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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
AMENDING COURT PROCEDURE

An ancient observer once remarked that "the mills of the gods grind slowly" but in these days of slow court processes the mills of the gods would have been re- garded as unusually brisk. However, there is obvious effort being made to hasten the cause of justice through the courts. The recent judicial conference of federal senior circuit judges in Wash ington adopted resolutions resulting in circular letter by Chief Justice Taft, di- rected to all federal district judges, rec ommending certain changes in procedure.
 One of the most important of these is the rule providing that continuances shall be granted only for such unavoidable causes as sickness or necessary absence of important witnesses. When a case has been unnecessarily delayed for year and neither side takes steps to bring it to trial within a specified period after the open ing of new term, it is urged that such case be dismissed. The judges also sug- gest that the courts at frequent intervals set dates for the hearing of motions and the settlement of issues, and that post ponement of such hearings should not be allowed except for such causes as would justify the continuance of cases.
 A rule that would simplify procedure and prevent much blocking of trials is the one providing that the judges alone shall conduct the examination of prospective jurors. If counsel for either side desire additional inquiry, their queries should be submitted to the judge for presentation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
PREPARATIONS PROGRESS.

Cheering reports by Owen D. Young of the workings of the leparations plan, which he admittedly did more than any other man to make possible, are not only interesting, but heartening to the busi- ness interests of this country. MT. Young says that he has been surprised at the ease with which the plan has been set in operation because of its simplicity in principle and it's common-sense appli- cation to the situation. A notable readi- ness by the German railways and indus tries to mortgage their properties in the interests of reparation payments is cited as a striking feature of the plans work ings. As one favorable result of the plan most of the gold marks necessary to meet the first payments due the last of next August have been collected.
 Already the situation bids fair to re- flute claims by some German interests that Germany could not meet conditions as laid down in the plan, and also to si- lence croakings from French sources of Germanys unwillingness to meet her reparations payment. There is, accord ing to MT. Young's report of the eX- perts' plan, an apparent willingness in Germany to cooperate in the task. h. dustry is said to be showing improvement, and unemployment is decreasing, because of the settlement of this difficult prob lem. It is evident that the German peO- ple, and especially the industrial interests of that country, have finally awakened to the fact that the prudent and construc- tive thing to do is to refrain from further opposition to ways and means for meet ing reparation payments, and get down to the business of meeting the situation as it exists.
 Far too much time has been wasted in Germany in opposition to separations That there is wide recognition in that country that further resistance to jus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
Strong Foreign Policy.

There will be a complete review of every phase of Great Britain's foreign policy, since the advent of the conservative party to power at Westminster. MT. Austen Chamberlain, the son of Britain's great imperialist, who thundered against little Englandism," has charge of the foreign office and may be looked for to try little strengthening dose for wan ing British prestige in the Far East" The great naval base at Singapore, the cOnstruc- tion of which was opposed by the MacDon- aid government, is now practically assured. Then there are the relations with China. The new leaders in Britain are not going to sit idly by while the Russians pursue, without diplomatic opposition, the age-old policy of the czars, extension of their spheres of influ- ence in the east The new Russia has recog- nized China on basis of equality, something wholly distasteful to the policy of British im- perialism. M. Karakan, the Russian ambas- sador in China, has carftily made headway by aiding and abetting in the decentralization of China by recognizing the autonomy of differ ent provinces. The British are going to counteract this move. And probably will back Feng, the Christian general, who stands for federal republic. There is nothing of the pacifist about Feng. He is what may be called an Old Testament Christian, sword in hand, ready to fight any day. His force ful appearance on the scene recently has re- stored peace and changed Pekin from city of dreadful uncertainty to a rather prosperous oriental metropolis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
A New Crop.

Dispatches from Helsingfors reveal great uneasiness in government circles over the increase in communist activities. Numerically the problem is not any bigger than in other European countries, but in the case of Fin land there comes the added disagreeable sit uation of its close proximity to Russia. The Russian reds have not forgotten the massa- ere of 75,OO0 of their Finnish comrades three years ago. And the bolshevik government has always been somewhat reluctant in ac- |cepting the "fait accompli'' of the Kerensky government, which gave Finland it's freedom after long years of czarist rule. The present rulers in Moscow would have preferred Fin land as member of the U. s. S. R. (Union of Souviet Socialist Republics). Finland may have demurred at such a union, but persuasion would have come in the from of some red army divisions with their bayonets and machine guns. Instead, Finland slipped out of Rus sia's grasp and made certain that no "coup'' would be attempted by simply exterminating the bolsheviks within her borders. That was three years ago. Another crop of reds must have grown since the massacre. For the German and French newspapers carry alarm ing reports on the rapid frowth of a revolu- tionary movement in Finland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
THE ANNUAL POULTRY SHOW.

