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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07
SLEEP WALKING
By Addington ' Bruce

Every once in a while we get a reminder that semnambulism, or sleep walking is not always 50 free from harm as It is popularly sup posed to be. The latest piece of evil dence against the validity of the popular belief comes from Philadel- phia, where. according to news dispatch, "Steeplejack" R. F. At kinson was severely injured by a fall while walking in his sleep. Mi. Atkinson, in his normal waking state, had climbed without mishap to the dizzy summits of such struc- lures as the Philadelphia city hall, the Woolworth building in New York, and the Washington menu- ment. But. adventuring down a stairway during sonambQlic at- tack, he fell so heavily that hospital treatment became necessary.
 And his case, so far from being unique, has numerous parallels. I myself shall carry to the grave the scar of a head injury received while sleep-walking some years ago. To be sure, T have not since walked in my sleep so far as am aware, thus verifying the prediction of a neu- rologist friend:
 You will never walk in your sleep again. Should the impulse come to you to do so, you will subconsciously recollect what happened to you on this occasion, and will stay in bed"
 It would be Interesting to learn if there are any instances of som nambulisnl persisting after the som nambulist once has been injured. I personally do not know of any. Still, it would hardly do to rely on this drastic method of cure, for the unfortunate fact is that more than one comnambulist has not survived his first fall. And far less drastic methods are available, their applica- bility varying with the various causes of somnambulism. Some times somnambulism is little more than gradually developed habit of acting out ones dreams. In this case self-suggestion, or suggestion given by another, in the waking state, in sleep or in hypnosis. may pc or adequate curative effeet. Or the urge to act out whatever one is dreaming may come only occa- sionally, as the result of temporary neural disturbance due to such causes as worry, overwork. everyday. overeating or underventilation of the bedroom. To mention these causes is sufficient to indicate the appropriate remedial measures that ought to be taken.
 But there are cases in which sys- tematic treatment of psychological rather than medical character is re- quired. These are cases in which the sOmnambulism is at bottom a symptom of hysteria, due to the irritating effects of forgotten mem- ories" of some emotional shock or series of shocks Sccurring perhaps In early childhood. In such cases mere reiteration of the suggestion, You wifi not walk in your sieep," may not be enough to put an end to the walking. Diligent and skill ful mind-tunneling to get at the Forgotten memories will then be necessary before the somnambulist is definitely and lastingly cured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07
The Ouscast

The Ouscast +k He was once a happy mortal
 And his friends were not few, And they net him at the portal With a cheerful howdydo.r He was welcome as the flowers
 In the merry month of May, And he spent the fleeting hours
 In calm and genial way. But the Welcome" has departed From the mat beside the door, He has lost the sunny hearted
 Friends he had in days of yore. And they shudder when they meet him And they turn their eyes away There is not friend to greet him In the universe today. Twas hole-in-one destroyed him
 One sad morning on the links, And his fellows now avoid him
 As they would fatal jinx. From the mornings golden glory
 Till the setting of the sun, He repeats that ancient story
 Of the hole he made in one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07

"it would rot be alarming, for deco rum can be taught to even the most unmsnnerg. But it will require a xegsn sneration of the spirits of men to get the selfishness and bitterness out of their hearts, when it becomes so deeply imbedded there that they can not show common courtesy to those who do not agree with them" Which is another way of saying that intoler- ance is q by-product of selfishness, es- pecially when manifested in the field of what has come to be known as practical politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07
LILLY WORK PILLARS l
:. sysps. FRANK csamE

