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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22
The Right Word
By cUkrIS NICHOLsOSl
COMPOSITION

(Find the Error in This Article)
 L. N. P. S. has submitted several forms of composition for criticism He writes as follows:
 "Would you be so kind as to let me know whether the following is correctly written {:
 "'If you should decide to offer your prop erty in New York City, for sale, would you be so kind as to let me know the price you are asking for it? I shall be glad to make special effort to dispose of it for you.
 Mote, also, the following:
 "If you should decide to offer your prop erty on Madison avenue, New York City, for sale, would you be so kind as to allow me to list same. I shall be glad to make a special effort to dispose of the property for you if you will let me know the price you are asking for it.
 q use the foregoing paragraph quite often in my correspondence, and would appreciate it very much if you would let me know whether the sentences are correctly written" "
 Avoid the use of the word same, as it ap- pears abovea Another error that appears in the closing paragraph of the foregoing com munication has been retained as today's de- liberate error. Can you find it? The first paragraph is the better, but it might be inn proved as follows: If you should decide to sell your property in New York City |. "
 Yesterdays Error
 Wrong: in that kind of construction.
 Right: in that kind of construction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22
SELL THE BONDS AIT HOME

xsItkis widely admitted that most of the cities in this country are more or less dis sz5isfied with the administration of their pnblic affairs. One reason for this is that half of the potential voters, in some cases much more than half, are too busy with their personal interests, or are too indifferent, to east their votes for or against candidates or measures which directly~ concern them. No citizen has any personal interests of more direct concern than the business-like, efficient and honest administration of the municipal affairs. Any citizen who is too indifferent to vote when he has the opportunity is fail ing tD protect his personal interests
 Birmingham held an election recently to decide whether an expenditure of $10,275.O00. including principal and interest, should be assumed for public Improvements. The ques- ton affected the interests of every man, woman and child in Birmingham. Out of a potential vote of 30,6O0 the total vote cast varied from 17,116 to 17,504 on the four sep arate proposed measures. More than thirteen thousand voters failed to perform their duty to themselves and to their community.
 The school and library boards are prepar- ing to float the recently authorized bond is- sue, the principal of which is $4,150,O00. While there is hope that bond issues will some time be abandoned as an unnecessarily costly and unbusiRess-like system of taking care of. the municipal expansions and needs, one way to decrease the indifferent vote and bring out larger expression of public sen timent in such elections, is to float these bonds among local investors. They could be disposed of among, Birmingham citizens in smsll units, if necessary. That would tend to increase interest in the municipal affairs, and improve conditions in the public service. The more of the city's securities that are held by local citizens, the more directly will they be concerned in its government.
 Another advantage of selling these bonds to residents of Birmingham would be that the interest payments, which total more than the principal, would remain in this commu- pity, instead of being sent broadcast never 4o return. Cities which float their securities At home are usually prosperous cities, whose Ieople take special interest in the adminis- tkation of their public affairs. By floating
 hese securities in Birmingham, which can asily absorb the amount, such interest in the municipal affairs may easily be developed ss to cause the people of this community to pink seriously over the benefits of public pdIicys which discourages the bond-issue prac' tiee, and substitutes q more business-like p3An off financing. 4rr- -evsr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22
Play ground Need
By M. ADDrNcroN BRUcR

Few cities and towns as yet provide suf- ficient playground space for children. And today more than ever the need for such space is emphasized by the increasing death-rate among children slain by automobiles while playing in the streets.
 Statistics prove beyond the shadow of doubt that children are in exceptional peril from the reckless driving of speed maniacs and other moral incapables to whom the right to drive an automobile is improperly given. Only recently, presenting automobile death-rate figures for 1023 the statistician for large insurance company made point of calling attention to this deplorable truth.
 The lives" he remarked. which are be- ing lost to an increasing extent year after year through automobile accidents are, very largely, those of children. Approximately one-half of all the deaths from this cause occur among those under fifteen years of age.
 "If ever the tide turns and any progress is made in the suppression of fatal automo- bile injuries, that progress will constitute q step in the direction of the conservation of child life"
 It is idle to hope that the automobile slaughter will soon be appreciably lessened. Its lessening reqiires radical measures notably the psychological testing of appli- cants for asdriver license which do not promise to De Immediately taken Meantime,
 
