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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
Kindness Carries On
By JOHN CARLYLE

On side street in a neighboring town lives kindly old gentleman of quiet tastes and quiet manners. The story of the old gentle. man comes from a lawyer who is one of his few acquaintances, for the old gentleman lives very retired life and knows few people He came into the lawyers office the other day that he might make a will, disposing of the small amount of property which he owned
 To the lawyers surprise his client, who was also his neighbor, said he wished to leave what little he had to the postman who de- livers mail on that side street. This is how he explained his wish:
 q have lived on this street for four years ,'' the old gentleman said %John." referring to the postman, "has carried the mail on that street all that time. Every morning Of my liie go for a little walk at about the same tine. I always meet John. Every morning ask him-'Is there anything for me, John ?
 Of course never get letter. I have never had one in all that time. But not once in those years, tqs John f, lied to say. Moth ing this morning, Mir. B., but perl IDS there will be something tomorrow
 While he is looking through those letters I have a little thrill-the only one I get, really I think-what if, perhaps, I should get letter this morning What if l should 1!
 "John is never impatient. He never gets tired looking. He is never annoyed. He just smiles and looks through his letters and says. Good morning."
 The lawyer says this is a true story At any rate, it is a pretty story and may well be true, as the lawyer says. And the postman deserves the little money and property which go with the kindly old gentleman's will
 Isn't it surprising how far a little kindness goes?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

It is better to be fast asleep than slow when awake.
 Don't expect to build a new reputation on the ruins of an old one.
 There's always a woman in the case when female lawyer is employed.
 Industry without knowledge is better than knowledge without industry.
 A pretty girl doesn't mind reflections on herself when they come from a mirror.
 The modern girl doesn't waste her time on the young man who wastes his time kissing her hand. 1asr
 While a woman may like to have q man tell her that he knows her like a book, she is apt to get furious if he says he can read her face between the lines.
 Never judge a womans smile by her teeth they may be false
 Silent watches of the night may be those we forget to wind up.
 A good son maketh a good husband-but he is worthy of a better fate.
 Sometimes a bank cashier saves up enough to pay his running expenses.
 girl who begins by fooling her mother may end by fooling her husband.
 Never kick man for calling you a donkey his assertions.
 Don't attempt to discourage the girl who giggles. What this sorry old world needs ii more giggling
 Usually the cheerfulness of the brides father would seem to indicate that hefis thu best man at the wedding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
CLEAR THE WAY FOR JUSTICE

Casper H. Yost, editor of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, gave the lawyers at the meeting of the American Bar Associa- tion something to think about in this statement: "The instruments of justice and of law enforcement throughout America are manacled by a preposterous system of criminal Jurisdiction that gives crime every advantage over justice and creates the disgraceful paradox that law cannot often be enforced because the law will not permit it's enforcement" A prominent member of the bar had taken an adverse position against the news papers for failing to bring about the necessary changes, and MT. Yost con centrate their fire against the common enemy of disrespect for law and the failure of justice, under the develop ment of an intelligent public opinion, which can be best obtained through the press.
 The newspapers may appeal for sup port to a long list of eminent lawyers, who admit the justice of the editors in- dictment. Chief Justice Taft, Elihu Root and other distinguished members of the bar have emphasized the need for simplification of court procedure, for penalizing frivolous appeals, for denial of new trials for petty reasons, abandon ment of obsolete technicalities and other factors which frequently are resorted to for the specific purpose of obstructing justice. These reforms are up to the courts. For their continued absence the press is not responsible; for the press has been appealing for such changes for many years.
 Attorney-General Stone declared that the legal structure of the country has been improving for a generation, and added that laxity in the administration of the law is due principally to the low standards of admission to the bar and to the political character and atmosphere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
INQUIRING INTO OCEAN RATES

