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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
LABOR DAY OBSERVANCE

The observance this year of Labor Day Is of particular significance to the nation. A president will be elected. Labor's vote will not decide the issue but certain lead Ners of labor undertake to dictate to the individual working man how he IS to cast his ballot. The individual laborer will vote as his judgment and conscience dictate-a privilege safeguarded him by the organic law. He will not listen to an inspired dictatorship of radical lead Iers who would persuade their fellow workman into step contrary to the call of duty and inimical to labor's interests.
 Sterling advice is contained in the Southern Labor Reviews sixth anniver- sary Labor Day edition. This publica- ton devotes an editorial, presented on it's cover page, captioned, "Our Mission" The editorial, in part, states:
 "Petty jealousies and personalities must not hinder the great onward march of human labor, but all should work in harmony toward the one end of making the world happier and more contented place in which to live. We are not in politics for personal gain or honor, but it is through active participation Tn the political affairs of our nation that those high ideals of living can be obtained through legislative channels"
 It is labor's duty to vote and to strive with their fellow man in attaining the goal of a happier world and more contented place to live. The individual must do his own thinking. He must be guided by a desire to live and let live and to avoid indorsement of any policy conducive to. industrial unrest and un- sound conditions that retard the nation in. its economic expansion.
 Labor's position on the economic horizon will be emphasized by thousands < of orators today. It is we'll that while its achievements are being reviewed that opportunity be not overlooked to SOW seeds of constructive counsel. Labor Day orators have the responsibility of making an equitable analysis of the industrial situation. A broad economic attitude should be recommended by which the recognition of the rights Of the employer as well as of the employe, may be potent influence in the economic life of the nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
KIDDING THE RIGHT OF WAY

The action of the county board of revenue in cancelling all contracts for advertising along the rights of way of public roads, and ordering the removal of all signs now there receives pubic ap- proval. The highways are public property and are not to be used as sources of rev enue. Aside from the unsightliness of . promiscuous signs along the roadways' their use in such manner is an lnva- sion of the public right. Outdoor adver- Using. on private property is one thing and outdoor advertising on public prop erty is something else. Even the bill board companies are beginning to CO., operate with public sentiment and public authorities in eliminating the objection hblAN features of such advertising, so Ethat for a county body to disregard such features would be for that body to be |behind the times.
 In the recent campaign it was noted that some candidates had their advertis- ing hung conspicuously on public bridges and in other places where they were ln- harmonious. Public property is not the peruuisite of public officials nor of pol iticians. In hundreds of cases the adver- tising of candidates, both defeated and successful, is still to be seen as ugly ap- pendages of trees, posts, poles, rocks and other points of vantage along the road ways. The existence of such signs in such places, proves the unworthiness of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
A TONIC FOR MORALS

In Washington last week a survey was made of delinquency among children to dis, cover what percentage were playground de- voices. In two weeks time ninety-seven were brought before the juvenile court judge. Of that ninety-seven, only one child lived within three blocks of municipal playground, Now, some blocks in Washington are long, some are short. But one understands from the report that very few delinquent children have access to the playground. It follows, then, that very, very few playground enthusiasts are so bad as to attract the probation officers attention
 This serves to emphasize the value of play grounds.-Richmond News-Leader.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
CONNECTS ON HIGHWAYS

The manner in which convicts may : best be used on highways is still open to some discussion. That they are suited : to rough and preliminary work, and to hand maintenance seems to be pretty well established. When it comes to the higher types of paving, however, it is questionable whether their service will be found satisfactory. MT. Batson seems to think that he can do away with con tract work at saving to the county. If he can, of course that is desirable. But there is reason to doubt whether he can, for the difficulties in the way are great, not the least of which is the average lack of suitable skill among convicts. Con- victs have been used on high type con- struction in some states, but there is no state which confines itself to such service altogether. Likewise, there is no reason why Jefferson county should commit it. self definitely, without careful experi- menation beforehand. There is reason to suspect that MT. Batsons enthusiasm is more praiseworthy than trustworthy in the premises.
 If the board does undertake some high type construction with convicts, there should be some means, independent of MT. Batson's records, of keeping close track of costs and results. Merely be- cause convict labor does not require a cash outlay is no reason for believing that therefore it is profitable labor in all lines of highway construction. There IS a way of determining this quite accu- rately, and if the board means to go at &it in businesslike manner that way Will
 k followed. Nor is there any 'incontro- vektible evidence that MT. Batson IS him self\a postmaster in handling convict la Dor Ar in building all types of paving. The sAlf-assumption of such capacity is not prSef. The new board had better await more reliable information before deciding fo use <convicts exclusively in those types Aof construction calling for skill and experience, and which the de- mands of our traffic insistently call for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
MalYY Returns

