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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-25


 Dear Miss Dix: I have followed your articles for almost two years and have enjoyed them very much.
 I'm going to ask you question that has been discussed so much al ready, but in my opinion has never been fully answered.;
 Are there any men left who like an old-fashioned girl?
 I am a working girl and meet men of every type, and have yet to meet one that does. I have tried them out. If I'm rouged, powdered and act flip, they all pay me attention; but if l am quiet and dignified, they do not so much as favor me with a glance. I have nice clothes, dance well, but am not attractive; and, since do not drink, smoke, or go the limit, why, l never have dates, whereas the girls who do these things have more en- gagements than they can fill.
 Of course, you are going to say that when a man comes to marry he's go- ing to pick a nice, quiet girl. Well, every day where the flapper gets the best, while the nice. quiet girl stays home and grows old gracefully.
 Of course, these days there are many outside interests for girl, but what good woman doesn't want a home and babies? And when you see silly painted dolls. who want nothing but a, meal ticket and poodle dog, walk away with the pick, why, nat urally, it makes you sore.
 If there are men who want quiet girls, why don't they come out and notice them? Are they ashamed to be seen with them, or are they afraid that their friends will kid them about Stepping an egg out" as they ex- press it? Nevertheless, it's the showy girl who gets all the attention these days.
 Sometimes I'm tempted to throw my ideals to the winds and have what the other girls call "a marvellous time" instead of joining the line of efficient maids. Or do you think the price of my ideals worth the good times? I don't, yet l don't want to be an old maid. A. READER.
 Answer: My dear, you have asked the riddle of the ages that Adam probably propounded to Eve in the Garden of Eden. and that every mothers daughter of us ever since has been trying to solve without ever finding the answer.
 And that is-why do men hold up one ideal to women and then pay tribute to it's exact opposite?
 In theory, every man bows down at
  and innocent, and gentle, and digni fled. and sweet and domestic. But, after having laid his tribute of ad- miration and reverence at her feet, he gets up and chases off with a bobbed -haired, painted jazzer who is as brazen in her conduct, and her clothes, and her manners as brass monkey.
 And, as you say, the louder girl is. the more she seems to attract men, and the higher the speed she gears herself up to. the quicker she appears to arrive at the altar. But, if you will observe, these marriages generally end quickly in divorce. For after a man is married he reverts to type and demands of his wife the same sort of virtues that his mother had. And when he finds that she doesn't carry them in stock, that she loathes domesticity and has no idea of making a comfortable home, and that she dominates children and awants to continue to dance and joy ride instead of settle down, why there is mighty apt to be ructions in that household.
 You ask if there are any men left
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-25
How Fat Actress
 Was Made Slim

Many stage people now depend entirely upon Marmola Prescription Tablets for reducing and controlling fat. One clever actress tells that she reduced steadily and easily by using this new form of the famous Marmola Prescription, and now, by taking Marmola Prescription Tablets several times year, keeps her weight just right. All good druggists sell Marmola Prescription Tablets at one dollar for case, or if you prefer you can secure them direct from the Marmola Co.,, 4612 Wood- ward Ave, Detroit, Mich. If you have not tried them do They are harmless and effective.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-25
IN THEM DAYS
When I was younger:

When I WaB younger.
 A sirloin steak was 1s cents a pound, and 1t was tender.
 You could get a flat for SIS . month.
 A suit of clothes, s1b; good as to- days suit at S46.
 You could get & motor car for $500, only they hadn't been invented.
 Life was happier, richer, more sim cere, full of health and vigor, and you had to hustle for what you got.
 And the dollar you worked hard for was worth three times as much as the same dollar today.
 However, what's the use?-Rich- mCnd Times-Dispatch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-25

less than $2,O00 a week for his work" counselled third. He's worth every mark of it. That was the finest imitation of Charlie Chap lin 1 ever saw"
 And then, despite the fact that no prognosticators had heralded it, there came a recurrence of the glacial pe- riod-and it wasn't due to the weather.
 That" icicled the doting ma, as the others adjusted their snowshoes. was not a Chaplin mitation-Cedric was showing how Gloria Swanson emotes.
 Moral: There's many a freeze -out that hasn't thing to do with poker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-25

