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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-17
HARDING' s POWER IN LEGISLATION
 TESTED TUESDAY
Should Bonus Measure Side track Tariff in Senate Pres ident Will Suffer Great
 Embarrassment
By HUGH ". ROBERTS Washington Bureau, The Age Herald,
 500 Davidson Building.

Washington, June 16.-If the tar if bill is sidetracked in favor of the bonus bill Tuesday, according to the plans of Senator Porter J. MeCum- Der, the President will suffer the enn- barrassment of his executive exist ence.
 The passage of the bonus bill. its rejection by the President and it's rassage despite the veto of the Pres- ident will mean a split between Con- gfess and the executive which. the President knows, will give reason for additional disgust to the people, and the democrats another excellent campaign issue.
 Tariff Most Urgent
 There is no necessity for immedt- ate action on the bonus which can not be effective before January 1, 1928 But MeCumber is apparently anxious that action be taken at his instance prior to June 2S, the date of a primary in which his constituents will pass on his record. The bluk of the republican membership would prefer 10 follow the President. But If McCumber requires them to vote. 1t is believed that they will follow McCumber. For many of them, like McCumber. ,have elections in their districts
 Jacob and Angel Out
 The wrestle of McCumber and the President is no less strenuous than that of Jacob and the Angel. Acting on instructions from Harding, Sena- TOT Lodge, republican leader, has called a caucus for Monday. In the caucus, Lodge will endeayor to dis auade McCumber on the plea that party solidarity will be jeopardized lie will promise. it is understood, 10 put the bonus over after the elec- tions, and in plenty of time for 1t 10 be operative the first of the year. But after the elections, McCumper will probably be a dead cock in the Lit. It is known that he will argue that the party will be more criti- cised for wiggling and webbing re specting the bonus than for any ac- ton which might result in an open rupture between the legislative ana administrative branches. The indl-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-17
Garden Calendar for June

GardenConinue vegetables for succession Sow oads Plant parsley asfy, ruabagas New Zealand spinach pumpkins winter squahes umbers Set out tomao plants Field CroPPant beans, velvet Kaffir cata mie Getting time plant Mexican
 
 We help GardenSet dahas gada
 
 daisies shade norcb
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-17
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE
Doctor what is your definition of the term 'gentleman'?p

Doctor what is your definition of the term gentleman'?p
 "The meaning of the word has changed in the course of time. The Spanish word hidalgo means the son of q gentleman. In England in early times a gentleman was either the son of a nobleman or was himself an officeholder. A dispute arose as to whether or not Dr. Samuel Johnson was entitled to the distinction of be- ing called gentleman and 1t was decided in his favor because his father had been sheriff of Litch- field. I am glad that the term has been broadened to embrace the man of humble birth who develops his character to the point where he can be justly called gentleman. We of the south pride ourselves on beirs the sons of gentlemen, but we do not always rise to the full measure of our heritage. Now and then VIC find gentlemanly old-tine darky who has caught the manner of hls master. and bows with Chesterfield ian grace and lifts his hat on the slightest provocation."
 Can man be a gentleman and not be a Christian?
 T suppose there are rare instances of such, but gentleman is usually a Christian. 1 have known Chris tians who were not gentlemen, They are the sort who have a cantan- kerous disposition and are never so happy as when stirring up trouble in the membership of the church."
 Tn your study of Shake kespeare did you discover any character who was a perfect gentleman"
 ha orAa4agt oF AT sfa not give us in any of his characters his conception of the perfect gentle man, but he did portray with master touch several perfect women. Shakespeare wrote true to life, you know"
 old Testament Types
 Can you call to mind any man in the Old Testament who twas a gentleman2"
 'No; there are several noble characters in the Old Testament, but they had prievous faults and fell short of that culture and refinement that we ascribe to the gentleman In the New Testament we find in Christ the one perfect gentleman. who spoke kindly to even the woman found guilty of the greatest sin"
 Do you think that Robert F. Lee was type of the perfect gentle man?'
 "Yes: he came as near perfection as is permitted for human nature He was we'll born. well bred, ed- ucated, cultured, brave. courteous, considerate. honorable, democratic. When offered substantial sum for the use of his name by a large life insurance company, he declined, say ing that his name was not for sale. "A good name Is rather to be chosen than great riches Other southern leaders sold their names to a lot tery."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-17

