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New-York tribune., 1922-10-01
Laying The Foundations
OF Friendship

The Z. S. A. Is entertaining Nine plataa'
at present. II has invited her to eat as e
weli-stocs1ed table, and the invitation. beg
extended through the A. R. A., which y :
highly sensitive organization, it has LAID =
undue stress on the fact that she needs 70 g
--'aeeds its badly She is eating very daiusls
making scrupulous end excellent use cl Y
food. She is saying very little. but one day =
and her kind will want to return this ao9s
tality. They will want, in other words, 2 81
tertain The people Of the u. S. Al. What S.
will set before their guests cannot M Fss
@dicted at present. 1t will scarcely be ''a
since the u. S. A. is not likely to starve. 4
New-York tribune., 1922-10-01
Cuts Up Old Newspapers
For Table Napkins

But not less amazing than her now waning
strength was the snGnage she maintained after
scrubbing hours. With no company, with no
incentive to do anything but slump, this little
old lady after her days work sets herself each
evening to resume as best she may the nicetes
of life which were once for her it's common
places. Each meal is conducted with as much
ceremony as it is possible to preserve under
such incongruous conditions. She has no linen.
OF course, so she cuts up old newspapers into
eighteen-inch squares. These are used as
doilies and table napkins, and with these &C
cessories she sets herself to eat the ration
given her through the Hoover-inspired charity
OF the American people. II only some Iowa
farmer could see her eating the food which he
would probably have set before his pigs! If
only his wife could taste it and see how it can
be turned into dishes fit for palate that was
once tempted at Che Cars table!
For Nine. Platonov does not make Just
dishes with the corn She makes whole courses
out OF it. Her scrubbing earns her nominally
pound Of bread day, but Russian bread is
poor STUFF. She rarely draws it, consequently,
bue instead takes it's equivalent in cash. That
amounts to 10 cents a day, roughly. With
this 10 cents she does her marketing and buys
lnfinlteslmal portions Of onion or cabbage or
potato or fish, or the Russian oil which is made
of sunlower seed. Whatever her corn course
happens to need, she buys with the 10 cents,
or what is left of it after she supplies her
other wants. Her marketing revolves around
New-York tribune., 1922-10-01
Madame Plotonoys Menu
And Madame Herself

How many more dishes she made with it /
don't know. She will probably devise new ones
every day, not SO much, / imagine to ticks
her palate to pretend to her fastidious sell
that she is still living on a varied menu.
She was very marvellous to me, that lita,
lady. She did not grumble, as so many Of the
old aristocrats do, md talk about the
grandeur Of former times. She did not com.
plain that the revolution had reduced her
living IN a manner horrible, not only frpn
the mere physical point Of view, but still mor
horrible from the esthetic standpoint. She was
to me the incarnation of the spirit of gen.
tlllty. 1t must be a force in some natures at
least as strong as the instinct for self -preser
vation. Otherwise it could not have triumphe
as it did in that frail lady after five year
trampllng IN the mud. 1t is continuing s
triumph now over famine, because Americas
generosity has made the triumph physicaly
and mentally speaking possible through tie
work Of the A. r. A
I have profound admiration for America.
charity as evidenced through the A. R. A u
Inc it is a unique organization by reason Of
the fact that it can give charity to peops
anything of their self-respect. But looking at
her wondered just how much the Americas
people realize the A. R. AIS worth from the
mere European point of view. 1t may not
seem very important point of view lust at
present, but you never can tell how the whesl
OF fortune may turn. Some day Russia muE
come into her own as one of the greatest, most
seif-contained nations in the world, such a
nation, in fact, as the United States is now
1t is inevitable in the natural course Of evenh
And it is my belief that when that day CONS
the descendants of Russia's Nine. Platoroys
Will still remember how the u. s. A. reacted
TO kussla's present misery. We are long
nenloried people, we Europeans; none longs
n,emoried than our Nine. Platonovs, who's
roots SO back through the centuries. Mrx
Platonov did not thank the A. R, 4. in ny
hearing. She did not express any gratisus
TO me, who was introduced to her through ta
A. r. A. 1t is my feeling that if she referni
at all to her condition, acknowledged that Il 4
was otherwise than quite normal, she wpdd /
collapse. Ihls pretense she keeps I'D eva F
with herself, I imagine But deep down il /
her and in thousands Of others like her aa +
Weil OF gratitude that will inevitably one dsy
bubble forth. 1t will not come to the surtan
Tor quite long time, for women like Mns
Platonov with long memories and many n /
serves do not express themselves easily /
mere words. Perhaps can most easily g
plain how they are likely to reacr in the Jar
guage Of social custom.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-01
AAAMERICA RINGS RUSSIAS DINNER BEL I

