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THE TROUBLE IN EGYPT

A crisis has arisen between the British
government and the government of Egypt
because Of the assassination at Cairo of
Major-General Sir Lee Stack, governor
general of the Sudan and sirdar of the
Egyptian army. The outrage has aroused
widespread Indignation in England which
has demanded far-reaching redress, and
has manifested every purpose to enforce
its demands. Late developments in Egypt,
including vote of confidence in Premier
Zagloul Pasha, and virtually declining to
comply with some of the demands from
London, indicate that, in view of the
feeling both in England and in Egypt,
settlement of the trouble will not be an
easy task through the usual diplomatic
channels.
The Egyptian government appears to
be fully sensible of the shock caused in
England because of the atrocious crime,
and has expressed deep regret and a pur-
pose to do everything possible to punish
the assassns. This does not seem to have
satisfied the British government, which
feels that the crime, following conditions
in Egypt which have been interpreted in
the light of hostility to the British gov
eminent, is loss of British prestige.
Egypt is not in fact fully autonomous
state. While an Independent government
was established in carrying out wartime
pledges, the British government retains
certain powers for protection of British
interests in the East. General Stack was
vested with considerable power as the
British governments representative in
the capacity of sirdar and governor-gen-
eral of the Sudan.
The crime is regarded in England of
important political significance, and
and there is an impression that it was
not solely the work of fanatics aside from
any influence exercised by the Egyptian
government, 1t is significant in this
connection that ever since the establish
ment of a monarchy in Egypt there has
been a movement to sever all remaining
ties between that country and the Brit
ish government, though there is no open
evidence that the Egyptian government
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Forum Of The People
Why So And Wherefore?

| To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
Is the age of chivalry passing, Is woman
losing her place in the estimation of man
kind? If so, why? The above questions otter
come to my mind when 1 see men failing tc
give women seats on street cars or taking of
their hats in elevators when ladies are pres
ent. Of course, neither is necessary or unlaw
full. A man has perfect right to retain both
his seat and hat without violating any
statutes.
Men reared in the latter part of the last
century usually give their seat to a lady and
remove their hat in the elevator. l don't
claim these men are any more gentlemen than
those reared later, but, l do claim they re-
fleet the teaching of the mothers of that day
and show a certain breeding the others seem
to lack.
Are men really to blame for this condition
of affairs? Has the various and sundry de-
grees of feminine peculiarities, who ride our
street cars shown the appreciation they should
for the kindness extended to them? May it
not be possible that their air of utter indif-
ference to the courtesy shown has chilled, to
some extent, the chivalry of their male fellow
travellers?
| Another question comes to my mind: Has
the chivalry of the old South been transferred
to the negro race? In my twenty-five years
of riding the street cars of Birmingham l
| have never seen q negro man SltllnS Wnlle
negro woman stood. l don't care how homely
she may look or how well groomed the man
may be, he will give her his seat. If you
have not noticed this fact just do so the next
time you ride a street car.
1t seems that a good locker can usually
get a seat. Sometimes she has to stand, but
not very often. If she is shy of the war
paint and has plain clothes, her face show
ing the ravages of time, she is given an OPP
portunity to stand and juggle with the strap
she tries to do a balancing act. l counted
eight men sitting and ten ladies standing in
Gate City car a few days ago. At the
Terminal station chicken got on. Solomon
in all his glory was nothing to compare tc
that flapper.
Her entrance fired the feeble chivalry Of
an old rooster. Hopping as If he were q
spring chicken, he gave the hand-painteo
beauty his seat. A motherly-looking old soul
with her arms filled with bundles, had been
standing near him all the way from town
But the hardest blow was given by this queer
of Sheba. She did not so much as thanh
grandpa for his act of kindness.
AS l have said, it is not necessary for 6
man to give his seat to lady or to remove his
hat when in the elevator, but gentlemen
usually do So If the woman would show more
appreciation and would hold small children
in their laps and keep them from occupying
seats while grown folks-often ladies-ar
standing, it might help matters some.
w. II. PARKER.
birmingham, Ala.
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TRAFFIC RELIEF URGENT

