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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
EVENTS OF TODAY
 IN BIRMINGHAM

Kiwanis club luncheon mt OciocA at the Tutwiler.
 ADJUSTMENTS :4.fers1a-Winter Gardens "PassinS Show."
 Lyric-I<eith vaudeville and pictures. Loew,s Bijou-vaudeville and pic lures. . AIcazar-"Dead Men Tell No Tales" Trianon-Charles Ray, in "Peacefui Valley"
 strand-Thomas Meighan, in "COnrad in Quest of His Youth.-
 Galnx-W. s. Hart, in "The Testing Block" RiaIto-Pearl White. in "Tiger's Cub"
 Princess--"Screaming Shadow" No. G.. Odeon---"VanishingD Daggers" Miles School for Dancing - Dancing from 9 to IF.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
REV. PEARSON DIES Negro Minister Was Well-known and
 Liked

Rev. J. H. Pearson we'll known by both white people and negroes for his charitable work. died Sunday. He was frequently a visitor to the jail to preach and talk to prisoners. One among the last missions of Rev. Pear son was to visit the prisoners at Be- lellen and to preach to the prisoners and look into their conditions. He made a favorable report of that place.
 He was pastor of the largest negro church in Birmingham.
 Funeral services will be held at the Sixteenth Street Baptist church this morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. c. l.. Fisher, former pastor of the church. will officiate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
RUSHTONS BUY THE
 ALABAMA PACKING { CO. FOR $150,O00
Will Operate Ice Plant With Other Similar Interests.
 Conclude Deal Yesterday. OverhauIing at Once


 The Rushton corporation has purchased and taken over the properties of the Alabama Packing company at North Birmingham.
 Consideration for the deal is understood to have been $150,000.
 The property consists of meat packing establishment and an ice fac- tory operated in conjunction. K. A. Lewis is president. George B. Tarrant vice president, and I. W. Broughton secretary and treasurer.
 Speaking for the purchasers, J. Frank Rushton said the ice making part of the plant would be thoroughly oyerhauled, brought up to date and the capacity would be increased. As to the meat packing end of the business, Mr. Rushton had no plans and it was gathered from what he said that this part of the business will cease. The entire plant will be given over to the manufacture of ice and cold storage. The Rushton corporation operates several ice. plants in the district, To- cated in Birmingham, Bessemer. Ems ley and Woodlawn.
 w. J. Rushton and J. Frank Rush ton. who are interested in the Rushton corporation, are also interested in and operate the Birmingham Ice and Cold which also CaTr1eS on a large retail coal business.
 The deal for the taking over of the Alabama Packing company plant has been closed and deeds conveying the property have been signed, sealed and delivered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
MAN BITTEN BY DOG
 CH0KES IT TO DEATH

James Reeves of Bessemer choked & dog to death after the dog had jumped at his throat and. missing it. had bit him severely on the hand. The head of the dog was sent to the city laboratory. and on examination was found to be rabid. Reeves started taking the Pasteur treatment yesterday
 According to the report of eyewitnesses, the dog jumped at Reeves and snapped in his face, missed him, and then bit him savagely on the finger. The teeth print and the sore finger are evidences of the fact that the episode occurred. Reeves, who is a young man 21' years of age and apparently very strong, seizeo the dog about the throat and held 1t until the animal died.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
THREE PETITIONS
 IN BANKRUPTCY

Three members of the same family filed voluntary petitions in bankruptcy in the United States court yesterday. All members of the family are farmers and reside near Taft. in Cherokee county. They are J. T. Bellew, J. E. Bellew and w. H. Bellew father and two sons
 The total liabilities of the. three are listed at approximately $2S,000 and the assets at $3,65O In all three petitions among the liabilities listed was an obligation og 500 assumed because of the purchase of some land. The peti- tions have been referred to referees Tor adjudication.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
RATE IS UNCHANGED
Montgomery Conyicts to Continue in
 Pratt. Company Mines

Montgomery. January B.-tSpecial.) )-- Montgomery convicts will be used by the 1921 at the same rate paid during 1920 The board of revenue has closed con tract with the company. Seventy con .victs are now employed in the conipany' 5 mine in serving hard labor sentences for petty offenses committed in Montgomery county The total amount received by the county for convict labor during 1920 was $le1eS.7O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
BIG SISTERS CLUB

