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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11
Better Music, Better DdncinQ"-

| 1T AzZ," the root of much evil fl, Ill music, a menace to rhythmical
 law and order and beauty and srace' was the main issue before the
 American National Association of Masters or Dancing in it's thirty-seventh annual convention held in New York recently at
 the Hotel Astor, according to Mir Harry
 Niles, who has just returned after hay- ing the honor conferred upon him of vice president of the association.
 ms move for terpsichorean uplift by the American National Association of Masters of Dancing, I may say en nas- sant, is step in the right direction if not "two-step"
 MT and Mrs Miles, who are acknowJ edged artists in their chosen nrofAssyon and who keep in touch with all the latest ana most up-to-date features in dancing enjoyed a delightful summer in New l fork. They attended the Normal School of Dancing under Stephano Mascagno four weeks before the national associa- ton convention, and by the way, this is the flrst institute to organize it's own nor maj school. MT. Miles also studied ball room dancing" with one of New York's most prominent teachers and the Russian method with Vestoff and Serova.
 MT. Miles will again have charge of the b-S SiSal culture ana ddnclng at the Mar garet Allen school this year, and he and Mrs. Miles have brought back the newest and most modern of the dances approved by the American national association for tl.er pupils
 'Syncopation," said MT. Miles, which tends toward the shimmy' dances, the wrigglng, and hopping, and suggestive features of the immodest dances, which are totally disapproved of by the associa- tion, can be easily dispensed with if we can dispense first with jazz music, and this is the fight we are making. Take the 'wisgle out of the music and we can take the wiggle out of the dance The immodest dances are merely relics of pre- historic barbarism, and to those of us whose business it is to study dancing and provide the graceful, beautiful, rhythmic features of dancing to our pupils, the demise of jazz music means the demise of jazz dancing, and reac- tion is in full swing from all of the 3o0 masters of dancing who attended tne con- vention in New York We are deter mined to exterminate immodest dancing, and I think we have the backing of the best element of people all over the coun- try in our efforts.
 Graceful, modest dancing Is just as re- spectacle as any other amusement, and 1t is delightful recreation Tor both sexes It develops muscle co-ordination, which results in graceful movement Dancing Is mind culture also. By fixing the att tentlon bringing to bear the forces of will on the complicated actions of the body, educates the mental faculties, and this is especially true of aesthetic danc- lng,. during the performance of which the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11

of the arms and body are used ns well as the limbs.
 The association has endeavored to get the Methodists to lift their ban on danc- ing," MT. Miles said, The Baltimore Sun said editorially that 1t was a late move, as practically 90 per cent of tke Methodists dance now. But any way, the association felt that it would like to feel that this denomination didn't disapprove Of our work. The secretary of the Ma tional Federation of Women's Clubs spoke before the association favor<tg dancing as taught by the members of the association.
 '"rhe tendency is toward the waltz, the real waltz. which embodies repose, grace music beautiful. The Fox trot' is still popular, but danced more smoothly and more evently than formerly, while the 'one-step' is less popular than it uSed to be. Kosloffs new dance, 'El Cato (the cat step) was found to be imprac- tical for ballroom dancing, and there were few other new dances proposed.
 Dancing is practically an essential,'' MT Miles said, sfor when young people meet together what amusement is more delightful than dancing?''
 What do you consider proper dancing, the proper position in dancing?' I asked,
 "It is difficult to illustrate a position" Mir Miles declared, but anyone can see at a glance over a dance floor whether a position is correct or incorrect. When a gentleman dances with a lady, common sense should prompt his position; if his attitude is proper, he neither presses his body against his partner, nor does he place his cheek against hers. The Heck hold the short, suggestive steps, the ouivering shoulders, and the movements of the upper part of the body in general, are censured very much, and inst~ad of these modern innovations, if the associe- tion can hold to the old forms of dan> ing, which our mothers and grandmothers and great grandmothers enjoyed, when hop skirts and bombazines, Janice Mere doth curls and lace handkerchieSs were tho fashion. and The Minuet,' as beauti- full and as graceful dance as was ever seen, was the vogue, why then dancing will continue upon a high plane instead of lowered to the jazzi quality, which has made it ridiculous.
 "The elimination. first of all, of 5azz music is necessary MT. Miles said. as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11
JACKSONVILLE

