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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
OUR DEMAND ON PERSIA

The people of the United States, while desirOus of the utmost protection to ac- credited representatives in foreign lands, are appreciative of the careful inquiry made by our state department into the death of Major Imbrie in Persia before sending it's official communication to the Persian government. It appears that, while the Persian press has almost uni formly deprecated the occurrence and has expressed concern lest the harmO- nious relations with this country be dis turbed, the Persian government has not shown the diligence in experimenting and punishing the murderers the situation calls for. Our note calls attention to the Persian governments delinquency and notifies it that we shall consider diplO- matic relations at an end unless prompt action is taken. In addition to the pun ishment of the murderers, our govern ment demands assurance of protection of the lives of all American citizens, reparation to Mrs. Imbrie for indignities suffered by her since her husbands mur- der, a Persian guard of honor to attend the body of Major Imbrie to the Amer ican warship, and indemnity to this gov ernment to the amount of the cost of al locating such warship to this duty. It is likely that our note will move the Per ,sians out of their lethargy sufficiently to obviate the extremity to which our re- .lations are otherwise headed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
Brief Nature Studies
By J. OTIS SWIFT

There are haunted springs in the wilder ness. The crystal water boils up under messy banks where century-old lichens i'm crust half-buried stones, where rosy-lipped sweethearts love to sit and listen to the evening hymn of thrushes and where through ages colonial lovers and dusky youths and maidens have fingered. The dancing silica in the fountains bottom forms and reforms fleet ing images of these long-lost dreamers.
 Under bracken and star-grass is the black Indian dirt" of old composites and council fires -carbOnaceous matter, the refuse of vil- lage life, the tissue that once was living, pal pitating flesh, gay feather and stately beaded robe of state. The ground is shot through with arrowpOints and chips of flint.
 And in the jungle still grow food plants beloved by the abOrigines, the deliciously cool, crisp cucumber-rOot; the jack-in- pulpit, whose bitter corn was boiled; the Solomon's seal, whose tender spring shoots remind one of asparagus when boiled and whose nOtched root-stalk when crushed and cooked was edi- ble. Above are wild allspice and sassafras, whose aromatic leaves and wood were brewed for teas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
LADY ASTOR,S PORTRAIT

Parliament is not easily ruffled, but there is one thing that will ruffie it in stantly-an assault on it's traditions. Such an assault was perpetrated recently by the hanging in the house corridors of a portrait of Lady Nancy AstOr in the act of being escorted to her seat as first woman member by Lord Balfour and Premier Lloyd George. A protest was inn mediately raised against the impropriety of hanging in the halls the portrait of a living person. It is also held that the corridor walls of the house are reserved for strictly historical scenes. It may very we'll be retorted that the entrance of the first woman member into the house may be regarded as historical event of con siderable outstanding significance. Per haps that is what makes the anger of the opposition so intense-it has to feed on itself.
 England is looking on the outcome with interest. Lady Astor may be moved to speak in defense of the portraits pO- sition. She is perfectly capable of doing so, if need arises Indeed, it may be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
The Peoples Forum
The Loeb and Leopold Case

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 The crime of Loeb and Leopold is the in- evitabIe outcome of tendency which has been forced on education in the last twenty years by parents, school boards, and school administrators, against the good sense of large part of the teachers. This tendency has been the growing laxness of school discipline.
 In these days, in which the power of church and home to give children moral train ing is steadily waning. in which the tempta- tions to forsake the path of right-doing are ever on the increase, the only organized means for moral training is the public and private school system. In spite of this Ob- viOus fact, the most potent means of moral education has been increasingly abandoned by the schools. In spite of qualms of teach CTS, they have been robbed of their strongest tool for moral education-school discipline. The Loeb and Leopold case shows us where the soft discipline type of education leads to. The obvious lesson from it is that there is a need for an immediate and great increase in strictness in school By this is meant a de niai of the excessive freedom" allowed pupils today In forming habits of right action. in forming a sub-cOnsciOus bias towards right actions, and in providing a basis of expert enee on which right and wrong may be known, strict school discipline of the older sort is valuable part of education.
 All hail the teachers who have resisted the Iaxness forced upon them. May their tribe increase $. G. RICH,
 Birmingham, Ala. July 9, 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
GUARD AGAINST ANTHRAX