The only thing 1t lacks IL the power TO pro-
duce music. Let me repeat, however that as
piece of furniture It is complete and pre-
serves its identity, for it was one Of the few
pieces Of furniture saw in those three homes
that remained what 1t was originally meant
to be- The Tolstoy dining table didn't--not
by long way. Before the revolution It would
simply have been an uninteresting piece Of
board set on wooden boxes, designed formerly
70 contain such things as groceries. Now it
IS dining table, off which the former aristo-
cfat and his wife eat. The room in which 1t
stands has four bare walls with q mud oven
IN the corner. 1t is the second and last room
OF their home. In it is cooked the food on
Wnicn the Tolstoys maintain life. They get
It not from the American Relief Adninistra-
tion direct but through the A. r. A. from
friends abroad, who buy food packages for
them at $40 apiece, each package containing
1lS pounds of balanced staples
Any Russinn With Food
Has Plenty Of Friends
Because the Tolstoys consequently ara
wealthy, they did not mention the mere matter
OF living. Who wouldn't be wealthy in Russia
these days who could boast q larder containing
sugar, rice, beans, -four, condensed milk. lard
and tea? ! doubt it the Tolstoys give them
selves quite enough to eat out Of the food sent
by their friends abroad. There are hundreds of
their friends in Russia who need help, and
the generosity Of hungry Russians to others
OF their own kind who are still hungrier is a
manifestation Of human charity and unselAsh-
ness that revives ones faith in human nature
can't say for certain. of course, that the
Tolstoys share theirs. didn't.like to ask. but
l am willing to bet they do. They never men
toned food to me at all, but they did ask
whether couldn't tell some American COM
posers how cruelty they need help to get their
compositions before the public. I pass the
message along in the hope some one gives It
an answer. No one but real artist could
live as Count Tolstoy does now and continue
to work at his art.
Because the Tolstoys live on food package,
1 lost interest in their housekeeping. AsIsav.
any one in Russia possessing such variety Of
food as the balanced rations provided in the
A. r. A. food packages is incredibly rich bv
common or ordinary standards. The Tolstovs
are lucky in their friends, but Nine. platonov
and hundreds Of thousands like her have no
friends abroad. Before visited her 7 ,rada
New-York tribune., 1922-10-01

AVlNG no interest in philoloey, am
F& unable to say for certain whether
n "A the French word "menage'' and the
English word manage" have the
same root or not Probably not. But put
manage" in its present participle form and
in Moscow, at least, they have the same mean
ing. Of menages in the proper sense there
is practically none, should say, in Moscow,
but the managing there is nothing short of
miraculous.
With which brief prologue we shall get on
70 our performance. It will be simple per-
formance devoid of all attempt at elaborate
treatment and divided roughly into three
scenes The scenes are laid in three typical
Moscow homes chosen from many have per-
sonally visited. They belong to three distinct
classes of Russian people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-15

Virginia Fairfax, daughter of the
 first families of Virginia. rebels against the puritanicaI rule of her
 grandfather and, lured by Filmland. runs away to become a motion pic- ture actress. Arriving in Los Ange- les, she meets Gloria Summers, who Is in the movies. They become warm
 friends. They meet Herbert Richard
 son, a wealthy young man who has been interested In Gloria. Gloria nc- cepts. for herself and Virginia, Herb
 Richardson's invitation to a pnrty.
 Rin and Virginia plead that they must leave early. News came of the serious illness of Kitty Dalton--the direct re- suit of the wild party. Tommy War ner came with the news that Gloria and Herb Richardson were to be mar ried that night. Gloria was then to go out of town to take care of Kitty Dalton. Gloria and Herb were mar ried by Rev. John storm. With Gloria married, Virginia began to ponder her own future. Her finances were low. Virginia feels homesick at the thought of losing Gloria. She plans to take a single apartment to con- serve her slender funds. Gloria has gone to santa Barbara, taking Kitty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-15
For Good of
 the Community
AIub0mq Iron NOw Going North as We'll as
 South by Means of States WGterways

