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New Britain herald., 1923-12-18
GOING TO SUPREME COURT

Now York, Dec. 1S.--Frank Moore. president Of the 0dd-Lot Cotton ex- change, announced today that yester- days decision of the United States circuit court of appeals uphoiding a lower court ruling that the New York Cotton Exchange could not be com. peIcd 10 give it's quotations to the rival concern. would be carried 10 tho ! nited States supreme court.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-18
One Bis Hitsh

v fhorgit ron tod me Psprr,fe eonld win in walk
 ..Ard sa ht would hafe- but this sas a running race."-Tale Record.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-18

The population of the Philippine islands has increased from 700,000 to f0.000.000 or more than fourteen fold since 1891.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-18

Paper of good quality is made from the eucalyptus tree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18

The bal masqus Is not very Eener- ally given nowadays, and yet 1t may be amazing fun If everyone enters in to the spirit, not only remaining masked until the hour for removing the mask but playing the game and trying to conceal his identity. One of the most amusing hours I ever spent was in a Pierrot costume, well masked by the huge ruff about my neck and the domino. I cultivated q French accent for the night and 1t proved most successful I engaged in a lnog and quite flirtatious conversa- tion with a man who had practically watched me grow up; in fact, he had held me on his knee when I was a child. He spent a most intriguing hour thinking he had discovered an unknown Cat least to hirn) continental in New York. Almost choking with mirth. I took good care to be in a position from which I could see his arrived, and truly his expression, when he realized the Identity of the French lady, was well worth the eff fort 1t had cost me to keep from mak- ing myself known.
 In concluding, would suggest that the decorations for any sort of fancy dress party, either simple of stump tuous, should be so designed that they will bear out the spirit of abandon and mirth which the occasion de- mands. Good jazz, good food, and, of course, a large room for the dancers coupled with the hospitality of the good hostess, all go to make the cos tune ball huge success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18
BEAUTY AND HEALTH
By DR, LILLIAN WHITNEY


 John F.--Pulverized tannin sprin- three days prevents ordinarily tender feet from perspiring and blistering. Tannin thus applied rapidly hardens and strengthens the skin, and is par ticularly beneficial in cases of offen- duces the sweating without In the least interfering with the healthy action of the skin.
 NJ s.-Attractive hands are indeed great beauty asset, and I do not to improve yours. know of no place where you can go for such treatment as you need. The pro- truding veins are doubtless caused by relaxation of these vessels and more or less feeble circulation knuckles cannot be reduced, but if your hands were more fleshy both the veins and the knuckles would cease to be prominent. Let me sug- gest that you give them vigorous massage, rubbing from the finger tips up to the elbow, indeed, to the shoulder, thus getting the entire cir culation of the arm under stimula- tion. Use fattening cream or plain cocoa butter, and after the parts have been thoroughly rubbed and kneaded and simulated, cover the hands with a thick layer of the cream and draw on loose gloves. It Is best to do this at bedtime, so that the hands can absorb the fats during the night. I advise you also to practice deep breathing at an open window every morning on aris- ing, which will improve the condi- ton of your blood and circulation.
 Mrs. Vella B.-The discolorations you describe never yield to mild
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18

