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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-14
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Giant Timepiece in House of Commons Tower Inspected by 50 Embryonic Watch
 Repairers

London, August 30-(Correspondence of The Associated Press. 1-Fifty dis abled soldiers. many of whom had lost a leg in the war and wore an artificial one in its place. climbed the 360 steps of the House of Commons tower the other afternoon to study the mechan- ism of Big Ben" the giant time piece The soldiers are being trained by the ministry of labor in watch and clock repairing.
 One, spying the clock mechanism, ex- claimed: '1s this the worNs? It looks more like a blinking printing machine,
 A guide told the party that the clock was designed by Lord Grimthrop and was placed in the tower in 1859. It has been working for 60 years and is still retarded as one of the best time keepers in the world.
 The minute hand is IA feet long and weighs PA pounds, and the pendulum, which requires two seconds to com plete each swing, weighs 700 pounds The bell which sounds the hours has A diameter of nine feet and weighs II tons the weight of the striking ham, mers being 766 pounds.
 An electric motor now winds the clock iH 20 minutes Formerly it took two men working three afternoons to complete the task
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-14
Photo Dark Room Like Suitcase

The dark room necessary evil. has always been the one rigid obstacle to the perfect flexibility of the photo- graphic art. Now, however, the oper- tor can carry a complete dark cham ber along with him and develop his exposures when and where he pleases The room" described and illustrated in the Popular Mechanics Mag gazine, packs in a case less than two feet long, about foot wide, and four inches thick It opens to a height, in the larger size. of IS inches in front and 13 inches in back, with walls of light proof fabric. Elastic cuffs at the side admit the operators hands, while he looks through a hood in front. equip ped with two shutters that are opened by pressure on the hood, and instantly close on release. Trays and plates are inserted through a ruby glassed dcor in the top
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-14
Machine Salvages Barbed Wire

How the vast system of barbed wire that has been pounded into Europe's s battle fields and doubtly entangled by tank and shell, might ultimately De removed has been the subject of much speculation. The British war off1ce estimates that at least 100000 tons of wire are rusting in it's lines alone. The salvage committee, however, is clean ing it up at considerable speed with the help of a special baling machine, illustrated in the Popular Mechanics Magazine. A '12h hp. engine, on a motor truck, operates the machine on trailor. A heavy wire rope. armed with numerous hooks, drags the barbed wire through two sets of rollers which reduce the mass first to 4S by 12 in, and then to AS by 12 by 12 in. pow erful ram then crushes the bundle into a compact cube of 12 h., weighing ~ or so lb. The first machine used In the field made 32 cubes in a hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-14

Fibers useful in textiles and cordage have been extracted by Frenchman from the water hyacinth of Indo-China.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-14
Suggested Wash Day

From the BoStUn IranSCrIpt.
 On her first trip to Nantasket, little Bess remarked as she looked over the side of the steamer: Mamma, they put too much bluing in this water"
 Which reminds us of another tot who exclaimed on seeing the wake of a steamer: "Oh look. mother, the boat is losing all it's soap"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-14
Vocation Features

THIS effect, so often heard
 when fine orchestras x play waltzes, is possible to one photograph only, the Vocation, through it's sensa- tiohal expression device, the Graduola.
 Vocation Records play one third longer than any lateral cut photograph record with out repeating; due to the finer cutting used in the Vocation Record-making process.
 The Vocation Automatic Stop is simpler to adjust than any other device of it's kind on the market, and is abso- lutely precise and effective in action.
 The Vocation plays every standard disc record made. This means that every instru- ment and every voice which has been recorded phono- graphically can be reproduced upon the Aeolian-V ocalion.
 Most important of all, the Vocation possesses the ac- knowledged ability to repro duce the tones of all instru- ments and all voices with a life-like realism known to no other photograph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-14
22 MEMBERS OF
 GERMAN FAMILY FELL IN BATTLE Related News of Losses Be- ing Placed in Newspapers by Families and Various
 Organizations

