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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-11
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES

SOON READY The ladies who dwell on tropical
 fsIe-
 hope you don't think I'm digress-
 ing Whore clad in a girdie or leaves and
 a smile. Don't waste half the morning in
 dressing. A SHORT TRIP TO THE BEYOND "The medium is about to go Into q trance.
 But she's practical person" How sor
 T overheard her whisper to her as- sistant that 10 minutes In spookland would be long enough, as there Is crowd of pikers present"
 THE POWER OF BEAUTY When Fantine jumped on board car A fat man dropped a fresh cigar. Six other mon leaped to their feet And each one murmured, Take this
 seat" An, lovely creature. wreathed in
 smiles, With a homeiy face you'd stand for
 miles.
 APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY .Did you call plumber: asked Mrs. Gadspur, "to mend that leaking pipe?
 "Yes." replied MT. Gadspur. but he'll probably take his time about getting here"
 ''Why do you think so?' "I tried to master my emotion and talk In an ordinary tone of voice, but I'm afraid I created the impress sion that wanted him to hurry"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-11
we shall do with Cuba the big busi- ness that waits only that event.
 < # # Altruism Is Winner in the Long Run


 7HHERE are still here and there A men who don't appreciate what is done for employees by the welfare departments of corpora tions.
 This causes the Wall Street Jour- nal to remark that '1n taking up the white mans burden the last thing we are to expect is thanks" l" We cannot do permanent good on the Jack Horner method. Me must not pause after each plum we pull out of the pie to admire ourselves and look about for the admiration of others. Rather we should realize that if Jack continues to do right, he will be finally recognized as the fine boy that he thinks himself to be.
 Perhaps the first forms of well fare work were more .paternalistic than they should have been. Down in its heart labor does not want something for nothing. In pride of craft it will not be considered the recipient of charity. It wants proper regard and decent pay. This is not always apparent, but it is a fact.
 Welfare work, schools, churches, neat houses and yards at a fair rental, company stores that give value received, together with wages justified by the profit of operation, will win men in the long run. This may not cause them to voice their gratitude, nor, strictly speaking, is it gratitude that the wise man seeks; but it appeals to that sense of jus ticc which rests in every mans bet ter part and, in crises, it pays q more important role than always ap- pears on the surface.
 It has made strikes fall to the ground. They fell because corpo- rate altruism had taken away the strikes justification.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-11
Making Progress With
 Cuba's Banking Affairs

MSCAR WELLS, Birmingham NJ banker, has left for Cuba on his third business mission to that country as federal reserve member of the Cuban bank liquidation com mission. President Zayas earnestly requested his presence, which leads to the presumption that the new Cuban government is about to for mulate plans for the better opera ton of Cuban banks.
 They have not been supervised, inspected and audited, as is done in this country. After obtaining a charter it has been matter of per- sonal honor. That is the best of all qualities in banking affairs, but it needs to be supplemented by cer- tain fixed rules and safeguards that help to steer the wisest and the most honest over the pitfalls of financial crises.
 It is more than likely that, fol- lowing the conferences to be held between the Cuban President and 0he liquidation commission next week, an agreement will be arrived at on the schedule of protective banking legislation that is to be en- acted. Doubtless many of the American features of periodical ex- animation will be incorporated in the new banking code.
 No city wishes Cuba'sN banking system rehabilitated more than Bir- mingham, for no city in the coun- try enjoys greater opportunity of doing business with Cuba. We are the builders of the Cuban sugar mills. We supply Cuba's rails and other steel products. Cuba uses our coke and our coal, our soil and our-high pressure pipe, our wire and our nails and fencing.
 Birmingham is glad to lend Mir. Wells te Cuba. His counsel will help hsr bankers and when the Cuhan banking system is regulated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-11

