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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-02

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24

upon the Mellon schedules is turned back upon itself. Mr. Garner and his colleagues were right, and the great majority were wrong. More than that, many admit that they were wrong. Mir Mellon advises that the compromise measure be vetoed, but the president cannot justly seek to wipe out at a stroke all the result that has been attained to date on this important subject.
 The history of the progress of the tax measure through house and senate is instruc- tive. In spite of the undisguised effort on both sides to make political capital of the opportunity to reduce taxes, the ultimate re- suit is salutary and publicly beneficial Even with all it's faults our national lawmaking body has vindicated the wisdom of the right of free debate and amendment. Sometimes this right is abused; but it is better to sui fer the occasional abuses than to forego the right altoaether, or to limit it by such con ventions es would render steam roller meth ods of legislation easier.
 In free and open discussion of public questions. although motives may be dis guised, the strategy and lihe-ups cannot be concealed. Open legislation openly arrived at is an American institution that is our best legislative safeguard. We may weary of the delays, the obstruetionist tactics, the committee maneuvers, and the endless de bates. but the human element cannot be elim mated from human activities. What we should take comfort from is the fact that majority of intelligent human beings almost always follows the right course in a crisis or in formal decision not too hastily pre- sented. It has been so in the case of tax reduction. The measure is not perfect, but it is an improvement, not only on the pres ent situation, but also on the Mellon plan. For that we may thank the leisurely pro cesses we sometimes sharply criticize. Con- gress acts that way, because that is the way congress acts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
Brief Nature Studies
By ,. OTIS SWIFT

Under soughing pines in sidehill pastures and along rivers where fragrant vanished buds of balsam poplars burst, walking clubs come upon the ever-recurring spring miracle of reincarnation. Ishtar, the Great Mother, goddess of fertility and love, who in autumn slew Tammuz, her sweetheart, counterpart of Adonis, now walks in trailing green fi1my garments along woodland ways, call ing him to life. His spirit sings in the pines with the olive-backed and wood thrushes {; skins the air with returning chimney swifts and calls her softly in the whippoorwill's $ voice at dusk.
 Brown thrashers cry his glory from the balm -of. .Gilead and returning ehewinks scratch among dead leaves, uncovering the budding violets that spring from his drops of blood, spattered in October. The festival of Tammuz was observed by Babylonians just before the summer solstice, period of mourning for the loss of the god of vege- tation, followed by rejoicing when he re- appeared in spring flowers. I
 Ishtar. the Earth Mother. was worshipped under many names in Asia, and Tammuz was held particularly dear by Northern Semites,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
hH H,aaONC E. OVER
The Lady and the Salad

("Would she order chicken salad
 againf He wondered. Every time he
 had taken her to dinner she had said,
 A chicken salad, please revealing that
 she was unaccustomed to dining out"
 From an advertisement of book guar
 anteeing young women ease and assur.
 ance in public dining places.)
 Well, Etta," he said. what would you like.y
 He handed her the menu. She took it. He watched her study it. She was holding it upside down.
 I'll take - she began. Wouldn't you like an hors d'oeuvre, Ettar' he interrupted
 "A what2v she asked
 How about some potage?" put in Web ster quickly, realizing it was bit useless. .
 "Which?' asked Etta, reddening terribly.
 Why not a little Gombo rEspagnole r asked Webster. &
 "Ain't it warm in here?" was Ettas re- ply
 ''Or some potage madrilene?' asked Web ster. drowning.
 ~'I'll take chic, :"
 "Wait!" commanded Webster. (He was de- termined she would not order that again.) "As long as you don't care for any soup, how about the poissons? There's Saumon Poche with Sauce Genevoise, Supreme de Turbotin la Franchise, Filet de Sole Wales ka, Scallops Marinjere or Filet de Sea Bass Isabelle"
 'I don't care for none," lisped Etta.
 Don't you ever eat fish?'' asked Webster, impatiently.
 Sometimes I like flatfish or cells. but ain't hungryy- tonight, honest I aint," re- turned Etta, plainly i'll at ease.
 Well, suppose you order nice entree. How about some Poulet Refine Poche au rig Pilaw with Sauce Paprika?"
 "I'll take a chic . ." attempted Etta once more. i
 Listen" interrupted Webster. Are you soing through life eating nothing but chicken salads? Amt there no other kind of food you are familiar enough with to call it by name? Are you laboring under the impres- sion walters don't get no fun outa life unless they're bringing on chicken salads? Answer pe, yes or no"
 q want chicken salad !'' sobbed Etta a You always want a chicken salad" de- clared Webster. "You got what is known as chicken salad complex. Don't you kno% people will laugh at you if you always order Cu&t ASO SVu want tO NAaiiu JVuACcA A Dumb Dora every time a gentleman, takes you out to dinner Chicken salad Chicken salad Ain't there no other food in the world? I should think you'd get wise to yourself and try to act like you belonged" !" -~ Etta rose. took the water bottle and broke it over webster's head. He fell in heap. There was rush of walters and at- tendants.
 Throw that bimbo out" ordered the head waiter. "I overheard him bawling this lady out sumpin' terrible. He deserved what be got.'
 Out went Webster into the gutter.
 Nov, lady, what is your orderY' asked the head waiter. "A chicken salad" replied Etta with finality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
Watching The. Porade
By JOAN PLeRTAH

