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Mrs. w. H. Schmidt and Fred
Schmidt returned from Billings Sun
day. Fred has been in Billings for
the past three months.
The Misses Marion and Georgine
Eckloe went to Belfry Monday tc
attend school for the winter.
Mrs. c. A. Pearson and Dorothy
and Edward Pearson and Alice
Madison left for Laramie, Wyoming,
Friday morning to spend the win
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Garnett and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05
Brief Nature Studies
BY J. OTIS SWIFT

Old Home Week in the woodlands comes
early where pitcher-plants grow on QuAking
surfaces and evening concerts begin early
in March with tiny hylas. Joined later By
leopard frogs and the deep bass Of bullfrogss
These meres where toada were Matched exert
powerful sentimental pulls, and 1t Is said
that garden toads win so long distances to
lay their strings Of eggs in the old home
stead pond.
Mosquitoes and dragon-flies hatch genera
ton after generation in the same localities.
A busy metropolis, an immense population
of Natures Little People, visible and In
visible, may be found in almost any frog
pond in the spring, Water bOatmen, little
notified oval bugs Of the family Corlxidse,
flattened below, swim on the surface of
brooks and puddles. They were inventors Of
the diving bells, for they carry air to
breathe attached to their hairy bodies when
they dive. sR
In winter they hibernate in the mud, and
their eggs are attached to the stems 81 water
plants. One Of the Mexican species lays
such quantities of eggs they are gathered
and made into bread by Indians
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05
Try Music
Hr n. A6prraroN BRUCE

Would you find an effective antidote for
the mental WEAKNESS which hard workers 50
frequently experience? Would you aid ysur-
self to rest through real relaxation? Then
cultivate an interest in music.
From the habit Of going with some res
ularity to concerts. IT you can, occasionally
attend an operate performance. At least
introduce music into your home life, as Is
readily possible, thanks to the invention OF
the mechanical piano-player, the phonograph
and the radio.
But be careful to distinguish between
music and jazz.
Jazz is not music, If emily because Of the
complete absence Of beauty from jazz. Be
cause OF its dissonRnce, Its harshness, its
r6ughness, its substitution of mere. noise for
harmony, jazz does not tranquillize, but saw
aEeiy excites
This fact, to be sure, accounts largely for
its present popularity Ours Il unhappily a
time of uncommon nervous fatigue When
nervous fatigue In present, there also Is pres
emit craving for excitement, this craving
being at once product and q symptom Of
irritability of the nervous system.
Hence jazz appeals as 1t would not In less
strenuous days. But, asurrendering to the
appeal of jazz, still greater nervous fatigue
and irritability is the result And so q
vicious circle is established, to the serious
hurt Of the jazz devotees.
Different is the outcome when fondness
for music takes the place Of passion for jazz.
Then quieting ideas, peace-bringing ideas
fill the mind. New strength surges through
the organism from the depths of the sub
conscious, that reservoir of energy to which
pleasurable emotion gives immediate access.
SO reinyigorating Is tbs effect that often,
after having listened to good music, one feels
not only able but eager to buckle down In
stantly to work.
To this can testify from personal expert
enee.
\ Repeatedly it has happened to me that, on
returning home from an opera, or going up
stairs after an evening spent listening to
photographic reproductions Of musical mas
terpieces, i have hurried to my desk to fin
fish or to initiate work. was no longer
tired. The music had given me both rest
and zest.
Mistaken indeed are those to whom music
seems one Of LIES thrills, LIES luxuries. 1t
may not perhaps be as essential a necessity
as food, drink, sunshine, and fresh air. One
can exist without It., But that is all.
And mere existence never satisfies. To gain
satisfaction there must be the Consciousness
Of something accomplished that is really
worth while. There must be sense Of
ability TO gain power for greater accomplish
ment.
To these ends music-real musfc-so con-
tributes as to become necessity in the
finest sense Of the word.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05
Watching The Parade
By JOHN PILGRIM

