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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-19
FOR LUMDAGO
Try Musterole. See How Quickly It Relieves

You justrub Musterole in briskly, and usually the pain is gone-a delicious soothing comfort comesto takeitsplace.
 Musterole is a clean, white ointment, made with oil of mustard. Use it instead of mustard plaster. Will not blister.
 Many doctors and nurses use Muster oie and recommend it to their patients.
 They will gladly tell you what relief it gives from sore throat, bronchitis. croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia. congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lum- bago, pains and aches of the back or joints, sprains sore muscles. bruises. chilblains, frosted feet, colds of the chest. Always dependable.
 35c and Csc jars; hospital size $3.o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-19
SPORT BRIEFS
 By MARVIN MCCARTHY
BIRMINGHAM GETS
 SEVERAL A. A. U. MEETS

Bill Streit returned from New Orleans yesterday morning and he brings the good news with him that Birmingham was not forgotten when the Amateur Athletic union moguls were dealing out championship meets of next year. Some of the tournaments awarded Birmingham are as follows
 Mons senior 200-yard swim.
 Mems junior 10o-yard swim,
 Southern championship swimming tour narnent, to be staged sometime next August.
 Southern boxing championships, to be staged during the latter part of August
 Other awards were as follows:
 National boxing championships, Boston
 National wrestling championships, San Francisco.
 Southern wrestling championships, New Orleans.
 National basketball tournament, Kan sas City.
 National field and track championships, Pasadena. Calf. to be staged during the tournament of roses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-19
SEAB0ARD TO RUN
 SPECIAL COACHES
 TO ATLANTA TODAY

Special coaches have been provided by the local division of the seaboard Air Line railroad to transport the members of the football team and college stu dents from the University of Alabama to Atlanta this afternoon after they arrive in Birmingham from Tuscaloosa
 H. E. Pleasant district passenger agent for the seaboard Air Line railway, stated yesterday that four special cars would be provided for the students for tho trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-19
CENTRE TEAM MAY PLAY UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
 IN MEMPHIS NEXT YEAR

Fayetteville. Ark. November ls.--Nego- tiations for football game next year bot wcen Centre ro1le9c of Kentucky and the University of Arkansas have been cpcncd by the Centre manager. If ar ranged. the game will be played at Mem rhls. Tenn. probably early in the ses-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-19
Business Women Meet

Anniston, November 1s-(special.)- )-Tne.- Business Womans Missionary society or the First Methodist church will hold meeting in the church at 6:S0 o'clock Fri day evening. the call for the meeting having been issued Thursday afternoon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03
Over 715,000 People Have
Accepted this Offer.
Why Not You?

Doesn't that prove that the Brooks APP
pllance is not an experiment but positive
success-that it does all we claim for it?
Among these $4,000 men, women and
children there must be HUNDREDS
WHOSE CONDITION WAS IDENTI-
CAL WITH YOURS. Can you afford
not to investigate and satisfy yourself when
it costs you nothing to prove what the
Brooks Appliance will do for YOU?
This wonderful device is triumph Of scien~
tifc and mechanical genius, the outcome Of
more than 80 years experience and the re-
suits accomplished by its use are little
short OF miraculous.
When you try Brooks Appliance you will
notice instantly how very much this support
resembles the touch and clinging pressure
of human hand.
Send the coupon NOWfor further descrip-
ton Of the Appliance and for our FREE
NO RISK TRIAL PLAN.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03

sons Why on
Should Accept This Offer
,lutely the only Appliance embodying the
1t inventors have soug hit after for years.
lance for retaining the rupture cannot be
f position.
air cushion Of soft rubber it clings closely to
never blisters or causes irritation.
binary so-called pads, it is not cumbersome
5. 1t is small, soft and pliable, and posi-
hvely cannot be detected through the
clothing.
6. The soft, pliable bands do not give the
unpl easant sensation of wearing a harness.
7. Nothing to get foul; it can be washed
without any injury.
8. There are no metal springs In the APP
pliance to torture one by cutting and bruis-
ing the flesh.
9. All materials are the very best that
money can buy, making it durable and
safe Appliance to wear
10. We GUARANTEE YOUR CON-
FORT at all times and In all positions. and
sell every appliance with this positive UNI
Outstanding.
The Brooks Appliance Co.
643 F, State St., Marshall, Mich.
Without cost or obligation on my part
please send me by mail in plain wrapper
your illustrated book and full information
about your Appliance for rupture, and
your Trial Offer.
Name ............. 49,,
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03

