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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
ALABAMA's COLLEGE FOR WOMEN

The proposed drive for one million dollars for Alabama College, at Montevallo, Ala bama's only college for women, is made nec- essary because of the states failure to pro- vide adequately in the past for the urgent and legitimate requirements of this institu- tion. In similar institutions in Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Texas the enrolment ranges from one thou sand to eighteen hundred young women. At MontevallO the enrolment is 550. Appro- priations in the other states range from $175,000 to $670,000 annually. The appro- priation for Alabama College is $S5.000. The average sum expended per student in the other colleges is from $175 to $55S per year. At Montevallo it is $154 per student Mis- sissippi, which is not so wealthy a state as Alabama, is far ahead of this state in both appropriation and enrolment. North Caro- lima, with which Alabama is frequently com pared, appropriates eight times as much an- nually to the maintenance of it's college for women, not taking into account the additional sums for building and endowment. North Carolina enrolls nearly three times as many women as Alabama in it's state college. Un- doubtedly a goodly portion of Alabama s young women find it necessary to obtain their higher education outside of the state, because Alabama fails to make even ordinary provision for them. If Montevallo were only moderately endowed and maintained, it is not improbable that it's patronage would more than double within year or two. The ques- tion is an important one, and the duty to provide this endowment is a charge upon the state of Alabama, at whose head is a gov ernor elected on a platform of more liberal appropriation for the cause of public educa. tion. Yet, when a state college needs money, it has to go directly to the people to get it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
Watching The Parade
By JOHN PILGRIM

At the factory where my brother works they have all the new tangled dinguses. There is restaurant for the employees on the top floor and they pay bonuses and have well fare worker and get together for experience meetings and all that sort of thing They have personality and pep lecturer, too. One of these chaps with an undershot jaw and brilliant eyes and stiff forefinger that is forever being jabbed at you just as you see in the magazine ads.
 Cultivate your personality he IS forever yelling. Bring out your innate force. Com pei yourself to be strong"
 We'll, there's something in that, of course, along with lot of blah. Some of us do not want to deal with men who have oVer-culti- vated their personalities. Sometimes man who has compelled himself to be strong has also succeeded in making himself internally unpleasant. This pep talker, now, is too much on the job to suit me. One feels that he is forever watching himself from the side lines.
 "A little more punch, now" he keeps say ing to himself Bring more pressure on this poor fish. Concentrate your sparkle like a spot light. Blind him."
 The other day dropped into little res- taurant near the factory where my brother works, and there sat the pep and personality person drinking tea. He seemed to feel that some sort of an explanation was necessary. He said that he had worked for some years in England, where they serve tea at four o'clock each afternoon, rain, shine or war. He said that tea was wonderful plck-me-up. On days when. he had been giving out his vital force, trying to jam pep into pale peo- pie, he simply had to have something to bring him back to par. So he was in the habit of walking down to this little restaurant and drinking few pots of Orange Pekoe.
 But why don't you drink it at the fac tory restaurant?" l asked.
 The pep party blushed. He said he was afraid the other fellows would laugh at him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
Bide DudIey's Rhymes
Those Dear Little Flies

The flies are returning; I'm glad of it, too. l have a good reason--I'll tell it to you. It means that warm weather is headed our way. I like it much better than cold, any day. My heavier clothes are in terrible shape. In sunshine I'm sure, is my only escape from such condition of tatters com plete, the fagman would chase me all over the street. My Overcoat's frayed; it's a sight to behold, but still, must wear it as long as it's cold. My ey'ryday suit is reg ular wreck, but I can't discard it till heat comes, by heck ! My.bank accounts puny; it's really joke. To delve into slang, am very much broke And so I am happy to note the demise of cold is assured by those dear little flies. The baldheaded fellow will hate me for this, for he is a man that the flies sell dom miss But I must refuse to be sorry for him. A wig would protect him and make him look trim. My clothes are exhausted q said that before), so I have a right to let out deep roar of honest delight. It's a pleasant surprise to see them returning those dear little flies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
TO DIsCITSS THE CPossINCs

Birmingham will be. glad to have General Sibert's judgment on the question of viaducts and underpasses. It is hoped, however, that the municipality will show the necessary reso- lution. to bring about construction. Opinions, some of them expert, have not been lacking. But the grade crossings still exist. The ele- ment lacking has been the necessary action on the part of the city government to make any plan effective, and, if necessary, obliga- tory on the railroads. The fact that railroad heads are expected to participate in the con ference with General Sibert is of good omen. The enterprise of those citizens of the Cham Der of Commerce in seeking to bring this prob lem nearer solution is commendable and will be appreciated by the people of this commu- nifty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
Modern Maids Maxin1s

