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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 61o the eyes of prosaic liberalism there may be something humorous, 0 even grotesque. in the picture of James M Cox, governor of Ohio and candidate for the presidency of the United States, building fire with his own hands in his own pasture, stowlng a peck of potatoes under the coals and restoring the blaze to broil lamb chops for his score of newspaper guests More subtle fancy might see in the picture an anpeaI for women's votes, suggesting vaguely John L. Heaton's song about
 the modern husband:
 He's very good at cutting out And making his own clothes,
 That means economy, no doubt; But it's papa's cooking goes Oh, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes,~ It's papa's cooking goes.
 Philosophy, however, finds neither buff foonery nor subtlety in the spectacle, only the "Eternal Boy fascination th3 Colonel Roosevelt never lost, fascin5- tion that no counterfeiter can acco7h plish. fascination universal in it's alp peal, because every man who is wojrtl while has something of the "Etefrn;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
Permanent Home for
 Chamber of Commerce

O. L, BUnN' N, general manager plans permanent home for that or ganization to be owned by it in fee simple.
 It is commendable ambition. The chamber represents the community. This should be community of home owners. The chamber should head that movement by securing it's home. Example is better than precept.
 MT. Bum did this in Chattanooga. What was done there can be done here. The Chattanooga investment paid for itself by rental of space for exhibits of Chattanooga manufactur- CTS. That should be as easily ac- complished in Birmingham.
 + ia ad5ote3 tfal nan is a better citizen asln Of having his homa Why eeu not the chamber
 better chsmber o,vning it's oNn nome
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

the room of a we'll known hotel. A confederate, who claimed the animal was his pet, ordered dinner of raw beef sent up. The lion was discov- cred, the hotel management had a brainstorm and the happy press agent hoaxed, it is said, every news paper in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
Has It All Doped Out

"Out at Redwood Field yesterday Moleys team of pennant snatchers staged one of the best twelfth inSng g rallies that have ever seen in my life, says Walter Cook, and if they could pull together like this every day they wouldn't have any opposition at the end of the season.
 "Moley is wise old bird, and we've all got a lot of faith in him yet. What think he is doing right now is to stay around second and third place so as to not tire his team out. Then towards the end of the season when all the other teams are Jagged out, the Barons will be fresh and will walk in and take the pennant. At least that's the way dope it out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
TERRIBLE STRAIN

'rMr. Blowster came very near bringins on a stroke of apoplexys the other day"
 How sop
 His automobile engine stalled whel he was giving the Fi,ev. Dr. Fourthly lift. MT. Blowster sflas as mad as q hor net, but he couldn'it say anything strong CT than tut. tut r. PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
sELF-DELUS1oN

SEDF -DELUOICTN- How do you contrive to keep such a hearty appetite with restaurant prices as they are now7"
 Well, the menu never changes in this place. have a bill of fare I picked ur in here several years ago. order from that and postpone the4shock until I get the check
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

A manufacturers exhibit is of prime importance for the develop ment of Birmingham. How much quicker and on how much surer a basis it would be established if "x- hibitors realized that the location was there to stay, independent of shift
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
As to Mems Styles

"While men make fun of womens styles constantly changing, it seems to me to be a case of hump backed man making fun of another mans hump" says Mrs. Myra Stafford. "Women's styles are so diversified that a woman in last years clothes does not look so bad, But a well-dressed man in his last years suit causes attention run along one line. One year, straight lines will be popular. Next year, belts or waistlines are noticeable. Men make fun of women, but women wisely hold their tongues. They know they have the advantage"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
SILENT PLEA FOR MERCY.
ESSENTIALLY LOW.

LDDI4N T I<AIIl1 LO w. Do you believe the end justifes the means?"
 liquor sleuth buys drink from kind hearted bootlegger, on the plea of illness, and then has the bootlegger arrested, l think that's the meanest trick there is"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
PUBLICITY PAYS.

