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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-26
ADJUSTMENTS
AT LOEw,s BIJoU

An "all star" show. including Louis
Love and company, in "A Romance
of Songland," a harmonious song
revue, will open this afternoon at
Loew's Bijou for the first half Of
this week, and a special act is also
offered for the kiddies by Snyder's
animals, with many unique capers
by collection OF trained goats and
dogs with phenomenal intelligence.
Other acts on this "all star" bill
include Larry Lawrence and Henry
Berman, ''navigators of nonsense; !"
also Dave Fox and Jane Allyn in
their original laugh skit ITO Let"
and Helen Miller, premier expon-
ent" of the xylophone, with classic
and popular selections
Dustin Farnum, movie star, has
the leading role in while Justice
Waits" based on a stirring story,
full of thrills and rousing action.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02

citation that is making a survey
of the book field to guide it in
its campaign. f,sJ5 .5HfrI'
Miss Adah F.. Whitconib, III
charge of the Thomas Hughes
room for children's books in the
Chicago Public Library, says the
Youngsters today are more taken
up with books Of history, biog-
raphy, science, radio, airp!anes,
and general information.
Books by Mayne Reid, Oliver
Optic and Horatio Alger," said
Miss Whitcomb, "arc almost never
called for. The library copies
which were worn out by y former
generation Of boys, are not be-
ing replaced. There was not Il
single call for Elsie Dinsmorc
books last year. Girls today do
not know Elsie and | DO nor b
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02
Books Of Yester- Year
Are Dying On Shelves
nv The United Pressl

Chicago, March 2@Do YOU re-
member how as a BOY you used
to thrill to the books of Horatio
Alger and Oliver Optic and lay
awake at night to pore over the
pages of Mayne Reid?
The children of today have ceas-
ed to read Oliver Optic. Half OF
them never heard of Mayne Reid
No up-to-date boy shows any in
terest in Horatio Alger. AS for
Elsie Dinsmore, the prim young
person whose Sunday school adj
ventures used TO keep the girls
Of twenty years ago all worked
up, she is dead and buried under
the dust of library shelves.
These were the revelations laid
before the convention Of the Sub
scription Book Publishers Asso-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02
Mems u. S. Army Nlunson Last
Shoes at
S2.95
Sizes ) ID to y


Never again will you he able to
'buy these shoes at such a low
price. We were lucky in finding
a manufacturer, who was over
stocked with them, and needed
ready cash, so we bought them
at almost onc-half of the regu-
liar price. This shoe is made over
the. U. S. Army Munson-last
with extra, heavy stitching; spe-
ciaI grained chrome brown leath,
err used throughout. An ideal
shoe fol workmen, farmers, ice
men, postmen, carpenters and
motormen, who are Obliged to bt
on their feet all day.
Send correct size. atPsg POSTWAR
S2.s5 ion delivery, or send US q
money order.
! If Won are not satisfied witt
these shoes after you examine
them, VIC will promptly refunt
your money" SO
u. s. DISTRIBUTING AND :
/. IL SALES co. Ei,
1926 West 22nd Street
New York City, n. Y.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02

settlement of international dis
putes. 1t was Republican Sena-
tors who destroyed all that was
new and valuable in the arbitra-
ton trea ties negotiated by Presi-
dent Taft. They rejected that
provision in the treaties that
would have bound us to accept
arbitration of dispute, although
lit could have been forced upon us
only by the vote Of at least one
of our three commissioners be.
cause, like the German General
Staff, they wanted to reserve the
right to fight if it looked as
though we might make more by
fighting than by arbitrating. In
other words, we would arbitrate
a controversy with powerful ma
ton, and we would refuse to ar
bitarte with a small nation that
we could hyowba1t. That was
the attitude of the Republican
Senators when the present Chief
Justice was President.
Then the Republican Senators
combined to repudiate the
League to Enforce Peace, and
Theodore Roosevelt's "posse COM
itatus Of nations,' and TO tear
up Henry Cabot Lodges Union
College speech, By rejecting the
peace treaty because it contained
the covenant of the League of
Nations. Whatever be the mer-
its OF the arguments they used
then. none of them justifies the
rejection of President Hardlng's
proposal to participate IN the
Court of International Justice
This action would not involve US
in any complication with the
League. 1t is commended TO the
Senate by Republican Presi-
dent, so that the excuse of eight
ing President Wilson" does not
exist.
The only reason for rejecting
the Presidents recommendation
is the preference of Republican
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02

