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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
HOME STUDY COURSES By Fl. ADDINGl ON BRUCE

| Intereset in adult education at home, by means of correspondence courses obtained from various sources, is growing at re markahle rate. So rapidly is 1t growing that one hardly wonders at the qiuzzieat comment of university supervisor of study by cor respondence..
 'The American public may almost be di- l vided into three class:vs: those who are talk ing correspondence course. those who are resting after a bout of instruction by mail, and those whose pens hang poised oyer the dotted line.'
 Unfortunately the same supervisor feels obliged to add that many do not obtain the results they had hoped for, and in explana- tion he points out
 Home study requires intelligence, will power, and the ability to work alone. These qualities, especially in combination, are not universal. Many refuse to believe me when tell them that the work is hard. The re suit of their incredulity is a waste of time. !"
 It is exaggeratiOn to say that not few of those who undertake home study seem to think that there is something magical in cor respOndence courses, that they can draw knowledge from the courses with little more effort than is required to read detective story. At any rate, numbers do home study much in the fashion that they do their story reading. To be sure, they Five to their cor respondence textbooks more than the single EcduthS ShtH tD the stOfItS.t put IneFe Fepe- tition of reading is not enough. Everything depends on the way the reading is done.
 There must be concentrated endeavor to grasp the meaning of what is read. If this or that word perplexes, instead of simply making guess at it's significance. tmie should be taken to look it up in the dicton- ary. Whole passages should be read and re- read intently. as both to understand them better and fix them more firmly in the mind.
 To skip blithely along from passage to pass age. or to read slowly enough. but with the mind Hitting from one outside interest to an- other. is to insure inability to meet the cor respOndence tests Inability to meet these IS further insured by the practice of doing ones home study at irregular intervals. It is easy indeed to find excuses for not obliging oneself to study with regularity for certain length of time daily. But irregularity in study means, for one thing, increased diff culty in concentrating when one does study And always concentration is the secret of success in home study as in successful men tai effort generally.
 i There are other factors ip efficient study into which I have not the space to go The point wish to stress is the folly of sub scribing for any home study course unless one is prepared to engage in it with real en- thusiasm. energy and persistency A-~,
 Home study courses are not get-wise-uuick courses. and never will be- If they give much to their students at little cost in money. they require from the students much
 m the way of thought and effort if the money they cost is to be money spent to any purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
 SEVEN HUNDRED TO ONE

Mayor Taylor gave out the impression that he spoke for Mobile when he opposed the Ford offer in Washington before the house committee, and later he stoutly maintained that, even if there were no formal expression of such sentiment, it actually existed among the people of Mobile. Yet, when the question was put to the people in a referendum conducted by The Register and The News-Item, the people by an overwhelming majority repudiated MT. Taylor's attitude and supported the Ford offer. In all that community served by the two newspa- pers, only seventeen persons had suffi- cient interest in the power company to fill out a ballot in its behalf. Over twelve thousand people deemed it of sufficient moment to fill out ballots in- dicating their support of the Ford offer. Undoubtedly there is no stronger senti- ment for the Ford offer anywhere in the state, not even in the Tennessee Val ley itself. Mayor Taylor unintentionally gave the Ford offer big boost, both in Alabama and elsewhere. The whole state feels better over this test of the gen. uineness of Mobiles former expressions of sympathy with industrial and commer- cial expansion throughout Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
THE CRIME OF CRIMES
By WICKEs wAMBOLDr

The greatest crime the world is commit ting, 'here and there. and everywhere, is the crime of idleness. Whoever we are we are guilty of that crime to a greater lesser degree. l see the bristles rise on the fellow who would reply picturesquely that he works from eight in the morning to Hive al night or ten at night, or twelve at night, as the case may be-
 It is not the hours one puts init is the way one puts in ones hours that counts. If an auto factory worked ever so hard in the department that made it's steering wheels and let other departments remain idle. it would not have q finished product. The steering wheel department might work twen- ty-four hours a day with great deal of fuss and precipitation and mental anguish. but there would be nothing but pile of steering wheels to show for it. and one could not get around the country very well with just a steering wheel
 We are here in this world to grow into as perfect and complete men and women as pos slble. We are our own architects and our own builders. too. Man is trinity composed ot the physical, the mental and the spiritual We could not manifest ourselves here. were it not fo rthe physical. We could not func- tion here, were it not for the mental. And there would be no reason for us to be here were 1t not for the spiritual. Now the man who is running his affairs in a way to neg feet any department of his trinity is guilty of the crime of idleness to just that e3tent
 The man who is spending his time and thought from morning to night in the one direction of making money is just like the auto factory that is running full time on steering wheels. And his ultimate intrinsic results will get him about as far. The three departments of man should be run with equal care and attention. We should give enough time to the physical to keep things going We should make money, we should eat good food, bathe ourselves. clothe ourselves, take exercise and recreation. and make ourselves as comfortable as our circumstances will per nit. We should give time to the mental and steadily improve ourselves intellectually by choosing intelligent companions, by read ing good literature, by attending worth h-while plays. lectures. concerts. and so on. We should give enough time to the spiritual su that all physical and mental activities will reflect the idealism which distinguishes man from beast
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY
 By S. K. RISER
By s. E. KIsER