With cattle anthrax quite prevalent and violent in Arkansas and Mississippi, and affecting a number of counties in Louisiana and Tennessee, it is easily per ceived that, unless prompt measures are taken, Alabama will soon be experenc- ing similar ravages. The fact that many counties permit the grazing of cattle on the open range renders this state more than ordinarily liable to the scourge. South Alabama particularly has known this disease in the recent past and has suffered heavy loss of stock as the result. Fortunately, the federal govern ment is cooperating with the several state governments in halting the move ment of cattle from infected areas. Ala hama needs at once to take defensive measures, and it is gratifying to know that both Governor Brandon and Dr. Cary are taking alert cognizance of the situation. Reports that in some sections the disease has spread to people and caused several deaths makes prompt ac- ton by health boards also urgent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
The Thrift Habit
By H. ADDTSGrOx ExUcE

It is a fact, unappreciaaed by most -pen- pie, that if a man or wmOan begins and de- terminedly continues to save eaeh week a portion of his or her earnings, Ehe time wSHa come when it really is easier to sEve than not to save.
 This is because the physiological law of habit operates with regard to thrift as tD everything else.
 And that law is, simply, that every ae4 with each repetition tends to greater EendRi- ness in performance, uatil it becomes an automatic or semiaatnmatic activity. Then whatever interferes with it is felt as am wn- pleasant hindrance.
 Thus the habitual smoker ehafes if esunsS- tions prevent him from smoking at his ae- customed time. The reader habitnnsed to read his newspaper at the breakfast tzhae is Ee- sentful if tie paper has not arrived The writer whose habit it is to write in the maxm- ing is at loss if obliged to wait unta after- noon.
 So, too, the non-saver who acquires a habit of saving finds in time a positive soarre @f discomfort, if not distress, ia anything that causes him or her to delay the wanted viSat to the bank.
 And because the thrift habit is oas of the best habits a person can acquire, it is im- portant to impress on all non-saVerS the cRT- tlCu0e W1fh Fh1cn Ehey W1M 4equEE3 Ef-zE they but make an earnest effort to do so The trouble with most of them is that they already have 8 spending hakit- Wei. ae4 tlem continue to spend-wifhin reasonable imzaa- tions. But persuade them to make the ex- pertinent of, say subscribing to few shares of cooperative bank or 2 building and EDan association.
 For some months they may find it dTfH5- cult indeed to make the required paymmE on bank-day. They would sooner buy this or that, they ldeplore the sacrifice of suzae pleasure they could otherwise have 1t is with real regret that they force themselves to sci by something for the future-sozaeEhi1g for the rainy day that most people soamer or later experience.
 Only for a time do they feel this f0HaEsh regret, this animosity against EawIng- Fer sisting in saving, they discover that to FWt little money in a hank eEey mnaEh has become as easy to them as spending the same amount formerly was. And, as they see their savings mount, they discover also the pres ence of a peace of mind unknswn to the@ before.
 Test this for yourself, if at present ygn are among the non+saEers. YOu WIl find it one of the most certain of truths. as hum dreds of thousands of ether people have fSuna to their great joy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
Greatest Day Of Life
By JOHN CARLYLE