The inquiry of the United States Ship ping Board into rate differentials exist ing in favor of North Atlantic ports as against Gulf ports on goods between these and European ports is timely and constructive. The rate disparities un- favorable to Gulf ports on goods by rail or by steamer are so complex, numerous and of such longstanding that only slow ly are they being corrected. The process has been rendered all the more difficult by obstructive tactics interposed by in- terested private parties and by congress sional acquiescence where there should have been decisive congressional rebuke. The postponement of the date for the operation of the section of the merchant marine act giving preferential treatment to American bottoms for American ex- ports has been especially regrettable and disruptive of our merchant marine pro- gram.
 Preliminary to it's inquiry the ship ping board approved a resolution restor- ing the original differential on exports of flour. This action is explained as due to the recent lowering by foreign steam ship lines of the rates on flour outbound from North Atlantic ports from IS cents to 15 cents a hundred pounds. This ere ated differential of eight cents against Southern ports whose rate was 23 cents. The increased differential from five to eight cents was considered a discrim- ination against both interior shippers using the Gulf ports and the whole Gulf range. The shipping boards resolution reduces the Gulf rate from 23 to 20
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
AN ALARMING TENDENCY

There has lately been an alarming ten dency on the part of officials of this municipality to spring to the defense of pubic employees suspected or accused of irregularities in the handling of public finances. Commissioner McLendon has been particularly prone to this attitude towards even grave situations arising out or carelessness or worse in the admins tration of public cash
 No less regrettable is the more recent utterance of Judge Lea of the municipal court with intent to exonerate Clerk brown of that court from more than technical blame for the handling of the courts monies in the manner criticized Dy the two state examiners. Judge Lea IS entitled to his private opinion, but for hlm apparently to place the personal status of the clerk above the considera- tions of the public welfare which his nigh office imposes upon him is for the judge to reduce the public valuation of his utterance.
 Why is it, if there is no blame to he attached to the conduct of a public em. ploye, that there should be this haste on the part of friends and associates to prejudice the public in his favor, and to forestall or to minimize the necessity of court inquiry? The important thing is not what one man thinks of another. but whether the public trust is being ad- mlnistered as it should be administered That is hardly to be discovered from either ex parte or friendly representa- tion. Is there no public official who in such cases feels that he owes his first duty to the people whom he is elected to serve?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
Watching The Parade
By JOHN PILGRn

Whatever Dave Rockwelrs other qualities as a politician may be, and he has plenty of them, one stands out pre-eminent He never forgets. He card-indexes facts. By and by he will add one fact to one man and have one situation as a result. Then he deals with the situation.
 "Out in Ohio they call him Dave" said q friend, although he is Judge Rockwell to the world. He began without so much as the proverbial shoestring, and has won the pro verbal tannery. One of the big reasons why is that he remembers. digests. reflects"
 It is a cultivated gift, too. He had no more than the usual number of cells in his mem Ory battery when he was a youlgs3cl. Forgot just as many things as other boys do. Maybe he forgot more things. Then he got into pol itics in a small way and discovered that he was handicapped. He could remember a name or a face, but he could rarely remember both at the same time. It is very embarrassing for politician to say to constituent:
 "Oh, yes, know you very well indeed. But I've forgotten your name."
 So he began to train his memory on names. One of the odd things about the memory is that it can be cultivated, like. corn or bad habits. Eventually he became letter perfect on names and faces. By this time the faculty was growing stronger, and he could remem- Der other things, like train hours, dates, promises, the thousand and one things in which a politician must specialize.
 That seems to be about all there is of the story He simply doesn't forget nowadays He can recall details of affairs that happened twenty years ago with perfect accuracy, and also recall to the last hair what happened night before last The only point is that he began with a bad memory and made it a good one.
 Anyone can do the same.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
4 Voice From DarE