My life is barren of romance,
 And mines commonplace career; l never have had any chance
 To win applause or earn cheer; l wear no medals won in war,
 I've never stopped d fast express Upon the edge of danger. or
 Helped any lady in distress. am no idol of the screen, 1. My dancing brings me no renown; I've never been (pronounce it bean) The new boy in a little town; I've never done thing that made
 Me rich or famous overnight; travel up a toilsome grade
 Where l must strive with all my might, In school I never. had the luck To he supreme at any game; l seem to be much like the duck
 That always is a. littlee lame: = Romance has never come my way
 With smiles atsthrilled. me to the soul Each has part that he must play,
 But mine is no heroic role I've travelede some, but never where
 Adventure gave me cause to boast; In haunted rooms I've slept, and there
 Beheld no sign of any ghost; Romance has steadily refraineC s
 From needing my persistent plea; Nor lovely maiden ever sprained
 Her ankle while alone with me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

one year will be reached and one or two even declare that a five-year contract is not out$of the question. It is believed that two main factors contribute to this get-togeether disposition. One is the sem timent among the miners opposed to a walkout if it can possibly be averted, and the other is the shadow of the fed eral coal investigation, still lowering in the background with itY impartial and dreadful facts and figures. The opera tors do not like being investigated. Therefore, both sides are inclined to har- mony. It bodes we'll for the nation, and much luck to them!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
Better Law Enforcement
(Gadsden JournaD

IOHuSutN JOuFHdII
 Heretofore juries seemed rather indiffer- ent on the subjectof prohibition law viola tion, and there were many acquittals. How ever, recent legal events at Gadsden, OneOn- ta, Pell City and Ashville. where court is held in this judicial circuit, have shown that ju- TOTS have become aroused at the brazen man. ner in which the law Is being regarded in some quarters, and they are bringing in yer diets against the defendants in most in- stances. Crime too. is growing less. In the Etowah county jail for instance. there are only six prisoners. three white and three ne- gro. and this. too, on the eve of term of the grand jury. Prohibition sentiment in Northeast Alabama is growing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
Bringing The Crowds

It is estimated that with the completion of the Alabama river bridge between PrattyiIIe and Montgomery and the state highways in Autauga county. there will be at least a hundred outside automobiles through Pratt. vile each day. and often two hundred. These automobiles will contain on an average of three people Hundreds of automobiles will visit here from our capital city. With good schools here many citizens will build homes in and around Prattville and with a good hotel many will spend the nights here. With an improved park many Picnics will be held here and hundreds will spend part of the afternoon in the city park. In making Prattville attractive we will have hundreds ot visitors here and there are great pOssibili. ties along that line. We should certainly nu, some of our best effort on improving Pratt Park
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
Cost Of Mud And Grades

FIHTIDH NuUHIt -NtWSF
 We don't want to be cranky On any sub Ject. nor do we want to harp on guy one thing till all the people tire of it- But mud stalls the horses. Grade cuts down his .osd Mud stalls the truck Grade cuts. ,Eo,rn its speed. Load and speed are both necessary 10 profit. Good roads. proper grades. 1nick sure. heavy hauling al iOw eost-tLat's. the answer to the farmers neeed of some wat ia make his business pay better When the farmers of Marion county unitedly Sly that they must have good roads all or-r tbs county. so as to get their IsrodusIs to mar ket quickly and at low cost. r0ey will %, them. And then farming will 'e more pleas. ant and profitable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

People who are optimistic, people who think they can do thing, can do it. Nothing can stop them. Resources are nothing; raw materials are nothing; transportation media are nothing, unless they are vivified, reinforced and trans formed by human energy, enthusiasm and enterprise. Alabama will never become greater than the vision and ambition of her people. If the vision and ambition of her people are limited, then Alabama's possibilities of wealth and expansion are limited. If the vision and ambition of her people are unlimited, then Alabama's possibilities of wealth and expansion are unlimited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
WATCHING THE PARADE
By JOHN PILGRIM