Seven miles out in the country is a nice little, weather-beAten, grass-surrounded, we'll shaded church. A new organ, a new roof, and some new underpinning were needed. The congregation held meeting to consider these facts one day.
 Let us appeal to Mir whoois," said the to be very generous He would never miss the money"
 It was so ordered. And then a cantan- kerous old deacon got up.
 "If you send that letter to Mfr. whoois, 7 said he, you can take my name off the rolls. never asked any one yet to do something for me that could do for my self.''
 But he's 50 rich," urged the minister.
 The cantankerous old gentleman talked on, He said that if he were rich man he would pay no attention to a set of human fish worms who went around asking people for charity. More than that, the rich man in question particularly detests the man who asks some one else to pull his share of the load. The deacon said that sincs America went on it's charitable spree some years ago it had become the fashion to wait for hand outs Yes, he said handouts. J
 eve can pay for these repairs ourselves, 7 said he. If we cannot, let us abandon the church. No organization is worth maintain ing on a hase of beggary."
 Oddly enough-at least he said he was surprised by it--the latent self respect of that congregation was stirred. The men began to pop up all over the house to an nounce that they would do their part So did the women.
 "And let US try not to blaekmsil the little children out of their pennies" said the can tankerous old man. My father Inade me give when I was a little boy and I've hated him for it ever since. Give the kids a chance to do their own thinking and their own giv- ing. Don't steal their pennies from them and call it giving to the Lord. It isn't. It is the sparing of our own tightly bqttoneel pockets"
 That's the liveliest congregation in our county today And getting livelier. And no one in it likes the cantankercus old man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
Psychopdtls
hy .. ADDExoToN nRUon

There was nothing malesolent, nothing sin. lster, nothing criminal in his appearance. So much like the ordinary run of men did he look that the man whom he accosted with the command, "Give mo your money,e thought thet the other was joking.
 This thought seemed certainty when. at q second glanze, he recognized an ac- quaintance. Laushinsly he called him by name. Then followed the bark of re voIver.
 A dead man, living man clutching a two dollar bill drawn from the dead mans pocket, and a policeman clutching the living man such was the next picture in this tragic drama from Teal life. Came the policeman's mortified exclamation.
 "You shot him like dog for a measly two dollars P
 T had to shoot him." was the whining excuse. "I have, hungry child, I needed money, and he recognized me. So had to shoot him."
 Insane? Not bit of it, from the legal point of view. The slayer knew perfectly what he was doing.
 Yet. there clearly was something the mat ter with man who could deem 1t reasonable thus to account for a cold-blooded murder. Experts for the defense put 1t accurately when they described him as psychopath.
 The world, unfortunately, contains many men ef hls type.avThat is one reason crime is rampant. And, what is still more unfor- tunate, until psychopaths commit some out ragecus anti-social act they are not commonly recognized as phychopaths
 Yet many of them perhaps most of them --betrax even in early life signs of the condi- tion that some day bring them within the grasp of the law. Here, in few words, greatly condensed from the pen of an ex- pert in mental diseases, are some of the early indications of psychopathy
 ''The constitutional psychopath, far from showing the delicate nervous balance of the sensitive neuropath, is apt to be physically hard as nails. His outstanding defect of character is discernible in early babyhood-- namely. his inability to respond to training.
 "de is unteachable-not that he does not learn, but he learns, apparently, only what he chooses. have seen a year-old child wear -out whole family in the effort to wean him and teach him cleanly habits.
 '.As he grows older, this inability to profit by experience shows more and more plainly. Added to this inability to learn from experi- enee is a superficiality of emotional life that strikes even the layman as peculiar. The loss of love objects affects him but little, except as it detracts from his comfort and convenience.
 Psyehologically he is the possessor of very irregular abilities. He may exeell to the point of genius in some traits and be almost feehle-mirded in others. He may be the brightest pupil in his class, yet show a lack of judgment that makes his mates regard him as a plain fool"
 Psyehopaths, growing to manhood or woun- anhood, help to swell the ranks of the un- employabie To them is due much of the congestion in our divorce courts Above all, they provide grist for the mills of the crim- inal courts.
 What to do about them is indeed thorny problem Yet it is q problem that must by some means be solvedsif ever the social ills of the modern world are to be Nppreciahly reduced. sf4<
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24