m is Birmingham products ID finding south and north No the duplicate process economy in reaching destination In of high freight rates that lis pivotal
 going gulf by sysemaized freight that through and operated by interests That however desuor Now the Warrior is hrnessed waterway trunk line performing the functions of one
 again that years they oated flour Ohio to the cities of Florence was done before Sheffield
 Then the railroads that happened was the fate of the Mississippi But the Tennessee has been completely snuffd out Several the Slosshfd Steel Iron shipped iron Sheffield river to Ohio gatesays and this iron often arrived at des nation than iron shipped from point by rail
 The sosheffed has reinaugurad the river business from it's Sheffield barg gateways distribution the markets of the middle and far west This will enable Alabama right that territory which high rail rates have so long debarred it.
 going Birmingham accessories iron ppe iron suphate continuously ing down the Warrior the gulf be taken Cuba the Pacific coast and other far-away places.
 Both the lower than buwk against congestion and against prevail Low rates by oceanong Warrior have enabled business
 part the state has an ad vantage competitive territory mngham is jealous prestige of the state iron producer involved.
 they been in many months in the resurrection of the demand for the Alabama territory The south yet developed pig consumption sufficient to for the Alabama operation of number of the metal sell the north why of the Tennessee river the fields is significant.
 When Wilson dam completed river the business that Alabama regularly middle and far west by of that waterway continuously large revenue eproducng
 Yours for upbuidng,
 R,cXer1 A4A. .R~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-15
ru77-D HAS DTsAPPEARED

Gadsden, February 14-Vada, the 1B-year-old daughter of MT. and Mrs. John Robertson, who resides in East Gadsden, disappeared from her home some time last Saturday afternoon and so far no trace of her has been Yonnd. The police and sheriff were not notified until Monday morning and they at once went to work on the caseI No reason is given for the Nrtrl leaving home and it is not known why she left or whether she has hap pened to some accident.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-15
OBSERVE THESE RULES

IL Any child who Q q be ebruary should be written
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-15
A AnToIsTs HAVE TRoupLn

0Adsden. February 14.-(special>-- Autoists who have travelled the main highway between Gadsden and At taIla. especially the strip from Ala bamA City on to Attalla, have had considerable trouble with puntursd tires saturday afternoon and Sunday. caused by a great quantity of tacks which some one had scattered on the road All the way to the corporate limits of Attalla. As many as 10 cars could be seen at one time with tires filled with tacks. The officers are trying to get hold of the guilty parties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-15
ANOTHER JOB

The place in Los Angeles to see the down -and-outers and the up-and- corners in the motion picture business Is at the Service bureau.
 had been too engrossed in my own affairs on my former visit to notice much As went up the steps l thought I was in a panic for fear my pictures were gone. I could not ar- ford to lose $4S. My hand closed vim dictively over my little good luck elephant and I said softly: "Ill smash you on the pavement if I don't find them"
 My gaze travelled over g group oi old men in shabby clothes leaning against the fence. Some of them were unshaven; others had made a pathetic attempt at neatness and cleanliness They are the kind of men one sees in pictures depicting the tramps, the gangsters and the down-and- outers- the kind that you find in the back ground. in doorways, and in mob scenes of the slums.
 These types are wanted only oc- casionally so that these men are able to make only very precarious living. But they seem perfectly satisfied just talking among themselves. They never realize that the world the great, busy. splendid worlds dead to them. They are the hoboes of the picture business.
 Two nattily dressed young chaps ran up the steps just ahead of me. They were dressed in extreme fashion with the exception that they wore no hats-for it is quite the fashion in Los Angeles and Hollywood for the fn hats
 As they passed me one said: NO, I am not going to buy a new hat until have to use 1t. I need the monsy to take Jeanette to the Cocoanut Grove this week. She has new dress that she says is a pippin and she must show it there"
 My imagination spanned the years. l wondered whether some day one would find these young chaps lean ing against the fence outside Of the Service bureau or riding down in their specially built automobiles to the lot where they were starring.
 This brought me back to myself with a jerk, for I felt that If had lost the pictures 1t would set mo back a long way on my ambitious trail to the starlit heights.
 I walked through the hallway. en- tered the second doorway at the lcA | and went directly toward the cashiers s window, in front of which stood MT. Ballantyne slowly turning over my pictures. I could not see his face, but he was so interested that he did not hear me until I stood beside him.
 You should be more careful oi these, Miss Winston"
 At first 1t gave me another little thrill to think he had remembered my name and connected 1t with my face. I did not realize immediately that my name was on the outside of the box.
 These pictures are very good. It would pay you to leave one or two of them at each of the studios. I would like two of them for this office."
 "Take those you like best, Mir. Bal lantyne. I was just starting out with them to the studios"
 "Why not go to the Kalsey studio. Miss Winston? I think they are to need quite number of good looking young people day after tomorrow. would like to send you out, but wa do not handle the casting of their atmos-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-15
LESS COTTON RAISED

