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Evening star., 1921-12-25

York. There it is put on the wire 70
radio to Guam and then by cable to
Manila and Shanghai. Other routes,
of course, are available, and when the
traffic is heavy all Of them are press
ed into service. Some messages are
cabled from San Francisco to Toxic
direct.
Some readers may wonder how the
Japanese correspondent manages to
send his messages over the wire. 1t
is impossible for him to use his queer
hieroglyphics. Most Of the newspaper
men from the far east know English
perfectly. SO they merely write out
their dispatches in English and depend
upon a translator in the newspaper
office to change the words into the
characters or kilograms used in their
newspapers.
employs what he calls "skeletonized"
English. He dispatches the barest
outline of the days news. sending on
the average $50 or 200 words BY
merely giving the salient facts in the
fewest possible words he is able to
compress vast amount of material
|, into a compact cablegram. If the edi-
tor Of his paper SO desires he can
have the story elaborated and ex-
panded.
The Shanghai Press is one of the
most influential papers in China. 1t
is printed in English for the benefit
of the Americans and Europeans in
the far east. 1t boasts of circula-
ton of $4,000 or 10000. but it reaches
a far greater number of readers The
innumerable native papers translate
and reprint most Of the news appear
ing in the Press.
A few Of the correspondents have
resorted to an arbitrary phonetic lam
guage. which is simply Japanese
written in English letters so that
they produce the same sounds. The
English words SO fabricated are alb
solutely meaningless. For that rea-
son telegraph operators are a trifie
more CAREFUL for fear they will make
a mistake. When the message reaches
Japan the process Is reversed. The
phonetic words are changed back to
the kilograms and rushed to the COM
posing room to be set in type.
Evening star., 1921-12-25
Frogs i'm Rocks and Trees.

A TTENTION may be invited to the
= astonishing longevity Of the pop
ular delusion, to which even educated
persons at the present day give cred
ence, that living frogs. toads and
other animals are sometimes discov-
cred in hermetically sealed cavities in
tree trunks and rocks.
A little reflection shows. from the
very nature of things. that such tales
are Incredible, and that those who
vouch for them must be mistaken in
their observations, as the most sharp
sighted persons are deceived by thA
feats OF . prastidigitatoA
Evening star., 1921-12-25
AS TOLD BY MEN HIGH IN
THE AFFAIRS OF THE NATION

have 1t opened by young lady. whom
thought the most beautiful I had
ever seen. She had rosy cheeks and
blue eyes. In those days there was
neither gas nor electricity, and she
had a kerosene lamp in her hand. I
| had never seen her before. and I
commenced to explain who I waA I
was very nervous, and she must have
been nervous. too, as between us we
managed to shake off the chimney
from the lamp and break it on the
floor.
| II made a resolution that I would
marry this beautiful girl, who was
attending the seminary. but that
must make $4,000 before I could
think of starting life. AS Jacob
served seven years for Rachel. SO 1
worked seven years to get my $4,000
together. without results.
FINALLY L gave up the financial
limit I had placed upon my hopes.
and this lady did me the honor to be-
come my wife. We have together
| enjoyed forty-nine years OF happi-
ness. We now have grown up (and
heads of families themselves) four
sons and one daughter and ten grand
children
| II think that was one of the most
important events of any Christmas in
my life-when the glass lamp Chin
ney broke"
THE most travelled man in Congress.
Representative Ernest R Acker-
! man. who has visited moro than 100
| countries and made more than forty
| trips across the Atlantic. had as
| unusual an experience q quarter of a
century ago on Christmas day, mixed
| in with celebration of the great
| feast. as has come to most men Here
| is his story:
II was spending two weeks in
| Shanghai in 1895. Christmas day
came while we were waiting for a
| boat to take US to India OF course.
there are many English and American
residents who celebrated Christmas
according to old home customs going
to church in the morning. having a
| good dinner at the Astor House at
noon and participating in some form
of entertainment during the balance
Of the day. In the afternoon we
witnessed a paper chase by hounds
in a park in the suburbs of the city.
to which the Bubbling Well road,
lined by handsome residences was
the most direct route.
| "A quarter of a century ago the
Chinese were still clinging to their
old customs and traditions. Among
the latter was the one Of consulting
the soothsayers and astrologers az to
| where a person should be buried SO
as to enjoy uninterrupted repose dur
ing the last sleep. If the Feng-Sui,
or spirit of repose, were not salts
fed as to the last resting place the
sleep was broken and unhappy.
Hence, if the fates decreed that the
coffin containing the remains should
be deposited in your front yard or
in your garden, whether you were re-
lated to the deceased or not. this
fin might be deposited and you could
not legally disturb it.
'It was a strange and a grueSome
sight to see hundreds of collins in
all stages of disrepair so located, and
the large field in which the paper
chase was held was dotted all over
with coffins, and the newest among
them were used as points of vantage
by the spectators to view the chase.
which was vociferously and hilarious
ly conducted by a great throng OF
) spectators. totally disregarding the
evidences of the fate that must over
take lis ALL
Evening star., 1921-12-25

