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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-03
For Good of the
 Community

N Nf1E man WflO keeps nlIllSoll CodH ScoS ClcdH \ things about him. The penalty of being unclean is that it sn1ears the vista of life. The unclean man and woman cannot vision the fresh ness and charm of clean things through their dis eased and distorted viewpoints
 The price of uncleanness is inability to meas ure the clean. The subjective influence of un- cleanness is unacceptable. Men who think they can be unclean and reassume cleanliness as one doffs and puts on a cloak have chosen unclean- ness. He who leaves his wallow with an eye to a return does not travel far from 1t.
 The clean man is the manly one. His cleanll- ness is the badge of his grip on himself. is the mark of self respect He looks all men in the face. He is not ashamed of his own image in his own mental mirror.
 God is what men conceive to be that to which they might attain if masters of themselves The higher the mentality and moral sense of peo- ole the loftier is their imaged picture of Him whom they consider perfect. The uncean man blurs that picture and in doing so lowers his standard.
 What is an unclean man? He who has been un- true to his own soul; he who has glven hs con- sent to being less of man than he can and should be- The unclean man travels the road of elf-abasement His better self is there to tor ture him. From that there isno refuge. It is the immortal in man which will not suffer him to ut terly blind himself.
 What magnificent thing is a stately pine tree in it's naked sublimity. Rearing it's head sky ward it communes with the sweetness and llnl- pidity of the untarnished atmosphere high above the creeping things of earth. clean man is such Heis landmark on the horizon to those who have strayed from the path and beacon to those who are struggling toward bigger and bet ter ways
 Clean men will avoid the unclean of either sex: They will pity weak women; they will despise unclean men, They will not undertake to be al- ternately clean and unclean, because they know that uncleanlness is easier assumed than thrown off.
 Being clean is not so much question of look ing ones Maker in the face as of being able to look ones self in the face. When a man is able to say to himself that he is keeping himself clean he knows that his Creator knows it. When his own soul justifies him, he knows that he is clean. He walks unafraid with the God that made him
 The most unclean men are the most rigorous in their exaction of cleanness on the part of others. It is the debased soul trying to justify itself for it's debasement. The unclean in their agony of soul try to justify themselves by bring ing the clean down to their level.
 We all know what cleanness is made of. We kneWit when we were children and abhorred the unclean. We eloathed the unclean and we shrank from it. Wewere close to the Maker and we saw straipht
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-03

The Age-Herald has arranged with
 leading fashion designers of New
 York to furnish its readers daily
 fashion and pattern service. All pat
 terms will be senm-making and guar
 enteed to fit perfectly. Safe delivery
 of every pattern ordered is also guar
 anteed. You should order patterns
 little in advance of the time you will
 need them as a stock is not kept in
 Birmingham. but all orders will be
 forwarded to the pattern department
 in New York for attention.
 Ladies Dress, No. 9651.--Cut ir sizes se to 42 inches bust measure Size, 36 requires four and three eighths yards of 36-inch material Price, 15 cents.
 Ladies' Dress, No. 9452.-cut in sizes 36 to A inches bust measure Size 36 requires three and three quarters yards of 36-inch material with one and one-quarter yard of 27- inch contrasting. Price, i5 cents.
 Ladies' Dress, No. 1010.-Cut ir sizes 3s to 42 inches bust measure Size 3e requires three and one-eightf yards of 36-inch material with five
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-03

The United States uses about i00.- COG 900 cords of wood annually for fuel. of which so per cent Is consumed In tho rural districts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-03
FARMERS ID GET MILLIONS POUNDS
 OF P|CR|C ACID
Also 26,OOO,00O Pounds of TINT Will Be Distributed Among Railroad Con-
 Structors and Mines
By Associated Press

