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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-27

Have you Joined the L W. L. S.
Brigade yet?
No? You're behind the times.
Everybody is talking of them, the
I Il Won't Use Slang League"
Slang? No. 1 don't hate it. really
myself
rather like il. to tell the truth
some of il.
Some slang says in two words
what you can't express in a whole
paragraph.
There's Forget it. for instance.
or Fade away"
How can you tell anyone TO stop
harping on the same old tune and
TO let some one worn string Of con-
versation fall. any better than by
saying. Forget it''2
What long eloquent sentence
would express what YOU mean any
more clearly than that? After all.
that's what words are for. aren't
they-to express what we mean,
when we really do mean tnything?
The one thing I hate about slang
is that such stupid people use ii, and
oh. 7 do hate to have people be
stupid-don't you?
Slang is bad when it gets 10 be a
habit-nOw there's the good old
word 'elegant''-there's nothing
slang about elegant. is there? But
when a woman tells me that she had
perfectly elegant" cake at the
party. l want 10 grab a dictionary
and throw il at her head.
She isn't saying what she wants
10 say at all. Cake isn't elegant"
Il can't, couldn't Wouldn't or
shouldn't be elegant" why call il
so?
some Slang SCintillates.
A woman told me that she had
a perfectly grand" cook one day.
Now that cook is a good cook.
there's no denying il, She can make
biscuits that melt in your mouth,
her apple pie IS a thing TO dream
over. and when it comes 20 wanles-
on. Grips and delicious JOY, But
there isn't thing grand about her
there really isn't.
She isn't the least little bit like
a cathedral or a grove Of redwood
trees or "A snow covered mountain
she really isn't
"Pep'-"Jazz II don't see that
they're so much worse than Gin
ger" do you? But why talk about
them when you're speaking OF
church music?
hate 90 hear a really intelligent
young man say the same thing over
and over a dozen times in ona short
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
DRAMATIC CLASS
 TO PRESENT COMEDY.
 "A WIDOW BY PROXY
Under Auspices of Birmingham Drama League, High School Stu dents Will Present Delight
 full Comedy

delightful little comedy. "A Widow by Proxy will be presented at the Jefferson theatre on Thursday a1tef- i noon of this week by the class ol dramatics of the Central High School under the auspices of the Birmingham Drama League.
 The class of dramatics. of which Miss Hallie Ward is director, has presented several very creditable productions, ann the offering of Thursday is said to be of exceptional merit and very ably presented.
 The proceeds from the affair are to be applied to the purchase of tive shares of stock of the National Drama League magazine the Drama" The sale of stock of the national organiza- ton has for it's purpose the enlarge ment and broadening Of it's scope and to put 1t on better financial basis.
 A large attendance is expected at the performance. and every member of the Drama League is expected to bring guest. The performance will com mence at 3:30 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
PLANNING ID SAVE
 MONEY ON MEATS
Campaign Starts Today and Will Last All This
 Week

Today marks the opening of the Save Money on Neat campaign in Birmingham.
 Under the direction of the fair price committee. with the cooperation of the markets of the city. and assisted by the Boy Scouts and other organiza- tions, the campaign will be put on to educate the people in buying inexpen- sive cuts of meat.
 It is planned by the market men to paint COW to show the cuts of meat, and lead it through the streets of the ferent cuts and names prices.
 They will also place the less expen- sive meats on the counters and offer them for sale.
 The Boy Scouts will aid by placing posters in principal windows. Cards will also be placed in street cars and other places to attract attention.
 An important factor in the campaign will be the school teachers. Through the lectures of these to their pupils, and through them to the homes, it is EOPEu lO OD AHt DcHt WONh VI tHC Cdifl paign, and reach 40 per cent of the peo- pie in this manner,
 Restaurants and cafes have been asked to cooperate by featuring dishes during the week made from the less known cuts of meat. The ingenuity of the cooks will be called on to produce new dishes which will present the kinds of meat in an appetizing man ner.
 Special information and literature will be distributed from the headquar- ters of the fair price committee in the rooms of the Civic Association in the Jefferson County building It is hoped by the committee that a success equal to that of a similar campaign con ducted 8 year ago, to use the old crop of potatoes before starting on the new crop, will be met with in the present campai ign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05