She heard me not, my old Love,
 A-knocking at the door: could not make the wood sound As I had done of yore; My futile, shadow fingers
 Were fOrceless in the air: But what were death and distance? I loved her-I was there. stood beside her window
 And peered within-alone: She did not lift her eyes once
 An, could she but have known !- If but one look she'd given me.
 Or breathed me just one sigh: God only knows my longing
 To have her know me nigh. gazed-and gazed upon her.
 Upon her from the dark; prayed in dumbness desolate
 Within her eyes to mark The starlike gleam of tenderness
 That proves loves faithful thrall; Alas, she'd quite forgotten
 I'd ever lived at all. Samuel Minturn Peck in Boston Transcr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
The Right Word
HARD r,EANs DIFFICULT
By CURTIS NICHOLSON

(r1nd the Error In This Artdclel
 J. M. Alexander, New York City: "I nc tee that the word hard is frequently used to denote difficult. When I was a kiddie tmany, many moons ago) was told that hard is the opposite of soft. Is it correct to use hard when one means .dfficuIt?"
 The adjective hard means difficult. It is also the opposite of soft.
 Refers to Those s. T. Elmhurst, L. l.: q should appre- ciate enlightenment as to which is the cor rect word in the following sentence Those of us, who are willing to put (our or their) shoulders to the wneel should signify their intention without delay js
 The right word is their, because all of us are not willing to put our shoulders to the wheel. Some of us are willing to put their shoulders to the wheel, but not all.
 On Shall and Win
 Edna Webb, Long Branch, IN. J. Tn the following quotation it is my opinion that the words shall and will should be ,transposed !: all the days of my life and will dwell in the house of the Lord forever, .kc
 'Also, if it is correct to say kindly inform me - why isn't it correct to say, I ask you to kindly inform me q do not understand the reason therefor sss
 "To kindly inform" is commonly called q split i..firitive, and is condemned by good usage-although there are many who defend it. Placing kindly between to and inform makes a split infinitive Shall and will, as used in the quotation, denote determination" ]"
 Yesterdays Error
 Wrong We shall be glad to read some ones else comment.
 Right: We shall be glad to read some one else's comment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07

The correspondents are always on the job. Up in Iceland they asked Lieuten- ant Wade, who lost his plane in the frozen sea, whether he would continue his flight. The lieutenant indicated that the. flying habit had not become suffi- ciently strong for him to stay in the air without his plane. Of course, the, Ameri- can spirit always scars, but the American body is quite material. In other words, the spirit is willing but the flesh is too heavy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
One of Doctor TraprOck's Many Marriage

SAaO va OOSOOA AAotEVCA NANAAy NAAEIAdSCB
 Doctor, are you married?"
 Not at present" said the great explorer "but have probably been the most marie man in the world. have never kept an ac. curate accountable memories of some of my matches are too pOisnant-but they were all regular. Quite so.
 Frequently the weddings were forced had to carry on in order to save my life These, of course, did not consider binding Such a union was mine with Tokana, Queen of the Dakka tribe in Central Australia ] was married to her at the point of a hun. dred spears.
 While TOkana hunted was kept locked in a compound, the high walls of which wert made of kipala-woOd, deadly poison to the touch. Its construction had cost thousand lives. How could I climb a wall I couldn't touch. The answer was simple. couldn't.
 But got out. The idea came one night when heard a soft thud in the compound as if some heavy body had fallen inside. A cautious search showed me the form of a huge kangaroo to whom the thirty-foot lear had been childs play. It was now or never acted instantly. Creeping up to the creature 1 seized its tail, at the same time sending my wisdom tooth home to the hilt. The first leap landed me a quarter of q mile beyond the compound. I hung on for three leaps and the kangaroo then switched her tail and threw me, fortunately, another half-mile in the right direction. Naturally I never went back tC that wife"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07

The Republicans are thinking of es- tablishing divisional campaign head quarters in Minneapolis in order to wage An anti-LaFollette campaign in the Northwest. They might transfer some of their follower1ess leaders from the South to head this drive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
WHY THEY DO NOT VOTE

