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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-11
True Beauty
Is impossible to those who
leave film on teeth

created to apply Them daily. The
name is Pepsodent.
Now that tooth paste is in world
wide use, largely by dental advice.
Wherever you go you see the
benefits it brings.
Natural ways
Pepsodent acts in natural, gen
tie ways. Its effects do not come
from harsh grit.
Pepsodent multiplies the aka
Unity of the saliva, also its starch
digestant. One is to neutralize
mouth acids, the other to digest
starch deposits. These great
natural ooth-protecting agents
gain manifold power from each
use.
Pepsodent will bring you a new
conception of what clean teeth
mean. Send for this To-Day Tube.
Note how clean the teeth feel after
using. Mark the absence of the
viscous film. See how teeth be-
come whittier as the cloudy coats
disappear.
Do this for your own sake and
your farnily's sake. Cut out the
coupon now.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-11

With all the dashing style of cape
and all the snug comfort Of coat
the Coat with Cape is here to sat
isfy every demand for fall and winter.
The cape back reaches well below
the waist. The double collar almost
covers ones chin. The smart side
closing may be marked by Iong ties
or buckle. silk or metal en-
broid,ry or braid is used for the bor-
dcrS Of trimming.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-11
Longer silhouette.

The longer silhouette is being stressed
in oyar5louscs. The line is two or
three inches longer than last year.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-11
Novel Trimming

An elongated buttOnhole of broad.
cloth trims checked Wool skirt, Civ
inG it a stimulation of the popular
wrap-arOuni mode.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-11

Parson-And you did not let fall 4
single tear as you stood by the grave
Of your benefactor
Friend-Well. l should have done. hut
You sec, i came without my handKcr.
chief
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-11
Hand.naintel Flowers.

Hand-pairted flowers are the point
e interest in many of the new dance
f.ocks.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-11

tered baking dish. Cover I'D bake
h minutes in moderate oven.
Grape Juice
If you like to serve 4 friendly glass
and tasty cake TO evening guests
grape juice answers rs no other brand
OF home brew" can.
Grapes for juice should be perfectly
ripe. The fruits sweetness is at its
best when the grapes are not over-ripe.
Aside from beverage purposes.
there are many other ways of using
grape juice. In this day of prohibi-
ton many cooks are put to it" Ia
md something TO take the place of
sherry and brandy in sauces and
seaSonings.
Grape juice, combined 18th lemon
juice, is quite all right for many pur-
poses. Pudding sauces favored with
one tablespoon Crane juice to one of
lemon Juice are delicious AZ d cconomi-
cal. Fruit cake perhaps lacks that
crhmbly richness and moistness when
deprived of brandy. but one table
spoon grape juice one tablespoon lem
on juice and ore tablespoon cold
strong coffee used in the cke. and
grape juice alcne used for dampening
the wrappings. will give cake that's
hard TO beat" But the cake can not
be kept indefinitely. as if an alcoholic
preventative were used.
Ham baked in grape juice rivals real
Virginia ham.
There are several ways of making
grape juice but the one l like to use
is simple but saving of cans or
bottles.
Copyright. 1923. Nea Service. Incl
Teacher (arithmctic lesson)-Can you
tell me how old person would be to-
day who was born in 1855?
Eric-Was it a gentleman or lady?
nr. Lundbers and wife are looking
for n site for their new house After
Il while they come to a spot and Mrs
Lundbcrg cxclams:
oh. Adolf this view strikes me
dumb"
well. dear, think we will select
this"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-11
Household Suggestions

Kitchen Help.
Fasten small slate to the wall
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-11

Teacher (arlthmctic lesson)-Can you
tcll me how old a person would be to-
day who was born in 1855?
Eric-Was it gentleman or a lady !?
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-11

tered baking dish. Cover nd bake
h minutes in moderate oven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
cERMANY's BRUTAL TAX

