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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27

styles as they do anything else. and it is the wise mentor who makes the best of their natural tendency"
 Rice refuses to believe tha. the Yaie's crew victory over the Crimson last sea- son was due to any particular stroke. He says Coach Hafnes at Harvard had to contend with crew that did not care whether they rowed or not And ne adds that had the Harvard crew applied them selves they would have had 50-50 chance to defeat the New Haven crew. Jim does not mention anything about Guy NickaHs
 speciaf' stroke. but-the English mentor win probably hear Rices remarks w>th more than passing interest. Rice is drill ing the Columbia squad indoors now. The Morningside rowing squad this season is said to be one of the largest ever re- c-uited at Columbia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27

II WAS coHCelt more than anything else that beat the Boston Braves of l9i5,' declared Johnny Evers. who was member of both the champion ship team of 1914 and the Boston club CT 1915. When the boys stunned the baseball world by crashing through to world's championship heights in 1914 they began to believe that they were the real miracle men. And miracle workers, you know. can do anything Sc when the 1915 season came along the boys figured that they could win ball games merely with the wave of their hands. That they were whipped in many of the early games of the season didn't bother them much. They figured that whenever they wanted to they could rush right into q tremen- dous lead and defeat all all opposition the rest of tile way
 FAILED TO SPURT
 But when the time came for them to spurt and to plunge along to the top, they found that it couldn't be done. Their early carelessnsss had landed them too far behind the flying lead CTS. Too late the Braves awoke to the fact that although they were miracle men in 1914. they weren't able to per form in miraculous fashion in 1915.
 Tt was much the same with the lhill'es of 1915. When they won the National League pennant they figured that nothing in the world could beat them in 1916. Pat Moran made almost frontic efforts to correct such an idea But the players thought that they Knew more than Pat. l guess they reasoned that even though they had won in 1915 they would have to work their hardest to repeat the following sea- son. As a result, the Phillies were side-tracked and the Brooklyn Dodg- CTS ran In ahead.
 DODGERS BEATEN
 "The Dodgers certainly became in- Hated with their own importance aft CT their l9i6 triumph but the Giants won the 1917 pennsn. And then it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
SIXTY JOBS AWAIT CAPABLE PEOPLE AT
 CITY HALL BUREAU

Al the municipal employment bureau OH the third floor of the city hall there are sixty jobs awaiting capable people the opportunities offered being in eight diff forent kinds of work.
 II. F. Oliver, manager of the office. says the small number of places need not oeter applicants from filing their names as those offering the work may want to make Il selection
 The places open are as follows:
 stenographers 3. rough carpenters .. white laborers io negro laborers 20 brick layers !, first-class electricians 5. cooks 1. dlshwashers 3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
Havana Smokers

s. SIMON, P. o. Box 66o, Tampa, Fla, will send prepaid anywhere in the United States. receipt of s250 or c. o. D. fifty genuine Brush-E End Smokers. in the Blunt shape if preferred. made by hand hy expert Span ish cigarmakers with genuine Cuban grown Tobaedo, in Sanitary Factory, at Tampa, Fla.
 By selling by the box direct to you our prices are about half, and tr:al means booster for our cigars
 State shape wanted, also whether mild me- dium strong, 1hs guarantee with every box. IT, after smoking five of these cigars and they arc not entirely satisfactory return them to ;. Simon, F. o. box 66o, Tar,pa fla, and your laaaey will bo refunded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
Commissioners Decline
 to Sell Property Held
 By the City as Trustee

Birmingham's city commissioners de- clned to sell property for which it is trustee when the matter was discussed at 9 session of the board of commission CTS yesterday afternoon. at which several real estate men were present.
 The property in question is part of the estate left by Sallie E. Jackson. It was appraised at si5,e0 by real estate men because of it's rundown condition. City officials claimed it was worth in the Eeighborhood of $60.000. and refused to consider a sale at lower price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
SPRINKLER LEWIS
 THROWS JOHN OL|N
Eddie Wins Only After Hard Battle-Olin Exhibits the
 Fight of Bulldog