The lapwing Is the species that lay the "plover's eggs" well known to European epicures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-25

Prince of Wales. now King Ed ward was among the first to use cigarettes when the little smokes were introduced into England in 1858.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-25
Dorothy Dir'S Letter Boz

Are There Any Men Left Who Like An Old-F ashioned Cirl9"-The Wage-Earning Wife Who Won't Play The Game-Sha They Live With Her Parents After Mar rageq
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-25

Copper was known and used on the American continent by aboriginal races.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-25

caesar knew by name many thou sands of the soldiers of his legions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-25

China and British India have not changed from oil to electricity or gas, and evince no desire to abandon age-old customs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-25
WHAT IS GOOD TASTE?

Amateu heat sandOt ther
  the of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-25

Dear Miss Dix: I have followed your articles for almost two years and have enjoyed them very much.
 I'm going to ask you a question that has been discussed so much al ready, but in my opinion has never been fully answered;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-25

Answer: see no objection to girl going to live with her own parents after she is married, if they desire to help her in that way. Such ar engagements are generally very sat isfactory. It's only when a girl goes to live with her husbands parents that the situation is fraught with danger. DOROTHY DIX.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-25

Answer: My dear, you have asked the riddle of the ages that Adam probably pTopounded to Eve in the Garden of Eden. and that every mothers daughter of us ever since has been trying to solve without ever finding the answer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-25

Sometf I'm tempted to throw my ideals to the winds and have what the other girls call "a marvellous time" instead of joining the line of efficient maids. Or do you think the price of my ideals worth the good times? I don't, yet l don't want to be an old maid. A READER.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-25

And the poor creature is to be pitied who is so blinded by her love of fine " that she cannot see that the only really happy couples are those who are so united that there is no mine" nor thine" and that every prosper ous home is built by a man and wom- an working and saving together.
 DOROTHY DIX.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-26
TRUTH FORCED BY
DOSE OF SERUM
You Can't Tell a Lie and Get
Away With 1t, Doctors Told.
By United Nelos

By United Netos
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28.-
Where courts attorneys. penitentiar-
les and prisons have failed to check
the ever-growing increase in crime,
medical science has stepped in to
make the world unsafe for crooks to
live in.
This was the assertion Of DR.. R. E.
House, Ferris, Tex, made at the open
ing session of the American Medical
Association convention.
A new anaesthic ministered to
the suspected criminal forces him to
tell the truth, as the anesthetic, for
the time being, makes that part Of
the brain which would urge caution
and lying go to sleep, said House.
The truth serum" called scope.
lamin, has no after effects and serves
It's purpose equally well in freeing a
man wrongly convicted of a crime and
In convicting a man who pleads inno-
cence when guilty. The truth simply
will out, according to DR.. House.
Revolution In criminal procedure
was predicted by Or. House. who said
that criminals would be robbed of
their ancient defense-perjury on the
witness stand-if> given scopolamin.
DIR. House has tested his serum on a
number OF men in Texas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-26
From Far and Near

because spouse had him arrested for
hitting her with baseball bat and
refused to drop the charge.
Golf builds character, Prog Prof.
Mordecai Kaplan, Jewish theologican,
asserts at Jewish teachers conference
at New York.
Five additional drownings at De-
troit swell total to nineteen since Sat-
urday.
One hundred alleged speeders ar
rested in crusade at Youngstown,
Ohio.
National Association for Advance
ment of Colored People announces
there were eleven lynchings during
first six months of this year. Last
year there were thirty-three in same
period.
Prime Minister Baldwin says Great
Britain has no intention of selling
West Indies as part settlement of
war reparations to Uncle Sam.
A. M. Ogle, Terre Haute, Ind, ap-
pointed member of bituminous opera
tors special committee, operating with
Government IN investigation Of soft
coal industry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-26
VALUE Of ED|SON'S
GENIUS IS PUT At
FIFTEEN BILLIONS
Long List Of Industries Are
Founded Upon His
Inventions.

