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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-08-10
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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-08-10
TWO MAGNIFICENT
HOMES

have fur sale. two ~ the very best homes In
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22
By DOLLY DALR YMPLE

|, of the Powderly High and Elementary | school building will be the incosed court, | 50 by 100 feet, for supervised play for ! the smaller children, while a large stadium accommodating about 5o0 peo- | pie arranged for basketball and other l sports will De a great attraction.
 The building will be semi-hreproof. heated and ventilated alike with steam appliances. while every other modern ~-, cessory that can be put into a schc1 building will be employed In other words, Jefferson county hopes to make
 the Powderly High and Elementary school building the show building of it's system"
 None of this could have been ac- complished," MT. Whilldin said, with out the splendid personnel of the Board of Education of Jefferson county,
 which has not only the interest of the
 children at heart, but the teachers. too.
 They are endeavoring to place within
 the reach of both, the most complete and moder school buildings that can
 be erected
 Few could have handled the situa-
 tion the present board has handled
 it, and to the personality of the board
 success is due in the forthcoming prod uct- of it's work.
 There has been noticeabl< deviation
 from the OIu SCnoOIa buiIulnE method
 during the past few years" Mir. Whill-
 din said. in the way of improvements. There has been a tendency for the past five years toward the covering of a great deal of ground. deserting the 'sky-scraper' effect. In other words making the school building a sort of plant-lil>e an automobile plant or any other indtNtrial organizations: ram , bling, spacious. ample, roomy; employ. inS as aesthetic means of decoration and elaboration on the building as is commensurate with sanitation and ven- | tilation, thus making school buildings 1 an attractive place for children to SC l to-; where they will he happy. The ar- l tistic and well-bult structure f
 which children are housed during theiri
 scho61 life educates them along those | lines, besides providing comfortable | quarters which is quite necessary as the mental end of the game" l 'SThe new Powderly High and Ele. mentary School building will be com. | pleted, we hope within the next sis
 months" said MT Whilldin "and tho board of education will certainly have 1 in this a splendid tribute to it's pro. | gressiveness and desire to provide tho 1 best facilities as well as the most at. 1 tractive that can be had for the school l children of Jefferson county"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22
HE POWDERl4Y HIGH AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Tn conversation with group of very the best informed women in the lit- tie coterie said to me:
 Dolly, do you know that Birming- ham. according to statistics. stands at the head of three of the most deplor- able things that can be accredited to any city?"
 I gasped and said. Name them!"
 Statistics. you understand-Fm giv, ing my authority-class Birmingham as leading in the H. c. L., leading in automobile accidents and leading in il- literacy; the latter is attributed to Ala bama, which, of course, includes Bir- mingham," said she.
 There's no challenging statistics; wouldn't attack one with a ten-foot pole. so simply accepted the situation and "got to thinking"
 Why? Wherefore? Whence?
 These questions came to my mind and finally landed on the illiteracy end of the three tabulated atrocities of which Birmingham is guilty, and so went about seeing what progress was being made in the matter of education; if we really are as Tow down" on the calendar as reputed and what Birming- hzm-eand Jefferson county are doing in the mattec of education.
 The<Eery first whack out of the box vas a. reEelation;
 A splendid new high and elementary school buildfng at Powderly;
 To be ffnished within the next six Moufh&
 To be model of modern architecture knd equipment;
 To be the '-xhow building" of Jeffer- son county's school activities.
 All right" said to myself, "even rwekare tabulated, among those pres ent, as leading in illiteracy,-it isn't going to be that way long-not by tugful; not if the board of education of Jeffefson county can help it, for with might 4nd main this body of splendid men and women are doing evesythingdn their power to blot from tho 'scRtc1Aeon" that stinging condem- nation ta1At Alabama is a leader in 03ike9ncx.
 H0DaBtsk -cnt Mdr. D. o. Whflldin. the 0Bca1ltect for the Jefferson county boer4 of seAncAtion. and asked him to tall me about the building activities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22
THE TIDAL WAVE By Edith M. Dell. c. P. Putnam's Sons'

