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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-27
Newspapers and Books
By DR. FRANK CRANE
1HE2books isSpassing. The magazine an
 newspapenare taking it's place,

n
 A Men, reaN books to divert their minds to forget the plssent. It, is the constant ef fort of athe humSna race te escape the actual for this reason they get drunk; they engage 1T sports they read books. Sometimes they rea' books fin order that they may have some thing to talk about, to, secure Rmmunition conversation Sometimes it is to acquire in formation. Little by little the periodical are meeting these wants more satsfactoriiI than books.
 The book is heavy to hold, inconvenient fol the pocket. The newspaper can be carried easily. |
 The book is expensive ;. the newspaper ii cheap. One feels like criminal If he tears 2 page from book; there IS no such teenns H clipping from a newspaper. The book is long :, three to four hundred pages. It is full of irreyalept matter. A grain of story is lost in a bushel of descrlpj tion. We wade through innumerabls pagef to be in at the death when Old jSleuth nabs the criminal, to witness the loves of Lady Vivian and Lord Guy finally adjusted to set some aristocratic gpervert walk tnrougn infinite analysis to find his soul, and finally eat poison. We get the same thing every da5 in the newspaper in capsule form: JqicS scandals, the escapades of auto bandits, tne murder of police, the downfall of regulations
 
 papers they are real. ~. Books are filled with boresome padding The author feels that he must be literary. In we get our romance stripped clean Here people write who have something to say Every newspaper is an epic poem, Inere are the affairs of nations, wars, councils, pop ular uprisings, doings-of kings, Chinese .moos Mexican .barbaritieS-. .e.-' -.
 The real Comedie~ ~Humaine is newspaper In it you have the human race exposed. Tn its kaleidoscope you see the striking shirt waist. girls. the strut and extravagance of the rich, the drunken orgies of fools, the thun' ders of ascetie moralists, the various worlds of snort. of finance, of the stage, of courts. By the vast organisms of the news service the world is combed over daily and every mug qet of human interest picked out. ,a
 In it's feature service the newspaper sup niles us with philosophy, the latest triumphs of science the vast discoveries in medicine, the most recent theories of pedagogy, with ser mons. essays, short stories, serial novels.
 In the evolution of printing the book was the first products but it was for the few; it is giving place to- the newspaper, which is for the many. A book is fortunate to reach a cir culation of 10000. There are many news papers with a circulation of over. 1O0O O0O <; some periodicals have issues of over million.
 In all realms of human activity aristicracy is receding before the advance of dernocracy. The book is thesaristocrat the newspaper is the democrat. s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-27
HEREOF AGAIN UPHELD.

The French chamber of deputies must not have implicit confidence in Premier Herriot, or it would not have to hold 3 test vote so often on the question of confidence or no confidence. However, there is no doubt that the premier de- serves confidence on the basis of his declaration that his government twill combat communism. We are for the re- public with its principles and doctrines, and have confidence in the virtue of the people," This is sufficient answer to the charge of Herriot's political enemies that he is seeking to undermine the French system. A man who has confidence in the people deserves the confidence of the people, if he is sincerely working in their behalf
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Watching The Parade
THE waiter groaned when he low
By JOHN PILGRIM
tray to the serving table this mornint

tray to the serving table this morning. It was an interrogative groan. It said as clearly as though the query had been put in words -.5
 "Why don't you ask me what's the matter?'
 So I did. And the waiter took time out long enough to give me the story. He said that he had done hard days work the day before
 You see, suh," said he, "tween times, I'se, an interior decorator"
 Sure he is. And know just what sort of decorator he is. He is a whitewasher, and when he needs the money very badly he abandons the aristocratic rade of waiting on table for the prosaic task of skipping walls with brush, for whitewashing is in demand and costly in our town. chuckled over the waiter all afternoon. . atf.
 "An interior decorator" laughed to my self. "Hee, heel"
 Somehow, the laugh died out toward eve ming. I know fine little man who is known to all his friends as a banker. He is actually a book k-keeper in big bank, and manages to make a showing because a thoughtful parent left him small income. And the Boggses, across the street, have been acting pretty wild lately, because MT. Boggs is Sin the movies" " Just like my colored friend is an interior decorator. MT. Boggs is an auditor by trade and watches the outgoes of a movie concern. But he probably doesn't know an actress by sight Mrs. Deacon Hilgus is mighty smart little woman, but she is not writing a play. Yet she permits herself to be intro duced as Mrs. Hilgus, the playwright. Some one made the mistake once and she has been sailing under false colors ever since.
 And as for myself | 2.
 I'm a good deal of an interior decorator, too. With a whitewash bucket.
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the nation. He has not always shown the vision and breadth of view that true leader should have, but he has been faith full to his following and both courageous and energetic in their behalf. An abler man with Gompers' opportunity would have gone further and done more, while arousing less friction among those with whom labor inevitably must deal and must continue on a working basis. Nevertheless, the cause of justice to working people has steadily advanced and their present state is far better than ever before. The ground legitimately gained will not be lost, for civilization travels forward
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Brief Nature Studies
TWO things distinguishing Thanksgiving
By J. OTIS SWIFT