Despite predictions of indictment weather, Easter was one of the finest days Birmingham has known this spring, for some hours.
 Long before church time the skies were clearing, the day was getting warm and fresh westerly wind was blowing, but the clearing came late.
 But the predictions of rain had seemed so certain that few had made the sar- torial preparations of time honored cus- toms. However the congregations were dotted with lowered hats, and smart clothes were everywhere in evidence on the streets.
 In the churches. in most cases, the altars were banked with spring flowers Potted plants lent their touch of beauty, and violets were everywhere. Practically every church in town had prepared it's special programme of nut sic some had great, wei.-trained choirs, embellished with solos and instrumental selections. Special sermons were de- livered by all the ministers, and several congregations heard visiting ministers of wide regulations.
 I. was after the conclusion Of tee church services and the luncheon hour that most of the Birmingham people went out doors to see and be seen. With the dust laid by the recent rains, automobiles were everywhere, most ot the cars with gaily garbed families or parties, that toured the business ana residence sections and circled through the parks and the finer highways of the suburbs and beyond.
 Daintily clad little girls and boys, too for that matter dotted all the parks bearing the toy rabbits and chickens symbolic of the little folks interest in the day. Sunday school classes spen'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
RAb|D ANIMALS GETTING SCARCE Only One Patient Taking
 Treatment Here N low. March 16 Last Case

Not mad dog has put in it's appear ance in the Birmingham district since March 16.
 All patients undergoing the Pasteur treatment for ra bies, save one, in the city and county laboratory in the city hall has completed the course and has teen discharged
 Fact is, say the scientists in charge of the work. Birmingham has been pc culiarly free from this trouble thls year. There have been periods when a number of persons were under treat ment at one time but the total, con . sjdering the population of the state and the number of rabid animals that have developed in the past year in the southw estern part of the state, has teen very small.
 While dogs get most of the ap- rrobrium for spreading rabies says pr. J. D. Bowling, health officer, the fact is that other animals spread the disease as well, and a scanning of the records shows that cats nave caused many a case.
 'sWhere dogs come in for so much blame lies in the fact that when they have been bitten and are carriers or tLe disease they begin to wander as soon as the fever develops, often tra- versing several counties before they are killed or succumb to the malady. Tn this way they are the most com non spreaders of rabies. However, when dog has bitten other animals, these, in turn. in their nervous frenzy and pain bite as indiscriminately as the dogs"
 Dr. Bowling again repeats the warn ing:
 "Capture the rabid animal if it can be done without danger put all animal suspects in rooms or inclosures where they can be observed, and com r1unicate with the health authorities at once If it is necessary to kill a rabid animal. cut off its head. leaving as much neck as possible, and send 1t in to the Pasteur department at Nont- gomery or Birmingham. soaked in , Ter cent solution of carbolic acid, or racked in ice. or both, in tin box. If enc is procurable. with express charges prepaid. or it will not be received"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
Easter Afternoon Brought
 Gay Garments and Throngs

hours in well rewarded hunts for Eas- ter eggs, and nearly every lawn and garden in the city was at all hours of the day dotted with the little folk in the time honored hunt.
 As the day drew on parties of autoists were seen returning with the cars decked in wild wood blossoms and wild flowers
 It was not until late afternoon that the predicted cold change began to ma- terialize. After o'clock chill erept into the air. By , o'clock cloaks and overcoats were found real comfortable, and when dark came 1t was real cold weather.
 Save in the early morning, and for a short time about noon, there was little threat of rain.
 Just after breakfast all indications pointed to rain, just about the time peo- pie were getting ready to dress for tho parade, but by 10 o'clock the clouds were breaking but then it was too late. Again at noon the clouds hung low and looked threatening. but again the wind whisked them away leaving the early afternoon irreproachable.
 From o'clock in the afternoon urtsi 3, the day was perfect and it seemed that everyone in town took advantage of it. Street cars were packed wita families couples. parties and indivd- uals headed for the many parks Of the city, and when they got to their desti' nations they found the walks and grass dry enough for the children to utilize in care-free afternoon.
 But when the late afternoon set n no few youngsters clad after luncheon for a summer setting. were caught by the chill of winter. and nearly ever.'- where one saw little girls in thin. short sleeved frocks hugging their own little bodies in an effort to keep warm on the way home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
MANY LICENSES
 NOW DELINQUENT Over 80 Per Cent of Money Collected -TwO-Thirds
 of Licenses Issued

Although the big fellows have about all come across, there are still left some 5000 licenses of small dealers and others to be secured from the city.
 James M. Jones. Jr.. city comptroller, says approximately something over St per cent of the license fees due the city have been accounted for, but, disregard ing sizes, at least a third of the city licenses are yet to be collected.
 All licenses that had not been paid prior to April 1 went delinquent when this month started. The clerks say it is one of the slowest years for these col lections they have known.
 Something of a rush was expected dur ing the last week of March, but althougn the license issuing perceptibly increased, the expected jam was not in evidence.
 The penalty now applicable under the law is 10 per cent of the face value of the license. which will add something to the citys general funds.
 In the case of automobile and auto ac- cessory dealers. the delinquency will not be immediately applied, as the readjust- ment of these schedules was going on at Nthe expiration of the regular time limit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
REQUIREMENTS FOR
 SALE OF RAW MILK Health Officials Explain What Is Required of
 Dairies Under Law

