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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-17
Decoration Contract For Birthday Party Goes to
 Birmingham Concern
Birmingham Awning an d. Decorating Company Will Erect Four Miles of Artistic Decorations on S5,OO0 Contract

The contract for the artistic street decorations for Birmingham's birth day party has been awarded to the Birmingham Awning and Decorating company, of which Lester R. Lester is the enterprising manager, and the execution of the contract, one of the largest ever undertaken in the south, is now under good headway.
 This concern. wholly nome prod- uct." is the only decorating concern in the state of Alabama, and it car ries the largest stock of flags, avn ings, draperies. flowers. ornamental pieces and banners of any firm south of the Mason and Dixon line.
 The Birmingham Awning and Decorating company. the office of which is located in the basement of the Chamber of Commerce. with an entrance direct from First avenue, has won the unique distinction of being the only firm of the kind that ever decorated Birmingham in strict accordance with government regula- tions, an honor gained during, the re cent Rotary convention.
 Among some of the more impor- tant contracts handled by this firm were the American Legion conven- ton in Birmingham, the state con yention of the American Legion at Florence. the Pageant at Tuscaloosa, the Shrine at Gadsden, the U. c. V. reunion at Anniston, the Alabama State Fair and the Rotary convention a few months ago in this city.
 All of the materials and supplies used in the semi-centennial contract will be bought in. Rirmingham as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-17
By HUGH ". ROBERTS Washington Bureau, The Age-Herald


 Washington, october 16.-(Spe- ciaI)--The course of the special ses- sion of the Alabama legislature is being watched with closest interest in Washington by the national head quarters of the Anti-Blue Law League of America Qnc.), particu- lar1y in regard to the Sunday ob- servance measure. According to the executive secretary of the league, whose office Is in the Bond build ing. predictioh was made last No- venber that the Lords Day alliance, the International Reform bureau and the Southern Sabbath alliance would choose their first field of bat tie in Alabama, following with Mis- souri and then with Georgia. Rev. Bob Jones. the evangelist" said this official, conducted the pre- liminary revival in Alabama during last summer and was recently in Springfield, Mo. Whether he plans to move on Georgia next. we are not informed, but the prediction made nearly a year ago that Alabama would be the first battle ground has come true and Missouri, it seems, Is being lined up for the fray.
 Represented in Montgomery
 "The Anti-Blue Law League of America Qnc.),"' continued the offi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-17
M. Y. JOSEPH IS BACK FROM EUROPE
Well Known Citizen Greatly improved n Health By
 Carlsbad Treatment

Nj. Y Jcseph, one cf Birmingham best fNewn merchants and citizens, returned yesterday afternoon from a three months sfip 10 Europe. Mrs. Joseph. who aeeoiu ed him, re- mains1 over iss New 4orK for visit with their daug etec.
 MT. Joseph spent practically aii of his time in Europe a Carlsbad whc re he went for the treai rsant ard he e. turns looking picture II htaish ! te said that he had not selt so well n Nmany years.
 Conditions in Eurore he repoi S. to be still very bad, hut added tn t in addition to the inn rev veinent in s health he had very nteresting aud instructive trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-17