The expected roughhouse be-
 tween "StrnngIer, Lewis and John
 olin failed to materiaIize last
 nieht, but instead n rattIing good
 wrestling match took place. which
 ended in victory for the intrepid
 ''Strangier.p After many unsuc-
 cessfuI tries Lewis finally clampcd
 on one of his fatal hendlocks and |,
 OIin was thrown, after one hour
 and fifteen minutes of work.
 The first half hour of wrestling was exceeding tame, both men apparently awaiting the other to start something. The two grapplers would cling about each others necks and pace back and forth inside the ring. One fan yelled Wonder whx they're talking about" This phrase exactly Expressed the situation at the end of the first half of the match.
 After thirty or forty minutes of feeling out each man seemed to sud denly decide that the other was easy" Lewis rushed for Olin. and Olin. not 10 be outdone, rushed for Lewis. A experimentation of arms, legs, heads and frowns resulted
 Lewis clafnped on a headlock and Olin turned the tables by lightly toss- ing the 'Strangler" upon the mat. Lewis attempted other headlocks, but each one was failure. Olin seemed to have the best defense against Lewis headlock of any grappler seen in Sir mingham in many a moon.
 After each man had attempted to successfully engineer armlocks, toe holds, body and head scissors and other holds for about half an hour Lewis tried another headloclS This one worked partly. Two more in quick succession spelled the ruin of the dazed Olin. Then Lewis. using his fourth cons ecutive headlock, pinned Olin's shoulders flat The match was over for Olin was unable to come back for second fall.
 Olin put up by far the best fight against the 'iStrangler' of any who have met Lewis here in the past year or so. John exhibited the general characteristics of q bulldog and each time Lewis applied a headlock he (Olin) would come up fighting and charge the "Strangler.' eager for more Local fans who witnessed the match last night were favorably impressed. by the showing of Olin.
 The preliminaries consisted of a amateur wrestling match be- tween Clarks and Hawkins, which the former won with a body hold; bat -le royal, and two-round negro bout
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27

was the Giants turn to imagine them- selves as team unconquerabie for, years to come. But the Cubs whipped the Giants without an awful lot of trouble Tn 1918 and the Cubs, in their efforts to repeat. got theirs in 1g1g."
 How about the Reds?
 Have they connected with the idea that they constitute the greatest com- bination of baseball players in the world--or not? Are they overconfi- dent regarding I920--or merely ccnfi- dent2 lf it is the latter. and they play ball as they did last season-earnest ". carefully and with all their hearts they should repeat Rut if they don't If they become careless-it is an easy 10 to i bet that they land some where else besides at the top
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
DODGERS BEATEN

''The Dodgers certainly became in- Hated with their own importance aft er their 1916 triumph---but the Giants won the 1917 pennsnt. And then it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27

l. NJ. JONES. JR..
 City Comptroller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
Auburn Meets Club Quintet Ton,orro1D
SPORTS
Will Conceit Rob the Reds
 Of Another Championship?
Will 1919 Champs Fall Victims to the Idea That They Can't Be Beaten? ?-Records Show That Such
 Teams Don't Repeat
By JAMES !. CoRnETr.

Will the Reds of 1920 be victims the which has robbed many major league clubs their chance for championship repeats?
 With few exceptions every ball owy origin that championship heights suddenly became sessed with the idea in the following that unbeat able The players always seemed along they constituted the greatest outfit in baseball couldn't be beaten But not since 1913 has any club repeated tonal League.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
Joe Stecher Wins
 From Ivan LinOw
BY A..eeiatsd Press

Youngstown, O., February 26.--Joe Stecher. worlds catch -cateh-can wrestling champion, threw Ivan Linow, the Russian. in two straight falls here tonight. One hour and twenty minutes were required for the two falls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
Prendergast Says He Won't Play Professional Baseball

Salt Lake City. Utah, February 26.-- Mike Prendergast. pitcher recently purchased from the Philadelphia Ma tionais. has sent the Salt Lake City club word he will not play professional baseball this season. it was announced today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
NOTICE ITO DOC nwNpps

NOTItE TO DOG OWNERS Section 1880 of the City Code as amended provides that any person owning dog in the City Of BirmIng- ham shall register saHne with the City comptroller and secnre n tag. for which fee of two dollars tS2g shaIi he collected. This license Is delinquent nfter March inc first mnd m additional fee of one dollar tSD will he collected Tor all tags isSued.
 I. NJ. JONES. JR..
 City Couutrailcr
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-27
BURLESQUE OFFERING FOR
MAJESTIC MONDAY NIGHT

