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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
Watching The Parade
By JOHN PILGRIM

Not very long ago fine old officer of the regular army died in the West. A friend spoke of him the other day.
 "There was at least one year," said he, '''in which the one hope of that mans life was to catch and kill me. Maybe not actually kill me, understand. But to come dern near it."
 The fine old officer was a fine young of ficer in those days. He had just been given several numbers for his exploits in fighting Indians. He had led detachment through desert to safety. He had rescued belea- guered settlers at the risk of his life. His su- perior spoke of him as most promising young man.
 'Then he accidentally fell in with a bunch of us on Fourth of July" said his friend, ''and we had a right good time. In those days the wine was perhaps redder in Cali fornia than anywhere else on the continent. When we finally put the nose of the launch against the dock in the gray of dawn the members of our party were sputtering with patriotic fervor. We had Roman candles in abundance.
 "Let us celebrate the Glorious Day" said some one
 So they did. As the fine young officer l and his companion left the boat at the army post, the celebrants turned their Roman can dies on the officers. Their uniforms were burned almost off. A squad of sentries charging to the rescue were spattered with Roman fire amid the insane shrieks of the patriots. Then the launch pushed out to sea, still candlinG and cackling.
 The fine young officer lost those numbers which he had so well eraned and on which his promotion depended. There were years during which he almost burst with rage whenever the affair was mentioned The friend who told the story and who had had the candle inspiration was in actual danger from him for a time.
 But in time" said he i've used to get together and laugh by the hour over the ab- surdity of the affair. It wasn't nearly as se- rious as we thought it was. Nothing ever is."
 There is good deal of sound sense in that. Time is a bully poultice In a very gttle while almost anything will be for gotten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
The Right Word
MORE OR LESS TROUBLESOME (Find the Error i'm This ArticIel
By CURTIS NICHOLSON

The fifth and sixth sentences in the last test were stumbling blocks to many, although probably three-quarters of the contestants write the fifth. one correctly, and about two thirls wrote the sixth one without an error. The fifth sentence read correctly as fol- lows We had no previous warning of Johns being present" The issue was whether or not John should be followed with an apostrophe and ''s." Since the thought of the sentence ain't a warning of John, but warning of his being present, it is correct to say warning of Johns being present. Some avoided a decision by writing the latter part of the sentence as follows: warning of Johns presence. Of course, they were marked correct.
 The sixth sentence read, ",There is no doubt but that he will win." The word but should have been omitted; as, There is no doubt that he will win
 Winners in Last Test
 Two more contestants of the 100 per cent class in the last test are Raymond D. Har- ris of Nezperce, Idaho, and Myrten Hayes.
 Additional names of those who had only one wrong are as follows Nathan Bengis of New York City, Frank o. Mink of Brooklyn N. Y. c. NJ. Gibbons of Spokane, Wash. George Johnson of Cincinnati, O., and Clara H. 0berhardt of Chicago.
 Yesterdays Error
 Wrong: If the infinitive don't have sub ject . ..
 Right: If the infinitive doesn't have a subject .-.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
The Sean1an's Wife

(John Hanlon in New York Times) The sea is God, The sea brings pain. The sea brings peace When it brings him home again; It brings him home, but it calls him back
 again hate the sea, My hate is vain; I love the sea When it brings him home again; It brings him home, but it calls him back
 again.
 With me he's lain So few the nights The sea claims more But it brings him home again; It brings him home, but it calls him back
 again When stormy clouds Are loud with rain 1 dread the sea
 Will not bring him home again; It brings him home, but it calls him back
 again If he loved me And forgot the main Unlike it, 1
 Would not let him go again It brings hi mhome, but it calls him back
 again
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
RockefelIer's Work
By JOHN CARLYLE

Pasteur, great French scientist, once said Science has no nationality because knowl- edge is the patrimony of humanity, the torch which gives light to the world.
 Science should be the highest personifica- tion of nationality because, of all the na- tions, that one will be foremost which shall be the first to progress by the 1abors of thought and of intelligence se
 'Let us therefore strive in the pacific field l of science for the pre-eminence of our sev- eral countries" .t The great power which is motorizing science, which is translating the marvellous discoveries of science into the actualities of human relief and human betterment is the Rockefeller Foundation. Millions of dollars are applied yearly to the enormous task of making this a better \ world for better people. And this is made possible through the genius for money7mak- ing and the amazing vision of John D. Roeke- feller. '-- s5i
 The working out of the great plans of the Rockefeller Foundation is in the hands of it's president, George B. Vincent, and his assistants-men and women chosen for their expert knowledge and for their overwhelming passion for sacrificial service.
 If there is one thing more than another l in American life which renews faith in this duu III tHlS WOTlu anu III Jne dlmOSt 1 immeasurable power for good that lies in men and women, it is the Rockefeller Foun- dation.
 All at the same time this agency for hu- man progress is dealing the final blow to yellow fever in Brazil it is fighting hook | worm, successfully, in 230 counties of twenty-eight states of the union; it is sup porting in full a medical school in China it is helping in the support of more than score of hospitals in that country; it is doing county health work over a wide area in the United States. 1T
 The Rockefeller Foundation is sending ambassadors of science all over the world.
 It is seeking out the dark spots of the earth. It is bringing light and hope and health and efficiency into the desolate places
 This agency is the worlds foremost foe of disease and low-grade life and death itself. The Rockefeller Foundation, spending mil lions every year, is triumph of good sense, high vision and love. as.a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12