Washington, June s5.-More than 12, 900, 900 pounds of picric acid, one of highest known explosives accu- mulated for war purposes and made useless to the war department by the armistice, will be distributed to the farmers for agricultural purposes.
 When the war ended the army had on hand this immense stock of picric acid and in addition more than 26,- 00O, 900 pounds of TINT The latter was distributed to various govern mental agencies for use in railroad construction in Alaska, public roads in the national parks and various projects on Indian reservations. None of the TINT was distributed to indi- viduals and thus far not single ac- cident has marked the use or trans portation of the millions of pounds of the high explosive, according 10 officials of the bureau Of mines.
 The question of what to do with tho 12. 0oo. 900 pounds of picric acid puzzled government officers for some time and the war department had all must decided to tow the explosive out to sea and dump it overheard in the interest ofNthe public safety when It was decided to institute series or experiments in an effort to find some safe commercial use for 1t. The ex- periments were conducted by the pu- reau of mines and disclosed many ways in which picric acid could be used safely and profitably on farms such as in blasting out stumps and rocks and breaking up land. It was accordingly decided to distribute the explosive, practically free or charge. to farmers.
 IS Per Cent Stronger.
 Picric acid. a highly crystalline powder. having lemon yellow color. is IS per cent stronger than 70 per cent straight nitro-giJ veT1n dyna- mite. according to the bureau of mines. It should never be used Tn bulk. officials say. and Its use should be restricted to redipped raraffined paper cartridges.
 The 1200o, 900 surplus stock To- cated at Sporta. Wis, and Wtneate' N. M will be distributed to farmers through the bureau of public roads of the department of agriculture. The only cost to the farmer. it IS an nounced win be freight charges and 1 a charge of cents a pound for piac- Ing the powder In the necessary cart ridges. It will be ready for distribu- | ton about July l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-03

eighths yard of 40-inch contrasting and eight and one-half yards ruff fling. Price, 15 cents.
 Ladies' Dress. No. 1014.--Cut in sizes S6 to AZ inches bust measure. Size 36 requires five and one-half yards of S6-inch material with threc- quarter yard of 36-inch contrasting and six and quarter yards plait- ing. Price, 15 cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-03

In 1517 Liverpool was mentioned in petition to Queen Eliza beth as "her majesty's poor, decayed town"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-03

Knitting was not invented until the art Of weaving had been piac- tieed for centuries.
The New York herald., 1921-08-28
IN THE ABOVE
PICTORIAL GROUP
CAN BE TRACED THE.
INTERESTING DEVELOP
MENT Of THE PLOT at
THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
OF NASSAU and FRANKFORT
STREETS, ONCE THE
SITE of THE SUMS
HOME 8
INK 11Es|9

and 2s.3 feet on Frankfort street TO
William Martin for $500. At that time
Nassau street was known as Broadway
or Highway. and the property was part
OF farm extending over to the East
River. Seven years later the property
was reconveyed by Martin TO John
Dixon for f45o. After several interven-
ing changes Of ownership the corner
eventually fell into the possession Of the
Society OF Tammany or Columbian Or
der OF the City OF New York. which paid
$10.050 for the plot. That was about
1910. On ths site was erected the first
Tammany Hall, a four story red brick
building. which eventually added an
other story to its stature and became
the home of THE SUN.
At the time OF its construction the
first Tanmany Hall was one of the
most imposing structures in the city and
that part of the building not used by
Tanllnany was given over to hotel pur-
poses. Here prominent politicians and
office holders of the day were wont to
gather. and while the hostlery probably
never threatened the supremacy of the
Astor House across the Park. the as
semblage of celebrities in the Nassau
street building was quite as distin-
guished. In April. 1867. Tammany sold
the plot and building to the Evening
Telegraph Association for $4,000. Pro-
vision was made in the deed that the
society should have the use of one-half
of the third floor of the building for a
rental not to exceed $1,000 per year. The
space reserved on the third floor was
The New York herald., 1921-08-28
OLD BRONX ESTATE
WILL BE SPLIT UP
Dickey Mansion and Surround
ing Tract to Be Disposed
OF at Auction Sale.

