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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
Why Macdonald Fell.

Frau Ruth Fischer, member of the Spar tacus group in the German reichstag, writing in Die Rote Fahne," Germany's communist paper, says of the British elections Ihe little Campbell will make the great Macdonald fall. There is a sign for us, comrades ," She refers to the editor of the British red paper, Campbell, who was indicted for melting sol diers to disobedience and whose prosecution was dropped by Macdonald, matter over which the conservatives and liberals raised a clamor and cast a vote of censure. Mr. Macdonald did not fall through Campbell but he fell because the popular mind was easily impressed with the monotonous repeti- tion of the opposition press that he was play ing in the hands of the bolsheviks. MacDon' ald and the bolsheviks are indeed bitter enc mics. Macdonald is hated far worse ir Moscow than MT. Baldwin, for instance. But the British voters did not know this and Mac. Donald had no press to back him in his cam paign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
ArtichOkeS

NLD fields under the harvest and hunters moons, in October and November have
 an eerie, feathery loveliness where the silver light falls upon masses of tall, ruddy- stemmed, smooth-leaved, showy goldenrod and rough-leaved Canadian goldenrod with plume-like yellow heads. When the good mother earth has brought forth plenty, the grain is garnered, cattle, game-birds and wild animals fat, Ceres throw over the shoulders of Tellus Mater, the earth goddess, a cloth of gold. Then in wet wood openings the swamp goldenrod with thick, short clusters of tasselated yellow, on shaded banks and forest margins the spun sunshine of the wreath goldenrod, and in sandy old pastures the one-sided flower head and anise-scented leaves of Soidago odora glorify the land.
 To know all the eighty-odd species of this national flower is as impossible to the Ordi- nary nature-lover as to identify all the spar rows and warblers, but to feel the inspiration of acres of auriferous loveliness is a com mon heritage. The goldenrod truly typifies the spirit of America, which values gold be- cause in itself it is almost worthless, but rep resents labor done, service to humanity rem dered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
The Right Word
"T FEEL GOOD"
By W. CURTIS NICHOLSON ,

FEEL GOOD.
 Irene F. Grill, Chicago: "Will you please settle discussion for me? Is it correct to say, I feel good? I maintain it is, because verbs like feel, smell, etc. should be followed by predicate adjectives.
 "Also, is it wrong to say, This book says, or must one say, This book states'?"
 Answer: T feel good" probably does not correctly express your thought. You un- doubtedly intended to say, T feel we'll" Good is the opposite of bad or wicked. If you feel perfect in the matter of spiritual life and morals you may say, "I feel good"
 Feel is usually followed by adjectives. It is, therefore, correct to say, T feel bad'' when one is not feeling well.
 Taste sound, grow, and turn may be fol- lowed by adjectives; as, The milk turned sour; The whistle sounded shrill; The boy had grown tall; Within a month he has grown strong enough to lift the weight; The cream tastes sweet.
 "This book 5states" is the better of the two. The following words are worth a little ef- fort in connection with learning their pre- else meanings; 'gThe Right Word" advises its leaders to investigate their definitions: assert {; affirm state; say; aver; declare.
 Mono. John Stephenson, Cincinnati, O.: Is it incorrect to use plural verb with none? l have heard so many opinions with regard to this problem that should like to know the answer"
 Answer: "None" may be followed by either singular or a plural verb.
 Wrong: would feel obliged if you would answer the following questions. ' Right: should feel obliged if you would answer the following questions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
A CREDIT TO HER RACE.