at ANondale park. The stage at the park upon which the pageant will be produced has practically been com pleted, and will be ready for the first rehearsal of the entire company Thursday night.
 Yesterday afternoon the first re- hearsal of the orchestra band which will accompany the pageant chorus was held under the direction of Cor don Erickson. Rehearsals will con- tinue during the week, together with rehearsals of the chorus.
 Inspect Amphitheatre
 Yesterday afternoon Mr. Robertson and the pageant officials inspected the amphitheatre and checked up the lists of the various groups which have been rehearsing separately dur ing tho past three weeks, MT. Rob- ertson was very much pleased with tho progress which has been made by his assistant, William owen, and the local committee, and last night ex- pressed great confidence in the suc- cess of the pageant.
 T feel sure that the Birmingham pageant will be a great success" MT. Robertson said. "The theme is really more poetic and imaginative than the RbS NhiNh Wt hsAFC Just llilAohFQ III Chicago. MT. Rice has planned won- derful scenes in the book of the pa geant which he has written" Chicago Pageant
 Birmingham people will be inter- ested in an appreciative criticism of the Chicago pageant by Jules Bois, a noted French dramatist, poet and critic, who happened to be in Chi caso during it's production, in that the Birmingham pageant Is written by the same author and produced by the same actor
 Extracts from the criticism as printed in the Chicago Evening Post of October Il are as follows: The episodes that unfold them- l selves on the boards of the Grant park theater recall-the triumphant Choregies of Athens and Rome; they have been compiled by Wallace Rice With a geen discrimination of signifi- cant events and they ha 1n dra- matically produced by Do....1d Rob- ertson with a most refined artistic taste, and I dare to say with breadth of vision, definiteness of en- semble, vitality of movement and powerful contrasts that are seldom obtained on the European stage, where nevertheless venerable tradi- tions are accustomed guides.
 Masters of the misc en- scene with us, like Antoine Gemier, Albert Carre, had they been in Grant park would have acknowledged Donald Robertson as one of their kind Sure ly they would have envied him for having been given this remarkable human material to handle, this lux ury, this profusion of costumes and settings, these supple gamuts of var.- | egated light. America knows how to do things and spares nothing for the sake of breadth and splendor-and l she knows how to choose the man | who can transfigure these riches and | forces into things of art--the new
 art If the new world"
 l Mir. Robertson and MT. Rice will 1 speak before the various Birmingham civic bodies during the week, and | Mr. Robertson will address the Drama l league Tuesday afternoon at the lief ferson theatre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-17
JEALOUSY CAUSED
 SHOOTING OF WCai3 3N

Triangular domestic affairs result cd in the shooting yesterday after noon at about S:So o'clock of Mary Wolfe, a negro woman, of 2415 Third avenue, north, by Eddie Jefferson, q negro, of the same address.
 witnesses of the shooting stated to Officers Bllzey and Huston, who investigated the case, that Jefferson had taken exception to the attention that another negro was paying 70 the. woman.
 The woman was shot in the left leg below the knee. She was taken to the Hillman hospital by the two police officers. where her injuries were dressed and she was returned to her home.
 Jefferson made his escape before the arrival of the officers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-17
DEATHS

Aionxo .arfton Lewis-Eemains of Alonzo Carlton Lewis, who died yesterday, were shipped to Cuba. Ala, for interment by the Brown Undertaking company. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock. with interment at Cuba.
 James ,B. Mint0n-Age 5s, died yes terday at the residence. 250S Thir- tieth avenue, north. Funeral serv- ices this afternoon at the residence with interment at Forest Hill. Sur vived by three daughters, Mrs. Annie Story, Mrs. Ruby Lowery or Birmingham. and Mrs. Kate Ray of Tuscaloosa, anu two brothers. Ferry Anton-The two-year- old son of MT. and Mrs. r. Anton, died yes terday at the family residence, Lin dale. Funeral services from the residence this afternoon at 2:s0 o'clock. Interment at MoElwain cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-17
MYSTERY SHROUDS SHOOTING 0F MAN EARROEBUCKC CLUB
No Clue to Shooting of M. L. Vandiver Last Night--Rob- bery Thought to Be Pos-
 SibIe Motive

Mystery shrouds the attempt upon the life of M. l.. Vandiver, 6405 First avenue, who received the con- tents of three shotgun shells loaded with bird shot about his body while walking in the woods near Roebuck last night at about 8 o'clock.
 MT. Vandiver stated last night that he had been walking in the woods in the vicinity of the Roebuck club when he was suddenly shot at by one or more unknown assailants. The effects of three separate charges from shotgun were found upon his body by the examining doctors. Fol lowing the shooting Vandiver stag gered about the woods for nearly two hours in an effort to get to some nearby house to seek assistance.
 At about 10 o'clock he staggered out onto the Roebuck road and was picked up by passing automobile and taken to the residence of Dr, W. D. Hankins. 7600 First avenue, who. after dressing his wounds tempor- arily, sent the victim of the shoot ing to the Birmingham infirmary for treatment in Woodin's ambulance. At the hospital IL was said that MT. Vandiver's condition could not be as- certained. but that he had received the charges from the shotgun in the shoulders, body and legs.
 Vandiver had been living at the residence of ID. Walter Smith, 640J First avenue, for the past three CT four months. Very little was known about him there, but it was thought that his father lived in Columbus, Gn.
 It was said that Vandiver had dis played large roll of bills sometime during the evening preceding his starting out for the walk which re- suited in his being shot. At the hospital it was stated that he had upon his person, when brought to the hospital, q small amount of change, a watch and several trinkets of no great value.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-17
LIBRARY SHOWER
 AT JONES VALLEY
 NEW HIGH SCHOOL
John R. Hornady and Mrs, BagIey SpeakerS-Many Books Presented By
 Patrons of School