"A VIGOROUS Christmas reminis-
n cence, chock-a-block full of dar-
ing hardships and stubborn fight to
the very last against encouragement,
in the days when the West was young
and he was searching for one of the
biggest coal mines in the country,
is told by Representative Frank. w.
Mondell of Wyoming, the House lead
er, as follows:
II am reminded of our celebration
in the Black Hills of Wyoming that
winter in the late sos, which will
be long remembered by stockmen as
the coolest and most disastrous in
their experience" =
THE winter began in the early
fall and my little prospecting party
Of six, which started in late October
from Buffalo Gap for hundred-mile
trip across the Black Hills to our
Destination in WSominE< encountered
Evening star., 1921-12-25

- eovery Of the spoil and how
much brighter things looked! We
even had dash of sunshine. All
hands put in the next two days finish
ing the cabins and we tried out the
big fireplace. But how the smokers
and Shewers did growl about the lack
of tobacco. and with the last of the
flour and bacon gone. it was venison
straight, except for handful Of
potatoes from our neighbor Vantine.
1.-The day before Christmas dawned
clear, crisp and bright, and along the
middle Of the forenoon we heard from
the far side Of the canyon the cheer
full Hello of Big Mike from Sundance
with tobacco and mail.
"The change in the atmosphere
around the camp was magic. Such a
chewing and splitting and smoking
you never saw! We packed on our
backs, oven quarter Of a mile Of the
toughest trail imaginable, our belong
inss from the tent camp to the cabins.
But welcome as Big Mikes contribu-
tfon was, it left US with the prospect
Of a mighty cheerless Christmas.
Nevertheless, the boys gathered
Christmas kTeens and hark1as and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
JWAPPY BjES'
Harold Lloyd h Y Do"
 Farce Comedy at Rialto

When man marries he acquires 'in n-laws." The boy had a brother-in- law with two children. who were foisted upon auntie and uncle to be cared for over night.
 The two most harmless things in the world are a four-year-old boy and "a keg of TINT. Jackie could get Into deviltry while you winked an eye and then, after he had nearly wrecked the house, he'd snuggle into your lap and say, You love little Jackie don5t you?" And you did until you discovered him using your best trousers for swing!
 Teddy, too though too young to walk. could make life merry. He was hungry, so the boy held seance in the kitchen with a bottle, a nipple and some milk--with and without re- sults
 Finally everyone was peacefully slumbering-exc the cat. It cre- ated such disturbance that the boy through 1t was the burglar who had been terrorizing the neighborhood. He tip-toed downstairs, where. between the cat, a toy gas balloon with a gro- tesque face painted on it. and a statue. the boy had more excitement than if there really had been a burg lar there. His fears were only dis pelled when the man they thought was the burglar proved to be the night watchman!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
BRYANT WASHBURN
 IN ROAD ID LONDON
Live Wire Story of Adventure
 Feature at the AIcazar Last of Week

A trip now can be made to London without getting q passport, buying a ticket or getting seasick All you need to do is pay a visit to the Al cazar theatre Thursday, Friday or Saturday of this week, when Bryant Washburn will demonstrate his idea of poppy, live wire adventure on The Road to London."4
 ''rhe Road to London" is Bryant Washburn's initial independent pro duction, and presents the dynamic star in the role of an adventure loving American with a susceptible heart, sojourning in London.
 Cupid shoots the first dart when our hero sees the prettiest girl In the world; and the second when he finds that she is in trouble and needs just the sort of quick -witted, strong arm help he has on tap. That is the beginning of the romance and ad- venture that paces madly on. "The Road to London" coming to a smash ing climax on the road to home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
MUSICAL COMEDY
 LYRIC TOPL|NER
Five Acts of Keith Vaudeville of Big-Time Variety
 on the Bill

