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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-31
REVIVAL UNDER WAY

An interesting series of meetings are being held in the Ashville Baptist church by Rev. w. R. RigeH of Gadsden, who is assisting the pastor, Rev. V. L. Wyatt and will continue during the week. Rev. Rigell not be- ing able to reach Ashville until Mon day, Rev. w. l.. Morris. pastor of the Methodist church. occupied the pulpit Sunday evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-31
NEW PAPER LAUNCHED

Lawrence county now has two newspapers, The Advertiser having made it's appearance last week. The editor is s. E. Rudd of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-31
JUDGE HIGH RECOyERS

Friends of Judge Samuel R. High, St. Clair probate judge, who has been busy rounding up the details on the Gadsde en-Birmingham highway, are sGad 10 see nm at his office again after several days of illness at his home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-31
EDITOR IN MONTGOM MERY
Attends Meeting In Interest Of Pro-
 pOsed Publicity LnNs

ASHVILLE, Ala, July 30.-(Spe- al.)-Editor B. B. Gather of the Southern Aegis is attending a meet ing of editors at Montgomery Tues day afternoon. The call having been issued by F. G. Stephens, president of the Press association, urging editors of the state to be present in the in- terest of the publicity laws now be- fore the legislature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-31
RECI< HIGHWAY wORK

Work has been started on the Gads- den- Birmingham highway, the con- tractors being encamped a mile east of Ashville, and are working towards Ashville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-31
MARRIAGE LICENSES

R. II. Boyde, z4, and Ethel Camp bell, 23. Henry Melville Jackson. 20. and Joe sna Montgomery, 2S.
 Albert Monroe Key. 39. and Maude Lee Elvator, "A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-31
LOST AND FOUND

mesh bag Monday in Trianon theatre. Drennen's on 2d Ave, containing money and valuable papers Finder call Main 2797. Reward filled mesh bag, with money and valuable papers in it in Trianon theatre Monday morning; most liberal reward if returned. Call Main 2797.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-31
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CARD OF THANKS

5LACKTNTON-Mrs Nella A. Blackinton and family wish to thank Birmingham and Zamora Temple of Birmingham; also the many friends for their kind : ness and sympathy and beautiful floral offerings during the illness and death of my husband and their brother. Chas.
 NELLA A. BLACKINTON.
 FRANK F. BLACKINTON.
 MRS. EMMA B. DAVIDSON,
 MRS GEO. $. HAZARD,
 VIRGIL, RT,ACKIHTON.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-31

600 mems balbriggan shirts and drawers shirts with long short sleeves; also some open mesh shirts and drawers; sizes to 46- on sale at, per garment, only 37c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-31

An odd lot of boys pajama check union suits with elastic back; sizes up to 34-a limit of to customer; special for today at only 29c each.
 (PIZITZ-FIRST FLOOR)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-31

300 mems heavy weight cotton one-pece bathing suits-pain gray and maroon; also stripe combinations; sizes up to 46-on sale today choice at 1.39.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-22
Mrs. J. E. King Tells Club
women Of Better Condi-
tons in Prisons and Farms
Since Board Named.

At the meeting Of the Fifth Dis
trict of Federated Women's Clubs in
Victoria. a talk of vital interest 10
every thoughtful person present was
made b. Mrs. j. T.. King of San An
tonic, state chairman of prison re-
form. She was appointed by Governor
Neff to serve in conjunction with DR..
j. Il. Harrington of Waco and Col.
Homer d. Wade of Fort Worth on
State Board of Prison Reform which
was created fourteen months ago,
largely through the inSistence Of for
mer Senator Harry Hertzberg. The
law providing for its creation became
effective November 90, 1921. since
which time seven trips of inspection.
and classification of 1000 prisons and
the iailS of the state have been made
There are fifteen complete prison
systems in Texas. This means that
there must be fifteen managers, fiji
teen hospitals. schools, libraries. chap
lainS. doctors. and other mechanical as
well as staff equipment. These pris-
ons spread from the Red River to the
Gulf of Mexico, and include every type
Of prison from the enormous convict
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-22
Musical Organization Has
Smallest Personnel Of Any
in City, Ages Of the
ARTISTS" Ranging From
Four to Seven. -.5

