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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
LETTERS TO EDITOR
OWNERSHIP OF FIREARMS

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 I am sure that there are many, many per sons who do not realize that there is at pres ent a great agitation spreading all over the country to have a bill passed creating law to prohibit the ownership of firearms. Pistols and revolvers especially are attacked.
 Just think, please, law which says you must not own such home protector, ard no doubt it will also request you to get rid of what you TOW own, yet you would not be able to sci. trade or give it away. Don't think this is impossible. It may sound un- reasonable, yet it is cold fact. Read the article in the July issue of Fel.l and Stream, page 303, then take another think.
 Of course we are paSs,nS through 2 great crime wave, but are pistols and revolvers, shot guns and rifles to blame for that7 If it were prohibited by law that person could own a gun, would the crime wave stop? Would t? We have just law now which makes t unlaw- full to carry concealed weapons yet they are carried by the crook. If law were passed prohibiting you from owning a gun, what would become of the present millions of pri- vately owned arms? Would they be destroyed or would the thugs, crooks and robbers get their share?
 If no other way the crook would have his imported, yet you could not do that to protect your home, yet you are an honest, law-abidng American. It is plain and simple the crook would have his "gat," but the honest person would not, so all he would have to do is come in your home or place of business, and if you rsfused his request, take a shot or two at you. There has not been much published on the subject, for persons have not realized yet how serious the subject is, and it is far more serious than you inn agine, so think it over. There must be some thing done, and done quickly, unless you de- sire such law. Give it deep study, whether you own gun or not.
 J. H. M'COLLISTER, Secretary Treasurer Alabama Fishermen's
 and Hunters Association.
 Birmingham, June 27, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
GERMAN GOVERNMENT FACES
 ANOTHER CRISIS

The assassination of Dr. Walter Rathenau, foreign minister, has again focused attention on the monarchist potters of Germany. That the infant republic was menaced by reaction aries was apparent before his death, but this crime, for which the monarchsts are blamed, has aggravated an already dangerous situa- tion.
 Whenever anything untoward happens in Germany, rumors are spread broadcast that the Hohenzollerns preparing a coup to regain their power These stories may or may not be true, so far as the former Kaiser is concerned, but promptly on the announce ment that Rathenau had been killed it was re- ported that William Hohenzollern was plan ming to leave Holland and re,urn to Germany. The Dutch may be depended upon to keep him where he is, but it is evident that mo- narehist sentiment is still so strong in Ger many that the republic is in danger of being overthrown. The fact that a previous att tempt was failure will not deter royalist sym pathizers from trying again.
 It has been the history of all nations who have cast off their royal masters that attempts have been made to restore the dethroned rulers to power. Little Portugal has not yet forgotten that she once had King who is now living life of idleness in England, and he has supporters in Portugal who would make trouble if an opportunity presented itself. Even in France, one of the most demo- cratic countries in the world, there is still royalist sentiment, but in France it will never again amount to anything.
 Germany's divorce from royalty has not lasted long enough to permit the republic to be firmly established. The old order dies hard. The militarists cannot but remember that only a few years ago they were fa- vored class maintained in ease and luxury by royal perquistes and the toll of German workers. They want return to the old days for selfish reasons. The new Germany is hateful in their sight, because the republic has stripped them of their power and prestige.
 Germany just now is passing through other crisis. The government is none too se- cure, but if the forward-lvoking Germans, particularly the working classes, remain true to the republic and royalist activities are rig oror@,-z z-..-, .-.. Dqthe- nau's assassination will be passed safely. Mo narchist plots will be heard from in Germany for years to come
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
CASH FOR ENGAGEMENT RINGS

