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Evening star., 1924-06-11

uSeQ u leSS jolly - n. IL.
A. A candy Thermometer may be
used. and II an equal amount of juice
and sugar is combined the Jelly will
be done when the thermometer reads
21S to 221 degrees Fahrenheit (I0A
to los degrees centierade).
@. What do the names Adam and
Eve mean?-L S. ID.
A. Adam is a Hebrew word mean
| ing mankind" Eve is from the He
brew "Hawwah," meaning life" The
name was given Eve, as she was
| mother OF all living" -
@. How effective have been the ef-
, fcrts of the forest service in conserv.
| ing our big game?-N. NJ.
A. The recent census completed by
the United States forest service OF
| the big-game animals in the national
| forest land. which comprises more
| total number of deer is estimated Al
slightly more than 100000 head; the
elk more than $4,000; moose, 4,S0o
antelope. 3,ooo:. mountain sheep, 12,-
| 600, and mountain goats, S,634. The
deer are pretty wen scattered through
| 10000 head Most of the moose are
found in Minnesota and Colorado. The
| largest number of mountain sheep
are in Wyoming. The prong horned
lantelope is not holding its own In
spite Of the protection it gets in the
national forests. Small herds are
found, however, ia many OF the areas
covered by the census.
(Any reader con get the Gssscev "a
omv question BY 1ritsn1 The Stnr N.
formation B.rcau, Tpents-frst oad c
streets Horthsoest, Washington. This
offer opplies strictly to infornansson
| The bureau cannot oipe 0dpfce on tego!
,,,edicaI and f.nncidl meters. IT doe,
| not ottempt to settle domestic troEbks
! nor to undertake srho4stioe research
| on any subject. write yosr question
| pLnintS ard brSef7y. G4re fnla name dssd
address ard incIese 9 cents in stamps Jo1
| rctpsx postage. Au replies are sen;
direct to the fnQssirer.)
Evening star., 1924-06-11

keen interest in the Democratic
presidential nomination situation.
wherever men from different states
assemble, usually old friends who
have eft, bled and died in many a
campaign with the common enemy"
the first question asked is, Who will
the Democrats out your way favor
nominating for PRESIDENT" and who
is going to get it in the end?" The
replies cover the range we have all
been writing about for weeks-the
handicap of each thus far suggested.
It's mostly about the handicaps of
the candidates, however.
y X
The meeting Of the national con-
best political minds Of the several
states in the presence OF the local
leaders, always brings into general
circulation valuable information as
to the state of the Union with the
Republicans" It is so upon this oc-
casion. There is a vivid curiosity
among the leaders to. hear first-hand
reports from the practical politicians
as to how things are sgoing on in
their state and community--how does
LABOR Ieel loNdTu tHe hepuDllcan
party, how are the farmers talking,
what about the veterans of the world
war.
Naturally. the reports vary, largely
no doubt upon the general tempera-
ment Of the man questioned. The
pessimistically inclined think there
is no hope" The unduly optimistic
see only pink clouds and splendid
victory.
Replies of the cautious are that the
fight is yet ahead, and that ultimate
victory will have to be fought for
and not taken for granted. They ex-
plain that Senator La Toilette has
yet to- be dealt. with, and at present
he, is looming as a serious PROPOSE
tion. They also point out that selec.
tion by the Democrats of their cam
tidate is bound to be . highly i'm
portant factor in the equation Affect
Evening star., 1924-06-11

Q. What is the highest point in
Europe?-G. S.
A. The highest point is Mount
Erbruz in the Caucasus Mountains,
which is 1886 feet above sea level.
Evening star., 1924-06-11

Q. What does 'Dafl Eireann" mean,
and how is it pronounced &C. Y. H
A "Eireann" means Irish" and
Dali means convention" or meet
ing" Dali is pronounced nearly as
the English word "doli' is. and Ell
reann" practically like Erin
Evening star., 1924-06-11

