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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-17
PERSONALS

Charles FEE Adams is still con fined to his home on Arlington ave- nue.
 Miss Katherine Perkins is the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-17
oBIE OSWALD INJURED

Obie Oswald, 8 years of age. was seriously Injured Saturday when caught in a saw at sawmill oper- ated by his father. The child was taken to Elizabeth Duncan hospital. He was playing about the mill car riage when the accident occurred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-17
Vital Statistics
BIRTHS


 MT. and Mrs. Richard G. Grigsby. sev- enteenth avenue and Thirty-third street Mir. and Mrs. George H. Johnson. 1o1s Twenty sixth street north, June 27 girl MT. and Mrs. Joel E. Farrell, Route 3, Oak Grove. July 9, girl.
 Mr. and Mrs Edwin Robert Goode. s15 Forty ninth street. north. July 9, boy. Mir. and Mrs. l., F. Fox, 9o4 Georgia MT. and Mrs. Sherman A. Gibson, Route ?, Pratt City. July 10. girl.
 MT. and Mrs. Ripley P. Oliver. Leeds, MT. and Mrs. Oscar Oats Byers. Leeds. Mr. and Mrs Harrison H. McLeroy, Bir- mingham General hospital, July 12. boy Mir and Mrs. Thomas J. Waldrop. 1923 Hillman avenue July 9, boy. MT. and Mrs. Joe Bains, Adger. May 29, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Jones. Belle Sumter, June 80, girl
 Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Mathews Johns, Ala, June 26.
 DEATHS
 Jack Curlin. Woodward, July H. age e5. Mrs. Mabel Irene Bell. Hopewell July otis Kugler. Norwood hospital. July 12, age 8.
 Leslie Levins Birmingham Baptist hos Patrick Mcwhorter. St. vincents hospi- Guriey J. Tuggie. s7o2 Avenue D. July 12, age AS.
 Eugene Guthrie, South Highlands in- firmary. July IS, age 20,
 Marvin J. Harper, Jr., St. Vincents hos pital, July 14. age II.
 Dorothy May Wilson, Inglenook, July 15, age months.
 James B. Smiley South Highlands in firmary, July IS, age 54.
 Charles M, Lawrence, 5111 First avenue, July 15, age A.
 J. W. Dees, woodlawn infirmary. July II, age 49.
 Richard T. Respers. South Highlands in- firmary, July 12, age 52.
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EXAMINATIONS UNDER WAY

State examinatIons Tor teachers are being held at the college this week. The number of applicants is not large, as practically all of the summer school students are now en- gagged in credit work for a degree, or to extend certificates without eX- animation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-17
"MONTEVALLO SONGS" IS ISSUED BY COLLEGE
New Book Illustrated With Many
 Scenes Of College

MONTEVALLO, Ala, July 16.- Special )-"Montevallo Songs" is the title of new publication that has just been issued by the Alabama Technical Institute and College for Women. It was prepared for publi- cation by Mrs. Lula Hawkins Ma bors and Miss Beulah Putnam.
 The book contains many illustra- ton of college scenes and the fol- lowing songs: Alabama" by Julia Strundwick Tutwiler. music by for mer director Calkins; the col lege song. Purple and Gold" with words adapted from other songs and music by Calkins; Senior Souvenir" words by Lillian Kendrick. class of 1920, and music by Minnie McGowin 1920; "AIumnae Song" words by Ruth Wilkes, 1916. and music by Thelma Davis; Ninety six" words by Mary Goode Stallwort and music by Lula Hawkins Majors; "A. G. l. s." words by Elizabeth Haley Moore, music America" The Pnr"' Gold song that or
 college r'Eit G0rtar 'r cf first tin. .e V0.a7 Tor 71s were con posed hv ir= iamr-
 kins. ID C- Cn. eEe'
 posed by rV0 o sud
 kins. w T Sing TOT Monte vallo" cont s the words prepared by many students. Guardian Mother" Is copy of a song by Annie Lou Jones, 1922, and Ernes- tine Tatum, 1923.
 There are many other songs and yells that will be of much interest to. all former Montevallo students.
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
THE STRANGE MARCH TO THE SEA THAT THEY
SAW
SAW.

