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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06

ment in economic conditions in Germany until the question was settled. The un- certainty assto what Germany should pay in separations rendered progress diff cult. Gerndany's obstructive attitude de- stroyed confidence in her good inten- tions, and thus wrecked her credit. Now that she has shown disposition to CO., operate and to redeem her pledges, her credit is being rapidly restored.
 There are reports of the heartening of the German people. The business men and the laborers of that country are re- ported to be in a more cheerful frame of mind than they have been at any time since the war. The people are dressing better and show an air of more confi- dence than has been noted slnce 1918. Germany is. preparing to go to work and compete for business. That IS the direct result of the separations settlement, and it will have the effect of stimulating busi- ness in the allied countries, and in the rest of the world. No productive country like Germany can be permanently pros trate without adversely affecting busi- ness in other nations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06
GERMAN RETIREMENT.

Trustworthy reports bearing upon eco homie conditions of Germany of late have been highly encouraging. This is justly the result of the official adoption of the experts plans for putting the country in position to do business with the rest ot the world. It is stated that unemploy- ment is showing reduction, and mines and factories are manifesting signs of addi- tional activity after period of stagna- tion for many months. The Krupps are reported to have employed more than fifty thousand additional operatives in turning out articles of peace instead of war munitions, and there are evidences of business and industrial revival in near .ly every part of Germany.
 This is chiefly due to the reparations settlement. President Wilson said that there would be no 4perceptble improve
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06
Watching The Parade
By JOHN PILGRIM
WISH she'd read this piece. But sl

Y WISH she'd read this piece. But she
 won't. She is too busy writing. ,,, "One of these days" l said, you II write the Great American Novel You nave the qualifications. Talent, experience' breadth, discernment
 She smiled wearily and said something about my banal flattery and the toplc was droupetl. Later on her close friend told me II had touched q sore nerve.
 f"SheU never write the Great American Novel," said the friend, although that IS her lifes ambition"
 She is too busy writing short storles, It appears. They are in demand and the edl- tors nav well for them and she turns them out with the regularity of q sausage maehlhe' None of them are up to her true stahGaFu' They are brisk, soft, and lighter than fioat- ing thistledown I made q few bitter com ments about her folly;
 "Wasting time on this siush, when she might be doing soHething worth while
 Long years ago she assumed the care Of widowed relative. The widowed relative is waspish. selfish and ungrateful, but the au- thoress goes right op caring for her. The widow has pair of daughters. One of them has married and is successful in business into the bargain;
 "I'll not have Mother around the house, she says, frankly. No one can get along with her."
 The other daughter is being supported by the writer So the writer's nose IS pressed against the grindstone. She writes pot-boll- CTS. Her name will be forgotten when It might be great.
 Sometimes, think, kindness is mere, dod- dering, weak-chinned folly. Why doesn't she put this pair of loafers to work!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06
The Right Word
WHY USE "HAD"s
By W. CURTIS NICHOLSON
Find the Error in This ArticIol

(Find the Error in This Articlel
 Gertrude ROshal, Chicago, H.: "Please ad- wise me whether have or had is correct in the following sentence:
 "'Up to the close of today's business we had (have) not received n reply to our letter of August 10th
 bit of discussion at our office, l am hoping you will give the reason for use had instead of have" .
 The right word is had. Had received" is the past perfect tense of receive, used for ac- tiOn completed before some previous date. II up to the present moment something had moi been received, then the following is correct We have not yet received a reply. But if the possible action is not brought up to the present, then the following is correct Last Friday we had not received a reply,
 Commenting on the wording of the fore going query, question might be raised as to the use of the word quite. Quite means very. Quite hard" means ''very hard" What does quite a bit' mean? The following would be better: As this little word has caused con siderable discussion at our office ..
 Placing An Adverb.
 "A Reader" Detroit, Mich: "Is it right to say There still is time to do it. or, There is still time to do it?' Please give the rea- son for your answer. Also, which of the fol- lowing is correct She is now 70 years old : ''She now is 70 years old'?'
 ( Either is correct in both cases but .'rhe Right Word''prefers There is still time to do it ;" She is now 70 sears old.A~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06
nI1R WnRrn TRAnE.