SHOW US THAT VILLAGE Is there a town so chi-l. autere, So free from natural heat, 1t does not lose it's head and cheer When baseball teams compete?
 ACCORDING TO PRECEDENT Whats coming off hereg"
 "A June wedding"
 'srhe usual smiles and tears, I presume?"
 They're all smiles today. The tears will come later. An heiress Is marrying q duke.p WEARING APPAREL PROBABLY Have you picked out q place to spend your vacationr'
 I'm going to a place where there is lot of scenery"
 Natural or carried there in trunksr
 PRIDE OF POSITION
 we've ucCfoou to luf1te our 1oot- ball coach to become a member of the faculty" said the dean. 'Do you suppose he will accept the invitation?"
 T doubt it. I don't believe he would care to place himself on an equal footing with a mere professor"
 A DISCERNING DOCTOR Doctor, I'm not feeling we'll" wen find out what's the matter with you"
 I already know. Have you prescription blank handy?- ''Yes, but my fountain pen is as dry as you are.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-11
By August 1

T feel rather confident that we will be in the new postoffice building by August l." said Postmaster R. E. Smyer "The building will be finished by July 1 and the furniture should be placed month from that date. l am looking for the passage of the bill authorizing the money for the furni- ture within the next two weeks.
 "Of course, will be glad to get into the new building for personal reasons, but my chief pride is that Birmingham will soon have public building worthy of her.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-11
A MATTER OF LOOKS

From the Boston Transcript.
 A homely young English chap hav- ing his view obstrpcted by the head gear of the girl in front of him. ven- tured to protest. See here. miss" he said. leaning over. T want to look as we'll as you"
 "oh. do yer?" she replied, in rich Cockney accent. as she turned and looked him square in the eye, Then you'd better run 'ome and change yer fice."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-11
It Is Not the Dance,
 But Manner of Dancing

X BAPTIST minister in Freder- A ick Hall, Vas has lent his ap- proval to dancing, but does object to some of the ultra forms that it has assumed. He especially scores that dance in which he says "a man is compelled to put both arms around his partners neck"
 There is no dance that compels this proceeding. Any such dance would die the day it was introduced. Men and women will not tolerate that which is fundamentally vulgar. The veriest savages have their ideas of propriety.
 There never has been any reason to fight dancing in itself, because it is the expression of an eternal prompting in the human makeup. It is as old as the ages, It has been associated with the religious rites of nations and with their wars, with their pleasures and with their sorrows.
 1t is not the dance that offends the human sense of decency. It is the manner in which men and women
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-11
Make Them Comfortable

q have been noticing during the hot spell what an exposed position the traffic cop has to the terrific glare and scorching rays of the sum-" said T. F. Wimberly.
 While l believe that the police force should pay attention to dress and have metropolitan air, yet l think in the interest of comfort that the traffic cops should be permitted to shed their coats while on duty in the street centers.
 q hope Chief Shirley will grant them a dispensation to that effect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-11
FATHERS SLOW ELIMINATION

From the Selma Times Journal.
 It is rather late to call attention to it, but Fathers Day, June 5. passed over us without anybody talk ing any note of its coming or going. This is rather significant taken in connection with the fact that Moth CTS Day. which came several weeks, ago. was celebrated with universal observance. It cannot be denied that Father has fallen far from the high pinnacle he once occupied and he himself recognizes the changed order and does not want any flowers used to celebrate his virtues Or smpor- tance. In a few isolated cases he still wieids the check bool. and gains some need of obeisance on accouns of holding this traditionary function, but this distinction is rapidly pass ing from him, and, in a little while his role in the scheme of things bids fair to become wholly superfluous.
 His slow elimination from the spheres wherein he was wont to pose as lord and master has had it's effect in teaching him humility and deflating him down to a level which generations ago he would have scorned to occupy.
 The world is witnessing many revivals. one of them being the matriarchical form of government, father exists solely as biological factor Father himself recognized his tendency to gravitate him not exactly toward extinction but to- ward 2, role of pitifful smallness ia the social economy. He is growing more content with his lot because As recognizes it's inevitableness. He is glad if he escapes being tarred and feathered because of his sex and his sins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-11
REINFoRCEMENTs TO THE FRONT From the Kansas Cvitv Star

