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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23
.TORGERSON TO TAKE CHARGE OF PUBLICITY
 OF SPARROW AGENCY
Managing Editor of Ledger to Be Associated With We'll Known
 Advertising Company

Edward Torgerson, managing editor of the Ledger, will become associated with the Sparrow Advertising Agency on October 1 and will be in charge of the publicity department of the agency. Announcement to this effect feet was made yesterday by John Sparrow, president of the company.
 It is stated that the publicity work of the agency has grown to such an ex- tent that it was necessary to enlarge it in it's scope and MT. Torgerson was secured to head this important branch of the companys business. MT. Torger- son is newspaper man of experience and ability and has gained an enviable position in journalistic circles, not only in Alabama but throughout the south He has held responsible positions on the news and editorial departments of several metropolitan southern newspa- pers and has been the managing editor of the Ledger for some time.
 He will be assisted in the publicity department by Hugh Sparrow, himself an experienced newspaper man, who has has held positions on several dailies in the south At the time he enlisted in the army early in the war he was the sporting editor of the Nashville Ban ner. John Sparrow, the president of the company, win also give the pub licity department the benefit of his long experience as a newspaper man.
 MT. Sparrow recently purchased the interest of Oliver Cox in the agency and at recent meeting Walter Bar rett was elected secretary of the com pany. The Sparrow Advertising Agency is one of the southern agencies rec ognized by the American Publishers association. It's clientele. which has been built up during number of years successful business numbers leading firms and commercial enterprises in every phase of Birmingham's affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23
OLIVER TO SPEAK
 IN RAINEY'S BEHALF
One of States Ablest Speakers to Help Democrats in Seventh
 District

Washington, September e2.-(Special) Representative Oliver of tl.e Sixth Ala bama district left tonight for the Seventh district to deliver a series of speeches in behalf of l.. B, Rainey, democratic nomi- nee for Congress. Mir. Divers engage ments follow: Wednesday. springville, Il o'clock; Pell City, o'clock: Thursday, Redland, II o'clock; Odenvi,e, o'clock; Friday, Valley Head. Il o'clock; Ft- Payne, o'clock; Saturday. Collinsville. Il o'clock: Attalla, o'clock.
 Mir. Oliver is one of the lest speakers of the state and he will do much to arouse the democrats to the necessity of sending MT. Rainey to Congress by an overwhelming majority.
 Representative Blackmon of the Fourth Alabama district is very anxious to get into the Seventh district in order to aid Mr. Rainey and will do so if official busi- ness will permit. He is engaged at the present time in securing an institution which vii be permanent boon to Ala bama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23
Why Do French Women
 Always Look Young?

In France mothers and daughters look like sisters How the there able to retain their youthful looks until long past middle age? Is it because they are much given to the use of mercolized wax? This wax possesses a remarkable absorbent prop erty which quickly removes the fine particles of cuticle which constantly dying and which are the immediate cause of an old looking complexion. Thus the livelier. health = fer, younger skin beneath is given chance to breathe and to show itself. Try this treat ment yourself. Most likely it will not re- quire two weeks to make your complexion clear, soft and beautiful a young girls. Just one ounce of mercolized Gall Amer can druggists have it) usually does the work. The wax is put on nights like cold cream and washed off mornings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23
A SMALL TRIBUTE TO
 LIEUTENANT GERARD

