davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
CIark's 17th Orient Cruise

by sumptuous 8. s. Empress of Scotland. 2b 0n0 gross tons, IS days in Egypt and Palestine, etc. Feb. 4, 1929, 63 days. Se00 up, including Shore Excursions, Hotels Guides, Drives, Fees, etc.
 FRANK c. CLARK. Times Bldg, New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
MRS. MOoRE'S
 PUPILS RECITAL

The third of the series of piano re- citals in which Mrs. Manly l.. Moore is presenting members of .ber class, will be given this eveniAg at $50 o'clock in Cable hall. The public is invited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
MRS. WARD AND MISS
 PEACOCK ENTERTAIN

Mrs. j.. A. Ward and her sister, Mss Louise Heacock will entertain tfis afternoon from to 6 o'clock at the Southern club at an informal tea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
Q. n. s. CLUB DANCE

| The c. O. S. club will entertain at
 a dance this evening at the Civic As
 sociation ball room at g o'clock. l o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
Women's s Auxiliary of American Legion
 GroWing
A M UGH good work is being done UWll by the membership commit

N E UGH good work is being done IW by the membership commit SVS tee of the Women's aux Hilary of the American Legion by way of increasing the membership of both the legion and Its auxiliary.
 Several booths have been erected in the shopping district of town and big results are expected by the end of the first week of the drive. --
 Mothers. wives, daughters and sis ters of members of the American Le- zion and of men who died in service are eligible for membership, and if inconvenient for them to call in per son, may make application for mem bership by sending a postal card to the American Legion headquarters, 705 Farley building, which will re- ceive prompt attention.
 PRUITvT-Ross WEDDING
 Taking place last evening at 8 o'clock at the home of the bride. the marriage of Miss Mary Frank Ross, the pretty daughter of Mir. and Mrs. F. W. Ross and MT. Roy King Pruitt was an event of much interest to their many friends,
 The mousse was ttIdcllNoiy auoi H with palms and ferns, from which an altar was arranged with the addition of tall floor baskets of pink and white gladioli.
 Bride and groom entered together. The bride was charming in a dress of navy blue canton crepe with cor sage of Ophelia roses and valley lilies The marriage ceremony was conducted by the Rev. B. D. Hodge or the First Methodist church of Wood lawn
 Immediately following the cere- mony MT. Pruitt and his young bride left for an eastern wedding trip, and en route home will visit the parents of the groom in Anniston. After Au. gust 1 they will be at home at LzoS Twenty-fifth street, north.
 The bride, who has lived In Bir-
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02
WASHINGTON
tSIDELlGHTS
;eI Post Rates May Be Increased.

''The parcel post system is COM
mercisi venture pure anu simple. Mr.
Hays said. There is every reason.
therefore, why it should be made at
least self-supporting. This does not
hold true of some other services of the
post office. which necessarily must be
accomplished at a loss
Mr.. Hays explained why deficit is
expected this year and gave an item
lied statement showing where and
how the department plans to reduce
operating costs by nearly $15,oOO,Oo0-
For the fiscal year ending June 30.
1920 ne said, "the deficit was S17,-
100000 For the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1927, the deficit will be fc7nG
to be approximately $S4.0O0.O00 when
the reports are all available.
'Of this, about $75,OOOOO0 was due
to increase in compensation ordered
by congress to employees and $11,OOO.-
900 was additional pay to railroads
under interstate commerce decisions.
''Since April there has been seri-
GUS falling Off of post office business
and III consequence receipts, but econ
omies have been instituted which pre-
vent any deficit other than. that for In
creased wages and railroad rates"
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02

II THERE Is a sigh in the heart OF
most women for the passing sum
mer, the lure of the milliner's win.
dows just now will make them forget
1t. The cool September is greeted by
cheerful and gracious hats that reflect
and welcome the glorious days OF au-
tumn. Hats seem always anxious to
please-and always they succeed, for
1t is their privilege 10 present some
thing new each season. and that is
what the restless sex Is always LOOK
ing for.
Here are five hats. typical OF differ
ent styles, that reveal something OF
the new modes. The group begins
with dress hat at the upper left. This
Is large shape with most beautiful
lines-what miIliners describe as a
lovely movement In fits brim and per-
feet balance. 1t is made of fuchsia
colored veivet-its crown covered with
ostrich fiues in the fuchsia shades
purples and reds. Next 1t Is semi
dress hat of felt In one of the beloved
pleasant tones. 1t has the large, soft
crown characteristic of this season,
and a handsome trimming OF pheasant
feathers that strait or the crown and
brim.
Just below 1t a tailored hat OF duve-
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02
Oil Shale When Our Crude Oil Is Gone

