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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-04
OLD TRICKS USED TO
SWINDLE AMERICANS
Rome Has Experts Ready To FLEECE
Unsuspecting Foreigners

ROME, June 3.-There Is gray
bearded confidence trick, worked
frequently on travellers. that has just
been resurrected here.
An American visitor, ambling down
the Corso, dropped in at friendly
bar for a nip of yermouth. Seating
himself at a table, he was Joined a
moment latersbyzs-strangers who, al
though speaking with marked Eng
lish accent, announced that he was
from Texas. Conversation followed.
many vermouths were drunk, they
became friends.
A half hour passed. and a third
man joined the group. He was a
Brazilian, he said. Just up from Rio.
Wonderful country, that. Diamonds,
had a handful in his pocket. and pro-
duced them.
Strangely enough, he wanted to
open a diamond mine. He was in
Italy to sell stock. 1t was a wonder
full proposition. millions In it. But
he lacked capital, wanted partner.
Would the two strangers. go in?
The Yankee was a bit dazed from
endless concessions of Italian cock
tails. but he ordered cafe nero"
or black coffee, and listened to the
proposition. Sure. you bet! he'd go in!
The stranger was delighted. But
he wanted to prove how much he
trusted his American comrade. He
hauled out a pocketbook, bulging
with money, and threw it on the
table.
Here" he, said, you hold my
money, Mr.. American. while I go out
and take a walk around the block.
That shows how much 1 trust you.
There's 5000 there"
. The American and the first
stranger sat and drank while the
Brazilian took his walk. The pocket
book lay on tht table between them.
The Brazilian returned.
And now" volunteered the Ameri-
can, Pm not going to let you beat
me in showing trust Here's my
pocketbook-$550 cash in it. You
hold it while l go out and take a
walk myself"
Throwing his pocketbook on the
table between the two men he left,
returning five minutes later.
Write your own moral.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-04
CHURCH SET ON FIRE
Lighted Candles Are Placed Near
Woodwork Of BuildimE

NOOuWOfk vi
SAVANNAH. Ga, June 3.-Lighted
candles, placed so as to set fire to
the woodwork of the building i'll
number of places, threatened the
Sacred Heart church with destruction
this afternoon. The greatest dam
age was in the sacristy. No clue to
the incendiaries has been found at
a late hour tonight - 80 g..
Shortly before o'clock two young
men discovered smoke coming from
the church and sent in an alarm.
Many persons were passing at the
time. The firemen found the fiercest
flames in the rear of the building
and We're compelled to chop away
stairway to get to the fire. Lighted
candles were found in various parts
of the church, the flames of each
touching woodwork. Detectives were
on the scene within a few minutes
and INN ediately began in investiga-
ton. No one had been seen about the
church during the afternoon, accord
ing TO persons living nearby, and no
information had been obtained to-.
night that could be considered as a
clue. Is
Sacred Heart church. Sacred Heart
rectory and the Benedictine college
occupy adjoining lots on Bull street
in a section where there are many
homes and churches.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-04
BIRMINGHAM SCOUTS
OPEN SUMMER CAMP
More Than Hundred Begin Two
Weeks Stay At Andrews

The annual encampment of Bir-
mingham Boy Scouts at Camp An
drews opened Saturday. when more
than 100 of the scouts marched from
the city to the camp site. leaving
Saturday morning and arriving about
o'clock in the afternoon.
The camp was a beehive of activ-
ity Sunday when camp services were
held in the morning in the camp out
door chapel, while the afternoon was
occupied with a fellowship hike
through the woods surrounding the
camp. A long service with Bible
story hour took up the time of the
scouts Sunday night before the
sounding of taps"
The regular program of training
in camperscraft. scoutcraft and other
branches of instruction will be initi
ated Monday morning. The first pc
riod of the camp will last until
June 16, when the second period viii
open for a two-week period. Scout
officials said there are a limited
number of vacancies for the second
period at the camp.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-04
HOUSES F0R RENT
REAL ESTATE-SALE x