Fifty years ago the United States did less than per cent of the international trading. In 1913 it's share was only 1O1z per cent Last year, according to study of world trade by the trade record of the National City Bank of New York City, it's share was IT per cent. The advance we have made in manufacturing is shown by this: In 1850 our nlapufac- turers formed IF per cent of our exports; in 1900, 35 per cent; and last year, 51 per cent. Our world trade in the last 10 years totaled more than in the 40 years preceding 1914 The biggest growth has been in trade with Asia, Oceania and South America, the total last year being more than $1,0oO'OO0,QOO about three and one-haf times as much as in 1914. No matter what our isolated states- men may think and say, it would seem evident that our international business has@becOme so large that we must do our just share in international efforts to keep peace ineOFder that our world trade may be safeguarded.- Buffalo Courier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06
What or Vacation?
Ry u. ApDINaT0N BRUcE

TOR most people the vacation days of l924 k% now belong to the past. The multitudes who so eagerly hurried to mountain, val ley, rAseashore are back home, after so- iourn that in one way or another has pro vided memorable break in the routine of life.
 It has provided also-Or should have pro vided-a greater energizing for lies daily tasks.
 Whether it has actually done this de- bends primarily, of course, on the way ones vacation has been spent It depends, too, on the way one continues to make personal ap- plication of the health-cOnserving lessons of vacation.
 And the fact has unfortunately to be re- corded that, almost as soon as their vacations are done, thousands upon thousands of peO- ple seem to give no further thought to these lessons
 They may have returned home rejoicing audibly in the greater vigOr which they rec Ognize they owe chiefly to the good food, the fresh air, the sunshine, the physical exercise and the joyOusness of their vacation period
 But how do they behave once the city and the workaday life have again claimed them
 They begin, quite needlessly, to worry ant fret not alone about their work, but about things in general. They settle down to ar existence InuC IS GSbchNluhy anu completely sedentary.
 Sunshine they all but banish from theil homes and their working-places. They enter tain--Or certainly they seem to entertain a morbid dread of fresh air And for thu plain, nourishing food of the vacation t1eI substitute foods that give them nothing lik' adequate nourishment.
 For all this they may strive to excuse them selves on the plea that the conditions Of clt1 existence make it impossible for them to dt otherwise. Certainly it is easier to live hygienically in the country than in the bes of cities.
 But even in the worst of cities, one is not really obliged to select foods deficient II nutrition. Nor is one obliged to breathe vitiated air continually, to live all the whil' in shadow, to ride everywhere and wall nowhere, and to surrender supinely to every little cause for irritation. 'C
 This is to undo with incredible Fapidity vacation's contribution to health and to ef ficicncy. It is grRtuitOusly to expose one self tO-even to invite-the disease-peril which always become more numerous ant more menacing with the approach of winter
 This may be set down as Q certainty:
 The special diseases of winter-diseases O truly dread potency-do not attack this per son or that on any merely arbitrary princi pie. Always they exercise selectlVe actlVl ty in their choice of victims. And almost always those whom they mos yiciously assail are those who have forgot tenor never appreciated-th h e laws O hygienic living, laws which the benefits of tn yearly vacation so NSonspicuously illustrat and emphasize
 | What follOy it is to take a vacation ye permit oneself to profit from it only momen tarily!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06
GOING DOWN!

Dear Reader If you want 10 become wealthy, who is stopping you? If you want to become healthy who is stopping you? = Is not the fact that you do not get what you want evidence that you are not doing your best? If you want something and haven't got it. who is stopping you from get ting it?
 Getting along in the world is merely a mat ter of hurdling difficulties. The majority of people simply lie down when something comes up, to discourage them.
 Pump a little determination into your sys- tenn and go after what you want.
 Yours very truly,
 ALFALFA SMITH,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06
THE TRUE PROGRESSIVE.

From my point of view he only deserves to be called a progressive who cannot see . wrong persist without an effort to redress it, 8 right denied without an effort to protect it: who feels a deep concern for the economic welfare of the United States, but realizes that the making of better men and women is matter greater still; who thinks of every governmental policy first of all in its bearing upon human rights rather than upon material things; who be- neyes profoundly in human equality and dctests privilege In whatever form or In whatever disguise, and who finds the true test of success in the welfare of the many and not the prosperity and comfort of the few. The civic unit of America is not the dollar, but the individual man. All that goes to make better and happier and freer men and women is progress; all else Is re- actlon.-JOhn ". Davis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06
-hG' ONCE 0GU OVER
A College President Welcomes the New Class

