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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-27

soda water every five minutes for
half an hour and then a Jolly pop.
Of course this made Cousin Screechy
Owl very, very we'll, and she sat
right up and held little Screamie Owl,
her little Owl baby
MY goodness, Raggedy Ann and
Raggedy Andy, you came just in
time" said Cousin Screechy Owl.
FREDDY Fox was just starting to
put the kettle on the stove to make
Screechy Owl soup"
I'D rather have ice cream soda
than Screechy Owl soup, wouldn't
you, Raggedy Ann?" said Raggedy
Andy.
And Granny Hootie Owl winked her
two large yellow eyes at Raggedy
Ann as she went to the Hootie Owl
cupboard and got soda water glasses.
And because everyone was glad
Cousin Screechy owl had returned
to little baby Screamie Owl, they
each had Twenty-Five ice cream sodas
to celebrate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-27
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Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy
ran to Freddy Fox's house.
Freddy Fox lived in the deep, deep
woods filled with FAIRIES m every
thing, but even if Freddy did live
right near the FAIRIES n Elves and
Gnomes N Sprites, Freddy did not
know when to behave himself. No,
sir!
Wasn't Freddy Fox naughty to
take Cousin Screechy-Owl away from
her baby Screamie Owl?" Raggedy
Ann said to Raggedy Andy as she
knocked upon Freddy Fox's front
door, Tap, tap, tap" with her soft
rag hand.
Yes. indeed. Raggedy Ami" Rag
gedy Andy replied. But Freddy
Fox VIII never hear you knock If
you use your soft hand, Raggedy
Ann. will take stone and knock
real hard. like this" And Raggedy
Andy took large stone and knocked
upon Freddy Fox's front door,
"Thump, thump, lump" just like that
Il do not believe Freddy Fox is at
home, Raggedy Andy" said Raggedy
Ann.
"Ha" Raggedy Amy cried, 'in-
deed, he isn't at home now, Raggedy
Ann, for 1 just saw the tip end of
his fuzzy tail as he slipped out of
his back door and ran between the
rocksl"
"Hmm!" unused Raggedy Ann.
"Then if Freddy Fox slipped out the
back door, perhaps he doesn't wish
to see usi Maybe we had better
come back some other time, Raggedy
Andy!"
mo, sir, Raggedy Ami" Raggedy
Andy said. 1.-The reason Freddy Fox
slipped out his back door without
asking us to come in is because he
knows he has been very naughty!
That's why! So we must walk right
in and see if Cousin Screechy Owl
is there!"
But it isn't polite to walk in any,
ones house, Raggedy Andy" said
Raggedy Ann.
Il Know it isn't, Raggedy Ann
Raggedy Andy replied, but when
someone does the naughty things
that Freddy Fox does, then we must
walk right I'M"
So Raggedy Andy walked right into
Freddy Fox's front room, and Rag
gedy Ann followed him. There, you
see, Raggedy Ann" cried Raggedy
| Andy as he ran to box in the cor
ner and opened it. Sure enough,
| there was poor Cousin Screechy Owl
| lying in the box with her nice brown
and white dress all torn and her
| bonnet down over one eye. When
Raggedy Andy opened the box, Cousin
| Scheechy Owl couldn't stand up, SO
the two Raggedys lifted her and car
ried her as fast as they could TO
| Granny Hootie Owls house in the
great oak tree.
Granny Hootie Owl knew just what
to do for poor Cousin Screechy Owl
to make her feel we'll again. Granny
Hootie Owl gave her two glasses OF
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-27

Some adobe houses of the south
west part of this country are known
to be over 800 years old and still in
habited.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-27

find it by watching for clump of
heart-shaped leaves. highly bur-
nished, and showing warm colors of
red and brown and green. These
leaves keep their color all winter,
and usually grow on woodsy hill
sides, beneath deciduous trees.
At any time after the frosts have
changed the colors of hepatica
leaves, the roots may be gathered
and brought into the house, and they
will bloom charmingly within two or
three weeks. | have had large bowls
of these fragile spring blooms at
Christmas time, but / did this only
once. 1 think they are not so ap-
propriate to the Christmas season
as they are to the long chilly days
of March. when spring seems to keep
her distance, although we are so
impatient. for her coming.
The best way to handle them is to
bring in with them trowelful of
their own rich earth. Pack them In
newspaper, and transfer them, earth
and all, to low bowl. One of ham
mered copper is exquisite, as the
copper-color is echoed in the glossy
reddish leaves. The bowl need not
have any drainage if the surplus
water is poured out of the bowl after
the daily watering of the plants. They
may be packed in rather close to-
plants may be packed in rather
close together, so that when they
bloom the whole bowl is mass OF
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-27

