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The meal went merrily. Natalie en- loved the novelty. The foreign ellen tele, the little Chinese gentlemen who ate so deftly with their chop sticks. the walls painted with queer lettering and pictures, the quaint and unaccustomed food--all these things served to entertain and di- vert her mind from its recent anx- ieties.,
 Her merry laugh rang out
 T always have a wonderful time with you, Maurice" she said softly at last. when the meal was drawing near its conclusion. You are a dear, l wish l were worthy of yodr-your liking"
 Not liking Lovel@ whispered young Danby back again, enchanted.
 They were back home again by Q o'clock for Natalie did not like to leave her uncle for long at time and surely Mrs Della Desmond would be gone by now.
 Mir. Ducane had retired to bed, the nurse announced. and wished to see Miss Natalie. He had some news for her.
 With a heart that beat uncomforta- bly fast, the girl went up the stairs and along the corridor that led to her uncle's room.
 What could he wish to say? What news had he to impart? Good news or bad?
 She found him looking very pleased, holding a little package in his hand.
 This came by mail tonight. my dear. The thief evidently repented at the last moment. and posted them back. Look" He showed Natalie his own name written in an illit- crate hand on grubby paper Here are the pearls--your pearls-re- turned-7at long last! Isn't that good news2' He beamed on her. Its good news far the insurance people, too, isn't 1t? They'll get their f5,o0o back. of course"
 Secure in the thought that poor Natalie must be equally delighted and relieved, he handed her tri- umphantly the imitation necklace !, Monday. Pearls Mean Tears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
POLICE HIGHER-UPS MAKE BIG MONEY,
 COMMITTEE IS TOLD
By Associated Press

New York, September so,-Qutside financial dealings by high officials in the New York city police depart ment were investigated today by the Meyer leg lslative committee.
 Evidence was introduced that Pos lice Inspector John F. Dwyer bought a six-story apartment house in the fall of 1920 for Si54 000,
 Edward P. Hughes, former police captain, denied the accusation made before the committee that Police Commissioner Enright was partner in his detective agency which he said furnished pier guards for as many as SO steamship lines during the past few years,
 Records were produced to show that Hughes trading account in the stock brokerage firm headed by AL len A. Ryan, a special deputy police commissioner, increased from about iS2,o00 at the time that he resigned rom the department to si05,000 in 1919. Previous testimony recorded that Police Commissioner Enright receiN ed s12,000 from Mir Ryan for stock transaction in which the commissioner had put up no ' argin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
NEW RELIEF PROGRAMME
 IS TO BEGIN TUESDAY

Selma. September 80.--Plaus were set in motion Wednesday evening at meeting of the selma Relief so- ciety for big meeting of men to be held next Tuesday evening at the Y. M c. A. to launch the Relief so- cietys l921-s2 programme of work.
 The budget of the society will be made up at this meeting, when so Selma men will be asked to sub
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
INDICT PAIR FOR
 MURDER OF BOYS

Albany, Ga, September S0.-Glen Moore Hudson, farmer. who with his wife. Mrs. Bernie Hudson, was jointly indicted here today charged with the murder of Mrs. Hudson's two young sons, will be placed on trial next week, it was announced tonight.
 Following the discovery of the dead bodies of the two little boys by their stepfather, the mother accused Hud- son of shooting the boys in anger, because they cut watermelon after having been forbidden to do so. Later Hudson accused his wife of killing the boys. Both have since stuck to their respective stories of .the killing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
cOLLINSVILLE ITEMS

Collinsville. September so,--(Spe- cial.)-There were 250 bales of cot ton brought into the warehouses to- day and the high price of 21h cents was paid for some of it with an av- craze of more than 21 cents.
 Mir. Jones and others from Gads- den who are interested in the cream cry being located in Gadsden were here yesterday getting the farmers and bankers interested in good cows preparatory to shipping cream to Gadsden and everyone seemed very much interested and pledged their support to the movement.
 J. D. Jordan shipped car of fat hogs from here yesterday to market and is expecting good returns as his hogs were all corn fed and in fine shape for market.
 Dr Wilson of Fort Payne has To- cated here and is moving in and will be ready for business this week
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scribe $50 for the purpose Of financ-l ing the charity work Of Selma. The meeting will be in the nature of simple banquet and talks will be made by the different members of the society.
 Many new subscribers to the Relief society will be secured this year. over last, when % men gave SI00 for the work
 It is calculated that If all the land were washed down into the sea the entire globe would be covered with an ocean having an average depth Of two miles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01

