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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
To Help Nature Shed
 a Bad Complexion

Beauty devotees are enthusiastic over the rejuvenating qualities of ordinary mercolized wax. Nothing discovered within recent years accomplishes much, so quickly without harm or inconvenience. The prin- cipal reason for it's wonderful merit is that it works in harmony with physiological laws. Instead of hiding complexion defects, it removes them. It actually takes off the aged, faded, salow, freckled blotchy sur face skin. gently and gradually. This is Natures way of renewing complexions When the natural process is retarded be- cause of defective circulation nerve tone. mercolized wax comes to the rescue and hastens the skin shedding The com plexion which appears is natural one, youthful. healthy, exquisitely beautiful. If you've never tried mercolized wax, get an ounce of it at the drugstore use nights like cold cream, washing it of mornings and have the surprise of your life!
 Another natural beautifying treatment for wrinkled skin-is to bathe the face in a lotion made by dissolving ounce of powdered saxolite in a half pint of witch hazel. This is remarkably and almost in- simultaneously effective.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
MRS. J. R. HORNADY PRESIDENT OF DRAMA LEAGUE
By DOLLY DALR Y sIPLE

was sister to Edith Wynn. the Night ingale of Wales
 T think it would be very interesting" said Mrs. Hornady. flor those who have rot read all of MT. Kennedy's plays. to dc so, I understand that there are sey- eral copies of his 'Winterfeast, Terrible Meek,' Idol Breaker and Army of Ban- ners' at the public library"
 Another international character who Will appear on the Drama League pro- gram this winter is Gregory Ailboorg. sec- retary to the minister of labor in the Ke- rensky cabinet, and author of The Pass ing of the Old Order in Europe" Mrs. Hornady said MT. zilboorg was one of those appointed to receive and inform the Root commission from the United States concerning the conditions of Russia at the period prior to the bolshevist revolution. He has spent recent years as a lecturer and recently has had as his subject. Rus sian and European conditions' Gregory zilboorg speaks several languages and delivers his lectures in English. French or Russian. His subjects of art and drama are Laughter on the Stage and The Modern Theatre and the Modera Man His literary subjects are numerous, and Mrs. A. Starr Best of the National Drama League recommends him as one = the greatest stars of the season"
 Oliver HinsdelL noted reader. win open the season in October, reading tha popular play, Beyond the Horizon. Nr. Hinsdell is regarded by the National League" said Mrs. Hornady, .-as . most attractive reader; he has for soma time been young actor of note, who has played many leading roles in the the atres of Boston Beyond the Horizon is the prize play of the year. and is said ta be the best American drama ever writ ten.
 "In January the members of the leagus will have the pleasure of hearing ps. William Lyon Phelps of Yale University, Dr.. Phelps has visited Birmingham in the past. and many requests have cone to the Dratna League managers to have hi1n back again. as his lecture proved ot % much pleasure and benefit in an educa- tional way"
 An attractive luncheon will open the membership campaign, which Is uudae the direction of Mrs. Morris Bush. with Mrs. Ledbettter as chairman for the luncheon" Mrs. Hornady announced. Mrs Bush has an enthusiastic commit tee of young women assisting her in the work of the campaign, and with 2 pro- gramme of rare excellence being matured it is believed that little difficulty will be experienced in enrolling a large number of new members
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daily life. The drama must realize that also. To the common people that God has made so numerously, the drama l let us hope with thee hurch by it's side must bring pageantry and the com munity theatre; and let us hope that it may be housed, yes. have it's home in I the community church with little, in- timate plays for all for the little country school as well as the church | and the college. Some now living will 1 see the day when the play will be used more than the book in the education of the schools. 1t may be made the best teacher of history and of loyalty and of patriotism
 "The work of some new in the Drama League management must be of a kind different-that is why they are in the Drama League manage ment But possibly their work is none the less necessary. It may be none the less difficult. But that which is easy. which anybody and everybody can do, is rarely worth while. If the Drama League is worthy and makes it's worth known, it certainly will gain the support it must have to continue and expand it's activities
 'The very first thing to do, the all- important thing to do is to secure largely increased membership. When the issue lies between the prestige of success and the humiliation of fail ure, nothing must be impossible. And that faith does move mountains. To- day the conditions are propitious. Doubtless some long in the harness are weary. It could not be otherwise. But those new in the work need must have the elbow touch, the cheery word. the enthusiasm of every veteran Not ono must be lost. If the future of the Drama League is what it should he and that is what it must be, and what 1t will be, the recruits must have the hearty aid, the friendly instruction, the sincere, the sympathetic cooperation of everyone of that noble company that has made the past of the Drama League. For that, the recruits plead while they pledge their best endeavor.r Robert Edison, that eminent acto, whose art is unsurpassed and whose | talent is unquestioned in an article on
 Home Talent and the Pedestal" saws some very pertinent things regarding this subject in which the Drama League is greatly interested.
 Says MT. Edison regarding the en- couragement of home talent" by the | league;
 Il am very much interested in MT. Granville Barker's scheme of a school of acting in connection with The Only fosslDle Theatre I may not agree with him in the decadence of the actor l Of today-you really couldn't expect me | to, considering the fact that I'm French. | Spanish and Irish--and with me Hone | springs eternal
 My suggestion to the little theatre groups is that they ask some of the visiting player folk to direct their re. hearsals. Send a copy of the play to the actor so that he may familiarizs himself with it before rehearsals begin know my people; it would be a .bus
 mans holiday to them and they would
 be keenly enthusiastic. An almost new
 company might have to be assembled
 the next day, but there would be re-
 suits and the players would receiv,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

