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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-07
EVERY FLEMISH RE- l MOVED IN A FEW DAYS
BY A NEW METHOD, AND
 THIN, PALE PEOPLE IN- CREASE WEIGHT QUICK LY BY SIMPLY USING A FEW 5-GRAIN ARGO- PHOSPHATE TABLETS. THEY ACT LIKE MAGIC.

Even in many stubborn that have baffled physicians and beauty specialists for years. You have never in your life heard of any thing like it. They make muddy com plexions, pimples, eruptions, red spots. blackhead vanish quickly. Your com plexion can be clear and you can have a beautiful rounded figure. Your face. hands. arms and shoulders can be made beautiful beyond your fondest dreams in few days by this wonderful new discovery which phos- ,phatizes the system. Its effect many claim lis marvellous, this treatment is absolutely
 harmless to the most delicate person and pleasant to use.
 SPECIAL NOTCE-Ladies wishing to in- crease bust development should secure one scr two ounces of Rosetone from their druggist and apply it once or twice daily. fThis is a most effective remedy and per- |fecty harmless when used in connection with argo- phosphate. 1t will round out your form and increase your, weight like
 magic; unless you desire to increase your weight do not use argo-phosphate. Dis ,pensed by Eugene Jacobs Drug Store Ha-
 gan Dunlap Drug Co.,, Dewberry Drug Co.,.
 Wilmington Pharmacy, Harduvel Pharmacy,
 Ems sley.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-07
LEOPARD CANNOT CHANGE ITS SPOTS |dr. Dodson, the 'Liver Tone''
 Man, Tells the Treachery
 of Calomel.

Calome, loses you day! You know what #alomel is It's mercury; quicksilver. Cai- | mel is dangerous It crashes into your bile like dynamite, cramping and sickening you. Calomel attacks the bones and should never be put into your system.
 When you feel bilious, sluggish, const- pated and all knocked out and believe you
 heed a dose of dangerous calomet just re- member that your druggist sells for few Fents a large bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone, |vhich is entirely vegetable and pleasant to bake and is perfect substitute for calonel. It is guaranteed to start your liver without
 stirring you up inside, and not salivate. Don't take calomel! It can not be trusted
 hny more than leopard a wildcat. Take Dodsons Liver Tone which straightens you
 right up and makes you feel fine. Give 1t ko the children because it is perfectly harm less and doesn't gripe.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-07
ILLINOIS FARMERS
 TAKE GAR CENSUS Find There Is No Car Short age, But Poor Handling
 of Equipment
By Associated Press

Chicago, August 2S.-The first sur vey of freight cars ever taken by th9 farmers of a state has just been com pleted through the Illinois Agricultu- raj Association, Secretary D. O.. Thompson announced today. On the basis of this census he said Illinois farmers did not believe there was car shortage. The trouble with trans portation he characterized as "immo- bi1ity" and he declared the farmers meant to find out whouse fault 1t was.
 Secretary Thompson said the asso- citation undertook it's census after re- ceiving reports from farmers over the state that they saw many cars standing idle on country tracks.
 Members of the association made daily records of the car 1nltlals ana numbers of all cars at 494 stations To- cated in forty-six different counties for seven consecutive days" the state farni bureau executive said. "Of these 49i stations, 146, or 29.5 per cent reported some of the same cars on tracks the last day of the count as were on the tracks the first day of the count.
 "At all stations, 9,294 cars were list ed the first day, and of these cars, .5oS out of 9,294 cars had not been moVeu from the country point for seven con secutive days. This is just little over 10 per cent of the cars at such points
  several other large yards the assocfa- tion enumerators were elected from the yards by railroad officials
 Mine operators say they were forced 10 idleness many days each week iead- ing to the strike of the miners which recently tied up the mines just when the farmers were needing coal Tor threshing At this same time before the strike in Christian county, at CIarksdale and at Willeys two trains of coal cars totalng firty-three cars were reported empty at both first ana last days of the count.
 "If we may take the total number or freight cars of the country on Decem- Der 31, 1918, as a basis for compula- tion and consider that the percentage of immobility of cars as great in Chi cago. Toledo and New York as in coun- try points like Clarksdale, Fidelity ana Low Points, it is very moderate when we say that the total number of new cars which the railroads say they need to meet the transportation reduire- ments of the present month, is not a patch to the total of immobiie cars now idling by the weeks and months in terminal yards and on sldetrachs at country points.
 "This survey shows pretty clearly to the farmers. of Illinois the excuse of ear shortage is largely camouflags, given to cover up some real. deeper reason for the present transportation inefficiency. And to search for that reason will be the next job of the farmers business organiaztion.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-07
HE DIES ON STREET
 AFTER THE PARADE

