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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-13

tell LIS that they were on pleasure bent. This year their attitude has changed. They insist that they have either professional or business req son for their trip to this side of the Atlantic. Nor am I speaking of men nlone. A great many women come here to see us and to seek informa- ton as well as to cash checks, or ex change money. School teachers core to Europe by hundreds every summer. They always told us of their work and how their vacation would rest them. But this year many of them tell us that they are doing literary work or that they are newspaper correspondence Nice old ladies, whose every appearance indicates that they have lived In the lap of luxury and would seem never to have had to earn dollar in their lives. offer some business pretext.
 Income Tax Responsible
 What is the explanation? I am sure that I do not know, but I have been wondering whether it did not have something to do with your in- come tax system. Of course, I am not familiar with all of the changing regulations and rulings of yoEr treasury department, but l am in clined to suspect that thousands of &IntilNanS tilS yCdA nave ihetbo HR their minds that If they are travel ing for business they can deduct their expenses from their income re- turns.
 See for yourself If only a mod est s1,000 were to be spent, the in dividual would save quite few dol- lars in taxes. The amount would, if properly itemized in their returns. at least pay for the troublesome vizes that they have had to get on their passports and you know there is no expenditure on the entire trip that sO salIs the traveller as this one ot paying to have the passport stamped and written upon"
 A well known member of the American colony had the same state ment to make. He said that of all his friends that he had encountered this year. some of them at the very fashionable summer resorts on the French and Belgium coasts. they made about the same reply:
 Well. of course, I am resting as much as I can, but had some i'm portant business to transact in Der lin and London and had to make the trip"
 From all of which ione gets the im- pression that business must be very brisk in the United States just at the present time.
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FINAL REPORTS ON
 EXPENDITURES MADE

Montgomery, August 12.-(Special) Frank P. Morgan, successful candi- date for public service commissioner in the primary Tuesday, spent only s9s.s7 after he filed his pre- election statement, according to his post election certificate submitted to the secretary of state today.
 S. H. Elan. who won the nomina- tion for secretary of state, certified that his total investment In the cam ,paign after his first statement, was s90.05.
 George Huddleston, congressman of the Ninth district, who won an other term by a heavy majority, an- nounced that his expenditures after his first statement, were $6S.50.
 Judge Charles R. Bricken, presid- ing judge of the court of appeals announced that he did not inves, anything in his campaign after his first statement. Harwell c. Davis attorney general, also filed similar statement. Judge Bricken and MT Davis were not opposed.
 Judge Saffold Berney, renominated for judge of the Thirteenth Judicial circuit. reported that his total ex- penditures in the campaign were s251
 James G. Davis of Birmingham nominated for solicitor of the Tenth judicial circuit, certified that his total investment was s532.60.
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 might feel who had been suddenly shut from Paradise, and from love and light and laughter.
 Mary gave him one whitening glance from top to toe.
 Not the architectT
 "Yes."
 And I have heard people rave about what a gentleman you are!
 Without another word, without backward glance, with her head held high and unflinchingly, the little red-headed girl of Landon's almost momentary and lifelong dreams, vanished through the gate into the alley, and the chug- -chug of her au- tomobile shot back to the man like a terrific hurt.
 You can go," Bob said to the photographer, for fear he might try to discuss the question. And then into his private office Bob went and shut himself in.
 His first sensation was one of sickening pain. He. had counted so much on a wonderful meeting with her after all those yearsie
 Still-she was square, and out- spoken and unafraid to say what she felt, just as she had been that first day. He admired her for that.
 
 What could he say? If he had explained, that would only have complicated matters. He could not have told her she was unjust. For , was she? Still more, he could not have explained that he was doing 1t because he loved her. He realized what an ignoble figure he must have presented ducking 8 wisp of dog in a mud-hole.
 But-the old Bob walked to life. T am good enough for you," he declared aloud. Because I have been given the faculty and the imagination to appreciate and to ad- mire you--and to want you like a fated thing. I don't intend to give up passively. I am not ashamed to fight for the things need and want-nor am afraid.~ And out into the hustle Of the office Bob went.
 "who was tho young lady who parked her car at the door few moments ago7" he demanded. Three of the employees did not know, but the cashier said she knew a girl who did. Bob asked her to drop everything and find out It was an interminable 10 min- utes until a clerk in downtown de-
  nation that the young woman was the rich Miss Mary Trevor-oh, aw- fully rich-and had always bought laces from her ever since she had clerked there.
 New Emotions The news created various new sensations in Bob's thoughts.
 What a terrible misfortune that she was Mary Trevor! He had heard of her multitudinous times. He began to recall, and to strive to bring back every scrap of infor- nation that he had ever received about her Exclusive and fine, ex- tremely wealthy and sought sfter, Bob felt much in the position of the cat who might look at a queen. But forever he came back to the conclusion that he would fight It out. And he must win. Nothing must make any difference. She was he said it stubbornly-just the little red-headed girl. He had made | promises to her, and she expected him to make good on them! He hao already been too long at the task
 Bob clapped on his hat and went ont into the street for larger room. (To be continued next weeik.)
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Higher Ground Has Been Sought
 In Financial World
Br Associated Prees