It's troubles arise from the fact that the government departments and about half of the capitals business institutions are saving daylight, while the officials who head these depart ments and the other half of the busi- ness establishments aren't. This sit- nation has resulted in more eonfu- sion, more "cuss" words, more loss of sleep and more general all-around irritation than Congress ever iEn- posed by any legislative enactment In it's history. And Congress mad nothing to do with this.
 Difficult Situation
 'The trouble is" cabinet mem- Der groaned, ''that the official and social life of Washington are not or ganiEed for daylight saving. We are supposed to be on a daylight saving schedule in my department. That part of it is all right-or would be If everyone and everything else was also. But what do we find? I get down at o'clock in the morning At 3:S0 we are supposed to be through. But I can't get away, and so long as I'm there the others feel they ought to stay around too, in case they are wanted. We actually nave to drive them out.
 T can't get anything done. Callers keep coming in even after 3 and 3:30. Senators and congressman. l have to see them. They seem to think as long as Pm around they ought to get in. And we let them in. The consequence is that I don't get away from the department until shortly before dinner time, and then haven't had time for dictation and consulta. tions I could formerly work in the morning or late in the afternoon.
 Then social affairs dinners, re- captions, and that sort of thing, that We all must attend-aren't run on a daylight saving schedule. If dinner is at 8 o'clock, it's at 8 o'clock--thats all there is to that And that means 12 o'clock before We can set away. In case of receptions it's sometimes later.
 Theatres operate on the old sched- ule. If we have theatre engage ment, as most officials have every week, we don't get home until mid night Then we're expected to be aN the office at s o'clock the next morn- ing!"
 Town Divided
 Therein lies one of Washington's worries--or rather, two of them. Neither the official life nor the night life of the capital are organized for 2.75 per cent daylight saving. Nobody
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-17

cations are that the caucus will take stand against calling up the bonus, and that McCumber will decline to be bound by that action.
 The North Dakota senator Is se- verely criticised by his colleagues on the ground that he would jeop- ardize the whole party in the hope of saving his own skin, and for the same purpose. would sidetrack the tariff bill, the delayed passage of which he has attributed to filihust- ering democrats rather than his own questionable leadership. The demo- crats expect to reap political advant- age irrespective of the direction in which "th- cat jumps"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-17
SUIT AGAINST FORD

Miami, Fla, June 16.-Petltions filed today by attorneys represent ing E. s. Huff. of this city. in his $11,000.000 damage suit against Henry Ford, asking that the action be removed to the federal court at Detroit, Mich. Huff in his suit al- leges that he invented the fly wheel magneto in use in cars manufac- tured by Henry Ford and seeks to recover $2.5o royalty on every car equipped with this device.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-17
 HAWKINS WITHDRAws

Vernon. June 16.-(Special. INT. John F. Hankins who has been in the race for representative of Lamar county, made known his withdrawal from the race yesterday. Mir, Han kins ls citizen of high standing and his friends were at a loss to know why he had filed his resignation.
 This leaves MT. c. Nj. Weeks and Honorable Charles P. Odom in the race. The reason for the withdrawal Is not known
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-17

8 through ticket to heaven without a change of cars. It takes time and great patience to destroy nut grass. Keep 1t so cut as to never allow to bloom and make seed. If this is done the underground nuts will in time decay. Velvet beans are some times used as a dense shade with fair results. If top growth can be kept down it will finally die out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-17
LARSON IS ACTIVE

Huntsville, June 16.--(Special) J. Orville B. Laxson, probate clerk of Madison county. has resigned that office which he has held during the last five years, and will devote his time from now until the primary election in August to making a can vass in the interest fhis candidacy. for circuit clerk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-17
Daylight SaUing Muddle
 Causes Candle to Burn
 at Both Ends in Caplfal

Washington 16Pty Washington! Not George but the city they for him.
 the country that saving daylight and spending
 and both ends against the middle originator daylight saving the oherhe Washington brand of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-17
ADJUSTMENTS
RADIO CONCERTS, DANCING AND
 SWIMMING AT WEST LAKE NOW