The raising and marketing of poultry and products in Alabama has become an important industry. It has become so within the past decade, or even half-de- cade. Within the past few months the industry has been given renewed inn pulse by the orderly formation of poultry clubs in almost all the counties of the state. Yet the supply of Alabama poul- try is not increasing so rapidly as the de- mand for poultry products. The industry in Alabama has profitable opportunity to develop a capacity to satisfy the in crease in demand alone, to say nothing of supplying the great portion of the demand now met by growers outside of the state. The field is wide and there has yet no limit of production been reached beyond which it is not profitable to go. On the contrary, the supply has for years Jagged far behind the demand.
 Therefore, it is with peculiar gratifica- ton that this community is now per mitted to welcome the second annual ap- pearance of the Birmingham Interstate Poultry Show, which opens it's doors to the public today at 2515 First Avenue. The show will remain in progress through Saturday, and invites the liberal patron age of the people of this community. The purpose of the exhibit is not to make money but to create healthy and intelli- gent interest in poultry production of the right kind.
 Ten states will be represented in the exhibits and valuable birds, the best of their blood in the South, will be in evi- dence. It is said that one male bird valued at five hundred dollars is in the lot. Such a price is not a large one, if the bird shows quality of superior sort and commands good price for his offspring It is known that good qualities in poultry are hereditary just the same as in other domestic animals. A hen that will lay 250 eggs year is worth more than twice as much as hen that will lay only 125, for the offspring from a prolific /hen mated with an equally well-bred sire will also be more prolific and therefore worth more. Blood will tell in poultry just as surely as in horses or in humans.
 The poultry show will be a liberal edu- cation for those who will attend and care fully study the exhibits as we'll as talk to the various breeders who will be pres ent and full of their subject. Poultry is coming to be an important factor in the states productivity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
Brief Nature Studies
'TOR three fall seasons past have counted.
By J. OTIS SWIFT

"TOR three fall seasons past have counted.
 and this occurred up to the last week in October, six olive-backed thrushes in Gramercy Park in the heart of Manhattan, and also flicker, which, as you know. is a large bird, writes Chief City Magistrate Will liam McAdoo of New York. T saw these six thrushes for four successive Sundays in the little park, the last time on the 26th of October of this year, and stranger than all, the same number, six thrushes for the three years past, and how many more years l do not know, because I took no observations
 "Were they attracted by the lights on the Metropolitan tower to this small park? How did they find their way to it for three years in the fall in succession, for l presume they also came in the spring? How did they man age to find food among the unfriendly spar rows during those weeks?
 "On the last Sunday in October one thrush was missing. The place is infested with stray predatory and savage cats. One black beast with white face, drove out of the park A few minuter later she re-entered and was carrying off a bird. l am afraid it was one of the thrushes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
The Right Word
A WORD UNDERSTOOD. (Find the Error in This Article,
By ". CURTIS NICHOLSON

Mrs. Van Wyck, Anderson, s. C.: Please tell me if me is the correct word in the fol lowing sentence: Both are very we'll read, intelligent persons, much better educated than either Mary or me- I am confused. Sou16ls like it should read 'eitner Mary or l. value your column so much.'
 Answer: The right word is I. There is a word understood after "either Mary or I ;'' as. much better educated than either Mary or l are. at,. -
 One of a Few.
 recent test that any one falling into that class deserves commendation. Accordingly, today, "The Right Word' presents the name of F. E. Lymond of Chicago.
 In the Singular.
 G. Y., Columbia, S. C.: Kindly publish in your column which of the following is cor rect: 100 pounds of water-damaged cotton was taken from the interior of the bale; 100 pounds of water-damaged cotton were taken from the interior of the bale" Answer: The singular verb was is correct 100 pounds of water-dapaged cotton would be considered a unit. Thinks It Is Easy. A. c. Lock of Detroit thinks one of the sentences in the recent test is easy. He writes How should you like to be I? This is easy All you have to do is to ask question re- garding the sentence: Who should you like to be? Not, Whom should you like to be! Who is the nominatiye in the question that demands I, not me, the accusatiye.R
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
Watching The Pdrdde
By JOHN PILGRIM
N HY FRIEND BROWN, the we'll knowr WI barber and bobber, as he describes him

