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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
.EXPLODES ANCIENT
 THEORY THAT RED MAKES BULL RAGE
Declares Animals Are Color Blind, So Pink Is Just
 As Effective

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1S.-(By Associated Press )-Waving red flag before bull has no more sig nificance than waving a pink, green purple, or white flag because bulls in keeping with other animals, are color blind, according to Dr. G. M. Stratton, head of the department or psychology. University of California, Berk eley, Cal, who has just com pleted six months investigation of the subject.
 pr. Stratton and his assistants waved red flags in the faces of bulls and other animals, and the reaction was one of curiosity and not anger he says. Black, white, green and yellow colors were tried, with the same effect After trying cows calves, steers and bulls, Dr. Stratton says he is sure that the entire bo- wine family is devoid of color sight.
 His conclusions, pr. Straton says, lead him to believe that.
 i. Bulls show no strong excite ment over any color.
 9 Interest, hesitation and mild mistrust were shown in a banner or any strange thing.
 3. There was no reaction that could be discerned toward any par ticular color, but the brightness of the color and the flutter of the ban ner were more effective than the color.
 4. There was no special reaction toward red as against green, or toward red and green as against black and white.
 ,. There was greater reaction and intrest toward white than any other color. but the reaction in the wild animals was no greater than in the anne.
 The investigators, Dr. Stratton said, interviewed 66 persons familiar with cattle, and 53 denied the popu- lar theory that red angers bulls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14

CT here or at home?'' Miss McGirr was asked.
 oh" she exclaimed, as if the question were irritating, but it is so different. l understand the play better in the theatre, for I can, with out being told, feel the people nov ing on the stage. I seem to know where they are and what they are doing.
 The play was wonderful to me and it was so exciting in the third act--that part of it where the min- ister was in danger of being killed and where little Mary was cured or her lameness by what seemed a mir acle. l could see the play again. She used the word "see" with intense meaning.
 When the reporter left, Miss Me- Girr said to him. T shall know you the next time you call" It was ex- plained that Miss McGirr can recall a persons name by simply taking hold of his hand. The reporter did
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
SON KILLED IN PLANE, FATHER KILLS HIMSELF
Hangs Himself With Chain After
 Aviator Killed In Birmingham

NASHVILLE, Tenn, oct. 13.-Clar- ence Cook, IS, farmer, and father of Sergt. Cloe Cook killed recently when a Tennessee state guard air plane crashed at Birmingham, ended his life this morning at his home near Franklin by hanging himself with a trace chain.
 It is said that the sons death preyed upon his fninds and he was also worried by financial matters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
CTIrE NOTES


 It has always been the policy oi the Music Study club to get in touch with the newcomers to Birmingham who are musicians or who are lovers of music, and appreciative of the value of good music to community and have them become affiliated with the work of the club. When Mrs. Victor Hanson came here from Montgomery she soon became ldentl- fled with the work of. the Music Study club. Being both good pianist and a most ardent and en- thusiastic lover of music and with ,gerat ideals of the value of music to a community, the members of the club realized thai she would be a splendid leader to carry on the work of an organization which was grow ing in volume each year. The three presidents preceding Mrs. Hanson (Mrs. ChalifouX, Mrs. Lowell and Mrs. .Johnston) were charter members ot . the club. so Mrs. Hanson had the dis s tinction of being the first president who was not a charter member.
 When l called Mrs. Hanson and Asked her to tell me some of the main things accomplished during the two terms she served as president of the club, she replied :"hOh let's don't talk about that; that's ancient history, ] think it is so much nicer to talk about the club as it is today, so why not call Mrs. Rice and interview herr"
 However, after explaining that this was being done to trace the development of the club, she was not quite so reticent.
 ..By't the way" I said. Tt was un- der the carly part of your admins tration that the club had it's first bia artistic concert at the Jefferson wasn't it? Then she laughed, and re- rlied:
 "Yes it was, and I was almost 9anic-strieken when l assumed my duties and realized that the out going president, Mrs. Richard Jonh- ston. had signed q contract to prilis Madam Louise Homer. Metropohtdh contralt,. to Birmingham at a guar antee of S1 .O00. This was the most pretentious undertaking of the clup' and l. as well as all the other or f;cers, felt that we were undertahlhS nmost tremendous task. Ine con cert was an artistic success. but at loss of S200. HoweVe other con certs. less expensive. were presehteu during the season and the dehclt was made llp, and through these arustlc concerts, the Music Study club rapid lv attained greater prestige. 4saye' violinist: the Damrosch and St. Louis  symphony orchestra, were some or the other attractions brought durlng E 7, the first years Of my presidency
 "Were there any special changes Tn tho club during your first adminls- fration?" 1od
 "Yes. we joined the National Fed aration of Music Clubs and sent Prudence Neff to California to the ninth biennial convention as repre- sentative from our organization, she having won the piano contest from this district, and was the successful contestant at the biennial. She ex- tended the invitation for Blrmlnghah to be hostess to the National Feoera- tion of Music Clubs at their tenth biennial convention, which was ac- cepted, and held here ii ISlt. chorus was organized and sunday afternoon organ recitals in the churches of Birmingham were begun. In recalling my first term, as presi- dent, I always think of that open night meeting at the Country club, which was the final meeting of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
AMERICA ATTRACTS LEADING ARTISTS r RUM OLD WORLD.
DiSdained Province Is Now A Mecca For Star Entertain
 CTS Who Seek Real Money


