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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21
,Theater Calendar

ACADEMYL'Three wiso Fools"
LYRIC-Keith vaudeville.
observation-disclosures cast in "Thc
Black Panther:s Cub"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cast In
Jim. tho Penman."
BIZ o U--Be tty Compson, I'm
Ladies' Must Live"
ISIS-wanda Hawlcy. I'm "iIer
Face Value"
EON- Gloria Swanson, In
"Something.to Think About"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21
Mrs. Cnd,e Munford.

PETERSBURG. VA. Dec. 20.--The
funeral services of Mrs. Code Mum
ford, 43, who died saturday In the
Petersburg Hospital, were conducted
Monday afternoon from st. Johns
Episcopal Church. the interment be-
ing in Blandford Cemetery. Her
husband. ]. b. Munford, of this city
one sister, Mrs. Lekey Moore. OF
Kenilworth: and ono trother, Joseph
Ingc, OF Petersburg, survive.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21
About "Ennst."

Mrs. NJ. a. p. Damascus: Faust
was famous magician Of the six
tocnth century, native OF Suabia. a
rich uncle having left him n fortune.
Faust ran to every excess and when
his fortune was exhausted no made u
pact with tho devil for n certain Num-
her OF years, at tho end OF which time
tho devil was to possess his soul. His
sweetheart was Marguerite and WaS-
ner his faithful servant. Council
wrote the music for tho opera called
Faust" and tho libretto was com
posed by Berbior and Care. Goethe
wrote n dramatic poem called 'Faust"
and Bayble Bernard made an English
version. 2S ~ eS7Ei ~ =
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21
Clarence Snend.

FORK UNION. VA. Dec. 2O.-tiar-
en.o Snead. SON Of Mr.. and Mrs. r..
J. Shead. who died In West Virginia
OF paralysis. was buried here yes
terday. lie is survived by his widow.
TWO chiidren, sister. Mrs. r. II. DAN
lei, of Weldon. y. c.. and three
brothers. Claude Sncnd, of west Vir-
Einin: Russell Snead. OF Amherst, and
Professor Edwin j. Snend Of tho
Folk Union Military Academy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

WINCHESTER. VA. Dec. co.
Mrs. Annie J. Kern. -. wife OF
George J.. Kern. dairyman, died OF
complications at her home near
here. She was n daughter OF the
late Joseph Mason. In addition to
her husband, she is survived BY
three children, four brothers and two
sisters.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

sion of the Dali Eircann. the public has
not yet been told. 1t may be worthy of
remark. however. that tho Georgetown scis-
mograph has just had another spell of vio-
lent agitation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

Emma Goldmans stay in Russia has con-
WINGED her. she says, that there is too
much government everywhere" \ rather
ambiguous statement. but ray OF light
may he found in Miss Goldman's dcclara-
ton OF her intention to return TO the United
States as soon as may be practicable.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21
bury A. Is Stewart Tudoy.

The funeral OF Andrew Frazer
Stewart will be conducted from the
late home, liOl Grove Avenue. this
afternoon. 1ntcrment will he In
Mount Calvary Cemetery. Mr.. Stew
art was 20 years of age. He died at
n local hospital Monday morning.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

Popular interest in the 10.000-word state
ment which is said to DO coming from Lin
denfeld has been lesscned somewhat by the
publication of n, siX-word statement from
Mrs. Lindenfcld: MY husband" she says.
lis born liar"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

Trust your enemy, for you know him;
Suspect your friend, for you trust him:
And In all things. keep your counsel.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

was brought to his old home Sunday
ana Inferred at Gotham Park Hap-
list Church, Row. George NJ. Con-
nelly conducting the burial service.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

Mexico's Minister OF War has resigned
to become Minister Of Agriculture. 1t is
too much to hope, however. that any great
number of Mexican generals will soon be
found between the plow-h handles.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21
chnrrour I.ph's Daily Thourht.

hit ain credit L n man T. die pore -
said Charcoal Erh, moodiy but hits heap
hettcr'n havin' yo'all corpse carried out I'm
q place whar dcy ain no traffic cops or
mothn. Eat 81 pickle. Mistah Jackson"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21
I'Oof!

