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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-11
ALL ABOARD FOR THE
 GOLF TOURNAMENT!

Next thing on the program, la dies and gentlemen, is a two-ball mixed golf tournament at the Country club.
 This is to begin some time ia March, while in February and March, there will pc several ap- preaching. and putting and driving
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-11

wish that it can be you, as well, next year.
 Mitylene Joroan McDavid, daughter of Mrs. Ned R. McDavid, has gone to Ithaca, N. Y, to at tend the junior prom at Cornell university, the guest of MT. John s4echer of Birmingham and MT. frank Henderson or Detroit.
 The prom" began Wednesday and will last through tomorrow. It is the greatest affair of the whole college season at Cornell.
 A friend, writing or it, vividly relates:
 Magnificent Program
 Besides the usual evening and tea dances with those wonderful orchestras, Paul Whitman's Col legians' of the Rendezvous, of New York and -Stromberg' of Cleveland, there will be the Cornell masque show-musical comedy in cluded. Then concerts, hockey and athletic games of various sorts be- tween Princeton and Cornell, Columbia and Cornell and Colum- bia and Pennsylvania.
 "The program this year is mar velous one.
 "Then there VIII be outdoor sports-tohogganing, skiing, skat- ing and hundred other delights"
 Gathering, as it does, girls froM all over the United States, a house party at one of the big eastern uni versailles is always a thrilling event in any young girls life-and one that leaves behind it unfading memories of great Joy. Isn't it lovely that one of our own is there to share in all the gayety!
 Miss McDavid will return next week to Washington, where she is a student at Gunston Hall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-11

renew for brief space the former delights of home days.
 Again, the Phoenix always cele brated Washington's birthday in an unusual way. The first hours of the gay evening were given over to the children, who had the dancing floor till 10 o'clock, after which they were served refreshments in the big grill. The grown-ups then took possession of the dance encio- sure, repairing to the dining room at midnight.
 Smaller informal parties pune tuated the seasons program, two of these already having been given this year, as well as the New Year and opening balls.
 Brilliant Weddings There
 The passing of the old club calls to mind many of the brilliant we'd dings that have taken place within it's artistic interior. Rosalie Joseph, daughter of MT. and Mrs. M. V. Joseph, was welded there to Edgar M. Leventritt, brilliant lawyer of New York. Lucille Lenk, daughter of MT. and Mrs. M. Lenk, was mar ried to Philip Oster within it's walls, while Emily Fies, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Eugene Ties, became the bride of MT. Strauss of San An tonic, Tex, at the club only a few months ago.
 Among the prized treasures de- stroyed by the flames were the club splendid library. anu three oriental rugs that could not have been du- plicated for S15,00O. The club only this year had been redecorated and made more attractive than ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-11
BIRMINGHAM GIRL OFF TO EXCITING "PROM"

My. I almost hesitate to tell you this, because there'll be so many sighs over it.
 Can't help but be. For if you're young and love to dance and at Send college and frat affairs. you'll be most awfully. almighty SORRY that it can't be you there this mon ute, too,
 But,here goes, with the sincere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-11

tative, not yet known. will accom- oany her.
Evening star., 1923-09-08

certificate from physician. Two of
the departments. the War and Navy,
have required physical examination Of
civilian applicants for positions.
There is a tendency to extend ply,
sical examinations with view to com.
batting disease and correcting defects
or conditions that may be successfully
treated, The suggestion that public
school children be physically examined
Is spreading from state to state, and
corporations are requiring employees
and prospective employees to pass such
an examination. Physical examination
Is obnoxious to many persons, A great
many fear such an examination, be-
cause they believe the medical exam:
iner may find something wrong. The
result Of an examination Is not always
final. Examiners make mistakes
They may diagnose as serious some
condition which may prove not to be
serious, and they may overlook a dis
ease or condition which Is serious. But
on the whole a physical examination
is a good thing for the subject in that
If anything is wrong he may begin
his fight against it.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
Cuts in the Estimates.

In meeting the demands Of the bu-
reau Of the budget the Commissioners
have been compelled to make serious
reductions in District estimates, aud
a number Of measures for the better.
ment Of the city strongly desired by
the people have been ruled out or very
much curtailed. The school building
program, including the purchase of
school sites for future use, has suf.
fered severely. and hope for bringing
the school plant in line with the needs
of the increased school population
must be deferred. A number of items
for new streets and the repaving of
old streets have been eliminated. and
the carefully drawn plan for improved
street lighting must go over until an.
other year. The proposed purchase of
certain lands for park development
will be sidetracked until more favora-
BILE times.
1t Is reported that the Commission
ers. after looping of about $6,S50, zee
from the estimates as they were sub
mitted to the budget bureau. have
found 1t necessary to make a further
reduction of about half a million dol
lars to bring the estimates down to
the figure fixed by the director of the
budget. s25.15O, 900. Every department
of the local government is affected by
the cuts.
Though it will not be possible to
make the long strides in Capital de-
velopment which were planned for in
the tentative estimates for the next
fiscal year. it will still be possible. un-
der the estimates as sanctioned by the
budget bureau, to make considerab BILE
progress and to point the way TO
greater progress in succeeding years.
The people of the District are disap-
pointed in many ways, hut they refuse
to be discouraged.
Evening star., 1923-09-08

