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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
MARsl CAMBRIA

< Today Mars and the earth reach their Closest proximity. They are nearer to- Rether than they have been for one hun dred years, or about one-third as far apart as the earth and the sun. This phenomenon is of great interest to as- tronomers, who have for weeks been as- Sembling their paraphernalia in favorable Positions for uninterrupted study of the Red planet. Tonight anxious eyes will be searching through the most powerful Telescopes while the most modern photo eraphic effort will be made to obtain Bear views of the Martian surface and stmospheric phenomena. An exhaustive study of the possibility of inhabitants on Mars is being made and it is hoped that fhe nature of the so-called canals and polar caps will be discovered for a cer- tainty. Mathematicians will be there; to verify their conclusions and to test their theories. Imaginative geniuses will care fully listen for radio messages, and send ing stations are everywhere requested to
 dill their waves for the final five min Ites of each hour, in order that no earth born disturbance may swallow up the feeble impulses from that far-off orb, Even though the Martians may not have thought of signalling to us, as one as tronomer remarks, it will do no harm and cost nothing to listen.
 Ever since Mir. H. G. Wells published his brilliant romance, "The War of the Worlds" which described an imaginary xoray of hostile Martians upon our planet, there has been lively discussion, Among those interested, on the prospects If some time discovering intelligent be- ihgs on Mars and even of communicating with them. Undoubtedly the theory sprang from the romance rather than Fhe romance from the theory, but that should not be held against it, for other theories, later proved practicable, had similar origin. Jules Verne's imaginary submarine is an example. If Mars is in habited, it is hoped that they. will prove good neighbors, and that their, admittedly Freater antiquity may prove a store house of valuable knowledge for us. If those apparent evidences of artificial en- Fineering are the eloquent remnants of ( race that has perished, then may we bok upon them with all awe and respect, Aust as we reverence the relics of our own antiquity. The people of earth look forward with lively sentiments of antici- pation to the announcements and conelu- Sons of the scientists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
4 Little Green Ldne
(Nan Terrell Reed in New York Times)

(Nan Terrell Reed in New York Times) A Little Green Lane goes through my Mind A Lane that my Heart runs back to find; A Lane where the air is cool as dew, And the ferns are high and the rocks are few, And every branch of the tallest tree Would whisper a fairy tale to me, And every bird had a golden note In the song that came from his crimson
 throat,
 And Life had a hundred gifts to give, And had hundred years to live. A Little Green Lane goes through my Mind, A Lane that my Heart goes back to find My Heart-for never my feet will go To walk that Lane that used to know, For maybe my eyes would fail to see The Vision that Memory holds for me, And I'd miss the fairy tales heard And tue song of the crimson -throated bird So I'll keep the dear unbroken spell Of the Little Green Lane I love 50 we'll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
The Malestz of YersalIIes

AS was to be foreseen, the amnesty granted M Chaillaux and NJ. Malvy by a majority of the French chamber met with rough pas sage in the senate. That august body lost its usual dignity and decorum when royalist members took occasion to rap the radicals and communists, who were mainly responsible for the amnesty as it also included many of their partys adherents. Several of the roy alist speakers referred to the evils of a re- public, but were received with misses and hooting by the left benchers. So great became the tumult that the president threatened to suspend the sessions. The climax was reached when M. Raymond Poincare rose to speak. He was greeted with socialist shouts of "Sit down, you hooting owl" General St. Juste rose in his chair and hurled a book in the direction of the hecklers. He was at once a target for books and papers and shouts of "Regone, you assassin p The general stood his ground, though the jeering and taunts be- came almost unbearable. Then someone be- gan to sing the "AIarseillaise," but the reds promptly took up the strains of the Inter nationale." During that cacaphonious the president put on his hat The session was suspended and the ushers cleared the room. The tumult moved into the corridors. After half an hour the session was resumed. Then the rest of the time was taken up with apol- ogies and expressions of regret all around.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
Watching The Parade
By JOHN PILGRIM

IS men do not call him "Killer," but his
 nickname means about the same thing.
 He is the old-fashioned head of a new fashioned steel company. All the processes and machines are of the latest and most sci entific sort, but the personal contacts trace back to the days when the Killer handled slice bar himself Nowadays he looms for midably in his office, massive and uncomfort- able in fashionable tailoring.
 Hes got queer bunch of clerks in there," l said to an associate recently. Not much good, seems to me-"
 Take 'em by and large, was assured they are not. They are weddings. Each has his little failing. This one drinks and that one IS liar. One man was caught stealing. Their jaws are feeble and tremulous and their eyes washed out, and they have a general air of Please, Mister, Don't Hit Me. But the Killer stands for them. He may below and rage, but he rarely fires them.
 He's fair man." said his associate. "He knows they are weak. His way of showing charity in this world is to give these weak lings a chance. He manages to get good work out of them by the use of a metaphor ical club. They tremble when they see and hear him and get down on their marrow bones when he goes into tantrum, but they have the protection the really strong often show the weak"
 But the other fellow said that once a man gets into place of responsibility under the Killer, he had better jump overheard than show weakness. Then he needs jaw of con crete an deyes of steel and a voice like a runaway in covered bridge.
 "Once q man gets out from under cover, he's got to fight" the Killer says.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
THE GROWING SOUTH