7 THE TIDAL WAVE
 By Edith M. Dell. c. P. Putnam's Sons.'
 Publishers, New York City.
 Edith M Deil's new volume, which contains some excellent short stories the title of which is The Tidal Wave" is we'll worth reading, for it. includes more heroic rescues to the chapter story or novelette-what you will than any work of fiction published in recent years.
 In the title story Rufus the Red pulls a worthless artist ehap"sout of death current. In The Looker-On" Charlie Cleveland, after rescuing career, averts an explosion in ships boiler room and finally comes to death in an effort to save the passengers on a ship wrecked chooner. In The Second Fid- dle" Molly stops a loose motor car and saves the crippled hero. In "The Wom- an of His Dream" the hero and heroine are rescued from the sea in the pro- logue. And in ''rhe Return Game" Major Hone carries his princess to safety from a wood of snakes.
 Miss Dell whose '"The Lamp in the Desert is a current best seller, also understands the value of stock situa- -tions In one story a husband acts the part of his wife's potential lover and so brings about a reconciliation. In another a strong. silent man-Rufus the Aed--demOnStrateS that Stolid vir- tue triumphs over the attractions of a. gifted but heart-free artist. In two noveiettes the heroines love the pur- suing heros, but hold back their decla- rations because I didn't think you loved me-" In another novelette, the hero chances on an alleged school teacher. who. as everyone except the hero knows. is the woman he has been seekipg these many years.
 -The Tidal Wave" is tremendously popular. and probably the movie inn pnesarins are monopolizing the phone seRv3os at this moment, battling for the~0lns rights to the stories.
 sHNc4g AND BELIEFS IN THE
 WEST OF IRELAND''
 oGlnchsd and Arranged by Lady Greg - &1h Two Essays and Notes'' by N k Yeats tsecond series). G. P.
 RuD .GonaL Publishers, New York
 10 elDse wasc have felt the haunting eaazm that inlheres in the Celtic con- scasumaas of an imminent superna- urAflsa, this collection of Irish fancy, bsaiak. anA foak-lore, gathered from tho Hps u6 tho people with patient and rev. eeenE, eRe. will have particular value. It hAs interest as an exceptionally thorough andsFeuEassntative study of psychic sem ait3vensss in Ireland the slightness of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22
FRECKLE-FACE
Sun and Wind Bring Out Ugly Sxots
 How to Remove Easily.

Here's a chance. Miss Freckle-face, to trl a remedy for freckles with the guarantee d s reliable concern that it will not cost you [ penny unless it removes the freckles; whii if it does give you clear complexion the eS pense is trifling.
 Simply get an of Othine--doubf strength-from any druggist aai few ap plications should show you how easy it is | rid yourself of the homely freckes and gd Q beautiful complexion. Rarely is more that enc ounce needed for the worst ease.
 Be sure to ask the druggist for the doubt strength Othine as this strength is sold uu der guarantee of money back if it fails t remove freckles.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22

i hard to see. It was this way-Skinuer reflected that many men are almost en- tirely well dressed all of the time, but that very few men, no matter how wealthy, are well dressed from head to foot at any time. When a man is wear ing the finest of new spring suits and his shirt, collar and tie are of the new est and best, his socks may be getting d bit threadbare-or his underwear may be just bit worn Regardless of whether this is noticed by others, he does not feel well dressed-and that is the psychology of it as Skinner "doped it out On the basis of this idea, the impulsive Skinner
 made a cleanup. The 'SlSinners Big
 Idea came to him. The Big Idea" was that the middle-aged man ought not to be thrown on the scrap-heap in Ameri- can business. and that he ought not to have dropping shoulders and flaehy paunch either, for that matter. It was an idea that created a renaissance Tn many business office. and swarm of applications for Y. NJ. C.. A. membership i the country over. And now Skinner has 1 appeared on the scene once more, in Skinner Makes It Fashionable this time solving the high cost of living,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22

i, these districts shall be equipped with | modern school facilities; in every way conducive to better conditions for the | teachers, as well as the children; alto gether a great stride in educational circles.
 And please let me say just here" Mr. Whilldin continued, that finer, q more interested, more earnest group ot men and women could not have been chosen to serve on the board of educa- tion than those who compose the board, J. D. Moore, J. w. Minor, Mrs. Conrad H. Ohme, Charles West, Dr. Felix Tar rant and N. R. Baker, county superin- fendent of education and secretary of the board.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22

gooc acting and better acting, present fortune and future. prospects, various side issues of delightful outcome all enter into this highly amusing comedy
 When bad luck reaches a climax, when limitations press most sorely. when you discover that it's crime to be a non entity, then is the time to take header nto a new personality.
 That is what MT. Horatio Slipaway did.
 He was a two-penny clerk in a New York beehive for stocks and bonds. His wife had a New England conscience, un- paid bills pressed him and pale pas sonate siren tormented him. How he cast off all these and became MT. Will man who wrote Nothing But the liam Carter" can be told only by the Truth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22

of the board and how soon conditions would be improved-how quickly school buildings would be provided, and the general plans of the board of educa- tion when it comes to amelioratins conditions
 Enthusiastic. delighted to give me the information I sought, MT. -Whilldin, one of the most popular and efficient archi- tects of the city, member of the Ameri- can Institute, and a man of practical as we'll artistic taste in his chosen pro- fesson, said:
 According to the new laws, Jefferson county has been divided up into num- Der of taxing districts-seyenteen to be accnrate-and it is proposed that each of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22