r'uption, in politics, owes it to himself, as velLias to his fellow citizens and! to his country, to exercise his legal right to reduce that corruption to a minimum. If, he stays away from the polls and fails to do his civic duty, he need expect no improvement. Such an attitude by the citizens who appreciate the value of hon esty and business capacity .inSthe public service is playing directly into the hands of corrupt politicians. So long as there are no obstructive factors, there will be little limit, to corruption in politics
 Every honest voter who fails to exercise the privilege of citizenship in this re. spect is fostering, instead of opposing
 the very situation of which he complains
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
Brief Nature Studies
By ,. OTIS SWIFT

Where broad beech ferns dotted the under brush and wood pewees called in Rocky Lone some, the Cosmic Dreamer studied moth emerging from its cocoon. One who re- members the Ages of Man need not worry because the world seems to\ have dropped back into the middle ages,' he unused. ITO make war the old councillors called up the young men, placing the direction of things in their hands, They are still running them, growing older. Embryology teaches that pre- natally the human fetus passes through stages resembling lower orders from which we grew. Intellectually we go through the same stages of growth. Babies creep like man. mals; boys of eight climb trees like apes; at ten, dig caves; at fourteen, like their mi gratory ancestors, run away from home, and at eighteen, go to war.
 At thirty they are in the feudal age and write modernist poetry; and at forty, when great monasteries developed and the seeds of democracy began germinating in town meetings in the Black Forest they dream COmmunalism
 Not until old age does wisdom come and they catch up too late to rush the world into the millennium,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
TO INCREASE THE FISH SUPPLY

"A fish pond on every farm," is 8 good slogan for campaign to be started by the state game and fish commissioner this summer after the crops are laid by. Many of the farms in this state have springs or small streams which could be utilized at little cost to baild fish ponds. Where stocks cannot be obtained from the government, it is comparatively easy to secure them from nearby waters with barbless hooks. Thus in a few years many of the farms of the state would have all the fish they would require for table use. Not only would the initial in- vestment be small, but so would the cost of upkeep.
 Bass and bream, not to speak of many other varieties of fish which could thus be obtained, are not only nourishing and palatable as foods, but have value as adding variety to the farm diet. Com missioner Quinn says that practically without cost more pounds of fish can be produced on one acre of water than poultry, pork or beef on one acre of land. A pond of one acre properly built and stocked would provide sufficient fish for family.
 It is said that many farmers are man. ifesting interest in the project, and that sportsmen and fishermen are offering en- couragement. Instead of a scarcity of fish in Alabama, there should and could be an abundance for food as we'll as for sport.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
Greatness I1l Service
Greatness is only throngh seryice.
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

Greatness is only through service B.
 The idea of being 'ape's own master. and doing exactly as ~plaases is merely petfi-x ness and disgusting selfishness.
 We attain to liberty only when we have renounced all low and unworthy masters and have found the one who to us is the highest When one of the stern old generals of Rome was contending with a rival for the imperial throne certain soldier, thinking to do his masters pleasure, cut off the rivals head and brought it dripping with blood to his lord, and the old general said to him: "Quis jussit, commilito?" (Who ordered that, com rade?) As if Romans greatness lay only in obedience. t8
 You have doubtless wondered at the mar velous rise and still more marvellous per manence of the Mahometan faith. How a horde of half-naked barbarians porued out of the dry womb of Arabia, overturned the immemorial dynasties of the orient, and al- most extinguished the light of European civ ilization.
 - The secret of their success is found in their own name for their religion for they do not call it Mahometanism, as we call ours Christianity. They call it Islam; and asA nearly as we can translate that untranslata- ble word it means Tt is the will of God!' For an ignorant savage who has learned how to obey will overthrow a false and faithless knight, though armed with brass and triple steel"
 Abraham was the founder of that race which has taught spirituality to the world and which persists and keeps its blood true to a greater degree than any other stock. Why, according to Hebrew legend, was this man chosen? Among all the citizens of earth, Pwhy was this man of UT picked out by the eye of God as most worthy to be the father of the faithful?" Read the account of the sacrifice on Mount Moriah, and you will see. Abraham raises his hand to slay his son he knows not why, only that he has been told by his friend and master, Jehovah. Then Jehovah cries: Stay thy hand! At last I have found the one man. who knows how to obey !" And in him according to the prophecy, shall all the world be blessed
 The noblest battle in history was that at l Thermopylae, where a handful of Greeks fought till they died against the swarming hordes of Persians. And the reason why it ranks as the supreme instance of patriotism is found in the inscription on the monument their countrymen set up there: Stranger, go and tell our people that we died having obeyed their words"
 If any man, therefore, has the gross mansucht,' as Schiller calls it-that is, the ambition to be one of the worlds great ones he must find some high cause or person and give up his life to that. Only so is there utter joy of life, the joy of the soldier on the battlefield, of the ''pale martyr in his | shirt of fire" of the Carpenter of Nazareth, who gave up His life for His ideals, and the story of Whose life and death has, to use the language of w. T. Stead, transformed the world"
 If any man will be greatest among you let him be servant of all"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
The Inward Flame