Senator's for war, if we were like
ly,-to lick the other party, rather
than litigation or arbitration. Ev
erx Senator Who'll is willing rte
vote, against the World Court
should be compelled to go o.
record on a rollcall,
: The Republican Senator'S do
not wish to vote for this proposal
because, like Moloch, their "voice
il still for war" and they are
afraid Of public opinion if they
vote against it. SO they are try
ing to lay the matter aside till
next December. This is the
course of cowardice. If they
prefer war 20 arbitration, if they
are opposed to the Court of In
ternational Justice, they should
say so. when their names are cal
led by the secretary of the Sen
ate. Let US have these men on
record.-Philadelphia Record.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02
CRoZET RESIDENT

Charlottesville, March John
w. Gentry, a weiI-known resi-
dent of Crozet, this county, died
yesterday, after an extended i'll
ness. The funeral was held this
afternoon from the Crozet Baptist
Church and the interment was in
the family cemetery at HiilS6oro.
Mr. Gentry was native OF
Albermarle county, son of The
late James G. Gentry, vino resid-
ed near Crozet. He married Miss
Leila Mays, of Amherst county,
who survives, with seven children
Emmett Gentry, Mrs. Tucker
Gentry, Nrs. George Cameron and
John W. Gentry, Jr., Of Crozet
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02
LET Us HAVE A ROLLCALL

The Democratic Senators are to
be warmly commended for their
announced determination to force
a vote on the Presidents recon-
mendatiop in, the Court of Inter
national Justice. We trust that
they can succeed; that no parlia-
mentary thimblerigging. ican@ de-
feat their effrot to make the Re
publican Senators go on record.
The Republican Senators have
so far replaced the German. Gen.
eral Staff as the only advocates
of war rather than peace for the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02
FOR SALE
(REAl. ESTATE)

FOR SALE-A small dairy farm
containing 80 acres, located on
the rolling road, about five
miles from Alexandria, Va inn
proved five room house, COW
barn, dairy house, garage and
chicken house. This place is
stocked and equipped for dairy
purposes. Can either be bought
with or without stock and farm
ing implements. See us at once.
The price Il right F. c. Good
now Company, Realtors, lO2 s
st. Asaph st. Phone 926. 52-2c
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02
FOR SALE =
MISCELLANEOUS

FOR SALE-Entire- stock--ana
fixtures Of pool room. Pool ,tar
bles, bar fixtures, lunch counter.
ice box, stock. Half cash and
balance on terms. Apply 9Og
King st. o5-3p
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02

FOR SALE-Thoroughbred rab-
bit hound, well broke. Apply
12i' Harvard St.. or call 1202.
,1-- 53-1p
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02
FOR SALE
AUTOMOBILES

FOR SALE 1921 Hupmobile;
Ford Sedan (6 mo. oldf; z
REQ Sedans q 5-pass; 1 :
pass.); all above cars in Al
condition; prices reasonable;
terms to responsible parties.
Dickerson's Garage, 111-11i So.
Pitt st. 5Z-3p
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02

FOR SALE-Pansy plants, $1.50
and $500 per hundred. Order
early. Address Box 20 care
Gazette. $3.50
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02

Raymond Gentry, manager of the
savings department Of the Pco-A
pies Bank, this city; Mrs. Eunice
Crickenberger, of Hillsboro, and
Mrs. Harry Keller, of Roanoke,
Va. Mr.. Gentry also leaves ono
sister, Mrs. George Without, Wis
dow of the late E. Q. Without. .
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02
s Results ssst Is: $: Gazette
Classified Ads
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-FraRe house; SIX
rooms and bath; all newly pa
pered and painted; electric
lights and gas; rent $500, 1871
Commerce st, 1O15 King ST.
for key. oz-Sc
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02

lieye they would care for her i
they did"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02
4 MEMORIAL

In loving remembrance of eur
wife and mother, SOPHRoNlA
AILSTOCK, who departed this
life one year ago, March 2, 1922
A precious one from us has gone
The voice we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02
4 REAL BARGAIN IN sgBUR.