Cardamon, found principally in
Malabar and Ceylon, is fruit of the
| ginger family.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-27
Of Course You
Don't Want to
Take \
Medicine

And we adj y
wise you not to
except on your doc
tors prescription. Call
your doctor when you
feel like you need
medicine. If you do
he will write a pre-
scription.
Call Parker's at
once to send for it.
We are open night
and day with trained,
graduate pharmacists
duty to compound pre-
scriptions exactly as
written.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-27
BY DOROTHY DIX

Listen. daughter, don't be a copy
cat. Don't try to be as like every
other girl as peas in pod.
Study your own individuality and
develop that. Try to find out in what
small respect you differ from the
general rank and file of youthful
femininity and accentuate that diff
ference. That will make you stand
out from the crowd, so that people
will notice you, and remember you.
Personality is a greater asset than
either beauty or brains, but instead
of approaching this precious gift, and
making the most of 1t, the average
girl throws it away and does her
best to make herself as much like
every other girl as possible. This puts
her into the also-ran class, where all
the NAMES, and Sadies, and Mauds,
and Gwendolyns wear the same
clothes. and do their hair the same
way. and stink around with the same
gait, and say the same things, and
are all SO much cut off the same
piece that you often wonder that even
their respective mothers can tell
them apart.
Worse still, instead of emphasizing
her own individuality, and dressing
the part. and sticking to her. own role,
girl is often silly enough to under
study some popular girl and try to
make herself over according to the
perforated paper pattern of some
belle who makes a hit with the men.
The inevitable result is a grotesque
misfit at which every one laughs.
There are girls who are born full
of pep and ginger, with quicksilver in
their veins, and laughter bubbling
spontaneously over their lips. They
are the life of every party. They keep
every crowd keyed up to their own
high spirits. They can do outrageous
things without seeming vulgar, or
bold, or fast, because they are part
of their personality.
A demure, quiet, sedate girl whose
first lisped words were ''prunes" and
'prisms," who was born without a
funny bone in her anatomy, or a par
ticle OF humor in her system, and who
can't see a joke after 1t is dia-
grammed for her, observes that the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-27
Your Home and You
ANTICIPATING SCORING
BY HELEN KENDALL

II you want to have bowl of
blooming hepatica-that very first
wild flower of spring-on your win
dow-still long before the spring flow
ers have dreamed of stirring outside,
then go into the woods some week
end very soon now, and dig up some
roots of this lovely little plant. II
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-27

ing company that night, she only
said Yes, ma'am.' / supposed. of
course, she would know 1T was Sam
who was coming. For that is what
| have always told her when he was
coming and l wanted her to watch
out for dad.
But it seems she did not under
stand. Dad had an engagement
somewhere to dinner. And he came
home early and quietly. And-well
Sam was in that big chair there. and
l was sitting on his knee, with my
head on his shoulder.
"Oh! you need not look like that,
Kenneth Lang! l had right to be
affectionate with the man l was en-
gagged to, didn't II"
Yes, yes, my dear. But-what
happened then?"
Victoria sprang to her feet. why
dad swore at us both, called Sam
a hound, and ordered him out of the
houe!'
ITO BE CAAfinucd.)
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-27
Fauorite Recipes
of Famous Men
w. j. HOLLAND
President of the Carnegie Hero
Medal Fund