Now we offer to prove it to you entirely at
our risk. We will send you a Brooks Rup-
ture Appliance ON TRIAL. If you really
want to be rid Of your rupture Fill out the
coupon below and mail it today.
Instead Of wearing steel spring or flexible
harness, try the VELVET-SO Brooks
Appliance.
Instead Of the old hard or stuffed pad, use
the SOFT AUTOMATIC RUBBER AIR
CUSHION Of Brooks Appliance.
The Brooks Appliance clings to you with
out force and you are hardly conscious Of
its presence. But above all else, it HOLDS
ALWAYS.
Within an hour after you receive the
Brooks Appliance, if you take advantage
of this remarkable trial offer, you will throw
away your truss.
Many hundreds Of physicians and surgeons
recommend the Brooks Appliance and con-
denim makeshift trusses as more harmful
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-03

and dangerous than any other method Of
retaining and treating RUPTURE Thousands
Of people have written us testifying to the
amazing results they have secured from
this great invention. Many Of these people
live right in your vicinity and we will be glad
to send you copies Of their thankful letters
if you will ask for them when you write.
Men, Women and Children
Find the Brooks Appliance
Equally Effective
No matter if your rupture is old and severe
or only recently developed, no matter if you
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No other rupture support, truss, lock, de-
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under so broad guarantee Of satisfaction.
The Washington times., 1920-07-11

Here you the old "sky-scraping' cliff d.Uell-
inss of this continent the right and the sky
scraper of steel and glass the left.
MAN built both these sky-scrapers Savage
climbed up the cliffs burrouDed into ,uals like s,Dal
LOUIS in the bank of clay.
The Washington times., 1920-07-11

lVIN0 B. ALLEN has written q
book called simply YOU" Cos
mopolitan Book Corporation OF
New York oity publishes 1t.
II u . book that will interest
thousands Of those that look In
side Of themselves and wonder
sometimes at FAILURE, some
The Washington times., 1920-07-11

Engineers, calculating wind resistance and floor
strength built the steel buildings foUard the sky.
And we say, "Look uhat MEN haUe accom-
plished" We ought to add, "But .Dhat hdOe con-
tributed to the general accomplishment"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17

ain his TeaSONS IOT ItCoSlItioA W pres
ent so-caled Russian government. In nutshell, his
reason is: The present rulers of Russia do not rule
by the will or consent of any considerable proportion
of the Russian people," In other words, because 1t
isn't representative Russian government in any
sense.
Wilson tells why, and how he arrived at this con-
clusion. -
Because the Bosheviks have not permitted popular cleo
ton the two and half they have been in power;
Because they represent nconsderabe minority OF the
Russian people;
Because the existing regime in Russia is based the
negaton of principle of honor and good faith and
and convention underlying the whole structure
Of international law"
One may infer from the presidents note that he win
sent to recognition if the Russian regime makes
honest effort to become truly representative Of the Russian
people And he's viking to call off all foreign armies to
give Lenin-Trotzky this opportunity
The president believes that popular election in Russia
well city hborer) would overwhelming majority
against Bohevism Lenn and Trotzky have welcomed the
Of foreign troops in Russia for with
holding the vote from the majority of Russian citizens
Lenn and Trozky anxious to give the Russian
people voice in their government than the late cars
eminent inclined to permit rule by the people,
IL Wilson'S note but reach the submerged majority OF
Russians those sanchsed by Gar Nicholas and by Car
Lenn alike it will make the solving of the Russian problem
much easier. 1t will do than allied troops than
blockade in bringing liberty and voice in government
to all Russia The day Is coming when they will and
understand Wilson's note When that time arrives Bolshev
ism pracced in Perograd and Moscow will crumble and
a real democracy will rise in Russia.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17
Saying a Mouthful"

We think II u just important TO mans life from
disease to his nra"-Mayo
A. Carlson. Of Jamestown. ~. Y.
There's . whole
Conservative Most would fmpcrtazt
And then property.
That's civilization
But Mayor carison practices prsaehsA H
efficient IRE departnento
yesrs sian for clean milk ruppiy-so s.vs nvs~
Once the shortished didn't
quit He wasn't discouraged He talking mf and
waifed his
stirred
sensitive In pockettooks
jamestown viii a. q
plant Wen &c, this time IF
we'll again. Each campaign educational"
Sooner later Carlson vss jamestown viii buy distribute
clean milk citizens
assp
his seventh The folks have
municipal
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17

