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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19

Naturally my family we
seventh heaven of delight.
When l finally told
them how I'd kept my
ambition secret so long, for
fear my failure to realize
it would hurt them too
much-they realized why I
had been so silent and dis
couraged in the weeks that
had gone before.
/ was to play the lead
of course, let me make my
self understood on that
point: it was not the lead
ing role in the usual sense
the leading child part IN
The Warrens of Virginia"
in New York, under the
management of David Be
lasco! And that was quite
enough to make my mother
and my sister and my
brother the happiest three
people in the whole worldi
My performance in that
part satisfied Mr.. Belasco.
| can say this, because he
proved it by keeping me
under his management for
three hhole years. He
proved it by advancing me
very far in that time. There
is nothing in the record to
prove that, had l remained
with hiwith him, | might
not have realized that
earlier ambition - to be-
come a recognized star in
the spoken drama at 81.
But l didn't remain with
him.
| had every intention In
the world of continuing
under the Belasco banner
as long as he would have
me. There was no reason
under the sun for me to
do andthing else. There
was nothing better in
America-so far as the
stage was concerned. But
then came the end of my
third year with him-an-
other June - another Pc
riod of several months
inactivity.
/ had gone with Mr.. Be-
lasco at a much smaller
salary than / could have
got from a dozen other
arrangements. Even at the
end of the third year 7
was still receiving less
than i had earned the sea-
son before in THE War.
rens of Virginia" Any
actor will gladly cut his
salary in half-for the
privilege of appearing in
a Belasco production. The,
will; but do!
How Mary Got Her N
But the point is that-ir
my successive still found
to keep even in a financial
The previous two SUNNI,
worked-with carnival co
at funny, little country fai
small towns of New Englan
When my third season
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19

The wonderful days that followed
cannot be told here. After all it
would mean nothing to laymen. All
l can say is that in those golden
weeks of rehearsals | learned more
about acting, more about human feel
ing-under the guidance of Mr.. Be
lasco-than | had ever dreamed |
should know. .,-rs.,.-.-
His own magnificent understanding
of the heart of a girl-the magma
tive girl l was to play-was a revela-
ton to me. Many times he brought
tears to my eyes, real tears, by his
self-effacing, almost impersonal way
OF pointing out to me the emotions
the part called for.
Naturally my family were in the
ee,yepth heaveu NJ DELIGHT
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19

The loungers in the room snick-
cred Themselves dependent on the
naughty stenorapher who could do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23
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 THE PLACE ron OPTIMISM rom the Thrift Magazine.

From the Thrift Magazinf.
 Persons who make a speciality of giving advice on how to succeed in life generally prescribe liberal doses of optimism.
 The laugh and the world slaps you on the back school of philosophy has attained great popularity. We sec notices on the walls. and plac- ards on the desks of business men calling attention to the advisability and manifold advantages of smiling.
 Optimism is a valuable specific for many of the ills of life. It is good for such dread diseases as the blues. the dumps, the doldrums, the wiilies, the jumps and nerves.
 But we timidly venture as asser- ton that it requires something more substantial than a merry 1S-karat quip and a few we'll chosen smiles to put money in the bank, own home, hold your job, raise family, pay your income tax and get a df- plcmu with the degree of Doctor of Success in old Prof Experiences well known college.
 Many q man has beenlo aded into the old black hack and hauled over the hills to the poor house because he refused to worry, plan for the future and look old MT. Facts straight in che eye.
 A little intelligent and we'll di- rected worrying now and then wont hurt anybodys' chances Of beins president, owning bank, publishing a newspaper or having a race horse named for him.
 Optinism, like the open faced vest, should bx worn at appropriate times only
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23
AN AnAnIAN DUST sTORM