Requirements of the city health de- partment concerning the sale of milk in Birmingham are not severe, say the inspectors. What the city has set as rules for the dairymen to follow are the same, to all intents and purposes as those of other municipalities that have reduced the death and disease rate by a more careful handling of dairy produce.
 With the legal phraseology 'deleted and the requirements in lay language, Dr. J. D. Bowling has made the mat ter more or less simple. In brief, they are as follows:
 The fundamental requirement of the health department for the sale of raw milk is the freedom of the herds pro- ducing the milk from tuberculosis. ' After April 15. milk coming from dairies upon which the herds have not been tested must have the milk pas teurized before the sale to the con sumer.
 If after this Fundamental has been accomplished, producer desires to sell his milk raw a sterilizing vat must be installed in which must be steril- i1zed, at temperature of PIP degrees, for 30 minutes, all the utensils used in the production of the milk.
 If after receiving a score of 80 per cent upon the dairy farm, 50 per cent of which must be on method, the bac- terial count of the milk does not ex- ceed 60,000 per cubic centimetre, in four out of five samples, collected from the farm during period of not less than one week, nor more than four, then the producer is entitled to sell milk raw as long as all the previously de- termined facts can be adhered to-
 Tn addition, each person, firm oi 4 corporation wishing to sell milk, in nc matter what grade, must make appli- cation before this ordinance goes into effect.
 Inspectors will be given a list of names of those who have made appli- cation for the sale of milk. and those whose names are not on the list are subject to arrest, If they attempt to make sales.
 Scores as they already exist in the files of the health department will gov ern all dairies now in operation as to the class to which they shall be as- signed untl such time as new scores can be made.
 Again with the going into effect of the ordinance comes the requirement of the sale of all milk in original pack ages and the absolute stopping of all dipping of milk. This includes the dipping at restaurants, hotels, cafes milk depots. soda fountains, and on the streets. Permission may be re- Iceived from the department of health to. use milk pumps if conditions seem to warrant the granting of such per mission"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
.WR|G[EY'S FLYERS OVER TOWN TODAY Chewing Gum Aviators to
 Be Here Til Wednes-
 day Doing Stunts

"Nimmo Black wouldn't wait" said off in Anniston about 5:45 o'clock yester- day afternoon and brought his Curtiss byplane to anchorage on the Birming- ham fair grounds an hour later.' MT. Black bucked a thirty-mile an hour, gusty head wind all the way and was in some difficulty shortly after leaving Anniston when, passing over chain of close to the ground, bu. he got his nose up in time to prevent an impromptu landing.
 MT. Hammond is chaperoning a party of three aviators, who are out inviting at tention to wrigleys chewing gum. They left Chicago last August and have been zig-zag ging all over the states west of the Mississippi river ever since Paul Miner and Elmer Partridge are
 the other pilots of the party. All of them when they are speaking freely, claim Chicago as their home.
 It is their announced intention to do
 more aviation stunts over Birmingham
 than have ever been seen before. but pust
 what they will be remains to be seen. Pilots Milner and Partridge are due in Birmingham some time this morning
 With them they will bring box of Wrig- ley's for every jobber who handles the
 chewing gum in the Birmingham dis-
 trict.
 MT Hammond says the William Rig
 ley Jr company is now selling so per cent of the chewing gum placed on the market of the world.
 The flyers will be in Birmingham untii Wedn nesday, using the Dixie Flying Fleid as aviation headquarters. but will con- fine most of their flying to the air above the city to save the spectators the trod- ble of leaving the business and residen- tial sections to see what is going on.
 From Birmingham they will go back to Chicago by way of Chattanooga Cleveland and intermediate points of any size or consequence. They hope to reach the Windy City by Christmas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
PASSES SENTENCES
 ON FIVE OFFENDERS

Having been found guilty of grand larceny. in connection with the disap- pearance of an automobile by a jury in Judge Fl. F. Heflin's court Saturday, A. A. Dennison. whose fate had been in the hands of the jury over Friday night. will be sentenced next Saturday
 The value of the automobile was de cided by the jury at s600
 Judge William E. Fort yesterday sen tenced those convicted during the week as follows:
 Curtis Jenks, convicted of having re- ceived and concealed stolen property twelve months at hard labor: Ella Blanton. convicted of grand larceny. fifteen months at hard labor; Charley Blanton. convicted in tie same case, fifteen months at hard labor; Robert Watson, convicted of larceny from the person. from three to ten years in the penitentiary; Willie Dorsey, convicted of grand larceny. two years at hard labor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
Dr. Ward Tells Of Distress
 Ln Vicinity Of Camp Hill