When the applause died away yester- day at Loew's after Lieutenant Gerard had been applauded until ne had stepped out for the third time-applause that seemed as spontaneous as the cheers given that peerless leader-General Per shing, when he led the First down Washington avenue-I wondered how as l saw it.
 l wondered how many felt about it as l felt about it--and yet there must have been many-for the applause was deaf ening and long continued. And the act and the man were sjn every way worthy of the applause received. Men of his stamp are in every way worthy of far more than we, of this country, can ever repay.
 Picture to yourself, you who were not present, a young, slim, straight Ameri- can of the type we all know so we'll, as he steps out on the stage in the spot light. The khaki uniform is there but the man who wears it has given his right arm on the battlefield for his coun- try.
 AS he sings his first song you realize that while this man was a soldier, an officer, he is also possessed of rich, full voice that carries power and tone, and best of all, carries his audience with him from the start.
 Ehe song dies away and the answering applause, and he steps over to the piano and with one hand-and that his left gets music, tones and melody from this instrument that many performers with two hands could not touch.
 Then the audience goes wild. Here is man who is not asking help from the country for which he has given his good right arm, although he would have every reason in the world to both ask and expect it. but who, with the same spirit that carried our brave boys to victory on the shel-torn fields of France, has taken what the war has left him and ia making a winning fight for fame and honor among the people for whom he fought nobly and we'll
 As one thinks of the fight this man is making with a smile on his lips, one can but realize the spirit that prompted our young men on the battlefields, where, alas, so many lay where poppies grow.
 Hats off to Lieutenant Gerard His is the spirit that has made the grand old U. S. A. His the spirit that makes the Star Spangled Banner something to be revered.
 May he win every honor in his new field of endeavor as he won honor and glory in the Argonne forest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23
THE FIRST WHITE HOUs E OF THE CONFEDERACY As 1861 when

favorable impression-left last Thursday for her home in Mississippi She pro- poses to return shortly with her family and will occupy the handsome residence of Col. Edmond Harrison, on Lee and Bibb streets, which will be the Whit, House for this year.
 T. c. DeLeon, in writing of this time says: At this time the President and his family having left their temporary quarters at the hotel, were living in a mansion provided for them but few steps from the government house. CThe government house being what was later known as the Mabson hotel) Con- tinuinS MT. DeLeon says: "In this build ing were the executive offices and the cabinet room, connected by an always open door; and in one or the other of these MT. Davis spent some 15 hours out of every 24. His habits were as simple as laborious. He rose early worked at home until breakfast, then to long and wearing day at the govern ment building. Often long after mid night the red glow from his office lamp shining over the mock orange hedge in front of the White House told of unre- hitting strain"
 Mrs. Davis, in speaking to a friend at this time, said: Yes, dear, we lived there the first memorable days of the war and the most brilliant levees held and the handsomest dinners given while MT. Davis was President of the Con- federacy were given in that house. and my husband said he believed if the seat of government had not been removed the war would have ended sooner with bet ter results"
 A gain MT. DeLeon, in his history says:
 The ladies of the executive mansion held many receptions in this house after the Washington custom, at which were collected the most brilliant the most gallant and most honored of the south Early on the 18th of April a salute of seven guns rang out from the street before the public building. The telegraph had brought the most welcome news that on the evening before Virginia had passed the ordinance of secession Wild was the rejoicing at the southern capital that day!'
 How interesting it all is this history that must and will ever cluster around this old building. It is indeed credita- ble to the White House association that they should wish to preserve it and per- petuate Confederate history within it's walls.
 About 20 years ago when the general convention of the enited Daughters Of the Confectionery was held in Montgomery they were entertained by the Alabama Daughters in this historic First White House of the Confedracy and one of the Tennessee daily papers contained the fol lowing about that brilliant reception:
 With apologies to all other hostesses,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23
ANOTHER OF
 NATURES WONDERS
Rare Mineral Deposit Discov- cred in Mississippi. Unusual
 Combination of Iron, Sul- phur and Potash. Water Proven Success in Treatment of Disordered B l 0 0 d or
 Troubles Arising Therefrom.

Iron, Sulphur and Potash--all three made and combined by Nature in Ma lures own perfect way.
 Nature has made few things with out purpose, and the purpose of this mineral deposit is unquestionably that of a blood purifier.
 By simply extracting this mineral with water remedy is made, known as Sul-Ferro-Sol. And so Sul-Ferro- Sol is nothing more than mineral water rich in Iron, Sulphur and Pot ash.
 As a remedy for Rheumatism, Ec- zema, Tetter and other manifesto tions of an impure blood, Sul- Ferro-So, is most highly recom- mended.
 If your trouble is casued by bad blood, try Sul-Ferro-Sol, the great natural remedy.
 At all drug stores, everywhere. Liberal bottles for one dollar.
 Interesting booklet, Road to Health," upon request. The Sul- Ferro-Sol Co.,, Montgomery, Alabama. Desk B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23
BEST BILL OF
 SEASON AT LOEW'S,

