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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-14
How Vegetables Are Dried

In an article in the Farm and Fireside writer says.
 "The typical community drier consists Of a long box-like compartment, about four feet high and three feet wide, and generally about 16 feet long. At one end of the drier is a screen and at the other end Is a fan designed to draw the air from the fruits and vegetables.
 The vegetables and fruits are placed In trays built of screening with wood edges. about three feet long and IS inches wide There is a small ledge of screen at one end. while the other end is left open, so that the air may easily be drawn through the trays. The screen bottom and sides are covered with a very thin coating of paraffin which prevents the products from sticking while in the drier.
 The fan is generally operated by ar. electric motor, although a gasoline engine can be used as we'll when a motor is not available. The important point is to see that the fan has sufficient suction to draw the air swiftly from the trays. The fan should be of large type. capable of changing the air in the cabinet ap- proximately 75 times a minute At one of the plants a fan formerly used in a blaming mill for drawing of the saw dust was installed. while another plant utilized fan that had been used in a foundry for drawing of tho bases."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-14
By DOLLY pALRYarpLn

97 F YOU enjoy hearing Mir. Claude R..
 Hartzell play the big organ at the Trianon theatre as much I do then
 you'll be interested in what I'm going to tell you in this story about this clever artist. whose aim and ob- sect has been since affiliating himself with the music of the theatres, to maintain high standard and never to be satisfied with anything short of his ideals.
 It is one of the paradoxes not infre- Guent in the world of the theatre that one of the important results of mov1e- going has been the development in the public for a taste for good music.
 Tn the four years that I have played the Trianon organ" MT. Hartzell told me one afternoon during the past week when he and I had nice little heart to heart talk about music and the movies. T have never played a note of rag-time. Test out the public taste for two years the Trianon screen flashed the announcement that I would play any request sent in from any body; in those two years there was never request received for a rag time selection Many requests were made for popular music-and popular music must not be confused with rag-time because they are as different as night and day; by popular music mean such selections as Joan of Arc,' over There,' Keep the Home Fires Burning, TIP pefary' and things of that sort. Many of these-lots of them-were requested but never one request was made Tor real rag g-time.
 'This attribute to two things" Mir. Hartzell continued. First, the effort that the Trianon is making to present good musical programmes and not fall into the line of the least resistance by furnishing poor music with the pie lures; and second, a really discrimi- mating public taste. It is often thought that the people who attend the movies are not musical or especially discrimi- hating either in literature or art, but this condition of affairs as mentioned in regard to my own personal experi- ence with the public taste in music, shows that the movie audiences are not only discriminating but real lovers of good music"
 Before we go any further with our story let me tell you a few things
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originality. as I suggested" MT. Hartzell continued. "is the keynote 10 attractive organ work in the movies, because few pictures nowadays have
 music score written for them. The Birth of Nation.' Tntolerance,' Over 1 the Top and q few others have the music score written, but what we call
 the e music sent with the average picture is of little value, hence the or ganist must use his own judgment and originality in providing appropriate
 music"
 Tt is really quite interesting to go
 over the requests from my admirers |"
 aIr. HaFtzell said. and diagnose the taste of the public. Take, for instance, of Wider's; you'd scarcely expect any body in a moving picture audience to ask for such a selection, would you?
 The sonatas of Mendessohn were asked for many times; the Live Songs (Lieber-
 straume) of Liszt's were among the most
 popular selections, while Chopin was asked for time and = time again. Of course. Chopin is primarily a piano com poser but there are some wonderfully , beautiful Chopin numbers arranged for the organ by Rogers and I am always delighted when the request comes for such numbers.
 In the moving pictures as in church work, appropriate music must De played, Mir. Hartzell said "and that reminds me ! of an amusing thing that Dr. George R. Stuart told me once in regard to an organist who played in a large church where he was once pastor. It seems that the organist always went to Dr. Stuart
 as thoughtful organist would, to find out the theme of his sermons. It hap pened that on one occasion pr. Stuart was going to preach on He'll The or ganist worked all the week to find an appropriate musical selection and finally | in desperation she said to the pastor: | Dr. Stuart, I can't find anything appro-
 priate for our musical programme Sum day that will go with your sermon on | Hell" What would you suggestT Dr. Stuart promptly replied: Just sing that
 anthem you sang last Sunday morn- l ing
 Tt is amusing how many things of
 that sort occur,' MT. Hartzer said. T recall another incident-a friend of mine who played in a large church in St
 Louis found that the minister was to preach on the same subject that Dr.
 Stuart spoke of in the story I've just
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about MT. HartzelL In the first plase, he is Pennsylvanian who came to Bir- mingham under the sponsorship of the late beloved Dr. P1unket of the South Highlands Presbyterian church. MT. Hartzell says himself he never quite knew how Dr. Plunket heard Of him. except some mutual New fork iriehus put them in touch with each other. Mr. Hartzell had studied in New fork wieh Cranner, specializing in resistr ..,a and concert playlng' M wl.n .ai-a- . Wal+mann. and he had also taken course in the Virgil Clavier method or technioue. Before that his studieS hao heen pursued in Williamsport, Tenn, and in Philadelphia, where ne stuoieu
 with KowaIski. MT. Hartzeli held many fine organ positions in New foIk. pray ;ng at the Fifth Avenue Prespyterian ah5,rch ana also the wonderful organ at St. Patrick's cathedrai-that peauti- srI .Ircho,' organ, you know-that ad- ,oits of all the possibilities that any instrument affords.
 Anyway his fame as an organist nau rrece1ed him and MT. Hartzen found himself in touch with Dr. Fiuhhee, and finnally, after filling creditaoly ,.ositions in various Pennsylvania and
 Kew York cities, he came to Birmlng- ham,. ,
 Everybody in this community knows
 how acceptably MT. Hartzell fihed the position of organist at the south Hisn- land Presbyterian church for many years: hundreds enjoyed his beautifai art and hundreds regard him as one of the most finished and talented mu- sicians the south has ever known, to-
 day his organ work at the First Meth odist church is as fine as you can
 hear in the big churches of New York
 or any oti.er city, and as organist and
 choirmaster in this church he has achieved an enviable position in the hearts of the people of this great city. MT. Hartzell has the rare faculty 1T temperament--or is it a faculty-any- way, he possesses an exquisite sense or beauty and appreciation of the arlls-
 tic, and this is manifested in all his work, whether choir or theatre work, and he never loses his ideals for a- moment, but always maintains stand ard which is uplifting and appealing.
 'pll tell you frankly" Mir. Hartzell said, continuing our conversation,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-14
Women Suffrage Notes