New York, August 12.-The strong
 technical position of the stock mar
 ket was strikingly illustrated this
 week when prices. continued to move
 to higher ground in the face of fn-
 creasingly serious strike develop
 ments.
 Trading was restricted. however,
 investors apparently being disposed
 to await the settlement of coal-rail
 strikes before indulging in extensive
 market operations, but attempts Of
 short interests to bring out 1iQuida-
 ton were met with sturdy resis-
 tance.
 The governments report of bumper
 crop conditions imparted strength to shares of most grain carrying rai- roads. most of which advanced to new high records for the year, with sym pathetic in such stocks as Interna- tional Harvester, Advance Rumley, preferred, Sears Roebuck and Mont gomery. Ward which will benefit by the increased earnings of northwest ern farmers.
 In the increase of f40,460 tons in untitled July contracts of the steel corporation was expected to Dc due to decreased production due to the coal shortage rdtner than to hu III crease in new orders. Weekly iron and steel prices continue to show strength. Further price cuts in the automobile industry reflect the sea- sonal quieting down of demand and production.
 The action of the Senate increasing the tariff on Cuban sugar caused q decided weakening in the prices of those stocks but they rallied later on reports of the statistical condition of that industry. Leather and shoe stocks improved on Senator Lodges statement that hides and feathers would be on the free list in the tariff.
 Fluctuations in the rate on call money were ascribed to the season. able demand, but the supply was plentiful. Foreign exchanges wore unsettled at the beginning of the
 week.
 Business in foreign exchange, how ever. was virtually at a standstill because of cable congestion, local banks experiencing long delays in their European cables.
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pictures John Newberry in an ar ticle in the 'Idler' under the name of Jack Whirler.'
 No Book Labor Law
 'Replenishing the library often conveys an erroneous idea, because while we may add 10000 volumes to the public library, people sup pose that we have those books for life; but unfortunately we haven't because one book-especially popu- lar-has no book labor law like child labor law to govern it's work ing hours and so becomes old and worn from constant use which means supplying it again. With the many volumes that we have of Mir. Wells The Outline of History we have a waiting list of 25-always for it.
 If we can inspire parents to buy for their children one good book a year-just one, Van Looms, for
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instanee-think of what small or- der that is-we will feel as if we have accomplished a great task! Every child should have five foot book shelf according to Dr. lliott
 Tn our recent childrens book week campaign one of the features was replica of Thomas Bailey Ald- rich's book shelf when he was a youngster. Also a display of the books which were his favorites.
 ITO make the children's depart ment of the public library real factor in the life of the child; to inspire the child with a desire to read and own good books; to cre- ate in the juvenile mind a high standard of literature-all these we hope to stress in the work of the children's department and we can establish fine precedent we have the cooperation of parents and teachers in our work"
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trary. they are likely to inflict further damage, which also is probable in the southwest if the drouth continues much longer. and it will not be long before rains in that section will be too late to be of much benefit.
 That genral root soaking rain is needed over the greater portion of Texas Is denoted by the fact that the total av- craze rainfall for Texas during July was .97 less than normal. and by the following omparatives; Total average Texas rain- fall this year and last: For month of June. s.51 vs. 6.5s for month of July, 1.76 ys 2.31. Total for past two months. 6.27 vs. 8.s9.
 Thus far this month there has been very little rain in Texas except in the north eastern portion and at widely scattered stations elsewhere in the state and no rain was reported for the dry sections of west ern Oklahoma, the showers In that state today being confined to the central DOT tion.
 The underlying strength of the mar ket is due to the strong statistical posi- ton of the staple, present and prospective made probable by the present indication inadequate crop for trade requirements on the basis of lint crop of l1,5oo, 900 bales. although it points to larger yield than last year by about $500, 900 bales. such a production would furnish a supply for this season of about 10000 less than last season when. at the close of the sea- son, . famine almost resulted.--H. and B. Beer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-13
FORD SHOW ID
 BE IN ATLANTA