Mr.. higgins. but Il takes n man 10
keep away from tcmptaiionr'
Arrested for hurging his wife,
That's what happened to c. c. Pol.
sen. Evanston. III. The cops didn't
know abe was hts wife. and any.
how. a guy Amt rot no business
hugving his wife out on the side.
walk they argued. But the Judge
ruled differently.
Ralph Eugley Of Rockiand, Me-. II
tho champion appiS eater Of the
U. 8. A. Says no himself. Got on
tho outside OF 10 big apples one eve.
ming.
After - years Of married NE Mrx.
Ida Pingrce Of Manchester, ". H.,
wants n divorce. alleging her hus.
band participated in a love affair
with another woman 20 years ago.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17
A Busy Month

OF lazy
silly
nightsl to OF
And few months
making achievement this
On August H. 1907 Robert Fulton
opened rsnams canal
o
meax. flashed across tn.
Each Of these n Of
l. 1914
train OF evil he started
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17

the overall Of tho house floor.
The house measured 30 feet by the
tape. and the tmbers measured 30
feet by the steel square. but when
you placed the timbcrs on the floor
they stuck out nine inches.
Inquiry developed that the cotton
tape had shrunk some 10 inches In
It's first 20 feet. and since we had
measured all the floor and fousda.
ton frame with this tape. there was
considerable figuring 70 do on the
sup~rstruc;ure. ..
The problem was solved by taking
the tape for the rest OF the measur.
ing. and ! guess wen finish I'D with
things Joining close enough 10 that
couple Of shingles here and yon
VIII make all tight and shipshape.
The problem was complicated .
bit by the fact that the structure Is
going up In one corner Of the hog.
yard. and. every nipsIt . eoo.pound
he hog comes and rubs himself
against one corner or the other Of
the building and gets II off . few
inchea Unless ~ rsmember and
square up each morning W. arc Ike
~ TO board Up one van and when
We como to another discover that
the saId wall IN out four inches II
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17
ny MAX STERN
/. r.. A. Staff CosrexpUudenf)

OAKLAND, Cal. AUG. iT.--Thsre
are $4,000. 900 people In tho United
States who cannot read an ordinary
newspaper
This appalling revelation OF ffiiser~
acy. made recently TO the National
Education Association. has startled
the teachers Of the nation 60 action.
and dual program To back thu
lth-Towncr bill in congress and
TO enlist moro and better recruits In
the army OF seAchers thru higher
salaries IL being pushed ~ tho ono
big Job for American educators
Fred NJ Hunter. uswiy elected
president Of the ". r. A.. conadsrs
tho iIitcracy problem the most
alarming thing In the nation. and
says that the only way 70 combat
Bolshcvism ID 70 wipe out the dark
spots Of foreign born Stun osntars
win the light Of eduoation
-po you want to know what II shs
matter with Am~ricay- asked Hunt
err. who r. head Of the Oakland
school system. ons Of the most Ad.
vanccd In America
The recent draft revealed the
shocking fact that about ono In four
Americans cannot read and write.
EXODUS or
TEACHERS CRITICAL
ION the other hand this need for
education In coupled with just ~
alarming an exodus from the profess
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17
Twenty-Five Million
Americans Cannot
Read, Says .E.Md1

fe~rionai training other than . high
school education.
over million 70 20 teachers I'M
der II years OF ago. and > million
to teachers with no high school edu
cation
Last year there were 1900
schools closed for lack OF teachers.
and In New York City last winter
70. 900 children wors out OF school
for the same reason.
California win open school this
year with 400 rural teachers short
Men are icavinE the profession
faster than tho women. Thirty years
ago ~ par cent Of the teachers were
men In 1918 only ~ per can't or
ono IN fiv~. arc men
Normal schools are opening with
. third or fourth ieas Attendants
than formerly.
TINE REASON
or IT ALL
The average saiary paid sismen-
tary school teachers In the United
stassssis ssos q year.
"fs*'t's->< - VI. W. ny S1SAs
Washington. tsss. District OF Colun.
bta. isTs. and MASSACHUSETTS,. $500.
Georgia. at the bottom. pays t3i<:
Florida 1851: West Virginia, Ssss,
and Maine. stos.
The average high school salary IN
tho United States IL tI.osi. Tho Dis.
trict Of Columbia ~ highest caiIfor
MA SECOND. Utah third and Maxsa-
chusrtts fourth.
We must get our best young men
and women into teaching" said
Hunter. Medicine. law. Journalism,
furnish tho pull that our profession
lacks
"a profession needs four Shines,
economic return. perusancncy and
outlook. social contribution. and In.
spiration 20 loyalty. Teaching has
tho last two things. but must fur.
nish the first two-adeauate salaries
and future career.
For this reason we arc behind the
smith-Towner bill that would estab-
lish government aid to tho profcs.
zion.
1t Is . national problem and must
DO met nationally
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17
Gutter? Not 'Matty"