F kOfI1 SlfV 1NuHodS OIty SVdf.
 King Constantine of Greece has an- nounced his early departure for the battle front in Anatolia. and that Crown Prince George and Prince An- drew will accompany him If these endorsements do not give the Greek army 2 quick victory. the mill itary situation may be accounted grave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-11

 it's approval. The old-fashioned waltz, the most graceful of dances, could be made as vulgar as some of the more modern and free-handed. The. square dance has been inoffen- sive or revolting, according to the way in which partners have "swung corners" and gone through the mazes of the grand chain" Mighty few things which humans do are wrong in themselves. It is the way of doing them that is wrong. That is where the critic may censure with more effect than in condensing what man and woman has done since Adam and Eve danced in pure joy about the garden of Eden.
 T. + 7r Even the "irreconcilables" are will ing to acknowledge that the League of Nations is going concern-in the same sense that it is on its way.
 % < < A doctor says stomachache is un- comfortable and distressing. People who couldn't write a prescription to save their lives will concede as much.
 < # < The Japanses Crown Prince says he hopes to visit America. We re- spectfully suggest that he land at New York, and not at San Francisco.
 < < # The men whom Big Bill' Thomp- son picked to sit on the bench will have to content themselves with the park variety.
 Our infant movie stars may look forward to a comfortable old age, regardless of what happens to ehe film industry.
 * x < Jay E. House says beer is a poor beverage. If she wants to start heated argument that's the way to do it. Industry and thrift will give Ger many her place in the sun. If France and Great Britain don't watch their step she'll soon get there.
 * <. * It's all very well to talk about put ting muzzle on Admiral Sims, but who's going to adjust it?
 < # < Uncle Sams share of the fight re- ceipts at Jersey City should do much to allay public resentment.
 < # < At least we should have a standing army that wouldn't have to be To- cated with a microscope.
 # # # By resigning from office Repre- sentative Good of Iowa achieves a unique distinction.
 # # < Echoes of the fashion war in Paris have not yet reached scores of Main streets in America.
 x # x You can't help warming up to the plain citizen who calls the French invader carpenter
 < x # As we understand Admiral Sims, the "jackass" vote brays with for eign accent.
 Instead of smoothing troubled waters, oil merely complicates inter- national politics.
 The citizen who thinks the 'hy- phenates' have been Silenced in this country is wrong again.
 $. # :f It will now be seen whether or not the Thompson-Lundin machine can pull itself out of hole.
 sf # MT. Harding would doubtless be glad to receive sug gestions for checking American oratory abroad.
 Hs ;, < Automobile thieves show a prefer ence for the higher priced cars. Moral: Own fliever.
 x x a; The dreadnaught Of today is the target of tomorrow
 x x # Every summer resort is Elysium until you get there.
 
 A MATTER OF LOOKS From the Boston Transcript. A homely young English chap hav- ing his view obStructed bv the head-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-11
Have RieAt I1ea

'The Near East relief organization certainly has the right idea in pick- ing it's women workers" declared Julius V. Boehm of Atlanta. "Miss Gertrude Pearson Of Chicago is so charming that I don't see how any ono could refuse her when she ap- reals for funds.
 "Dr. James Yonans native Assyrian. paints . most vivid picture of con. ditions in Armenia"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-11
wooDMAN. SPARE THAT TREE:

WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE By George Pope Norris.
 Woodman. spare that tree. Touch not . single bough. In youth it sheltered me,
 And I'll protect it now. Twas my forsfathers hand
 That placed it near his cot There, woodman. let 1t stmna
 The ax shall harm IL not. That old familiar tree. Whose glory, and rehewa ] Are spread OCT land sna Aeas-- And wouldst thou hew k Guwn? Wccdman forhear thy stroks
 Cut not its earthhouad ties, Oh, spare that aged oais
 Nov towering to the sSsez.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-11

represented by q a-counciI of men high in tho religious orders until he be- comes of age. What the living Buddha's position will be by that time is purely matter of spscula- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-11

SOME PLACES STILL WET From the Nashville Tenncssean. Einstsin is just like volstead. It's hard to tell whether he's law or just a theory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-11

scorn at first, makes after love the more.
 Two Gentlemen of Verona.
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The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-08
ADJUSTMENTS
The Riverside