A REAL BARGAIN IN SgBUR.
ban Home-Six rooms and large
reception han; hardwood floors;
all modern improvements ex-
cept gas; front and back porch
es; high elevation: located on
Maple st. in Mt. Ida, Va. ST..
2OO.o7 eas;:, MONTH, payments
including principal and interest
on first and second trusts only
500. Snyder and Kane, Gil
King ST.. phone, 322, ,5l-3c
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02

FOR Rents rooms, furnished
or unfurnished, for lighthouse
keeping; electricity; gas; bath
and heat. Apply 11lS Prince,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02

Long, with smiles, she suffered.
Patiently she bore the pain,
Tho our loss is great, Dear
Mother, s
We trust IT'S your, eternal gain.
IS 8 81 AID. ~
Her HUSBAND and CHILDREN.
, =. . : / y 5s-lp
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02

No one knows the heartaches,
Only those who have lost can
tell
Of the tears that are shed in 81
fence ..l
For the one we loved so well.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02

FOR SALEAMt, Ida ave-, Coz
tage west of scar tracks; 4
rooms and bath; electric lights;
separate garage; fine garden; /
lots running from Mt, Ida ave.
to Groves St; best location for
additional dwelling. S3,90O,
Terms, $500 cash, balance
about S45 per month. Morris
Herner, Agent General Insur :
ance and Bonding, 612 King
st phonp 500. Sole
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02

We tried so hard to save her,
But alas, the sad day had eople
When the angels beckoned to hel
And she .sweetly entered home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01

George G. Crawford, the pres ident of the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad company and it's subsidiaries in Alabama has gone with Mrs. Crawford on their summer vacation to Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01

On left is a group of the pleasure seekers at West Lake upon the occasion of the annual frolic of the Whole sale Lumbermen's club the other day. The affair was participated in not only by the members themselves who abandoned business for the day, but also by their wives, daughters and sweethearts.
, 1923-03-28

only by the far-off wash of the waves
on the beach,
Radcliffe listened for voices. None
came. Then he saw n lantern being
carried along her deck. 1t vanished.
probably through a hatch.
Then he went below. and. dropping
asleep the instant he turned in.
dreamt that he was marOoned on
Palm island with SHELTON. and Skel-
ton was trying to hang him on a palm
r for a pirate, and the gulls were
shouting Seven fathom! - seven
fathom-seven fathom!" Then came
oblivion and the sleep of youth that
defies dreams.
Next morning, an hour after sun
rise, Radcliffe came on deck in his
pajamas-gOrgeous blue and crimson
striped paiamas-a sight for the gods.
Amid the glory of light and color
and against the palms and white
beach lay the ghost of the night be-
fore, a frowzy-looking yawl-rigged
boat of fifty feet or so, n true hobo
of the sea, with wear and weather
written all over her and an lndescrib-
able something that marked her down
even to Radcliffe as disreputable.
The flash of a fish being hauled on
board caught his eve and fired his
passion for sport. They had lone no
fishing from the Dryad.
He borrowed the dinghy and, just
as he was. put off.
As he drew up to the yawl the fish
erman logged another fish on board.
The fisherman was a boy, a dirty
faced boy. in a guernsey. and as the
dinghy came alongside he stared at
the pajama-clad one as Mt an appa-
rition.
"Hullo, there!" cried Radcliffe,
clawing on with the b~oathook. ANY
fish for sale?"
The boy disappeared. Then came
his voice, evidently shouting down a
hatch.
Satan, below there! Here's the
funniest guy come alongside wants to
know If we've got fish to sell him.
Show a leg!"
"One minute" replied the second
voice.
The boy reappeared at the rail in
the burning sunlight. "The cap will
, 1923-03-28

