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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
KATHERINE HARRIS daughter of Dr. and Mrs C. HarrPhoto by Flora Sunday Morning Breakfast

child stuff. and when they call for us we go to the doof and blush because they find us in gingham bungalow apron over our evening dress.
 q have been reading Pollyana, have been forgetting all about ev- erything wicked and am letting smart looks go over my head like air planes, without even moving muscle of my face.
 q am learning to say, Do nlce girls do that? and I shouldn't go out in the car alone with you, should I? and all sort of ingenue speeches.
 q no longer know one card from the other and all afternoon l am go- ing to memorize snatches from Long fellows Songs of Hiawatha.'
 T am getting some spring heel shoes tomorrow and. T"
 "Who is he's interrupted her bro ther.
 And I am going 10 stop wearing silk stockings in winter. They make goose flesh on one, don't you think?" She asked her father
 "They are foolishnes in winter" said her father. Your mother never wore them"
 T wish, Father you would give me S20 to get some nice sensible W MpOl ones llht IftDAAiNA h1Eu u .NteA.
 Who is hep repeated her brother.
 Brother, dear, you have 4 single- track mind" answered the flapper calmly. The he to whom you re- fer so consistently is his majesty Mir. American man, he is lord of creation. He is the human with tne slogan 'amuse me or loose me- He is that wonderful brainy individual who thinks my sex were put into the world to amuse him like the an tics of a bull-terrier pup.
 He believes he knows us as traffic cop knows the makes of att tomobiles but in reality, when his majesty's. taste in women changes he finds the world all full of just the type he loves, because the dear little creatures beat to it by city block and know what he is going to want before he knows it.
 Just now he has had too. much fiapper, but he doesn't know it yet and when he meets a demure little curly headed creature who talks to him about how she still loves her dollies and how she wished she knew as much about the big scarey world as he does he is backing into the matrimonial shafts and not even feeling the surcingle as 1t tightens around his frolicsome form"
 Lucy" cautioned her mother.
 Mother, give me chance to be honest with these two at .leasn' laughed the girl as she arose from the table hummiqg
 "Always do what people say you
 should
 You never will be happy. unless
 you're good.
 am just as good as gold, do what
 I am told
 Fin always happy. because I'm
 goad'.a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
CHRISTMAS TREES ARE THREATENED
 WITH EXTINCTION
Supply to Be Exhausted Un- less Means Taken to Con serve Supply, Says the
 Forestry Association
Ny Assoclnted Pres.

Washington. December 17.-Eaah holiday time brings the usual story about the Christmas trees-where they come from, how many, and the means used to bring hundreds of trainioads of them to the markets.
 But the Christmas tree and the holly and the other greens which go so far toward making the holiday atmosphere, are. doomed to eS- tinction unless some means are taken to reproduce them. The state of Yer mont alone furnishes five million trees for the eastern markets each Christmas time, and unless means are taken to conserve and reproduce tho supply some time will be exhausted. The American Forestry association has issued a Christmas tree mon o- graph on the subjecN
 The first step to save the Christ mas greens" it says, Ifs better fire prevention methods. Wholesale cut ting by vendors. who never go into the woods except at this season, and the 'holdup' prices in big cities are denounced. On the other hand, prop CT cutting aids the growth Of the larger trees, and if properly cone IS help. The holly is being cut by the minimizing in a way that bor- ders on slaughter, ana only the rlSHl sort of cutting will save this valued green for the holiday season.
 Ten Native to America.
 Ten of the 25 kinds of fir trees found in the world are native to North America; eight occur in the Pacific slopes and in the Rocky mountain regions, and only two are found Tn the eastern United States, and one of these-Fraser' fir--is limited to the high mountains of Vr ginia, North Carolina and Tennes- sec. Most important in the western group are the Grand fir. Nobel fir, White. fir and Red fir. The Balsaln fir is unqQestionably the best known,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
SCORE CAHn nnLnRR

Score sheets for card games are most conveniently provided by a sim pie holder of sheet metal and wire. described and Illustrated in the Popu- lar Mechanics Magazine. A metal plate is bent to form a cylinder at one end, which nose below the up- per surface of the plate. Each end of the cylinder Is provided with an inside projection to hold & roll of paper The end of the paper passes through slot in the cylinder and Is held in place on the plate by clips, by which the holder is fastened to the able edge
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
Notice to Contractors