~ ILBEARING shale in the United
States is capable of supplying
all of the country's demands for
petroleum when the supply of crude
oil is exhausted This announcement
is contained in a report OF the bureau
OF mines.
Oil shale up TO the present time has
not been mined on a commercial scale
in this country. Since the middle of
the last century oil shale mining has
been an important origin of oil in Scot
land and France
Rich and easily accessible deposits
of the oil-bearing shale are said to
exist in Colorado, Utah, Montana, Ne
vada and California, where some shale
oil already has been produced and
used successfully. Several small re-
ducing plants have been Ia operation
for some time. and others are under
construction near Debeque, Colo. /;
Watson, Utah; Elko. New. and Dillon,
Mont.
Tests indicate that the yield of oil
shale is all the way from practically
nothing up to ninety gallons or more
ton. Much Shale is too thin to be
mined commercially, but there are ex-
tensive deposits running from several
feet to 30 feet in thickness,
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02

Another plan provides for the en-
largement of the channel through
Pueblo and for a concrete channel.
The engineers make It plain that
their present recommendations are
based on fragmentary data available
at this time and that complete study
of the problems involved will require
much more time and more accurate
photographic and topographic data
than is now at hand and also much
detailed engineering work.
All the alternative plans which In
clude flood detention storage with pos
Sible use of the Steel Hollow reservoir
site. would benefit property interests
in the Arkansas valley below Pueblo,
while the alternative plan embracing
only channel enlargement or bank
protection through Pueblo would not
protect property interests In the val
ley below Pueblo.
due to the limited storage posi-
bilities and as a very little, If any,
water is available for storage in the
Arkansas river above Pueblo. there
does not appear to be any project of
developing irrigation storage with
economy in conjunction with flood de-
tention storage" reads the report.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02

stripes and figures White and solid
cOlors in suitable cottons, ric-rac and
other braids. pearl buttons with a
few tucks in the material, account for
the decorations used sparingly on gar
ments which are intended TO be sim
pie.
1t would seem that there is small
chance for much variety of design in
frocks that employ so few kinds OF
material, but 1t turns out To be other
wise. There are so many patterns in
the materials used, so great variety in
color and so many color combinations
that a never-ending succession OF de-
signs are produced. Besides, design
ers seem endlessly ingenious in the
shaping Of collars. belts, pockets. and
in the placing of such simple finishing
touches as buttons or the management
Of fastenings. A regulation apron
dress is presented in the picture it
is striped percale in the slip-on style,
and the simplest design, but is typical
OF garments of this kind.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02

AL dhst..tsa1r the descriptive i've.
TO frocks and aprons for house
work, that of "apron-dress' is the most
fitting. 1t describes exactly the uses
to which these garments are put, for
they serve both as dresses and as
aprons. A great deal of attention is
given to designing them and they are
among the most salable of all things
ready-made. Therefore manufacture
ers see TO 1t that their lines are good,
their colors pleasing. and the mate
r1aIs used In them sturdy and practi-
cal.
The apron-dresses for fall show no
new departures in stTle, but their pro
ducers are giving more attention to
ht and 10 attractive finishing
than ever The fsbrics used are
the ones we are familiar with
fast-color nercaIes + stripes, plaids
and fancy patterns. ,secked and plaid
ginghams and solid colorS in ging-
hams and chant II the percales
there are dark CHI grounds with
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02
DdddyS
B6Evenn6
FAIRY Tale
VMARY GRAHAM BONNER
THE SQUIRRELS.
6JWARY GRAHAl1 BONNER

