The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

him that a policy had been arranged which would insure the payment of $1O0 a month to the minister's widow as long as she lived. The merchant added that his own death would not cancel the arrangement, ash had drawn up definite instructions to those who would administer his estate.
 'pid you ever hear of anything so theughtful?" the minister asked me. z 'sYes,r replied. "A great many of our wealthy men do lots of things like that. But, like your friend, they forbid mention of their names"
 And the truth is that. successful men give away far more money than the public. gives them credit for.
 Election of Carter Glass to the White House would percipitate no financial panic. He learned a lot about fiance when secretary of the treasury. He had sumption enough to recognize the merits of the Mellon plan for reforming taxation and staunchly supported Mir. Mellon all through. the discreditable fight.
 Is the day not coming when .em- ployers will not be at liberty to dis miss workers whenever they please and in . as large numbers as they please? t5
 Has it not often struck you as un- necessarily harsh for employers to lay off scores or hundreds of thousands of workers without giving them the slightest explanation for such drastic action?
 Edison believes in plain speaking. His higher-up associates :au love. him, but they declare that he is a hard task master, although not so hard, on them as he is on himself. The famous in Ventor, for example, wont keep any executive who swings a golf stick.
 The Edison. Storage Batteryof West Orange, N. .J.s has laid off fully 100 men. But ans explanation was fur nished not only every discharged work CT, but the entire force. It was to the effect that the services of the men had been entirely satisfactory, but that curtailed production has become neces- .sary through bad business conditions brought on by the 5policiticansi at Washington. The Snotiee3 adds. x5.f There seems to be little relief in sight unless business men. capable of dealing with. business problems are elected to public office" u
 When the full reports for May come to hand it will be found that quite a number of workers have been laid off in different parts of the country. The railroads have reduced their forces by many thousands. The Pennsylyania railroad alone has on it's payrool 32,254 fewer men than it had a year ago. That one fact, throws flood Of light ,s on the retrenchment that has been go- ing on since Congress convinced the country it was more interested in po- litical inaneuvering than in, passing Legislation designed to help prosperity and employment. Happily, Congress is soon to cease it's pernicious activities for the summer.
 Cleveland wants the world to know that Atlanta is no longer the only city in America that transports the whole Manhattan Opera company, with all it3 paraphernalia, to it's midst for an entire week." as recorded recently, In this column. Cleveland rises to say 'In the last three dave of April and inc first three days of May of this year, we had the Metropolitan Opera company of New York here for a whole week. Incidentally by virtue Of the fact of our having perhaps inc most beautiful and wonderful audi torium in the world; the Metropolitan compatiy played to the largest audi, ences of grand opera that, probably the world has ever known"
 Bully for Cleveland! May other cities follow it's example.
 Reports published in New York that the head of Woolworth's, Hubert T. Parson is likely to be busted from the handling of the huge Woolworth cstate and from the presidency of the business, can be regarded as untrue. MT. Parson, unfortunately, does not have a particularly winning personal ity and is often sized up by callers as gruff. A man of this type usually finds himself the object of disagree able rumors and reports sooner or la-
 Aop NIyt1n make every reasonable effort to gam the good braces of the financial re- porters Is short sighted. But MT. Par son has been the moving spirit in the management of Woolworth's Tor years <, Frank Woolworth, founder Of the busi" ness, relied almost entirely upon Par sons judgment during the latter years of his life. He was closer to the five and ten. cent store magnate than any other associate. Woolworth recognized in him a man who could run the busl- ness at, a profit.
 WoolWorth, left no son. Now that his widow has died, two daughters estate, estimated at between $22,000,Ooo and $25, ,O00 900. They deny that there Is any friction whatsoever. [
 It Is interesting to recall that when Parson first applied to Woolworth for a job the latter refused to pay him the modest salary the young man de manded. But apparently Parson left a strong impression, for within few days Woolworth asked him to call again. It was not long. before Wool worth became convinced that he had picked winner.
 Rents, have probably seen their top.
 
 .'rhe, best thing that happened in this country last month," writes Her bert N. .Casson, from London, was the dinner given by the Carton club to the 55 workmen who have~been re- pairing the clubs building. " Masop's, lords. millionaires, laborers and