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the block workers in the Citizens Council should
find that there are many men out of work in the
various blocks, the business and labor groups
would be held responsible for the working out of
some plan to meet the problem. In this way,
everyone In the Social Unit district is enabled to
work for the whole community at the same time
that he is working for himself. Everyone is a
part of the big force for good in the community.
Slowly, one by one, each occupation is being or
ganized and will have an executive in charge.
The committee made up of the executives of all
the occupational groups is called the Occupational
Council of the Social Unit. The Occupational
Council and the Citizens Council acting together
are the means by which the community governs
itself.
Children Given Medical Attention.
When the doctors and nurses of the Social Unit
district were organized they found that there
were many babies dying every year quite unneces-
sarily, either because little diseases which they
contracted were not taken in time, or because
their mothers were not properly educated in car
ing for them. The doctors asked the Citizens
Council to go into their blocks and find out how
many children under six years of age there were.
They found that there were 1,179. The doctors
decided TO give each of these children a COM
plete medical examination, and the "block work.
, 1919-02-06
An Attack Of Influenza
Often Leaves Kidneys In
Weakened Condition

Doctors in all parts of the country have
been kept busy with the epidemic of in
6uenza which has visited so many homes.
The symptoms of this disease are very
distressing and leave the system in a run
down condition. Almost every victim
complains of lame back and urinary
troubles which should not be neglect
ed, as these danger signals often lead to
dangerous kidney troubles. Druggists
report a large sale on DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root which SO many people say
soon heals and strengthens the kidneys
after an attack of grip. Swamp-Root,
being IN herbal compound, has a gentle
healing effect on the kidneys, which
is almost Immediately noticed in most
cases by those who try It. DR.. Kilmer
a Co, Binghamton, N. Y, offer to send
a sample size bottle Of Swamp-Root, on
receipt VI ten cents, to every sufferer
who requests it. A trial will convince
any one who may be in need Of It.. Regu-
lar medium and large size bottles, for
sale at all druggists. Be sure to mention
this paper.-Adv.
, 1919-02-06

ers" went back to their blocks and told the moth
ers and fathers that the district physicians would
examine their children and tell them if there was
anything wrong and how it could be remedied.
One thousand and forty-three of the children were
brought to the district health station. Hundreds
of defects were discovered and remedied. Glasses
were organized for the mothers; the district
nurses went into the homes to follow up the chill
dren who had been examined and see that the par
ents were giving them the right care.
When the epidemic of influenza broke out, every
one knew that somewhere in his or her block,
within calling distance, was a woman who would
exert the utmost effort to see that those who were
ill got help. The doctors and nurses were mobi
LIKED through the district headquarters, so that
cases could be cared for in the shortest possible
time. There was hardly a case in the district
which was not reported, and when the epidemic
was over it was found that the death rate in this
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'age and the only people who go unbefriended
IRE those who rebuff kindliness or who wear IL
Gun BUT In the crowded city people get away
from this neighborliness and seem to care moth
Ing about the folks around them. Babies die be-
cause the mothers do not know how to care for
them' Many people who have consumption and
other diseases live with small children around
them, exposing them to sickness. Many invalids
spend months at home. alone and unbefriended.
All this is not because the people of the city are
not as Kind hearted and as willing to be helpful,
but because the city is too large for every one to
Know every one else, and many people live near
each other for years without knowing even each
others names.
The Social Unit organization has divided the
district of $4,000 people In which it is working
into thirty-one small blocks of about 500 people
each. The plan is to make each of these blocks
II tiny village where folks will come to know one
another and TO be interested in having their neigh
bors happy and contented. In a country village
there Is usually some one woman who is a sort of
village mother to whom folks go in times of trou-
BILE. who knows every one and is always busy
getting people to help those in need. Taking her
as an example. the Social Unit organization has
found in each tiny block village a woman who
serves as a 'block worker" who knows when
anyone needs help of any kind and sees that help
is given by the right agency. This worker is
chosen lev rhe people of her block and is paid
enough so that she will be enabled to emplov
someone to do part of her housework during the
times that she is "mothering" her block. The
t%hirty-one block workers, together. form what ,s
called the Citizens Council. The work of this
Citizens Council is to learn what the needs of
every part of the district are and to see thar plans
are worked out for meeting these needs. In do.
ing this it uses the knowledge of the dIfferen,
skilled groups in the community.
Use People With Expert Knowledge.
In every community there are certain prouns
each of which knows more about one particular
thing than any other group. For example. tbc
doctors know more about the prevention of dis.
ease than anyone else, the teachers know more
about educating children, the plumbers about
plumbing, the business men about business and
so on.
The Social Unit has organized people with spe-
cial skill for the good of the community as a
whole. The doctors are the board of health Of
the district; the employers and trade uplonists
are the industrial experts; the social workers are
the department of public welfare; the teachers
the board of education, and so on. When the
Citizens Council. or the 'block representa-
tjves' discover u health need in the district II
puts the problem up to the doctor group. From
that time on The doctors are responsible for find
ing \ solution for The problem and for submitting
III" IAN they devise to the Citizens Council. n
, 1919-02-06
=. THREE HoHSAIXD CHWNeENAhWYcX
& HSAW 0NPLIYIS"CH|NSTN0W

