The purchasers of Dauphin Island
have a property capable of being de
veloped both commercially and as a
resort that will be sure to have a wide
appeal in winter and in summer. If
this development does take place, it
will add greatly to Alabama’s invita
tion to the rest of the United States.
The trouble with many reformers
who are working to keep civilization
from going to ruin is that their
achievements do not indicate that they
are earning their pay.
in me last analysis the continued
success of this government depends on
the number of voters who hold the
public interest above partisanship.
A considerable percentage of the
people who are down and out threw
themselves down and kicked them
selves out by talking too much.
Congress would be a great success
if it could get as much interested in
constructing public benefits as in re
building its fences.
Of all the heralded genius of Ger
many its long suit in this respect seems
to be the painting of dark pictures for
propaganda purposes.
When a sixteen-year-old "boy begins
to change his tie and spruce up before
supper, his mother begins to get wor
ried about him.
An exchange says that the fuel mo
nopoly is hard-boiled. It seems to
have been well roasted, anyway.
It Is reported that St. Louis has
erected a monument to thirty-two chil
dren who were killed by automobiles.
The most practical memorial to them
would be a jail set aside exclusively
for speeders.
Some people never warm up until
they face the cold facts. And then
maybe their feet get cold.
A Chicago professor claims that the
“Uncle Remus’’ stories originally came
from ancient Egypt. Tut! Tut!
Strange that hunger strikes are
| never heard of on Thanksgiving Day.