NEW YORK, June 26.-There is
one human brain that has a hard
cash market value today in the bust
ness and industrial world, Of $751;
000,000,000 Billions is correct, not
millions. That is within 20 per cent
Of equaling the value Of all the gold
dug from the mines Of the earth
since America was discovered.
The brain is that Of Thomas Alva
Edison, who many a time has said to
his cronies, well, if worse comes to
worst, I've got a good trade. L can
always make $275 a month as an ex
pert telegraph operator, and 1 can
live comfortably on that"
The $15 ,000, 000,0 900 represents the
present investment in America alone
in industries which are entirely based
on the inventions Of Edison, or which
have been materially stimulated by
his inventions. Several Of the coun-
try's largest industries are included.
Here is the list, and it touches only
the high spots. 1t shows either the
capital or the total investment. accord
inc to the latest depeDdabla estimates:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-26
Hi JOHNSON
FIGURES ON
NOMINATION

By Times Special
WASHINGTON, June 26.-Is there
national political significance in
Hiram Johnson's change Of plans. by
which he is remaining six weeks
longer in Europe than he originally in
tended?
Enemies of the distinguished Cali
fcrnian have always charged him
with the loss of California in the
Hughes-Wilson campaign Of 1916 and
the consequent election of Wilson.
Today it seems not at all impossible
that another California disturbance
may sweep on the Republican Ma
tional Convention next year and land
the nomination for Hiram.
In the first place, things are in bad
mess politically in Hiraln's State. In
the Statewide fight between the pub
lie utility corporations and the people,
the new Governor, Friend Richardson.
has lined up squarely with the CDR
rorations and they have won hands
down.
Now, you will note the greatest
handshaker and long or short dis
lance jollier at large, viz; President
Warren G. Harding Of the United
States of America, is now touring the
northwestern part Of this country,
and after an inspection Of Alaska,
will proceed down the highways Of
California on a speechmaking. hand
shaking tour, finally sailing from San
Diego for Panama on or about Aug. 4.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-26
NAVY OFFICERS TO
ADDRESSADCLUB
Finals in Golf Tourney Set for
July 2.

Gail Murphy, vice president of the
Dave Bloch Company, Inc, advertis-
merchandising counsel Of New
York, will talk to the Advertising
Club at its weekly luncheon Thurs
day at the Chamber Of Commerce
Three naval officers will talk on ad-
vantages Of the naval reserve station
established at Riverside Park.
New officers will be installed. The
clubs golf tournament finals will be
played July 2. Twenty-Five members
competed Monday at Riverside in
preliminaries.
Leo Krauss, jeweler. will present a
silver loving cup to the winner. The
following have offered prizes: Phil
Kerr, Frank Chance, Glenn Voorhis,
Floyd Hassler, Joe Ryde, Mrs. Otto
Abel, Roland Mellett, Tommy Rob-
erts. Frank Flapner, Cornelius Lysett
Of the Globe Press, Baron Rothschild,
Ike Kornblum, Ed Gausepohl, Scott
Legge, Sam Goldstein, Advertising
Club, Eddie Herman and Chef Cough.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-26

House Of David probe before one
man grand jury at St. Joseph, Mich,
postponed until September. Case and
weather too warm.
Jane Adams, noted Chicago welfare
worker, i'll in hospital at Toxic, jap
an, probably will undergo operation.
Several years ago she was operated
on for tumor.
Mrs. Julia Feldheger stabbed dozen
times by Mrs. Sadie Darlin, who says
she found her husband and the
"other woman" together in a trysting
spot at Kansas City.
Explosion of dynamite can tears Off
three fingers Of Joseph Hillzer at
Stevenson, Wash. He says: This
will break mothers heart"
Chancellor Cuno declares in speech
at Koeningsberg mo government can
cancel the passive resistance policy
horn in the hearts of men and women
Of the Rhineland and the Ruhr."
Two men committed suicide during
the heat wave at Chicago. One &C.
cused his wife Of going to a dance
without permission; other was angry
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-26
ENFORCEMENT OF
TRAFFIC RULESAT
FIRES IS ORDERED
Board of Safety Determined
to Stop Interference With
Apparatus

