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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
The First Seuen Yedrs
By H. ADDINGToN BRUCE

Few parents really appreciate the supreme importance of the first seven years of a child's life in their bearing on all the years that follow. It is not too much to say that those first years largely determine the whole course of maturity.
 And whether they shall determine it for good or i'll is largely a matter for the parents to decide. 5
 It is known, to be more specific, that the first seven years are not merely figuratively, but literally, years of foundationbuilding for the physical health of adult life. If they are years in which no particular care is taken to promote growth and to develop bodily resistivity to disease through providing the proper conditions of diet, air, sunshine and play, then adult life is all too likely to be a life of weakness rather than strength no mat ter how good the heredity.
 Nor is it enough to make the first seven years period of good general hygienic care.
 Special precautions need to be taken to safeguard the growing child from physical defects which, if neglected may later serve as starting points for systemic disease. There must be close and frequent medical super vision, with special reference to the detec- tion of ,postural defects, local diseases of the mouth, throat and nasal passages, and weak ness of the lungs. heart and other organs.
 To wait until children reach school age be fore providing regular medical supervision is mistake many parents make. That it is costly mistake is evinced by the prevalence of tuberculosis and other diseases the seed of which are known to be commonly sown in early life.
 Also to emphasize the importance of the first seven years is the now well established fact that nervous and mental disorders so widespread today, frequently have their origin Tn errors of upbringing during childhood.
 Those same errors-principally errors in failure to train for usefulness and emotional control-if they do not eventuate in nervous and mental disordes are certain to eventuate at least in serious character defects
 Every waking hour" to quote a recent radio broadcast of the national committee for mental hygiene, "the child is reacting emo tionally to situations that arise in it's environ ment. Through these experiences it forms emotional habits-ways of meeting unpleasant situations, ways of looking at things ways of feeling about things.
 "These habits tend to become fixed, and if they are bad habits they lead in adult life warped, twisted and odd personalities, and sometimes to nervous and mental break downs"
 All of which, of course, means that par ents ought to take with exceeding serious ness the great task of child rearing, and ought to fit themselves for it as well as they pos sibly can by attentive study of the principles of physical and mental hygiene. In larger number parents must do this, if the health rate, the efficiency rate, and the happiness rate of maturity are ever to be appreciably raised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
" dtching The Pardde.
By JOHN PILGRIM

i
 It pays to be on good terms with your banker. Not because he can loan you money --at any rate, not wholly because of that but because he can give you lot of infor- nation without breaking the monastic rules of money. Therefore this morning said to Bill, who is in charge, of my checking ac, count ss'i
 "Bill,'' I said, what do you know about Tom CollinsE sts@
 The reason for asking is that Tom runs a haberdashery downtown. The windows are filled with silk things and w0olen things and dewdads of various sorts. All very enticing The other day Mrs. Pilgrim entered the haber- dashery, being filled with the altrufstic de termination to buy me tie.
 But that tie is too thick" she said to Mir. Collins. My husband likes a smaller knot. ''
 "If he knew how to tie a knOt," said Mir Collins, The would not have any trouble"
 ''No doubt" said Mrs. Pilgrim, sweetly. Good morning"
 So she walked out and Mir. Collins grumpily put the ties away. No doubt he told one of the clerks about cranky woman. But he lost sale, and Mrs. Pilgrim told friend or two about 1t and he lost other sales, and because am loyal to Mrs. Pilgrim went elsewhere for the shirts I bought today. No doubt he was correct. If I were a good tie tyer it is probable that could make q thin knot out of a thick tie, But am not, just as he saids told the story to Bill the banker.
 "Glad you told me-" said he. five thought for a long time that he was carrying too much credit. If that's the way he treats his trade I know he is
 So got the information was after. Tom Collins is on the verge of bankruptcy. And I know why.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
The Leading JeWs

