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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-31
Yel0 Year Greetings are in Order
And Aunt Ann Wants You to be Happy

Dea Tomorrow the bg Of IL al h whistle blow
xoaI oIa big ss @ dt NAL m Yrrs s nhoa
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-31

took the part of the two brothers
were Paul Wright and George Brett
who were dressed in quaint, long ago
style.
The entire program called attention
to the wonderful chime that the new
church has just received from some
unknown giver. High up in the bell
fry of the church. which stands at
Five Points, they constitute a really
magnificent thing for the city. and
Aunt Ann wants all her little folks.
whenever they hear it ring. to re-
member how good God is and never
to forget to offer Him service and
to give Him love all their lives.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-31

junior Of the AgeEierad for boys and
of
ceptabe side and NBiress
all mail to Aunt AgeHerald, BnnghSa by
Wednesday
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-31
Remlap. Ala.
Dear Aunt Ann;

Dear Aunt Ann:
/ am IL years old and l go to the
Blount Highland school. My teach
er's name is Mrs. Hallman. l am in
the fifth grade. ! am sending
story to the childrens page. which
composed myself Your unknown
friend, MARY ROBERTSON.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-31
SENDS IN A POEM
LEARNED BY HEART

Dear Aunt Ann: I am sendinel vo,;
poem named "Four-Leaf Clover
know a place where the sun Is like
And the cherry blooms burst vs.h
snow.
And down underneath IS tho Iovsiisss
Where four-leaf olovers gros.
one rs Tor Hope, and one is for Faith
ana one is for Love, you know.
And God put another In for luot,.
Il you search you win find where
they grow.
But you must have hope ana YOU
must have faith,
GU must love and be strong ana 80
II you work If you wait. 'N
You viii find the plaoe
" mere the four-leaf c1overs grow,
BBRNYCH SCHWARTZ
age Years, I'm the Fourth Grade
T, Sd liked this poem SO well X.
learned 1t by heart, and thougbt
MAJ some other boys and girls wo1id
IKE to read it in your paper.
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Gather around all little children Aunt will tell
of the God at Christmas time out the South Highlands Meho
dist church
Before woppers who stopped alteration before its
blazing typied
earth people that Gods little
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-31

Dear Aunt Ann:
I do want to become cartoonist
better than anything in the world.
And I have felt that way ever since
/ was a baby Could you help me?
! go to Henley school and | am III
the third grade. ] was so proud to
see my first drawing appear in the
paper.
I hope to be great man some, day.
Your little boy, NATHAN CLICK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-31
Kellgton. Ala.

Dear Aunt Ann:
have been reading the children's
page for good while, and l enjoy
II so much. ! live in Kellyton, and l
go to school at Kellyton High school
am IL years old and am in the
eighth grade. l like to go to school
and go every day unless I am sick
I like my teacher His name is
Mr.. Guy. am going to send you a
story sometime soon, and hope
you will like it. Your friend,
MATHILDE THOMAS.
Don't forget that storyl-Aunt
Ann.
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naper. After he had stayed while
he asked them to go to walk with
him. After they had gone. long
way they started to go back but he
would not let them. They began to
cry, but it did no good. He carried
them to cave and told them to make
it tidy, as he would have company
They began to fix 1t UP and soon had
1t looking very nice.
One day another man came there,
He secretly carried them away He
took them to his house and gave
them food and clothing. They lived
the rest of their life with him and
were very happy
Your little friend,
MARTHA BRYAN MERIWETHER.
Graymont School.
Dear Aunt Ann:
am sending you a story about
James and Jane. l hope you will like
It. 1 go to Graymont school. 1 am
10 years old and in the Fifth grade.
Here is the story:
The Story of james and jane
James and Jane We're twins. They
were 6 years old. James said to Jane
Lets go to the woods and look
for some fairies"
of course I-.will, but let US ask
mother first"
Their mother said, Eyes. you may
and off they went.
They looked and looked but could
not find. any fairies.
Let's go home" said Jane.
But James said mo; let's spend
the night in the woods"
lane paua a IitfIa ahfxo.. atH 4.
Yes, if you will take care of me-"
"Of course. | will" said James
Suddenly Jane saw, light and she
said:
James. do you see that light?"
James looked and saw the light.
too.
"Jamesl janet Where are your"
Here we are!" said James and
Jane together, and il was their faith
er. Your little friend,
ELIZABETH REYNOLDS.
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because the people we're selfish and
would not give God anything which
caused them sacrifice. The bells
were supposed to ring only when a
perfect gift was given.
Finally, it had been so long since
the bells rang that even the king and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-31

tie boy that lived in a thick forest
with his mother. His name was Tom.
His father was dead. and they were
very poor His mother had one COW
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-31