0AN AANN AGAAn OO6A OHAk9 AAAAAAA
 Fancy dress or costume parties are not only amusing but they are very adaptable things. They may be truly magnificent and. at least at the be- ginning, have an air of formality, or they may be very simple and in- formal from the moment the orches- tra begins.
 The sensation of stepping out of one's own character for a few hours set ems to endow everyone with a sense of freedom and to banish self con sciousness immediately, and conse- quently this form of entertaining is always a safe one with which to liven up a weekend or indeed Q dull sea son anywhere.
 Personally I always adore q cos tune party, not only for its gaiety but because l always wear something with trousers and am consequently blissfllly comfortable. There Is no quicker way of insuring spoilt eve ming for yourself than to wear cos tune which Is uncomfortable, too bulky with trains and sweeping draperies.
 Whether the hostess attempts the small informal ball or the more sump- tuous affair, 1t seems imperative that 1t Ne understood by all the guests be- forehand that they wear fancy dress es. One modern ball gown or a dress suit can spoil the flavor of a costume party. l remember attending a ball in New York last year Cit was not a private ball but one for the public) pearedi not even an ordinary costume was admitted. By ordinary l mean any one of the makeshifts to which men so often have recourse-an eve ming suit, for instance. and an ori- ental turban. I remember too, that one of the group with whom I had gone wore a domino. Fancy his cha grin when he was turned from the door and told to hunt real costume before he could be admitted. I feel that the hostess who wfshei her party to bo a particularly pictur esQue one will stipulate in her tnvi- tations that the pageant is to rep resent a certain period. This will eliminate excuses for costumes. Then too, 1t ofteo proves that prizes, le up say three prizes for the best cos tune, are an incentive to achiev' something beautiful and out of tn' ordinary. On the other hand ther' must always be taken into considera 1 tion the economic status of one' guests. If insistance upon a certaiI period would necessitate on the par of the guests, the expenditure of nor money than was comfortable, the plal should be abandoned. Thus with th expenditure of very Title money, ant with the aid of imagination ant originality, even the simplest cos tune may prove the hit of the eve ming and carry off the coveted frs prize.
 One amusing way of establishing certain style of garb Is to ask tn guests to come representing vel known novels or well known charac ters froma books of all ages. Thel too, they might represent character from current or bygone plays. I re call an amusing party I attended a which all the guests were asked t. represent current monthly and week ly magazines or daily newspapers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18
WATER FOWL HOLD OWN
Geese And Ducks Have Better
 Chance To Survive The Hunter

Geese And Ducks Have Better
 Chance To Survive The Hunter
 There are about 1s species and varieties of geese in tho United States, and including exotic forms possibly 45 kinds of ducks. Collec- lively. these birds are usually re- ferred to as water fowl" With a few exceptions, they breed in our northwestern states and northward through Canada. In, autumn they own along the Atlantic coast. one down the Pacific coast, one through the Mississippi valley and another important one which comes from the west eiagonally across the United States, passing south of the Great Lakes, and reaching the Atlantic sea- board about Maryland. Most of them pass the winter generally from New York and Ohio southward. They have yet been spared in considerable numbers largely on account of the fact that the summer home of most of them is in such far northern re- gions as to, be inaccessible to their occasional human enemies except a few Indians or trappers. The breed- ing region in the United States and the southern Canadian provinces Is being much restricted by the draining of marshes and shallow lakes. However, farther north there still are great re- gions where the birds may seek a safe retreat when rearing their young. The moment they start south. however, there is a different story to tell. All the way along their jour ney they are saluted by gunners. Un- til very recent years a market ex- isted for them and market hunters reaped g great harvest. Now 1t Is H. lnf m a States, but I have seen them in the markets of the City of Mexico in piles 10 feet deep, where they were sold for 10 cents (Mexican) each.
 The problems surrounding the con- servation of wild fowl are different in detail from those of upland game birds. Much Is being done by hunt ing clubs and thousands of individ- uals in growing food for them. On the other hand, lakes, marshes and swamps throughout the southern states are rapidly being drained and the birds deprived of much of their former water quarters. One result is that they are crowded more and more Into a smaller number of lakes and marshes where they are of course pursued by hunters. One of the greatest natural wild fowl re- sorts is in California, where in irri- gated valleys come geese and ducks In almost unbelievable numbers. A marvellous region for thern> exists In the marshes along the Louisiana coast where a number of reserva- tions have been established. Water fowl appear to be holding their numbers better than many of our other American game birds, but with the constant draining of marshes, the increasing numbers of our hunting population, and the great facilities for transportation coupled with eff fectiveness of modern firearms one cannot speak with assurance of their future.-T. Gilbert Pearson, in the Worlds Work. ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18
GETTING RID OF A BORE
Senators Commented On His Looks
 Until He Thought He Was Sick