tin and meets there on first Thurs
 day in every month. The last Thursday of each month the room is used by the
 Baptist Young Peoples council. On the first Tuesday of each month the city board of the E. S A. meets there. The
 room is open at all times to members of the steucgraphic class who wish to use the typewriters. Anyone wishing to
 make tSe of headquarters for war work can make all arrangements by calling Miss Helen Benners, headquarters chair
 man, at Main 1055. The headquarters tell ephone number is Main 50i5.
 SUFFRAGE SERVICE FLAG Another star will soon be added to the two already on the service flag hanging at suffrage headquarters. Mrs. Paul Simms leaves for New York on July IA. From there she will sail for France as a canteen worker in the Red Cross serv- | ice. The first stars are for Miss Mamie | Hamilton, who is the head of the United States bacteriological unit, and for Miss Marion Hamilton. who is assistant to her sister. When last heard from they were in Egypt.
 PERSONALS
 l Miss Judith Jones has gone to Memphis, | where she will take up her duties as busi- | ness secretary in the Y. w. c. A. hostess
 house in the camp there.
 Miss Hortense Bissell has returned
 from Camp Upton, where she has been
 a r M. c. A. -canteen worker Miss Bis sell is one of six women who were first accepted in this service.
 Miss Mary ParlSe London, first vice chairman of the Birmingham Equal Suf- i frage association, has gone to Oklahoma. 1 where she has entire charge of the or ganzation of six counties in the suffrage
 campaign in Oklahoma. Miss London is {, a well trained and efficient worker. hav- 1 ing been a field organizer in New York during the suffrage campaign there last year. Her headquarters are at Ardmore, l Okla.
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and up to the point of going to thA
 piers where ships arc waiting to carry
 them to France, but the transportation both across the country and ovcrseas is in the hands of men who have been
 moving the British millions stncs 1914 It is at the rest camps that tho Amer
 ican soldier gets his first real stop fn
 the voyage he began at an American
 port At the port of debarkation he i5 given scarcely a pause and no oppor-
 tunity whatever to look around From
 the ship that brought him over he is
 marched directly to waiting train.
 Then the journey to camp is begun. But the trains are fast and the country is small so the journey never is long. When the train stops there is a march, usually for two or three miles but in some cases the column must move on foot for 10 or 12 miles before camp is reached. To the Britishcr who sees passing every day the thousands of men the sight is impressive.
 In London, at General Biddle's head quarters, statistical officers and offi- cers of the quartermaster corps con- tinuously go over tables of figures that vary only as the size of conveys vary. and direct the distribution of each new | lot of arrivals, and eventually their re- | shipment to France.
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THIS IS THE
 AGE OF YOUTH
Strands of Gray Hair May
 Be Removed

