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# < # Most Modern Battleship Typifies Peace and War

Most Modern Battleshlp
 Typifies Peace and War E VERY time a new battleship A slips lnto the sea, there IS feeling that the era of universal peace is just that much farther away. A superdreadnaught is symbol of war of the most formidable and scien- tific war, since the millions that are spent in building modern battle ship are designed to make 1t the equal, if not the superior, of every other fighting craft afloat. It is the last word in naval construction, a thing of beauty to the eye, but ter rihle in destructive power.
 The latest addition to Americas great fleet of battleships is the Ten nessee, recently launched at the Brooklyn navy yard. It was built at a cost of twenty million dollars. Les sons learned in the naval engage ments of the world war have been applied to this magnificent ship, with its electric drive, it's remarkable range-finding devices of the fighting tops and its superior accommodations for officers and enlisted men. Life will be pleasant for Jackie" on board the Tennessee, although he will not have many opportunities to loaf.
 There is no fairer sight on the open sea or in harbor than great white battleship. When its pennons are flying and the gleaming decks are thronged with pretty girls, only the sullen guns are reminder of it's ultimate uses. Behind it's splendid outward appearance great steel masts and gun turrets, it's polished brass, srotless decks and marvellous mechan- ical equipment; it's smart officers and crew, who apparently have not a care in the world, is the sinister threat of war. A chance shot from a torpedo tube may some day, or night, send it to the bottom of the sea, or it may be destined to engage in titanic conflict with other ievia- thans of the deep, but these are al the worst remote possibilities.
 The superdreadnaught is a mos effective means of maintaining peace and with a little stretch of the imag ination we may regard it, not as z symbol of war, but of law and order and a tranquil world, for there is nothing on the high seas that com mards more respect than a first-clas: battleship or is more apt, in trou bled world, to keep potentially evi powers on their good behavior.
 x * <
 Last Word Spoken on
 Liquor in America
 NHE supreme courts decision U holding both the federal ITO hibition amendment and the enforce ment act constitutional, should pu an end to any further agitation b. the liquor people. Their defeat i complete and irrevocable. They tool the case to the highest court in tn land and lost by a unanimous opinion
 ,"Irreconcilable vets" might as wei bow to the inevitable and face wit what fortitude they may . dry flu ture. Hope was kept alive by runlor that the prohibition amendmentswoul b; declared unconstitutional and tn prolonged struggle which made Amer ica a dry nation could be reopeneo but the door of opportunity is no, clcsed.
 The courts conclusions are brisi
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TO A NIGHTINGALE

 By William Drummond Q5S5-1640). Sweet bird that singst away the early hours- Of winters past or coming. void of care. We'll pleased with delights which pres- ent are, Far seasons, buds sprays, sweet smell ing flowers; To rocks, to springs, to riils. from leafy bowers Thou thy Creators goodness dost de- clare. Ard what dear gifts on thee he did no. spare A stain to human sense in sin that lowers. What soul can be so sick. which by thy songs Attired in sweetness. sweetly is not driven 'ouite to forget earth's turmoils. spites
 and wrongs. And lift a reverent eye and thought to
 heaven.
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HOME LIFE IN CALIFORNIA

freedom from restraint" But, then, the dew is still on the rose.
 Here in New York Fannre Hurst, hav- ing consulted her engagement book and found the evening free mutters madly. What is the name of that man mar ried? l ought to have his telephone number somewhefe.' Out in Holly wood. Cal, little woman with golden hair puts the chops on the stove and wonders with a sigh If her adorable fellow will be late. The telephone rings. and he tells her he will be on hand for dinner in twenty minutes. ac- c:mpanied by fourteen assorted guests. running all the way from the Duke of Sutherland and William G. McAdoo to a prize fighter and wrestler And taere are only five chops! Married life under such conditions is more than al art; it's work.
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off to Convention

eve are on our way, to the Ameri- can Legion convention at Anniston, says Robert L. Almon. attorney, oi Moulton, who. with several other Law renee county delegates, passed through Birmingham last night "The conven' tion will extend through Tuesday ano Wednesday," continued MT. Almon, "ane I understand that the Annistonians are planning to give us a royal wei come. ot the least of which will be 2 big dance-at the Inn.
 MT. Almon was accompanied oS Frank Howell, James Walker, Clarf Weatherwax, Nathaniel Almon ane James Drane.
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Washington Bureau. 500 DaViosoh building.
 European Bureau. 10 King street. Covent Garden, London. w. C. z.
 Eastern business office, Worio building. New York city; western busi- ness office, Tribune building. Chi cago. The S. c. Beckwith Speciai Agency, agents for foreign advertising
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rries on the League