1.-TWO things distinguishing Thanksgiving
 Day dinner are typically American,
 cranberries, from which the rich red sauce is made, and the turkey whose sacri- flee of life makes glad the hearts of the thoughtless young. Older people, if they think of the sacrificial part of the ceremony at all, sometimes sigh that millions of beauti- full creatures must die that humanity may be properly thankful. It puzzles them a little that with all our spiritual growth we are no farther away from the smoking altars of heather gods of antiquity.
 In thousands of peat bogs from North Caro- lima to Minnesota and everywhere northward the ascending Towering branches oblong- obtuse green leaves and creeping vines of the large American cranberry look up at wayfarers during the summer. Its red ber- ries feed many birds and animals. It also sacrifices for the common good, in this.
 Our cultivated turkeys, descendants of birds long domestieated by the Indians of Mexico, carried to Europe by the Spaniards, and later brought back to populate American farm-yards when wild turkeys became scarce. are more American than the folks who eat them.
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The Right Word
By W. CURTIS NICHOLSON
CORRECTED SENTENCES. (Find the Error in This Article.) ]


 In yesterdays installment of 'The Right Word" there appeared five sentences, which Susan Mildred Mckay of Brooklyn, N. Y., challenged readers of this column to correct. The Sentences.
 John reads better than any boy in the class.
 "The ship has laid at the wharf three days t.L.- s. '- "Who do you take it to be? By studying faithfully knowledge IS ac- quired. t.a''
 He might of known better"
 The Sentences Corrected. l John reads better than any other boy Tn the class.
 The ship has lain at the wharf three days. Whom do you take it to be?
 By studying faithfully one acquires knowl- edge.
 He might have known better. ANOTHER WINNER.
 Any one having only three errors ln their answers to the recent test is entitled to com mendation Robert Burlinson of New York City is. therefore, to be congratulated, for he had only three mistakes throughout the twenty sentences.
 Mir. Burlinson included with his answers to the test the following Willie l am fla miliar with most of the uses of will and shall' there is one that sometimes puzzles me- The following excerpt illustrates what l mean I will note a matter suggested rather than stated in the general discussion, Many writ CTS use shall in such a construction, but l feel that the right word appears in the following sentence" Mir. Burlington is right.
 Yesterdays Error.
 Wrong: James H. Taft, Jr., only had three mistakes.
 Right: James H. Taft, Jr., had only three mistakes.
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Inspiration

Who has not felt the urge to rise
 When dawn bursts red upon the hill, To seize new vigor from the skies
 And lift the burden with a will; Or, picking up the heavy task
 Where yestereve it weary stopped, To find that dullness like mask,
 Had fallen off when darkness dropped Who has not felt sluggard when The morning sun has risen first, Or has not sought the task again
 With muscles new, for work athirst? Who has not felt the morning air Renew his pride in work well done, Or thought the early tasks more fair? Well, I have not, for one.
 -G. Edward Pendray in Life.
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GOMPERS REELECTED.

The election of Samuel Gompers to the presidency of the American Fedora ton of Labor is an annual formality that has amounted to practically lifelong tenure of that office. Since the organi- zation of the body in 1881 MT. Gompers has served as president except for one term. Perhaps he has earned the dis tinction, for the federation is as much his own idea as anybody's. He also has been an influential figure in the develop ment of the movement to better the com ditions of the workingman throughout
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A Better Day.

HE Turks are adopting American methods
 in their religious activities. There are
 great entertainments in the principal Mohammedan cities to raise funds for the restoration and repair of the Ava Sophia 1n Constantinople and the Mosque of Omar ln Jerusalem. Kemal Pasha, himself only lukewarm Moslem, has given his support to the movement, from the standpoint that the two buildings are treasures of architecture and ought to be preserved as parts of the culture of the Turkish people. The aim of preservation is good, but the reason assigned lacks confirmation in the historical field. Ava Sophia, that magnificent Byzantine structure on the Golden Horn, has a cross worked out in the gorgeous mosaic of the domed roof. That alone ought to serve as proof that it was built by Christians and in- tended as a temple of worship in Christendom The other proof although negative in char acter, is the large splotch of blood on the wall, where, it is said, Mohammed the Great wiped his hands after staying and massacreing the Christian "dogs" in the streets of the city, while believing at the top of his voice, Allah is merciful." The Mosque of Omar, on the site of the great religious shrine of the He brews is also conceived in the Byzantine style, though actually built by the Turks. To dis cover pure Turkish architecture, traveller must journey to the desolatioh of Anatolia. So far the Truks have not contributed d great deal to the culture of the world, They have been destroyers rather than builders. Perhaps better day is dawning.
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European nations concerned not only has there been improvement ill the general situation in that country; but there has been increased confidence in America in the ability of all the European countries to get on their feet, and in the capacity of their governments to meet their obli- gations. f@r
 Despite the low exchange rate of French currency at this time, there is a nationwide feeling of confidence in French securities. The French eights are today commanding considerable pre- mium, and all sinking fund requirements in connection with French securities are met with regularity. The governments s record for meeting it's obligations is high, both as respects principal and interest, and it has never repudiated debt in the history of the republic. That has been a determining factor in its appeal to the public confidence.
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Tine Rutt.Innes And Food.