The smallest, and by far the sweet
est musical organization in all San
Antonio, is the Baby Orchestra at the
Protestant Orphans Home, which was
organized and is conducted by MISS
Edna Wallace, as part of the Kinder
garten training OF the little folks who
live in the Home.
There are thirty-seven children in
the kindergarten department of the
ages between four and seven-those
who are very little bit too big TO
be kept in the nursery, and entirely
too small to 20 to regular school with
the big children. The very biggest
members of the orchestra have barely
reached that naive and most engaging
age where tell-tale gaps occur IN the
tiny baby-teeth. and q grown-up new
set is being embarrassingly acquired
for better or for worse"
Children who are healthy are
bound to be noisy, and it was a verit-
able stroke Of genius on the part of
the person who originally conceived
the idea of combining and standard
izing their natural desire for making
noise long and loud, into regular
drill which satisfies the innate de-
sire for sound and unites it with an
equally instructive impulse toward
rhythm--which is the earliest and
most fundamental form of musical ex-
preston.
Is Variety Of Instruments.
The instruments which the little
orchestra use consist of bells, drums,
triangleS. tamborines, eastanets and
"bazoos an instrument which looks
more like a miniature tin submarine,
than anything else, and produces a
wind sound very much like paper
blown against n comb. The bells are
of every size; some of them not more
than an inch across, of the pattern
known as "cow-bell;' some of them,
little sleigh bells fastened to semi
circular straps; tiny triangles struck
with short. thin bars of metal: tam
borines used as drums. instead of
shaken in the usual fashion; and four
drums of varying sizes. ranging from
small TO very small indeed. played by
the four biggest boys in the group.
They are accompanied on the piano
by Miss Elizabeth Longacre, the as
sistant teacher, and conducted by six
ycar-old Jack Stewart. who beats n
perfect rhythm with his little baton
to the waltz. march and skipping, :"
(six-cight) time. with the little orchcs-
ira following. 1t is n real study in
true rhythmic-values to see the con-
fusion that results, when the time
suddenly changes from "A to ga, the
struggle that ensues. TO change with
it. and how soon order is achieved,
when every small player has been able
to adapt himself to the new order
of things" Not child in the group
but senses the change at the very first
measure.
OF the thirty-seven children in the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-22

colonies.
The educa tional systems which have
been adopted in the prisons are one OF
the most interesting developments OF
the Prison Reform. In the first trips
of inspection. more than 400 convicts
were found who could neither read or
write, and sullen unwillingness to
study or to learn anything IN the
schools provided. was maGfes; ed. a
system was adopted by which one hour
of standardized school work was count
cd off of convicts sentence. The
teachers. as well as the pupils are con-
victs. and the work is graded according
to the regular public school system,
and unless it comes up to the re-
quired grade on examination, the time
is not counted Teachers are graded
and their time of service is counted
lust as it is for the pupils. Only ele-
mentary subjects, domestic science and
manual training were taught in the
beginning. but there has arisen con-
siderable demand for a wider range OF
subjects.
Religious services are held each Sun
day. in which all prisoners take part.
Another work that has been done I'M
der the present administration is the
restoration of citizenship to the re-
leased prisoner who keeps his record
clean.
Through the aid Of the Federated
Clubs of Texas, at Victoria with a
large number Of records have been
placed in each prison hospital,
churches and schools have given rec
ord showers" and through the courtesy
of the Railway Commission special
rates. have been made on freight of this
type. and on boxes of magazines sent
to the prisons by various organiza-
tious. The Rotary Clubs. the Elks
Masons and Knights of Columbus have
been especially generous in this re-
spect. One woman's club in Dallas
sent 5000 books to Huntsville to re-
establish the library that was de
Stroyed by fire.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-22
DIR. Haughton Twenty-six
Years Head Of Most Fam
GUS Church in America.
By HARVEY ANDERSON