We've had anotheer disagreement-the missus and l. Nothing serious Our dis agreements never are. But we cannot agreee to look upon Mrs. Abraham Lincoln Wells through the same pair of glasses. The missus thinks she is wonderful woman.
 50 generous.- she breathes ecstatically. 50 kind!'
 She's false old harridan.' I say. And selfish an alley cat
 Our divergent opinions are supported and swayed. of course. by Mrs Abraham Lin cOln Wells opinion of us. She clasps her hands whenever she sees Mrs Pilgrim and swsys toward her like rather stumpy lily. You're 90 wonderful" she sighs. How l wish could do the things you do"
 Not chance in the world to pry Mrs. Pilgrims affections from her after thor Ough course of that treatment. If Mrs. Wells looked on me in the same way the chances are would score her as one of the great Christian martyrs of the current year. But she thinks I'm deadwOOd because 1 once told her what thought-and perhaps because am deadwoOd-and shows if. So that Mrs. Pilgrim and I began the morning with one Of the riOtOus, seething, frOthing fusses that worry you so much until you become ~philo- SOphical enough to realize that we all have 'em at intervals The only thing to do is to reduce the intervals But. about Mrs. A. l., Wells ---
 'l simply had to give to the Purtans Hos Pital.' she told my beloved. Tt is such a worthy cause.
 IL was a humping big subscription. too, for have ways of my own and looked it up. But Husband Abraham Lincoln Wells is try ing desperately and unselfishly to save in or- der that his wife may have staff to lean upon if he should pop off. He tries his best to keep her budget, but wherever she gets chance to rOllick into the limelight she doesN so.
 Then she makes poor old A. l.. Wells give up the money. He gets no credit. you see. No one says he is superbly generous. No one declares that he has a great, warm heart. All he has to do is to work and pay. If he tries to hold back she screeches like a cOckatOO. ,
 At that. if she told me that I am not only a marvelOusly handsome man, hut that my intellect actually seintilates I'd probably vote repeatedly for Mrs. A. l.. Wells.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
ANOTHER REFORM STARTS
 (TOlAxfn nIaAnl

The Japanese foreign office has issued an edict against banquets and hopes thereby to save million yen year in the country Nor will this be all that will be saved Di- gestions will experience less wear and tear. Ears will have to be overhauled less ire quently by the eye-ear-and- -throaters The sense of boredom will be put to fewer tests of stoicism. Reforms come out of the East as we'll as the West, and it may be that the whole world some day will bless the Japanese foreign office for it's brave assault upon "a practice coming down from the time of say age feasting and copper-lined stomachs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
COAL HARMONY EXPECTED

AOperatOrs and miners of the central competitive bituminous fields are meet ing in Jacksonville, Florida, to compose a working agreement to take the place of that expiring in March. Contrary to all early predictions, both parties enter this conference in an apparently amicable spirit, and there is little belief on either side that it will result in failure. Indeed, there are some sanguine souls who be- lieve that an agfqe ement for longer than
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
Paroles And Their Repeal
(Ozark Southern Star)

(OZark Southern Starr
 Governor Brandon has sympathetic heart for the tonvicts and is liberal with his parole and pardoning power. But when a fellow who has been paroled by the gov ernor gets to cutting up and raising sand. the pardon is revoked instantly and the poor devil returned to the penitentiary- This has happened in several instances lately.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
A Potential Slogan

The cotton farmers of the South have adopted slogan. which. if lived up to. will hasten greatly their independence and pros perity. Not more acres in cotton, but more cotton per acre." is a slogan that will mean for the farmer cotton produced more cheaply. in less danger of loss from boil weevils and army worms, picked more cheaply. and handled throughout the season more economi- cally and intelligently.. Add to this the other slogan. "A SOW, a hen. cow. and the far mers of the South will begin to realize upon their opportunities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
The Madison County Spirit

IHuntsviIIe TImesI
 Madison county leads in agriculture Mad isOn county leads in good homes. Madison county leads in everything-so why shouldn't Madison county go right ahead in the Madi- son county spirit and complete her system of public highways. along which needs. and should be. d complete stretch of shade trees from one end of Madison county to the other !: In other words. the Madison county spirit should be complete that all of our neigh boring counties will catch the fever and make the whole of North Alabama complete in the achievement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
THE ALABAMA PRESS
They Want The Practical
(ODplika News1
Opinions Of Other Editors

Great uplifter lectured on New Thought in Montgomery few days ago.sNy We will stake some frozen buttermiik that taxpayers of the capital city would have been more interested if some expert had submitted a practical plan to them for making the income of the city pay the outlay. Think it over, though. that would have been a new thought also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
Money Needed For Roads (Selma Times-JOurnaD

Pretty much everybody will approve the sale of Alabama bonds for the purpose of carrying through number of highly neces- sary road projects that have been held in abeyance because the funds were not avail able for their completion. The small dabs of money that have been placed at the disposal of the state highway commission from time to time have made the execution of worth while road building programs in the state impossible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
ADVICE TO VISITORS
'Clarksdale, Mo. Journal ]

