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offer any defense. He is sentenced to prison for life.
 In the working out of the plot to q logical conclu ion the director. King Baggot, has shown a fine sense of the dramatic. The picture Is artistically photographed and splendidly acted In roles which require dramatic ability of the first order.
 Included in the cast are such noted artists as Edith Hallor, Mary Philbin, George Hackathorne, Russell Simp- son, Gertrude Claire, Ramsey Wal lace. Snitz Edwards, H. Karr, Gene Dawson. Lucretia Harris, George w. West and Emmett King. By all means see this picture, take the en- tire family. It will give you a new and better angle on life. even while It affords you the best entertainmen you have had in many a month.
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aayner is described further in che anHinRa "a lnnn1 rrn n, ial AT q

Rayner is described further in che proceedings as "a local gambler"
 Confronted by this testimony, Mrs Harris. through her attorneys. filed an affidavit in which 1t was stated that defendant Is now informed and verify believes that her mother mar ried one Samuel c. Lee, who was re- lated to said Lee family of Mem phis."
 further investigation, the court was told, proved that Samuel c. Lee died eight years before Mrs. Harris was born. It was agreed that she was the daughter of the third wife of Lee, but the charge was made that she was born out of wedlock. In ad- hitting the illegitimacy of his client, MT. Battle said 1t was family skele. ton which 1t had been hoped would forever remain in the closet He in- sisted that Mrs. Harris had told her husband all she knew of her parent. age. The husbands attorneys are in sisting that the name of the father be revealed.
 Meantime. fefninists are all a-flut- ter. They say that husbands never tell their wives anything and that if pre-nuptial chastity in the strong CT sex were insisted upon, weddings in this vale of tears would be scarcer than angels visits.
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out protest to the fragrant and shameless waste of public funds, of corrupt public officials and ineffi- cient public employees"
 Mrs. Otero- Warren defeated Nes- tor Montoya. present member of the House of Representatives Mon toya represents another powerful family. There was a bitter factional fight between the Otero and the Montoya members, which resulted in Mrs. Otero Warren's nomination.
 New Mexico is entitled to only one representative. There are only three national offices within the bestowaI of the state. two senatorships and one seat In the House. One of the three, according to the unwritten law of the state. shall be given to person of Mexican blood. Mrs Oteo-Warren is democratic opponent. John T. Morrow, is not a Mexican so that ought to aid her in winning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-17
UNIQUE ORCHESTRA.
 AT EDGEWOOD PARK.
Pennsylvania Serenaders Here This Week For Return En-
 gagement

The Pennsylvania serenaders. the orchestra that broke all crowd re- cords for one week this summer at Edgewood Park, and then was called east for an engagement with the graphophone record people, are com ing back to Birmingham for five nights this week.
 The Serenaders will open their en- gag gement with a big Tuesday night lall at the mountain resort. This probably means the biggest dance crowd in the history of the park for Tuesday night.
 It was at tho insistence of many patrons that Manager Hill booked the Pennsylvania Serenaders for this week. These musicians have possibly the most unique musical organization in America and are clever comedians as well as Jazz music hounds.
 Local dance devotees went into mysteries the week they were here this summer. when they pulled enough costuming out of their trunks and enough properties to stock a theatre. There will be no dance Monday night.
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Light, travelling with the speed of a radio signal. comes the 43,000, 900 miles from Mars in less than four minutes; but Antares, the largest star seen by the naked eye, Is SO far away that its light, which Is now reaching us. left 1t $50 Years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-17
ATTRACTIONS OF THE. SCREEN 8z
Hun1an Hearts, With House
 Peters, at Trianon All Week

Superb in strength of story and Human Hearts, the Tranon theatre Monday This produc forth prominently offerings months eemng with incidents action of compelling variety
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The
 Screen s Answer

There has been a call for a general cleanup in pie lures. Will Hays, the American Fed eration of Wom- en's Clubs have is- sued edicts which in effect call for cleaner, b cit t e r, bigger pictures.
 The screen ans- wers this demand with 1" H u m a n Hearts" Never has a more whole some, thrilling, entertaining story been told on the shadow s t a g e. Here we get back to the "old home folks," those be- loved characters. We would say that Human Hearts" ! approaches 1 % per cent as a pie ture play.
 MOTION
 PICTURE NEWS
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BY LARRY o.rooLE.
! UT ,Kensington way there
\ liyvs an unusual character.

