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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-12
SERVICE FOR CHILDREN

The whole central section of the First Methodist church was filled with chill dren and young people Thursday morn ing when the pastor the Rev. L. F. Stan sell, preached a special sermon to them. He took for his text, Seek ye first the Kingdom of Heaven" and at the con- clusion of the sermon number of chill dren became members of the church. Interest is growing in the services and many new members are being added to the church, as well as a spiritual re- vival of the members.
 At a meeting of the police committee If the city council Thursday afternoon E. C. Milton was selected out of five ap- plicants for the motorcycle policeman to take the place of Chester Mullins. whose resignation will take effect September 15. MT. Milton is an exper- enced man, and will assume his duties Friday morning working with MT Null 'ins until he leaves the service Sun lay.
 A number of the members of the Bes- -emer Bicycle club will take part in the five bicycle races to be staged at the Italian celebration at the fairgrounds Wednesday, September IF. Leon Han cock Bessemer's star rider will be among the number, and other entries nay be made with Jap Bryant. presi- lent of the club.
 Fred Buck, who spent more than a year in overseas service, arrived at home Thursday morning, and has been erecting his friends today. MT. Buck was with the third army of occupation in the quartermaster's department and his duties carried him in several different countries during his stay over seas. For the past six months he has been stationed most of the time at Ant werp, Belgium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-12
Weeks Flour Purchases
oy Assesiated Prsss

New York, Sepre lioer u.-The United States grain corporation announced to- night that it's purchase of wheat flour for the week ending September amount ed to 235.145 barrels It prices ranging from $50 to $lo25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-12

presentatiye Adams of Blount county, said he considered that the present legisuature was elected on program me which said the convicts would pc taken from the mines. Representative Orr spoke against the Rogers bill in Strong language He said the state would lose money by experimentlng with coal mines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-12

Adams sought to add to the sub section the word 'convents." Representative Cobbs of Mobile entered an objection to this amendment and the committee voted it down by a large majority.
 The committe refused to strike out subsection of section 5. and sub-sec- tion 1 of section 6. The amendment to strike these sections was by Mir. Baker of DeKalb county. Subsection fol- lows:
 SUBSECTION SIX
 Authority and jurisdiction of the stat board of health: (6) to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations pro- viding proper methods and details for administering the health and sanitary laws of the stae, which rules and fegu- lations shall have the force and effect of law and shall be executed and en- forced by the same courts, bodies. of fcials and agents and employees as in the case of health laws, and any person (the word knowingly added after the word person by the committee) knowing ly violating or failing or refusing to obey or~comply with any such rule or regula- tion shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of section 7073 of this code; and if the violation or failure Is a continuing one, each days viola ton or failure shall constitute a sepa- rate offense and be punishable accord ingly.
 Subsection 1 of section 6, retained in the bill by the committee, follows:
 County board of health, authority and jurisdiction: G) To supervise the en- forcement of the health laws of the state. including all ordinances or rules and regulations of municipalities or of county boards of health of the state board of health and to supervise the en- forcement of the law of the collection of vital and mortuary statistics; and to adopt and promulgate if necessary rules and regulations for administering the health laws of the state and the rules and regulations of the state board of health, which rules and regulations Of the county boards of health shall have the force and effect of law and shall be executed and enforced by the same bodies, officials, agents and employees as ir the case of the health laws; and any person knowingly knowingly added by the committed violating or failing or refusing to obey or comply with any such rule or regulation shall be guilty of a rnisdemeanor and shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of sec ton TOTS of this code, and if the yio- lation or failure is a continuing one each days violation or failure shall con stitute a separate offense and is pun ishable accordingly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-12
CUT APPROPRIATIONS

The committe voted to cut down the appropriation, to be paid for the de- partment work during the fiscal year be- ginning October 1, 1919, from slO0,OO0 to S9O,OOO This decrease was necessary be- cause of the action of the house in cutting down the amount of revenue as con- tained in the general revenue bill.
 The bill will be taken up by the house on Monday The amendments do not cut out any authority given the state board and health offices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-12
Mosely Admitted to Bail

