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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-23

And then, heartless as 1t may seem to say it. there is more pity for the high and who falls low, than with the low man who simply falls lower. The poor are suffering2 Well, they are used to it. But when the rich are thrust down we easily picture their distress and sympathize with 1t.
 zita, they say, is a charming and delightful lady, while there is nothing ether charming or delightful about a mujik. much less millions of muJiks. Therefore we send food to the mujiks. but We send sympathy-the true char ity--to Zita.
 Paris, is full of Zitas, in the shape of Russian nobles who emigrated after the revolution. They have been existing. most of them on the pro- ceeds of their jewelry. But the jewell ry Is pretty well gone now and lot shouldn't they? Let them find out how 1t feels to earn an honest dol- lar says tho cold voice of reason again. And yet there Is a good deal that is pathetic about it.
 Become Dress Makers
 Here Is a princess. for instance. Ten years ago. gentle but democratic reader, she would not have seen you or me had we prostrated ourselves at her feet. Today she has dress mak- ing establishment and she would be happy to have you come to call on her-and buy a dress. A real prin- cess. mind you, and she would take lot of trouble to please. She would take down model after model and try them on you with her own hands. And you would notice that her royal fin gers were rough and harsh from sewing, like any dressmakers' and you would pity her.
 If you buy any diamonds in Paris. you will be sure to go to famous jeweler in the Rue de La Paix. A giant In uniform will help you out of your taxi and hold an umbrella over you If 1t Is raining. He Is q for mer general in the Russian army He saved some jewels from the wreck and sold them to this same jeweler. At last when he had no more dia- monds to sell, he offered his services
 Has Nobleman Butler
 An American artist who lives in the country has a Russian colonel as gardner and man of all work. An- other American has a Russian noble as valet.
 "He Is really a wonderful valet" said this American. Tt is surprising AoW HoAA AAo hHOWo Hlh JODs QulIo extraordinary. But the poor fellow is inclined to be morose. don't know what to do to distract him. The other evening after dinner he seemed unusually gloomy, so I suggested that he take the evening off and take the cook to the movies. But he didn't seem to care to do it. I thought 1t would be pleasant change for him. cheer him up, you know. Strange, eh?"
 MT Henry Russell, tho operatic irn- presario. has discovered musical tal- ent in a number of the Russians and is working hard to prepare them for the stage. His prize pupil Is Prince Obolensky, whose rich basso may yet restore the shattered fortune of him self. the Princess and their five chill dren, now in Paris.
 Prince Makes Debut
 The Prince made his debut the other evening at charity entertain ment given by group of Russians under Mir. Russell's direction. In a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-23
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SCIENTISTS EXPER IMENT WITH NEW POWDER DESIGNATED TO FORCE LIARS TO TELL TRUTH ABOUT THEMSELVES

In Texas the other day after 6 mur- der. They fed another pinch of it to some one at Trinity college after the seventh or eight mysterious fire. And if the results are anything like what the rooters for this new powder say they are
 Then Diogenes can bust his lantern and open drug store, while the rest Of us rend our garments and howl. For society Is going to be revolu- tionized and the last lingering flicker of Joy ruthlessely quenohed in an already far too sombre world.
 Tn a word, and the word is"scopa- famine" ther're going to abolish lying.
 lot of people aren't for this newest prohibition, A lot of people say they can't stop lying to save their lives.
 But even while the Texas detectives exult, there arises still other people to denounce scopalamine as a truth detector. Scientists who specialize in new kinds of criminology may think well of scopalamine. but other scien- lists who specialize in psychiatry think very i'll of it indeed. and they look 45 degrees askance at any growing use of 1t by police authori- ties. Experiment with scopalamine if you must such for example, is the attitude of Dr. A. A. Brill, sthe famou New York psyche -analyist. but don't expermient with 1t in any case where guilt or innocence Is involved. The stuff is not reliable.
 Experiments Made To which warning, certain of the latter day criminologists reply by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-23
LOVE AFFAIRS OF
 JAPANESE POETESS
 CREATE SENSATION
Brother RetireS From Official Life When Sister Leaves Second Husband, Rich
 Coal King
By Assoclated Press