M. Malyy is rumored as the choice for French ambassador at Madrid and Leon Blum as ambassador to Great Britain. NJ. .Malvy has only recently returned to France During the war he and M. Caillaux were condemned for entertaining correspondence with the en- emy, although not with traitorous intentions, as the senate phrased 1t. M. Malvy was ban ished from France and lived his exile in Madrid. The amnesty granted to political of- lenders recently by the neY government has set them free. Much has been said about the crime of Messieurs MalYy and Caillaux; but at it's best it was only relative crime. Their political faith happened to differ from the dominant party of Clemenceau and Poin- care, who were running things at the time of their condemnation. Caillaux and Malvy were of the opinion that just peace could be concluded, resulting in a complete recon ciliation in Europe. They believed that such a peace would carry greater blessings than an enforced peace, which they thought would only SOW the dragons teeth of hatred and a new war. Their opponents first called them "defeatists," and later, on the wave of arti- ficially fanned hysteria, they were able to have both men condemned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
BIRMINGHAM TOUCHED LIGHTLY

It appears from reports brought from Pittsburg by Birmingham industrial lead CTS that industry there has suffered se- verely from the depression of the past few weeks which touched Birmingham very lightly and from which this district now seems almost entirely recovered. According to MT. P. G. Shook, Pittsburg steel and iron have been "hard hit" while the coal-mining interest of Penn sylvania has been dragging woefully." Here, on the other hand, the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company opera ting at one hundred per cent. and more, as compared to fifty per cent. of the Pittsburg plants, is certain suggestion that Birmingham is considered above other districts. Our industrial situation has not been as difficult to handle as elsewhere"
 All this is encouraging to Birmingham, not alone as indicative of present pros perity, but as suggestive of the perma- hence of that prosperity and the excep- tional advantages enjoyed by this dis trict, by means of which 1t sinks less deeply into depression and emerges. more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
Grateful To America

To the Editor of The Age-Hefald:
 Will you kindly convey to the readers of your great newspaper, on September l, the following words of gratitude from the Eng lish-speaking Japanese of Tokyo:
 At noon on September l, 1923, exactly one year ago today, at about this tine, the great est earthquake known in history visited the best and richest section of Japan. NThe great city of Tokyo, the pride of the OrAsnt, with five million shouts, was suddenly reduced to ruins, with nearly 250,000 dead or Injured and millions homeless. The beautiful caty of Yokohoma, the largest seaport of the empire, was practically destroyed and swept OutAof sight The President of the United States immediately issued a proclamation for the relief of the Japanese sufferers; and the peo- pie of America immediately responded. With out American aid, many more hundreds of thousands would have died of hunger and disease.
 On this first anniversary of that great catastrophe, the First Japanese University of America, new institution representing the 50,000 English-speaking Japanese of Tokyo, wish to convey to the American public, though their great newspapes, the gratitude of the Japanese people and formally report
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
The Worlds Wirido,u
HerriOt's Faith
By PIERRE VAN PAssEN

