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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
LUXURY IN RIVER TRAVEL

From the Buffalo Courier.
 The frequency with which boilers blew up on the early Hudson river boats led to the use of what were known as safety barges," and these, in their day, were considered the ut most luxury in travel. comparable to the private cars of the magnates of today. The barges were boats with main and upper decks and were all most as large as. the steamers which lowed them. The rabble rode on the steamers, inhaled the smells of the kitchen and the freight holds, en- dured the noise of the engines and took the chances of explosions, while on the barges behind the elite trav- eled in luxurious state. Food was brought from the boat kitchen to the barge saloon over a swaying bridge between the vessels and was served with great aplomb under the direc- ton of barge captain, who was a noble figure in the setting.
 The upper decks of the barges were canopied and decked with flowers, with promenades and easy chairs from which to view the scenery. At night the interiors were transformed into sleeping accommodations, much the same as in a modern Pullman, ex- cept that they were more com modious. Not the least attractive feature of these barges. according to a chronicler of their excellence, was "an elegant bar, most sumptuously supplied with all that can be desired by the most fastidious and thirsty"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
Given Much Attention

Every Sunday is just like an a1l- day singing at the county jail at Bessemer,' said Chief Deputy ". T. Kemp, "as manx of the relatives and friends of the nine national guards men being held there come to see them bringing them all kinds of good things to eat.
 "The boys seem to be well satisfied with their quarters in the Bessemer jail, that is, as we'll as could be ex pected under the circumstances, and must saJNthe residents of the Mar vel City have been kind to them. The boys really have more company than any prisoners I have ever seen, and have more presents brought them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
< AVOID HEAVY FOOD

From Thrift Magazine.
 Don't expect your heart to pump blood to your brain after you have eaten a heavy meal, Avoid heavy foods if you want to be active, alert And receive thssfull value of your brains
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
SAVES sABRE-ToorHED rIcEp

N-~A ASsSa s'<.A'As " OO II nD A1ohAA From the Los Angeles Express.
 Gone from the earth before the contract was let for the pyramids, the ferocious and.aIf>devouring sabre toothed tiger that ruled the animal kingdom 200,oo0 years ago, has no secrets from the scientists of today, and Los Angeles nfan even has gone so far, as to sculpture in conctete what he considers to be perfect re- production of the terrible monster with the sabred mouth.
 The scientist, William A. spalding, has the sculptured piece in the work shop at his residence. He was presi- dent of the Southern Califgrnia Academy of Sciences for four terms, and in that capacity he had occasion to learn as much about the sabre toothed tiger as men of today are permitted to kn<w.
 He was instrumental in opening the famous fossil beds at Brea, where the remains of the tigers were found in good enough preservation to recon struct the skeletons.
 From the relics of the skeletons uncovered in the Brea pits, he hts sconcluded that the tigers of 2oO,OeO years ago were similar in size to the Bengals of today. differing essen tially from them in their outstanding feature-the long sabre teeth from which no enemy gould be safe.
 With the skeleton remains of the tigers sufficiently rebroduced to out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
BLESSINGS

BLESSINGS To have little garden plot. 1, In which to walk; Perchance loyal friend or two. With whom to talk; A book of ancient lore to read When lights are lit, And life might hold far less content, You must admit.
 PAIL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27

John Edwin Hogg, in the Angus;
 Popular Mechanics Magazine.
 1N URING the staging of motio, II y picture thrillers the various
 established film producers nave been greatly annoyed by mo- tion picture news men. Often after some company has spent thousands of dollars in the preparation of such scenes the news pictorial men would appear on the job to make pirati cal news picture incursion upon the work which the legitimate producer has taken weeks of painstaking and expensive effort to prepare
 An example fof this occurred re- gently when alwell- l-known film com pany spent something like s25,o0o in the preparation of scene to be part or a motion picture production which called for an airplane flight from the roof of a downtown office buildine About the time the scene was ready for shooting" no less than half dozen news pictorial camera men ap-
 
