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New Britain herald., 1923-09-21
,eus,.asLss.ly anly By The Hsnlal

tesstsssLssslly anly By The Hsrslal. Wellesley Hills Macs, Sept H.
 Helping business by saving money in-
 stead of spending il may souad
 strange but that Is what Roger w,
 Babson, the statislieian, proposes tor
 day. in a statement on the investment
 value of savings accounts.
 "why is it that people diferentiate
 between bank seeouAts and invest
 ments Is more than I can eompre-
 hend." says Mir babson. Apparently men and women feel that the money
 which they have in the banks Is not invested They seem to think Of t as tied up in bags in the vault Of the bank, The fact is that just as soon AS you deposit dollar in the bank. that dollar is loaned by the bank 10 some one 10 build home. or 10 hny mer- ehandise .or Is used for the purchase Of bonds, When these bonds are bought. the money is still used by the company issuing the bonds,-perhaps for the developing of water power or the buying of railroad equipment or some other equally useful purpose. Therefore, money deposited in bank Is invested just as truly as any other money. The main difference is that fl is invested by some one with experi- ence and training instead of by one who may know little of financial mat ters.
 Bank accounts have all the ad- kfa t.f Af al fra ..gt t.fa if vestments. Among these may be mon toned the following three; CD Bank accounts are safe. Statistics would probably show that smaller losses come from bank accounts than from any other field Of investmenA (2) Bank accounts are very liquld--that is to say, we can quickly get our money at any time. Other forms of Investment may be permanent in- ] vestments. Many of them are SO permanent that they cannot be liquidated when desired. (3) Bank | accounts offer good opportunity for speculative profit. This may seem a strange statement but let us examine 1t.
 The real opportunities to make money are through chances that come to take partnerships. to make special purchases or to do other things, which, If undertaken, often bring suc- cess. One never can tell when these opportunities will come but they do come to each of us two or three times In the course of our lives. They al- most require a certain amount of cap- tai. Perhaps the new position offered means working for less than a living wage for a while. Perhaps 1t means aking a year or more for travel or 'tudy. The man with bank account an finance the venture but the man without bank account cannot.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-21
HELLO GIRLS HAVE TO
 ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
English Telephone Girls Have Added Burdens to Their Large
 String of Duties.

London, Sept. 21.-Pity the poor English telephone girls They are supposed to be able to tell people what the weather will be like. In this, their newest duty, perhaps they will receive sigh or two of sym pathy from the operators of switch boards in America who for many years bore the suffering of having subscribers ring up to ask What time is 1t, please? My clock has stopped"
 Not long ago the post office. which owns all the telephones in Great Brit ain, arranged with the air ministry to supply each exchange with daily forecasts of the weather in It's vi- cinity. The first month this infor- nation was available to subscribers 1o,172 persons called up to find out if it was going to rain. Of course 1t usually was, the way of British weatll- CT being wet one. In London most of the inquiries were made on Fri days and Saturdays. This was taken to mean that the only time people really care about climate over here is when they are set for an outing. The rest of the time they cannot be bothered, let the fogs fall where they may.
 Besides it is cheaper not to care. The post office is not giving away tips on the weather for the mere fun of it. Those who get such informa- ton from Central" must pay two- pence, the cost of a regular city call.
 Hardly anyone troubles to ring up and find out the time. Maybe min utes do not mean so much in this easy-going land as in the supposedly "snappy" United States.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-21
FINDS BUSINESS DEAD
 IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA
Offers No Golden Future For the American Business Man Ac-
 cording to Visitor.

London, Sept. 21.-South Russia at present offers no golden opportun- ities for American business men, ac- who recently passed through this city on his way home after IS months in Odessa and other Black Sea ports, where he was in charge of port operations for the American Re- lief administration.
 There is practically no trade on the Black Sea-" said MT. Lang. "Even Greek and Armenian traders have given up in despair, and everyone who knows the Black Sea realizes that when these traders find unsurmount- able obstacles to commerce, there must be something serious the mat ter.
 "The new economic policy of the Soviet was heralded as a long ex- pected loosening of government con trol, and when 1t was inaugurated more than year ago the people had great hopes that a new era was dawning in communistic Russia. But such hopes were soon dashed.
 After shopkeepers had opened their stores with what little stocks they could get, they found that the government officials were waiing only for trade to be resumed to impose ruinous taxes. These taxes made busi- ness impossible for shopkeepers, for importers and exporters alike"
 Harvest prospects in South Russia are excellent. according 10 Mir. Lang, who said that nobody in Russia should go hungry this winter.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-21
Fifth of Presbyterian
 Churches Have No RectOrs

