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The evening world., 1921-02-15
DUDLEY .

co. tine New York Evening WORLDLY
have noticed how you have been
printing my poems and / have long
wanted to send you one. written ex-
pressly for you, just as an evidence Of
my qualification. Last night l found
poker chip in my fathers pocket
while searching for holes TO mend, I
was Mortified at first. Then came to
me the realization that the incident
would afford me an opportunity to
preach a great sermon TO the youth
OF the land. 1t also gave me the
chance TO write the poem for you.
on, it was a terrible thing. Father
mad come home without a cent.
II went TO my boudoir and wrote
the poem and here II is. understand
you arc suffering with boils, Mr.
Dudley, and am sorry."
You've been mislnformed, Miss Doc
little. We have no boils, although we
have rather a painful corn on the loft
small toe.
The poem follows:
Playing poker IS not for ladies'
ind II should not be done by men
II IS a gambling game that Is costly,
Keeping people poor non and then
4 man may hare a t0onderjuE brain
And be getting along rust fine,
But u ne starts playing poker
Not high IN life he ,oiH climb.
By sisters chHd. Tecncy Ricketts,,
Thrc10 handful Of mud At DR.
Broom;
she thought she could hide, but h
SdtD her;
Stop It, TccreV or Aunt ElHe toiE
from.
But, as 7 toGS ycndrkiHO about poker
Children, dUoid u all your Htc;
Then IN the hedUenly orchestra
May you play the drum or fife.
After mailing us tho poem Miss
Doollttle went 20 a meeting Of the
Womeu's Bettermcnt League and
read il TO the members II awet
them-really and truly Il did. HUI
when It's true meaning sank into theli
brains tho ladies applaudod with gren'
gusto.
AL were pleased.
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New "BLOw" to FOOtpads!

nRETTY Mary Cleigh OF
Wellesley, Mass, has given
the hlghwaymen OF that
neck o. the woods something TO
think about and the local police
men something to listen for.
She wears a police whistle at
tached TO her garter, and not
only that, but has set an cX-
ample which is being followed
by many of the Young ladies Of
her town.
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Copyright, inGi.
~ The pruH r7frliRhing 90.
t1ho New York Eyoning World

= 7 lOOIIE3 7 N-fFN-3I v IL
Co. THE New York Evening World.l
that lights the fire of love and
sometimes its last warm fake OF
ash.
Home is a vastly overestimated
spot; in it you have to use napkins
and sheets more than once, and the
food is compromise between the
natural tastes of all the members Of
the family.
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GOING DOWN!
l0zi, az Tue PIssa 'PulaSaAn-rou
Tho Nov Yurk Owning W0E4dl.

lfEyIlHlts lt1ls - I've INV I-tllAtfinnIT "a
Tho Nov Yogk DFening WuE3dl.
n EAR JOB HUNTER; m
stead Of running around
looking for a job. suppose
you stay STILL for a thmo ana
sec what happens,
by chasing tho over elusive
Job you aro but rRttling your
mind and tho follow 10 whom
you apply catches that foalinE
OF reHtloHsnesh and refuses you.
stay sta AZ homo, II you en-
alone In n furnished room, az
so for n walk In tho para, OF SIT
quietly IN the library.
Never Apply for a Job Without
tanat prioeleTH possssalon. PoI8n
which IL nothing NON nor leal
than being STILL WITHIN
Sincerely,
ALFALFA SMITH,
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TH!EZE. ;JA4RERl: FAMILY

ca.al 1871 BY II. , r o. On. , 2e.. ssa. wsa4,
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Copyright. 1921. BY the Pres

Copyright. 1921. BY the Pres Publishing
WYE have been honOred
w Ellabelle Mae Doolittle, the
noted poetess of Delhi, has
written us a note and sent us an orig
inal poem. Imagine a young woman
OF her talents taking the, trouble and
time to drop a line to a mere news
paper man. Il seems inconceiyablo,
but 1t has happened, nevertheless.
Dear Mr.. Dudley" she writes. Il
The evening world., 1921-02-15
cARRoLL M'coMAS IN HER
PRETTY AND DRAB MAKE-UPS.