MT. and Mrs. o. B. Smith of Se4ver- vile, Tennessee, have a new baby Icy which is the twelfth child for each. for Smith is the father of eleven chill dren by former marriages, and Mrs. Smith is the mother of eleven children by former marriages. One of them has been married four times and the other three times.
 Japanese manufacturers of machinery of every description are directing their attention toward China. whose demand is steadily increasing. Japanese exports include stone crushers, electric dynamos and gas plants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

some practical knowledge instead of the theories of the so-called dramatic coaches.
 q must tell you little story apropos of home talent. The Empire Theatre Stock Company was perhaps one of New Yorks most brilliant organizations, in cIuding as it did Henry Miller, William Faversham, F. J. Dodson, w. II. Thompson, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Viola Allen, Ida Conquest, May Robson, Agnes Miller, and many others who became equally famous. One of the less III : portant members of the company brought his father down from upstate to see the play and incidentally se' him. Afterward he took father lneo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
The International Year Book for 1919.
 Dodd Mead & Co., New York

1Ho IHtoIHdIUHdI rear BOOK TOT I9Iy.
 Dodd. Mead & Co.,. New York.
 The most recent volume of this well known annual publication is fully up to the standard of it's predecessors in the presentation of the outstanding facts and events for the year 1919. AS stated in the preface, the articles which will probably be most valuable in discussion during the present year are: War of the nations, war finance, France, Great Britain, Germany, Rus sia, socialism, industrial reconstruc- tion; the groups of articles dealing with labor subjects, agriculture, in- dustries, applied science, including chemistry, industrial aeronautics,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
, the Depths Of Weakness

such as Nuxated Iron helps to build that eonouer obstacles and become virtually masters of their own destinies. Time and again have seen Nuxated Iron begin to give weak, nervous men new vigor, energy and endurance. in only two weeks time"
 Maaufaeturers' Note: Nuxated Iron. which is recommended above. is not secret remedy but ono which is we'll mown to drueKists everywhere. Cn- like the older inorranic iron products it is easily assimllated and does not inurs the teeth. mako them black. nor upset the stomach. Each tablet of genuine Nuxated Iron is stampsd as follow r. and the words Nrxsfed Iron arc stamped into IN each bottla @ that ths pubic nAy not bs Id 4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

WIICH I IdVC CVVI IIdU iSSOUH oS'
 Dr. John J. Van Horne, formerly Medical Inspector and Clinical Physician on the Board of Health of New York City. says: Weakened by the heavy drains upon their nerve force and physical strength, many men are he'd back in life by lack of iron in the blood. Their thin. pale. watery blood has utterly lost the power to send energy and power through the body and as a result they are lacking in strength and endurance and are forced to drop back among the weddings and failures-besten because their blood is literally starvirc for heaith.sivins iron. Today, it is reu L.Svd--rich in iron
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

ute mark and new altitude record .or
 hair-raising. Jeanne, the deliciously French wife, makes a grand entrance into the movies and fun comes fast and
 furious. The demolition of several leading men follows and in the end Eds entrance into the movies himself. In his new career as film star. Ed is unsurpassable. deserting the bright lenses only to pitch one unforgettable game for the Cincinnatiacs in the world series. Undoubtedly H. c. Wit wers best.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

own chivalrous generosity Lingaro hao undertaken, and to which he devoted two years of his life. Others entered ms plans; there was Jorgenson, who hao once been Captain of the barque Rose' the gaunt skeptic who, though lvlng' was yet but phantom, a restless shaoe that Lingard presently drew back across the waters of oblivion to mingle once more in the affairs of men. And there was Belarab, the chieftain whose lana the Dutch had taken and who had built and made strong the Settlement upon the Shore of the Refuge, and others chiefs and rulers of the land and of the sea. And their arrangements were pro gressing and all was going well until one night there came a hail, from out the darkness. and boat approached the brig Lightning bringing a story of white people on board a stranded yacht. And with the coming of these white people the tragedy began. Mir Conrad has de- clared himself "overstrained' with the writing of this book, but no sense of strain is conveyed to the reader Deeply emotional. rich in color, it is instinct with the high spirit and generous ardor of a dreamer of splendid dreams, one who was indeed worthy successor to those other fearless and chivalrous ad- venturers who through all the ages have responded to the mysterious summons of the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

All of which leads up to the excellent
 work of our own Birmingham Center.
 which this year has as it's accomplished
 president Mrs. J. R. Hornady.
 Since the beginning of the Drama League in Birmingham, Mrs. Hornady Hhas been one of the most interested members; she has worked zealously for its success and has in every way shown
 her deep appreciation of it's merit
 As she enters upon her duties as presi-
 dent, the prediction from her many
 friends and admirers is that the leader ship is in capable hands, and that this season of the Drama League will be a memorable one, crowned with success and worthy achievements. Reading such a book as this, the i American boy cannot fail to be i'm . pressed that for him also the roads are open, the door of opportunity is un- locked. His success in life depends not upon rear and favor. but upon his own
 ability in industry" THE NE WINDUSTRIAL UNREST . CTS REASON AND REMEDY '. By Ray Stannard Baker. Doubleday,
 Page Co.,. Publishers, Garden City, New York
 presentation of the problem as it eslxts now, discussing the recent de- veiopments, and offering solutions worked out, not for the future, but for | today.
 i The point of view of a trained ob- server and investigator of labor prob l lens.
 | In particular MT. Baker develops the shop council system of settling labor disputes, the system greatly favored by
 the industrial commission. before which l he testified.
 MRS. WARREN'S DAUGHTER" By Sir Harry Johnston. The Mac
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

With the resuming of the activities of the Birmingham center of the Dra- ma League of America this season, a tremendous step forward has heen made, not only in the matter of at- fractions to be presented but in the interest which is being manifested on all sides.
 The Drama League of America is no longer in it's pioneer state; it is an established institution, successful and progressive and the work it has al- ready accomplished is only exceeded by the work it means still to accomplish which is manifold in it's mission.
 Concerning the future of this great organization in a recent number of The Drama, the official organ of The Drama League of America, John M. Stahl, the newly elected president. con- tributes a most interesting dissertation under the title of "The Future of the Drama League of Amrica," in which he says:
 The determination of the future work of the Drama League of America will best be in the hands of those that have made it's understandable in high purpose and truly marvellous in achievement.
 Where there is no vision the peo- pie perish Perhaps the most useful gifts of the gods to men is imagina- ton. The founders and the more re- cent workers have shown that they are endued with this precious possession It can hardly beckon them too far-the domain of drama may well be as wide as life itself, We cannot hope for the future of the Drama League any better fortune than that it shall walk along it's old paths as they extend into the future, guided by those that have nur- tured and loved and led it.
 "Of course the chief work of the Drama League will continue to be ,,du- cative and imaginative. It will extend it's work among the communities of all degrees and the churches of all creeds. If it be true that to have great poets we must have great audiences, it is equally true that to have great drama tists-the dramatist must be q poet though he may use the prose form we must have audiences that desire great dramas and if we have good plays we must have a people educated to wish for. to patronize such plays"
 The church and art, which includes the drama, should never have been dt vorced. Possibly both were at fault The one may have become somewhat impure and debased, and the other may nave been too austere and narrow and dogmatic. The Drama League will en- oeavor zealously and tactfully to re marry the church and the drama. There have been more crimes committed in ene name of religion than of liberty; but when one comprehends the f1Ir content of religion, he sees that if in- eiudes nearly all that is really worth while in life. All else that need con- eern us is the means of sustaining life 2 that orderly state that is essentiaI aI = fully developed life. The dram, needs the church and the church now needs the drama. All the more he e3Rse the church realizes that if must reach out after the people-must mora and more be an active element in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
THE RIDDLE OF THE FROZEN
 E,I I.AA ME ',