Copyright, by The san Antonio Light
New York, April 21.--ln a little
gothic building that huddles in sim
PIE dignity among its s6yscraping sis
tcrs. the funeral of the rector of the
Little Church Around the Corner, was
held today. A big and busy city
paused long enough in its rush to pay
tribute to the man who drew his flock
from Fifth Avenue, where fashions
are decreed and from the East Side
where the "other half" lives.
Sitting quietly in his study late
Tuesday, DR.. George Clarke HOughton
was seized with a heart attack and
expired half an hour later in the arms
of the man he had selected 10 carry
OF his ministry.
Simple he was in The habits of his
life, and simply he went TO his grave
today. The services were short-his
church ritual-becauSe he had re-
auested it. He didn't wish his friends
Inconvenience by long funeral, he
said.
The burial marked the passage of
the name of Houghton from the rec
tory of the church, with the affairs
of which it has been interviewer for
the past % years.
Most Democratic Shrine.
DR.. Houghton's uncle established
the church and was its pastor for 10
years. DR.. Houghton was serving his
twenty-sixth year.
Under their ministry it became
known as the most democratic shrine
of religion in the United States. Here
a man of 70 matter what creed might
carry his trouble and have them
shared by the rector The Little
Church Around the Corner is a sort
of mecca to the actors of America,
for it was from the late Joseph JEFF
ferson that it got its name.
Mr.. jefferson. in making arrange
ments for the funeral of his friend.
George Holland. went TO a church
on Fifth avenue. He was met with
curt refusal and the explanation
that actors were not welcomed in that
church, but that perhaps the little
church around the corner will accom-
modate you
God bless the little church around
the corner" replied Jefferon. From
that day the quaint building. setting
like cameo of the old days just off
The modern Fifth avenue, has been
known by no other name, although
the Episcopal directory lists it as the
Church of the TRANSPORTATION.
The Actors Church.
Theatrical folk. with spiritual bur
dens have known since the day Joseph
jefferson carried his friends body out
of the church, that they could find a
haven there.
John Drew was married in the Lit
tie Church and there his children was
baptized. Irene Castle married her
first husband at its altar. buried him
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-22

lace and Miss Longacre introduce, IN
addition to the rhythmic drill, games
stories, clay modelling, bead work,
sewing with gay-colored raffia, cut
ting. tearing and folding paper in
intricate and ingenious patterns and
songs-songs about three tiny eggs
in the old oak tree, as blue as the
sky, and safe and high" and the
"old clock that says go to sleep
watch I'll keep the same songs
that have intrigued the attention of
young Americans-princes and paup-
ers for a long time past and will for
long time to come.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-22
Tots at Orphans Home Taught
RHYTHM and Form "Orchestra"

kindergarten department, only TWEEN
ty-five can play in the orchestra, be-
cause there are only twenty-five sin
struments," and the other twelve sit
silently and enviously TO one side on
their little red chairs and form the
audience. The Baby Orchestra has
played before other and larger audi
ences than this, however. On Thurs
day, April -, they played at lunch
con given by the Shriners at the
Gunter Hotel and on the previous
Friday, April 6, they were a feature
of the program at Rotary Club
luncheon.
In the kindergarten work Miss Wal
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-22
Rector of Little Church
Around the Corner Buried

from the mortuary chapel and walk
ed to the chancery with her second.
John Hazard, who stalked the
stage in the old days, took his VOWS
tLere: Grace White, the bareback
rider of the Hippodrome's palmy days,
promised TO love, honor and obey
in the chancery.
A beautiful blue stained glass win
dow in the church is dedicated to
Edwin Booth, the noble old Roman of
Shakespearan Interpretation tlttingiy
bis epitath, in gold letters through
which the light streams is from Ham
let's soliloquy: As one in suffering,
all that suffers; nothing a man that
fortune buffets and rewards has taken
with equal thanks.
d. IIenry's Funeral There.
Many of the more famous men ana
women of the stage have their name
plates in gold on the church pews.
il was one of DIR. HOughton's last
requests TO Dir. Randolph Ray who
succeeds him, that he establish a Sun
day school for actors children.
1t was from the little Church,
where he learned 50 much of the hui
man nature that he poured. out in his
stories. that the body of q. Henry
was carried TO his final resting place.
Ii was his wish that the farewells
might be said over him in the little
building where there was inequality
of position-where men, stripped Of
their wealth and their poverty, stood
as men.
Because the Gerry's and the RoOse-
velt's and COnklingS and other names
that conjure in New York held pews
i'm his church was no reason 10 DR..
Houghton why the scrubwOman from
the big insurance building across the
way couldn't slip in and say her pray
erS.
This SCrubwoman was among those
who gathered at the church today.
Timidly. she asked if she might again
see the face of the man who was her
friend.
"A Bit OF All Right"
The grazing traffic policeman at
Fifth Avenue and 10Th street uttered
more eloquent tribute than the vest
ed rector VINO said the last rites.
Sure. and he was bit OF all
IlSul lutlt was a man A'A - 'VAi
Malone volunteered.
Samuel Gompers. the nephew of the
president of the Federation of Labor,
had been the postman on the church
around the corner route for fifteen
years. He was among the few per-
mitted TO gaze on the face of DR..
Houghton as it lay in the rectory.
a man was a man TO him-creed
didn't matter so much as what was
in his heart he said.
A negro tiptoed in the rectory and
stodd sobbing. He was a member Of
the Sunday school class DIR. Houghton
conducted for members of his race.
"Fides opera" was the motto OF
Dr. HOughtOn gave the church. Trans
lated, it means. faith and work.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-22