Strands of gray hair are unattrac- live and very unnecessary and accel- crate the appearance of approaching age Why not remove all traces of gray in the hair and possess an even shade of beautiful dark hair in bounte- ous quantities by the use of La Creole Hair Dressing? Used by thou sands of people every day-every- where-with perfect satisfaction No one need to be annoyed with gray hair hair streaked with gray, diseased scalp or dandruff when offered such a preparation as La Creole~ Hair Dressing. Apply it freely, to scalp and hair rubbing it in well. and after a few applications you will be delight fully surprised with the results
 USE
 ~LA CREOLE" HAIR DRESSING for gray or faded hair and retain the appearance of youth. Used by gentle men in every walk of life to restore an even dark color to their gray hair. beard or mustache Sold and guaran- teed by all good drug stores every where, or sert direct for $1-20 by Van vleet-Mansfield Drug Co. Memphis, Tenn--( Adyt)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-14
In the Air Over London

In the Farm and Fireside Sergeant Lamb, wno fought the Huns in an air raid, says:
 Well, in a moment Low sighted the enemy machines off to the northeast, and pointed them out. to me.
 "Let me tell you, that was, great sight! Tkirty-one big Gothas in huge V formation There were three other machines by themselves off to the left. Those were BE 7S's of the patrol. and thav ware the only other British planes that I saw. Other English machines were coming up as I was, but they didn't have a chance against the Gothas. be- cause they were under-gunned and couldn't make any better speed than the Hun.
 "soon as I got a good look at that gang I said to myself. You'd better get higher, old man. And so I began Q climb. l rose to between 17,000 and 1SOc0 feet Low took off his heavy gloves, leaving on only his thin under gloves, so he could work the Lewis. He whipped off his goggles"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-14
Look. Mother! If Tongue is Coated cleanse the liver and bowels with
 California Syrup of Figs"