In the Worlds Work, Thomas E. Lawrence describes the action of q desert storm:
 There had been long rolls of thun- der all morning in the hills. and the two peaks of Serd and Jasim were wrapped in folds of dark blue and yellow vapor that looked motiPn- less and substantial few minutes after we had marched again, l looked back at them, and noticed that part of the yellow cloud off Serd was coming slowly in our direction, against the wind, raising scores or dust devils before its feet. The cloud was nearly as high as the hill, ana as it approached it put out two dust-spouts, tight and symmetrical columns like chimneys, one on the right and one on the left of its front.
 When it got nearer. the wina' which had been scorchine our races with it's hot breathing, changed sud- denly, and blew bitter cold and damI, upon our backs. It also increased greatly in violence, and at the same moment the sun disappeared, plotted out by thick mists of yellow air over our heads. We stood in a horriple faint light. ochre-colored and fitfui. The brown wall of cloud from sne hills was now very near, rushing changelessly toward us, and three minutes later it struck us. making loud grinding sound, wrapping us Tn blanket of dust, with large sung ing grains of sand in it, twistinG and turning in most violent edoles, and meanwhile advancing eastward at the speed of strong gale
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23
ARMENIAN MAIN STREET

From Main Street in Caucasian
 Village" by Elizabeth AndeI son, in
 Asia Ma agazine.
 Funerals interested the general public more than weddings. If the family of the deceased was not able to afford funeral. the burial took place as quietly as possible, often un- der cover of darkness. Since the Armenian priest, jealous of his pres tige, would not officiate without a fee, many unfortunates were buried in shallow graves in the desolate graveyard, coffinless. shroudless and without prayer. The ditch beside the graveyard wall held many skulls and mouldy bones, for the ground was stony, and in winter it was so much easier to dispossess tho tenant of an old grave than to prepare a new one. But if sufficient rubles could be col lected among the family and friends a brave showing would be made. From the balcony of the office l have watched many funeral processions struggling down Main street. First would comes the military band, play ing a Russian dirge; then the priest, gorgeous in his robes: then the chier mourners, carrying the top of the coffin; then the open coffin, borne unsteadily on the shoulders of the self conscious pallbearers, the corpse rocking dangerously with their clum- sy efforts to step in time. And the loafers of Main street shuffled after.
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 Airplanes are now used on an ex- tensive scale for locating appropriate scenes in which to take motion pie tureS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23
JEFFERS' MAIDEN
 SPEECH ATTACKS REVENUE MEASURE
New Congressman From the Fourth District Was Con- graduated as He Com pares Farmer to
 Profit Hogs
By HUGH ". ROBERTS Washington Bureau The Age Herald
 BOO Davidson Binding

Washington, August 22.-(SpeciaL) Maj. Lamar Jeffers, he new congress- man from the Fourth district of Ala bama. is being freely Congratulated by his colleagues on both sides of the House for his maiden speech in which he attacks features of the revenue bill which has just passed Congressman Jcffers made a vigor- ous and telling protest against the reduction of taxation in the income of those whose net annual income exceeds s6e,Ooo. While he had only | few minutes time allowed to him. he was able to stress the fact that the liquidation revenue bill was written and enacted in the interest of the wealthy class, without look ing after the welfare of the farmers. He paid a.tribute to the patriotism of the farmers of the country and the sacrifice they made ungrudgingly.
 Tribute Farmers
 '1 do not charge you with being unpatriotic citizens" said Major Jeff fers, but some of you evidently do not seem to realize that the farmers of this nation and the middle class of the people of this nation gave, in the bodies of their sons, by far the largest quota of men who stood be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23

fore the German guns, protecting with their bodies the scoundrelly profiteers whom this bill especially relieves. l say to you that zoo, 900 more farmers gave in personal income tax returns more than any other one class of people, and they furnished in the bodies of their boys, some of whom are now back on their farms trying to make a living. the largest quota of the men who. as 1 say. stood between German bullets and the worthless hides of these profiteers And now, while you are protectinS these profiteers with this made-to- order alleged revenue bill, you are forgetting the farmers whose sons protected the rascally scoundreis who were grating on the people O this country and this governmen dur ing the very time while those boys were in the trenches.
 "I want to tell you, my friends. that the boys who lie tonight en- folded in the lowered bosom of mother earth in France left to US as citizens of this country a legacy to fulfill ond if we true to our God and to our country, we will fulfill the legacy they left to us.
 RoaSts Profit Hog.
 "I charge every man who votes for this infamous alleged revenue bill with this reduction in these sur taxes on these profit hogs, charge every man that votes for it with that reduction in 1t, with not following after the real truth, but with fol lowing after a false principle and Il policy that is false to all the tradi- tions of this country which We love. and the country for which those matchless American boys were will ing to toll fearlessly over the rugged pa tn of duty even thought that path led straight to the door of death it. self. whore they paid the supreme tprice wit Ina brave smile upon their lips and word of cheer to their be- loved 'buddies,' who were left be- hi:,d % carry on'' for God and cour- try and for the protection of the flag and the homes of our country.
 Memory of Boys
 If we are to fulfill our obl legations to the memory of those boys, we must be fair to the whole people and not to favor any certain class To the republicans I will say that It was your duty, as the majority in power, to frame a bill that would te fair to all and not made to- order for the special protection of certain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23