 West Lake these warm nights Is proving the mecca for tired pleas ure seekers who nightly flock to the popular resort for recreation and en- tertainment and each night sees large numbers patronizing the park, where, bathing in the large pool is the big drawing card.
 But in addition to bathing there is other entertainment as well. for there where the balmy breezes blow, dancing Is made more enjoyable with Nappi's band of high class mu- sicians all that one could ask In first class dance accommodations can be found at West Lake.
 Radio concerts which have recent ly been added as nightly attractions are also proving of interest and many who seek no other form of di- version other than flee from the hot city streets enjoy the radio concerts which are received from broadcast ing stations over the country. West Lake is really a recreational center.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-17
How Does Your Garden Grow?
By GEORGE B. M'YAY. sR.

 of their gardening MT McVay has behind him eedan and practical trial ground gardener expermener Birmn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-17
BIG DANCE TONIGHT
 AT EDGEWOOD PARK

AT 1EWOOD fAHh
 Saturday night dances at Edge wood park are always the biggest events of the week. and tonight promises to be no exception. as the famous Columbia Happy Six are booked to play their final dance pro- gram at the mountain resort this evening.
 Non n-dancers are finding their pre- grams as entertaining as those who dance. One of the big features of the orchestras work is that all are singers and they give vocal selec- tions intermittently with their dance numbers.
 Hundreds are expected to go oul this afternoon and tonight to shake the heat. They are always success fui in doing this at Neptune Beach where two continuous streams of ar tesian water pour into the pool. Tie bathing attendance for this June will double that of last year, state tn, park management.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-17

RESORTS AND TRAVEL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-17
Town Divided

Therein lies one of Washington's worries-or rather, two of them. Neither the official life nor the night life of the capital are organized for 2.75 per cent daylight saving. Nobody
Evening star., 1922-05-28

OF the guests retired. for tea. The re-
action was just that great And de-
spite the fact that / was almost
overcome with emotion I sought out
Miss Dominick, the proud winner. to
get an expression from her own lips
on her amazing victory.
How does it feel to be the cham
pion bedmaker of California;
asked her. for I knew a palpitating
public was awaiting her impressions.
Il could have made the bed much
faster-and much better. too-if ]
hadn't had all those old guys looking
at me-" she replied naively, adding.
you should see me make a bed at the
hotel when l want to go off duty"
Il should think you would prefer
me not to see you.'' l ventured. but
my observation was topped by Miss
Dominfck's.
IT'S funny way the rich have of
enjoying themselves" she said. "It
Evening star., 1922-05-28

"a his live wire brother. At present he's
merely acting a. caretaker on the
rgress, while J. Burton takes a busi-
ness trip north. He may stick on that
boat for q month, just where she ID, or
he may get a wire tomorrow to start to
New York with the extra bags which
brother left behind"
.'Whsrs did you collect all this heart
breaking dope. Barry" says I.
.From = man in the smoking COM
partmsnt," says he. "A director In ].
Burtons syndicate, whose known 'em
both for years. Uncle Nels and were
talking to him." >.
ION, yss!" says I. "And you happened
70 mention something about your friend,
:, Burton scctt, both tor --oanao AT
]. Burton Scott. that you'd Just met on
q cruise
"Well, Of course" says Barry, that's
the way we got chatting. BY the way,
Trilby May, this director chap is going
to stop on 1t Pineland. too"
B s.Thsn I don't zee but we're all right.
Barry" says l., even II We were bunksd
into It We; may fool others ~ badly
as ~ wers fooled. Anyway. we're routed
with the smart SET and that's some-
thing m7f"
tcopyrssat ina. " ss~,n Tosas
Evening star., 1922-05-28
TIME IN PASADENA

white pill probably prolonss the lives
of as many millionaires as any game
yet devised.
However. the really sporty games
OF golf out here are not the matche'y
on the Annandaie or Pasadena links.
Obstacle golf 10 the new multimil-
lionaires' game. 1t is played right
on the miniature putting greens at
two Of the hotels. And right here let
me say that it is one of the best old
mems games ever devised. For it
does not take the player more than
two or three hundred feet from the
hotel and in addition to improving
ones game 1t provides no end of
amusement for the children. To make
q twenty-foot putt upgrade through
q barrel and q croquet wicket takes
considerable skill. but that is one
of the simplest hazards in the up
to-date game Of obstacle golf as it
is played In Pasadena.
Just why SO many aged million
aires gather every winter at Pasa-
dena Is a mystery. There are many
warmer and more accessible places.
Evening star., 1922-05-28