When King Solomon built his temple he had set up in front of it two pillsrb which he called Jachin and Boax. meaning permanence end [HttenEth. Ehe cunning artist. Hi fAnf Of Tyre made the pillars, which must have been imposing, from the many illusions to them; and in the |saeeount in 1the, Book of Kings it is said: And upon the top of the pillars was lily work 50 was the work of theypillars finished"
 Lily work upon the pillars! It is . haunting word. All through the history of architecture men seem to ;ha-e felt that the pillars of strength should be capped by the capitals of beauty. The same law holds good in the realm of spiritual reality that holds good in the realm of material appearances. The law 'is that the end of strength is beauty, and the basis of beauty is strength. Virtue is pure strength; it is not usuable in the temple of life until it becomes beautiful, that is, till it becomes love. Love is lvirtue-with lily work. Contrariwise, mere amiabil- ity. tenderness, pleasing face and manner, with no strength of char acter beneath, is nothing but lily work for its own sake; hence cheap and unsatisfying. So also goodness is the pillar, joy the lily work. Joy without goodness is moral tawdri- ness, and goodness without joy is moral crudeness. The Puritans were all for pillar; the Cavaliers were all for lily work.
 There has been . world-lonE con- nict between the moralist seeking for strength and the artist seeking for beauty. The Jew and the Greek have been undying opponents throughout the history of thought. They should marry instead of quar- reling. For they need each other as man and woman need each other.
 Manly strength is not perfect; nor is womanly beauty; it is the union of the two. the family which is per feet. Cromwell and his Ironsides. smashing stained-glass ! windows, were pillars. Read George Eliot's "Romola.' Romola's husband was all lily work.
 '9sI will tell you when the millen- nium will come. It will be when the good shall be beautiful and the beautiful shall be good. Then shall theffuture chronicler say: At that time humanity solved it's problems. Righteousness and peace kissed each other. For men had at last learned, in their lives as well as in their houses. to crown all pillars with lily work, and put lily work only upon the pillars"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07
AN INTOLERANT PRACTICE

Senator Copeland of, New York is not the only public man of distinction to be hissed and booed while ad- dressing large audiense on a topic assumed to be of import. Even the name of the president of the United States was missed some time ago when it was mentioned before large gath ering in an American city. Or recent years this reprehensible conduct of heckling, pronInent speakers when they do not express views in accord with those of part of their audiences has become more common.
 There is something more far-reach- ing behind an attitude of this kind than bad mannsrs. Many of those who hiss public fpeakers on little or no provocationE Know better. Their action indicates a spirit of intolerance which strikes at American traditions and American standards of fair-mind- edness. The right of free speech has been long cherished as one of our valued possessions A willingness to accord fair hearing has been a source of much boasting in this country. Of late, however, the speaker who does not measure his words in terms of harmony with tAe views of special groups, often. inaluding selfish inter- ests, is liable to be insulted by openly expressed ridicdle and gross manifes- tations of disapproval.
 A contemporary believes that this spirit of intolerance may be openly traced to the development of the bloc system. Most probably so. When men form cliques or combines to de- mand special considerations because of their group influence, the fruits of their efforts are apt to threaten the public welfare n many ways, includ- ing coercion closely linked with the spirit of intolerance. Just as far as this split encouraged to develop will questions of public interest be smoth- cred beneath the demand for special favors. If it were only matter of bad manners" adds our contemporary,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07
FOR GREATER MUTUAL WEALTH