A "library shower" was the fea- ture of d large gathering of citi- zens of Powderly and Sunnyside at The new Jones Valley High school Sunday afternoon. many books be- ing presented by patrons and friends of the institution.
 The exercises, which were presided over by Prof. C. l.. Harrison, prlnci- pal of the school were held in the au- ditorium and musical programme preceded the speeehmaklng The orator ot the occasion was Commis- aioner John F. ITornady of Birming- ham. whose theme was educational progress in Alabama. Mr. Horuady opened his address with congratula- tious to the community upon tho magnificent new high school which had been provided by tho county board of education. and he expressed great satisfaction over the trans formation that had been wrought in Jefferson county as well as in many other sections of the state, since the adoption of the constitutional amend lnent permitting the various counties to levy special taxes for school pur- poses,
 Progress Made
 Though the adoption of this amendment less than six years ago came about only after q desperate fight on the part of the educational forces of the state" said Mr. Hor- q sf-rr,1 yar1. tfae voted against it, there is cause for profound qualification in the fact that every county in Alabama has taken advantage of its provisions since that time. Splendid new build- ings have sprung up all over the state, and tremendous progress has been made all along the line.
 "The transforming power of these new schools, coupled with this quick ened interest in educational matters, is conspicuous in many quarters, continued the speaker. The new and modern schools which have taken the place of the obsolete and unat- tractive structures have served to lindle tho pride of many communi- ties and to transform them from dull, uninteresting settlements into live, progressive and attractive places.
 "However, the deeper significance of the tremendous educational awak- cning relates to the future. and con cerns the children themselves" said the speaker. Alabama boys and girls of today are enjoying advantages not cnoyed hy the children of an older generation, and they are being better equipped to take an active and sue cessful part in the development of the resources of our state. Educated, as they will become, they will be in position to take full advantages of the matchless gifts of nature, and through the application of their trained minds. these resources will be dey yeloped as never before.
 Material Wealth
 Alabama, extraordinarily rich in mineral resources, and having agri- cultural resources uneXcelled by any state in the union. is destined to gfeatnoss, and the meaning of these new schools and the new and lively Interest in educational progress, is that Alabama soon will reap the riches kindly nature intended it's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-17

far as the local market will supply the needs for the work.
 Over 1,200 poinsettias will be re- quired and they are being made by Mrs. R. F. Lee of 5133 Grand avenue, Woodlawn. Four miles of smilax will be used and this beautiful plant is now being shipped day day into Birmingham from Evergreen, Ala. as fast as it can he gathered.
 In addition 70 having been award ed the official decorators contract A[r. Lester's company is decorating hundreds of downtown stores and of flee buildings and as there is no ,aclS of either decorative supplies or eN- pert workmen, others who wish to secure the services of the Birming- ham Awning and Decorating com pany may do so by calling Woodlawn 950 or visiting the offices of the company in the Chamber of Com- merce.--Ady.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-17
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Klchm0nd. Na October 16.--Tp to midnight tonight no official notice had been received in Richmond con cernins the proposed strike Of rail- road men Employees here. numbering about 5000. stand ready to walk out upon receipt of official orders The recent vote here resulted on a poll of s5 per cent of the men favorable to Q walkout. This includes those con nected with the Southern, Seaboard Air Line, Chesapeake and Ohio, At lantic Coast Line and Richmond. Fredericksburg and Potomac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-17
Robertson Returns
 to Complete Semi
 Centennial Pageant
Director Is Pleased With Progress Made-Rice to Arrive Today-Committee Opens General Headquar-
 ters in First National Bank Building