Almost any broad-minded man is willing to let his wife earn money nowadays--pro- vided she be tactful enough to earn less than he can drag down.
 The oldfashioned girl used to be afraid tbat people might talk about her, but the modern pep-chaser's chief worry is that she won't set them talking
 When a man marries on the rebound he often finds that the .boundr has taken him out of the frying pan of love repelled into the fire of love compelled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
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 'ue9gSA-9 Z4XS0N Fy2NHzLk UznExL
(By James E. Fesler)

NOJ O0hCS ALs CSAcND Number ?-Number?" "Hello Central, give me Circle Sixty-Seven" Number ?-Number" Say, by Thunder, said Circle Sixty-Sevenw "Line is busy--out of order. Were you calling Sixty-Seyen, Or did you say -Eleven?''s- T said---" Wait minute" And again 1 must begin it. Give me Circle Sixty-Seven! Do it quickly or, by Heaven" Number ?-Number? Were you calling ?'' "Oh confound it She is stalling; This is most exasperatingl One full hour I've been waiting.' Heres your number Sixty-Seven." But she gave me Four-Eleven
 s4s s-44----4--tssiss as zt
 Strange Mrs. Hoyle: Speaking of Mah Jong, l have prospective pupil" Mrs. West Who is he?'' Mrs. HOyle: "A Chinaman. Mrs. Lilas Michell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
GOOD ADyICE

pr. Walter H. Eddy has finally isolated the vitamine, and if he will take our advice he will take it out behind the laboratory and strangle it, and then maybe we can get back to the good old-fashioned custom of eating vegetables once -Washington Post
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
AN OHIOANs RET

It is said that political platforms are never read, anyway, but we'll bet ours will be read this year, just to see how we get around things, as of course we will.-Ohio State Journal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

Waste of the peoples money? Graft? Yes, they are all the fruits of indifference and neglect of duty by the electors. They have themselves to blame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

Mir. Chappel Passes By
 Mortuary Manners When bidden to funeral rite Ones answer should be formal, quite; Observe restraint in proper measure, And say, I'll come" but not with pleasure. ''
 Table Manners When served with Saratoga chips Let no swear words escape your lips; By nature they are most elusive, Nor does it pay to be abusive.
 Eyes Right! A small boy observed to his mother that there are just as many in our family with brown eyes as there are with blue eyes" How do you make that outg' inquired mother. "Well, you and have blue eyes" replied the lad, 'and papa and the dog have brown yes"-Clad H. Thompson. Copyright, 1924, Reproduction Forbidden )
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
suCcEss oE PROHIBITION

Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler has sharpl, denounced prohibition and predicts its ulti mate failure in this country. It is interestin, to note that, in sharp contrast to this view is that of Mfr Lloyd George, who recently studied American sentiment on this question As quoted by the Literary Digest from tht International Record, MT. Lloyd George ha; said
 l went there with the usual European
 prejudice against prohibition, hearing
 that it was demoralizing America, and
 that there was more liquor than ever be-
 fore. It is not true, not in the least.
 There are some men who get it, but,
 thank God, it is very bad. Some of
 them have been poisoned already, and
 others are getting frightened for fear it
 will be their turn next. But that gem
 eration will disappear. The vast ma -jority ,are not drinking. Driving
 through town, 1 said: ''rhat is a very
 fine building" They said: 'Yes, that Is
 an old distillerS."9 I said 'T suppose it
 is empty" "No." they said, it is full
 of woolen goods" I drove along again
 and said What is that?" The reply :
 vas "That is another" Empty" No.
 Motor-cars for workmen."
 This is deliberate opinion from source that was in the beginning admittedly prej- lidiced against prohibition as it works out in this country. It is customary, when some one expresses the opinion that the drinking of liquor is declining, for the reply to be made that there is plenty of it and that peo pie can get all they want As matter of fact considering the difficulties attendant on manufacturing or bringing liquor in, the presence of plenty of it" is pretty good in. dication that it is not being drunk as copious- ly as some would have us believe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

A Tampa newspaper says: Florida will put on a great show in New York" But the one that New York puts on in Florida will leave a large working balance in the Land of Flowers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
Our Own Home Study Class

