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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-15
SaLUagers RecoUer $28,OOO, ,OOO From
 Sunken Steamship
Hy AssocInted Press

London, January tf-Nearly $2S.- 06OO00 worth of bullion nas been re- covered from tho liner Laurentie, which was sunk in January, 1917, off The north coast of Ireland by a Ger man submarine.
 Operations have been suspended fo7 the winter. but they will be resum sd again in the spring when an effort will be made to recover the remain ing sl0.0o0.000 to S1j.Q00. 900 worth oe bullion which is said to be still a. the bottom of the sea
 Great difficulties have been en- eountered by the salvage crew, for after three years pounding by the Atlantic swelis the liner has been transformed into heap of twisted debris Her decks. which settlea down on the sea bottom. cover an area of several hundreds of feet. The wreck was practically covered with gravel and salt. as if is in position vi .ch il received the full force of Che Atlantic gales
 This obstruction had to be re- moved, as far az possible. by power ful pumps placed in position by the divers as the gold Was at the bot tom of the huge mass of wreckage
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 Decatur, January i=.-CSpecial)- )- Sitting in Albany and listening to ar opera in Pittsburg 8 the novel expe- rience or William Hoekensmith, who has erected a wireless telephone here. On Sunday evenings he listens to sermon by a Ptttsburg minister and on ordinary occasions he takes" news stories from New York and other sending centers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-15
Who's Going to Pay Karps Board Bill?
 Problem Puzzles Allied Governments

the former ruler of Austria Hungary.
 It Is believed that the Hungarian government will pay most of the bills and the members of the little en- tente." to whose existence the sup pression of monarchlal adventures is essential, may bear a part of the burden. The annual expense at Ma deria probably will be provided through pension, wholly or partly paid by Hungary. In this the little entente' may also have a share.
 The fact that Charles and his fam fly still have firm friends in Hungary Is evidenced by the purchase of q 100000 crown bed and bedroom suite for the ex-queen. by Budapest royal ists. The bed was made of satinw ood with brocade and gilt decorations The money was raised by popular subscription. The authorities have refused to permit its display in pub lie, fearing royalist riots, so the be will be sent Immediately to Madeira
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-15
SURVEY OF MONROE
 RESOURCES TO BE
 MADE BY AlRPLANE

Selma. January H. (Special.)- Survey of the natural resources of aeroplane by & G. Irving and T. s. Kennedy. engineers, who spent sev- eral days here, held up by adverse weather conditions. The two men left tor Monroe county confident that their project would be successful. Photo graphs and maps, made from the air. will aid in locating the streams and other natural resources.
 Mir Irving stated before leaving Selma that utilization of stream flowing near Monroeville, county seat, will be used to furnish cleo tricity for a lighting plant. upon which the two men will furnish esti- mates for construction to a commit tee of citizens.
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By Associated Press


 Chicago, January f4-Clvilfan flying in the United States increased 20 per cent in 1921 over the preced- ing year according to a review cou- piled by the aerunautical chamber of commerce for the department of com merce at Washington. Twelve hun dred aircraft were operated by civil ians during the last wear. flying a total of more than 6,5O0.Oo miles. and carrying approximately 275.000 passengers The figures are based on authenticated reports to the aero nautical chamber of commerce from all sections of the country.
 Tn the last 12 months the avia- tion has outgrown romance. and is now recognized as a practical art" says the review. The year was crowded with important events, and government. state, municipal offi- cials and transportation experts are agreed that civilian aeronautics must be developed for peaceful transport and as reserve arm of the national defense
 "The United States air mail service in 1921 made such record for ef- ficiency on the transcontinental route that 1t is recognized as model for civilian aerial transport the world
 