Berlin. August 21.-(Correspondence of the Associated Press )-Belated news of the losses incurred by German families and organizations. military or cilivan. as it is verified. is being placed in the newspapers in the form of obituaries. N,The Baron von Wangenheim family re- calls it's dead in a great black-bordei ed advertisement in which are named 22 members of the family who have fallen for the fatherland. all expect two of them officers.
 Similarly the family Baron von Putt kamer, little known in Germany, and not as large a family as the Wangen- helm, announces the loss of 1s mem bers, ranging from non commissioned of- ficers to lieutenant colonel.
 Individual regiments. divisions and naval units. are daily letting their indi- vidual losses be known. and they make formidable appearance, and attest to the bitter severity of the war. In this connection it is interesting to note estimates of the ministry of finance about the cost of the war to Germany It amounts to about $S6, 800. .000. GOO, accord ing to the peace-time rate of exchange
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-14
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phone, the strings, the rhyth- mic beat of the traps; all are present to the very life. Rainy Day Blues
 One-Step
 Played by Dabney's Band WITH merry, tuneful w abandon, the Vocation " lends itself to the spirit of the music as played by this famous Ziegfeld Follies Band. Now we hear the brasses- trombone, cornet and bass clear in tone and big in vol ume-it is almost unbelievable that a photograph is deliver ing this splendid volume of music.
 Thoughts of Home,
 Sweet Home"- altz.
 By Yerkes' Jaxarimba Band
 A GAIN the character of the "A music changes-as the A Vocation breaks softly into beautiful waltz. There is the sinuous legato waltz rhy-nm of the strings--the sill very tremolo of the xylophones is heard as the couples glide through the dance.
 Presently one young girl steps over to the Vocation and draws out a little device attached to the instrument by a slender cord. Her hands move slightly and To! the music gradually melts into dis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-14

established in Siberia at American troop centers. One is at Shkotova, 30 miles northeast of Vladivostok: another is at Spasskoe, 1S0 miles north, and the third is at Verkhne Udinsk, 17ol miles north west of Vladivostok. These postoffices are for use of the A. E. F.. the Ameri can Red Cross. the Y. NJ. C. A and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-14

New aluminium foil for wrapping purposes is only one-sixth of one-hln- dredth of an inch thick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-14

tance-again in answer to longer pressure it swells forth to full fortissimo. Now her hands separate again and the music gradually grows softer, dreamier, fades to a tender whisper-and ends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-14

Green Springfield. a te-headed negro, who lives in two-room shack near Corsicana, Tex. has suddenly be- come a multmillionaire by the discov- cry of oil wells on his 40O-acre farm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-14
The AEOLIAN-VOCALION Supreme in the Art of Playing for the Dance

TT is a witching, mid
 summer night, pur-
 ple-clear and cool. There is just moon enough to throw fantastic shadows from shrubs and flowers across the dew spangled lawn. The fra grant breath of the wind sets a-swaying the Japa- nese lanterns that edge the veranda roof.
 A sublime night for that most fascinating of summer evening pastimes, dancing "al fresco." "Aloma Fox-Trot"
 Played by the Vocation Dance
 Orchestra
 :" HE broad, breeze-swept
 veranda has been cleared A of all furniture save an Aeolian-Vocalion. How smart and attractive it looks as a mellow ray of light from with in the house throws a soft sheen over the rich mahogany case.
 Such dance music as this is! -melodious, snappy, crispy phrased-as a Fox-Trot should be. The Vocation summons to the scene the very instruments themselves-the mellow saxo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-14

Russian railway service corps. Amer ican civilians in Siberia obtain their mail through the Russian postoffice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-03
Mccormick Smithsonian Regent.