 peared on the roofs of nearby buiId- ings, and filmed, without one cent of expense to themselves or their com panies, the work which the legiti- mate producer had spent weeks and a small fortune to prepare. In this particular instance, however. the producer of the airplane flight scene secured an injunction from the courts to restrain the news camera men from releasing the films they had taken. In other instances such mo- tion picture thrillers have been pur- Joined by the news camera men, and released nationally many weeks be- fore the completion of the picture of which that particular scene was to be a part. Obviously, such theft
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
THE si KslsAs s,F .'GApar !
ME AfORIEs

By I lesnSs MourS. Let fate do hdF worst, thernrx6n
 elics ef jos Brig drsasns the past. which sha ./eanne3 destroy. Whi epne ii the night time of
 qrr0w and care, And 2riaE haek he features that 1oy
 ssed ~ wear Lon ipnr he ny heart with such
 pesnofes f8rsf! Likt the vase which roses have BrT been aistilld: Yoq iuas hfeak You may shatter the vase Y sau will. But ths seeut ek the roses win hanr
 roun1sit still
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27

THE TIME HE WAS CARRIED
 HOME
 "rhe witness seems fIustered." !, He has just been asked to tell where he was on the night of July 10"
 "well?"
 He can't answer that question without consulting his friends"
 SUCH IS NIGHT LIFE The lovely ladies of the stage Who speedily become the rage By tripping to and fro, May lack the rudiments of art And couldn't play 8 three-line part. And yet ,they make the show.
 MINISTER MIND "A remarkable detectiye.o What did he do?p
 He chased a criminal through S7 states and arrested him just as he was boarding a -transat tlantic liner" Good work, but why so extraor- dinary?"
 He refrained from giving out an interview to the press until after he had caught his m n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
PraisIng the Service


 We are receiving favorable com ment on the Warrior river barge service from it's patrons" said Leslie L. Polk. superintendent of transpor- tation. The jobbers and wholesalers who have been receiving package freight via the barge line from New Orleans express themselves as pleased with the service and the effort made to effect prompt delivery in good shape.
 With the new propeller, the Gulfport, which is about to enter the service we will be able to operate regularly weekly schedule between Birmingham and New Orleans both ways"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Road BadIx Worked

drove in from Sprngville on sunday afternoon" says Harry Le- taw' and found that the heavy raln on last Wednesday afternoon which came near to being a cloud-burst had badly washed the road at the point where the turn is made at the stream to take the upper or mountain road into Birmlngham
 As a portion of the Trussville road is closed on account of the work being done on it, hope the, commis- sioners in St. Clair county will put the few miles of road which joins the Jeffersn county road in good repair as it will add much to the pleasure of those who go to springville, St. Clair Springs, Ash vile and Gadsden, and thence via Rome to Atlanta"
The Washington times., 1921-12-05
VIPERISMS.

w. J. BRYAN'S Sunday School
talk yesterday was on the subject
Of st. Paul's tribulstions on his
way to Rome as a prisoner to face
Nero, the celebrated jazz musician,
who liked jazz SO well he didn't
bother to turn in the fire alarm
when Rome was burning.
Shipr0recked, Paul and his party
found themselves among the bar
bGroas people on the island of
Melttd, and the phOle population
came dot0n to rubber. The voters
of the island, ,oho Went to the
polls as often as do the people of
the District of Columbia, refratled
from "beaning" tho party ut once.
Paul gathered sticks, lit them
with a Diamond match, while the
natives stared. And out of the
fire came a VIPER, which chung
to Paul's hand until the natives
thought he would swell up like a
poisoned pup and die. He did moth
ing of the kind. He shook off the
viper as would Herman, the magi-
clan, and smiled. The natives
were tickled to death.
And speaking Of pipers, Mr..
Bryan Is one man Uho Lcrows
something about them. They haze
stung him more times than any
man in history; bit him when he
Was booking and When he Wasn't.
They started on him as far back
as 1895, and are still laying for
him. The only difference between
him and st. Paul is that tho
apostle kne1U hotU to shake 'em off.
The Washington times., 1921-12-05
STILL GOING STRONG.