 New York two days after casual mailing on the Pacific coast The service has an average of SS.S2 per cent efficiency: that is, completed trips on scheduled time, since it was started in 1918. The air mail has. during the last year. completed it's wireless communication system. the IA stations now having radio plants, three operated by the navy depart ment and the others by the air mail service. Last February continuous flight, with night flying, was made between San Francisco and New York. Mail leaving the coast al 4;5O D. m. February g. was delivered in New York at 4:50 D. m February 23.
 Many Cities Interested
 "Governors of states and heads of federal bureaus have started cam paigns for the acquisition of munich pal landing fields. Ordinances regu- lating aerial traffic have been passed and enforced in scores of municipal ities. The American Bar association, Aero Club of America. Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America, Manufacturers Aircraft association, and the National Aircraft Underwrit- CTS association, the Society of Auto motive Engineers and the national advisory committee for aeronautics have recognized the necessity for a national aerial code. Their views have found expression in the Wads worth Hicks bill now before Con- gress providing for bureau of civil aviation in the department of com merce.
 Among the worlds records made during the year in America were those of Lieut.. J. A. Macready of the army air service. who in September reached an altitude of more than 37SO0 feet above Dayton. O.; para chute drops of from 22,000 to 25,000 feet made by Lieut.. A. c. Hamilton and Sergt. Encil Chambers of the army air service; the closed course speed record made by Burt Acosta at the Pulitzer race in Omaha in No vember, when he covered triangu- lar course of 150 miles at speed of l763 miles an hour. Four passengers were carried to an altitude of 1s.500 feet over Port Washington, l.. l. in August.
 Spectacular Performances
 There were many other spectacu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-15
By Associated Press

Baltimore, December 11.-Blind in both eyes and both hands blown off by "a grenade. trainee of the United States veterans bureau is still carrying on.' In addition to letters of praise and encouragement from the director of the bureau, Col. Charles R. Forbes. and Secretary oi the Navy Denby. he has received . letter from President Harding com plimenting him on his "eheerful hopefulness" and his progress to- ward real accomplishment" The let ter to this veteran, Carl Bronner, of Hamilton. Ohio. who is now in the Evergreen hospital here, reads: My Dear MT. Bronner:
 Admiral Andrews was so much impressed by a letter which ycn wrote him that he sent the letter to the Secretary of the Navy, who. in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-15
By Associated Press

Paris, January 14.-"Who is going to pay ex-Emperor Charles board bill?" is the problem the allied gov ernments are trying to solve. So far no country has come forward and of fered to pay the bills left behind in Switzerland or the expenses which. will follow the exile of the former monarch to Madeira.
 The former King has expensive tastes. This is evidenced by the fact that the Swiss retreat cost nearly 100000 francs a year to keep going. In a hurry to reach his old throne. Charles forgot several substantial ob- legations. These and the cost of maintaining Charles and his large family at Madeira are occupying the allied amba ssadors council. The to- tai swill bill will exceed several mil lion Swiss francs apart from the es- tablishment set up at Madeira for
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the roles he made famous would be sung by the great tenor's former col leagues, Audsio, Bada, Crimi, Mar tinelli and a half dozen others. with Fertile, q newcomer from overseas
 ''Time only" he declared, and the judgment of a tickle public can de- termine who the eventual idol of the American opera will be"
 Titta Ruffo and Amelita Galli-Curci, who. as visitors with the Chicago Opera company, have had New York triumphs in past years. are among the new members of the Metropolitan company.
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War Veteran Who Lost Eyes and Arms
 Masters Typewriter and Is Happy

turn, submitted it to me for my read ing. l cannot tell you how tremen- dously I was pleased to read an ex- precision of your undaunted resoIu- tion and your cheerful hopefulness. It IS mighty blow to suffer the loss of ones vision and ones hands, and to have such gratifying evidence of your ability to express yourself through your typewriter has brough, to me real spirit of helpfulness when there are problems to face which seem exceedingly difficult. I should rejoice to know that any serv- ice man who had been so terribly in Jured was making progress toward real accomplishment in spite of ex- cessive disability, but it is so ex- ceedingly good to know that one SC excessively impaired as you has found way to a state of self help and self expression as you make 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-15
IS STRANGE GOING
 ID RUN AMUCK, IS
 QUERY OF HARDEN
Must She Have Her Pot of German Gold No Matter What the Cost, Pub
 IiciSt Asks
By MANIMILIAN HARDEN
 Germany's Foremost Publicist Special Cable to Inc Age Hernld


 Berlin, January l4.-Whither goes France? This is the question which stares the civilized world today. The men who demand the last pound of flesh of the treaty of Versailles go- ing to lead her into new and foolish adventures.
 Briand had shown some apprecia- tion of conditions as they are But
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-15
DEATHS SHOW DECREASE

Moulton. January Special. )- W. A. Moles of Moulton, in charge of vital statistics for the Moulton pre- einct. has just made his annual re . port to the probate judge of Lawrence eounty. During the year 1921 there were 54 deaths in the precinct, as compared with s1 for the year 1920. The births for 1921 were 225, while in 1920 they were 206 Thus 1t is seen there were d9 more births in 1921 than in 1920 and deaths for 19l were less by 27.
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manifest in your letter to your old commander. If my good wishes ad- dressed to you personally are of any encouragement, please know that you have them in all the sincerity which I can command. Very truly yours.
 'WARREN G. HARDING.s
 Bronner was seaman on a United States vessel stationed in Italian wa- ters during the World war. While a the front. with his buddy crude hand grenade. left behind by the enemy, exploded. killing his chum and wounding him so seriously as to result in the loss of both eyes and both hands.
 Through the cooperation Of the Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men in New York city, the serviceS of a special instructor were secured Artificial hands came into being and he has mastered the typewriter
 Bronner is today a happy. self-re liant young fellow with abundant confidence in himself He goes about constantly without a guide. dancea writes on both the Braille writer an1 typewriter, has finished hts prelimi- nary education and is planning ie take up the study of law next year.
 A special attachment to the type writer has been furnished by the vel erans' bureau. He can now write sl accurate letter, though very slowly. but IS rapidly acquiring more speed.
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the main pack or the French poli- ticians have re- fused 10 see these conditions. They
 are purblind to everything except a pot of gold.
 It is too bad that the Cannes confer ence has broken down under the Briand resigna- ton. have often said that l would loyfully greet any defensive alliance a among the powers
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FPNNAo'"'"t 'hh"h There were many other spectacu-
The Washington times., 1922-04-23

the ladies. and. in short. pretty
good chap, as artists go.
SHE1LA KAY-sM1TH has added
another to her list Of notable
novels. each one Of which has
shown steady growth ii her grip
upon the realities Of life and char.
acter, and in the skill with which
she portrays them. The new book,
Joanna Golden" &c. p. Dutton q
Coz is the story Of q fine young
Englishwoman of farmer stock,
who, loving the soil and knowing
how to deal with It, Attempts to
manage herself the large farm that
Is bequeathed to her by her father.
Her friends and neighbors try to
dissuade her, for. this being back
in the eos, It was considered in
Sussex and Kent that II was not
seemly for a woman to engage In
such mannish employment. But
Joanna does not heed what they
say, and she makes n success OF her
farm. or her life itself she makes
rather a bungle, but, all In all. she
gets some happiness out OF 1t. to.
gether with bitterness and tears.
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casioned among English folk by
her two previous books.
WHILE not particularly inter
ested in either art In general
or that Of Whistler in particular.
we derived quito a bit Of pleas
ure from reading "The Whistler
Journal" by Z. r., and ]. Pen
ell GippincotO. Mr.. and Mrs.
PennelI, we feel, have done nobly
by the artist and It viii surely be
no fault of theirs II Whistler
should ever become the mute in.
glorious Milton Of artists.
As a preparation for writing his
life. the Pennells kept a Journal.
n. which was recorded all the odd
bits of information they could
gather, both from Whistler and
from his associates. The book, Of
course, contains much informa-
ton about the art of the man. but
also, and much more entertaining
to us, many stories and anecdotes
bearing on his life. We have a!.
ways had the impression OF
whistler, probably from photo
graphs. that he wore queer clothes,
and that, being an artist, It fol-
lowed, as a matter of course. he
was a disagreeable sort of person.
Now that we have read this
intimate record of his life, We
gather that much Of our precon.
ceived ideas were wrong and that
he could put up q fair scrap when
needful. was q regular fellow with
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vved but allowing generously this will not reach more
per of the Of shirts Thus
will be that definitely almost irrevocaby commit
which has become almost
Z national fetch
Pictured the accompanying sketch is smart sprtngme
low white sarched collar
with starhed cuffs The fournhand scarf Is knitted
fits andtght against the neck
band of the collar
in knitted cravats trans
parent with the undehot ground color showing
through a treatment that which bestows masked richness
The Washington times., 1922-04-23
DOdo Lives Again.