"Massasoit" and brief outline OF his
trfbe.-P. NJ. B.
A. 'Massasoit" means "Ireat ChiefN
1t is the name of q celebrated chief
of the Wanpanoag or Pokanoket In
dians. whose territory embraced
nearly all the southern part of the
present state OF Massachusetts. The
tribe was said to have been large at
one time, but was almost extermi
mated by disease. so that on the COM
ing of the whites it numbered only
about 800.
Evening star., 1924-06-11

Q. Who was Uncle Bennie." to
whom 1 see reference concerning the
education Of Kentucky mountaineers?
A. D. H.
Law. who recently died at Caney
Creek, Ky. He was the friend of
mountaineer children. FOR whose edu-
cation he contributed literally.
Evening star., 1924-06-11

Q. Are infertile eggs better than
fertile eggs for marketing?-H. f.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that the partial incubation of
about $4,000. 600 a year. summer
heat has the same effect on fertile
eggs as the hen or incubator. In
fertile eggs are urged for marketing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
Brief Nature Studies
By ,. OTIS SWIFT

Nature lovers possess secrets not shared by ordinary humanity. Some, ,are so mystic the worldly would not understand, others so obvious the careless do recognize them. There are the wilderness physicians who begin soothing tired nerves as soon as the wanderer falls under the spell of the wood. There are countless headers along wilderness ways. Many drive away worry by their simple beauty.
 Some have real curative qualities. The Araliaeeae, ginseng family, including sarsa- parilla, have been noted for ages. The tiny dwarf ginseng, Panax, trifolium, four to eight inches tall, globular root, generally three compound leaves with three-toothed, ovate leaflets and little flowers in a bunch rising above, was considered an all-healing panacea and given the name panax.
 The little ginseng clothes knolls and hol- lows in rich forests from Minnesota and Nova Scotia south to Georgia, more common even than the healing gold-thread found making carpets about decaying stumps and beds of checkerberry in northern woodlands. Many re- puted curative herbs work best when mixed literally with faith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
: THE COMMISSIONS PLEDGE

In the statements of the various city commissioners regarding their attitudes on the parking or paving of First avenue, it is ing of obligation to carry out the under standing with the utility They have given their word, say the commissioners, and they must keep it. Thus it appears that keeping faith with the utility is more important than keeping faith with the people, whose inter ests the commissioners were elected and sworn to protect against all other consid- efation. In all the discussions of the subject it has been very apparent that it was the welfare of the utility and not of the public served by the utility which has been upper most in the concessions granted the utility. Even the greenest trader understands the principle of the quid pro quo, and when he makes a trade he seeks to get something he considers of equal value to what he gives. In the commissions trading with the util- ity, this principle has been gravely departed from and in no instance more needlessly than the agreement for parking First avenue. The commission cannot hide behind any plea of its agreement with the utility, for the public protest against this scheme to save the utility a little money at the public ex- pense antedates the agreement, and the com mission was fully aware of the popular dis satisfaction with the concession beforehand. When it is a question of honor, it is cer- tainIy more honorable for public officials to keep faith with the people than with any utility.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
ON CATCHING A HUSBAND

Perhaps the advice of the retiring presl- dent of the T. W. c. As National Industrial Assembly in her farewell address to working ( girls may assist some of them to solve the momentous problem of acquiring suitable life mates. From time immemorial how to catch a husband has been a subject of interest to young women. There are many rules and regulations but they are little less numerous than the exceptions. There seem to be no fixed principles or methods that may be re- lied on. Hence there may be some question as to the infallibility of the advice given by the '. w. c. A. lecturer, who told the work ing girls that they must be flashy and wear Kaudy clothes, if they would catch their man.
 This system might or might not work. Gaudy clothes that make one girl appear a dream turn another into a, fright. Then, too, some men have an eye for loud apparel, while others abominate it. Much depends on the taste and humor of the eligible at the time. There is a psychological moment in the matrimonial, as in other games. Catching a man is in some respects like catching n fish. Much depends on the bait and the finesse with which it is played. Young women with matrimony in their heads might prof itably consult an experienced angler, who will tell them that frequently the largest and most discriminating trout falls for" dusky fly such as a Brown Hackle or a Beaverkin, while a Lord Baltimore or a Paramashene Belle offers no temptation. Even this is not a fixed rule. It depends largely upon the imagination and enthusiasm of the fish at particular time. Some big ones are landed en clear days with such flashy lures as a Professor or a Silver Doctor, when Black Chats and de Miles fail to get a rise.
 Generally speaking, however, fish of size
 -Is A. ,I.T away from gaudy shades and tints, which are confusing and suspicious. On the other hand, any small boy who finds sport in frog ging can testify from experience that a shred of red flannel on something resembling a hook is irresistible to the most deep-voiced buIlfrog, which is notorious for stupidity. Thus it would appear that the lures all work CT don't work, according to the age or mood Of the fish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19