pie were willing to make 1t, because they were
doing it themselves, and because they knew that
if they found housing conditions bad they had
an organization which could remedy them. Ii
they found children and young people without
opportunities for h%ealthful, happy play they could
see that such a condition did not continue.
Secret of a Successful Community.
The men and women who are backing the Social
Unit experimentation the Cincinnati, district Is
really a laboratory for social experimentation,
and hundreds of men and women of vision are
Interested in it-believe that the secret of a sue
cessful community organization lies in making
everyone feel that he is important. 1t Is hard to
feel that you are important, and that what you
do counts for good or i'll, in a city of half a mil
lion or more. But in a city block. which Is really
a little village. with its own council, its own
'block worker" its own program of health. recren-
ton and civic endeavor, every man. woman and
child is important. If they fail to do their part
they can see Immediately the effect upon the life
of their little community. If they work in the
interests of their little community they can see
the good effects as well. And this, after all, is
the advantage which the village has over the city.
People don't get lost in the village as they do in
the city. And no one, can 'get lost in the Social
Unit.
, 1919-02-06

me that l was through. The explosion turned
me quite over where 1 lay fiat. all huddled up.
l.. AT the end of 40 or 80 minutes the cap
tain decided that we might duck, one ut a time.
We rolled out of the shell hole on all tours for
an old wall 100 yards away. I don't know what
the all-four record for 100 yards is. but 4 think
I hold t."-Outlook.
, 1919-02-06
FEED GRAIN TO DAIRY cows
Possible to Keep Average Animal In
Milk Flow by Giving Good SiIaoe
and Alfalfa Hay.

(By A. C. BAER. Department of Dairy.
ing, Oklahoma A. and M. College. Still.
water.)
"Is 1t necessary to feed grain tc
dairy cows If we have siIage and al.
falfa hay?"
1t is possible to keep the average
dairy COW in milk flow with good sill.
age and alfalfa hay. If the grain is
left in the corn or kafir silage, these
feeds will make a balanced ration for
milk production. 1t is advisable, how
ever. to feed some grain to cows CIV
ing 20 or more pounds of milk per day.
One pound of a grain mixture for
every five pounds of milk when fed
with silage and alfalfa hay makes an
ideal ration.
Grain Mixture No. I.
2 parts grain chop.
2 parts bran.
1 part c~ottonseed meal.
Grain Mixture No. 2.
2 parts ground kafir.
2 parts ground oats.
i part cottonseed meal.
, 1919-02-06

district had been a third
lower that in the rest Of
the city.
Census Is Taken.
A little while ago the
people of this district
decided that they could
not work out their prob
lens as they should I'M
less they knew more
about each other, so they
decided to take a census
of themselves and find
out who they were and
where they lived and
what countries they
came from, how many
rooms they lived in and
what they did for a liv-
ing. "Uplift" organiza-
lions have taken census
of this kind before, but
probably never before
has a district voted
through its block rep
resentatives and its
skilled groups to make
a study of its own life
and present that study
$40 u,nrld Tho npo-
, 1919-02-06

afford to own a good registered bull
but the bull association has made 1t
possible for each of its members to
OWN a share in one. A farmer for
$50 may buy a scrub bull, but If five
farmers will join a bull association
and each invest $50 they may own o
$3.50 pure-bred bull.
, 1919-02-06
WEARING is RIGHT.