G. F. Smalley. age 5. union bricklayer, who took part in the Labor Day parade yesterday morning, dropped dead at Sec ond avenue and North Nineteenth street about o'clock yesterday afternoon. No one was with him at the time of his death. but it is believed that he was on his way to the Lyric theatre, for re- served seat check was found in his pockets.
 Mir. Smalley is survived by his wife and six children. Funeral arrangements have not been completed but will be announced today by Shaw.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-07
TRYING ID LOCATE
 MISSING SOLDIERS Legion Is Already Having Some Success in New
 Work Undertaken \
Rv Axsnciafnd Press


 New York August 2s-The American Legion is making an effort to mitigate distressing phase of the aftermath ct war, the 2,0O0 personal mysteries of the great struggle of men who are classified in army and navy lists as missing in action killed in battle" and "presam- ably dead" The work has been re- warded with some success, it is an nounced. In several instances the Legion Weekly has obtained for mother more and clearer details of how her serVlce son died, or put wife in touch with the comrades of her husband, missing Ill action"
 Requests of relatives and friends of soldiers, sailors marines and military nurses, about whose fate little is known. are being sent to newspapers through out the country for publication. Results of this publicity are carefully tabulated at offices here
 All "buddies" officers. doctors, nurses or welfare workers, who may know Some- thing of the person of whom lp<orma- tion is sought, are invited to commluii- cate with the friends or relauVesA Each week a long list of mysteries are pub lshed in the Legions organ and fre- quently a number of names of men and W women who served in the war, but who failed to reach home, is sent to the news papers.
 The current result list of the Legion contains the following instances where desired information was furnished:
 Mrs Catherine Holbeck of Allentown, Pa. asked for information concerning the circumstances surrounding the death of her son. Sergeant Joseph Hol5eck oI Company c, One Hundred and Ninth Machine Gun Battalion, Twenty eighth Division, who died in a French hospltai. The mother received letter from Dr. Joseph Lintz of New fork, who attended the dying soldier giving details of hi5 last hours.
 Mrs. Lola Mason of McRae, Ga, asked for information that would throw some light on the disappearance of her son. .F. Mason. Jr. corporal Eighty third Company, Sixth Marines. The solder wrote lf4S mother he would be home for Christmas 1918, but did not appear and nothing further was heard Of nm. Mrs Mason reported that she rrecelved two letters, one from the son hlmselt saving that he had recovered from long illness
 Many curious and touching appeals are received mother wants to know II her son, who died in field hospital, said anything on~~his deathbed. An other pa~ent whose son was gassed, gap tured and afterward died, desires infor-' nation from his comrades as to What kind of gas was used and how it affects men. Information, is sought of an army nurse who was last heard of en route to France two years ago. A dlstresseu family seeks word from the buddies' ot it's soldier who was last seen walking battlefield wounded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-07
RYAN INTERESTED IN PROHIBITION
 MORE THAN PARTY

Washington, September Civilian J.
 first visit since the national conven-
 hs. indicated he was going to be far
 re interested duripg the presidential
 npaign in strengthening the cause Of
 bhibition than in fighting for the elec-
 of any candidate
 IT. Bryan refused to talk of the con
 for the presidency, adding, however
 saw no inconsistency iii his attitude. | 1 have seen a prominent democrat re- |Fe to support the democratic candidate i the presidency and actually become |esident himself" said MT. Bryan. T Do have seen d republican ex-President flp elect a democra t~President and re- bin not only mmber of the republican |rty, but very prominent member" Through his paper, the Commoner, MT. fXan is now obtaining pledges from |ndidates for Congress that they Will bort legislation in incl with prohibition hendment and the Nolstead act. He hnts a Congress that is 'two-thirGs |y" in, order to guarantee the legisIa-
  necessary to secure impeachment Of President who refuses to enforce the |ohbition laws.
 IT am counting on the women aiding hterially on two very important ques- bns," he said, prohibition in the United ates and peace throughout the world Wherever war becomes a question di- ctly or indirectly" he added, the omen can be counted on to support the sace side. For example, they will op- ,se compulsory military training and, l el sure, they favor referendum on ar except in case of actual invasson, Id I am relying on the into help to se- Ire what I expect to be the twentieth nendment, an amendment making U ,ssible for majority to ratify. The institution now requires two-thifds' hereas it requires only majority to sclare war"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-07