tarium at Saanac Y.
in Of has,hau
short time big Sir Job
Giants Ru spread that Matty had
Of
Deyotees OF Mathewson ball
couldn't believe that would
fellow
American
enough
That Is why Maty laid off for n gutter
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17
Passing of the Pine

IL not ony>Sr Of
zee the younger generation almost wholly
10 II on the war. - -
in big
there to sing the Of
u light "
Indeed the tobacco men themselves
nceter csnret appeals YOUTH
"
friendly q sofnctbinr hin
and impersona about It.
TO aold lows
OF meditation mat offers TO be forgotten
ny another bad ,ohf ~o,n
Dcn Common He os d,rn
- - ~
aophoI fuel potafocsf - " - N
Erbdrfcnd
kalcd ~ the explosion Of a fountain ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17
Doctor Frank
CRANES
Daily Article

Il
Substitute for Meat.
And Cheese and Fat.
The Hope Of Nations.
sing the Peanut
IL tastes good.
II II easy 20 raise.
IL is cheap.
u In nutritious.
IL is n substitute not only for
ehecae and meat. but for butter and
other fats
The Peanut. Of cool eiimes. TO
gether with tho cocoanut. OF warm
zones. could como nearer fecdins
mankind than all cattle. Yea nj
sheep and swine.
The Peanut. permit me 70 biudg
con you with the club OF science
contaips per pound moro protein
than a pound OF sirloin steak. plus
more carbohydrates than a pound Of
potatoes, plus one-third as much fa'
as "A pound OF butter. Bring on YOU
foodntuff that can beat that
While you pny 10 cents n pound
for your roast beef 10 tho bandi'
who hides behind the counter AZ th'
deIlcatcfren shop. and anywhere uf
20 thirty million dollars cut for u'
same at the riided den OF thieves
whero they take your money away
from you TO music. you can get
sack Of Peanuts for five cents from
the street p~ddier.
Tho Peanut keeps w-il In any ell
mats. IN good eating when the steat
has spoiled. the potatoes are rottcd
and the butter II rancid.
Every Peanut In hsrmetscah,
s~aled in natures own ranitary. dust
proof. automatic covering. ana yot
can crack II with your fingers.
The Peanut can be taken directly
without feeding II 20 animals ane
getting your nutrimcnt by enfinf
flesh and drinking blood
Tho Peanut crop has grown fastsi
than any crop In the worlds history
In 1910 there were 100000 acres ir
Peanuts In tho United States: watch
II grow: In 1915 tho acreage was en
,imated Mt 1000 600. In 1917 mor'
than a.ooo. 900 acres.
Yield per aero In about ~ pusnen
OF nuts in tho shell. a good Yield y
60 bushels. including q ton Of gooe
hay.
A pushel OF Peanuts yields a galior
OF oil. :.
An acre Of land can producs ~
bu.hei. Of wheat, 40 bushels OF oau
or 40 bushels OF Peanuts: that Is. ie'
pounds OF dig~s,Ible protein In TN
peanu,s. as against i&s In the oau
or iJs In wheat. In fats u viii yiels
400 pounds, while from tho oats 81
ana from the wheat but - pounds
The United States department o
Agriculture urges the use OF Peanu
meal mircd with corn meal nnt
wheat -four. for griddis cakes. bis
cults ana mullins; also It's use m
cereal and IN cakea buildings anf
soups. and A. . substitute for meat
Cotton II king. said the South
And Corn IN king. answered tn
North. But the day Of kings II pass
Ing.
And perhaps the iowfy Peanut.
cents a bag. In going TO DO Its par
In making the world safe To-
democracy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17
On With Publicity

the
or precedent is discovered viii
The
$4,000 names which looks like effort add exoffc
punishmen prescribed
do 1
him him
publish list Of the profecrs big
country
mental about
he attorney general advertise lists very
hearty squcaing
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17
WANTS STAR TO TAKE
TTJMBLE TO ITSELF