: cause at that very moment I saw
a sight I shall never forget.
We had just reached the top of
sand dune when we saw, com
ing across the valley which lay
below the sand dune on which we
were standing. a great dark mass.
At first it looked as If the top of
the earth were sliding along, but
as the mass moved nearer, it
seemed to be an army of ants. 1t
was a huge army of land crabs
hundreds of them.
What does 1t mean?" I ex-
claimed, for this army of crabs
was at least forty yards in
breadth and extended as far back
as we could see-at least a mile.
On and on they came, following
the big crabs who seemed to be
their leadership hill and down
dale, over cliffs and even over
the walls OF some ruins, which
were in their path.
Now, I'll tell you about them"
said Bunny. This is the season
when land crabs lay their eggs,
They don't carry them around on
their bodies like the crabs in our
country do. They go down to the
beach, and lay. their eggs in the
sand. The big crabs are the gen
tlemen crabs who lead the way,
and all those behind are the ladv
crabs. They march to the sea
once a year"
We watched the crabs until
they disappeared in the distance.
but another day we saw some oP
them as they marched back in
land from the sea.
TOmOrrow's story, "The Strange.
TOOthpick They Discovered In
Egypt.
Copyright 1929, by International
Feature Service. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
CHAPTER XII.

On Neale's thirteenth birthday.
his mother gave him a little silver
watch and his father. a bicycle.
In addition to the excitement of
getting into his teens and Of own
ing these visible and outward
symbols Of advancement, he was
told that he would now be sent to
q real school, with no girls in the
classes, where he would really
learn something; that is to say
where he would be prepared for
college.
Hadley Prep, was an excellent
school, sort Of model school, an
information factory. You fed q
small boy into it and at the end
of four years the school turned
him out completely filled with
classified information Boys en-
tered with all sorts Of hazy dis.
orders OF learning: they were
ground out, possessed Of a chain
Of facts, every link shining, pol
ished and joined by flawIess weld
ing to the preceding and conse-
Quent facts. The curriculum took
no count Of modern educational
fads:z spiritual awakening, char
acter building. intellectual growth"
had no place there. What would
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
TRAVELLING
COSTUMES
BY Rita Stuyvesant-
|" HIS Is travel time, and the
smart woman now consid-
- ers her travelling costume.

" HIS Is travel time, and the
smart woman now consid-
- ers her travelling costume.
In the open. touring car, a one.
piece frock Of wool jersey is serv-
iceable. This may be made from
the popular Jersey tubing" and
trimmed with bright wool stitch
cry. Low-heeled sport shoes and
Isle sport hose would go well
with this frock, and soft sport
hat that fits close to the head.
For chilly evenings in the noun
tains a camels hair polo coat is
excellent. Or one of the new
plaid mixtures.
A coat or wrap a bit more
dreSsy may be worn in the closed
car. Twill cloth in a smart
wrap-around coat may be trimmed
with an original trimming OF
matching crepe deeply knife-pleat.
ed to a full ruff effect. This
wrap is shown in beige, navy
blue, gray or black, and may be
worn with a one-piece dark crepe
frock, and smartly tailored hat
to match.
The three piece silk suit is
ideal for summer travel wear es-
pecially on the trains. Navy,
gray, beige. or gun-metal are >all
suitable colors. with trimmings
OF a different color. Pleats are
popular and that is why q one
piece p1eated frock with pleated
cape to match is well liked. The
cape is collared in summer fur
and tied at the front.
The one-piece frock with box
coat to match also makes a
smart travelling costume. Crepe
silk does not wrinkle readily.
In any of these costumes. one
viii appear presentable when she
stops along the road for lunch
con or tea, or perhaps on the
dining car when she removes her
Jacket.
If you plan to camp along the
road. you will find tweed kaick.
ers and a sllp-cn sweater prac-
teal. A tweed packet to match
the Knockers, soft, pull.on hat
and wooden hose with low sport
shoes of a sturdy nature, will
complete comfortable camp
outfit.
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
The Story Of Two Young People Who Were Destined for
Each Other Though Every Influence Seemed
To Keep Them Apart