IN HY FRIEND BROWN, the well known WI barber and bobber, as he describes him self nowadays, regaled me with state ment of his breakfast differences.
 I'm not myself this. morning. he said frankly. My hand shakes. l wouldn't want to give you what I'd call wedding shave. I'd be little weak on the chin." Ps4sFs '.
 It was not that he was emotionally off, he assured me- He is long past the possibility of being affected by sentiment, It was merely that his digestion was impaired.
 "The pancakes this morning." he said, "were just Jumps of dough. They were hardly warm through. As soon as my wife would splatter fresh mess on the skillet she'd cOme over to the table and begin quarreling with me all over again I told her l wished she stop;
 Not that care what you say to me- l said. I'm used to that. You can't say any thing new, anyhow, because you've said 1t all. But I'm not used to ruined pancakes.
 Brown said he told his wife that the proof of feminine inferiority is that no woman can bawl q man out and fry proper pancake at the same time. She was still in action, he said, when he went through the gate. Prob ably will begin talking as soon as he opens the door tonight. But that will be al right, if only she has not spoiled his supper.
 q certainly hate to have my food messed up just because that woman can't talk and cook at the same time," he said plaintively.
 MT. Browns troubles would not be of i'm portance, except that it is only year since he kept me awake in his chair telling me of the perfections of his bride. Of course, only know one side of the case. Perhaps it is all Browns fault.
 Still, no one likes raw pancakes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
Thoughts

The sage may have a wonderous thought,
 Nobody cares. An inspiration he has caught
 Quite unawares. S0 The public loves a mighty fuss. 'sf It even likes to hear folks cuss. But for the thought-'twas ever thus
 Nobody cares. For thoughts, when they are yours alone,
 Nobody cares. To do some thinking of their own
 Each man prepares. Until d thought has trickled through The mass, no action you will view.
 Nobody cares. -Philander Johnson in the Washington Sta
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
Forum Of The People
The Best Roads Arc The Cheapest

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 I consider your concrete" edition of Thurs day a distinct aid to the cause of good road construction in this state.
 The building of hard-surfaced roads will not only save the people money in the wear ing out of vehicles, but will, in the course of ten years, save actual money for the tax pay CTS in that maintenance costs will be reduced to the minimum-to a practically neglible point-whereas hundreds of dollars will be required each year for each mile of common dirt road, leaving us with a road no better than we had in the beginning.
 No material less durable than concrete should be put on any important road in this state, and believe the people are willing to pay the price for this, if they are assured that that is what they shall get. The best is al- ways the cheapest.
 FLEET KIRKPATRICK.
 Parish, Ala, Nov. 2S, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01

|V/HAT mankind wants most of all is w glory. It means the deed, the word,
 or the state of being which shines.
 The real he'll of men and women is dullness, 6ryness, humdrum.
 The old painters put line of lights about the heads of saints. It was called halo It meant there was something in the nature of these superior souls that shone.
 Moses face shone when he came down from Sinai Jesus whole form shone on the Mount. of Transfiguration, and there is legend of an Irish saint who when praying in his lone ly hut filled it so with light that luminous rays were seen issuing from the cracks of the wall. Buddhist lore is full of shining ones.
 All this is an expression of the deep con viction of the race that the highest state of man is when he shines. DNt
 For this cause also anything that takes one "out of himself' has always been regarded by primitive peoples something supernatural. This is why the Greeks worshipped Bacchus and imagined the toxic effect of wine to be divine. And to this day men go to the bottle to get that semblance of uplift, to produce that illumination of the senses. A slang phrase suggests the truth of the matter, when it is said of a drunken man that he is "all lit up.'
 So the savage tribes everywhere have looked on insane persons as Gods own, as sacred.
 There is a great truth behind all these gropings. It is that the spirit of man craves something that will make it glow. What we ask of you, poet, is to give us this. We care nothing about your ord-juggling. Give us the luminous word, What the child asks of tic teacher is this not facts and precepts, but that something that shall make the young mind burn. What we ask of the preacher and prophet is not instruction; we know a deal now more than we can practice; but to make our souls 'burn within us by the way" l What we ask of the novelist is not clever plot nor perfect literature, but the torch, the electric shock. .. | The soul that does not glow does not live; it vegetates, as a cabbage. It is an apple with mo flavor, dinner of chemical compounds without savOr drab rose, an Odorless lily, bread without butter, potatoes without salt, an unlit candle. &&" 1 There has been much said of Love, bat the real reason why we make so much of it is that it makes life shine. It puts halo on a common face it makes drudgery divine. 1t touches poverty with fairy wand and makes | it alive and rich.
 | In word, love has that thing for which all human creation is hungry and thirsty glory.
 If I were a good fairy l should ask no greater gift than to have some flower juice aS Puck had, to squeeze on mortal eyes, so that the common things of earth would gleam like things of heaven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
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 If you can give your time to crossword puzzles v
 And do them ev'ry hour of the day;
 If you can find the word denoting muzzles' And meaning type of ruler in Bombay: If you can wait and not be tired of waiting Until you grab the proper word to fit;
 If you can think with little hesitating
 Who governed England in the time of Pitt: If you can work (but not enough to hamper Your ardent quest for all the missing words);
 If you can shirk sufficiently to scamper Through dictionaries Abba" to- Zeekerbs' :: If you can bear to find the word you've toiled for
 Has seven letters when you want but four; If you can laugh when word you've simply boiled for
 Won't do because they lack one letter more: If you can, travelling by train or trolley Stick to puzzle on the way to work;
 And then upon arriving there, by golley, Grab up another over which to turk: If you can put the morn in solving others
 And even solve a couple more at lunch; If you can help some worried word-crazed brothers To get word synonymous with hunch: If you can get the waiter there to serve you And drop the puzzle he's perspiring o'er; If you can get the cashier to observe you Instead of solving Puzzle Number 4":
 If you can make your way back to your job sir,
 And not be knocked about and bumped and bruised.
 By scores of other victims in the mob. lsir, Who by the "horizontals' are confused:
 If you can spend the afternoon exploring
 For Hike an incense; Similar to fish,; And finding words quite similar to floor ing
 And, vertically, "used with chafing dish' ::
 Is at the close of day when work is ended
 You hop a train and settle in a trance
 To find word synonymous with "blended"
 Or perhaps horizontal word for pants" {: If you can mix with crowds and never know it
 And hunt for words to put 'em where they ain't; A If you can love your home and never show it
 But just sit dumbly hunting words like paint:
 If you can fill the unforgiving minute
 With putting silly words in spaces clear,
 Yours is the Earth and ev'ry squirrel-cage in it,
 And-which is more-you'n be NUT, old dear!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01