q was very hungry this noon, my dear," meekly stated MT. Butt-Inne, as he sat at his place at the dinner table, land l stopped into one of those French restaurants. A black-haired, red-cheeked waitress came up to me. Some kid-"'
 Henry Butt-Inne," shouted his wife from the kitchen, "how dare you sit there and re- cite such frivolous thing? l really think your old age is bringing on insanity. l never" rDo But you didn't let me finish. What l said was that a black-haired red-cheeked waitress came up to me. Some kidney stew was what ordered"
 "Ohv' grunted Mrs. Butt-Inne.
 ID. P.F.
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Winning Remarks Of The Week.

"Nice day, isn't it?' 2,324, ,S91 times. "Ring me up soon," 1,s41, ,164 times. q really ought to be going" 1,709, ,432 times Don't forget to write," 1,543,656 times "Now this is strictly confidential" l. 4O7, POS times.
 'What'I you have?" 1,34s.s17 times. Guess I'll go to bed," ], ,211 ,349 times. "The papers say colder" 1,19S,273. T won't be minute" 1,O9S,642 times. q know I'm right about that" 1,OO7, ,231 times. .,' Who said was?" 1O05,307 times. "You can't lose," 1,002,752 times. "I love you," 5,97S,864.
 Gertrude A. Page.
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A New Voice.

Feminism has found doughty champion in the person of Mile. Vacaresco. Rumanian delegate to the league of nations. The lady says that the ills of the world are due to the fact that man always wants the last word She calls it a precocious human habit this desire to talk last. She also predicts that women will have something to say in the fu- ture. This is welcome news. In the mat ter of international diplomacy the voice of woman should be heard occasionally, espe- cally when the clouds of war are threatening. Of course, there are the records of the Ana zons and other war-like furies, who did not disdain to put on buckler and armor, but an international organization of mothers, for in stance, with some influence, ought to be mighty deterrent to another outbreak of ln- sanity. In the past the mother heart had to be silent and acquiesce in the raucous din Of a war-maddened people. Even if she had raised her voice, it would not have been heard in the tumult and uproar. But that does not mean she did not have her heart pierced by sword
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Naval Mystery.

Mysterious doings in the soviet navy are reported from various parts of Europe. Though the fleet maneuvers in the Baltic, the Black sea and the Caspian have only recently come to a close, extensive activity is re- ported from Russian war ports. All persons with seafaring experience have been told to hold themselves in readiness to join the fleet at a moments notice. They must also notify the war commissariat of any change in their address. The French press showed genuine signs of alarm not long ago when it was rumored that the remnant of the German fleet had acted in cooperation with the red navy in the Gulf of Finland and that joint maiieu- vers had been carried out. This report was speedily contradicted from Berlin and in Mos COW they simply laughed at the French ner- vousness. But these new activities are alarm ing the old countries again. On top of that comes the assurance that Russia will cooper ate with Turkey in her fight for the retention of the Mosul oil fields Turkey seems some what aggressive in this matter. The world has never felt at ease when Turkey was in that mood. .. -
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The boom that Wall Street is enjoying recalls a wise old mans; definition of dealing in futures as selling what you haven't got to a man who doesn't want it." a.A :3'Es.
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WHAT FI,AG.' s,TANDs ,T FOR

Mrs. La Toilette says her husband wor- ships the American flag. But what this coun- try wants is people who will stand up for the inStitutions the. flag represents.-Detroit Free Press. 4. .y..,.-..... E.
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A FEAR.

What we are afraid of is that Gen. Dawes will smoke too much the next four years, having nothing else to do.-Ohio State Journal
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About all that Senator LaFollette got out of the recent election was publicity,
 and even that is generally regarded as
 having no pulling power. ,
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A MisnOmer.