; slashing blow, and ran, ran
breathlessly out to get help.
In the dark hall she stood still,
the thump. thump Of her heart
loud in her ears. A murmur Of
voices came from the salon.
Maman had callers But
even if she hadn't, Marise now
knew she could not have spoken to
Manan about it. Something came
and stood between her and Maman
so that she knew she could not
tell her. She had a horrible fear
that Maman would look that way,
too, perhaps she might laugh that
way perhaps everybody
would. Perhaps that was one Of
the things they did. Not Father.
either " no, she'd be ashamed
Of not why, there
was nobody she could tell; there
was nowhere to run for help.
She went slowly back to her
room. The sight Of it brought up
before her again the glistening
eyes Of the two women as they
had looked at the cat and
laughed. A terrible burning came
UP all over her so that she
was almost suffocated. She want
ed to hide her face. She found
herself leaning against the dingy,
checked red-and-white curtains.
They smelled Of dust and she
buried her face in them, burrow-
ing deeper and deeper among
them as though she must niue
herself, hide herself from
but she couldn't hide herself from
what was inside her own mind.
She stood there a long time,
her face pressed into the dusty
curtains, her body buried in them.
She was sick. sick from head to
foot.
And then nobody came
to help her, since there was no.
body to come: nothing happened
nothing could happen.
She had thought she couldn't
live, feeling like this. But she.
would have to, since there wasn't
anything else to do.
This came to her slowly, and
slowly sank into her, like still,
deep cold.
Two days after this, as Jeanne
was brushing her hair, she said
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
A Secret Marriage.
MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX
married a girl sixteen years
DID,. I am twenty. The girls
parents do not know anything
about It, and I tried to break
the news to them twice. !
really invited myself to their
house. I took the father to a
matinee with US, and I made up
my mind that I would not go in
again unless I was asked.
Now I understand the parents
will find out that we are mar
ried very soon.
I would tell the parents in q
minute, but hold a public posi-
ton. and I do not like to tell
them because I think they would
make trouble for me, and per-
haps would find myself without
a Job. I wish you could tell me
what to do. ID
DON'T be a coward. Tell your
wife's father at once and ask
him to forgive you If he feels that
you were reckless and over-eager,
but that 1t was love for his daugh-
ter which made you want her for
your wife. The only thing which
can help you now is honesty. You
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
Why the Marriage of the Principal Characters Of This Novel
Was Able to Stand the Test Is Related In
Captivating Manner

, cards, which he dutifully brought
home to his parents. They glanced
up from their absorption in each
other, read, and smiled over the
mathematical accuracy Of the
Hadley information about the
state Of NeaIe's mind (the Had
ley professor often marked a boy
as S7.75 proficient in American
history, or 90.3 learned in Ger
mani. At times they wondered
If Hadley were the best place for
him. But they were exactly like
all other parents; they really had
no idea what else to do with
Neale. His health continued good
and he did not seem rebellious, 80
they confined their supervision of
his education to paying his rather
expensive tuition, signing his re-
port cards, and handing them
back to him.
Towards the end of the Sec
ond year Neale began to master
the new technique. = He memOr.
lied the magic passwords which
are accepted as a proof Of under.
standing many subjects. He be-
gan to draw breath, to tread
water less frantically and still
not to fear the closing over his
head of smothering floods. The
third year he felt earth beneath
his feet again, and relaxed
enough from his mental sconcen-
tration to spend occasionally an
hour or two on the school ath-
letic field. He was fifteen years
old now, wore long trousers and
suits with vests, a stand-up col
lar, ties he had tied himself, and
carried a fountain pen. Under.
meath all this grown-up bravery
of exterior. there was brain
that had learned to acquire and
pigeon-hole information, and a
perfectly dormant personality.
The Washington times., 1923-08-09

you have7 -Four years Is q short
enough time to prepare boys for
their college entrance examina-
tions. The non-essentials had to
be cut out. The great point was
that when the principal signed a
certificate Of graduation he knew
that the boy in question could
produce any piece Of information
required Of him, from the preterit
of recevoir to the formula for ac-
tolerated motion Of falling bodies,
at any college entrance examina-
ton in the United States.
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Life at the Crittenden horne
was, as far as he was concerned,
exactly the same life he had al
ways known. except that instead
Of playing on the streets. he went
out on the school athletic field,
and instead Of playing with his
tin soldiers, he usually went up
to his room to grind over his les
sons. At breakfast and supper
his father and mother talked
peaceably to one another just as
they always had, and although
NeaIe was able now to understand
the subjects Of their chat, their
talk was, as a matter of fact,
often quite as incomprehensible
&c him as 1t had been when he
was a small boy. They had
grown 50 much together, had 20
shared life with each other and
no one else, that they possessed
almost a language Of their own.
made up of references. only half
expressed. to things they had said
, long ago, or to experiences they
had had together. or to opinions
they both knew so well there was
no need to formulate them in
words. Neale was not surprised
at this, nor yet resentful. On his
side he was absorbed in his
studies and the life at school.
It was true that every once In q
while they talked directly to
Neale; asked him Quegtions-
what studies he liked best-how
the teachers treated hin-what
he had to eat at lunch.
CTo Be Continued Tomorrow
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to Marise, "Our cat viii be
brought back to us tomorrow.
She is all right now. M. Bergeret
says"
Marise waited until the wave
Of sickness passed and she felt
she could make her voice sound
as usual. Then she said casual
~, 1--WE changed my mind. I
don't want a cat now. It would
bother Maman too much"
Jeanne was relieved. "Oh,
very well. I don't ask anything
better, I hate cats around the
house anyhow" She went on
brushing Marise's hair, with care.
full, loving skill, proud Of its
thickness, its sheen, its silky
blackness. She thought to her.
sell. "What a beautiful child our
Marise is. And how I love her!
There isn't anything I wouldn't
do for her! May the Holy Virgin
guard her and keep her safe al
ways, Amen" She never thought
again Of the cat.
The Washington times., 1923-08-09