FROGS LEGS
First catch your frogs.
This may be done in daylight, in
which case use a long rod, batting
the hook with a bit of red flannel.
The hunt may be better carried on
at night from a punt or wading in
hip-boots. Use bulls eye lantern,
or a light with strong reflector.
Bait at night with a bit of white
flannel; or you may use an ordinary
white miller" such as trout rise to
at dusk. Put your frogs into a creel
we'll tied and with a short cloth fun
mel in the mouth. so they cannot
hop out.
What can exceed the pleasure of
the still hunt along the banks of a
pond overgrown with lily-pods, when
the flowers have gone to sleep, and
the ear is saluted by the deep call of
the ans-"Jug-o-rum! Jug
Drum! Noank! Noank!" Never mind
the mosquitoes.
Kill your frogs.
Skin their hind legs, and lay them
upon ice until needed
Roll the legs in very finely ground
bread crumbs. Fry in hot butter to
golden brown. Serve with tartar
sauce.
The Washington times., 1923-09-25
WlRt8tOIlR6 fOr L0n1h RUtclIe

N IIGk8GOkCE0 IUF AlkkHGO nUGChEF8e
- ANKERS, convention at Atlantic City learn from
President Cromwell of the New York Stock Exchange
how politicians Whet the knives for Wall Street
tribune of the people, he intimates delivered seven
minute ultmaum for the restoration of to debarrd
brokers.
The author of measure suggested the
payment of retaining fee in which the financial dis
trict would obgingy whitewashed And 80 id aseon
Mr. Cromwell does mention names but should he Is
assured Of his facts the information belongs to the State
Attorney General.
Such accusations cannot remain yelled Otherwise honor
able assembymen and senators be unjustly tainted
with suspicion
entitled servants who have 90 he
trayed their trust
knowledge Of any secret alliance between buckeahop
crooks and ofcadom should become community property
We can't the scapel until where the roenness
lies
Giants, Trained FLens, and Burning ROnses.
a half century domnant gnp s. Ppab ffar.
varousy journalist, member of parliaments and cab-
nets and secretary of state for Ireland and India dies
eghty-fye.
Here was reputed agnostc whose career many God
fearing hypocrite may emulate
He and John Burns the only members OF Ioyd
George ministry inclined stop look and listen before
voting Engands participation the 1914 great war
perlence tempers wisdom with caution.
Read his incompatible biography of Gladstone.
He began by demanding the ending mendng Of the
House of Lords and buried Viscount Fools hold
irreconciable views.
The performing animals bill, pending in the House
of Commons includes the protection of trained fish rep
tiles but excludes Thespan fleas obvious diff
cutes in using them for evidence.
sample of the porentous issues which later Pitts and
Burkes themselves brands from adjacent burn
ing Romes fall the Channel.
Protected Beans and Neglected Babies.
But casting reminds of glass houses
The Prevention of Cruelty Society Santa Barbara arrests
pedders of Mexican jumping beans for exposing their nimb
merchandise in the to the discomfort Of interior
Heat makes 'em wigge.
Mrs. Jeyby of Borrioboola Cha fame, turns in
her grave
While maudlin sympathy is wasted upon crocodles and
maggos busybodes drag women to court for kissing cab
horses, and folk like Mr. and Mrs. La Verne, neither of
adult age left in such dire straits that they must adj
verse their three children for adoption by in
position care for them properly and give the babies
fair start
The same old story: Poverty sickness lost jobs install
ment debts and garnsheed wages They love them but
they can't live on love-"
twenty four hour program of tragedy comedy, sOfdid
and folly.
Copyright 1888
0eD..
The Washington times., 1923-09-25
A Hebrew Community Center
For Washington
Nv RHL PRICE
A Most Worthy Project That Will Be Put Across by
Hebrews of This City.