giving and Christmas, for instance,
create so great a demand for turkeys
that thousands of peopls in turkey
states like Texas and Missouri and
Kansas bend all their energies to have
their turkeys ready for the market ut
the psychological moment.
And when everybody wants turkey
the general public eats less meat.
Hence the butchers and market men
have TO keep a watchful eye open.
Now, as everyone knows, Easter Is
preceded by the Lenten season of 40
days. During Lent the American
people eat less meat than usual and
more fish and oysters and more eggs.
So 1t makes a lot of difference to a
lot Of producers whether Lent begins
in February or in March.
Then there's the climax of the de-
mand for eggs at Easter. Besides, the
demand for baby chicks is so great at
Easter for advertising, display and
gift purposes that many %incubators
the country over have to set their
h%atchings with Easter Day in mind.
In short, It Seems a truism that
'hiihs NbthAitA VI itEilNlll VI lukI-
Ing, patriotism or prayer, are reflected
In the busy marts of the country. And
one of the most ~far-reachlng In iniu-
ence Is Easter. with Its m%onth-long
variation in dates.
Easter Is the principal festival of
the Christian church. commemoratfng
the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead.
Nevertheless, Easter has an origin
far antedating the resurrection Of
Christ-one that goes back to the
early days of
Casters original Significance was
the celebration at or nenr the vernaI
equinox of the beginning of n new
year. II celebrated the end OF win
ter and the approach OF snring-the
coming Of light and heat-and life.
At Rome the sacred Are In the TEN.
pie Of the Vestal Virgins was kindled
anew on March 1. which was the be-
ginning Of the new year. A CORE
spending ceremony Is still common In
various parts of Europe. BonHres ARE
lighted from n flame originated by
the priests on Easter eve. These
fires are kindled every year on the
same hill. which usually Is given the
name OF easter Mountain" The sig
nlfcance Is this: AS far MS the light
Of the bonfire reaches the fields will
be fruitful md the houses safe from
fire and disease. AS the name1 die
down, men, women and children leap
through them ms n protection against
disease.
When Christianity cnme to the
front It adopted the pagan holiday OF
Easter. II explained that the extinc-
ton of the old-year fires on Easter
eve symbolized the darkness of Cal
, 1923-03-28

tween March % and April %.
AT first the Christian Easter syn
chronized exactly with the Jewish
Passover. This was rejected in the
Western Church on the ground that
the resurrection took place on the
first day Of the week after the Pass
Over and should therefore be com
memornted on Sunday. After much
controversy the particular Sunday was
definitely fixed In the Sixth century
to be the Sunday between the fifteenth
and twenty-first days of the moon In
the first month of the Jewish lunar
year, the computation to be made ac-
cording to the tables of victorlus OF
Aquitalne which were introduced in
475 A. D.. Followed another century
Of controversy. Then the matter of
the date of Easter was finally dis.
posed Of at the synod held at Whitby,
England, in 1864. After this date the
clergy of the British Isles conformed
TO the general practice of the West
ern Church.
So now both Protestant md Roman
Catholic churches observe Easter on
the first Sunday after the full moor
on or mex after March 81. Thus
Easter cannot fall earlier thar March
% or later than April 20.
Easter seldom comes as early ms
March %. In fact II was away back
In 1918, more than n century ago. that
Easter last fell on this early date.
h nearest approach WINS March %
In 1856 and 1913. Between now and
1850 Its earliest date will be March
"a In 1910.
Thus Easter may fall more than a
whole month later some years thar
other years. For example. It fell on
April 20. the latest POSSIBLE date. in
1886. II will fall on the same date I'm
1913. It fell on April "a In 1850 and
on April % In 1905 and 1915.
Easter and All Fools Day only oc.
cnsionally fnll on the same date. They
coincide In the century 1s5O-195O. but
six times-1s66. 1877. 1888. 1923. 1884.
1045.
"Well, what OF III What difference
does II make whether Eastern falls
early or lnte-falls on March % or
April 25Y'
As n matter OF fact many OF our
American holidays have n nation
wide influence In many why's. Thanks.
, 1923-03-28
And Bobby Wa Only Twenty-Five, a
G~ood-Iooking, Clean Youth. Well
Balanced but DESTROYS Of Fun.