SALE OR EXCHANGE-Poul truck.
dairy hayinE and stock farms: also VI
bungalows; 2-story residences; business -
and apartment houses. Main 342. Farm
4 City Realty Exchange, 21442 y. 2Ist :
Street
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-04
MAP Of HEAVENS
GIVEN IS YE A rs
Of EXPERTS TIME.
30O,OOO,OOO Bodies Visible
In Skies Through Pow
erfuI Telescopes

PARIS, June What is regarded
here rs one of the most interesting
and valuable. results of modern
studies in astronomy is nearing com
pletion in the Paris observatory
after &c years of pains taking Tabor,
1t is new map of the heavens and
catalogue of the stars. The com
pilation shows that there are ap
proximately 300,000,000 heavenly
bodies visible through the powerful
telescopes. ~
Photographing the heavens was q
plan first developed by the Paris OBJ
servatory, and it's then director, Ad-
miral Mouchez, was called here in
1887 to an international congress of
astronomers which decided to map
including Mexico, Chile, and the re-
public of Argentina and Brazil,
which agreed to contribute to. this
work - -=..,.s-.
The heavens were subdivided,
with four French observatories TAX
ing the central zones of the heavens.
Ten thousand leaves of the photo
graphic map contain stars to the
fourteenth magnitude, whereof there
are above twenty millions. Stars to
the sixth magnitude may be seen
with the naked eye. and above that,
telescopes and other aids are needed.
In reality, it is explained, the num-
her of stars appears to be infinite. AS
huge lenses are constructed. each In
crease in the size of the tense re-
veals larger. number of stars.
A few years ago the number of
stars was set at approximately one
hundred million. Now that number
has been treb1ed, and as the explo-
rers of new worlds in the universe
progress in their studies. they find
space filled with stars, the light of
which reaches the eye of the eek
plorer after years of travel, SO dis
tant are these bodies. =
O O o -,tr. g.
Undertaken In 1887
Mapping the heavens was task
not undertaken by astronomers pre-
vious to 1887, and before the work
could be started, it was necessary to
agree on plans concerning the size
of the photographs and means of
measurements. The majority of the
astronomers CT the world used their
ingenuity and learning in the task.
BY means of this new map, fresh
measurements of the location, size.
and nature of the stars may be made
by astronomers, and philosophic
speculation stimulated as to the in
habitants, if any, of the stars. and
the general system and scheme of the
universe.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-04

nickel that you will not fool me
again!" And laughing softly to her
self. she waddled away through the
woods, towards her little tumbled
down house.
Il don't care anyhow" the magi-
clan laughed, II can wrap my beard
around my neck In the winter time
and it will keep me nice ana warm!
And just to show the old Witch that
1T does not make me very unhappy.
l shall make lot of magic goodies
and We will have a picnic. right here
where we are sitting
And the Magician said few ma
gic words, and there upon the ground
in front of them, there appeared
a table cloth and upon the table was
every thing nice to eat you could
imagine. SO Raggedy Ann tucked the
Magician's beard around in back of
him and helped everyone to cream
puffs, ice cream cones and all the
other goodies
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-04

tears away with her hanky. The one
with the blue border. TT just goes
to show that one should be satisfied
when he has things fairly good"' the
magician sighed, IF / had not tried
to improve on my whiskers, they
would have been all right, for green
is a nice color and 1t isn't everyone
who can have green whiskers!"
mo, indeed" Raggedy Andy
agreed, THE only other person l ever
heard of who had colored whiskers
was Blue Beard, And just see how
well known he was!'
ut will do no good returning to
the old Witch's house, will it?" the
magician asked.
Maybe 1t might the Wiggysnoop
said, Maybe We can fool her again!"
mo, you can't"' the old Witch
howled as she poked her head out
from behind tree. Il heard every
word you have said, and I'll bet a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-04
BUILD NEW DlSPENSARY
Acipco Plant Adding To Facihtic To
Cane For Its Employees