Richard II. Fries. attorney, isN not given to the League of Nations idea. Asked recently to express his view for Hearsts North American, he wrote IT thus
 "'Juggle not with Jugo-Slavia. mess not with Mesopotamia and do not fume over Fiume.'
 That is putting 1t In lightsome vein," said MT. Fries, but 1t expresses my views to a nicety.'
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TELEPHONE Bell (private exchange connecuns nH departmental Main 49OO.

Keep thy pen from Ienders' books ana
 defy the foul fiend.
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They Were Burnt

"A man went into restaurant re- cently," says Arthur Greenwood, and ordered a regular dinner, with an ac- cent which marked him for a north erner as surely as the little bronze pin | marks the ex-soldier. One of the | articles on the plate which was brought him was black-eyed peas. He eyed the plate gingerly and picked up the fork as the waiter, went back behind the counter. He beckoned 1 to him. Waiter he said. indicating
 the peas. look at that; those peas are | burnt"
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala.' ipostoffice as second-class matter un-
 der act of Congress March 8, 1879.
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treating chimneys from an mental standpoint. and yet European cities and landed estates would lose lot of p.cturesqueness if they were left out l of the landscape. In the chateau of Meilant G503) the chimney shafts are decorated with angle buttresses, nichea ! ana canopies, in the late Flamboyant style. and at Chambord and Blois they are carved with pilasters and niches with paneling above, carved with the Salamander and other armorial devices There are some fine fifteenth century specimens at Strasbourg.
 
 1 Our American architects are making much of chimneys in the more ambi- l tlous as well as in the number homes There are some fine examples here in Birmingham, wrought out in the native stone which covers our hillsides. Some- ti.oes I have thought that the archi. l tects were a bit overbold in making them too conspicuous by thrusting them 1 in one's face at the front instance. 1 suppose, however. my timidity comes from having been reared in a towr where they were relegated to the real or the side of tn houses.
 1 ~
 Chimney building is both an art ana a science. and still there is curren I idea afloat that as 1t seems impossible to foretell the acoustic properties of 2 building until it is tried sout by thu speaker or singers voice, so it's a gam hle on whether>>a chimney will draN perfectly until fire Is lit in 1t. know there are those who think the! lhave solved the problem. but having ]suffered myself at the hands of experts ,ard visited friends who were als, troubled by smoky chimneys. I an ,rather dubious when any one tells m that it is easy to construct them 8, that they will behave properly unde all conditions of outside winds
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I am purposely refraining from get ting sentimental in this story over the domestic side of what the chimney piece has been to the family, and am doing my best to treat chimneys pure land simple as carriers of smoke through upright structures of stone, brick or any material used in their construction 1t was not until the lat ter part of the fifteenth century that mere than one flue was carried up in the same shaft. There are a few ex- an'ples of the clustered shaft in stone, but as rule they are contemporaneous VI ith the use of brick.
The Washington times., 1920-04-28
B OOK S