Jacksonville. September 10.-(Special)- A municipal election will be held here September 20 when mayor ana llVe ccuncilmen will be elected. Judge Thomas R. Ward and James Wood, councilman, are in the race for mayor and E. 9, Mccormick. w. H. Franklin. R. G. Sew all. Will Mccormick, c. E. Bondurant, Mae Whitesides, NJ. A. Nunnally and NJ Ls Gray are running for counciimen.
 Victory medal buttons are being dis t1ihuted here by Rev. R. B. Tashert, state chaplain of the American Legion.
 $50 bonus has been subscribed by the representative citizens of tho city for the farmer who sells the first bale or cotton here.
 The State Normal school will open next Tuesday. September H. According to pr. e. w. Daugette. president, a large at tendance Is expected.
 A memorial window in St. I.uke's Episcopal church was dedicated Friday afternoon by Rev. c. F. Weller. to the memory of Macon Abernathy. Ella Tur- ner Abernathy and Anna Abernathy To- retz.
 GA Midsummer Eve" will be repeated at St Luke's parish house Saturday eve ming for the benefit of the parish house.
 The remains of Rad c. Porter. aged IT, who was drowned cff the coast of Ire land. October 6. 1918, when the Otranto was sunk. arrived nere this week and were inferred beside the grave of his mother. Mrs. Joseph Porter. The mem- bers of the Arcerican Legion had charge T4rhaPt state chaplain of the legionnaires, held the final services As his body was low cred into the grave, military salute was fired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11

ITO look at me today no one would ever take me to bS the same person was before I began to take Tanlac. It has simply done wonders for me, and want everybody to know about this medicine" said Francis Weirath, fore man of a large department of the Good rich Rubber Company plant at Akron. Ohio. MT. Weirath resides at 210 West State street in that city.
 T was in an awfully bad state of health for fourteen years and during the past ten years I got to the point where life was a burden. suffered terribly with indigestion and dyspsp- sia. l never had any appetite and all could eat for breakfast was a soft boiled egg and little milk. I would get so nervous and miserable that many night I never slept wink. and when nothing would bring me any re- lief I had just about come to the con- clusion my case was hopeless
 T haven't taken but three bottles of Tanlac, but l feel better than I have felt for twelve years. I've gained four teen pounds in weight, and am getting heavier and stronger every day. I never have indigestion any more, my appetite is splendid. and eat just any, thing and everything want. sleep sound every night. and all that tired. worn-out feeling Is gone. In fact. am we'll man in every way.
 The men at the plant all tell mo am looking fine these days and get ting fat. They all want to know what am doing to myself. and it's always 3 pleasure for me to tell them about Tanlac."
 Tanlac Is sold in Birmingham exs clusively by Eugene Jacobs Drug Store and Patton-Pope Drug Co. in Ensley by Ezell Drug Co. in Bessemer by Pe- gram Patton Drug Co.. and in Avon dale by Robert W. Murray.-Adv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11

remarked before, and of course this
 has been dying a slow death for the past
 few years. There is a decided upward
 trend in music now, as compared with
 a year ago. Twelve months ago the jazz
 craze was everywhere; it was reflected n the stage dances, the ballroom, and a
 wave of riba.ld, suggestive songs were
 written and sung everywhere; it invaded
 the home In the form of graphophone and pianola records but today we find it not half so popular. This shows a tendency toward just what the masters of cancinS have been fighting for"
 'In my own work" MT. Miles said 'I dc not permit any of the so-called mod ern dancing; I mean by that the wriggly, wiggly movements, the imrnodest dances which correspond to jazz music; indeed I endeavor to uphold the high standard
 set by the association of which have the honor to be the vice president"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11
WEEvIL IN GROWN ROLLS
Planters of Montgomery County Fear
 Heavy Losses

Montgomery. September 10.-Discov- cry today of multitudes of boil weevil imbedded in hundreds of grown cotton bolls picked at random from 15O-acre field in Montgomery county. indicated an infestation, of this nature of ap- proximately twenty per cent and has occasioned grave soncern among plant CTS. who anticipate. if a similar infes- tation is found over the cotton belt. that the resultant loss will be extreme iy heavy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11
Record Cattle Price Broken