Our Own Home Study Class
 GA. c. M. Azoy, IT,, Teacher)
 Music Question.-Who wrote The Star-Spangled Banner?'
 Advertisements who never tried to sing it. Question.-Suppose you combined an accor- dion, pair of cymbals, and cornet in an orchestra. What would you get? Answer.-Td get arrested, probably
  Question.-What is the national air of England? Answer.-Very foggy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
Forum Of The People
A Booster for Talladega County

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Allow me to congratulate you on the splen- did. write-up you gave Talladega and Talla- dega county. I will say this much for Talla- dega county-the half has not yet been told. I am from Kentucky, and Talladega Valley has as good land as in Kentucky, if treated the same way by diversifying the crops.
 OTIS COOK. Talladega, Ala, May 19 1924. Appreciates Publicity fin Clean Up Campaign To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 The public health committee of the Axis ClNb when undertaking the cleanup and paint-up campaign felt sure we could count on your cooperation in making it a success, and in this expectation we have not been dis appointed. We know that space in your pa per is valuable and we are deeply appreeia- tive that you gave so generously of it to the work we undertook. Thanking you again, l am cordially yours,
 MRS. DUPONT THOMPSON, Chairman. Birmingham, Ala, May 20, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

It begins to look as if Cleveland will evolve the most complete steam-roller model the po- litical world has yet seen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

There is no such thing as honesty with one eye fixed on a possible reward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

AND THEY PAY GOOD INTEREST
 Deposits in the Daylight-Sayines Bank of Good Health are now the order of the day. Boston Transcripts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
THE AGE HERALD

Entered at Birmingham Ala. post office 9scond-ciass matter. act Of Congress March G. 1873
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21


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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

Pride GOeth Before Fall Judge: "Temus Brown, you are accused of committing petty larceny"
 Temus: "Jedge, An didn't commit what yuh done jes said. Ans de man whut stole de chicken" "-Maurice H. Corelli
 Truth of the Matter Hale: T understand he commands a good salary Brown "No--he merely wraws it-his wife commands it."-Phil H. Armstrong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

Horn-B Blowing Not Needed. When one is forever blowing his own horn, it is a pretty good sign that no one else is doing so If you are doing something for the upbuilding of your community, people will find 1t out without you having to proclaim it from the housetops Huntsville Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

Neelecting IndividuaI Duty.-The news papers are the biggest boosters any town can have, yet many people depend altogether on the papers and never have a word to say along that line themselves. They always remember the duty the paper owes to the community, but forget their own.--DeKalb County Herald
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

Just Suggestion. Someone suggests- that if families with the moving habit would just swap furniture as we'll as houses 1t would save the cost of moving and much wear and tear on the furniture. But if it weren't for an occasional moving day some attics never would be cleaned out.-Tuscaloosa News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

Win Act When They Know.-when theA people know the exact condition of the schools, and when they understand thorough Y that their boys and girls are being handi- capped, educationally, because of the lack of funds, they will take steps to improve the school system.-Gadsden Journal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

'Now, Ain't We Rich!"--It has long been said Talladega would double in values as soon as we got good water. Now afn't we rich All we need now is something to eat and a seersucker suit! And the girls have theirs, left oyer.-T Talladega Daily Home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

Showing Their Appreciation vet erans of the Civil War are entitled to all the honor and all the happiness that we can con fer upon them in their decliping years. Roanoke realizes this, and hencA makes a special effort to show this appreciation on one particular occasion ever year. Roanoke Leader. ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

Value of the Curb Market During the short time that the curb market was~op- erated following its establishment, the value of the plan was demonstrated and it proved popular among both producers and cons,irn- CTS It's worth to both cannot be denied, and It is to be expected that it will prove a,, even greater success than when first operated. ' Gadsden Times-News
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16
Material Dealer Sells Lumber
But Gives Free Service Worth
Much to inexperienced Builder