The publishers of the Encycio. paedia Britannica once issued a book let containing facsimile testimonial letters from prominent users of the work. one-tenth of whom misspelieu the word "Britannica."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
Your Head's inStyle if it's not in a KNOX
Today's the First of October, time
 you were making a move to Porter's for a season lease on Hat Satisfaction

The satisfaction you get from Knox hat is nothing compared to the satisfaction get in selling 1t to you Because the first Knox you buy but the forernner of the others you'll buy in the seasons to come and you'll must sell other things just good And you'll be actly right.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
TWO Minutes of Optimism
BY HERMAN j. STITCH
Let's Get Together


w Indost nwhoo oneida a visit elephant
wall The feeling
Of wonder elephant like The
mns trunk within his hands said The elephant
like tree The fifth who touched his
this elephant like
Il said: The lcp
dfasly each
could tell
them!
And influenced
leading statesmen
God be of erfs
hold otherwise
bloody waro make their minds
all of the
things according particular light
of all worsed
OF the each of
he
making road
looked like
shoot
coming when he still and they
gotcoe together he saw his own brother!
So $
and he Republican
separated by dense fog Of hatred greed
he
his felowman monster h would destroy.
that may
brothers
of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24

to each and every one of us. MAY T
take the opportunity TO ask you several
questions which are so important to ME?
Could you please tell me the fare and
Pullman rates from Philadelphia to Los
Angeles, Calf? Also, tell me the time
II takes to get there? How far Is Hol-
lywood. Calf, from Los Angeles? Is
it separate town or a suburb of Los
Angeles? How far is San Francisco,
Calf, from Los Angeles? Does the
train make connections at Chicago
going out and then does II pass through
St Paul, MINI? Would 1t be possible
to get a stop-ofr at St. Paul"
A young lady who has lot Of dra-
matte stage experience would like to
know how she. would go about getting
IN with stock company or something
Of the sort in the West A VOICE.
The fare from Philadelphia to Los
lower berth would be about s3i
extra. These rates are for the direct
route, which Is from Philadelphia to
Chicago and from there straight out
West. Going this way the journey
would take five days. for very good con.
to go up to St, Paul from Chicago and
so on out 10 Los Angeles from there
your fare would be about $40 extra
and about $40 more for a lower berth
1t would take at least a day longer to
20 this way You could arrange no
to buy ticket here and a ticket there
Hollywood Is a suburb six miles out
side OF Los Angeles. This city Is 343
miles southeast OF San Francisco.
You go about getting stage position
in the West In exactly the same way
as you do in the East. Apply to a
stage manager or to Il theatrical agency.
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AT CUPID,S CALL
W-Mary's Awakening!
By MAY CHRISTIE

voice was cooling and sweet. IN an
utter fool over business! And quite
naturally you wouldn't wish TO tell me
Office secrets! ] apologize But I'm
so crazily fond of Dick CRlardin that
everything concerned with him must
necessarily interest me ~
Mary was quite naturally intuitive.
She guessed that Eve was not sincere.
She gucsscd-and rightly, too--that
this pretty ward of Darlington Bellairs
was an extremely sophisticated and de-
signing young woman. shallow and self
absorbed. That money and social posi-
tion were her gods. And that to gain
her own particular ends she was capable
of much.
The news Of Ewes engagement to
young Calariin had been a blow. But
Mary wasn't of the stuff that's easily
crushed. In her spirit was glorious
resiliency that wouldn't be broken or
defeated
She didn't speak now, but her pretty,
softly shining eyes met Ewes with out
ward calmness.
Eve realized that she'd been prema-
ture in announcing her engagement. For
said engagement hadn't definitely taken
place. 1t would eventuatc, of course,
in time-she told herself. No man,
much less the simple type of Dick
Calardin, could resist Eve long.
Mary-unless cautioned-might ruin
everything by blurting out Ewes words
to either Darlington Bellairs or Dick
Calardin.
And the fat would certainly be in
the fire then" thought Eve, biting her
lips with irritation.
Mary noticed her action and Won
dered exactly what was passing in Ewes
mind.
Miss Drew Again did Eve touch
Marys knee. I'm really trightfully
worried. It's all because I'm crazy
over Dick. And our engagement must
be kept secret in the meantime. My
guardian. Darlington Bellairs, would
never give his consent to what he'd call
stupid enlargement
Mary's smoke-blue eyes opened wide.
Mr.. Calardin struck me as IA
forceful. energetic man." she said, in
her clear. attractive tones. I'm sure
| he'll make a definite path through life
prove himself capable Of great
career. What stupid ENHANCEMENT
could there possibly be, then, in an en-
gagement with man like Mr..
Calardin?"
Eve made tiny face. Her made UP
! eyes narrowed in way that wasn't
| pleasing Her cute pert feature.
suddenly seemed TO grow as old as
Egypt.
TOmorrow-What Makes the World
Go Round?
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CHATTER NNNIN
Character Contrasts