The people of Penns Grove are TO
be congratulated upon having the
privilege of seeing high-grade moving
pictures at the low cost of admission
charged by the Riverside, and this rate
will be continued as long as the people
continue to appreciate it by their
patronage. Next weeks bill is a fine
one. Do you remember the picture
"Jes' CALI Me Jim" shown last week?
1t was a splendid portrayal of the
splendid faith many have in the
efficiency of prayer. On Saturday the
same star will be seen in Cupid, the
Cow Puncher." Be sure and see it..
On Monday, Frivolous Wives and
the serial king of the Circus"
Tuesday, a D. W. Griffith special,
Martyrs of the Alamo" Wednes-
day, "The Purple CIPHER" Thursday,
you Never Can Tell" Friday, "The
Fall of a Saint"
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-08
Moose Jubilee and Smoker

The Moose will have a big time this
friday evening at their home on
South Broad Street, when they will
hold a jubilee and smoker. The en-
tertainment provided will be Ray V.
Troy's all girl revue, 20 of them. The
Home will be deliberately decorated.
Male friends Of the members will be
admitted.
This show is the best of kind on
tour. Mr.. Troy is known as the
Choose Jester" and those who attend
will find he is fully able to maintain
his reputation in that respect. New
and novel effects in costumes. scenery
and music are part and parcel of the
company.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-08
The Broad

For Thursday and Friday of next
week Manager Schweiger has secured
Charles Chaplin's latest and best pict-
ure, 1.-THE Kid" 1t is full of JOY and
laughter, both of which are needed in
these trying times. On Monday,
William Fairbanks will be seen in
"Fighting Bill" Tuesday, Eugene
O'Brien in "The Wonderful Chance"
Wednesday, Pearl White in "The
Thief" Saturday, Constance Tai
madge in Dangerous Business"
There are also two good serials run
ming, "Fighting Fate on Monday
Splendid news and educatinal features
are shown every night with plenty Of,
comedy interspersed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-08
swedesboro,s Educational Growth

About fifteen years ago Swedesboro
erected a fine stone school house after
several political spasms. They thought
it would be sufficient for years. Some
wanted larger grounds but the voters
decided otherwise.
The Board of Education has re-
Gently bought eight acres for another
school building.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06
DROPS BALM SUIT
 ON FINDING OIL

CBy International News Service)
 DENVER. Sept. G. Miss Lucille Nemic. pretty Derve~ gil. forgot al about her broken heart and the $25 ,00O balm" required to mend it when she struck it rich" in Oklaho. ma oil lands. and secured dismissal of a breach of promise suit against J. Howard Stark, wealthy Denver jeweler
 The suit was dismissed by Judge I. C. Morley, in district court. upon the plaintiffs agreement to pay all court costs
 Miss Nemic filed her suit against Stark early in 1920. and a flutter of excitement followed in smart social circles here when she admitted, dur ing the course of a preliminary hear ing, that she had been friendly" with several prominent Denver men besides Stark. She denied, however that this friendship" was other than platoniC.
 Questions asked by Stark's attorn- eys in the preliminary hearing in dicated that sensational testimony involving persons socially prominent might have been expected if the suit had come to trial.
 Recently, it is reported. oil in valu- able commercial quantities has been discovered on lands in Oklahoma owned jointly by Miss Nemic and her parents, and the pretty plaintiff decided to abandon her chase for heart balm-and the accompanying punitive damages.
 Attorneys for Stark declared there had been no outside settlement with Miss Nemic.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06
LAPS GRABBING U. S.
 THRU LAND PURCHASE
tBy International News service)


