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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
MANY WILD ANIMALS
ARE GUESTS AT B|G|
VET|NARY CLINIC
Though German City Has No
Zoo, 1t Sees Circus
Sights

SARSTEDT. Prussia, May 2e.-(By
Associated Press.)-Carsted is too
small a town to boast a zoo of it's
own, and yet there Is continually
changing collection here of wild ami
mails bound to and from all parts of
the world. The explanation lies in
the fact that this is the site of one
of Germany's leading veterinary
clinics.
The actual clearing house for Ger
man importers and exporters of wild
beasts is at Alfeld, not far away.
Animals assembled from virtually
every section of the globe are given
an opportunity there to rest up after
their voyage before being sent on to
the United States and other far
away destinations. Some of the trav-
elers contract ailments or diseases
through change of climate or other
wise. and the Sarstedt hospital" is
called upon to treat them
Gas has been adopted as means
Of dealing with various types of skin
diseases. 1t is administered in cham
bers, but naturally in such a way
that the sick animals head is not ex-
posed to the fumes.
Sixteen large camels We're brought
here recently because their hair was
falling out as a rsult of the long trip
to Alfeld from their native haunts in
Egypt. Twice week these huge,
bulky patients have to stand for an
hour in individual box like gas cham
bers with only their heads and necks
protruding. The long necks are ban
daged in collars from top to bottom
with felt plugging up all apertures
through which gas might leave the
chambers 1t is a comical sight, this
row of 16 huts, each with a solemn
blinking head sticking out in front
of it and each camel, with his ban
daged neck. looking very much like
sore throat victim. To complete
the cure takes about 80 days.
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BLIND MAN SPONSORS
CITY BEAUTIFUL PLAN
Topeka Chamber OF Commerce
| Unable To See

TOPEKA, Kan. May 26.-(By Asse-
ciated Press. 1.-The first campaign
inaugurated by A. T.. Van Petten. the
newly elected president Of the Cham
Der of Commerce here. who is totally
blind. was one fov the Identification
Of this city.
Despite the fact that President Van
Petten is destined never to look upon
the beauties of nature his campaign
may bring out, he declares he appre-
ciates his new honor as president of
the local civic body mainly because
it gives him the opportunity to spon-
snr movement that has always been
close to his heart,
a systematic organization for
identifying the city was perfected by
Mr. Van Petten and includes ward
and precinct committees. headed in
each instance by someone vitality in
terested in the campaign. and also in
cludes every school child in the city.
Each school child has been pre-
scented with red tag bearing the
pledge
Il won't pick flowers or break off
branches.
Il won't cut across lawns because
it Kills the grass.
II want Topeka to be more beau
tiful."
Mr.. Van Petten has been blind for
Il years, and in that time has organ
ized and is head of a farm mortgage
company here that now carries more
thar. s15,000,000 in farm mortgage
loans on it's books
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"M0DESTY BUMPERS
WILL NOT BE POPULAR
WITH DANCERS in u. S.
Terpsichorean Artists Laugh
At Latest Fad Coming
From Paris

CHICAGO, May 22,-The mode
bumpers" reported in use in France
to eliminate the so-called evils, and
incidentally, most of the kick from
dancing. threaten to become almost
as popular in this country as smoked
glasses at the follies.
In dress and undreSS. perhaps
America has followed Paris to a
great extent. But she will never get
TO the point of surrounding her flap
pers with armor plate to hold part
ners at their distance on the polished
ballroom floor.
This seemed to be dead certain
after dancers and dancing teachers
here had been given an opportunity
to comment on this new stunt, which
every one admitted would just about
revolutionize dancing, if not abolish
it as our favorite indoor sport.
All hands were anxious to unite in
handing the modesty bumper the
ringing raspberry, with an occasional
alternating horse laugh, or a query
how any such puritanical idea ever
came out of Paris.
The bumpers purpose, it is hoped,
will be obvious to all. The French
congress of dancing masters is said
to have adopted it to prevent a too
arden juxtaposition of young persons
who forget that dancing is art and
regard it as a petting party.
Three projecting steel bars. padded
at the end, and firmly attached to the
lady's belt, comprise the bumper as
originated. Length of the prods
doesn't matter much. For the bene-
fit of the dancing public and any
daring promoter who may plan to
manufacture them here, the writer
can suggest other arrangements
equally effective as a bulwark and
defense for little girls who feel they
need them. Spikes on the prods in
stead of pads could be used; one
might go dancing in a barrel; an in
expensive layout of puleys and
wires could be made to trip up the
exuberant male when he oversteps
the bounds of proper propinQuity-
and so on.
mitted that the dancing population
would be decimated tremendously
even by the Partisan idea
Ridiculous cried Mrs. Hale
Grant. in the attitude exhibited so
generally.
Miss Florence DeWar. another
teacher said sit would never 20 here
because Chicago people believe in fla
military too much" and then broke
into laughter rather unrestrained.
They're crazy" echoed Marie
Claire, after sufficiently controlling
herself. There's some excess in
modern dancing. but the idea of me-
ehanical contrivance to keep couples
apart is absurd.
Few people dance just to wiggle
their feet"
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LEGAL BATTLES
FORECAST OVER
PLANE PATENTS
Wright Brothers Rights To
Airships Will Soon
Expire