The life story of Carrie A. Tuggle IS a credit to her race. With small means but an abundance of humanity, energy and perseverance she managed to create an institution for destitute colored chil- dren. and to care for those whose early delinuuencies brought them into the pur- view of a court not equipped to give such cases the saving treatment they deserve. The Tuggle Institute will survive as the uermanent result of her efforts and leadership among her own people to per form a social service urgently needed, and needed now all the more as the popu- lation grows.
 The institute is of great community value, not only as an influence ln: saV- ing from crime and perhaps even death hundreds of colored children, but also as a factor binding the colored people of Birmingham together in worthy pro gram of caring for unfortunates ot their own race. The members of the race are not rich, but they are learning that thelr small contributions when assembled make totals of constructive proportions. They evidenced it in the financing of thelr Masonic Building, and they are discover ing it in their common contributions to Tupgle Institute. To be sure, the white people have given help when help was needed, but the colored people have done their part.
 The institute was founded by Carrie A. Tuggle is one which the colored people ot Birmingham cannot afford to neglect, for it marks a definite forward movement in their development and as members ot A community undertaking their rightful responsibilities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
MIR. CooLIDGE's OPPORTUNITY.

Calvin Coolidge is to be our president for the next four years. Not the presl- dent of part of us, it is hoped, but the president of all of us. Largely upon him depends the formulation of our national policies and the recommendation ot our legislation. He is the nations chief executive and is therefore the most lm- portant single parsonage in our natlonal government. His administration has been handicapped hitherto by the unrullness of the Republican nominal majority m congress, and upon that fact there IS tendency to blame the lack of construc- tive acts of the president If the presl- dent possesses the qualities of leadership, it is profoundly hoped that he Will n,.omptlv exercise them in a manner conductive to the public welfare. It is hoped that he will envision the entire nation as a unit depending for its general welfare upon the welfare of all it's com ponent parts. It is feared that such vision has been gravely lacking among recent Republican leaders.
 The people, in returning MT. Coolidge ~ro office. have endorsed his belief that the constitution and our courts should not be disturbed by any ncautious or experimental alterations. Certain regu- lations may be in order regarding court procedure, but not regarding court au- thority in the interpretation of laws in the light of the federal constitution. It is also probable that some new legislation is required by the public welfare, such as the disposition of Muscle Shoals, the modification of the tariff and the re- vision of taxes. But for the most part we have laws enough.
 Undoubtedly the chief executive can perform no greater single public service nor of wider public benefit than the en- forcement of the statutes already on the books, and the application of existing laws to existing conditions rather than to seek the passage of new laws for each passing emergency. The great trouble
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
TRAINING POLICEMEN.

Physical training and setting-up exer- cises for the city policemen will be ap- proved by the people of this community as a feature conducive to improvement in the policemans ability to serve his station. One of the essentials of a ca pablo officer is physical fitness. In many cities a fine physique is one of the first considerations in appointing men to the force. But fine physique may not mean staying power or personal strength, II an officer permits himself to neglect those factors that keep him in trim. Physical fitness contributes also to mental alert ness, without which an officer loses much of his usefulness.
 There are other directions also in which the policemen should receive training especially in the science of being police men, For there is such science, ana there are far more policemen who are not acquainted with it than are acqualhted with it. The smaller the force and the greater demand there is upon It, the more indispensable is the development ot the highest possible efficiency among the men on the rolls. It is believed that most of the officers are earnest and deslrous of fulfilling their duty to the munich pality. They risk their lives when need be in order to protect lives and property That is as it should be, but there are fea' lures of proper training which render an officers danger in an emergency less and his effectiveness greater than ii he is without such training.
 It is hoped that the city commissioners will come to appreciate their responsl- bility in this direction, before some emergency arises which will make them everlastingly sorry that the precaution was not taken in time. There IS need for more officers and there is need for careful and effective training of the of, ficers. The commissioners have ignored the situation. It reveals lack of ad- n1inistrative capacity on their part for them to do so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
Brief Nature Studies
By J. OTIS SWIFT

