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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-16

1t into English knows ten other languages Liko all the translators
 In the department. where seventeen men were employed following the
 passage of the espionage act he was drawn from the regular force of clerks and carriers, At present there are six transiators on duty reading newspapers and pamphlets in forty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-16
Snarx Ding.

Every time spark plug is removed for cleaning a little graphite should be spread on the thread. This will permit the plugs to be set down to their limit without danger of de- stroying the threads, and at the same time the graphite will help prevent leakage of the gas under compression. The plugs will be easily removed next time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-16
OiI on Garnpe rIoor.

Garage floors which are not kept clean and on which tires stand in a pool of oil, cause the tread to soften and the traction strain, in service, stretches the rubber in wavy outline.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-16

A simple method of starting from standstill on a hill Is to release the clutch, place the gear in first speed and. holding the car with the hand brake, engage the clutch while the engine is accelerated with the foot throttle, gradually releasing the hand brake. If there are two or more pas sengers, one can get out and place a large stone back of the rear wheel, which will hold the vehicle, and the car can then be started as easily as when it is taken from the garage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-16
Decoratice But Destructive

Metallic club emblems, placed on the radiator, should be carefully fast ened with leather or felt washers Merely attaching them with bolt or wire will injure the cells of the ra- diator and cause leak in the cooling system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-16
Look hefore von hack.

LOOK before you back.
 Fast driving is quite possible with out sacrificing good road manners.
 A spare tire will resist natural ageing if put into service for day every month.
 Never allow anyone to ride on the running board, bumper or rear of the car.
 When planning a trip of any length 1t is wise motorist that inventories his car and Its equipment.
 Except for removing grease or oil spots soap should never be used when washing the body of car.
 There is no hill too steep for an automobile to climb if the car Is in good condition and properly handled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-16
wobbIy Wheel.

slight wobble of a wheel of only one degree actually drags the tire sideways 920 feet in each 1000 miles, which causes excessive strain on the car as we'll as the tires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-16
Attention to Car Tops

When cleaning the top of car first of ali give it a good dusting, and fol- low this up with a sponging of warm water and castle soap. A chamois skin kept especially for the purpose will hasten the drying. Never fold the top until thoroughly dry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-16

old ones appear satisfactory. The rubber washers in the plungers be- come stiff and hard after a time and 1t is good policy to change them at least once a year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-16

released by saving block of wood of proper length and fitting this between the pedal and the base of the seat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-16

Importance of New PIungers
 When tires have been run for a considerable length of time put new plungers in the valve. even If the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-16
stnrting on HilIr

are not meshed and that the brakes are released on the rear car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-16
Oiling the Clutch

Here is a double bar relied reason for buying the Prest -O-Lite Battery: Quality: The backbone of Prest O. Plates. The plates with peculiar por- osity, combined with ur,- usual hardness. Ready, dependable power in coIdest weather; great non-buckling heat-resisting strength in summer.
 Price: Our 1922 prices, lowest in years.-$1o.o go is the trade-in price for a battery for popular makes
 LIVE W
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-16

If your battery shows signs of weakening, no mat ter what make, come around and let our experts diagnose its trouble. It costs you nothing.
 We'll do everything we can to wiring the utmost ser vice from it to prolong it's life.
 We never tell you that you need a new battery un- til you do. That's an un- variable rule of Prest-O- Lite, the oldest service to motorists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-16
PREsT-O-LTTE Quality Up! PREST-O-LTTE Prices Down!

of light cars. Prices core spondingly low on batteries for every make of car. These are not special mod els; they arc regular Prest- O-Lite batteries, backed by the regular Prest-O-L Lite guaranty. A definite, gen. erous obligation, plus a spirit that says the car owner must be pleased.
 Prest-O-Lite batteries are specified as original equip ment by 87 leading manu- lecturers, and this list is growing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-23
TAXING OUR DEBTS.