This morning the paper carried a really
interesting bit Of news. A man out in the
second growth somewhere shot himself be-
cause his wife had bobbed her hair. My
conviction is that he did just right. That
sort Of a man Is better off dead.
'tYou didn't like 1t when bodied my
hair said the wife of my bosom.
But merely said that / did not think
bodied hair was becoming in her case. /
did not object to bodied hair in principle.
And If did trust that still have enough
Of that small modicum Of sense with which
began life to keep those objections to my
self. am firmly Of the belief tits not any
Of my business whether my wife, or my sec
rotary, or my neighbor, wears bobbed hair
or gold teeth or noserings, Il they want to
do 30. Mind you, may not think that these
things are decorative. That mahda no dif,
ference 20 long as they-those whe NsaS tie
hobs and the nose-rings think they are.
That's their funeral. Not mine.
Most Of the trouble in this sad world u
sOFrow comes from the wholly antustif fe6
pokiug Of the neighborly nose into ths other
fellow business. What right have TO az.
tempt to lay down sumptuary laws for tie
man next door? Isadora Duncan hrothes
trots about Paris dressed in what looks like
a pieee Of bnrlap, which exposes t. tho Ill
two skinny arms, one knobby shoulder, and
pair Of hairy legs. Perhaps his feet are nc
larger than mine, but when see them ia
sandals they look larger. And funnier aAl
French think this Is perhaps the least be-
coming costume ever worn outside Of tbs tar.
and-feather latitudes, but they do not inter
fere. Why should they? It's his business
He is no more indecently arrayed than Is hi
average happer at a club dance. We loci
with pleasure at the flapper and turn inoan
ing from the contemplation Of Mr.. DuEean.
very unpleasant body. M
Yet Duncan has the same right to put 81
his goose-flesh that the flapper has. On1s
I'd like to see him do it in the Utgtel
States. IS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05
IMMIGRATION COMPLICATIONS

President Coolidge and Secretary Hughes
have a hard task in finding some way out
of the dilemma created by the action of con-
gress as respects immigration. Naturally
the president and the head of the state de-
partment are anxious to avoid offending
Japan. Especially important is 1t to do this,
in the view of the president and Mr.. Hughes
because of the possible effects upon the prac-
teal side of the recent disarmament agree
ment .
While the president may decide, to veto
the bill and make explanations to Japan as
best he can, that would have no effect so far
as operation of the proposed measure is
concerned. 1t is apparent that congress, by
voting SO large a majority for the measure,
was determined to keep out the Japs, A
veto under such conditions would be Of no
value in offsetting this, though it might help
to salve Japan's pride.
So far as concerns possibilities Of the So
called yellow peril which some claim might
be accentuated through passage of the ex-
clusion measure, there seems to be compar-
atively little ground for such apprehension,
if the public attitude in this country be ac-
copied as a basis for interpretation The
great majority of Americans who are in
formed of conditions in the two countries
have little fear of such an eVentuality, and
it would appear that Japan realizes that she
would have much more to lose than to gain
through a break with America. The trade
influence, which largely controls such mat
tiers, is on the side of America. Japan real
ICES that
AS the natter now stands, it would APP
pear that congreAs hasSacted largely on the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05
OUR RELATIONS WITH CUBA

! The United States government has properly
placed an embargo upon the export of arms
Z b Cuba during the present rebellion against
ezhe constituted government. This is in line
with the policy adopted towards Mexico, in
(which arms we're forbidden to be shipped to
I De la Huerta. The embargo, to be sure, is
not meant to cover legitimate shipments to
the Cuban authorities. 1t may be that the
United States will supply the Cuban GOV
Ernment with arms, or perhaps even land
m0ldiery there to help restore order; for the
situation approximates disorder rather than
war. Cuba sustains a peculiar relationship
/. 10 this country. While, by the treaty of
Paris, 1893, she enjoys governmental indie
9pendence, yet her associations with the Amer
szean government are very close. She is not
keinder a protectorate, yet, by the terms of
1.-The treaty, her right to negotiate with for
$Hign powers is somewhat restricted. She may
contract no excessive" debt. 1t was on the
basis of this stipulation that our government
sent General Crowder there to assist in re-
pairing Cuba's finances, a mission that was
aeminently successful. American investments
IL Cuba are very great and the trade associa-
1lcns between the two countries are very
valuable and very close.
With respect to our participation in the
9present attempt to restore order in Cuba,
tie Paris treaty declares that the Cuban
Eovernment consents that the United States
may exercise the right TO intervene for the
protecting of life, property and individual lib
! skty, and for discharging the obligations
with respect to CuGa imposed by the treaty
Of peace on. the United States now to be as
ssaumed and undertaken BY the government
of Cuba" Our last military operations in
the island were terminated in 1909, when the
disturbances that begin in 1906, were COM
posed and the government firmly established
IA authority.
The United States has never abused athe
confidence Of the Cuban people. Evidence of
This IL revealed by the fact that President
ayag promptly turned to this government for
eid when the rioting threatened to pass be-
ond his control. The Cubans are not afraid
be the presence Of our troops, for they know
khat the troops will be withdrawn as soon
az the occasion of their presence has passed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05
RTTLBOARDs AND HIGHWAYS