Doesn't your wife find the demands of the
SOCIAL whiri very wearing?' asked the inquisitive
man of the husband of a society butterfly.
"wearing, well, I should say they are wearing
commented the poor husband as he ~remembere
half a dozen dressmakers' bills in his pocket.
, 1919-02-06
A FAUX PAS.

"You made n bad break just now when you re-
marked that congressional humor was dry stun.
81 noticed one gentleman in the party looked
hurt. What was wrong?"
-.The person you speak of is a professional
writer of anecdotes. / understand he does a brisk
business with congressman. Birmingham Age
Herald.
, 1919-02-06

Every department of housekeeping
needs Red Cross Bag Blue. Equally
good for kitchen towels, table linen,
sheets and piilowcnses, etc.
, 1919-02-06
STICKING UP FOR THE CORP.

Raw Recruit (late of the criminal bar)-I saw.
old top. do you believe In corporal punishments in
the army?
Seasoned Soldier-Naw, the corporals amt a
bad set, but these dern sergeants ought to have
sumpin' comm to 'em.
, 1919-02-06
THE MODERN ATTITUDE.

Say, waiter" growled the chronic customer,
there's a dead fly in my SOUP"
well, what of it, muttered. the knight of the
tray and napkin. You'd be dead. too, II you'd
been in hot soup since the day before yesterday"
, 1919-02-06
The ALL-FouRs RECORD.

A correspondent of Golfers. who was under
shell fire on. Hill 80 in the battle of the ourcq.
says; 81 think II was the ninth or tenth shell
Tint for the fraction of an instant fully convinced
, 1919-02-06
Responsibility.

If we are not responsible for the
thoughts that pass our doors, we are at
least responsible for those we admit
and entertain.-Charles b. Newcomb.
, 1919-02-06

~. Su6StSuOuS tnuD
hose which 1 have got
zen from the Social
Unit"
This Social Unit
district of Cincinnati.
.as acquired fame be-
ause the people are
-rying to be helpful
each to the other and
have gone to work to
effect an organization
which would make it
possible for every one
to be of service.
Neighborliness in the
Village.
In the small village 1t
Is impossible for any
one to be sick or be-
reaved or out of en-
ployment without the
folks of the village
knowing about it and
wanting to do some
thing about it. A death
or a contagious disease
affects the entire viii
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gathers together to discuss common problems and
government is interpreted in terms of community
service, instead of being housed in some remote
city hall?
The Social Unit newest experiment in aP
Piled democracy, believes that these advantages
can be restored to cites, and in a section of Gin
oinnati is attempting to prove that they can. So
successful has this experiment been, in the few
months during which it has been tried, that peo-
pie all over the country are beginning to watch 1t,
ana to talk about it, and influential men and
women are even saying that the Social Unit"
mas the biggest reconstruction program to offer
America which has yet been formulated. The
niue Cincinnati district, which is trying to re-
establish the sort of neighborliness which exists
III small towns, has the most distinguished of
visitors, men on reconstruction missions from the
european countries, medical organizers and so
cial service workers. For instance. DIR. Rene
San6 OF the University of Brussels was recently
sent to this country to study methods for re-
aDliltating and recognizing Belgium. He Wis
led Cincinnati and said of the S~cial Unit: 81
mali carry back to my people no more construc-
i've Suggestions tbon f
, 1919-02-06
HE

"Are you down on matrimony?"
mot ut ALL" said the>old bachelor "Matrimony
is well enough"
"Yes?"
And ! believe In letting well enough nione."-
Louisville Courier,Jcurnnl. !
, 1919-02-06
COMING AND GOING.

"A fine looking boy"
MY grandchild."
"Got any teeth, has he"
II wish I had as many" said the old man sadly.
Louisville Courier-Journal
, 1919-02-06
They Differed.

II think you need fresh air."
"The other doctor told me I needed
salt air."-LouisviIle Courier-Journal.
, 1919-02-06

Even one taste of defeat may be
hard to swallow.
, 1919-02-06

But for the little men In the world
great men would never be noticed.
, 1919-02-06
The Result.

