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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-19
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CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 10 But. we are not invited!" Lois explained, a touch of acidity in her Voice.
 "oh, yes, your are! See if you . aren't! George" to Dixon who !. stood by the window listening def erentially to some story that his host , was telling him. Aren't MT. Sumner and Lois invited to go with us for d drive this afternoon? If not, 1 am not going either"
 Dixon controlled an exclamation ! Of dismay. Why certainly-cer- tainly they are,i he agreed with the best grace he could summon.
 There! I told you so! Marian said to her sister and the minister.
 Harold Sumner hesitated. He had planned to make some pastoral calls , this afternoon. Yet
 T do not know that l ought to Eo," he demurred T have certain visits that demand my attention"
 And I ought to call on one of my Sunday school scholars who is i'll, Lois said quickly.
 Marian shrugged her shoulders. You are both too conscientious for mel" she jerred. T am sorry you are not going, for I know Dad would think it quite improper for me to drive out alone on Sunday with George. Of course" with a giggle, l. T would do it if Dad did not know
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-19
ONE BIG POCKET

Have you noticed how pockets
 are trimming some of the new
 dresses? Of course we have had the tiny, plainly finished pockets on 1 tailored dresses, but now there Is a
 decided tendency to trim up these neglected appurtenances and make | them interesting features of our more dressy gowns.
 If you are planning to buy dress
 that you hope to keep as part of your | spring wardrobe it would be well to consider whether or not it's pockets are sufficiently decorative. | One stunning afternoon frock I saw recently exemplified this pocket
 idea. It was a dull black satin made | on straight lines. large triangular
 shaped pocket was posed on the left
 side of the skirt, rather to the | front than on &the hip. It was voluminous pocket, as pockets go,
 and might have been placed so that it reached too far this way or that but in this case it was cleverly put in place. Three different materials
 were used to decorate it. Narrow bands of tourmaline green taffeta, silver
 braid and tiny strips of black fur were placed in rows that entirely
 covered the black satin foundation The vivid green and shimmering sil- yer were softened by the fur and the
 combination made for lovely patch of subdued brilliance on the sombre satin. A fine wire at the top sus- tained the slight fitness and fin
 ished it in way that was worthy of this pockets importance in the pie
 ture.
 These strikingly decorated pockets
 are allotted on the basis of "only one to customer''--or dress. Per | haps this is because each pocket is
 large and roomy enough to make up
 for the fact that there is only one. The flapper used to be pictured with both hands showed deep into her
 pockets, so perhaps the originator of the one pocket idea meant to as- sist this young lady to strike more ! graceful attitudes.
 So far as roominess is concerned,
 one could use one of these pockets as
 an overnight bag, but you will find that the up-to date miss has placed in it only an immense trailing silk handkerchief. Whether the large pocket has been made for the hand kerchief or the handkerchief for the pocket is debatable question. How ever the two form a partnership that is very unusual and chic.
 These handkerchiefs are merely
 large squares of silk that may ex- press any color preference or whim
 of the owner Most of us feel a cer- l tain interest in some old world country and we collect books or pie lures that are characteristic of that country. So the large handkerchief that graces the large pocket may carry out that fancy.
 | The big. old-fashioned "hanky" is
 not compulsory adjunct to the big | pocket. A single medium-siAed pocket on the right side is trimmed with two rows of wide braid. It
 carries out the feeling of the jabot- | like arrangement of braid on the
 front of the dress. The pocket gives
 a character to the lower part of this
 dress that could scarcely be achieved 1 in a happier way.
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balloons, freed from little Weeky's weight, flew away up in the air and were soon out of sight for Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy and the others as soon as little Weekly dropped to the roof, had let go of the long rope.
 Now I shall climb down the chimney and rescue the nice, kind snitznoodle!" little Weekly called down to his friends.
 When he said this, the window al the top floor of the Goblin's house Cit was four stories high, you remember) opened and the Goblin poked his head out. What did you say?" he asked of Raggedy Ann.
 T didn't say anything,' Raggedy Ann replied.
 Then who did?" the Goblin asked T heard someone say something about rescuing the Snitznoodle who | is tied to chair in this roomv'
 Tt was I who said it" little weeky said as he looked over the edge of the roof right down at the Goblin, T shall rescue the nice, kind Snitznoodle because it isn't any fun being cap tured by Goblin and being tied to a chair! You should be ashamed of yourself, Hookie, the Goblin"
 @Ha, Ha Har' the Goblin laughed up It little WeeKy, what 1 wish to know is, How do you expect to recue the Snitznoodle when you are up on the roof?"
 "That will be easyr little Weekly replied, q shall climb down the chimney and wrestle you very hard so that you will be glad to unite the SnitZnoodle.
 At this Hool1ie, the Goblin, laughed harder than ever and everyone won dered why he should seem pleased when he was about to be wrestIed. Then Hooie, the Goolin, said, You have thought of everything little Weekly. except one thing" And what Weekly said
 "whyw Hookie cried, There isn't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-19
SELLING IN NEGATIVE