BASIL. EvERMAN. BY Elsie singmas-
ter. Boston: Houghton. Mifhin Com
pany.
Basil Everman,' a story whose
promise of a masterpiece fails in
the fulfllmcnt, is withal a highly
moving, finely done story of genius
and of the shadow cast across the
lives of more than one by this
genius failure to conform to the
accepted views of his people and
time. Miss Singmaster has chosen
q difficult theme for her book, and
that the work is better in concep-
tion than in execution as one
critic has put IL, must not be con-
strued to condemn the work-nor
even to indicate that it is not one
of THE books of the season.
The atmosphere OF the narrative
is one of repression-the locale
sleepy, country college town in a
period not so far remote in point
of years, but yet sternly conserVa-
tive and outgrown in its attitude
as compared with the modern out
look. 1t Is in this setting that
Miss Singmaster has placed her
story of Basil Everman-a char
acter whose life had ended two
her story, but those influence on
the lives and loves of the persons,
old and young. who people the mar
rative forms the basis of the work.
1t is a love story--the love OF an
other young genius for girl whose
mystery of parentage places her in
a class from which the people OF
Nationwide hold themselves aloot.
Through the difficulties aroused by
the blighting results of misunder-
standing of Basil Everman, long
dead. this love perseveres to a sue
cessful announcement, an ending
that wipes out the miseries ana
woes of many years of misunder-
standing.
Character drawing that is deli
cate, yet vivid; the admirable main
tanning of the atmosphere OF re-
moteness, and a careful restraint
mark Basil Everman." II is
book that, though it might have
been better, yet remains far above
the average.
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you what my ambition is-for you
are one of the persons who holds
her tongue. My greatest earthly
ambition is to marry the girl I
love-"
She stared at him. You are in
love, Bob?"
"I am in love, Daisy"
"Oh-I am glad-that is, IL you
are glad. Yet II she is a New York
er, she may not care for Summer
field and Summerfield people"
"She is not New Yorker he
said softly.
For a moment Daisy did not
speak. Then she laid her hand on
his arm with a movement of SIS
terly affection.
MAY you have success, Bob!' she
said quickly. II am asking no ques-
tions--but you don't mind IL
guess"
He smiled Thank you. Daisy.
am answering no questions-and |
cannot help your guessing-and
do not mind il you do. l can trust
you. Hark. there is the music! |
must look for my partner"
His hostess dismissed him with a
smiling nod; then. drawing back
into the shadows, watched her
guests through the long French
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When Hearts Are Trun,ps
By Virginia Terhune Van de Water.

Indeed. 1 do. care a great deal
for New York. 1t is the most pow
erful magnet to the man who would
go ahead And l must get ahead to
be in a position where 1 can live
there and here, too"
80 that is your idea is it?" the
girl laughed. ITO be in two places
at once! You have laid out big
task for yourself"
II shall succeed-see il I don't"
he said confidently.
"Is that your greatest earthly
ambition?" she asked musingly.
She was studying him as he stood,
straight and tall. in the white
moonlight. He certainly was stun
ning-looking chap. He was not her
type, so she did not care for him in
a sentimental way. But she did ad-
mire and like him.
NO" he answered with a grav-
ity that surprised her. THAT is not
my greatest earthly ambition"
He Is In Love.
What is?" she demanded 'impul-
sively. Then-I beg your pardon
IL that was an impcrtinent ques-
ton. But you laid yourself open
to it,"
Yes he admitted. II did. And
It was not an impertinent question.
I am not afraid to acknowledge to
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unfortunately" her husband re-
minded her.
Because singing schools are no
more, 1 suppose" Matilda Cham
bers observed, people make spe-
cialties OF their voices nowadays
as 1 fancy Robert Elliot has done"
"Robert?' Mrs. Greenwood turned
to young Elliot. IL remember that
you used to sing-as boy. Have
you kept up your music since away
from here?"
Robert flushed. "Only a little.
have made time to take lessons at
night-just one a week. you know
Just enough to enable me to
amuse myself"
"And to give others pleasure"
DAISY supplemented. please sing
for.us. You used to have a lovely
voice"
"Ah, yes Rob-please sing" the
others begged.
you are doomed TO disappoint-
ment il you believe | am worth
hearing" Robert warned as he took
his seat at the piano. What will
you have?
Let il be something familiar"
Mrs. Greenwood urged. IL like old
songs
There was a moments pause;
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The Artful Dealer.

In the "RecolleCtions" OF Lady
Georgiana Peel, recently published,
there is a good story which General
Peel used to tell illustrating the
sharpness of dealers with whom he
said no. gentleman could compete
successfully at selling horses.
The following is the dialogue,
which he would relate in his own
inimitable way:
Intending buyer. inspecting horse
for sale "Can he gallop"
Dealer. turning his eyes admir-
ingly and drawing a long breath:
Can no gallop7 Ho, ho"'
Purchaser, delighted: And can
he Jump"
Dealer. ecstatically: "Can be
jump. Ho, how
Purchaser, quite satisfied, con
cluded the deal, but found the horse
could neither gallop nor jump. The
dealer, when taken to task. re-
marked that he had never said he
could.
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windows. She saw Robert Elliot
cross the room to where Barbara
Paige stood. chatting with Tom
Hazen.
Barbara had promised this dance
to Robert. Then why did she look
up so eagerly as he spoke her name,
and why did she flush as at an un-
expected attention?
Daisy was sure she knew the
answer. But. IL so, how could
Barbara permit John Brandon TO
pay her such marked attention?
Was il possible that the girl did
not suspect that she was actually in
love with Robert Elliot?
Well, II was none of her business.
Daisy reflected. Yet she returned to
her guests in a thoughtful frame Of
mind.
1t was late when the party
broke up.
AS the young people gathered in
the hall to take their departure Mrs.
Greenwood made n suggestion.
"Why not have a little music be-
fore you children go home? When
/ was a girl we always used TO end
our evening gatherings with good.
old song"
But people don't do that now,
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Author of Nation-Widc Reputation
and writer Of Popular Novels
md Short Stories.
CHAPTER ".
Copyright. 1920, Star Compah
rTNE in Summerfeld.