4 musical comedy breeze will be the headlner on the Lyric bill the first half of the week, together with four other acts of vaudeville and a Pathe News Weekly.
 Ryan, Weber and Ryan, who present the musical comedy breeze, were con sidered bery successful in real musi- cal comedy, dancing and singing their way to the top in several productions According to critics, they are now Au- plicating their ascension in vaude- vile, offering sparkling little com bination of comedy and songs.
 Quite an unusual act will be Te- schow's Cats that are said to give a remarkable exhibition of feline intel ligence. These accomplished cats have the advantage of being real ity and not more or less question able legend.
 Sargent and Marvin will offer an original comedy oddity. which is pleasantly conceived with bright lines and situations. according to review CTS.
 "The New Bell Boy" presented by Gray. Carpenter and Gray. Is well sponsored by vaudeville critics who declare 1t to be a brilliant and clever little comedy. Mir. Gray is the bell boy, and his two feminine associates are the guests. The incident is ex- aggerated for comedy purposes of an everyday happening In most any hotel. and is portrayed in bright dia- logue.
 The Harlequin Trio. known as dancers from clownland," will close tha iv H~ao one-piece suits and cornucopia hats, this trio executes a series of dances that are most difficult and pie turesque, critics say, and will prove an unalloyed delight to every lover of the best in vaudeville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
THORNS AND
 ORANGE BLOSSOM
 AT TIE MAJESTIC
Delightful Play Is Offering for Week-Save Money by
 Coupons Given

The outlook for large crowds at the Majestic for the coming week is very good. according to the large advance sale of tickets, which goes to prove that the we'll known book plays never grow old and that they are always welcomed by the lovers or good clean amusement
 Thorns and Orange Blossoms" will be the offering for the week at the Majestic and the management states that this will be one of the prettiest plays of the season and that the Maddocks- Park Players rave never been cast to better advantage than as they will appear in this bill.
 The story is so we'll known that 1t is useless to go into detail, as those who have read the novel will want to see the play and those who have not will also, and an excellent weeks business is expected, not only on account of the play itself. but owing to the extra inducement the management is offering during the week of 'Thorns nd Orange Blos- sons"
 A save-money coupon for the Majestic has been running in the pa PtiS TUT SCtNCi ddyS WHICH pedTS d value of 10 cents in the afternoon and 15 cents at night, good for every performance except Saturday, and this feature will appeal to hundreds as it puts the prices of this house for this one big week back to pre-wai 4 prices.
 The producer. Sam Park. promises a wonderful scenis production. ane nothing is being left un lone to make | "Thorns and Orange Blossoms" ons of the feature plays of the season. | Mae Parks who's popularity in creases with each week will be seer in the leading part. and will hav' an opportunity to display her abilit,
 to advantage. Sam will handle th'
 comedy along with Myrtle Bigden
 while Jack Motte, Jack Holmes
 Marie Davidson. James Stone and Jo' | Echezabal will be cast to advantage
 Karl Hackett, of course. will ap
 pear in the lead opposite Miss Park.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
To Gain Weight
 Quick
Take Yeast the Best Way With 1ron-In Dainty Tablet Form. aa in "Ironized Yeast'

Thousands now realize that there in only one thoroughly efficient way to take yeast for health--in concen-
 trated tablet form combined with Or- ganic iron--as is found in Ironized Yeast. Many find that when yeast lis taken this way. results are often obtained In half the usual time! This is because Ironized Yeast Is rich in two substances which are absolutely essential to health-vitamines and iron. By increasing the nourishing power of your food and by feeding your blood with the iron needed to make it rich, red and powerful
 Ironized Yeast helps you to put on solid flesh where it is needed, to in- crease your strength and energy, to build up your shattered nerves, and
 to clear your skin of humiliating pimples, blackheads, etc. Try 1t for a few days and watch the results!
 Ironized Yeast is pleasant to take, will not upset the stomach, and Is more economical than common yeast Each package contains 60 in dividually wrapped tablets (10 to 15 days treatment) and costs only
 s100. Special directions for children. Sold at all druggists. Don't accept substitutes. Made by the Ironized
 Yeast Company. Atlanta, Ga.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
MUSICAL ACT TOPS
 FINE BILL ATLOEW'S
Vaudeville Acts of High Class variety-Shirley Mason
 Star in Comedy /