What is the greatest day of your life?
 Ask any man or any woman. The woman may say that her wedding day was the great est day. The man may say the same thing. Or they may vote for birthday or the day they left school, to go out and meet the world. They may vote for the day of death.
 None of these is really the greatest day of your life. You may never reach the great day that I have in mind. Or you may ap- preach it so gradually that you will hardly know when it comes. But to the thinking and the intelligent and those who have faith it will come.
 The greatest of your life is the day when you come to realize that you are not going to have instant and material reward for be- ing good.
 Like many another you have been brought LID on cOpybOOks. You have somehow believed that all you had to do to achieve the great places of the world was to be good.
 There is an old song in light opera of another day which says you know you can't be happy, child, unless you're good.
 The facts are that you cannot count on being rewarded in a material way in quick payment for your good and honest behavior.
 The rule works both ways. You are sur prised to find that men who violate the copybook rules seem to prosper. They even terminate a seemingly respectable old age with decent funeral.
 There comes a day when we realize all this-and it is the most important day of our life.
 For that day may mean the beginning of real success in the world or the beginning of everlasting failure.
 We have started toward a happy and sue cesssul life on that day if we realize that the only thing eternally worth while in this life is character The attainments of character comes from the persevering application of our selves to the daily task, without expectation of material reward.
 The great day in our life has come when we realize that the greatest penalty man can pay for doing wrong is to be gradually changed into the man that he is sure to be- come. To be the kind of man that wrong doing makes yOu-that is the greatest pen alty.
 And you reap the great harvest of doing right by becoming the kind of person 1t makes you.
 These rewards and these penalties are be- yond all material things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
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HOW TO RESCUE A YOUNG LADY
(Etiquette Series)

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 1. Circumstances alter cases. If the young lady IS over her head in evident distress, so- cial regulations may be disregarded slightly. The gentleman should swim to her side and say, lifting his hat eff he has no, hat he should swim ashore and get one. in such an emergency) T beg your pardon, but haven't met you some place before?"
 2. The lady, if we'll bred, will reply simply That's fine question to ask me at a time like thist'
 The gentleman will reply That's funny thought l had. It must have been some drowning person who looked like you.'
 The lady will hang her eyes and say You flatterer."
 two or three times and remark, May I see you again some time?"
 To which the lady, after sinking for the second time, will reply, Not unless you act quicker than this, dumbbell!"
 $. The gentleman may accept this as indi- eating the lady is interested in him. He may proceed to drag her in out of the deep water, maintaining strict deeorum
 4. In rescuing the lady the gentleman should keep on her right. He should take her by the arm if he knows her slightly Oth- erwise he may take her by the neck, foot or hair.
 
 tleman when the lady is being rescued should be very limited. The man may make such re- marks as 'The water is cold ain't it?' And the lady may reply, "Not after you've been in while," and the like of that. Under no circumstance should the gentleman make a proposal of marriage or take the liberty of asking, just because he has helped her ashore, that he may go on keeping company with her. @5
 6 Unless dragging the lady safely ashore he should place her gently on the beach, reading from left to right, pin a card on her denoting that she is to be left until called for, and say, Pardon me, while I go for a barrel" aq
 2. Hhe lady should make no protest. Should she sit up and insist '1 don't want no barrel,% the gentleman should push her back and say quietly but firmly. 1.-The doctor knows what's best. You get barrel whether you want it or not"
 s. He should get the barrel, hurrying back to the lady at once but being very careful not to cross in front of anybody. He should then pick the lady up, place her across the barrel and with a few remarks about the weather apply the resusciation treatment as recommended by the Coast Guard.
 9. When the lady comes to her senses pro- priety requires that she cry out i"Who are you?" To this the gentleman should reply T just met you out there in a couple of fathoms." How did I get here" the lady should demand. "You came in with me- the gentleman should assure her. "This is terri bie.' the lady should shriek. "I never go any place with stranger"
 10. There is nothing for the gentleman to do but apologize and put her back where he found her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
The Right Word
By CURTIS NICHOLSON
KIND IS SINGULAR Find the Error in This ArticIe)


 You have frequently heard the expression, kind of book.''
 It is incorrect to use ia in such locu- tion. Right: kind of book.
 The rule applies also to similar construc. tion with the use of sort as, What sort of letter have you got?
 Another way in which mistake is made is the use of the plurals these and those with the singular kind. Never say "these kind'' or those kind."
 The following are correct: this kind; that kind.
 But if yoH wish to use the plural these, these kinds" is correct. a&
 Awful and AwfuIIy
 Awfully and awful are much abused words Awful means awe-inspiring. And yet large number of people seem to be Obsessed with the idea that awful is an emphatic word that can be applied to anything.
 It is awfully nice or awfully good or awfully bad or awfully high or awfully awfully sweet or awfully sour. In fact, every thing is awful. We'll, if everything were awful, we should all be living in constant ap- prehension and fear. The best advice to give to the offending user of these words is that he should try his best to stop using them, even though it might be necessary to take on additional words for a more useful and more expressive vocabulary.
 Yesterdays. Error NN Wrong . one may say that he differs Right: =. one may say that one differs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31