II means inc tlBnI length 10
wear your sleeves to display your
arms" just the length to wear your
sl1irts for your ankles" the cut Of
your blouse for your throat"
In short, it means that you can be
beautiful il you know what angles to
hide and what curves to display.
B'or years Carroll McComas has
played pretty parts" Now, for the
first time in her career she is play
ing "homely part" And every one
wonders how she manages it. And yet,
il one stops to think, the whole mat
ter is simple enough--it is like the
=, old song, It's the Way My Mother
Dresses Ne"
Miss McComas never pretended to
be a natural born beauty" She
wanted to play parts of pretty women,
% she simply set TO work and studied
ipst How a Woman Can Look Her
est" And she found that the whole
tcret lies in The Way She Wears
Her Clothes"
EVERY inch can make or break her.
But how on earth can you take
- part of a 'drab and wear
those unbecOming clothes when
tpu have spent 80 many years in
iahrning the secrets of clothes?"
N1ked Miss AlCCOmas at the Algon-
1p1n Hotel the other afternoon.
Or course l really wanted to know
now feminine vanity can allow itself
% be made hideous when it knows all
me subtle arts of beauty and grace
brt what i secretly wanted to
Dump" Miss McCOm2s about was just
what length and breadth and inches
and hah-inches will do to a woman.
ron, it's very simple to drop from
ulaying a beautiful part to an unat-
tractive one" replied Miss McComas.
You see / have studied so hard TO
81 beautiful and graceful that l
NOW Just what to do to get the OPP
pOsite effect"
''And you do this entirely by wear
ing wrong clothes, the very things
which win accentuate all your
worst points?'
Wrong clothes, wrong attitudes
and wrong head dress are the things
which do the trick" admitted Miss
4dcComaa
Then in being beautifulY'
gust substitute the wond right for
wrong and you have the secret, II
laughed Miss McComas. 81 don't be-
iieve there's a plain woman on earth
Who couldn't make herself at least
pretty if not a raving beauty. But tC
% this she must study herself foI
hours. One wrong angle or one incl
to- much or too little material, on,
crertilt to her hat may mar her Who'll,
make up.
THE first thing a woman Who wishe
20 be beautiful should consider whel
selecting a gown Is the length OF he
eieeves. If she has a plump, pretty
dlInpled elbow. short, very short sleeve
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Copyright. 1921. BY the Pres PubliEiin,
4 WOMAN makes all her other
\ lovers pay in pin-pricks for
the stab the first man gave
r.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-26
PROTECTIVE LIFE VOTES
10 PER CENT DIVIDEND

A dividend of 10 per cent was voted
to stockholders of the Protective Life
Insurance company by the directors
at their meeting yesterday in the
home offices, 211a First avenue, in
which reports showed that the COM
pany had expanded ten-fold since
starting business 10 years ago.
The president of the company, ex-
Governor w. D. Jelks, presented to
the board a statement of the company
showing the earnings of the company
for the first 10 months of the year.
The company is now Is years old,
The report presented shows that the
assets of the company have grown in
the 10 years by an amount equal to
IL times the original assets and the
surplus now amounted to at least 10
times the amount with which the
company began business. This state
ment is made in face of the fact that
the company has been paying a stock
dividend of 10 per cent.
The dividend declared at this meet
ing only represented, as shown by
the report, a part of this years earn
ings 1t was announced that the divi-
dend checks would go out December
49,. It was also announced that the
companys business in birmingham
has been greater the last few months
than ever before.
Mr.. Herbert ]. Baum. general agent
for the company at Birmingham, was
invited before the board and made an
interesting talk.
The directors of the company, al
of whom but two were present ar
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$4,000.
l.. NJ. Neville to j. A. Meadows.
lot 9, subdivision of the Valley View
Realty company, $4,000,
J. NJ. P. Otis to Arthur Cottew. Lot
81. block 81, survey of Central Park
Land company, $500.
Mary Az Busenleherer to Willie Nj.
Towney. Lot IA, block 11-G, survey of
Walker Land company in East Wood
lawn. 1915,
NJ. II. Crittenden to Birmingham
Paper company. Lots and 6. in block
172, Elyton Land company survey of
the city of Birmingham, 100000.
l., P. Wyche to A. c. Montgomery
Lot 5, block 1. survey of the first
subdivision of the Arlington Realty
company, $3.50
Butler Garrett Real Estate and In
surance company to Robbie Moore.
Lot 3. block 10, Tharpe Place, $1,000.
j. C. Clements to Emery y. Smith.
Lot Z, block 8. survey of West End
Land and Improvement company
$3.50.
G. T. wofford to j. 3. Hood. East
81 feet of lot s, block rs, r. w.
owens addition to Birmingham,
$4,000.
l. " Salter and wife to Ben Vogel.
Lot 3, block 4, survey of r. l.. Glas-
gov and w. l.. Israel, $40.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-26
1.-THE PAN-AMERICAN"
NEW [. & N. FAST TRAIN

