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The Washington times., 1923-06-12

</~ GOD business!" agreed
Jim with hearti.
ness which might
have annoyed me IL he'd been
about to start off with anyone
but Betty. Come along, Betty.
this is the first time in ages
we've been alone together"
We all laughed at his tone of
burlesque emotion. And Betty
smiled wistfully, begging for
more flattery as she said:
cts not much of q privilege
being with me, these days. I'm
not very good company"
1.-THE best!' said Jim heartily
and with kindly understanding of
Betty's mood. Come along now.
can hardly wait, now we're set
for one Of our old-fashioned Wis
ITS. And Rosa will be-. pleased.
She admires thorouehhreds.- Look
out for the invalid Lacy. So long
folks!'
A TETE,A TETE.
He departed without any fur
ther notice Of me, propeIling q
vivid Betty, who responded eager
ly to the suggestion that her So
ciety was OF Importance to any,
one. I had a sudden relaxed feel
ing of gratitude because there
hadn't been q discussion. I find
myself with q growing distAste for
scenes and with a growing fear
Of Jim's uncertain temper.
turned to the good friend who
never fails.
''I'm going to stack up all the
pillows on the divan and lean
back and permit myself to be en-
tertained," I announced.
'It's the first time in ages
we've been alone together" said
Ralph Lacy.
1 smiled, thinking this repeti-
tion Of Jim's words to Betty was
part of q game.
you get more meaning into
the words than Jim did when he
used them.' I suggested lazily.
at mean more than he did.
haven't had talk with you 70 q
long time. ] seem always told
off to Mrs. Winston. She's a
Charming partner
you must enjoy Betty ".
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of that laughed Jim. Lets
have a waltz. Ralph. I feel like
making love to my wife"
thine to take, Betty home,'
said Ralph suddenly closing the
plano. mo more music-in my
fingers-tohight."
For a week or two Jim
and seemed to be passing
through a period of equinoc-
tial storms. The misunderstood
ings, which began with his refusal
to dine with the Hoadleys and
which flashed out into such fire
works over Howard Rockhill. went
on and on in stupid series.
Our cook left and the maid
served soggy toast ana Iukewarm
coffee one morning. At once Jim
complained OF my housekeeping.
In spite Of the fact that was
miserable on account Of the cold
which had kept me from going
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along with Jim and Betty to in
spect Rosa's apartment, l hurried
home early from the office that
evening to prepare the dinner.
While was in the midst of 1t
Jim telephoned in great irritation
because he hadn't been able to
reach me at my office.
However. I've got you at last.
Meet me at seven sharp. Wen
have dinner downtown and take
in a show" he said, clicking up
the receiver without waiting for
my acceptance Of the invitation
which was more like an order.
Feeling like martyr Il went
to meet Jim at the appointed
time. And when I was frankly
bored at the musical comedy he
had selected I showed it. He
turned on me angrily during the
intermission.
"Can't you have the decency to
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U the house Don't you know that girl gets very tired Of
making herself generally long?
you talk Of wearing silk and would you
having to make the materials yourself instead ringing
your taor Men are the lucky they don't have darn
their socks
MR. GEORGE: No. We only have to walk what you call
daFns and what call But at bottom agree
fact rye only been leading on easy get
going think il miserable
headache or toohache something she's
nut that OF her husband
as soon as his banking accounts
own way until she's asked for It, Poor things feel Of
feminist every day.
q COpyright b. King Features syndicate 1nc
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unLll married. MY living
would have been earned for
me, first by my father, and
then by my husband. II got
sick Of my husband I'd get a
divorce and alimOny. And, by
the way, instead OF my awful
clothes, I'd be all dressed up
in lace and silk. It would be
lovely.
MRS. GEORGE: / like the
way you say you'd have stayed
at home and done nothing II
You felt inclined. I assure
You that working in an office
II much easier than staying at
home and hAsnR fhO daughter
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u OXY GRANDPA! Foxy
Grandpa, get up! That old
COYOTE is out in our water-

O<A1 0ISkA1NO1 "a. rOAy
Grandpa, get up! That old
coyote is out in our water
melon patch. Perhaps we can
catch him this time" whispered
Bobby, early one morning, as he
pulled the bed clothes Off my
shoulders, trying to wake me UP.
"All right, Bobby" replied
sleepily, as I got out of bed.
While / was dressing peeked
out Of the window and sure
enough, there through the heavy
fog I saw old Mr.. Coyote gorg-
ing himself with my finest water
melons.
We had been missing some of
our choicest watermelons for y
week, and since knew that
watermelons are q coyotes Ia
vorite fruit. l had suspected that
old Mr.. Coyote had been helping
himself to our patch.
I'll fix that fellow" I ex.
claimed under my breath, as
Bobby and I sneaked out to the
barn. AS quietly as I could I
opened the door and went to the
kennels where my foxhounds were
sleeping.
Up they jumped when they saw
mo and the leader ran out and
shook himself. Then quickly he
pointed his nose into the air and
shifted the breeze as il he were
drinking 1t in. Like a flash he
let out one yelp. The other dogs
fell over trying. to follow him as
he made a flying leap toward the
watermelon patch. They had all
gotten a Whit Of old Mr.. Coyote.
Get your horse. Bobby"
shouted as I threw the saddle
over my own horse. Lets sec
this fun. Old Mr.. Coyote is q
pretty smart animal. don't
want the hounds to get him, but
I'll just teach him a lesson so
he will learn to leave our fruit
alone"
OFT we started.
The heavy fog made the scent
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pretend a little gratitude?" he
asked.
For what?" I reploed tartly.
For this attention" he an
swered. Tickets at this show
aren't so darn easy to get. Some
chap said you have to inherit
them. I paid enough OF pre-
MUM, so I'd like to register
pleasure"
I didn't answer. couldn't
How was 1 to explain what, after
all the time we've been man and
wife, Jim stilT refuses to see
that I'd rather have q dandelion
I want than an American Beauty
he insists / must like because he
wants me to?
When the curtain went up
again I found myself more than
ever bored by the hodgepodge
Of stale jokes, crashing tunes
and wild dancing which delights
Jim so. And I found my mind
wandering on the one path from
which I'd been resolutely keeping
It since the evening when Ralph
Lacey told me how much he
cherishes our friendship, wanted
to cry out:
ANOTHER VIEW.
"oh, Jim, Jim! You have all OF
my heart. Why don't you cher
ish it? No one but you can make
me happy. There's no one but
YOU I'd give myself utterly to
make happy. Why don't you see
that?"
But suddenly I saw something
which astounded me. What's the
matter with my cherishing our
love q. little-even If I have to do.
it in an environment haven't Sc.
lected? I dragged myself out Of
my mood and turned to the stage,
determined to see through Jim's
eyes, When he laughed / laughed.
When he applauded, applauded.
At the end of the play I ex-
claimed:
II guess you're beginning to
cultivate my taste for musical
shows. This has a lot ot-go to
it, hasn't it,"
81 should say So" replied Jim,
CURLY. "Cut out the pose IL you
want folks to like you, Anne.
That highbrow stuff Ralph plays
is all right in its place. But III
bet he'd a darn sight rather have
been playing a good snappy fox
trot than playing up to your
ideas of entertainment. RAlph's
a regular. We can't see too
much of him. S'pose we have
him over Sunday"
"I don't think we ought TOT
began. letting my thoughts formu-
The Washington times., 1923-06-12
Narrative of Domestic Life by a Popular Magazine
Writer Which Should Be Read by Every Husband
and Every Wife,

veil and be married all over again
on our second anniversary. She
said 1 didn't understand. Poor
little darling shes wandering
around in q terrible mist no one
else can see. I tell YOU Babbs,
I'm frightened for the poor kiddle.
It's all too much
Meal, dear, all the proudest
and happiest women in the world
are the ones who-know what
Phoebe knows. They don't fad
it too much to bear. What's too
much to bear 10 not knowing
what Phoebe knows" said
gently.
Meals eyes widened ana fixed
on mine with a strange question
ing impression. A moan from
Phoebe called US back to her.
We had terrible evening. Jeanne
couldn't be located. For hours
Neal sat holding Phoebe IN his
arms and striving to soothe her.
It was very late before we
could find Phoebe's own doctor.
And even after he arrived II took
a long time to quiet her terribly
morbid hysteria.
When at last she was Gained.
the doctor and the nurse he'd
brought felt that she needed
absolute silence. Orders were
promptly given that the tele-
phone mustn't ring. Every prepa-
aration was made for quiet.
lTo Be Continued TomorrOwJ
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: late themselves before I reflected
how hard they'd be to explain
without betraying Ralph's secret.
1--WE ought to keep most OF our
time open for Phoebe now" ]
/. added desperately, though truth
fully.
yes, I guess the kiddie has
first claim" replied Jim tolerant
", and an uncomfortable moment
was mercifully over.
But the very next morning
Phoebe's claim was pressed when
I had least desire to pay 1t. Just
az got in for dinner-which I
was hoping q cook who'd been
acquired in the morning would
flavor to suit Jim-Nea1 tele-
phoned. He begged me to come
at once, as Phoebe was in q state
Of hysteria and they couldn't find
her doctor. He hoped could do
something.
= Leaving q message Of explana-
ton for Jim with the second
maid, / rushed out on the instant.
and taiIing q. taxi, ordered it full
speed ahead for Meals. Ny young
brothers. voice had lost all its
brave buoyance and was as
frightened as when a three-year-
old he used to run to his Babbsie
from all the terrors of big baby.
hood. And it's terrifying when
any one as brave as Neal loses
courage.
When I got TO Meals I found
good cause for his nervousness.
There was q strange doctor there,
but he could do nothing with
Phoebe. Mild sedatives hadn't
Quoted her, and they were afraid
to try "a hypodermic until her
own doctor arrived and sane
toned 1t.
Neal took me aside and ex-
planned. 1t had all started with
Cariotta's wedding invitation,
which arrived in the late after
noon mail. Neal had arrived
home to find Phoebe brooding
over it. Suddenly she burst into
wild weeping punctuated with
means because she hadn't had .
wedding.
UNFORGTVING.
Shed only eloped like poor little
Miss May. Virginia had never
forgiven her-never! IL the baby
was girl, how would she feel
when her mother couldn't show
her lace veil and white wedding
dress?
That's where I went all wrong"
confessed Neal sadly. IT thought
I could kid her out Of it-get a
laugh. So / said we would go
| shopping for wedding dress aid
j. & Fl 3 i -
The Washington times., 1923-06-12
Men With Tails

"A in fifteen generations by scientific methods said
Sir Arthur Keith lecturng at the Royal Institution, Eng
land recently, adding ''Man never had tail.
The Washington times., 1923-06-12

". L. George and His Wife
ACROSS THE BREAKFAST TABLE
Feminine Advantages

f.
MR GEORGE have thinking Of what yester
day about the advantages Of being In
with but in others feel that have
done much better had born
going work as soon aa should have stayed
The Washington times., 1923-06-12
This Day in Our History

THIS is the anniversary Of the first fight Of the
Revolution in 1775 when party Of patriots, headed
by jeremiah Brien, captured the English ship, Mar
garetta in the harbor of Machias, Maine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-04
THE BUS LINES

The city commission, acting on the sub ject of fares and routes for motor buses, properly recognizes the bus lines as quasi public utilities, and therefore amenable to public control. That the lines may alter fares and routes at their own convenience is not compatible with the public interest It is just and proper that such matters affecting the travelling public shall be adjusted so as best to serve the situation. In return for the privilege of acting as public conveyances and carriers the bus lines owe to the public they serve such adherence to municipal reg ulations as are established by the city com mission. If there is any legitimate need for change in route or fare, such need will bear examination. Otherwise, it may be regarded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-04
BRITISH LABOR DENIES SOVIET

Tho British Labor party has declined to affiliate with the third internationale of Russia. The British say that the soviet does not represent the Russian people or the Rus- sian working man. This attitude is in line with the policy of the British government and of the American government. The so- viet is usurper of authority to which it Is not entitled. Its administration of Russian affairs has been such as to bring into abject misery the very group of its citizenship which the British labor movement is designed to protect. Instead of a full cinner-pail for the workingman, the soviet has given him a chronically empty stomach. Instead of wages 1t has given him beggary. Instead of providing him a home it has made him . fugitive. Instead of freedom it has given him slavery. Instead of justice it has given him fear. Instead of giving him protection it has attacked him. Instead of a govern ment 1t has given him tyranny. To such a regime British labor, nor self-respecting la bor anywhere, can give no sort of encourage ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-04

who comes along with bonus for quick de- livery, the consumer will not develop that nervousness which arises out of the unwhole- some business practice so prevalent just prior to the last deflation. If however, the bonus again comes in vogue, the result will be a growing disposition to accommodate the bonus customer and to delay deliveries to regular customers who have bought at lower prices.
 The country is in a splendid industrial state and men everywhere preach conserva- tisn, yet the quick delivery bonus has ap- peared in more places than one and mere preachment is not going to s,op it. Only firm adherence to sound business principles and a deaf ear to the temptation to oppor- tunism will save the situation and prolong this prosperity as it can be prolonged, if good judgment and decency in business prevail. The situation suggests the folly of placing any but emergency orders now and avoidance of the bonus as one would poison. There is enough for all, if all keep their heads and consumer and producer alike continue to bear in mind the cataclysm of 1920
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-04
A SCHOOL FOR POULTRYMEN

The forthcoming poultry show to be given ht Bessemer April IA to 1e marks the pro- gress that is taking place in that side line of farm effort, as we'll as the advance made by those who specialize in poultry products There are not only to be exhibits of fine fowls and prizes awarded their owners, but federal and other experts will deliver ad- dresses on the care of poultry, the choice of breeds and their qualities, the diseases of the poultry yard and other features of poul- try raising. The poultry show was once a mere exhibition of cocks and hens raised by fanciers who vied for blue ribbons. Now they partake of the same spirit of business that has entered the other activities of the farm and the studiousness with which these energies are conducted. It has been found just as worth while and just as necessary to apply judgment and system to the rearing of fowls and the production of eggs as to raising cows and hogs. The profit is in direct keeping with the intelligence that is applied.
 There are several real commercial egg producing farms in the Birmingham district,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-04
HOW NAVY BUILDS UP MEN

(Army and Navy JournaO
 The great physical benefits result ing from the navy's system of physi- cal culture, combined with a scien- tifically planned diet of wholesome food, is shown in a striking manner by the records kept on a group of 337 recruits at the United States naval training station at Newport, R. I. These 337 young men, re- ceived from all parts of the eastern United States, averaged 132. 38 pounds upon enlistment. After only 50 days training at Newport the average weight of these men had in creased to Al 56, an average gain of 9. Is pounds man. They were all transferred few days ago to the United States fleet at Panama. The number of men who had gained be- tween 1 and 10 pounds was 146; those gaining between 10 and 15 pounds were 117; those between 16 and 20 pounds were 46; those gain ing between 20 and 25 were 9. This increase of weight is nc, represent ed by flabby fat. It is solid bone and muscle, corresponding in- crease in height, a decided increase in chest measurement and increase in the measurement of neck, arms and legs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-04
THE BONUS EVIL BOBS UP

Productive capacity of the country is on full turn. This is the case in Alabama, in the Birmingham district, in the South and in the East. The consumer should realize this and ponder the bearing which this condition has on his wants. It means that orders placed from now on are subject to delay. Relations between production and consump- tion are in an acute stage. The thread on which stability hangs is a slender one. It is strong enough to hold if men are reason- able, but 1t will not hold if nervous con- sumers insist on entering markets now for more than emergency wants.
 The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston re- fers to this full turn of production as being nationwide and says: "The point has now been reached where it is important to watch the relationship between the trend Of pro- duction and that of commodity prices and especially to note whether or not further increase in prices, if 1t comes, calls forth more production or reacts to cut down con- sumption and therefore to slow down pro- duction." No healthier state of business can well be imagined than production at fair prices keeping pace with consumption. The only increase that can be made in production now will be overtime. That will be expen- sive and wearing on the efficiency of work ingmen. If the country stands by what 1t has and maintains production on the present sound base and rigidly turns down the man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-04

containing each 800 to 1, 1,000 hens. There are numerous smaller ones which are well-con- ducted and realize profit for their owners.
 On all these successful egg farms one sees a standard selected breed cared for in . businesslike manner as man conducts q factory. Birmingham is a large and remu- nerative egg market the year round It is a mere matter of economic production, and that depends on the exact knowledge that is employed. The Bessemer poultry show is intended to be another session of the school for poultrymen, and that is it's chief merit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-04
A Timely Editorial
Defenseless Panama
(New York Tribune) )