The best bill of the season is on at Loew's Bijou this week This. of course. is not news to the big crowd who attended yesterdays performance at this popular playhouse, but to the thousands who have not as yet at tended 1t may serve as a gentle re- hinder to go see it while it is here.
 After the news weekly, which is chiefly featured this week by the large crowds that are turning out all over the country to honor President Wilson, the first act on the programme is the King Brothers in balancing ani feats of strength. The setting for this act is artistically done, but not more so than the act itself, which is one of the best of it's kind to be found any where.
 They are followed by Annette Creighton and Max Stamm is a sing ing, talking and dancing act chiefly featured by Stamm's Up in the Air. Boys" and his What We Want and What We Get" Miss Creighton's Kisses" was we'll receiYed and the act mp until the last moment is far and away above the average of Its kind and with the exception of the finale merits the applause it received. The finale. however. after the good work that has gone before. falls rather flat. and il changed to the best these 2eo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23

something must be written about that historic old White House and it's appear ance on that memorable occasion. The historic old home was bedecked in colors of the Confederacy. Over the front door
 was placed arch with the words
 Davis" in red on a white background. This arch was placed over the originat arch which in 1861 shed light of welcome to President Davis guests at the official receptions held there. Over the entire ceiling in the hall was stretched a huge Confederate flag and all about it were Confederate flags, red and white bunting and chapter flags with beautiful tracings of southern smilax bringing out the beauty of the colorng. The entire lower floor of the building was draped in red and white The floors were covered with crash just as it was. so the story goes. on that evering 39 years ago.
 Aside from all this Is the fact that there are in possession of the First White House association the most sacred and priceless Jefferson Davis relics, which Mrs. Davis left to be placed in this old home; some of them just they were in the old Cays of the sixties, others IS they were used in Beauvoir and some from Richmond.
 As soon as the house is ready other relics of Lee and Jackson have been promised for this purpose
 Every day in the year people come to the capitol end ask to see those relics or go to the old White House on Lee and Bibb streets and are astonished that the people of Alabama do not properly pre- serve the one time mansion of Jefferson Davis and that great era in Alabama history
 But this reproach to Alabama will surely this day be wiped out, for the house sitting in the historic old capitol will vote to man for the preservation of this house. as did the senate and the legislature of 1919 will go down in history true to the men who wore the gray, to the women who suffered then and the women who still love and remember the da aYS of their heroic Xalnr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23
FINE BILL AT
 LYRIC THIS WEEK

The bill for the fore part of the week at the Lyric proved to be all that was promised when the curtain went up for the matinee performance yesterday.
 Mccormick and Wellon opened the bill with a melange of talking, danc- ing and singing. They have some new batter and their eccentric dancing is good and went well with the audi ence.
 They were followed by Halliday and Willette in comedy and songs, tEe comedy entitled "Detained," which is full of laughs, and this act is entitled to full credit for 15 minutes of pleas ure. The close of the act could be stronger. however. with a better ad- vantage to the act
 Riggs and Ryan are working the Information Bureau with some bright, new lines of talk and thought, and they please the audience and get the laughs, which is about all that kind. for. after all, no matter what the comedy is. if it gets the laugh" it has accomplished it's purpose. Let 1t be said, however, that the lines for this act are better and brighter than usually found i'm stage batter.
 The Elm City Quartet is composed of fous voices that would be hard to DCal CNCil OH tuc ldHucu DTOdUWdy, and it may be stated at the start tha. this act was the hit of the show
 The medleys run from the slow sweet music of the cornfield melodies to the real jazz of the southern negro melody. vet at not one moment is there false note or a. discordant voice.
 Their rendition of "The Blues" fair ly brought down the house and the applause after each and every number was spontaneous and generous.
 Nelson and Barry Boys close the bill. and this is trio of real clever singers. and had it not been that one had just been listening to a full quar- tet this act would stick out on any bill as a headline act.
 The blackface part of this act is portrayed by an artist in blackface work and his song of Blues was well received and heartily applauded. All the voices are good, however, and the dancing deserves special mention.
 As a whole the bill at the lyric for the first half of the week measures high up on the vaudeville standard and the news weekly fills out very pleasing programme
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23
ELSIE FERGUSON IN
 GREAT DRAMA AT STRAND