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In Tho no,ior r 90, 200, un ,u,o -.
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de.t av,dentiv While ono,har ..n,
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onened is mouth ana n,,.roa ona
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, 1923-03-28
"~DAY-DREAM LAND"

THE confiding shoulder rested
more heavily against him as against
n cushion and she began to hum a
tune. She seemed to have forgot
ten the points of the compass, him,
everything. just as n child suddenly
forgets everything in a day-dream
land.
The absolutement OF doing MOTH
ing, resting, listening to the waves.
had fallen upon him. too, with a
something else. n sort of m
ism born of his companion, the
strangest feeling as though Jude
were a part of himself. as though
he had put his arm roun his W
waist and a new self-a much
pleasanter self than the old one,
less stiff. more human. and ome
how more alive"
These two are Ratcliffe and Jude.
ldllng on a key in the Gulf of Mex
leo. He Is a rich young English
man. She is Satan's sister. and
Satan and Jude are captain and
crew of the Sarah Tyler. a non
%descript old sailing craft. Radcliffe
deserts a luxurious yacht to go ad-
v%enturing with them. Jude has
been brought up as a boy, hates
the idea of being a girl-she is not
yet a m Well, the three of
them have plenty of adventures
and they are most entertaining.
The author? Why, H.. DeVere
Stacpoole, who has written THE
Blue Lagoon and ten or a dozen
other tales that have gained him
an international public. Plumb out
of the ordinary and right good
reading is Satan"
, 1923-03-28

vary and of the grave. The lighting
Of the new fires symbollzed the resur-
rection.
Ii seems incongruous. at first
thought. that Easter-the principal
festival of the Christian church-and
All Fools Day-a day of practical
jokes and horseplay-should fall on
the same day-and on Sunday at that.
On second thought. however, there
is nothing homogeneous about 1t, ex-
cepting the fact that All Fools Day
should fall on ~Sunday-and hat Is the
fault of our fearful and wonderful
calendar.
Both Easter and All Fools Day had
their origin. away back In the begin
nings of the race, In delight at tie
approach of spring. 1t may be easily
understood that the winter was a
hard season for many % the prlmeyal
peoples and that the increasing
warmth Of the sun and the springlni
up of vegetable life meant literally
n renewal of life. SO the yernal
equinox celebration OF primeval peg
pies was largely expressed in actloA
Of cxuberant JOY. =
Even inter ,'e eoinIns ,h zines
ity Easter was ce'eorh.eu VIII .a"s In
SONGS, aahces anu ufaia,'e sns,om at
,ne Miuale aseS WIS Ts,en 10
Easter TOT ,he peop,e 80 tho
amusing 'nles rom ,ne pu harod-
churches' speciai cnkes Wele oros.
our' "ioue,n euuiN pr,cb,lv.
ouhs ana simmer eaNe s,,onds
painted eggs were p~resen,.u u.,,a an.
SO there was origihalIy ". .no two
ference ! the ceieprh,ion ahrot,on
Jays, In tact' the mouern = s,r.
OF All Fools Day is propnons n
v,Vu' oi .he TESS ~
, 1923-03-28

"why don't you spend some OF yuS,
money-lIve better. enjoy you're
more7" -.o,,e
"Becnuse II I d." he snid' pel
will expect something of me. u not
don't know I'm well on they "u WI "A
expec anything OF me n tnes m,lrs
for me. SO. l kec. my private u," az
to myself" And then he adueu, ~.
though the Woman might be one
those who expected him 10 pn' q
her lunch. tool" u.ot; Of
"And, besides. I'm not 20
us you think."-New York suh'
, 1923-03-28
Antedates Lauder

II is not true that the Scotch Inn
gunge was invented for Harry Lauder.
whether you call II n dialect or n
language, the Scottish tongue Is n
thing whose history entities II to be
cherished by those to whom II be-.
longs" Professor CrnIgie. tho well.
known Oxford philologist, told the
vernncular Circle of the London Burns
club.
Tho elements OF the Scottish tongue
, 1923-03-28
A weli.ouarded Secret.

He was rich and close. The woman
had known him since childhood days.
The other dry she said to him. MS
they met Mt the same table Mt n down
town restaurant: