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Evening star., 1922-09-09
u... Makes Few Mistakes.

From the time Sweetser, tne master
uroach for an eagle 2. at the second
Rols in the moTnins ~s. the senaasS, handw1,s it,
ing on the wa Tor refnsed to
I,ox BOZ a mistake until he reached the
in his ., TGadsrfu ss swn bo,s; ss
% olNatW,thstandinE Jones' hne pitch
over sweetser's ball at the sixth In
.tvr,;ed the Atlanta lad, Jones could
rct break down the defense OF the
siwanoy youth. his junior by month.
and Sweetser came on 10 victory ny
and Z. Il ga, 4 ~ -
sDoesn't he ever miss q shot?" was
the favorite remark in the gallery al
sweetser poled the ball astounding
distances down the human-fringed
fairways. Ard the answer came back
when Sweetsers ball usually lay Q
few yards In front OF that Of Jones,
white his pitch shots. Carrying with
them the sting that unmistakabiy
Evening star., 1922-09-09
MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Baltimore. g.. Jersey City. 4.
Buffalo, 8; Rochester. 5.
Syracuse, 4; Toronto. 3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
FOR WRITERS AND READERS

Further along the line of the club Mrs. Chapman said.
 We have no year book or program We simply take the names of the ac- tive members. now eight in number and rotate them so that each in turn furnishes a talk, plot and story There is one each of these at every meeting. The subject of the ten- minute talk is optional. 1t generally being on some phase of writing which the member has found difficult and felt the need of studying afresh. The result of her research she thus shares with the club. The plots are where the greatest help is given. The stories vary from grave to gay, from mid Victorian to cabaret from stuff for the Christian Observer to Snappy Stories. One meeting each month is given to the reading and analysis of a short story alternating classic and current fiction. This completes a 10-
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week course, when we turn right around and begin all over again.
 Our regular meetings have no SO eial features. but now and then we have a party. Just often enough Co prove that we are good housekeepers and cooks-if necessary. These par e>es are given when some person in- terested In writing or allied arts visits Selma"
 The present members of the Scrib- blers consists of Mrs. Chapman, presi- dent Cola Barr Craig, secretary treasurer; Agnes Ware Bishop, Math- arine Leiser Robbins. Jane Mlnge Nelson, official reporter; Margaret r. Thomas, Emma Eliasberg, Maud Harris Hudson. as active members. and Alice Clapp Harrington, Annelu Burns and Alice Allison Iside of Rich mond as associate members.
 The person who wants about a dozen thrills to the page will find them in Artemus Calloway's story, Gold" in the December 81st Issue of ArgosyAll Story
 This story Is laid in the interior of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02