The board of public safety today
ordered police to arrest violators Of
traffic regulations pertaining to fires.
Fire Chief John ]. O'Brien said that
in some cases traffic has been so con-
gested around fire sthat it was i'm
possible for the apparatus to get
through and that in several instances
apparatus had to go blocks out Of
the way.
Street car motormen will be especi-
ally watched, the board said.
To curb a condition described as
growing bad" by Robert w. Sloan,
marketmaster, the board adopted a
resolution to revoke the license of any
Shareholder on the city market con-
victed Of violating the liquor laws.
Sloan said that liquor otter was found
around the market and that several
cases of intoxication have been noted
A Shareholder recently was con-
victed under the liquor laws.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-26
POWDER WITH No
FLASH PERFECTED
BY i. s. ARMIES
Troops VIII Be Protected in
Night Battle Enemy
Can't Locate Guns,

WASHINGTON. June 26.-Success-
full development of a new powder for
use in small arms and artillery, which
possesses all the driving power Of the
is smokeless. fiashless and impervious
to moisture, has been announced by
the War Department.
1.-THE new powder may be exposed
indefinitely to any atmosphere sat
urated with moisture" the depart
ment's announcement said. During
tests it has been completely submerged
in water without any absorbed mois-
ture being found"
Aids Night Firing.
In it's power to drive bullets or
projectiles the new explosive is under
stood to be the equal of powder now
in use.
1t was developed for use in the 10
nm guns. but is now being applied
also in tests for heavier artillery and
will be adapted for rifles and machine
guns.
Work has been in progress for years
10 produce a f1ashless powder that in
night firing the same invisibility might
be accomplished for troops as was
made possible in daylight operations
when smokeless powder was developed
to replace the old black powder.
Difficult to Find
With the new powder enemy marks
men will be unable to locate Ameri-
can machine guns or rifles by the flare
from the muzZles
During the war the skyline above
the artillery when a bombardment
was in progress blazed with light from
the continuous flash Of the guns and
IS glare was visible for miles, mark
in a general way the artillery
With the new powder it is ex-
d that only the rumble of the
will mark such commandments in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-26
PUBLIC TO AIR VIEWS
ON WIDENING RIVER
County Auditor Contends Old Struc-
ture Can Be Repaired.

The board of county commissioners
today received notice from the city
board Of works that a public meeting
to discuss the widening Of White river
and frightening Of the Kentucky Ave
bridge will be held July 16 at the city
hall.
I'VE don't need a new bridge over
the river at Kentucky Ave." Leo K.
Fesler, county auditor, told the COM
missioners "a new one will cost
100000 and the old one can be re-
paired"
Fesler and the board Of works have
been in disagreement on the bridge for
several years. Engineers have pro-
nounced the present structure unsafe
for heavy traffic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-26
SAVING SOULS|S
CALLED HIGHEST
FORD AMBITION

DETROIT, June 26.-"You haven't
written the greatest story on Mr..
Ford that can be written yet" said
a preacher friend to me.
What is the story?" 1 asked him.
1T is the story of his salvaging
system. Look it up. 1t will startle
you. In his institution he saves
everything from sweeping to souls. :"
1 asked Henry Ford about it.
Eyes, we try to save everything"
he said. Our floor sweepings alone
save us over 100000 year in
brass, iron and left overs"
1 knew Mr.. Ford's instinct for
salvaging. 1 think he gets it from
the same place that he gets his sense
of cleanliness; from his Dutch
mother. 1 should say that cleanli-
ness and economy are his two main
characteristics.
A "Four-In-One' Plan
One Of the most fascinating illus
trations of his salvhging systems
that L have found is a bridge at Flat
Rock.
This bridge serves four purposes,
1 talked with the Ford people about it
and they told me the story
I'VE were building a power plant
at Flat Rock. Our D. T. & l. Rail
road needed a bridge at that point.
I'VE also needed a highway So
we thought it would be a good idea
to make that power plant and dam
into railroad and bridge and a high
way, so there it is"
l went out to Flat Rock to see this
unusual ''four-in-one.''
visited the paper mill at the
Rouge plant and they were dumping
waste paper into watts, and at one
end Of the mill turning this waste out
as great boxes of pasteboard used to
ship parts in.
Mr.. Ford has the usual by-products
Of coal as a part Of his great salvag-
ing system.
Salvages Many Souls
He said to me one day:
THE time will soon come when
every great manufacturing institution
in America will be a service center
for the town where it is located. It
will turn it's coal into coke and sell
that coke to the city at cost. 1t will
make it's own gas"
But the fascinating part Of your
salvaging system is your method Of
salvaging human beings, Mr.. Ford"
We'll, l think human beings are
more worth saving than floor sweep
ings," he said.
The Henry Ford Hospital is con-
crete expression of this spirit of sal
vaging human beings that is in Mr..
Ford's soul. Up b date he has put
about 100000 into this enterprise.
The Henry Ford trade school Is
typical human salvaging plant from
its top to its bottom. The boys in this
school, most Of them, are boys who
come from the streets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-26
NEW SERUM MAY
DEVELOP CURES
FOR RHEUMATISM
Nearly 80 Per Cent of 5000
Cases Have Shown I'M
DrOVen1entS,