heart. How long will it take US to get
back, Uncle Nels?"
"Oh, three or four days. maybe" says
he.
Then let's CO." says I. I'D even
be glad to board pink taxi and go
humping up sth avenue. I want to see
a regular place once more. And peo-
pie. Especially people"
well. I guess it would be kinda
nice. too," agrees Uncle Nels. I'VE
can get an early start tomorrow"
A ND say, as we came on deck
after supper we were all as much
thrilled over the prospect Of ending the
cruise as we had been TO begin it. Inez
was for packing up right away. / think
she would have gone at it. too. II We
hadn't discovered this mahogany tender
alongside. with a Jap steward waiting
with a message for Uncle Nels.
Evening star., 1922-05-28

"THERE she blows" is cry that
has sent a thrill through many
a boy, as he has read of the pursuit
of the monsters of the deep. The
whaling industry throve in the days
of the oid-fashioned sailing ship.
when, as those who think that old
times are best are won't to say. there
was romance on the seas.
The Dutch wha1ers used to kill
more than q Thousand right whales
year. and the American whalers
would bring to port more than
twelve million gallons of sperm and
other whale oil every twelve months
Those were the days when New
Bedford and Nantucket and other
New England ports were teeming
with life, and when the retired
whalers would build mansions for
themselves in which to spend their
declining years. The mansions re-
main, but the glory has departed
from the great whaling industry.
Yet within a few years there has
been q temporary revival In whaling.
Twenty years ago the total world
production Of whale oil was about
indications of a decline and sec
ond disappearance of both whales and
whalers from the sea.
The old whalers pursued the right
whale, q large and mild-tempered
creature which was easily subdued by
the hand-harpoon. 1t was when the
right whale was practically extinct
that whaling almost ceased. Then
the harpoon-gun and the steam
whaler made it possible for the
whalers to purpue the rorquals, or
finback whales. A mature male is
the largest known animal. A male of
the rorquals is eighty to eighty-hve
feet long, and his speed and herceness
correspond to his size.
The old whalers did not dare to at
tack him, for he would night back,
and there was little chance for men
IN twenty-foot wooden boats battling
with an eighty-foot sea-monster with
a mouth openinK for almost a quarter
Of the length Of his body. The har-
poon- gun, which drives a fve-foot
harpoon, weighing a hundred pounds
into the body of the whale, has made
it safe to pursue the rorquals. And
when the harpoon is capped with a
bomb to which is attached q time
fuse, so that It will explode inside the
body of the animal. the fight with his
pursuers 10 SO unequal that the ror-
quail is likely soon to share the fate
Of the right whale. Indeed, IL has
already begun to disappear from the
seas.
The Newfoundland fisheries. which
were so prosperous that the capital
invested in them amounted to nearly
four millions In 1904, are rapidly de-
clining. In the season OF 1S0s-ls04,
thirteen hundred whales were caught
by the Newfoundianders. The next
year only nine hundred were taken,
and in no year since have more than
Ave hundred whales been taken TO
port.
The modern whalers are not con-
tent with using only the blubber and
the whalebone. They use almost
every part OF the animal The flesh
and bones are ground for fertilizer,
and experiments are making with the
fiesh, which IL not unlike pork, as a
food for dogs or fowls.
Evening star., 1922-05-28
TNEZ and Trilby May With Their Yachting Friends, Fall
With Real Thing Plutes Who Has the Regular Back
ground Aboard Palatia Craf-Learn What All the Really
Smart People Do-Some Heart-Breakine Dope.

making choice by pointing. While
we were slipping the stun Mushi-
tawki hustled about with boxes Of
cigars and an assortment Of cigar
cites. Say, even the smokes had J..
Burton's monograms on 'em. And II
you ask me. it wasn't % poisonous,
sitting there on the deck Of the
Tigress and wallowin6 in all this
luxury. Uncle Nels did act bit un-
easy, for he had choked over the
liqueur. and ! knew he was wonder
ing If he could get through that nve-
inch Havana without going pale in
the gills. AS for Barry and Ines,
though, they were just eating 1t mp
and listening with both cars stretch
ed to all the high-class chatter this
super-plute saw nt to toss of But
what worried me . bit was that he
seemed to aim most of his remarks
at Inez, and / didn't know what
Evening star., 1922-05-28

