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A MORNING PRAYER
Jloggli 1 faint, Lord, let it be from weak*
smi and not discouragement, for in tbeo I
know theer is a solution to every problem,
Wtd a way of light through every threaten
Ingietorra. Amen.—M. S. B,
EITTSBURG STEEL COMING TO
jp THE SOUTH REGULARLY
flhe Jones & Laughlin Steel company, Pitts
bnTg, ha» a two-page advertisement in tho
[Waterways Journal announcing a permanent
monthly barge service for transportation of
■teal products down the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers. They began this service with their
own barges and towboats last fall. It has been
k success. They will make It permanent and
plan to extend the service to New Orleans,
with a view of making that city a depot for
export and Pacific coast business.
Speaking of barge transportation the adver
tisement says: "A tow departed from Pittsburg
on April 3 and arrived at Cairo, where the Ohio
flows into the Mississippi, in exactly seven days,
a distance by water of nearly 1,000 miles.
Three days later several thousand tons of steel
products destined for southern and southwest
ern inland points were delivered on the Mis
sissippi to St. Louis and transhipped to the
railroads for final delivery. Any shipper
knows that this time compares favorably with
that by rail.
‘'Other barges were taken to Memphis for
similar distribution.”
It Is a mere matter of time, short at that,
before Jones & Laughlin will figure In the steel
business as far south as New Orleans through
this wateT service. The only limitation now
holding back a year-around business is the un
canalized portion of the Ohio between Evans
ville and Cairo, which prevents transportation
In dry seasons. This difficulty will be event
ually overcome.
Birmingham, which lives on coal, iron and
products of iron and steel mills, should regard
the innovation of the Jones & Laughlin com
pany seriously, and build up the Warrior river
service to insure equal advantages for our steel
products in the southwest and for export.
Every time a shipper routes by the Warrior
river he Is helping Birmingham preserve the
threatened transportation service of the War
rior, besides getting goods at 20 per cent under
the all-rail rate.
BUILDING IN 1921 AND
THE 1922 PROSPECT
That homes ara the first consideration of a
etvfllied people is shown by the report of build
ing operations taken from 140 cities in 1921.
,T}ie increase over 1920 was 32 per cent.-f The
increase was partly due to lower cost of ma
terials, Wholesale prices of which fell 38 per
feent in 1921, compared with the preceding
Tear.
■ The character of housing provided affords an
Interesting study. The construction of one
family residences increased 71 per cent in 1921,
Tmt the construction of two-family residences
increased 211 per cent, and the increase in
multi-family residences (apartment houses)
was 201 per cent. The one-family residence is
■till the most numerous, and will doubtless re
main ao, but the increased demand for the mul
tiple feouse shows a decided trend in that di
rection.
The construction of 1921 provided for 125
per cent more families than that of 1920. The
American family was much better cared for at
the end of 1921 than at the close of 1920, al
though 1921 was a less prosperous'year.
The record for 1922 is running far in excess
©f that of 1921 and foreshadows the early elimi
nation of the housing shortage that existed two
year sago.
The feature of this year’s structural record
; fa the hundreds of millions of dollars that arc
going jnto highways and municipal improve
ments.
* HUMILIATING EXPERIENCE OF
A NEW JERSEY FLAPPER
Aa a rule, everybody knows what is going on
! „Jfa a email town. But there are times when
iftibi >*ws gets abroad long before the ladies
j hold their weekly club meeting, and even be
| fore reliable purveyors of gossip can reach a
i telephone.
There is the case of Frances Vanore, 17
years old, who lives in North Bergen, N. J.
Having fallen a victim to the jazz virus, Frances
had her hair bobbed, although it had been
strictly forbidden , by her parents. When
Frances got home her mother fainted. Her
father glanced at his daughter’s abbreviated
locks and turned her over his knee. The dis
patch says Father Vanore has a large hand, and
,we infer that it fell heavily on Frances. Two
sisters of the girl ran screaming into the
street. Then somebody telephoned for the
police. A sergeant rushed out to the Vanore
residence and what he learned there made it
difficult for him to keep a straight face. Be
ing wise in his generation, the officer made
10 report.