 NEW YORK. Oct. 19.-(By Associ- ated Press.)-The curtain of the win ter season of 1923 draws apart and reveals New York as the stage of the worlds most interesting dra- matic achievements.
 The program shows that America, once disdained provincial domain from which high brows" of New Works Madison Avenue, Bostons Back Bay and Phi1adelphias Ritten- house Square fled for the cultural delicacies of London and Paris, has become a cosmopolitan American city world hasten to pour their wares. Sweden, Holland, Spain, Germany, Austria ard the Orient will surren der their best entertainers to grace the boards of American stages Grandchildren of the elite who yawned politely at Tony Pastors, New York, will mingle in theatre lobbies with the grandchildren of Parisians and Londoners who thought painfully of America as land of commercial traEelers, cowboys and uncouth manners.
 Land Of Jazz.
 But Broadway will be Main Street as we'll as Piccadilly Circus and the Boulevard de Bonne Neuvelle. The hundreds of thousands of visitors from the middle west and the sunny shores of the Pacific will enjoy scores of great American" plays and songs and books, and, above all. will gyrate to the strains of the music which has made the entire world shake it's shoulders-jazz.
 Theatre goers will see the Teatro dei Piccoli. Rome's marionette thea tre; the Grand Guignol. which has sent chills down the back of several generations of Paris playgoers; the which delighted Moscow intelligent sia in the days when Russia ate ca viar; the Moscow Art theatre; the Swedish ballot, with futuristic music and cubistic stage settings; and the works of the late William Shakes peare, already well known in various European capitals.
 O O O
 Varied Offering.
 Musical comedies and revues with the most daring features of the Casino de Paris and the Folies Der variety of pep, while those who re- gret the passing of the Merry Widow" and moonlight type of mu- sic will bask in the dulcet scores of operettas from Vienna and Munich.
 Germany and Italy will provide reportory opera companies to com pete with the Metropolitan; music lovers will near huge symphony or chestras conducted by men who until recently held batons in Amsterdam, Paris, Petrograd and Berlin and by others who watched the clouds on the banks of the Mississippi.
 Latin Americans, who, by the thou sand, have made Times Square their mecca, will watch Spain's best dancer and her best variety artists. Several all-negro musical shows are planned. The royal dancers of far-away Cam bodia, in French Indo-China. proba- bly, will be here, and, perhaps across the street from them, wild west riders from the shadow of the Rockies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
You'll Get Rid of
 BlacRheads Sure