Mother! Your child isn't naturally cross and peevish. See if the tongue is coated; this is sure sign that it's little stomach. liver and bowels need attention at once.
 When listless, pale. feverish, "stuffy' with cold, throat sore; when the child has tainted breath and doesn't eat, sleep or act naturally. or has stomach ache or diarrhea, remember a gentle liver and bowel cleansing should al- ways be the first treatment given.
 Nothing equals "California Syrup of Figs for children's ills; givc a tea
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spoonful, and in a few hours an the waste matter, sour bile and fermenting food clogged in the bowels pass out of the system, and you have a healthy and playful child again. All children love this harmless. delicious fruit laxative" and it never fails to effect good inside cleansing" Directions for babies, children of all ages and grown-ups are plainly on the bottle.
 Keep it handy in your home. A little given today saves a sick child tomor- row. but get the genuine.
 Look for name "California-" Accept no Fig Syrup but california
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he is original in his work of arrang- ing music for pictures. I have tre- mendous musical library--over sS5oo worth of music at the Trianon theatre and there Is hardly a picture I can- not arrange a good musical programme for. Occasionally an unplayable pie ture is presented, and by unplayable I mean a picture which is really bet ter without music-or if music must be had, the mechanical instruments must furnish it; but the average pic- ture presents fine opportunities fer the organist. For instance. the past week when the big Russian picture, The Legion of Death was presented at the Trianon. I found my Russian ru- sic most valuable; I used the Litol Suite. arranged by Odorff almost in it's entirety for this picture.
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when was first asked to play in the Trianon theatre I had grave doubts about accepting the offer; 1t did not appeal to me at first. I had never played in theatre and I had never wanted to; but I began to investigate the matter and when I found such or- ganists as Samuel F. Warren, Whiting and others in the east pIaying in the movie theatres I thought it couldn't be unworthy, else these great artists would not be filling such positions. And they were right, because now the standard of musical achievement in the movies is so high that many of the re- nowned orchestra leaders, organlsts and pianists, are employed in the work. and they are doing a great work. too, let me say.
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"The organist in the movie theatre has a marvellous field for the develop ment of the public in musical matters" :" Mr Hartzell said. ''Thousands of peo- pie every week attend the movies, and the managers of theatre houses. realize that good music with picture at tracts quite as much as the picture it. self-hence the managers furnished good music And stranger than this is that those who formerly despaired of the muical taste of movie audiences now realize that these same audiences demand the best music and, whats more, enjoy it.
 Pictures afford an organist a re- markedly broad field MT. HartzcIl said. Originality is at premium With the movie organist, who must have an immense repertoire to draw from if
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Tn Trying 10 Maintain e Standard Good Music in e MoDi Hage Played Time Nor EDe Had Request For
 Rag Time Selection in All My Caeer As Theatre OrgonLSt
-rLAUpE Id. HARTZELI.

told you--'Hell.' Now. this organist was not thoughtful about asking the subject of the sermon, so when the minister finished his sermon that particular Sun day morning on 'Hell,' the choir at once arose and began their anthem, which was Harry Rowe Shelley's beautiful compo- sition, How Lovely It Would Be to Be There You can imagine the ripple of amusement over the congregation when the choir began to sing.
 'sThe moving pictures have become so closely associated with good literature and good music" Mir Hartzen said,
 that every day improvements are being made0in the pictures. hence the organist
 who keeps in tune with the times and demands of the pictures must study and work with all his might and main I have made a study of organ music for the pictures and 1t is my belief that no surer or better way is open to the mu- sican today to do bit of welfare work as it were. than by educating the people up to good music through the medium of the moving picture shows. The best books are being picturized; the biggest things in the world are being pictured the war pictures undoubtedly arc the most thrilling, stirring and inspiring or all pictures in these parlous times Take the national airs of the various nations, our own claT-2pdil6lcQ 1edhAhcAs h4xss Marsallaise'-there never was such en- thusiasm as the war songs elicit. In- deed, I feel that music and the movies require so much art and so much study that one has little time for anything eise if the position Is filled creditahly.~
 recall a very clever story that Kitty Cheatham tells about the old daraxey whom she saw promenading In the procession, vociferously playing in a band Later Miss Cheatham said fp
 him: .Jim, you certainly do play loud: ] do you play by ear or by note?- And the old darlxey said: -Naw'm, dcu't play by year, nor by note, neithers I jes' plays by main fo'ce. YassumT'
 I love the story and 1t is worthy of paraphrasing just here in connection with MT. Hartzell. and his beautiful organ playing. for he plays by note as well as ear and, best of all, by main force of his delicate interpretation. his exquisite tonal quality and his keen appreciation and there are few musicians of my ac- quaintance who play so pleasingiy, a ldelightfully-and with so much tastss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-14

Crime in England is now showing an upward tendency, after a remarkable and continued fall since the beginning of the war. The annual report of the British constabulary attributes this to
 restriction of street lighting and short
 age of police.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-14

General Gorgas assures us that 75 to 80 per cent of our men wounded in battle will be restored and returned to service and that the soldiers permanently dis abled will not exceed 10 per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-14
MY HERMAN OVER THERE.