50 many billboards get on my said the esthetic individual. Why don't you look the other There's no way to look but u Perhaps so."
 "The other day I did look upI an advertisement on the bottom plane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

Get thee glass eyesj And. like scurvy politician, seem To sec the things thou dost not
 king Lear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
To Be Avoided

Tt would do a great many people a lot of good if they could tell the diff ference between being ambitious and the so-called being stuck up," says Francis H. Herman.
 Many person in minor position puts on that lofty expression the min ute he thinks that he should begin to look ambitious in order to get t-bove his present position. But if they would get this out of their heads and get down to some real hard work they would soon be able to tell the differ ence"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
A GIRLS WAY.

T thought you encouraged me ee, Dorothyl when I first met you'
 "On what grounds?"
 You seemed glad to have mle around. '' "Oh, that was when I thought you were in love with Polly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
Desirable for DisnInx

With the idea of inducing fruit dealers and grocerymen to adopt sahi- tary methods of screening, We have or dered some samples of fiber glass food covers" says August Forrest, chief of the bureau of meat and milk inspec- tion.
 These samples will be displayed at several places downtown with the hope that fruit merchants will be induced to purchase some of<the material. The fiber glass in a strong transparent ma terial which is very desirable for dis play purpose. At the same time all flies and bugs are kept off she fruit and people are not allowed to handle 1t. If the merchants would voluntarily adopt this CT some other similar screen | ing there would be no need of q screen ordinance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
Out< of the Rain

T know that a man who builds in these days is rather looked upon as being, to say the least, adventurous, says Dr. Charles A. Brown, principal of the Birmingham High School, 'but the only excuse I will give for build ing a home at this time is that it be- came necessity.
 q suppose my case is like that of many others. Three years ago l was paying s35 month rent, and now the identical house is to be had for $110 I put on my thinking cap and figured it out that in spite of the high cost of building it was lower than the high cost of renting. and so I bought lot in Mountain Terrace and this fall will move into my own home, and rest easy without any longer living in fear tha; under the lease provisions which now obtain in most of the contracts the rented house would be sold over my head and leave me out in the streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

Washington Bureau. 300 Davidson building.
 European Bureau, 10 King street. CoNent Garden, London, w. C. Z.
 Eastern business office, WorIa buil1ing, New York city; western busl- ness oIlice Tribune building, Cnl- eago. The $. C. Beckwith Special Agency. gents for foreIgn advertising
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
Member of tIe Assoc:aled Press

The AgeHerald is the only morning md Sunday newspaper in BlsmlnShan carrying the Associated Press dis- patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively emitted to the use for publication ot sH news dispatches credited to 1t or noe otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published therein.
 All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

NAUGHTY CREAItUREs. I've never met, and that'9s a fact, In life's eventful race A hotel clerk who didh't stDct As if he owned the place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
SIR THOMAS UPTON.

SIR THOMAS UPTON. Sir Thomas, our respects to you, We don't know anybody who Wed rather see the trophy gain You've tried to win four times in vain. Four times you've come across the sea With Shamrocks sailed right gallantly. And though you battled with a will, You could not conquer Yankee skill. But like the big-souled chap you are, Defeat has never left a scar: You've won our hearts, and that Is more Than pewter cups, say half score.
 SILENT PLEA FOR MERCY.
 You say pr. Pillers. the eminent spe- cialist examined you and only charged you half his usual fee?" Yes"
 How in the world did that happen?'
 When I took off my coat purposely dropped a paYn ticket"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
NOT IN DEFIANT

NUI IN DEMANLV. What is your ambition@ "To go into a library an3 ask for 4 book nobody else ever canY for.' sail the studious person. Have you ever tried asking for a lfl of William IIT'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

1 tried all Thursday afternoon to get accustomed to seeing a herd of cattle grazing on the bed of the lake where | once there was twenty feet or more of water overhead; and just about time was getting used to il, l looked beyond them and a man on horseback leis-
 urely making his way up a road on the other side of the stream It was too much for me, and just quit trying to be recon
 ciled to a situation that seemed so strange.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

TELEPHONE Bell tprivate exchange connecting all depnrt meuts) Main 430u
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

Villas pension will depend on the sta- bility of the Mexican government. On that basis, his prospects for an old age free from financial worries are not prom ising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

The chief of police of Long Beach, N. Y, says: Out here we're ounces on styles, but tons on morality. Wear what you desire, but watch your moral two- step" That's fair enough. bathing suit to him is a bathing suit, and noth- ing more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

New York woman had her soldier times day after returning from the battlefields At any rate, he seems to have kept aloof from foreign entangle- ments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

I sat for long time in the pavilion watching the sport of the bathers. My boys were among the crowd having a good time, but somehow I was too lazy to undress and dress again, and pre- ferred to be a looker-on than a partici- pant. This thing of dressing and un- dressing is a continual nuisance, and
 takes the pleasure out of life. It's task enough to do it morning and night, but to change ones clothes like some guests do
 at the resorts for show is more than 1 can understand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

To me half the fun of swimming is to be free of clothes and breasting the water
 stream beating against it, for there is something in the pull of the current or
 in the whirlpoors suck which sends the
 blood tinglng in my veins, and brings out all the fight there is in me in my ef- fort to force way in spite of the rage of the waters. I was almost reared on the bosom of the Chattahoochee, the swiftest of all the navigable rivers in | America, and one of the most treach- erous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

never go out to Edgswood now with out thinking of the very old but forever good story of the editor who sent re- porter to investigate flood which was reported to have swept away a we'll known mill which stood on the banks of the river in a neighboring town, and got the laconic message on the wire saying: Found dam by the millsite, but no mill by damsite.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

That Washington correspondent of have heard that President Wilson had wired his congratulations to Cox, must have been caught in prolonged poker game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

Now, I got joy out of the "oe swimmin' hole" in my boyhood days at Eufaula. for in those times we kids only were handicapped with a two-piece garment and would have died of shame if we had so it was race to the Chattahoochee, and when we reached a spot about 100 yards from the bank each fellow be- gan to unbutton, and the one who dived off first was declared winner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

Did the drys win the war;" asks a poet What war? They won the war reace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

"A great triumph will be scored when Colonel Bryan and Chief Murphy of Tammany are persuaded to meet in con- ference for the good of the party" says The Washington Star. About that time the millennium bells will be ringing.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-06-11
va,uabl. Material From rree

'Blackboy'' is name commonly APP
piled 10 the peculiar grass-trees (Xan.
thorrhoea) Of western Australia,
which grow to height Of to 10 feet,
and have thick blackened trunks with
terminal tufts of wiry, grass-like
leaves. The different species yield an
abundance Of fragrant resin. In ex-
periments by Henry Rowley, formerly
city analyst of Perth, the materials
obtainable from these plants were
studied, and methods were devised
for extracting and treating the gum,
pith and fiber. The company now
formed for developing the products
commercially has provided an equip
ment of retorts, furnaces, condensers,
receiving tanks, etc, sufficient for util-
izing considerable quantity of what
has been a vegetable waste. Among
the useful substances obtained are
tars free from harmful acids, tar
paulin dressings, rope tar and sanitary
tar, lacquers, steam and refrigerating
pipe tagging, stains and paints, pitches
for marine insulating, phenol. benzol,
alcohol, COKE. potash, and pyroge-
nous acid; and dyes, perfumes, form
alin and various varnishes are expect
ed to follow.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-06-11
WEALTH IN DETROIT RIVER
Waters Said to Conceal vaIuabise
That Would Easily Be Worth
Millions Of Dollars.

While thousands are striving to
stretch the shrinking dollar to meet
the Fl. @. L. In Detroit these days, a
fortune lies unclaimed in the bed Of
Detroit river. No one can estimate,
even approximately, the value of the
submerged treasure in dollars, but 1t
is safe to assume that 1t viii run into
the millions.
Marine divers testify to the tons
Of copper ingot, coal, machinery, IN
salvaged vessels and money scattered
along the river bed from Windmill
Point to Detroit River light. The
banks and shelving beaches Of the
harbor line at and above Belle isle
are In shallow water, but the bank of
the undivided river section below the
island is built out to deep water, and
explorations are more difficult than
near Belle isle.
In recent years 1t has been known
that money and jewelry to the value
Of 100000 has been lost in the river.
One rum runner lost $500 in a wallet
while trying to escape federal officers
by jumping overheard from a boat.
A wealthy woman dropped a $1,000
necklace from a passenger boat when
the string Of gems broke as she leaned
over the boats reil.
James McCabe, immigration in
spector, who patrols the Canadian Dor
der for Chinese smugglers, affirms that
within the past ten years smugglers
drowned Chinese to escape immigra-
ton officers who pursued the snug
gler's boats, and in nearly every case
the drowned Chinese had large sums
Of money concealed in their clothing.
Neither the bodies nor the money have
been recovered because the feet of the
drowned Chinese were weighted with
iron.
The engines Of sunken wrecks II
salvaged, would be as good as new
today, marine engineers say, and their
sale wSu1d bring large profits to sal
vagers.
A runor is current in local marine
circles that syndicate is forming to.
operate in Detroit river at certain
point, kept secret, In the hope OF recov-
ering lost treasures. Just what treas
ures the syndicate seeks is not re-
vealed.
Detroit police department officials
say that the river holds the loot Of
many burglaries In Detroit. The thugs
and cracksmen who dropped the loot
into the river, evidently noted care
fully the direction Of the currents 50
that at some opportune time they
could return to recover their spoila
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-06-11
His Prior Rinht

A major in the stevedore regiment
employed one of his men to take care
of his horses and do little chores
around the yard. One day Sam came
into the majors office, and he was
some agitated man. After he had sa-
luted he exclaimed, major, 1 want to
be relieved from dis hyar job right
nowi"
The major asked him why he didn't
want the job any more.
major, that thar job is good enuf,
but just can't seem to get along with
yo' alrs wife. Seems every time /
goes down to that thar house she puts
me to dom all kinds Of chambermafu
work and a-naggin' at me all thef
time, too"
Then 1t was the majors turn. "Sam,
I've been living with that woman for
thirty-odd years now, and If there In
going to be anyone relieved it's going
to be MCMILLAN Rea Black, U. s.
A., in Judge.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-06-11

ENoR SALE.
IL Ford car, in good repair.
Apply to
JOS. W. HOWES.
apr 9-lm Rockville. Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-06-11
J. q. DORSEY,
ROCKVILLE. ND, R.F.p.L.

experienced auction sr, win sell real estate
Z personal property at reasonable prices
anywhere in Montgomery county or Mary
and.
lajan 9-3m
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-06-11
Swift ships for Pacific.

Sharp competition between the
Canadian Pacific ocean services and
the Nippon Yusen Kaisha bids fair
materially to reduce the time Of trans
Pacific travel. The former is adding
22,0OO-ton passenger steamer TO the
two now in the service, the running
time Of which Is nine days from VAN
couver to Yokohama and II days to
Hongkong.
The japanese company has three
boats under construction, each Of
about 10000 tons. and it expects that
these win make the run from Yoko-
hama to Seattle in eight days.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-06-11
NOTICE.

Office Board County Commissioners.
Rockville, Md, July 2. 1918.
Ordered this day by the Board Of County
Commissioners that the road leading from
Woodside to the Linden road, and running
over the lines Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, be closed to public
travel until further notice. The object OF
closing this road is to repair the bridge
over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
tracks on said road, and all persons arf
hereby warned that they travel this road
at their own risk.
JOHN R. LEWIS. Prest.
BERRY E. CLARK. Clerk.
iuly 5-tf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-06-11

r.,.sr.s.s 49, ana Steam pressing BY INV DIar.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-06-11
Gartner Brothers,
SUCCESSORS TO A. C. CARLISLE.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
and
FURNITURE DEALERS.
GAITHERSBURG, MD.