IN FORESTS along upper reaches of Dead
 Lake, Asbury Park, N. J., against the mel low yellow of giant tulips stands the blood red massed foliage of sour-gums, pepperidge or tupelo trees named for Nysa, nymph, who nursed Bacchus. The black or sour gum middle-sized tree, horizontal branches, oval leaves, grows from Southern Maine to Michi' gan, Texas and Florida. When wild grapes hang black and purple upon the vines and the beautiful gauze-winged, pink-toed maenadf troop through the forests with Dionysus, spat' tering autumnnal wine over sumacs, oaks and woodbine in their bacchanalia, they shower the Nyssa sylvatica with ox-blood red, some times, in memory of the death of Pentheus who, spying on their orgies, was caught and torn to pieces by his mother and sisters for his impudence.
 Sweet-gum or liquidambar, bilsted, leaves deeply 5-7 lobed, smooth, shining, often takes on as glorious color as the sour-gum, and is found from Connecticut and Southern Illinois to Texas and Florida. It gets its name in a more prosaic way-from the fluid juice which exudes from the bark and was called by the Arabic name ambar, resembling amber and used in perfumery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
Watching The Parade
By JOHN PILGRIM

MILL got him on the telephone the other h day as I sat by. The two old cronies
 abused and kidded each other. Bilfs face was all crinkled with enjoyment Although only heard his end of the talk, it was easy to guess that the man on the other end was a cheery, likable, square sort.
 "One of the finest fellows I know" said Bill. "Forty-five years old now, and holds a big job. Worked himself up. When first knew him he was an office boy, with ragged knees and no grammar. His school ing came from newspapers and books and men. Not from school
 "Fine," I said enthusiastically. I tried to cut through and tell Bill about some wonder full men knew, but he held his line. 'He lived with an old aunt" said Bill. His parents were dead. She took in wash ing to support them at first, but when he got his first raise he rented a better flat. Now she lives like lady, for hesmakes good money. He never married"
 His friend fell in love once with a charm ing young woman. She worked, too, which made it all the better. At the time he could not afford to get married and support the aunt also, what with the risks of children and other things coming along. He told Bill all about it one day.
 "So I have determined to quit seeing her, , he said. Tt almost breaks my heart"
 In those days even well-behaved, industrious young men could be pardoned if they were reckless on an occasion of that sort, and so he was reckless. Got very drunk. But he adhered to his decision. He did not tell the girl. Gave her no chance to say she would wait. Refused to resign himself to a long engagement with happiness at the end. Just quit cold.
 I didn't tell Bill. But think his admira- ble young man was a coward and a fool.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
Castle

Why seek to trade dream for stark reality, Change will O wisp to mortar, stone and brick? Concrete in form, though built from ideality. This shift is easy. To change backs the trick. Our dreams of love we mold to actuality; Our passion turns to velvets, stones and gold. What empty gauds! Holds such absurd triviality Te peace that comes when tender arms unfold? When once that dream, cut down with due frugality, Is made to fit its niches, sliced here and there, Then. then. we know what's meant by grim reality. And wish our castle back up in the air Ruth Overton in the New York Sun..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
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Home, Curious Home.