when the rains and the sun hit them, even those
that had been nailed with single nail, warped and
twisted and pulled until daylight shone in from all
directions. That was the story of the roof.
Giving the contractor credit for being reasonably
honest which perhaps he was, he had not worked
here long enough to understand conditions. He did
not put proper foundation under the house, saved
few dollars also on concrete and hence the house
settled so that the doors and windows would not
open, the floor-boards sprung, the chimney
was cracked and the place is literally wreck.
Paint covered other defects in the lumber, but
today, many of the siding boards are badly warped
some of them having pulled the nails couple of
pieces of ship-lap in the walls near where Mr.. Jones
set the stove in the living room were full of sap
and this turpentne substance, melting under the
warmth of the stove, oozed out, came through the
wallpaper and ruined it. The damage can be re-
paired only by removing those boards from the WALL
further survey of the place showed that the
contractor had let the painting and papering job to
inexperienced riend of his, whose identity also
is unknown to Mr.. Jones. He went by the name of
Hank" something of the sort, with the result
that the canvas used the walls of the cheap
est variety, not properly stretched and tackled
and the wallpaper not put on properly, so that
long cracks are apparent over every door and at
every window easement, while in some places, the
paper is literally hanging in long burrows or ridges.
As for the interior painting job-why waste
words? Inferior paint, two coats in some spots and
three coats in other spots, the hardware, such as
door hinges, door knobs ETC., daubed with paint
what terrible mess. The exterior paint is almost
gone, due to the fact that this painter and con-
tractor used kerosene to make the paint flow
easily and to save money on real OIL With your
fingers, you dust off the scales of paint leaving
the bare timbers beneath exposed to air and ele-
ments
To make matters worse, Mr.. Jones later al
lowed somebody to daub his roof with prepara-
ton designed to stop leaks There are certain roof
paints which, if properly applied to properly laid
roof, will stop small leaks and add to the life of
roof. But again Mr. Jones Saved money" The
stuff they put on his roof melted beneath the rays
of summers sun, ran from the roof in small rivu-
lets, and the wind whipped it against the walls of
the house, smearing them with murky substance
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16

The other day. the building editor met San
Antonio home owner who was pessimistic over the
homecoming theory.
give got to have my house leveled and the
contractor tells that he can't do the job with
out cracking all the wallpaper that
repaperng job-five rooms at S12 room for labor
and SIS room for paper It's only question of
time, too, until I've got to put on a roof; the
roof has leaked practically ever since built that
house. It's less than three years old and look at
the expense. Don't tell me it pays to own your
own home.''
This mans plight was similar to number of
which the building editor has in contact
with In the course of his experience. Home-owner-
ship certainly is not paying this man who, for the
sake of convenience, let call Mr.. Jones. The
reason is not far to seek .
Mr.. Jones built his home by proxy. He didn't
have any more idea of what he was doing when
he built that dwelling than had he been construct
ing a. ten-story office building. He was victim of
ineXperence.
Brief questioning elected the information that
Mr. Jones was having to pay for all these repairs
because the Contractor who built the house for
him had cleft town." Nobody knew where he had
gone. He had built few houses in San Antonio
during the course of about one year and then COM
planned that business rotten in the building
line although there has been slackening in con-
sructon here in three years, and left the city for
new fields.
Mr.. Jones, acting it appears, under the prompt
this house by shipping in a bill of lumber from
small mill which isn't milling any longer That ac-
counts for of Mr.. Jones difficulties but not
all of them.
The-shingles that he bought green and
so Of the lumber. Likewise it was all
every board in the lot-below the standard sold by
responsible lumbermen in San Antonio. The con-
tractor, it appears had sub-let the shingling Job
at so much per square to shingler who undercut
the living-wage standard of competent man. Nat
urally the shngler who took the job had only one
object in vew-getting the job done and drawing
the money. He did not lay the shingles as closely
as they should have been laid and he certainly
saved Mr.. Jones considerable money on nails. Some
of the shingles didn't have any nails at all. Then
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16

Also, the lumberman knows what q building
ought to cost when properly built and what it ought
not to cost. He knows approximately how much
material is required, from two-by-fours to flooring
He knows a great deal more than just the price OF
lumber and what profit there is in it for his COM
pany.
The lumberman usually finances the average
dwelling that is bdilt through his company. II he
does not he is just as vitality interested in having
the construction properly done. because poorly
built structure reflects upon the reputation OF MS
company. When he handles the loan, he must
carry it over period of eight years and he wants
it secured by dwelling that is substantially ana
correctly built. So,
But aside from the purely business and se1lsn
side of the question, there is an ethical viewpoint
something that has grown up with the LUMBER ousl-
here that belongs to years of successful lumber
selling and building. The lumber dealer Is resi-
dent of San Antono-not for day or year-ou.
for lifetime. He is in business here, part OF
the permanent and responsible business and social
structure of the city Had Mr.. Jones gone to
lumber dealer with his home-buding problems ne
would today have no such difficulties as confront
him. But had any defects materiallzed, ne would
also have responsible and honorable concern TO
deal with He would be in position to seek ana
obtain such redress as he might be entitled 10.
But as matters stand now, Mr.. Jones Is 1lrny
convinced that homecoming is bad business that
does not pay. He is quite right from his point OF
view. The only difference is that Mr.. Jones mas
the wrong point of view. he saved on MS NOME
building at the wrong end