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 In the imaginative mind lot of reflections sprinng out of the ultimatum of the jewellers section of the credit men in conference at Cleveland, that hereafter cash for engagement rings should be insisted on. All the world loves a lover, but all the world cannot trust him.
 "Oh, Jack" beams Maisie "there is still some due on the roses you sent me-" And Jack, blushing, responds: "Yes, dear, but I'll clear it off with this weeks pay envelope"
 Custom declares that the engagement ring must be diamond. Now Jack, if he is a sin cere fellow, wants no sham about the engage ment and no sham about the ring. He would rather buy what is real on credit than what is false for hard money. His sentiment is whole some He has no intention of bilking the jeweler. He has read the famous statement of the late J. Pierpont Morgan that character is the basis of credit. He likes to test his char acter. Also, successful merchants have told him that nobody ever has credit who doesn't use it on occasion. That is business proverb.
 But Jack finds the honeymoon more ex- pensive than he thought and, according to the ring-purveyors, he often falls down on his in- stallments. They cannot afford to carry him for months or years.
 Of course, if the girl quarrels with him, Jack expects to get the engagement ring back. Commonly he does get it. But there other disbursements that are irreclaimable. As good Dr. Holmes put it:
 For my cooings and my billings
 do not so much complain;
 But my dollars and my shillings
 They will never come again.
 And, frankly, all courtship is a gamble for high stakes. Money makes the mare go. But it is not always true that when poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window. And for the sake of the human race let no cynic say word for delaying marriage till for tune has been made. The more engagements we have even with installment rings, the bet ter. The more marriages We have the better. But it is useless to suggest blunt frankness be- fore marriage about what is due on the ring. Theoretically the principle is excellent. Prac- tically it is beyond the range of human nature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
PAUL COOK.

justice in prospect consists in subjecting the as tral cat to water vapor. Cats in their material state hate the wet; does it not follow that the astral cat will be miserable when it feels the dew gather on it's pallid form?
 But the really big question ies elsewhere. What guaranty does Dr. Darlington give to the cat that it's astral body will be returned to 1t complete and without scratch? cat no- toriously has nine lives, but there is not a scrap of evidence that it has nine astral bodies. Dr. Darlington no doubt intends to treat the subject cat in the most humane man. ner, offering it the most appetizing anaes- thetic in Grade A milk and returning it to consciousness in the most approved manner. But suppose that the cat, on being let out of the glass box, free to hunt mice once more, discovers that its astral body fitted into the Nowhere!
 Never, we fancy, would it be the same cat again. It might go through the motions of feline life, but something would be missing How would Dr. Darlington like to spend the rest of his life without his astral body? He would as soon leave his subconsciousness in taxicab
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
A NATIONAL WEAKNESS

"You won't admit that your ancestors were monkeys?" asked the talkative traveller.
 "Ill admit anything" replied the irascible old gentleman, "to keep from getting into an argument. I hate arguments"
 "Im just like you. By the way Babe Ruth never will regain his batting prestige
 "You are mistaken, sir. I predict that within the next 30 days"
 An hour later when the conductor glanced into the smoking compartment to see who was creating such disturbance they were still hard at it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
INSIST ON GOOD ROADS

People of Alabama insistent in. their demands for good roads," said s. R. Batson, Jefferson county members of the state high way commission. "They demonstrate that fact by the frequent occurrence of delegations be- fore the commission.
 Most of those appearing want roads built right away. They seem to forget that we have highway program extending over several years. But it is a good idea for all sides to make their wants known, so that the commits sion can then act with full knowledge and to the best interest of the majority
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
BELIEVE IN FORD OFFER

''The people of Florence are confident that Henry Ford will be given Muscle Shoals and the big Tennessee river project" said R.. M. Sims of Florence.
 "The folks up at Florence think that if both housese were given the question now that it would be passed an dturned over to Mir. Ford in short order.
 ''The Gorgas plant question will probably be- eliminated, for it is my opinion that Ford will agree to the cutting ous of the Gorgas section.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
 Labor is the mother of luck.
 Keep your promises and discharge your ob- legations.
 Few, of us have the courage to point out our own mistakes.
 It is perhaps better to give yourself away than to be sold.
 Some kinds of misfortune make former bad luck look good.
 The most excellent manager is the one who never appears to manage
 Everything may be terribly cut and dried certainty with married woman, except this: She never knows what her husband will get mad at next
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
cRITcIsEs PUBLIC BUILDINGS

"Both the courthouse and the city hall a disgrace to Birmingham" said Frank Saw age "It seems to me that city and county should get together and erect an adminstra- ton building that would do credit not only to Birmingham but to any city in the United States.
 Space could be provided in the joint build ing for an auditorium also. A building serv- ing the three purposes could be erected much more cheaply than separate city hall, court house and auditorium. The courthouse in now is dark, dirty and crowded. The city hall is in about the same conditon'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28

Nobody follows the Muscle Shoals contro- versy in Congress more closely than alert in- dividuals who hold options on real estate in the Muscle Shoals neighborhood.
 * Mayor Hylan in the role of grandfather is bound to please all shades of political opinion.
 * < It is gradually dawning on the nation that the flapper peril has been exaggerated.
 x x New faces in Congress won't necessarily mean new methods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28