rI.ARISsA was not the type of woman
- TO lie awake and agontze. She
could fall asleep after crying IKE
yorn.out child. but Frances was dlner-
ent Frances would lie awake for hours
after Jerry was asleep trying to tninK
out things. trying TO decide what 10
do next. She would never nave de-
scended 10 a quarrel, her pride wouIu
hever have allowed her to mention lhat
things were not all right.
The morning after the little visit TO
the Harlowes she got up tired out, as
usual. and very quiet. The routine OF
the days stretched eudlessly away INTO
the future She could imagine morn
ing after morning Of the same STEADY
torture with Jerry perusing the news.
paper opposite her. of this wide gulf that
existed between them, of living con-
stantly outside herself and trying 10 De
something that she wasn't at all.
Downstairs II was different :,
Clarissa woke UP and found herset
on the davenport where she had gone
10 sleep after her quarrel with Jim. AL
! though she had cried herself TO sleep
! last night. this morning she was angry.
| She took it out in slammng things Ill
| the kitchen, of sweeping around like a
! tragedy queen and she did not answer
when Jim spoke to her
No ne must come 10 her frst ana
| there must be Il full and complete apol-
! opv In fact, ClariSsa wanted something
| that would definitely assure her that
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liberate love to her, another woman
The young man couldn't possibly be
such rogue and scamp.
Ewes light, affected tones broke in on
Nlary's meditatious.
"How on earth did you come to meet
him.
"NIeet--whom?' stammered Mary,
coming back to earth.
'Why, the man that I'm engaged to,
Dick Calardin ~ remarked Eve petu-
iantly The man who was seeing you
of Just now-thc rough diamond from
the backwoods -
The heart of Mary sank. Her lips
felt dry and stiff as she made answer ::
"Your guardian, Mr.. Darlington
Bellairs, sent me down on business
matter with his client.
Eve leaned forward, curiosity printed
on every line of her pretty, shallow
little face.
what sort of business, might 1
ask?'
Mary assumed small, distant air
that might have made any girl less bold
than Eve feel awkward.
al cant possibly discuss business
matters outside the office. II you want
information the proper person to ask
is your guardian, Mr.. Darlington Bel
lairs. =.
Eve made face. half mockery, half
disgust Really this upstart little sec
retary was too ridiculous, with her airs
of mystery. She must be put in her
proper place--and soon. She had been
flirting. too. with the highly eligible
Dick Calardin Why, hadn't Eve but
recently seen her gazing into the young
mans eyes and holding hands with him
in a protructed. sentimental parting
And now this humble Mary Drew was
actually trying to snub her!
with a pretty. impulsive gesture
one OF EYES principal assets in the
great game of camouhsge-she leaned
forward and touched Mary's knee with
her ringed left hand. The light from
above glinted on the diamonds of her
engagement ring.
''Niy dear. I'm awfully sorry !" He,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
"FZFTY-FFTY"
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
Copyright. 1891, bp Pubic Ledoer Co.