As a rule, the development of con- tiguous and neighboring sections into prosperous and populous centers
 means a greater wealth for each one
 of such sections than would exist were
 it not for the progress of the others.
 It is conceivable that New York would
 not be such great metropolis were it not for the presence nearby of
 Philadelphia, Baltimore, Providence and the many smaller prosperous com munities that have grown up within New York's shadow. Conversely, doubtless none of the lesser cities would have attained its present pro. portions were it not for the proximity of New York and the others. Wealth and industrial, commercial and finan- cial affluence tend to congregate in groups. Where community gifted in some special manner is so situated as to be in a degree isolated, it suffers much potential loss that would other wise accrue, even though its progress has been gratifying.
 It is the same with respect to the prospective development at Muscle Shoals. If it is permitted to expand industrially and to enter upon the complete enjoyment of its industrial and commercial opportunities, it will enjoy considerable degree of stimu- Jus from the fact that it is not far distant from a number of other thriy- ing centers, among the more important | of which is Birmingham. Conversely, it is equally true that Birmingham will receive an impetus from such devel- opment in the Tennessee Valley and will be greater for that development than she would otherwise find it possi- ble to become. Similarly, the exploi- tation of the great natural resources of Alabama and the birth of industrial enterprises in strategic localities | means more for all Alabama. It is mu- tually beneficial eventually.
 Trading and business associations among the various centers of activity, production and wealth will contribute to the general prosperity and to the prosperity of all the communities concerned. There is no place for jealousy or fear of competition in such groupings of prosperous centers. Rather is there every selfish reason for encouraging these groupings. In the case of the potential contributions of Muscle Shoals to not distant cen ters, it is at once evident that the | power of this great project should be utilized as much as possible in local development, or in development of | resources within the Tennessee Valley. | The proposal merely to distribute the power throughout the territory served by the power trust does not satisfy the conditions. The Ford program, on the contrary, %does satisfy the con- ditions. The fundamental soundness of public sentiment in Alabama favor ing the Ford offer is thus revealed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07
HELPING TO CLEAR
 THE ATMOSPHERE
By Wickes XamboIdt

Ceftan reverend gentlemen are engaged in a sort of catch ca tch- cain contest about the Bible. There is d great deal of head-shaking go- ing on over this clash in the Protes- tant church between the modernists and the fundamentalists. Some say it ferestalis the breaking down of Christianity.
 Nothing of the sort. The vaga- ries of the human being never yet destroyed a principle and never will. These great discussions are going to help to clear the atmosphere inn mensely. They will eventually get us down to basic principles and away. from unimpOrtant details.
 We have already made much progress in the direction of tOler- ance} toward one another since the founaing of Christianity. We have cofii% from where each sect felt that 1t ozfered the only gateway to the iheavenly kingdom, to where we con cede there are ways of getting in except by our individual doctrines. Although we may feel. as one divine expressed it, that no gentleman would enter by another route.
 It was not so many years ago that various groups of Christians were hot in their wrath and bitter in their denunciations regarding each other. And largely about trivi- alities.. Imagine minister today dedicat ting church and thanking GodAin his prayer that the edifice in no way resembled ''that pagan ten- ple Across the river" Yet that thing happened not so many years ago in a New England town. said pagan temple" being the church of another well-known denomination.
 Yes. we Christians are beginning to get slight conception of what Christianity mean. The keynote Oi this religion is love. Some day that idea is going to percolate,, and then we are net going to concern our selves SO much abou differences in details X wheel has many spokes anal u rona many Sfron1c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07
THE HUMAN PARADE
By John Pilgrim

This morning the lady manager of my small, but select, home looked at me in that peculiarly querulous fashion that wives manifest some- times when they are at loss for a direct criticism. Then she asked
 '.How, long is it since you wrote to your mother?"
 1.-Two weeks" I said. meekly.
 'Humph,' she sniffed. T thought so.''
 Whereupon I went to the desk immediately and wrote long, chatty letter, in which none of the bile and venom which filled my system was permitted to appear. For I knew perfectly well that what Mrs. Pil- grim really meant was that l was relapsing into a state of sloppiness that seems to come more or less natural to me. She was not inter- ested in my correspondence with my mother at all. Fact is, my letters to mother are symptoms of the mental sor moral state in which I may happen to be. If am bright and poppy and pros porous and generally hitting on all eight, write twice week. It is no trouble at all, I find, The letters are good, too. Some of them are worth printing in the little paper back home. When I begin to slip back, as one will do from time to time. so that try to fight off shay ing in the morning, and am apt to fudge q little on the cold bath and scream like a tiger at the thought of putting on the dinner jacket and going out for a pleasant. horrible evening with strangers, my letters to mother drop off in quality and number. They are the first of the more or less irksome tasks to go, truth to tell. One should not say that writing to one's mother is irk- some, know. Nevertheless, it sometimes is.
 "When did you write last to your mother?"
 When these words fall from Mrs. Pilgrims ruby lips, 1 know that my declension has proceeded as far. as it is safe. I must begin to shave regularly, put on clean collars with out protest, waste my substance on pants pressers. and generally snap out of the stretch of do-less-ness in which 1 have been luxuriating.
 It pays to snap out, too. l can tell it in my bank balance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07
MORE BONDS FOR HIGHWAYS