IT was naturally to be expected
that the irrepressible ebullient
"Dodo" Of a good many years ago
would grow up gracefully and en-
tertaingly and that she would not
overdo the inevitable process Of
growing old. Her creator. E. F.
Benson, now introduces her in
his last book, 'Dodo Wonders"
Doran), at the fairly mature age
Of fifty.four years. in 1914, Just be.
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Books i'm Demand

FICTION.
THE Vanishing Point" Con-
ingsby Dawson.
"Kimono." John Paris.
"St. Teresa" Henry Sydnor
Harrison.
Doors of the Night" Frarh
L. Packard.
Merton Of the Movies" Har-
ry Leon Wilson.
"Aaron's Rod" d. H. Law.
renee.
NON.FICTION.
Painted Windows"
my. Memories Of Eighty
Years." Chauncey Depew.
MY American Diary" Clare
Sheridan.
why Europe Leaves Home"
Kenneth Roberts.
STORY of Mankind" Hendrix
Van Loon.
Asia at the Cross Roads," e.
Alexander Powell.
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Fore and Four.

NEW YORK, April 22.-Of course,
the man who wears a yachting cap
may really own a yacht, but, then.
again, the man who wears golf suit
may know naught Of baffy, bogie
and bunker. That Is because the
three garment or four-garment sport
suit of the period includes a golf
jacket and knickers, which you may
wear almost anywhere.
Three-garment sport suits consist
of jacket, knickers and trousers.
Four-garment suits include jacket,
waistcoat, knickers and trousers, a
turnout which equally befits the Of
flee or outdoors and equips a man
for any occasion or invitation.
If you play golf, the principal
consideration is a jacket which per-
mits unhindered arm-play and shoul-
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history the only and oden would its deahless
and the world its debtor
The klte golf brogan first the St. Andrews
Links in Feshre and the Westward Ho Links in Devonshire
Its feature pictured here Is the ashed leather
which drapes the np somewhat with the fling and
flourish of kilt.
This style confssedly golf field and It has
other though often where it shouldn't
The circular brogung Of this shoe the winged tip the flat
Scotch look.
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Thus has progressed our ac-
quaintance with the output of
Harry Leon Wilson, for we care
fully omit reference to our reac-
tions to the Ma Pettingill stories,
and so we arrive at his very new
est, Merton Of the Movies"
We have always held tho prov
tnce of the movies to be to provide
entertainment OF the ightest sort,
and that the most essential pro-
perties of the cinema art were the
custard pie and the seltzer syphon.
And while he nowhere commits
himself SO blatantly. we have a
sneaking suspicion Mr.. Wilson is
with us. For, absolutely, "Mer-
ton" is by all odds the best piece
Of satire we have encountered by
an American writer. Consider the
field the subject covers. AS one
Of the characters in the book tells
It: Take your picture public.
Twenty million people every day.
Not the same ones every day, but
with the same average cranial in
dex, which is low for all but about
seven out Of every hundred. That's
natural. because there aren't co.
100000 people in the world with
taste or real intelligence-prob-
ably not 100000. Don't
worry, that reliable field marshal,
General Hokum, leads an unbeat-
able army"
Well, the opportunity has been
there all the time for some one to
produce a masterpiece of irony and
satire founded on the glittering
mess Of the movie hidden. and we
think Wilson has made so good
Q job Of II that even the vainest
Narcissus Of the screen may feel
moved to repentance.
Merton Gill earns SIS a week
working for Amos Gashwiler in
his general store in Simsbury, III.
To the casual glance he is but the
average small town hick, but not
%. for Merton lives in a world
far removed from his sloven
surroundings. In his breast beats
the heart Of the coming star Of
the movie world. He knows the
records. the marriage. and divorce
statistics, the past performances Of
every star Of the screen. He him
self is a graduate Of the best cor
rsspondence course on screen act
ing. Every action Of his life is
played before an imaginary cam
era.
He is immensely uplifted by the
nobility of the profession. His
is a soul above the comic reels: he
takes everything and everybody
connected with the business with
the utmost seriousness. He has
vivid screen imagination. talent
for make-believe. for ability to
live himself into a part. Comes
the day when he bids farewell to
the House Of Gashwiler. and with
his entire fortune Of $500 departs
for Hollywood.
Once in the promised land he
finds 1t difficult to impress his
manifest merits upon the movie
magnificoes. He finds a few jobs
as extra" but his savings swim
die, and he is driven to sleeping
in property houses on the lot"
He Is slowly starving, wLeE he is
rescued by "Flips" Montague,
Buckeye Comedy star.
With jeff Baird. manager Of
Buckeye Comedies, "F1ips" matches
q scheme. Merton Is approached.
Baird. she assures Merton, is turn
ing over a new leaf. He longs to
DO something genuine, to give UP
his slap-stick ways. He has dis
covered that Merton is a dead rim.
ger for Harold Parmelee, the great
heart-throbber. And he wants to
put Merton into a typica. Par.
melee picture.
Merton goes to work. At last his
talent IN recognizedl And the soci-
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The Sport Slip-Over.