Sealed proposals will be received by the undersigned until 3 o'clock p. m, Tuesday, December 20, for eer- tain grading, curbjng, gutter. side walk, combined curbing and gutter, and asphaltic concrete paving under improvement ordinance Nos 150-D and 156-D. Also, for certain grading. macadamizing, curbfng, sidewalks and combined curb and gutter paving un= der improvement ordinance Nos. l54-D and i55-D. Also for certain concrete alley paving under improve ment ordinance No. 162-D. Specified tons may be obtained and plans ex= amined at this office. The right is reserved to reject any or all pro- posals, A. J. HAWKINS,
 City Engineer.
 Age Herald Dec. 16, IT, IS. 1s, 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
ARCADIA NOW ONE OF COUNTRIES BIZ
 AERIAL CENTERS
By Associated Press

Los Angeles. December 17.-Arr cadia, 16 miles from here, becomes one of the greatest aerial centers in the United States with the enlarge ment of the army balloon school at Ross field there to an army balloon and airship school. The war depart ment has sent the largest non-rigid airship 'ever seen on the Pacific coast the airship D-3 which par ticipated in the recent aerial bonn bardment of the German battleships off Hampton Roads, Va This added to a pony blimpi 20 captive balloons and eight free balloons now at the post. It is the first airship school in the west, and similar to the army school at Langley field, Hampton, Va.
 Construction work Is under way for two great steel hangars at the field The airship D-3 is 19S feet long, 5t feet inches wide and 5S feet high 1t has causing radius of 790 miles at the cruising speed of 45 miles an hour, and radius of $50 miles at high speed so miles an hour. A crew of four operates the great airship. There are accommodations aboard for three duuillOHdt OIilceTS.
 The pony blimp which has been in operation at Ross field since March is of the tractor propulsion type, be- ing s512 feet long and 30 feet wide. It has a capacity of 35,350 cubic feet of gas, operated by two men, pilot and engineer, one of whom also operates the radio, The speed is 45 miles an hour at cruising with q radius of 57O miles, and 55 miles at high speed, with a radius of 3S0 miles.
 The enlargement of the school provides that airship pilots will be graduated in addition to balloon ob- servers.
 The A type airship Is 162 feet long, 39 feet wide and 47 feet high, with a capacity of 95,000 cubic feet of gas, non-rigid type. A crew of three, pilot, radio operator and engineer operates the craft, which has cruis- ing radius of 1,700 miles at the cruis-' ing speed of 46 miles per hour. and a radius of 1,i5O at high speed. so miles an hour.
 The airships are equipped with radio telephone instruments. as well as radio telegraph. the radius being over 20 miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
NO PROSPECT OF
 DAMAGE AWARDS
 EVER BEING PAID
Thousands of Pounds Are Awarded Daily to Persons Who Suffered Loss
 During Fighting
By AnsocInte1I Brass

Dublln, December l1.-Recorders judges are daily awarding thousands of pounds as compensation to people who have suffered loss or injury dur Ing the fighting with the British forces; but few of these awards seem likely to materialize in hard cash. There is no money with which to pay them.
 Sir Hamar Greenwood, secretary of state for Ireland, answering an in- quiry in the British House of Com mons, put the total amount of awards to September 30, last, at ES,0Oo,000; but the amount involved in the 26 southern counties is at least f10, ,000,- 000 while another f2,000,000 has to be added for the area in Ulster.
 Some of the claimants are Sim Feiners, and others are business men who took no part In politics.
 When an award is made, the local authority is supposed to levy a spe- cal tax for the purpose, but since Sim Fein assumed political control of the country no local authority in southern Ireland has imposed such a tax.
 For the great mass of sufferers there is no prospect of relief. and how the thousands of claims already granted are to be met puzzles every body, including the claimants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
THH RECORD

From the Houston Post.
 Mrs. Morningcall: T hope you have found satisfactory servant. Have you second maid7sA
 Mrs. Junebride: "Second7 The one hired yesterday is the twenty-sec- ond."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
FRHUDTANIsM UP TO DATE

From Wayside Tales. 5 Psychoanalysis of the average man shows definite love of complex for the portion of the opposite sex who can render cook stove symphony and a defensive reaction against the baby grand performers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
Re.tnesf fnr Rids

War Department. finland and Coastwise
 Waterways Service. Mississippi Warrior
 Service, Office of Federal Manager, 321
 Custom House, New Orleans La.
 Sealed proposals will be received here until 3 o'clock p. m., December 20, 1891, and then opened, for the construction of river and rail terminal at Vicksburg, Miss. Plans, specifications and proposal blanks will be furnished upon receipt of certified check for twenty-five dollars ; (S26) to guarantee return. Further in- formation on application.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-06

1
may be worked out in many different
combinations of color.
Linen Frock of Simple Charm.
A frock of unusual charm, and one
that might easily be made at home, is
developed from orchid handkerchief
linen and made in simple chemise
form, with short kimOno sleeves. The
neckline is of square cut and slashed
at both corners of the front to depth
of about five or six inches. The trim
ming is quite as simple as the frOck
itself, and consists of tiny loops made
of bias strips of the material.
These loops are on the bottom of
the skirt, the sleeves and neck, con-
tinuing down either side of the SIashed
portions of the blouse. A dainty girdle
of narrow velvet ribbon few shades
darker than the material from which
the dress is evolved ties in loops at
either side at low waistline.
1t will be noted that practically all
of this summers frOcks slip on over
the head, whether they are in chemise
form or made i'm two separate pieces.
In each instance the waist portion is
slashed to enable the wearer to don
the garment more readily.
White net-always a favorite for
lingerie dresses-thiS season is en-
broidered, and sometimes is used in
conjunction with batiste or another
sheer material. A charming frock for
a young girl is developed from pale
pink batiste and white net The
foundation of the dress is of the ba-
tiste. The skirt has an apron tunic
extending below the foundation. This.
tunic is of alternating bands of the
batiste and net, the former trimmed
with tiny picot-edged ruffles Of net.
With the turning of our thoughts
toward clothes to be worn in tropical
climes there comes the question of
hats. The fabric hat is always popu-
lar for resort and warm weather wear.
Some of our exclusive American shops
are importing and creating hats to
accompany each individual frOck. One
dress is of white geOrgette crepe,
made in straight-line effect. with a
deep fichu collar finished with double
ruffie of the material, picot edged. An
embroidery design of large white
daisies done in heavy white silk
threads, the centers Of the flowers in
yellow, is worked into both the waist
and skirt portion.
Bathing Suit Now the Thing.
No longer do women indulge in
ocean bathing solely for the exhilara-
ton of the salt water dip. A very
long time ago the bath was the thing
and the apparel merely a necessary
adjunct, but so surely and so steadily
have bathing suit fashions been gain
ing for themselves a place of impor-
lance that we have all but forgotten
that we ever went TO the ocean just
for the pleasure of swimming. New
clothes are the first consideration, the
dip a secondary one.
No true daughter of Neptune is
without two or three of the one-piece
jersey swimming suits that have
grown in popularity each year. These
have become almost a standard fash
ion in bathing suits, so that there is
little change in them, except In the
colors favored. Last year the darker
hues were in the foreground. This
year the shops are showing many
hright-colored jersey suits. II is a
question as 10 whether old rose and
French blue woolens VIII retain their
charm of color after a few plunges In
the ocean. [,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-06

IL can be worn on so many occasions.
On white organdie which embOdies
many IDEAS there is a foundation of
the material, over which is placed an
apron tunic extending three-quarters
of the way around the skirt. The nov
city lies in the trimming used on both
the :Hnic and the underskirt. II is IN
the form of circles made Of orange
and white organdie. one interlacing
the other. The chain thus formed is
inserted In the organlic. Two rows
of it are in the tune and one In the
und'rslSirt. Tie round neck Is bound
with navy blue talreta ribbon, which
continues down the slashed portion
and ties in little bows \ glrdle of
the same ribbon about three inches in
width encircleS the waist at rather
low line and ties in q bow with Song
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-06
FABRICS FOR The
SUM'lER CLOTHES
Drop-Stitch VoiIes, BatiSteS,
Dotted SwisseS, Organizes
and Linens Are Used.
HATS TO ACCOMPANY FROCKS
American Shops Are Importing and
Creating Hesdgear for Wear With
Individual Outfits-Brighter
Bathing Suits.