Another fine old Bronx estate Is soon
to be sacrificed to the demand for build
ing sites The tract to be split up by
the auctioneer's hammer this time is the
walker-Dickey estate In the Hunts
Point section Of the East Bronx, where
the Industrial and residential develop
ment has been especially rapid. The
estate, which has been divided up into
400 lots. will be sold by Joseph p. Day
on Thursday. September 15. at noon in
the Real Estate Exchange. IA Vesey
street, for tho estate of Charles ID.
Dickey. I'd.
The lots front on Hunts Point, La
fayette. Bryant and Longfellow avenues.
Spofford, Whittier Drake. Faile and
Coster streets, Edgewater road and ad-
jacent streets and avenues. as well as
on the Bronx River. Included In the
sale are the Dickey residence and two
cosey little dwellings.
A large part OF Hunts Point was
originally owned by Thomas Walker OF
England. who in 1920 completed the
mansion occupied since about 1860 by
the Dickey family. The Walker prop
erty was acquired originally In 1860 by
Charles d. Dickey, Sr., who was the
senior partner of the firm OF Brown
Bros & Co., bankers. The property
was lnnerlteu Dy MS son, the late tnAries
d. Dickey I'd. who was also senior part
ner In Brown Bros & Co. Mrs. Charles
ID. Dickey. I'd. and her son, Charles d.
Bickey Sd, occupy the property at the
present time.
The Dckey estate grounds were laid
out in 1880 by one of the most noted
landscape architects Of Europe. The
Walker-Dickey mansion. a three story
brick and frame structure. is as solid
to-day as when first put In place. Many
architects, who have visited the build
ing have declared there are few like II
to be found in the country. A feature
Of the old mansion is Its wealth OF solid
mahogany trim.
The Dickey estate property lies d.
rcctly on the route Of the Hunts Point
avenue trolley car line, and opposite
the Francis Drake Public School. The
Hunts Point avenue stations on the In
rborough-Lexington avenue subway
and the New York. westchester & Bos-
ton Railway are situated only two
blocks from the property, which is
closely adjacent to that section Of the
East Bronx, where the construction Of
apartment houses and store buildings
has been the most active and where
population Is most thiclsly congested.
Practically all the old estates in this
part of The Bronx have been absorbed
ana improved
The New York herald., 1921-08-28
TOBACCO PRODUCTS LEASE.
Make 100000 Rental in New Fisk
Building at 57th Street.

The Tobacco Products Company has
leased the ninth floor OF the new twen-
ty-five story Fisk Building at Broadway
and Fifty-seventh street through Cross
& Brown. The company will have It's
executive offices on the Fifty-seventh
street frontings. The lease Is for ten
years and calls for an aggregate rental
of 100000.
The Apperson Brothers Auto Com
pany. Kokomo. Ind. has also leased I'M
portant space In the Fisk building for
district and export offices. Other leases
have been made with M. L. Bay
ern Company. insurance brokers: Ko-
komo Rubber Company. Argentine Re-
public Naval Commission In the United
States, w. o. Cooper Company. William
p. Kennedy. consulting engineer; Greata,
Carpenter & Stingley, public account
ants Reed. Tilley & Co., Inc. exporters,
and the New England Tire and Rubber
Company. Holyoke, Mass. the Lexing-
ton Motor Company OF New York, Inc.
recently leased through Cross & Brown
Co. the store at the southwest corner of
Broadway and Fifty-seventh street for
use as salesroom. at an aggregate
rental of 100000.
The New York herald., 1921-08-28
Nice Hot Weather Job
for the Renting Agent
BY THE ODD pARAGRAPHER.

entirely without sin. they should not cast
stones"
Rome will become a city Of odd ap-
pearance IL the plans for the solution of
the housing problem proposed by some
italian engineers are put In operation
The proposal is to build on the flat roofs
of most OF the buildings in Rome light
houses OF three and four stories
The engineers have placed their ideas
before Henry G. MacClean, United States
commercial attache to the American EN-
bassy. They have asked that American
capital become interested in the project.
The material for the whole OF the
scheme. according to the engineers sug-
gestion, would come from America be-
cause of the adaptability of American
light construction methods In the choice
of materials and means of assembling.
Several American business houses are
said to be interested in the project and In
other projects along the line of building
construction in Rome.
A prominent real estate operator of
New Orleans, who was about to Undergo
serious operation In a local hospital,
received telegram Just before going to
the table and, after reading it. insisted
that the operation be delayed until he
could send a telephone message The
doctors had the patient taken to tele-
phone and shortly afterward heard him
say over the wire: 81 am going to be
operated on In few moments and want
you to know that so far as I am con-
cerned, the Julia street deal Is closed.
have kept the doctors waiting to get your
answer"
The person at the other end of the wire
assured him that everything was agree
able and wished him luck. The pa
tient came through the ordeal In quick
time. signed the papers and since has
been offered profit by another operator.
Women Brokers' Trade Slogan.
"The Sign of the Love Nest" is the
trade slogan OF firm OF women realty
brokers in Clarendon, Va. Their
speciality. as might be inferred, is resi-
Dental property. and 1t is said they have
been quite successful In the develop
ment and sale Of property Of this char
acter. They are sales managers for
several large developments in Virginia.
The New York herald., 1921-08-28
ODEL OF SPACE UTILITY TO HISE ON SITE OF OLD SUN OE
owerlike Structure to Be Built by Frank A. MunseS
Will Develop Small, Irregular Plot to Nth Power Of
Rental Possibilities Without Sacrifice of Archi-
tectura Grace or Beauty
tectural Grace or Beauty