II can't fly like bird can fly" said
the Flying Squirrel, but l can fly
from one tree to another, or from the
top of one tree to the foot of another.
II can get around so that il is just
about like flying. So am called the
Flying Squirrel.
In way l can fly If any one
looks at me and watches me they
viii know what mean and they viii
see that L am almost al flyer. if NOT
exactly.
But of course I don't fly like a
bird at all. When 1 am on the ground
can't fly up In the air or up on
tree. or anything like that. Goodness
no, can't do that.
If any one wants to see me they
viii have to see me at night.
THAT is the time of the day I care
for mostly.
"Or rather. should say. that is the
time OF the twenty-four hours which
like.
'T like the night time. 1 am very
gentle and very kind / am sure any
one can tell that by my great eyes
which look so softly and so kindly
al the world
MY fur is soft too and I am very
pleasant indeed. like to be pleas
ant.
The Red Squirrel is a quarrelsOme
creature. and he likes to be up TO mis-
chief all the time"
"As you're so fond of the night"
-. CT
tell you that one night, or rather late
one afternoon when I was living In
the city park 1 watched a sunset.
You should have seen me watch
ing that sunSeti l gazed at IT and
stood on my launches and watched
1t as admiringly as any person could.
"Of course you like hearing about
sunsets. don't you, as you love the
night so7''
"Ah. yes" said the Flying Squirrel,
hut to me the incest part about
sunset is that it means that night is
coming along.
That is the very best part of
sunset to me.
But tell me what else you saw
while you were in the city?"
Wei" said the other Squirrel, 81
saw great many calves in a wagon
passing by the park, and they re-
minded me of the country and made
me want to come back to it again.
I've no special fondness for cows
You know that 1 have never been
friendly with them. I've never had
Cow friend and I've never had Calf
friend and I never expect TO have one
for / don't care for barnyard animals
and farm animals.
But seeing them made me think of
the country. | heard them moo and
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02
How Deserving German Seamen Slip In

spite of the fact that %, 738 vsSels
were boarded by immigration ofciais
2SS.T10 Identification cards wee is.
sued. 4.775 seamen were found ssffiict-
ed with loathsoIne or contagiOis dis
eases. and removed to Hospitals for
treatment. or permitted TO depart on
the vessels on which they CANT
Formerly deserving seamn was
subject TO arrest and return to. lfs ship
on application of the ship mister to
the port authorities. Abrogstion of
this provision In the treaties between
the United States and foreifn coun-
tries following the pzssage OF the La
Toilette seaman's act was promptly
taken advantage OF by aliens arriving
as seamen In every port
That registration alone ineffec-
tive. either In the case OF alien sea-
men or ether aliens. Is demonstrated
by the fact that In spite Of reglstrR
tfon accompanied by photographs thu
number of seamen who eltered the
country in violation OF the law last
year exceeded by 1O.155 me nunba
who remained In the country uniav-
fully after deserving IN 149.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02

as I looked at their heads as they
went by I thought that must surely
20 back to the country.
They were being taken to another
Farm beyond the city, l believe.
1T sounded quite funny TO hear
their moOing voices along with the
automobile horns which one hears so
much and so often in the city.
Then I saw the wind blow a leaf
high up through the window of an
apartment and l thought to myself
how nice it must be in that apart
ment to be able to welcome little
leaf which had blown In.
Il thought the wind was very kind
10 have helped that leaf up so far
But as I thought of the leaf / grew
more homesick for the country.
II saw some petals which had been
dropped by people carrying flowers
and the petals were whispering flower
secrets to the pavements upon which
they had dropped and / felt very,
very Ioaesick for the country.
$50 I came back To the country and
here am, andI don't believe I'll leave
again.
"It was delightful in the park but
I think L like the country best. and
though 1 don't have so many presents
of food here as I did in the park, /
don't believe I'LL ever go away again
In fact I'm quite sure won't /
shall stay here where 1 am happiest.
yes, I win r.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02
Misunderstanding Cereal Beverages
A MOVEMENT asking congress to
- shift burdensome taxes from the