An old fltend will come to the Ma
jestic theatre for next Monday. matt
e and night, March 1st, hen Abe
Reynolds appears there once more
in the familiar guise of the ever pop
ular Jacob Rosenbloom."
Max Spiegel the monster producer
of burlesque, makes this visit posi-
BILE and this year he has set his IA
own company and christened the or
ganization Abe Reynolds Revue
Further words are almost superfu-
Gus.
Mr.. Reynolds is without doubt the
foremost Hebrew character ~delineator
of the day. Again this season he re-
tains the character of Jacob Rosen-
bloom" a character which has not
only become a burlesque classic, but
which has become as famous as the
character Of David Warfield. Mr..
Reynolds is a different type from
those ordinarily encountered IN the
stage. He makes Jacob ROser-
bloom" more than a characterize
makes hin a real parsonage such as
one encounters day after day in real
life. 1t Is this perhaps, which &C
counts for the strong hold Mr.. Reyn-
olds has won with the American peo-
pie. The comedian also enjoys the
distinction of being classified as one
of the cleanest workers on the stage.
He never resorts to v~ulgarity in his
efforts to amuse and In these days of
bedroom farces and %salicious dramas
clean comedy has almost become ex-
tinct.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-27
TEETH or THE TIGER" Today
At THE DITMAS THEATRE

In order that a number OF scenes in
Teeth of the Tiger" the new Para
mount-Artcraft picture centering
around the latest adventure of Arsene
.Lupin, which is coming to the Ditmas
Theatre today might be absolutely
correct as to atmospheric detail. per-
mission was secured from Police Com
missioner Enright Of New York CITY
to sketch the interior of the office
of the chief of detectives at Police
Headquarters. A member of the art
staff of the studio was assigned to
the work. 1t so happened that 1t
was the day after the commission Of
the bomb outrages by the REDS in
several cities, and the chiefs office
was the busiest place in New York.
The artist sat in the ante-room vain
ly awaiting admittance while detec-
tives and reporters rushed in and out.
1t began to appear certain that he
vas not going to get in, so with pad
and pencil concealed under his hat
he sketched part Of the room each
time the door was opened, changing
seat as the progress of his draw
ing required One corner of the room
he could not see, but by taking q
line or the building across the street
he discovered that he could finish the
sketch from there. Gaining permits
sion to enter. he completed his task
just IN time to receive Commissioner
Enright's polite regrets hat he could
not receive him that day. Moral:
| All the good detectives aren't on the
police force.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-27
1.-THE LAST OF THE DUAhES"
At THE CRESCENT THEATRE

William Farnum scored again. anC
scored big, when he appeared on thu
screen yesterday at the Crescent
Theatre in THE Last Of the Duanes.'
a perturbation of the novel by Zane
Grey. This William Fox production Is
the best Western picture ever seen
here. In addition to having a strong
lily sympathetic love story running
throughout the drama, Mr.. Farnum's
impersonation of Buck a is pecu-
liarly vivid. 1t is difficult to realize
that any man could escape serious in
jury in the many things that the t a
has to do In this picture.
Briefly, the story tells of Buck
Duane, who to save his own life has
to kill a man who threatened him
after which he fees from civilization
and gets in with outlaws. He rescues q
girl from o bandit chief n after she
is r~ecaptured from him she again
escapes n reaches his mothers
home. While he Is evading the officers
of the law the girl bends every energy
to free him from the stigma Of murder
and eventually Buck Duane. the out
law, becomes Buck Duane the Texas
Ranger, and cleans UP the worst OF
the border gangs.
The picture abounds in the most
thrilling In the cast supporting
the Fox star are Louise Lovely, Ora
mond Nye, Charles Clary, Clarence
Burton, Lamar tombstone, Harry De
We're, Henry J. Herbert. c.. Edward
and Frederick Herzog.
The scenario was made by Charles
Kenyon, j. Gordon Edwards directed
the play, and John W. Boyle did the
photography.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-27
BIG ATTRACTION
AT THE MAJESTIC

Like Frances Starr, Marjorie Ram
beau, and many other of our leading
feminine stage stars. Eleanor Gordon,
who comes to Perth Amboy with
Stand From Under" the new William
Anthony Mcclure drama which comes
to the Majestic next Tuesday for q one
day engagement, IS a product Of the
Pacific Coast. Miss Gordon got her
start with the Belasco Stock Company
in Los Angeles, and with the Aloazar
Stock Company in San Francisco, two
of the los prominent and efficient
stock organizations In this country,
and which rave probably developed
more stage luminaries than any two
similar companies in the world.
Once she had established her worth
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-27

= That Elaine. Hammerstein, the
Selznick star. can play the charming
young hostess between scenes as well
as when scenes are being photo
graphed for the screen, was delight
fully attested to recently when a COM
pany of players temporarily ttok
possession OF the country estate of Fl.
P. Davidson. a member of the j. z.
Morgan banking firm, at Glen Cove,
L. l., to use as a background for one
OF the scenes in 1.-The Country
Cousin" Miss Hammerstein's first
Selznick picture. which will be shown
at the Strand theatre today.
The company practically lived at
the sumptuous estate for four days. 1t
was her gentle mannerisms and high
polish that induced Mr.. Davidson to
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-27
Ninety Samaritan Volcanoes.