Buenos Ayres, September 1O-The South American record price for pedigreed ca t. tie was broken yesterday when the Here- ford bull that won the grand champion ship at the International Stock Show here was sold for $93,6o0 The bull was bred m Argentine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11

Practically all forms of work have been stopped In Vera Cruz, Mexico. due to the workers laying off until their demand for an increase of 100 per cent in wages is considered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11
For the Good of
 the Community

news at the port Of Mobile appear ing in one issue of a local newspaper these were noted:
 Barque Doon loading lumber for Ha- vana.
 Schooner Charlotte A. Maxwell load ing slaves for Portugal.
 Steamer Gertrude Somervllle loading lumber for Havana.
 British steamer Cardigan taking on coal for Cuba
 Barque Doro Rio loading lumber for Rio Janeiro.
 Steamship Craster Hall sails for Rot terdam with 721 tons of flour and 4,55O tons of steel and steel products.
 Steamer Mobile taking on cargo of steel for Kobe and Yokohama Japan, and Shanghai, China.
 Steamship Lake Pomerene loading iron pipe for the Pacific coast
 French steamer San Martino and steamer Lake Catharine waiting for berthlng space to take on coal.
 Birmingham should be interested, be- cause the steel for Rotterdam, China and Japan comes from it's mills at Fairfield and Ensley. The pipe that is loading for the Pacific coast comes from Birmingham pipe shops.
 The Alabama coal basin should be in- terested, because the coal comes from its mines.
 South Alabama lumbermen should be interested, because the lumber comes from their mills The slaves are also a SO11th A Ia hama nrO6110f
 And consider where these products are going. They are going to Cuba, to Argen- tina, to China, to Japan, to Los Angeles and San Francisco, to France, to Holland, to Portugal. They are off to supply the wants of the peoples of three grand di- visions of the earth and the islands,
 What occurs one day at the port of Mo- bile IS a replica of what takes place the next: Every days shipping events dem onstrate that the port of Mobile is Ala bama's gateway to the world outside
 Ships that are now loading with coal, iron, steel, pipe, slaves and lumber will soon load with cotton. The cotton will 20 as far afield as the iron, steel and slaves If this stuff did not go outside the state outside the United States, there would soon be more than the state and the coun-
  stagnation would result.
 But the Mobile shipping items are not all encouraging. Vessel after vessel is tied up waiting turn to get to docks to take on cargo. Ship masters do not like the waiting game, Too much of it and they take their ships to other ports They dote on ports where, promptly after putting in, cargoes are rushed aboard, coal is taken on and they may go their way earninS money for the owners.
 Six hundred cars of coal were tied up at Mobile recently waiting on inadequate loading facilities Had it been cotton, it would have been the same Each time'a ship master goes through the waiting game at port, he loses regard for that port and thinks of ports where he can get better service.
 Not Mobile, not Birmingham alone can make the common gateway serve Ala bama as it should. The weight and credit and backbone of the entire state must do this work. It is too tremendous for a les ser force. The man with forty acres and ~14 l<,rx k.1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11

E RANGES WEIRATH. foreman x at Goodrich Rubber Company, improved so since taking Tanlac that no one would ever take him to be the same man. Says he gained fourteen pounds.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-11

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Your Money
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 TAYLOR & co. Jefferson Hotel Building. TO DARKEN HAIR
 APPLY SAGE TEA
Look Young! Bring Back Its Natural Color, Gloss and
 Attractiveness.