were nearly two thousand fatalities, not to speak of the large number of injuries.
 Thus the argument by some of the rail roads that. they should be permitted to invest in grade-crossing elimination before going further into so-called improvements whose practical value has not been fully demon strated would be all we'll enough, if they actually proceed to removal of dangerous grade crossings. Therein lies the inconsist- ency. Cities the country over have been pleading for protection from grade crossings for years; yet all too little has been done in that direction. Despite the heavy fatalities and injuries and the enormous cost to the community from grade crossings in Birming- ham year after year, all of which is fast in- creasing with the growth of the city, prac- tically no relief has been provided, though pleas for protection have been made for a generation.
 It would appear that what the railroads are after is not to be relieved of heavy ex- pense for automatic train control while the grade-crossing problem confronts them, but to escape both of these requirements. Un- doubtedly the grade-crossing menace demands first consideration. It becomes steadily worse every year, and the tolls in deaths and injuries are constantly mounting. Yet the railroads entering Birmingham have done nothing to provide relief, while the authori- ties upon whom rest direct responsibility and obligation on behalf of the public wei fare have accomplished little towards re- quiring the railroads to act,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
Faith And Fresh Air
By DE. FRANK CRANE

All around the house is the sweet outdoor air and sunshine. It is full of the energy of health, joy and strength. But 1t does you no good so long as you keep your window shut and curtained, your door bolted, and all the cracks stopped with felt. Inside such a room you will die of any one of a hundred diseases just as if there were no such thing as fresh air.
 Precisely the same way all around your soul is spiritual atmosphere, which you might call the outdoors of the soul.
 It is full of love, happiness, courage, cheer and goodness.
 It exerts an atmospheric pressure on you constantly.
 When you let it in4you become virtuous, clean, strong and hopeful. When you shut it out you get the mulligrubs, or probably breed vice-microbes within you.
 Now, this is Faith, this and nothing else, to wit, namely; The opening of the souls window.
 That's all.
 Faith is the letting in of spiritual fresh air.
 It is not intellectual consent to any state ment or list of statements. It has no more to do with the intellect than have strawber- ries and cream.
 Neither is it something mysterious, woolly, hocug-pocus, or esoteric. It is plain as a pike staff. .,
 The world is full of the power of good ness. Cal it God, or the Universal Spirit, or Humanity, or what you please Only open your heart and it flows in, and you are good, happy and unafraid.
 open your window and in comes God, love and all the, health eneFgies.
 For loving people means simply letting neople love us. Loving Nature is no more than opening your heart to her.
 This is why your Bible says that 1t is by faith we are saved.
 For 1t is only when one opens his soul to the world pressure, the world atmosphere Of soodness. that one realizes that being good ;s no more a struggle, but . state, and feels what Browning calls
 The ultimate angels law. Indulging every instinct of the soul There where law, life, joy, impulse are one
 thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
RAIIRoADs AND ACCIDENTS

There seems little consistency in the argu- ments advanced by railroad executives against efforts to force them to invest large amounts in automatic tran-control equip ment, on the plea that grade crossings are causing many more accidents and deaths, and are therefore a more important consideration. It is true that the grade crossing menace is costing the railroads more than any short coming on their part in the way of automatic train coAtrol In 1922, grade-crossing acci- dents were far more numerous, resulted in more deaths and caused much more damage than mishaps resulting from negligence by train operatives. During that year there were 6,191 train accidents, causing 229 deaths. In grade-crossing accidents there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
Forum Of The People
Italians In America