Gadsden, February 14.-(Speeial)- )- There are at present 2.2oo bales of cotton stored in the two Gadsden warehouses as against 4.200 bales at the same time last year. The farm CTS are not selling what little cotton they made. The cotton acreage in this county was greatly reduced last year. A great many farmers have abandoned cotton and have gone into diversified farming and some in the stock business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-15
It Costs Nothing to Try
YOU CAN WIN $1,OOO

 Herald to 8  Age-H if of of in price ist) prizes aresen in
  the nnurc of subscription will will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-15

ulVersltled farming ana some in the stock business.
 phere. If their set is filled. call us"
 With this he turned and went up the stairs to his office.
 caught a red car as soon as pos sible.
 Arriving at the Kalsey studio, I was asked by a man in a khaki uni form with a large star on the lapel of his coat, whom I wanted to seq stated my business and he said: Wait just a minute" Just a minute meant a half hour and then I was confronted by good natured gentleman with very blond hair, who. after looking at me care- fully and scrutinizing my pictures. said: Won't you come in, Miss Win ston?"
 passed through the gate tremb- lingly. My knees began to feel wob- bly again, but was proud to know that my voice was firm as I answered the innumerable questions asked me as to experience, wardrobe, weight, ] height and others. was getting along famously until he asked: Do you dance7"
 "A little"
 Do you rider 1 Yes, and l could not help adding Every southern girl can ride" He raised his head little and look ed at me again.
 NO. I've lived inland"
 Then you haven't been here longT'
 NO. MT. Balyntine suggested that come and see you"
 T am glad you came, Miss Win ston- We can use you. You will be on the set. made up, at o'clock, day after tomorrow, in evening dress Something light and girlish for you with gold and silver shoes and stock ings."
 Thank you. I will be here" The sun was shining again. I left the studio. walking along Vine street and the great eucalyptus trees seem ed rustling their congratulations. went up to one of them and leaned against it's shimmering whiteness. To 1t I confessed my happiness.
 Looking up. I saw faces In a pass ing motor smiling derisively and ] made a rush for Hollywood boulevard and the car.
 Copyright National Newspaper Service Tom0rrovv-A Visit from Herb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-15

Tomorrow-A Visit from Herb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-15

Dalton with her. Gloria fears Kitty is planning law suits against Herb Richardson. Virginia received the first money she had ever earned. It was big day for her. She bought n souvenir for Aunt Virginia, a good luck piece for herself and rented a small apartment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-15
How to Play

How to Play The picture to the right contains a num- Der of visible objects, the names of which begin with the letter "S." There are all sorts of things that be- gin with the letter "S," such as saw, shovel, square, etc. There is nothing hid- den or obscure in this picture. Each object is in plain view. All that is necessary is a pencil, a piece of pa per and a determina- ton to win.
 There will be fifteen prizes awarded for the IS best lists of "S-Words" submitted. The person sending in the largest and nearest correct list of visible objects be- ginning with the letter "S" shown in this picture will win First Prize, second best D.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-15
M0NTEVALL0 NEWS