St. Louis, Sept. 21.-More than one- fifth of the 924 United Presbyterian churches in the United States are without rectors. according to statis- tics compiled at the Xenia Theologf- cal Seminary here.
 While there are 94S ministers of the denomination in this country, 191 churches are without rectors because of the large number of clergymen needed for school and home mission activities, and work of the denomlna- tional boards and agencies, it was ex- plained.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-21
RISE IN BANK RATE

London, England.--The Bank of England has stimulated saving by al- lowing raise in minimum rates of discount from 3 to per cent. This permitted the clearing banks to in- crease interest allowed on deposits from 1 to per cent.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-21

To insare success in her new venture the bride should use pure extracts. Bakers Flavoring Extracts are certl- fled as to duality.--advt.
The mirror., 1923-03-15

left for the continent, and sailed from
Lian-badrig or the church of Patrick, on
the island of Anglesea. From here his
footsteps have been traced to Innis-patrick,
the island of Patrick, where it is thought
he made the first landing of his journey
through Ireland. When he finally reached
the Emerald isle proper, he disembarked
at Holmpatrick, another of the many
places named after him, which is located
in the county of Dublin. He next founded
church of Kirk patrick on the Isle of Man.
Judging further from historical maps,
St. Patrick journeyed to East Meath,
where he founded an abbey called Dom
nach-Padrig or the house of Patrick.
From there he went to Dublin, where he
founded another church, which it is be-
lieved, occupied the site where ST. Patrick's
cathedral stands today.
Other places which bear ST. Patrick's
name as evidence that he had some his
torical connection with them are, St. Pat
rick's purgatop, on an island of Lough
Derk in the county of Donegal; St. Pat
rick's Wood at Leinster; St. Patrick's rock
at Cashel; and the St. Patrick's wells, at
which the good saint is said to have re-
freshed himself are far too numerous to
mention separately.
In his old age he returned to the place
where he first started his labors as a mis-
sionary in pagan Ireland with the chief
Dichu, and spent his last days in the vii
lage of Saul, where he is believed to have
died on March II, 493 A. D., at the ripe
old age of one hundred and twtnty-one
years.
The mirror., 1923-03-15
ST. PATRICK'S LIFE
Selected

IF you want to know the history of St.
Patrick, look at the map. For every
I where the good saint went he seems to
have left his name behind him. If he
sailed from certain port or passed
through a certain town, or founded a
church or built barn, or stood on
rock, or drank out of well, the port, the
town, the church, the barn, the rock, and
the well were all named after him. Hence
one can trace the itinerary of his earthly
travels by the number of places which
bear, in some form or other, the name of
Patrick, writes Marjorie Elaine Porter in
the Detroit News.
To begin with, there is Fitzpatrick,
meaning the cell or church of Patrick, in
Dumbartonshire, Scotland, where it is as
sumed, by some historians, the saint was
born. In spite of the fact that the claim
is disputed by England, France and Wales,
who also declare themselves to be the
mother countries of St. Patrick, there are
arguments on Scotland's side worthy of
consideration.
One of the most forceful is the document
called St. Patricks Confession" in which
the saint wrote: 81, Patrick, a sinner, the
rudest and least of the faithful, and most
contemplate to very many, had for my
father, Calpornius, a deacon, a son of
Potitus, presbyter, who dwelt in the vii
lage of Bannavem Taberniae, for he had
small farm hard by the place."
The mirror., 1923-03-15