Last night I was reading Heard
& Seen, and the following item by
BILLS SPARE TIRE" arrested
my attention:
Our worthy editor, Bill Price, has
been pinched, so here am again ut
sns s,G . 81 Sscsd to a cs
brate his birthday by issuing q
special edition Of Heard & Seen, and
he was SO taken up with the
proposition that he forgot II was
Sunday and that Sunday news
papers are against the law. So he
was taken to the hOOsegOw. but to-
day just when we were about to 60
to press, he dropped in"
. And i dropped out Of bed, for. you
see, In my dreams was reading
the G.. o. G. in The Washington
Times of November 28, 2021.
NAUTILUS.
The Washington times., 1921-12-05
1000 D. {. ELkS.
HOLD SERVICES
FOR DEPARTED

Services to the memory of twenty
five Washington Elks. those who have
died since the memorial services last
year, were held last night at the Cen
trail High School auditorium. when
more than 1000 members Of the B. p.
o. E. fraternity paid tribute to their
departed members. Among those
present at the exercises were Presi
dent and Mrs. Harding, General Saw
yer and Commissioners Rudolph and
oyster.
Attorney General John @. Price Of
Ohio delivered the Grafton, paying
organization who died In the world
war. urging that the work of the dead
brothers be carried on In the same
spirit with which the heroes made the
supreme sacrifice.
Exalted Ruler Patrick J. Callan pre-
sided. conducting the ceremonies.
Other officers who assisted him were:
Daniel r. Nihion, John II. Ontrich,
James A. Balderson, William 8. Shell
by. Michael G. Mccormick, Thomas j.
King, Lemuel Robey. James L. Ward.
Frank Baum and Glenn w. Ashley.
The Elks Band Of seventy pieces.
Arthur 8. Witcomb, director, played
during the evening, while the Elks
Quartet and Miss Frances scherger.
soprano, gave several sele ctions. How.
ard NJ. Peter served a. general chair.
man Of the ceremony committee.
Members Of the Warrington Eater.
nifty who died since December s, 1920,
the date Of the last memorial services,
were: John H. Wynn. William C.
Belize. Martin II. Schneider, Edgar J..
Dwight, Ernest l.. Cole, Fred NJ.
Mann, Harry Goodman, Christian j.
lTbhoff, Richard e. Miller, John q.
Hoff. Harold c. Kaufman. Walter g.
Sergeant, Frederick w. Plugge. Milton
Snellings, Joseph j. Fitzsimmons, j..
Frank Brown, Charles II. Kelley, Al
bert p. Conway, John M. Mcduell. Cor
nelius T. Belt, Charles H. Dixon,
George e. jackson. Patrick j. Ffnglcs.
Thee. F. Cooke and John T. Brady.
The Washington times., 1921-12-05
HOOVER ASKS
BUDGET BOOST
FOR COMMERCE
Many Increases In Pay and Ex'
ecutive Personnel Also
Urged.