Chairman Buffers hope of drawing on the stay-at-home Republican vote to recoup the losses to La Toilette must be founded on the belief that these Republicans have refrained from supporting their party because they are pleased with it.-I.ouisYille Courier Journal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07

The Bulgarians and Greeks are mo. testing one another across the border. The proper sort of boundary line for the Balkans would be a wide strip of devas- tated and uninhabited country, patrolled by jaguars and wildcats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
Vetoed

"Burglaries are becoming entirely too ire quent in this neighbOrhood,' observed the man of the house. I'm going to have burglar alarm installed"
 You'll do nothing of the sort" protested his wife. You know very well that if the alarm went off. I'd be frightened out of my wits. s."-Philip Neiser.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
WHEN IN ROME. GEORGIA

Rome Ga, is conducting continued cam paign against the idlers and loiterers and loaf ers-if there's a difference among those classes of vagrants. In other wordsS Rome is to make while in Rome do as the Romans do-work.-Savannah News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07

It is said that army red tape may cause each around-the-world flier to lose about three thousand dollars in expenses for which no vouchers were taken. Three thousand dollars is about the average per capita American loss through red tape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
HOPE FOR LONDON CONFERENCE

Americans are not dismayed at the impasse which has lasted for week at the London conference on the Dawes plan. Wasn't the Democratic convention deadloeked for more than week, and didn't 1t come out all right?
 -Kansas City Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
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The Dsy of Rest!

On Sunday morn we pack our lunch And with apparent glee Set out in fathers motor car, The city's heat to flee; We find cool and languid spot, Just suited to our, needs, But there sign-board meets our gaze, "No Tresspassing," it reads. We drive away to farther haunts, But all along our route We meet such blazing signs as these Move On" and Please Keep Out. Each place we go a sign flares forth Before us ikea torch, And so we take our lunch back home And eat it on the porch.
 Helen J. Miller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
FILTERING THE NEWS

The Brazilian revolutionists have been de. feated according to Rio Janeiro dispatches either that or the government has possession of the cables. Kansas City Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
Must Be

Weldon; Smith claims he always gets in the last word in an argument with his wife !'' Shelton What is he-a ventriloquist ?'- Eugene AIarkwell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07

Along about this time the Head of the Family takes his six-cylinder, 132-inchs wheel base, four-door summer cottage out of the garage, puts up the top, puts his family aboard, throws the dishes In on top of them. steps on the gas and begins leaping from beach to beach.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
UnaacustOmed As I an

Caroline is dreadfully old-fashionet girl"
 How can. you sy that? I've even seen hel smoke cigarettes"
 "Oh, yes, but you can tell by the way sh, does it that she thinks it's swfully devilish.' Mrs Peter Darrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
FugitiYes From Jnstice

Fugitives From Justice
 (By George S. ChappelD Willie. cunning little tyke, Bought some paint to paint his bike; He had whole half-can left oyer; YOu ought to see the spots on Rover. Who would think that Eresh-laid eggs Were full of feathers, beaks and legs? The finest poem, the Ducks declare, Is "Water, water, everywhere" Children, if you are well bred. Do not chew your gum in bed; Park it somewhere in the room; When you're up and dressed, resume.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07

n Che choice were left to me, whether to nave free press or free government, would choose a free press-Thomas Jefferson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07

EXCLUSIVE ALABAMA MEMBER OF NORTH AMEhlCAN NEWSPAPER ALLIANCE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07

SUBSCRIPTION RATES-By mall, payable in Advance. in United States and Canada; Daily and Sunday one year. $500; six months. $500; tnree months S2.25; one month, s5c. Daily only: One year $6.so; six months Ss.26; three months, $1.T5; one month. 75c. Sunday only; one year $2So; six months. $1.5o; three months. 9bt one monthh 25c.
 By carrier. where carrier delivery is main tainedi zoe per week. s5o per month
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07