There is one simple, safe and sure way that never fails to get rid of blackheads, that is to dissolve them.
 To do this get two ounces of calonite powder from any drug store-sprinkle a little on a hot, wet c1oth--rub over the blackheads briskly-wash the parts and you will be surprised how the blackheads have disappeared. Big blackheads, little blackheads, no matter where they are, simply dissolve and disappear. Black heads are a mixture of dust and dirt and secretions that form in the pores of the skin The calonite powder and the water dissolve the blaclkheads they wash right out, leaving the pores free and clean and in their natural condition.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
FEAR MAN WAS SLAIN BY ESCAPED BANDIT
Crime Blamed On Party Aiding Ed :. Iockhart Tn EScane

PORT SMITH Ark, Oct. 13.-Offi- te.1ls Investigating the staying of Russell b. Carter of Muskogee, near Vinita. Okla., Thursday night, ad- yanced the theory today that Carter possibly was shot to death by men aiding in the escape of Ed Lockhart. i iOkiahom outlaw, who was liber- ated from the jail at Jay. Okla. last veek by band of five masked men.
 The need of obtaining Carter's au- tomobile to aid in the flight of the fugitive bandit was suggested by the Authorities as a possible motive for athe staying.
 y Dr. Caldwell Brandshaw of Welch, FOkla., reported that an attempt was made to hold him up near the scene Of Carters death, but that the two smen who accosted him fled when he opened fire on them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14

A little food goes a long ways, oA at least it goes a long ways with ''Zabella" the 1S-foot giraffe, who is one of the thousand more animals who compose the menagerie of the combined Ringing Brothers and Bar mum X Bailey circus. That is a locky ting for te owners, for oterwise "Zabella9 and CT five brother and sister giraffes would cost a small sized fortune to feed.
 When it comes to meals, the gi- raffes are the epicures of the animal world. You can't feed them any old food No-sir-ee They demand and receive only the choicest of tender green shoots and hot house vege- tables. Their tastes run similar to the millionaire's, who must eat winter strawberries at a dollar apiece. When they eat hay it must never be any thing but the best grade of clover.
 But while the giraffes want the best, they want but little, and so the expense of keeping them is not as great as it would be were they en- dowed with the appetites of the hay burning" elephants. Thus far no one has ever been able to train the gi raffe. But circus men now have hopes. For during the past winter the Ringing Brothers trainers have broken zebras to perform in the rings, a feat never before accomplished any where. And so there seems to be a chance for the long indolent giraffe. The trained animal shows, exhibiting 30 of the biggest wild animal num- bers that Europe can yield, are this seasons tremendous new feature with the Ringing Brothers and Barnum < Bailey circus. The 1923 edition of the Greatest Show on Earth likewise of fers almost 200 performing horses and more than 700 men and women stars. This gigantic addition is made a part of the regular circus program and will be exhibited there Wednesday, October 24.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
How Many Pounds Would
 You Like to Lose in aWeek?

If you are fat and want to lose weight, I will send you a sample of the famous Rid-O-Fat treatment ab- solutely Free. Do not send any 1noney-iust your name and address to Whinton Labora tories, 2273 Coca Cola Bldg, Kansas City Mo.-Adv.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-19

Dreamland was a queer place but just
the same everybody had a good time.
Nancy and Nick and Dusty Coat
saw to that. With a pinch Il his
magic powder here and Il sprinkle of
his magic dust there. the little fairy
sandman did wonderful things.
One thing he did was this.
After they had played school for
awhile, everybody got tir5d AMI wanted
TO rlay something else.
Lets play Pussy Wants Corner y
called out Wally WOodchuck.
"All right. Who'll be puss? asked
Nick.
Lets get Caesar the Cat" said
Nancy.
Instantly Jack Jumping Mouse said.
"Oh. no, no, no. Please don't" and
nearly shivered his tail off
And Chirk Chipmunk said, ooh. no,
no, no! Please don't" and nearly shiv-
cred his ears off,
"0h, he won't hurry you declared
Dusty Coat. When he comes to Dream
land I'll stand beside the gate and
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-19

sprinkle him with some Of my magic
powder. and instantly he win turn into
black patent leather Puss-in-BOots.
just as Buster Brown Bear turned into
a Teddy Bear when he came TO Dream
land. PUss-in-Boots has kind heart
and wouldn't hurt anyone else in
Dreamland-thati is why l brought you
all here"
"Oh, all right" agreed everybody.
So Dusty Coat said a charm:
"Puss in your corner.
Like little Jack Homer,
Oh. please TO shut your eye,
And when you're asleep,
Off OF Dreamland creep,
You'll get here by and by"
Almost instantly Caesar the Cat en-
tered the little rose gate TO Dreamlard.
Dusty Coat sprinkled little powder on
his tail as he passed. and he turned
into Puss-in-Boots at once, politely bow
ing to everybody. He was a shiny as
a new overshOe. He wore red coat.
red boots and a brave white ruffle
around his neck.
Ito be continued.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-19
Drawings BY Leslie Elton
Story by Hal Cochran

shortly the had
then
and they followed the bus sped rapidly along
After he had Travelled short out of the
ous ahad ne he
what those things
Village he rcDy. CConinuedl '' 800 "
Milford chronicle., 1923-03-30

WASHINGTON-For the fourth sue
cessiVe year, high school students of
the nation are to be given opportunity
to win the largest single educational
award offered in the United States, ac-
cording to a statement by the Highway
Education Board.
The award is the H. S. Firestone
Four Years University Scholarship,
providing not only tuition, but room,
board, books and special fees for the
student writing the best essay in the
annual good roads essay contest. The
assigned subject of the essays to be
written is "The Influence of Highway
Transport Upon the Religious Life of
My Community"
Announcement of the contest is be-
ing made to superintendents of
schools, high school principals, and
students as rapidly as possible, and
all available literature is being listed
and tabulated for the information of
the prospective contestants. The Board
announces it's willingness to answer
any inquiry students and teachers may
desire to make, but it points out that
all that is necessary is compliance
with the simple rules of the contest,
and the preparation of a 700 word es-
say on the subject. Essays should be
submitted to the high school princi-
pal by May 1.
The contest, known to thousands of
students throughout the United States
and territorial possessions as the 'an-
nual good roads essay contest" is the
most sustained competition of its
kind. Inaugurated in 1920, it has pro-
vided a college education for three
students, one boy and two girls, and
it's maintenance from year to year is
assured by the donor of scholarship,
Harvey S. Firestone, Akron, Ohio.
This year the subject is regarded as
unique and unusual, bringing up for
discussion the relation Of improved
transportation to the moral tone or
the religious life of the community.
Leading churchmen have expressed
their approval of the discussion the
essays are to bring about, while dis
tinguished educators have given their
approval to the contest itself. In past
years the subjects have been broader,
and more general, the subject for 1922
dealing with the improved transporta-
tion and the growth of the community
as a whole.
Previous winners have been Miss
Katharine F. Butterfield, Weiser, Ida
no, 1920; Miss Garland Johnson,
Bridgeport, West Virginia, 1921, and
in 1922, Karl G. Pearson, Washington,
District of Columbia. Miss Butterield
is in college, but Miss Johnson and
Mr.. Pearson, not being seniors when
the scholarship was awarded them,
have remained in high school until
their courses are completed. They both
will enter college this year, Miss
Johnson at the University of West
Virginia, and Pearson at university
in Kansas, his home state.
The best three essays from each
high school are to be submitted to
state headquarters, where the best es-
say from the commonwealth will be
chosen. One essay from each state
and territory will then come to the
Board at Washington, D. c., there to
be handed a national committee to be
named by Dr. John J. Tigert, U. S.
c Commissioner of Education. The ma
tional committee will award the schol-
arship.
Inquiries should be addressed to the
Highway Education Board, Willard
Building, Washington, D. G.
Milford chronicle., 1923-03-30
FOUR YEARS AT COLLEGE
is CONTEST AWARD

High Schools Again Prepare to Sub.
NIT Essays in the Annual Good
Roads Competition. Three Young
Students Have Won Highest Single
Educational Award in the United
States.
Milford chronicle., 1923-03-30

Trick not lest ye be tricked.
Milford chronicle., 1923-03-30
THE FIELD

SOIL CONDITIONS-Wh plants
were being grown in the seed bed ev-
cry effort was made to have the fields
properly prepared. In most cases the
demonstration fields were in good
condition at the time plants were set.
FERTILIZER PRACTICE-The fer
tilizer practice after the plants were
set in the fields naturally varied con-
siderably, the amounts used ranging
from 100000 pounds per acre. The
heaviest Yields and the best quality
were secured from fields which re-
ceived 8 tons of manure and 800
pounds Of 3-10-5 fertilizer. Where
manure was not available very good
Yields were obtained by using 1000
pounds of 1876 fertilizer.
SETTING PLANTS-Stocky, we'll
grown plants were ready for setting in
the field May 29th and pulling contin-
Milford chronicle., 1923-03-30

Beware of complimentary banQusts
Milford chronicle., 1923-03-30
GENERAL RECOMlLENDATIONS

following recommendations are given:
1. Secure good seed from fruit of
good quality from high-yielding
plants. Growers should save their
own seed.
2. Growers using the open seed bed
method should fertilize and prepare
the soil carefully. Sow seed thinly in
the row so that plants will have room
for development. Give careful cultiva-
ton and spray thoroughly in the plant
bed with bordeaux and arsenate Of
lead four or five times to control in
sects and diseases. Keep the tomato
plant growing without check from the
time the seed terminates until the
plant is set in the field.
g. Consider carefully the practibil-
ity of using hot beds and cold frames
in the production of early plants. Ex-
perimental work has shown that the
heaviest yields are secured when we'll
grown plants are set into the field as
soon as possible after danger from
frost is passed. One of the chief rea-
sons for this is that the early plants
set a larger percentage of fruit than
those blooming in mid-season when
many of the blossoms fall off during
the heat of summer.
4. Prepare the fields carefully be-
fore setting plants. Heavy yields can
not be secured unless the soil is fer
tile. Give good cultivation. Pick the
fruit carefully as soon as ripe and do
not knock off the green fruits nor in
lure the vines. Plant only as many
acres as can properly be cared for. In
creasing the yields per acre lowers the
cost of production per ton and results
in greater profits per acre.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-20

and striking the earth in the neigh borhood of the old Anderson green house on Garden island and, another part veering toward Birch Hill, where it fell near the Sabin ranch. G. E. Jennings, Fairbanks agent of the Alaska railroad, has been granted two months vacation and accompa- nied by Mrs. Jennings and the child ren will leave for the States January 19. Places to be visited will include Toledo, and New York city. Mrs. Jen- nings will remain in Ohio until sum- mer
 Preparations for the sixth session of the Alaska legislature were launched last week when the governors office called for bids for quarters for the senators and representatives Funds to the amount of $2,0OO have been ap- propriated for this purpose and no bid above that sum will be accepted The session will open March g.
 Jack Fitzgerald, manager of the ri tan mine in the Hyder district, says his tunnel is in 91 feet, with a full face of live blue quartz that is well mineralized with iron pyrites and is a good grade of milling ore. The tun- nel must be drilled 100 feet more to get under the big ore shoot that crops on the surface.
 Delegate Dan Sutherland has intro duced joint resolution in the house and senate authorizing the war de partment to make an examination or survey Of William Henry bay with a view to it's improvement. Mining ac- tivities have grown to such an extent that freight must be taken in this way to the camps.
 Work on the bridge which will spaI the Chatanika river on the Chatanika- Circle road, about II miles out from the town ofChatanika, is in progress The bridge will be a two-span struct ure, tEe first Cn the Chatanika side tn- first span ,,0 feet in length and t1e second 100 feet. IL will be a com bination wood and steel structure. Warren Nelson, who has been pros
 pecting on Copper Creek for the past
 three years, has entered into a work ing partnership with A. Johnson ol
 Chisana, on Discovery claim on Pan
 creek In the Yukon territory about SC
 miles from Chisana. This is the prop
 erty that the Johnson's cleaned ur over $50o0 on while prospecting last
 summer.
 The new garage on Garden Island al
 Fairbanks, which was started by the