Home, Curious Homo. Bring us the papers, pepper; Let's read the tax returns And see just how much money szyssge. The other fellow earns. eF'8s~ Pass up the murder headlines;
 Ignore Bold Bandits Slay"; Just find the news that's headed
 "New Taxes Learned To-day" Don't stop to read of football, Skip Tourists Crushed in Berth; We only want to know how
 Much J. A. AxePs worth! Look There's Bill Hawks, the ashman: |. Three thousand! |. That's immense; And here's Eph Cook, the banker
 He paid but thirty cents! Here's Tony Glotz, the barber:
 Three thousand-seven-ten!' There's Wilbur Woof, the oil king .... He only paid eight yen! Here's Spriggs, the chimney sweeper: "One thousand-six- -oh-five"- Here's Wiggs. the Wall Street lawyer:
 Flight dollars!" .. Man alive! aHu Here our lanulOru, pepper.
 Elbertus Hector Hook, He only paid two hundred! S4
 Ain't he the dirty crook! sSf Here's Elmer Zamm, our doctor
 He paid three hundred! three? How can that feller lie so
 He took that much from me Where's George Albertus Goofus,
 The man across the way? Not on the list? I figured
 That shrimp earned little pay Oh, here's Ed Hamm, the writer:
 Great scott! Eight thousand! Phew! He never get that writing ..
 Me must sell whisky too! Why here's your name here, too, pop
 And what you paid Gee whiz! This laws an awful outrage; Why can't folks mind their biz?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
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|CERTAIN mountain districts in Afghanis- IN tan have broken away from the amir
 and are doing little raiding of their own in the British North India possessions. The amir has sent troops, but the troops were not loyal and co-operated with the fast-riding bandits in their exploits upon Indian villages. A few regiments of English soldiers are now on the way to quel the disturbances and re- store peace They have a hard race to deal with. The Afghans and Pathans are shrewd and cunning. Lord Minto, former viceroy of India, said of them in his memoirs, written while he was yet captain doing patrol duty on the Afghan frontier: "The people in the valleys are very friendly, but I think the best definition of a friendly native is a man who only shoots you at night, whereas hostile one shoots you in the daytime as we'll"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
New Vienna.

Vienna, at one time the superb city of dash ing Austrian nobility, imperial splendor and lGermano-Latin culture, is rapidly becoming showplace for the new-rich bourgeoisie of the old central empires. We read that on account | of the increasing number of tourists the tombs 1 of the Hapsburgs have been thrown open to the public. There in the old Church of the Capucins are the gray tombs of 145 princes, Iarchdukes, emperors and expresses. Matthias,
 Ferdinand, Joseph lie close together. Here behind iron grates stands the great sarcopha- gus of Marie Theresa. At her feet rests the body of her son, the Emperor Joseph. In corner is the tomb of Napoleon's father-in- law and on his side the Corsican's wife, Marie
 Louise Next to her lies the Duke of Reich stadt, the little king of Rome, Napoleon's only son and hope In an almost forgotten corner stands the imperial crown of Mexico and be- meath the marble slab lies the emperor of Mexico, left to his doom by Napoleon HI while the anguished cries of the Vatican and every European chancellory. Only last year
 the luckless empress gave up her vigil ot long years waiting for her husbands return from across the ocean, when death came to release her. At the end of the crypt of white marble
 where the floors are inlaid with ipls laqull and where black altars are hung with gold and solitary candles throw flickering light,
 are the four last Hapsburgs. The murdered
 Empress Elizabeth, her son Rudolph, killed by his own hand; Francis Joseph, the emperor ;
 and the Archduke Ferdinand. Karl, the last
 emperor, is not buried there. His son, Otto, | is growing up in Spain, where he takes pleas
 ure in soldier games and tells his mother
 again and again, Mother, my troops will win"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08

with the last two or three sessions of con gress was the apparent agreement that the way to meet our constantly recurring problems is by feverish passage of new laws. That is false doctrine. Our more sensible course is to return to fundamen- tals in dealing with public problems. They are all subject to general laws, and not one of them is bran new. Most of them have recurred from time to time from the very beginning of government It is time some executive recognized that fact and turned it to public benefit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08

high seas. This nation leads the world in peaceful intent.
 Fortunately, it appears that there is no official Japanese cognizance taken of the newspapers position. America has adhered to the spirit of the naval agree ment between Japan, the United States and Great Britain, and has even kept her navy far under the 5-5-3 ratio. Japan, on the other hand, while keeping the pact, has kept her navy near the limits set in the pact. That is her privilege. To maneuver our fleet as we please in our own territorial waters is our privi- lege.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
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THE SECRET. I built mighty stronghold And placed my heart therein; There came knight in armor Who thought my heart to win. He charged the stronghold fiercely And sought to break the wall; So strong he waged the battle The stronghold could but fall ut-hist-this is the secret He thinks he did it all, But l, behind the rampant, Made thin places in the wall!
 By Florence Hartman Townsend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08