It ,has just been announced that an immense exposition of industrial power and equipment will be held in Atlanta, Ga, for three days from August 2s to 31 inclusive.
 According to MT. D. P. Knapp, president Ensley Motor company, local Ford dealers this show will completely destroy the fallacious idea that the Fordson tractor Is for farm use only. Instead 1t has be- come a tremendous power in the in- dustrial field and this great exposi- tion will show its manifold uses.
 Explaining further Mir. Knapp said ssby being used for industrial pur- poses, l mean this latest of Henry Ford's inventions-the Fordson tractor-is being used to supplant expensive steam power and horse power in building and construction work, in lumber and coal industries, etc.
 For instance a large number of manufacturers of road building equipment observing the power and fIexibility of the Fordson tractor have built their machinery to be used only with this efficient power unit
 Manufacturers of hoists and winches got the idea and now the Fordson is used for hoisting and operating concrete mixers and other machinery used in construction work"
 "A southern inventor has taken the ordinary wheels off the Fordson set the power unit in heavy frame put Hanged wheels on it, connected them with driving rods and made a locomotive out of 1t to be used in lumber. mining and construction op- erations.
 .sThis will give you just small idea of the kind of show this Ford son exposition will be-"
 An unusual feature of this expo sition is that no admittance fee is charged being free and open to the public at all times.
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VOTE FOR DELEGATES

Russellville. August 12.-(SpeciaL) The count of the ballots in Tuesdays primary shows the following results for delegates to the state democratic convention from the state at large; Bankhead. 976; Bowie. 92s; Brown. STA: Burr, 947; Garber, S62; Miss Greene, 671; O'Neal, 659; Pitts, S8S; Roach, S64; Stanley. 960; Swanson, TAO: White, TIT; Williams. 565. Mem bers of the state democratic execu- tive committee frtn the Tenth Com gressional district: R. L. Bowen. C. L. Burton. John A. Cobb. A. '. Ttet. and !. Millnery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-13
FEW AMERICANS IN EUROPE ARE { PLEASURE BENT
Majority Insist They Are There on Business When They Pay Visit to the
 ConSuIateS
Ky WILLIAM BIRD Special Cable to The Age-Hera1d Copyright. 1922, by The AKo-Herald1


 Paris, August 12.-The American tourist seems to be a disappearing type. People here who have dealings every season with thousands of American travellers say that they find this summer that the number who admit they are making their tours for pleasure are very few. This, despite the fact that all of the resorts are crowded with Americans, and the restaurant keepers in all of the cities find that most of their pa irons come from the United Staes.
 At the leading tourist office in Paris it was said today:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-13

FOSTER Birmingham the childrens
 
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 Thigh brow' in expression you'll observe
 all leads of book, charming of Miss Mary Elizabeth Foster who has thanks the splendid efficient charge department of the Brmng hamp public
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-oNE WOMAN By Alfred Ollivant. Doubleday Page & Co.,. publishers. Garden Clty'

This is the chronicle of the strife of thra. men for the love of wom- an, a vivid, sturdy beautiful peasant of the Sussex downs. Erne Caspar. loveable. but shiftless, has married Ruth Boan. but has not won her love, his brother. Alfred, the clever. interruptions hunch back, who ac- quires money as easily as Ernie loses 1t, has but one emotion in his dwarfed and twisted soul, the fierce determination t6 possess his sister, in-law. Joe Burt. the labor leader,
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VOTERS ARE THANKED
Abercrombie and Ellis Express Ap-
 nreciation of Confidence

Montgomery, August 12.-(Spe- o,aI9-6r. john w. Abercrombie, wbo had no opposition for another tsrm as state superintendent of edu- cation. and George w. Ellis, who was nominated for state treasurer by a large majority, issued state ments today, thanking the voters of Alabama for the confidence express ed at the polls and pledging faith fulness in the performance of their duties during the next four years.
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we keep u record here, so far as possible,
 of every indivi- dual who comes into our office. Our clerks have instructions to get the name, address and also
 the business or object of every tourist who visits Europe. In past years the great m a j o r 1 t y of A m @ r 1 C a n s seemed glad to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-13
"rHE COTTON BRoKrp.

By JOhn owen. George IF Doran
 company, publishers. New York
 city.
 A first novel, by an Englishman, is this one. MT. Owen has curiously Conrad-like flavor though he has nothing to do with the sea. "The Cotton Broker" Is a study of great man made through the eyes of other people who knew him at various stages of his rise to power It is the story of man who through sheer force of personality. an almost ,brutish ability to push ahead. rose steadily from an ugly little office ooy to be the foremost man in the Eng fish cotton market And not only
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-13
WHAT WE WANT AND WHERE
 WYE A RE-