class. Do not forget that you have In this bill made provision to tax the poor mans medicines; do not forget that in this bill you have made pro vision for a tax on carpets, trunks, valses. lights and fixtures, umbrellas and things of that sort that the average man must buy and pay money for. You are levying jew elry tax. hitting jewellers and all who purchase any sort of jewelry ur ornaments At the same time you have with one fell swoop cut off mil lions of dollars of taxes which should come out of profits of these multi millionaires who made these millions out of the very lifeblood of the youth of this land, and who now should ne forced to contribute heavily to this
 Relieve the Rich
 "Is it noble that we now relieve the rich man and the money soaked war profiteer while no material relief is offered for the farmer and average merchant or the great mass of the public?
 would it not be fair to continue to assess these people who are roll ing in wealth until the burden caused by war expenditures, which were, Of course, unavoidable, is relievsd?i Upon their purses now this burden really should fall most heavily.
 "The secret of it all is this-the money ma asters of this country con tributed very, very heavily to the campaign funds of your republican party last year Having furnished the money then, they are now de- manding their pay. You have hearil the voice of your masters, and yonl are delivering the goods, without re- gard or concern for the great mass of the general public of this country. and that, of course, includes the farmers.
 of you follow the legacy left tol you by the boys who could not come back from over there you will maxe these milionaires pay what is due to this government. In the name andi for the sake of the men that crossed the seas and stood in the trenches. and who fought magnficently for you and for me, who now lie under the countless rows of little white crosses on the fields of France, if you prove true to the legacy left iol us by them, you have got to make these profiteers pay. and if you dol not you will be deliberately forsak ing truth, so often denied and follow ing after the false, as it appears toi my mind today"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23
NEW DISCOVERY PREVENTS MANY
 DISEASES

Hygienists have at last discovered a means by which everyone can ward off many serious diseases. Recognize inf the fact that most of the con- tagious diseases were contracted through the mouth, these health ex- perts have prepared an aptiseptic if used regularly will kill any germs that might enter the mouth
 st6roline, the perfected mouth wash, has as its basis the famous DobAirs Solution, which proved to be so amaEinSly succsssful as gernii- eide during the war
 Dentists ana physicians everywhere recommend gsrxlink Steroline fye- quently, spraying the nose and threat with it and brushinG the teeth with it. If used in this way, this Dleasant tattine mouth wash not only keeps the nose and throat free from de- cay and heals sore and bleeding gums. Steroline is sold ana recom- mended by all loading druGgists.-- Adv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23
SCHOOL COMMUNITY
 CLUB ORGANIZED

Meridian, Miss, August 22--(Spe- cial.)--A school community club has been organized at Marion. this county, with the election of the following off ceras Mrs. s. NJ. Bailey, president; MrS. J. B. Kinard, Jr., vice president; Mrs. J. A. Mcintosh. secretary, and Mrs. Willie Hobgood treasurer. Meet ings will be held on the first aud third afternoons in each month.
 It is the intention of the club to promote the every interest of .he local school which is to begin the coming term in a handsome new hutfling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23

Insect powder which is made by grinding the flower heads of certain species of Pyrethrum contains a volatile oil which acts upon insects the higher animals, including man. The workmen who make it suffer no more inconvenience than do millers or others engaged in dusty trades. The plants are fed to horses and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23
other stock after the flowers have been gathered.