Copyright. 1920, Star Company
rJNE in Summerfeld!
Only those who have been
there can know how lovely the
north can be in that town OF hllis
and trees. The broad streets at
though deeply shaded. seem to pulse
with sunshine in the daytime ana
IN browse in the moonlight ana
starlight at night.
1t is a place of homes. and each
house has around it an eXpanse Oh
grass, green as emerald, smooth as
an English lawn.
The world was so lovely>that the
young people at the Greenwoods
party strayed out of doors between
dances to draw in deep breaths OF
the sweetness and fragrance.
There is no place in the world
like it, Daisy" Robert Elliot af-
firmcd as he and his hostess stood
on the veranda after a dance. II
long to own a house here that !
may call home. That is a dream
Of mine"
-"Then you do not care for New
York; she uueried.
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81 PAID FOR EACH
DOLLAR SAVED

Here IA q chance for every ono
20 earn a dollar by telling how
she has saved a dollar. II may De
a dollar OF more. II may nave
been saved In a day or q Week.
Howey er. all that matters Is HOW
II was saved.
81 saved and 81 earned oy the
telling OF the saving makes ~
How about ltr Be brief and write
only on one side or paper.
win award a Prize OF VI eAcn
day for one of the suggesuonss
which ] print.
II your nrst letter doesn't gst
a prize. try again. Even IL IL does.
that Is no bar TO your getting an
other II your idea Is worth IL
Checks viii be mailed TO win
ners.
ELIZABETH LATTIMER
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Saving Money in the Home;
Tricks For Women
in Household Economics
By Elizabeth Lattimer.

WIN every fruit tree now In full
bLsom. there 10 promise or a splen-
aid crop this fall The really eco
nomical will not be content win
rising and enjoying the fruits In
season, they will want to put many
away for next winter. The house
wife with quantities OF dried fruit
on hand can set q much better ana
more economical table than the
woman who Is not as farsighted.
One OF the greatest time ana
money savers n a acommunity urLoI,
In many nsighborhoods II has
proved a weritable godsend to the
women and the surplus fruits thus
preserved a real saving In winter
menuA
The time % build q drying plant
is IN tho spring before the rushSof
summers work sets In. III a num-
Der OF suburban Oh farm residents
club together to erect such dr1er
the expense TO each family Is small.
Where only a few families wish 10
use a cooperative plant a small but
satisfactory drier may be bullt py
the following directions.
The thermos or fireless cooker
prtnciple is used in this drieri that
Is. a space OF three or four Inches
is allowed between the walls or the
house, to filled with sawdust This
holds the heat and relieves the
necessity OF a constant watch over
the fire. The furnace should be
placed at the opposite end from
the door and q stovepipe run from
furnace end to the door end ana
back with sufficient elevation TO
cause good draft A drier OF this
nh
management, dry from TO
bushels a day, and should pay for
itself in one season Wet wealth
or has no effect on this type or
drier.
The Building Plans of House.
! The house is 6 by IL feet. The
,uprights in front are feet
inches. The uprights- in back are
6 feet 2 inches to give roof inches
fall for watershed. Doors are fas-
tened to by inch uprights in
front Doors are feet inches by
nv @. feet 8 inches. The furnace Is
Is by Is inches by feet, covered
with two sheets (24-gauge) black
sheet iron 2 inches apnrt-alr
space to prevent fire. The radiator
is secured by sordinary stovepipe
attached to furnace.
The house is heated after the plan
of a tobacco barn-a small furnace
of rock or brick is built at one END
and a stovepipe carries the radia-
tion to the opposite end of the house
and back, with an elevation OF
feet above the furnace. This stove
pipe may extend outside OF the
house a sufficient space to escape
the caves, and an elbow and three or
four Joints may act as chimney;
or IL a chimney is preferred IL may
be huilt at a cost of 81 or IS addi-
tional
Plan Of Trays.
There are three lattice parti-
tions in the house, making four sec
tions 80 inches wide for drying
trays; IL inches above the sill place
across a piece 2 by inches on
which the center uprights by
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Plan of Trays.