Maybe you do not sympathize with Frances—
some people have no hearts for flappers—but
she is an object to be pitied. All the neigh
bors know that Frances got a spanking and
every time she goes out with her bobbed
hair they will be reminded of it. There may
be smiles, winks and nudges when Frances
flaps up and down Main street. It’s enough
to make a girl leave home.
NONCOMBATANT WON FAME
ON THE BATTLEFIELD
National Hospital Day would have lacked
much of Its significance without due honor be
ing paid to Florence Nightingale, "The Lady
Withj the Lamp.’’ Among the women whose
names are written upon the scroll of fame,
none is more reverenced than that of this
pioneer army nurse, and rightly so, because
she served humanity. It is no exaggeration to
say that Florence Nightingale came about as ,
near to being an angel on earth as any fallible
mortal evei; gets to be.
Born in Florence in 1820, Miss Nightingale
was trained as a nurse at the Protestant Dea
conesses’ institute at Kaiserwerth, Germany.
She studied hospital methods in England,
France, Italy, Turkey and Egypt. Before she
took up the work which made her name immor
tal, she had given valuable aid to the poor and
afflicted of London. Touched by the stories
of hardship suffered by soldiers in the Crimea
she sailed for Scutarri, October, 1854, with a
staff of 38 volunteer nurses. She toiled thero
for two years and her humane expedition led
eventually to the creation of the Red Cross,
known on every battlefield in the world and
wherever else there is human suffering to bo
relieved.
England was so grateful to Florence Nightin
gale that the nation gave her 60,000 pounds,
a large sum of money in those days, with
which she founded a training school for nurses.
The Order of Merit was bestowed on her in
1907, the first time a woman ever received that
honor, and she was given the freedom of the
city of London in 1908.
The influence of Florence Nightingale
spread through the whole civilized world. She
was an authority on nursing and sanitation.
She died 12 years ago, but her labors for hu
manity are still an inspiration for the women
who have followed in her footsteps and will
continue to be as long as nurses walk the
“aisles of pain.”
Cynics tell us that the conquerors who left
death and destruction in their wake, are wor
shiped as heroes while the world’s benefactors
are forgotten, but the "Lady With the Lamp”
is an exception.
SOVIET DIPLOMACY AT
GENOA CONFERENCE
The Genoa conference may be a failure in all
other respecta, but it has shown the world that
the soviet delegates from Russia are masters
of diplomacy. We have had to revise our opin
ions of the Lenine government a number of
times since it began to function. We do not,
perhaps, have any higher opinion of bolshevism
now than we had a year or two ago, but regard
less of whether or not we agree with their
theories, we must admit that the bolshevik lead
ers can match wits with the best statesmen of
Europe and by no means come off second best.
“Madman," "charlatan" and many other un
complimentary terms have been applied to
Lenine, but it is a queer paradox that beaten
Russia is the only nation in Europe which
is in a position to defy all the others and make
or break the Genoa conference. It looks now
as if Russia had succeeded in breaking the con
ference.
The little known Russian delegates have raort
than held their own against the foremost dip
lomats of Europe, including Lloyd George,
the “Welsh Wizard.’’ Russia may get the blame
for the failure of the Genoa conference, if it
fails, but the unseemly quarrels among the
other nations have been a contributing factor.
The prospect for a speedy rehabilitation of Eu
rope is not encouraging.
An enterprising citizen of Indiana stood in
front of the Twentieth Century Limited and
waved his arms until the engineer'stopped the
train. Then he climbed abroad the tender and
shouted, “Let’s go!’’ It seems to us he was en
title^ to a free ride, but he didn’t get it.
# * *
Shakespeare may not be popular with movie
fans, but the “Shakespearian Chair,” said to
have been carved by Hogarth for David Gar
rick, out of a piece of Shakespeare’s mulberry
tree, was recently sold for $9,325.
# * *
George Barr McCutcheon has writtten a hu
morous story about the efforts of a burglar
to get back into Sing Sing; There is a great
deal to be said for the prison life, if we’d
only stop to say it.
Spanish-American war veterans of Passaic.
N. J., have asked that Lady Astor be deported
as an undesirable alien. That will create in
tense indignation in old Virginia.