By Associated Press
 Mobile September u.-Perry Mosely, returned discharged soldier, who shot ard killed his sweetheart, Eva Coleman, September ?, was admitted to bail today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-12
EMPLOYES ORGANIZE

The employees or the southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company have formed an organization to be known IS the Southern Association of the Bell Telephone employees, Local No. 1so. 'employe of the company joined the or ganization, making a mebership of thirty Manager J. D. E. Smith was made president of the local, and Miss RoXie Patterson was elected as secre- tary- treasurer. A meeting will be call ed soon to draft bylaws and perfect the organization. The employees of the company formed the association for the purpose of obtaining unity of ac- ton and as an organization to get clos- CT cooperation with, the company. The organization was formed al the sugges- ton of the officials of the company, who are in accord with the association. The Bessemer local will meet once month, when officials of the company will be present to confer with the em- ployes about their welfare and the bet terment of the service.
 Work on the road connecting Besse- mer with the district below McCalla is progressing, and large crew of men is at work under the direction of the Parsons Construction company, to whom the contract was let several weeks ago. The roads in this section
 have been in such condition as to be
 travelled with difficulty, and the re- pairing of the roads at this time will mean the diverting of much patronage to Bessemer merchants from citizens living in that section, that has been | lost to them on account of the condit- ions of the roads. The road will be wid- ened to 20 feet over the whole right l of-way from below McCalla to the old Tusca loosa line,, distance of five l miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-12
For the Good of
 the Community

last Tuesday, possibly unnOtlced by majority of the readers, reflect most forclbly the change in agricultural con- ditions that have taken place in Alabama in recent years. Both items were sent out from Wash 1ngton by the Associated Press and were based on government reports.
 One relates to hog culture and the other to corn, both of which are of com parative recent development on an exten- sive scale.
 Of hogs, the report says, 3219 carloads were marketed from July l., 1918, to June 30, 1919, of which 1195 were mar keted on the cooperative plan. This does not include shipments by auto trucks or wagons, at stock yards or packing plants in the state
 The other item relates to corn produc- tion in the year 1919.
 Reports to the department of agricul- ture on crop conditions in August fore cast upwards of 70,000, 900 'bushel yield in Alabama This is several million bushels in excess of the 1918 crop and ap- proximates that of 1917, which is the record year in Alabama corn raising.
 One of the encouraging features of the report is that Alabama ranks third of all the south in corn yield this year, only Texas and Tennessee exceeding her.
 Tennessee has long been corn state, only the western part of that state ever having raised cotton to any considerable extent.
 Tennessee's yield, according to this re- port, will be 75,753, 900 bushels; Ala , bamas, 70,153, ,000 bushels, difference of only 5,600,000 Virginia, the Caro- linas, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar kansas and Oklahoma all falling below Alabama by from 100000 or more bushels
 It has been but few years since Ala bama bought practically all of her meat and corn from Tennessee, Illinois and the west. Last year she shipped thousands of bushels of corn to other states, some of it going as far away as Oklahoma.
 This year hundreds of carloads of hogs have been shipped to St. Louis and other packing centers, and in addition other hundred carloads have been slaughtered at the two packing houses in the state.
 The several elevators in Birmingham and perhaps one or two in other cities last year handled Alabama raised corn al- most exclusively, wholly reversing condi- tions heretofore existing. The same, no doubt, is true of the present year.
 With the development of the cattle in- dustry during the last two years contin- ued the next two or three years not only will Alabama raise enough hogs and corn to supply the demand of her people but she will also supply all the beef and, per- lraps, wheat and other food products her people can consume, and have surpluses to ship away for the support of the people
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-12
BESSEMER NEWS