Contract for the construction of a
new medical dispensary of the Amer
lean Cast Iron Pipe company at a
cost of $27,500 will be awarded in
the next few days and work on the
building Will be started within the
next two or three weeks. Plans call
for the finishing of the building by
September.
The new building will be one
story brick structure, behind the
present dispensary and facing on the
street from Thirty second avenue to
the plant entrance. 1t will be 125X3o
feet with a main office, waiting
rooms for white and negro patients,
dressing rooms, X-ray room, operat-
ing room, laboratory, doctors Of
fees, specialists offices, nurses
rooms, dental rooms and dental labo-
ratory. Miller & Martin are archi-
tectS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-04
SIX To FACE TRIAL.
IN BOWLING CASE.
Hearings Of Alleged FIoggerS
Probably Will Be Passed
Tuesday

Six alleged members of the band
which abducted and flogged DR.. ]. D.
Bowling. city and county health Of
ficer. on the night of May 1. 1922,
will be arraigned in criminal divis-
ion of circuit court Tuesday morn
ing, probably before Judge William
E. Fort. jury organizer for the week.
The men are George C. Moore, for
mer city street commissioner; Will
Prosch, Sam Cargo, Frand Ford and
c. w. Tyson, dairymen, and G.. G..
williams. former city health depart
ment employe. All are under indict
ment for kidnapping and assault with
intent to murder.
Judge Fort may follow the lead of
his brother on the bench. Judge Har-
rington =. Heflin, and assign these
cases to Judge o. A. Steele of Gads
den, who heard the trial of Ernest
G.. Jacks, acquitted Thursday of hav-
ing been a member of the kidnap-
ing party. Regardless of who will
sit in the case, it is regarded as GER
tain that all will be passed at the
request of the state.
George Moore is scheduled also to
go to trial Tuesday on two charges
of having obtained money under
false. pretenses. having been indicted
Clarence Mullins is Moores attor-
ney. Moore has been absent from
birmingham for several months.
working for a railroad at Chanute,
Kans.
Porter N. Newman. Acipco plumber
alleged by Tyson in court testimony
last week to have been a member
of the Bowling flogging party, will
face trial June IL on kidnapping
charge. for which he is under grand
jury Indictment. Newman Is ex-
pected to face Judge Ben d. Turner
of Chatom. Washington county, who
has been assigned as extra Judge in
the criminal division from June II
to Is. Judge Helm will organize
juries that week and is expected to
follow his action in the Jacks case
by turning over the hearing to the
judge not a resident Of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-04


colors up his. sleeves, then he waved
his little magic wand in front of his
face and said "Hokus pokus. I want
may whiskers to be white, instead Of
green, ~
How do they look now" he saked
when he had finished working. all the
magic he knew.
"They are still as gresn as ever"
Raggedy Ann said.
And they have started growing
again" Raggedy Andy cried, They
have grown at least a foot longerr'
"Oh. dear!" the magician cried, II
guess I should have let well enough
alone!"
And indeed, that is what he should
have done, for his beard continued
to grow and grow until it was ten
feet long.
Tears came in the magician's eyes
and he would have cried, but Rag
gedy Ann hurried and wiped the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-04
MODEL HOMES OPENS
Axis Club Begins Week OF Demon
stratiOn Work For HOusekeepers

Two model homes will be on exhi-
bition during national better homes
week from June to 10 under the
auspices of the Axis club at their
building at 1919 Eighth avenue,
north, and at their bungalow 1908
Thirty first street, north.
Demonstrations on bread making
will be given by Miss Sonnedy d. 10
o'clock Monday morning. biscuit
making by Miss Shelby from II to
~ O'Clock Tuesday morning. During
the week Miss Green of Auburn,
Ala will lecture
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-04
BEAUTY AND HEALTH
by DIR. LILLIAN WHITNEY

Country Girl-Beauty of the face,
to say nothing of health, is largely
dependent upon sound, we'll kept
teeth You should take time to have
your teeth properly treated, other
wise you will lose them. Wax or
gum. even paraffin. can be pressed
in the cavaties and will act as tenn
porary "fil.ers."' Toothache gum,
also drops, can be purchased at any
reliable drug shop. You have far
more beautifyingi agents at your
command than the city girl, If you
but knew it. ow for your straight
hair, use the '-hite of an egg mixed
with an equal amount of rose water
Cor you may use rain water). Mois-
ten your hair with this and wind
it smoothly around cleai- rags Can
old handkerchief or anything of this
waves. After months of such. coax
ing it may assume a natur..i curl.
Admirer-The tim required de-
ponds upon the size of your bust. Re-
member that careful and regular
along with the massage. practice
deep breathing.
Lester M.-You will never be able
to correct your ~ait until you fit
yourself with suitable footwear. The
q oitoC nv uSoielcu iOi
foot having the measurements you
have given me. I advise you to have
shoes built over your own lasts.
Harry M.--An ingrown toenail may
reach such stage that only the sur
geon's knife can bring relief. II
yours Is not so far advanced, lift the
nail and gently slip under it a small
Bit of .abse rbent cotton which vow
have first dipped in a solution of sill.
yer nitrate Gao per cent?. This solu-
ton will blacken. the flesh and nail,
as we'll as everything else it touches,
so be careful in handling it: You
will find this simple treatment ana
remedy quickly reduces the inflam.
nation, pain and swelling. Keep up
tho treatment and SO train the nail to
grow out straight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-04
PLAYGROUNDs OPEN MONDAY

Fairgrounds of Birmingham are
officially to open Monday afternoon.
The Municipal band gave it's first
concert Of the summer in Avondale
park at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
this being the first event on the mu-
nicipal park entertainment schedule.
Final instruction to the playground
supervisors was given by Commits
sioner w. L. Harrison o. meeting
Saturday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-04

When cooking acid fruits stir in
little soda before adding the sugar.
You will be surprised how. little
sugar it will require.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-04
WINNIE WINKLE
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80 Of. =
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T eAnAY

< e u y ) gnu lHe
Snoopwiggy and the|
w ! G g ysnoop and
Grinny Bear and
Mister Hokus had
left the old Witch S
house far behind,
they all caught hold
of hands and dancedI
! and kicked up their
heels, for they had
fooled the. old sell
fish Witch into
changing the Magi-
clans long whiskers
into whiskers just
the length magi-
C | a ms w h i kerS
should be.
THAT was the
time we folled the
old. Witch" Mister
H o k u s. laughed
Now If my whisk-
ers would only grow
white again instead
Of green. ] would
look just like a real
for sure magician"
Maybe, now that
your whiskers are
just long enough, IL
you work your ma
gle you can change
the color!!" The
S n o o pwiggy sug-
gested.
Maybe I can!"
the Magician said,
AT least, l shall try
it,"
So old Mister
Hokus rolled up his
sleeves, to show that
l.. IN y
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FINANCIAL
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

FOR SALE--ln Florence Ala. the best
paying American cafe IN the Tri Cities.
Muscle Shoals and Wilson Dam district.
catering to the best trade. Counter and
table service. Now paying annual
return OF $4,000 with an average
monthly overhead expense of $3.50 VIII
require $4,000 to handlei terms of two
thirds cash and balance in IL months.
Present owner will stay so days with
purchaser to influence good Will of the
business. Unless you have the money
and mean business save your time,
this is an old established business and
Il honda fide proposition. Only reason
for selling owner has chemical manufac-
turing business requiring his fun time.
Box s, Florence, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-04

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. overhead electric
oraneman.
Experienced acytelene welder.
Municipal engineer instrument man. s175
month.
detailers structural steel craftsmen.
$500 month up.
experienced varnish rubber men.
Assistant hotel housekeeper.
experienced white Mattresses, $40 week.
experienced linemen
inexperienced salesladies.
all-round machinists.
carpenter helpers.
Moulders, green. dry sand and loom.
Young man shoes-pece goods salesman,
who can buy.
white men and boys to learn trade.
experienced tire changers, colored.
colored Wholesale house porters.
colored presets. Alteration man.
Colored butler. hotel hall men.
Colored cafe cook. Camp cook.
Elevator boy. Maids Women cooks.
Colored boys girls dlshwashers; others.
Producers Agency, 2119ia I'd Ave. n.
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Read The Casaied Many MoneySaung Offers On This Page Today
ROOMS AND BOARD

LARGE front room furnished next TO
bath. convenient To- car line and jitney;
rent reasonable; good neighborhood. s10
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-06-08
LOnu.rIme Tenant Rewarded.