Gee. had a rich dream last night! Dreamed
had all my pockets stuffed fun of money"
Find any when you woke up?"
Nav Mother fellow must have dreamed
nc wns pictpockct an swipcd IT,"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21
SEEN ON THE SIDE
Tonight.
ny HENRY EDWARD WARMER

Tonight.
Tonight feel like thirty cents,
Ono quarter and lowly it,
ride n tcmperamental fence
And don't think worry much Of IT,
Were you TO bring me something nice
or amber hue. or sparkling gold.
Or tinkling with the clink OF ice,
I'd turn II down--reruse il coldi
Nay would though? :. Come test mo then
And see The way 1 feel l trow
Not many more uncertain men
Exist: really do not know
What would do. for as say.
Tonight l do not feel myself:
I've had rotten sort of day
I'm feeling rather on tho shelf
Would l: would you? say. old ION
Would YOU resist the siren call
or SigGltnE bubbles and the hop
or would you grab it. after all?
Wouldst daily with the grippe and fool
The ancient thrill OF halcyon days.
or would You scorn. with will OF steel
The lure of bacchanaiian ways?
"hdHo"ks. whatever that may mean.
Come tempt me you Will, | might
ran Tor II; Mt least might lean
For am feeling punk tonight!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

War tax on railroad tickets will end this
year, but that will not affect the men who
ride the bumpers
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21
Local Rainfall.

Rainfall u hours ending $ J.. VI. None
Rainfall % hours ending s l.. NJ. None
Deficiency since March ............i2.. .,
deficiency Since January .........Il.TI
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21
Relics. Fur Snle.

The fiddle that Nero played while Rome
was burning.
The eangplank Noah used for tho Ark.
y piece OF the backbone from Jonah's
big fish.
y lock of Absolom's hair; also Samson's.
y bump from the bald head of Elijah.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

In passing, it may be remarked that tho
railroad men, the business men, the meat
packers, the carpenters and others who
voted year ago for a,change are having Il
chance to think it over.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

Federal Prohibition Director Fulwiler is
the only man who will openly admit that
he has more liquor than he really needs.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21
The Weather
tturulrhed hs U. .. Weather lBureau.i
Forecast: vIrxlnla--.
Local Temperature Yesterday

+. 81. temperature ........... 81
Maximum temperature TO . j.. NJ. -. 81
Minimum temperature to i. NJ. -. .,
Mean temperature yesterday ....... A.
Normal temperature foE this date. ~
Deficiency yesterday Non.
Excess SINCE March .............. co:
Excess since January 1 ........... 81
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

II is hoped that the new colonies will be
named so that they can have their uniforms
made while the prices arc lower than in the
spring season.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

Fortune in bogus United States notes seized
by Federal agents probably was intended for
purchase of bogus booze from crooked boot
lcggers. And that seems fair enough.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

The American ambassador occupied a
scat of honor for the opening of the British
Parliament; but, happily, it was another
George who did the talking
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

If in it's poverty Richmond is going back
to the methods of our fathers, why not erect
toll gates mt Main and Eighth Streets and ct
Seventh and Broad? They would he produc-
tive OF much revenue, il they did stunt
the city's future.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

An American citizen is said to have been
invited to become King OF Albania. Some
body seems to have gotten an exaggerated
ar American.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

USELESS EFFORT-Trying to convince an
ultra-reformer that maybe something he Isn't
boosting is all right.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21
Local ObservatIons at . u. 81. Ye4tcr
Special Data.

Wind direction, south. wind velocity. ,
weather At J.. NJ, partly cloudy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21
I.aEniappr.