Bessemer, September 11.-(Special) At a meeting of the board of educa- tion this week, plans for the relief Of the crowded condition in the gram mar schools were considered and de- cisicn was reached to build four room grammar school unit on the cor ner of Fifth avenue and Sixteenth streets, near the Roberts school build ing, insead of adding an annex of two rooms to the Roberts school, as had been previously planned The unit will be an up- to- date, well equipped build ing and will house the primary grades of the North side. The plans and spec, iflcations are being Lrepared by an ar chiect, and in few days bids VII be received for the construction of tie building. It is planned to begin the building as early as all necessary arrangements can be made, so that the bs ssement rooms now being used rl he Roberts school may be abandoned.
 The four rooms constructed will be a nucleus for large grammar school building that will eventually take the place of the old Roberts school, which is considered faulty in construction. and will at some future time be razed and rebuilt, according to the plans of the board Of education.
 An all-night and early morning vigil near an illicit distillery by Deputies W. B. Vines, W. c. Steel and Jake Skates, of the Besemer force, and Deputies Christian and Riley of Birmingham, did not have the expected results, as no one appeared to operate the still, and the anticipated arrests were not made. The still had been located some dis tance west of Adger, and after spend ing Wednesday night and early Thurs day morning in the vicinity, the depu- ties destroyed the still Thursday about noon. It was of 100-gallon capacity and was well constructed of copper throughout About 600 gallons of beer mash was also destroyed at the time.
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THE WEEKS OFFERINGS.