Effective December 5. the Louisville
and Nashville railroad announces
operation of a now rast passenger
train between Cincinnati and New
Orleans that will be of greatest con-
venience to Birmingham.
The train will leave Birmingham at
1927 p. m. and arrive in New Or
leans at 1918 the following morn
ing The train from New Orleans
will leave there at 7 p. m. and ar
rive in Birmingham the next morn
ing at 6:32
This will allow for good nights
sleep between Birmi n CHAM and New
Orleans going and coming.
The new train will be known as
the "Pan-American." and will be
equipped with the very best that the
Louisville and Nashville has
These trains will not walt in. Mont
gomery for connections, but make the
trip straight through.
Information OF the new train was
given 0. L. Bum, manager of the
Chamber of Commerce, yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-26
"CHU CHIN CHOW" ALL
NEXT WEEK AT JEFFERSON

In speaking of the enormous sums
expended In the production of "Chu
Chin Chow" musical spectacle play
to be presented at the jefferson the
atre all next week, Morris Gest. one
of the producers, said that though
large sums were spent they did not
waste money.
I'VE did not waste money; we SIM
ply tried to do everything on an
artistic scale, and we succeeded in
making production which I believe
will stand as a record of gorgeous
ness and beauty for many years to
come. Even If we never make a dol
lar out of this colossal offering. it
is a great satisfaction to know that
we have accomplished something un<
precedented in the world Of the the
atre. In this respect we are only
following In the footsteps of David
Belasco, whose own career shows
that on more than one occasion he
made productions which cost him
more than the theatre could possibly
taken in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-26
WARRANTY DEEDS
FILED IN COURT

Warranty deeds filed in the probate
court yesterday are as follows:
Mrs. Janet Anthoney to Martha
Smith Gaines. Lot 80, survey of Edge
wood Terrace. consideration 81.
Kathleen Dorrity to Empire Land
company. Eighteen acres in the s..
w. u of the S. W. u of Sec. 20, TIP.
IT. r. 1 west, 5000.
John 3. Reid to r. A. Terrell. The
N. w. u of the N. e. u and the S.
Il. 4 of the N. e. u of Sec. II, TIP.
IT. r. 1 west, $3.50.
w. w. Wingard to John B. REID.
tho S. E. Il of the N. =. u and the
N w Y of the N. e. Il. Sec. II. Up.
II. r. west, $500.
C. S. williams to ]. w. Busby. Lot
IL. block 24-G, first addition to Ems
ley, $4,000.
Tennessee Land company, to Sarah
Zivitz. The mineral rights of lots
% and "a, block 2s-C, survey of Ems
ley, $50. =
Thomas B. Crane and wife to Annie
Tye Lot and part of lot 2, block /.
survey of ]. J, Whittle property in
woodlawn. $500.
Joe Antonio and wife to Siias and
George Dowdell. lot 4, block 4. TIN
ney & Jones addition to Ensley'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-26
ADJUSTMENTS
BY EsTET.rE nETHEA HALE
.sTHE BROADWAY WHIRL,- MATT
NEE AND NIGHT. JEFFERSON


The last two performances Of THE
Broadway Whiri" will be the matinee
and night performances today. This
musical show has made a most pop
ular impression on audiences who
have seen 1t.
Although THE Broadway Whirl' is
announced as "five-star musical in
toxicant," it boasts also of an all
star chorus, for every one of the 20
beautiful young girls who sing and
dance together so delightfully."- Is
called upon at one time or another
to do her bit" and does It excel
lently we'll OF course. Blanche Ring.
Charles Winninger. Winona Winter
and Jay Gould deservedly carry off
the honors of this liveliest of revues,
but much daintiness and charm ara
lent by the minor members of this
carefully selected company, while
the splendid comedy of Maxon and
Browne, the exquisite toe dancing of
Nina Penn and the songs and dances
of Virginia Birmingham. Inez Court
ney and Gertrude Mcdonald contrib
ute materially to the tremendous
popularity of this lively entertain
ment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-26
''THE GOLDEN HOPE,
AT FIVE POINTS