What viii you give me for an old
fashioned bullet mould for lead bull
let's. You can make all the bullets
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-31

Seventh Grade. Barker school.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20
Wind and Sound.

a government scientist gives an In
teresting explanation Of tie action OF
thr wind in preventing the spread OF
sound.
It is, he claims, not the wind, as
such. that prevents sound from tray
cling against 1t, but difference in the
strength of the wind. II, for instance,
the wind is stronger above than he
low. or stronger at one side, its ef-
feet will be to tilt the sound waves
in one direction or another. Differ
cnces OF temperature in the mir also
cause detection of the waves Of sound.
Other atmospheric causes exist which
defect sound from straight course
and prevent II from going as far in
certain direction as 1t may have
been expected to 60.
Some Of the sirens IN this country,
Il appears, produce sounds which
ought theoretically to be audible at a
distance Of 1900 miles, but. in fact,
the authorities are satisfied II they
are heard only two miles away The
reason for the discrepancy between
calculation and experiment was prob
ably atmospheric detection OF the
sound
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20
DULL AND BRILLIANT YOUTHS
Bright Boy Does Not Always Fill Ex-
pectations OF Friends, While
Stupid Lad Surprised.

An eS.headmaSter Of p years ex-
pcricnce has confessed that he was
anything but a model hoy at school.
lie is not exceptional Some boys
who have no lack of brains have not
the examination mind" and in some
the intelligence is too vNaclous and
original to he Interested in routine
work. There are boys who are really
duh and will never he anything else,
but there are also boys who are mere
~ unconventional and boys who arc
apparently dull only because they are
slow.
Human beings are like plants. II Is
not always the tree which grows and
fruits The quickest that gives The best
crop. IN the end, says the London Daily
Mail. The brilliant boy does not al
ways fulfill the expectations of his
friends, Willie the boy who was sup
posed to be dull occasionally surprises
everybody in after life because his
mind was OF the sort which takes a
long time to mature.
No hard.and-fast rule can be laid
down. But, as Or. Chalmers Mitchell
has pointed out, 1t Is general rule
In nature that the longer the period
OF youth the greater Is the intelligence
Of the adult
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20
USED ANTS TO FIGHT PESTS
Southern Arabs Employed the Method
$50 Years Ago In Culture Of
the Date Palm.

Control Of destructive insects by
the Introduction OF their natural
enemies has become an important
technique during the last generation,
writes Paul Popence in Science. Blu,
II competent observers are to be
trusted, the southern Arabs employed
the same method more than $50 years
ago In the culture OF the date palm.
In his Relation dun Voyage dams
rYemen' Parls. 1880, page 1861, r.
+. Botta says;
II was able TO verify the singular
fact previously observed by Forskal,
that the date palms in Yemen are al
tackled by species Of ant which would
cause them to perish II each year the
growers did not bring from the noun
talns and fasten In the tops OF The
palms branches OF tree that did
not recognize, which contains the nests
Of another species OF ant which des.
troys that Of the date palm"
II. Forskal was the naturalist Of G.
neutrality-suspicious.; his work was
published pcstlupousIy IN IT'S. have
not seen his account to which Botta
refers.
II would be interesting to know
whether the history of economic en-.
tomolosy furnishes any earlier record
OF the biological method Of pest con
troll.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20
maybs "crsce" Widow.

Divorced women, or those who are
separated from their husbands. are
called grass widows" II is said that
this originated from an English rural
term. grass mare meaning horse
TINT has been turned out 10 pasture,
Some claim that II is derived from
"grace widow" meaning that the wom-
an Is widow by courtesy OF law or
agreement but not by the death OF her
husband
The expression was first used in this
country IN 1870 when so many men
went to California at the time Of the
gold strike and left their wives OF
home.
In England the word is one Of dis
repute, being applied to former mis-
tresses or unmarried mothers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20
Ash Best Material for es,s.