Tokio, April 22.-Refusing to rec ognize the modern Japanese law which relieves the head of family of responsibility for the conduct of its members, Count Yana giwara. brother of the poetess, Akiko Ito, whose famous divorce case startled the empire. has resigned from the House of Peers and gone into seclu- sion.
 The little poetess, already divorced, created a sensation last year when she suddenly married Mir. Ito. coal king of Kyushu, although she was known to love young literary man named Miyazaki, whom she met at the home of Mir. Ito before her sec ond marriage.
 Thinking his sister would now set- the down, Count Yanagiwara, who keenly resented the first divorce, be- gan to take an active interest in af- fairs of state. He represented Japan abroad on several occasions and was regarded as one of the leaders of his party in the upper house of Parlia- ment.
 But the temperamental poetess soon proved that she was far from settled in her rich surroundings. So- ciety and political circles were star tied last October when she suddenly left the palatial residence of her hus- band while the latter was on a busi- ness four, and went to her lover, Miyazaki, in whose home she was found several weeks later
 Every effort of her brother and his powerful friends to induce her to re- turn homo proved fruitless, where upon the case was laid before the imperial government with a plea that Akiko be granted a divorce in order to permit a legal marriage to Miya- zaki. The imperial household, how ever, declined to interfere on the ground that 1t would have . bad eff feet on the discipline governing mo- ble families, and in desperation Count Yanagiwara and his wife ar ranged grand coup d'etat which re- suited in the Kidnapping of the girl from the home of her lover and the keeping of her whereabouts secret for the past several weeks.
 In resigning from the House of Peers Count Yanagiwara authorized a statement that he always had been Identified with questions pertaining to a stricter discipline among gov- ernment officials and of moral im- provements in general, and adding that he felt personal responsibility for the acts of his "erring sister" which could not be lessened by the modern law making the individual and not the family the social unit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-23
LAMENT OF THE TREE
Bv NENA WILsON WRIGHT

 T thought I was safe." said the crabapple tree. "As I spread my bright blossoms for travellers to see; I was happy while doing the best that could, Mingltng color and. perfume with the rest of the wood. ''My heart swelled with pride. as the rain and the sun And the op'ning spring season helped the work I'd begun, My soul filled with joy, as swayed in the breeze From my home on the mountain. mid the rest of the trees. T thought of Gods people, In the grat city wide, Which is spreading far out, over the vast countryside If. perchance. there should be some
 poor, struggling man Who. discouraged. was but needing strong, helping hand. with brightness and cheer. I would give him my aid, And bid him find rest b'neath my far reaching shade; But alas! when a motor car camo whfzzing by Tn the height of my beauty, I was then doomed to die. "A shout-'wait a minute--o, don't you see:- We'll decorate this car with crab apple tree.' He pulled and he jsrked and each limb gave away, And all crushed and demolished, in his car I soon lay; And then. growing tired of his cum bersome load, He left me to die by the side of the road.~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-23
MRS. JEFFERSON DIES
 AT DAUGHTERS HOME

Selma. April 22.-(special.) )-As result of severe heart attack, Mrs. Wallace Apperson, resident of Plant ersvilie. Ala, and mother of Mrs. ". E. Allen of this city. was found dead in bed. Friday morning by her daughter. Mrs. Apperson, who was 72 years of age. had attended church services Thursday night, declaring that she was feeling unusually well before retiring. It was thought by members of the family that the at tack came during the night, she dy- ing without ever gaining conscious ness.
 She is survived by ono daughter. Mrs. Allen. and one son, Wallace Ap- person of Plantersville. Funeral ser vices will be held Saturday morning from the residence of Mrs. Allen. Ink torment will take place here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-23

The little green plant louse, known as the Aphid, would have a progeny | in one year that numbers well into 10 sextillions. were it not for the destructive work of enemies and oth- CT natural causes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-23

private theatre lent for the occasion
 by a member of the old French no- bility. the stage was set to represent a Moscow or St Petersburg salon of the old days. An evening at home with the Russian" was announced and the curtain went up disclosing score of princes. princesses, gen erals. eounts-drinklng tea and smok- ing. The 'host" requested Count
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-23
HOG EXPERIMENT
Various Feeds Are Tried on Pike
 County Farm

Troy, April 22.-(special. .)--A hog feeding experiment of unusual in terest has been running on the farm of Parke Thompson at Goshen for the past two months. MT. Thomp- son has been conducting the experi- ment in cooperation with and under the supervision of the experiment station at Auburn.
 In tho experiment different lots of hogs have been fed on different
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-23