 FORT COLLINS. Cal, Sept. 6. - Declaring that there is danger that the white race in America may be driven from the land by Japanese, in the same manner as tha whites displaced the Redmen, Professor Thomas Nixon Carver Harvard eco. nomist, made a plea here for re- striction of Japanese immigration into this country.
 Professor Carver lectured here un- der the auspices of the summer school of the Colorado Agricultural College, taking for his subject Tn ternational Competition in Farm Products"
 The Indian, in most instances, was not driven off his land by force," Professor Carver said, "bu: sold his land to the white man and moved on. as the land was of greater value economically, to the energetic whites than to the indifferent Indians"
 When one race can live so much more cheaply than another that it can afford to pay more for the land it will gradually acquire the land and the other race will move off, according to Professor Carver. With this condition already offering a problem in California" he said, there Is nothing to prevent US going the way of the Indian for the Japanese farmer can do the same to the white farmer that the whites did the IidiaIs years ago and cul. tivate the land much more econom. cally. thus forcing the whites to move on
 Something must be done immed- lately to restrict Japanese immigra- tiOn," the professor concluded And it is just as well to observe out line fences as we can bo more .peaceable neighbors if we do this"
 Professor Carver urged the neces- sity of an amicable agreement be- tween the United States and Japan that would restrict immigration of Japanese in to this country
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

F. O. H. Vaudin. a former resident If Nenana and Fairbanks, who left the outside several months ag1 died recently at Victoria. Desoase1 conducted a cigar store and pool room at Fairbanks and later To- cated in Nenana, where he was en- gagged in business until his depart ure for the outside He is survived by three daughters, two of whom spent a winter in Fairbanks I mum Der of years ago.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

General Will Hays, thanking that paper for a recent editorial on the mail situation in Alaska. The ed itorial deferred to was one whore,n an appeal was made to the govern ment to provide better facilities.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

The Standard oil Company has as ,ured users that Alaskans will be supplied with engine distillate the entire year. This vii mean great saving to the operators of fishing and other boats.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

With a view of giving temporary relief to the miners of the Kantish- ma district. who are virtually iso- lated by reason of the fact that there are no summer roads, a crew of men are at work on the Eoosevelt-Eureka road. "-,..i
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

The Alaska headquarters for the Bureau of Public roads, Department of Agriculture. will be at Juneau in tsead of Ketchikan. The change IS made necessary by a common pay master auditing both accounts.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06
ANNCUNCEM ENT

The Blum, O'Neill Go. have re ceived a shipment of 256 Newton ammunition. 1S-u.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

w. Ii. Benton of Minneapolis, one of the directors of the Bank of Al aska. recently visited the coal fields at Matanuska and other points, eX- pressed himself as very optimistic over the future of the fields He also said that the oil districts would prove to be very productive
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

Your eyes fitted. compound and stigmatic lenses replaced. See Oe borne.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

The Ketchiken custom house re- ports shipments increasing monthly. It was moved early in May fror Mary Island to Ketchikan. and John R. Beegle. deputy collector. moved with it
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

Big Cole" Murchison a pioneer practically every camp in the ,orth. has arrived in Stewart where le will join the tram crew.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

The Ketchikan Chronicly recently received a letter from Postmaster
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

The Booth Fisheries Company, op- rating a cold storage plant at Sitka, las ceased buying fish for a time, ut hopes to resume business in the ear future.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

Kodak finishing. Scarborough.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

F. w. Bradley, president of the Alaska Treadwell Company, is vis- ting his properties in Juneau. his is his first visit to the territory T two years.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

Recent reports state that new po- ice barracks are being erected at Fort Norman by the R. c. NJ P. and hat Sergeant Clay, an old timer in he force, will take charge with five new Constables.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

Horace R. Barthels, an old timer T Whitehorse, where he was em- loved in the mines, died suddenly pr heart failure in Seattle just as he vas about ot take a ship for Nome.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

Deputy Marshal James Hagan of Iditarod. arrived in Fairbanks with ! number of federal prisoners.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

Mir. and Mrs C. C. Thorpe have sold their roadhouse at Chickaloon to Archie Lingo, and will remove to Willow creek, where they have min ing property.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

A Frodenberg, a member of the grocery firm of Frodenberg X Son of Anchorage, recently closed deal for lot in block B in that city and will erect a large warehouse.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06

Miss Hilda Anderson, an employe of the Anchorage Times, has re turned to her home in Seattle for a visit until October when she will become permanently a resident of the territory.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-09-06
SHORT STORIES ABOUT ALASKA
 OCCURRENCES
Hyder now has 156 postoffice box ,s and new postoffice fixtures.

Thirty tons of fish meal were 'hipped south recently from the Al lska reduction plant at Hawk Inlet