Here is hat messenger bird'S
message all jumbfed up"
"Ah, I see. 1t is pigeon pi."
, 1919-02-06
Social Unit" Experiment in CinCin'
natl Has Been So Successful Thai
1t Mau Be Generally Adopted

AN THE advantages of village life
be restored in the city? Can city
dwellers have the friendly and
neighborly feeling which marks the
relations between men and women
in the small town, where no n
II be, i'll, or out of work, without
receiving neighborly assistance?
Can we find for the cities some
thing to take the place of the town
mnntinn mhnrn I'LL tho nnnnlatinn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-23
 MATCH ST|RS FANS Wrestling Bugs Looking Forward to Big Bout
 On March 3

Considerable interest is being mani fested among local wrestling fans over the approaching match between Joe Stecher and Strangler Lewis which takes place in Chicago on March 3. As has already been stated in these columns most of the local bugs favor Lewis to win but Stechers friends stoutly main- tain that his scissors hold will crum- pie the hopes of even the mighty Strang- Ter
 The recent appearance of Stecher herc at the Athletic club has created sort of renewed outbreak in the wrestling feve" which gripped the populance so conn pletely few years ago, and the epidemic is expected to increase in violence by the time the big tournament comes off here next month.
 Going back to the Stecher-Lewis match, we heard one fellow offer to wager $75 to SEQ and give you your choice, all of which seems that this bird believes that the coming match, like their last four. hour struggle in the national tournament, will result in a tie or a fight.
 Lewis certainly looks to be the Nore powerful man but the majority of east ern sport writers say Stecher is the best in the business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-23

President Martin of the Southersi league is agitating the abolition of the spithall and that is liable to provoke al argument from several clubs having pitch CTS of this disposition on their pay rolls; Moley is sure to kick as several of his beavers use the moist delivery as their strong card.
 The New Orleans meeting may be fea- tured by the abrogation of the agreement whereby no club is to have more than Y Class A players We venture this pre- dietion in the belief that so stringent q rule will prove irksome to the bosses, Proxy "Quack' Smith says, however, that he thinks all the owners will be will ing to stick up to it.
 Changes in the Chattanooga and Mo- bile clubs will also be announced at the Pelican city conclave, The Bears are said to have some sheckles behind them this season and may develop into good drawing cards as the gulf city population has been reinforced considerably by the location of a big shipbdilding plant there
 Clyde Shropshire, president, and Chris Haury treasurer of the Nashville Vols, have cashed in their stock in the baseball a association in the Tennessee capital ana man named Sloan, not the liniment magnate though, will become president, Shrop had political aspirations Whatever they are) last year and made an ener-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-23
SPORTS
 BY BOB McDAyTD
BARON BOSS BOUND FOR "SMOKY CITY, Chubby Carlton to Hit the Rails in Quest of Men
 for 1919 Team

Manager Molesworth will leave his Maryland farm this week and run up to Pittsburg, where he will confer with Barney Dreyfuss, president of the Pi- rate club, regarding several deals now pending whereby the Barons will ob tain endorsements for their 1919 ma chine. Comstock and Slapnicka were released by Pittsburg few weeks ago and, of course, they will revert to Bir- mingham.
 In return for Ponder who will cer- tainly be retained. Manager Bekdek of the Smoky City club must turn over a trio of castoffs to Moley. A third base man named Warner has already been handed over, but Moley is going up to chat with the Pirate moguls about the other two. A catcher to take Red smiths place is badly needy and a new first baseman must be obtained, to say nothing of pitchers.
 MonS has made arrangements to try out young "phenom' on the initial sack but he wants another candidate for the job. The chubby pilot is usually in Birmingham at this time of the year. but owing to the fact that the season doesn't start until May 1 he will not be with us until the middle of next month
 In the meantime, he is keeping the postmaster at Fredrickburg busy han ding all the letters he's writing to embryo stars
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-23
Rupture Kills
 1000 Annually