With the city and the railroads in
agreement that a viaduct is the proper
means of relief at Twenty-fourth street,
there is no reason why work should not
soon be started on this project. Regard
less of any litigation which may grow
out of the underpass plan upon which
the city insists, it is conceded by both
the city and the railroads that the via
duct treatment is the practical and
proper one for the Twenty-fourth street
situation, and the question of division
of costs between the city and the rail-
roads appears to be the only hitch.
If the railroads are sincere in their
professions of willingness to provide re-
lief from the dangerous situation in the
downtown district, there is no reason
why an amicable agreement cannot be
reached as respects Twenty-fourth street.
Regardless of any delay through litiga-
ton which may arise incident to the
underpass plan, it is admitted by all
interests concerned that a viaduct is
pressingly needed at Twenty-fourth
street, and that it will have to be built
soon to take care of the needs of that
part of the city. The project will in no
way affect the underpass program de-
termined upon by the city.
That the railroads will soon be COM
PEELED to provide relief from traf-
3ic dangers and losses arising from
t he Embarrassing situation is APP
parent to everyone who comprehends the
increasingly serious situation. The city
commission has a definite duty to the
community, and the people are looking
to the official body to see that relief
is Forthcoming. Pending any delay in
the underpass program arising from liti-
CATION it is up to the commission to reach
an agreement with the railroads in re-
spect to the Twenty-fourth street via
duct SO that construction work on that
project shall proceed without further
delay.
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Brief Nature Studies
By j. OTIS SWIFT

IN Rocky Lonesome, Westminster county, n
Y, recently, James A. Biggs, faculty direc-
tor, board of publications, De Witt Clinton
High school, gathered early Algonkian rough
stone implements. There were pecking tools,
bow straighteners, pitted hammer-stone and
a crude quartzite AK from Thlrty-Deer Ridge
west of Tawasentha.
This AK was thing of eolithic beauty, of
smooth, hard, honey-yellow quartzite. 1t had
been rounded, oblOng, waterwon pebble SIX
inches long, four thick. Glacier of river pol
shed. it shone like wax. careful blow by
the ancient lithic artist had split it endwise
Il second stroke of the hammer-stOne taking
off an extra long flake to make it thin This
gave the cutting blade of the ak Il sharp, one
sided adj edge.
Where the thumb and finger grasped it
delicately on either outer edge, where the
handle grooves of later neolithic axes com
menced. were two notches, finger holes. A
serrated cutting edge an inch and half
long had been delicatey Clipped on the blade
exactly where, when balanced, it struck
flat surface.
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has been behind this movement. Repeat
ed indications Of political agitation to
cut loose from England, however, give
the situation an accumuiative aspect,
which doubtless aroused more indigna-
ton because of the assassination than
would otherwise have been done.
Unless the assassins are promptly cap
tured and dealt with in such manner
as to absolve the Egyptian government of
any suspicion of completely, it is likely
that developments towards complete
autonomy in Egypt may be retarded.
The prompt action of the British gov
eminent, both in its demands and in
it's military preparations for any eventu-
alities, indicates that it means business,
in the protection of it's subjects and it's
interests. That is characteristic of the
British government.
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Youth

Youth has no need of pirate ships,
OF dark and tossing spars,
No need has Youth of silvered paths
Beneath the guiding stars;
Or chanteys sung upon the watch
BY men who bear salt scars.
Youth has no need of secret trails
That to the Rainbow lead.
OF Roads to Romance, white and wlde'
Youth has no urgent need,
Nor of the magic lore that turks
In some old wizards screed.
For Youth itself is all these things,
\ sailing ship, a song,
The Rainbow at the journeys end,
Bright Romance, Youth-time long,
And all the wizards VISIONS to
Enchanted Youth belongs.
Faith Baldwin in Everybody's Magazine.
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The Right Word
THE RECENT TEST.
lsy w. CURTIS NICHOLSON