A MOVEMENT asking congress to
- shift burdensome taxes from the
people to nonalcoholic beer has
been started throughout the country
Congress is urged to have the revenue
bill provide for the manufacture and
4ale of beer containing 2.75 per cent
alcohol. and in that way raise from
81 ,OO0. .OO0. 600 TO S1.25o.OOO,0 900 in taxes,
and the proposition is being seriously
considered.
A serious effort has been made to
get ProhibitI0nists to agree TO tax
of SO per barrel on ''nonintOxicating
cereal beverages containing not more
than 2% per cent of alcohol by
weight"
The suggested legislation. IL is ar
gued, would not violate the spirit of
the eighteenth amendment, but in Gf-
feet amend the yolstead act by kill
Ing the provision prohibiting the man.
ufacture of beer with an alcoholic
content I'm excess OF one-half OF one
per cent bill. or an amendment To
that effect. will be introduced In the
house to be considered when the regu-
lar revenue bill is taken up.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02

ut is estimated by the geological
survey" says the report, that the
curve Of crude oil production will
reach its peak within few years, and
then the country will have TO look
more and more to other sources for
its various grades of hydrocarbon oils.
2 when foreign oils cannot be OBJ
tanned in sufficient quantities and at
reasonable prices we can turn 70 our
oil shaless for our supply"
Large amounts will have to De In
vested before the oil shale industry
becomes of commercial Importance.
Estimates by engineers of the cost
of a complete retorting plant, handling
1000 tons of shale a day. are between
81, 100000 and S5,O00,O0O"
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02

TNGINEERS of the federal recla-
nation service have completed q
preliminary report. based on "a
hasty, tentative survey, on flood pre-
vention for the city of Pueblo and the
Arkansas river valley.
The engineers, James Mum and J.
L. Savage of the Denver reclamation
office, have suggested several different
plans and combinations of plans for
flood prevention which would entail
estimated costs ranging from $9,OO0.-
900 TO SIT ,50O,O0O.
One plan for the Arkansas river
calls for flood detention storage of
21O,OO0 acre feet with such repairs to
present levees and channel as are re-
quired to provide safe capacity of
25,OOO second feet through Pueblo.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02
Nothino poina.

''I hear tell that feller driving
siong in an automobile run over your
least boy, Bearcat, in the big road
luther day?" interestedly instnuated
an acquaintance. "What did you do
about it,"
"WeH. the felIer wanted me to pay
him b'cuz Bearcat bit hole in one of
the tires while lie was going over and
over" replied Gap Johnson of Rum
pus Ridge. Ark. But Isays 'Uuh-uls :
if you don't want your tires biz ven
ne9in't-p'tu run over my kids. -
Kansas City Star.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02
Wanted TO Be sociahIe.

Smith had been offered a really
good job in Australia. SO he threw
up his clerkship IN London and made
arrangements to leave for the land of
kBngaroos.
While passing through Liverpool on
his way to the docks. he was suddenly
hailed by a friend from Manchester.
who inquired:
Hello. old man. Where are you
off to?"
australia" was Smiths blunt re-
ply.
"Right-or 90 said his friend. "Tn
walk part of the way with you!"
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02

wv SHINCrON.-FaFcel post rates
w must be increased, If an inyes-
tigatiOn shows that this service
is responsible for an expected deficit
of $70.OOOOOO in the postal revenue
this year. Postmaster General Hays
says. Accountants and post office en-
gineers are now checking through the
entire country to learn If the parcel
post is, as suspected, one of the two
big losing ventures of the department.
Until 1920 postal revenues exceeded
expenditures for several years, but
now deficits are showing, due TO busi-
ness depression. increased wages and
increased compensation to railroads
for carrying mail.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02
HUNGER

Judge Horace tl,nigan OF Dulafh
was praising the forutude of t8e hun
ger striker.
Hunger is terrible thing. he
said. Y remember one evening When
my wife sent our eldest hoy fo bed
without any supper-punishmeut vou
know, for some slight msdemeauor
We'll, after my own supper 1 got
to feeling sorry for the little fesiow.
so I tiptoed upstairs To his roOm and
whispered through the door.
Bill. could you eat some honey
in the comb ?"
"Daddy,' said the boy. 4 could eat
1t in the brush
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02

Prof. Edwin X. Seligman, professor
of political economy at Columbia uni
versity, testifying before the financ.
committee of the senate, made an i'm
preston when he said:
"We must remember that had we
not adopted prohibition we should
be getting at least $1,O0O.OOO.OOO We
will not get under the existing law
Asked II he favored the repeal OF
the prohibition law. he replied:
'No. SIR: although / should be CAD
TO see 1t so interpreted as to permit
the sale and the heavy taxation of
beer and light wines. That would leIp
US out immensely"
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02

