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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-13

kkN HI CONDUCT she repeated
I'M 81 don't know wha. you
AvA mean. | was brought up
IN the church. and Mr.. Plimpton
has always gone, and we are bring
ing up the children to go. Is that
what you mean"
"No," Holder answered, patient
ly, that Is not what l mean. l
ask whether these stories i'm any
way enter into your life, become
part OF you, and tend to make you
a more useful woman"
we'll have never considered
them in that way" she replied. a
little perpleXed.
"Do you believe in them your
self?"
"Why--I don't know; "Ivc never
thought. / don't suppose l do. alb
solutely-not in those l have men
toned"
And you think 1t right to teach
things to your children which YOU
do not yourself believer
How am / TO decide?" she de-
manded.
First by finding out yourself
what you do believe" he replied,
with a touch OF severity.
Mr.. Hodderw she cried in
scandalized voice, do you mean 10
say that ]. who have been brought
up in this church. do not know
what Christianity is?'
He looked at her and shook his
head.
DIFFICULT ACHIEVEMENT.
you must begin by being honest
with yourself" he went on, not
needing her shocked expression. II
you are really in earnest in this
matter. / should be glad to help
you all / can. But l warn you
there is no achievement in the
world more difficult than that of
becoming Christian. 1t means
a consuming desire which, l fear,
in consideration of your present
mode of life will be difficult to ac-
quire."
My present mode OF life" she
gasped.
PRECISELY" said the rector. He
was silent. regarding her. There
was discernible not the slightest
crack OF crevice in the enamel OF
this woman's worldly armor.
For the moment her outrage
feelings were, forgotten. The man
had fascinated her. To be told, in
this authoritative manner, that she
was wicked was a new and delight
full experience. 1t brought back
her the real motive of h"r vieif,
which had in reality been inspired
not only by the sermon of the day
before, but by sheer curiosity.
What would you have me do
she demanded.
Find yourself"
do you mean to say that l am
not-myself?" she asked, now COM
pletely bewildered.
"I mean to say that you are no
body until you achieve conviction
For Charlotte Plimpton. nee Gore,
TO be told in her own church that
she was nobody was an event
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-13
A BIT or 4 PROMISE.

1t was mid-afternoon before We
finished. Then, at'er separating n
hne basket OF asters from her booty.
Jeanne suggested ! TAX; them to
Val
Your delicate way Of FuGEcStinS
that maybe I've forgotten "Gr in
Waldo" | challenged her. "It isn't
that. She thinks I'm meddling
busybody. and yesterday she asked
me TO get out-and keep out. I'm
forbidden her room"
Virginia flung her arm across my
shoulder rare display of affection
for her.
Some day Val will come to her
senses about YOU" she said. with
out embarrassing discussion. And
then she'll appreciate What It is to
know girl who actually cares
enough about other folks happiness
to try to get il back for them wien
they've thrown IL away In the
meantime, I'll go up and sit with
our appreciative and charming
guest white her nurse has her Two
hours Off in the car you furnish.
because you're such a spoil-sport
and meddIer."
That's the pleasantest sarcasm
I've ever heard" laughed.
Then. like the thoroughbred she'd
shown herself again. Jeanne said no
more, and left me to establish my
self comfortably in the living room
with pile of new magazines and
another pile of new apples.
So 1t was ! who received Lane
and Uncle Ned when Bertha ush-
cred them in as quietly as if they'd
come from neighboring estate, in
stead OF across the border from an
other country
"How is she?" blurted out Lane.
almost in the same breath that both
OF them greeted me. Then he added,
in tone entirely free from alarm:
Doesn't look much like a hospital
annex. Guess you think I'm big
baby to come tearing back because
the kiddie has a strained ankle and
a couple of black and blue spots.
Don't your'
81 think you're a devoted hus-
band" l countered, avoiding Uncle
Ned's eyes, because I suspected he
realized there was more amiss than
he'd seen fit to tell Lane.
well, you weren't devoted
friend, letting her tumble down the
river bank rumbled Lane in his
big brown bear fashion. Couldn't
you have stopped her from going on
a cross-country jaunt in those silly
high-heeled pumps she will wear?
Is that the way you look out for
your guests?"
But even as he rumbled out his
seedlings he beamed at me unsus-
pcctingly and concluded by ordering
me TO convey him to his little girl
at once. I escorted him to the turn
OF the hall, pointed to Vars door
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CHAPTER NNIiI.