Common garden sage brewed in. to heavy tea with sulphur ada ed, will turn gray, streaked and faded hair beautifully dark and luxuriant. Just a few applica- tions will prove a revelation if your hair is fading, streaked or gray. Mixing the Sage Tea and Sulphur recipe at home, though, is troublesome. An easier way is to get a bottle of Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound at any drug store all ready for use. This is the old time recipe improved by the addition of other ingredients. <
 While wispy, gray, faded hair is not sinful, we all desire to retain our youthful appearance and at- tractiveness. By darkening your hair with Wyeth's Sage and Sul- phur Compound, no one can tell, because it does it so naturally, SD evenly. You just dampen sponge lor soft brush with 1t and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at time; by morn ing all gray hairs have disappear- ed, and, after another applica- tion or two. your hair becomes beautifully dark, glossy, soft and lluxuriant. adv
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Negro is Shot in
 Attempt to Run
 Whiskey Blockade

New York, March 10.-The first shooting in a series of disturbance along New York's water front over liquor smuggling occurred tonight when negro longshoreman was slightly wounded by customs guard who alleged the negro was attempt ing to escape from a pier with whis- key taken from the steamer Morro Castle, recently arrived from Havana.
 A policeman caught the fleeing negro, but finding mo- liquor inf his possession, arrested William Rutar, the guard, on charge of fclonious assault. Customs officials, however, found more than 150 bottles of liquor concealed on the Morro Castle.
 Tonight's shooting was the culmi- nation of several demonstrations along the water front within . week, the most serious taking place last
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-11
New Orleana Cotton.

New Orleans, March l0.--AdvanceB in cotton today were due mainly to the continued recovery in the for eign exchange market. Prices ol contracts followcd closely the fluc- tuations in sterling exchange all day and very favorable impression was created by it's strength. Around the opening prices were down oh poor cables but the soft spot attract ed buyers and gradually the market did better, attaining it's greatest frmness late m the day. The close was 26 to 53 points up net for the day
 The demand for contracts was strengthened by the wet weather in the belt and the forecast of general rains for the entire eastern half. Bullish sentiment was increased by the large export movement for the day, totalling 30,a99 bales against only 2,A55 this day last year, Con siderable comment was caused by the fact that nearly all of the cotton shipped out was either for German or Japanese ports.
 Spots were raised 25 points which put middling to 40.75. At it's highest March traded up to 39.50. October was the strongest month and 1t stood at 31.15 at it's best.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-11
OPENING REACTIONS ARE FOLLOWED BY
 SHARP kDVAhCE:

New York, March l0.- Opening ro- actions were followed by a sharp advance in the cotton market today with March making q new high record for the season, while July ana later months made new high ground for the movement. New crop posi- tions were relatively firm during the entire day. The general market closed steady at ne. advance of 25 to GJ points.
 The opening was lower owing to a sharp break in Liverpool This was attributed largely to the ad vance in sterling exchange. however, while houses with Liverpool con- nccGions were good buyers of July and October and prices soon turned firmcr. Domestic trade intcrestc were among the buyers and it seemed that the continued unfavorabIe weather in the South combined with the big discounts was creating Il broader commission house demand for carly new crop deliveries. There wa srcalizing enough to cause re- actions during the middle of the day, but otherwise there was very little selling and the market showed in creasing strength in the late trading. The demand from old crop shorts was supplied partly by sales of long contracts which were replaced by purchases of new crop positions, and foreign trade interests were said to be buying fo rearly new crop ob ;,,,nnor
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Helene's Married Life Christie Copyright by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

1 she's pretty certain that she knows you," l plunged boldly in. "She caught glimpse of you, you know And her news rather startled mel" Tony paled. As for Alice, she paused in the act of measuring out the sugar, and pricked up inquisi- tive ears.
 What's this, Tony?" she asked sharply.
 "St. Aubyns, did you say?" Tony tried to infuse an air of casualness into his voice but lamentably failed
 "St. Aubyns-"
 "You ought to know the name well!" I said, pointedly, gazing at the young man with raised brows. His eyes narrowed trifle.
 q know several people of that namc."
 "And one family in particular rather intimately" I suggested. Alice looked first at Tony, then at "Why all this mystery, Helene ?'' she said. Her babyish airs had quite evaporated. There was vastly curi- ous gaze in her blue eyes. I shrugged my shoulders, lightly. Ask Tony-don't ask mel" She turned to Tony.
 That young man was making great efforts to pull himself together. He looked very far from being at ease
 "One family called St. Aubyns-- up in town-were rather interested in me, once uron a time" He spoke lamely, haltingly. "But-well-we rather disagreed. Then, after that, I went abroad. And we lost sight of each other. IT haven't cared to look them up again." I smiled little grimly, knowing Mrs. St. Aubyns's version of the af- fair! Tony really was quite And is our interesting invalid a scion of this illustrious house? ?" ask ed Alice pertly, eyeing Tony. "My dear boy, you saw the young man on the night of the accident! If you know him, why on earth didn't you tell us who he was?" q didn't see him properly" stam- mered Tony, "I-I didn't recognize him."
 Alice is no fool. She became silent, staring pensively out to the old fashioned garden of the in. But it seemed to me that there was look of real relief upon her face. : That she owed Tony money, l already
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XXXIV-An Awkward Interview.
By May Christie