You wouldn't want this color would you?' asked the sa1cswoman who Was attempting to show me suits. Then later: No, we haven't tan in that style. No, we are out of your size in that suit"
 All through the sale it was No, " or You wouldn't want, would your
 Needless to say, I didn't buy, and as I walked out I heard this sales woman telling a colleague that "Busi- ness was rotten today" Yet 1 noticed that others in the department seemed to be busily selling suits.
 knew why that saleswoman didn't sell me a suit and probably why she didn't persuade great many others of her customers to buy. It was because she sold in a nega- tive way. Her attitude was negative She seemed to delight in telling one what the store did not have, rather than to show what it did have. When l objected to a certain feature she made no attempt to tell ne about 1t in order to maSe me like it. When discarded one suit she made no at tempt to show me another unless 1 asked. She seemed to reflect a nega- tive state of mind
 In other words, without knowing more about that saleswoman, I'll war rant that her attitude in approaching customers was this: Well, here s another one. Don't suppose she's go- ing to buy" Instead of: Good. here's q customer. Now Tn. going to sell her a suit" Do you notice the difference in attitudes in negative and positive states of mind? You may not realize it, but customers are quick to detect d negative attitude on the part of a saleswoman. And they usually leave as quickly as pos sible because it is discouraging~ to be shown goods by one who seems to prefer that customers do not buy.
 With great many saieswomen it is a question of getting quickly rid of customers as interfering obstacles to peace of mind. They want to sell quickly, to get the sale over, or they tell you quickly that they haven't what you want without suggesting something else, so as to be peace fully alone once more.
 If that's your attitude. girls who sell, you need not wonder why your salesbook doesn't total any higher. It is the girl who really wants to sell who welcomes each customer eagerly making up her mind beforehand that that customer must buy who makes the big sales.
 Whats the use of trying to sell goods if you're going to be negative and not want to sell them?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-19
---7--------ss. -ss.------------------------ FROM THE WISE

The brain-women never interest us like the heart-women, white roses please less than red.-Holmes.
 The more you arc talked about the less powerful you are.-Disraeli. ,
 What is civilization? answer, the power of good women.-Emerson
 Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.-H. w, Beecher.
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WINNIE TWINKLE
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Raggedy Ann made

Raggedy Ann made a lot of small cream puff balloons in Mrs. Cookies oven. She had to make small ones because the oven was not large enough to make one great big balloon.
 And when the oven door was opened, all the cream puff bal looms were so light fluffy, they came floating out and sailed about the ceil- ing. It was lots of fun capturing the cream puff ballons and tie. ing them together SC that little Weekly could sail up above Hookie, the Goblin's house and jump to tho roof. He intended climbing down the chimney to rescue tho Snitznoodle who was a prisoner inside.
 Hookie, the Goblin told told Raggedyl Andy that he in tended making Snitz- noodle sausage just as soon as he couldl borrow a sausage | grinder so all of theI Snitznoodle's friendsl were very anxious tol rescue him. All the cream puff ballonsE were tied togetherl and one long roptl hung down so thati little Weekly coulCl hang on and the resi- could hold the creamL
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 they could be guided exactly over the Goblins roof.
 When everything was ready, little Weekly took hold of the rope and the cream puff balloons were allowed to rise in the air.
 Raggedy Ann had thought of the wind. so tho ballon had been taken to the side of the house so that the wind blew it, directly over the roof
 Little Weekly, when he was directly over, dropped to the roof, and the
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any chimneny for you to climb down That's what" And when he looked about him, on the roof, little Weekly saw that this was indeed quite true and that he was up on the high roof with no way to get down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-19

A gourd with a narrow opening and filled with sugar will often prove q most effective trap for the monkey called the, sai, for once starting to eat the sweet stuff, he will be taken cap- tive rather than leave the delicacy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-19

EVERYBODY HAS AN EYE on
 E"Christmas Gift Suggestions in the Classified Section these daysl It paysi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-19