Compilation of building statistics from the South for the first six months of 1924 shows a substantial increase in construction over the first half of last year. Construction is not undertaken unless investors see their way to reimbursement and real promise of attrac- tive returns. When carried out, it spells in- crease of economic wealth and resources in housing facilities for homes, industry and business, and these in turn make for gain not only to owners and operators but to the com munities affected. It is to be noted that, in the statistics compiled, construction of busi- ness and industrial housing facilities figures large This points to expansion of popula- tion and again permanent enterprise that will make prosperity fixture.--W arlington Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
The Routine Worker
Ry Q. ADplNGToN nRUCE

A s everybody knows, the world of indus "A try and commerce now abounds In rou-
 tine workers-in men and women who, day after day, toll at an allotted task with automatic regularity. .-.-,.
 Perhaps expert in what they do, their ex- pertness might almost be described as the ex- pertness of machine.
 And indeed it is urged against the present economic system that as a result of increas- ing application of the principle of specializa- tion of labor, wage-earners generally are be- ing increasingly compelled to a machine-like repetition of effort
 There is reason for this belief. Yet it by no means follows that a routine worker must necessarily remain routine worker all his days. Those who so remain make a great mistake if they throw the blame on the eco homie system. They should, rather, blame themselves.
 To specify, they should blame their failure to use their ears, their eyes, their minds their failure to listen, to observe, and to think.
 The system may have influenced them in the direction of working as a mere machine works. But it cannot deprive them of their sense organs and their mental faculties-in- fallible means, if rightly exercised, of escap- ing from routine endeavor. e1 ek
 To many routine worker despairingly wondering what the future holds for him, there should be helpful hint in M. T. Me Clures story of bank clerk.
 The work required of every bank clerk is essentially routine, and such it was in this particular clerks case. All that he was ex- pected to do was to list checks drawn by depositors, and this he did with the monoto- nous precision of a good lister.
 But one day. in a self-initiated effort to break the monotOny, he hit upon the idea of making note of the names of persons to whose credit a certain depositor made out cheeks.
 After banking hours the clerk next made some inquiries regarding these persons, and to his surprise found that no fewer than eight of them were notorious spectators. Promptly he inferred that the depositor, who also was a borrower from the bank, was himself doing quite bit of speculation, and this inference he passed on to one of the bank officials.
 The sequel was promotion for the clerk, who thus, simply by using his mind for con struetive reflection, took a first step in es- caping submergence by routine. Many a rou- tine worker may likewise escape, if he will but bestir himself to observe and think.
 Constantly, for that matter, the truth of this is demonstrated by the rise to business prominence of linen who once were routine workers-perhaps routine workers of an ob. scure sort. Thus we read of brakemen becom- ing railroad presidents, stock checkers, the heads of packing houses, counter salesmen. the owners of great department stores.
 They rose by just one means--the means of mental effort. The man who neglects to use this means need not complain if he remain as he surely villa routine worker to the day of his death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
THE IDEAL MUNICIPAL TICKET

In looking over the field of possible candidates for the three-commission body, we find three figures in the public eye that loom larger than the present in- cumbents. In picking this ticket we feel sure that it can be whole-heartedly and unitedly supported by Birmingham's s three dailies. Therefore, we nominate Andrew Gump, the Honorable MT. Casper and Major Amos w. Hoople. Andrew Gump is a public-spirited citizen, man of broad ideals and statesmanlike vision, and, except occasionally, master in his own household. Casper is a business man whom no shortage could fool, is a man devoted to his family, an upright citizen. and successful enough in his own
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
The Right Word
DENTIST AND PATIENT ARGUE
lFind the Error in This Articlel
By CURTIS NICHOLSON

(Find the Error in This ArtiCle) Florence Segal of New York was the pa tient The dentists name has not been di- vulged. Recently as Miss Segal sat in the dentists chair q discussion arose, but Miss Segal will tell of the incident in her own language:
 My dentist said to me- I would put a porcelain jacket on that tooth if were you, to which 1 replied, Alright, if that will con serve my tooth.' ..1
 My dentist corrected me i'll the usage of the word conserve and said + should have used preserve. 1, on the other hand, consider conserve correct in the sense ill which l used it. l',.,,
 The words are synonymous.
 Would Used Incorrectly
 "A Reader of The Right Word in Chicago submits a number of examples of the incor- rect use of would in large morning news paper; also one example of the incorrect use of will. He or she makes following com ment:
 If the crowd were to decide on the proper use of would and should, they would prove that the crowd is always in the wrong" The excerpts read as follows:
 "I would like to see the 1925 car built T would like to see new type of dim mer
 T would like to see small type cars T would like to see the new hydraulic four-wheel brakes
 We will have to buy smaller cars . The right word is should in the first foul sentences and shall in the fifth.
 Yesterdays Error
 Wrong Has any one else got version tc suggest?
 Right Has any one else version to sug gest?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
Spoiled tsle Day