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 In the Progressive Farmer, published the 10th of this month, the editor of the paper penned an editorial dealing with the advan. tages of restricted immigration. To begin with, I wish to say that I am in favor of restricted immigration, only to the extent that it would restrict the entrance of unde. sirables, morally and physically, from any nation.
 But to attack nation or several nations and dub the whole of their people as un- desirables and say that they should be kept out is carrying it a little too far. The editor of the Progressive Farmer goes so far as to say that the whole of Italy, the Slavs and Jews are bad and undesirables. In saying that he loses sight of the fact that some of the greatest men in the world were produced in those countries.
 He is indebted to Italy for this great coun. try that he loves so well, America was named after one of Italy's sons, Americus Vespueei The music We4haye today%is fatheEaas bsa tlaE productions of the masters produced~b by ItS4y. The form of government that we have today was copied from the ancient Romans, the Caesars were only presidents of Rome.
 What greater people has the world pro- duced than the Romans? The roads built by the Romans are still being used in Europe today. The great universities of Italy are to- day turning out architects and engineers ;by the hundreds. > g
 Only Italy has produced such men as Gel lini, Dante, Michael Angelo, Columbus, Yes pucci, Marconi and Verdi, etc.
 This letter is only written in the spirit of defending a people that have contributed in their own way to the progress of the world and find themselves cursed and insulted in modern times by some ignorant dunce who -eL |.
 A GLADIATOR.
 Birmingham, Ala,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
The Right Word
TELEGRAPHs CORRECTION
By CURTIS NICHOLSON


 The reader of this column first to receive 100 per cent. in the recent test telegraphed q correction after mailing his sentences. James H. Taft, Jr., of Upper Montclair, N. J., anxious to submit a perfect paper, used Western Union to advantage.
 Prefers "WhO"
 Raymond D. Harris of Nezperee, Idaho, writes in connection with the last test as follows: .".
 Many prefer the use of the pronoun that when the subordinate clause is restrictive as in the following There were a number of men who went into the room" However, prefer who since it's habitual use when re- ferring to persons obviates the possibility of making blatant error in colloquial or i'm promptu composition. Is my preference well founded? The G. and c. Merriam Web ster's International Dictionary approves my usage, I believe"
 'The Right Word" agrees with the core spondent.
 IsIt NOtI
 c. w. Needham of Leonia, N. J., asks whether the following sentence is correct Tt is not who conducts the orchestra" Like it is correct to say Tt is l." so it is correct to say, Tt is not I.'' Who is correct preferred to that.
 On the Use of None
 H. c. Cobb, Birmingham, Ala twill you kindly state whether the word none is sin gular or plural, and quote the authority? have been unable to find this in my gram mar"
 Usage for many years has endorsed the use of either a singular or plural verh with none, depending on the sense of the sen tence. Vizetelly says that when one is in doubt a plural verb should be used. Most grammars endorse the foregoing position.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
MAKING BIRMrNGHAM KNOWN

The 12-page write-up of Birmingham, with illustrations, in the latest edition of the Manufacturers Record is an able exposition of this district, its spirit, its industries and its opportunities. The information cannot help but be both interesting and valuable to the readers of the Record, which is the Eouth's chief chronicler of the South's pro- gress in its every field of development. Bir- mingham, as one of the Souths busiest and most thriving communities, occupies more and more prominent place An the annals of American industry. Formerly confined in its activity to the production of coal and the manufacture of iron and steel, the district has now begun to multiply its industries and to develop those complexities of production that inevitably grow up about basic indus tries, taking the form of subsidiaries, sup plements and conservers of by-products.
 Birmingham's industrial edifice may be said to comprise a frame of iron sand steel that is now being filled in with the other industrial compOnents that go to make a complete and diversified production. That process is going on continually in most ex- tensive and intensive manner. The Oppor- tunity daily becomes more manifold, and a sourder basis for investment as the process advances through its various stages. When these activities are mirrored in the pages of q journal so impartial and thorough as the Manufacturers Record, then the people of this district know that the knowledge will go far and wide and come to the attention of industrial leaders and capitalists every where. The builders of Birmingham are convinced that the opportunities here need but to be known in order to make their convincing appeal to the business, commer- cials. financial and industrial world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
Watching The Pardde
By JOHN PILGRIM