In making baseball .bat ~ suhsti-
tute for wood has been found, says
the American Forestry Magazine Ash
has won the leading place Several
qualities nWst be considered in Sc
lecting wood for hats hut The moSt
essential are weight and strength
The shock and strain are severe at
the moment Of impact wttsn'the ~ell-
aimed hloN meets the iIias had IN
inldar and almost instantly stops It
and sends it in the opposite direction.
If the wood is not excellent the blow
fha,ters it.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20
AGE OF CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE
obeIIsk In New York Park Was Erected
in Egypt Hefors the Birth
Of Moses.


Cleopatra's Needle, which stands In
Central park New York city,, was
given to the United States by Egypt
and was transported here at the ex-
pense of the late w. H. Vanderbilt 1t
was erected in 1881. The crabs it
stands upon are replicas OF the
originals, which are in the Metropoli.
ian museum In the museum, too
model Is TO beseen showing how the
obelisk was lowered and raised into
position. 1t Is sixty-seyen feet high
and weighs 1870 tons.
Gazing at 1t, it Is hard to realize that
when it was erected Moses had not
been born, that not one being In Europe
could read or write, indeed that
Greece, Rome, England had never even
been heard Of, remarks the Detroit
News
When Thothmes III, erected this obe-
llsk, about 1900 B. c.. to commence
rate his victories over the enemies Of
Egypt, his country was the richest
and most powerful in the world the
great center OF trade and the leader
In letters and arts. The last indepen-
dent ruler Of Egypt, Cleopatra, had
the obellsk transferred from Heliopo-
lis, the old capital, to Alexandria,
thereby giving II its present name.
With the fall OF ancient civilizations
the old buildings Of Egypt decayed and
everything about that country was for
gotten. Finally, at the instigation Of
Napoleon, scientists undertook TO solve
these secrets and aroused interest in
that long-forgotten country.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20
Meteors Cause Eires7

France recently has suffered a NUM-
Der of severe forest fires and now the
theory Is advanced that they were
caused by meteors. In the chateau
district, where q thousand acres OF
forest were burned recently, huge
chunks Of hot metal have been dug up,
and these are alleged to be fragments
of the meteor that started the fire.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20
sovIers want Coansn.

q Negotiations for the purchase OF
10000 tons of Goldfish by the Russian
Soviet government have been opened
between Soviet government commits
sioner in London and the Newfound-
land government This would repre-
sent about one-quarter of the years
catch. The Russian government has
offered to pay from 10 to 90 per cent
in cash and the balance in notes pay
able from three TO five years hence.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20
Beavers Take LONG Vacation.

Beavers do no work for period OF
three months or more each sumner.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20

you used to say she complained,
shat you counted that day lost when
YOU did not hear the sound of my
voice"
Yes, | know" he replied, "anN !
shall never cease to long Tor those
dear lost days. Boston Transcript.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20
nlrd Sanctuary Tor cuIIs.

Natural history has many students
in Canada proper and the provinces
The town OF Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
has recently purchased on island in
Its local Lake George MS bird sane.
tuary for great black-backed eltils.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20

"Wcll. Eph,' said his ex.employer,
meeting the old darby on the street,
chow is the rheumatism these days?r1
"porely, sab, porely," was the de-
iected reply Believe me, Marse Blk
by Use Jest moyln picture oh pain"
Boston Transcript.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20
Effect Of FLOODS in III. POTOMAC.

The yoiume Of water In the Poto-
mac river which flows past Washing
ton IS sometimes $50 times as great
In flood as at low water.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20
H. B. HUTCHINs

keJ Estate anu Insurance Agency.
Village. properIv. Farms and Small
Places on outside Specially.
Rents Co..aeted and Property cared for
FIRE insurance
907 Main Street nenniHEtoa, w.
Telephone 05-W.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20
mackerel Run in Great Schools.

Some schools of mackerel are hall n
mile wide aud twenty miles long, and
are estimated to contain 100000 bar
rels Of Ash,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-20
s..ter or wlthou, II.