part of the individual There is no real discipline or drill, such as would tend to make the officer more efficient, more aware of the nature of his responsibility, and bet ter able to perform his duties in the most acceptable manner. .
 All policemen and all officers of the law do not belong to "a single group. Some of them have, aptitude for this kind of duty or for that which causes them to be singled out and assigned to such duty; but as a rule there is no formal training to fit men for special police roles. There are downtown traffic officers, whose particular duty is not to make arrests, but to expedite traffic and to handle crowds, whether afoot or awheel. There are mounted policemen whose duty it is to prevent violations of law and to arrest vehicular offenders, giving chase if need be. There are those whose specific duty is gem eral patrol. ready for any emergency, whether of protection. arrest, assistance to citizens, or merely for the salutary effect of the uni form in neighborhood that might otherwise be turbulent. There are officers whose duty it is to trace criminals after crime has been discovered; or to be- on the lookout for dan gerous or suspicious characters who may sur reptitiously drift in from elsewhere, to evade capture or to commit some new crime in q new field: or to keep under surveillance those resident individuals whose records are shady and whose operations are doubtful There are duties associated with the police depart ment which only expert men of both train ing and experience can properly perform.
 In all these departments there is necessary a special technique, a special code, special fitness and training, which are not usually provided in definite and deliberate manner. It appears, therefore, that every mupicipality that attains the size of a metropolis should provide some special training for it's officers of the law. The morale of the force would thus be heightened; the profession would be dignified; the clements of courtesy and con sideration for the public would be instilled; the rules of proper official conduct would be made plain, sand the public would be all the better served. The most progressive cities provide such training of their policemen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
Forum Of Tue People
Appreciates Support for Adjusted Com pensation


 To the Editor of The Age Herald ::
 Every ex-seryice man that believes in the adjusted compensation for the ex-soldier should feel grateful that in The Birmingham Age-Herald we have friend that. did not fear or hesitate to Ego over the topy with and for us. . A newspaper which does not wait for some politician or purchaser of ad- vertising space to shape it's editorial page. But from the ''zero hour" it has fought our fight and carried on with us. And now that the objective has been reached, ex-service men of Alabama know that in The Age-Her- aid they have friend indeed.
 The Journalistic value of paper which does complete aboutface to make it's policy conform to the ideals and whims of some politicians, or which depends solely for sup port upon its advertising patrons and self laudation may be open for question. But when a. great daily like The Birmingham Age Herald can support a candidate for the highest office in the country, yet be inde- pendent and courageous enough to differ with him, it is evident that it has gained success by it's journalistic value and not be- cause some politicians eoat-tail was made of strong cloth.
 Now that adjusted compensation has be- come a law, we have but to wait and see how sincere were those who, through the so- caIle0 EX-eerFlce N1eh s AHtt-DOHus Acdbucs so bitterly opposed any adjusted compensa- tion whatever for the able-bodied ex-soldier, branding ali@who would accept the filthy Iuere" in lieu of their service as "unpa- triotic and peace-time slackers." Already they are practicing a mental and moral leap frog by saying. "Oh, if the bonus is passed, we will accept. so that we may be able to pay the increase in taxation" Which re- minds one of the old Civil War tale:
 The Confederates were cooking hog, which they had stolen, over the campfire, and after it was done they passed it around among the other soldiers. But one of them was a very religious man. He said "I can not eat stolen meat" But after smelling the meat cooking and watching the others eat, his stomach overcome his will power, and he said "But I will take some of the gravy, if you please" M. $. WHITEHEAD.
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
The Right Word
EnrOute
By CURTIS NICHOLSON

EnrOute Myrten Hayes reads The Right Word on his business trips. In his own familiar style. he now addresses the writer of this column as follows:
 Dear Ed i've suppose he means Editor and are glad Myrt. and The, Right Word have become so well acquainted) Ever since I found your article on the back page of the paper I have enjoyed the first few miles of my rather tiring railroad trips, and so wish to express my appreciation and thanks to you. ''I wish that you would print few ex- Amples of the correct uses of that and which, for I have noticed that several times you have criticised sentences for mixing these words.
 "Why do you object to the use of above and insist on foregoing?
 "Is it also wrong to say, Tn the sentences The following sentences are correct Ex- anime the paragraph above; Examine the foregoing paragraph Examine the sentence below
 Undoubtedly Mir Hayes read yesterdays s discussion of that and which. For the benefit of those who did not read it, and to help those who are interested, the following sen tences are offered:
 Here is the man who can help you. The president. who is fully conversant with the facts. will handle this situation in telligently
 The Constitution, which is the safeguard of the nation. should always be respected. . The constitution that you have drawn up is not practical.
 Yesterdays Error Wrong: I would appreciate your advising me ...
 Right: I should appreciate your advising
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
Ride DudIey's Rhymes
nHnnss.CIsaning Time