HE old militarist group in France, con-
 | sisting of royalists and NJ. Poincare's bloc national. is getting ready for the battle to be waged in the chamber and the senate over the ratification of the London agreements These gentlemen, loath to con- cede Herriot the glory of having brought light In the gloomy reparation sky of the past five years, are now endeavoring to represent his ideas as nonsensical and they depict the pre- mier as Frenchman who desires the defeat of France. Yet Herriot has often said that his one ambition was to see France victorious and to see France loved in the whole world Not through force, to be sure. Nor through bayonets and machine guns, but through the superiority of a great heart. Herriot believes that France must show sufficient moral cour- age to extend her fullest sympathy to those whom she has struck down, not to carry on in vindictive spirit of revenge, but to con- slider the Germans as erring brothers who are now repudiating the leaders who brought them to the brink of national extinction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
The Circle Of Joy
N TEN create nothing: They discover. That lNN is all
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

IN TEN create nothing: They discover. That All truth, all beauty, all righteous ness, are in Nature. Nature, of course in- cludes man.
 The poet is but seer. What he sees has been there all the while.
 The poet is a soul with an eye.
 The artist discovers, that is, he makes us perceive what was to us yelled. He removes covers
 Animals initiate. So do we; only 1t is a higher quality of imitation. We initiate, as- similate, reproduce.
 What we actually do, when we are SUD- posed to inveSt something, is to go to the stuffed storehouse of Nature and find out something. The Germans say -"enfindet," finds out.
 "Quod invenitur, fuit." said Tertullian. What is invented, was." y.y ]. In the realm of art our most extravarant fancies are poor beside the realities of Ma ture.
 The great sculptor, Auguste Rodin, says:
 Man is incapable of creating. He can only approach Nature submissively, lovingly. Noth- ing will take the place of preserving study. To it alone the secret of life delivers itself. Give your life patiently, passionately to un- derstanding life. What profit, if you come indeed to understand You will be in the cir
 
 "To see, to understand-truly to see Would one recdil before the necessary effort. before the indispensable apprenticeship, how ever long and laborious, if he foresaw the hap piness. of understanding?"
 We Sare placed in a world full not only of food for our bodies but of nourishment and delectation for our minds
 The universe is rich in toothsome laws, ra- diant harmonies, secrets of happiness and power, treasures of joy, of intoxicating beauty. , s
 Go to, and eat, and let your soul delight it. self in fatness!
 There are other Xenuses of Aielos, Monna Lisas and Botticelli Primaveras; other Iliads, Twenty third Psalms, and Odes to the SkyA lark other Parsifals, and Ninth Symphonies; why do we not find them3 Some youth with divine fire mixed in his clay, may read this.
 Listen to me, O youth Go into the wilder ness awhile and learn the message of noun tains of stars, and desert souls, of treesap and shy wild creatures; and put your ear against the breasts of cities and hear their heart beats drink deep of the waters of democracy. Then sing to us, paint for us, write for us and. our hearts shall burn within us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
Lover To Lover
lDavid Morton in The Foruml

Leave me awhile, for you have been too long A nearness that is perilous and sweet. Loose me little from the tightening thong
 feet. For there are old communions would hold, To mind my heart what field and sky may
 be: Earth bears here fruit <. November has
 a gold
 And stars are still high points in constancy Loose me Little now have a need Of standing in an open; windy place, Of saying names again, of giving heed To these companions of mans lonely
 race Loose me to these, between one dusk and
 dawn
 I shall have need of them, when you are
 gone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
The. Right Word
Overheard
By W. CURTIS NICHOLSON

Overheard
 Overheard: IrregardIess of what he thinks Corrected: Regardless of what he thinks Criticism: There is no such word as ire gardless.
 Overheard: There's a barrier between you and he.
 Corrected: There's a barrier between you and him.
 Criticism: You would not say between we;" nor between he and l." Overheard: and ho went to the shore to- gether.
 Corrected: He and went to the shore to- gether.
 Criticism: Do not speak of yourself first. Overheard: Where are you going to? Corrected: Where are you going? r. Criticism The "to" is unnecessary, Overheard You cannot learn except you study. se, =. Corrected: You cannot learn unless you study. @i Criticism: Unless is preferable Overheard The money was divided be- tween the five men.
 Corrected: The money was divided among the five men.
 Criticism: Use between only when there two.
 Overheard: When did the accident take place?
 Corrected When did the accident occur? Criticism: Take place means that some thing happens by arrangement.
 Overheard: When will the celebration Oc- cur?
 Corrected: When will the celebration take place? Criticism: Note the preceding criticism. Overheard: That's him. Corrected: That's he.
 Criticism Always say That's be-" That's she," or Tt is l."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
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The Pipps Disuss Belated Annnsls y1ca.lon