city, repair shops have sprung up in
alleys and on thoroughfares. gas sta.
,tions have become principal features
aoout the city and along the roads
and the automobile has become nearly
as common subject Of conversation as
the weather,
Along residence streets Ave years
ago q car might be seen before one
or two homes in the same square, and
the family with q car was an object of
note in the neighborhood. Today. along
miles Of residence streets there is a
car for every home. and at the dinner
hour or carly in the evening people
often have trouble finding parking
space for their own cars before their
own homes. The building Of garages
has become an important industry, and
alleys are lined with them.
When we shall reach 1.-The point of
saturation" In automobiles cannot be
foretold. The number Of persons who
buy new cars every season or every
other season Is increasing, and the
old car finds a purchaser and con.
tinues its way through the streets. The
man who gets a car will never there
after go without IL he can possibly sf-
ford to keep machine. 1t may be
that in few years everybody in sthe
District will own car. II the popula-
ton of the District be divided by the
number of cars 1t will show that We
have very nearly reached the point
where every family has a car.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
Increase in Automobiles,

In round numbers there are Zoe, 900
motor machines In operation in the
District, and during the last fiscal
year there was an increase Of 10000.
That there are SO many meteor vehicles
in the Capital will perhaps surprise
most persons. Few persons take note
Of license numbers, but those who do
frequently see District license plates
bearing numbers between $4,000 and
100000. That there should be an in.
crease Of 10000 cars in a single year,
according to the report Of the chief Of
the traffic bureau, will impress many
citizens as remarkable.
There is no EVIDENCE Of a halt in
the purchase Of machines. Reports Of
increased output come from all the
companies making cars. In Washing
ton salesrooms multiply and buyers
come so fast that usually they have to
wait weeks for the delivery Of new
cars. Places for the sale of automobile
accessories AeQEish Throughout the
Evening star., 1923-09-08
The Great Sidestep.

MuSSoilnl wins. Ihat Is the br1efe st
possible statement of the verdict rem.
dfred in the latest European crisis,
which has put the league of nations to
! the test of efficiency and prestige.
Whether the league actually loses de-
| pends upon the paint Of view. Greece
quite naturally loses. The council of
! ambassadors has "sayed its face" by
adopting a settlement" which is yir.
tually nrecondemnation of Greece
without inquiry, but with the show of
an international procedure.
1t Is doubtful whether an issue of
responsibility was ever before deter
mined upon such remarkable terms.
According to the note sent forth by
the council of ambassadors Greece
must Immediately acknowledge virtual
guilt, pay the fullest honors to the
aggrieved power, put big sum of
money in trust, pending Anal deter
mination of the amount to be paid,
and insure all possible speed in the
arrest and exemplary punishment" of
the assassins. But this procedure is
to be under International direction,
| with Japan, France, Great Britain and
Italy represented on a commission of
inquiry and prosecution.
In other words, according to the am.
bassadors. Greece is held guilty with.
out a trial. She must pay the fullest
honors to Italy and to the bodies of
the slain officers, must express formal
| regret through her highest military
| authority to the three allied powers at
Athens, must pay big sum in repara-
| tion and must. under the eyes Of a
court of which her accuser will be a
member, proceed to find and punish
the offenders.
This international commission. it is
to be noted, will not be a court of in
quiry to determine the facts and allot
the responsibility. For the responsible
ity Is determined in advance. Greece
is held guilty by the council of am.
| bassadors. So far as the news dis.
| patches have told there has been no
| trial, and no investigation. Some
speeches were made before the coun-
Gil of ambassadors and the decision
| was reached.
Meanwhile the league council at
Geneva is relieved. The issue has been
| carried past 1t to Paris. Mussolini's
refusal to recognize the league as com.
! petent to consider the question, mas.
| much as it involves the national
honor" made it necessary to evade
the point unless the member powers
! were ready and competent to compel
Italy to accept jurisdiction and submit
the question to determination. But
there was ne disposition to use force
! or even moral suasion.
OF course, it is most gratifying that
war has been avoided. Everybody is
happy to get out Of the affair without
further fighting. A few innocent
civilians in Corfu have been killed,
Greece is mulcted in a sum of money,
the league remains intact, the real
power has been shifted from Geneva
to Paris, from the league to the eeun-
ell Of ambassadors, and Mussoiini re-
mains the dictator of Italy and has
gained bit toward his greater OBJ.
jective.
But suppose Greece had been a
stronger power! Would even as much
have been saved in the way of inter-
national peace?
Evening star., 1923-09-08
Physical Tests for Public Servant