•# * *
Isadora Duncan, the dancer, has married an
impressionistic poet in Russia. If Cupid can
drive that team without a clash of artistic tem
peraments he’ll be a wonder.
* * *
We gather from reading the dispatches from
Genoa that the Italian foreign minister would
shed his coat and collar, rather than see the
conference fail.
* * *
Maybe Dr. Doyle would have had better luck
if he had started his lecture tour in enlight
ened Kansas and worked back to New York.
* » #
As we edge up under an electric fan and mop
our steaming brows we don’t get much con
solation out of Deadwood’s two feet of snow.
* * *
Another banker has staked his reputation on
the market, to emerge minus his reputation and
the bank’s money. Why will they do it?
* ■* #
On the other hand, the younger generation
was better behaved when we had corporal pun
ishment in practically all the schools.
* * *
Mary Pickford made a poor showing in a
movie star popularity contest in New York.
Surely, Mary is not slipping?
* * *
When Secretary Mellon talks about a deficit
he gives an acute pain to every republican spell
binder in the country.
* * #
The report that Peggy Joyce, has been ban
ished from Paris for 20 years looks 1 ilte another
neat bit of publicity work.
* * *
As we understand the bout in London, Mr.
Lewis claims that Mr. Carpentier hit him when
ha wasn’t looking.
* * *
There is no satisfying some people. Mr.
Harding is being criticised for not making
enemies.
* * *
A recent picture of Sergeant York shows that
he still isn’t able to do much with his unruly
hair.
# * *
Now that it’s all over, music critics are point
ing out the deficiencies of Geraldine Farrar.
A DUEL DECLINED
From the London Times.
Vienna.—An unemptied slop-pail is an excep
tional ground for an affair of honor, but Dr.
Stein, lecturer on Byzantine art at Vienna uni
versity, must be a quite exceptional sort of
crank. Dr. Stein used to lodge with Dr. Werth,
a bank manager. He was not, apparently, a
very satisfactory sort of lodger. At any rate,
there was friction between him and his land
lord.
One day last month Dr. Werth received a
registered letter from Dr. Stein complaining
of the laziness and carelessness of the house
maid. Fraulein Mitzi, whose service, he said,
was T>ad. She never emptied the slops. The
letter ended with the following words:
“No gentleman can question that you are re
sponsible for the omissions of your servant. I
therefore expect you to take the necessary ,
measures at once. If not I shall regard it as
a deliberate provocation.’’
As the writer of the letter asked for an im
mediate answer, Dr. Werth wrote a few lines,
saying that he had no time to deal with the
matter at once, but that he would see to it
without fail. Thirty hours later two gentle
men called on him, introducing themselves as
his lodger’s seconds, and informed him that
Dr. Stein considered himself insulted and de
manded satisfaction. As Dr. Werth refused
to regard the behavior of Mitzi, the servant
girl, as sufficient ground for a duel, the two
seconds drew up a statement, in which they
declared that, as Dr. Werth refused satisfac
tion, the affair was settled on one side only,
which means, according to the duelling code
of Barbasetti, the recognized author in such
matters, that Dr. Werth might be thrashed by
his opponent or was at least incapable of giv
ing satisfaction.
Dr. Stein gave expression to his feelings by
glaring at the landlord and his wife whenever
he met them in the passage. As the household
was not a little upset by the whole matter, Dr.
Werth took the fairly natural course of giving
his lodger notice, but as in Vienna the rights of
the tenant are safeguarded by the law and a
landlord cannot eject his tenant without right
and proper grounds, the case is being brought
into court, and is being tried in proper form,
to the general amusement of everybody.
JACK TO THE RESCUE
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The ill wind which tore Senor Errazuris from
Peggy Joyce, the international gold-digger,
wafted Jack Dempsey into her life. It’s a
poor ill wind that doesn’t work both ways.
When Dempsey in Berlin heard how impolitely
Senor Billy had acted, his athletic heart bulged
in sympathy for Peggy. Jack could not bear
the thought of leaving a lady to welter in her
own distress.
Jack had been booked to see the historic
sights in Berlin and to proceed to London to
see more historic gights. But what were those
compared to the joy of comforting Peggy?