M ltTIt4H<h1N V V IIIS IIIEItFL By His Wife" Moffat Yard & Co.,,
 publishers, New York.
 My Airman Over There" is a story of the woman who stays behind. She watched the gates at the railway sta- tion clang behind his khaki clad figure. When she returned home the dance record was on the victrola where they had left 1t the night before. And she turned from it to kiss the pillow where his head had lain. And now he had gone lover There" And then his letters began to arrive. Here was real love Romance and gripping ad- ventures of the air were in these let
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ters. But of equal and perhaps greater interest is this remarkable love story of a dying hero and the wife who waited so eagerly for his return.
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~HH WHO BREAKS"

By Tnna Demens Dodd, Mead & Co.,.
 publishers, New York.
 Theodore Biran believed that every hu- man being has the right to live his life to it's chosen ends But it was not until he fell in love with Elsa that he was confronted with the practical application of his credo, and he had to realize the truth of that with which he had before merely played. The author lays bare the souls of this man and woman who loved each other, and analyses in won- -derfuIly vivid way the effect upon the artistic fife of the sculptor Biran of his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-14
THE BOOK SHELF
nv THE BIBLIoPHILE

 THE JOYOUS TROUBLE MAKER" By Jackson Gregory. Illustrated Dodo' Mead & Co, publishers. New York
 It certainly was provoking, when one had been accustomed to receive unques- tioring homage from all men, to nave mere newspaper reporter refuse to bow yin submission-especially when he was guest on one's ranch. No wonder the high-spirited Beatrice was indignant and banished the offender. But he refused to be banished and set up housekeeping close to the "Queen's Ranch" where he seemed to do everything to give her froCble and withal led a most disgusting ay cheerful life There Is another man" who complicates matters, but all turns out as 1t should, for this Is a real Jack son Gregory tale. full of romance and stirring adventure, the kind that grows in the far west.
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love for the beautiful violinist As, a study in temperament and sex analysis.
 He Who Breales' places this talented
 young author high indeed in the ranks of
 thoughtful and worthwhile novelists.
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THE HOUSE OF INTRIGUE

Dy ATlHur otrlnSer, the DODDS Mefrlii company, publishers. Indianapolis.
 Arthur Stringer is fortunate not only in that he has written a rattling good mystery story, but that he has done it at a time when we are all asking to be diverted ard when no novel of it's kind is claiming share of the public's at tention. MT. Stringer is an expert in constructing an involved and fascinat- ingssituation and an artist in allowing his characters to work it out step by step and thrill by thrill to satifying conclusion. More than this, MT. Stringer knows the English language and how 10 use it to convey his ideas clearly and at- tractively. If you will step into the House of Intrigue" and close the door gently behind you. you will be lost to all that is raging outside; you'll be blind to the appr oaching income tax collector and deaf to the sound of the big guns In the hall of this mysterious house you'll meet her and once you have heard her tell Big Ben what she thinks of his plans fer vacantion, you'll follow her fortunes to the end, thoug you won't be certain until you get there whether she is innocent in distress, a high1grade crook of new woman detective.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-14
'RECONSTHUC-EN IN LOUISIANA
 ((AP EE.R 1S6S.t

By Ella I1Onn (WO mapS1 e. F. Put
 nam.s Sons, publishers, New York.
 An important contributi n to the his- tory of the period succeeding the Civil war is this book by Ella I.onn. The dra- matic period. so full of hardship for the south, is vividly depicted in the authors pages. A great deal of careful research has been expended in the preparation of this authoritative work.