Find the Error in This Article.)
Each test given in this column brings an
increasingly large volume of mail. The offer
The Right Word" made to correct and re-
turn all papers accompanied by return en-
velopes imposed a real task upon the author
of this column-but task willingly under
taken. However, long before this all con-
testants should have received their corrected
papers. And what has been the result?
Because of the difficulty of the test the
number of those who submitted papers
worthy of favorable mention were small. 1.-The
Right Word" has concluded, therefore, that
any paper containing only three errors en-
titles its owner to be listed among those who
made an excellent showing. On this basis
the names of successful contestants will be
published from day to day.
w. +. Currie of Flushing, L. l., made only
two mistakes. Still better, Nathan Bengis
of New York City had only one wrong.
Ending Sentence.
Mabel NJ. Lines of Detroit, Mich. writes
that she seems Ito have had it drilled into
me to refrain from using a proposition at
the end of a sentence. Am l rightly Then
Miss Lines corrects the sentence, "Yet when
one holds ones head up, one holds ones face
up" to the following: Yes when one holds
up ones head one holds up ones face"
Up is an adverb, not a proposition How
ever, that does not weaken Miss Lines argu'
ment. Whether or not a small word should
end sentence is matter of taste.
Yesterdays Error.
Wrong: If one has sentences he would
like to have corrected, let them send them tC
The Right Word"
Right: If any one has =. let him send
them to THE Right Word"
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THE news from Spain says that the spirit
of revolt in the country is fostered by
soviet agents and the resistance Of the
Moors to the campaign in Africa is urged
onward by Pan-Islamic agitators. Adam put
the blame on Eve and Eve placed it on the
serpent. But liberals of the type of Professor
Miguel Unamuno cannot be classed as bolshe-
viks, neither can DIR. Jose Ortega Casset be
credited with communistic leanings. Anyone
familiar with the great standard works on
liberalism by the former rector of the Uni
versity of Salamanca must smile at the facile
and ridiculous accusation. The spirit of re-
volt in Spain is the outcome of years and
years of miserable social conditions. PHO
Baroja the great novelist gives a glimpse of
men and women living like animals in the
congested districts of Madrid, Barcelona and
Sevilla. On the surface there is nothing but
beauty and grandeur in the great cities. Mag
nificent palaces, sublime statues, imposing
government buildings, beautiful boulevards.
But Paris of Louis XIV and Louis XIV was
even more splendid in architectural display
and still grass was thought good enough as
the peoples food. That's why the great revo-
luton followed, when the head of king came
rolling down the scaffold in answer to the
taunt of eating grass. General Primo de
Rivera wants to place the blame elsewhere.
He knows the effects of calling people bolshe-
visits, but he may as well call Mazzini and
Gladstone, Cavour and Abraham Lincoln boil
shevists as to give that odious appellation to
Unamuno and Gasset.
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The French professor who thinks that
the human race will eventually be able
to live on air, is reminded that there are
already indications of efforts to monoro-
lie even that commodity.
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An editorial writer says that peace is
based on understanding. Perhaps that is
the reason that peace is so slow process
among European nations who do not COM
prehend one another's motives.
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ReIieious TroubIe In France.