Senator MediH Mccormick Of Illinois
has been appointed by Vice President
Marshall member of the board of re-
gents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-03
Make This Simple Test

Send the coupon for To-Day Tube.
Note how clean the teeth feel after using.
Mark the absence of the Shiny film. See
how teeth whiten as the fixed film dis
appears.
See the results, and our book will tell
you how they come about. Then decide
for yourself between the old ways and
the new.
The test will be a revelation, and you
owe it to yourself. Mail the coupon to
us today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-03
Drive Away Headache
Rub Musterole on Forehead
and TEMPLES

A headache remedy without the dam
gers OF "headache medicine" Re-
Iieves headache and that miserable
feeling from colds or congestion. And
1t acts Mt once! MusterOle IL q clean,
white ointment, made with oil of
mustard. Better than mustard
plaster and does not blister. Used only
externally, and in no way can it affect
stomach and heart, as some internal
M edicines do.
Excellent for sore throat, bronchitis,
Group, stih neck, asthma, neuralgia,
congestion, pieurtsy, rheuma tism, lum-
bago. all pains and aches of the back
or joints, spr1ins. sore muscles,
bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds
Of the chest lit often prevents pneu-
monia).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-03

The southern California cold wave
involving a tempera ture around thirty
above zero during the night hours mas
not damaged the citrus groves SO
far. according to growers reports
from various sections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-03

man colonists in the state of Bahia
to their relatives in Germany.
The shipments, which have been au-
thorized by the state food commits
sion consist principally of -four, rice
and sugar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-03
it is bearing the burden alone and
is doing it admirably.
Srhno1 n Crso% A~A~c-

School q Great Agency.
"One might write at length about
striking features of the New York
pulic schools. which stand first among
all the agencies for Americanizing
the immigrants children. How these
schools take seventy odd tongues and
substitute good English; how they
not only labor to fit boys and girls
for intelligent and useful places in
the country's great Industrial sys-
tenn, but also through employment
bureaus bring the trained pupil and
the open job together; how they pro-
vide every year for the children of
an added population equal to that
of Memphis. Tenn.-are achievements
and problems worthy of consideration
by Americans everywhere"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-03
ANTI.RED BILL INTRODUCED.
Measure Offered by Mr.. Fletcher
in Senate Is Drastic.

Another bill to punish radical con-
spiracies aimed against the govern
ment was introduced by Senator
Fletcher, democrat. Florida. and re-
ferred to the judiciary committee. 1t
would provide drastic penalties for
acts against the government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-03
Teach Children to
Employ It

When you see what Pepso-
dent does, teach the children
to employ it.
Brushing is inadequate for
saving teeth, and millions of
mothers know it. The film will
wreck them if you don't COM
bat it.
This ten-day test will show
you how to fight the film. It
will point the way to whittier,
safer teeth.
It will tell you how the chill
dren can avoid some troubles
that you know.
See that they do it. There
are few things more important.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-03
Relatives in Germany Get Food.

RIO DE JANEIRO, November 8
Correspondence of the Associate
Press) Large quantities of food
stuffs are being shipped by the Ger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-03

Millions of teeth are being cleaned in
a new way. And 5000 new people daily
are writing for ten-day test
Everywhere the results are seen in
teeth that glisten-teeth with epvied
luster. Ask the owners and they will tell
you that Pepsodent has done it.
But this means more than white teeth
Those careful people are fighting film,
and film is the great tooth wrecker. Most
tooth troubles are nowadays traced to it
Film-the Chief Enemy
Film is that viscous coat which you feel
with your tongue. 1t clings. to teeth,
enters crevices and stays. The tooth
brush does not end it. The ordinary
tooth paste does not dissolve it. So much
remains to cloud the teeth and it may do
ceaseless damage.
Film is what discolors not the teeth.
substance which ferments and forms acid.
It holds the acid in contact with the teeth
to cause decay.
. Millions of germs breed in it. They,
with tartar, are the chief cause of pyor-
rhea. Thus well-brushed teeth, as mil
lions know, discolor and decay. And
serious tooth diseases are alarming in ex-
tent.
Science Now Combats It
These facts have long been known
Dental science long has sought way to
daily fight film. But the only way seemed
periodic dental cleaning to remove the
film and tartar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-03
5000 People Daily
Start This New Teeth Cleaning Method
by High Dental Autho,1ties

