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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05
DEATHS

asali AznssAp anarAI s6rvlces fer Bill
! N1TasRpes. "a years old who died 6atnr-
Z. o'clock Sunday afternoon ~ Johna'
chapel Burial followed in EimwoOd
4 cemetery with Jehnp in charge. :.
Mrs. Sarah McCuIa--Funer services for
Mrs Sarah McCula. SO, who died Sun
wood avenue. InSlenook. will be held
1 at $3.50 o'clock Monday Afternoon at
the residence, DR.. J. A. Bryan officiat-
ing. Burial will follow in Oak Hill
cemetery with Ridout In charge. She
ts survived by three sons, A. L. Nc
CullA Of Houston. Texas. w. +. Nc
Culla Of Inglenook, and J. H. McCulia
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05
At I.AEYY,S RILOU


Laughs galore ,are assured movie fans
at LOew's Bijou beginning Monday aft
ernoon and through the entire week,
in the screen feature sherlock, Ir,"
Buster KeatOn's third full length Metro
comedy, feature, said to be his best,
and nut" affair throughout, with
much that is declared to be highly orig
inal.
1.-THE Dance Shop is the title, of the
headliner of the week, presenting Kasha
Forvoa and Martin Young, with Flora
Patterson, Mildred Hess, Olive Yernell
and Mickey Dolan, in an artistic mu-
steal terpsichorean revue, said to be the
hest of its kind seen here in many
months.
There is also Billy Clark and George
and towels" with comedy chatter and
songs, and Kerr and Ensign in a mu-
steal traVesty, entitled Fiddle. Up"
and, rounding out the bill, comes the
''Puride of Bonnie Scotland" sammy
Duncan, with his well known original
Characterization, aud the famous trio.
Dura, Gross and Renee, dispensing
Versatility ala carte" with chatter,
aongs, dances, acrobatics and tumbr
ings.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05

Mrs. w. ID. MoClendon- Funeral services
for Mrs w. D. McCiendon. SO. who died
SUNDAY afternoon At an infirmary. will
1t fthe residence OF her sister, Mrs,
Frank Halter, 1851 Sixteenth avenue,
cemetery with Echols d Angwin n
charge. She is survived by her hus-
band; two children, Donald, age IS,
and Evelyn. age q: her paEents Mr.
snd Mrs. John smith; sister ana i
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05

Variety to the utmost is one way to
describe the bill of bigtime Keith vaude-
vile, which viii be offered patrons Of
the Lyric for the first half Of this
week, beginning Yith the matinee this
afternoon. In the five acts will be
found something of everything that
makes vaudeville entertainment and all
Of it, good.
The Chief Caupolican, sensational In
dian baritone, is the heRdliner. Chief
Caupolican is Chilean, and his sue
cess as singer has been phenomenal.
With the Chicago Opera company he
registered a triumph.
The added attraction is a humorous
novelty. Alfred Latell presents The
Pup" in which he is assisted by Elsie
Yokes. Mr.. Latell has a vehicle here
which is decidedly out of the ordinary
and consequently more than usually
pleasing,
The special feature is another
novelty. 1t is put on by Steele y VIM
slow under the title Of Poetic Motion. "
They are extraordinary skaters. The
bill is rounded out by Mile. Maize
Lunette, daring aerialist, and Art
Frank and Margie Barron in THE
Kick and the Chick"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-05

Frances Diillis Iee--Ths body Of Frances
Dililia Lee. 1S-months-old daughter ,of
Mr.. and Mrs \. @. Lee. who died sun
day night at a local infirmary, will be
sent to Blocton. Ala, Monday morning
by Brown for burial, :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-06
FORD IN RECEPTIVE MOOD.