If Herr Hilferding, Germany's new minister of finance, is as firm in car rying out his plans as he is emphatic in announcing them, the German peo- pie will have enough to do to pay their taxes without having leisure for raising cain generally. However, the government itself has taught the Ger mans the science of malignering, and perhaps they will resort to a passive resistance against taxation. Herr Hil- ferding announces that he is about to inaugurate "strict and even brutal tax policy" Holders of foreign cur rencies will be asked to surrender them, and big industries, where they have not enough foreign currencies to meet their assessments, will be allowed to pay the difference in marks. The fund thus acquired is to be used il stabilizing the mark and in purchasing foodstuffs. The minister makes the statement that monetary depreciation may mean the death of Germany" It is not to be assumed, however, that the worthy minister has just found that out, for circumstances doubtless be- yond his control were operating long before he came into authority. Per haps there are ex-officials in Germany who are responsible and who are just learning some of the hard truths of their stewardship.
 Perhaps Hilferding's concern for Germany's currency will extend also to Germany's credit, with the result that he will next endeavor to meet Germany's foreign obligations of all kinds. A depreciated currency is a depreciated credit at home, just as a failure to pay debts creates a depre- ciated credit abroad. Whatever may have been the hidden reason for Ger many's almost unlimited printing of paper marks, it is evidently now rec ognized in Berlin that it was mis- taken and misguided policy, which has reacted chiefly upon German pros perity. Hilfezling has an unexcelled opportunity Co write himself into the 1 worlds annals oy a wise financial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
THE REASON FOR IT

Two headlines over news items in
 The Age-Herald of Friday must have
 attracted the attention of many law abiding people of this community
 Here they are: Moral Condition Of Birmingham Is Deplored by Cloe," and Sheriff to Assist in Fight Against Vice" These articles set forth gloomy aspects of the situation in the ex- pressed views of the commissioner of public safety, while outlining efforts to be taken by county authorities to suppress road-house activities, disor- derly houses and other immoralities,
 There have been many complaints of late or the number of disorderly houses scattered over Birmingham, and of the apparently increasing num- Der of lawless places outside the city limits. Judging from the pictures drawn by the authorities themselves conditions in this respect are by no means encouraging. If Commissioner Cloe, who should be in a position to kno~v what he is talking about, set
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
DOCTRINE OF IMPERIALISM

Sir Edward Grigg of London con graduates America on her "imperia!- ism," and says that it is just like
 England's imperialism, differing only in degree. The Briton cited the con
 quering of the Indians, the Monroe
 doctrine and the Civil War as viola
 tions of the doctrine of self-determina-
 ton and evidences of the unavoidable
 imperialism of a powerful nation.
 Sir Edward said that this imperialism would lead to development of the worlds jungles and waste places by England and America, because "civili- zation must, in self-preservation, be guided by two economic laws. The first is that where a native people cannot clear through the jungle the task will be undertaken for them by the civilized powers. The second is that where the jungle has been cleared away civilization shall not allow the jungle to return. Imperialism has a vital and indispensable work to do."
 There is enough truth in the above confession of faith to invite accept ance at first glance. Reflection shows, however, that the imperialism of Great Britain, which has prompted her 70 seize vast territories in Asia, in Africa and in the New World, is quite differ ent from the imperialism of America which is not given to confiscation, either of territory or of goods. It is true that our forefathers took this land from the Indians, but it was not the government or the imperialism of America that did it, so much as those forerunners of government, the pion- eers and plainsmen, who drove the Indians before them and drew the government after them. In other words, the driving out of the Indians was not definite, imperialistic policy of the United States. The government has since then made valuable restitu- tion to the Indians in the way of lands that has made many of them wealthy, and doubtless as contented as they ever were before the white man came.
 The Monroe Doctrine is just the opposite of imperialism as defined by Sir Edward, for it warns foreign pow CTS that they may not confiscate lands nor property, nor take other aggres- sive measures against the Latin re- publics. That is not that the United States may step in and reap the spells, but that these republics may be pro- tected in their right to self-determina- tion. However England has doubtless had to resort to much adroit reasoning to justify some of her imperialistic acts. That reasoning does not and cannot apply to our acts. 4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
coNTINUE THE SCHOOL LEVY