Pondering over Alison's note, he
suddenly recalled and verified some
phrases which had struck vim that
Summer on reading Harnack's cele-
brated History of Dogma, and
around these he framed his reply.
ITO act as il faith in eternal life
and in the living Christ was the
simplest thing in the world. or
dogma to which one has to submit
is irreligious. 1t is Christian
to pray that God would give the
Spirit to make us strong to over
come the feelings and the doubts OF
nature.
To B~ Continued Tomorrow.
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LOVED ONE:
MARRIED ANOTHER.

am experiencing the saddcst
days of my life. Some time ago |
met a very, very sweet little girl
angelic. modest, and most beautiful
to look upon. l loved her dearly.
and felt that she was the true. good
woman our Maker meant for me 10
harbor through life. At times felt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-13
PREDICTS BACBELORDoM
FOR HIM.

Mr.. Bachelor. I suppose you have
had your good times at dance halls.
when YOU were younger Now that
some fair young maiden has gone
back on you, you despise these
kinds of places.
You say a man is foolish to mar
~ a girl that dances and ~an't eY-
pect to be happy. What kind OF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-13

Author of "Richsrd Carved" The
Ir,si.1 and many utaer NoSe.
Of Worldwide Popularity.
-rhe Inside of the Cup" pub
n.ked seriaIiy here by perns,ssios
Of the Macmillan Co. and made into
. melton picture by Cosmopolitan
Productions. will he released as a
Parasu cunt A rtcraft picture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-13
The Cynic
Says

always sit in the highest row
of seats in the top gallery, so that
nothing in the show can go over
my head.
I know a box-office ticket sales
man who hasn't seen a show in
nine years and wouldn't go to one
If he had a chance
There is a school m Brooklyn
which advertises that it will teach
any girl to become a movie actress
for 81, and / believe I have seen a
lot OF girls on the screen who are
graduates OF this 50 school.
In some apartment houses they
won't allow you to raise children,
cats, dogs. or parrots. All they
allow to be raised there is the rent.
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Eating out" three times a day
gets monotonous in some ways. nut
IL is usually interesting in others.
The waitress, where The Woman
frequently gets'her breakfast, was
all excited the other morning.
"See that girl over there sh"
exclaimed. directing The Woman's
gaze toward demure-loOking gill
sitting at nearby table, she just
dropped "A roll of bills-Sl0l--anl
the porter found them. When n
returned them TO her she offered him
SO, but he wouldn't take II, he sal /
a dollar was enough.
Whether the waitress sympathy
was with the girl or with the porter,
The Woman didn't know, 80 she
cautiously remarked. How an
usual"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-13
Il The Washington Times Magazine Page 14N
THE Woman
Observer

There was a time when allusion
70 "A girl and her first long dress
meant something, today only few
recall It's meaning. But We can still
picture the boy ana his first pipe.
on the car was such youth the
other evening, and with him were
two admiring companions. They
were still in the puppy stage, awk-
ward and self-conscious but he OF
the pipe WAS in such a state OF hap
piness and peace with the world.
that II would have taken great
deal TO upset him.
with overcOat belts nearly up TO
their shoulder blades. and coat tails
flying, they were men of the world,
so much so that he Of tn" pipe con-
tinued 10 smoke during his ride in
the nearly empty car while AN IN
derstanding conductor-one. whose
own youth was not yet forgotten,
discrcetly turned his back.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-13
Whose Present Serial Has Scored q
Big Popular Success.

THE morning after Aunt Mollie's
nying visit TO Dreamwold Jim
4 and Pat went up TO town and
the days work on the bankers and
Brokers'" as the nine-two tram is
called. suggested motoring them
in, but that brought a snarl from
Jim such as l hadn't heard IN a
kindly while.
bad enough To miss a decent
train like the eight-twenty-seyen,
but now you want me To come lad
die-dashing into the office In time
for lunch II the car doesn't develop
engine trouble or bust tire. In
which case I'd be there for ca
I've "a days work TO do, AIMEE,
though you don't seem TO under
stand that. And the market opens
at ten"
Quit your grousing," admonished
Pat. "And I'll lay you five 10 one
that. like the nice kiddie she ~,
Anne will drive her own car and
come back with all Virginia's mar
keting purveyed TO the front door"
Everybody works but JEANNE"
laughed Jeanne herself. But my
Patrick knows that after a week
end the ice chest and the larder arc
likely to be empty. On Mondays
moreover. the lady of the house
likes to do the busting and the
flower cutting for Bertha"
This settled the division of labor
and accounted for the fact that Wiz
einia and l didn't meet again until
lunch time. ! was dreading the hu-
initiating moment when I'd have to
acknowledge To Jeanne that Val had
forbidden me her room. That was
postponed a while longer, for after
lunch Jeanne asked me to hep her
cut the flowers, as she hadn't been
ablc TO get to them in the forenoon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-13
BOOKS