The real reason for the disappointment of many people over the withdrawal of the Ford offer was also, in reverse, the reason for the self-congratulation of others over the same act. It IS said that Henry Ford would have set new low levels in the cost of fertilizer production He has done so in every other undertak- ing he has attempted, and there was contl- dent belief on the part of his supporters and equally grave fear on the part of his opponents that he would have accom- plished the same result in fertilizer pro duction. He himself says that he would have done so.
 He has been able to produce electric current from coal at cost so low as to compete with water power, and has at the same time saved the by-products as religiously as science permits. He ln- forms the public that he soon expects to ask the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to reduce the freight rates on his lines, because of his greatly re- duced costs of operation. Everybody knows that he does not reduce costs at the expense of his employees salaries or of service, but by virtue of efficient methods.
 Therefore, when MT. Ford says that he will be glad to consider proposition from congress regarding the operation of Muscle Shoals, he excites the hope that congress will take him at his suggestion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-06
ENGLAND's NEW PREMIER.

It is somewhat inaccurate to speak of England's thew" premier, for Stanley Baldwin has held that distinction before, and not so long ago. Indeed, England has had four premiers in two years, counting Baldwin twice. The selection of the present premier was a formality, for everybody knew upon whom the choice would fall as soon as it was dis covered which way the election was go- ing. For of the Conservatives Stanley Baldwin holds first rank.
 Premier Baldwin is an able man, one who has made tremendous success of his own affairs. He is in politics because Britishers often turn naturally to poli- tics when their affluence renders them somewhat independent of daily routines of office and of industry. There is lit tie doubt in the minds of observers that politicians in England are of a type superior to the average politician in this country. While there are exceptions, if a general distinction were to be made it would be that the American politician is often in office for what he personally can get out of it, while the British poli- tician is in office more often for what he believes he can put into it. There are very few political leaders in England who depend upon their salaries for living, or if they do depend upon their salaries while in office, they have some trade or calling at which they can make living when their terms expire. One shudderS to think of what would become of the average American politician if his office were suddenly taken from him.
 There is no doubt that MT. Baldwin finds think ks in much better shape than he left them. MT. Macdonald, however
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-06
MOBILES GREAT BRIDGE.

The entire state of Alabama is peculiar ly gratified that the people of Mobile county and the city of Mobile have the desire and the determination to construct a bridgeway across the Mobile delta. The people of the state on Tuesday authorized the people of that county to bond them selves for the purpose, in accordance with a law recently passed by the legislature. The people of Mobile, conscious of the barrier imposed by the river and bay, ln- spired by Mobiles expanded destiny as seaport of the first rank, appreclatlve or the cordial endorsement of the port pro- gram, and cognizant of their own capacity to rid themselves of their physical lsola- ton from a large part of the state, are about to undertake project that will be of immeasurable significance to Mobiles growth and importance.
 The bridging of the delta by highway links has long been the cherished dream of the people of the Gulf City. They are now about to make that dream come true, to materialize that vision. Once this state is equipped with the highways of the type the people desire, Mobile and the coast of Baldwin and Mobile counties will be the favored resorts of the people of Alabama and parts still further North. There is a charm about the Gulf coast, particularly at seasons of the year not agreeable elsewhere, which takes hold Of visitors and never again frees them from it's spell. The people of Alabama are about to enter into new kinship with this delectable part of the state, and to the mutual benefit of all concerned. Mobile is congratulated on her enterprise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-06
NOT POOLING THE PEOPLE.

If there is any doubt among city com missioners as to the public dlsapproVai of their effort to inject city politics into the park board and to force the commls- sion choice upon the board in contraven- tion of the spirit of the law, that doubt should be seriously shaken by the frank and emphatic resolution of the Birming- ham Kiwanis Club. A portion of the resolution reads: "That as, under the law, the governing body of the city has no power to fill the vacancy by appoint ment, that to attempt to fill the vacancy by declining to nominate any person other than their nominee, rejected, IS contrary to and breach of the spirit oi the law. That it is to the interest of the city of Birmingham that the vacancy should be filled as soon as practlcaDle and that both the governing body ot the city and the park and recreation ooaro should exercise the power vested m them respectively by law and without eltner board attempting to usurp the rlgnt ana power vested in the other by law"
 The resolution of the Kiwanis Club, composed of business men concerned m the community welfare, should indicate very clearly to the city commissioners that no explanation of any sort and no oenlai of political purpose can blind the people or this city as to the real situation. Politics of petty nature is baking the election ot a new park board member, and not any consideration for the best interests Of the community. The city commissioners have shown their desire to force their choice upon the board, not because of the proved exceptional ability of their choice, but because of the obvious politl,, cal desire of the commission to control the boards decision. The city commission will have hard time persuading the peo- pie that they can discover only one man in all this multitude who can per form the duties of park commissioner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-06
Forum Of The People
Deny Legion Unfriendliness To H. G. Davis.