~ OBBY. Bunny and 1 had
sailed down to the West
~ Indies, and while we were
in that part of the world we
thought it would be interesting
to visit the island of Nevis, where
a great man was born-Alexan-
der Hamilton. You know, Alexan-
der Hamilton was one Of the bril-
liant men who helped George
Washington establish the Govern
ment OF the United States of
America, after the colonies had
won their independence from
Great Britain.
We were wandering over this
beautiful island about three miles
inland, when Bobby shouted:
Foxy Grandpa, look at that
big crab"'
Sure enough, there was a great
big crab walking along as largo
as life.
"WellI' I exclaimed, "I never
knew that crabs live this far from
the ocean,
But Bunny, who of course was
with us, said with a great air of
wisdom:
well this kind of crab Goes.
He's a land crab"
"A land crab"' exclaimed.
Doesn't he ever 60 near the
water?"
only once in a WHILE" an
swered Bunny. Even then he
DOESN'T go by himself. The whole
crab world moves down to the
seashore-just as the people in
cities do when they go to the
seaside in summer"
"WeIl, if he's so fond Of living
inland, why does he go to the
sea-" 7 asked.
But I had to wait for a while
until heard the explanation be-
The Washington times., 1923-08-09

Into the hopper Of this mental
polishing machine, Neale was
poured with fifty othar little boys
and began painfully to adapt him
self to it's rigorous codes. 1t was
a process trying to the most
robust among them, and devasta-
ting to the weaker ones. The de-
vastating quality was not .only rec
ognized and admitted but sedu-
lousy fostered by the faculty and
principal. It was part Of their
business to see that the weaklings
fell by the wayside long before
The Washington times., 1923-08-09

the flock was led up to the mar
row gate of the college entrance
examinations. And as some hos.
pitfalls achieve a miraculously low
death-rate by the simple process
of never admitting patient
whom they are not sure they can
cure, so Hadley Prep. achieved
the miraculously low rate .of ex-
animation mortality for which 1t
was famous the country over, by
the simple process of knocking on
the head and throwing out on the
scrap-heap any boy whose brains
seemed reluctant to admit college
entrance examination facts.
Those whose heads were hard
enough to resist the knocking,
found themselves completely alb,
sorbed by the mental gymnastics
which filled their days. The first
two years of his life at Hadley
Prep. had almost nothing in them
for Neale except his overtime
struggle to make up for the onnis-
sions of Miss Vanderwater's hap.
hazard tuition. Everything else,
even the assuming Of long tous-
ers, even the summers in the
country, even games, were ban.
ished to the fringe of conscious
ness. like things seen out Of the
corner of your eye while you are
gazing with all your might at
something else. The life of his
personality, his inner self, during
those two years, realized the ideal
OF the eighteenth century educa-
tor who felt that the only safe up
bringing for boys would be to shut
them up in a barrel between
the ages of twelve and eighteen,
and feed them through the bung-
hole. The record of what was
fed through the Hadley bung-hoIe
was set down on Neale's report
The Washington times., 1923-08-09