Margot Asquith, wife of the former British premier, wrote a book in which she was so frank about other peoples affairs that she made a great many people, both in America and England, disgusted. s
 MargOt Asquith also said some things in her book that are worth our thinking about. In writing to schOolmaster about her son, she said:
 "The spirit of man is an inward flame {; n lamp the world blows upon but never puts out. And this is what want you to teach my son." =-:
 Not long ago I heard an address by the Rev. H. E. Fosdick, Baptist who breaches in a New York Presbyterian church. The more orthodox of the church have been wor- rying a lot about Dr. Fosdick. But he keeps on having things to say to men which make them thoughtful-and which make them bet | ter.
 For if you can make a man thoughtful, l you can always make him better.
 Fosdick said in this address, that a man s spirit is like a candle. It can be lighted at the flame of religion and it will burn and | give light for long distance.
 It is beautiful picture, this picture of a mans spirit an inward flame. But I am afraid that Mrs. Asquith was not making the picture true when she said that the. world could forever blow upon that flame and never | put it out.
 Sometimes the world does put out the flame of a mans spirit Then he finds what real darkness is. His friends may not ever guess that he is blind, Perhaps he never quite ralizes it himself. But if the inward flame has gone out, he is dead. No flame of enthusiasm can be caught from him. No torch in life can be lighted by him.
 But what of those whose inward flame the world blows upon but nevr blows out? There is the mother, deprived of every advantage that would make for education and culture in her own life, but whose eyes are. alight with ambition for a son or a daughter.
 Ther is the father who has carried burdens all his life. Foil and time have claimed his body. But he goes on making every sacrifice for his son. In his own son he visualizes the success that he has failed to make.
 The world has blown fiercely upon that in ward flame, but it has not gone out.
 Such a man means something Such a man is somebody. -s~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
THE VOTERS SHARE OF BLAME

There is lesson in the toIIoWlng par agraph from The Jasper Mountain Ea- gle: "A farmer stated in Jasper recently that he never expected to vote again. He contended that so much corruption is to be found in politics and in county, state and national governments now that he was through with the voting bus mess"
 No one doubts that there is corrup- tion in politics. So there is in business, in the professions, in religious organiza- tions. Every citizen who deplores cor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
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Our Own Lost and Found Department Henry Ingraham: Will you oblge con stant reader by looking up the poem be- ginning:
 The pen is mightier than the sword? Dear Hank. We'd do practically anything for constant reader. For instance;
 The pen is flightier than the sword; This fact is proved beyond dispute
 By listening to the letters read
 In any breach of promise suit
 Mildred Lynn: Did you ever hear of a poem something about s Faint heart ne'er won fair lady? If so, let's have it.
 Dear Mid: We've heard. of an epic that can be applied to any case of faint heart trouble with amazing results. Here it is: Faint heart ne'er won fair lady, sir; Perhaps you ought to be more rough; For now, the experts all concur
 What women want is cave man stuff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
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Corrsc. Form for Animal Hunting