~ UT <Kensington way there
lives an unusual character.
His name is Reiny Sprin-
~ girth, better known to fame
rs the Chevy Chase cop" A guar
dian Of the peace, who keeps nightly
vigil Ger the 5000 souls that reside
IN tho boundaries he traverses from
Z o'clock In the afternoon until the
sun rises the next morning. Tech
nically, onicer Springirth policies Sec
tons one and two Of Chevy Chase.
Md, but he is subject to call at any
time from any section of the broad
expanse which contains SO many homes.
Springirth is NOT only a special on
Ger for the citizens Of that section OF
Chevy Chase which is in Maryland.
but he is also q deputy sheriff for
Montgomery county, and law-breakers
as rule fight shy Of getting into the
clutches of this officer. Previous to
having been selected by. the citizens
Of Chevy Chase, he worked for a
number Of years as a motorman, and
this, combined with the work he did
on his little farm, provided him with
physique that simply radiates force
and strength. ~
When the reporter found him at his
home he had just finished spading up
his garden. He had on an army shirt
with a corporars chevrons on his
sleeve. The wearing of this, he ex-
planned later. was made possible by
two of his sons having been in the
service during the late war, one of
them still being under treatment at
Walter Reed Hospital as the result of
being severely gassed in France.
Just how Of1cer Springirth looks
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/ This Solitary Policeman Keeps Nightly Vigil I
Cuer 5000 Persons 1T

to DO. because 1t o'clock In the AFT
ernoon I start my work Of patroling,
and from 3 pm. to 9 am. our folks
out here know pretty well how to
reach mo. a. Ilmake my headquarters
at the library This not only provides
pleasant once. but occasionally I
haye.a chance to read.
- ~. Ak -
Sc A MOTHER feature about this job
- out here IL the fact that give
the alarms FOR IRE. We have . big
iron wheel upon which beat with q
eledge. We also have . volunteer
department, the equipment comprising
reels of hose and chemical outfit.
OF course. whAn there II q FIRE Of any
Size We phone over to Chief Watson,
and We usually get the .firemen from
Tenleytown or Connecticut avenue.
Each year take up q subscription
among our people, and We make the
firemen's fund q present.
1T find that the general tendency
nowadays 10 to get as much speed out
Of q gallon of gasoline as possible,
and while we want to be courteous
and confederate AZ possible. yet at the
same, time we intend to keep down
the speeders. In fact, the Maryland
authorities are going to put On some
additional mounted men. This will
further safeguard the lives Of the
pedestrians. Oh. yes, 1t isn't a bad
Job. but 1t is ono that is friEhtfully
lonesome. more especially in the win
tor time.
mo. I.never stopped to figure out
as to the number Of miles that q man
would walk while patr6iing such a
beat g mine; but It can easily be ns-
ured out. when you stop to calculate,
ana you'ca with all safety say q beat
such 40 ,mins.t akss man during my
term Of service = good many moro
miles than II you walk clear around
tho world. I want to: emphasize tho
fact that our citizens out here are
the kind you can>always depend on"
Turning to the artist, this Poo Bah
policeman said:
1T is to be deeply regretted that I
am not adorned with long whiskers
and wear upon my coat large tin
star: neither do hop around like q
moving picture policeman. know
Il Is always disappointing to have an
ideal shattered. but, II you draw, .
picture Of the Chevy Chase cop with
whiskers aud.s tin badge and q COM
edy hat, It might DO . good idea for
you to keep out Of Chevy Chase for q
while At least"
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4 Lam SEEGER,E conscript Of
~ destiny, was born in New
~ York June 20, 1883. and was
killed on July S, 1915, fighting
for France The first ten years of his
boyhood were spent on Staten Island,
''at tho gateway of the west" vfsi-
BILE from his home was the channel
through which the great ships passed
in and out, and here. developed his
first ideals Of adventure. These great
vessels from every port In the world
became h1e ships Of dreams" of wild
adventure. all of which he lived In the
after years. With them he went to
every land, mingled with strange peo-
pie, learned the uncharted roadway
of the seas, and was infused with that
restless spirit which remained un-
Gained until the hand Of death hall
lowed his activities at Belloy-en-San-
terre by q German bullet.
TN these early years fate seemed good
to this "conscript Of destiny" for
what poet ever had his youth blessed
with such opportunities for cultigat-
ing the spirit Of both adventure and
romance? These receptive years were
full Of Joy, and the soul Of the poet
trsmbled with the very emotions of
moro existence.
Following two years in Mexico.
Alan seeger was in school and college
until 1910, after that spending two
years In New York a. q student and
10 literary work.
In 1872 came the fatal call, or perhaps
the call which placed MIN among the
lmmortsls. Ha had already accom-
! plished much In q literary way, but
+, he ,onged to see life at its fuih and
no place in all the. world so appeared
TO him as,did Paris.
All! Paris, with the smoothness Of her paths.
That lead the heart unto the hearts delight!
| For two years he lived there, study
ing every phase Of that mysterious
city, feeling the while that
One crowded hour Of glorious life
Is worth an age without name.
In 1914, out Of Q clear sky, the idle
gossip Of the gay bouievards was
changed 70 Z Paris Of seriou2 deter
mined people. and the change came in
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Onions Were an
Ancient Medicine