After delving in the past, and investi-
eating the archives, the majority of schol-
ars and historians now agree in placing
Bannavem Taberniae, in Scotland, in the
reighborhood of Dumbarton on the Clyde.
Granting, then, that St. Patrick celebrated
his first birthday in Dumbartonshire, the
next place he lived, in accordance to the
map, was Dalpatrick, the district or
division of Patrick, in Lanarkshire.
During this period of his career he is
said to have visited a certain rock near
Inverness, which from that time on was
given the name of Cragphadrig, the trans
lation of which is the rock of Patrick
Then later, he founded two churches in
this region, one at Irongray in Kirkcud-
bright, and the other at Fleming in Dunn
fries. Of course, each of these was named
Kirkpatrick in his honor.
When he finally sailed away to begin
his life work as missionary, the port
from which he embarked was called Port
patrick. Upon reaching England, he is
said to have preached in Westmoreland,
at a place that was afterward named
Patterdale, or Patrick's dale, to commem-
crate the occasion of the saints visit.
While in England he left another land
mark to bear his name by founding
he is supposed to have gone to Wales.
While there, he walked across a cause
way in Carnarvon bay, which for this
drig meaning Patrick's causeway.
Next, following the map and the his
torians who vouch for its reliability, he
The mirror., 1923-03-15
BORDER DAYS
BY Mr.. K. L. M.
Divers Matters

HE average ex-serviceman could not
say what the term "Cossack Guard"
means unless he saw service on the
Mexican Border or in the Islands. In a
tropical country it is detail that is far
from welcome. Almost anyone can explain
the army guards system; camp guards
are detailed for twenty-four hours, and
are on post two hours and off hour dur
ing this period which indicates three re-
liefs. But Cossack Guard is different.
1t is used only in country where there
is great danger of sentry being struck
down from behind while on post. He
does not walk a specified beat but re-
mains in one spot the entire time he is
on post, and with his back to some solid
object-a tree or sentry box.
At Llano Grande the camp was
guarded by men stationed around its area
at half-mile intervals. That is the only
place where the ancient "All's WE'LL" is
heard on the hour. Sometimes all was
rot well, for despite the apparent tram
guilty existing on the border in '16, there
was, now and then, a casualty as direct
result of activity on the part of the brown
brethren.
One Co. man lost a hand; another
was. disturbed by a rustling of leaves near
his post, and was compelled to pay for
one white milk cow that he got fairly be-
tween the eyes. But the mosquitoes were
more feared than snipers, and with just
cause. Texas mosquitoes are in class
by themselves when it comes to dealing
out torture. Scorpions are legion AMI the
deadly tarantulas have a disagreeable
habit of dropping upon sentries from
foliage overhead.
Many authorities say that the bite of
the tarantula is fatal, but the writer has
witnessed not one but many cases where
nothing more serious than a swollen hand
or arm resulted. 1t was the same with
the many-legged scorpion. Rattlesnakes
can be seen every day at Llano Grande,
ranging from six inches to seven and eight
feet in length. Practically every soldier
had rattlesnake hat-band.
All of these insects and reptiles are
likely to force their company upon you en-
Cossack Guard. Wild birds call from
the trees, and now and then the chatter
of the monkey is heard. Pumas can be
found but they never attack a man.
The guard detail consists of corporal
and three privates for every post; the re-
liefs are of four hours each and the guard
is maintained from six until six. A place
suitable for temporary camp is located
and pup tents pitched. Large, close
woven nets cover these entirely, and
head nets are a part of each mans equip
ment.
There was very little danger of being
knitted in the back although men never
went to sleep on outpost duty. In the
few isolated cases no one was killed as
far as know. One under-sized Mexican
was carried into camp one night and he
was just as dead as the great grandpa of
Rameses l but minor wounds were all
that were received on the American side.
AS the outlying ranches and pumping
stations near Mercedes and Donna had
been the scenes of raids (Psss 4, Co.. ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-30

concentrated at one stated spot. This may, perhaps. be in the direct center of the front or it may. again, be at the side. Either side will do. There is no hard and fast stlpula- tion in this respect. Then, the ma terial Is taken and draped about the figure with every. attention paid to the lines of that individual stature, and In the end it becomes a gown which has only Individuality. and that alone. to make 1t famous It ls something which is in accord with the modern and very latest feeling about clothes that it can be applied to neither Paris styles nor to those that emanate from New York It is thing by itself, and every woman who has tried to attune her dresses to this attitude will find that. in spite of herself, she Is coming to be consideped one of the best dressed women of the world.
 Moire coats are good when they are destined to be worn with soft, silken frocks or with dresses made of chiffon or tulle. And then there are the moire capes in light colors for evening and in darker tones for afternoon and daytime wear. They are most interesting looking and they help to give to a costume the general air of being In the highest degree of style.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-30

got off the flying broom and sneaked up towards where the Raggedys and little Ned Gnome sat.
 But before the Witches came, Wal lie Woodpecker flew along and told the Raggedys not to slide down the chute the chutes. There used to be a fine pond down at the bottom of the chute" Waffle Woodpecker told his friends, but now the water is gone and the mud is knee deep and very sticky"
 So the Raggedys and little Ned Gnome thanked Waffle Woodpecker and left the top of the chute; just a moment before the two mean little Witches rushed out. The two mean little Witches did not know there was a long chute there with a mud puddle at the bottom, so when they jumped for the Raggedys. they didn't find the Raggedys there. Instead. they found themselves sliding down the long chute. My how they kicked and wiggled as they went faster and faster. But the Raggedys and little Ned Gnome did not even guess what all the squealing was about, for they had started away through the woods towards the cookie bushes. and did not know the Witches had almost caught them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-30
PARIS HATS ARE TAXING ON NEW
 SHAPES
By JANET WINsLow

The new hats show tendencies to do all sorts of things, and noth- ing can be said to be the thing of the moment unless it is the cloche, which has held on with such a de- gree of stick k-at-it-ive-ness that 1t has become an established thing. But now there are others come to dls- turb tho serenity of the scene and everything depends upon the activ- ities in fashion of the next season to show which hat will take the popular fancy
 Of course, there are some women who cannot and will not wear the cloche. Their faces are not built that way and they know 1t, although 1t Is an astonishing fact that this little bell hat does suit the majority of faces when they have become accus- toned to it.
 Ii Is rumored that the Partisan modistes-those who desgin the hats that lead the procession-haVe de- cided that the newer hats shall turn away from the face That will be welcome news to some girls who have hidden their shining eyes for so long that they are weary of the stunt They want to throw their hats away from their faces and see what that will do for their good looks before the world. Two of the new hats are shown on this page. One of them has bow made of moire and a shape made of the same material. The whole effect of the chapeau is of something pert and charming, and the fact that 1t goes without any sort of street costume with the greatest grace and charm in the world is to be recognized as something which might affect the styles of forth coming season.
 The other hat shows a dripping g ostrich plume that is glycerined. It is one of the smartest trimmings shown on the most advanced of the hat models from Paris. It displays that graceful line which is characteristic of the hats of the new season, and ii shows a grace that every woman likes to have about her most everyday sort of hats.
 The hat itself is fashioned from g wool brocade in a chocolate shade of brown, and the feather then takes on a darker tone that fits 1t to the color scheme. It would be a lovely sort of hat to wear along with a brown dress or suit and 1t would look equally charming with a dark blue costume provided the stockings and gloves were keyed along the brown tones.
 Feathers will be extremely smart They can drop over one side or both as the case may be, and they can wind their ways all around the base of the crown or the edge of the brim.
 Moire drapings for the dinner hour are draped with all their fullness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-30

Ned Gnome were trying to get away from the two mean litle old Witches Wanda and Winda Witch.
 For, the two little old Witches wished to take the Wishing Pebble aid tho Wishing Stick away from Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy.
 The last time the Raggedys had escaped from the Witches when little Ned Gnome dropped all ice cream cone down the Witches necks.
 Now, the Witches had been home and had taken the cold, cold Ice cream cones from down their backs and hopped upon their flying broom to hunt the Raggedys again. When we find them, Wanda Witch said to Winda Witch, We will take the Wishing Pebble away from Raggedy Ann and the Wishing Stick away from Raggedy Andy. then we will put ice cream cones down their backs!"
 Well, there they are" Winda Witch cried as she saw the Rag gedys at the ton. of the hill. "Let us get off the flying broom here ana sneak up on them and jump out and catch them before they have time to put more ice cream cones down our backsw
 s the two mean little old Witches
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-30
MISS BROOKS HONOREE
 AT COTNVR CIJR

Miss Carolyn Brooks of Ithaca. N. Y, who is the house guest of Mrs. Leonard T. Beecher, was honoree at luncheon at the Country club on Wedn esday. Mrs. W. l. Grubb and Mrs. G. M. Lathem being hystesses.
 The party included Misses Brooks, Margaret Seller, Letitia McNein. Frances Johns, Agnes Terrell, Hull dah MCNeel. Elizabeth Cuzzort. Kath- crime Grubb; Mesdames Leonard T. Beecher, W. l. Grubb and G. M. Lathem.
 Others who entertained at lunch con Wednesday at the Country club were Mesdames R. M. GoodaU, B. G. Copeland, E. J. Dunn and Ed Bishop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-30
family of youngsters. I don't know

lamlly of youngsters, l don't know what 1t is.
 During the last day or two before Labor Day. the entire transportation system is clogged as at no other time of the year. The trains are packed, the stations seething with distracted home-comers, the boats loaded with hot perspiring, pushing people. Every motor road is con- gested with cars. mostly going In one direction. Everything is late and behind time.
 Why, then, wait until the very last minute before starting home? By leaving day or two earlier, the family can travel in comparative quiet and comfort. whether by rail, water or motor. Nothing is gained, and the stored-up energy of the whole summer Is all but lost, by waiting until the eve of Labor Day to make the mad rush for home. Especially with littie children to look out for, travelir 3 in a crowd is confusion worse confounded
 So this year, if you read this in time (which is to say, if your favor ite newspaper has followed you to your haunt in the woods) do slip in a little ahead of the throng and make the trip in comfortable quiet. You will be less worn out when you arrive, and better able to start in on the busy weeks ahead of you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-30
.BIDE DUDLEY'S RHYMES
JINrs MANDOLIN

Our Jim has bought. mandolin; he's learnin' how to play. He brought 1t down from Pinkleville a week ago today He does his best to twang the thinE-just practices like sin. He vows he'll be an expert soon on that there mandolin. Each night he sets till 10 o'clock an scratches with the pick. He keeps the family wide awake, but 'tain't no use to kick. He tries a tune called Dreamy Love" that's in some awful key. Jim tells us it's a high class thing. It just sounds punk to me. These mandolins may be all right for town young men to play, but I'm darn sure they wasn't made to fit the country jay Now Jim has got to ease 'er up. That box ain't made no hit. If he don't have heart his Ma ull dip some suds with it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-30
FATHER S SON-BLA CKBURN
 WEDDING ANNOUN CE MENV

Mobile. Ala, announce the marriage of their eldest daughter, Zulah B., to Mir Herbert w Patterson. August 24, 1923. at the Government Street Presbyterian church at 6:45 a. m. The ceremony was performed by Rev. H. F. Lofquist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-30
TO MARK LINEN

In order to mark bedding and table linen successfully, make a little cold water starch and then dip the portion of the article that Is to be mark ed into the starch Rub it over with 8 hot iron until a smooth surface that will insure satisfactory marking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-30
WINNIE TWINKLE
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 %AaAnA A% .Ka99o3y eAnNN
"WelII" Ravpedv

"Wellr Raggedy Andy cried as he ran up to the top of a high hill and looked down, Jus { see what I have f O u n d, R a ggedy Ann and little Ned Gnome!"
 w h Q II Raggedy Ann and little Ned Gnome ran up be- side Raggedy Andy that he had found a fine chute the chutes.
 The chutes were so long it looked like they might slide down for miles before they hit the bottom.
 Maybe we haG better find out jus what is at the bot tom before we slidt down the chute! ' Raggedy Ann said. For it there are stones at the bot tom it would hurt little Ned Gnome to bump into them.
 Maybe someone c will come along and tell us just what is is at the bottom of the long chutei" little Ned Gnom Q said as he sat down.
 So the Raggedys sat down beside him and waited for someone to come along who might te expect at the bottc
 You see the Ra O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-30
'Yso2yR,HQNMElE+ QNElE : 'liSYOU|
nv HELEN KENDALL

EvADING LABOR DAY TRAVEL
 Labor Day-that great American holiday, marking the end of summer and the return to industry, and sup posed to be spent in one last fling of outdoor gayety before getting back to the domestic and office rou-
 tine-is really spent by most of the dear public in the hardest kind of labor. If there is anything more like real work than travelling with a