NEW YORK, June 26.-No more
pain and no more cripples because Of
rheumatism are a possibility Of the
future, judging from the results OBJ
tanned in the last four years from an
entirely new method of treatment Of
the disease at the clinic Of New York
University Medical School, First
Ave. and Twenty Sixth st. This treat
ment consists Of a series Of serum in
jections administered twice a week.
More than five thousand cases haR
been handled with 80 per cent "a
proved to a point just this side
what can e~terms as positive GU
according to @ statement from
school recently. Many of the ~
TENTS, however, have reached VN(
point Of calling it cure because theX
no longer suffer pain and the cor 8
ditions which hindered or preventeS
their movements have entirely disapv
peared.
Small Amounts
The serum used is a graduated Sc
ries Of strepticoccus virdans, which
the doctors in the clinic acknowledge
to be the underlying cause Of rheum-
oL4Sl1l- n dlllOoAl VI IIlS SC
rum is used at the beginning and
gradually built up to a comparatively
huge dose. AT least twenty treat
ments are administered and the i'm
mediate results are astonishing in
some cases. One man who was
brought to the cline recently could not
walk a step, and he hoped off the
floor with both feet This improve
ment followed four doses Of the serum.
The doctors in charge Of the clinic
regard his reaction as an unusually
quick one and due to his particular
body acceptance of the serum. Other
patients show an equally great i'm
provement, but after a longer period
Of treatment. From 100 to 10 pa
tents are treated on Monday and Fri
day afternoons. The patients vary
from young men and women in their
early twenties to those who are we'll
past the half century mark.
Chronic Cases Treated
Chronic sufferers from rheumatism,
or multiple infection arthritis," as
medical science calls the disease, have
heretofore received various kinds of
treatment, ranging from baking the
affected part and many forms Of mas
sage to the home remedy of rubbing
with snake OIL The latter was 81
still is credited with magic healing
powers in backwoods sections of the
country.
Another interesting case at the clinic
is that Of a man who has recovered
from an almost complete paralysis.
Before coming to the clinic he was
unable to turn over in bed and suf-
fered such constant pain that he had
not slept for more than an hour at
time for more than three months.
Friends brought him to the clinic in
a wheel chair for his first treatment
and now after twelve weeks he is to
all appearances a perfectly normal
person. He has returned to his work
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-26
COUNTY ADVISED
TO SUE FOR COST
OF KEYSTONE RD.
Two Commissioners Favor
Plan to Protect Tax
payers,

Marion County should sue the s. M.
Undertake Construction Company,
builders of the keystone Ave. county
road, for $119, 900, the full contract
price, County Attorney Emsley w.
Johnson today advised county COM
missioners, because the road lis not
satisfactory"
Commissioners Albert Hoffman, Re-
publican, and John Kitley, Democrat,
approved the plan.
I'VE will not make a formal order
today, as Tutewiler is not here" they
said.
Tutewiler is the third commissioner.
Monday he said he thought the board
should have accepted Undertakes
proposal to repair the road, which in
cluded a clause that such action
would relieve the company Of further
claims.
I'VE have got to do something to
show these contractors that they can't
take public money and get away with
delivering a road like this" said John
son.
The county attorney said he had
read the testimony given at the hear
ing held last spring by the commits
sioners to determine where the fault
for the breakup of the cement road,
which was built in 1920.
"All the witnesses were hostile, in
Guiding John j. Griffith, the county
engineer, former county commits
sioners, and William Weaver, repre-
sentative Of the Portland Cement AS
ISOLATION" he said.