Deny Legion Unfriendliness To H. G. Davis. To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 A story in The Age-Herald of Sunday, Nov. 2, headed Political Play Laid to Davis by Legionnaires," seemed, at least to certain legionnaires. as most untimely. I will go further than that-it was, so far as Birming- ham Post, Mo- 1, of the American Legion IS concerned, unwarranted, unauthorized, unfair and untrue.
 To say that any political play has been or will be laid to Harwell G. Davis; to say that he is "trying to capitalize his military rec ord" to say that he is trying ito catch the Legion lote' by the appointment of J. Fred Johnson, Alabama Department Commander of the American Legion; or to say that MT. Davis may be called upon ito do bit of ex- plaining to some of.the American Legion lead CTS who invited him to come here," for an Armistice Day address, is the sheerest hokum
 The American Legion does not vote as the Legion; its members vote as individual citl- zens. And legionnaires vote as they fought for what they conscientiously believe IS right.
 If any man or any group of men think to SOW discord within the ranks of the Amerl- can Legion by any such rumor as was turned in to The Age Herald for the above described y, out to be the deadliest sort of boomerang. A better and surer way of uniting the legion naires solidly could scarcely be devised than by such violation of what the fighting man has been taught to regard as right and justice. Arthur Greenwood, commander of Blrmlng- ham Post No. 1, of the American Leglon' did not give anybody authority even to sug- gest the statements, insinuations or innuen- does of the above designated Sunday story i; neither did the executive committee of the Birmingham Legion; neither did any action of the membership of the local organization
 The whole story was in error and is calcu- lated to do MT. Davis and the American Legion in Birmingham a gross injustice.
 Men who love right resent injustice.
 ARTHUR GREENWOOD,
 Commander Birmingham Post, No. l.
 GEO. LEWIS BALES, Ex-Post Commander and Post Vice Depart
 ment Commander, the American Legion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-06
THE AMENDMENTS CARRY.

The success of the various amendments to the state constitution indicates dis position on the part of the people of Ala bama to encourage all communities that desire to impose upon themselves addl- tional revenues for public betterments.. It was also graceful acknowledgements of the right the veterans of Alabama have earned to full and permanent franchise free of poll-taxes for the future. Thls is not gift on the part of the people Of Alabama, but the payment of an obl1ga- tion. If man who takes up arms Tn be- half of his country does not deserve un- qualified franchise in his own state or the state of his adoption, then it is im- possible to earn such a right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-06
Brief Nature Studies
FROM fears rise blessings. From dread of
By J. OTIS SWIFT

FROM fears rise blessings. From dread of
 elements evolved religion. From terror came things of joy, art, beauty. Our neolithic ancestors, descendants of artistic cave-dwelling Gro -Magnons, had traditions of half-human creatures hiding in rock Assures and appearing suddenly to startle travellers. Out of these old legends grew our fairy lore. They were memories of the Neanderthal hairy sub-men, exterminated by superior Cro- Magnons, who refused to absorb them.
 These stories of Little People, gnomes, fays, told to children over camp-fires and in rude huts, expanded and glorified their imagina- tions. Imagination, the power of the mind to create mental figments, has grown with hu- manity until in the poet it is power shared with the Divinity.
 And God said Let there be light, and there was light" The poet says Let there be Little People," and to millions sharing his imagination there are Little People. If sub stance is but thought of the Infinite, then elemental creatures, created by the mind of poet, exist as truly. Thoughts are sub stance. "There is no such thing as nothing" says the Philosopher of Ossining.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-06
Thinking Is Better
 Than Whipping
NUMBER of correspondents have re-
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