Now science has discovered an efficient
film combatant. Able authorities have
proved it by convincing clinical and labo-
ratory tests.
For home use, the method is now en-
bodied in dentifrice called Pepsodent-
modern, scientific tooth paste. And, to
show its effects, To-Day Tube is being
sent to anyone who asks.
Make This Simple Test
Pepsodent is based on pepsin, the di-
gestant of albumin. The film is albu-
minous matter. The object of Pepsodent
is to dissolve it, then to day by day COM
bat it.
This method long seemed impossible.
Pepsin must be activated, and the usual
agent is an acid harmful to the teeth
But harmless aetivating method has
been found. Years of tests have proved
that. So now this active pepsin can be
every day applied.
The Washington times., 1919-12-20
Saving Money in the Home
Little Tricks For Women
in Household Economics
By ELIZABETH LATTIMER.

y AvING on the gas bill is an
actual necessity these days,
and in addition to using a
fireless cooker. cooking in the oven
may be said to be one of the very
best methods of saving gas.
III you do not want to buy a fire
less cooker. you can make one
yourself for the small sum OF 70
cents
A tin lard pail. which was lined
with two thicknesses OF paper be-
fore packing, is used for the out
sile container OF the cooker. a gal
Ion oyster can. in which three
inches OF packing are allowed on
all sides and at the bottom. is used
as the nest A piece OF asbestos is
wrapped around the outside of the
nest and another piece put under
the bottom to prevent the scorch-
ing OF the packing when hot soap
stones are used. Shredded newspa-
per and excelsior are packed tight
ly around and to the top. OF the
nest, which Is about three inches
below the rim OF the outside pail. A
circular piece OF cardboard. made to
fit inside the lard can, hides the
packing and makes a neat fin
ish. Pressure Is caused by plac-
ing an excelsior cushion three
inches thick on the top of the inside
lid. and hooking down firmly the
top of the outside container. Last,
the two pals are enameled white.
The Washington times., 1919-12-20
BOOKS

OF THE NAVY IN. .AMKlIcA
by Charles Morris With Sixteen a.
lustrstions Philadsfphia: J. y. Ar
pincott Compsny
This stirring work recounts many
daring exploits OF our naval heroes
all along the line OF history from
Revolutionary times to our own
Admiral Sims and his supefb work
In the great war. II is q brilliant
record of naval achievement and
viii quicken the heart Of every
American as he reads.
The historic Boston tea marty.
John Paul Jones and the Bon
Homme Richard: Lawrence's aDon't
give up the ship Perry on Lake
Erie Farrsgut lashed to the rig
ging of the Hartford crying, Damn
the torpedoes," and the exploffa Of
our heroes OF the war with SPAN
recall familiar historical events
These. and many more. less familiar.
are here retold But Mr." Morris
has illuminated and enriched The
facts OF history by his collection
in this book Of many hitherta IN.
known details connected WITH the
occurrences. Two chapters are de
voted TO the work OF our naval
forces. on sea, unde- sea. and N tie
air. during the re ,eTt war. Ia iss
readable and fascinating book OF
history. so pleasantly presented It
holds the reader even as iiction
would.
The Washington times., 1919-12-20