Selma, the author of two books, seven novelettes and 9S stories published in such magazines as the Deliaea- tor, Blue Book. American Boy, Youth S Companion, Peoples Home Journal, Grit, Sunset and American. Also ar ticles i nthe Independent. literary gossip in the Bookman, and criticisms to other high class periodicals. Her book, "The Fusing Force" by A. c. McClurg & Co, sold out the first edi- tion within a remarkably short time, and would have gone into the second but for paper shortage, war, etc.
 This book received high praise from such sources as the Boston Trans cript New York Times. Chicago In- terOeean and others.<
 During the war Mrs. Chapman dropped fiction to write patriotic and morale stuff for the Vigilantes com mittee of the Authors league. some of which was widely copied even In London papers. The writing fever has been chronic but intermittent. in- terrupted from time to time.
 Mrs. Chapman has devoted eonsid- erable time to featuring on short story writing before various colleges, and has acquired an enviabie reputa- tion along this line
 Fairly recent books of Mrs. Chap mans are "Fate's Shirt Tail" and
 The Moulting Sea Gull"
 Mrs. Chapman's fame as a writer of striking stories is not confined to any one section of the country. Her name as a writer of worthwhile fic- ton is known from coast to coast, and each story from her pen adds to that fame
 Selma boasts a club of which the entire city might well be proud. This Is the Scribbler's club, of which Mrs. Kathrine Hopkins Chapman is foun- der and all-time president.
 In speaking of this club Mrs. Chap man said in part:
 Like Topsy. it just growed. The club is something like 1J or 14 years old, as it was about that time that Mrs. B. H. Craig, Mrs. Bishop and I. finding common interest in writing, began to meet, at first irregularly and informaluy At first we only met and compared and exchanged technical magazines, the submission of original work came later"
 As the membership of the club grew. so did it's activities.
 The object of our meetings" said Mrs. Chapman, lis to get and give constructive criticism. Criticism as the dictionary defines it, Is, 'phe art in judging and defining the meSits of literary and artistic work not alto gether the demerits, as some seem to think. We strive to preserve a happy medium between a mutual admira- tion society and 8 Knockers club, In a smell coterie doing such intimate work it is necessary to pull together or pull out. It is no place for the thin-sklnned or those in whom tenn perament has not developed beyond the first two sylables. It Is not for the sensitive nor the selfish But for those who honestly desire the opinion and help of those who are interested in their success and who are stu dents of the same subjects 1t Is fine schooling. There we receive gratis as good criticism--in fact. the identical help for which professionals charge fat fees"
 There are at the present time eight active members of the club each of whom having sold material to some of the leading magazines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
For Good of
 the Community
Birmingham's Record as Home Builder Main tained Throughout 1921 and Making Fine Shouting at the Close

THERE just thing better than making the best record Its
 maintenance time and time the higher achievement Br mngham early the began southern cities that this is a real home loving and home building city
 than any other the Is southern with of Baltimore Wash St which with older and larger than other southern cities that there Another exception sometimes number times valuations those cities Houston, Dallas Antonio they disputed Birmngham's lead.
 Birmingham pettor The record November the complied
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
THREE

Honduras, and in it are to be found the sort of men one likes as well as those he dislikes. Out there in the mountains mems souls are barred, and one sees greed, selfishness, the desire to kill. as well as unselflshness and the desire to protect.
 MT. Galloway spent several years in Honduras and his stories laid in that country are very real, He knows his characters, many of them he has worked with, eaten with, and more observed.
 And 1t Is because of this that he is writing such true-to-llfe stories as Gold"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02

Heflin January l.-tSpeclai.) r Probate Judge Baber n~< notified the ex Confederate soldiers and sSelr widows that the pension warrants 10: the quarter have been received ana will be ready for delivery on January 2 aIr. Baber will deliver them in per son to those unable to come to the courthouse. He will make the trip over the county beginning Tuesday morning. There will be distributed among the pensioners . total of S3,787.50.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
CErdr 4@1z,s ,so@

some VOW and keep 1t and you rest assured that God will not f. said Dr. George R. Stuart. pastor the First Methodist church sunda, the course of his Sunday morning mon on New Years Vows"
 The. text of the sermon was ta from the gospel according to \ thew xx13: But he answereth ' of them and said, Friend, I do no wrong. Dist thou not agree Nj
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02

NlfSlnia FairiaX, u.dsnler of the hrst families of Virginia, rebels against the purtanical rule of her grandfather and, lured by Filmland, runs away to become a motion pie ture actress. Arriving in Los An geles, she meets Gloria Summers, who is in the movies. They be- come warm friends. They meet Her bert Richardson, wealthy young man. who has ben interested in Gloria. Gloria breaks down sobbing her unrequited love for him and gives thanks that God sent Virginia to her, as she had been feeling so weak and alone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
$55 !, s 50 :, s1l 10