Plan Of Trays.
There are three lattice parti-
tions in the house, making four sec
tions 80 inches wide for drying
trays; IL inches above the sill place
across a piece 2 by inches on
which the center uprights by 4
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Another Would Do.

"Sr," remarked n rich father TO
q suitor, after the Investigations
have made into your character
cannot give you my daughter, Fay"
"An right" answered the persistent
suitor Then how about one NJ M"
others
The Washington times., 1920-04-28

Why continue to suffer from &C.
Iema or similar itching, burning skin
troobles, when RESINOL ONT
MENT Is so easily obtained and can
soothe the irritation so quickly? II
usually stops itching at once and
oools the infsmed. burning surface.
The Washington times., 1920-04-28
ASPIRIN Its Uses
First Introduced by "Bayer" in the Year 1900

The name "Bayer" identifies the
true, world-famous Aspirin pre-
scribed by physicians for nineteen
years. The name ''Bayer" means
genuine Aspirin proved safe by
millions of people.
In each unbroken package of
"Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" you
are told how to safely take this
genuine Aspirin for Colds, Head
The Washington times., 1920-04-28

ache, Toothache, Earache, Neural
gia, Lumbago. Rheumatism, Neu-
ritis and Pain generally.
Always say "Bayer" when buy
ing Aspirin. Then look for the
safety "Bayer Cross" on the pack
age and on the tablets.
Handy tin boxes of twelve tab
let's cost but a few cents. Drug
gists also sell larger packages.
re Aono.re,;f. rixs,,., ~ s.Ir-ttx.six
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then Robert began the prelude to
"I Hear You Calling Me-"
"Is that too hackeneyedT" he ask
ed of his hostess.
"Oh no; / love IL" she exclaimed
"Its lovely! Do sing it" Choir
used the others.
And then Robert Elliot began to
sing.
To he Continued
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inches and the back upright . by
inches rest. (Put upright pieces
the 2-inch wayD The tray bearers,
! by inch strips. are fastened 10
the uprights. The space between
the tray bearers is filled with 2-inch
strips to act as guide for the trays
and to force the draft to circulate
between the trys. II these spaces
are left open 1t will act as fiue
and carry off the heat. The sides OF
the trays are of y by ; inche lum-
ber. making the tray inches deep.
The bottom of the tray Is made OF
lattice strips ss by u inches, with
! inch space between the strips rum
ming lengthwise. The trays have a
center partition to support the bot
tom laths and cheese cloth Is used
to, cover the laths. There are
inches from the top of one tray to
the top of the next. The trays move
on the bearers like bureau drawer.
A small opening must be left at
tsp of house just above doors-an
outlet for steam. A 3-inch opening
at front foundation must be planned
to let in cool air to keep the fruit
from sweating.
This Letter Wins
TOday's Economy Prize.
DEAR ELIZABETH LATTIMER:
We are several In the family and also
have had lots of company, and, as J al
ways bake my own bread. consequent
ly used lots of -four and always get my
flour in hundred pound sacks, which are
made of good heavy bleached muslin.
When empty I soak them in kerosene to
get the printed part off, then when
washed they get snowy white. Last
fall several of my everyday bed sheets
and pillow cases wor out, and YOU know
how outrageously high priced good~sheet-
ing and pillow-case tubing were and still
are, so l thought of the pile Of large AZ
inch square new -four sacks had ac-
cumulated. / made three sheets and
four pillow-cases OF them. | felled the
seams on the sheets and they are prac-
tically as good as those made of the best
sheeting. OF course / unravelled the
seams of all the -four sacks before |
washed them so to get them ironed
straight and the pillow cases are just
as nice and good as IL made OF the best
tubing. u.,x
1410 Sth st. n. vs.