The Hebrews of Washington are setting praseworthy
Example their determination to erect here Jewish com
huny center at cost of not less than $OoOO That the
money viii be raised when the campaign opens Is torgone
conclusion The Jewish Welfare Board has pledged $4,000
MORRIS CAFRITZ chairman of the campaign is an enter
prising and successful citizen who does not know what
the word 'sfail''
Washington Hebrews have the example of thirteen other
American cities which have established community
within the last years In Philadelphia fund Of
than 100000 raised in four days In Reading, Pa.
where there 1000 Hebrews compared with $4,000 in
Washington, 100000 was raised in short time.
The community center idea is making rapid Roadway
throughout United States It's purpose social
aonal educational uplifting; the bringing together Of young
Religious and social welfare leaders the world
the trend of the young toward amusemens that
Chaperoned unsupervised The big cities full of young
who deprived Of home influences and guidance
Washington is notable among these cities in the large
homes who rent rooms and go out for their social
The Government service here makes the number exceptionally
large but in all big cities there thousands of young
people who spend their lives in boarding roong houses
where there opportunity receive entertain friends
places of amusement or unsupervised dance halls Modest
girls regret the conditions under which they sometimes
desire to have home where friends may visit The
same woman instinct is to gather with other young people
under orderly wholesome conditions But here elsewhere
there comparatively places young couples to visit
socially and to others copanionshin
In the absence OF these the tempter suggests the
and other places where there proper supervision
Religious leaders lament that the and syna0opues
see in the community center certain method of bringing
and holding their young together in desirable manner The
ton OF home thoughts and ties; true happiness For those
who happen to be away from their homes community
tanned that in washington there are ZOO Hebrews re ovs
men work alone who are away from their parents
All praise Washington Hebrews for their foresghtednes
IN reaching out to better the conditions under which their
Of their plans win be great step forward in the soca
nVes OF Washlngton's young people of all classes.
The Washington times., 1923-09-25
A Wild, Red Dream
81, loo, 600 Won't Buy Much

Officials of the Miners Union say Moscow has been irving
to stir red revolution against this nation among working
men.
The gigantic sum- of eleven hundred thousand dollars
has been spent here by the wicked kohes So runs the
story.
That may be big in Russia, where they deal in
Eubles 1t isn't much here.
While the miners strike they wages every
DAY seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars would
use up Red Rusas eleven hundred thousand dollars
DAY and half Russia sent eleven thousand million dollars
TO this country she still couldn't stir up any revolution
For the people don't WANT it, they regular work with
good wages. They want to buy and own home with a
garage on it to keep automobile.
And what is important they Of fact
that they have the ballot and that people with ballot
backed by the law of eminent domain themselves
blame they haven't the brains to improve their condition
Also be it noted the whole story about Russia is very
likely untrue
You told that the terrible bolshevik the
United States by getting control of the unions Matched
on high mountain in the Casls with senres all around
million consprators have taken solemn oath conquer
the United States and "Captastc Government
It's the most exciting story since the dime novel died and
ct least as true as any dime novel
The Washington times., 1923-09-25
LUCY LOWELL
DISCUSSES
OPTIMISM

TTE has had all sorts of ad-
verse 1uck--the man /
- know. He hardly more
than begins something than he is
forced to go back and do it over,
or to pause and right something
else.
And SO, of course, he hasn't
Travelled a great distance on the
road to success. But despite his
setbacks he is moving along.
And when / happened to meet
him after the most discouragtng
setback of all, and saw his smile
and heard his very undiseouraged
VOICE, asked him how he man.
aged to keep cheerful and for
ward-looking.
'Why, that's easy" he said.
"I'm an optimist!'
Now I admire the habit Of
looking on the bright side" which
is-or was-my idea Of optimism.
habit doesn't always prove
efficacious, and I said so. He
only laughed.
1T isn't Just that" he went on.
Optimism really is the habit OF
AOPCAAU4C6Gs AAGAS . "AAENS = -~S~AA
it-and I'm right!
TITS hopefulness ever unafraid
and indicated. It's real as any
thing you can touch with your
hands or 1t couldn't have survived
the hardships OF the ages!
You see keep my face to-
ward the highland that's how
I find my way out Of the dark
that falls every once in a while.
I'm spite of my EnisfortuneS-
and there've been plenty Of them.
haven't there? / have found that
expectation brings rewards. Faith
always becomes fact If 1t is
while, like the belief that life will
give you square deal eventually
after all.
Optimism means happiness and
contentment because it looks to-
ward achievement. Thought and
action are one-ask any psycholo-
gist! If you think and smile yes
you are half way 10 accomplish
ment and faith becomes fact.
"Of course" he went on, more
soberly. optimism must be well
founded. / am not speaking of
the one-idea state Of mind of the
fanatic. The optimist must have
poise. Without judgment he's
nothing short of a menace to
others and without perspective
he's a menace to himself.
Perhaps you think it's strange
for me to hold this theory after
all my troubles. But it's been the
theory that pulled me out of
them-every last one. And it's
just the theory that is giving me
courage to carry on to the place
where / want to be.
Perhaps the man I know Is
right. At least he proved to me
that optimism is contagious. The
optimist creates an atmosphere OF
good cheer, about himself that
It's privilege to experience.
Copyright, 1923. King Features
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times., 1923-09-25
KEEP LOVING
YOUR WIFE
HE URGES
copyrlrhs. 1898. - star Conpany.
stop maxi
ing love to your wife," ad.
. ViSed Rev. August II. Knip-

