse shape than we
were when we began. This is one of the PEN
alties of action, but the reward is worth the
everlasting effort.
Many man stands around the corner or
s.1e aIounu Ine mousse waiting tor MS KIND
of job to come by. He scorns the thing
he doesn't want to do. as unworthy of him,
as lily befitting his talent and his ambition.
The salary is inadequate. The hours are
irksome. He will have to wear oyeralls.
Not being able to do what he wants to do,
he compromises by doing nothing. =.
This is written for him, too. For a man
must do "summat" -.
Many an older man is dissatis with the
manner in which he supports his family. Not
doing as well as he would like to do, he
stops doing as well as he can, Disappoint-
ment leads on to encouragement, and dis
couragement to inaction. This is written for
that older man. May he, too, remember that
man must do ''summat."
And in the doing of that. one finds the
way-both to peace and to achievement
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-22
Watching The Parade
BY JOHN PILGRIM

Bob Quinn says the last twelve months have
been the happiest of his life. Ever since he
began to earn money enough to afford two
clean collars a day, he says, he has been
more or less sour and grouchy. Now he has
solved the problem Of happiness. ~
i've done away with my spare time, he
said. I've killed it. That's the trouble
spare time"
Quinn says that while he was making his
way he was SO busy that spare time did not
exist Then he was contented, for his mind
was always occupied. After he established
his business he evolved q ruinous routine
When the office closed at night he went
home.
Then I had nothing to do except amuse
myself" said he. And / didn't know how.
We went to the movies now and then, but
I'm a crank about movies. Just he-and-she
stuff does not please me. / want to see
something worth while. Theatre tickets cost
too much money nowadays to permit theatre
going. Anyhow, l get tired of the theatre.
So / sat home and read. 1t was good for
my mind, no doubt, but / suffered from
mental Indigestion. l read too many novels
and not enough solid stuff. / was glad to
quit and go to bed. Not because was tired
but because sleep was a refuge from bore
DOM"
To get rid of the spare time he has de-
liberately cultivated fads. He keeps chick
ems and makes them pay. Unless they paid
profit they would not interest him, and
during many a month they represented an
invariable loss. He bought a lathe and does
wood turning He started little Saturday.
night savings bank which makes him work
When he gets a chance to read he pIunges
at book with the zest of a eannibal at
missionary. Two or three other things are
lowering on his horizon. He will take them
up soon.
"That's why the old-fashioned folks were
so eontented," he announces with the pride
Of a discoverer They managed to free
themselves from the curse of spare time"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-22
Forum, Of The People
Square Deal For Farmers

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
The Alabama division of the National
Farmers Union headquarters have been es
tablished in Birmingham for several months
and no favors asked of the city or its citi-
zens. Nor are we asking now for. other
than a square deal for the farmer. We are
not in politics, and the president of the Ala
bama union wants no office in the gift of
the people, nor would he accept any place
in the gift of the governor of the state, or
from the president of the United States.
But the production of food and material for
clothing is first of the three great funda-
mentals of economics; and is not the farmers
problem to solve, alone, as the prosperity
of every other business depends on the sue
cess of this basic industry. We have a bill
up for the consideration of the congress,
introduced in the senate on Monday last by
Senator Curtis of Kansas, and introduced in
the house by Congressman AsweL of Loui-
siana, ranking Democrat on the agricultural
committee. We confidently believe that the
Curtis bill will go long way towards reha-
bilitating agriculture in this country, as it
will if enacted into law, enable the farmer
to stand on his own two feet and fight his
own battles. The bill is neither socialistic
nor paternalistc; asking no special favors
for the farmers other than have already been
granted for the purpose of rehabilitating the
railroads of the country. The Curtis bill
will enable the farmer to place his products
on the market in an orderly manner, as there
is demand for them; thus preventing con-
gestion, waste and flooding of the market :;
giving the farmer a reasonable profit above
the cost of production.
I ask the commercial clubs and business
men of Birmingham to assist the writer in
getting an audience to hear Mr.. B. F. Yoakum
of New York, who has given more careful
thought for twenty years to this problem
of marketing farm products than any one
man in the United States, author of the bill,
explain the provisions of the measure, and
how the agricultural interests will be up
lifted by the enactment of this measure into
law. Mr.. H. D., Collins of Erie, Kansas,
will also explain how cooperative marketing
has benefited the farmers of his state.
G. r. McELDERRY,
President Ala. Div. Farmers Union
Rirminpham Ala March 81 1904
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-22
The Right Word
A Suggestion

Nathan Bengis of New York makes sug-
gestion worthy, of consideration. He writes
as follows: =
May 1 suggest that in correcting every
day, the error made in the preceding article.
you also give a reason for the correction
construction will cling more tenaciously to
the readers memory, il. the correction made
is accompanied by some justification"
In Or At
T. Ivey, Jr., of Chicago wishes discussed
whether meeting is held in Tor att New
York, and in Cor att Clear Creek, Colorado.
He writes: please comment on the follow
ing: 1. The meeting will be held in New
York City Tor at New York City,; 2.
The meeting will be held at Clear Greek, Col
orado Tor in Clear Greek, Colorado"
II is customary to sag "in New York City,
and "at Clear Creek"
The Collective Noun Once More
John r.. Wallace of New York writes
I'm this case the entire choir, as a body.
was being conveyed by ferry-boat." Ap-
parently Mr.. Wallace was not certain of the
correctness of was in the foregoing sentence,
for he placed a question mark under the
word. The right word is were: as, the en-
tire choir were being conveyed by the ferry
boat. The comment above was made with
regard to the following sentence, in which
the word was puzzled Mr.. Wallace: The
choir was Cor were) sailing across the ferry"
The right word is were.
Mr.. Wallace also asks whether the follow
ing is correct: ~ really would like to have
an automobile He is anxious to know
whether should is the right word instead of
would. Never say. Il would like" Should
is correct
Yesterdays Error
Wrong: This kind of a construction is
not always easy.
Right: This kind of construction is not
always easy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-22
Marion, Ala, March 10, 1924.
"Rumpling Up The Quilt"

10 the Editor of The Age-Herald:
l am subscriber to your paper, and my
family, who has resided in Birmingham since
its infancy, has always had The Age Herald
as a companion. I can remember the Iron
Age, as it was called when Birmingham was
in its Swaddling clothes, when my father,
the late Marion A. May, also a pioneer citi-
zen of Jefferson county, was a subscriber,
and in all those years of companionship
do not remember many issues that / have
disagreed with The Age-Herald, with regard
to civic and commercial interest as it refers
to this great commonwealth. But we all
sometimes make mistakes. No one is free
from them, and The AgeHerald is no ex-
ception in this case. My reference is to a
new field of journalism the editor has
launched. Knocks on the administration of
Governor Brandon and the state highway
commission will not get Alabama very far
in the estimation of the outside world, if
your efforts along this line are successful. 1t
is to be regretted that any newspaper con-
trOversy that has tendency to embarrass the
administration. the highway commission,
in its efforts to build up the state highways
of Alabama, iand make Alabama a better
place in which to live. be continued
1t is natural that every town wants a
highway, all want one to go by their door
or farm, as the case may be. and it is just
as impossible to satisfy two opposing delega-
tons they appear before that honorable
body as it is to satisfy swarm of bees that
hus lost its queen. am personally ac-
quainted with Honorable John A. Rogers,
chairman of the state highway commission.
| regard him honest and above-bOard and a
man that has the interest of the entire state
at heart, and | do not believe that he would
permit public indigmitipS by any opposing
factions simply to satisfy his personal gain.
We cannot build roads ON paper; il takes
men of experience and ability to carry out