 tection of increased playground space as an aid in keeping them out of dangers way.
 Children must play somewhere in the great outdoors. They need play in the open air for their health's sake and for their morale as well as for the joy of living. To make no provision for their play while forbidding them to romp in the streets is not only cruel to the children, it is to weaken and handicap society itself.
 As William B. Harmon, in his address to the 1923 Recreation Congress put it;
 "The play or recreational problem. has two sides. One might be called the spiritual side; the other the material.
 "The first, and most important, is to pro- vide proper instruction, inspiration and con. trol-to build physical strength, moral strength. and ethical ideals. The second is to provide place where this instruction and training can be carried into effect
 School might be taught without school houses, and religion without churches, but it must be admitted that both are important accessories. No permanent work can be car ried on in the field of recreation without a permanent field in which the recreation can be carried on."
 This is sound doctrine. To ignore it, to withhold playground space from children on the score of expense or for any other reason, is to perpetuate grave community Diunder
 And 50 far as expense is, concerned, is it in the'long run cheaper to compel children to grow up under playless conditions that in- evitably tend to weaken them for the de- mands and activities of adult life?
 Then there is, too, the pressing considera- ton of safeguarding child life from the im- mediate and increasing peril of the automo- bile, This alone should be a consideration giving impetus everywhere to the movement for more public: playgrounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22
Ride DudIey's Rhymes

Said Silas MeGuggin, Tn Peeweeple's store : "It won't be 50 long till we hear it once more mean the rich rumble that falls on the ear when big ciAcus wagons arrive with their cheer. I'm fond of the banners that each has displayed, I'm always right there when they start the parade, The bands are just dandy {; the clowns make me smile. They're full of fool capers and always worth while. l foller the crowd till I reach the big tent. I.plank down my cash to the box office gent, I get me two tickets and then I begin to look for some poor little kid to take in,
 ''Ths Widder 0'Flannigan's youngster and me. attended the last one. I never did see boy simply waller in joy like he did. ! missed lots O sights just from watching that kid. bought him some peanuts and red lemonade. We took it all in and. by enleky, we stayed and witnessed the eoneart and finished t out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22
hE,3aOklC F. {. OVER l! ,
If Those Chinese Lady Bandits Are Initiated AL. In America

| sts If Those Chinese Lady Bandits Are Initiated
 ; Reking. Associated Press core
 spondence): Chinese lady bandits are
 raiding towns along the Picking. .Hankow
 Railroad and carrying off young men of
 rich families.
 ] The home of Jasper \. Dudley at 3578 Administer Place was entered last evening shortly. after g o'clock by two women bandits who robbed the house and made off with their loot before the police could be sum moned. Mir. Dudley filed list of stolen valuables at once. It follows.
 One (1) son, Wallace, aged 17.4
 One CD son, Addington, aged 19
 Mir. Dudley is very disturbed oyer the theft of his two sons as hevalued them very highly for sentimental reasons. The police are securing the city and expect to recover the two young men before night
 The police announced today that more than seventeen fashionable homes in the Geranium Manor section have been broken into by masked ladies during the past two weeks and prominent sons stolen.
 There is great consternation among rich parents who declare it almost impossible to keep a son any more.
 One of the most daring robberies occurred at the home of T. weatherwax Cornflakes Tuesday evening when Wesley Cornflakes, the heir to the Cornflakes millions, was stolen from the library. Mir. Cornflakes is 38 years old and bachelor. His parents were at the theater at the time and Wesley was in the library playing solitaire. Three marked women suddenly entered the room, according to a servant, and throwing sheet over his head, carried him off with them. They are holding him for ransom.
 What am afraid of, 1" declared his aged father today, Ifs that the bandits may tire of holding Wesley and hook him as an antique"
 The entire detective bureau is searching for Abner and Hemingway Cooks, the two sons of Mir. and Mrs. Tillinshast Cooks of the wealthy Gladiola Terrace section, who were stolen from the Cooks residence last night This is the third time the boys have been stolen.
 "our sons are being taken away so often that we never have them with us for any length of time," sobbed the mother today. Beverly wogss. whose 26-year-old son, Prentice, was stolen by lady burglar in a robbery of the Woggs mansion two weeks ago and recovered by the police today, an- rounced that he would take no more chances. "The women of the country are getting too bold" he declared. There is no use trying to keep son in the house. I shall keep my boy in a safe from now on" -
 The police admitted today that lady bandits had broken into the Merchants and Paper hangers Bank last night, blown open the safety deposit vaults and carried off two dozen rich young men whose parents had put them there for safety's sake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22
THE DIGNITY OF WORK