It was one of those wArmfafternoons with just enough of breeze stirring to make motoring delightful. The old bus never hummed along better as I stepped on the gas" tingling sensation of enjoyment crept over me as I realized that, with the exception of a solitary motorcyclist directly ahead, had the whole road to myself. We'll, I would soon eliminate that fellow!
 I gave my car more gas. But the distance between us widened. He evidently accepted my challenge for a race! Nothing suited me better. My speedometer registered forty miles and was rapidly creeping up to fifty. Cad, but that chap must have a dandy motor in his wheel! I was doing sixty now. Sud- denly the motorist slowed down. He knew when he was beaten slowed down, too. I'd exchange few kidding remarks with the fellow IS -
 He stopped With screeching of brakes I brought my car to standstill.
 Sixty miles an hour, eh?' he rasped. "I guess we'll take your pedigree. Let's see your license"
 He was the state highway policemanI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
The Worlds s v, ,ir,dotIU,,
NIummies of France
By PIERRE VAN PAAssEN
THE Berlin Tageblatt tells of the finding

HE Berlin Tageblatt tells of the finding
 of completely preserved human body
 buried in the twelfth century near Neu- enahr, lower Germany. Clothing and shoes were absolutely intact and, according to sci- entists, the preservation is due to certain chemical compositions in the ground around the grave. A similar case of many centuries of preservation are the famous mummies of Bordeaux, which annually draw large num- Der of tourists to that city. In the crypt of the Bordeaux cathedral are ranged in a semi circle the erect forms of 70 human beings. An old woman still wears the lace cap of Charlemagne's days. There is a priest, q ne- gro in that gruesorne crowd, and an epilepic who, according to the guide, had been buried alive. He has torn and clawed at his arms and his features are distorted. The bodies were found during the reign of Napoleon, when the new sanitary laws ordered church yards to be laid out beyond the city limits and the old cemeteries were dug up. The sev- enty bodies, buried in the ninth century, had been laid in a vein of crude arsenic, to which they owe their complete preservation. The skin has become like parchment. Of some the feet are missing, others lack of head. Those were the portions that were buried outside the vein. 9 s- ea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
Liberal Colonial Policy

Disturbances in the Dutch Hast India col. onies are rare. And the government of Hol. land wants to insure the peaceful progress of the Malay races there by a series of new liberal measures, which cannot be inter- preted otherwise than belonging to a new sentiment in colonial administration. Dutch India is divided in cantons under a new law and proposals are now under consideration to give the 60,000,0O0 inhabitants of the is- land colonies direct representation in the Dutch second chamber. Naturally it will take some time before a workable plan has been prepared. For the government must take into consideration the semi-savage Day alis of Borneo, Celebes and New Guinea, who were head-hunters but a generation ago, in contrast with the highly civilized people of Java, who have Q culture centuries old of which the Buro-Budur, that magnificent pile of Malay architecture is but one of many monuments. By giving these people more di- rect interest in the administration of their own affairs the Dutch government is making friends, but also shows that it is aware that the days of colonial exploitation along the old established lines are fast disappearing as civ ilization spreads over the earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
Forum Of The People
Date of Opening squirrel.Hunting Season


 To the Editor of The Age Herald: Will you be kind enough to give publicity, this week, through the columns of your val uable paper, to the information contained in the communication below?
 desire to call the attention of the shoot ing public to the fact that the squirrel sea- son does not open this year until November 1. The season was changed by act of the legislature, which act was approved by the governor last year after the 1923-24 hunting licenses had been printed.
 The legislature not only moved the date of the opening of the season up to November 1, but greatly increased the penalty for vio- lating the provisions of the game laws.
 I. T. QUINN,
 Commissioner of Game and Fisheries Montgomery, Ala, August 19, 1924.
 A Policy Multiplying Crime To the Editor of The Age-Herald: My attention has been called to your edi torial of May 2S entitled Sending Children to Prison"
 wish to commend your attitude in protest ing against any community subjecting chil- dren to such treatment. It would seem that any enlightened officials would realize that such procedure is an expensive process to say the least. It is bound to multiply crime in the future.
 Trusting your valuable journal will be ef- fective in educating the public in securing preventive legislation, am
 Sincerely yours, q.
 F. EMORY LYON, Superintendent Central Howard Association. Chicago, H., August IS, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
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Verses and Rsyerses (By Samuel Hoffenstein)
JINGLE-JANGLE REvERIE