Newspapers depend on people in all walks of life to get news. Were it not for the friendly assistance of persons who are all ways willing to do what they can to help out a reporter, recording each days events would be far more difficult and uncertain. The Age-Herald is indebted to John Matthews, veteran conductor on the Louisville and Nash vile railroad, for holding his train at Calera long enough for representative of this paper to telegraph an important news story.
 *
 This from Paris: Pierre des Moudins, who started the sockless fad fortnight ago, again leaped into the limtlnght with diamond and sapphire anklets, his trousers being cut ex- tremely short so as to display the shapeliness of his gem-clad limbs. Pierre's eyebrows were carefully shaved, line of blue paint drawn over them, which heavy penc-like mark appeared in place of mustache." :" Pierre's anklets and makeup are not more ex- traordinary than the fact that he escaped personal violence.
 Lady Duff Gordon, known to fame as "Lu- cle,' retires from the dressmaking business. Modern women," she says, Took like bundles of rags. I refuse to be party to the present sartorial crimes" If that doesn't give the ladies pause their case is hopeless.
 x x <
 bootblack wlo always wears smile was one of the few outsiders invited to William Rockefellers funeral. As he cheerfully pol ished MT. Rockefeler's shoes the thought may have occurred to- him that rich men make wills.
 Naturally one wonders if the Martian moons have inspired as much poetry as the small piece of cheese that is the earth's nearest neighbor.
 Small donations from American tourists would put Vienna on her feet, says Max Har- den. Why not shake down Vienna's hotel keepers?
 A strange sight in Washington would be Senator Heflin and Senator Glass strolling down Pennsylvania avenue arm in arm.
 
 Some of the people who consuming hooch in large quantities don't seem to care a boot if they never live to see 1850.
 There must be few farmers who smile in wardly when a candidate protests that they are the backbone of the nation.
 few more parties and the Hollywood of the East will be in the running with the Hollywood of the vest
 There are any number of ways to get on the map more to be preferred than the way chosen by Herrin, Ill.
 x *
 MT. Ford is still waiting for the American people to rise up and demand that he run for the presidency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
A TIME FOR ALL THINGS

'What sort of refreshments should be served at radio concert?"
 Anything you happen to have in the house." said MT. Bibbles.
 Would hooch do?'
 "Yes, but wouldn't serve it until after the guests have heard the baseball scores and the market reports. You have to keep your mind on figures
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
ADRTFT WITH THE TIMES
DETACHMENT

Call me cynic, if you will, Yet, somehow, I never thrill To the yarns in papers seen Bout the beauties of the screen. All their tragic love affairs Don't increase my daily cares. If the simple truth be told, Movie heartaches leave me cold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
PROBABLY A DISTRIBUTOR

'Mr. Grabcoin, there's an agent outside" Haven't told you time and again that won't see agents? But wait minute Agent for what?"
 "He says his headquarters are in savan- nah.9
 "Let the fellow in It's cinch he's not selling books.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
NO REST FOR THE WEARY

From the Houston Post.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald says there are 57 varieties of the uplift. We know it; they are working every one of them on us, and we are about to have moral indigestion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
JOB FOR A LAME DUCK
Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Former Governor Lowden has been chosen president of the Holstein- Freisan Cattle as- sociation of America, which goes to show that man may miss little thing like the presi- dency of the United States and win really big bossing job, after all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
ALL UPSET

Whats the matter with MT. Dubwaite? Every stenographer on the place is calling him brute"
 'Mr. Dubwaite has just taken leave of friend who is going to spend month in the Rockies. After an interruption like that it's pretty hard to concentrate the morning mail"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
OF COURSE

''You remember the poets saying, "My mind to me kingdom is'?"
 Quite well," replied Mir. Dubwaite. "How would you apply that quotation to a flapper?"
 "Humorously." PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
sTRoNC MEASURES NEEDED

'How about this new movie school to com trol artistic temperaments?"
 q understand one of the professors is re- tired pugilist." ~
 If he hasn't retired too far he ought to be able to get results.''
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-05
Special Rates Given
to Missoula Meet

Rates of one fare and a half for the
round trip are provided by the Great
Northern railroad for the State Inter
scholastic track meet at Missoula. May
9-13. J. S. Book, general agent Of the
Great Northern, announced Thursday.
Tickets will be on sale at all Great
Northern points in Montana from May
6 to IL.
The rates will be based on the GER
tificate plan, one way fare being paid
at the time the tickets are purchased
and one half fare on the return trip,
providing $50 or more tickets are sold
to the meet. Students are urged to
request the ticket agents for return
certificates when purchasing their
tickets and sign them in the presence
of the agents. Mr.. Book announced.
Certificates will be honored between
May 8 to 10, for purchase of return
tickets. The certificates must be signed
by the secretary or other official of
the track meet.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-05
Idaho Auctioneer
at Shorthorn Sale
in Pavilion, May 18