In an interesting address at Auburn re- gently. Dr. John E. White, president of An derson College,e commanded the sympathetic attention of the students of that institution when he stressed the necessity of work to the proper physical, mental and moral develop ment of mankind. Men in their normal state" said he, realize that they have no right to eat if they do not work The acei- dent of inheritance can never relieve man from the odium of being a pauper, if he lives in a world which he has not helped to ere ate"
 True, and well said. The inheritanse of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22
INLAND CENTERs INTERESTED

In the past, inland producing centers were quite indifferent to maritime questions, and ignorant of the direct importance maritime practices have upon inland prosperity Now 1t appears that the remotest inland comnlu- mites are coming to realize that the ques- tions of merchant marine, through export rates. the equalization of seaport opportunity, the principIe of the shortest hauls to sea board, the dissolution of the theory of ia voted ports, and rate understandings between rail and steamship lines are as vital to the interior as they are to the coast.
 It is therefore quite in line with the new , Interior attitude towards maritime matters that The Journal of Pierre, South Dakota, should remark
 It is pretty generally admitted that
 there is prosperity among the manufac-
 turers of both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts The reason for this is the cheap
 transportation afforded by ocean traffic
 through the Panama Canal. The manu-
 facturer of New England can send his
 goods around the country by ocean
 steamer and place it on the market to
 large part of our population much
 cheaper clear across the country than he
 can ship it inland but a short distance
 As a result there is prosperity for busi-
 ness that is depending upon the trade of
 population on the two coasts.
 Manufacturers even in Wisconsin in
 tke milk and dairy products find it to be
 of advantage to ship their products to
 Baltimore and thence by boat to Los
 Angeles When the Great Lakes-St
 Lawrence waterway is, completely de-
 veloped, it will give the people of the
 grain growing section of the nation
 chance to benefit by this ocean-going
 transportation system.
 What The Journal might have added IS Ehat South Dakota should be served also by the Mississippi Warrior service for goods go fnr by way of Mobile or New Orleans via the ahama Canal to the Pacific coast or the f}rient Grain for Europe would perhaps eina it's most direct outlet from the North test via the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence route, Snt the Gulf ports are the logical outlets for xpofts going through the Panama Canal or fo Mexico and Central or South America atbs elreat-L Lakes-St. Lawrence project is now being especially emphasized among the states n inc Northwestern area, and that IS no zoubt proper, because the interested oppo- zition to this important enterprise IS strong s1d active. The area should not, however, Nveylook it's other maritime opportunities, smong which are the waterways leading to be Cuff and the seaports on the Gulf, with heir regular sailings for the Pacific coast and Aa Ftar East
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22
Forum. Of The People
An American Rirhf

To the Editor of The Aee-Herald
 I have just read on your editorial page issue of May 19, letter from "A Gladiator" on Italians in America" and read this let ter with interest and was agreeing with this writer all the way through until I came to the last paragraph. In this last paragraph in the last twenty words he spoils his entire letter, kills his entire good feelings and makes a bosh of it.
 What Italy has contributed towards civil ization ill the United States has been ac- cepted as it has been given. We have paid the price, Italy invented in order to make money She brought her inventions to our country because we paid bigger price, there fore we are under no obligations to her ex- cept to give her sons credit for their inven- tions music, etc, which we are daily doing. However, we would not be American if we would not say that had Italy not made these inventions someone else would have, and pos sibly Americans. We thought we could not do without Germany, but we did. We own these United States; this is our home, and we certainly have right, and will continue to hold such right as long as we are Ameri- cans. to say who we shall allow to come to our home When we lose such right we will then cease to be Americans 'H'1 ~ CB. ROCK.
 Manchester, Ga, May 20, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22
SOME MELLON INCONSISTENCIES


 Although the Mellon tax schedules will s<obsbIy be supplanted almost altogether by Qualifications, it should not be forgotten that s6e underlying pattern remains the same, ';th what may be termed a shifting of sh sding. tone or emphasis. Nor is the Mel sNn courage in forcing the tax issue at this nbarrassing moment to be discounted Un- Subtedly MT. Mellon is influenced by his s sitions and training, but undoubtedly he very able financier with an unusual un- asrstanding of problems of revenue and ti- anGe. He has consistently opposed increased nbblic expenditures, but then perhaps that IS s6e duty of the secretary of the treasury. In "a long run, his authority is confined to rec nmendation. and his opinion should always
 weighed in matters pertinent to his de- rtment
 There have at times been inconsistencies the Mellon attitude which are somewhat sz1ine. For example, some time ago he .Iared that to grant the bonus would nulli-
 efforts at tax reduction. Now that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22
An .Ex.servlce Man,s Views