The shades of Henri Nv, Catherine de
Medici,. Coligny and the Duo de Guise may
well come back from the island of the dead to
watch events in the French republic, where
General de Castelman has received the Holy
league and the religious question is flaming
up after smouldering since Vienna's ministry
in 1904, when the separation of church and
state came about Here and there parish
priests and even bishops have gone to the
extent of forcibly resisting the police, if it
were only to answer M. Herriot sally about
"a moribund religion" with a display of tao
tics showing that the church is still quite
militant. The question involved is the ex-
tension of the undenominational school sys-
TEN of France to the new provinces of
Alsace and Lorraine. 1t is a move to con-
solidate the two provinces with the republic.
But on the other side there are the promises
of Leon Blum, Herriot colleague in office,
made shortly after the armistice in the city
of Strassburg: France will always respect
the soul of her two daughters, Alsace and
Lorraine. Not single privilege of the peo-
pie will be taken away. Your sentiments are
sacred to all Frenchmen." At the time when
these words were spoken they were interpreted
by lie Figaro, a paper with ultramontane
leanings, as a guarantee of the integrity of
the school system of Alsace. Apparently NJ.
Herriot thinks different. For he is pushing
his reforms and will even reverse the policy
of NJ. BRAND by withdrawing the French
ambassador from the vatican.
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Applying business methods to the
administration Of charity means that it
is both of greater quantity and of higher
quality, as demonstrated by the Com
munity Chest plan.
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1t is reported that radio insanity is
on the increase, and no doubt the cross
word puzzles will be the next subject of
investigation.
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AS CARELESS WITH 1T AS WITH COIN
Why is it some men can pay the best
halter in town SIS for a top-piece and in
two months have it looking like something
they made themselves ?-DetrOit News
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the government that the best interests OF
the country are of less Importance than
the political considerations involved.
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II the choice we're left whether to
have a free press a free government would
choose free r-oss.-Thomas Jefferson.
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The trouble about blowing ones own
horn is that somebody is sure to discover
that it is out of tune.
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Williams Wavering.

Theodore Wolff, editor of The Berliner
Tageblatt, has written a book in which he
comes with the astonishing declaration that
Kaiser Wilhelm, orthodox Christian and head
of the Evangelical Lutheran church, contem-
plated suicide when Won Buelow, his chan
cellor, disapproved of a treaty between Rus
STA and Germany, which the kaiser had per-
sonally engineered with his dear Cousin
Nicky'' of Russia. Won Buelow finally with
drew the threat of his resignation, but Herr
Wolff declares his reward came three years
later when the kaiser dismissed him with
the remark II have chased the scoundrel
away" Yet there exists an eulogy of later
date, pronounced by the kaiser upon Won
Buelow's return to Berlin in 1915. He had
been ambassador in Rome, when he was ex-
tremely popular and did great deal to keep
Italy from breaking away entirely from the
triple alliance by joining the allies. Won
Buelow then appeared as the kaiser's favorite
the more of his able defense of Germany's
war aims and his analysis of the diplomatic
maneuvers that ended in the complete en-
circlement of the Germanic allies. 1t was
in this defense that occurred the famous
phrase of Germany's right to place in the
sun.
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Lacks Human Touch.

Trotsky, defending the reign of terror
which marked the era Immediately following
the bOlshevik revolution, says: 1T was as
necessary for us as the air we breathe. We
could not tolerate the least flicker of revolt,
lest the revolt should grow and rob us of
the fruit of our victorious march. / am sorry
that many great and useful citizens were
caught in the dragnet of our Cheka. We
exercised the greatest caution and tried to
save those who were not actually guilty of
counter revolution. If innocent people were
executed, l am sorry. But the revolution
must triumph. Our cause goes before mere
sentimental bourgeois humanitarianism.'
Trotsky has imagination but it lacks the hui
man touch. Trotsky looks upon the world as
a mixture of maxims and system and num-
bers. To him the splashing of blood means
nothing. Yet even Danton turned from his
own bloOdguiltiness and exclaimed: Il would
sooner be guillotined than to guillotine any
one" But Robespierre, gazing into the
future, smiled and murmured: There are
still a few snakes to be crushed" After the
snakes he felt the millennium was at hand.
That's also Trotsky's argument.
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THE ACE HERALD

Entered AT Birmingham, Ala, post office as sec.
ond-;lass matter, act of Congress. March 9. 1879
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CONDITIONAL LOVE