By EDNA KINGSBURY Special Wireless Dispatch to The Age Herald Copyright, 1929. by The Age-Heraid) New York, April 22.-They fed a pinch of grayish stuff to man down
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-23
CONGRESS- NOT ID
 INCREASE TAXES
 ID MEET DEFICIT
Looking Upon Mellon as Pes- SimiSt, SoIons Have De- cided on "Wait and
 See" Attitude
nr RonERT .. sntALL
Special Correspondent of The AKe-Hera
 Copyright, 1899, by The Agc-Herald)

oPreIHI NOrToepOnuont oL nc Ako- EheLslu
 Copyright, 1899, by The Agc-Herald)
 Washington, April 22.--Secretary Mellon's forecast of half billion dollar deficit during the next fiscal year has not frightened Congress and there will be no additional taxes levied at this time to meet it. Congress re- gently reduced taxes slightly and it is not going to spoil very pleasant reaction by raising them on the eve of a national election.
 Congress has decided to adopt the famous Asquithian motto of Wait
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-23

anu ScSs l Hc Ic- publican leaders in Congress have come to look up- on Mir. Mellon as something of of a pessimis They feel that the Secretary of the T r e a s u r y lives in an at mosphere of fig ures and they ad- init that at times figuring Is dis couraging. But given a little op- timism and a It, A anas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-23
Prince Makes Debut

The Prince made his debut the other evening at charity entertain ment given by a group of Russians under Mir. Russelrs direction. In 8
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-23

rations to determine the most profi- table feed for fattening hogs. using the feeds that are grown within the county. peanuts being the principal one.
 The experiment will close on Mon- day. April 24. and the hogs that have been through this experiment will be in the cooperative hog sale at Troy. Wednesday, April 2e. Prof. J. c. Grimes, head of the animal husbandry department at Auburn, will be present and will discuss the experiment. giving the results ob- tained from each pen.
 Farmers from all over this section will be present to get the benefit of the experiment and to see the results obtained
The Washington times., 1922-05-13
=" gw XP U g

AIoT through the sight through that of feeling
That how Youth coming Vrids
the lady in greenthe girl in the picked in
two pink ngertps the girl in the with buds and
birds embroidered its front from hem throat the girl with
buttercup hair and don 't-forget-me" eyes.
Spring decks the world with flowers and and
woopng swinging bdnot for Youth she knows they
hardly with their mortal but for all the world of
and youth and childhood She delivers rolls capetke
turf and in night the all laid
for little boys to play baseball for babies sheep
and to browse walk
they wade into its cool deeps with bare toes for lovers picnic
She has thousand faeres for millions of
baskets of and night they them all
stuck onwith the aid of firefly light She
sticks flowers the countless numbers there
stars the then Pluvus sprinkle he
gets
Peaches she paintsther blossoms big
golden fruit Baskets of musical birds the
brightly painted birds with walking in the
ovev world she has made raising hatterng
squirrel calling him "woolly Willie" he
sports bending lift the chin of violet and smile in golden
touching the golden down babys soft head with
sring her wide garden
Love- about shoulder flower burdned with
pness, hearts swollen to bursting
And she plainly that her by her
works. though they have nbconsciou delight but
b the ecstasy their hearts They her by the deli
cate vibration of their rtsrngs like breath
by the sight of her And Virdis
NELL BRINKIEY.
The Washington times., 1922-05-13
PREDICTERS
OF DISASTERS
by Garrett p. Serviss|
Eminent Astronomer and Author
ity on Subjects of Scientific
IntareSt