A musical act will head a bill of
 all-around merit and entertaining va
 riety at Loew's Bijou for the first
 half of the week, finishing off with
 a new photoplay and the usual screen offerings.
 The offering is decidedly out of the ordinary and Is the featured act on the bill, beginning tomorrow. "Snappy Bits" it isCcalled, and it will be pre- scented by Long, Gibson and the Van Dell Sisters. Snappy is the best term to describe this syncopated musical
 diversion, which includes a special song revue and some real dancing. The LeRoy brothers do some sen sational tumbling and exceptional hand balancing. Charles Smith and
 G1 ace Inman are funmakers with a surprise that no audience has yet guessed in advance. They offer an act called "Sally's Visit" rural nov city filled with clever comedy lines and the surprise.
 There is more comedy on the bill. with Bob Curtis and Jack Fitzgerald
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09

Nearly everybody who has lost q limb or part of one has. at one time or another, the impression that the lost member is still there. After this impression has faded 1t can often be strongly revived by the ap- plication of an electric current to the stump.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
MADAME EASTON
 FAMOUS SOPRANO
Music Study Club to Present Madame Easton at the
 Jefferson October 12

The Music Study club will present Madame Florence Easton. the famous soprano of the Metropolitan Opera company, at the Jefferson theatre on October 12.
 The following notices are what the Madame Easton:
 sThe aria. o Hall of Song, Give Thee Greeting brought to the stage Madame Florence Easton. the famous soprano from the Metropolitan Opera company of New York. Madame Eastons appearance was greeted with prolonged applause. which seemed to inspire her to throw her very soul into the singing of her aria. She has a glorious soprano voice. and perfect mastery of the art of singing The sweep of her voice was shown in the first few bars that she sang. and the audi ence was captivated by her at tho end of her first line. Madame Easton's clear diction, her finished vocal style. the intelligence of her interpretation. together with her WAiSuliS pctSohdity, gave Ter al once the sympathetic attention of the entire audience. and when she | finished she had made her place in | the hearts of the patrons of the l Spartanburg festival. Her appear ance in Spartanburg last night show ed that she sings with unusual boise
 and with an ease that comes of a mastery of the art."--Spartanburs ] Herald May 6, 1921
 Madame Florence Easton, in tho l aria. o Hall of Song, I Give Thee 1 Greeting captured her hearers with i her wonderful voice. her gractou. | manner and fine technique It wa,
 her first appearance here. but man, Spartanburg people had heard hel
 sing. and, in a way, she was knowI to all, Her voice. which has a wid,
 range. is rich and strong. Her enun
 citation is wonderfully clear and on,
 follows her with reference to th printed page. Madame Easton wil always be welcomed to Spartanburr by the host of admirers she made las night."-Spartanburg Journal, May 6
 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
Barrington-Landis
 Bout at Margaret

Billy Landis of Birmingham will In a six-round bout at Margaret to- night. Landis and Burlington fought six rounds to a draw before a large gathering of fans at Acmar last week. Many who saw the fight claimed it to be the best card they had ever seen. They are well pleased with Landis and wish to see him in bout at Margaret. knowing he will give them run for their money.
 Dixie" Jack Allen will probably box Dummy Harrington in an eight round bout Saturday, October Is. Dixie" refereed the bout between Landis and Harrington and the fans were so well pleased with his ability that they are asking for bout be- tween he and Burlington. 1t is said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
PARASITIC