Honest men fear nothing but detection.
The will TO win is half the race
one man Is as good as another and some
times better.
Stripes are considered fashionable by zebras
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21
Up With the Times
ny IL. O. II.

Jack Dempsey aspires to become member
OF the American Federation Of Labor. but
where will he find an opponent who can
stand up against him for tho regulation eight
hour day:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

Now that Ireland has been made free. why
United States?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21
The Sprinr.

It's coming! can hear it.
! can feel II. I am near 1t,
There's a richuess In the morning
That must tempt the birds to sing!
The dawn more softly breaking
Seems To ca tch the crocus waking.
And the forward buds give warning
That it's very nearly Spring.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

Debs free at hrstmas, and cX-service men
looking for Jobs. Depends on the viewpoin,
just how merry It is going to be.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

Signing OF the British peace pnct seems
to have aroused the "DeVal" In Do Valera.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

Nonarchists OF Germany still pratinR of the
Eaiscr's Hight as great sacrifice; hut then
he saved his precious skin, which seems TO
make Il about hfty-ffty.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

One way to bc merry Christmas is t
forget there is such date as January !.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

Excursions across the Atlantic TO witness
the peace dove in Ireland would better be post
poned until the old birds nervousness has
off
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-21

Woman poses as husband" says head
line: sho merely usurped the title. whilo the
rest OF them yet content With tho
prcrogatves
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-14

to have originated, Is to chisel away the brick work at the base of the shaft, much in the same way as a woodsnran goes about felling a tree.
 As soon as fair-sized gash Is made insert hazel twig, which is as reliable an indicator of danger to the chimney thrower as the caged canary is to the miner.
 The slightest bending of the twig-and 1t is a case of Look outi'' There comes loud cracking of masonry, a sudden high pitched roaring sound as the chim- ney falls through the air, and then-a crash that shakes the earth.
 As for throwing the shaft in q strictly limited space, that is naturally a ques- tion of skill and experience. both of which are concentrated largely on cutting the chimney at the right places, the di- rection of the throw being determined in this way.
 The displacement Of only one brick too many may easily result in faulty throw with it's consequent danger to nearby property and sometimes to the throwers themselves.
 The spectacle of falling chimney is a fascinating one to most people. At AL dershot, where threw two echimneys in one day, a crowd of 2O0O0 spectators gathered to watch the proceedings, the town apparently making high holiday of. the occa sion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-14
THROWING A TALL CHIMNEY

A Steeplejack in the London Daily Mail. "HE other day I was called on to throw factory chimney stand
 ing 200 feet high and weighing not quite 1000 tons. It had developed list due to faulty foundations and was a menace to adjoining property
 My job was to throw the shaft in the only space available-a gap about 15 feet wide between two factory buildings.
 How was it done?"
 This was the question which agitated the minds of the 2,000 people who turned up to see the operation carried out for when, after the dust cloud had dispersed, they saw the fallen giant lying in frag-. ments In the 15-foot gap, without so much as window broken in the vicinity, they were obviously greatly astonished.
 Yet from the first I had no doubt about the success of the job for it was but one of many similar tasks which I have undertaken in my 30 years of steeplejack- that chimney fellng is an important branch of the steeplejack's calling.
 The old-fashioned way of throwing chimney was to undermine it and then shore up the structure with timber. This was then soaked with oil and tar and set alight. When the props were burned through-the process sometimes took g week-down came the chimney.
 The modern method, which may claim
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-14
THE MIDDLE YEARS