Every friend of the public schools of Birmingham and Jefferson county will contribute to the moral and ma terial welfare of this community by voting for continuation of the three and one-mill taxes Tuesday. It is one of the most important local elections for many years. On the result depend largely the future progress and pros perity of the community as developed be efficient public education. If vot- CTS neglect this civic duty, they will in- jure themselves individually by per hitting one of the greatest inflnencs for good to be impaired in it's service.
 The three and one-mill taxes do not Impose an additional penny on taxpay- CTS, as some have enormously thought. These taxes have been paid for years. The one-mill tax expires by limitation this year. The three-mill tax expires in 1926. It was decided to vote on continuance of both taxes at the same election so as to avoid two elections W1Lu du NOob VI AOAA hundred dollars. That is economy. The period for continuance of these taxes is twenty-five years. The important thing to keep in mind is that no ad- ditional school taxation is involved. It is simply a case of continuing the same tax which was voted and has been in onarakian for years
 The schools of Jefferson county and Birmingham have been not only source of pride to every public-spirited and patriotic citizen, but they have contributed more than any othe-' agency or influence to the moral and material development of the com munity. To do or to neglect to do anything that would seriously cripple their efficiency would be a public dis aster. If the continuance of these taxes is not indorsed at the polls, either through opposition or neglect, every school in the county and city will suf- fer, all building plans will have to cease, improvements will be aban- doned, and, in short, long step back wards will be taken, the uhfavorable effects of which will be generally felt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27

forth the situation as it is, it would appear that large numbers of boys and girls of this city are in training to pro- vide materials upon which road houses and disorderly places flourish. If the county authorities are accurate in their statements, it would appear that the immoralities prohibited under the laws are decidedly on the increase, and something is badly needed towards correction.
 The point is, whose fault is it when such unfavorable conditions as are complained of come within the sphere of law enforcement? There are ap- parently many disorderly houses in and around Birmingham, where boot logging is one of the offenses com mitted. There seems to be an impress sion that these institutions are on the increase. Why so? Is it possible that the laws are not sufficiently drastic to abolish them? Hardly. It would seem that the fault lies in failure to enforce the laws. In such an event, the blame falls upon those who are chosen and sworn to do this. That is the situation, as law-abiding and law respecting people see it..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
ONE TRICK A DAY
A Cigarette Paper TricIs

The first essential is that tho performer smoke a cigarette. The second, that he has a cigarette pa per, rolled up into a tiny ball. placed by the side of the cigarette between his lips.
 Thus prepared the performer hands a packet of cigarette papers to a gentleman, requesting that he tear one into smal: pieces and roll them into small ball. While this is being done. the performer cas- ually shows that his hands are = pity, occasionally removing the cigarette from his mouth, and fin- ally securing the duplicate ball. Now, under pretense of showing the gentleman the proper way to roll the paper, he deftly substitutes for it the whole paper he has hid- den in his hand. The whole paper, rolled into ball. is now returned to the gentleman, and the torn pieces placed in the mouth with the cigarette, from which they may be removed at the earliest conve enience. The surprise occurs whe the gentleman finds that the paper he so industriously tore up has now become whole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
JOHN-A-DREAMS