Interesting conclusions are to be drawn from a ballot the New York Jewish Tribune has been taking to determine the twelve out standing Jews of the world. This is the re. suit:
 Albert Einstein, Germany; Chain Wiz mann, England; Israel Zangwell, England Louis Marshall, United States; Louis D. Brandeis, United States Lord Reading, Eng. land; Nathan Strauss, United States; George Stephen s. Wise, United States; Henri Berg son, France; Arthur Schnitzler, Austria.
 As America, leading Catcholic American publication remarks this is rather an amaz. ing result. The Jew is popularly associated with commerce. Yet in this list there is not a single business man.
 In the order given these names offer as the favorite choice of the American Jew a physcist, a chemist man of letters, a law. yer, justice, the vieeroy of India, philan- thropist critic, poet, rabbi, philOso- pher and playwright.
 We have right, therefore, to assume that money y-making is not the ideal of the Ameri can jews. As America remarks, it is educa- tion the Jew seeks everywhere and his face is set toward all the avenues of success to which education can lead.
 | Among the other names mentioned in the ballot besides the twelve elect were nine rab bis, nine distinguished in literature, nine in finance and commerce who are more famous as philanthropists than as business men, six in academic work, five in art, five in music four in Journalism and three in theatricals. The Jewish people have reason to feel proud of the result of this contest.
 In similar competition neither Catholic nor Protestant population could possibly have voted more discriminatory in favor of those who serve humanity best
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07

nicipal market house. to have purchased the additional Third avenue property would have been in the nature of real estate speculation which is not included in the functions and duties of the municipal body. The comnnis- sion is therefore to be commended for re- fusal to put the municipal government in the real estate business. -f. 4
 There is no reason why the city should purchase any real estate except such as is manifestly needed for public purposes, and even then the financial. condition of the city and the apparent public benefits should be carefully considered in connection with such transactions. Purchasing realty offered os- tensibly as a favor to the city, but in reality as an ordinary business proposition, may be interesting to real estate owners and agents, but should concern the city only in the light of public needs and benefits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
THE WORD BANKRUPT"

Although the dictionary does net recog- nize the word broke" in the sense of be- ing deprived of funds, or givesit sss mac cepted slang, the word bankrupt" is, in it's derivation; the exact etymological equivalent of broke" ' r. ia 10
 All the European nations, practically, use the word bankrupt. The root of the word is the Latin "ruptus," broken, through the French, in the Norman period, "roupter," " to break.
 The first part of the term is the we'll known word bank, through the French "banque."
 When a bank, whether in Monte Carlo or elsewhere, is broken, it may certainly be said to be broke The difference is one of grammar only the idea is the same. A man who is bankrupt is, theoretically at least, sshroke"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
Forum. Of The People
want Direct Road Through Hale

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 In The Age-Herald of Sunday, March 4 we were made to appear as advocating as the first road to be built in Hale county Dy the state and federal governments the road from Greensboro to Newborn. This IS no' a fact. We consider that any. road that does not connect the various county seats by the most direct and feasible routes is in viola, tion of the letter and spirit of the law and a violation of the pledges made to the peo' pie of Alabama when they were asked to vote for the $25,O00,O00 bond issue.
 We advocate a road that will start at the Tuscaloosa line and will come to Greensboro through the geographical center of the county, as near as natural conditions will permit, and from Greensboro south to the Marengo county line through the geographical center of the county, as near as natural conditions will permit Such a road will be fair to everybody and will be the most direct route through the county, and in our judgment the most feasible. We commend the stand by The Age-Herald and the people of Alabama should be grateful to you in your efforts to get these roads placed without favor to any one. k. b. WALLMh,
 H. c. CHILDRESS.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
THE ENGINEERS OPINION