pan IL should also boil in another. To
prove the fact ! filed a saucepan with
cold water, put II In the oven to heat,
and the water boiled. From that day.
three monhs ago, / have cooked nearly
all my dinners In the oven. ! selected
pans Shat would take up as little oven
space as possible and covered them with
close -fitting galvanized lids-tin ones
viii rust. For roasts use an oblong or
oval, straight-sided pan.
i prepare the foods Is usual and allow
the same amount OF time for cooking
them. add salt to the vegetables, put
them in boiling water and cover the pan
the oven with steam. When the water
on the vegetables boils steadily l lower
the gas. Foods that require a long time
for cooking j put at the back of the
oven out OF the way. In roasting meat
I scar II, cover IT with another pan and
lower II to the noor of the oven.
Sunday cooked the following menu
Roast Chicken. Giblet Sauce
String Beans Drowned Potatoes
But:ered Beets Mullins
Baked Apples
Cup Cakes
The giblets for the chicken gravy, the
string beans beets and potatoes I. boil ed
on the upper shelf. Later ] Drowned the
potatoes I'm the roasting pan. On the
lower rack I cooked the apples; later
lowered the heat and baked the mullins
and cup cakes. The chicken ! kept In
the roasting pan on the floor of the oven.
The advantages of oven cooking are
many. Two burners can be made to do
cents an hour. and, except when baking
bread OF cakes you may leave your
cooking for nearly hour at time,
saving energy for other things.
The Washington times., 1919-12-20
LoUe and Intrigue Mingle
in the Story of Karl Muck
DepOrted OrchestraLead
By FERI FELIX WEISS,
GU. S. Secret Service Agent)

letters are unprintable, so I shall
have to quote such portioHs Of them
as can be printed.
Boston. Mass, 0 p. m, March 10.
: 1918.
Back Bay Station.
Tuesday.
Miss Adele Marvin.
My darling:
Since yesterday / really did not
find a moments inward rest: l
feel that owing to, some myste-~
rious impulse you have put it in
your head that / must do some
thing for you" in order to prove
my love to you; and that this
something" is exactly some
thing that I am not allowed to
do il l wish to consider you and
your family.
You say today. and you even
believe it, OF course, that you do
not care at all nor does your
brother. II your folks have trou-
BILE in case I come to the house
And then you must not
forget that these ours would no
doubt find out at once with their
lynx-eyes the one weak spot in
our relations. drag it in the open
before the public. make it coarse,
common. dirty, our friendly rela-
tions.
never heard such remarks;
except. perhaps, once that I seem
to be very much interested in
your artistic development. But
you told me yourself that some
woman made a fresh remark at
loud that you could hear it with
your own ears. 1t is sad fart.
that since the dismissal of the
two decent and honorable off
cials in the local Department OF
Justice about fourteen days ago
and their replacement by Rathom-
men, my position here is ten
times worse than il ever was;
and the last scandal in New York
has made the whole pack still
more rabld.
On the other hand I am again
and again surprised that you are
so stubborn in this one point. and
that you do not So" anything
clear: when you are such a clever
and sensible head otherwise. And
I am asking myself often since
yesterday: "Is there some secret
motive behind il. which | cannot
see, cannot forebode (suspect.
:"
] hope to see tomorrow even
ing you in the chorus rehearsal.
am so absent minded | really
DO not know for the moment
whether the rehearsal begins at
Tor 7:30. will have" ."tele-
phone YOU as to this tomorrow
forenoon. The whole chorus and
orchestra band must enter Via the
the stage entrance; you must. of
course. not do this. | shall take
Ca-c that the main entrance will
remain open for you: and that
Iomsbo ody will wait there for You
who wIll admit you During the
intermIssiun and at the end Of
the rehearsal tperhsps also be-
fore the rehearsal beginsD I NAV
find an opportunity to speak to
you. to hold your hands and tn
glance into.your eyes.
And now. God bless you for to-
day. my beloved darling,
Love me ever,
Your KARL
The mother sitting a few feet
away from me asked what the let
The Washington times., 1919-12-20

IL and NERVES" did not troubis
them 1T all.
An excess OF meat or failure tc
digest AL that II eaten of IL. means
acid production. The pnsssirilatee
portion decomposes sRnd decays.
Particularly In the middie-aged sno
old.
Strength. health. and nervous
pose are all furthered. generally
speaking, by the reduction OF meat
or even its elimination from the
dietary. Social efficiency is thus
enhancs1
Meat eatine is largely a habit
and one that is hard 10 break. N
meat must be eaten. fowl and fish
are the least Objectionable forms.
BE wise and resist the lure OF
toxin-prodScing and nerve-harass-
ing proteids. thereby conserving
your health and insuring lonrev-
ity.