largely owing to her capabiIity that there is.opposition to her. She is master hand at argument, debate and heckling. Those she heckles cannot get their revenge in kind, for her gift of repartee is beyond their own Therefore are they sullen. Therefore they leap to the defense of tradition, although many of them have been foremost in. breaking down other parliamentary traditions. Inasmuch as consistency was never deemed an essen tial of politics, but rather an impedi- ment, its absence in this case is appro- uriate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31

has extended it's -house-owning plans to the territory of the Fairfield Highlands Land Company, and will lend to it's em- ployes seventy-five per cent of the to- tai value of any house at five-and-a- half per cent. interest rate. This is ex- pected to encourage many more of the cOmpany's employees to start building their own homes in the early future, which will not only aid the material market, but will afford employment to many werkmen. .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
Found

(AmOng Hare in Atlantic Monthly) I saw the young moon, blue and cool, Reflected in a shallow pool Set in a public square; So that I lifted up my eyes To the dark wonder of the skies To find her there. I saw Love in its gentIeness Shine, on a face love to bless; saw it there;
 So that lifted up my eyes To see if God were in the skies And found Him everywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
THE WAY TO TAX REDUCTION

Tax reduction is possible only sbyireducing the number of crooked politicians in con gress. Up and at 'em, Mir. Taxpayer !- Washington Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31

Hardware Merchant: tell you, that new salesman we put on is eorker-hes got ideas
 Travelling Salesman Whats he done?
 Hardware Merchants He's sold that big lot of old-fashiOned washing we had in the warehouse-the ones that work by hand, you know-iust told the stout woman who came in that the pretty girl he had showing them used this plan to reduce hei weight.-Good HaSdware.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
Our Own Lost and Found Department

Uur Own Lost and FOund Department
 Rudolph Wick: Gan anybody tell me who said:
 Give me liberty or give me death,'' and why?
 Dear Rudy: Ask us an easy one. Kinp Solomon is the unhappy author. One day, while celebrating fl wooden, g tin, Il crys. tai, and silver wedding anniversaries-alI his own-he composed the following quat- rain
 Am I their husband? Did wed town? The sight of all these women takes my
 breath.
 I'll never live to live this household down Oh, give me liberty, or give me death!
 Mabel Mayfair: Can you supply me with the text of the following:
 ''The proper study of mankind is man?"
 Dear Mabel: Why not? John Sereleaf Whittier wrote the line. It occurs in n poeyu about rakish maid called "iaud Muller and it goes like this I'll stick it out all summer, if I can, And get myself a nifty coat of tan. Then from my shoes I'll shake the dusty
 clover,
 And go to town and look the fellows over. = A girl must use whatever tricks she can The proper study of mankind is man!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
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Bits From the Barnyard
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Bits From the Barnyard
 (By George S. Chappel) The Rooster is a Sultan gay Who roams abroad the ive-long day, And lets his wives stay home and fret And set and lay and lay and set:-
 &sA Said snow-white gull to coal-black crow Let's take bath in the under-tow.'' That stunts all right" said the crow, "fol you, But I don't show dirt the way you do."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31

If the Allies could get the money for financing the German reparations plan without furnishing security, it is be- lieved that an agreement could quickly be reached.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
OUTGUEssED AND OUrzEGzAGCEE
THE POLE WON'T BUN AWAY

Captain AmundseR has postponed his aiF- plane flight to the North Pole, and wbgn yUu come to think it over, there isn't any necessity for any particular rush about it--DetruEt News
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31

Commissioner Marvin denies that the sugar trust sought to halt the sugar in- quiry. No, the sugar trus. puts it's trust in the administration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31