te Highway Commissioner Rogers in a statement seeks to give out the i'm on that the detour by way of Gaines in Greene county has the indorsement ;hway engineers, and mentions the fact the assistant state engineer was accom- by the federal engineer for this state trip of inspection, thus suggesting renee that MT. Wells recommended IT. On the face of it, the inference und,, for Mir. Wells, being federal
 onld not pass O any route off the
 system. On the contrary, the fact lpes-Boligee route is on the federal lis prima facie evidence that it, and Ietour, bears Mir. Wells stamp of It is also worthy of note, and gular, that the state highway en-
 not on record as indorsing the
 detour.
 then on whose engineering judg-
 gers bases his approval of the
 It is on the authority of no
 ,sistant Highway Engineer Me
 .gineer said to be in some meas
 ,ible for the added condition in lnty, where the state is spending oney to construct a Class A con way. and where the state is actually highway, improperly conceived, that to fall to pieces within the year.
 the people of Alabama hear MT. uoted, let them think of the state
 s outstanding highway failure, the
 lty highway, and let them remem-
 r. McCalla has been personally in
 that construction. Let them re- also that Chairman Rogers of the mission is also the Chairman Rogers Id commission, which had that Shelby fiasco put over on it.
 matter of fact, the highway commits approval of the Gainesville detour IS on the determination of MT. Rogers ake that detour, and is supported by 1tely no opinion of any engineer of i'm nee. The federal engineers cannot pass " highway off the federal-aid system, he state highway engineer, Mir. Keller, on record as having approved the ,yille detour. Let the people of Ala consider that remarkable fact and ap- MT. Rogers decision at it's proper As to the moral obligation of the " commission to spend the people s where it will be of most statewide Mir. Rogers is strangely silent. In r. Rogers makes it plain that he does phasize the statewide benefit. for he k"Colonel McCalla's impression from ;ng the people of both sections of Greene .fv talk was that probably one-third of ei..,hty is in favor of the Boligee route fNb- thirds in favor of the Gainesville In other words, the "expert' opinion s. Resistant engineer is based upon his .sn in estimating the local sentiment. as " of the pretty little game of politics. aS4 there lis no proof that the estimate s.lsment lis correct. Information re- s-am other sources is to the contrary.
 .-%l. Rogers fails to realize, the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
Opportunity

CThomas J. Murray in Farm Life) To nearly every one there comes a tide, On which our splendid dream ships ride and
 ride; With longed-for treasure from Hesperides, That lie beyond the wide and tossing seas. Yet, strange sometimes our eyes may not
 discern Their bright arrival and from them we turn Or with some dear delusion we insist That richer cargoes towards us swing and
 list Then, through the bitter rains of vain re.
 gret, We cry for chances which we can'ttforget.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
GOOD BUSINESS JUDGMENT

In deciding not to purchase some lots on Third avenue which were offered the city commission at a good price for the owners, the commission displayed business judgment. Instead of buying the lots, the commission agreed to sell at fair profit two adjoining lots for which there seems no definite public need.
 abandon the proposed establishment of an open-air market in conjunction with the mu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
The Right Word
Who And Whom
By cURTIs NIcRoLsON

WnO Ana whom
 (Find the error in this artiele)
 When asking a question, the selection Of who or whom depends on whether the word selected is the subject of a verb or the object of verb or proposition. The fact that who or whom begins a sentence does not deter. mine the correct selection, for sentence in the form of a question is usually inverted In other words the first word is not always the subject. Therefore, when the sentence is rearranged into grammatical order, it is frequently easily seen that the first word should be whom, not who.
 Examples
 Right: Who is there? S- Right: Who was he? Grammatical order: He was who'll Wrong: Who did you call?
 Right: Whom did you call? Grammatical order: You did call whom?) Wrong: Who were you speaking of? Right: Whom p>re you speaking of? Grammatical order: You were speaking of whom? A more elegant form would be the following: Of whom were you speaking 9
 More Questions
 E. F. J. s., Spokane, Washington twill you kindly tell me why, in the following sen tence, the verb, glide Is used instead of glides: As the long train of ages glide awayY The quotation Is from Thanatopsis, Also, in the following sentences should singu- lar or plural verbs be used, and why: A large number of men were employed; A score of years have elapsed; A part of the taxes was paid?'
 Answer: The author considered 'train of ages' plural. "A number,1is always plural "A score of years" is plural. "A part of the taxes" is considered a unit and therefore singular.
 Yesterdays Error
 Wrong: One of the problems that has caused never failing discussion involves the caused never failing discussion ...
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
Asks For The Facts