A NUMBER of correspondents have re- A piled to my article upon Beating Chil- A dren." I have been called "maudlln and "blabbering" When people go to calling names it shows they are very much Ill earnest.
 There is one man, however, that has fur nished me with new text. He says, Tn SUD stance, that corporal punishment is justifia- ble for boy rowdies who throw stones anu then run away mocking.
 Which reminds me of historic occurrence that may shed little light upon the question.
 When John H. Patterson built the first shops for manufacturing his cash register at Dayton, Ohio, he made them with many win dows. They were, however, in section ot the suburbs where host of bad boys dwelt. These boys amused themselves and exercised their destructive propensities by breaking the windows.
 Now, the natural, ordinary, and stupid thing for Mir. Patterson to do was to have the urchins arrested, fined, and sent to prison. That is the average fool logic of men. That will show them how to damage other peoples property. That will frighten them into obedi- ence to law!"
 The only trouble with that process is that it never has worked and never will work Punishment has never abated crime since the foundation of the world. It increases crime It fosters criminal class.
 Mir. Patterson did not arrest the young hoodlums. Instead he sat down and thought. If people would do a little serious thinking it would save them a deal of folly.
 And he asked himself: "Why do these boys throw stones through my windows! They don't know me, nor hate me-" And after more careful thinking he came to the conclusion that the boys wrecked windows simply because they had nothing else to do that was so interesting as that.
 So he determined to give them something to do. He gave plot of ground to the boys of the neighborhood. He hired an expert gardner to show the boys how to raise things, And the boys took to gardening as a monkey takes to sugar.
 For bows love to be outdoors, to exercise, to raise things, and to make money. They like that better than breaking windows.
 So Mir. Patterson killed off" the bad boy pests in the very best way to kill off any "bad" people, which is by tact and forethought nature.
 That is the gist of the whole matter. There are few bad boys and girls. There are too many ignorant, dull-minded, and childish grown people A child is a bundle of activi- ties. Spend a proper amount of time and trouble in arranging for these activities to be normally and joyfully exercised and your children's badness" will disappear.
 Punishment, the ancient and venerable superstition that fear will make character, is an utter humbug.
 The Boys Gardens" idea has spread. It has been adopted by many public schools. Unmeasured good has come from the plan. More good is yet to come when we shall get all the little ones out of doors to play with Mother Earth. And all because @ man had sense enough, when he was injured, to think and not to strike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-06
Ebh And Flood Of Revolutions.

Since the day the Chinese cut off their pig ment, of the republic, the huge country has tails in the excitement following the establish not seen day of peace and tranquility. Rival governors of provinces have battled for the supremacy. The country is being turned into one graveyard. The transition has per haps been too sudden. Revolutions are often like great tidal waves. They sweep every thing before them, they break the dikes and flood the land, but slowly the waters recede and return to their true level. In Russia, just emerging from feudalism and serfdom, Lenin saw a chance to speed up the historical pro- cess toward democracy by seizing the reins of government. The Kerensky revolution swept way beyond it's aim. Lenin, always frank, saw the mistake and ordered the eco- homie retreat. But his successors do not know the word. They still think that they can eliminate certain phases of the process of modern civilization. They look beyond de- mocracy and by terrorism and suppression try true level Machine guns are poor weapons to stop the waters that want to return to their after all in such a struggle. The pendulum of history cannot be starved. By grasping it too long, the Bolsheviks even create the dam ger of having the pendulum swing back fur ther than it should go. For once it is loosened, Russia might not stop halfways at the stage of parliamentary democracy, but again fall inSthe hands of autOcrats at the other extreme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-06
The Right Word
By W. cUR1As NICHOLSON
THE VERDICT.