I have never yet been able te fathom Tony's motive in introduc- ing Alice into our wayside-inn tea party.
 Never at any time has he offered me an exclamation. And naturally have not asked for one.
 But | was furious-aimply fur ious-that I'd allowed myself to be led into such situation!
 What was it he had written ? "Dear- est Helene-Why not arrange tc have meeting with me, in some undisturbed? There's such an in- fernal mob of people around An struther Lodge And mobs bore me-
 Bore him, indeed? And here he was, deliberately preparing, doubtless to be more bored than ever!
 For what reason had be planned this three e-cornered interview?
 As for Alice, truth to tell. she looked little disconcerted. I'm cer- tain she was totally unaware that was to prove second guest.
 She flushed awlwardly as l enter ed the parlor of the inn.
 "I-I didn't go up to town, after all," she stammered, "1 had trouble with the car. I met Tony. and we came on, here for quiet chat" A quiet chat? l could have laugh ed aloud at the similarity of phrase Tony's long suit law in quiet chatting it appeared!
 We'll, I must make the best of it! But I wasn't going to spare the adroit Tony.
 q got your note," I said prosaical. ly, fixing him with a steady eye. And here I am! Now, what is it that you wish to say to mel"
 These direct methods Tony didn't like. He gave an awkward laugh.
 ooh, I just wanted the pleasure of your company"
 Alice poured me out cup of tea, She became enormously preoccupled with the cream jug and the sugar.
 It occurred to me vaguely that Tony wished to play us eff each against the other, Alice and l. The thought was almost ludicrous!
 Alice's unexpected presence did ot course, prevent any chance of the tete-a- tete that I desired with Tony I couldn't force him into any con fession concerning Jim.
 And yet I longed to "bait him. He deserved it.
 "Mrs. St. Aubyns tells me that
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Caillaux Dealt : With Men Who Are
 Under Indictment

Paris, March 1G.-Only two wit nesscs were heard today at the trial of former Premier Joseph CailauX before the senate as q high court on the charge of intriguing to promote a dishonorable and premature peace with Germany. They were Charles Roux, counsellor of the French en- bassy at Rome, and Commandant No ble Mair, former military attache at the same embassy.
 Their testimony as to the activities of the accused in Italy in 1916, was such that the ex-premier appeared considerably perturbed and toward the end of the day gave signs of weakening. He recovered his poise ultimately, however, and finished the day in apparently good spirits.
 M. Roux swore that Caillaux' re- lations in Italy were almost exclu sively with men at present under indictment on the charge of having had intelligence with the enemy. The witness added that CaillauX was not a victim of imprudence, but had chos- on his suspected companions advis- cdly, which was the reason the em- bassy had not warned him as it had done in the case of Deputy Le Boucq few months before when Le Boucq was frequenting the same company. CaillauX laid emphasis on the fail ure of the embassy to warn him and said that if he had been forewarned he would have ceased his relations with the pacifists immediately.
 "Thc embassy was under the i'm prcssion that was in italy for no good purpose" said M. Cailluax. "It thought I was in Italy on treason bent and laid a trap for me. It wanted to get me and in order to do so, was willing to jeopardize the security of France and give me time to accomplish separate peace had it ever for d moment entered my mind to do so."
 The testimony of M. Roux adn M Noblemair followed Caillaux every stey in Italy. A severe cross exam ination by M. Moro Ciafferi of the accused counsel and by Caillaux him self was unable to shake their evi- dence.