Beautiful Elsie Ferguson opened three day engagement at the Strand yesterday in what is no doubt her greatest role, that of Stella Derrick in The Witness for the Defense" This is her latest Paramount Aircraft production and it is indeed a striking story from the novel by A. E. W. Mason.
 Stella Derrick is an English girl, en- gagged to Dick Hazelwood, a wealthy young man. She leaves him to nurse her father, who is seriously ill in India. Among the visitors to the Derrick bunga- low is Captain Ballantyne Derrick pleads with Stella to marry Ballantyne so that he may spend his remaining days in comfort, and she finally consents to wed Ballantyne.
 It now develops that Balantyne, in stead of being the paragon of virtue, is brutal sensualist ard drunkard. An gered at her display of contempt. he treats her with great brutality. Henry Thresk. a big game hunter, appears at the Ballantyne home and one night sees Ballantyne choking Stella. He offers to take Stella with him, ut she divines his motive and refuses.
 Balantyne, suffering from deirium tre- mems, one day attacks Stella, who flees into the jungle, where sine is found uncon- scious by Thresk and carried home. Bal lantyne fancies he is pursued by assas- sins who are seeking a photograph he possesses of several natives which in- eliminates them in political plot. He confides in Thresk, who laughs at the ap- parent delusion. One night he sees Stella with a revolver and later when Ballan- tyne sees her with the weapon he at tempts to wrest it from her. It is dis charged and Ballantyne killed.
 Stella is arrested and placed on trial for the murder of her husband. She re- fuses to testify in her own behalf. and how she is finally vindicated by the testi- mony of one whom she had at one time spurned, furnishes a most thrilling and interesting climax to this all absorbing drama.
 ''The Witness for the Defense will be shown today and tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23
Children Were Sick
 With WhoopingC
Mrs. Gaits Says She Ere quently Had to Be Up a
 Dozen Times at Night GAVE THEM LUNG-VITA Were Well Almost Before She Realized It, She Says

Two of my children were sick with whooping cough at the same time, says Mrs NJ. F. Gaits, POP Sixty eighth Place (Woodlawn), Birmingham, Ala. "The paroxysms were very severe, and l had to be up with them frequently-aa many as a dozen times at night"
 Nothing l was able to do for them helped them till I tried LungVita. It was almost magical in its effects right from the start, and almost before I realized it they were free of the dis ease"
 Lung Vita is also an excellent rem edy for stubborn coughs, colds, asthma. and bronchial troubles. It is a com pound of barks tops. leaves and medicinal oils, and is entirely free from morphine, opium herion or other mar cotics. It is perfectly safe for anyone to use.
 Get a bottle from your druggist to- day. If he won't supply you writa Nashville Medicine Co., Nashville, Tenn, for free booklet.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23
TWO WOMEN" GOES
 WELL, AT ALCAZAR

At the Alcazar the attraction is Two Women,' featuring Anita Stewart. This is Vitagraph production directed by Ralph Ince, and Miss Stewart has the role of Enid Arden, care free mountain girl, and it can be truthfully said that at no time in her career has she been more beautiful or more convincing in her work than she is as this child of nature who suddenly finds herself entangled in the triangle of human hearts and passions.
 John Leighton, clean minded man has been freed, as he thinks, from selfish unworthy woman, he loves Enid and in her home they are planning the wedding when the wife walks in with protesta- tions of remorse and declaring that her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23
FLAME OF THE YUKON"
 PLEASES AT COLONIAL