Arthur Davidson Ficke, in the North American Review. This is the burden of the middle
 years: To know what things can be or not
 be known;s To find no sunset lovely unto tears: To pass not with the swallow south Toward far Hesperides where gold
 seas break Beyond the last horizon round strange
 isles: To have forgot Prometheus on his
 peak; To know that pilgrim-miles are only
 miles. Then death seems not so dreadful with
 its night That keeps unstirred the veil of mys- ' tery Then no acclaimed disaster can af-
 fright Him who, is wise in human history And finds no godhead there to earn his
 praise And dreads no horror save his empty
 days. Not all my will can change this
 casque of bone That predominates what each thought
 must be; And have learned to bear with these
 my own Enforced defects and doomed futility, And with reproach no longer rack
 skull WI ose rigid plan. conditioned long
 ago. Left such slow arches for the bsauti-
 full To pour it's summer light through. Now
 I know Son ewhat the measure of what may
 be done And may not by this child of dark
 race whc in the long processions of the At last for brief moment takes his
 place. I bid him to bear his banner with tha
 rest, Nor too much blame the dusk that
 haunts his breast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-14
- ----ses----------- - LUKE M'LUEE SAYS

Tramps, dogs and millionaires are about the only things that can risk unconventionality in public and get away with it.
 The Ereka Literary and Home Brew society will discuss this question at it's next meeting: Which gives you the biggest pain--a long -haired man or a short-haired woman?" Nobody pays much attention to the man with future when the woman with a past comes along. After man gets the idea that he is handsome there isn't much room in his head for other Ideas.
 Don't worry! The big tragedy that has your goat right now will look like q comedy year from now.
 Just about the time you get 50 you believe that there isn't any hell you'll meet some man who is so ornery that you change your mind.
 When friend touches you for $5 you do not ask him what he did with the five you gave him last year. You reserve that indignity for your wife
 Six dollars worth of hooch may put your conscience out of commission for the night. But old Man Conscience Iwiii be on the job bright and early next morning.
 We can't see where q deaf mute Is entitled to any sympathy. When he marries he has the consolation of knowing that he doesn't talk in his sleep.
 What has become of the old fash toned democrat who used to say: IT was democrat when they nuntod democrats with dogs?
 After 2 man gets fired he likes to go around and tell that they had to hire two men to do his work Copyright. ls21.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-14
From the San Francisco Chronicle.

From the San Francisco Chronicle. | ZINE may readily believe that the an- |W slsns serso'.ss of tn. pool. Of
 Plantation House on St. Helena
 are surviving witnesses of Napoleon's ex- | ile on that island, an exile that> ended with the sdeath of the great Corslcan just 100 years ago. These slow-moving reptiles gre well known to reach great ages. perhaps because they never get excited and there are trustworthy rec ords of others in captivity for more than
 century,
 But that any human being still hves who ever laid eyes upon Napoleon is al-
 most beyond the bounds of possibility.
 It would be possible. though there IS no
 record of such fact. that some infant
 on St. Helena born before Napoleon died might still be living. But that is all.
 About F years ago there died in Oakland
 an aged physician Dr. Flotow, who re-
 membered as a child of in German village seing the Emperor of the French na ss through on his way to Moscow and disaster. lHSTe Soii fpe iio 'NSAA now.
 For all the constantly recurring tales of persons who have lived for decades beyond the century mark it can be put down as very doubtful that any one, un- less 1t was Methuselah. ever stretched out life for more than three or four years beyond hundred. Such stories
 used to be believed, even by physicians.
 In older medical works may be found
 long cataiogs of individuals who died at
 ages anywhere from no to 15o. But mod-
 ern science, which is more critical in its
 demands for evidence and asks to be
 shown before it will believe, no longer puts any stock in these yarns.
 The most celebrated of these cases was that of Old Parr, Shropshire farmer.
 who was reputed to have pieced out the three score years and ten to total Of 152 Years He alleged himself to be lSo years old at the time of his last mar rage. How much longer he might nave lived no one can tell, but he might rave lived on forever if the King had not neara
 of him. He was invited up to the palace at London, and being there set at taple
 with too many good things before him. he ate himself into fatal Illness. He was buried in Westminster Aobsy, where his tombstone still records that he lived from 14ss to 1885 But careful investiga- tion has shown, as it has in othe- cases of reputed great age. that Parrs sup posed longevity was a fable
 No such case has ever been proven. Invariably the person about wh:h these tales have grown up have been. like pair, peasants, obscure persons, of whose hves there are no certain records. No Instance | Is. known to medical science whe e iec- crds have backed up a' claim t, more than 106 years. In this country where we are constantly hearing of the death of some venerable relic of an antiquity
 anywhere between 100 and 200 years stand 1 ing, the subJscts are almost exclusively Indians and Mexicans. They did not
 know themselves how old they were, or l if they ever had known they had forgot ten it in their senility. Sometimes they |have found that reputation for great
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-14
THE CooLIE MEETS HIS MATCH