Election of officers will be the feature of the annual meeting of the Big Sisters club to be held at the Katherine Inn, 1S1O Eighth avenue. north, at clock today.
 of directors, will preside at the, meeting. Every member of the association is urged to be present. The meeting is prelimi- nary to the annual drive for funds which will be launched by the association in the next few days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
TO INVESTIGATE DEATH

Investigation into the death of Mrs. J. B. Cole, which occurred December as a result of injuries received when struck by an automobile said to have been driven by Miss Aurey Green of Wood ward, was started yesterday by John K. T. Rives, assistant coroner. Several wit nesses were examined, and, according to their testimony, Mrs. Cole had just come out of the Birmingham infirmary in West End. where she had been visit- ing a sick friend. She was attempting to cross the street when struck by the car and received injuries from which she died a few hours later. The case will nrobably be concluded today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
$l5,000 Commissary

Permit for the building of commits sary at Thirty-second street and First avenue by the Sloss-Sheffield Steel anl Iron company was issued in the city building department yesterday. The building will cost $15.0o0. The work is be- ing done by the Smith company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
ZONlNG DISCUSSED

City zoning was the subject discussed at the meeting of the members council of the Civic Association yesterday at noon in the cafe of the association.
 Will T. Warren, chairman or the as soeiation committee of city zoning with regard to residences, business, tall buiio- ings. houses, etc, made the address
 The association and the Real Estate exchange are agitating the question ana expect to present it to the city commis- sioners at a meeting in the near future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04

raised to the cost of production plus a reasonable profit.
 We are not fighting other indus tries: the farmer is the most conserya- tive and reasonable mar 'se world; 1; he is the very mudsi' itzar tion in America. He IS .t>atinE for reasonable price for a.s produc6 that he may be man and do a map'A part In the social establishment of th6 south-s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
Plead Guilty

George Williams pleaded guilty to the charge of burglary yesterday in the criminal division of the circuit court and was sentenced to from thxAA Is fixA years by Judge H. F. Heflin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
PAINTER CASES TO
 BE TRIED IN THE
 CRIMINAL COURT

The cases or w. H. Knox and o. D. Moates. members of the state law en- forcement squad, charged with assault and battery on Phil Painter, publisher Of the Advance, will be tried in the crim- inal division of the circuit court within the next week or two, as the warrants issued by Judge H. B. Abernethy were made returnable direct to the criminal court.
 As the offense charged is a misde- ,raaror the cases will be heard before either Judge w. E. Fort or Judge H. r. Heflin unless the plaintiff within 10 days demands a trial by jury
 MT. Painter is still at the hospital con- siderably bruised up, but it is understood that his injuries are not serious.
 Marriage Licenses
 The following marriage licenses wer, issued yesterday at the office or the pro- A. !. Clements and Miss sallie Lam W. s. Doper and Miss Thelma Drum mond.
 Brody E. Howell and Miss Myrtle Lee Sherron.
 A. T. Moore and Miss Louise DeBar- deleben.
 samuel l. Dockery and Miss Frances Wiggins. Dassenger. ton. Charles Andrew Ivy, Jr.. and Miss Julia May Frost.
 |. I. Lefstead and Miss Hattie Lou Guin.
 Ed Glover and Miss Irene Blankenship. Carlton Spencer and Miss Nora Hen Fioyd sides and Miss Bettie Klans
 Ernest J. McCabe and Miss Margaret
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-15
MISS ELLEN KENNEDY
WEEDS AT so. AMBOY

JBy Evening News Correspondent
SOUTH AMBOY, June 15-In a
very pretty wedding held yesterday
morning at 9 o'clock in st. Mary's
church, Miss Ellen Kennedy, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ken
Lnedy. of Cedar street, became the
| happy bride Of Charles Eppinger,
of South River. The wedding was
solemnized by Rev. E. c. Griffian.
The bride looked charming In a
wedding gown of gray canton crepe
with picture hat to match. She car
ried a bouquet of bridal roses and
lilies of the valley. The bridesmaid
also wore gray canton crepe and
CARRIED pink roses. Following the
ceremony which was attended by a
large number of both young people,
a wedding breakfast was served at
the home of the bride. Miss Agnes
Reilly of this city, was bridesmaid
and John Fee of South River was
The happy couple left yesterday
afternoon for New York en- route
for Atlantic City. where they Will
spend their honeymoon. On their
return they will make their home
with the brides parents.
The gifts were many and hand-
some. Guests were present from a
number of surrounding cities and
towns both young people being very
popular. Mr.. Eppinger is one of the
best known athletes in Mlddlesex
county.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-15
Editorials For
Women Folks