Two additional assistants to the
Secretary are asked In the budget
Of the Department of Commerce sub
mitted to Congress today. The sal.
aries Of the assistants would be $4,000
year and would be In addition to
the present assistant to the Secretary
who now gets $4,000 year. his
salary would be increased $500 q
year under the budget estimates.
The estimates for the Department
of Commerce contain many new DO.
sitions and also ask for big In.
creases In the higher grade employees,
especially those in the scientific
branches of the work of the depart.
ment.
Among the new positions asked
are: Inspector. at $4,000. q year; two
stenographers to the Secretary, at
81 500 each; assistant chief clerk and
superintendent, at 1880; deputy dis
bursting clerk. at $3.50; assistant
chief of division of supplies. at S2.250;
asher, at $3.50; four private secre-
aries in the Bureau Of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, at $4,000 each.
be selected without reference to
he civil service list; confidential
Jerk to the director Of Domestic and
' Orelgn COnfneTCe, AZ $I,oVU, 10 DC
rejected without reference to the
civil service list.
Increases of 81 900 q year for the
chief clerk Of the department 10 also
sized. The position now pays $4,000
year. An increase Of $500 Ia also
asked for the disbursing clerk. who
wv gets $4,000 q year.
Big increases for the promotion of
trade with foreign countries Is asked
by the Secretary Of Commerce. An
increase of $4,000 is asked for com
mercial attaches Of the department
in foreign countries and permission
to lease quarters for them for a pc
riod not to exceed three years. A
total of S205,S00 Is asked for this
function Of the department.
For the general promotion of com.
merce the Secretary asks for $524,050
for the next fiscal year. an increase
Of $199,O50 over the present fiscal
year. For the specific purpose OF
increasing trade in South and Cen
trail America, S312,650. an increase OF
$113.650 over this year, Is asked
For promoting trade with the Far
East, $235.65 is asked for the next
year, which is a substantial Increase
over this years appropriation.
The Washington times., 1921-12-05

fiscal year ID asked for the care Of
feebie-minded persons.
For the Industrial Home for Col
ored Children an appropriation OF
312, 900 IL asked for the erection Of
q cottage for boys.
An appropriation Of 81 500 is asked
for the erection Of a barn at the
school. A like appropriation was
given in 1918. but this sum Ii not
sufficient to build the barn.
Fifty thousand dollars. an in
crease of $1,000. is asked for main
tanning the home for the aged and
infirm because the Commissioners
say the Indications are that the pop
ulation will be decidedly increased
during the next few years.
An appropriation of $500 is also
asked for the building and equip
ment Of an ice making plant at the
home.
An appropriation IL asked for q
night Waterman at the Municipal
Lodging House due to the increased
number of men cared for. In 1920.
1,741 men were given lodging and
IN 1921, $3.50 men were given lodg-
ing and indications are, the Commits
sioners say, that q very larger num-
Der will have to be provided for In
1923.
S900, 900 for Caro- Of Insane.
An increase Of 100000 is asked for
the support of the INDECENT insane Of
the District of Columbia confined to
st. Elizabeth's Hospital. Last year
$500, 900 was appropriated, but due
to the increase in the number Of
patients 1t deemed necessary to in
crease the appropriation to 100000.
The District il charged $1.46 per
person per day by the hospital.
For relief Of the poor $4,000 is
asked. while $4,000 is asked for the
transportation of paupers.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars, an
increase of 81 900, is asked for the
National Guard of the District Of
Columbia, to empower them to make
necessary contracts and leases. The
total appropriation for National
Guard activities is $49,700.
For continuing work on the prof.
ect for an increased water supply
for the District, $4,000 is asked.
Last year 100000 was appropriated.
An emergency fund Of $1,000 Is
asked to be used in cases of serious
breaks requiring immediate repairs
In one Of the more important aque-
uoSt VI ihN oNAoh pioht 81 uSSohS 60.
A total Of $4,000 is asked for
the upkeep OF the Washington aque-
duct for the fiscal year 1928.
New Pumps Recommended.
An appropriation Of $4,000 is
asked for purchase and installation
of one 10000. 900 gallon pumping unit
to replace the present unit which
was purchased In 1903 and which
has a capacity of only 100000 gal
Ions a day. The present pump can
not deliver by 100000 the average
daily amount necessary and as the
peak load Of this service during the
very hot or cold weather is about
b,5OO.O00 gallons the need for the
new pumping unit is vital, the Com.
missioners say.
For laying a 30-inch water main on
First and Adams streets northwest, by
way Of Rhode Island avenue and Six
teenth street northeast. $162.0 900 is
The Washington times., 1921-12-05
100 ASKED FOR THIRTY NINE NEW PRINCIPALS TN D. SCHOOL