The Farm Mortgage Bankers OF
America have inaugurated a campaign
| against further issues of tax-exempt
securities. What the mortgage bank
ers emphasize in their pamphlets is
| that these growing sums are being
taken almost daily from busy hands
that produce the wealth of the coun-
try and placed in the hands of officials
who simply scatter wealth abroad.
These bankers apparently lose sight
of the fact that tax-exempt securities
are not wealth. They are debts and
therefore should not be taxed. The
proceeds from their sale is taxed in
one form or another and that is as it
should be-
An Iowa farm mortgage banker
says that New England Client re-
fused to renew $4,000 ~ per cent
loan. stating the case like this:
1.-THE annual i@terest was S11O. The
clients income and local tax on that
amount was s79. leaving only a net
revenue of $31 for the $4,000 loan.
The client called the loan and invested
the money in tax-exempt securities.
Had there been no tax-exempt securi-
ties awaiting investment he probably
would have renewed the loan"
The remedy for this is to add mort
cages to the list of tax-exernpt securi-
ties. They, too. are merely evil
dences, of debt. The farms on which
they rest pay taxes and so does the
property in which their proceeds are
invested. This double taxation should
satisfy the most rapac:ous banker.
What Justice can there be in taxing
the same dollar three times?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-23

Q. What caused the death of Napoleon :?
Was Empress Josephine with him when he
died? J. A. w.
A. Cancer of the stomach is said to have
caused the death of Napoleon. The former
Empress Josephine was not with Na.poleon
at the time of his death. Years previous to
this time, Josephine had been divorced.
Q. What is the view Of scientific men
as to the origin of oil? f. J.. d.
A. The generally accepted theory of the
origin of petroleum is that it comes from
the decomposition of the remains Of
that eTisted apeS 400 Tho oil Snntainad
in these microscopic bodies forms petro-
leum.
Q. At the present time. does the federal
tax on intoxicants pay for prohibition en-
forcenent "A. NJ. 3.
A. In 1921 the total taxes on distilled
spirits was SIS, sos. O65.01 In the same year
81. 100000 was appropriated for enforcement
of prohibition by the federal goverHAnent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-23

Otto h Kahn says the Versailles
treaty is to blame for Europe's plight.
''The Republican senators Of-4919.'
says the Republican Publicity associa-
ton, recognized the treaty for what
it was. They knew that it was I'M
sound politically and morally. and that
the United States ought not to SUBJ
scribe to its terms. They won the
fight against il in spite of tremendous
pressure for its ratification. The wis
dom OF their action is now acknowl-
edged by a vast majority of the peo-
pie This seems to be a broad as
sumption. in view OF the results OF the
election this autumn. The dominance
of the party responsible for the defeat
OF the treaty has been seriously i'm
-Baired. Majorities in both houses OF
congress have been cut down to slen-
der margins. Several national figures
have disappeared from the political
arena, and others achieved their vic
tory with so few votes to spare that
their political triumph constituted q
moral defeat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-23