That little Giuseppe Varotta, kid
mapped New York baby. is safe in his
mothers arms Is a matter of a
woman's intuition. While men mem
bers of the detective force were fol-
lowing their reason and failing on
the case, Rae Nicoletti, the only
patrolwoman of Italian descent on
the Gotham force, followed her in
tuition straight to the kidnapers'
door and brought back little Giu-
seppe.
When reason failed. intuition won.
A. woman's bunch proved of more
value than all of the deductions
trained masculine minds could
make.
lat.
And one begins to speculate on
whether or not the New York de-
tective force will fold it's reason in
tissue paper, tie it with pink rib
bons, put it away in lavender and
then tilt back it's chairs. swing up
Ats feet and wait for a bunch to
seize it.
But there's the pity Of 1t. The
masculine mind is hunch-proof. So
long has the be-trousered individual
lived by his reason-or what he
called his reason-that his mind is
not sensitively receptive to the
bunch, or intuitive suggestions.
Man could wait an eternity and
be as guiltless of lunches as the
day he was born. He lacks that
delicate sense which a gather
things out of the atmosphere and
mt them to practical use. AS a
bunch cettcr he is a failure, 30 II
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-15

may be tested with the bare elbow,
never with the hand. The water
should feel comfortably warm to the
elbow.
After undressing baby. wrap him
in a small blanket, wash the face,
head and ears. being careful not to
get soap into his eyes and mouth.
Very little soar is needed for baby's
skin. 1t is most important that the
skin should be rinsed Thoroughly.
Pat the skin dry with a soft towel,
taking care to dry we'll back of the
ears and in the soft folds of the
neck.
May Use Bran
Soap the entire body thoroughly
then place him in the bath. hold
ing him with the left forearm under
the neck and shoulders. the left
hand under his left arm. and lift
ing the feet and legs with right hand.
Support the baby. in the tub with
the left hand and arm. Sponge
the entire body with the right
hand. then lift the baby out and
wrap him in a bath towel. Dry care
fully with the soft towel. patting the
skin gently. Never rub the baby's
tender skin with anything less
smooth than the palm of the hand
When there is any irritation of the
skin, such as chatting or prickly heat
bran may be substituted for soap.
Make a cotton bag of cheesecloth
or other thin material, and fill
! loosely with bran. Soak the bag in
in the bath water, squeezing it until
it becomes milky.
A little pure talcum powder may
be used in the and folds OF
the skin. under the arms and around
the buttocks, but it should not be
used so freely as to clog the pores
of the skin. A highly perfumed pow
der should not be used. Powder
should never be applied until the
skin is thoroughly dry.
(Tomorrow: Baby's Development.)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-15
Hot Weather Care
For Your Baby
BY UNCLE SAM. NJ. ID.

A baby must always be handled
carefully. His bones are still part
cartilage and they bend and break
easily.
Other bad effects of toe much or
careless handling are sore and pain
full muscles which make a baby cross.
Handling after eating tupsets the
digestion.
Jolting, bouncing and rocking
make a child excitable and
A young baby cannot turn himself
over. His muscles get very tired IL
they remain too long in one position.
When he is taken up for feeding or
cleansing. his position should De
changed from side to side, or o
lying on his back to lying on MS
stomach. But always the head and
back must be kept straight and the
arms and legs free.
The ears should be Kept straight
and fiat on the head.
Protect Eyes
The ewes should be protected from
direct light.
To hold a young baby on one arm
Law him flat on his back on your left
arm, supporting the neck and head
with the palm of the hand and I'm
gers. and pressing his body close to
your body with the left elbow. Never
throw a baby over the shoulder.
A baby should not be encouraged
to try to hold up his own head until
he is four months old nor to sit up
until he is six months old. The spine
neck and head always should be sup
ported. Never pick a child up by
the arms. Grasp him firmly by the
shoulders or body.
Bathing the Baby
Baby must be bathed at least once
a day. During the hot weather on
or two extra sponge baths may be
given.
For the first few months the tenn
p%erature of the bath should be 80 de
grees to 95 degrees F. By the end o
the first year, it may be lowered tt
80 or IS degrees.
The temperature of baby's batl
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-15
Kitchen Hints
Tempting Menus