Edith Storey does the finest work
of her career in her most dramatic
story. The Golden Hope" showing
at the Five Points theatre today. The
story is from the novel of the same
name by Grace Sartwell Mason and
John Hilliard.
Joseph De Grasse, the popular d.
rector. was behind the megaphone
for the production, and with his usual
sagacity picked his locations in a
faultiess manner. The picture is
placed in the waste lands and gold
hills of California. Miss Storey, az
the devoted wife of a criminal who
In his flight from justice. has decided
to seek his fortune in the gold hills
gives gripping and romantic per.
formance. The story places her in
numberless difficult positions, bu,
the solutions to her various diem
mas are shown in a most convincing
fashion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-26
IF | Could Only
Belch Up That Gas
Know | Would Feel Better

How often have you felt that way.
How often have you wished for some
thing to give you genuine and lasting
relief for CAST
Don't buy any ordinary dyspepsia tablet
for temporary results Go to q first-cass
drug store. ask for bottle of genuine
Baalmann's Gas-Tablets; take three tab
let's hour before meals and again three
before eating--then watch. Now comes
a surprise. No more gas, no more smoth-
cred feeling. difficult breathing. and no
bloat
Remember Baalmanns Gas Tablets are
not only for the relief. but also for the
prevention of Gas. Most people with Gas
suffer from nervous Dyspepsia, not COM
mon indigestion.
Baalmann's Gas Tablets are sold in the
famous yellow package for one dollar.
Baalmann's Gas-Tablets are for sale by
the Hagan- Dunlap Drug Co.. Jacobs Drug
Store, and all reliable druggists. J.
Baalmann. Chemist. San Francisco.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-26
MERCHANTS DRAFT
ORGANIZATION PLANS

Committee Of the retail merchants
appointed to draft plan for organi-
zation in association with the Cham
her Of Commerce held a meeting
yesterday afternoon and went over
suggestions.
The committee will meet again next
Tuesday afternoon to perfect details
Of the plan and, II satisfactory. will
call a meeting of the retail mer
chants at large. at which they will
submit the plans for ratification.
A hundred retail merchants have
expressed their interest in the pro-
posed organization. and the commit
tee now at work on plans was named
at a meeting held by them.
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federate lineage who served in the
World war. This will keep UP our
close tie with the hospital.
Our committee was greatly de-
lighted when the convention definite
ly decided that the United Daughters
of the Confederacy shall bestow
medal of honor upon the above men
toned boys. This is a matter in
which I have been very much inter-
ested, for I felt our organization
should present some special form of
recognition. We hope to have the
medal so artistic and so appropriate
that Congress will, at sor1e future
time, grant permission for the boys of
the army and navy to wear when In
uniform. I say boys" but our rec
ords show several generals, many col
onels. majors, captains, and even an
admiral or two, who are of Confeder-
ate lineage
= Our war President" Miss Macy B.
Poppenheim of Charleston. S. c.. who
proved such wonderful leader and
executive during her term OF office,
was with US at st. Louis. after years
absence in Europe. and her reports
HHiS Alibot iiitSi NSNihS, III tiiOo6H StaS
had gone for a rest. she did not rest
entirely, for she organized a U. d. C.
chapter in Paris, and paid many visits
to our hospital at Neuilly. I say our
hospital" for. you see, I shall never
get over the feeling that large part
of 1t Is really ours, we worked so hard
for It's success.
Anxious for Convention
I'VE are very anxious to have the
general convention come to Alabama.
and especially to Birmingham. for It
Is such a great big organization and
represents such a large body OF ear
nest working women, from 40 states
and also the City of Mexico and Paris.
I'VE really are growing wonder
fully. Our membership is about 100,-
600. The conventions are usually held
so far away that only few Alabama
members attend but next year will be
their opportunity We hope they will
attend en- masse. There are about
5000 members In Alabama and we
would like to see them all present.
The convention is of great educational
value. for It wakes people up to what
we are doing,
s'When the Georgia delegation ar
rives next year they will bring with
them, as gift from the Atlanta chap
ter. an oil portrait of Jefferson Davis.
Mrs Perdue. of that chapter asked
permission to give the picture and to
hang 1t directly over the seat of the
president general. The presentation
will be a special feature of the Bir-
mingham convention.
There are eight chapters in Bir-
mingham. with membership of near
ly 500. This number does not include
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-26
FIVE CLEVER ACTS
AT LYRIC THEATRE

CROWDS continued TO throng the
Lyric theatre Friday night, just as
IL Thanksgiving was two days in
stead of one, and Judging by the
applause, both performances received
the same reception awaits the pro-
gram today.
Five clever acts. that have received
the highest praise from the newspa-
pers; Pathe News Weekly and Topics
of the Day make up the program.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-26
RIDES BIKE TO TAMPA