Montevallo, February 14.-(spe- cial.)-"war has ended" is the be- lief expressed by J. A. Van Hoose, Bangor business man and active Episcopal layman, in an address to the Y. ". c. A. at Alabama Tech nical Institute and College for Women Sunday aftern5on, February 12. He attributed the victorious decisions of the Washington conference to the de- sires and influence of women of the comforting countries
 Two musical numbers were given: a vocal solo, T Met My Master Face to Face" (Emuie D. Miller), by Miss Margaret Tate, Wetumpka, and a violin solo, Romance" Joh. s Sxendsen, played by Miss Alice Ly- man, Montevallo. accompanied by Miss Josephine Kilgore, Corona, al the piano.
 Saturday evening Mir. Van Hoose entertained the students with talk on Wit and Humor." In closing his talk, which was filled with illustra- tive anecdotes. he urged his hearers not 10 let humor become irony nor wit go to invective.
 MT. Van Hoose was in Montevallo to conduct services at the Episcopal church Sunday.
 Among the many forms of enter tainment afforded members of the girls basketball team from the Uni versity of Alabama on their visit to Alabama Technical Institute and Col lege for Women, Saturday and Sun day, were: A tea given by the M club, a buffet supper given by a class in home economics in Bloch Hall. and a party by the M ciut in the Castalian and Emma Hart Willard club rooms in the club house
 At the tea in Majors Hall, the practice home, following the game ir the afternoon, tea, pimento sand wiches and jelly sandwiches, tied with red ribbons, red and white home. made bonbons were served by the following "M' club members: Misses Lula B. Hawkins, Birmingham; Elsie Mahaffey, Montevallo Billou Barns Belle Ellen; Odelle Carmichael, Hol- Ems; Orlean Randle, Bessemer; Agnes Hardy, Nevada.
 Two reading, "The Highwaymans and The Owl and the Pussy Cat, were given by Miss Dorothy U Richey, of the expression depart ment. Misses Elma Griffith, Lincoln and Frances Sharp1ey. Birmingham gave interpretative dances to music by Misses Ethel Williamson, Besse- mer, violin. and Miss Mamie Gray Love. Greensboro, guitar.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-11-17
'VirtuOus as New
 Born Babe Ayers
 Member of House

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-Represen tative Graham, Republican. Illinois, didn't spend any money in his cam paign for reelection and he so stated in report filed today with the clerk of the house. But he edded this. said to be different from anything ever put in an expense report heretofore:
 Owing to the fact that the sena- tors from my state have absorbed all the federal patronage. and owing to the further lamentable fact that the durn fool alleged civil service order of the president has prevented me from naming postmasters while it makes me responsible for these ap- pointments, have thought it the bet ter part of discretion to promise mo- body anything and hence I am as vir- tuous as a new born babe as far as promises are concerned. 1 have made none."
Bisbee daily review., 1922-11-17
Stock Gurket
,Bl IT,. dssociatsd Fysss:

tb1 IE< HSsocfdted yeSS.
 NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-The stock market made further recovery from it's recent acute depression in the early part of today's active and var jed dealings, but fell back sharply later Dealings were largely pro- fessional.
 Sentiment in speculative circles seemed to be sustained at the out set by yesterdays many declarations of dividend disbursements, main. tenance of the high rate of pro duction in basic industries and cum ulative evidence of increased activ- ity in many lines of business.
 Money conditions also favored the markets constructive side. Call loans opened at five per cent but eased to IA per cent beforG noon and 4 per cent in ~ final hour
 Leaders of the steel, equipment and motor divisions. as featured by United States Steel, Baldwin Loco motive and Stakeholder, made their usual substantial contributions to the session at forenoon gains of l to 2 points but these were more than cancelled later. Rails cid not figure to an important extent. Some of the junior rails, which are not meet ing their fixed charges were under occasional pressure.
 Movements of oils were confusing, General Asphalt, for example being the objective of another severe drive on familiar rumors of adverse finan- cial conditions. Other foreign oils were irregular or uncertain, with many of the domestic group.
 Shippings represented the mar kets weakest side, International Mer
Bisbee daily review., 1922-11-17
Wife Who Shot Her Husband Found Not
 Guilty of Murder

BECKLEY, w. Va, Nov 16- Mrs. Alice Anderson tonight was found not guilty of the murder of her husband, John M. Anderson, former judge of criminal court of Raleigh county.
 Cheers rang through the court room where her hsuband once presided when the jury filed into the room and announced it's verdict after deliberat- ing only thirty minutes.
 sAAnderson pleaded that she shot her husband in self-defense after Inc