Telephone (private branch exchange connect. ane all departments). Main 4soo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07

They Get That Way Sweet Young Thing: Are all men brutes, wonder?"
 Mrs. Webster (grimly): "Only the married ones, my dear."-Paul Meyer.
 Efficiency Airs. Hill: "Hnye you swept under the davenport."
 Maid: "Yes, mum. everything. Mrs. Wal ter Engel. If YOu Don't Get This. Get Hold of Someone
 Who Knows Baseball Baseball Fan No. l. That recruit in- fielder is playing a snappy game over there on third base.' Baseball Fan No 2: "Yeah, he's maxim good all right; didn't like him at first g. Mrs. Frances Wellman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07

MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PREss-rba Aa. sociated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use TOT publication of all news dispatches credited to t. or not otherwise credited in this paper and atso local news published therein, All riRhta oI republication of special dispatches are also
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07

Every flivver becomes nonstop bungalow
 of seven seats, kitchennette and bath. hot and cold discomforts, electric lights, running gas
 oline and balloon tires. All the owner asks
 for perfect vacation is 15 miles to the gallon and housekeeping in new lot every night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
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Summer, Vacations by Automobile

These are the days when the automobile yacationists bound merrily, murderousIx and mentally irresponsibly over the hills and dales letting the pedestrians fall where they may and determined to have good time if it kills them. (The pedestrians).
 Taking a vacation entirely by gasbus has ceased to be a novelty and has become an epidemic. The highways and byways are cluttered up with The Great American Fam fly packed into the tonneau with full house. keeping equipment determined to see how many beautiful summer resorts it can pass without stopping in a given two weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
THE ACE-H FER ALD

Entered at Birming ghaham. Ala. post office as 1Dcond- -cass matter. of Congress, March G. 1873
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07

NEWS BUREAUS-washington. 800 Davidson Building; State Capital. Montgomery Journal Building; Tennessee Valley, Decatur Albany; Iuscaloosa. News Build ing; Jasper. Mountain Eagle Building; Annist on Star Building; Gads- den. Journal Building; Muscle Shoals. TIi-Cities Daily Building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07

Here today and gone tomorrow is his motto and his summer song is Home Sweet Omnibus" What, after all, is a summer home without an engine? The hop, skip and jump vacationists judge the success of their vacation from the total mileage and the number of red, green and orange pennants collected. t@
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07

T. THOMPSON. ... PRESIDENT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07


 The bus bug rests between blow-outs and comes back as fresh as a post office blotter, carrying the dust, of 9 states on his cellu. Ibid collar and wondering what to do about his wife and baby.
 His wife, as a result of a collision the second week out, may have to go through life with a frying pan in her right eye and two cans of string beans imbedded in her neck. Baby is overrun with red ants and has been bitten by snake. The rest of the family are as we'll as could be expected.
 But everybody's happy. They went away to set the fresh dust, change of pumping sta tions and to see new traffic court scenery. And it has done them good.
 When people buy new car nowadays the first thing they want to know is that it has room in front for two iron beds will hold a photograph, radio set, washtubs, kitchen range and three children comfortably in the rear seats, and whether there is extra space enough for mommer and the frying pans broilers, coffee pots, knives, forks, dishes, but ter, jam eggs, sardines and canned goods And room on top or behind to strap a canoe broom, mop, stovepipe and one or two extra passengers and the dog.
 Next years models are to be designed es- pecially for the vacation trade. They will have settubs, open fireplaces, china closets tiled bath, breakfast porch. sice-box, a collap- sible lawn and a guest room.
 Hurrah for the automobile shakeationists Long may they waive examination!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07

Enforce the Fish Laws-Yesa Ethe we'll stocked streams of Alabama would De worth half q million dollars year to the state. Why not spend one-half of this and restock, and then enforce the present fish laws a few years and ever after have plenty of fish at the doors of most inhabitants? It will even tuaily take e-Talladega Home.