A College President Welcomes the NeW Osass'
 Gentlemen of the entering class:
 welcome you to Patooka College. l am glad to see so many splendid young men en- tering this great university this year and l wish to take this occasion to assure you ot the faculty's determination and desire to pro- vide college course that will be entertaining at all times. It will, l am sure, interest you to know that chief among the innovations this year will be music with all studies. Over 400 jazz orchestra have been put under contract l by the faculty for concerts ill all class rooms The expense isyery considerable but we feel 1t | is worth it to the students
 For some years now we have felt that the students did not enjoy themselves in col lege as they might. We have given this much thought the pasIyear and have decided to put a number of grill, rooms and dance clubs in the larger dormitories. Very good beer will be served and there will be high-class revue staged with weekly changes. Reservations are advised.
 You may have noticed as you crossed the campus today that several buildings, notably the Theodore K. Bilgewater Memorial Li- brary, were being remodeled into moving pie ture and vaudeville houses as we feel the students will make more use of them in this | form.
 | T am glad to announce, also, that the $2- 100000 bequest of D. Atwater Goldielocks, I'57 for the endowment of the Goldielocks Campus Bowling Alleys and Billiard Parlors has been accepted and work on these much- needed buildings begun. ~
 During the first semester a number of particularly interesting lectures will come to Patooka. These include Miss Peggy Joyce, Ann Pennington, Hazel Dawn, the Dolly Sis ters and possibly Sophie Tucker.
 1.-Two new courses have been added to the curriculum, elementary saxophOning and plain ukelele playing. We hope every student will register in these classes.
 "The new Jason Jenkins Hall of Chemis- try has been completed during the summer. Over POO barrels of juniper juice have been secured and from now on there will be no excuse for any student not being able to make his own gin.
 "It may interest you to know that the his toric home of the founder of this institution, long preserved in the middle of the campus, has changed hands. It has been purchased by the United Cigar Stores. We regret the pass ing of the founders home and the cradle of this university, but there is compensation for this in the realization that students will now be able to get all the cigarettes and tobacco they can use without having to leave the campus. The usual coupons will be given. |
 And so, dear students, welcome you and hope you will find nothing of which to com plain during your college course. Make your selves at home here If you do not see what you want, ask for it. Remember the motto of Patooka College Better q thousand com plaints than one dissatisfied customer!
 -Four jolly years are before you-yI- If you don't have a good time it will be your own fault"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06
TEACHING RESPECT FOR LAW.

Time and again, in connection with the growing lawlessness in the United States, it is emphasized that respect for law should be taught boys and girls in the schools in order for our people to become more law-abiding. That is well enough as far as it goes. But there is another aspect of the situation. The young mind is alert and observing. It is a question whether it can be made to reverence law enforcement until law enforcement dem onstrates thae it is worthy of reverence.
 It has been stated by no less an au-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06

thority than the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court that the administration of criminal justice in this country is failure, and that in many states it is disgrace to our boasted civili- zation. The administration of civil jus tiee in this country is held by other legal authorities to be deplorable.
 The manner in which England enforces her laws, and the respect for law in England are frequently held up to the American people as an example of what can be accomplished under certain con- ditions. But be it remembered that law enforcement in England was not always as it is now, and that crime, as conse- quence, was once much more prevalent in England than it now is. One of the most impressive things the visitor to Eng land notes is the almost universal obedi- ence to law. That is because the law has been so administered in that country as to command respect and demand obedl- Ience.
 A British observer in the Outlook re- gently showed that reform of criminal court procedure in England greatly diminished criminal activity in that coun- try. The people, of England learned to respect the law because they know that the law will be executed. In America, criminally inclined have less respect for the law because they know that it. may not be executed. The greater the fail ure in administration of justice, the less the respect for law. The best way to convince boys and girls that the law should be respected is for their elders in both speech and action to demonstrate their own respect for law. There is a responsibility in this regard resting upon adult Americans that they would do well to take more seriously. If they don't it will be hard to get the children to do so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06
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What France Thinks Of MacDonald


 A SUMMARY of what the leading Paris A newspapers think of Premier MacDon-
 aids activities at the London and Paris conferences and at the League of Nations convention reveals a rather hostile phalanx. Even the socialist and radical press show little friendiness for the British prime min ister. The general belief is that Herriot has been led by the nose in allowing the weaken ing of the position of the French republic in Europe. 'Le Peuple' (socialist) says: MT. MacDonald's argument as to the impossibility of defining which nation is the aggressor is the most shocking piece of sophistry." "Echo de Paris" has the following to say: MT. Macdonald has revealed his soul. He had made it clear that he, is an impenitent pro German, something we always suspected" :" 'Eclair" (nationalist) finds MT. MacDonald's speeches scandalou3, as they, deprive the League of Nations of the little power it pos sesses, since Macdonald asserts that the leagues decision in Upper Silesa was errone- ous and partial. The Journal des Debats' (conservative) thinks Mir. MacDonaid's at titude worse than could have been expected ..Liberte'' (communist) characterizes his speeches as "the utterances of religious hypocrite." "Le Temps," Petit Parisien," sOuotidien' and "Gaulois" are equally hostile to Macdonald and Herriot, "whose idealism is singularly disQuieting at time when we are seeking to organize a new political order based not on dreams, but on realities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06
His Identity.


 A motor car came around the corner from Peewee street into Walnut, in the hamlet of Petunia, ran against barrel of cement used as a turn-around post at the intersection of the streets, knocked it over and sent it rolling down the street till it arrived at the town we'll, where it knocked the curb off and fell into the water The car then collided with another car, bounded back, ran up the steps of the Right Place store, smashed the front in, backed out and went tearing up the street.
 Halt, there halt P yelled Constable Clack- butter, rushing out into the street as the car tore by. 'Who the Sam Hill are you, any howl" "Just one of the idle rich you have read aboutw was the reply of the driver of the vehicle.
 Happy School Days. Visitor: "Why are the children so anxious to go to school?' Mrs. Smith: ''We have new sedan"
 -BrunO~Pascale. Hello, old topr' said Mrs. Gaybird as she met her washerwoman sporting the hat she had given her. /
 A Wise Boy. Mother (calling him in the same manner every mOrning): "Now Johnny, one, two three, jump out of bed!"
 Johnny (feeling very sleepy): "Oh ma, count up to a hundred"
 Clarence Wilhelm.
 He Who Would Dance Jack Its the woman who pays" Jack "Well, all I can say is that's the kind to take out"
 Al. Dane.
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DecIaratlon of Independence

When I marry" Ruth declared, My hub will heed my wishes; He'll have to stay at homie O nights To help me with the dishes." Though Ruth's so good to look upon She makes you fairly jingle. She advertised her views too well, And naturally she's single.
 Carter Malley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06
nEPENns oN THE PuRpOsE

If the drop in the price of gasoline rci,- resents an economic adjustment, it is trSa blessing to the consumer. Hit is only the by-product of 8 war among producers, the pennies saved now will be more than offset by sudden rise later on.-Mobile Nssst Item. q N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06

There may be no politics in baseball, as the Washington Star observes, put there is considerable politics behind the pictures of public officials tossing the first ball over the plate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06

Incident to the forthcoming Thanks giving proclamation, which is soon due, there are some folks who will hesitate to endorse it without reservations until after November 4.
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F Complaints are made that American tourists are not meeting with as much courtesy in Europe as formerly, Perhaps what is known as dollar diplomacy. is involved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06
KaraI,han's Manners,

American policy of the Far East is ''en-
 veloped in hypocrisy and Christian bigotry,"
 says NJ. Karakhan, soviet ambassador to China. When the powers decided to hand over the Russian legation to the bolshevlks, following the recognition of Russia by the Chinese, the Japanese minister speaking for his American colleague remarked to M. ka- rakhan that "acquiescence in the handing over of the legation to the Russians did not mean anything like recognition on the part of the government of the United States" It was then that M. Karakhan spoke of hypocrisy and bigotry. Giving the Japanese minister a message for his own consumption, the Rus sian said: II hope when soviet Russian recognizes the government of Japan and the government of the United States this will in no sense be interpreted in the sense that the soviet government recognizes the bourgeois capitalistic regime of Japan or the hypocriti- cal Christian Oligarchy of America" He told correspondents afterwards that it would be "an ungrateful task to teach good manners and politeness to the American representa- tive" Tie Chinese press strangely sides with the Russian. It accuses the present Ameri- can 'regime' of violence in China, infring- ment of the sovereign rights, strangling of the Philippines unashamed interference Tn South American republics, making the negro into dog while revealing itself in an unal- terably mOnstrous form of corruption, decay and pillaging of state property" The Rus sian ambassador needs a lesson or two in good manners himself, it would seem, but what needs he care? He's on top out there.
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LaFollette says that he is not so- cialist. But if the people can't tell the difference, what difference does 1t m ako2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06

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Predictions of long, hard winter in- dicate that the calamity prophet is not restricted to the field of political fore casting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06
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The Way of 8 Man.

The Way of Man. Does your husband ever discuss his busi- ness affairs with you? "Oh yes, frequently. He always tells me business is so bad that he can't afford to buy me new hat or gown.
 Ollie Mitchell.
 Work Cut Out. Julia: Have you studied up on the foot ball rules?' Norma: Gracious, no! It's all I can do to learn all the college yellst'
 'T Says to Him" To remain happy, look at life through a telescope, not miscroscope. It's better to have your head in the air than your foot in the grave. Some people acquire culture to such de- gree that they often slip on their own polish.
 -Minnette Yorel.
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If the choice were left to me, whether to hav' aesfree press or a freq government, would choose 8 free press.-Thomas Jefferson.
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