LONDON, May 26.-(By Associated
Press) - Expiration May % of the
Wright Brothers airplane patents.
and on September IS of the j. j..
Montgomery patents, says the London
Daily Telegraph, may involve huge
transactions.
If the Montgomery claims are sus-
tanned the United States government
may have to pay the heirs of j. j..
Montgomery royalty on 1884 air
planes, built or purchased during the
war, and. in addition, on those
bought subsequently. The Montgom-
cry claims number As, one of the
most important relating to a curved
wing with means for changing it's
curvature" a claim with a very wide
Interpretation.
The main Wright patent will have
been lodged for II years on May %,
and battle for the reward has been
has been saved from the harassment
of litigation by the action of the
British Wright company. With the
assent of Orville Wright, the British
company. instead of attacking the
airplane industry, agreed that as
their OBJECT was TO OBTAIN recognition
of the Wright Brothers pioneer
work, they would leave the trade
alone and be content to exact recog-
milton from the British government.
No British airplane company was
ever called upon to pay royalty UNI
der the Wright patents. and none
was ever refused a license.
The Wright patent mainly con-
Germs flexible wing tips. acting in
combination with the rudder. but it
Is held to cover also the rudder ac-
tion in combination with the hinged
winE-tip flaps.
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write to Authors. After Wedsdy do
not mention hot-dog because it make
persons think about short pants He
could write to Chort us Girls. After
| Satdy you are forbidden to wear
skirts, hair, talcum powder or amy
thing else to remind people of your
Sex He could write to Dept. Of
Forestry, After July all trees will
| be commanded not to show their
limbs Thusly Hen. Vice Pres. could
accomplish wonders just like Prohibi-
ton"
yet here I are drinking whisky"
howell Nogi
lploy, you would know it was some
thing else Kindly to fillup another
glass of that diseased beverdge
which smell like fried moth balls.
Here's trying to look at ytu!'
You are slightly far gone" peruse
Nogi.
"Banzaiw 1 WOW. 81 hope I have
that the Suprim Court will be with
me till I get back and let the Aunty
Saloon Leg smell my BREATH
THE march of Purity must go on
wards till nobody are left to march,"
say Hon n'g d Ti11e f Ppesident mus, SEQ
about that. too" 1 vampire. LAS soon
| ly as one sin are cured he must In
vent soIn5 more. If it are now crime
in one State to smoke cigareets he
must make it crime in all. Same
thing with evolution, dance-step
| Pullman bedsheets. flap girls and
other wicked pleasures. Hon. Vice
Pres. must standardize sins like Hon.
Jno D. standardized OIL"
| "Horrus" grone Nogi and drank
swfggs till his 2 eyes looked across
| themselves.
who could we find to do such
srandy work for his Country and not
get hung?" ! ask to know.
Il nominate Lenin & Trotsky,"
! guhble Nogi.
Hon. Lenin are too i'll. Russia
have made him SICK" say it. And
Hon. Trotsky are too busy freeing
Russia by shooting Russians. No.
| We must search America Tor some
body"
| 80 sorry" Nogi decompose.
American reformers are all boot
Logging. We must find some poor
man somewheres."
Speaking thusfy Cousin Nogf go to
sleep on himself, and when he awoke
up he bursted into song. made from
following Japanese Sonnet. learned
by mail from Marion Ohio
! Correspondents School of Poetry:
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DRASTIC LIQUOR LAWS
ON MINNESOTA BOOKS
Illegal To Possess Formula For Max
ing Alcoholic Drinks