Who would bother about Unter den Linden
when Peggy needed succor? Why, Jack
wouldn’t take the whole Twoer of London for
one look into Peggy’s eyes. Besides, isn’t
Peggy herself a historic sight?
Jack boarded the first train for Paris,’thus
substituting Peggy for Baedeker. Meanwhile,
awaiting Jack's coming, Peggy gives utterance
to the tender thought that she would like to
make a movie with him in some seculded spot
far away from the Paris boulevards. How
romantic! Peggy, the dewy, tender heroine,
leaning gracefully on Jack’s chest, and, as she
looks into his eyes, swiping his watch from hi*
waistcoat pocket!
Dempsey, by the way, has dissipated all
doubts as to his bravery. Many a man who
was cited in the war for wiping out machine
gun nests or exploring dugouts for hiding Ger
mans would quail at the thought of getting
within Peggy’s reach. She was too much for
Joyce. Senor Billy faded clumsily, but ef
fectively, from the picture. M. Letellier fared
badly. Jack brushes aside all thoughts of dan
ger and plunges heroically into Everyman’s
Land, although Peggy makes Circe look- like
a vestal virgin and places Messalina in the
simple hausfrau class. Jack has no more
chance with the international gold-digger than
has a German mark in a pawnbroker’s shop.
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
DEPORTMENT HAS INFLUENCE
"The deportment of the traveling public has
a greater influence on railway safety than is
generally known,’’ said E. G. Evan3, assistant
divisional superintendent of the Louisville and
Nashville Railro&d company. "The safety sec
tion of the American Railway association, in an
appeal for the conservation of human life and
limb gi»es some very illuminating facts and
statistics on the subject.
“Of the 229 fatalities occurring in the rail
way passenger travel during the year 1920,
about two-thirds were cases in which the in
dividual himself was in some way involved in
the chain of circumstances. For example, 28
persons were killed by falling from coach
steps, 18 by falling from moving trains, 64 by
being struck or run over and 10 met their
death by deliberately jumping from trains while
mentally deranged or to escape penal servitude.
More startling still is the fact that 64 passen
gers were killed and 1,299 injured in getting
on or off moving and stationary trains.
“Once seated inside a railway car the trav
eler is in about the safest place in the world,
and it is generally his own acts in gaining er
leaving such position that create any substan
tial hazard. Notwithstanding the wonderful
safety of passengers on the railways of the
country, it is in the power of each of the billion
passengers carried annually to make himself
still more safe by being careful.”
BOOSTS TRI-CITIES
"In my opinion the Tri-Cities of Florence,
Sheffield and Tuscumbia are destined to grow
into one big industrial city commanding the re
sources of Muscle Shoals and the Tennessee
valley,” said Chairman D. C. Ball on his return
from Florence, where he attended the Shrine
meet.
"Many persons and firms having this idea in
mind are buying up lands in that section, and
real estate is advancing in price at a rapid
rate. There is no doubt that the shoals will
be developed in some way and by somebody.
There is too much water power there to go to
waste. The three cities, I believe, will event
ually combine into one big, prosperous city.”
URGES CHALKVILLE ROUTE
“The route through Huffman, Chalkville and
Clay is unquestionably the one that the state
should take in building the federal aid road,’’
said Thomas Huey, member of the county
board of revenue. “This road is more level than
the Trussvillc road, which goes over the moun
tain, and 90 out of every 100 who go from
here to St. Clair county naturally prefer to go
by way of Chalkville.
“The county has already constructed two
miles of road on the Trussville road, and ex
■pects to do more if the state agrees to take the
other route. The whole matter will be
threshed out at a meeting of the state high
way commission in Montgomery Monday.’’
C1V1TAN CLUBS INCREASING
“The Civitan club idea continues to spread,”
said Oliver Cox. “Demopolis has recently estab
lished a club by the aid of the Greensboro club,
and Field Representative Kenneth F. Smith.
This club began with a charter membership of
25, and with C. M. Parker as temporary presi
dent.
“During the week a new club has also been
established at Jefferson City, Tenn., by the
help of the live Knoxville club. We Civitans
are glad to see the number of Civitan organ
izations increase because Birmingham is the
parent club.”