love to see the springtime come as much as any man. I always sing it's praises, too, as loudly as can. But spring has draw backs-bet your life I'm meek as any mouse when Mary says the time has come to start in cleaning house. I'm not inspired mot a bit-by sleeping on the floor, and beating carpets brings no joy, It makes me pretty sore. Then backing stoves and pull ing tacks offset the bluebird's song, while scrubbing floors makes me forget the brooks that glide along. At times it's very plain to me why poets write of spring; why swains begin to court the maids, and all that sort of thing But beauties. such as these, I miss with cold pie meath my blouse. Oh, spring time has no charms for me when Mary's cleaning house
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
PROGRESS AT THE SEAPORT

The people of Alabama are gratified anew at Governor Brandon's assurance recently given in Mobile that the program of seaport development shall be allowed to carry no load of politics. It is believed that the gov ernor is sincere in that determination, for he has appointed to the docks board three men who apparently have no political ambi- tions, and whose selection was based on their capacity for technical and business judgment, rather than in recognition of any political service rendered.
 Especially pleased are the people of this state, not only with the appointment of General Sibert to head the board. but his enlightened, firm and public-spirited attitude on the public questions coming within his official scope. General Sibert, undoubtedly with the full sympathy and approval of his two associates, ex-Governor Henderson and nFr. Blair, has set forth program conceived in all intelligence and illumined with pro phetic vision: He has pointed out the duty of the landholders in the area designated for the port terminals to surrender their prop erty at a value commensurate with it's real worth and not exaggerated by considerations of undue speculative increment.
 To be sure, in the event that some land owners remain obdurate, the board has re course to condemnatory proceedings, but the board shows an amiable disposition to win all possible concessions by fair means before resorting to compulsion. Wise are they who have already met this policy in the spirit in which it was conceived, for many impor- tant landowners have so met the boards de- sire to proceed agreeably to 8 consummation that the public welfare calls for. The sea- ports equipment with suitable terminal ia cilities is vital to A1ahama's industrial and commercial development. The people have avery reason to believe that affairs are nov Ing directly, methodically and efficiently to that end
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
REFERRING THE TAX STATUS

Such kindly influence do time and reflec- fion and discussion have upon the minds of men, even of politicians, that there is now general agreement, even among those who originally sponsored the Mellon plan of tax reduction, that the present conference meas ure has been greatly modified from the orig
 inal intent until now it is more generally satisfactory than was at first thought pOssi- ble. Even Senator Shoot regards the meas ure as acceptable, and says that, while it will annually collect eighty-four million dol lars more than the plan approved by the senate. it will still leave a margin of one hundred million dollars annually within the total amount Mir. Mellon estimated the rev. enue could safely be reduced. Thus this crit ieisu at first directed against Mfr, Garner of Texas and other Democrats for their assault
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
THE WORD .NfANTL.IE,,

The word mantle" in it's origin, meant any kind of covering, such as a sheet voer a bed. It is still used figuratively in that sense, as in the phrase, Patriotism was the mantle of his selfish purposes. The word cloak" the equivalent of mantle, is also used in that figuratiye sense.
 The use of mantle" as an article of dress we obtained straight from the French who speak of cloak as a "mantean,' the exact equivalent of our ''mantle.'
 Of course, the Spanish word, "mantilla, the name of the covering which well dressed women wear in all spanish speaking eoun, tries. is only another form Of our word, ehaatler
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
Modern Maid s Mdxin1s

A friend is a person who assumes the right to ask you for all of your secrets and-even worse-to bore you with all of his
 A woman criticises her husband and chil- dren because they annoy her, or because she loves them SO much that she doesn't want them to annoy somebody else. Unfortunately, they can never be sure of the motive--only of the criticism.
 Why wife grows old faster than her hus- band He promises her to put away his win ter clothes, puts off the job until the moth millers have visited them--then planes HER when he finds moth-holes next autumn!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
TRAINING FOR POLICEMEN

The test of civil service for policemen at once suggests the idea of some technical in formation which an applicant for such ex- animation should possess. It also suggests the advisability of some formal training for those applicants who successfully pass the tests There is no doubt a science of being policeman. just as there is science of being anything else. Yet. in most cities, the development of good policeman is an acci-
 dent or is due to some innate abiIitS on the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
THE susPICInus Rnss

You give your clerks two weeks vacation every year, don't you, Mir. Tintackg" asked the friend
 "A month" grunted the eminent hardware dealer.
 "A month";
 Yes: The two weeks when go on my vacation and two weeks when they ge on heirs Good HarfTfre