Senators Commented On His Looks
 Until He Thought He Was Sick
 Senators, at Washington say that in self-defense they have to devise schemes to get rid of undesirable visitors.
 Last winter a small-town politi- elan, who knew several senators, came to Washington to push some personal project. He took up so much of the senator's time that he finally became a nuisance. They did not like to treat him abruptly. So they banded together and hit on a plan.
 The next morning the man showed up as usual in the office of one of the senators. "Gracious! man." was the senator's greeting, "'what hap pened to you? You look sick"
 Never felt better in my life," the man replied.
 But the senator continued to talk about how badly he looked, and finally the man departed to inter- view another senator. There the same greeting was repeated. He had not interviewed more than half a dozen senators before he went home sick.--Boston Globe.
 Turkey has only cheap automobiles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18

notice of an ex-newspaper woman with ear to the ground, ever Ready for "dots."
 Every Thursday afternoon around the hour of In the Axis club rooms finds Mrs. Taylor the entertaining center of group of admiring youths. These lads, who mostly hail from the rural sections are working their way through college, and. one can readily understand how this 4it- tie. respite from sordid ddties, this share of happy, wholesome diver sion is regarded by this faction. Craving with the desire of youth some degree of recreation and yet handicapped in measure from get ting some. here, through Mrs Fay Tor, 1t Is furnished in a wholesome, delightful manner. Singing; game playing. to Say nothing of the awfully welcome "goody goods, {" which are not least in a lads es- tinlation of bully time." Another feather in the already well filled one of the Axis-another rim of credit in this great wheel operating with persistent speed as a factor in our community--a factor of incalculable benefft
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18

I need exercise. I like 1t, though I must admit that the idea had to be pounded into my head before I could work up enough energy to strip for the gym. Before I began this stren- uods work I spent my leisure hours in reading, sewing and going to the theatre. But my new method of liv- Ing has deprived me of these pleas ures.
 Now I must take hard physical ex- 'ercise. If I didn't take 1t, my work soon would suffer. I must always be ready to do physically difficult things without seeming effort. Such Is life in the motion picture world. It Is different than life on the stage, where ones success depends on what one says and how one says it. A stage play Is conversation. A motion picture play is action. Ones success on the screen depends on what one does and how one does 1t.
 For this reason I placed myself under the watchful eye of a profess sional trainer. and physician, who look carefully after my physical well being and advise me. And I follow their advice. to the letter. l must to get the most out of 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18
By BLANCHE SWEET


 Twice daily I faithfully go through a series of setting-up exercises pat termed after those used in the army. My maid sees that I follow the routine exactly as my trainer has prescribed. If I vary at all she has orders to report to him. It Is the same way with my diet and my rest. She keeps an exact account of every thing that I eat and makes a written report to my physician each week He must also know my hour of re- tiring and arising.
 Last spring I spent two weeks at a sanitarium where I was starved for several days and then given gradually increasing quantities of milk to drink. It did wonders for me, and I plan to go there every year. I had perfect rest-two weeks in bed-afid gained weight. I am told, though, that if I were over weight I would have lost the unnec- essary poundage, for my milk diet would have been governed accord ingly.
 s No, life in the movies is not one soft, sweet snap. I know of many professions where one does not have to get up in the morning to exercise. The movies is not one of these.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18

For the first half of the present per month, while a year ago their earnings were $780, maintenance of way employees averaged during July this year $23S, while last year their earnings were $235. Professional and clerical workers last July averaged SITS per month, while year ago they got $172
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18

bleaches and your efforts in this di- rection arc so much energy wasted. Get an ointment, the daily use of which will gradually bleach out the horrid "blotches." This is your only course, if you are seriously inter- ested in clearing your skin.
 Mrs. c. MI wish my readers would understand that they can free-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18

ly write to me for private replies. I am only too glad to help in every possible way on subjecs and matters that cannot be answered through this column.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18

Thorns tf the cactus, dressed and sharpened with a file, are being used for photograph needles and are said to produce a soft tone without scratching the records.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18

Any one of four different faces can be turned into position for use in a new adjustable golf butter. and 1t can be used by either a right handed UT left-handed player.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18
Good Taste In Entertaining A Series Of Thrice-Weeky Articles By Julia Hoyt Mrs
 Lydig Hoyt)
GIVING THn COSTUME BALL

Alliance
 The Ags-Herald All rights reservodD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18

The Axis co-operated with the Kiwanis club in disposing of but tons on the street yesterday Tor tne henefit of the Boys club of the city, 50 women helping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18

Wonder if it is generally known that the White dairy generously or fered their large automobile trucks to facilitate the transportation oL babies and children to and from health centers Baby week? The Axis extends appreciation to this dairy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18

Turkey has only cheap automobiles. cultivated in Canada and Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18

notice of an ex-newspaper woman for "dots."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18

The theme of the wonderful per sonnel and the great broad aims of our Axis would fill pages instead of supplying one scant column (glad as we are to get it), for one's enthusi- asm just overbubbles when the sub ject is started
 Now, here is our much loved Mrs. Angus Taylor doing the sweetest, truest work just as equsetly as a tiny mouse. No heralding of 1t at all-it just leaked out, as it were. Too fine to keep covered, just had to boil over. So thus into the plying
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18

BOOK REVIEW EVENING
 Tomorrow evening, the literary de~ partment will revel ih a most inter esting session. It being Book Re view" evening. Two charming books of the day will be entertalningly delved into by Mrs. Angus Iaylor.. who will review Madame Claire, v while Miss Willie Allen will delight her audience with the resume of Lucy Furnam's recent contribution. "Quare Women.'' A creditable display of cn1lA dren's literature now regale the clup house library, this addition has been most carefully catalogued.
The Kusko times., 1923-03-21

Since then it has been revised and is now issued as Map of Alaska (Er'. on scale of about 40 miles to the inch. It can be purchased for 9 cents from the Director of the United States Geo logical Survey, Washington. D. c. It IS printed in four cOlors, and shows the drainage, glaciers, railroads. and the principal settlements and wagon roads. Phe relief is not indicated on this map, except for the location of the higher peaks. Another map of Alaska on the same scale. DOW in print by u e U. $. Geological Survey. will show the mountain ranges aod plateaps. As les than half of the Territory is sufficiently well surveyed to permit of contouriug, the relief on this map will be shown by shading
 The surveying of Alaska's area of 586. 400 square miles. upon which the Geological Survey has been engaged for quarter of ceaturv, has been difficult. Every means of transport has been used by th9 explorers, including dog teams in winter, boats, canoes, rafts, and pack horses in summer B single seasons work has sometimes in- volved journeys of LOGO miles by dog team, l,50O miles by canoe, or 8O0.miles by horses. There is still much of Alaska that must be explored by the same methods, but the completion of che Alaska railroad and the eonstruc- tion of many wagon roads and trails have greatly facilitated the work If the surveyors.
The Kusko times., 1923-03-21
New Map of Alaska
 Shows Results of 30
 Years Exploration

The United States Geological Survey mas just published 8 new map of Alaska, measuring 50 by B inches, which embodies the results of all 9x- plorations made up to 1923 The Sur VeY began it's work in Alaska in 1889. when the late Professor l. c. Russell was sent 6o examine the Yukon valley. The Yukon, ffth in size of North American rivers, was then unsurveyed, Ghough it's general course had been sketched by explorers. Some Of the other large rivers of Alaska had also been traced oy explorers, but there were many other water courses hum dreds of miles long, entirely unknown except for the hazardous journeys of a few prospeetors and fur traders.
 Topographic surveys began in 1898 and have been continued up to the present. A total area of over 200, GOO square miles, or about 35 per cent of Alaska's total area, has been explored oy the Geological Survey. Adding to 1his the areas surveyed by the U. s. Coast aud Geodetie Survey along the shore line, by the International Bound srY" Commission along the Canadian Frontier, and by other federal agencies, shows that over half of Alaska has been mapped. h addition to the re- suits from the official surveys, the Geo. logical survey, has in it's possession a large amount of data relating to the physical features of Alaska. obtained from private sources, but resulting chiefly from journeys Of the indefatiga- ,ole prospector.
 All tbis, information has now been co-ordinated and compiled in a new general map of Alaska under the di- rection of R. H. Sargent, whose fifteen yerrs' experience in the surveying of Alaska has enabled him to make the best cartographie interpretation of ma aerlal of such varying degrees Of ac- curacy. Thls work was begun before the war, and in 1915 preliminary edi- tion of the Alaska map was published.
The Kusko times., 1923-03-21

Run on Little Creek, both 'nnsuTs veyed and claimants unknown; and on the northwest so~I sovt1easC claims unsurveyed and claimants unknown.
 U. s. L. M. No. 1275 is fewnf spruce post 8 in. square, 8 it long. chiseled U. s. l.. M. 1275, sitauted on the left limit of Little Creek, about 50 feet above the bed thereof, whence West Twin Peak bearsn-N. 53 deg, 29 min. E.; East Twin Peak bears N. 57 deg. 56 mTli F.. Koch on top of high mountain ae the head of Little Creek bears s. 34 deg. min. w; lat. 63Edeg- 6 min N.; long. 156 deg. 22 fning w
 JOHN SUNDBACK
 Register U. 5. Land Of1ce.
The Kusko times., 1923-03-21

thereof on file in said Land Office, with a magnetic variation of "A deg. 35 min. E., is as follows:
 Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
 A re~n 70, uce D st f.. long. in. sq., in earth mound, scribed 1-1275- B; whence U. s. L. M. No. 1274 bears s. 68 deg 21 min, E., 267.85 it.; Thence S: A deg. 29 min E. 1291 it. to Cor. No. 2; Thence s. 37 deg. 01 min w. 5101.8 fit. to Cor. No. 3; Thence N. 56 deg. 22 min. " 1898 fit. to Cor No. 1; Thence N. 31 deg. IT min E. 5360 it. to Cor No. 1, the place of be- ginning, containing 120.205 aeres.
 The adjoining claims are, on the southwest Discovery on little Creek on the northeast No. Below Gold
The Kusko times., 1923-03-21

that William Schneirla, whose post office address is Ophir, Alaska, has made Application before the United States Land Office at Nome, Alaska, on behalf of himself, and his CO., owners, Jacob ". Schneirla Charles Schneirla, and Edward Schneirla, for a United States patent for the Consolidated placer mining claim bearing placer gold. known and des- cribed as No. 53 Above Gold Run and No. 14 Above Gold Run, sit uated on Little Creek, a tributary of the Innoko River, about twelve miles southeast of the town of 0phif in the Innoko Mining & Recording District in the Territory Of Alaska, said Consolidated Placer Mining Claim being designated by the Unit ed States Surveyor General of said District as United States Mineral Survey No. 1279, the exterior boun- daries of which, according to the plat and field notes now on file in this office with a magnetic vari2- tion of 24 deg. 37 min. E. are as follows:
The Kusko times., 1923-03-21
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT United States Land Office at Nome Alaska. April 22, 1922.

Mineral Application No. O546.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that William 'Schneirla. whose post. office address is Ophir, Alaska has made application before the U. s. Land Office at Nome, Alaska, on be- half of himself and his co-owners, Jacob W. Schneirla, Charles Schneir- la and Edward Schneirla, for
 United States patent for the Asso- citation Placer mining claim, bear- ing placer gold, known and descri- bed ds No. 1 Below Gold Run or the Fathergill Association. Placer, on Little Creek, tributary of h. noko River, and situated about ten miles southeast of the town of Ophir in the Innoko Mining and Record ing district in the Territory of AL aska, said Association Placer claim being designated by the U. s. Sur veyor General of said Territory as U. S. Mineral Survey No. 1275; the exterior boundries of which, accord ing to the plat and field notes