President Harding is quoted as
Z voicing the opinion that prohibition
will continue to be an issue for a gen.
!. Grafton to come. Considering the te-
nacity with which the prohibition Is
sue has chung TO life during the past
forty years, probably the president Is
right. It has been boon to large
numbers of politicians and easy
money artists and they will not let It
die If they can prevent it. 1t has cost
the taxpayers and generous friends
and foes of the principle many mil
lions of dollars and probably Will coss
them many millions more The pro-
hib.tion issue has wrecked many po-
liticaI careers and has boosted many
persons into office. Probably it will
continue to do so for another genera
ton as President Harding has indi-
Gated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-23
HEART and HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State Journal
BY ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: About three
years ago We had some very close
friends who moved away from here
to another town. When they were
breaking hp housekeeping they gave
US a picture which they valued highly.
1t was an original oil painting, rather
large to carry, and they said there
was no wall space in the apartment
they were taking in the other city.
We We're delighted to have the pic
ture. Our friends said that we had
meant lot to thenls-and they wanted
to leave the picture to US to show their
appreciation of what we had done for
them during the time were friends.
They said nothing about lending the
picture, and every time they spoke of
it they said they were giving it to us.
Now they have moved back here
and they say they want their picture
back We have learnsd to love it and
don't want to part with it, Do you
think it is right for them to ask to
have it back? b J. N
1t is contrary to good breeding to
give a present and then ask to have
it back. No matter what the cause,
the gift may not be recalled Often,
as is the case with your friends, re-
greet follows and the thing is more
deeply valued afteRie has been parteo,
with, but once gone it may not be
taken back.
Since your friends have asked such
a thing, however, good breeding de-
mands that you return the picture at
once. Don't argue the matter, simply
return the gift. 1t is unfortunate
that such a thing should have hap
pened, because you can never feel the
same toward the people again They
have done something small which you
will never be able to forget.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-23

admission of the occasional tourist that
it was q sporty course.
As we have indicated, this diatrioe
is poised on no personal grievance.
The thoughts here expressed nave
been in process of illumination Ions
time. We had. long talk along al
most Identical lines with Emerson
Carey during the Republican Nationat
convention of 1920. Emerson who Is
the salt millionaire of Hutchinson
Kan, had come as a delegate to- the
convention full of bitterness and con-
versation His concern was not Tor
politics His town was laying out a
new golf course and they were
making it too sporty" for the f-Subs
who were under obligation to support
IL There was nothing personal in
Frnerson's complaint. Day in and day
out he shoots under IS. He was con-
cerned about the rights of the "dub"
golfers who would be compelled TO
stand the upkeep.
We did nothing about the outrage.
1i1ere wasn't anything we could do.
But Emerson acted He went home
and built a golf course of his own, and
he built IT according to his idea OF
what a golf course should be. They
saw any dub" can play Emerson's
course and derive some satisfaction
from the experience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-23

No more than right that he should
clean up Ks own mess.
Really he's a dear boy" said one
| OF the women.
'Tsn'tChe cutter" sighed another
REALLY, I was quite fused wher
he asked to call. Wouldn't be pu'
off, either
''And he came near forgetting poor
But that night when Robert Gran
dage called at Mary Wynn's house he
made it clear-that this was exactly
what he hadn't done.
Il didn't call your name this after
noon" he said, because 1 had put
the card you gave me in my pocket,
where I'd know which one it was.
wanted to come to see you before !
left town, but I didn't want to come
to talk about selling pans and kettles
why did you want TO come to see
me?" asked Mary Wynn with wide
eyes and shy smile.
Because thought I'd like to know
you. 1t seems. somehow. as n you
and I would have a lot of interests
and sympathies in common"
II suppose we might" agreed Mary
Wynn, 81 always admired young men
who worked their way thru college
immensely. was thinking this after
noon that if ever had SON and he
work for it I'd be the proudest moth
er living"
Robert Grandage laughed. I'm
not a poor student working his way
I'm a poor instructor. 1 intended
to get a Job in an office this summer
but it fell thru; meantime one of the
students who arranged to work as an
agent for the Gold Star company de-
faulted and had a chance to take the
work. 1t is fairly well paying, for
these days, and I am anxious to earn
what Il can, because next summer L
am going to go abroad. I want to
travel little and then L want to
come back to take my doctor of
philosophy examinations"
They talked of many things that
evening but never once of Gold Star
Kitchen Utensils. AS he went to de-
part Mary Wynn reminded him of it.
II forgot all about IT," he said. II
must come again tomorrow night. L
shall be here only two days more
So the next evening Robert Gram
dage again called at the Wynn cot
taSG
Miss Wynn" he said, at am leav-
ing tomorrow. 1 have done very well
here and 1 want to do the whole
county in three weeks Before I go I
want to get you to promise some
thing. Will you answer my letters?
And when the-tirne comes for me to
take that trip to Europe will you go
with me as my wife,"
And Mary mus have said yes, for
when Robert Grandage went back to
college that autumn he took with him
a wife. The old Wynn house was
sold and when the next summer vaca-
ton came plans were all made for an
entire year to be spent in European
travel and study.
copyright, 1922. by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-23
Dorothy Dix Tails