AN AMERICANS LONDON. BY Louise
CLOSER Hale. New York: Harper ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-13

kkN HY CONDUCT" she repeated.
N al don't know what you
Ava mean. | was brought UP
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-08
MARRIED IN PARIS
Benjamin H. Connor, Well-Known In
 Birmingham Weeds Mrs. Squires

The Paris edition Of the New York Herald of October 15 contained the announcement of the marriage 6f Bejamin H. Conner, a well known Kentuckian. wto nas practiced law in Paris for many years. He was a major in the American expeditionary forces in France and Is well known in Birmingham because of his hav- ing visited Oscar w. Underwood, Jr., here several years ago. The an- nouncement In the Paris New York Herald reads:
 MT. Benjamin H. Conner. the we'll known American lawyer in Paris. and Mrs. Maud Swiggette-S -Squires were married yesterday at the Am ,rlcan church In the rue de Berri, the Rev. Chauncey w. Goodrich officiating. The bride was given away by Mir John G. A. Leishman, former Amnri- can ambassador in Rome and Berlin. The witnesses for the bride were Maj. Charles D. Westco.t. economic repre- sentative in Paris of the state 'de- partment. Washington. and Mrs. Westcott, and for the bridegroom. MT. William Jeffrey Thomas and Col. Henry Selden Bacon. MT. Conner. who has lived in Paris for many years, was a major in the American expeditionary forces in France. No invitations were issued for the cere- mony, but a large number of friends gathered in the church."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-08
CONSOLIDATION
 OF MEMS CLASSES.
G. Lewis BalIeS Presented With Handsome Brief Case.
 Judge Black Is Teacher

At a banquet held last night at the First Baptist church the two large mems classes, the Baraca class and the Cosmopolitan class, were consoii- dated and tho membership goal was fixed at 1.ooo men.
 The Baraca class is 20 years old and the Cosmopolitan class was or- ganized In 1919, each having a mem bership of 100. This new class will be known as the "Cosmopolitan- Baraca" class and Hugo L. Black will be the teacher.
 George Lewis Bales, who has taught the Cosmopolitan class since it was organized, was presented with handsome brown leather brief case by members of that class. Curran Goodwin made the presentation and MT. Balles congratulated the new class and expressed strong conviction that the merger would prove a long step of progress for the church, the Sunday school and for all the men of the two classes individually.
 He contended jokingly that in- stead of merger or consolidation he could not help feeling that 1t all simply meant the Cosmopolitan class had "absorbed'' the Baraca class.
 Mir. Bailes concluded his address by stepping back briskly to the position of the soldier at attention and called upon all the men of the two former classes to say with him to MT. Black, sir. we stand to your command"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-08
SEMI-CENTENNIAL ACTIVITIES SHOWN
 IN FILM AT LYRIC

Motion pictures taken during the semi-centennial celebration in Bir- mingham. showing every angle and activity of the many different parts of the celebration, are being shown at the Lyric theatre the first half of the week and are proving Co be big attraction. Many pictures have been made of the city's birthday party, but these seem to be more complete than the others.
 The parade is shown in it's entire ty and from many locations. Presl- dent Harding Is shown in several of the parade scenes and then the cameraman stops at a location on Nineteenth street and lets the parade pass in full blast. The ex-serVice men. as escort to the President; the national guard and the R. O. T. C. companies of Central and Ensley High schools show up strikingiy well.
 The county queens and the for eign societies get several feet of film, as do the many bands who took rart in the parade. The negro high school band and students were also shown.
 Besides the presidential parade. elimpses of the floral and baby pa rades are shown, as well as close ups of the county queens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-08
Amid Solemn Ceremonies Outgoing City Fathers Turn tue Reins of GoUernn1ent OUer to Newcomers by Handing
 administers Ohi Floral HaingF Friends