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 So many inquiries are coming in rela- tive to the terrible storm that visited this region in the mid afternoon of March 2S last, that it occurs to me to ask you to publish the following:
 The region west of Camp Hill em- bracing the settlements of Pine Grove, Agricola, Red Ridge and Susannah were severely stricken The farmers of Agricola and Pine Grove in most cases owned their farms, while at Red Ridge and Susannah the population was made up of white tenants. East of Camp Hill the damage was not so bad, and there were no fatalities. sewers l tenant houses were blown down and many barns unroofed. The storm sw ept ever an area of 30 miles. It is not known definitely the exact number of fatalities, but it will reach Ii or Ia several children are hadly injured, and number of adults are homeless, food, clothing and rations, all gone The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05

More than half hundred veterans cf the Sixth division met for prelmi- nary organization in the city hall yes rday.
 1t had been their expectation to per feet formal organization at the meet ing, but so many old friends were en- countered many of them distinct sur prises, that by the time the temporary IT esiding officer had raised his gaVei to call the bunch to order, he found he did not have the heart. nor the in- clination, to break up what had de- yeloped into an animated experience n neeting that was fairly cracking with verbal musketry.
 The man in the chair was just about tc give the official tap when he caught from the verbal barrage statement bout where his unit was on such end such date, which he knew was impossible. and by the time the tangle had been straightened out it was get ing so dark and the crowd so hungry they decided to postpone organization entil next Sunday, when they VIII meet in the municipal council cham Der at o'clock in the afternoon.
 One thing developed that interested all of them. There are enough veter- ans of the Sixth division in the Bir- iningham district to form full tltuBeu comp oo WiAi e@ PON~'~t'N- nucleus around 200 men the organlza- tion expects to make a flying start
 Among the boys who started their conversation with, Say, were you there whenT were J. K. Bryan, super intendent of the Cunningham school; Charlie IaSalle of the Southern rail- way; Jules T. Bavol of the Moore handley Company; Roscoe Chamblee and Lewis Bailes. just lawyers; A c. Cooper, who sells houses: Bill Fore man of the Alabama Power Company and a number of others, about forty four more to be exact
 Out of the clear sky without pref ace or preparation, came the tele- graphed felicitations of Lorenzo F.. Fuzzy" sometimes called Woodruff veteran of several major battles and occasional escort of the Yin sisters, Rose and Blanche.
 Nearly every element of the Sixth was represented at the meeting, check showing the following unlts with representatives present:
 Headquarters company, Fifty-first, Fifty-second, Fifty-third and Fifty fourth infantry regiments; Third, Eleventh and Seventy Eighth regi- rnents of artillery: Sixteenth, Seven teenth and Eighteenth machine gun bat talions: Sixth motor battery: Sixth ammunition train; Sixth supply train; Sixth sanitary train, and the Birming- ham Rotary Club, godfathers -at-large
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05

citizens of Dadeyille are organized. with J. K. Lovelace, esquire, as chair man. and George Douville as secretary. snd this committee has nearly sS.500 ln funds. Camp Hill has also an active citizens relief committee, with Lyman Ward, chairman. A. A. Pinne1l. secre- tary, and E. L. Andrews, president of the Bank of Camp Hill. treasurer. Camp Hill has $3, 800 for immediate relief. The Red Cross, under the direction of H. F.. Berkstresser of Dadeville and the Sal vation Army of Columbus Ga, have co-operated with the citizens relief com mittee, The loss will be over s20o, 900 Should the public care to contribute, checks may be sent either to Mir. Ches- ter Acree of the Tallapoosa County Bank at Dadevllle. or MT. F.. l.. An drews at Camp Hill. These committees have made as careful a survey as pos sible of all the, suffering and will wei come any contributions.
 LYMAN WARD, Chairman Camp Hill Citizens Relief Committee.
 Camp Hill, April B 1920
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
Sixth Diuision Veterans
 Meeting For Organization

tc the Headquarters company of the Fifty first infantry, which was formed in Birmingham. Clarence B. Lloyd. former secretary of the Rotary Club, was by exclamation chosen an honor ary member, with all rights. privih eges, perquisites and joys that go with such utilization for through him. from the Rotarians, the boys received "beaucoupH smokes and other deli cacies while overseas.
 One official thing only the forming organization acted on, and that was to declare for utilization with and sup rort of the American Legion. and per- 5onally to join at the earliest oppor- tunity.
 Final organization will be perfected at the meeting next Sunday. and in the meantime those who were present yes terday are hunting up all other vet erans of the Big Sixth" who are roaming al large in Jones valley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-05
Reports on Additions
 to Church Will Be
 Made At Meeting Today

Interest in the city-wide evangelistic campaign of the Baptist churches of the city continues to grow and al the services yesterday large congregations were in evidence.
 Reports of the additions to the church will be made at a general meet Ing to be held this afternoon at the First Baptist hurch and 1t is expected all churches.
 At the First church yesterday there were sixty-four additions. and 1t is understood the reports from the other churches will be equally gratifying.