By M E. and T. W. Hanshaw. Double
 day. Page and Company, Publishers.
 Garden City, New York.
 Every bank in England reports losses of gold. At the same time. on a cS- serted section of the coast, there are strange disappearances and uncanny fires in the marshes-and as climax young mans murder of which a noole- man stands accused. Here is scope for Cleek's ingenuity-and how he solves these apparently unrelated mysteries makes this the Hanshews' finest ale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
'LABOR'S CHALLENGE TO THE
 c.n ,,

"LABOR'S CHALLENGE TO THE
 SOCIAL ORDER"
 By John Graham Brooks. The Mac milan Company, Publishers, New York City.
 Based on notes taken during nearly forty years, this book shows the growth of constructive agencies in- side the three most powerful labor groups-trade unions, socialists and co operators, with the variants. syndi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

There's why person should take sickening savatng calomel when few cents buys large bottle of Dodsons Liver Tonea perfect substitute for calomel
 It is pleasant, vegetable liquid which will start your liver just surely caomel but it doesn't make you sick and not salivate. Take spoonful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
Machine for Testing Leather

Hereward Darlington. in Leslie's.
 The United States government has l.4e, iy undertaken number of ingenious tests, in order to try out the quality and durability of various articles. and has perfected a device for testing shon leather. Pieces of sole leather are fas- tened to revolving wheel and this in turn rubs against a sanded eblt driven over another revolving wheel-the ouan- tity and quality of the contact being cal- culated as approximately the same as 2 mans step would be, if moving the shoes along the ground in series of "steps.'' The number of steps" which a shoe composed of this leather could make without wearing out is, therefore, easily calculated; and the excellence of tho leather can be judged accordingly. This is only one of series of similar ma chimes which Uncle Sam is devising for testing materials of all kinds now beins. placed upon the market
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
Browne's chop house adjoining the the atre and at supper he awaited the pa


 ternal verdict. After long, thought ful pause of consideration the father said Does MT. Henry Miller live in the city@ Oh. yes, replied the son. All the members of the company are New York people, There was another long pause, and then the father with an air of con- viction said Well, it's the best show l ever seen for home talent
 The manifold ways in which the Drama League can assist is thus shown, for not only does it sponsor and promote the theatre proper, but home talent, community drama, and every sort of worthy, worth while activity. 1 calism and the new guild. It is these agencies which offer the possessing classes their chance. The social or der IS threatened on two sides; by a raw communism and by a reactionary capitalism, with the politics it repre- sents. To show how the real strength within these labor groups may be turned toward social conservatism is the object of this volume.
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of Dodsons Liver Tone instead and you will wake up feeling great. No bliousness, constipation, slug
 gishness, headache, coated tongue stomach. Your druggist says if you don't find Dodson's Liver Tone acts better than horrible caome your money is waiting for you. Even children like it's pleasant taste
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

shipping, shipbulding, topics in en- glneering, military progress, naval progress and kindred vital topics important reference data on the treaty and League of Nations are given under the head of war of the nations
 The article on literature indicates that the war did not dimin|sh the fer tility of authors ~nd in the case of German literature that it did not se- riously alter their point of view The political sections of the article on the United States will be found useful and convenient for reference during the presidential campaign.
 The volume contains a portrait of Senator Underwood as one of the four most prominent senators during the year.
 One of the most valuable reference features of the new volume is the group of maps with the new bounda- ries of nations arranged in accordance with the treaty of peace.
 THE RESCUE"
 By Joseph Conrad. Doubleday, Page and
 Company. Publishers, Garden City, New
 York.
 ''The Rescue" the latest colorful. vivid, story from the pen of Joseph Conrad 10 O eeAiS oA liiO 4uebidydH <tTCHlpeidSO ana of that coast which has been known for ages to the armed wanderers of these seas as The Shore of Refuge " which Mir. Conrad here unfolds. of Tom Lingard, Brixton trawlerboy, gold dig ger and owner of the beautiful little brig Lightning, and of that Hassim who was the rightful Rajah of Wajo. and of his devoted sister the brave young Princess Immada, these the two fugitives whom Lingard had snatched away from the jaws of death on night of storm and had promised to lead back to their own country he had seen but once, sleeping unmoved under the wrath and fire of heaven This, the restoration of these two, was the mission which for friend