The state bond commission has ac-
 quiesced in the plan of the state high way commission to go ahead with road construction without waiting for fed
 eral funds to match. Accordingly an
 issue of seven million dollars for con-
 struction during the fiscal year
 1924-25 has been authorized. This is
 of course proper only if the money is wisely expended. It is a painful fact that the total performance of the highway department today when com puted in net road results is very mea- ger. Another year of such a record would be highly disastrous to the growth and prosperity of Alabam, just as Alabama has already received in- estimable injury from failure to build roads travelable at all times.
 Fortunately, it appears that the present commission, which is not to be blamed for road failures to date, has a more enlightened conception of its obligation to build for permanence, in order that at the end of this year there may not have to be made again the mortifying confession that the paved road work in this state has been almost nothing, and that Alabama is bringing up the rear in this respect. Mississippi, state far from being as wealthy as Alabama, has found that she cannot afford to build main roads of inferior type, and last year con- structed or contracted for many miles of paving. Alabama's new commission apparently intends to build a definite mileage of main paved highways, in addition to the local construction that must go on in the several counties according to law. It is hoped, how ever, that the commission will induce the counties to join in a paving pro- gram rather than in program of try ing to keep newly constructed roads of character that have proved them selves absolutely wrong and far m ore expensive than durable roads.
 The past few weeks have brought a multitude of situations in which certain stretches of main highway have turned out to be impossible for days at time. For example, the im- oortant highway between Decatur and Muscle Shoals grew so bad that auto mobiles had to be lowed by teams for distances. Other trunk highways have been in similar or even worse condition. The cause is inferior or rather of construction 'f an inferior type not suited to the traffic they must carry. It would be foolish in the extreme to plain main highways in the former wrong and 1aphazard manner. It is not believed hat the highway commission will per nit itself to be misled into a repeti- ion of the errors which caused it's predecessors to be iegislated cut of office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07
No Apologies. Butt


 Governor Brandon has no apolo- gies to make for his pardons and paroles, and yet he is constantly being called upon to revoke paroles that he has granted for misconduct on the part of those who have ob- tained his mercy. We have not for gotten the negro at Talladega who had had his death sentence com muted to life imprisonment, who had written and left note in the cot jn his cell, two days before he was to he executed. which said that If nythRg happens to me. is guilty" The governor Ougl.t to know that the publn' IS Interested in whom he turns loose from prison upon them. and that if it happens to be n hard ened criminal he is sure to get adverse criticism. He has no apoI- ogies to make. yet he is constantly complaining of criticisms made by those who have perfect right to make them. .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07
Only Language They Know (Demopolis Times)

A lady friend sends 8 request to write a good editorial on cows, horses and chickens depredating on the flower yards and gardens of the peighbors. We really like to accom- modate. but our ingenuity has been long exhausted along that line. The owners either won't read the paper, or will not pay attention to what it has to say, for it does not seem to stop the trouble. The best remedies we can now suggest are the pound pen and the chicken pie. These are sometimes unpleasant, but they speak in about the only language that some owners understand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07
Should Not Be Confused
Montgomery Journal


 The Birmingham organization was quick to repudiate Mir. Ingalls' statement just as the majority of the city commission of Mobile was quick to repudiate the mayors dec laration> and as the Mobile Chamber of Commerce was quick to advise the state that the mayor was pre- senting only his personal views. Mir. Ingalls, was well within his rights in making an argument against Mir. Ford and in favor of another pro- posal. So was the mayor of Mobile.i But it was unfair for either to, leave the impression. in the minds of any members of the committee or of citizens. of Alabama that his views were representative of the views of the people,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07
Scenery