thing be said to mel present
young appas If you had respect
personality you'd be afraid to set yourself against
you do.
MRS GEORGE Don't silly. You know perfectly well
that I'm absolutely terrified of At least Pm terrified
but know you much older and wiser than /.
MR.. GEORGE: Very likely.
MRS. GEORGE If didn't pretend that don't
you say you'd simply trample
MR.. GEORGE: Oh, dear, not TRAMPLE
MRS. GEORGE: Yes, you would. Look how furious you
when upset the ink your desk last night rushed
and slammed the door, yes but why thought
going to hit I'm just like lion tamer because
Mr.. GEORGE (delghed Oh, really, you exaggerate Be-
Sides it's all very well your being frightened are you
obedent? That's the question?
MRS GEORGE: You know never do anything you really
dislike
Mr.. GEORGE (sad): Yes dear. do what you choose
first and then make believe that told you
by Feature
The Washington times., 1923-08-09

much more than IS Good Tor
you. What / ought to do
and ought to have done long
ago is to hand out the cave
man stuff and let you know
who's boss in this house.
MRS. GEORGE: But I
know I'm the boss. You've
no need to emphasize it.
Mr.. GEORGE: And how
much better off would you
be if You really we're boss?
You aren't quite, but if vou
were, I expect you wouldn't
respect me.
MRS. GEORGE: But I
don't.
AID CTNPCE. a nrat4v
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
By Dorothy Garfield.
Whose Novel, ''The BrimYning Cup,"
Achieved Popularity Through
ont the Country.

r EANNE nodded and said to
Marise. "In take her back
to NJ. Bergeret's brother-in-
) law for a few days. where there
are other cats, and then she'll be
ell right again"
She picked the cat up by the
middle and held her so while she
listened to Isabelle, who now
said something else in Basque,
half-grinning, her lips curied in
an embarrassed, half-pleased way.
Jeanne glanced sharply at Marise,
- IL to see whether she had un.
derstood this, in spite OF its
being said in Basque.
Then they both went out of the
room, Jeanne carrying the cat
by a hard. careless grasp about
the middle. Outside the door
they both burst into giggles. as
though straining themselves be.
fore Marise. The little girl heard
them giggling all the way down
the hall. the sound broken once
by the loud anxious miauw of the
cat.
Seeking an Exit.
Marise stood perfectly still t1II
she heard the outer door open
and close. Then she looked about
her wildly. She wanted to run
somewhere and, hide her face.
She wanted to sink down on the
floor: she wanted somebody to
help her, to make it up to her,
some one to wipe it away and put
her back where she had been
three minutes before, when
Jeanne and Isabelle had come
IN the door. She couldn't go on.
living the way she felt now, as
though she were dirty inside and
couldn't wash herself clean. What
was it all about? What had it
meant? What was there about
having a husband that people
thought was so
At this it came over her in a
wave again, so that she started
as though she had been struck q
The Washington times., 1923-08-09

If the outside window stills ara
swilled with a little disinfectant
when the room is given its weekly
cleaning, insects and flies will be
kept away.
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
A Marvellous Cloak.

CLOAK made of feathers belonged to the royal
"A family of the Sandwich Islands It is made Of tiny
black and yellow feathers. The birds 50 rare it
took $50 years to collect them.
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
This Day in Our HistOru.

THIS the anniversary of the signing in 1872 Of the
Ashburton Treaty between the United States and
England This settled the boundary line between Maine
ana Canada 1t also ended the African slave trade
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
ADVICE TO LOVELORN
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX

have not done anything to make
you a criminal in the eyes of the
law. There is nothing to disgrace
or shame you. except your own
lack Of manliness in not speaking
up like the man you know full
well you ought to be.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
married nineteen years
ago. We lived together for
three weeks after we were mar.
ried. He left me and I have
not see him in all these years
until one day he attacked me
and used vile language and ;
several times since he has stop
ped me again.
Kindly advise me how to Ret
q free divorce as I am a Door
woman. A. b.
YOURS Is a case for the Legal
= Aid Society. You will find
the address in the telephone book.
''It may seem cruel. Effie, but
I ought to tell you that last night
at your party your sister prom
ised to marry me. Will you for
give me for taking her away?"
Forgive your" replied Effle.
"Whv that's what the M nv, x,,o
for"'
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
W. L. George and His Wife
ACROSS THE BREAKFAST TABLE

MIR. GEORGE: Why slent7 Because I'm thinking.
wi MRS. GEORGE And of what, darling?
Avn MR. GEORGE: I've been quite the wrong line with
you: I've handled you quite in the way The
think of the that I've stood from
too much and that I've let have
Evening star., 1923-06-12
PRICES FOR HOGS
DROP STILL LOWER

BY the Associa ted Press.
CHICAGO, June 12.-Hog values
touched s6.75 yesterday. the lowest
price since January, 1912, il was an
nounced by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.