asked. This main has been asked for
In the estimates for the last two years.
For laying a 2O-inch water main
from Chevy Chase Circle to Georgia
avenue, by way of Rock Creek Park.
$4,000 is asked. This main has been
requested before and 10 Of great i'm
portance, the Commissioners say.
For laying a 20-inch water main on
Georgia avenue. from Military road
north. $4,000 is asked. This main b
needed. the Commissioners say. to comr
inch main for the third high service.
This territory now overtaxes its one
feeder. twelveinch main, which 10
totally Inadequate, as all of Takoma
Park. ID. c., and Walter Reed Hos
pital are now drawing water from this
main.
More Policemen Wanted.
An increase Of 40 pfivates In class
three, 20 privates in class two, and
privates In class one In the Police De-
partment. recommended by the Com
missioners. is carried in the budget.
Twenty-one additional firemen at
s1,460 a year each In contained in the
budget. ~ ~.
An indication of increase In motor
ization of the Fire Department IL evi.
for forage for the coming year have
been decreased $1,000.
An increase Of $500 a year Ia recon-
mended for the judges OF the Police
Court and the Municipal Court.
An emergency fund of $4,000, to b
used only In case Of riot, pestilenocs
public insanitary conditions. calamity
by flood, fire or storm. Ia asked for In
the budget.
For the maintenance of the work
house and reformatory. $1s5,s20 u
asked.
The Washington times., 1921-12-05
WESTERNERS SEE FARLEY
As THE BUNK, SAYS MARSH

The people Of the West ARE becom.
ing tragically aware Of the futility OF
the conference on Restrained and Less
Expensive Warfare. now being peRps-
trated in the National Capital" de-
clared Benjamin c. Marsh. Managing
Director of the Farmers National
Council today upon returning from q
trip to the Pacific Coast.
"Out in the West" declared Marsh, +"
the folks are determined to compel
the profiteers in America who made
billions out of the war to pay our
whole money cost of 1t. and would
like to see England, France and Italy
do the same at home"
Western people," Marsh said, ARE
not swallowing the official communi-
qucs emanating from the receaDos of
the secret conclaves Of the mischris-
tened conference-even with spoonfuls
of salt" --r
The Washington times., 1921-12-05

Ossie AYERS that Skis Is the only
sized perfect rectangle which will
make IS square inches. II a square
SKIS is cut on the heavy lines, as in
dicated. a rectangle 13x5 can be
secured" The writer ridicules the
other maths who say 1t can't be
done.
ROUSE" says the problem il
physically impossible" The SKIS
square contains, he says, 81 square
inches, while a surface 5x13 con-
tains So square inches.
CLINT JARBOE, Takoma Park,
says an extra inch is gained in the
cutting.
The Washington times., 1921-12-05
cORINTHiAN YACHT CLUB
ELECTS REED PRESIDENT

Edward o. Reed yesterday was
elected commodore of the Corinthian
Yacht club at their annual meeting.
succeeding A. B. Bennett, who was
presented with a ships clock by the
club in appreciation of his services.
Other officers elected were: r. H.
Harper, vice commodore: r. M. VIII
liams, rear commodore; F. A. Barnes.
secretary-treasurer; r. B. Rives. rec
ording secretary; p. B. Castles, treas
urer. and E. L. Wilson w. =. Schaf-
hirt and August Bussard, trustees.
The Washington times., 1921-12-05
"PLAINLY SEEN"

Why worry about the girlies and
their abbreviated frOcks?
Why think about their stockings, or
about their rOll-tOp socks?
why Kick because they bob their
hair. or smoke ciEaretteS
Why get mad because the girls
sometimes make q bet?
There Is one thing ! can tell you
you may call each one "vamp,"
but You never knew q grille to be
locked up as q tramp,
For fhem-there Is no "vag." law
you can't hale them into court;
They show beyond u question they
have visible means Of support"
"PANSY BUSH"
The Washington times., 1921-12-05
FIVE SLIGHTLY HURT IN
IN SUNDAY AUTO CRASHES