Dreams of an Odd Color Scheme
 Have you ever had a vision in the course of which 1t seemed as though all your surroundings were steeped in one certain color, yell low, green, blue, brown or red, as though you were looking through glasses of that partiular hue? If this dream enters your slumbers you may know that from then on for an indefinite period your life will be colored by a peculiar same ness of experience, happy or un- happy, indifferent or highly inter- esting, as the case may be.
 Red-Romance and displeasures of the sort that are connected with love.
 Blue-The enjoyment of true friendships and the kindnesses and criticisms of those with whom you come into daily contact.
 Philadelphia pleasures which may mean a good deal to you if you are of a shallow nature, but which will have no other result than to divert your thoughts from the serious problems of life.
 Brown-A long period of hard work not relieved by pleasure or entertainment,
 Gray-Sorrow and tears and re-. grets for things done or left un- done during the previous six months.
 Green-Passions of the lower or der, such as jealoulsy, hatred and enmity.
 Yellow-Indiffere and a tir- ing monotony of events without the relief of change or the possi- hilitY of tearing yourself away from the daily grind.
 Purple-Passions of the higher order, such as love, money mak- ing or unsuitable ambition. so easily classified. If any of them
 The various other shades are not color your dream, let me know and shall be glad to give you the necessary explanation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
THE JITNEY ORDINANCE

Tomorrow the people of this city will vote upon the initiative measure known as the jitney ordinance. The vote will at the same time determine whether the agreement between the city commission and the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company shall stand As has before been point ed out, there are objectionable fea- lures in the agreement, such as the compromises on paving requirements, but in large way of looking at it the agreement is preferable to the jitney ordinance.
 Unfortunately for those who would like to retain the jitney service, the or dinance has been drawn in such man. ner as to put the private interest of the operators above the public interest and to make the ordinance superior to the regular municipal authority, very serious error indeed. Had the ordi- nance been drawn with due regard for the protection of the patrons of the iitneys, and with proper consideration for the emergencies that might arise in which the commissions authority should be exercised, it would be diff ferent matter. As it is, the jitney orr dinance deserves defeat. If at some future time it develops that the street railway company is not duly cognizant of it's responsibilities or fails to give the service due this population, then 1t will be in order to draw up an- other initiative ordinance, with proper regard for the public and for the ceh- vtituted municipal authority, and sub nit it to the people. If the street rail way company should again abuse its monopoly of public. transportation in this city, the remedy will still lie in the commission, or, failing proper and prompt action by the commission, in the people themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
POOR BOYS WHO
 BECAME FAMOUS
Alexis soyer
By Frederick Houk Law

Alexis soyer
 In the Crimean war, when the British soldiers were badly pro- visioned and badly cared for; in the same war that called forth the beautiful services and the in- digent demands of Florence Night ingale, the great war nurse, there appeared another person who of fered what he had for the benefit of the suffering soldiers. This person was no great man of wealth and power, but only a cook-Alexis Soyer.
 "The soldiers have poor food; 1t is badly prepared; they starVe and they die. I-I am a cook. l have been head cook for great people. I helped when the Irish were starving. Let me go to the Crimea. l will show how to cook for an army, I will pay my own way. Let me go and help"
 That was the tenor of the notice that he put in the London Times, offering to do his part for the country in which he lived. Eng land accepted the offer and he NGHN LO the SGdI OI War 1HtIe he threw himself into the cause, and by his direction of cooking for the soldiers did more valuable work than did many generals.
 Once before this he had offered his expert knowledge to the Brit, ish government. This was when the people of Ireland were dying of starvation. On that occasion, through the newspapers also. he urged that he be permitted to go and help. He was sent to Ireland, and there also he fed the hungry.
 Alexis Soyer was not an Eng lishman by birth. He had been born in France, and had not come to England until he was twenty one. When he was a boy in the suburbs of Paris he had worked as scullion and cooks assistant, had slowly learned the art of cooking, and had worked in a great restaurant in the gay French capital. France in those days was turbulent, with revolu tion in the air. Alexis Soyer looked for a more peaceful land and emigrated to England. There he found work as head cook in the homes of the rich, and finally in a restaurant in London. He looked beyond his kitchens and sympathized with the sorrow and wretch edress In the world, In. England as well as in Ireland and in the Crimea he did much to aid his fellow man. He died at forty : nine. but he had lived a true mans life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
FEDERAL TAX ADJUSTMENTS