demands for redress is useless, and that the terms proposed by the American ex- perts are all that Germany could expect, is fortunate both for Germany and for the nations with which the Teutons have trade relations. The situation indicates that Germany is ready to cooperate in working out the reparations' task. That is the most fortunate thing that has hap pened to Germany since the armistice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
LADY SLIPPER. GOING.

One of the early botanical explorers of the New World flora makes frequent al fusion to the pink lady's slipper in the east ern part of the United States. The beauty of the plant made so strong an appeal to Indians the flowers were used as hair ornament and played an important part in certain ceremonial dances. Throughout the vast territory in which the lady's slipper so long held sway but a comparatively few patches have survived.-Natcre Magazine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
Artists And Models.

Artists And Models Little Betty, four, had just returned from the country.
 She was drawing a picture of COW. Mother" she said, "how many kinds of milk are there?'
 "Well," replied her mother, "there's Grade A, Grade B, condensed, and-but what do you want to know for?' "Oh," answered Betty, T want to know how many faucets to put on the cow"
 Frances D. Gibson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
No Joke.

No Joke. Wasn't there some sort of story going around, Ezry, about your nephew over at seven children for joke?" asked Farmer Flint.
 But I was over there yesterday, and Perry his name is Perry told me in confidence that it was durn lie; there wasn't any joke about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01

in his discretion. The rules are merely recommended to district judges and not ordered upon them. But as the rules were formulated by the judges in con vention, or rather conference, it is like ly that they will be generally adopted: The result cannot fail to be prompt and han eficial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01

Reading LaFollette out of the Republic an party will be regarded by many patrf- otic Americans as merely step in the right direction. Many believe that for the good of America he should be read out of the public life of the nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01

While the bulls and bears are fighting it out in Wall street, it might be well fol the lambs to recall the law of gravitatior that what goes up must come down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01

One trouble with most of the larger
 cities of America is prevalence of the idea that wholly unnecessary noises mear civic progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
SUSPICION CONCERNING LOTS WIFE

We shouldn't wonder if the real season why Lots wife turned around that time when spe- officially advised not to was to show her in- dependence in man-made world.-Ohio State Journal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01

It is said that an actors memory was restored by hypnotic suggestion. Such a treatment might help some successful candidates to recall their prediction promises
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01

Some of those Chinese tong fighters have been fatally shot, while others have been only mortally wounded. Many o1 these may die.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
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Stating It Broadly.
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"No longer do we hear some man accused of hiding behind woman's skirts.'" "No. Fashions have changed so that two flappers could hide behind a mans trouseI legs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
REMARKS OF GOVERNORS

As the governor of Wyoming said to the governor of Texas, What are we going to wear at the inaugural?' - Minneapolis Journal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01

Some of the delegates to the interna tional opium conference appear to bt acting as if they are not total abstainer' themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01

1t is said that there are five collars for every man in the United States, and still many spellbinders declare that they wear no mans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
UNNECESSARY

Necessity is the mother of practically a inventions excepting the saxophone.-Detroi News
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
WHAT'S IN A NAME.

A national contest has been started to find a new name for jazz" When we have found it. will the product be any different?- Morning Oregonian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
Gertrude Marie Heller.
She Got Away With IL

Old Customer: Ibid you ever have any
 bobbed-hair bandits come in here" | Barber: "Yes, one held me up the other
 night for the price of a bob because she wasn't satisfied with it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01
"No Children Allowed"

Jenks: "Who do you think is the factor that most affects the birth rate?"
 Jenkins: Landlords '"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-01

The civil war in China seems to hav been transferred from that country t. New York City.