The Pipps Disuss Belated Annual ysScatior A MOS Q. PIPP: We'll, now,s ye,ds bette | A get together on this summer vacation thing. Where'li> we go this year? Mrs. Pipp: I'd like to go to the mountains Patricia (their daughter): Oh, ma, wh, wants mountains?
 | Amos: Whats the matter with mountain for vacation? Ain't they all right7
 Patricia: Pooh!
 Amos: Are you pooh-poohing our noun tains. I'd have you know that Americs has some of the finest mountains in thu world young woman.
 ! Patricia: What if it has? I don't havs to have mountains if don't like lem, do I? 1 Amos Whats the matter with noun tains? 50o Patricia: I hate 'em! - Amos: How many mountains have you seen, young lady, to know that you hate 'em Huh? Patricia: I've seen enough. The movies are full of 'em. I wanta go to the beaches. Amos: Beaches! You're always talking about the beaches! They make me sick. They always cluttered up with sheiks and vamp. ires and pomeranians and delicatessen men and their families, and silly flappers and goffy looking college boys.
 Mrs. Pipp Maybe, Amos, we could go to some place in between the mountains and the beaches.
 Amos: Whaddya mean in between the mountains and the beaches? Dya wanta spend a vacation up tree on the Lincoln highway or what? Talk sense, mommer.
 Mrs. Pipp: mean maybe we could pick a vaLe .ion resort on a lake some place.
 Patricia: I hate lakes!
 Amos: Listen to that kid. She hates mountains and now she hates lakes! How aboutehills and ravines and rivers?
 Patricia: hate them, too. I wanta go to the beach. =
 Amos: How do you know you hate lakes Have you ever been to any?
 Patricia I've seen 'em, dozens of lem. in the parks. They're always full of sailors rowing around in green boats.
 Amos: Those ain't regular lakes, stupid
 Patricia A lake is lake and I hate 'em.
 Amos: Selfish girl! Wouldn't you take lake just to please your mother here?
 Patricia: If you and ma want lake, go get one. l wanta go to the beach.
 Mrs. Pipp: But, Patricia, what do you see at the beaches that's so wonderful?
 Patricia: Oh, everything's grand . the lifeguards and the actors and the movie stars and the college boys and the surf and the sand and the all-hots and the moon.
 Arsos: Do you think there's no moon on the lakes and mountains?
 Patricia I dunno. co.
 Amos: Well, there is and all-hots too! -.
 Mrs. Pipp: Prentice, where would you like to go?
 Prentice Cher soH): wanta go on vaca. tion by motorcycle.
 Amos: Good heavens! Think of 1t, nom. mer! A vacation on a motorcycle!
 Prentice: With a motorcycle you can visit beaches, lakes and mountains and every. thing.
 Amos: That fool son of ours thinks you judge good vacation by the number oi places you don't stop at
 Mrs. Pipp: Maybe we'd better let the children take their vacation their own way Amos.
 Amos: You're right, mommer. And ur to today I've been telling insurance men there's never been any insanity in our family
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
ScllIpturing Sonls