The office of attorney general of Alabama
as given the opinion that the state highway
5fnmission has no authority to give permits
plpn for the placing of billboards on the
rights Of way through private property with
e6e the consent Of property owners. The
land Is given by property owners for the
pHEhose Of establishing public highways. The
N1lnmlBsion has no right to put it to any
pther use. A commission with a proper re-
aFd for the public right would not want to
pnt such rights of way to any other use.
lt has been the custom in some places to
pnt biIlboardg in the midst Of landscapes of
SCENIC beauty where the eye Of the passerby
zanFvt escape them. Along the highways
within the rights of way is an especially I'M
<avorabie place for such bulletins. In either
sEa the public rightSis assailed. Far better
Il Tor such signs to be displayed on private
lands ct designated points where the legiti-
nate purpose Of advertising may be accom-
liHhed without corresponding offense to trav-
aleEe, because of view cut off or natural
eonery marred.
Some billboard companies appeal to have
awakened TO the necessity of cooperating
With the public desire to abate the nuisance
feature of billboards. 1t is discovered that
ttere Is legitimate manner of making such
displays without sacrifice of either the public
ght or the advertising purpose. 1t is hoped
that this attitude of cooperation will become
xHers general among outdoor advertisers, both
chs companies promoting such advertising
and the firms employing it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05
HOW TO GAIN KNoWLEDGE

Once upon a time, according to an old
story, a young man went to Socrates; the
Greek philosopher, and said: "Sire, 1 come
to you In search of knowledge. have heard
much about you, and have come long way
to find you. VIII you not. tell me how i
can gain knowledge?"
Socrates said Follow me-"
The youth followed Socrates TO a body of
water and was surprised to see him wade
into it up to his waist, He followed him
and Socrates grasped him by the arm and
head and thrust his head under the water.
He held him there until it seemed the youth
would surely perish. He dragged him to the
shore and waited for the youth to catch his
breathe then said: my boy, what did you
most desire when held your head under the
water?"
The youth replied "Air."
Socrates said; go your way and remem-
Der that when you want knowledge as much
as you wanted air when you were under
that water, you will get it"-Forbes Mag
azine.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05
A NATIONAL ROCUES' GALLERY


Law and order organizations and midi
viduals may find encouragement in the bill
introduced in the house of representatives
for the establishment of a national rogues
gallery. Police departments all over the
country are complaining that with the gen
eral use of the automobile it is much harder
to keep track of fugitive criminals. That
vehicle has provided murderers and thieves
with ready means of escape, and the result
is that crime is ON the increase, according
to the police, because the easier the escape
and the smaller the chances Of prompt and
certain punishment the greater the tempta-
ton to the criminally inclined.
Under present systems, the police Of cities
exchange photographs of people who are
wanted for crime; but this is matter of
mutual courtesy, is not mandatory, and does
not prove highly effective. A national bu-
reau to serve as a clearing house of criminal
offenders, conducted under cooperative ef.
forts Of all the police forces Of the country
in the collection and distribution of pictures,
would seem to offer valuable facilities for
catching criminals and crooks. Undoubtedly
the motor car has been of great aid to GRIM
inals in escaping arrest. A couple of muir
derers or thieves in a flivver with a mile or
two start, stand n fair chance Of eluding
forty horsepower detachment of police; hence
the need for every practical means OF Off
setting this method of the easy getaway"
The author Of the national rogues' gallery
bill claims that the enactment of his measure
would reduce crime il this country by twenty
per cent. That is probably an extravagant
claim, thoughsthe two hundred thousanA dol
lars a year ,intelligently spent in operating
the bureau might prove a practical invest
ment If it resulted in reducing crime by
one per cent; the money will have been
wisely invested, There are few things which
are more expensive than crime, not to speak
of its dangers and demoralizing influences
throughout the social fabric.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05
RecessionaL
NJ RUDYARD KIPLIN0

God Of our fathers, known Of old
Lord Of our far-nung battle line
Beneath Whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine
Lord God OF Hosts, be with us yet,
Z Lest We fefget-lest We forgetI.A
The tumult and the shouting dies,
The captains and the kings depart
Still stands Thine ancient Sacrifice,
An humble and contrite heart.
Lord God Of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget-lest we forget
Far-called, our naVies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre
Judge of the Nations, spare US yet,
Lest we forget-lest we forget!
If, drunk with sight Of power, we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe
Such boasting as the Gentiles use
Or lesser breeds without the Law
Lord God Of Hosts, be with us yet
Lest we forget-lest we forget!
For heather heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard-
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding, calls not Thee to guard
For frantic boast and foolish word,
Thy mercy on Thy people. Lord
Amen.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05
IMPORTANCE OF THE LIBRARY