were made in India in the fourth century B. C., and in Palestine in the first century, A. D. A rain
 gauge used in Korea in the fifteenth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23
MCKINLEY BACK AT POST

Tuscaloosa, August 22.--(Specia) Prof. X. P. Mckinley, director of the Smith Hughes work for the training teachers of vocational subjects, has returned to the university after spending four weeks at the Uniyer- sity of Wisconsin, where he attended a session of the directors of this work from all over the nation. Pro- lessor Mckinley reports great inter- est in the training of teachers who can direct the vocational education
 of the young people of the nation. Plans are being made to enlarge the scope of the work at the university.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23
DR. PRICE AT MERIDIAN

Meridian, Miss, August 22.--Spe- cial. )-Dr. J. ". Price of Bessemer. delivered a sermon at the First Bap- tist Church here Sunday morning, this church being without a pastor since the recent resignation of Dr. R. J.. Bateman. A large congregation heard and highly appreciated the sermon of Dr. Price, who is brother of Judge Price of Magnolia, one of the best known lawyers of Mississippi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23
KILLS WOMAN. BABY AND SELF
 By Associated Press

Webster, Mass, August 22.-Af.er shooting and killing Mrs. Katherine Kluza, 3s years old. a widow, and her 3-weeks'-old child in the Kluza home here today. George ". Nichols, 43, turned his weapon upon himself and committed suicide. The three bodies were found by the police a short time later. Nichols was mar ried but estranged from his wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23
CLUB BOYS OFF TO A. & NJ.

Meridian, Miss, August 22.--tSpe- cial)-Ten Lauderdale county club boys. accompanied by an equal num- Der from Clarke and Newton coun- ties, left here today for the A. X M. college, where they will attend che boys short course. The course 1t the college lasts for 10 days. ending Wednesday, August 31.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23
AyoNDALE BAND A GOOD ONE

sylacauga, August 22.--(Special.) - The Avondale Mills band has recently received new instruments and has a added several new members to their roll, bringing the number of mus- clans up to 76 pieces. This band IS under the direction of Prof. J. N. Hcnly, who prior to his coming here three years ago was bandmaster at the Boys Industrial school at East Lake,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23
DETnoITs NEW LIBRARY

From The Detroit Public Library"
 in Architecture (Charles Scribner s
 Sons. Publishers)
 The new building was designed by great American architect. Cass Gill; bert, and he has given us an artistic memorial of the rebirth of the clas sical ideas of beantiy and truth. In accepting this building we should pledge ourselves to direct our efforts for the servi,tN to our people and our generation so as to keep faith with the immortal pre- Christian era of refinement and human craving for something truer than it's struggling units.
 It will be our privilege to find i'm spiration in the Doric principle that entered into the nature of Greek art and ideals of life. namely, to refine with infinite patience a simple theme rather than to seek novelty in constant change. We also will concentrate ourselves on a few sim pie things, and our theme-will be the development and application of q clear and fearless intellect in every domain of life"
 lIel us CultiNdlt obE etibCS to tht full enjoyment of the most gracious activities of life and nature and par take of that intellectual tonic that is the reward of disciplined mind and the balanced intellect which seeks to see conditions fearlessly and truly.
 Ours Is the task to promote the eff ficacy of reason and balance as against emotion and much modern sentimentality, shams, and unvera- cities.
 A free people should be graced by the spirit of intellectual audacity and the power of human understanding. May Ne people that come within the sunlit beauty of this building feel the pure and serene atmosphere of the human mind at its best and real ize that life is more splendid than It's husk."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23

Discoveries about radium throw doubts upon the old belief that the earth is steadily losing its internal heat. If there is as much radioac- tive matter per unit volume through out the interior of the globe as has been found in it's crust, the earth is actually heAting- up by virtue or the hSat given off by this substance iH the process of disintegration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23

The "tornadoes" of west Africa are thunder squalls totally different from the exceedingly violent small MhirlinE storms that bear this name Tn the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23

A. shoot which sprang from the trunk of beheaded Paulownia tree near Raleigh, N. C., grew in a jingle season to ii length of lsh feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23

"A. prehistoric form of dragon fly. fcund in coal deposits in France, had q body 1s inches Ions, and its Ninks spread ever ss inches
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-23

Airplanes are now used on an ex- tensive scale for locating appropriate scenes in which to take motion pie
 lures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-21
TO BEGIN DRIVE MONDAY
Workers in Salvation Army Campaign
Show Much Enthusiasm.