 To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 Being a beneficiary of the soldiers bonus bill I read the reports and editorials. of our local papers with much interest. Please ac- cent my thanks for the splendid editorial in this mornings issue of The Age-Herald. You express my view more nearly, than l could have expressed it, and I'm sure all the ex- service men who read the editorial will feel grateful toward The Age-Hetald even if they never receive one penny of the adjusted com pensation. s was not surprised to find the editorial in the evening News, ''The South's Greatest Newspaper" very different. I've noticed for some time past that the Birmingham News has been changing it's views to coincide with A certain candidate for the democratic nom ination for president of the United States on this and every other political question that is before the American people. I'm thinking this might be good temporary political strategy. but it is sure to hurt in public con fidencb and future usefulness l think a newspaper should retain its independence, even though it does support or prefer one man for party honors The independent, logical course that is being persued by The Age Herald is sure to make for it place at the ton for journalistic usefulness and public favor, and thereby, if not already, become 'rThe Souths Greatest Newspaper"
 R. M McNUTT.
 North Birmingham. Ala, May 20, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22
cARRY Ir ro rHE SENATE

As was expected, the tedious and long drawn-out committee hearings on Muscle Shoals has resulted in the favorable report of the Norris measure providing for government operation. This result was foreseen from the start, and the elaborate hearings have been nothing more than smoke-screen. The pur pose was delay of the Ford offer. But even the obdurate senate committee was finally forced to yield to the pressure of public opin- ions and cease its maunderings.
 Now the Ford offer has it's first chance to be heard in the senate; for it is inconceivable that it cannot somehow be released from the throttling hands of its avowed and secret enemies and given at least it's equal chance. Now is the time for it's senatorial supporters to rally to it, and to wage. the battle on at least equal terms with that undesirable mon strosity--the Norris proposal for the govern ment to enter into uncalled-for competition with private industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22
-AUatdr

(C. T. Davis in Arkansas Gazette) Moss trooper, woods runner, legionnaire and
 rover:
 Huntsman and plainsman-these were my
 sires. Nj Border horseman, free herder-over and over In my heart are calling all their old desires. Who am that should know How the wild things come and go. City bred, what brings to me Certain knowledge, sympathy, So that l may move or still Dogs and horses to my will! City folk can never tell who know but city ways; Ask the unremembered men of vanished yes
 tefdays. Who am that I should feel Comfort in the touch of steel That my fingers, trained, should clip Dagger haft or saber grip; That the songs a drawn blade sings Are as old familiar things? Living men may never tell; ask. if ye would
 know, e, Them that sired your fsthet's1 fathers cen.
 turies ago. I am left as legacy the embers of a. fire Moss trooper, woods runner, legionnaire and
 rover Border horsemsn, free herder-siTes of my
 sire, Calling in the heart of me, over and
 over
 THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT The country's per capita wealth of s2.91S sounds pretty good, and would be pretty good if if were not for taxes-Indianapoli News.
 sALUTING THE ROAD HOG Now! All together; Three grunts for the road hog. Detroit News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22

Considering the reputation of his native town, the Hollywood policeman who inherited a fortune will probably find that he is only temporarily in luck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22
ppAIsE FOR DAWEs REPORT

The Dawes report IS the unest cohtfluu- tion hitherto to this impossible problem. It breathes a new spirit and is conceived in q new vein. It achieves an atmosphere of i'm. partiality and exhibits scientific workman ship and sound learning.
 Though the language seems at times the language of sane man who, finding him self in a madhouse, must accommodate him sef to the inmates, it never loses it's sanity. Though it compromises with the impossible and even contemplates the impossible, it never prescribes the impossible
 This facade and these designs may never be realized in an edifiee raised up in the light of day But it is an honorable docu- ment and opens a new chapter.--John May. nard Keynes in the New Republic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22
THE AGE-HERALD
SREDEErcx I. THOMPSON. :. .rarsrpEs1

Nnteyed at Hirmtngham. Aia., post office aA
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22
KNOWS WHEN HE'S HAD ENOUGH

Senator Reed hailing from Missouri, knows when he has been shown. His hat has been removed from the ring Boston Transcript
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22
GETS THERE JUsT THE SAME

The steam roller is never taken for speed ings But it is thorough Detroit NewA