THE ancient Egyptians. 1t IL said.
l. were forbidden to eat the onion,
garlic and lsek. According to the
priests Of Potassium. the onion was
barred because 1t caused 4 how Of
was manifSstly out Of place In fasts
and during religious ceremonies. says
the Medical Record. It did not seem
right to weep on occasions Of Joy or
to be tormentsd , with hunger and
thirst on days set aside for fasting.
The Hebrews regarded the onion
purely for Its culinary value. The
Greeks were fond Of both onions and
garlic. Tho former were apparently
used whom drinking to increase thirst
and enhance the pleasures OF tho cup.
But In the palmy days of Rome the
two vegetables had become largely
the badge Of the rabbie.
In the middle ages any weli-set ia
Bile contained a plate of red onions.
Tho chief repute Of the. onion in med
icine was as q diurstic and remedy
for dropsy. This belief has persisted
UP to this present time, and It IL some
what strange to ind that as early AZ
1858 onions and q milk diet were pro-
nounced the best remedy for dropsy.
In 1858 Trastour reported that q case
Of parenchymatous nephritiA with
edema and alvuminuria, cleared up un-
der the onion-milk regimen. In addi.
ton to anasArca of both legs. there
had been .hydrothorax.> The treat
ment had provoked . strong diuresis.
In 1910 Mongour saw = still more
remarkable case OF cirrhosis Of the
liver with ascites clear up. after three
days Of onion eating. with q critical
polyuria. cruchet had seen patient
with dropsy recover after period OF
onion eating-nfteen or twenty daily.
In 1912 Dalche published his article
on the onion cure" He spoke Of q
case Of . three-auart diuresis pro.
duced in dropsical patient by THU
| resource. During the war Leclerc, to
| whom ws arc indebted for the pre-
oeding information, frequently wit
| messed this diurstio action In soldiers
notably in Q senegalese with serious
| illusions and dropsy due to nephritia
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II am just wondering what Conan
Doyle woaid do II he had to work out
in theory the many peculiar noises
that ono hears at night. How would
he tackle a job Of getting some tax
payer Strengthened out when he had
mistaken another domicils for his
own?
There is one good thing about this
Job Of mine. thought don't have to
attend drills, inspection and all that
business. am my own captain. ser
geaht and inspector. but, like my old
friend Poo Bah, have lot Of things
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wonder how he would go to work and
patrol my beat It's easy enough to
be a good detective when you can sit
up and dictate the story Of q thing
from the manner in which you want
1t to happen. but I.wonder how Conan
Doyle would start in to work out the
plan by which half a weeks wash was
stolen from clothesline. w. j,
Burns could probably do that. because
he is a practical cop. while Sherlock
Holmes had. through his creator, the
solution already worked out before
the crime was even committed.
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SOE COURSE. THERE'S NO DOUBT
THAT oCCAsIONALLY ONE MIGHT
SLIP THROUGH
bf them pull that stunt, though. AZ
the motorcycle mon on the District
side, a. we'll ~ our. own state police,
keep pretty close line on them.
SDuring the summer months We COCA
konally. have to contend with some Of
Che spooners. butt don't lot them get
Hoeesd to any one spot. You folks
bver in Washington call 3 great many
Of these young male things cake
eaters. but I don't call, them that
call ,em 'curb-cooties.'
- +. 4
NxYHEN the reporter asked az to
wv what sprinsirth thought about
ths modern methods Of detecting
iertms he gave . rather wry smile, and
I bald, se
sYvs been waiting to have you pull
thaA enc. Let us take, for instance.
ER A<sAur censn Doyle. famous Gre
kAof q shR4odk Holmes. wKes is now
VI tbs country on . lecture tour. I
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They're our servants" Mary in
formed me-, I'VE always have them
come in after dinner to watch the
pictures. They seem to like it,
And you mean to say that every
night you have picture show" I
asked. for the idea Of Witnessing a
movie performance every night in the
week seemed too much of a good
thing.
Every night" answered Doug, who
had made himself comfortable on the
couch beside his wife. You see we
hardly ever go into Los Angeles. It's
no pleasure going to the theaters
there because of the crowds and. be-
sides We have all the new pictures
sent up here where we can enjoy
them In comfort. Would you believe
it7. he went on, that I've never been
to any Of the places in Hollywood and
Los Angeles that the newspapers
write about?s Why, Mary and have
only been to the Ambassador Hotel
onoe since It was built. We spend
practically all our evenings at home.
And we're usually in bed at. II
O'clock
When Doug Was an actor on Broad
way he used to say his prayers every
morning before he went to- bed, but
there are no prominent people to miss
by going to bed early in this. part OF
the world.
The darkening Of the room for the
next picture travel nlm-put an
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ny KARL X. KITCHEN.
illustrated By Herb Roth.