Secretary Melons insistence on q reduction in the higher tax brackets is not to be dismissed as a plea for the reduction of his own taxes, for there is good economic argument in behalf of his contention. In the first place, MT. Mellon believes that the reduction in surtaxes would result in the invest ment of more capital in productive enterprises and less in tax-free securi- ties. This is a principle that is ac. cepted as of proved application. The secretary is of opinion that the produc- tive enterprises inaugurated or ex- banded by the capital thus released would develop wealth the revenue from which would be much greater than that cut off through the reduc. tions contemplated.
 The next logical step would be to discontinue the issuance of tax-exempt securities and to make further adjust ments in the direction of the equaliza- ton of tke tax burden. The budge1 economies in executive administration of national affairs and the like op- crate to reduce the overhead, though it is question whether the norm of federal expenditure will not continue to rise indefinitely with the increased functions of government. The best solution of the question of public ex- pense is to distribute the burden as equitably 'as possible, in order that there may be no unjust immunity for any form of property or wealth. There has been an advance in tax ad- ministration, but there is still improve ment that can be made and that, with proper difference to economic students, could have been made some time ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
Prospects Not Bad frTo,,1o fTrib,,poN

The reports of cotton condition as of July 25, made by the depart ment of agriculture, is below the ten-year average. and lower thaa, the condition reported a month ago, but the estimate of produc- tion now is approximately 11,500,- GOO bales, which, if realized. will be more than was picked last year or the year before, but not a full" crop. Weather conditions and weevil may make q big change this month. That is, the picking may be far less than Is now indi- cated, and there is scarcely a chance that tn crop will improve in the remainder of the season, Thus the prospects for the cotton farmer are not bad. He will get good price for his product this season and the crop is so dis tributed that the rewards of cul- tlvation will be quite evenly dis tributed-as evenly as usually the case with a crop so extensively grown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS
 MEN
The Mother of AIexnnder Pone

The Mother of Alexander Pope
 Would Alexander Pope have been called The Wicked Wasp of Twick enham" if his mother had been able to gain and to keep good health? Mistress Truner, the vivacious daughter of certain William Turner of York. England, was troubled by much III health, and by severe and wracking head aches. Today such woman would hunt up specialists. and find means of relief.
 In the seventeenth century com paratively little was known about the art of medicine, and so the young woman grew into mature life, constantly troubled by her headaches. Thus. with her body weakened, and her mind irritated by pain, she could not be the happy, carefree person that she might wish to be. Then she had advanced to the. age of forty-slx when her son, Alexander Pope, was born. The father likewise was forty-six years of age, and not at all a person of robust strength. From him Alexander Pope inherited a queer, dwarfed, twisted body. The miracle is that with such parents, Alexander Pope should become the greatest genius of the century in which he lived. He became noted critic and scholar, a poet whose name stiu holds exceedingly high rank, and a literary figure that made such deep impression upon the world of letters that impression has not as yet been lost. At no time did Alexander Pope enjoy good health.
 Dwarfed. weak, sickly, afflicted. he nevertheless had the fire of genius. What a pity that that mother of his could not have had the proper treatment for the head aches that wracked her brain and that carried their influence even to her son!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
Things To Be Credited
(savannah News)

tSaVannah NeWSl
 New York cotton exchange statisticians have placed the loss in cotton by reason of the boil weevil at seven hundred and fifty million dollars. However, to that loss as an offset should be charged on the credit side, if that book keeping phraseology is permis- sible, the considerable difference in the higher price of cotton under weevil conditions and the price at which cotton would probably have sold with big crop not cut by weevils. Too, should be credited the millions of dollars worth of other produce the farmers in the cotton belt have made in place Of cotton. In South Georgia, for ex- ample, the total tobacco crop will reach several millions-and that is distinctly a crop substituting for the old cash crop, cotton only.