Entrants to the classified civil serv-
ice Of the United States are now sub
ject to physical examination as well
as to educational tests, and such ex-
aminations, conforming to a plan Of
the Civil Service Commission based on
an executive order promulgated by
: President Harding two days before he
left Washington for Alaska, are now
being held at various places in the
country. The executive order and
plan of the Civil Service Commission
do not apply to employees already in
the classified service, but under the
present regulations any person who
has been certified by the commission
for appointment to a vacancy must
undergo physical examination at a
marine hospital or a station of the
United States public health service be-
fOre qualifying for appointment in the
classified service.
It is believed that the new system
will work to the benefit Of the govern
ment and to advantage of applicants
for place, in that the examination will
acquaint them with any defects they
may have, and will prevent them as
Stunning duties which they are not able
to perform. 1t is not to be understood
that the Civil Service Commission has
heretofore certified persons to appoint
ment under the government without
inquiry as to their health. Each appli-
Z cant has been required to submit a
sworn statement ~ to his health or .
Evening star., 1923-09-08

He that complies against his will is
of the same opinion STILL
Q. How many pounds of tea were
involved in the Boston tea party?-
H. d. T.
A. Accounts of the Boston tea
party do not make this clear. The
duty was three pence per pound, and
the value of the 342 chests of tea was
$4,000 English pounds.
Q. Did George Washington ever
G. II.
A. Washington was given q com
mission as major and a place on his
staff by Gen. Braddock in 1855.
penses in its administration of Pales-
tine -H. B. v.
A. For the fiscal year ending April
1923, the British administration OF
Palestine incurred deficit of about
$3.50, 900.
@. Is there any machine that will
detect the presence of people if they
are absolutely quiet?-A. H. G..
A. A wartime instrument credited
to American ingenuity would, 1t is
claimed, register heat radiations from
said to be another instrument that
will detect the heat from an ordinary
candle at a distance of two miles.
Q. When did Houdini win a trophy
as an aviator?-R. V. K.
A. He won the Australian trophy
Cor the first successful flight with
q heavier-than-a machine on March
16, 1910.
@. Can postmaster charge 90
eents for registering a letter?-I.
A. The Post Office Department says
that on April l. 1923. the registry
fee was raised 10 cents, making this
fee 20 cents. BY this extension an
indemnity may be claimed not exceed
ing 500. Before this new ruling was
put into effect the amount of in
demnity claimed for lost registered
letters was $50.
Q. Why do geysers erupt?-H
A. The Investigations of Bunsen In
the geyser region of Iceland have
been generally accepted by geologists
as an explanation of the origin and
activity Of geysers. By seepage from
the surface, the geyser tube is filled
with column of water which, at a
considerable depth, receives heat from
buried lava flows or other volcanic
sources. When the temperature in
the lower part of the tube is raised
to such point that the water boils in
spite Of the column above, portion
of the water is changed into steam
and by expansion causes an overflow
at the surface. Thus relieved OF
pressure, a large quantity of water
flashes into steam and elects the
whole column violently into the air.
II the circulation of the waters be
impeded by throwing stones into the
geyser tube, the eruption can often
be hastened. Geysers in many cases
were originally het springs. from
which they have gradually developed
by building and extending their tubes.
Q. What is a limequat?-B. L. I.
A. The Unequal is cross between
West India lime and the kumquat
orange. 1t is very much like the lime
in quality and flavor and has the
hardness of the kumquat. The lime
is sensitive to cold to a degree that
makes the production of the fruit un-
certain in Florida.
(Send your questions to the Star In
formation Bureau. Frederic J. Haskins
director, 1920 North Capitol street. II
dnsloers are desired. names and dd-
dresses MUST be giren. No research
work is done on letters signed ,cith in
itials only. Enclose cents in stamps
for return postG9e)
Evening star., 1923-09-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Il
@. Please tell me when the fire in
Stumph & Lyford's occurred and how
many people were killed. Where was
| the sale of damaged furniture heidi
A. v. o.
| A. The fire department says that
the fire occurred at 1851 am, Septem-
ber II, 1894. Four or Ave citizens
| lost their lives and one fireman was
injured. No record is available about
the fire sale.
M. A. ].
| A, This is the property at 622
cupied by the Central Union Mission.
| The building has been condemned
| and will be torn down to make way
for new mission.
T. Z 4. fGu'd e. Alaska become a s'"te'-
A. If Congress should pass an en-
! state.
Q. What is simple test for min
eral water? ! wish the water to put
4. e. ". sas batteries of my "a'A'ns'-H'
A. The geological survey says that
| II placing a few grains of nitrate OF
silver In the water does not turn
the water milky. 1t is free from min
eral and can be used in the batteries
| of your machine. Rain water is pure
and good for this purpose.
@. Kindly let me know when the
Canadian dollar was worth more than
| the American dollar?-H. j. n.
A. The Federal Reserve Board says
| hat m
October %, 1922, the Canadian dollar
| was above par in the United States
the quotation on same being s1.00806s
lseptember 80 and s1.0013ss October 25
@. OF how many Presidents of the
United States have medallions been
| made?-L+ Il.
A. These medals have been made
for each President of the United
States since George Washington
They may be purchased from the mint
medal Will be coined for President
Harding. 1t will be sold for s1.52
On one side appears the face of Presi-
dent Harding and on the other the
date of his birth, inauguration and
death.
Q. When did Maude Royden preach
at the City Temple in London?-E. G.
A. Maude Royden was assistant
preacher at the City Temple from 1917
| to 1920. She is the first woman
preacher of England.
@. Is 1t proper to sign a letter
Your humble servant?"-D. C. B.
A. The superscription. Your hum
BILE servant" is no longer good form
! 1t is an expression that was used
many years ago and should now be
avoided.
O.: What causes cataract of the
eye?-H. G.
A. Cataract is an opaque condition
of the eye or its capsule. resultfR g
from an injury to the lens or imper-
| feet development.
Q. How many transients visit New
York each day?-D. L. J.
A. 1t is now estimated that 500, ,0ee
transients are in that city daily.
Q. Who designed the Vatican gar
dens?-H. c. B.
| A. The great Italian painter Ra-
phael designed them.
oeWho said "A man convinced
against his will. is of the same opin-
! ion still ?"-L H.
\ A. The quotation is a paraphrase
| OF line in "Hudibras" by Butler
Evening star., 1923-09-08
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