The deepest mine in the world is the St John del Key mine in Brazil, which is 6,726 feet below the sur face.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-19
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-20
TREAT DISEASE, NOT SYMPTOM

With a curious inconsistency and disre- gard for the Fundamentals of economics, the house and senate are respectively proceed ing to the consideration of measures, one of which seeks to cure a symptom and the other an organic defect If the organic defect were to be corrected, the symptom would disappear. The two measures are tae farm relief legislation under discussion in the house, and the merchant marine bill in the senate. The farm relief legislation is formulated to apply to the symptom; the merchant marine measure is designed to cure the organic defect.
 As long as the farmer has ready market for his goods, he requires no legislative aid. If he needs money he can borrow it at his bank. Whenever the farmer does not have a ready market at a fair price, his goods become drug on his hands and cease to offer attractive collateral to the banks. No sort of federal offers of financial assist ance can be of permanent relief, for perma- nent relief depends upon ready sales at price above the cost of production. The federal plan for long-term farm loans is another matter, for it is not designed to tide the farmer over period of marketing stress, but to enable him to obtain needed capital for permanent improvements. The Lenroot- Anderson measure is one of temporary na- ture which is especially objectionable in that it would cause the government to com pete with private banking. In the long, term loan plan there is no such competition.
 The establishment of an American mer- chant marine is basic in its benefit to the farmer because it opens up to him, through the medium of friendly carriers amenabie to American laws, the markets of the world. After all, the price of American farm pro- ducts is largely determined by the foreign demand. Any agency that tends to increase the export of American surplus crops helps to stabilize the price at profitable level. The establishment of an adequate merchant marine would make possible direct con signments on through bills of lading to for eign customers, thus adding to the efficiency and economy of handling, very significant item in competition Such merchant ma rne would prevent unjust discrimination against American farm products on the part of foreign steamship lines controlled by our competitors.
 It is hoped that it will be possible to show congress the fundamental desirability of measures of permanent effect as against the temporary and questionable effect of meas ures designed to relieve temporary and re- current conditions. Ability to recognize such distinction is the quality that sets apart the statesman from the politician.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-20
THE DECADENT CAT

A French savant, Professor Lepinay, de- cares cats are steadily degenerating be- cause of the lack of knowledge of feline psychology amnog their human associates. He says cats might be trained to become useful in many ways, including rabbit hunting. As it is they have deteriorated to such an extent that most of them would not even be able to kill rat. In at least two cases that engaged his scientific atten- tion cats were trained to hunt like dogs, being used to point and retrieve game. Cats would make even better hunters than dogs, he claims, because of their noseless movements and the hypnotic power they have over other animals.
 The professor may know what he is talk ing about, but the common impression is that, except in unusual cases, cats are nat urally indolent and stupid, often lacking the suitability and loyalty of the dog, as well as his intelligence. Rat catching is about the only pursuit in which cat can honestly be said to earn livelihood and pay for his keep. If he is losing this accomplishment, he is in a fair way to become a shameless parasite, given to slumber in the day and prowling at night-a ne'er-do-well who has taken advantage of human tolerance to live a life of feline foppishness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-20
HOW FRANCE PAID IN 1871
 (Kansas City Star)

The Franco Prussnn war ended in 1871 with the levying of an in demnity of one billion dollars on France. This was to be paid in three years. In the meantime Ger many was to keep an army on French soil, gradually withdrawing the troops as the indemnity was paid. The army at the outset num- bered half million men, maintained at French expense. The payments were made so rapidly that by the end of 1871 the army had been reduced to 150,000 men, and the in demnity was completed six months before the time set in the treaty. At that time France had only a fraction of the wealth and popula- tion that German has today. Its soil had been invaded and it's industrial life disorganized. Yet it's payments were larger in the first two years and a half after the war than the payments of Germany were in the same period following the World war. Can France be blamed for be- lieving that Germany has nov maoe anything like the effort of which she was capable to meet the war charge which she assumed?
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trend taken by modern armament. The battleship is costly weapon, whose value becomes more and more doubtful as de- vices are perfected to offset It's destructive powers. Some authorities even go so far as to say that the dreadnought is already obsolete, because of the rapid development of the airplane and the submarine. Un- questionably, increasing attention is being paid to methods of protecting battleships from airplanes and submarines, while the production of lighter craft keeps step with the Improvements in first-line ships. France, like England and the United States, has evidently learned from the World war that the next war will be fought to large ex- tent in the air and under the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-20
WOMEN AND NOBEL PRIZES