Jilh had not meant what he said about
FRANCES She wanted something salts
tyingly derogatory to gloat over: she
wanted a remark that would put Fran.
ces definitely out of the running. She
wanted Jim meek and supplicating AT
her feet, but apparently Jim had no in.
tention OF doing anything of the kind.
Siarlssa purposely ate no breakfast
jim ate with the disgustingly healthy
appetite of the normal man. passing his
cup second hime for coffee and not
noticing that ClariSsa was not eating,
After several cold monosyllable re-
sponses to his tentative efforts at con-
,versation, he desisted altogether, but
ne was none the less cheerful. He even
had the effrontery to come over, tip
Clartssa's head back and kiss her lightly
before he left for the office
Clarissa felt baffied; all her old.time
methods had failed to work and now
she was helpless. She did not know what
to do to bring Jim to heel.
Upstairs Jerry, left for the Office with
his usual formula.
We'll good-by, old girl" and Frances,
with heavy heart, went into her little
den ana sat down at the typewrte,
Hers was not the kind of work that is
bettered with suffering. She had to
maintain light, breezy column. she was
not writing sob stuff. and somehow the
clever phrases would not come when
her heart was so heavy. Nothing seemed
worth while. she was not working to-
ward any goal she was just wander
ing aimlcssly through her days hardly
caring what happened.
outside Annie was busy about the
housework. She was humming a little
tune which stopped abruptly as she went
to answer the doorbell Then Frances
heard her heavy feet coming along the
hall and her none-too.gentle knock at
the door.
"A letter for you, Mrs. Page"
"All right Annie, bring II in"
And then Annie was In the room hand.
ing her q letter.
Even as Frances took the square
heavy business envelope with it's black
letters in ono corner, she knew some
how that II was portentous Her fin.
gers trembled little as she tore It open
focatingly in her throat.
/ TOmorrow-The worst thing that couIJ
happen
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A cIear.headed Letter

Dear Cynthia II have patiently
watched the. answers to the assertion
of the young lady who claims to prefer
the society Of young men who either can
not or will not dance,
once before. Cynthia, wrote to this
column and frankly stated my opinion Of
those fellows who apparently crave moth
ing better than the distinction of being
good dancers. There are many OF them
and this letter will not be inconsistent
with my initial one.
The profession of this young lady was
prompted without serious consideration
az to the scope Of her remarks. Per-
sonally, am inclined to doubt her broad
mindedness, and l think most of the fair
minded readers will agree with ME In
this respect.
being disclosed. so / shall tell a few
things about myself, simply to prove
that one can dance and have still de-
sire. or rather a determination, TO sue
ceed.
At the age Of fourteen I reluctantly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-24
Making More Money
Personality Caps"

Her name isn't Mrs. Jones" but
that's what we will have to call her be-
cause, now that the necessity for maxi
ing money by doing home work OF her
own has passed. she doesn't care to have
people know that there was time when
the dinners would have been slim and
the house unheated had it not been for
the expertness of her fingers. After
all, it's the success of the idea that
counts-and Mrs. Jones" is perfectly
willing to admit that the shedding might
have been pretty rough If she hadn't
taken up the idea of the personality
caps"
The whole thing started at church
bazaar to which Mrs. Jones donated sew
eral extremely pretty boudoir caps
made up according to her own IDEAS ana
distinctly of the beaten track followed
by the manufacturers of such articles
The caps sold almost instantly, but Mrs
Jones thought nothing more of it until
shortly after the crash which threatened
the complete ruin of her home, she re-
ceived note from the purchaser of one
OF the caps at the fair. lnquiring whether
y would be possible for her to make sew
eral more for daughter who was soon
to be married. Mrs. Jones' first impulse
was to decline the offer. Then the
thought came to her: Why not make
up few of the caps on individual
orders, fitting them especially to the
personality of the person for whom they
are Intended" Accordingly. she re-.
quested photograph of the bride -be
and. with the picture as an inspiration,
made half a dozen boudoir caps and
lnstilled into each OF them the individ-
uality of the girl who was to wear them.
Her charge for the work was so high
that, as she says, she was afraid the
bill wouldn't be paid" But back came a
| check. almost by return mail, accom-.
panied by four other photographs of
having some of. those very unusual
| caps" in their trousseaux. The whole
| thing worked like an endless chain
Each customer brought four or FIVE
| crisis passed. Mrs. Jones had more
orders than she could possibly hope tc
| III
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Thinks Ideas Are Narrow