 "A society girl and her escort dis
 appeared from a weekend party in New
 Jersey. The young lady wore an eve
 ming gown and pink satin slippers. Ear Her in the evening she had boasted she
 could catch a rabbit with her hands. The
 theory of the authorities is that she
 went into the woods to fulfill her boast.
 News item.)
 This brings up the question of correc form for rabbit hunting
 All the books prescribing proper behavior at social functions specifically state tha evening dress is not the proper attire fol rabbit hunting. 4srfss.
 It is ail right for bridge, nah jons ol charades, but not for rabbits.
 You have no idea how many debutantet have been killed socially by ignorance in thu matter of what the well dressed rabbit hunt ress should wear. White charmeuse witt jet trimmings should never be worn at sucf a function. Old gold georgette with crepe d Chine at a rabbit hunt is equally as ridicu lous. Go to rabbit chase dressed that way once and you never get invited again.
 The rule is very plain. It states specific ally that it is improper to dress for rabbits They hate formality. :
 Then again the manner of leaving tho house was in defiance of all conventions The paper says the young couple left quietly with. out saying word. The book of etiquette pro vides that the gentleman should walk across the room, bow to the lady and say, Pardon me, but may I have the next rabbit huntr' It is also proper to vary the form, asking, Excuse it, please, but may have the pleas ure of your company on a wild hare chase?"
 It all depends on how the lady feels about it. If she doesn't care for rabbits or has caught all she cares to in one evening, she may reply, ''To whom are you speaking to whom?' or Rabbits? I wouldn't give nickle for barrel of lem. How about some lions?" Or if she is very fond of rabbits she may smile and say, simply, T was so afraid you weren't going to ask me-
 Correct form requires that the gentleman in leaving the room leave on the lady's right.
 Correct breeding requires that when leav- ing the rabbits the gentleman keep on the lady's left.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
AND IT WILL sO REMAIN

None who has ever visited Independence Square, the Hall and the Bell, all so hallowed in American history would willingly consent to even the slightest change made. All should be preserved as they are, and have been for so long, q fame sacred to the na- tion.-Omaha Bee
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Pats Problem Pat: "What be yer charge fer funeral notice in yer paper?" .. .. Newspaperman: Fifty cents an inch"
 Pat: Good heavens An me poor brother was six feet high !'-Irene Andries. D Copyright, 1924. Reproduction Forbidden. )
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mean something, if we are to maintain our expensive bureaus for statistical pur- poses. It is right that cash values of im- ports and exports be given, but these figures are incomplete without tonnage figures also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
TO RE EXPECTED

Reading that the legislature may prorogue this week, a young woman at Pawtucketville says that is just about the conduct she'd ex- pect of them. for from what she's read they have been behaving like set of rOgues evef since they came together.-Lowel Courier. Citizen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
The Family Tree

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 At the recent meeting of the Classical As sociation at Lexington, Ky, group of teach CTS during the lunch hour were discussing the tracing of genealogies. 7A
 II never wanted to trace mine very far back" said one, jokingly. I'm afraid I might find someone hanging on my family tree.'
 E.By the neck or the tail?" asked another. Mrs. H. c. Thory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12

While the typewriter is credited with having fostered the independence of women, it must be admitted that the rouge-pot, the lipstick and knickers are entitled to some consideration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12

/ Right! Mir.
 Webster in his . Famous Book Says that a Dumb Waiter Is an elevator for Carrying Dishes. t~ He is quite Wrong. A Dumb Waiter Is a Guy that Asks a girl
 For A kiss. and then , Waits for it.
 Il. A. Barrett.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12

What Every Woman Knows Every man may have his price, But it isn't hard to pay-A Just make the fellow feel real cheap And he'll give himself away.
 Agnes NJ. Hughes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12

And at His Own Wedding!
 Marjory's middle-aged uncle had just been married, reports May E. Wishart, and Mar jory was describing the ceremony in detail to little neighbor.
 And then,' she narrated proudly, Uncle Steve stepped out, all dressed up in cock. tail suit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12

It is said that America manufacture mo1'e cigarettes than any other country America, too, has more money to burn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12

There appears to be plenty of vice presidential timber in the Republican party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12

The Tennessee congressman who de- clares that the Republicans cannot claim economies, evidently has no proper con-
 ception of the dimensions of the Repub-
 lican claim depArtment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12

Gradual recovery of the Northwest suggests that the trouble in that section has been political rather than funda. mental.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
THE ACE-HERALD

Entered at Birmingham. Ala, post office second class matter. act of Congress March 1s7s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
A RAnIn SERMON THAT HIT

The radio Sunday services are so real to one Hiawatha man that when the announce lnent came that the offering will now be taken" he wrote a check and mailed it to the pastor-- -Hinwatha lKan,) World. 4,s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12

I According to latest reports the death ray does not seem to be able to kill
 anything but confidence in its exploiter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
TRIP DIDN'T IMPROYE HIM AM

Trotzky's sojourn in the Caucasus did not change him. He is still the champion pur- yeyor of flapdoodle. Chicago News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12

This is the season of political do drums, that is to say, of conventions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12

It is unwise to commit murder unless you can prove you are crazy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12

If the choice were left to me, whether to have free press or free government, I would choose a free press.-Thomas Jefferson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-12
A Filtration

A Filtration You may kiss me and caress me" Said the maiden meath the trees,1 But no swain was she addressing: She was talking to the breeze.
 Nathan NJ. Levy.
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Business may be slowing up, but it is still in motion.
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The common fault is to mistake a woman's answer flor her decision.
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