Before cherries come into market
plentifully enough to can they can
be used for many delicious desserts
and fruit cups.
A decidedly unusual way of using
cherries is in a soup. The soup may
be served hot or cold n is a fine
beginning for a June luncheon.
Sour Cherry Soup
One quart sour cherries. 2 rusks
or buns, 6 cups water, 2 inches stick
cinnamon, " lemon, " cup sugar,
II cup orange juice, 2 tablespoons
butter, 1 tablespoon flour, Is tea
spoon salt.
Stone cherries and crack pits. Put
cherries and pits in a stewpan. Ado
rusks broken in pieces, water, Gin
namon and lemon cut in thin slices
Simmer for 20 minutes. Rub through
a fine sieve. Melt butter, add f1oul
and cook until beginning to turf
brown. Moisten with orange juice
Add cherry pulp, sugar and salt
Bring to the boiling point and lei
boil two minutes to cook the -four
Serve hot with toasted crackers OF
cold with toasted milk waters.
Cherry Salad
One-half pound large sweet cher
ries, 2 oranges. English walnuts
cooked salad dressing, hearts of let
tuce.
Stone cherries carefully. Pee
oranges and remove fruit from Skin
section by section. Crack nuts anc
break meats in small pieces. Put
nuts in cherries. Arrange orange:
and cherries on hearts of lettuce
leaving one leaf empty for a spoon
full of salad dressing.
Cherry Water Ice
One and one-half cups STONED
cherries, IL cups sugar. " cup wa
ter, 1 dessertspoon lemon juice.
Remove kernels from 1-3 cup o.
stones and pound finely. Make 9
sirup of the water and sugar ano
pour over cherries and pounded ker'
nels while boiling. Cover closely anc
let stand till cool. Turn into mold
pack in ice and salt and freeze.
copyright 1921 by Newspaper En-
terprise)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-15
THE LOVE PENDULUM"
By MARION RUBINCAM

on steel a week ae.ose. me last
smash? I said this Canadian strike
situation would have an effect
She ratified on. She seemed to
have the stock market in hand as
thoroughly as she had art, baseball.
politics or books.
Did you ever see such a woman ?"
Winthrop asked as we drove home.
"Yes-that is. if you mean women
as versatile as she isl l answered.
Did you ever know one as clever.
Why, she knows all about every
thing. Last night she was talking
music. There was a chap there who
played. They were at it all evening.
She knew as much as he did. She
went over and played a little on the
piano to illustrate something she
said. She does that wonderfully too
Everyone is taught music enough
to play a little" I answered, growing
ros at this continual praise.
But you should have heard her
and the way she talked about Ii.
She composes too. That's some.
thing not many people car do"
Again 1 kept silent. l intended
to watch the copper stock she was
talking of. and to see the pictures
she was enthusing over. At least I
could judge then whether her judy
ment was as good as everyone
seemed to believe. Then INdid a
foolish thing.
WIN" l said suddenly. IT believe
you are falling in love with her!"
Instantly / was sorry. But 1t was
said.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Paths)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-15
WOMANS INTERESTS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR HOMEMAK
Com ESSIoNS Or A
HUSBAND!
The Mans Side OF Married Life
I Open My Mouth and Put My Foot
In 1t