GOLUMBUS.-"Don't stop MAX
ing love to your wife," ad.
~ vised Rev. August II. Knip-
ping, pastor of st. Paul's Evan
gelical Church here, sermonizing
on the topic, advice to Married
Men"
Don't scold," continued Rev.
DIR. Knipping. IF you are tired
when you reach home from work
remember your wife may be even
more SO. Help her when and
where you can. The woman who
his six rooms to keep clean, the
family washing to do, several
children to look after, three meals
to cook each day and a lot of
mending to do works harder than
the man who sits in an office all
day, and just as hard as the man
who spends eight hours in a
factory.
Cultivate neatness and cleanli-
ness about the home
Give your wife an unsolicited
gift occasionally. Don't make
her feel like a beggar when she
wants. some money. If you don't
know what to give her, give her
money and tell her to do with
It what she pleases, and don't
ask her a week later what be-
came of the money you gave
her"
The Washington times., 1923-09-25
Once-Overs
~ ocSRyrishs 1929 International Feature Service Inc)
DO NOT GIVE YOURSELF TO A PROJECT NOT
WORTH WHILE

You have great ambition to satisfy and you set to
work at your tasks with vim and energy that makes
things sweep before you but-where you sweeping
is the question?
Is the object you have in mind worth what it takes
out of you?
Are you doing it for yourself for who does
not really want what you trying to provided
Is It something you and you think others ought
to want?
Fought to want it.
Perhaps if that somebody that particular group had
to work harder to get the opportunity you working
hard to provide it might benefit the
Perhaps your life has been in paths which makes you
the need of what you trying provide while those
who do not grasp the opportunities have been led along
such different paths that viewpoint obscure to
them
Do not go headong till you know whether the time
and the place and the person. is ripe expert
you seek encourage by putting your life
strength back of the project
The Washington times., 1923-09-25


A STREET ASTRONOMER"
"A in q Western city, writing
A to me for certain informa-
ton, gives me great pleasure by
telling how some things that
have published have helped him
in his work of showing the won
ders of the heavens to pass
ersby,. apt to disregard them or
to think them too far above their
heads.
The street astronomers are i'm
portant public educators. Calico
q street astronomer. He had
common passengers along his
crowds of gazers through. the
first telescopes that the world
ever possessed.
Real street astronomy was born
right on the heels Of the tele-
scope. Calico pointed his little
Instruments at the celestial OBJ
SJects from roofs, and out OF gar
dens and open places. At Venice
he had flocks of astonished Oh
server on the marble balcony Of
the Doge's palace, and at the top
of campanile tower. AS fast as
he could turn out telescopes
astronomers seized them and car
ried them. to different cities,
where the people were eager for
a glimpse Of the heavens that
had been opened by mans in
genuity. q
William Herschel was another
street astronomer in spirit, and
n ut NA I'M TvN
garden behind his house he had a
telescope with which he exhibited
the heavenly wonders to all who
had desire to see them. He
had royal patrons. and he was SO
DESTROYS that they should not
fail to get some conception of
things outside the kingdoms Of
this world that when a cloudy
evening prevented the exhibition
of Saturn and it's rings to King
George he drew realistic picture
OF the ringed planet, set it up
on the back wall of the garden
and had the King look at it
, through the telescope.
Lord Rose was, in effect, a
street astronomer for all who
cared to make q journey to the
site or his. giant reflecting tele-
scope In Ireland. In fact, there
Is something about astronomy
which makes most Of it's deVotees
peculiarly eager to impart to
others the pleasure they them
selves derive from it. The starry
heavens have spectacular effect
upon the minds of all beholders.
Hence the universal association
In every age of astronomy with
religion.
TO look up is to look away from
the earth, no matter what side of
OF the globe you may be on.
BEFORE science had proved it men
ieit that the earth was but a
little thing in the universe. The
street astronomer. with his three