With the yesterday morning of Donald Robertson Chicago director of the semcenennia work the spectacle will be pushed rapidly this everything will be ready for the initial Monday specially built amphitheatre in park
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-17
A&!Fdshn!on2 M o,~ecdSf
 7 y y G2ssSa Gs~2sSsSsa~

The Age-HeraId has arranged with leading fashion designers of New York to furnish It's readers daily fashion and pattern service. All pat terms will ee seam making and guar snteed to fit perfectly. Safe delivery Of every pattern ordered Is also guar snteed. You should order patterns . little in advance Of the time you will need them as stock Is not kept in Birmingham, but all orders will be forwarded to the pattern department ,n New York for attention.
 LADIES' WAIST
 A picot-edged ruffle is gathered to the tiny roll collar, making { very soft finish at the neck. Tn, sleeves are long, with deep cuffs. The ladies waist Is cut in size 36 to A inches bust measure. Sig, 36 requires 21s yards 40-inch ma terlal. Price 15 cents.
 Every woman who wants to dres
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-17

people should garner. And, accom- panying this ingathering of ma teria1 wealth, will be a measure of progress. socially, morally and phy- seally. such as our forefathers never dreamed of"
 The address of Commissioner Hor- nady was followed by q brief talk by Mrs, Eagley. member of~the county board of education, who felicitated the community upon it's interest in the new school and assured the peo- pie of the full cooperation of the county board in the effort to make it a community center from which should radiate the most gracious in- fluences,
 The citizens of Powderly, Sunny side and vicinity. are very proud of their new school and this pride was manifested by frequent applause as the speakers referred to the in fluenee of modern schools upon the life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-17

Wallace Rice. the author of tho pageant, is expected in Birmingham today. and he and Mir. Robertson, with the local committee headed by Gordon Erickson. will make final plans for the presentation of the play
 Mrs. John Hornady, chairman Of the cast commItte, has requested the entire cast of the pageant to meet Mir. Robertson and Mir. owens to- night at o'clock at tho Southern club.
 Mir. Robertson and Mi, Rice have just finished the pageant of the semi centennial of the Chicago fire, pI oduced during the past two weeks on the Chicago lake front. which won the praise of the critics of all the Chicago papers.
 Open Headquarters
 Arrangements have been made by Hill Ferguson, business manager of the pageant, for opening special headquarters for the pageant in the First National Bank building in the offices vacated by the Jemison Real GSlalo company. TWO men WILL pc in the office at all times, and all of ficials of the pageant will have desks there
 Tickets for the three performances of the pageant will go on sale Wednesday or Thursday. and will be sold at the headquarters. The performances will be on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights of the semi centennial week. | A bureau of information will be established in this office for the pur- pose of assisting the large cast which will take part in the play. Queens Night The first performance of the pag- cant on Monday night will be of fscially known as queens night" at which the queens from each of the Alabama counties will be present. Wednesday night will be known as Presidents night" and President Harding will be invited to occupy a special box.
 John Hanny of the Service Studios of Chicago, and q large crew of painters. have been at work during the past few days on the scenery for the pageant, The scenery will har- monize with the natural back ground
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-17

Tho southernmost permanently in habited spot on the globe is Laurie Island, South Orkneys, southeast of south America, and it's sole inhab- itants are little party of meteor ologists who maintain weather ob- servations there for the Argentine government. The staff is relieved once a year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-17
Baby Specialists.

THAT there Physicians specialize Infant ailments you know All Physicians understand Infant troubles all Physicians them It is his profession his du know human ills from the So to the Great Beyond
 But in serious he calls in the Specialist Why? He knows every Mother knows ought that Baby baby needing special ment special remedies
 Gan thougl7 Mother try Baby remedy that she would for herself? Ask yomse and honest
 Always remember that Baby just baby And remembering this will that Fees especially for Infants Children
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-09-15
"TACTlLlSM" THE LATEST ART
Pictures Can Be "Seen" by Touch, is
Declaration Made by inventor
of New Fad.