Harry Cranke Of Nezperce. Ida. will
be auctioneer at the purebred Short
horn sale May IS at the Livestock pa
vilion. according to a letter received by
the Commercial club from the secre-
tary of the Montana Shorthorn Breed
ers' association, which is arranging the
sale. There will be So head of cattle,
% bulls and % cows, offered at the
sale. with many of them pure Scotch.
Dick milan OF the Montana Agricul-
tural college will do the judging.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-05
l. E. Jones Signs Up
New Club Member
Before Drive Starts

With the membership drive Of the
Commercial club yet several days
away. l.. f. Jones, secretary of the
club, has already signed up a new
member in the person of an eight
pound boy born to Mr.. and Mrs. Jones.
Wednesday, at the Deaconess hospital.
Both mother and child are doing well
at the hospital.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-05
@@E Unusual, Timely and Worthwhile Price
Advantages at 1.-THE Big Store" in Every Dept.

This is a gala week at Strain Brothers--a number of important selling ev
are in full swing-va1ues re most tempting land quality
standards as usual the very best.
Hundreds of inc garments ad dress accessories are Oheredt thrifty men and women at 81
tonaly pleasing prices Come look, compare purchase m save-Weu expect YOU tn
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-05

HOUR SALE-9 TO 10 A. NJ.
CHILDREN'S BAREFOOT SAN
DALS-For boys and girls. Sizes
5 to 2. Special for *.
One Hour, pair. ICC
BLEACHED MUSLIN-A stand
ard quality, SO inches in width.
Pure white bleached. Perfect in
every way. Special for 10o
One Hour, yard. ........ LUZ
CHILDREN'S KNIT BOOMERS
Fine knit boomers with shirred
elastic top and knee. Assorted
sizes. Colors white, black and
pink. While they 1O1o
last AAZN
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-05

HOUR SALE TO 5 p. Nj.
WOMEN'S SILK BLOUSES-A
cleanup lot of women's silk
blouses. Slightly soiled from
handling. A very limited guam
1 fast' Wn''e they s
MEMS AND BOYS HATS
About so in the lot. Good quail
ties, suitable for every day use.
Hour Sale Price, OK
each AON
WOMEN'S BRASSIERES - An
odd lot of brassieres, including
many styles and kinds. Broken
sizes. Hour Sale E0o
Special .................OV N
The Basement Store.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-05

HOUR SALE-10 to II A. NJ.
WOMEN'S BINGHAM DRESSES
Nineteen in the lot. Slightly
soiled from handling. Very fine,
high grade garments. Worth
much more. Sizes in the lot Is
to "A. Hour Sale % 1Q
Price, each. pAsfC
BOYS SUMNER WASH SUITS
ALI new styles. Assorted pat
terms. Sizes 3 to 8. EOo
Hour Sale Price. CJC
INFANTS CASHMERE HOSE
All wool. Perfect in every way.
White only. Size 512 only. Hour
Special, Ok
pair
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-30
PHONE 80 FROM
10A. NJ TO 6 P. M.
c,pD PARTY GIVEN BY THE CATHOLIC
SC1lITGHTERS OF AMERICA WAS BRILLIANT EVENT