In his hilariously funny comedy to be shown at the Rialto this week, Harold Lloyd holds the laughing glass up to human nature and mir TOTS therein all of the frailities and petty vanities humanity Is heir to.
 He takes the serious things of life and shows us how really funny they are if we could stand off and look at ourselves through sense of humor.
 Newlyweds have long been the butt of jokes. q Do" takes two newly weds and leaves two young children in their care over night. Now, you may have thought that the care of babies is a serious matter. Harold Lloyd shows that it's funny propo- siton after all.
 Il Do" dose not stoop to burlesque or slap stick. The pranks of the four year-old are not impossible; the blunderings of Harold Lloyd. from trying to fill the baby's bottle to capturing burglar, are not exag- gerated. They could happen to you. The difference is that 1t would be several days later before you could appreciate the humor in them where as, when you watch Lloyd your laughter Is instantaneous.
 T Do" is the third of the first se ries of three Harold Lyold laugh spe- cials for Associated Exhibitors, and Is two reels in lengthA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
TUSCAL0 L00SA ATHLETIC
 CLUB OPENS UP TODAY

Tuscaloosa. October S.-(Special) Saturday afternoon the Tuscaloosa Athletic club will hold its opening exercises informally at the Elks au dftorium.
 Patsy Haley of New York. an ath- lete of wide training and experience, has charge and has spent something like s4.500 in equipping the new ath- letic rooms.
 The need of this club has long been felt by many of the business and pro- fessional men in the city many of whom have already enrolled their names as members. MT. Haley states that the club already has a member ship of more than 150 men who are anxious to begin their training.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09

in a delightful comedy drama, "Ever Since Eve" supported by a cast of weli-known players.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
LARCENY AND. MARVIN

as its opponents. They have a rol- licking collection of comedy variety bits, including songs, dances. imita- tions. whistling and other various entertaining specialties.
 Charles Flagler and Ruth Malia provide the major part of the music. Down in Melody Lane" is what they call their act, which Is filled with the melody they refer to. They also have some good comedy dialogue.
 Shirley Mason Is the screen star
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09
FRITZ LEIBER
 AT TIE JEFFERSON
Repertoire InlIuies "Romeo and Juliet" Merchant of
 Venice" and "HamIet"

A conspicuous feature in the pro- ductlons of Fritz Leiber, who comes to the Jefferson theatre on Thursday october 1S. for an engagement of three nights and Saturday matinee, is the novelty in the mounting and lighting of the plays The concep- ton of the stage pictures has been developed along lines entirely origi- nal in the matter of stage settings. Many novel and fascinating effects are produced by means of gorgeous rose windows, elaborate panels and shadow silhuette. The scenic scheme also provides for almost instantanc- ous change of scenes thus reducing the stage waits to merely the neces- eary time lost through changes of cos tune.
 It is through this advance in inven- ton in the matter of scenery that MT. Leiber is enabled to give more ~f the original script of Shakespearean text than has ever been played on the modern stage and to give the per- formance in A shorter space than is used by any other classic player or today. The tragedy of Macbeth" is enacted in exactly two hours and fif- teen minutes and the thread of the story is never loSt nor lS LHe elho- tional drive of the drama weakened.
 The company Is practically the same as that of last season, with the eddi- ton to the cast of Miss Olive Oliver, for nine years the leading woman with Richard Mansfield and since that time q player of most important roles in all the classic productions in the large centers of amusement.
 Other names in the cast are those of Louis Leon Hall, John Burke, Rob ert Strauss, Philip D. Quin. Frank Howard, Thomas Donnelly. w. Leon ard Gordon, Richard Allen, WSldron Smith Virginia Bronson, Minnie Frayne, Caroline Kohl, Constance Kingsley and score of others.
 The repertoire for the local en- gament has been arranged as follows: Hamlet" Merchant of Venice" "Ro- meo and Juliet" and Macbeth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-09

This Season." and Larry Semon comedy; and Saturday. William Rus sell in "The Cheater Reformed" with a girly-girly comedy.
 The Husband Hunter" is de- hghtful comedy drama. "The Lure of Youth" asks this question. Are the women we love the women we marry?" Moon Madness Is a story of a desert girl who longed for Paris. 'Women Who Wait. is a vii brant tale of the great multitude of women who must only wait with folded hands while loved ones are in unknown dangers, Tt Isn't Being Done This Season" shows the lure and glamour of New York life and gives Miss Griffith, one of the best dressed women on the screen, oppor- tunity to display her many charms. "The Cheater Reformed" is a thrill- ing tale of the great outdoors.