The Boekit Barisan, a series OF
length of the island Of Sumatra neal
the western coast, splits in the north
into parallel chains which encircle
the broad Karo-Batak plateau and
the vast area Of Tuba lake. In these
Tt5tially explored ranges there have
already been discovered 80 volcanoes,
u of which are now active, the con-
structive and destructive forces Of
Sumatra's formation.-Melvin A. Hall
In the National Geographic Magazine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-27

on the Pacific Coast, Miss Gordon
went to oston where for five years she
headed the stock company at the Bos-
ton Theatre. Her first appearance in
New York was a leading woman for
Otis Skinner in the colorful produc-
ton, "Kismet." at the Knickerbocker
Theatre. Here her work attracted the
enveloping eye of Mr.. Al Woods. who
engaged her to play opposite Valeska
Suratt in the Inflated Girl With The
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-27

Whooping Cough" at the New York
Theatre. The cough proved fatal to
the girl and shortly afterward Miss
Gordon toured the country in "Zaza,"
a role made famous by Mrs. Leslie
carter. Her next engagement was in
an all-star revival of THE Sign OF
The Cross"
Here Miss Gordon's popularity in
Boston evinced itself again. She was
brought back to the Massachusetts, city
to head an all-star company at the
Plymouth Theatre in some of the lead
ing dramatic successes Of the day.
Indeed Miss Gordon can return to
Boston at any time and he assured of
q royal welcome there for her friends
are legion in that city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-27

Motorists, It seems. are hoping that
1t will soon be compulsory for pedes-
TRANS to carry number plates for the
purposes Of Identification in the event
of any attempt to run away after
being knocked down.-London Punch.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-27

Ioan his magnificent estate for the
purpose.
The story of THE Country Cousin"
demanded for some of its scenes an
unusually large and beautiful country
place and there are few in the East
which can equal the property of Mr..
Davidson. 1t adjoins the Morgan
home, with a frontage on Long Island
Sound.
In the course of the picture max
ing, the private beach, pier, steam
yacht. motor boats and exquisite
sunken gardens were used. Both Di-
rector Croslan and Miss Hammer
stein We're enthusiastic over the exte-
riors, confident that rarely if ever
will movie audience be treated to
such splendcrs of natural beauty and
landscape gardening.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-27
IL There Anything New?

A book written more than 1000
years ago mentions two breeds of poul-
try still being raised In China. while
incubators now used are the same In
principle as those employed by Egypt
1000 years ago.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-27

Some Limb Of a Comp. Did This.
Parish Magazine-"In our last mum.
Der for 'Fleur de legs read 'Fleur da
lys.'"-Boston Transcript
Newark post., 1920-01-07
Get This Habit!

ben Franklin is our great eX-
ample of thrift. He wrote more
on it and wrote it better than any
other man we know. He began
practicing thrift when he was II
years of age, and he practiced it
and wrote on it all his life. He
became the richest man In Ameri-
ca in his day, richest not only in
money, but in health, brains, san
Iity, good cheer, influence. He was
scientist, business man, lin
guist, a diplomat and a philoso-
pher. He always paid his way
He founded the University of
Pennsylvania, founded the first
public library in America, organ
lied an insurance company, pretty
nearly captured the ilghtnings
, invented spectacles, manufactured
the first cook stove, went tc
France and borrowed money or
which Washington fought the Wa,
of the Revolution; and the basis
of all the strength and excellence
Of Benjamin Franklin lay in the
fact that very early in life he &C.
quired the habit of thrift.
Thrift is a habit. A habit is &
thing you do unconsciously or au
tomatically without thought. We
are ruled by our habits. Wher
habits are young they are like
lion cubs, soft, fluffy, funny, froli
some little animals. They grow
day by day. Eventually they rule
you. Choose ye this day the habi
ye would have rule over you. Th'
habit Of thrift is simply the habi
which dictates that you shall earl
more than you spend. In othe,
words, thrift is the habit that pro
vides that you spend less than yol
earn. Take your choice" --Elber
Hubbard.
Start now. Buy Savings Stamps.
Newark post., 1920-01-07
WINTER
Katherine Lee Bates In Christ
ian Science Monitor