ssvsa tho9aaed pss,oas saeh ysas ars lsiaa ~1apture." Whyf Because tho uniortnnats ones had neslscted themselves or had besn neeely taking care of the sign (swelhnG Of the aMioticn and paying no aktsntiou to the cause. What arc yoa doingf Arc you pegiecting yourself by wearing txusa, appliance, of whatever nams you ohooes te call iM At 6sst, Inc truss is only . msksshift "a false prop against . collapsing wall -a and cannot bc ex- import The binding preasase ,retArds blood ckuulAtiou, thus robhing the Weakoned nsaalss os that vhioh thsy nssd nest-
 4pt science has found way. and svssy tFuee M1sspr in tho land is invited to make . FnDN leee rtEht in the privacy oe thail own home. EAe PLAPAO method Is ufpueskionahly the Hest seientihc, log4csl and sneqsssfuf sell. ReatlaAst fer supears the wessd has svss 0oWu,
 The PLAPAO.PAD when adhering eloseiy ' the body cannot possibly slip or shift out T psaea, therefore,. can1ot chaae or panch. bofe q velvet--easy to apply-ine1psnsive. 10 be used whilst you work and whilss you sleeVs Ns straps, buckles or springs attached.
 Learn hew to close the heznisl opsning = ssture intended 70 the rupturs CAN'T conc lewn. Send your name today to PLAPAQ QO- Block 24s St. Louis, Mo, for TRIBE trial eispao and tho information neoes- Uk1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-23
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. cORBETT


 The distance which Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey will be asked to travel will have a most important bearing on the outcome of their titular clash.
 The length of the bout is something still unsettled. Both fighters have agreed to battle over any route that Tex Rickafd may decide. Richards choice depends al together upon where he decides to stage the contest. He may put it on in New Jersey. an eight-round state, or in a 10 or 12-round commonwealth. Or he may determine upon some western spot, where he can send the boys along for 20 or 25 rounds, or perhaps to a finish
 The contest brings together a giant of powerful physique, but old as athletes are reckoned, and a ripping, tearing youth who never has known the world weary as applied to ring endeavors.
 Which would be favored by a short fight, and which by long one? Ring and there is about a fifty-fifty opinion at this time.
 Willard is good at 10 rounds and good over longer distance" asserts one fac tion favorable to big Jess. He demon strated in his Havana battle that he could travel 26 rounds with a worlds cham pion, and then dethrone him. Less than year later he showed that when Hmiteu to only 10 rounds he could move fast enough and fight hard enough to crush out all of Frank Moran's championship ambitions.
 Willard has been blessed by nature with marvellous endurance powers. His fight with Johnson showed that the longer the distance the better he appeared. For the first 20 rounds of that contest Will lard never opened up with real attack. He lay back for 60 minutes waiting for Johnson to become punch weary. Jess figured that he was hurtproof and he it. For 20 rounds Johnson thundersd the head and body of Jess, but they never mSde him vince.
 Against Dempsey it is quite likely
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-23
SPORTS
 LOCAI-RY WIRE
Jefferson County High
 Defeats Ensley Team


 In a hard fought game, Jefferson Com- ty High school defeated the Ensley High school basket ball team on the Y. M c. A, courts Friday night by the score of 2S to F. Rives at center and Keith at forward for the County boys and Cook at forward for Ensley were the individual stars. Lineup and scores: Jefferson County. Points. Freeman, .............-.-------.--. 10 heltn, ......-.-..----.---->--- IF HlVes, c .....................-.-- t1eltoH, hit'ie' ..'E.'..'.'.....'.....-'-
 8 Ensley High.
 Z. walker, I ..-..........-..-.-.-----> { ScnOIl, c ..-....-.'...------ U C. walker, g ........-...-..----.--..-- 4 Whitehall, g ...........-.-..--.----..--. .
 F
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-23
Conferees Accept All
 Big Authorizations in
 Rivers and HarbOrs Bill
By Associated Press

Washington, February 22-Provisions in the rivers and harbors bill appropriat- ing s3,00o, GOO for federal acquisition of the Chesapeake and Delaware canal, and Senate amendments appropriating $3,Oo0,- GOO for improvement of the Ohio river and S1, 900 for improving the Allegheny river and authorizing surveys of lake-to- sea projects via the Montreal river and the Hudson river were retained in the bill under an agreement of Senate and House conferees announced tonight. Vir- tually all large Senate authorizations were accepted by the conferees.
 On the question of appropriations for the Okaw aha river in Florida, which provoked much Senate criticism the con- ferees reached a compromise authorizing $96. .000 for completing the present four foot channel project instead of the s1O0, : 00o for the proposed new six-foot cham nel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-23

getic but unsuccessful race for the guper- material job. It is said that the diamona magnate finished third in field of three candidates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-23
House Adj0urns

Dy AsssciAoa Tfsss
 Washington, February 2.-The House adjourned today out of respect to Will liam P. Borland of Missouri, whose death of pneumonia at base hospital in France was announced last night A com mittee was named to attend the funeral