MONDAY-Shubert H. and Julia Marlowe,
with Twelfth Night will their four weeks make Shake
household This will performed during
the entire first with Mr. Soh pulling his mustaco Malvol
and Miss Mowe trung Viola In the Alma Kruger
Norah Lamison Wilson, Virginia Wells Ursula Fauc Frederick
Stanford Rowland Blackstone Frank Peters, T. S.
ley, Macomb Bradley, " L. Granville Vernon Keo Coe Dunn,
Boyd Clark Latham W. p Adams lightning change
Empire THEATRE: Charles Frohman nc will Ethel Barry
Dea" by Zoe Atkins which reported be comedy
wholesale proportions gang between London and New York
requiring than corporas guard the The company
cd Claude King Steel Beatrice Bey and Katherine Har
ris, to mention only the vanguard
Einge Theatre: "The Girl in the Limousine by Wilson Collision
and Avery Hopwood will be produced by H. Woods who the
days when The Girl the Taxi has grown
and afford moun for his farce heron The
principal assets of the John Cumberland Doris Kenyon
Zelda Sears Charles Rugges and boudor set.
Liberty Theatre: will put -Koo
1872 the third Of his worlds promises 100
relieve of the strain his voice They mostly
Lillian Kemble Sylvia Clark
Florence oDenawn and Eleanor Sinclair chief among blush
blossoms ballet Of Indian madens will loose George
Hobart revu Cole stuffed
ban Robert Law and Carmine Vioo inserted the scenery
TUESDAY-Booth Theatre: A. II. Woods will right
will "Too Many Husbands comedy which W.
society after the Kenneth Douglas Ese Winwood
Grossmith and Fritz Williams the leaders this league of
passions.
Globe Theatre: will make his debut musical
comedy field when Charles Dillingham; produces "Appe Blossoms"
which the with Jacob applied
while William LIE rubbed the book The company comprises
John Charles Thomas Vida Florence Shirley Percva Knight
Roy Atwel and the usual Globe trotters.
Theatre: The Shuberts will present
Heath "Helo Alexander" fruit off mu-
with lyrics by Alfred Bryan and hot off the piano Jean
Schwartz Sophie Tucker and her band Vivian Holt
dale Gabrielle Gret and Rosie Quinn support the trying
in the ready livery stable
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however, to exhibit itself at the en-
trance. While the men and women
preen themselves in the lobby. the few
patient souls that have arrived on
time. having again been mislead by the
advertisements, cool their heels inside.
They have come to see the play. not to
gaze at the moving picture actresses. re-
tired chorus girls. dress and wig max
ers, that pose for the benefit OF one
another. since nobody outside their
particular world takes the trouble to
glance at them. But It is nevertheless
on account of this exhibition in the
Hobbies OF the theatres that plays begin
so late.
The theatre is just now enjoying I'M
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the floor and the succulent sound of
chewing gum Is not heard in the land.
Cosmo Hamilton is not the only
dramatist to introduce the New York
public this season to the delights of
a sleeping porch. The last act of
IAN Exchange of Wives passes in
this elysian retreat. The second act
of "Rolly Boly Eyes," which Edgar
Allan Woolf wrote for Eddie Leonard,
has for its background a similarly
pretty and sanitary investiture. 1t
seems, moreover, to be richer in i'm
agination than the comedy at the BIZ
jou Theatre since this sleeping porch
is divided into two parts. On the four
beds in one sleep the young women
of the family wearing black lace pa
jamas over bare skin.
The other half of the balcony is
devoted If possible to q lovelier scene
when the wife of one of the Ministries
draws aside the curtain. On four
beds sleep the slime number of black
face comedians. An empty cham
payne bottle stands by each couch.
But it is only by the pretence of or
are coaxed to rise. It is a sweet sight
The home life OF the negro minstrel
is rarely exposed so frankly to the
view of the world Thus it has hap
pened that never before has the pub
lie had the chance to gaze on four
burnt cork virtuosi sleeping off eX-
cessive champagne.
Mr.. Cort has selected some negro
MINISTRIES of another type than the
gentle Eddie LEONARD to throw the
methods of that actor into contrast
They are some Of the old time. poly
syllable kind who manipulate their lips
in complicated fashion to emit the
least word and sputter nightly over
every utterance. Some Of them seemed
rather asthmatic the other night.
They all did an amount of mounting
and putting out of all proportion to
the amusement they caused. But
they did throw the comparatively po-
lite humor of Mr.. Leonard into agree
able relief
II was a wonderful idea of the
dramatist to have Mr.. Leonard the
wayward son of a respectable family
who had been put into a false light
IL was necessary even in such a play
to explain in some way the mixture
of the whites and the negroes. So
there is the observation from one OF
the black actors that the men have
been too busy to wash off their
makeup" For that reason the morn
ing sun shone on four blinking mokes
as they slowly awaken from the sllrm-
Der of champagne.
But this is scarcely satisfactory
explanation as to the continued black
ness of tint on the part of the min
strels. Their intimate intercourse
would. however. be scarcely under
stood, for instance in the South what
ever explanations might be made for
the black skins. Indeed, the booking
of a journey for this particular
play should its career at the Knicker-
booker Theatre be suddenly ended
might be difficult. The state OF the
rublic feeling is such that in certain
towns the sight of the white and black
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precedented prosperity. No play is
poor enough to fail. All the musical
pieces, whatever the quality of their
melodies or their jokes, endure for a
certain profitable period The mana
gers modestly attribute this prosperity
to the effect of prohibition rather than
to their own wisdom. The men and
women no longer loiter in restaurants
without creme de menthe or fin cham
payne, curacao n chartreuse or lit
tie more champagne. On to the play,
let thirst be unconfined! In spite of
this haste there is the inevitable de-
lay at the first performance. Maybe
that, too. will come to an end when
the cigarettes are no longer thrown on
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Where the Plays Change.
SHURERT-RJVTERA A,