No matter how low the price may be, the reductions don't make a bargain unless EQUALITY" is part of the purchase. That's why you are safe when you trade at Porter's.
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am just hurt to think that you woulo try any of that stuff with me wber you knew down deep in your heart that l wasn't that kind" "-"
 So you are willing to apologize now, are you, Herb, just so | will come to your old party and bring Virginia? Gee, you must have a crush on her. I never knew you to apolo- gize before. But let me warn yon old dear, that I'm keeping an eagle eye on Virginia tonight"
 "--''
 "oh, all right. oh all right You call for us here. So long" Gloria turned around from the tel ephone and literally sat down on the flcor and rocked with laughter.
 "Virgie." she said, q shall always be grateful to you for giving me this chance to get Herb Richardson goat"
 q don't understand, Ria" We'll, he thinks he is so smart believe he really had an idea that he could put this over and l wouldn't understand what he was getting at You see, he hasn't spoken to me tor fcur months.
 Since he let me walk home. or at least walk a half mile to a street car at II o'clock at night"
 For goodness sake, Ria. what do you mean?''
 Just what I say. The last time saw Herb Richardson we went out to the beach for dinner and on the way back he took the road through h the Soldiers home which is at least a half mile from the car tracks.
 ha fn p6 doubled up my fist and hit him 1T, the mouth. It was a peach of jab. and made him so furious that he picked me up bodily and set me out side the car with the information that I could walk home.
 As I stumbled away into the darkness. strain of decency showed up in him. for he calle dto me: Don't be a fool, Ria. I am sorry. Come on back and I'll be good
 T didn't answer. but kept on, my heart just humping. until I came t. cross road. The night was dark. I could hear Herb calling and swear ing in the distance. I knew any crossroad would take me to street car
 All at once my heart stopped still. I was not sure that 1 had any money Wilh me put luchiis ioa 50 cents in my vanity case. You can make up your mind that that taught me a, lesson-I never got out with nobody again unless I have some mazuma.
 When at last l got car, real zed that my fingers were hurting me. and looking down l saw that my right hand was covered with blood. I wiped it off carefully and found my knuckle swollen. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
Is That Cold and
 Cough Hanging On?

NOU will be convinced that Dr. | Kings New Discovery does just what it is meant to do-soothes cough raw threats. congestion-tormented chests, Ioosens the phlegm pack and breaks the obstinate cold and grippe attack, relieves the congestion in the head. No harmful drugs. therefore good for children as well as gruwnups.
 Right away you will notice the change fr the better. Has a con- vincing. healing taste that you vill appreciate. Buy bottle at any drug rssts on the way home tonight. 60c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02

You have always known they diff te'ed l think the last time we were together, showed you what thought about your kind of good time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02

You needn't laugh about 1t. I should think that you would be ashamed of yourself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
An Invitation to a Party

As if Herbert Richardson had been waiting at the phone for Gloria's return. it rang at this moment and, with triumphant glance. she an swered it.
 "Yes, this is Gloria"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02

4s WeH as anyone, but your ideas and mine on what constitutes good time differ"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02

What party? What kind of a party, l mean? You know I do not train with that crowd you hang around with.'
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Oh. l am not still sore about it. I am Just hurt to think that you would try any of that stuff with me when you knew down deep in your heart that l wasn't that kind"
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Was that what you called up to tell me, Herb?''
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I'm not sarcastic. I am only ask i irg for information"
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Well, If 1t means dinner at the Cocoanut Grove and coffee at the Turkish village, Herb, we will be glad to come. But no all-night par ties for us. We both of us have to work in the morning. Who Is go- ing to be there?"
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blood had evidently come from Herb Richardsons mouth.
 "I hope I knocked his teeth out ragged to myself in perfect fury. I have never found out how much I hurt him for he left town the next day. and since then had never seen him until that day at the service bu- resu."
 "Oh, how terrible, Ria, how ter rbie. Why, do we go if he is that kind of man"
 "Because- virgie, Can't you see that 1t Is because I want to see him again? You'll forgive me, won't you, for using you as bait. I'll take care of you, honestly I will
 q just hate myself for being such a little idiot, but can't help 1t, and I don't want you to think that Herb Richardson is all bad. He isn't. He just has more money than sense, ana he has been flattered and fawned upon until he thinks that he Is a kind of superman-that anything he does is o. K.
 why. vireie. believe that he would fight any man for me or any otf CT girl if he thought the girl was being insulted., Lots of chaps are inst that way--they will save you from any man but themselves" q am afraid. Ria, really afraid. Are all the moving picture people like this?''
 NO. my dear. they are not There are just as many good people in the business and just as many bad ones as there are in any other class or society. But you and l, dear, like all other girls who are just starting out to earn their living in this or any other business, are considered more or less rightful prey for the round- CTS and so-called men-about-town who are always looking for the thrill of a new face"
 comorrow-GIorin Appraises Her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02
Boys $l5 Suits and Overcoats Boys $2O Suits and Overcoats Boys $25 Suits and Overcoats
Children's s
 HATS
 Reduced