Miss Elsa Brandstrom, known as the Angel of Siberia" has been recommended for the Nobel peace prize. If the recom- mendation is approved she will be the fourth woman to receive a Nobel prize and the second to receive the peace prize One woman, Madame Curie, has received the prize twice, once in chemistry and once in physics. Baroness von Suttner received the peace prize in 1905 and Selma Lagerlof, of Sweden, received the prize for literature in 1909. Of the recipients of this honor, the case of Madame Curie is most remarkable, not only in that she has twice received the recognition, but that, being a woman, the honor should be in science which has been regarded as principally masculine field of endeavor. It goes to show that environment and custom rather than personal fitness, have served to establish these time -honored demarcations as to careers and mental spheres of men and women.
 Madame Curie took an intelligent and trained interest in her husbands researches with the result that she contributed to the lindying fame of both. That two women should have achieved distinction in the field of peace, and another in literature, does not appear out of harmony with the arbitrary niche to which woman was long assigned, and to which, by her complaisance, she helped to assign herself. In this new day that has dawned, partly because modern in- ventions and manner of conducting house. holds have released woman from close con finement at home, women are proving to the general satisfaction that they can adapt themselves to almost any task and any de- partment of mental activity, with degree of success that varies with the individual and not with the sex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-20
VIEWS OF PRISON REFORM

Of the troubles of those imprisoned by the government during the war for viola tions of the espionage act it is scarcely ex- pected to hear an end during their lifetime. Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hare is one of these. There is no doubt as to there being room for reform in prison matters, but it is not necessary to give full credence to the stories of the experiences related by this lecturer at conference on prison conditions in Ohio in order to be convinced of this For 1t must be remembered that the espionage act itself was objectionable to the so-called radicals and so apparently are all the more permanent institutions of the country Yet the espionage act furnished during the war practically the only weapon the govern ment had wherewith to silence the voices raised against it's war preparations by it's own citizens. Such statements as Mrs. O'Hare's to the effect that she was "sold by the department of justice to a prison board of Missouri penitentiary" are too obviously prejudiced to have weight in a serious consideration of the problems of bet tering prison conditions.
 The statements of Dr. Hastings Hart, president of the American Prison Assocla- ton, seem, on the other hand, to carry con- structive conviction and sincerity. He ad- vocates taking the county jails out of the hands of county commissioners and sheriffs and putting them under the ,control of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-20
RAILROADS RECOVERING

Including the $20 1000 which the Louis vile and Nashville railroad will expend for equipment during the next few months, the total that will have been placed in improve ment of the road bed and acquisition of new rolling stick in eighteen months will be ap- proximately $50, 100000. This is the largest purchase of equipment in the history of the system The basis for this enormous expen- diture is thus stated in the item from Louis vile announcing the scedule: Higher cot ton prices stimulating business in the south, augmented production of steel at the mills in Birmingham, Alabama, the probable de velopment of practically virgin coal areas in Kentucky, and predictions of consider ably accelerated business generally, are pointed out as reasons for the equipment expansion program of the road"
 The railroad is alert to situation and to an opportunity. It sees the increase of the revenue producing tonnage of the south and it is preparing to move that tonnage over it's lines. In thus equipping itself to serve itself it Is preparing to serve it's patrons It is appreciative of the reciprocal relations ex- isting between the carrier and the shipper. It is much better to have the equipment ready for the growing tonnage than to wait until it is developed only to find itself handicapped in getting to the markets. Railroads are gradually regaining their lost efficiency
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-20
FRANCES PROJECTED NAVY

The Washington arms conference was by no means the last word on the limitation of navies. It was recently brought out, in a discussion of the mobilization program proposed for the American navy, that Great Britain had made many improvements to maintain the superiority of her fleet over the navies of the other world powers, with out violating the terms of the Washington agreements. In fact, experts declared that the United States navy board had dropped below the "5-5-3" ratio. Now comes the announcement that the French ministry of marine is at work on new twenty-year naval program, providing for the construe- tion of seven hundred thousand tons of war craft. Included in the specifications are sixty-five thousand tons in submarines and sixty thousand tons in arplane depot ships. No battleships will be built during the first eight years, but six cruisers are planned, along with thirty-six destroyers or torpedo boats and thirty-four submarines.
 The construction of smaller vessels, par > ticularly submarines and airplane carriers, which is being pushed forward briskly by most of the world powers. indicates the