ST. PAUL, MINI. May 26.-(By AS
ISOLATED Press)-With the passage of
amendments by the 1929 Legislature
to prohibition laws in effect, Mime
sofa stands out pre-eminently in hav
ing the most drastic prohibition laws
of any state in the union.
Under the provisions of the new
laws it is illegal to possess formula,
recipe or directions which are de-
signed for use, or used for or in
connection with the manufacture of
Intoxicating liquor. The law ex
plains that it is also illegal to pos
sess any apparatus. implements, ma
chine or device, jugs and other con
tairers, used in the manufacture or
storing of liquor.
1t further provides that the de-
stcuctior If any apparatus. nipple
men or machine. any recipe, formula
or directions, or any container, is
prlnsa facie evidence that these
were for use in connection with the
manufacture or possessi' II of liquor.
and that any building wherein liquor
is sold is subject TO abatement pro-
ceedings ard closing for any kind of
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two suits which are practically brand
new and look quite as well as when
received them with a bill for S225
from my Washington tailor. The
charge for this work was $50 suit
or just s40( and so l am s1S5 ahead.
Order. Suits by the Dozen.
While they We're taking my meas
ure a banker came in to the tailor
shop and ordered IL suits of clothes.
Later l asked the tailor the cause of
such a large order, whereupon he re-
piled that he had many SUCH The
banker had made good speculation
on the stock exchange and he knew
that the marks he had received
might be worth only half as much
next week as they are today. There
fore, he straightway invested them in
clothing, which will hold it's value
Independent of exchange fluctuations.
When l first came to Berlin this
imperial tailor was charging 100000
marks per suit The mark was then
$4,000 to the dollar, and the charge
was $50. When the mark fell to
10000 or more to the dollar he raised
his prices to 100000 marks, and now
that it has fallen he is down again
to his old price of three quarters of
million. 1 would say that the suit
one can buy here for $50 or $40 is
equal in cloth and l think also in cut
to that for which our high priced
tailors are charging 500 at home.
widow. Mite e.. o the @ Mark.
AS write this the mark is 10000 to
the dollar. That means that you can
get 200 marks for one cent. The
money is in all denominations from
one-half mark or fifty pfennings. up
to notes running high into the thou
sands. A one-mark note is one of
the lowest values ever put into cur
rency. The widows mite was gold
piece in comparison with it. The mite
was worth tenth of a cent and
the contribution plate she deposited
the equivalent of 40 marks at the
present exchange. The small notes
, here are Familiarity called huhner-
futter, or as we call 1t, chicken-feed
1t takes big purse to hold a few
thousand marks and l go about fire.
quently with my pockets bullying
with money.
How They Paid at Genoa.
illustrating the value of the in
flated currencies is story told at
the time of the Genoa conference OF
how the various commissioners paid
their bills. The English delegation
brought its money in pound notes and
1t was carried in pocketbook. The
French delegation paid in francs and
the money came in a satchel. The
Austrians had trunk and the Rus
slams after long debate as to
whether they should hire an extra
car for the currency, brought with
them printing press and told the
hotel keepers and other authorities
to run off as many rubbles as they
thought would suffice to pay all their
bills.
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JOCKEY ACTIVE AT II
Irish HOrseman Claims To Hold
World Record

DUBLIN, May 26.-(By Associated
Press.)-Ireland, long noted for the
longevity of its people, has probably
produced orarer specimen of har-
dihood and youth" than Harry Beas-
ley, one of it's leading jockeys, who
is now 70.
For more than half a century Beas-
ley has been winning some of the
greatest races on the Irish turf. He
attributes his long life to abste-
mious eating, frugal drinking, alb
stention from smoking, ten hours of
sleep, and trust in Cod"
Timothy Healy, governor general
of ireland, placed the first bet Of his
life recently on horse ridden by
this veteran Jockey. and won.
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100000 WAR MEDALS
Huge List OF Awards Made ny Brit
iSh Government