PITY the Poor working GirI-2.
! As for the danger-well, men are
men. and women are women where
ever they are placed. There VIII al
ways be an occasional woman who is
siren. There will always, be some
men who are amorous, and follow
every petticoat, and some who are
vicious and take advantage OF every
women in, their power, but these types
are not confined to the business world.
You find them everywhere.
More husbands have been vamped
in ball rooms than ever were in Of
fices The man who flirts with his
pretty girl he meets. The unhappy
man who married a woman who
doesn't understanding, would find a
soul mate in some one else II ne dldnt
find her in his private secretary.
The woman who is married to a
man who loves her and who is strong.
and true, and faithful, need never
waste a jealous thought on his stenog-
rapher. The woman who is married
to a man who is indifferent to her.
and who is Yeakiing, or roupder,
has less cause to be jealous OF his
stenograpfler than she has OF any
other woman. There are two good
reasons why this is true.
The first reason Is because men sell
dom mix business and sentiment. The
hours a man spends in his office are
is concentrated on the great game OF
money making. 1t takes every
thought, every nerve, every bit of
ability that he has got to hold his
own with rivals who are pitting their
best against him, and in this stress
his stenographer is just a tool with
which he works, q part of the game.
He is not conscious of her as woman
at all.
It is after the days work is done,
when tEra-strain is over. and he Is fed,
and bathed and clothed. and relaxed
that he notices the color of a woman's
eyes, and how the hair curls on her
neck, and feels like making prettI
speeches 10 her.
The second reason that a mans
photographer is far less dangerous
than his wife imagines is because pso-
pie working in an office together see
each other with as little glamour of
illusion as married people do. They
and nerves, and crankiness, The girl
doesn't see her boss as a hero of ro-
nance. She sees him as fat and
grouchy as papa. Nor is his stenog-
rapher anfangel to her employer. He
gr0wlS over her spelling, and lack of
punctuality, and when he. sees her
poWdering her nose she seems to him
to be cut off the same piece of hui
manity as~his Maria.
Hence, would say to the Jealous
wife: When you look for the other
ing around your husbands office.
Still, It is just as well to remember
that your husband does work among
young and attractive women. and to
keep yourself fit to bear comparison
with them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-23
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By LEE PAPE.

Pop was smoaking a cigar and blow
ing out the smoak as if he was injoy-
ing it, and 1 sed, Hay pop?
That's me, pop sed, and I sed, 1 had
a fite today.
Good, I'm glad to heer that eny son
of mine had the gumption to stand up
in his own defents, pop sed. This is
a hard werld and offentimes as you
struggle throo life you will find that
you can ixcape meny a hard knock by
giving q hard .krock ferst and you cant
start too young to Iern that the man
who can bubble his fists and care for
himself is taken the best care of.
Yes sir, do you wunt to heer about
the fife? I sed, and pop sed, There's
nuthing Id rather heer about. Mem
ing he did, and I sed, Well, Pubs start
ed to get fresh with me, and amt
going toN allow enybody to get. fresh
with me, espeshiIly him.
Quite rite, sed pop, and I sed, So I
dared him to toutch me and he dared
me to toutch him, and we kepp daring
each other to toutch each other about
5 minnits and then he Touched me and
rite away Touched him back and
then L dared him to hit me ferst and
he dared me to hit him ferst and we
kepp on doing that about more min
Nnits.
Wat, hitting each other? pop. sed,
and sed No sir, daring each other
to, and pop sed, o, on with the story,
wen does the action start? and 1 sea,
And after vile he hit me easy and
rite away I hit him easy, and then
dared him to hit me hard, and he
dared me to hit him hard and he did
ent dast to and then we started to
bubble dare each other to hit each
other hard.
Are you describing a fife or a diplo-
matte conference? pop sed, and sed,
A fife, do you Wunt to heer the rest of
it? and pep sed, Is there eny more
action in it? and sed, Not mulch, and
pop sed, Then consider yourself tx
cused, III reed about a fife
And he opened the paper to the
spoarting page and started to do my
home werk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-23