No American interest in Japan has
been dealt a heavier blow than the
destruction of the Japan Advertiser
premises in Toxic. That American
owned and AmeEican-conducted Eng
property Of a Philadelphian. b. W.
Fleisher, for more than a decade has
been = vital factor in far eastern
life, commerce and politics. Every
Japanese who could read English
studied 1t religiously. 1t maintained
a foreign news service that would
have done credit to q metropolitan
daily in the United States, with its
own correspondents In and special
dispatches from Washington, London,
Peking, MAMMA and Shanghai The
Advertisers circulation was double
the combined circulations of all other
foreign dulles published in Japan.
Its daily edition ran to q dozen pages,
and on Sunday to twenty-four or
thirty. Mr.. Eleisher, member of the
Philadelphia family prominently
identified with the yarn industry.
his American friends and business
associates are confident the Adver-
tiser, Phoenix-like, will rise again In
even increased vigor and vitality.
The University of Michigan has ex-
tended an invitation to Robert
Bridges, poet laureate of Great Brit
ain, to fill the Fellowship of crea-
tive arts" at Ann Arhor for the
coming year. The terms of the fellow
ship, unique in American intellectual
life and the foundation of former
Gov. Chase S. Osborn of Michigan,
are: simply to pay the incumbent
a salary which will allow him to live
without worrying over means of sub
sistence, to provide working facili-
ties. to relieve him of all academic
duties, and to allow him to work at
the production of his own pictures,
poems or whatever la 1t lii, may an be-; 70
Ann Arhor or not has not been an
nouneed. John Bull would survive his
absence. Bridges was awarded Tenny-
sons crown in 1913. but has con-
spicuously failed to stir Britain's SEN
timentaI emotions. He signally missed
fire during the war. Rudyard kipling
laureateship.
Capt. Luke McNamee, chief of naval
lnIGlllSSHSc, SoihCo AoA "AeAa
what he terms q fair sporting propo-
sition. The Navy having accemmo-
dated the Army. he says. with three
obsolete battleships for the purpose
of showing how easily airplanes can
bom6 them to death, McNsInee thinks
Gen. BILLY Mitchell of the Army air
service ought now to hand over three
obsolete airplanes to the Navy. These,
the gallant sailorman proposes.
should bs anchored In the sky, shelled
With naval anti-aircraft guns and
bembarded with shEapnel, and then.
when they've been brought down, 1t
shall be duly proclaimed that the air
plane has outlivsd its ussfulnsss. All
Of which shows what the Navy thinks
Of the recent bombing tests of Cape
HettsFsa
+ 4 \ y
Several weeks ago u was definitely.
though net officially, announced in
Lendon that Col Georgs Harvey
would arrive in England in September
for the purpose Of presenting his
letters of recall. The British gov
ernment. therefore. takes for granted
that the colonel Is making his fare
wsA wit In m siAsial eaaseity. And