The Salvation Army is nearer on a
business basis than any other philan-
thropie institution in the world was
the declaration of Roscoe C. Ellis, dr.
rector of the drive in Topeka, in talk
at a Halloween party given by the
women's committee to the workers at
the Chamber of Commerce Thursday
night.
Ellis pointed out that this is the
only charitable organization that will
take in any unfortunate. The adju-
tant is the only salaried officer in the
city and every worker must buy his
own uniform, Ellis said. He asserted
that English civic organizations, and
even the king, contribute to the Saliva
ton Army. In Topeka, he said, il
should not be dependent upon the civic
organizations alone - every citizen
should assist in maintaining this
worthy organization.
Enthusiasm shown by the workers
at the party was very encouraging
The intensive part of the campaign
| will begin Monday and the residence
| section will be canvassed by the ladies
! Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Fred L
| Howe is chairman of the women''
! committee. Opperman's orchestra
| furnished a fine musical program fol
! the party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-21
DESERTED HIS FAMILY
Mrs. Charles Wilder Says Her Hus-
band Left to Evade Law.

UulltA L1CAB ~ AAhfllAC LAW
The story of how her husband had
left her and her four children to care
for themselves while he went to parts
unknown to evade the law, was told
in the city court today by Mrs Chas.
Wilder, of Willard, during the prelim-
mary hearing of Toney Caskey, her
cousin, on a charge of completely in
the robbery of a Rock Island freight
car about two weeks ago.
Mrs. Wilder said that just before
his flight her husband told her to sell
their property and go to her relatives
in Illinois The men are alleged to
have broken into the car OF freight
train at Bishop, a small station four
miles west of Topeka, and tossed
about $3.50 worth of rugs. clothing,
tobacco and coffee from the car along
the right of way. At Willard they
were discovered by the conductor and
fled leaving the booty behind them.
Caskey was later arrested, but Wilder
escaped.
Caskey was bound over to the dis
triot court, entered a plea of guilty
and was sentenced by Judge George
II. Whitcomb to serve not more than
five years in the penitentiary.
Ira Frost also pleaded guilty to a
burglary charge this morning and was
sentenced to serve from five to ten
years in prison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-21
ELECTRIC UTILITIES WINS.

A trackage dispute between the
Kansas Electric Utilities company and
the Kaw Valley interurban at Law
renee was settled today when the
public utilities commission ordered
the interurban to continue to operate
its trains to the present terminal and
to pay to the utilities company an an
nual rental of 3k per cent of the
tracks original cost.
The interurban had threatened to
quit using certain tracks owned by the
Electric Utilities company and stop
its cars in North Lawrence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-21
Tot smothers in Lounge.

Spokane, Oct. 21.-The three
menths-old baby of Mrs. Signe Swan
son was smothered yesterday in a
lounge which painters had closed, be-
lieving it contained only bedding. The
child was dead when Mrs. Swanson
opened the lounge five minutes after
ward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-21
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.

Chicago, Oct. 21-POTATOES-Whi
weak; red, steady; receipts 143 cars; total
u. S. shipments 1,543 cars. Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Michigan round white, sack
ed, S175Q1s5 ewt; bulk, $165@1.sO cwt.
Red River 0hiOs, unchanged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-21
ESSEX AUTOMOBILE BURNS.
Gar Owned by w. L. Hill, 517 Monroe,
Destroyed by Fire.

An Essex roadster belonging to w.
L Hill, SIT Monroe street, was de-
stroyed by fire at Twenty-ssventh
street and Kansas avenue about 8
O'clock this morning. The cause of
the blaze was not ascertained, accord
ing to officers who Investigated the
report.