knows this commission will deal equally with every one, otherwise none of them would have gotten his vote.
 NJ. P. Messer. chairman of the com mittee from the Birmingham chapter of the Optimist club, extended the felicitations of the club. NJ. A. Dins- more said: T, for one. will always be ready to help the commission make Birmingham better city in which to raise children"
 w. L. White made few remarks, congratulatlng the commission and expressing q desire to cooperate. Re- fering to his defeat in the race he said: 'I had as good a time as any of them"
 A. E. Warner pledged the support of the labor organization and extend ed the well wishes of the labor units to the commission.
 Mrs. Solon Jacobs added to the sen . timent expressed by Mrs. Johnson by stating that the League of Women Voters would hold the members of the commission to the answers made to the II questions of the question: naire.
 President McLendon brought down the house when he opened his clos ing address to the assemblage. T don't know whether we are going to be able to carry out all of our cam paign pledges or not" 1 It took several moments for the out burst of laughter to die out so that the speaker could continue. When he could be heard again he finished his remarks, but know that we are going to do the best we can. Mrs. Jacobs knows that we will carry out the pledges made in the question naire of the League of Women Vot- CTS. for she will remind us of them.
 Seriously, we hope to do some big things. We are going slowly. We will approach matters with due consldera- tion rather than make a mistake. We are going to give you an auditorium and it will be one that will seat more than 3,600 persons. But 1t may be necessary to call upon you for more money"
 MT. McLendon called upon Mrs. Elizabeth Waggoner to close the cere- monies with prayer. At the close of the inauguration the many friends of the new commissioners crowded into the rostrum to congratulate the members The remainder of the morning was spent in meeting the hundreds of admirers of the commis- sloners.
 Several floral gifts were In prom thence on the council table, and the rooms of the commissioners were filled with magnificent flowers sent from various civic organizations of the city.
 A conference of the new commis- sion met at about 3 o'clock. where the business for today's regular meet ing, the first. by the way, was dis cussed No official action was taken. The members of the commission spent the greater part of the afternoon in their respective offices going over as much of the records as possible with the great crowds of people who drift ed in and out of the offices through out the day.
 The first regular meeting of the new commission will be held in the council chamber at 10 o'clock this g morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-08
THIEVES MAKE HAUL
 OF GUNS AND KNIVES
 FROM PROWELL STORE

Some one broko into the store of the Robert Proweli Stove company. 2011 Third avenue, Sunday night. and carried away about $500 worth of shotguns. watches. knives. blank cartridges and .22 calibre cartridges.
 Whoever 1t was left a trail which MT. Proweli believes the fathers and mothers of Birmingham can help to follow.
 T believe the robbery was the work of little boys" said Mir, Prowell. "One of them evidently cut his arm or hand while in the store, for it bled very freely. and the blood was found this morning in various parts of the store.
 'I am sure any father or mother would be glad to know if their son has been engaged in anything of this kind. and if they will investigate to see what boy has a cut arm or hand today 1t would lead to some interest," ing revelation.
 Fact that someone suffered cuts while in the store, and also that a number of boys of 12 or 14 years of age were noticed in the alley at tha rear both Saturday and Sunday con- vinces us that boys were involved
 "In the case of children we would have no desire to prosecute those who probably did not realize the seriousness of what they were doing. The main thing Is we want to recover the property If parents will investigate to see what boy has 8 bad cut we feel that the affair will be solved
 Entrance to the store Sunday night was made through rear window"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-08

right as the highest and the most powerful. Remember. further, that he who serves best is entitled to the greatest reward"
 Barrtt Transfers Gavei
 pr. Barrett then requested Mir. Mc- Lendon to arise and. presenting him with the gavel. addressed him as fol- Jews:
 T now transfer to you, President McLendon, this gavel, which is in- dicatiye of your authority as presi- dent of this commission, and with .he transfer of this gavel accompany the transfer of the obligation and the responsibilities which will be as- sumed by you and this commission over which you will preside" Concluding his presentation speech with few words of congratulation to the incoming administration, pr. Barrett relinquished his position as presiding officer of the meeting to the new president and made way for the remainder of the retiring coin- missioners to extend their consratu- lations to the new members. Commissioner Burruss addressed the new commission, declaring that | they ndQ dH OPpOt tOiitg tO DI NOf i eted to bring credit to themselves | and general spirit of well being to the city. He wished them God l speed" in their work.
 Commissioner Brown wished them success in their undertakings Commissioner Hornady expressed his best wishes and congratulations to the new commission.
 Commissioner Taylor wished the new commission "all the success in the world"
 The retiring commissioners flied l from the rostrum into the office of I the health department where they re- mained for a few moments to listen to the addresses yet to be made. l Immediately after the retired com 1 mission had left the room, there was general cry from the spectators for MT. McLendon, who responded with a brief speech.
 'I am not going to detain you long with speech he said. Il wish to take this occasion to thank you for the honor you have bestowed upon me and to ask your cooperation to make l this administration just what you wish 1t to be. am very proud of my associates and l believe that we ewill | make this administration one whfcn l you will not regret"
 Mrs. Johnson Speaks Mrs. R. F. Johnson. president of the League of Women Voters. made a
 brief speech on the behalf of the 1 league, expressing wish for suc- cess and happy term of office. She | extended the assurances of the league | to the commission and referred to lsthe, election of Mrs Echols as the first woman to serve on the city com mission. "Mr. President" said Mrs. Johnson, in concluding, we are still on the job and ready to back you all | to the finish.'
 The audience began calling for Mir. Cloe. who arose to the occasion and expressed his pleasure at being able l to stand before them as one of the I city commission for the next four years. T feel that I am deeply in- ] debted to the people of Birmingham,
 and want at this time to thank thel