We are proud of the confidence doe prs, druggists and the public have in 66 Chill and Fever Tonic. It quick k relieves Constipation, Biliousness, .oss of Appetite and Headaches, due b Torpid Liver.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-07
Wrangel Is In Bad
 R~ A...~s~A.A D.~.s

Constantinpple, September 6.-Gan- eral Wrangel. the anti-bolshevik leader in south Russia. has evacuated the Taman peninsula. It also appears that most of his landing expeditions on the Sea of Azov and elsewhere have failed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-07

A bluff on the Virginia river, New. more than twentyfi five miles long, is composed of 50 per cent salt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-20
Columbia.

"Humoresque." the film version of
Fannie Hurst's novel, opened the third
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POLI'S-"The Girl in the
Limousine"

It starts with a darkened theater,
suspended breaths and tremors of an
ticipation; runs along for two hours
to the accompaniment of rapid-fire
outbursts of mirth, and comes to a
snappy conclusion with the audience
quite laughter-logged. A. H. Woods
presents it. THE Girl in the Limou-
sine is the name, and it comes. from
the pens of Wilson Collision and Avery
Hopwood, who cloak bedroom farce
behind the motoring appelature.
Any one could be robbed during a
rainstorm while motoring. and through
the kind-heartedness of sympathetic
footpads removed into a bedroom,
where sleeps a lady suffering from a
hay-feverish malady. So the curtain
goes up on a. pitch dark scene. with
Tony Hamilton, portrayed by John
Arthur, being despoiled of his outer
garments by the thorough-going foot
pads. AS they are about to leave, poor
Tony is rolled under the bed in a semi
conscious condition while upon the bed.
a pajama-clad bundle of feminine
daintiness in the person of Miss Nancy
Fair, as Betty Neville, the young sick
lady, awakes with a scream.
That leaves Tony in a pretty kettle
OF pudding. The solution of the prob
lem through the able muddling of the
star laugh-getter of the cast, Riggs,
butler. played by Barnett Parker, runs
through three acts.
William Halligan. as DR.. Jimmie
Galen, presents remarkably enjoy
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while his daughter. icing of the "ath-
letic" type, wears as few as possible.
An ardent admirer of the athletic
daughter. who possesses great wealth,
but has the mannerisms of a dude, is
compelled to take up severe course of
training to gain her affection. After
a series of mishaps the admirer is adj
vised to kidnap the stubborn miss,
the boxing master desiring the girl for
himself. The admirer then comes to
the front with a great display of ath-
letic prowess, rescues the girl after a
great fight and wins her affections for
the final cose-up
Many beautiful pictures are shown.
Miss Kellerman being much in evil
dence in q wonderful series of diving
pictures.
Miss Kellerman's supporting COM
pany is all that could be asked. every
member thereof being a cinema artist
of the front rank.
The added attractions embraced a
really funny comedy entitled, "'Dy.a-
mite" which will cause fishermen
great pleasure; the Fox News, and an
excellent musical program. furnished
under the direction of Daniel Breeskin.
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BELASCCO-"My Lady Friends.