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100 weddings. panclled. two enve-
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1.-THE ROSE SHOP" S'eI
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The Tomahawk., 1923-05-31
Quick Desserts.

Delicious desserts can be made In a
few minutes with Plymouth Rock Gel
atine. One box Of this Gelattne makes
many different kinds Of buildings,
jellies, ETC.. favored exactly as you
like it.-Advertisement.
The Tomahawk., 1923-05-31
cutIeura soethes Baby Rashss

cutleura soothes Baby Rashes
That itch and burn, by hot baths
Of Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointings Of Cuticura Ointment.
Nothing better. purer. sweeter, espe-
cially If little Of the fragrant Cuti-
cura Talcum Is busted on at the fin-
ish. 25c each.-Advertiseme
The Tomahawk., 1923-05-31

An undertaken has to look sad no
matter how much 1t pleases him to get
the Job.
The Tomahawk., 1923-05-31
You Walk in Comfort

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Aliens Foot-Ease, the Antiseptic,
Healing powder for shoes that pinch or
feet that ache. It takes the friction from
the shoe and gives instant relief to corns
and bunions, hot. tired, aching, swollen,
sweating feet blisters and callouses.
Ladies can wear shoes one size smaller
By shaking Aliens Foot-Ease In
each shoe. Sold everywhere. Trial pack.
nee and q Foot-Ease Walking Doll sent
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The Tomahawk., 1923-05-31

A man ought to be thankful when
his wife declines to accept an excuse
when he has none to offer.
The Tomahawk., 1923-05-31
OId.EashIoned.

"Shes old-fashiOned," $50" "She
still has a dressmaker come to the
house."
New Britain herald., 1923-02-23

.'Queer thing, joe says he, but
] guess I'm about through drinking.
I've lost the habit. I've lost the
TASTE"
New Britain herald., 1923-02-23
The First Movie Star

supply in extinguishing the fire, and
the consequence was all her house,
hold effects, including herself and
lovers, floated.
well recall this scene, for It
ruined real French gown I had
lust brought from Paris, and, as you
can imagine, it became a total
wreck.
But, my dear Cissy, you are not
telling us why you dare call yourself
the first motion picture star in the
world. Again ask, Have you never
heard of Mary Pickford?"
Well. yes, Cissy, but your first
visit to motion picture ball, held at
the Hotel Aston few years back,
will amuse few readers. 1t was my
first venture into FINLAND. 1 had
just arrived from Europe q am TAX
ing you back now only nine years.,
where the film industry was in its
infancy, and the only movie I had
ever been to was comedy Of John
Bunny and Flora Finch. It was my
very first visit to a movie and the
film was playing in my home town."
to use an American expression
Brighton, England
Ny excuse for entering the small
hall was the persistence of my son,
aged seven. to see the big fat man
and funny thin woman. John Bunny
and Flora Finch stood out in large
posters-they were what one calls
"in big type" The audience was
horribly third class. and a piano with
a decidedly tin tone played all the
popular tunes of the day. Such music
hall songs as Three Women to
Every Man." Can You Care, Wild
Woman" "oh, Honey, My Honey"
the last mentioned being sung nightly
by May Yohe, who was being again
welcomed in London after an alb
sence OF many years. looked around
and hoped no one would see me.
had paid threepence for my ticket.
equivalent to six cents of American
money. l suppose was very snob-
Dish. for felt had no right to have
taken my son into such an at
Well, the entertainment started
and we laughed much, very much.
and the next time Bunnie and Finchie
visited Brighton we we're regular at
tendants. Oh. yes, we liked the
movies.
Now. after our largest music hall,
the Alhambra, became a glorified
picture palace, and since my return
here. the past few years We have
them at nearly every corner Of a
street. ! hear
/ need tell you no more Of the big
strides the industry has made across
Copyright. 1879. by The New York Herald.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-23