That the Panama canal, given the present status of American avia. tion, is at the mercy of any powerful enemy has been clearly demon strated by the naval meneuvers held near Panama during the last week. These show that high-powered ma. val guns could fire upon the canal and yet remain out of range of the land defenses, and. that fleet ac. companied by two airplane carriers could launch an aerial attack upon the canal with practically complete impunity. There are no fighting planes in the canal zone today and no anti-craft guns to speak of. Tn other words, the Panama canal which in the event of war is of vital importance to the navy of the Unit ed States, is open to an attack which could easily put it out of com- mission for the entire duration of the war and so cripple America; naval operations as to invite defeat at the hands of any strong power The destruction of the Gatun locks alone by an enemy bombing plane would effectively end the canal.
 The World war has shown the importance of aircraft. It has shown that an airplane can do infinite de- struction without running much risk except at the hands of an en- emy battle plane. Even anti-air, craft guns are comparatively inef. fective. The advantages are all on the side of the aviator. Who in the A. k. F. has not seen many an air plane harmlessly peppered by the anti-aircraft forces? As one of the observers put it who witnessed the "attack" of the fleet on the canal "the significance of the maneuve1 is that while several foreign powers have sufficient airplane carriers and planes to make such an attack there is no adequate air defense for the. canal" Therein lies the lesson which congress must learn unless the country some day is to pay the cost of stupidity. The defense of the canal rests largely upon ail forces. This branch of the army and navy has been largely ignored since the war, and instead of devel- oping it congress has endeavored to curtail it by restricting its appro- priations.
 The United States expects no war against any hostile power. Just as the World war came unexpectedly however, another conflict may some day arise. If the United States is involved in it the Panama canal will be one of the first objectives of the enemy. Distant as this eventuality may be, when it comes we shall be forced to turn over the canal prac- tically without resistance unless we take the necessary steps to build ur an adequate system of aerial de fense in the near future. If the canal was worth building it is worth defending. t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-04
Peoples Forum
Fit Education to Individual To the Editor of The Age-Herald


 It is doubtless a fact that we gray-headed boys from across the creek should rarely be seen and never heard; but we are obsesseG with the belief that the uplifters are going to get us, and, like the worm, we must occasionally turn, In all this school uplift certain facts should be considered. viz:
 1. We are reaching the point of saturation in taxation.
 2. By army tests only twenty per cent of our people are capable of taking college education and not over fifty per cent are capable of taking a high school education while some seventeen per cent of our population cannot get through grammar school examinations.
 Now, when men by propaganda seek to levy district taxes for all the traffic will bear, county taxes for all the traffic will bear, state taxes for all the traffic will bear and on top of this have a millage tax, ought we not in fairness to have examinations, physical and mental so as to eliminate the waste in at tempting to educate people who are incapable of taking an education? It appears from tests made by in surance companies that out of an hundred average boys who live and die before they arrive at the age of 65 years, that only eleven of the hundred break above even; so. we should not shirk the burden of edu- cation, physical, mental and moral but rather we should give the mat ter our best consideration and give to each boy and girl the sort of ed ucation for which they are men, tally adapted.
 HUGH L. McELDERRY.
 Talladega, Ala, April 2, 1923.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-04
Are You a Snake? By REV. Fl. C. OFFERMAN

"And he (the serpent) said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the gar- den?'"
 Do not be a snake.
 Rather be . pioneer.
 Do you squirm, and worm, and creep, and wriggle, like a snake?
 Are you beautiful, handsome, shiny. slick, like a snake?
 Are you seemingly harmless, even helpful, to all appearances, but does your bite inject the poison that kills?
 There is good in you, and there is evil in you. Which shall predom- mate?
 And as Moses lifted up the ser pent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.