w = q sat down, six at the table.
w ; ~ :; :; ; =: s
Mrs. Frank Case, "the gentleman with
the typewriter" and his accompanist
It was Saturday night at the Bev-
eriy Hills home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Doug
las Fairbanks, where we had arrived
to spend the weekend with the ia
nous Aim stars. But 1t was In no
sense a festive occasion. In. fact, it
was after, o'clock before al OF US
] left the studio. We didn't even begin
the meal with q cocktail, for while
the Fairbanks-Pickford menage is
perfectly appointed in every respect,
cocktails are rarely served. Doug in
sists that even the rarest champagne
tastes like citrate of magnesia-so
what's tho use?
t There was q printed menu Of the
dinner In front Of Mary's plate, and
the meal was perfectly served by a
French butler and a second man, but
its formality ended there. Before the
first course wassserved Doug got up
to start the photograph. and he left
the table again yhen the dessert ar
rived to fin9 q box Of vintage cigars.
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today and they caused no end Of
laughter.
Travel pictures are the best part
of a movie show as far as I am con-
cerned," said, forgetting for the mo-
ment that was the guest Of the two
most famous stars of the feature
films.
That's what I enjoy most. too"
agreed Mary, adding. but Douglas
likes comedy pictures"
= +
FOLLOWING another brief interval
L during which more bonbons were
passed around, a comedy picture was
shown. But it was the unfunniest Of
alleged funny pictures. and we all
breathed a sigh Of relief when the
star feature of the evening, q new
Goldwyn picture, was begun. How
ever, it turned out to be even stupider
and duller than the alleged comedy,
and in the midst of one Of its most
tragic scenes Mary nudged mo to look
at her husband. He was sound asleep
on the couch. snoring rhythmically. If
not exactly musically.
II think we've had enough, Cheva-
lier!" Mary called to the operator, and
when the lights were switched on
Doug awoke with q start.
Pardon me-" he said, laughingly.
Il must have been dreaming"
Snoring, you mean," corrected
Mary. But don't blame you, Doug
las. It was an awful picture"
That's why the picture business
has been so bad Of late-the pictures
have been too awful for words" in
terrupted Frank Case. isn't it past
bedtime?" he added, changing the con-
3ersation without warning.
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vate picture theater for the occasion
A full-sized screen covered the middle
Of tho wall at one end Of the room,
while the couches and easy chairs were
arranged in two rows at the other end
On the steps leading to this improvised
playhouse were otner chairs and what
had supposed TO be a blank wall covered
with tapestry was a full-sized projection
box. In short. here was a complete mo-
ton picture theater. and while the cof-
fee was served Mary explained that
every evening after dinner they had a
show.
What's the programme tonight.
Chevaller?" Doug asked the operator.
who handed him a printed slip on which
were the names Of featured Aim, a
comedy pictuqe together with the latest
news reels and educational pictures.
Let's have the news reels first, !"
said Mary. and moment later-we
had hardly taken our seats-the big
room was plunged into darkness and
pictures of various events from all
over the world were thrown on the
screen. Doug. Frank Case and
smoked in silence-out Of respect to
the 1908 Havanas-while the ladies
kept tray Of luscious chocolates in
circulation.
Certainly 1t was an ideal way to
see motion pictures-sunk deep in a
huge easy chair, after a perfect din
ner (minus the cocktai) and with a
long black Havana of a vintage year.
X 4
WHEN the reel. was finished the
w lights were turned on and, look
ing around, saw half q dozen other
people in the chairs on the steps be-
hind US.
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~ CALL 'EM CURB-CooTIEs..