V-oacu are interested in KNOWN
al tAe a>,ion news, uut there Il
r t eel that must be- acfepel "a
- - lily. us IN It's original sAoW-ng
i. uo, afpli~a,ble to the use of the
t.ou 3 ttA3'l ares her own clothes O.
las th n made ut home. MYERS &
romiacat fasl ION correspondent.
1Ean. tco. there are many ideas that.
While extremely useful. as sugges-
ticlS. cannot be adopted in the way
that they are originally presented.
Some models are original designs
worked out as suggestions for max
Ing simple and inexpensive warm
we. Tier clothes that are practical to
wear at any hour of a summer day.
The materials selected are the new
est cotton imports of the sheer variety.
Some of the advanced summer mod
els that the French designers have
sent US and some that our best
American dressmakers are preparing
are very attractive.
In materials, drop-stitch v6iles. ba-
tistes. dotted swisseS, organdies, Eng
liSh prints, handkerchief and heavy
linens are used. Then there are I'm
ported vOiles and organizes, daintily
embroidered, in many instances the
fabrics being of pale shade and the
embroidery white \ frock made of
such fabrics naturally would be very
simple, with perhaps tiny ribbon
girdle of contrasting color.
We have had all of these materials
with us in past seasons, but this year
they are so remarkable in their color
ings and weaves that they give us
fresh inspiration. All the marvellous
hues of the most beautiful silks have
been reproduced I'm plain, brocaded
and checked organizes, voiles, batistes
and swisSes. The shades range from
the palest tints TO the deep browns,
cerise shades and new reds.
The clothes prepared for those go
ing South are noteworthy for the prac-
tical element combined with the
daintiest characteristic of summer APP
parel. There are no extreme effects.
All of the dresses are of designs suit
able To the well-dressed woman's sum-
met wardrobe. Many of them are Of
the chemise type, with trimmings of
drawnwork and hemstitchlng When
they are made with waistine it is
placed low on the hips.
Youthful Model in Green Linen.
In direct opposition TO the straight
line frockS are those for young girls
and the slender woman. These have
very full skirts, with Il tendency to-
ward the extended hip. One model,
developed from bOttle-green handker-
chief linen. has Il straight skirt COM
posed entirely of tucks ranging from
the hem. which forms the bottom
tuck, and is about three inches wide,
10 one at the top Of the skirt, which is
not deeper than quarter of an inch.
The waist portion has tiny tucks
and drawnwOrk running perpendicu-
larly. The skirt is joined to the waist
at a low line. the front and back be-
ing perfectly plain. while the sides are
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-06

8 thered very tightly thereby pr0duc-
l. g the extended hip appearance. The
short pun sleeves are of alternating
lows of tucks and drawnwork. The
LEX is in N-snHpe. and sIashed down
yeral inches, the opening tying with
81 rips Of the material finished with
land-rolled hens. These are short,
"a that the bows are very small.
Another attractive model is of SAL
mOn-colored batiste, with plated side
tuaics trimmed with tiny white ba-
tiste ruffes.
The frock of white organdie IS al
ways becoming and finds infinite use
in tire average woman's wardrobe, az
-
Evening star., 1921-11-27

States, as well as every board OF
trade and chamber of commerce IN
the cities and towns. employs traHc
"The federal government does not
have a traffic manager nor tramc
force in any department, and where
the bureaus have a shipping clerk
they are in most cases Wltho9l
any experience whatever in trame
II have devised a plan of procedure
to unfold these wastes in the depart,
ments which would result in an actuai
saving of $4,000. 900 or s1O.000,000 an
nually. ! should be pleased to give
Mr.. Dawes much more along TINS iihe
If he will grant me an interview.
potts More Than Vindicnted.
When Mr.. Caples arrived he was
told by Gen. Dawes that Mr.. Potts
claim of possible saving OF ten NIL
lions a year was probably an exagger-
alton. but that he should make an
Independent investigation and get the
facts. Mr. Potts told the expert tnat
! he really believed the waste amounted
| to twenty millions. but that he did
not dare say SO in writing, 1or ne
would not be credited.
After Mr.. Caples had spent five
weeks in a most thorough and un-
biased expert investigation OF al de,
partments he reported that Mr.. fotts
estimate was quite erroneous, 1or II
/ the plans were iHlo SiiS>s
saving would be not ten or twenty
millions of dollars, but from fifty to
sixty millions. Another government
authority has declared that both Potts
and Caples are wrong-the saving
may reach from s100,000,o0o to $780,
900. 1000.
Gen. Dawes ordered the immediate
organization of the Potts plan-a
federal traffic board. According to
this order, the board is established
under a "chief co-ordinator for gen
eral supply-Col Smithers of the War
Department, and, next in authority,
chief co-ordinator of traffic. Com
mander Mayo of the Navy. The order
called upon each department Secre-
tary to appoint a member of the traf-
hc board and a traffic manager FOR the
respective departments.
Secretary Hoover has appointed Mr..
Potts as traffic manager of the De-
partment of Commerce and to repre-
sent that department on the board.
Other appointees at the opening meet
| ing of the board November were
Capt Foster, War Department. and
Messrs. Fenner, Treasury; Smith,
Post Office; Fisher. Panama canal bu-
+, reau, and Speed of the Shipping Board
the latter serving as acting secre-
tary of the board The other depart
! ments have not yet announced their
representatives,
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1921-11-27
u. S. to Be Saved Many Millions
Bv Work of Federal Traffic Board