LONDON, May 90. - (By Assoc
ciated Press) - More than a.
400, 600 British War Medals, ana
the British government tO mon l1.
women who served the country N
distinction during the great war. u s
total length Of ribbon on these re.-
ais would extend 1900 miles
Among the decorations awarded On
800, 600 1914 Stars. 145,00o clasps n.
the 1914 Star. l,7SO,000 19l4-l1 Steer
100000 British War Medals. Nnd
1850, 600 Victory Medals.
Huge quantities Of medals
sent to Canada and the p4minA4
to soldiers and nurses Who dist .-
guished themselves
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Intellectual Sing-song to Ex
plain Duties, Privileges and An
noyances of Vice President When
He Gets to Doing SO.
What an Awful Prob1emb for the
Voter and the Poller-
Who shah Parties nominate to be
our Fool Controller?
Shall we choose a Spotluss Man
Or something from the Garbage Can.
a Sherlock Holmes, ku Klux
Khan,
Turk or Holy Roller?
HUSKY hIshy.
Look behind!
Lock the door & pull the blind!
Who's the man. the proper kind
To be our Fool Controller?
Someone with an y Ray eye that
penetrates partitions,
Someone with Key Hole mind that
studies low conditions.
Someone Matched from white doves
Eggs
Who'll censor Charlie Chaplin's legs
And scare AL Woods until he begs
to get some new positions.
Twinkle-tw Wrinkle.
Little eyes.
Everything is full of Spies.
Subway trains and summer skies is
loaded with suspicious
He must get around, you bet and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
PAY TAX OR GO TO JAIL
England Does Not Make 1t Easy Upon
Dodgers

LONDON. May 26.-(By Associated
Press -What happens to the people
In England who do not pay their in
come tax, has been told by an of
fetal of the inland revenue. who de
clares there are about 1000 such de-
linquents now in jail compared with
1,l62 two years ago.
Plenty of time is given by the au-
thorities for payment said this Of
ficial and in cases where 1t can be
shown that funds are not availa BILE
easy methods are devised. In other
cases, after a certain interval a no.
tice is sent to the defaulter that the
tax must be RENTED by a certain
date-usually 10 days time If that
Is dlsresarded more urgent notice
is sent, and three days grace given
After that distress warrant against
the defaulter's goods is obtained
Those who are Imprisoned for de-
fault are generally single. or have
no seizable property of their own.
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GERMANY PROHIBITS AnsINTHE

ISOLATED Press.) - Two important
developments in Germany have
brought joy to the dry" workers
camp. The Reichstag has adopted
law prohibiting the production and
sale of absinthe. and measures have
been inaugurated to restrict the pub
lie advertisement OF alcoholic bev-
elages. The state railways have an
nounced they will receive no more
such advertising after May l. and
Berlin's municipal railways have been
directed hereafter to accept adver
tisements for liquor interests only
on the same terms and 10 the same
extent as they take them for other
firms.
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JAPAN AIDS CHtNA
schools OF Celestial Empire win BE
Promoted BY NeighbDr

TOkIO. May 26--IBy AS90rT7 =
Press 1.-THE lower house OF th.
Die has adopted the cahiu-'
tural relief bill" for the dispo=sl o.
the returns from the Boxer iudemnitr
and the sale to China of the Shan
turg railway.
The amount available for the re..
rent fiscal year is 1.4qS,a30 Ven an.
IL will he expended in Dromotine c a-
nese culture; to help Chimes -T.
dents, TO support an eNchau-r l..-
ture system, to aid schools ana hl-
pitfalls, and to relieve Chinese suffer
ers from epidemics.
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REQUIRE GOOD TEETH
FOR SERVICES IN ARMY
Many Who Wanted To Enlist Found
To Re Defective

PARIS, May 26.-Minister of War
Maginot has ordered that any cam
didate for the colonial army must
have a sufficient number of good
teeth The decree says that by suffi-
cient and good teeth is meant six
pairs of isath directly opposite one
another on the upper and lower gums
of which two pairs must be molars
or premolars. and two pairs front
or canine teeth.
Many of the men who want to en-
list in Algeria and Morocco were
found to have defective teeth and
Minister Maginots ruling was espe-
cially intended for North Africa.
The Senegalest battalions show
splendid rows of shining worries.
They are the peer of any fighting
units in the world, but I'll back them
against the best eaters any army has
ever produced" a colored colonial Of
ficer said the other day, referring to
the fine presence of his troops in
general and their wonderful molars
and CANNES in particular.
Then he added with a touch of
dry humor: You see. we come from
a long lineage of cannibals."
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MOR0CCANS IN FRANCE
Many Natives of French PROVING
Visit Paris