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 If the friends of Senator Underwood will answer a few plain questions in simple, straight-forward way they can render a great service to his campaign. What real service has he ever rendered to his constituency Tn Alabama? Specifically, what has he ever done for the farmer? What has he ever done for the average business man? What has he ever done for the laboring man, organized or unorganized? What has he ever done for the cause of temperance? What has he ever done for education? What has he ever done for reform or for progress?
 If these questions can be fully and satis- factorily answered, I believe MT. Underwood will carry the electorate of Alabama and the vote of the nations democracy. But if they are not answered, he can never be nominated and elected president of the United States. Panegyric is not necessary. High-sounding phrases are not essential. Facts will be suf- ficient. J.. Q. HAYNES.
 Birmingham, Ala, March ,, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
WORDS OF WISDOM

Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by the
 glare,
 And Mammon wins his way where Seraphs
 might despair. --Bryon. Let us consider the reason of the case. For noothing is law that is not reason:-Sir John Powell.
 Hours are golden links-God's token reach ing heaven.-Dickens. ta-' ,s."% Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.-St. Matthews. If thou art a master, be sometimes blind {; if a servant, sometimes deaf.-Fuller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
"Duty Is To All The People"

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 In The Age-Herald of Sunday, March ?, there appeared an article in regard to the situation in Hale county in which reference is made to my having circulated petition for a certain road. The road advocated by the petition I circulated would connect Greens boro, the county seat of Hale county, with the MarengO county line, with Linden, the county seat of Marengo county, the objective, by the most direct and feasible route. I refer you to a map of Hale county. This road from Greensboro to the Marengo county line would pass through the geographical center of Hale county measuring from east to west. This road would not, incidentally, pass by my place, as stated in your article, but would pass four miles east of my place. It would, however, put my place six miles nearer to the state and federal highway than I would be if the road is built down the eastern side of Hale county, and ill sight for long dis tance of the Perry county line, as now pro- posed. The highway commission can carry out the letter and spirit of the law and can make good the campaign pledges made to the people If they desire to do so. Their duty is to all the people. May they have the grace to see that duty and may they have the courage to do it. Incidentally, the Newborn. Uniontown route will pass by the property of two of the gentlemen referred to i'll your article. viz, County Commissioner Douglass and Colonel T. R. Ward. The Herald is right in the position it has taken and your efforts in behalf of the people should be ap- preciated.
 MRS. ROBERT K. GREENE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07


 eee pdt1 abilities for public benefits <lkf ke4t4h institute which will con $ iatters bearing upon the pub n III &ctical talks and demonstra- &ee Aea rs every Tuesday and Friday se9 ueez4 Such subjects as typhoid, M1l& inlspection and distribution, Nn5D1t Mosquito control and sanita- waH be con$idered in the light of local A Ad benefits, and valued results are e<eq from the educational advantages S are hundreds of individuals, as we'll v enp1oysrs of labor, in this city and Nt wAo nre willing and ready to CO., N n tho Improvement of health condi- Nhen they appreciate the great value vlie ke<h to themselves. The health Ute is Intended to be informative, and bring directly to the attention of many and means, often simple and inexpen- whereby they can contribute to the i'm nent of health conditions.
 season is approaching when special nd effort are needed to prevent diseases sd by flies and mosquitoes. Hence the wtance Of special sanitary work in re- ng stagnant pools, standing water, and breeding places of these insects, while ing up back yards and alleys, cutting ' and otherwise improving sanitary con-
 things will be discussed and
 d at the meetings of the
 mich is conducted under the
 Third District of Women's
 Dr. Bowling, as head of
 ftment, is assisting in the
 institute, whose work and
 to be of practical commu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07

question is not a local question, but state question and an engineering question. The state welfare calls for the cheaper and direct route. The engineering reply is on record and is absolutely unmistakable. It also calls for the Epes-Boligee direct route, and is so recorded both at Montgomery and at Wash ington, if MT. Rogers cared to ascertain it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
MIN. hVDLNI IN. UNIN4-N ID Greensboro, Ala.
No Doubt As To Federal Aid PIedl