Velvet, Beaver, Plush, Chinchilla, Leather and Felt Hats must all move out now, and here's how we'll move them:
 $2 Hats -. .$1.35 $2.50 Hats .$1.65 $3 Hats .$1.95 $3.50 Hats .$2.35 $4.50 Hats .$2.95 $5 Hats .$3.35 $6 & $6. 50 Hats $3.85 $7.5O Hats -. .$4.65
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-02

"wel, I am not crazy about that crowd, you know"
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-------------------7l---s6 - TENSION WARRANTS

romorrow-Gioria Appraises Her bert.
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"Who is being sarcastic, now? You know, Herb, that like good time
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-01-12
could Drink a Big Fog

1t takes big block of fog to make
one good swallow of water, SAYS DR..
W. ]. Humphreys, of the United States
Weather Bureau at Washington. The
densest fog off Newfoundland banks
contains some 10000 droplets in a
cubic inch, o.. Wells ard DR. Thrras
OF the Bureau of Standards, found. To
get one eulp of water enough fog to
Ill a SPACE 3 feet by 6 feet hy 100
feet long would have to be condensed
nj fog of that size there are GO
trillion particles Of water, or three
times as many particles as the number
OF dollars spent by the United States
during the World War.
at would take about half HOUR 70
count an inch of FOG PARTICLES" saws
DIR. Humphreys. "Praced side bv side
$500 TO 5000 droplets would be need.
ed to f | that length"
The droplets in a cloud have been
found To be, on the average. twice the
size Of fog particles.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-01-12

si'So gets the Register a year.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-01-12
Where the Robin Gets His Plaster

1t is a fact that a robins nest will
asst for several years after the birds
have left it. Yet with every hard rain
the mud with which the nest is rein
forced gets a severe soaking, and we
are likely To wonder why it does not
dissolve like ordinary mud. Mr.. Geo
Gilbert explains the circumstance BY
calling our attention to the angleworm
the robins principal food.
After its nightly crawl the worm goes
down and leaves its cast behind. You
see little casts, or bits of mud, onp
the edges OF paths or on bare spots
in the lawn and won1er what they are
Examine one and you will see tina,
apparently it is earth so finely pull.
verified that it has no feeling of grit.
tlness. 1t has been ground in tina,
finest OF mi Is, the stomach of the an
gleworm, and it is the best fertilizer
ever made. Without drought up
from the lower soil and cast on the
surface OF the earth-mal would
starve in a few generations. 1t is
more than pulverized earth; it has in
it some secretory fluid pf the worm that
makes it dry out hard and firm.
The robin finds this natural plas-
ter, gets plenty of it on his beak and
daubs the inside Of his nest with il
mus tfc worn FIR 10 49,. r sir
w.th n,t ON re .li. -r-.y, r. r,es
diet but also the chief substance Of his
nest.
1t is likely that mud wasps use
"angleworm mud" 10 form their nests.
Tor 1t appears to have the same feel
as the mud from a robins nest. The
robin collects his plaster when the
dew has made it soft, or after a rain.
when il easy to work The mud wasp
gets her supply when the plaster is
hard. She nips off what she wants
ana carries il to the nearest water.
vets 1t, kncads it and then flies to
her nest to mould il into a set OF cells
In which she deposits her eggs and
the spiders she Stays with her fatal
rapier.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-01-12
His Defense Is Sure