Old Grones--I wish to heavens
could acquire an appetite.
His Wife--For goodness sake what
do you want with an appetite? 1t
would only give you more dyspepsia.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-01
Baltimore Weekly
Livestock Market

BALTIMORE. Nd. Oct. 3i.-cat-
tie: Receipts for the week ended
noon today were I.27l head. against
1855 head last week-IH carloads
for market for the week. with q fair
supply Of good to choice steers. The
demand was very poor. prices decIin-
ing from IS TO IS cents: common TO
medium steers. les15c higher: bulls
cows and heifers. barely steady
Steers. choice. s7.25s7.e5: good butch
ers. se.25a7oO; medium. s5.25asOo:
common. s4.25a5.O0: heifers. choice
ss.ooae.5o: fair to good. ss.o0a5. 90.
common TO medium s4.2eat.75: bulls
choice. s4.25a4.75; fair TO good. s3.5l
a4.0O; common to medium. s3.0Oa37s
cows. choice. s4.Sos5.oo: fair to COOL.
ss.55s4-25; common TO medium, $3.50
a325.
Sheep and Lambs: Receipts for tho
week ended noon today were 1s5sS
head. against 1o.3s3 head last week.
Fair supply market lower: sheen. 81
5oa4.5o: lambs. s4.5oas.oo; hogs. re-
ceipts for the week ended noon To-
day were I3.4es head. against IA
10 head last week: fair supply mar
ket lower: lights. $40: heavy. IS 90.
medium. 1910: pigs. $40: light piEs
$3.50; roughs. s5.5oa7t5.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-01

The fibre industries develop some
intsrssting competitions. when one
fibre becomes important In the mar
ketinr OF another. while az the
came time Il completes with Il, The
lutte industry is such a case. be-
cause jute 10 used largely to make
burlap bags to cover baied cotton.
while at the same time this nbre
IL a cheap substitute for the cotton
which II is used to protect conse-
quently the cotton grower IL faced
with q peculiar problem when he
IL called upon to state his position
in regard to q tariff on jute.
American manufacturers consume
about a2o. ooo.o pounds Of jute
annually. Our imports of raw jute
fbre have ranged around 1900
tons since 1918. reaching the high
mark Of 5000 tons In 1921. We
import a ereat many bags and bag
fabric made up readN for use. For
instance, in 1921 we brought in H.
900, 900 pounds OF bags and 1000, 900
pounds of bagging. While the
greatest quantity of the material
came in in the form of burlap. OF
which ss7.ooo.ooo pounds was i'm
ported.
For covering Of cotton bales the
United States nominally consumes
around 100000 yards of coarse
jute cloth. About $50. o0o. 600 bags
are used each year for grains. fer
tilizers. other crops and raw ma
terials. About 4oo.5eo.ooo bags are
needed for sugar alone. Cuba buys
about 100000 bags for her sugar
crop. Brazil uses large numbers
o. l.
and Chile for shipping nitrate.
Since It is the cheapest fibre known.
the manufactured products made
from tute are increasing rapidly.
Aside from its uses as wrapping ma
terials, jute yarn now forms the
foundation for about so per cent of
carpets rugs. oilcloths and linoleums.
II is being utilized extensi yely by
electrical manufacturers as installa-
ton material and the quantity used in
building operations is constantly in
creasing.
Since iute Is grown only in India
and to a very small extent in China.
the centers Of manufacture have been
In India and Great Britain as the
development has been under British
domination. Under the stimulus of
war demand the Jute mills in India
were considerably increased until they
have > capacity for the manufacture
OF burlap that will more than supply
the world. according to present de-
mand. Large stocks OF jute have been
held in the consuming centers and
with a short crop in India last year
normal conditions have been restored
in the market. In 1913 the price of
jute at New York was about cents
per pound. During the war II arose
to as high as IL cents. but is now
again at the prewar level. or only
sligstly above IT.
So long as most Of the jute was
brought to England and America as a
raw material for manufacture here.
the question OF tariff on 1t was not
serious. But with the war the manu-
facture was concentrated in India and
the imports of burlap were increased.
A high tax upon the importation of
The Washington herald., 1921-11-01