Time was when springtime glowet
 with pride, In yellows, reds and pinks, But now her hues are dull beside The colors on the links. For when the Maytime greenery
 Grows beautiful and slick, The golfers gladsome scenery
 Makes natures work look sick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07
Birmingham. Ala. Jan. %, 1923.
AlbertvilIe Agricultural School

Albertville Agricultural School To the Editor of The Age Herald
 A few days ago I read an article in your paper written by Mr5 W. J. Strickland, in regard to the work done by the State Secondary Agri- cultural at Albertville. l wish to thank you for publishing this ar ticle as well as your interest in school matters generally. 1 have had occasion to know something of the work of this school for num- Der .of years and know it is do- ing just what Mir Strickland stated. This school is directly under the supervision of the state board of edu- cation and is doing much for this section of Alabama.
 F. o. CREEL,
 County Supt. Education.
 Guntersyille, Ala, Feb. 4, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07
WHY HE WAITED

Bobby asked for cents worth of candy, and the proprietress, recog- nizing him as neighbours child. served him, and then handed his penny back. This was repeated for several mornings, the little fellow receiving both candy and penny. At last the proprietress thought it was getting bit strong. 80 one morn ing she kept the penny. The little chap fingered around, and when asked why he waited, he replied :: "1 want my change"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07
or expurgated

edited newspapers or expurgated reports on prison blotters, fashions in immortality have undergone no striking change since the middle ages and before. Turning the shield, we find few new ideas conceived since the days of Plato, save those which relate to mechanical facili- ties. And it is question whether th emere mechanics of industry and everyday life, while making man vastly richer and more comfortable. lave added greatly to making, in the largest sense, n better world.
 We commonly think of evolution and worship evolution as the move ment of the race, the movement of all life to better things. But we may have to recignoze that all eyo- lutiOn is not up. Some of it is just change. Mankind may have gone forward in one manner and back ward in another. The most we know is that life has changed. We ctn prove little. for the history of lie ture does noN so ba k far enc tgh Ac SC given no smli .r,pnt be! < ,ec- i've.
 i'nt however halting. however de a ed by hacktrAckmg. we must he. .icNc that man Is forever on his way 'n something better. Else why the
 'ortal impulse in the human breast to be somebody and to get somewherey In the end nothing can stop man. For his soul goes march ing on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07

It seems that the difference between some active politicians and MT. Fall is that the former tell . good deal that they do not know, while the lat ter knows 2. good deal that he will v>n& fa11 8sffFI f4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07

culation of the report that Johnson'5 ; presidential campaign has been prac- tically abandoned. Johnson says that he is "a long ways from quitting" Which is quite logical deduction. Nothing can quit which. has not begun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07
Value of Deep Flowing

Muscle Shoals Sunday News) i
 The farmer who blows now and doesn't stop with merely skimming the surface, will lay the foundation for a good crop. Deep blowing at this season of the year, or earlier, will be a wonderful help in having a soil bed that will hold the moisture needed for crop later on. Flowing after the spring rains, and then only going four inches, leaves the crop at the, mercy of the first dry spell that comes along. Flow early and don't be afraid of getting a lit tie of the subsoil to the surface. A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07

It is not hard to picture the sum bursts that play on the faces of those who fix the price of gasoline when they read that five million automobiles will be turned out this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07

Jury in St. Louis has discovered that boxing shows are conducted "for the personal, financial benefit of a few promoters" This is one of the great discoveries of the twentieth century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-07
LOGICAL DEDUCTION

NTI I-HSO IItFaIuI
 While tat his lesson) II say, pa. what is a fertilization Pa: "A fortification. my son, is a large fort"
 Willie "Then a ratification is a large raj"