 Stephen J. Spitzer, New York City: kindly give your verdict on the following "'None but me knew, etc.'-But is correct ly used, is it not?
 "'Frank as we'll as Charles was asking whom should like to be.
 "'The money lay on my desk"
 Me is correct in the first sentence. But is correctly used.
 Was is correct in the second sentence. The subject is Frank. Whom is incorrect. The right word is who.
 The third sentence is correct.
 A Case Of Indigestion?
 The ninth sentence in the recent test (one could hardly call it the ninth sentence because it did not appear through an error on the part of the printer) gave one contestant a subject for comment
 o. Hurst of Stapleton, S. l., wrote, Where the (censored) is No. 9? You will please note that I substituted one.''
 Mr. Hurst's substitution should give joy to those who like to murder the English language It follows:
 @. I'll bet you one tenth of buck that ain't agonna git in no one hundred per nothin class. If the other 19 bees right I'll eat your hat"
 MT. Hurst will not be troubled with eat ing hat this time as he had considerably more than one wrong. Maybe his ninth sen- tence effected his answers.
 Yesterdays Error.
 Wrong: But the first with the second are interesting objects of discussion.
 Right: But the first with the second is an interesting object of discussion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-06
96NXfIRR

Come Over And Play Golf Some Night!" Home, Sweet Home has been struck an other blow. Night golf on an electrically lighted course has been established as pos sible. Hereafter when a Golf Widows hus- band stays out all night the first suspicion will be that he was playing in Dusk to Dawn golf tournament.
 From now on a golf course may be judged not so much for it's greens as for it's lighting system.
 "Ever play Geranium Hills?" one golfer will ask another.
 'No, but I'd like to-"
 Come over some night and try it."
 "Is it a pretty fair course"
 Marvellous! We've just had the iluminat- ing plant entirely overhauled at cost of $15, 5,OO0w
 "How big is the course?"
 Seven hundred"
 "Holes?"
 "No; arc lights! !"
 Are there any hazards?"
 "Yes, there's a dark corner on the sixth and two broken bulbs on the eleventh. Then there's short circuit on the fourteenth green that gives a player a lot of trouble if he doesn't carry matches"
 "Is it well trapped?"
 "One of the best men in the business super vised the trapping"
 "Who was hep
 Eddie Zwilch."
 "Is he an authorit yon golf?"
 "No, but he's an expert on lighting"
 "What's considered a good sore there" "Well, I played it last Saturday night in 1S7."
 Strikes"
 "No; matches"
 "what happens when you drive ball into the darkness?" "A player is allowed to take a penalty of two strokes and put new ball in play under the nearest electric light" "Who's the club champion now"
 "Elmer Griggs. He plays wonderful game of night golf. Never loses ball v What makes him so good" "He used to be a night watchman in moth ball factory. How are your caddies?
 "Fine. Every one of lem is licensed electrician"
 "Id like to have you play my club, the Daffycrest, some night, too" II hear it's in bad condition" T was in bad condition but it's great now"
 "Is that so?"
 Yes; we've had the course entirely re- wired r'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-06
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N HUMAN bones, frozen shreds of tents, TT sleeping bags and camp equipment
 = found in the bear-tracked snow on Herald Island have brought the solution to the mystery of an Arctic expedition sent out by the Canadian government in 1913. A Scottish surgeon, a French oceanogfapher, an English anthropologist and a Canadian sailor were the victims. A correspondent, writing from Alaska, says that death must
 have come to the men in the form of over whelming sleep during violent blizzard. Yet there is nothing merciful or soothing about
 death of that kind. It is terrible struggle against pain first then numbness and then
 sleep. The explorer or prospector caught in
 the jeering, yelling, cutting blast of an Arctic
 blizzard knows that it is a battle for life.
 This writer, lost with dog team on the i'm mense fastness of frozen Night Hawk lake, tramped through the packing snow and the
 blinding storm for days and nights. As numb ness and weariness were stalking his foot steps like two helpers of death he finally
 gave in and wanted to sit down and sleep. faithful dog the leader of the team, sensed the danger. He whined and rubbed, paved, scratched and bit until another attempt at progress was made. Suddenly the blizzard subsided at dawn the third morning and be- yond the spruce boughs on the shore was a blue haze of smoke rising from a prospectOr's cabin. We were back at the same spot we had left three days before. Then came more intense pain as two bearded cheekchakoS, pounded and rubbed the frost out of hands and feet. But the journey in the snow with
 the vivid prospect of freezing to death was frightful horror, worse than the first gas. at
 tack at St. Julien for instance. For there were company and common danger.