Husbands. having wives with a PEN
chant for extravaganza may tack on
few reservations before ratifying my
Lady Friends" as play with happy
theme, but the rest of the world cannot
fail to find much amusement in Jack
Norworth's newest comedy vehicle.
adapted by Emil Nyitray and Frank
Mandel from the novel by May Edginton.
which opened at the Belasco last night.
The play was first seen in Washington
last season with the late Clifton Craw-
ford in the principal role. and though
HIr Norworth's comedy is of somewhat
different type, he puts a laugh into
every line and gesture. Not all of the
laughs are given to him, however, for
nine other members of the cast each
contribute a share of humor, and the
result is most pleasing.
The plot revolves around James Smith
of New York. who has made fair-sized
fortune as Bible publisher only to
find that his wife is still as careful of
dollars and dimes as in their less pros
porous days. Lucille Early, a friend
of Mrs. Smith, tells her that the only
way to hold a husbands interest, and,
ergo. his affection, is to keep him finan-
cially strapped, as witness the lady's
methods with Edward Early.
In the meantime it develops that
smith. ,wearying of efforts to get his
wife to spend money. has met Peggy.
Gwendolyn and Julia. who have posed
dS uCSCIN Scuh5 ~oAiSh " W iiOh
fortune has been cruel, and he has, de-
cided to spread little sunshine" by
allowing them to open unlimited
charge accounts at his expense. AS
the young women, realizing what a
good thing he is. begin to press
their affections on Smith. hesengages
Early as his attorney to handle the
situation. and in earning his fee
Early all but reaches the divorce
court.
When the mess has finally been
Straightened out and the young wom-
en- financially repaid for their bruised
affections, Mrs. Smith announces to
her husband that hereafter I'VE will
spend all of our time and all OF your
money together"
As Early. the lawyer. Everett But
terfield pleases his old friends OF
washington and makes many new
ones. Lucy Weston has the difficult
role Of Mrs Smith. while Jessie Nagel
is very clever as the extravagant wife
cf Early. Eva Jones. dainty little
miss Of eighteen years. whose love OF
good time makes more troubles
Tor her Uncle Jimmie. is played by
marguerite McNulty. and Gerald
Erinkman has the part of her sweet
heart. Cooks are always funny-on
the stage and Rae Bowdin. az
"Tfilda," is even funnier than the
average. Clara Vadera. Frances
richards and Janet Horton. as the
three lady friends" complete the
cast
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Metropolitan.

THE Devils Pass Key" the photo
drama shown for the first time in
Washington yesterday and again last
might at the Metropolitan Theater. is
one of the strongest dramatic produc-
tons seen on a moving picture screen
here for some time. The initial show
ings yesterday were witnessed by
large audiences. The production is by
Erich Won Stroheim and the scenes are
laid in Paris.
The story deals with a young Ameri-
can couple residing in the French
city. The husband is a struggling
dramatist. while the wife is society
butterfly who is devoted to her hus-
band. Failure of the husband to dis
pose of his script of a new play and
the extravagances of the wife become
public knowledge. and with it a story
is spread of alleged indiscretions on
the part of the wife. The story of the
husband and wife is printed by a pa
per. without the names of the princi-
pies. The husband decides to write
play around the story. The result is
that he and his wife become the
laughing stock of Paris, with the re-
suit of considerable unhappiness be-
tween the couple. Everything, how
ever, turns out for the best.
A good comedy and news picture
complete the program.
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AMUSEM ENTS
GARRICK-s'Come Seven"

In "'Come Seven" the blackface now
city which occupies the stage of the
ShubertGarrick Theater this week,
the facile pen of Gctavus Roy Cohen
has fashioned stage offering of dis
tinct uniGueness, rich in humor, but
taxing to the limit the abilities of
even, a most excellent cast. All the
characters in this story of life among
Alabama "cullud folks" are in black
face, and it is not every white actor
that can well typify the mannerisms,
the speech and the characteristics of
the American negro: 1t is to the great
for the Interpretation of Come
Seven" that the play is plausible, en-
joyable and laUgha BILE. and for theh
greater part, the spirit of Mr.. Cohens
truly funny lines is put across the
footlights with an appeal that draws
laugh after laugh from an apprecla-
tive audience.
The story concerns itself with the
love of Florian Slappey for Vista
Coins and his brilliant scheme to Sc
cure money wherewith to court this
very desirable. light chocolate lady.
The scheme involves def manipula-
ton of a genuine diamond ring be-
longing to Elzevir Nesbit and fake
ring bought to temporarily replace 1t.
IucklesS JiriaS Nesbit. husband of Ell
dirty work OF course. in the end all
ends happily, but not until the au-
dience has been carried throuTh the
overwhelmingly funny maze of wild
tangle of legal, financial and heart
entanglementS.
Readers of Mr.. Cohens negro sto-
ries, as published in the Saturday
Evening Post. know the wealth of h:-
NOR to be found in his lines. His
characters. as brought to life on the
stage, are in some cases even funnier
than on the printed page. and all the
laughs are retained in the transfer
euce of the story to the stage.
of interest to Washington theater-
coers is the return of Earle FoNsa,
formerly leading man of the Garrick
Players. as Florian Slappey, the high
WALLER niger" who seeks the heart
and hand of Vista Coins, portrayed by
call Kane Foxes work is marked by
the same brilliance that so endeared
him to local stock fans. Other players
who deserve particular credit for
their Interpretation of difficult negro
Characters are Arthur Aylesworth,
Charles W. Meyer, Henry Hanlin and
Lucille La Verne. The last-named
catches the spirit of the part better
than any other member of the cast.
hut this is due probably to her sue
cessful experience in this type of
Characterization in previous plays.
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Knickerbocker.