During my work as architect for the board l have been brought into Very close contact with these men~snd women, and have never seen a more loyal or more devoted group of people-with enthusiasm and energy-with heart and soul in the work-determined to do their bit toward providing the very best pos sible equipment and advantages for the school children of Jefferson county and blot out illiteracy if possible
 The taxing system requires small taxes in certain districts. with higher taxes in others. MT. Whilldin said. But whether large or small. the best will e given for the money. Three years ago when we started on our now perfected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22

mentary side, with ten rooms for acad- will be, in addition to these lecture rooms and chemical laboratories, domes- tic arts and sciences and a complete Housekeeping suite lunchrooms and of- fees for teachers and officials
 Further" said Mir. Whilldin, there will be a great saving made in com- 1ned auditorium' seating 600 people, so arranged as to seat the high school grades and elementary grades, and also to be used as civic center without In terfering with other things in any way in any of the departments.
 "One of the most attractive features
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22

method we practically had no buildings to speak of now we have rebuilt the county high school at Boyles, which is regarded as the best high school building in Birmingham or Jefferson county.
 Sixteen others will be built or re. built" Mir Whilldin continued, until the seventeen are complete. Interest for the moment is centered about the Powderly High and Elementary school, which has to it's credit the purchase of five addi- tional acres of ground adjoining the building. The proposed plan for the new building will cover about an acre the building proper will contain twelve rooms for academic work in the ele-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22

i barrier between worlds seen and unseen. Under it's potent spell the reader feels his own incredulity slipping away. In preface Lady Gregory says:
 The Sidhe cannot make themselves visible to all. They are shape-changers; they can grow small grow large, they can take what shape they choose; they appear as men or women wearing clothes of many colors, of today or of some old forgotten fashion. or they are seen as bird or beast, as a barrel or a flock of wool They go by us in 8 cloud of dust; they are as many as the blades of grass. They are everywhere, the ancient round grass-grown mounds There are thorn-bushes they gather near and protect if they have a mind for house like our own they will build it up in moment. They will remake a stone castle battered by Cromwelrs men, if it take their fancy, filling it with noise and lights. Their own country is Tir- nan-Og-the Country of the Young. It is under the ground under the sea. or it may not be far from any of us. AS to their food, they will use common things left for them on the hearth or outside the threshold, cold potatoes 1t may be, or a cup of water or of milk. But for their feasts they choose the best of all sorts, taking it from the solid
 
 its place; when they rob the potatoes from the ridges the diggers find but rottenness and decay; they take the strength from the meat in the pot, so that when put on the plates it does not nourish. They will not touch salt; there is danger to them in 1t. They will go to good cellars to bring away the wine. This is tte news I have been given of the people of the Sidhe by many who have seen them and some who havs known their power.'
 JANE"
 By Anna Alice Chapin. G. P. Putnam's Sons. Publishers, New York City.
 "Jane,' by Alice Chapin, is a dainty story of delightful little Irish girl, who, unhappy under the unjust treatment of an unloving stepfather, runs away and joins a ~one-night stand" theatrical troupe.
 Through the miro and the danger her quaintness and her straightforward inno- cence carry her safely-her courage and innate ability win her battles for suc- cess-and then follows the happy sur- render to the real man"
 THE TREASURES OF THE ISLE OF MIST"
 By W. W. Tarn. c. P. Putnam's Sons. Publishers, New York City.
 ''The Treasure of the Isle of Mist" by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22
A real book this; delightful comedy.
SKINNER MAKES IT FASHION
 ARJ Eff