CELEBRATE MORE EXTENSIVELY
“Every year Mothers’ Day is more exten
sively recognized and observed. The telegraph
is used freely for the purpose of expressing the
affection to mothers. In keeping with the
spirit of the day, all Western Union messengers
will wear white carnations,” said W. W. Acuff*
local superintendent.
“This innovation, inaugurated by the West
ern Union Telegraph company, will, in addi
tion to the warmth of feeling which is carried
by the telegram, be a very effective means of
expressing one’s appreciation for their
mothers.’’
LIKED SINGING
“The playing of Preston Weil on the Glee
club of the University of Alabama was sim
ply wonderful, I think,” said Mrs. Myrtelle W.
Snell. “This young man, only 19 years of age,
has already composed a ragtime opera, which
is being presented by the club this year.
“Of course you can’t judge a glee club purely
from a musicianship standpoint, as you have to
take the other elements of entertainment into
consideration, but I think that the concert
given here displayed exceptional ability among
the students.’’
ADMIRAL FULLAM IMPRESSED
“I was very much impressed with the student
body of Birmingham-Southern college when I
addressed them yesterday afternoon,” said Rear
Admiral W. E. Fullam of the United States
navy. “I spoke to them about the commercial
aero service in America, and even on this sub
ject they displayed unusual attention.
‘‘It is my understanding that this institution
is on the eve of expansion. I think that it has
a wonderful site and a very bright future.”
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
From the Chicago News.
Great men make room for great men.
Fear of debt is the beginning of prudence.
The woman who trusts all men is shy of ex
perience. •
After hearing a glee club the patient listener
ie apt to wonder where it got its name.
Love is always a poor thing so long as it
tries to save itself.
Many a man resembles a mule when it comes
to putting his best foot forward.
No woman should give way to grief. Let
her keep her hair frizzled and everything may
come around all right after all.
Don’t hesitate to proclaim your own good
points. The other fellow is undoubtedly busy
at the other end of your string of qualities.
No matter what you happen to believe, your
deeds are going to attract a good deal more
attention than your creeds.
While the way of the transgressor is one
way. there are "others.
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A SPRING CREED
Whatever rue
This world may know,
I hold it true,
When blossoms blow
And skies are blue,
We ought to show
Some gratitude
For blessings which
Are not construed
As for the rich,
But may be viewed
By those who- hitch
Their humble fliv
Vers to a star
And thereby live,
Where’er they are,
So they may give
To things that mar
Disarming smiles and onward press
To drink their fill of happiness.
IN WASHINGTON
“Where are you going?”
“Out to look at the Washington monument.”
"I thought you came here to call on Con
gressman Twobble.”
“I did. Nobody around here ever heard of
him. I’m going to see something that will
measure up to my expectations.”
LIMITED VERACITY
“Fve been told that Mr. Grabcoin never says
he wishes he was poor again.”
“Yes. Except when he’s before a commit
tee investigating a war contract, Mr. Grab
coin’s regard for the truth is the despair of
his enemies and the admiration of his friends.”
PAUL COOK.
OVERLOOKING A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
"It may be possible to communicate with
spirits.”
“I’m not denying that.”
"Then why poke fun at the mediums?”
“They show such poor judgment. A visitor
from the spirit world who cared to make a
speech could keep an audience of thousands
spellbound in their seats for hours, but about
all a spirit ever says is, ‘I’m very happy here.
THE RUBAIYAT OF A FORD ROADSTER
(With apologies to the Tent Maker.)
Ouch! For the bumps that do infest the road
Serve but ever to increase the load
It is the flivver owner’s lot to bear,
■When weary flesh but craves a Morris chair.
II.
Just as the .last twin-six went whizzing by,
I heard a voice within the tonneau cry,
“One side, there, 'road louse’; let an auto pass!
That thing could float were there but dew upon
the grass.”
XII.
A cushion off the seat beneath a bough,
A pint of corn, a picnic,lunch and thou
Beside me reading a Police Gazette;
Ah, Henry, thou art doubly blest enow!
XLII
Some long for shock-absorbing springs, and
still
Others sigh for the speed that gives a thrill.