An English-language paper published in Calcutta refers to MT. Gandhi, leader of the non-corporation movement in Indian, as "the greatest reactionary force in this country, be- cause he blocks progress and modern enter prise at every step." Imperialism has often some truly sophist arguments. To call MT
 Gandhi a reactionary is to stultify political world history and also the English vocabu- lary. As John Morley once said: "One may as well call Piero Strozzi a whig." Piero Strozzi was the Florentine patriot in the sixteenth century who declared that for the liberation of his city he would appeal first to God, then to, the world and then to the devil
 MT. Gandhii is nationalist and in a sense a revolutionary. The welfare of his own people goes before anything else in the world, as is well shown by his almost pathetic abhor
 renee of bloodshed. He believes emancipation can be accomplished by passive resistance. If his ideal succeeds, it will be the first time in history. Still he is looking to the future with hope. reactionary does the very op
 posite. .E
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THE AWAKENING.

I read an account of a man who slept past the time for his wedding. That's noth- ing. Lots of men don't wake up till after marriage.-Los Angeles Times.
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In announcing their purpose to syndi- cate their experiences three of the round-the-world flyers have demonstrated that the hero business can be capitalized.
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How He Measured Her.

Lester: "Sne is woman of few words. Hubbard No wonder she's unsuccessful with crossword puzzles"
 Mrs. David Hagen.
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THE VERY LATEST.

The latest thing in henpecked husbands is the fellow that waits at the barber shop while his wife has her hair bobbed.-Jackson- vile Timea Union.
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| At least the grand duke who has an-
 nounced himself as Emperor of Russia
 may be credited with considerable courage. .,+.
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SAFE HIGHWAYS.

We shall never haze safe highways until motorists stop drtYipe with one foot on the accelerator and, ths91ther in the 3ggave.- Brooklyn Eagles lIe. 1. '. .El. "
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There is speculation in Texas as to whether the governor-elect of that state will bob her hair during her tenure of office. That she has resisted the impulse to date indicates she will continue to do so, t's
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OTHER SIDE oE SHIELD.

As long as the worlds population is grow ing all the time, isn't it entirely possible that if sin is increasing so is virtue?-Detroit News.
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It is believed that number of fathers
 this Christmas will get brand-new au-
 tomobile for mother and the girls to drive. --'
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If Chicago devoted as much time to law enforcement as to observing a gangster's funeral, the number of these obsequies would be materially reduced.
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About the time that bird migration to the South is over, the golf bugs start their exodus from frigid climes.
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PLENTY OF TIME TO PREPARE

Not until year hence will the senate have to begin getting used to Mir. Dawes base-burner pipe.--Chicago News.
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Their First Thanksgiving

Newlywed: You still love me, dear, and like to have you hold my hand, don't youT
 Mrs. Newlywed: Yes, love, but you've been holding it ten minutes, and I'm afraid the turkey is getting cold"
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If the choice were left to me. whether to have . free press a free government. would choose . free r-csA-Thomas Jefferson
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THE AGE-H HERALD


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Coming.

Madge: "You say you're going to marry Charlie and share his troubles. Why, didn't know he had any," Marjorie: Well, of course, he hasn't mar ried yet"
 James J. O'Connell.
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..nxrs r,i1RE EAIi-WaahinEtnn. 800 Davidson euilding: State Capital, Montgomery Journal Building; Tennessee Valley. Decatur Daiiy Buiiding;' Tuscaloosa, News Building; Jasper Mountain Eagle Building: Anniston Star Buiid- ing: Gadsden, Journal Building; Muscle Shoais Trt-Ciues Daily Building.
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He Misunderstood.

He Misunderstood. Printer (to Haberdasher) "Fd like suit of underwear" Haberdasher: "Union?" Printer: Sure Typographical No. 1. Do I halter show me card?"
 Edward Patton.
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f Canibal.
 My little granddaughter, five years of age, stood watching intently as her new baby sister was taking her natural nourishment. Soon after she was telling a neighbor of the new conner, how cunning she was, and so forth And she eats skinl" she added
 Mrs William P. Halsted.
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Scandal Notes. "Where does Merrill get the ideas for the spicy stories he writes?" "He keeps score at his wife's bridge parties"
 When a man takes "better half" he finds that one and half can't live as cheaply as one.
 Copyright. 1924. Reproduction FOrbiddsn.)
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Plea. For Compulsory voting.-We
 strongly in favor of a law compelling ev qualified citizen to vote in each primary general election. A good stiff fine, forafa to do so would, if applied to the school fur soon make public begging for educational. stitutions unnecessary.-Opelika News,
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F Were Ruev Ilaforo The Irlanffnn I'm dustries of Talladega are now all busy,
 the cotton mills are running on two st daily. The Republicans can take credit q if they wish to, but they were doing it bel the election, all rigRt-Talladega Home
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of this country are becoming better infor1 from year to year, and the professional Il tician finds it more and more difficult to over his propaganda.-Oneonta South Democrat. l.....[ ,,-