We have just put in full and complete
line Of furniture Of all kinds, including
bedroom. dining-room. library and kitchen
furniture. rugs and floor coverings of all
sizes and descriptions, couch hammocks,
porch swings, screen doors and windows.
Also made to order screens, pictures, mir
rors and hall racks. Picture frames made
to order. Window shades. lace curtains
end curtain scrim, comforts, blankets, pill
low cases and sheets. portiers. couch COW
ers. draperies of all kinds. refrigerators.
Dandler and Success oil stoves. Dinner
sets, toilet sets. cut glass, hand-painted
china and enamel ware. Window glass
in all sizes and cut to measure. Lawn
mowers, lawn seats and lawn swings.
Talking machines and records.
Come in and see us.
apr 23-y
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-06-11
NOTICE.

J. Wolfson, the tailor at Gaithersbure,
Md. desires to inform the public that he
has laid in full stock of overcoats and
suits at reasonable prices. and has also a
fine line of cloths and cassimeres, which
he is now ready to take orders for suits
made in the latest styles.
He also has put in a steam presser, and
is now ready to clean. press and dye
mems and ladies suits. All work guar
anteed and satisfaction given. Give me
call. Prices reasonable.
nov 2i-2m
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-06-11
For sale.

For sale five-room house. with cellar,
stable and necessary outbuildings, good
well Of water, and fine young orchard in
bearing condition. There are 7 acres Of
land lying adjacent to the dwelling, 5
acres in cultivation and 2 acres in wood
land. This property is i-2 miles from
Germantown Station, on the road to Boyds
by the way Of Hoyle's old mill.
W. F. REINHART,
R.F.D.1,
apr 9-3t Boyds. Md
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-06-11
Out West.

1--WE want some rope"
II have some at 81 a pound, also
some at &c. What do you want 1t
forf'
ITO lynch profiteer."
take your choice at 40 centsl-
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1920-09-02
FRENCH PRAISE FOR
 OUR RED CROSS WORK

Lauding the work accomplished by American philanthropy for war stricken France, Andre Tardieu, form CT high commissioner from that na- tion to the United States, in a recent article widely commented on through out the French press, says:
 ''The American Rcd Cross has Rc- complishcd a work which calls for the heartfelt gratitude of every true Frenchman. Tn 1918 this great relief organization spent in behalf of France nearly S7.000,0OO francs. and In 191o its expenditures on charitable projects in our country attained the tremen- dous total of 171.OOO,OOO. It has re- gently turned over to the French relief organizations huge stocks of SUD- plies whose value must be counted in the hundreds of thousands of francs.
 Fifteen million American boys and girls, banded together in the Junior Red Cross of America, ars back of movement to establish tke closest ties between themselves and Frances younger generation through the char itable works they have financed and are now carrying out among our little war sufferers.
 "The bonds of friendship between France and America Is cemented with mutual admiration, respect and gratt- tude."
Connecticut western news., 1920-09-02
RED CROSS EXTENDS
 RELIEF TO POLAND

More than $5,0OO,00O has been spent by the American Red Cross in aiding the stricken people of Poland. The organization hes nursed the sick, fed the starving, clothed the naked, shelter ed the homeless, schooled the children and cared for the orphans there. It has conducted a relentless fight against typhus, cholera and other terrible dis eases. So today millions of men and women in that resurrected nation speak in grateful appreciation of ''The Greatest Mother in the World"
 Nearly 200 American Red Cross workers are now engaged in relief ac- tivities In Poland. Four large relief bases are in operation and eleven mo- bile units are in the field. During the last twelve months this organization was largely instrumental in the re-es- tablishment of a million refugees at a cost for general relief of more than S1.OOO,OOO. Last winter one-half mil lion war orphans were aided material ly, and since then series of large or phanages have been established to give them permanent care.
 But for American Red Cross aid, of ficials of Poland declared recently, mill lions of people In that country would have perished of disease, exposure or starvation the last eighteen months. And the work there must be kept up for another year.