 By Henry Irving Dodge. Harper Bros, Publishers, New York City
 Everybody knows how Skinner" has played tunes on the nation funny-bono before, but never a merrier one than this. Here is the tale of how, with all the charm of a Pied Piper, Skinner lured extravaganza and the H. C. of Land, incidentally, gloom-out of his native Meadeville.
 The creation of fictional character who takes his place in national life ia strange process. William Manning skinner, famous as the hero of Skin ner's Dress Suit Skinners Big Idea, and Skinner Makes It Fashionable" was born in the brain of Henry Irving Dodge a feweyears ago-and he stopped out into the world gaily with ready-made smile and jaunty step. But, while the char acter he invented has been occupying the center of the stage, MT. Dodge. who has had much more eventful career than Skinner, has been content to remain in the background
 The idea that first made Skinner fa- nous is one of those things as plain as the spectacles on a mans nose-aAd as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22
THE NIT CRACKER"

By Frederic S. Isham. The Bookseller Till Co.,, Publishers, Indianapolis.
 One suspects that under Horatio Slip away's amiable exterior there was the germ of histrionic talent otherwise MT William Carter" could not have sprung into life so successfully. How Horatio sidesteps his past and Mrs. Horatio en- croaches on the insurance money, which is a sacred legacy from the departed saint, by no means tells the story. Plot within plot mines and countermnes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22

cherubs on the ceiling, he can't escape First 1t is the theatrical niece and
 nephew who are quartered on him. with dire results. and then-but wny particu-
 larize further. The god out of the ma chine appears at last-and his name is
 Romance. fThe lady is his secretary, by
 the way-an ,inexcusabe person in the eyes of all Johns poor relations. For she
 refuses to be one-and earns her own livingD
 A real book this. a delichtfl,l corned1,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22
A Regular Stunt

From the American Legion Weekly.
 Ferguson: I've just been reading that the aviators today can do anything bird can do. Yes, sir. they've got the thing down so fine that there isn't a bird alive that has anything on them."
 Fitzgerald; ''Zatso? We'll. when you see an aviator fall asleep hanging onto a branch of tree with one foot, then I'll come and take look"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22

W. w. Tarn is an exquisite fantasy con- trived with delicious humor, with a low able small heroine who has "a warm heart and largish size in shoes'-a tale of utmost charm, and much of the lore of the east and west that has filled the story books of the werld. Here is a magic which calls to young and old alike. You will love Fiona and her father the Student, and undoubtedly you will be well disposed toward the Urchin but whether you will. care for Jeconiah well, you must decide thet for your self.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22

A sign has been discovered in an old tailor's shop in Pompeii reading, "Creases while you wait
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22

THE TREASURES OF THE ISLE OF
 MIST" By W. W. Tarn. G. P. Putnam's Sons Publishers, New York City. "The Treasure of the Isle of Mist" by
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-14
CANDIDATE COX, THE UNIDENTIFIED
WsPapers carefully
BY e. S. VAN zILE

an aspirant for the Presidency, for the
great physical and mental strain that
he is undergoing. But there is a limit
beyond which Its patience and SYM
pathy may safely be tried, and Gov
ernor Cox has repeatedly passed that
limit.
OF course, 1t may be too much to ex-
pect that a candidate who owes his
nomination to the fact that he was the
only one Of many aspirants who was
thoroughly a persona grata to men like
Murphy, Nugent, Taggart and Bren-
a should possess that sensltiveness
to the preprieties that has safeguard
ed the dignity of our Presidents as a
class. But ever after making due al
lowance for the fact that a mans man
ners are Influenced by the company he
keeps, it is not too much to say that
Governor Cox, in his recent public ut
terances and in certain cheap appeals
he has made to people lacking in good
taste, has placed himself outside the
pale from which alone an occupant Of
the White House should be chosen.
AS President=t!.eEs $ every rsaaassosH,
to believe that the Go
would offend against a precious ira
Fdition that is. as II should be, dear to
thu hearts OF the American people.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-14

From the time of George Washing
ton to the present moment it has been
characteristic of the American people
to demand dignity as an absolutely
essential quality in the makeup of a
President. The instances have been
so rare in which an occupant Of the
White House has forgotten the obliga-
ton he is under to the nation to main
tain his poise under all circumstances
that 1t requires close historical inves-
tigation to come upon them. Our
Presidents have been. no matter what
nay have been their shortcomings as
executives, worthy IN their outward
bearing of the eminence to which they
had attained.
1t is a serious handicap to James M.
Cox that he has displayed, in his
Presidential campaign a lack Of dig
nifty that has been, in some OF its
manifestations, actually shocking. It
Is not demanded, Of course, that a
Presidential candidate shall go about
his campaign activities with g beck OF
etiquette in one hand and a box Of
sedatige pills in the other. The Amer
han public, with its usual sense of
Justice, makes due allowance always,
when judging the words and deeds OF
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1920-05-28
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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1920-05-28

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