Editor The STAR II II were not
for one thing I should be q regular
reader Of your paper. but that one
thing II vital.
I can't stand your Deformed Spell.
ing.
Thru" h the most infernallook.
ing word tho average reader ever
has TO look at and the average
reader won't stand for It.
You are not a pioneer In a genuine
reform. You are simply n belated
advocate Of q discredited movement
TOR changing the spelling which the
great majority Of the people prefer
and will continue to use In spite OF
you.
1t takes some persons a long time
to understand what ails them.
What ails your paper is that the
people do not approve Of the spelling
you use. and they prefer papers that
DON'T use II. That's all.
Take a tumble to yourself.
Catch on.
You are ut the tail end Of . short
procession that Ii growing shorter
Yours without much sympathy.
JOHN WILLIAMS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17
=Oe'N Say 10

ToDAY's BEST BET-rrying to
figure out q pond.
Tho only difference between Ponzi
and the other profiteors 10 that ponxi
got pinched
Ponzi dealt In stamps. He stamped
on quito . number.
One IL born every minute, but
Ponzi clicked 'cm faster than that
His watch had a second hand Now
he'll do time for IL
A Seattle policeman has discovered
how TO do ponh. Another police
man left his pocketbook containing
$50 in tho squad room When he
camo back the squad room was stun
there.
And the police arc stlri looking for
the chap who ponzied tho $1,000 bail
out Of the headquarters safe
Ponzi, you sec. missed his calling.
He should have been a policeman.
It's safer.
Dear Editor wcTl-Say.So:
'Sa good thing no fircmcn were
around Times Square when the cum
neis dream came off the press Sun.
day morning. SULLY.
THESE WOMEN
Seattle girl fell In the bay and
was rescued hugging buoy.
EVIDENTLY.
Editor we1l.Say-So:
Jack called and took her TO n dance.
Poor Bnl. wall flower. didn't have
chance,
so Bill called around in his tin lizzie:
Now Jack Is feeling mighty dizzy.
Don't blame me. was out to Bills
suds party last night. It's my first
and last--I don't care TO visit Wash.
ELI YETI
SUCH IS LIFE
Not a kiss In 10 years OF married
life. complained Mrs. Stephen Big.
gins Of Los Angeles. Cal. In her SUIT
for divorce.
! ANY poor fool can kiss" AYERS
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17
DANA SLEETH
the top, and that tho corners are a.
anything but right angles.


anything but right angles
~@T ~ disconcsrting. too. when
you get everything board
lAA ed mp. and find you have
IoG61oI forgotten 70 frame for .
S@ door and three Window
And I find thas. while II doubtless u
not important. still IL helps the gen
erai syrnmetry OF building TO have
the rafters running as near at right
angles TO tho ridge pole as possible
And tho ! can take a steel square
and cut rafters 10 fit. all day. sofno-
how when you come TO cut mos
notched rafterr up. tho value OF high
er mathematics In not demonstrated.
because the dinged things usually do
not jibe at all.
I suppose II q fellow could get an
the bulge and weave and sway out Of
his floor stripgerr. no that tho top
OF his wall was within a foot OF
level. II might help when he came 70
cut his rafters.
At the last whir1 Of raftering it
was concluded that the better way
was TO take a sharp hand axe and
chop each raftcr 10 1T the particular
bulge IL had TO cover; the formal.
precise method Of cutting raftsrs
Wholesale. in Job lots. to ut theo-
retical situation. did not quite meet
our peculiar requirements We went
In more for woodworking and hand
craftxmanship than for the duh, mo
chanicai, by rots processes affected
| by regular carpenters.
But withal I bet get ~ many
eggs out OF this house ~ tho II had
run in parallel lines. and straight up
and down; indeed--liks = billy forty
my qualifications viii give the
hens more room. and various devious
by-lancs ara corners and hooks and
crannies In which to drop the es-
teemed eggs. and I have found that
hen loves indirection almost as
much as she loves meat meal: ths
last place In the world you would
lay an egg IL where she win start:
and fog its dimensions III bet there
10 no poultry houas anywhere that
has more unexpected and inexpiica-
bio places In IL than this one OF
mine
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17

IT when We cut the TIM
bcrs for tho studding to
nail 70 there was n matter
OF nine inches difference
between the timbers and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17

Columbia Coio--she new American
beer-at OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES