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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-28
KAMRAM GROTTO
TO HAVE MONSTER
CEREMONIAL HERE
Will Celebrate Washington's
Birthday With Class Initia-
tion-DanCe at TutWiIer
Hotel February | s.

On Washington's birthday, Febru-
airy %, Kamram Grotto, the newest
Masonic organization in this district,
will celebrate the occasion with a
monster ceremonial at the jefferson
theatre at which a large class of
candidates will be initiated.
The occasion will be featured by
big parade downtown, led by the
band from the Masonic Home In
Montgomery. The Grande Venerable
Prophet will be in attendance and
the parade will include all the Bir-
mingham and visiting prophets.
kamram Grotto was instituted o.
tober 5. 1922 and has since doubled
it's membership, and indications are
that there will be a monster class
for the coming ceremonial. AS an
indication of the interest in this new
body a class of 151 was heceived into
the fold on December Is, 1929.
Every Master Mason In good stand
ing is eligable to membership in this
live-wire, wide-awake, fun organiza-
tion. 1t carries a benefit feature
that is said to be one of the best
plans ever suggested, and Master
Masons throughout the Birmingham
district are asked to investigate the
proposition.
The supreme grotto is 80 years old
and has $4,000 members at the
present time. A number of Grottos
are located in the south and those In
this immediate section are located at
Atlanta, Nashville, Montgomery. New
Orleans and Macon.
The officers of Kamram Grotto are
C. d. Gentry, monarch; ]. l.. Hagy,
chief Justice; w. &c. Weyman, master
of ceremonies; ]. A. Mccartney,
secretary. The ifficers of the
Grotto will give a grand ball at the
Tutwiler on the evening of February
l. for the members and their families.
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WOULD SET ASIDE
PRODUCTION TAX
FOR SCHOOL FUND
Junior Order United American
Mechanics Has Interest in
Bills Before State
Legislature

Interest of the membership of the
Junior order United American Me-
chanics of Alabama continues to CEN
ter in the bills which have been for
mulated for introduction and pas
sage by the legislature now in ses-
sion. Those that have been intro
duced so far have been fayorably re-
.ceived.
One of the bills asks for ausamend-
ment to the state constitution requir-
ing residence of l6 years in the
United states of foreign born persons
after they have been naturalizel be-
fore they are qualified tor the cleo
tive franchise. These is years and
the live rears fof naturalization
equals the II years that natives must
live in the United States to acquire
the ballot
ARCHER measure asks that the coal
and iron production tax be set aside
for the exclusive use of the public
schools. and that sales tax be levied
upon oil electricity produced in Ala
bama by the flowage of the water
courses of the state and sold to con-
sumers, and that the proceeds of this
tax be also set aside for the eXclu-
siva use of the public schools. The
dssia and hope is that the taxes
from the coal. iron and electricity,
being more intimately natural re-
sources, shall provide means to ex-
tend the school terms, provide ade-
quate housing for the schools and
free textbooks. 1t is hoped, in the
event that a constitutional conven-
tion is called by the legislature, that
these three sources of revenue shall
be dedicated in perpetuity to the
public schools of the state.
birmingham council held a good
Meeting Monday night and will also
have matters of much interest before
it again next Monday night. Two
members were accepted by card at
last meeting and We're receivd and
introduced.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-28
FRENCH AGAIN SEEK
TRADE WITH S0VIETS|

MOSCOW, Jan. 27.-Ehe draft of a
proposed Franco Russian Trade and
Industrial bureau, which represents
the first attempt on the part OF
French industrial circles to restore
commercial relations between the two
countries. has been received by the
Soviet Supreme Economic council.
In announcing receipt of the draft
the council observes that the scheme
deserves special attention. and says
the establishment of such bureau
is desirable from the soviet point of
view.
In, this connection, it is announced
also that a group of French nier-
chants has proposed an exchange of
goods between Marseilles and Petro-
grad,
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is director of an "all Elks band" of
Birmingham lodge No. 70, Benevo-
lent, Protective Order Of Elks, which
will head the Birmingham EllSs in
the parade at the grand lodge meet
ing to be held this summer in At
lanta. Regulation Elks' uniforms
have been ordered for the band,
which will give a series of concerts
throughout the state, the first to
be staged at the jefferson theatre
on March A.
AN INDEPENDENT ARAB STATE
From Beyond Jordan, by Elizabeth
Titzel, in Asia Magazine.
The independent Arab state of
Transj Fourteen hundred
years ago. Rome and Sassanian Per-
sia faced each other across the des-
ert. Then, too. Transjordania was
an Independent Arab state. part of
the kingdom of Ghassan. subsidized
by the Romans. The Malik of
Ghassan, In return for his services
in acting as a buffer getween the
unruly desert tribes and the Sassan-
ian enemy, was acknowledged as
king of the Arabs by Justinian. And
on the other side of the desert, over
tapping the borders of what is now
Irak, was Hira, an Independent Arab
state subsidized by the Sassanians.
In the end both of these states were
engulfed from the middle east and
the Sassanians were conquered by
the desert tribes united under the
Standard of the Prophet.
l amuse myself by drawing paral-
lels between ancient and modern his
tory. Is Ii true, | wonder, that the
desert tribes are rallying to the sup
port of Ibn Saud, the leader of the
Wahabis? Divided by tribal jealous
les, the Arabs of Arabia are not to
be feared; united, they are, as his
tory has shown, factor to be reck-
oned with. Will there be a new Is
lamic conquest from the desert? Or
will Its tide be stemmed by Brit
ish gold and by the buffer states
maintained by British gold? Ibn
Saud Is hemmed in by his enemies,
by Hussein. the Sheriff of Mecca, who
is now. by grace of the British, king
of the Hedjaz, and by the sons of
Hussein, Feisal of Irak. and Abdul
lah of Transjordania. Yet. in spite
of the British gold that is poured
into the Golfers of these rulers, it
is said that Ibn Saud is stronger
than they. The British pay him
some $4,000 pounds year as a guar
antee of good behavior. Undoubted-
ly he has employed this money wisely
in Strengthening his position in the
desert. Indeed. some cynics among
the Arabs declare that the subsidy
is paid Ibn Saud with the express
purpose Of enabling him to worry
the Sheriff and his family, SO that
they may net. growing proud, forget
that they owe all to England. And
1t Is whispered that the French, who
have as little love as Ibn Saud for
the Sherifians, are treating with Ibn
Saud and bidding with subsidies for
his aid in carrying out designs quite
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WESTMINSTER ENHANCED

w GNhANCED
The glory of Westminster Abbey
is being still more enhanced through
the discovery IN old pre-reformation
paintings on the walls where they
have been hidden for centuries under
several coats of paint, A number of
paintings were accidentally discov-
cred during recent repairs and a
systematic search for others has
been conducted since. The search is
being directed by e. w. Tristram,
who for many years has devoted
himself to the restoration of old art
discoveries.
Among the most notable works
thus far identified have been shields
of Henry VIII in the nave of the
abbey, which, after being covered up
for centuries, still show forth in their
original brilliance. These are not
only among the earliest specimens of
architectural heraldry in the world,
but also among the first examples
of golden heraldry ever produced.
There was also discovered a series
of copies of paintings on the Crouch
back monument. Although the iden-
titles of the paintings have not been
determined, 1t is believed some of
the pictures We're executed by Will
liam of Florence, John of st. Omar,
Peter of Hispania and William of
Westminster, who are known TO
have done much painting in pre-
reformation times.
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must even use the Indian dialect but
it must emphasize English speech in
training native leadership.
THE church must discover and de-
velop a trained and native Christian
leadership. The Indian young people
should be encouraged to go further
than the sixth grade commonly pre-
vided by the government reservation
schools. Educated Indian farmers
and their wives, teachers and other
professional men and women. and a
well trained Indian missionary above
ali. are urgently needed"
THE NEW ART OF THE THEATRE
Kenneth Mcgowan in Arts and
Decoration.
German scene designers and direc-
tors move in theory steadily towards
what they call the "podium," the
platform pure and simple, from which
the player addresses the audience
openly as a player. In practice they
tend steadily to try to approach this
by driving out as much of changing
scenic background as possible. They
place something in the middle of the
stage, a table, a flight of steps. a
pillar, bed, and they try to elm
mate the rest of the stage. Jessner
does this in Berlin by using his cy-
clorama as a neutral boundary with
out character in itself Fehling, the
director of Massenmensch, uses black
curtains, and the artist Krehan, by
the same means. tries to center our
attention on small set pieces placed
in the middle of the stage.
In the Redoutensaal, In Vienna,
the actor is backed up by space. 1t
is a positive presence instead of a
negative background. Yet it does not
obtrude, this splendid room with its
gold and gray, it's mirrors and its
tapestries. These things float in the
back of consciousness, filling what
might be a disquieting void or de-
pressing darkness. Always the
cream walls dominate the gray, and
always the living actor, driving his
dominates them all.
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Pythian Sisters.

of X. meets on call of Royal vizer
at Fraternal hall.
Pythian Sisters.
Calanthe Lodge No. 5 meets first
and third Wednesdays at Fraternal
hall.
Maccabees
Ensley Lodge No. 1854 meets every
Thursday night at Ensley.
Luckie Tent No. ? meets every
Monday, 2209h Third avenue.
Model Tent No. IL meets every
Friday in x. cf P. hall.
Oak Grove No. meets every Sat
urday in Oak Grove hall.
Progressive Tent No. IS meets
every second and fourth Wednesday
at Masonic hall, Wylam.
Ladies of the Mnccabees
Birmingham Review No. % meets
second, fourth and fifth Wednesdays
at 1904 Twentieth street, north.
Brighton Review No. IS meets
first and third Fridays at Mast mic
hall, Brighton.
Lady Croy Review No. 2 meets
every second, fourth and fifth Tues
day at 2o6iz Twentieth street, north.
Woodlawn Review No. 10 meets
first and third Thursdays at Begg's
hall.
Pratt City Review No. II meets
second and fourth Fridays.
Ensley Review meets first and
third Tuesdays.
Rainbow Review No. IS meets
first and third Monday night at FOG VI
Twentieth street. north,
Wylam Review No. 12 meets second
and fourth Mondays at Masonic hall.
Brighton Review No. IS meets first
and third Fridays at Masonic hall.
u. y. o. Elks
Birmingham Lodge No. 10 meets
every Tuesday night, 1880 Eighth
avenue, north.
Ensley Lodge No. 9S3 meets every
Nc nday evening at 2o10 Avenue d,
Ensley.
Junior o. u. A, NJ.
Birmingham Council No. n meets
every Monday night at Fraternal
hall.
knights of Columbus
Birmingham Council meets frs;
and third Mondays at the X. of G.
hall on Third avenue.
Loyal Order of Moose
Birmingham Lodge meets weekly
! at the Noise Hall corner of second
avenue and Twentieth street.
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Birmingham, Ala.-"After be-
coming a mother my health gave
way. | suffered severely with a
pain low down in my right side. My
sister-in-law, having been cured of
bad case of feminine trouble by
taking DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription, advised me to take it,
which / did. l am now starting on
my third bottle and the pain has all
left me. My husband said to me the
other day, That Favorite Prescrip-
ton must be a wonderful medicine,
don't hear you complaining any
more Mrs. Ruth Williamson,
40l6 First Avenue,
You should obtain this famous
Prescription now at your nearest
drug store, in tablets or liquid, or
write DR.. Pierce, President Invalids'
Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y, for free
medical advice.-Adv.
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ENGLAND is WRITING MEMOIRS
Sir John Foster Fraser in Arts and

Sir John Foster fraser IN Arts anu
Decoration.
For the purpose of earning an hon
est penny everybody who is anybody
is writing his or her "reminiscences.
This coming winter we will probably
be avalanched with autobiography.
After dinner at a seaside hotel the
other evening Sir Thomas Upton was
telling me some stories about four
princesses he had entertained on the
Grin" "You ought to write a
book" said l. 81 have" said he.
Publishers, I believe, are going
round with cheque books in their
pockets, and impecunious duchesses
and theatrical ladies, who have had
experiences. are invited to name
their own figure IL they will only
tell all they know. There is lady
of the stage, very beautiful. who used
to be friendly with a royal person.
age and, although I know few
thousand pounds would be very ac-
ceptable, she absolutely declines to
put pen to paper.
AS write, Mr.. Lloyd George Is at
his new country house among the
Surrey hills scrlbbling and debating
his story of the war, for which an
American syndicate has contracted to
pay SIS per world Mr. Asquith, the
premier, Is III NiitoHAiS iSNUiN titts, mo
experiences with the purpose of up
setting the apple cart" of his Welsh
successor. and "Margot" Is under
stood to be busily engaged In prepar-
ing more spicy indiscretions. Mr..
Churchill is putting the finishing
touches on volume, written at odd
hours during the last four years,
demonstrating how things would
have gone differently If only his adj
vice had been followed. The lord
chancellor is down at his cottage en-
larging into book form addresses he
has delivered on multitude of sub
iects. But, as publisher said to me,
what the public wants is personal
stuff" which l suppose means seam
DIAL about well known folk.
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TIMED FOODS SAFE

Timed foods are pust as safe as
fresh foods, if not safer, in the opin-
ion of Sir William Wilcox, one Of
the greatest authorities on polsons,
who for more than 20 years has been
scientific analyst and medical adj
wiser to the home office.
To support his contention he re-
Gently pointed in a speech to the
evidence presented by the greatest
experiment in history-tha feeding
during the war of many millions of
troops for years on canned foods.
There were only four cases of food
poisoning. during the war, he said,
three of these being in France and
one at Port Said.
Nowadays Sir William declared,
the composition of metal used in TIN
cans is such that the danger of me-
tallic poisoning is almost nil. Any
idea of food poisoning being due to
ptomaines also could be dismissed,
he said. This form of poisoning was
often confused with bacterial con-
termination of fresh foods, usually by
living carriers Of disease who ham
died the food.
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No PLACE FOUND
ON ENGLISH STAGE
FOR SHAKESPEARE
London MarveIs at Interest
Shown in Plays of Bard
of Avon on Broadway,
New York
BY Associated Press

LONDON, Jan. 27.-The outstand-
ing feature of New York's dramatic
season-the absorbing interest in
Shakespeare--is causing wonderment
in England. Cynics who have been
some of the American plays sent to
London in recent years insist that
the explanation must be that the
managers have introduced risque
balcony love scenes or bedroom sit
uations into the performances, but
the majority readily admit that this
winter may be making Shakespeare
without such trappings on artistic
and financial success on the Broad
way boards, although his plays have
not benefited London box offices for
years.
The Old Vic theatre, which is en-
dowed, continues its work as a
Shakespearanl missionary, and this
week is staging it's thirty-third pro-
duotion since 1914, After presenting
five more plays the Old Vic will have
established record.
During the year Just closed no
West End theatre devoted night to
Shakespeare and in 1921 there were
only two attempts to present him to
fashionable London audiences, and
neither could be classified as com
mercial venture.
Hnckett Appears.
James X. Hackett made one of the
first attempts by an American to
play Shakespeare to Londoners since
Sothern and Marlow's pre-war sea
son. Hackett's production was
staged on the centenary of his faith
er's appearance in London as Mae
beth and cost him large sum. The
other occasion was the Christina
week enterprise by the young actor
Cyril Baynton, who attempted siA
different roles in as many nights.
Meanwhile, England's movement
for a national Shakespearean me-
mortal theatre is at a standstill
While George Bernard Shaw ant
William Archer are debating will
the executive committee over the
disposition of the 10000 pounds
which has been contributed, Berlin
and Prague remain Broadway's ehie1
rivals at Interpreting Englands ma
tional poet.
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at variance with those Of the British.
There have been unimportant shifts
in the geography of middle eastern
politics during these last IA hum
bred years, but. the method has
scarcely altered. Independent Arab
states-the Hedjaz, Irak, Transfer
DANA. maintained by the British; the
turbulent Jebel Druse, maintained by
the French. Endless subsidies. Brit
ish gold fighting French gold. And
the desert as it has always been.
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VISIT ANCIENT ToMRs

There will be a festal day at
Luxor, Egypt fer the winter tourists
when the Earl of Carnarvon and his
staff open the inner chamber in the
Tomb of King Tutenkhamun. where
they expect to find the kings mum
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of X, meets on call OF Royal Vizer
at Fraternal hall.
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Calanthe Lodge No. meets frs
and third Wednesdays at Fraterna
hall,
Evening star., 1923-02-07
WARNS AGAINST HASTE
IN PRESIDENT HUNTING
Senator Robinson, Democratic
Leader, Would Move Slowly in
Forwarding Candidates.

Senator Robinson Of Arkansas, who
is IL candidate for the minority leader
ship Of the Senate and prominent in the
group Of political leaders in the demo
cratic party. has issued a statement
counseling against haste in forward
ing the ambitions Of aspirants for
the democratic nomination for the
presidency. He takes the ground
that the platform to be framed by
the selection of the nominee.
The statement says, in part:
1T is neither practicable nor de
sirable at this time to attempt to
anticipate the action Of the next
democratic convention IN the selec-
tion of a. presidential candidate. Wis
dom and prudence require that per
sonal considerations of every char
acter be disregarded and only the
interest of the country and the party
considered l have not the slightes
idea, nor do I believe any one else
has, as to who will become the stand
ard bearer of the democratic party
in the coming campaign Our success
will depend upon the platform pro
nouncements respecting the grear
domestic and international Issues
which have been dealt with by thu
present administration and our choice
Of candidate for the presidency"
Senator Robinson, in his statement
sharply criticizes the republican ad
ministration, charging that every
branch of the administrative govern
ment has broken down.
Evening star., 1923-02-07

ing OF the convention of the diocese
OF Washington. Although the bishop
mentioned no names, he was refer
ring to the controversy in New York
between DR.. Grant and Bishop Man
ming.
What does concern us is the i'm
putation that the clergy do not really
believe the things they teach" con
tinued Bishop Harding. "I resent thi.
aspersion upon the good faith of our
order. We must make it clear tina
we give our full faith to the central
doctrine of our religion. the incar-
nation.
"Without this belief we are no bet
ter than a moral philosopher" the
Bishop OF Washington asserted.
Aid for Conventions.
Bishop Harding, after outlinine
some of his own work during the
year and speaking briefly OF the plan
to carry forward the completion Of
the cathedral, in which work the
whole nation is to be enlisted. eN
pressed the belief that all general
conventions of the Episcopal Church
would be held in this city when the
cathedral is completed.
Bishop Harding said that all
churches IN the diocese should lie
properly ventilated and not Owe.
heated.
1nattention TO these matters Is
perhaps responsible for inattention or
the part of worshippers and dullness
on the part Of preachers" he said
He announced that st. Agnes Chapci
has applied for permission to form a
parish.
Evening star., 1923-02-07

tCOuunUe0 from FIRST rage
among the wives and children OF the
soldiers.
Hardwick of Georgia, number Of
congressman and Army officers
aboard, left her dock at 9:15 o'clock
to meet the St Mihiel at Quarantine.
The official congressional comrnit-
tee of five senator's and five repre-
sentatives were not aboard. The
party's train was scheduled to arrive
at 10:15 this morning.
Soon after the cutter saiiei. the
tug McCauley left with Il party of
newspaper men and camera men to
greet the ship at Tybee.
At the dock a formal reception will
take place, followed by the debark-
Allowing the troopers time to re-
gain their land legs the entire
complement will parade through
Savannah, being reviewed by Maj. Gen.
Charles 8. Farnsworth, chief of the
other officials.
Barbecue IL Planned.
A barbecue for the enlisted men
will follow the parade. after which
some 400 troopers assigned to Fort
Screven will entrain with their
families for the fort. For the other
soldiers amusement at local theaters
has been provided, the operators an
nounoing all men in uniform will be
their guests. Other entertainment
features of the evening are scheduled
to be arranged for the Fort Screven
soldiers, who will be brought back
to the city on q special train.
At 2 o'clock tomorrow morning the
st. Mihiel will sail for Charleston.
s. c.. where she will land more troops,
continuing on then to New York.
. A party from Washington, which
arrived yesterday afternoon, were
guests last night at q banquet at the
Do Soto Hotel. The party includes
several congressman, other than the
official congressional party. and heads
Of various veterans organizations.
At the close of the banquet toast
was proposed to "our President, the
flag and the boys who return today"
Representative Upshaw of Georgia
led the assemblage in singing the
national hymn.