THERE was time when any one
even a poor millionaire-could
motor out to Rainbow Ranch, and.
after renting the unnecessary rod
and reel, fish all day at 2o cents
per fish. The owner OF the ranch
hatched the fish SO fast that
even when 500 were caught in
single afternoon the survivors did
not profit by their experience. How
ever, Rainbow Ranch is now a club.
and before one can rent a rod and
reel there is an initiation fee OF $50.
Like the night clubs of London
and the supper clubs of New York,
any one with the necessary fifty is
made a member on the spot. Leigh
Garnsey, the owner, does the propos-
ing. seconding and electing once the
Fifty berries" are in his pocket. But
it is not highway or even trout
stream robbery. For every fish
member catches, one may deduct
Evening star., 1922-05-28
RIGHT HUNCH FROM DUDDY|PA
PASSING FATHER

I HAYEazsfSus great discovery.
What Pasadena needs 10 not an
elixir of youth but an elixir OF
age. This will come as a shock to
those who regard this millionaire play
ground as *rhe City Of the Unburied
Dead" But having spent . fortnight In
Pasadena / an convinced that Its ''old
boys" are not missing anything. In
stead OF inoculating themselves with
glands to renew their youth,
they should send an expedition to
Africa and make . serum from q
number Of elderly apes that have led
fearful lives to inoculate the youths
OF this California resort. For in this
way the young men Of Pasadena
might be able to enjoy life as fully
rs the old sports who spend the
winter months here.
If I were not prematureiy bald I
would -'s to buy q white wig to
feel . hoIne in this miliionaires'
colony. For there was no one under
seventy in the set moved In. But
never did have such pacemakers.
At the dansants. as well as At the
Evening star., 1922-05-28

nineteenth hole of every golf course.
they were there with both feet.
although often with rubber heels.
AS one eighty-year-old young man
put 1t to me. while he pointed to his
spats, there's life In the old dogs
yet"
LOW do the aged millionaires Of
IL Pasadena amuse themselves? I
can feel your impatience. gentle
reader. At not coming directly to the
point. But want to prepare you
by degrees for the mad whirl OF ac-
tivity and gayety into which I am to
plunge you.
Ny most exciting afternoon in this
light-hearted but heavy bankrolled
set was spent at a bed-making con-
test on the lawn of the largest and
smartest hostelry in southern Cali
| fornia. Do not imagine that the
members OF the millionaire colony
took part in the contest-that would
have been too exciting. And with
their blood pressures ranging from
220 to 2so such sport would surely
have proved fatal. No. the million.
aires only watched the bed-making
| contests. which you must admit is
| some sport"
turf on which are eight unmade
single beds. Picture eight more or
| less beautiful chambermaids. with
sheets and plllowca ses In their arms.
| standing beside them. Picture four
hundred rich and poor millionaires in a
huge gallery waiting for the signal for
the mad race to begin-and you have a
picture no artist can paint.
have attended q great many diff
ferent kinds of contests in my life
from pie eating to lighting in
France. But I never saw anything
like this bed.making contest on the
lawn of. that hoted a few weeks ago.
The starter was George M. Rey-
noldaL president of the Continental
and Commercial National Bank OF
Chicago. one of the biggest banks in
the world. And when he gave the
signal to begin the race four hundred
mjllionaires, rich and poor, trembled
with excitement.
Are you ready-set-go" he
shouted and the eight chambermaids
were orr amid the cheers of the
millionaires. How they spread the
spotless white sheets and tucked
them in! 1t was positively thrilling.
And how they placed the pillows at
the heads of the beds. Beads OF per-
spiration stood out on the chamber
maids brows. The train was terrific.
lEINALLY, with shout OF triumph
Lena Brown, chambermaid Of a
we'll known hotel-for Ave California
hotels were represented in the con-
test-called. attention to the fact that
her bed was finished. And it was e1-
actly two minutes and forty-nine
seconds. But Lena Brown was not
awarded the first prize. Neatness
and thoroushness as well as speed
Nxured in the contest. and after a
committee of millionaires and their
wives had inspected each bed.
FRANCES Dominick. Of the same hotel,
was hailed the winner. She was
few seconds slower In smoothing the
wrinkles out Of the pillows than Lena.
but her bed had the best appearance OF
the eight.
with this contest concluded most