SHUBERT-RIVIERA - Alice
Brady will come up out of the sub
way here in "Forever After" with
the same cast that made her run
down town in this Owen Davis
play look as though it would run
as long as the title.
STANDARD-Robert B. Man
tell, supported by Genevieve Ham
per and Fritz Leiber, will present
his repertoire of "King Lear"
"The Merchant of Venice" "Riche-
ieu," Macbeth" and "Richard
III. in a way TO add materially
to the culture Of upper Broadway.
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But there is never monotony, how
ever shallow the waters may become
at times. There is a dance In the
second act. a dance orr with the
same group of merry designers on the
possessions. OF the other sex in at
tendance, OCCASIONALLY breaking into
the drawing room and then disappear
ing again, but always bringing into
view a fresh play OF color and move
ment to allure the senses. The view
OF the gold digger's existence is I'M
deniably roseate. but that was not to
be avoided in a play of such dainty
shades and colors as Mr.. Belasco has
made this manuscript. One has the
feeling that the experienced hand has
had more than its usual share in
bringing the pretty success to 1.-THE
Gold Diggers' which It is certain to
enjoy.
The virtues of Mr.. Hopwood as
dramatist of THE Gold Diggers" are
chiefly of restraint. He strings his
girls and their adventures along a thin
thread of fiction. ST take your place"
says the resourceful girl of the chorus
10 her lovelorn friend, land will so
conduct myself that the cruel uncle
will be glad to have his young nephew
marry anybody SO long as he escapes
such creature as me-" The plot
against the uncle is not probable, but
It serves to carry Ina Claire through
all the scenes that are SO carefully
set to show her virtuosity. She adj
mits to seventy cigarettes a day
Lizzie the Dope they call me-" is
her explanation-dances fandango
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pie treatment is the most alluring kind
for the f1appers But when 1t comes
to the married women, the f1irtatious
married women who do not know
which husband they want, this method
of dealing with the dramatic climax is
not sufficient. Imagination refuses to
be stimulated by the sight of this lady
in various situations which in the case
Of the fiapper would be of undoubted
interest.
So when Mr.. Hamilton again takes
his pen in hand to set down in his
literary fashion the results Of his
studies Of life 1t is probable that he
will leave off his Investigations OF
married people. They, at all events,
do not pay. A fiapper in bed is worth
two wives on a porch.
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By LAWRENCE REAMER.

NAVlD BELASCO has made Of little
the Lyceum Theatre shimmeng bit
foam and about substantial Certainly Gold Drgers
not as near to nature the
last Oh e neae Not phrase observation
chorus girls the Mabes
burues The exper charmingy bv Ina
Claire goes SO far quote Savoy They belong
the world Of that talented member
haven't heard the half of it," whichever
Such is the life of the chorus girl
stage OF the Lyceum Theatre Of
realistic treatment of the theme but
closely suited to the of the
serious minute in the kaleidoscope Beasco
minute to minute to form another picture
first they settle about the experienced
their to listen to her words worldly wisdom.
the and the
character the avowed expe of
sentiments which crystalline the "Amony
is womans life insurance Nearly the whole
cupied by this female minstrel first part,
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But this year there Is more than
the usual peril In attending these
representations. At a recent perform
ance in one of the best theatres a
man in a dinner jacket. hurrying to
his seat after an intermission, threw
on the floor lighted cigarette. It was
lying In the centre Of the aisle, smok-
ing and glowing when a fellow first
nighter. responding to some unex-
pected intimation of civilization. step
ped on the embers. When a crowd
gathered recently at the cradle of an
other dramatic masterpiece the audi
ence rushed out after the first act In
search of air or any other available
relief. At the head of the aisle a well
dressed spectator lit cigarette. For
the time II took him to reach the
crowded entrance through which the
spectators were slowly passing one by
one he enjoyed himself putting smoke
into the faces Of those about him.
Such is the 1919 model of first
nighter who may not be any more
Objectionable than his predecessors
but is assuredly more dangerous. His
activities have hitherto been rather
annoying than perilous. Eating dur
ing the representations. the rafting Of
paper bags. the cracking Of caramel
wrappers drawn surreptitiously from
dusty pockets-all these details Of first
night department may have been an
moving as they diverted the interest
OF spectators from the work of genius
they were contemplating. But there
was no danger OF fire before this fall.
One of the continuing nuisances con-
nected with these occasions is the de-
lay in raising the curtain. Ten min
utes to is the usual hour, although
1t often happens that 8 o'clock has
arrived before the play begins. Just
what may be the object In beginning
so late It is not easy to tell. From
a quarter to half an hour is the
usual delay after the time announced
by the management.
Often the public is present long be-
fore the play commences. 1t prefers,