Five persons were slightly injured
yesterday in traffic accidents due to
tAe slippery streets.
Mabel Empey and Violet Empey,
.6s Fifteenth street southeast. are In
Casualty Hospital following a col
lision of a motor car and street cal
RI Eighth street and Massachusetts
avenue northeast.
Anna Darling. 3007 NJ street north
The Washington times., 1921-12-05
THE ANTHONY PROBLEM.

The maths are rushing each other
in great shape over that SKIS square
problem of MARC ANTHONY"
many saying it can be done and
others that 1t is impossible" Here's
a little drawing by "OSSIE" ex-
planning how to cut the square so
as to make ska affair out of 1t:
The Washington times., 1921-12-05

1t appears that the Japanese
are considering whether 1t is
wise to scrap" their war ships
or scrap the Yankees.
SAM SIAR,LE.
The Washington times., 1921-12-05
A ROUND TOWN.

J. A. WHITFIELD, Of the Old
Dutch Market, Is SO accustomed to
steering things successfully that
he has bought a carload Of famous
ze-winning steers that cost, on
the hoof. 40 cents a pound, and
they're going to appear. in chunks.
on Washington tables, around
Christmas time. Having been eat
ing skinny COW meat a long time,
we may drop in on our neighbor.
We note with pain that Mr..
CHERRINGTON. Of the Anti-Sa-
loon League, said that there will
be no dry America until the world
is dry, and the League Is now going
to help make the world dry. We
do not imagine that beer can be
run out Of Germany or booze out
Of Mexico inside Of two or three
years.
The toughest thing about thai
lady who married fifteen soldiers
and sailors, and collected allotment
checks upon all, il her sighting
reference to our friends, the Ma
rines. Even II she marries forty
or fifty more fellows she'll never
let Marine love her, she says.
The newspaper headlines Of dis.
armament matters continue to say
that China refuses" to do this or
that, and the head writer's have
now added "demllitarization." II
China continues to have the back
ing of the United States and Japan,
she may soon step out and slap ia
pan on the wrist.
The Washington times., 1921-12-05
When Daddy Is Hit Hard.
Fathers Of married daughters
say that In the matter Of expense
and general damage one wedding
equals three fires. ~. e. House,
Phila. Ledger.
AT EASTERN HIGH.

SENIOR CLASS OF EASTERN
HIGH" sends this to the column:
We hereby offer to present a large
loving cup to any one passing Miss
MOORE'S English Exam. without
using q pony.
The Washington times., 1921-12-05

west, was struck by an auto at Thir.
tieth and M streets northwest.
In an auto collision at Second and
X streets northeast, BENJAMIN Posey,
61s E street northwest, was injured.
Glass from a shattered windshield
cut the face of Mrs. w. w. Wilson.
1918 Thirty.first street northwest
whose car and another machine col.
lided at Eighteenth and / streets
northwest.
The Washington times., 1921-12-05
hSAEAR!,!D:' ....'S:!EEE4
by BILL PRICE ka11~
IN THE LAND OF JAZZ


In the land Of Jazz,
With the raxz -taxx,
Moanin', groanin', siEhin', croonin',
All the lovers stop their wOOln',
Evorythin' Ii up and d0ln',
In the land Of Jaxx.
When that saxOphOne,
With its m0urnful moan,
Plays those Jazz hits for the dances
Grab y flapper, one who Frances.
Start that tOddle, take no chances
With that saxophone.
Amt that music nice?
Music fun of spice.
When you see that slick trap drum
mer
Gettin' ready for . number,
do your stuff, DO, It's . hummer;
Amt that music nicef
DO-NUT.