Katherine Lee Bates In Christ
ian Science Monitor
Aha! he is here again,
His stormy trumpets blow;
The swift. dim lines of the beating
rain
Blossom to starry snow.
With morning the drifts are deep,
And strangely over them go,
Like dreams on the silent heart of
sleep,
Shadows of jay and crow.
But the hungry chickadees wait,
Their tree-hollow sealed with
ice,
Till the sun shall open that crystal
gate
To a sparkling paradise.
For never a branch so bare,
SO gnarled and crooked and
gray,
But it dazzles with diamons una
ware
And rainbows out at play.
Too soon the sun unfurls
Gold banners in the West;
The diamond pendants pale to
pearls,
The flying shadows rest.
And the fair young moon in joy
Comes flushing up the sky,
To find our world a Christmas toy,
Carven in ivory.
Newark post., 1920-01-07

Charles and Marie had recently
had the measles, and at about the
same time an elderly neighbor had
died of pneumonia. The children
decided one rainy day to play
doctor" Marie was to be the sick
patient and Charles the doctor.
The doctor, dressed in his fathers
clothes and carrying large travel
ing bag, nearly as large as himself,
answered the patients hurry up
call and to his question, "What's
the matter with you?" the patient
answered "Monia," so said, well.
you will just have to have measles,
cause that's all the kind of medi-
cine I have"
Newark post., 1920-01-07
Masons Dedicate New Home

The new home of Union Lodge,
No. 5, A. F. & A. NJ, of Middle
town, was dedicated Monday even
ing, when a reception was given its
members and about 100 visitors.
The lodge has had no permanent
home since the old Opera House
was burned. on December 80, of
last year, having at that time
quarters on the third floor of the
building.
The reception was in honor of
the twenty-one members of the
lodge who were in the United
States service during the recent
war. One member of the lodge.
Rupert Mundell Burstan, a major
in the Marines, died of pneumonia
soon after landing in France. A
memorial tablet in memory of
Major Burstan was paced in posi-
tion.
Newark post., 1920-01-07
Held For MiddIetOwn Burglaries

AS a sequel to the robberies in
Middletown, Del, during the past
two weeks, during which time there
have been twenty different at
tempts at burglary, Rocco Rodgers,
Of Galveston, Texas, and Richard
Johnson, Of Middletown, were held
in $1,000 bail each for the upper
Court, and in default were com.
mitted to the Workhouse to await
trial at the coming term Of Court
Newark post., 1920-01-07
Muskrat Hides Bring High Prices

Tremendous demand for the skin
of the humble muskrat, Hudson
seal" when it appears in coat and
muff, has won it a high rank in
the indictment against the high
cost of living, according to a state
ment issued by the New York Fur
Auction Sales Corporation.
From a price of so cents per pelt
in 1915, the price has reached the
I$3.6O figure already and is still
going higher. It is bigger price
than has been paid in many years.
Newark post., 1920-01-07
Recluse Freezes to Death

Miss Harriet Mcbride was found
frozen to death Thursday last near
her home at Montken. Living
alone with a pack of dogs, it is
believed she became i'll and was
seeking to reach the home of
Ineighbors when she fell alongside
of fence and died.
Newark post., 1920-01-07
FOR SALE
TWO MODERN DWELLINGS

OH Delaware Ave, Newark
No. 1---Seven rooms with baht,
steam heated, slate roof. Lot so
by 200. This house is better
built than the average.
No. 2---Six rooms and bath, hot
air furnace. Lot As by 200, also
lot i'll rear so by 200.
These properties should not be over
looked by any person looking for a COM
Portable home.
Farmers Trust COMPANY
Newark, Del.
Newark post., 1920-01-07

Children are often great disap-
pointments to parents, but did you
ever think how great disappoint-
ments some parents must be to
their children.
Newark post., 1920-01-07
Will Retire From Farming

Allen Richards, of near Strick-
ersville, Pa, has bought the farm
of James n. Naudain, near Singer
ly station, containing 85 acres, for
$4,000. Mr.. Naudain will retire
from farming.
Newark post., 1920-01-07
Appleton Club To Hold Box SOcia

The Appleton Social Club will
hold a box social on Saturday
evening, Jan. 10, at Appleton Hall.
Ice cream and cake will be for sale.