Few examples Of providential pro-
lection are more wonderful than DR..
Theodore Pencils life among the Pa
thans OF Afghanistan-one OF the most
warlike peoples in the world. All
along the frontier the British authori-
ties have outpost forts 10 check the
tribcsmen. and skirmishes between
them and the soldiery are common; vet
Pencil lived among the people for
twenty wears. serving them, loving
them and gradually winning them.
When Pennell first began his work
the natives insulted him, stoned him
and refused him food and shelter, but
he always returned to set siege to their
hearts He was always surprising
them with kind deeds-helping an
overwhelmed coolie to carry his load,
nursing sick child all night, or Civ
ing up his bed to wayfarers.
One he learned that a jealous null
lah was stirring up the people to kill
him. He at once set out for the mans
house and entering it, said to him, az
hear you have been preaching that it
would be a holy thing to murder me
have come to ask you why you think
So"
The mullah was so much astouni-
ed at such courage and directness that
he became fennell's friend and protec-
tor.
Another mulah, named Chikki, gave
the whole frontier much trouble with
his band Of desperadoes. He was
known to be murderer, and the peo-
pie held him in terror. Unarmed and
alone, Pennell paid him a visit, and
his utter fear'essness so charmed his
host that Chikki at last abandoned his
evil life. Some time afterwards when
the whole frontier was involved in war
Chikki remained loyal and kept his
eight thousand followers from fighting
Once when large force OF wild
raiders were on the warpath they dis
covered Pennell sleeping peacefully bv
the roadside There he lay helpless,
and, though the raiders had been
taught that to kill the white intruders
was holy, they could neither kill nor
rob him.
When, worn out with his lifelong
labors, Penne'l lay dying in the hos
pital at Bannu, the town was filled
with wild mountaineers waiting for
news OF the beloved doctor; and as he
died he carried with him into the Di-
vine Presence the love and reverence
OF one OF the widest peoples on earth
1t is still true that
behind the dim unknown
Standeth God within the shadow,
Keeping watch above his own.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-01-12
Fitting Spectacles.

Not long ago persons who were be-
ginning to have difficulty in reading
would go into a shop, pick out a pair
OF spectacles through which print ap-
peared to them more distinct and buy
them. IL they got the spectacles their
eyes really needed, they were lucky.
Even now people go into an opticians
and ask merely for a pair of glasses
The optician can test the sight only
by holding lenses of different strength
in front Of his customers eyes-a
process not much better than his choos-
ing his spectacles himself
Finally the oculsts, who used to con-
Germ themselves chiefly with treating
eye diseases such as cataract ami
g'aucoma, began to rea izc that eve
strain caused many Of the Diseases
they treated. So the oculists made a
study Of optics and OF the defects in
the human eye and worked out the
problem of rectifying them with
glasses.
In fitting glasses there is often much
more to do than merely find out what
lens enables the person to see most
clearly. The oculist must examine
every part OF the eye-thc retiRa, the
crystalline lens, the muscles that
move the eyeball and those that dlate
or contract the pupil, the fluids inside
the eyeball which prevent shock TO del
icate structures within, and the sur
face Of the transparent part of the
eyeball in front, inequalities in which
cause astigmatism. He makes the ex-
aminations with the aid of various in
genious instruments, the use of which
requires experience and skill-so much
indeed that there has now arisen a new
profession concerned entire'y with de-
tecting defects in the eye and correcting
them with glasses. The practitioners,
who are called optometrists, are lcens-
ed after examination by the State, and
in many of the States none except op-
tometrists and physicians are permitted
to prescribe glasses.
Medical men counted that there are
certain defects of the eye that cannot
be surely corrected unless the eye is
examined through a pupil dilated with
atropine, but they admit that the new
instruments are so ingenious that the
cases in which the use Of atropine
is necessary are much less numerous
than they used to be.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-01-12
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"How's your cold, Bill?"
"Vcrra obstinate"
And how's your wife ?"
About the same"