I Open My Mouth and Put My Foot
That evening / had the card game
which I had promised to get up for
my father-in-law to give him a
chance to win back some of the
money he had lost.
This time there was nothing to
drink and, as a result, the old gen.
tleman played carefully. In fact, he
bet more cautiously than usual, and
he had the reputation Of being the
worst "sure-thing player" in the
state. But luck was against him. 1t
held another mans were a little bet
ter.
We played in the dining room.
Dot and her mother sat and sewed
in the living room just a few feet
away. When 10 o'clock came they
| decided to retire. They said good
| night t us and-Dot's mother noticed
that there were only a few chips in
front of her husband.
Are they beating you again.
Henry?" she asked sharply.
Never mind. mother, I'll see that
you get carfare home" l returned
reassuringly.
A laugh went up from the table.
realized that / had spoken thought
lessly. The fellows took my remark
to NEAR that I would be glad to get
| rid of my parents-in-law. That was
the truth, but I was not thinking OF
that when I spoke.
I tried to catch Dots eye to see
whether she were angry, but she
avoided me. Her mother drew her.
self up stiffly and left the room.
I knew there would be trouble the
next day. 1t was so silly. too, be-
cause l had not wanted the game In
the first place and had arranged j,
only as a favor to my father-in-law,
The latter was getting farther and
farther behind. 1t got well past mid
night and Sid suggested quitting
| Everyone looked at my father-in-law
to see whether he would want to &C
on playing. He was by far the big
gest loser.
'I'll quit whenever the rest Of you
have had enough" he said.
1t was agreed to stop after play
ing one more round. The old gentle
| mans fortunes did not improve dur
ing that time, and when we finally
settled he was some 1874 ito the
bad" l won q rev dollars, WHICH
was doing pretty we'll for a host.
When my friends had gone my
father-in-law yawned and said:
1T doesn't look like 1 can have
any luck at all with those fellows. !
don't know as I'd call them smart
card players but somehow or other
they seem to get the pasteboards."
you'll have better luck next
time" I assured him..
''Fhere won't be any mex time"
he returned grimly.
He went to his Don and 1 walked
about the apartment, putting things
to order "a bit and turning out the
lights. 1 knew that after playing
cards so long I would have a hard
time getting to sleep, 80 l decided to
read for a while.
I closed the door of the living
room and made myself comfortable
with the rays of the electric lamp
falling full on the book before me.
I had been reading only a few
moments when I heard the patter of
feet in the hall.
(To be continued)
copyright 1921 by Newspaper En-
terprise)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-15

the New York detective force is to
work by intuition each detective
shall have to have his feminine
bunch transmitter. Cali of which
might be interesting to the detec-
tive but expensive for the peopleD
Woman is a born bunch getter.
She swears by her intuition, cooks
by it, dresses by it. plays the market
and matrimony by 1t.
It's a bunch that tells her there
is an apple in Johnny's desk and
that she may have it for the smiling.
It's a bunch that tells her to wear a
certain frock and adjust the floor
lamp Just so on a certain evening.
And it's by the subtle ar of this
same hunch-getting propensity that
she reads into the words of Toms
telegram that the time is not pro-
pitious for the sporting of the new
fo%rty-dollar hat. Though the tele-
gram was nothing more than the
announcement of the fact that Tom
would arrive on a certain train at a
certain time-intuitively she knows,
as she reads the words, that Tom
isn't in the right mood for forty
dollar hats.
The world smiles tolerantly at the
mention of woman's intuition. But
woman's intuition rarely fails. Be
cause consciously or unconsciously
oil human impulses are born in the
heart or actuated by emotion-a
fact men deny but women acknowl-
edge.
And
Woman's intuition is the transla-
ton of the human heart.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-15
"The Muskrat Babies"


"Oh, hurry. please begged Mrs.
Muskrat when Nancy lifted her out
through the roof of her W house.
"My babies are all inside, floating
around the house in their beds. I'm
SO afraid they'll fall overheard and
get drowned. They can't swim yet"
Certainly" said Nancy politely,
etting Mrs. Muskrat down on the
Try ground and reaching her little
plump pink hand down into the
hole again. the mole she had dug
right down through Mrs. Muskrat's
ceiling.
In a very little while all four of
them were safely outside hugging
their mothers knees and looking
scared to death. The world looked
30 big, and do you know, 1t was the
very first time they had ever seen
daylight for their house had no
windows.
what is It Mama?" shivered one
Of the muskrat babies. for they We're
only half dressed, their fine fuzzy
coats of fur not being all in yet.
II don't know yet, my DEAR" an