Noble American women in the South are appealing for aid to reclaim for civilization the millions of pure Anglo-Saxons who in habit the mountains of Southern states Through isolation these people have become estranged from culture, progress and modern civilization. Such institutions as the Tallu- lah and Berry Schools in Georgia are worthy of support. They are doing a work that ranks infinitely higher than the building of sky-scrapers and the accumulation of gold and treasures. They are building for eter- nity. The South has it's native sons to raise to higher standard of civilization and the North and East have the stranger within their gates The people of America have great opportunity before them. To educate the foreigner, to make him see and feel part of great national rebirth of culture, that should be the aim. Nothing is gained by villifying or avoiding him. He's here and is willing to assimilate. To denounce and threat en him breeds class-hatred. How much more satisfying will it be in years to come when we are producing writers and artists, musi- clans and builders, architects and scholars from the ranks of Anglo-Saxon mountain dwellers in the South and from the ranks of alien immigrants, to point to them and proudly exclaim 'There is our most beauti- full and greatest work, the souls that we have sculptured."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
the practical reconstruction of the devastated

the practical reconstruction of the devastated area.
 The new cities of Tokyo and Yokohoma have already risen out of the ruin Today all transportation and communication sys- tems have been restored; commerce and in dustry have returned to their pre-earthquake prosperity majority of the social, religious and educational institutions have been re- built and hundreds of thousands of buildings have been built for the homeless. Without American aid, the devastated area would never have been reconstructed with such speed.
 Ptople of America: We thank you and thank you over md over again. We deeply appreciated the friendly spirit manifested at that occasion.
 First JapAnese University of America, repre-
 senting he fifty thousand English speak
 ing Japanese of Tokyo.
 BaT. F. RANSEIFU, PhD.
 Washington. D. O., September 1, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01

quickly than other districts. The national steel and iron capital will eventually come here, because this is the logical
 passing point for prices. by virtue of the capacity to produce at a low average cost, and to compete through transportation facilities and low rates. While not seek ing in any way to impede the develop ment of other sections, Birmingham is gratified at the wealth of opportunity and the brightness of the industrial des- tiny that seems inalienably hers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
Not Pledged To Anyone

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 The statement has several times recently appeared in your paper that I am pledged to the support of MT. Charles O. Johnson for postmaster at Ensley. These statements are wholly unauthorized, as I am not pledged to Mir. Johnson or any one else. l am await ing the result of the examination for post master there before pledging myself to any once. l would thank you to make this cor rection in your columns. o. D. STREET,
 Guntersville, Ala, August 30, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
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(By E. s. Wing) X/OU may leave New York in the evening, Y About Nineteen ThirAy-three,
 When the Airplane Limited buzzes OCT The space between sea and sea And tucked under Pullman blankets, Watch the clouds as they speed below, Or dream about Mars and the far-flung stars As you sweep over peaks of snow. You awake, and you eat your breakfast In an inn near the Golden Gate, Where the seabirds squeak and the palm
 fronds creak, And tho sleek sea lions mate, You may leave New York in the evening And a West Coast engagement keep On the following morn, and, as sure as you're
 born, That's going fast asleep.
 Why is it that when you call fellow yell low, he sees red?
 write. of flapper named Rose, Of whose dancing you've heard, suppose, I'm confiding in rhyme That she keeps such good time Because of the clocks on her hose.
 Thomas E. Gerrie. ,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
THE PASSION FOR ANTIQUES

Feminine nature changes little as the cen turies roll on and we would be willing to bet that Noah's wife insisted on taking along all her antiques, even if it was necessary to crowd out a few of the animals to make room for them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01

such candidates to aspire to the coveted office. A disregard for such things as cause the. public annoyance predicates something wrong with those possessed of such disregard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01

An Interview With Prominent Citizen I cannot be quoted, he said; I've nothing to say in the press. My opinions not worth being read; Publicity gives me distress.
 (Sotto Voce) But should you insist on printing A statement in spite of this structure, Please see that my names spelled correctly, And-how about using my picture?
 Hubert s. Hunter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01

The showing which Cole Blease made in the South Carolina primaries will probably modify some folks view that the world is growing sounder and saner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01
The Master of Man

She washed her cheeks-in blank amaze I noted this Aggression, Pray cease! !" cried, ''the bloom runs off, Keep young Make some concession To me. cannot bear to see That pallor." With elation She dried her face. "Old thing" she laughed, Il sought fresh foundation"
 Oliver F. Brothers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-01

It is reported that four hundred and
 fifty. cars of cantaloupes are on their way East from California, which will
 probably stimulate the guessing industry.