CONDITIONAL LOVE
We cant remember having seen candi-
date who continued to love the common peo-
pie after disastrous election-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
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Awful Fate

Mrs. Smith: Eyes, poor Harold was in
jured frightfully at the varsity football game
last Saturday.
Mrs. Jones: Indeed! didn't know he
played"
Mrs. Smith: "He wasn't playing. He was
trampled by one of the cheer leaders"
Walter Schultz.
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]n s e. EED.!kS1
N.Y. Iz5E SHOP
/ e@ES5E ma XSCN H1kZ4LL .LZL1EZL
WALLY THE MYSTIC

III = il
WALLY THE MYSTIC
He'll Answer Your Questions, Somehow
Great leaders in the world of trade
Don't hesitate to get the aid
OF other brains; that's why they lead.
Use my brains when you are in need.
A Mysterious Man.
Dear Wally:
Pardon, please, my cheek;
But is the Fun Shop Ed. a Sheik,
Or is he old and bald and slow?
Has he a beard?
Yours,
WANTA KNOW.
First, tell me, please,
If you, yourself, have dimpled knees,
A lot of cash and figure trim;
And then I'll tell you more of him.
Complexity OF Modern Life.
Dear Wally:
I've car. My beau,
Who has none, takes me to a show.
Should 1 drop him at his abode,
Or let him walk home?
A LA MODE.
Dear La Mode:
King Solomon
Why don't you wed? Then etiquette
Will never bother you, I'll bet.
Until Too Late. IT,. o..
Mrs. Nagg: "You deceived me beforeie1
married you. You told me you were well off. ;
Nagg (angry at last): 80 was-but
didn't know it,
Gertrude Marie Heller.
The query of Cosmic Mind: Which is
more true to life, the Birds Eye View Of 6
Bull or the Bulls Eye View of Bird?
On Hubby's Part.
Vera: "She claims her hats and imported
gowns are all the rage"
Corinne: perhaps she means they're the
CAUSE of all the rage"
Awful Fate
Mrs. Smith: Eyes, poor Harold was in
jured frightfully at the varsity football game
last Saturday"
Mrs. Jones: Indeed! didn't know he
played"
Mrs. Smith: "He wasn't playing. He wal
trampled by one of the cheer leaders,"
Walter Schultz.
Much Joy.
Glen: ibid your wife enjoy herself, at the
theatre"
Rex: Eyes, indeed Mrs. Albion was wear.
ing last years hat"
j. L. Young.
The Butt Innes Again.
Mrs. Shrub: I'VE went into the restau
rant and after we sat down at a table hand
some waiter came over to us and Mrs. Goode
said Honey"
Mrs. Butt-Inn (interrupting) II cam
believe it. She is so demure and quiet she
wouldn't think of saying such thing"
Mrs. Shrub: But you didn't let me fin
ish. / was saying that a handsome waiter
came over to US and Mrs. Goode said
Honey-dew melon, please"
F. P. Pitzer.
WHY GIRLS LEAVE HOME.
To get their hair bobbed.
Copyright. 1924 Reproduction FOrbidden.l
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Much Joy.
Glen: did your wife enjoy herself, at the
theatre?"
Rex Eyes, indeed Mrs. Albion was wear
ing last years hat"
j. L. Young.
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Vera: "She claims her hats and imported
gowns are all the rage"
Corinne: Perhaps she means they're the
CAUSE of all the rage"
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The Butt-Innes Again.

WHY GIRLS LEAVE HOME.
To get their hair bobbed.
Copyright. 1924. Reproduction Forbidden.I
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The query of Cosmic Mind: Which is
more true to life, the Birds Eye View of a
Bull or the Bulls Eye View of a Bird"
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Completely OF Modern Life.

Until Too Late. o..
Mrs. Nagg: "You deceived me before
married you. You told me you were well off. y
Nagg (angry at last) $50 was-but I
didn't know it."
Gertrude Marie Heller,