charge prices no higher than our
competitors.
II have In mind an incident that
has a lot of laughs in II, Maybe II
won't be 30 funny 10 you, but II was
funny 10 see. Once when We opened
the bar a party came into the cafe
There were three men and three
women. I'd call them the sporty
people OF. say. the small committing
towns country club, I'd take the
men 10 be little brokers or real estate
dealers or something like that. Got
into knickerboekers. the men did. the
moment they got on ship. Lots Of
New Britain herald., 1923-02-23

the pond since you have seen 80
many pictures that have been pro-
duced there and learned that even
the English aristocracy are making
bid to Guido American stars, for
have we not Lady Diana Manners,
who may even persuade Queen Mary
to build theater near Buckingham
Palace, and who knows but what
her Majesty may get the craze for
facing the camera and become an
attractive member of the movies.
And now. TO return to my Aston
ball joke. Mr.. Daniel Frohman was
charming and wore his usual we'll
bred manners, so impressive to all
women, more especially to one bred
and born in England. He welcomed
Cissy, who had been a big star with
his late brother, Charlie, some years
previous. want to introduce you
to our present day star, he said.
Mary Pckford."
looked at him. Mary Pickford
meant nothing In my life. She is a
big picture STAR he continued. She
Is leading the march tonight. or
course you have heard of her.
NO" came the simple reply, and
It was the honest truth. l had not
heard of Mary Pickford-how could
T NJ
having seen only the Bunny Finch
film. Mr.. Frohman sought out Mary
and introduced me to very pretty
little blonde girl with pink gown
covered with cream lace effect and
tied with a simple sash that fell
down the back of her skirt. You see
how good my memory is after nine
years, but the sweet little thing i'm
pressed me. l thought how English
she looked, and afterward-she was
But now, Cissy. you are again
drifting from your interview with
yourself, and after meeting such a
plCluIt Sldi Do wal Nhioiu
dare you make the bold assertion
that you are the first motion picture
star in the world? Well. am, 30
here goes.
We sill go back to the days when
you had no picture theaters-no
studios and the moving film was be-
ing experimental on. The great Edi-
son was perfecting 1t, and wrote a
line to Cissy Fitzgerald. who was
then starring with. the late Charlie
Frohman in a comedy entitled. The
Founding" at Hatye Theater. Cissy
was playing the part of the tricky
little Mdgbut and dancing her ia
nous Gaiety Girl dance.
Now. there are many readers who
can recall those days and will tell
you Cissy Fitzgerald was as well
known as Mary Pickford Is to-day.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-23

surprise the older of the two Ameri-
cans takes the kidding seriously. He
bawled the Britisher out in grand
style. 1t would have made great
temperance speech. 1t was in pretty
poor taste seen and heard from some
angles. but 1t seems that the Ameri-
can thought the Britisher was JOSH
ing America when he was only hav-
ing bit Of fun about the easy way
the Americans had been bowled over
the night before.
What if we are dry in the
States?' yells the American a trifle
too loud maybe, but I sort Of perked
up. thinking OF some of the barroom
arguments I used to hear What if
we are dry? We're a damned sight
better off,
Get that! From a collar adver-
tisement boy who you'd take for a
guy who wouldn't put up fight any
where.
"'What if the States is dry? says
he to the Englishman. That's our
New Britain herald., 1923-02-23

AS ] say, habit was the biggest
part Of the drinking. A man gets
out OF the habit. and he's Just as sick
after few shots as he was the first
time he went out as a college boy or
a kid with his first pay envelope In
his pocket and drank too much.
Then. whether he knows II or not.
there Is the feeling in his mind that
there's no use doing something that
is going to make him feel rotten. and
he naturally let's up.
But let me get back TO my job
behind the bar on an American liner.
Funny part OF this IL TO me that only
New Britain herald., 1923-02-23
Bartender on an American Liner Telling What Happens
Beyond Three Mile Limit, Says We Have
Lost the Liquor Habit

England II they like It and live there
for the rest Of their lives. They start
with baeardi cocktails and wind up
with champagne. ! knew they would
drink that way. That sort always
does.
'Inside OF an hour and half they
were all piastered. The next day
two OF the men come In asking for
whisky sours to cure them OF the
hangover they had. There was Q
Britisher on board and he was at
the bar. The Americans and he got
10 talking. and after a while he began
10 josh them a little. And 10 my