In "Rock-a-Bye Baby" presented
as 5the chief subsidiary feature of
yesterdays bill at Crandall's Knick-
erbocker Theater, Snub Pollard, aided
and abetted by Hughey Mack. Marie
Mosauini. Pickannny Sammy and nu-
merous others of the Hal Roach fun
makers. derives his chief merriment
from the hardships that fall to the
lot of those misguided individuals
who devote the energies to judging
prize winners.at baby shows.
The feature of the bill is Arich
Won Stroheim's THE Devils Pass
Key" review of which will be
found in connection with the Metro
politan Theater.
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week of it's run at Loew's Columbia
Theater yesterday. Washington ap-
parently is now just as anxious to see
it as during it's first week here. judg-
ing from the crowds which saw this
poignant appeal to the emotions yes
terday.
"Humoresque" is truly one of the
finest films of the year, and the ap-
pealing story, Interpreted by a cast of
unusual capabilities. headed by Gas
ton Glass and Alma Rubens. tugs at
the heartstrings. and mingles tears
and laughs in a way that few pictures
to date have been capable of doing.
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able character. while Anne LorenZ. as
Lucia Galen, his partner, also gives
an entertaining presentation. Jane
Seymour, as Bernice Warren, Tony
air .orted fiancee, and Marion Baliou. as
Aunt Cicely, deserve mention, because
they handle their roles with facile
artistry which helps place the entire
production on much more than
mediocre basis
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Palace.

Charles Ray. in 1.-THE Village Sleuth,"
is at the Palace this week Nothing
more need be said to attract . capacity
audience for the entire run. But VIC be-
lieve that Mr.. Rays latest cinema char
acteriZation. that of crime detector,
deserves more space. !,
The picture is one of those breezy and
refreshing village comedies, with a
romantic and poignant love story as the
background. The story was penned by
Agnes Christine Johnson and produced
by Jerome Storm with a cast of rare
brilliance
Ray appears as village Sherlock
Holmes, intent upon a device which will
trap the thieves who nightly enter his
fathers watermelon patch The plan
succeeds with such startling results
that Charley is forced to seek wider
fields for his sleuthing activities, and he
finds job as a chore boy in a sanitar-
ium near his home, most promising
field for his work AS the picture nears
its end. Charley proves that he is no;
such bad detective, for he unmasks an
ex-convict as a real robber, ard forces
Pinkey, chorus girl to confess that
she loved him.
The picture is supplemented, as usual
by subsidiary features including a
comedy. His Wife's Caller; Pathe
News. Topical Tips and splendid
symphonic overture.
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Garden.

One of the most notable additions
to the ranks Of rural classics seen
on the screen in years is Thomas IL.
lnce's great Associated Producers
special production. "Homespun Folks"
which opened weeks engagement
yesterday at Moore's Garden before
capacity audiences.
With the honor of American man.
hood as its theme, broiling political
campaign as its plot and a locale
which takes audiences back to the
old homestead of gentle New Eng
land village. 'Homespun Folks is the
most human. Accordingly wholesome
document yet contributed to the
cinema.
The supplemental features of the
program include a real comedy, Don't
Blame the Stork," and the latest etii-
ton of the Fox News. AS an extra
added attraction, the first pictures
are shown of Washingtons COM
munity gardens in Potomac Park.
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Two Worlds" AS Jennie sMa lone,
whose courage, aided by her fathers
ambition, results in many unusual
things, the star is afforded wide
play for her varied talents The ac-
tion of the drama bridges the social
chasm that yawns between the sor-
did activities of those who dwell in
the half-world and the glittering pas
times of the elect
AS a co-stellar feature, Snub POI
lard appears in Go as You Please"
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Rialto.

Annette kellerman has at last Sc
cured good-sport story to show her
wonderful athletic abilities in What
Women Love-" shown for the first time
at the Rfalto yesterday to packed
houses. -
The story tells of the reformer in
dorsing the movement for more clothes