and Mrs. f. Johnson. Mrs. Quina, Mrs
Jas. Hayes, Mrs. ]. A. Jones, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. T. McAdams, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. ].
White, Mrs. e. NJ. Hukell, Mrs. John L.
urphy. Mrs. L. L. Borras, Mr.. aid Mrs
w. w. Watson, Mrs. Steve Allen, Mrs
John Stokes. Mrs. c. Relyea, Mrs. John
p. Stokes, Mrs. Howard Goulding, Mrs
G. M. Reilly, Mrs. Arthur Yniestra. Mr..
and Mrs. J. ]. Epples, Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
ry Robertson, Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Collins,
Mr.. and Mrs. Zelius, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Wainwright, Mrs. II. J. Krebs, Mrs. L. A.
Ward, Mrs. Ben King, Mrs. Louis Rady,
Mrs. Walter Biggs, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
White, Mrs. Ed Anderson, Mrs. e. c.
Crosby, Mrs. Eugenia Wheat. Mr. and
Mrs. F. E. Commyns, Mrs. Jack Fernan-
dez, Mrs. w. r. Davis, Mrs. w. J. Kelley.
Mrs. w. c. Davenport, Mrs. Jack Bran
don, Mrs. ". ]. Fauria, Mrs. John Eng
fish, Mrs. Scarritt, Mrs. VIII Ferguson.
Mrs. Willis. Mrs. Tom Burnham. Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Sweeney, Mrs. Annie Out
ma, Mrs. Steve Sweeney, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jas. White, Mr.. and Mrs. John Massey,
Mrs F. A. Currie, Mrs. Walter Lang
ford, Mrs Welsh, Misses Julia Currie.
Mercedes Johnson, Rachel Quina. Lucille
Camp, Bessie Reinschmidt, Irenita Pur-
dy, Mamie Santo, Esmo and Clara Cros-
by, Bessie Beroud, Ethel Marques. Clara
Bell Faustine Bombay, Ruby Bell, Ethel
Topgood. Catherine Christie, Resale Sell
lers, Nellie Attridge, Clotide DeLustro,
Dorothy Reeves. Fannie Grant, May
Stokes, Ethel Bitter. Fidelis Hanlon,
Rosa Daniels, Messrs. Harry Scarritt,
Willie Daley r. D. Robinson, P. G.
Gum. NJ. Handle, Patrick Byrne, Joe
shanahan, Kennedy Ferguson, Michael
DeLustro and Mr.. Bruno.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-30
WILLING WORKERS
MEETING.

The Willing Workers met on Thursday
evening at 1880 o'clock at the home of
Mrs. B. Johnson on Barrancas avenue.
There were two new members added to
the roll book, who were Misses Lois
Brown and Darling Johnson.
Several readings as follows were given
by the members: Mrs. A. j. Horton
'The Bachelor: Mrs. c. E. Leeds
Didn't Miss IT, and Mrs. j. NJ Ross
Driving an Auto From the Back Seat"
Following these readings which caused
a great deal of laughter music on the
Victrola was played.
Refreshments of iced watermelon, cake
and ice cream were served and enjoyed by
the following guests: Mesdames w. H.
Lawrence, c. E. Leeds, J. NJ. Ross, A. J.
Horton, E. McClocley and Misses Cecil
Durant, Elizabeth and Margarita Voss,
Annie Duncan, Joe johnson and Eunice
Brown.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-30
IS MAJORIE YONGE COMPLIMENTS
SS JULIA SIMMONS WITH BRIDGE PAKTI

honor guest the hostess presented two
beautiful handmade linen handkerchiefs.
Those whom Miss Yonge invited to meet
Mrs. Kenneth Floyd Jones, Mrs. Jos. P.
Kohn, Mrs. William L. Ray, Mrs. Fred
Gage. Misses Marjorie and Hilda Bing-
ham, Eleanor Mitchell. Doris Merritt,
Judith Maxwell. Jean Lamont, Ruth Nc
Lane, Ethel Paderick, Carrie Moreno,
Louise Buck, Marion Farnsworth. Fidelia
Sublette, Beth Brownson, Adelaide Gar
field and Margaret Ray.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-30
LOVELY BRIDGE PARTY GIVEN BY MRS.
ARTHUR PFEIFFER WAS PLEASANT EVENT

A pleasant event of the past week was
a bridge party given by Mrs. Arthur
Pfeiffer at her home 322 West Belmont
street on Wednesday afternoon. The
room where this delightful contest was
held, was prettily decorated with cut
flowers and ferns. The guests arrived
at three o'clock and enjoyed laying
until $50, when the hostess served a
delicious ice course. Sailed almonds and
candy were served during the early part of
the afternoon.
High score was made by Mrs. s. T.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-30
PARTY is GIVEN AT
BAYVIEW PARK.

Friday night at 1880 Misses Genevive
Hood and Gertrude Caraway entertained
at Bayview Park a number of their
friends. Those who cared to enjoyed a
delightful swim while many had a happy
time at different games in the park, aft
er which luncheon was served which
was enjoyed by all.
Those who had the pleasure Of attend
ing this party were: Misses Philameanor
Myers, Merel Britt, Genevive Hood and
Gertrude Caraway; Messrs. Sam and
Phillip Gotta, Lionelle Barrow, Rufus and
Elmo Britt, Hughey Watson and Herschel
Lawson and the chaperones, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. S. Caraway