WITH Germans shipping as sea-
w men at one cent a month on
American-bound vessels and de-
sertinG at every point. existing laws
10 the Sontrary Notwithstanding. the
statement OF Secretary OF Labor Davis
m regard TO this and other violations
of the immigration law under cover or
the seaman's act. brings to the front
once more condition against which
immigration officials have heretofore
protested in vain.
The number OF deserting seamen Ia
1870. according TO the report of the
commissioners general Of immigration.
was 13.54S. ss against 3sSSS In 1919, In
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02

Jade beads are always lovely.
either strung soiiGly or else with II
gold chain. When one says jade one
usually means green jade But some
times the green Jade beads are most
effectively strung with the white ones.
The contrast is lovely. Pendants OF
jade are even Iovelier than jade
beads-at least inst now. when
pendants are so much used Carved
pendants. sometimes in the form OF
roses. sometimes In the form OF
lunches Of grapes. are hung on silken
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02
no Vacation COMING.

why. Robert" exclaimed the un-
Gle Of tiye-year-old youngster, what
makes you cry sO?"
Cause replied the little fellow,
my brother has got a vacation, and
l amt got none"
That's too bad said his uncle,
'but why is 1t that you have no vaca.
tions"
Cause amt started to school
yet" was the reply.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02
It's Generally Done

Scott Fitzgerald, the brilliant young
novelist, was the wit of his class ar
Princeton.
He once attended a Salvation Army
meeting. 4 pretty Salvation lass rose
and spoke fervently. She declared
that if any one were to strike her on
the right cheek she would turn Ine
left.
"And if some one were to kiss vou
on the right cheek" the young under
graduate called gayly from his seat.
would you do. the same thing, mlsS-'
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02
Might Have Been Both.

This is a very sad moment" de-
clared the duke of Devonshire, the
retiring governor general. at a fare
well luncheon at Ottawa And now
curious persons are asking if he re-
ferred TO his departure or to the fact
that he had first signed an order in
council making Ontario dry on July
1S.-Kingston (Ont) Whip.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02
carefui of his Tree.

Frederick had been given a small
tree To plant on Arbor day. His moth
er helped him to plant Ii in his back
yard. When sudden shower came up
the little fellow rushed out and pulled
mp his precious tree. carrying ii into
the house.
my nice little tree was getting all
wetted. and / brought it in" he ex-
pIafned TO his nurse.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02
Whv Papa7

A father and his little sog we're
hiding on train. II was oHe 0r the
Lows first trips on the train.
When the train approached Flora
the conductor called the name of tire
station and the train soon stopped.
One passenger. a woman. asf NO
and left the coach.
The lad turned 10 his futher and
said: Papa, why did he make FIora
get off the train n?"-InCianap0is
News
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02
laemstItehIna Is used.

Double hemstitchIng LIS used like
stripes on smart new frock OF law
ender linen, running round and round.
The hemstitching is worked I'm heavy
white on each side of the .openwork
formed by the drawn threads. The
frock is worn over whise slip petti-
coat and caInisole.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02
Code Judament.

But IL our unrighteousness commend
the righteousness of God, what shall
we say? Is God unrighteous, who
taketh vengeance? God forbid! For
then how shall God Judge the world?
Romans 3 %, 6.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02

cords as nearly invisible as possible.
sometimes OF black, sometimes OF
flesh color. sometimes Of the color Of
the frock.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02

/ tyn assures US that those becoming Off
the-face shapes, with a little variation
in their lines, are as strong as ever
for fall. Bugle beads provide the vi
vacious trimming. These hats are a
little closer fitting and smaller than
their forerunners-they are shown fin
many colors.
AT the left a felt shape has flavor
OF sport styles at least, with an ap-
plique OF grapes and foliage oD the
crown made OF silk, and a saw-tooth
binding about the brim edge. This hat
also makes opportunity for many color
combinations
For those in mourning a hat is
shown made of black silk and Grape
with facing OF white georgette. Dull
black beads provide its ornament.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02

If it wasn't for the mistakes they
make some men would never be
heard of.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02

When mans trousers are out at
the knees 1t may be from praying and
not from shooting craps.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02
Important to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that il
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02

. Straw Hats in Fine Checks.
Some OF the straw hats for country
or seashore wear are made In fine
checks. produced by two colors Of
straw woven In little checks.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-02

Ten thick. twisted twigs twined
through the thatched roof.