Four times in the past year Hanny Dan iels has come back to our town on visit. We have noticed the same phenomenal each time. Hanny comes back as a sort of Q men tai lightweight. He seems to have dropped back about 15 years to period in which pat ent leather hair and the cut of a necktie were things of prime importance. After Hanny has been in our town week he acts and talks like regular human being again.
 "Not that you birds are high-brow," Hanny said, wistfully. He had noted the fact that he was beginning to spark in all his cylin- ders, whereas most of them had been dead when he returned to the old bunch. Most of you are high-binders. I'd hate to take a dollar in money into association with you unless had the regular army along. But you talk about things that count---n
 Noae of us thought about that at the time, but this week one of the bunch visited Han ny's present state of abode. Hanny called out the fire department and let the guest shake hands with the chief of police aRd staked him to two or three girls that were the precise opposite of raspberries But the guest came back understanding why Hanny has slumped.
 "He's sunk in a sea of twaddle," said he. ''They do not talk anything but he-said and she-said and they-said. They have never heard of books, not one of them reads mag azine regularly, and they reach their intel lectual peak when they see a movie that doesn't finish with the leading pair in each others faces"
 Small town stuff," I said
 "Small town stuff, thunder" said the vis- iting fireman. "Hanny, poor devil, is caught in a circle of small minds and lacks the cour- age to break out" gs
 I said it isn't so easy to break out of a circle of friendly souls.
 Mot so easy for two-spots, said my say- age friend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
The Things l LoUe

(Samuel Minturn Peck in The Boston
 Transcript The things I love are lovely How fair in gleam and flow On land and sea they are to me No heart will ever know, No other heart but mine;
 And it may never be That in the verse l twine,
 For you, Their beauty you may see. The things I love are lovely They never pass away, For when they wander to my heart Their beauty bides for aye, Abides for me, all mine
 And so twill never be That I can DIake it shine
 For you,
 The way it shines for me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
A PREsIDENT AT THE CIRCU

A brief item the other day tucked down towards the bottom of an inside column at- traeted interest and comment. It said that a circus man went to the White House and asked President Coolidge to attend his show The ambitious host won new laurels as a press agent and manager, for the president promptly accepted That meant an unusually large attendance and bulging gate receipts. With all its drawing attractions, no one of dent.
 It may seem surprising that attendance upon a circus performance by the president of the United States should cause wonder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
H IE FUN
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Our Own Lost and Found Department James Low.-There is poem written by a sailor about
 Break, wild waves" or something like that. Do you know what I mean?
 Dear Jim1 The only poem we know was written not by gob, but by guy who had just paid his income tax. It breaks as follows:
 Break, oh, break, thou angry sea
 From Alaska's shores to Siam:
 But however hard you break, An me
 You won't be as broke as ann" T. Simms.-Can. someone give me that se- lection containing:
 "when the sands of the desert grow
 cold
 Dear Brother Simms: Some sheik has come across with this cold comfort for you: When. the sands of the desert grow cold, and
 when A sailors always sober, I shall then have hopes of getting that ten You borrowed last October
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
ModernMaiR s MG&inrS

A woman admires a man for his achieve ments and respects him for his character, but she loves him because his eyes are like brown pools on which the sun shines, and because it's perfectly evident that he will never be bald.
 Some men are moved by tears, others by a frank fit of rage, but there never was one who, fell for a whine.
 French pastry, pineapples and kisses all taste better in anticipation than in actuality.
 Hospitality is among those things that It is more blessed to give than to receive if the hosts live in the suburbs and the guests in town. -----i.-- .-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19

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