Conscience makes towards of us all. Fear makes greater towards, however. The man who will drive away from a person he has injured with his automobile is about as low down in the scale of towards as it would be possible for anyone to be. He is afraid to be known. He hasn't the nerve to face the consequences of what he has done. He deserves to be caught, and his name used as a byword of ridicule and scorn. Point ing fingers are excruciating, cold shoulders are soaring to the soul. Cowards deserve punishment that is not defined by the cal endar-Nashville Banner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08

Winston Churchill, Conservative for the first time in twenty years, has been made chancellor of the British exchequer. The principle of political rewards seems to apply in that country also. Perhaps that is where we got the idea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08

A federal judge in Chicago has ruled that the railway labor board has author ity to compel witness to appear before it to testify. It would be ludicrous if the requisite authority were not implied in an act creating an official body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
Really Forgot.

Fred: But you told me last week you loved mel" Mabel: "Oh, was it you I told that to?''
 Thomas Flynt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08

A New York judge threatened to throw out an indictment because of the "bar- barous jargon of English in which 1t was couched. That objection would eliml- nate almost any legal document.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
SAlf.PrntectiOn.

Dudley: "You always told me that you never go shopping with your wife, but saw you last night, carrying large bundle"
 Jameson: You don't understand, old man. promised my wife new fur coat-at req sonable price. went with her to see that the price would be reasonable"
 Martha Dinney.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08

Selfish.
 Mrs. North: Why didn't you come to the Better Babies Conference"
 Mrs. West Il was too busy"
 Mrs. North: What! Too busy to help in such a causeT
 Mrs. West: "Yes; had to stay at home and take care of the baby" Mrs. Carl Levin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08

Some of the Republican contributions when compared with the tariff benefits received indicate that the recipients of privilege are not as appreciative as they might be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
uE,S A DURABLE CUSS

An Ohio woman has served her husband a pie every day since 1904. The remarkable thing is not the pie but the husband.-Wil- mington (Del) Every Evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
PHysIOLOGY IN THE COURTS

We may be too skeptical but we are rath- CT firmly of the opinion that it would be easy enough to get some expert witness to testify that there is no such thing as an endocrine gland for $25O a day and expenses.-OhiO State Journal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
FROM THE WISE

Flattery-this barren verbiage among men,
 Light coin, the tinsel clink of compliment -Tennyson. One ungrateful man does an injury to all
 who stand in the need of aid. -Publius Syrus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08

Having gone for Davis in the recent election, it now behooves the people of this state to see to it that they go really and truly Democratic in the next state elections.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08

If the choice were left 10 me. whether 10 have a free press free government wouio choose A free press-Thomas Jefferson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08

It is rumored that there will be change in the presidents cabinet. The faithfu ought to be rewarded somehow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
Not Always.

"Wisdom," remarked the Professor, "comes with old age."
 "Oh, I don't know" chuckled the Cynic, "the modern flapper knows more than her grandmother ever did"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08

Doubtless one group that did not con- tribute to the Republican campaign fund in proportion to the protection received is the bootleggers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08

EXCLUSIVE MEMBER OF NORTH AMERl- CAN NEWSPAPER ALLIANCE IN ALABAMA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08

Telephone (private branch exchange connect ing all departmental. Main 4s0o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08

Natural Inference. "Let me see" murmured the young wife at her writing desk. T want the parlor papered and l must have new shades. The dining room chandelier is very shabby and must be replaced. The bathroom needs new. tiling. I'd like new gas range and built-in-refrige- rator''
 "To whom are you writing, dear?" asked her girl chum.
 "To our landlord"
 q thought maybe you were writing to Santa Claus"
 Copyright. 1924. Reproduction FOrbiddsn.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08

As goes the majority so goes the na- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-08
Eas;ar Tn Master.

EaSler TO MaSCer. Hicks: Do you like corn on the cob" Henshaw: "No, prefer mouth-organ.
 F. H. Klepper.