By w. A. Appleton. George H. Doran
 company, publishers, New York
 city.
 The value of this book is that it represents the sanest and most far seeing element among the workmen. Mir. Appleton has undertaken his book in spirit of disgust at the in fluence of catch phrases and the lack of facts in the struggle between la bor and capital Trade unionism is a far stronger force in England than it is here We have a great deal to learn from them and no Englishman is in a better position to know the facts than MT. Appleton, He knows the conditions now evisting not only in England but in every country. His breadth of vision and rock-bottom basis make his analysis of the prob lem and it's answer one of the finest things of it's kind that has been done.
 MEAN WAR, COIN ON" By John Palmer Cumming; the
 Cornhill Publishing company, pub
 fishers. Boston.
 This little volume of poems" is dedicated to "the pals of yesteryear," for whom every line of it was writ ten with no thought of fame. laurels or fortune in the great big show where emotions swept us into com radeships that will never die.
 One of the most appealing of the many interesting verses is the poem entitled:
 "CEST LA GUERRE' II would I were through with the army
 And back there on Broadway again With a pinch back suit for the wear ing
 And swinging an imported cane, Where the great white lights And the open night Are waiting the men from the Aisne-
 But could be through with the army To wander old Broadway alone While the cursing shriek of the shrapnel | Is teaching no man to condone, While the wild. weird nights And the signal lights | Can show me task of my own. An, sad enough days In the army | Will come when we wander away l With a million roads for the taking 1 And never a laddie to stay, l When pals of these nights | Drift off in those lights 10 age and to dream of today.
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crew, each has its fiction, but tennis has very little in spite of the many books devoted to the science and history of the game. It is with this thought that MT. Tilden has written these stories, each one built around crisis, an episode or a tense mo- ment in an actual game. Many of the incidents will be recognized by tennis enthusiasts, for some of the players bear their own names and others are very thinly camouflaged. MT. Tilden has drawn from the story of his own experiences and has even abducted few plots from the ex- reriences of his friends "Buddie" in the first story Is a real boy, a great pal of the tennis champion. "The Kid" is also drawn closely along the life of famous young star and Dick Thomas and Billy Jolson are known to all the tennis world of America. Through the book runs strong sense of the fine. and clean sportsmanship which has distin- guished MT. Tilden's career.
 MT. Tilden, now in his late twan- ties. is a Philadelphian, and a grad uate of the University of Pennsyl- vania. When not playing tennis he is an insurance agent, with offices in Philadelphia and Providence Next to tennis, his ruling passion, he is most interested in boys, especially those who have flair for the game. To such he, gives freely of his time for instruction. practice and advice. In his tastes Mir. Tilden is decidedly literary. He loves poetry and knows the poets from Horace to Carl Sam burg. He is also a keen critic of the modern drama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-13
DRY GOODS

New York. August 12.--Cotton goods were quiet and steady today. Yarns showed no change. Burlap markets were quiet tinued to sell steadily in small quantities for spring. Silks moved regularly in limited lots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-13
1.-THE SECRET VICTORY

By Stephen McKenna. George H.
 Doran company, publishers, New
 York city.
 Does MT. McKenna know the mod ern girl?
 He draws her in varying types and poses with sure strokes that betoken accurate knowledge, keen observa- tion. If he is wrong, his book. a skilful and daring picture of Lon don society, is a challenge that should not be allowed to pass.
 The story is of Eric Lane, suc- cessful dramatist, and \ the rough path of his romance. The hectic whir1 of London life catches him up, shows him the new ideas of freedom and love. The flapper tells him how to make the best of all this madness. And then she suddenly tears off her hard, grinning little mask and he sees her pitifully childlike misery, her confusion and helplessness beneath the Haunted boldness. A vividly written story and keen, deatched analysis of modern times and customs.
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the masterful director of the radical forces at the mills, blind to all but his work, determined that no woman shall ever divide his interest, is drawn irresistably to the vivid power of Ruth and she to him. Meanwhile the drama of these four lives is absorbed into the big inn personal drama of the World war. With consumate skill, Mir. Ollivant delneates their reactions to the overwhelming force which sweeps away their moorings and dominates their future.
 Alfred Ollivant is best known in America for his supreme dog story, Bob, Son of Battle" and the novel, 1.-TWO Men" to which "One Woman is sequel. He writes slowly between periods of intense suffering, for many of the past 20 years he has spent confined to his bed by an old injury sustained from fall. Dur- ing the war Mir. Ollivant plunged into war work. A relapse followed from which he has never fully re- covered. His long illnesses have but served to accentuate his keen sense of the color and form, the sounds 8 and odors of his beloved English country side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-13
"THE JEstTfrs: 15s4-1ae1r

By the Rev. Thomas J. Campbell S. J.
 The Encyclopedia Press, publishers.
 No. 19 East Fifty-seventh street,
 New York city
 This is the first complete history in English of the Jesuits by one of themselves. The author is distin- guished member of the order and an accomplished historian Eminent among the leading officials of the Society of Jesus, noted as pulpit ora tor and educator, he has devoted the leisure hours of long and busy life to tho study of the organization whicb more than any other has been the subject of historical controversy. Steeped in knowledge of his subject, the writer is absolutely frank and fearless in exposing what the Jesuit is ordinarily supposed to conceal, occasional dissensions and disorder s within the body itself. and the lapse of some recreant member. His book will be welcomed as the classic on this subject