Let’s take our Ford and let the Packards go;
For all their speed, we’ll catch ’em on the hill.
R. M. M.
USEFUL INFORMATION
“Anything in that magazine worth reading?”
“Here’s a narticle about hte World war. Very
instructive."
“The World war will soon be ancient history.
Anything else?”
“Well, here’s an article describing the home
life of Gladys Gladeyes, the movie star.”
“I’d like to read it. You can’t carry on an in
telligent conversation nowadays if you don’t
know a few intimate details about Holly
wood.”
THE WORLDLY STAGE
Fame, it seems, is so uncertain*
No one knows how long ’twill last;
Fate, ere long, rings down the curtain,
Then presents a brand-new caste.
BY SPECIAL REQUEST
“How is Mr. Grumpson’s repartee?”
“Not bad. I heard him make a snappy re
tort to a traffi cpoliceman, and it was soo good
he was asked to repeat it the next day in police
court.”
BOOK READING
From the 'Survey.
There are thousands of homes where the
only contact the family makes with the world
of literature and cultural leisure is through
the book agent. Marjorie Schuler, in an article
in the Review of Reviews, tells of the effec
tive efforts made by the women of Corvallis,
Oregon, who felt that their town was suffer
ing from a want of good books—not the kind
the book agent sells. When the agricultural
fair came around they chartered the largest
church in the town for a book fair. This was
not a bargain sale but a regular sample fair
for exhibition and demonstration. Nine
thousand people came to see and handle the
books which the women had collected; there
were sets of well-known authors, first editions
and all manner of good books arranged in 25
sections, each section attended by people who
could talk intelligently about it; travel, history,
fiction, home economics, industry, poetry and
so on. And each person went away with a list
of books from which he could choose and order
at a later time. The sale of books in that
town has increased fourfold since that fair.
Another immediate result of this enriching
event, as they called it in Corvallis, was the
introduction of a regular book review depart
ment in the local newspaper, and a wider in
terest in good books, which mean that not only
the quantity but also the quality of books read
has measurably improved. And so Corvallis
is on the way to rival Leipzig as a book fair
of international fame.
COLLEGE COMICS
From the New York Tribune.
The faculty publications committee of the
University of Washington has ordered the stu
dents’ monthly magazine to suspend. There is
not enough comic material at the university
to enable a humorous magazine to survive, it
claims. The case of a university so lacking
in humor and the capacity for expressing it
as to be unable to get out a funny paper
once a month must be sad indeed. Such seri
ousness is unnatural and unimaginable. It
should be ljarder to avoid comical situations
and outbursts of clever retorts among students
than to let them occur.
Whether the students agree with the fac
ulty’s opinion that the paper is not funny
the dispatches do not say. Maybe the faculty
so appeals to the sense of humor of the young
editors that the paper is filled up with its doing3
to the exclusion of all else. Such unfairness
could not be tolerated, of course. But if the
spirit of fun has really departed from the
student body of the University of Washington,
then it is time to establish a course in pure
nonsense, with clowns for professors. A college
without its share of nonsense should not be
permitted to exist.
WOMEN WILL BE WOMEN
From the San Antonio Express.
Madame Joffre has sailed for France, her
wardrobe packed with ‘'adorable’’ American
clothes. On the same steamer are several
American women, Paris-bound to buy the mo
distes’ latest creations!
FAIRY SCENE WORTH PHOTOGRAPHING
From t"he London Morning Post.
Across the links, intent and slow,
The heavy footed golfers go;
They do not laugh, they do not talk;
And by their side the caddies walk.
But if, by chance, the careless things
Should dint and mar the mystic rings
Where twinkling feet and elfin grace
Choose every night their dancing place—
Then from the dingle where they lurk,
The vengeful gobling spring to work
And snatch and hide, with impish glee,
The ball far driven from the tee.
In vain the caddies scour the course,
By ditch and bunker, pond and gorse,
The wand’rer, lost to mortal eyes,
Safe in some nook of Elfland lies.
And that is why, when stars aTe bright,
With nice new golf balls round and white,
The merry goblings may be seen
At baby bowls on every green. I* M. M.
THESE NEW DEVICES MAY FILL
A LONG-FELT WANT FOR HIM
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