and william N. Kirby to secure
William A. and Est&1le 8 KIRBY
s3.50e., Three years Z per cant -.
Same to Arthur c. Mosss and
Morton J. Luchs to secure Fannie
J. Gosling ss)s.ss. Monthly pay
ments 8 per cent
So 2s3s. lot l3s-Raphasl Sherry
and Grace p. Sherry to Wash. Loan
and Trust Co. to secure Equitable
Coop. B. A. $7.so0
Mintwood. part lot zS-Aldrich
c. Wiley and George 9. Rees to
the National Metropolitan Bank OF
Washington, d. c.. to secure George
w. White and Augustus 8. Worth
inston. trustees. $4,000. One year
per cent "a.
So 2o7, lots s. los and 1os--Rose
B. Parks to Isaac Behrend and
David Sanger to secure Gsrson
Nordlinger $4,000. Monthly pay
ments 6 per cent,
So 500, lot 127-Marion @. Garter
ct ux, Lillian NJ. to Joseph N. Saun-
ders and Harry N. Packard to secure
Harry e. Weeks $2.soo. Monthly pay
ments, Z per cent.
So ss1, lot l4--Mary c. Lampert
to Harry X. Boss and H Glenn
Phelps to secure Henry and Anna N.
Huber $500. Monthly payments. 8
per cent.
So soils, lot 5e-Blanche e. Whitney
to James F. Shea and George ]. Boyer
to secure Mary J. Breen 1880. Three
years, per cent .. q.
Same to Walter @. Davis and Fred
A. smith to secure George C. Pomphrey
and Floyd z. Davis $500. Monthly
payments. per cent.
So 1857, lot 2s-Marie p. Smith to
Wash. Loan q Trust Co. to secure
Union Trust Co. $500. Three years.
Z per cent 8. A.
Same to Jesse H. Hedges and r.
Eliot Middleton to secure Aileen NJ.
Callaghan $500. Monthly pay
ments. 6 per cent.
So 3035, lot 50-Delia s. WEIGH to
@. Allan Macrae and Jesse H.
Hedges to secure Allan c. Muddi-
man and Holly s. Muddiman ST.
s55.71. Monthly payments. 6 per
rent
The Washington herald., 1921-11-01
Business SEEKS
NAY TO PREVENT
SEVERE CRISES
Committee of Unemploy-
ment Farley Looks
To Future.
BANK SYSTEM AIDS
Author of Business Cycles"
Reviews Plans Pro-
posed.
Continued from Paoc One.


piete data in more Ineligible form
should be made readily accessible to
all men minded to use them. Hap
PLY. there are many active workers
in this neld-government agencies.
Of which the Department of Com
merce Is especially progressive at
present, business associations, scien-
tine societies, forecasting agencies.
statistical departments in corpora
lions. commercial periodicals, news
papers and individual statisticians.
We can count upon a gradual i'm
provement both in the data and in
the use made of them.
A second proposal Is the long
range planning of public works,
municipal, State. and Federal. Much
work OF this sort, 1t Is held by COM
petent judges. can be accelerated
Tor year or two or postponed for
a similar period without serious
detriment to public interests. By
systematic planning governments
might diminish the amount of work
they put TO contract in years of
great activity and increase the en-
ployment they provide for labor and
capital i'm dull years, thus reducing
the Intensity of both boom and de-
PRESTON Besides its other ad-
vantages, this plan has financial
promise. since the cost or construc-
ton work Is subject to a wide swing
between the crest of prosperity and
the trough of depression. EstI-
mates made in this country and in
England agree in indicating that
the amount of work adapted to al
location in this way runs high in
the millions 1t is obvious that
every dollar paid out in hard times
would give rise to demands for
goods on the part of contractors
and their employees. This plan is
by way of being put Into operation
on a small scale. In July. 1917,
Pennsylvania created an Emergency
Public Works Commission to pro-
vide for the expansion of public
works during periods of unusual
unemployment California has
enacted a similar law this year.
Both experiments should be fol-
lowed with attention.
Huber Measure.
The Wisconsin Legislature has
Before il another plan-the Huber
Unemployment prevention bill. The
theory Of this bill is that the cost
of unemployment should be treated
as a fixed charge upon industry, and
that II manufacturing plants which
show wide fluctuations in the num-
Der of men on their payrolIs are
forced to pay higher insurance
premiums than the plants with
steadier records they will soon de-
wise methods of stabilizing their
wprking forces. This theory is sup
ported by the effects of legislation
D&xppelling employees to carry in
dustrial accident insurance-Iegis-
lation which has put a premium