'or the first time in its historic career
plot at the southeast corner of
Bsau and Frankfort streets is, to be
|eloped to its full structural capacity.
this spot, where the old Sun Building
|e stood, modestly tucked away among
overtopping neighbors, architectural
engineering skill is soon to rear a
lecture that will utilize every inch of
small and intricate SITE. When the
tect has been carried to it's compile
b, under the guidance Of the architec-
hl firm OF AIcKim, Mead a. White, 1t
demonstrate just how ingenious
Inning can overcome the obstacles set
by cramped ground area and irregu-
dimensions.
The building is to be put up by the
Printing and Publishing Association.
which Frank A. Munsey is president.
will rise to the stately height of
|nty-six stories on a base measuring
" 56.6 feet on Nassau street and
|ut 5S feet on Frankfort street The
r line, however, measures about SO
and takes the form of an l. which
ks into the Tribune Building to the
tn. Into this l. will be put all the
Ice devouring adjuncts of a modern
ce building, such as passenger eleva-
the exit stairs and the lavatories,
$ leaving the main portion of the
lcture free for renting purposes.
The architectural feature Of the build
will be it's classic simplicity. In the
tire OF the Nassau street front will
the main entrance to the Office build
and banking rooms on the second
third floors. 1t will have a massive
we'd doorway and the ground floor
have large show windows with metal
|nes and plate glass with insets lead
into the stores. The corridors and
main elevator hall In the southern
|g of the building will be finished in
rble and will have marble floors. The
ings will be coffered.
Rn the exterior the four lower stories
I've the street level will be finished
Indiana limestone. The second and
I'd floors will have huge arch headed
dows designed expressly to give ade-
|te light to the banking rooms planned
the second and third floors.
he shaft portion of the building from
fifth to the nineteenth floors will be
shed in light face brick with stone
dow ledges. The stringers, courses
colonnades and the main cornices
balustrades will be done in gray
Ia Gotta The pyramidal tower roof
be sheathed with copper. At the
Rnty-third floor level, which will be
feet above the curb. there will be a
back from the building line Of about
feet. required by law. Above the
back the structure will rise forty
In the court near the Tribune Build
will be placed small fire tower
required by law.
The main tower of the building will
devoted solely to office space un-
npered by elevators. courts or stair
Hs. It will have light and air on two
es. with the maximum amount OF
hdows on the Nassau and Frankfort
pet exposures The space will be
ptable for subdivision as the tenants
y require. Each floor will have at
st 5000 square feet of rentable space.
b elevators will be of the high speed
The New York herald., 1921-08-28
FAMOUS \$ 80 n
OLD RED |ssE:@:
BRICK BUtLDlNG
WHICH HOUSED MS
SUN from 1863 -l9i5.
{ Photo, b. -HAUt 77i0t1PSoN

traction type and the building win be
heated by steam.
Immediately back of the main en-
trance on the ground floor a broad
marble staircase will ascend to the
banking rooms above, just as they do In
the Bankers Trust Building at Broad
and Wall streets and in the Astor Trust
Building at Fifth avenue and Forty
second street. These stairs will have an
easy rise to the banking rooms.
The basement is reached by easy
stairways from the first floor and ele-
vator lobby. There will be grade
entrance also on Frankfort street which
will make that portion of the building
we'll adapted for restaurant, The sub
basement can be utilized for rent, to-
gether will the basement, thus providing
ample storage space in the sidewalk
vaults. The bottom of the adjoining
foundations has been taken as the low
level for the footings, and the cantilever
girder type of foundation has been
adopted Sidewalk lifts opening into
the receiving vaults will be provided
for carrying supplies to the basement.
The plot at the southeast corner of
Nassau and Frankfort streets figured In
the history of New York city even before
it won national and international fame
as the site Of a great newspaper. L<eis-
ler's rebellion had its tragic climax on
the spot In 1881. when Leisler was
| hanged on a scaffold erected on the
corner for high treason and murder.
The first mention of the plot in the city
records was in the volume of 1888. when
James Myers and his wife transferred
the Nassau street frontage Of 81 feet
The New York herald., 1921-08-28

business and apartment houses. and II Is
expected that builders, spectators and
investors with vision will pick up some
bargains. There are. stations on the Mon
tauk and Rockaway-Long Beach divi-
sions OF tho Long Island Railroad. on
the property, and the New York avenue
jamaica Freeport trolley line Is close by.
The third liquidation sale by Mr.. Ken
nelly will be held Sept II at Queens
Park. Franklin Square, L I. Here 275
choice home-building lots viii be dis
posed OF for the Franklin Square Realty
Company. The property to be sold is
only fourteen miles from the Pennsyl-
vania Station, Manhattan. and the Flat
bush avenue station. Brooklyn, or may
be reached by trolley line connecting
with the Brooklyn Rapid Transit at Ja-
maica. The fare from Brooklyn Bridge
by IL" and trolley is i5 cents. At all
sales title policies will be Issued free
TO purchasers
The New York herald., 1921-08-28