Admission. November 25.--tSpecial.)
Wallace Bell. who left his home here
two weeks ago for a bicycle trip to
Tampa. Fla. rode the $40 miles be-
tween Admission and that place with
out q puncture or breakdown. 80
miles of the travel being by rail be-
cause OF sandy roads. Mr.. Bell
camped out every night except four
and made the entire trip from An
niston to Tampa at cost OF only
SIS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-26
HOLD UNION SERVICES

Florence, November 25.-(Special)
Union Thanksgiving services were
held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock
at the First Baptist church. Special
music was given by the Choral club
and special chorus from the public
schools. The sermon was preached
by Dr. r. l.. Motley.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-26
DANCE TONIGHT AT
EDGEWOOD PARK

The usual Saturday night dance
will take place at Mountain View
Inn. EdRewood park, tonight. with
the Magic City syncopaters furnish
ing the music The management an
nounces that free bus will meet all
cars, and that ladies will be admit
ted free. with no war tax charged.
This will be the second Saturday
night dance of the winter dancing
program at the mountain resort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-26

as follows: william d. Jelks. Rich
ard w. Massey. Ben W Lacy. w. w.
Crawford, Or. w. G Harrison. Ed
ward II. Cabaniss Major Jelks II.
Cabaniss, n. NJ. Baldwin. s J. Bowie.
William A. Davis c. II. Harsh. Charles
Henderson, Robert Jsmison, John l..
Kaul, r. A. Mitchell. w. IT. Neal,
Frank Nelson, Thomas w. Palmer and
]. ]. shannon
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-26

In speaking of the work accom-
pIished at the convention of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
recently held In st. Louis. Mrs. Roun-
tree said:
- The Matthew Fontaine Maury
monument soon to be erected at Rich
mond. Va, will receive our support
to the extent of $1,000. and we now
have ready for erection a boulder, to
be placed at Harpers Ferry, w. Va.
in memory of the faithful slave, Hay
ward Shepard. who was shot by John
Brown raiders for refusing to join the
instruction at that place.
I'VE have under way plans for
permanent, fireproof u. D. c. building
at Richmond, Va, in which will be
kept our records, relics, and his
toric documents.
The World war record committee, of
which 1 have the honor of being
chairman, is rapidly securing great
numbers of records of the boys of the
World war of Confederate lineage
They make interesting history. Our
committee during the World war re-
ported U. D. C. war relief work to the
amount of $5o,000,00o, which opened
the eyes of the world to the power
and ability of our organization.
I'VE made quite a record in France,
where we endowed seven wards, in
the largest Red Cross hospital, To-
Gated at Neully. This hospital was
first sponsored by the American hos
pital of that place, small hospital
conducted for the benefit of Ameri-
cans living in France. This latter
hospital is still in existence and is
being enlarged.
The brass name plates that hung
on our war beds are now cared for
by the American hospital, and 1t was
a great personal pleasure to me. as
we'll as a matter of pride as commit
tee chairman, that the convention at
st. Louis voted to contribute $4,000
from our treasury for the purpose of
presenting an elevator to the hospi-
tai as a memorial to the boys of Con-
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Bessemer. which has over 100 add

bessemer, Which has over TOO addl-
tional
The retiring president general, Mrs
Roy Mckinney of Paducah, KY,
members say, made a wonderful ex-
ecutive and was greatly beloved.
Mrs. Livingston Rowe Schuyler, the
new president general, is president of
the New York division, and, 1t is said
is one of the most splendid women
of the entire organization, energetic
capable and a fine parliamentarian
whose tireless work Will inspire
others to work with renewed energy
and determination.
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Activities of the u. D. c.
Are Tremendous In Scope
Bv CHRIS IVES

Quite number Of will be the work of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy
The ness of of tire organization and its volume OF val
liable work, is recognized by only few
Mrs j. A Rountree has this the
Very realize
United Daughters of the Confedeacy In fact many OF the unted
Daughters Confederacy fail full
significance unless they attend the national cnven
tions each
THAT people the of the United Daughters
the Confederay Hector
Church fought
death with
of few gifts the of the Confederac This
estate amounted consisting mostly of United States
OF
used in the endowment of four scholarships dedicated the
southern Jefferson Robert
Gen John Gordon Jube" Early In recognition of their
Mr. endowed scholarship
treasury to be the Hector W Church scholarship
The Lamar register., 1921-12-28

Attorney W. f. Fisher spent the
Christmas holidays in Denver.