VOIHThSuaIt, MO, JOurnaIJ If you want to make us mad just come in the office, gossip around awhile. don't tell us any news and then walk out and leave the door open
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
Willing And Ready To Work

[ tAn0aluSla Starb bs-
 We know that active. alert business men will go just as hard after business henceforth as in the past and thai there. will he petty -riyalries and spirited competition. But the point we desire most earnestly to stress is that in the larger issues which mean the higher good of Andalusia. all our citizens are patriotic and willing ard ready to work for the good of the. entire community ''.sf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

Society leaders in Washington who are reported to have taken shots" on oil tips would probably like for it to be understood that their action was en- tirely unofficial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

Israel Zangwills statement tEat New York p~hceman was the most beaarfu! thing he saw in America, suggests the unique character of the distinguished visitors t,cte. Most Europe .an lecturers attach were loveliness to tn. coin of the .a.n. than to the guardian oe the peaee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

If this oil investigation business keeps up, not only will some politicians be out of job, but one or more hitherto in, fluential citizens may find themselves drifting uncomfortably close to the con- dition of the man without a country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

Again it appears that the only effec. tive way to insert logical conclusion into the official German cranium is to bore from without.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

By mail, payable in advance. in United States a nd Canada Daily and Sunday. one year. $500; six months. $4O0; three months. $225; one
 month. S5c Daily only: One year, $650; SIX months $325; three months, $1.15: one month 75c. Sunday only: One year, s2.50; six months. S1 50; three months, 75c: one month. 25c. By carrier, where carrier delivery is maln- tained: 200 per week, S5c per month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

It may be truly said that if there was ever doubt as to how the citizens of Mobile stand on MT. Ford's proposal for Muscle Shoals it has ''gene glimmering" on a very fast schedule.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

The Buenos Aires lady who married a man serving prison term may have had a purpose to choose husband who all ready had practical training for his new inh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

Reports that vigorous fight will be made on the reliability of scopolamin may bring out the truth about the whole business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

Men may come Iud men emay go. bu resignation rumors :a Washington seen ,tu go on forever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

NEWS BUREAUS-Washington 500 Davidson Building; State Capital Montgomery Journal Building; Tennessee Valley, Decatur Daily Building; Tuscaloosa. News Building: Jasper. Mountain Eagle Building; Anniston, Star Build ing; Gadsden, Journal Building
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

Taxicab drivers in Chicago engaged in fighting one another during their spare moments when they were not holding up passengers or running down pedestrians
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
ALWAYS ON THE JOB

(Atlanta Constitution An exchange notes that tho Ananias Club has been revived; hut rnally, it never was out of business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

Four out of five of those who kept the secret of identity of the Box peace prize winner, it is said, are women. Per. haps they are exceptions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

While no official estimate is made it may be safely stated that of the grand total of 4,675, ,65O, ,000. .00O matches, over 3,46s, ,000, ,000, 900 wouldn't light and fully 27,O0O, 1000. 900 went out almost inn mediately.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

It seems that one difference between the written and the unwritten law in this country is that the latter is more effectively enforced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
THE sACE-HERALD
FREpERIcK I. THOMPSON. -. .rTE!

Entered at Birmingham. Ala. post office as sec ond -class matter. act of Congress March 6, 1S1s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

Any American wife, quizzed on the subject, will swear she found 11,2SS,- 000,087 burnt ends on the window sills, under the rugs and in the piano.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

In France murderers are put to death In the United States we call them crazy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

The per capita consumption of matches in the entire world is given in the bank estimate at 7,matches a day. Any man who ever has smoked pipe will insist, however, that his per capita con sumption of matches has been something like seven million matches an hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
THE ENGLTSH-SPEAKING RACES

Don't say I seen him. 'admonished the purist from the Bronx.
 What should say, theIi?" asked the H. literate from the Middle West.
 Say I sorrim'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 10 the for publication of all news dispatches credited to 1t, or otherwise credited in this \ paper and also local news published therein
 All rights of republication of special dispa tches
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
NNW nOEs ME GIlT THAT MAYe

 La Toilette. with his usAsl brand of con. sistencs, wants constitutioEiNs government for the Philippines and govern sent bv congress for His country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

The only inference is that somebody's been holding out. . s..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12
oUTwITTING THE COMMISSION

Telephone (private branch exchange connect
 ing all tepartments), Main 4SOO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

Despite the fact that so many matches were in circulation, something like 234,- 77S,987, ,443,000 men were encountered on the streets of American cities alone who, when asked if they had one, replied in the negative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-12

During the past year 4,675,650,000,- 900 matches were used in the world, ac,, cording to an estimate issued by the National City Bank of New York. Of course there's chance of a mistake of four or five matches one way or the other, but that's the banks estimate and you can take it or leave it.