IN a recent sultry afternoon the
ter walked into the office of a real
ate broker and found him muttering
krily to himself while he mopped the
|spiration from his brow. Still grip
g telephone instrument, which he
Just been using. he turned to the
tier and said:
This is a fine afternoon to have TO
lain to tenants why It will be neces-
" to increase their rents this fall.
hants regard landlords as the most
reasonable beings on earth. but would
her argue with a dozen landlords
n with q single tenant
Inform the rent payer that his rent
to be increased, because of a higher
rate and he Immediately becomes
pticsl and begins figuring out what
increase amounts to-" he continued.
3 seldom considers however. that
h the Increased rate there may have
IN levied substantial increase In
assessed value of the property.
let me give you a case In point.
certain property which manage, con-
ming twenty-one apartments. was as
|sed few years ago at s25.000. or
but so per cent of It's value. At that
le the tax rate was S1.S5 and the
S46a.B0. To-day the same property
assessed at $55.000 and the tax rate
Bass. The city now collects $1,567.50
taxes from this property. Money was
N worth per cent. now II is z per
t. and higher. At the intrinsic value
the property this adds another thous-
dollars to the cost Of upxeep. Leav-
out every other consideration OF
{, the landlord would be entitled to
rge $2.100 year more rent, or 500
apartment. Let him try to get It
Tho oity's change of policy in as
sing real estate makes great deal OF
ference In the fixed charges of the
dlord, but the tenant doesn't care to
how anything about that part OF the
nsaction.'
Judging by your remarks" the writer
erposcd. "there Is very little likeli-
bd that rents will be reduced In the
kr future"
In my opinion no appreciable de-
ase will be made for at least another
Er Every person who has given any
|ught TO the matter knows that II
Ire had been no rent laws passed. the
using problem would by this time have
IN solved. Unrestrained rent raising
y have brought greater Inconvenience
the tenant for time. but on the other
nd, builders would have remained In
market, providing steady supply
living accommodations which would
Ike 4 increasingly difficult for unrea-
hable landlords to keep rentals above
rmal. The time honored law of sup
and demand hasn't had chance to
hction In the present housing crisis.
the tenant rails at the landlord be-
hse the lattsr does not cut his rents
half with the continued hisS .s@rn-
|ance cost. high intere~. rates, ever
reasins <se~-s4nrents and tax rate
cannot reduce rents and get fair re-
n on MS investment.
~-ankly. haven't heard tenant
tiYfteer 20 cut his income to expedite
return to pre-war conditions. The
krage man etill wants wartime prices
what he sells and peace time prices
what he buys. Since tenants are moi
The New York herald., 1921-08-28
WILL HOLD THREE
LIQUIDATION SALES
Bryan L. Kennedy to Close
Out Long Island Holdings
for Various Interests.

Three big liquidation auction sales 10
close out the real estate holdings Of vari-
Gus interests have been announced by
Bryan L. Kennedy, Inc The frst Of
these sales will be held next Saturday.
Sept. 3. at Hampstead. L l., where the
Natabe Realty Corporation will dispose
Of its Hampstead holdings. consisting OF
seven one family stucco houses, with
stucco garages, and 200 improved lots.
Beginning at 2 P. NJ. rain or shine. the
property will be knocked down to the
highest bidders in a large tent on the
premises. One may reach the property
from the Pennsylvania Station, Man
haitian, or the Flatbush avenue station.
Brooklyn.
The second sale will be held on Satur-
day. Sept. 10. at p. NJ, In large
tent on the premises at Springfield Gar
dens, Springfield. Queens. Here Mr..
Kennedy will dispose of 400 improved
home building lots for whatever they
may bring, to liquidate the suburban
realty holdings of the Gates Theatre
Corporation. which Is erecting a $1,000
0e0 playhouse at Broadway and Gates
avenue. Brooklyn. A number Of lots in
cluded In the sale. which front on
Springfield avenue. are to be sold for