Dorothy Dalton concludes her two-day engagement at the Colonial theatre to- day in the greatest picture she has ever given to the screen, "The Flame Of the Yukon" and movie fans who have not seen this wonderful production are ad- vised to take advantage of their last opportunity
 Emotional actresses of the screen are many. but those who have risen to the heights are few indeed and leading all the rest is one star. Miss Dalton who has been awarded the crown of perfec- +ioo bv an almost unanimous vote of the critics.
 Her career before the camera has been one of triumphs She was fortunate 1T. coming early under Thomas II. lince, one of the greatest directors of the screen. and with her natural talent as a basis she developed her art to the high place it now holds through his able direction.
 Miss Daltons roles have been varied She has portrayed the nurse. the society queen, the foolish girl, the uncouth plo- neer maiden of the Canadian woods and various others and each has been per fectly done Yet none has quite the fire and charm and artistry of the dance hall girl in "The Flame of the Yukon
 It is the stars own favorite. The beautiful dancer who keeps herself apart from the life around her is a creature of ice and snow for the stranger. but a burning flame for the man she loves "The Flame of the Yukon" will be shown at the Colonial for the last time today.
 Dustin Farnum comes Wednesday in ''The Iron Strain," an intense modern drama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23
PAIN ALL OVER
 z|R0N RELIEVED. Feels Like New Woman After Taking ZIRON Iron Tonic

good many of the everyday troubles and ills from which men and women, young and old, suffer- are due to lack of iron in their blood.
 If this is the cause. when this much need ed substance is supplied. their strength often returns, pale cheeks get rosy again and they feel renewed strength and energy in their system.
 Mrs. Sarah E. Asher. Ashland City. Tenn. provided for the iron and other building in- gredients that her system needed by taking Ziron. She says: 'I was suffering with pain all me and my kidneys were troub- ling me badly.
 I have been taking Ziron. One bottle and about half of another made feel like a new woman"
 If you pale, weak, tired have pains. feel down and out, try Ziron It will put iron into your blood and will help to build you up.
 Sold by druggists on a money back guar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23
Where Can l Find Relief from
 Itching, Terrifying Eczema?

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 You have the experience of others who have suffered as you have to guide you to relief No matter how terrify- ing the irritation. no matter how un- bearAble the itching and burning of the skin. s. S. s. will promptly roach the seat of the trouble. Give it fair trial to be convinced of it's efficacy.
 Our chief medical adviser Is an au- thartA~ Q. hle>S e-S skin disorders. and he win take pleasure In giving you such advice as your individual case may need. absolutely without cost Write to- day. describing your case to Medical Department. Swift Specific Co. 252 Swift Laboratory. Atlanta Ga
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23

love for him is renewed. John, with true vision, knows her insincerity, but Enid, child that she is, with a breaking heart renounces her own love and bids him re- turn to his wife. But retribution is swift and strong, and Enid s love triumphs in a climax that is intense. interesting and absorbing.
 Prominent in Miss Stewards support Is Earl Williams, who IS John Leighton, gives to the screen another one of those vrile characters for which he is noted. Julia Swayne Gordon has the role of the wife, and other noted Vitagraph players do creditable work in their various roles
 Two Women will be shown today and tomorrow, when it will give way to Alice Joyce in The Spark Divine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23
sDOKEYS" TO HOLD
 SPECIAL MEETING

special meeting of the local temple of 'Dokeys" will be held tonight at the Fraternal hall with Phoenix lodge. Knights of Pythias. A short business session of the lodge will be held. after to the "Dokeys."
 Among the business to be transacted will be discussion of the proposed raise of initiation fee and a reorganization of the beneficial society. All members are urged to attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23

Spark Divine" which will be shown at the Alcazar theatre Thursday, Friday and Saturday Alicia Ramsey wrote the story, which deals with husbands fight to awaken the spark of mother love in the wife who married him, although ad- hitting she never could love as a wife ought.
 Tom Ferris directed the picture, and in the supporting cast are William Carle ton, Jr.. Eulale Jensen, Frank Norcross and Mary Carr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23
This Question Is Ever on the
 Lips of the Afflicted

Eczema, Tetter. Erysipelas. and other terrifying conditions of the skin are deep p-seated blood troubles. and appli- eations of salvss. lotions and washes can only afford temporary relief. with out reaching the real seat of the trou- hle. But just because lceal treatmsnt has dons you no good. thsrs is no req ann to dsspair. You sinnlv have not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23

More manganese ore was mined in the United States last year than ever be fore. Montana producing more than all the other states combined.