JINGLE-JANGLE REvERIE \ The sun arises in the east And bread arises out of yeast, And while the zenith is its goal, The bears are freezing at,the pole. do not know the reasonlw why -, The sun should choose the eastern sky, When it might just as well arise In any quarter of the skies. I only know that every day It starts upon its golden way: The flowers unfold, the birds awake And sing, the while the bakers bake. And while know not why it's so, The sun is bright mad ought to know. The ostrich lives in foreign lands And trots along the burning sands, And when from foes it would escape, It hides it's head-the silly ape!
 III The bee he works and works and works The summer through, and never shirks He doesn't mind the blazing heat Because his labor is so sweet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

From practical standpoint the sug- gestion that the alienists be employed to help in the war on the boil weevil ap- pears unwise. They might try to prove that boil weevils are mentally incompe- tent and so should not be killed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
AMBIGUOUS

On the door of a small laundry in Massa-i chusetts town the following notice to patrons
 was posted: Closed on account of sickness til! Monday, or possibly Wednesday. am liver for at least a week, in any case"-- Boston Transcript -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

Announcement that corn on the cob will make it's appearance soon in Paris suggests it as advisable for the average Frenchman to- shave before attempting to negotiate this tempting part of the menu.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
Room and Rumor!

Ed Brown had heard the neighbors talk They said his mind was failing; And so he hied to Doctor Hawk, To learn if he was ailing. t Forget this yarn," the doctor said, "The tongues of gossip spin it. Forget this rumor bout your head "Why, man! There's nothing in itl"
 r. -Myron W. Johnson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
No Saving

Hoyle: My wife saved five dollars at a bargain sale today
 Shaw: That's the kind of wife to have" :"
 Hoyle: "--but I had to give her fifteen dollars for new hat. Her old one was tram pied on in the rush. Edward H. Dresch- mack.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
AL1ENIsTs ARE TRRIYING

We suppose what an eminent alienist em- ployed as an expert witness in a murder case talks about mostly when his days obfuscation is done is whether to buy. Rolls-Royce or two Pierce-Arrows-Ohio State Journal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
ARsBNJT.MNnED

Uncle Daniel Bernard Haley, of Peavine Ridge, is. so absent-minded that the other night when he heard himself knocking the ashes out of his pipe he called out, Come in." Arkansas Thomas Cat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
DIsCOuRAGEMENT IN OHIO

One reassuring thought, us we glance over the list of candidates seeking nomination for exalted office at today's primary and review their proved qualifications, if sany, is that anyhow most of 'em will get8licked.-OhiO State Journal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

An observer says that President Cool idge's speech of acceptance was like some of his messages to congress. From the way it was received it bids fair to havaSabout as much effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
HEADLIGHT IN THE REAR

Lightning bugs are not so different from some men, A lightning bug can see where he has been but not where he is going. City (Ind.) News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
Another Version

Mamma: My goodness, Jean went out without hat and now it is beginning to rain"
 Papa: "Well, why worry about it. Hasn't she got her hair shingled ?";-pudley Dunlop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

The problem of the cost of living is not acute in Iceland; the women of that country have not changed their styles for hundreds of years, so it is said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

Hedging their support to LaFollette, the neckwear workers may put him un- der additional suspense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

Some of the people of Russia are said to have only one given name; but that one may be jawbreaker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

After a years test, abolition of the twelve-hour day Las been demonstrated as success. Efficiency ''takes no note of time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

Af the choice were left to me, whether to nave a free press or a free government, I would choose free preSs.-ThOmas Jefferson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

Finish Draws Near in Leopold-Loeb Trial-Headline. The public would be more interested to know whose finish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

One advantage of the radio is that campaign spellbinders cannot wriggle out by pleading that they were mis-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

The fact that the hay-fever season is on reminds it's victims that here at last is something to be sneezed at.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

: It is said that the work of the Lon Bon conference is all over but the shout sng. Republican campaign headquarters
 Ire already claiming high credit for the work of unofficial American citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
THE SUPPLY PLENTIFUL

We are said to be throwing oil on the troU- bled waters of London. Our administration has plenty of oil about it.-Philadslphia Rec ord
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

EXCLUSIVE MEMBER OF NORTH AMERI. CAN NEWSPAPER ALLIANCE IN ALABAMA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

Telephone (private branch exchange connect Ing all departments). Main 49OO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

Keeping Cool With Coolidge" as slogan may prove a frost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
PERHAPS HE HAS NO SENSE

We never could see the sense of a candi- date for office getting excited when nobody else is.-Toledo Blade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

"Boys, get the credit" bids fair to be- come almost as historic as "Boys, get the money."'