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 Before the state highway bond issue was voted there was doubt in my mind and among the public generally about just how our money was to be matched by federal aid. I think you will find in one issue of The Age-Herald some time just before the bonds were voted statement by Mir. John A. Rogers in the columns of your paper to the effect that no road would be built except by money equally divided between funds from state bond issue and federal highway aid. We were told and he made speeches to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
Boligee, Ala, Feb. 29, 1924. ,..
Favored Underwood; Objects To Methods To the Editor of The Age-Herald t "

Favored Underwood; Objects To Methods To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 My name appears on the list of the speak CTS for Senator Underwood's campaign in Alabama. I cheerfully gave my name to con tribute what little I could to his success. When I discovered the real purpose of the presidential primary law, copies of which were circulated late in December, by which the right of the people to choose delegates to the national conventions was taken from them and placed in the hands of an individ- ual, concluded the rights of the people were being sacrificed completely to the ambition of one person and of his friends.
 could not conscientiously favor such un- fair methods. On January 2, 1924, I wrote to MT. Ali Tunstall, the chairman of the Underwood committee, and to Governor Bran don, his friend, that I must withdraw my ground of the unfair law. l expressed re- grets that things should have taken such a turn and told them in my opinion it was | little short of tragedy to sacrifice Mir. Under wood by such an unnecessary and unwise law which the people would resent. Later the attorney general stated that the law was violation of the constitution of the state. | Then, more than ever, l saw the necessity for sustaining the constitution above any per version that few designing politicians might | plan.
 If our constitution is to be more than a "scrap of paper" it must be sustained and respected by all the people, regardless of who proposes to justify it's violation. The act, while probably not intended to be so, is revolutionary in character, because it takes away the right of choice. If permitted to go unchecked. it will naturally proceed to the | taking away of other rights from the people and will lead to intimidations and threats by which we cease to be a free people and become the tools of those who chance to have power. I regret that my name is still un- erased on the literature of the violators of the law and I publicly stare that II cannot and do not favor their cours ,. 4alaYa
 MRS. C H. MATHIS. | Gndsden, Ala. March 4. a924
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07

Whether or not MT. Borah could satisfac torily perform the duties of attorney general there is nc, doubt of his capacity to tell every body connected with the department wha they should do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07

Aspirants for political office in Honduras appear to be remarkably active considering the size and character of the plums to be shaken down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07

The Boston Transcript says that 1t seems about time for Diogenes to show up in Wash ington with his lantern" Prudence should suggest that he employ some other fuel than oil ar alcohol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07

4 dispatch from abroad says that Europe is at the turning point, which is another way of saying that Europe is still operating in circle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07

The longtime problem of furnishing cam paiGn publicity for aspirants for office with out huge monetary expenditures seems now easy of solution Let the government equip a super-radio broadcatsing station and di- vide the time equitably among presidential and other candidates. Then abolish simul- taneously the franking privilege on speeches. Boston Herald l t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07

Automobile drivers who dash across the railroad tracks in defiance of that warning will catalogue themselves as hopeless victims of the gambling instinct. The death rate among poker players at grade crossinss should be substantially boosted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
THE REAL. PI1ZzIE

The Manchester Guardian discusses at length "The Origin of Umbrellas." But what we want to know is not where they come from but where they go to.-Providence Journal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
AN EGG BELT PURIsT

The question of whether hen sits or sets is not nearly as important astwhether she lays or lies when she cackles.-West Plains, Mo, Journal.