, advisory authority. Last July 2 Mr.
Potts addressed to his chief, Secre-
tary Herbert Hoover of the Depart.
ment of Commerce. a letter outlining
the origin and history of the interde-
partmental transportation COMMITTEES
and pointing out its limitations. He
further cited some of the most f1a-
grant abuses of government traffic
which, he said. could not be corrected
by the committee without additional
help and power for investigation. but
he added. by a proper classification
of all government property hundreds
of thousands of dollars would be
saved annually
Hoover Got Action.
Secretary Hoover made a personal
investigation and laid the Potts state
ment before President Harding, who
directed that it be referred to Gen.
Dawes, director of the budget, for
investigation.
Gen, Dawes comments are not Of
record as the records ran out of
characteristic Dawesite expressions,
but he promptly called in one of the
patri lotto specialists IA "dollar-a-
year" investigator. r. c. Caples. for
mer general traffic manager of the
New York Central Railroad-and
asked him to make an independent
investigation of Mr.. Potts exposures
In the meanwhile Gen. Dawes called
on Mr.. Potts to show him in more
detail the basis of his preposterous
claim of a serious leakage, and, a,
the request of Secretary Hoover, who
took unqualified interest in the in
vestigation, Mr.. Potts prepared a
memorandum giving more details
This was dated August II, and in the
course of this memorandum he said:
| Almost every industry in the United
Evening star., 1921-11-27
DENIES ALBANIA IS A PUPPET
ON THE STRING OF ANY POWER

Albania should give up her hard-won
independence and become an append
age of Jugoslavia?
So far as the strength Of the AL
banian government in maintaining
order in the interior is concerned.
in the most emphatic terms that the
Albanian government is doing bet
ter in that direction than any other
Balkan government, Jugoslavia not
excepted. Prominent foreign visitors
who have only lately returned from
extensive tours in Albania, among
whom are NJ Justin Godart. member
(who made to the French press the
unequivocal statement that the other
Balkan states can take a few lessons
from Albania in the maintenance of
internal order), Professor Pittard of
the University Of Geneva, Switzer-
western University. Bishop Edgar
Blake, of Paris, of the Methodist
Church, have been profoundly i'm
pressed by that fact.
The alleged subservience of the
Albanian government to some other
power and the accusation that it is
not strong enough to deal with in
tefnal order and with unexisting
brigandage are simply cloaks of
hypocrisy that conceal the ulterior
designs Of Serbia to do exactly what
Capt. Gordon-Smith denies to rob
Albania of her territories. For has
not King Alexander of Serbia himself
declared only a few days ago that
Serbia must have stronger barriers
against Albania? What are these
stronger barriers made of. If not of
territories? And Serbia wants
stronger barriers against a country
which Is fourteen times smaller than
she, both in area and population.
And how about the refusal of Jugo-
slavia to accept the decision Of the
powers in the matter Of the frontiers
of Albania, which gives to Jugo-
slavia additional territories?
Capt. Gordon Smith brings in as
arguments to the contrary that Serbia
has given way In the questions of the
Banat, the Baranya, Klagenfurt and
Fiume, and asks why Jugoslavia
should change her policy In the matter
of Albaniar2 The answer is very
simple: Because it was the great
powers that imposed their decision
on Jugoslavia in those questions. and
because Albania. being too small by
abandoned without any real as
sistance on the part Of the powers.
Our only fault Is that our country
IL very small, 30 small that 1t can
not stand the overhowing tides OF
Serbian troops, and much smaller to
withstand the hungry attacks of the
starving Russian refugees of Gen
Wrangel, whom Serbia diverted into
the plains Of Albania in search OF
employment, whatever sort of en-
ployment it might come out to be.
= CONSTANTINE A. CHEKREZI,
.-- !. Commissioner of Albania
to the United States.