nee in while some English
savant seems to be seized
" with a fit of pessimism and
while IL Is running its course he
seeks to cast off a portion of the
gloom from his mind by blowing a
cloud Of il over the world at large.
An example has just turned up,
and the black cloud. like a smoke
cap over Nesuvius, is perceived to
issue from the mouth. or the pen.
or the typewriter of Sir William
Beveridge, who had a namesake
and perhaps ancestor in the sew
enteenth century celebrated for ms
efforts to propagate the gospel
among the Indians.
1t seems that the present Sir
William has been using the perl
odogram method" on the variation
Of wheat prices in Europe, and by
diligent application of statistical
analysis has reached some conclu-
sinos that appear to have upset
him to the degree that he can only
find relief by uttering a direful
prophecy-a kind of Dies lrae
warning, addressed to mankind in
general.
When we come to look at speci-
mems of the proofs that Sir VIII.
liam Beveridge is reported TO have
presented in support of his famine
prophecy the thing appears almost
farciCal. Read this:
THE prediction is based on the
variation in wheat prices in Europe
during the last 300 years. Sir
William. using the periodogram
method Of computation, finds that
the maximum price from l5OO 10
1869 came at intervals of about
fifteen and one-third years. This
abnormality. his statistical analysis
shows, Is due to four weather
cycles temporarily operating all
together.
One OF 437 years corresponds
to one that has been identified in
sun spots. Another, Of 5.ll years,
has been found in temperature and
rainfall records. Two others that
are less definite. those of IA and
81 years, seem to have been iden.
titled in meteorological or astro-
nomiCal data"
In the last half OF the nineteenth
century similar statistical analysis
was appealed to in support Of
theory about the relationship OF
sun spots to famines in India, but
all that. with the progress of time,
fell into the discard. In fact, sta
tistics can be made to prove any
thing that is put into them, like
BaConian Cyphers.
In fact also. famines are related
to certain lands and to certain
states and forms Of human or
ganizat ton and civilization. There
has never been q world.widC fam
inc since the world became planet
wide. Those parts of Europe that
were deCimated by the frequent
famines of the Middle Ages have
been free from them during later
centuries. Russia alone suffering,
Which of Sir Williams cycles
started the present famine in Rus
sia. and why did IL limit its malig.
nancy to that country?
The Washington times., 1922-05-13
BOBBIE AND
HIS PA
BY William F. Kirk

MY sister Ameely pro.hounces
|" the engagement Of her
AVA dauter Ofeely, sed Ma to Pa
last mite. How the time flies. Ma
sed. The last time saw Ofeely
she was a littel child in white
dresses sed Ma. How time does
fly. sed Ma aggenn.
Them is pritty Mains, Ameely II
Ofeely, sed Pa.
Reeiy. sed Ma.
Yes, reely, sed Pa. IN the words
of the poet, sed Pa.
] tell you freely
That I reely
Like Ameely & Ofee;v.
You are quite chipper this eve.
sed Ma. Why all the spark.l?
am mostly always that way.
kiddo, sed Pa to Ma. l NAV put
on a kind Of grave & souem look
at times, sed Pa. but down under
that sollem. look is the hart Of q
child, sed Pa, & the soul o: Spring
time.
Well, well. sed Ma. Isent that
nicer ..,9
1t is. sed Pa. am very glad
that yure sister has got the chnnst
to pronounce the engagement of
her dauter, ,sed Pa. She had &
pritty narrow shave from heeing
a old maiden, dident she? scd Pa.
How silly, sed Ma. Oteelv is
only 2S yeers old, sed Ma.
2S yeers old is neerlv 20, sed Pa,
4 80 is pritty neer the dedine.
sed Pa.
You were oaver 80 wen you mar
ried me, sed Ma.
It is different with gents, sed
Pa. A gents only as OIL as ne
feels, but the deer gurls doant
dast to stay singel vary long, sed
Pa, for feer that sumbody will caII
them spinisters.
That is ridiklus, sed Ma. Win.
men is becumming moar inder.
pendent, sed Ma. They do not
need to rush into marriage any
moar, sed Ma. They can support
themselfs.
But thay wud rather have sum.
body to luv, honnor & obey, sail
Pa, like the way you luv, honnor
4 obey me. One wurd from me e.
you say ten. sed Pa.
Ma laffed. You know that YOU
wuddent be without me for all the
wurld, deerest. she sed to Pa, no
matter how many words say
7 know II, sed Pa. that IL the
funny part OF II. Men can Jnak
about the marridge halter. but
thRy newer falter wen thay are
walking into theN marriage halter.
sed Pa. q thus will the husband
Of Ofealy speek hefoar they have
been married vary long, sed Pa,
The Washington times., 1922-05-13
BY Ann Lisle,
Whose Present Serial has Won a
Nation Wide SuccessJ
Icnnrrinht 1A92 King Features syn