 From the Nations Business.
 In East Indian ports they are called the horses of Eblis. and Chinese coolies. marveling at their power and swiftness, have dubbed them devil wagons. They move dairy products through New zea- land, trailing over crooked paths other carriers which by an uncAnny device follow automatically in their wheel tracks. They may be seen In the rail- way stations of Japan. and on the docks of Manila and Rio de Janiero, in the cotton mills of India and in Argentinian packing houses. They have travelled to the ends of tre earth; and on arrival at their destination they do the work of 20 men--do 1t so cheaply that even where labor is cheapest 1t is profitable to use them.
 You have seen them, of course mov- Ing noiselessly about baggage platforms of American railroad stations. for they are American born. They are electric and gasoline trucks, fashioned in the factories of Cleveland, Philadelphia and Detroit and other Yankee industrial centers Prosaic they are and often un- gainly, but they fare forth to foreign lands as emissaries of American genius,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-14

eAAoS GAO OA5H6OA AA @NSS@AAt3 the world know what is going on. Price of Cotton
 Through the Decades M NE HUNDRED YEARS OF " EXPORTS" is the title of in teresting data compiled by R. L. Me Kellar, freight traffic manager of the Southern railway. Prices paid for the staple during the decades from 1921 to 1921 are of special interest, although it is difficult to draw defi- nite conclusions from this showing.
 The price per bale was as follows:
 From 1891 to 1880, $62; 1881 to 1S40, $61.24; 1841 to 1850, $39.56; 1851 to 1860, $4s.5s; 1861 to 1870, $1S2.93; 1871 to 1880, $e846; 1881 to 1890, $51.73; 1891 to 1900, $37.09; 1901 to 1910, s51.e4; 1911 to 1920, $S5.4s.
 About all we get out of this is that the highest prices were paid during and just after the great wars in which this country took part. Prices were high after the Civil war because ex- portation of cotton had been inhib- ited for a number of years or was carried on with difficulty, and little was raised.
 Cotton was high during the World war period on account of the enor- nous demand for clothing for the bel ligerent forces and it's uses in many other phases of the war. Why it should have averaged higher after the Civil war than after the World war is due to the business stagnation over a wider area of the worlds surface and the greater depression of industry and commerce.
 l. seems strange that the value of bale of cotton from 1891 to 1900 was only S37.09, while it's value from 1921 to 1880 was almost twice as much.
 Prices cut lot of antics that are not fully explainable, so many are the causes that enter into their com position.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-14
MODERN METHUSELAHS

age returned dividends in charity, or tickled their vanity. In other cases their minds merely wandered. And as they were, of course, very old people, no one around. in the absence of records. could contradict them.
 There is an assumption current that h. dians and other peoples living "close to nature" attain to greater ages. The con- trary is probably the case. Civilization, with it's improved conditions of life, greater care of the human machine, and of the aged. together with the advance of medicine and surgery, is held by med ical science to have increased mankind s chance of reaching the century mark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-14
CARBIDE AND CRUDE OIL

new gas. suitable for use in internal combustion engines, by first packing sheet-metal drums with alternate layers of common calcium carbide and sawdust, saturated by crude oil. then adding wa ter, says Popular Mechanics Magazine for March. The carbide in combining with the water liberates acetylene gas and also generates high degree of heat liberating it's gases. The two gases then combine to form the new one.