The department. or commerce an
nounces that, according to returns re-
ceived by the bureau OF the census, the
number OF prisoners confined in fed
eraI penitentiaries. state prisons,
county Jaiiss state and county chain or
road gangs city police stations. and
other penal institutions on July L,
1922. was 1ss.ss9. of which number
5.540 were reported for three federal
peni.endaries. 1853 for 1O4 state
prisons. 44.2Ss for 2.451 county penal
Institutions. 12.717 for 296 chain. or
road gangs in southern states. and a.
6s5 for 1919 city institutions, while
the remaining 1.O41 were women COM
nitted by the courts to the care of
other institutions SimilaE data were
collected for July l. 1917. but the total
for that date does not include all pris-
oners in chan or ROAD gangs. nor wo-
men committed by the courts to the
care OF institutions under the control
of religious or charitable organiza-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-23

Four states elected members Of the
Farmers Union to the governors chair
at the recent election, it was pointed
ont at the opening session OF the
eighteenth national convention OF the
Farmers Educational and Corpora
tive Union. They are Kansas, Penn
sy;vania, Oregon and oklahoma.
Three new United States senators and
many new members of legislatures are
union men. it is said. 1t would be in
terest.ng to know how many Of the
union men elected are real farmers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-23
JUST FOLKS
THE LOST LAUGHTER
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

THE LOST LAUGHTER.
I had ehaice to laughNtoday
But / went busy on my way;
The Jest was fair, but l passed by
And killed the twinkle in my eye,
And told myself, as on 1 went,
This is no time for merriment.
Il have burden / must bear
And have no minute / can spare
To<honest Inirth some other day
When fortunes mine. then ! will stay
To hear the clever Jest and quip
Which is the coin of fellowship"
Now he who told the tale is gone,
And 1 who coldly hurried on
Am sorry that l did not stay.
But lost TIE chance 1 had today
To laugh with him The lips are dumb
From which the jest were wont to come
How often thus we live to learn
The laughter lost cannot return.
Who scOrns the smile along the way
Nay sigh for it at close of day
This precious moment, rich with cheer,
Once lost may never more appear
Copyright, 1922, BY Edgar A. Guest-)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-23

That, in governments like ours,
nothing can long stand against pub
lie sentiment, thoroly aroused. again
has been illustrated in the case OF
Newberry- The politician attaining
lasting success is the one who keeps
his ear to the ground He cannot
retain leadership unless he travel in
the right direction. Public acqui-
escence in a situation can not be
safely construed as satisfaction with
that situation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-23

Unless the voters of this country be-
gin to think less of local and minor IS
sues. less of class, group. racial and
sectional considerations in their ma
tionaI voting, there is serious trouble
ahead for our country.-National Re
publican.
Singularly enough, it did not occur
TO the Republican to print anything
like the foregoing following the cleo
tfon OF 1920.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-23

lions Excluding these from the fig
ures for 1922. the comparable totals
Tor the two years are: 1922, 151,172;
1917, 14e.Iee. Apparently organiza-
tons for the prevention of crime and
additional laws for its suppression are
not making much Roadway.
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An organization of anti-prohibition
women in ST. Louis promises support
to the presidential candidate in 1924
who favors repeal of the eighteenth
amendment and who runs. on a plat
form seeking this repeal These wo-
men probably are destined to have a
hard time in finding candidate OF
thai kind