Among the things that have their
day and cease to be-" artistic extrav-
agances hold a prominent place. The
wild vagaries of impressionists, Gu
bists and futurists one by one eclipse
what has gone before.
'"Tactilism" is the name of a new
art" invented by Signor Marinetti, the
Italian futurist, who, recently, to a
large audience of painters, art critics
and society people in Paris, explained
its principles. 1t is a method Of COR
VeyiHg impre ssions through the sense
of touch, (which has hitherto been
neglected by the arts"
Marinetti told how he had tried to
establish a series Of conventions,
which could be easily learned, by
which different touches would bring
forth definite ideas. For instance,
something rough, spiky and hot to the
touch would give the idea Of the
Sahara. The seas would be conjured
up by something smooth and cold, like
silver paper, and Paris by a mixture
of silk and velvet 1t is an evidence
OF the readiness Of the day to take
up anything new that this adventur-
Gus futurist pioneer is now the lion Of
the season. He intends to be in Paris
for some weeks, but has already re-
ceived so many invitations to attend
fashionable receptions and evening
parties that he confesses that he hard
ly knows how to cram in all his sp-
pointments.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-09-15
City Signs New Contract

AS the result of an agreement
reached late Friday by the city coun-
Gil of Griswold and officials of the
Red Oak Electric company, electric
lighting rates in Griswold are sub
stantially reduced and the tilt be-
tween the company and the council,
which resulted in the calling of a
special election last week TO vote
on the proposition of bonding the
town for a municipal electric light
plant is settled.
BY the terms of the agreement,
the suit to enjoin the council from
putting into effect the ordinance of
February /, fixing lighting rates,
which has been pending for some
time, is dismissed at the cost of the
Red Oak electric light company.
The present rates for street light
ing are extended for one year; new
rates of one-half cent lower per kilo-
watt hour are put into effect, retro
active to May l; and the company
agrees to lower the rate per kilowatt
hour one-half cent for every reduc-
ton of so cents in the price of coal
per ton.
Refunds on all charges of one
half cent per kilowatt hour from
May l are to be made by the COM
pany to its Griswold patrons.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-09-15
DESIGNED TO UPHOLD WEIGHT
Elephants Foot Is Enormous, Even
When Compared With the Size
of the Beast,

That twice around an elephants
foot equals its height seems almost in
credible, yet such is the fact, and q
little reflection will show you that 1t
is not so wonderful as it appears
to be. Things are large or small.
comparatively, and II we could see
the foot Of an elephant by itself, 1t
would present far different appear
ance as to size from what it gives
when oyershadowed by the mouDtain
OF flesh 1t supports. The elephants
in the Indian commissariat being d.
eted according to height require, to be
measured annually to determine the
amount Of food to which they are en-
titled. At present this is done by
means of the ordinary standard with
crossbar on top, but formerly 1t was
done by placing a rope around the ami
mails forefoot close to the ground, and
multiplying the length so obtained by
two. This measurement generally gives
a quarter of an inch or so more, but
never less than the exact height.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-09-15

Few have realized that peat might
replace coal and break to a large ex-
tent the dependence of some of the
northern states upon distant coal
mines!
For several months a Minneapolis
company has been engaged in the prep
aration of peat for fuel, said to be the
only enterprise of its kind in the coun-
try. A machine has been perfected that
digs, macerates and spreads out to dry
100 tons of wet peat in q day, or a
quantity sufficient to produce 100 tons
of dry fuel. That's how much peat
contracts in the drying process. One
man operates the machine.
During the summer the machine was
operated on bog near Minneapolis,
and peat, processed at the University
Of Minnesota, was burned with salts
factory results in a Minneapolis Office
building.
A crusher plant, with a capacity Of
500 tons Of peat day, has been built
In Minneapolis during the winter to
produce powdered peat, and in the
spring ten peat digging machines are
to be started on the Minnesota boys.