William Allen White, one of America 8
most eonstruetive writer's, said during Edu-
tation Week some months ago that the way
III continue the educational growth of Amer
5can citizens is through the public library,
which is Americas continuation school ana
the most democratic of American institutions
which Is free to every person whoe wishes TO
read and is willing to read He added: III
tho schools will only teach the reading habit
the library will educate the world.
Not only is the library a continuation
hchool, as Mr. White said, but is a valued
k,snflementary agency in advancing the eff
cheney of the schools In Birmingham it is
working faithfully and productivity with
the schools, while affording benefits to thou
sands who are unable to attend the schools.
During the last few years the llbrarys In
flhence in this community has been far
reaching and distinctly constructive. Its rec
ord has emphasized its usefulness. Its
growth not only in the number of people
served, but in the increase of efficiency, has
been subject of favorable comment by all
Who are familiar with its work.
Birmingham can we'll afford to spend
$3.50, 900 to establish an adequate library
bulding. The present quarters are crowded,
<1{sanitary and unsafe. There is no room
fst expansion. The investment in SO pOten-
tf4l a service would be wise and profitable.
IA few years influence of an adequate public
library would be worth more to the COM
anrnity than the cost of the proposed new
building. The bond issue will be voted on
May 10. 1t is hoped that every citizen who
appreciates the value of this institution to
The community will keep in mind the date
and support the library. 1t is a move for
cpmmunity advancement, and constitutes. a
Mres&inR community need.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05
On Being Yourself
BY JOHN CARLYLE

Do you strive to make good Impression
on somebody or other? :
Most of Us are doing that d good deal Of
the time. We try to make a good impress
sion on our boss, or on our, wife or on our
banker.
1t is all so silly and useless.
Remember this the man who strives con-
sciously to make good impression merely
succeeds in giving the impressi0n Of man
trying to make good impression. 81:
The man or woman who really does make
a good impression is the man or woman who
has personality and chafacter-and then
''acts natural"
Some earnest young men who try the
hardest to be successful make failures. 1t
isn't because they don't try persistently. 1t
isn't because they haven't ability. 1t is be-
cause they try the wrong way.
The temptetion of young men is to OBJ
serve some other mans success and some
other mans methods and then set out to
initiate those methods That is funda-
mental and fatal mistake
Men of different types, of different sorts
of personalities, get their results in different
ways They achieve their success by meth
DDS that are as unlike as the men are un-
like. e--
If you have a successful boss, study his
methods. Not as a guide for yourself but
for your information.
Some bosses are "hard-boiled." They say
little bat they speak to the point. They are
severe. They rarely smile and seldom praise.
They get results mostly because they are
feared. But it is method that works.
Another boss smiles at everybody and
everything. He never drives. + He leads. You
are never afraid of him., He makes you like
to work He sells you on your job. He sells
you on his own personality. This kind of
boss gets results, too. His method, too, is
successful.
Now II 1t Is natural for you to be silent
and severe, and If you can get results that
way-that is your method. Don't try and
be the other kind Of fellow, for you win iust
be funny. You will not succeed in doing it,
You are headed for failure.
1t 1t is natural for you to be easy-goinE.
amiling, laxative, chummy, be that sort OF
man and that sort of boss to the top of your
ability. Don't try to initiate the hard-boiIed
chief You can't do 1t and you will Just
make yourself ridiculous.
Cultivate and improve your personality.
your habits and your methods. But be sure
1t Is your own personality.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05
SEVEN PAIRS A DAY

An authority on feminine styles says that
TIE well-dressed woman should wear seven
INHERENT pairs Of shoes day. This may be
cceptable to members Of the sex who are
eaeed with their personal pulchritude, and
30 dress largely for their own enjoyment.
There may be women who find pleasure in
changing their costumes every hour or two for
he effects in the mirror. Yet it is not very easy
Tor the average person to understand why
TIE feet should receive such a measure of
consideration. Up to comparatively recent
times one or two changes a day in footwear
WAS regarded as ample even for the woman
who aspired to be always well groomed.
The situation somehow suggests the dictum
ID Abraham Lincoln on legs Someone asked
him how long he thought a mans legs should
be. With characteristic dry wit he replied
fhat after careful observation and thoughtful
Study Of the functions of legs, lie had con.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05
BREAKING UP THE PLANTATIONS

Efforts to induce owners of large planta-
lions In Dallas county to break them up into
smaller holdings to make way for more small
white farmers, who would increase produc-
tiveness and progress in that section of the
black belt are meeting with encouragement.
OF late years the labor situation on large
plantations in Alabama has been serious, be-
cause so many negro farm workers left that
service to go to industrial districts Of this
and other states. This migration so depleted
the farm labor supply that many large tracts
In this state were abandoned for cultivation.
In the black belt are many large and fer
tile plantations which' would prove more pro-
ductive and more profitable to the owners
Il divided into small farms suitable for d.
versified and intensive culture. Such "a sys-
tenn would mean not only a, greater yield, but
less cost per acre In cultivation and such
change in production as to bring In larger
profits. There are thousands of<mdustrious
farmers in Canada and In the bleaker regions
of the North and West who are anxious to
come South to escape the hardships of rig
oreus climates, and who would contribute to
the productiveness Of this section, while
making acceptable citizens As the number
of farm workers decreases, the activities, of
those remaining on the farms must become
more and more efficient.