Dear Cynthia--It was my misfortune
not to see ''wondermg's" letter. but
read Smiles" and several other answers
to It. Such narrowmindedness as
shown by Smiles" rs a pity to behold.
I am not dance hound myself by any
means, nor do ! approve Of frequentirg
a popular dance hall too often. but there
are few things ] enjoy more than n good
dance, and besides being good exer-
else in itself IL diverts the mind from
ones work or studies or troubles. From
her letter Judge that Smiles" does not
dance. How then is she qualified to pass
Judgment on a subject she knows moth
ing about? She says a dancer cannot be
respected I certainly would be thank
ful II she would present her reasons.
Any sensible person knows that such a
statement Is pure ignorant foolishness
and Observation-Disclosures. Any evilmindcd
person can take an evil meaning from
many things in this world that are
perfectly proper and correct.
Cynthia's advice to Smiles" is good,
and I hope that Smiles will soon get
some sense or she will be in danger of
losing some of her many friends because
Of her failing for reaching an unwar-
ranted conclusion before employing n
proper amount of gray matter and
observation-disclosures. KELLY.
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WHAT'S WHAT
BY HELEN DECIE

Many brides who would prefer Il vio-
let-and-white Easter wedding eschew
violet because purple, a mourning
color, and also the symbol of mortifca-
tion. is supposed to be unlucky at IL
brida! feast. Rose weddings are for
June, 50 the springtime bride chooses
to have n blossom wedding. with all the
delicate blossom colors herself in the
conventional blossom-whte, her brides
maids in peach blossom pink, and her
little pages and flower girls in harebell
blue and daffodil yellow. At a country
wedding or an elaborate city wedding.
the house and church may be decorated
with peach, cherry and apple blossoms
and with floral bells. An Easter we'd
ding Is any wedding celebrated during
the Easter season-which season eX-
tends through the whole month of April
As noted in former WHAT'S What"
paragraph, wedding invitations should
be sent out at least two weeks In ad.
vance. For relatives and friends we'd
ding breakfast and ''at-home" cards are
inclosed with the invitation.
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DID YOU EVER WATCH
THE GIRL AT THE KEYBOARD,
Nothing Disturbs the Smooth Serenity Of Her Hello Hn
and Euen Her Sympathy Whh Bereaued Friend
Must Be Standardized In
THE girl at the telephone board in the
4 railroad station looked up with an

VNHE girl at the telephone board in the
l. railroad station looked UP. with an
inquiring smile.
''3106?" she repeated after some one.
She held out her hand for the nickel.
dropped it in a box, wrote down the
number and pulled out plug.
"Greendale three -oneo-siy. oper-
ator," she remarked looking down at
the receiver. which seemed to sprout
out of the second button Of her waist.
Hello, hello, No. . for Ontario,
please; hello, hello. what is your mum
ber please?--hello. hellof"
a woman came up on the outside OF
the counter and drummed. impatiently
with her fingers.
II can't get that NUMBER she said [,
severely.
"Ili try them again. replied the
operator, calmly. Hello, hello--listen.
operator. don't get any answer on
one Hello, hello number four for
Grcendale. please--hello, hello?"
Always that running accompaniment
Of hello hello" which doesn't seem to
get any answer, but Is very musical II
the operator has IA pleasant voice.
A MOTHER operator came in to re-
IAlieve the one at the board.
WELL" exclaimed the first one,
What's the matter with you today
You re about fifteen minutes ahead of
time-hello, hello--two- one three -nyun,
operator--hello, hello--1 like your new
hat-hello. hello"
1t goes on all day long; the same
thing.
Nothing is allowed to interrupt the
monotony of that hello. hello" which
always ends with an upward lit.
A friend arrived at the counter be
fore the fifteen minutes were up. while
both operators were there together.
Her eyes were red trimmed, and her
mouth had that drawn expression which
comes from continued suffering.
"Oh, when do you go, Bessie, dear?''
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left school, but Immediately entered eve-
ming grammar school, from which ]
graduated. l then entered evening high
school and studied here for three years.
My work interfered with my attending
this schol and made 1t necessary that
] discontinue my studies there. I then
enrolled with prominent correspon-
dence school and have studied at home
for the last three years. Al the present
time I am taking two correspondence
courses which make 1t necessary that
study at least four evenings per week
and not for an hour or so each evening
but for a weeks average of fifteen
hours. .. -.
] am intensely interested in most
sports, especially football canoeing-not
by moonlight--and racing, swimming.
basketball and several others, including
wrestling. l find time occasionally to
play the banjo. and am i to be con-
sidered morally deficient, because !
dance?
Dancing is a most innocent and
beneficial form of diversion, and II cam
not honestly be condemned. FRANK.