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dicate, Incl
A S / started for the Star Office
"A realized that II was well
[ n past noon, and that II | were
TO set off now I'd arrive at the
lunch hour. Since | didn't want TO
make a nuisance of myself by keep
ing a busy man from his noon
meal. nor yet waste a trip by ar
rivinR Just after he'd gone out to
seek 1t, l decided to have my own
lunch first and then go down to
nav off the Derringforth account.
NV own office was completely
out Of line with this itinerary, and
Jim's was only a few brooks from
the bank. So ! determined to
drop in there, phone my plans TO
Miss May and try to lure Mabel
Storrs out to lunch.
Finally, when the managers
office OF the telephone company
verified the operators inslstent
Busy" we decided to instruct
Oliver with our message and to go
out and feed two starving souls.
BE sure to get this right, lad
die" | said. Tell Miss May that
I'm on my way downtown on
matter which clears up our work
for the day: so she'd be wise TO
shut up shop and go home at the
usual hour. since II I'm very much
delayed ! won't go back 10 the
office"
Oliver promised to convey my
message word for word, so Mabel
and | hurried TO a quaint little
curiosity shop OF tearoom where
we could have a quiet chat and
some delicious shrimp salad in the
The Washington times., 1922-05-13
AdUice To LOUeLOr71

brass taCks?" | have neve gone
with another man. What do NOu
think of his broken promises?
He is very fine. and, although he
does not talk seriously, in little,
veiled words he lets ma know
that | am the "one girl
JANICE.
DoN'T consider this man as a
possible lover. A girl must
know far more Of the man she
thinks of marrying than YOU un.
derstand Of this man. Remain on
a basis of friendship. II he wants
TO be taken seriously. my dear. he
must speak seriously. Don't de.
Ceive Yourself Men often make a
little idle love to girl who at.
tracts them and see no harm IN It..
But II the girl doesn't hold herself
high she 10 all too likely 10 know
heartache and disappOirtmr NJ .
You Carnhe good friends-proviGed
you handle the situattsn well.
The Washington times., 1922-05-13

Smith, to try Lydia +. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver
Pills. was 30 much benefited by the
use of these medicines that was able
;to he up and about in two weeks. l
was at the Change Of Life when l be-
gan taking the medicines and passed
over that time without any trouble.
Now I am hale and hearty, do all my
heusework, washing, ironing, scrub
hing, and cooking, all there is to do
shout a house, and can walk two or
three miles without getting too tired.
Tknow of several Of my neighbors
who have been helped by your medi-
cines. Mrs. EMMA CULVER, TOO
!R. 9TH. ST., Metropolis, Illinois:
/ IPiakhsns . Vegetable Compound.
The Washington times., 1922-05-13

nETE PETERS tried to nail a
shelf against the kitchen
wall; he could not do it by
himself, so raised an awful squalI.
He shouted to his fami.lee: why
stand like gaping fools? Get
busy here and wait on me: want
a lot of tools. Do you suppose
I'll stand on air or think I'm
growing wings? ! need a ladder
and a chair and flocks Of other
things Bring hither now the keg
of nails. the hammer and the
wrench; try not 20 be as slow as
snails; rush out the old work
bench" With these and other
helpful hints, Pete Peters did the
stint; they waited on him like a
prime, but how they had to
sprint! For Jimmy got the augur
out and Johnny got the screws,
and Grandpa Brown forgot his
gout and brought the nails to use.
OF screws Pete took about a score.
of nails he had a pound, and
would have used eleven more II
they had been around. But. when
the Job was done at last. twas
not n work of art, although il
should have been so Classed, hal
Peters done his part. The
shelf was sagging to one side
and listed quite bit; whereas.
have been fit. But pride In
had Peters only tried, it would
labor cant be taught in any Of
the schools. and finest works
not always wrought by chaps who
have no tools. The men who
really love their tasks with ardor
nothing cools are not the ones
who loudly ask for forty seven
tools
The Washington times., 1922-05-13
BY Beatrice Fairfax.
Friendship and Love.
lEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Six months ago I met
young man at a dance. H lives
a long way off and l really know
nothing about him. Our friend.
ship after couple of months
terminated in love, and while ne
acts the attentive lover he never
talks OF marriage. Now, he
comes TO see me about twice Il
week. Is it not strange tha; ne
should not wish to see me
oftener II he cares 40 much' He
has made me promises OF tax
ing me TO different places and
to get me different things. aad
has not kept one.
should I place our relation en-.
tirely on a friendship" iodnda.
ton until he comes down 70