PARIS, May 26-(By Associated
i'ress. )-Moham med ben Ahmed, an
irascible Moroccan of Argenteil,
suburb of Paris, shot and severely
wounded a former sweetheart the
other day and then made his escape.
His description was sent through
out France, and no less than seven
Moroccans, responding to the name
of Mohammed- ben Ahmed and cor
responding to the description of the
wanted man. were arrested. Not one
of them. however was the fugitive.
Inquiries at the ministry of the
interior brought the statement that
there are 12.122 Mohamm ed ben
Ahmeds in France.
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be quite universal:
Closing picture galleries when
painters gets perversal;
Summarizing out to meet
The Interna tional Rummy Fleet
Or bringing modest overalls to ZieE-
fields new rehersals.
Naughty-naughty.
What a life!
Got no time to see his wife;
Always busy with the strife-and
watching the rehearsals.
He must censor skirts and pants and
measure every stocking,
Read all Mother Goosey Rhymes to
see they amt too shocking,
Snatch the sticks from ladies lips,
Seize the Flasks from off their hips
And pump the Gin from Form Ships
before they finish docking.
Happy happy
Candidatei
Amt it awful to be great?
It's nice to steer the ship of State
until it gets to rocking"
After those sawed-off thoughts,
Mr.. Editor. my cousin Nogi fell down
stairs from overwork. When la st
seen he was still falling six flights.
which are superfluous.
Hoping you are the same,
Yours truly, HASHIMURA TOGO.
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BIRKENHEAD TO SPEAK
Lord Chancellor To Deliver Add -r
To American Bar iNSCciasicW

LONDON. May 26. - t5'y Assoc
ciated Fress.) - Lord H.rkeGhsaa,
former lord chancellor and oua
of Great Britain's most bril1.l-r
legal minds, viii sail earlS -u Au-
for the United states, where ie ST.
deliver this years annual addu
the American Bar association. III
Canadian Bar Association ai~I li.H
10 have the former chancellor -si-
dress its members. Lord IiCk nr-
head will remain several months .I
America and viii make a tlrsi b7u.
study Of all phases of American lit-
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WAITER, erie WING
LEAVES NOTED OIL
CAFE LAST 7 IN {
Had Been Head Servant Et
DeImonico's For So
Years
nv wEsTBRooK pEcJFR

C0l D
BY WEsTBROOK PEGLER
NEW YORK. May 28-Battst1
Ravera Crispi paused on his way llt
of Delmonico's for the last time So
down the bag containing his Naite-='
jacket and dickey shirt fronts ami
took chair at one of the dusty
tables to talk it all over again. Aar-
thing for an excuse to postpone e.
only a few minutes the final w1ea--.
Of tearing himself away after
years. Dull sounds of tables be5s
stacked echoed from the upper fla-rs
like The thump of the first shoNeI1L-
on the casket in grave.
The noted restaurant closed th-7
week.
'Whew" said Battista, stroKlns MS
polished bald head, the only CLEAN .1
brightness remaining in the place
that was Delmonico's on the avenul.
Il don't like to go All day I ~
'gocd-by' and shaked hands with rr
customers, l know l have to go but
l don't like to go. Thirty-siX years
l am A waiter, head-waiter. capta-1
of walters in Delmonico's and now
these prChibition-whew,"
Set Wine For Morgan
battlSta was very 1ully OF ms reel
lnss ana MS thlck, soft hands which
had set the wine many time befoec
j. P. Morgan, the elder, and never
spilled a drop. worked nerVously lN
the table, now.
We'll, It's all over he said. "TAe
Brunswick the Hoffman House, the
Saint James, the Victoria and no4-
Delmonico's. where can Il weattf
lady or gentleman go now to d-ar'
Home, l suppose. That's just t..
trouble. They have been giving tl-
dinners at home. where the WlaE
If the, brought wine here. the HA-
loCie might cCme. imagine the TI-
lice at Delmonicos.
Il come to Delmonieo's in 1887 lH
young man from italy. Ii is tRaH
down at Twenty sixth street and H.
avenue. In the afternoon. when fHa
stock exchange closes. the rich mon
get on the broadway cable ears a1.l
ride up to Delmonico,s for ri..
cocktail. Oh. such cocktails. -.
smooth, SO delicate soon overs7o-e
is witty; everybody is happy aul
friendly J."
O o
Di>appr"Nes Drunkenness.
Mr.. Crispi deplored at some lars-f1
the chang in men or coestaiIa@ 49,,
perhaps. IN both. which navv 57#5r.
men get drunk. But old friends 55.....
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Letters OF n Japanese SchOOlboy
THE VICE PRESIDENCY
BY WALLACE IRWIN

Copyright. 1923. U. S. and Great
Britain by North American News
paDer Alliance