upon his job can better be told In his
own language. which runs as follows:
+ ~
tfT GUESS am pretty. much Of q
Poor Bah, the, latter gentleman
being q character In The Mikado.' and
II you remember, this gentleman had
everything to attend to. and I've got
the same sort of a job out here. When
the good people Of Chevy Chase seven
years ago asked me to give up my job
on tho trolley system and look after
their, safety there were not nearly
Rs many houses nor nearly as many
people out here as there are today.
The growth has been truly remark
able, and while I am not complaining
in the slightest, there really ought to
be two men to patrol the border.
cover from three to five miles in max
ing a partial round of my beat, and
you can just imagine the number of
pairs of shoes and socks I've worn
out in the past few years.
81 suppose" he continued, that
when you came out here you imagined
you were going to see a regular hick
constabie-one Of the kind you see on
the stage or in the funny papers. You
know the kind I mean-a long crop
of whiskers on the chin and q big tin
star stuck on their coat. You want to
know something about conditions out
here? Well, we have a very peace
full and happy community. There have
been some robberies committed in the
past seven years, but by keeping con-
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Jeweled Map of France.

TT was during the Paris exposition
l Of 1900 that there was presented to
the French nation by the Gar OF
Russia the Jewel map" Of Franco.
It is not only priceless but unique
because many Of the precious stones
employed to make it are found In
Russia alone, and every one found
IN those days became the property
of the imperial treasury.
The map. which is now In the
Louvre, is forty inches square. The
waters Of the oceans are represented
by a whitish-gray marble. The
groundwork of the general design is
tasper. Portions Of neighboring coun-
tries are uniformly shown In slate
colored jasper. but the various de-
partments of France. eighty-seven IN
all at that day, are done in many col
org and eradations of color from pure
white to deepest red.
It must not be supposed that the
pieces Of Jasper that represent the
departments have been shaped any
how" They follow faithfully the
outlines laid down in Official maps oil
the country. So cunning is the work
manship that no joints show at the
boundaries, and the eighty-seven
nieces have been fitted together with
artistic regard to the effect produced
by the contrasting and blending col
ors.
The rivers Of France are numerous
and long. In this map they are dupli-
Gated by threads of platinum that.
sunk In the polished Jasper. shine like
silver. But to most visitors the chief
attraction Of the map IL the los pre-
c,ous stones that mark the cities and
towns-these places being indicated
also by their names embossed in let
tiers of solid gold.
Naturally. the eye travels to Paris,
and there 1t stops, enchanted by the
sight of q magnificent ruby which
must be worth q small fortune. 1t Is
probably the finest and most valuable
stone in the whole map.
Away in the north Is Lille, trifie
smaller in. size than the ruby-not a
diamond. as it appears, but phena-
cite, q variety Of rock crystal that is
very rare. Bordeaux IL another large
gem that all would mistake for dia-
mond. It 10 q very fine aquamarine.
Hayre L. q splendid emerald. al
though not 80 dne As the egg-shaped
emerald that marks Marseille. Nantes
sparkles like q tiny pool of cham
payne. a particularly handsome beryl.
Rouen IL sapphire, Lyon tourma-
line, Nice garnet, and Cherbourg an
aiexandrite, stone which. although
/. looks green by daylight. is seen by
artificial light as mixture Of red
and blue.
OF the other towns, thixsv-eight are
shown in, diamonds, quarts crystals
and the like: thirty-five are tourma-
lines and twenty-one are amethysts.
Tho known value Of these gems does
not help one to estimate the cost OF
! the map. for the finest stones are, not
| in the jewel market. Replacing them
with purchasable gems OF correspond
Ing .sise-diamonds, rubies. sapphifes
and the like--one might be able to
duplicate the map for hall. > million
tdcllars.