H the choice were left to me. whether te nave free press or 3 free government, would choose a. free press.-ThOmas Jefferson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31

The alleged head of an automobile theft ring is being detained in Memphis. Presumably all thefts will be suspended until he is released.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31

1. A man on the street remarked that these aIienists had no business at that Chicago trial. What do foreigners know about it?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
The Losers in Judgment

Miriam tells me that she's marrying a man that will save a nickel out of every dime he makes
 ''Yes, know him. And her, too. She'll save the other nickel.-Lous Schneider.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
A VIEW OF THE NATATORIUM

When the swimming pool is full of bobbed heads it looks like an immense cabbage patch. -Atchjson Globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31

One viper in a keg of beer doesn't seem to be an unusual number.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
Watching The PGrGde
By JOHN PMEKTM

They came in the restaurant Enst mishE when we were dining After a time they strOIled by our table and stopped to chat
 Have you heard this stsEyg" asked Tuza-
 For ten minutes he amused ms, while his wife smiled at his side We all EalEhsd cGm- sumedly, but we did not ask them to zat down. After a time they went bAck to their own place. When they Left, shortly zfterx4E1. his wife's cheeks were pale Tom d6a net Look right or left.
 Did you notice" some one said, ~whaf a furtiEe look they wearg Queer little wrinkles about the eyes. They ane forever A00kimg around as though to catch s1me one 1D0kInx at them or talking about them Their fanes have sagged, too, so that something msam and evil has come into them. And they all most fawned on us
 Well, it always happens. The aiVoroe szit was a months wonder They RTe known, tabbed marked, tarred, in a community as yet to small to forget That has bean their punishment, to know that they have fUrfeiaRa the respect of those who were once tbeir friends. Our wives do not see Mrx Tum if they can avoid it- When compelled they wear a defensive mask of false gRiety-
 "Why don't they go to same 04h9r city, where they are not kn0Wng7 some one nzA1e1
 Whats the usea That cast uf fear IS fRz- tened on their counteaAnces now They aEa essentially good, klndlys decent FegQtHs WhD value the love and respect af their feIlgw- men. They are neither immoral nor Wnm0EaL If they were, they could find sang4hiag that might pass for happiness. They are en@- tinualIy putting forth their timid pleas fur forgiveness, for understanding. Perhaps we are cruel. Yet what wil Yga have? There is a laW-far elder and x4r1mzEr than mere statutory law-that governs u& That law will remain until the end Sf time OUTGUESGED AND 0UTZKGZAGGRD
 During the hearing of trzffie case im am Ohio town the judge put this question to the chauffeur brought before him fpr having rum down a man:
 You knew, that if yOu strack this Pesss- trian he would probably be seriously injured did you notyp
 t'Yes, Your Honor" said fhs chaaEfszr
 'In that case, why didn't yOu EigEsE yszr car and miss himg"
 Your Honor" explained the driver. he was zigzasging himself and Out-g1essed me. that's au."-Judge. 1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
From Our Book of Knowlelge

Do you know the difference between presiding officer and vaudeville dancer" Cant say I do"
 "One entertains motions and the others motions entertain. Francis c. Cook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
MndaL Hnshand

Hanna Am yo' husban' good provider? p
 Mandy: "'Deed he am. Dat man sure do provide mo washin' fo me den kin handle. g Richard Rosenbaum
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
One of thh 1O.O0n. ODD

Blessings on thee, little can, Body black and wheels of tan, With thy lenders all askew, Caused by pumping truck or two, When driving you I get naught but joy, You're such an inexpensive toy.
 D. E. Crabb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31

He OlEE ReaH Remsdy.-The grade cross img is cGmmOm death trap 1t menaees every Erzve1<r c@ q puhlie road that crosses a rail- way traek- No amount of urging for people tn be eaKsfmF has rsdueed their danger No xafeSy prGvisiaas yet adopted have prevented dSxnzaexs fram oeeuFring- The only real rem EExr-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
Station

Ruggles: Have you ever done any public speaking?"
 Tuggles: "Only once. called a girl up on rural telephone and asked her to go to a dance with me."-A. Mccartney.