The better your style, the bet
ter your stroke. 1t is an invisible
hand patting you upon the back.
Smart and seemingly sporting
clothes have a stimulating influ-
ence upon both ones spirit and
ones score. Most men over-dress
for outdoors, swathing themselves
in a thick jacket, woolen sweater
and heavy flannels, whereas the
exercise alone is enough to induce
sufficient warmth.
Thin wool slip-overs, of the
sort portrayed here, are coming
into wider favor. They take the
place of a field jacket and are
far trimmer and lighter.
Such a slip-over may be of
brushed wool, Scotch alpaca or
cashmere wool, with an oval neck
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&WELEDRESSED MAN
8yALFRED STEPHEN BRYAN
Beau Nash
o.
What To Wear And When And Where To Wear 1t
The "Kiltie" BrOgan.

Since King Somebody-or-Other
of Scotland first swung his niblick
upon Black Heath and executed a
stroke which reached around the
world, golf has always preserved
the lure and lore and lingo Of its
Scottish pedigree. From village
cobbler to laird, Scotchmen i'm
bibe a love Of the game with the
milk in their nursing bottles.
Golf and its ancestry are undi-
vorceable. Golf is Scotland and
Scotland is golf, and even though
there were not a thousand other
reasons why the Land O. the Leal
is imperishably inscribed upon
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sleeves Some of these have
ing braid edgng The armhoes (yes) for added
and the garment is slightly fexed to the figure.
With Of this the
planolored basped diagonalsrped The
slpover be hunter Lova white
brown, gray heather inermxed and like landscape
NOTE-Question concerning Correct Dress
swered by Alfred Stephen Bryan addressed him
To insure rep stamped enveLope
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Knickers and Smokers.

Knickers and smokers are SO IN
mately related, that many an es-
timable person, who cannot take
his mind off his legs, has yet to
be persuaded to adopt "shorts"
for knockabout, country and the
field.
The original cut Of knickers
was too full and baggy to look
trim and graceful. Then followed
the lean knicker, patterned after
calvary breeches. This was prone
to make ones legs appear spindly.
At last, knickers have been de-
veloped into really smart gar
.os4. -, ,hor,r aIop os;da The
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fore the war, and carries her
through the ensuing difficult years.
She is the same Dodo as the young
charmer Of a generation ago. still
audacious. witty, intelligent with
an impish equality. but she is also
wiser and a good deal more lovable.
The effect Of the war and war
work upon the Dodos Of British no.
ciety was not in all respects cheer.
ing. but our particular Dodo
emerges triumphant. moro warmly
human and thoroughly successful.
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waine the cloth is kept scant the
hips tapering into broadnes below and terminating in full
draped, but baggy effect at the knee.
Knckers may fastened with either buckles buttons
since they rust the
fabric.
whole trick in cutting knkers is to have them look
coseg while really being loose and comfortable Then
simply put and put yourself out Of your mind