Stories extolllng the virtues Of a
landlord are heard so seldom that they
bear repeating. This one comes from
Paris:
An aged woman in tenement In
the Latin quarter not only Is no longer
compelled to pay rent but is supported
by donations from the landlord and
tenants Of the building. This unusual
generosity IL due to the fact that the
woman has lived In the same apart
ment for 70 years. NeighbOrs called
the landlords attention to the wom-
ans plight. A search Of the records
showed that not a single quarterly rent
installment had been missed during the
last rs years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-06-08
PA LET IN THE WRONG MAN
Sleepy Old Gentleman Admitted Fell
low Tenant and Did Not Know
II Until Next Day.

Not every householder would be as
fortunate as was Jones In making a
mistake and not suffering for 1t, re-
marks a New York Sun writer. The
man he let into his apartment two
nights ago may have looked like his
son to him in his sleepy state, and he
may have been 50 sleepy or some other
way himself that he didn't know the
fiat, but in any event they both were
mistaken. And yet nothing came of
II.
When Jones, Jr., called his father
on the phone at the latter's Office the
following conversation ensued:
Junior-Were you worried when l
didn't get In last night2 l couldn't
phone you that was staying with Bill
for the night.
Jones-Do you mean to say you
didn't come home last nIghtP
Junior-Why, no. You ought to
know that yourself. You were going
to let me In.
Jones-I did let you in. What are
you talking about2 You got me out
Of bed at l in the morning.
Junior-I did nothing Of the kind
l never came in till this morning al
10. You must be seeing things
When Jones got to the haunted
apartment he found note from the
tenant above. 1t read: Dear Jones
Sorry 1 troubled you last night. dldn't
know till you stumbled back to YOU
room that I had the wrong floor
sneaked out without noise so as no
to trouble you further. Hope yol
didn't think l was u burglar when yor
woke up. Yours. Brown"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-06-08
MELODY THE LIFE OF MUSIC
No Training So Complete or Thorough
VIII Suffice Without II, According
to Master.

What gives life to work, what
makes 1t true, will never be Its char
acteristlcs, polytonal or atonal, but,
rather, its essential melody. Thence
springs Its real power, because 1t
comes straight from the heart OF the
musician. There Is no training so COM
plste or so thorough that 1t can suf-
fee without that melodic source, Dari-
us Milhaud writes In the North Amer
lean Review. 1t Is the primary ele-
ment, the authentic organic one, that
comes from the pure sentiment Itself
and that Is conducive to rhythmical
and harmonic design. Without melody
all composing will fall or end In vain
rhetoric. quite conventional and empty.
1t Is the entire secret of music,
which l found out one day when l
was studying at the eonservatoire with
my master, Andre Gedalge. was
showing him some vast symphonic
plan or other and he said to me:
Just write for me eight measures
that can be played without any &C
c0rnpnniment.s
= n sSsI,,1 Z '"' oar Il" s'sssr'
1t alone will allow us to work by
our Imagination and yet keep close
to the tradition which we feel to be
ours.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-06-08
nrrea.ury Of HIdden secrets.r

A book called "The Treasury of Hid
den Secrets" was written and printed
by Jane Bell In London In 1858. The
title page tells the readers that 1t is
1.-THE Treasury Of Hidden Secrets,
commonly called the Good Huswlves'
Closet Of Provision for the Health Of
her Household, gathered out Of sundry
experiments, lately practlced by men of
great knowledge, and now newly en-
larged with divers physick helps. and
knowledge of the names and dispO-
sltlon of diseases that most commonly
happen to men and women.
mot lmpertinent for every good
huswife to use In her house, amongst
her own Family"
Miss Bell dedicates her book ito all
women that love and profess the prac-
tIce Of good huswlfery, as well as wives
as maldes."
After turning the pages Of the book
and declpherlng the old English print
Ing, one liz rather In doubt whether II
Is a cook book for humans. 1t reads
more like the recipes might be for the
fairies.