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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22
There's a Difference
Huntsville Times)

Flirting the gravel is going right ahead throughout the city, including the suburbs. The dust has been flying to no avail ex- cept to breed colds and inconven- fence to travel, but the flirting of dirt before blows, shovels, wag- ons and general excavating tools has to do with the erection of monster industrial plants and sub stantial business structures. For the latter we can stand, but as against the useless dust we are an everlasting foe. Build roads, oil them; build good streets, sprinkle them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22
Home-Owning and Thrift
(Anniston Star)

Home owning is on the increase in Alabama, and the sign is an encouraging one. Home-owning is an evidence of thrift. It is more-it is an evidence of pros- perity and a promise of progress. Statistics gathered by the United States department of commerce show that some-owners in Ala bama in 1920 constituted 339 per 1000 families. In the country at large there were 456 home-owning families to, the 1000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22
Highest Type of Citizen

(Oneonta Southern Democrat)
 The highest type of citizenship is not found in the man who works only one or two days a week at big price, hut in the man who finds something to do all the time that will either bene- fit himself or be of benefit 10 nt thers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22
Their LiGhts an Index

(Talladega Daily Home)
 Yes, it is easy to tell lady or gentleman, even in passing car at night. Either will first slow down, and then dim the lights until all possible danger is passed. before hitting out. Such rarely have accidents when meeting the same kind on the road, or any where else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22

When a generously inclined man in- herits fortune, the accumulation of popularity is about the easiest thing he can find to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22
The Tax Burden
(Gadsden Times-News)

(GadSden TlmeS-NeWS)
 Industry has to pay the taxes with which the interest is paid on bonds which pay no taxes. The very fact that they are an investment which is as secure as any investment can be and should be sufficient. The, added inducc- ment is hardly necessary. It makes the securing of funds for the various governments too easy and it makes the securing of funds for industrial and business expansion too hard. Taxes have now become so high that invest ing money in federal, state or municipal securities has become more profitable than investing in railroads, mills or other industry or business. The situation is lap idly reaching the point where some adjustment will be found necessary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22

There is widespread suspicion that MT. Lloyd George is too much of a diplomat to say what he thinks of the Magnus Johnson brand of statesman ship until after he returns home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22

There are rumors that President Coolidge and his secretary are not get ting along very well. Perhaps the lat ter, being a politician, insists on talk ing by the yard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22

There are many men in every city who live on their capacity to repudiate honest debts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22
A Hard Job

(Guntersville Democrat)
 It is hard enough for man who has always worked to put in full day until he grows old. How much harder it must be for the aristocrats who come Europe to buckle down to real work? But they do so, very much to their credit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22

Some young women are so self conscious that they color up when anybody mentions art.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22

Society should not be blamed for all the misfits who manage to get into it..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22
THE AGE-HERAL.D

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post office as second class matter under act of Congress, March 6, 1879. |"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22
The Golf Widows Revenge


 The golfer had returned.
 All summer he had been playing golf, leaving his faithful wife at home "a golf widow.
 But now the. golfing season had ended and he had come back to the bosom of his family, resolved never home to roam.
 Silence greeted him as he entered the door. The faithful wife was not there. Searching the empty rooms, he found note pinned to the parlor lamp shade. It reads. "I have learned Nah Jongg."
 That was all-but it was enough. "Migod!" he cried. "A Nah Jongg widowerw- Duke.
 Another psychoanalyst comes to bat with Ten Commandments guaranteed to solve all the problems of matrimony. But why new decalogue when the old one built by Moses is still hitting on all cylinders? In woodland dells
 Arise the smells
 of balsam and of pine,
 But in my home
 Strong odors roam
 Of paint and turpentine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22
THE ALABAMA PRESS
What Men Tell Their Wives
(Eufaula Citizen)

IA man never tells his wife when he goes home that he and bunch of fellows chewed the rag. He al- ways says we were in conference. Not so when he refers to his wife's tea party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22
Tkazss8||1eORCH IBEARER
The Nickelodeon

I remember, remember,
 An! many years ago, When only lowbrows went to see
 A moving picture show. It was a nickel movement then
 In some abandoned house. It was boon to weary men
 Who slept away souse. And if a fellow asked his girl
 To see a jitney fillum Her lip assumed scornful curl
 As if she yearned to killum, She handed him the frfgid air
 And spoke in accents rough And haughtily she asked him where He got that kind of stuff. But now great palaces arise
 Along the gleaming ways, Where highbrowed mortals feast their
 eyes
 On lavish photoplays. Mid sparkling gems and diadems
 The silken garments swish, And social lights on opening nights
 Appear in soup and fish.
 Some call it the silent drama, but there are times when dumb drama would be more appropriate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22

The Chesterfieldian Straphanger He was modern Chesterfield,
 A polished sort of chap, For when he had no seat to yield
 He gave a dame his strap.
 By all means let us eliminate the French language from the bill of fare. How much more edifying it is to hear waiter articulating in perfect Eng fish: "Bolla zoop! Rossbiff! Pitts piew
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22

I. THOMPSON. President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-22
Tenper


 He. smiled smile of unconcern when dire misfortune came. His business went up the flue, his house went up in flame, and still, in spite of all, he kept on smiling just the same. He smiled when debts went piling up and bills came rolling in; he smiled when neighbors filled the night with photographic din; all undisturbed and undismayed, he wore cheer ful grin.
 But when his caddy whispered as he stood upon the tee his wrath was like the fury of tempest on the lea, or like tropic hurricane that roars across the sea.
 'It's about time," he said, dropping a clipping on our desk and fading away into the hall ere we had time to ask an explanation of his cryptic remark. Unfolding the clipping, We read as follows:
 URGES MENTAL TESTS FOR ALL
 WISHING TO WE'D
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26

Some time when in need of an all
around good cheering up, turn to the
compendium of Christian names in
the back of a dictionary and ponder
the skill of the general public in
naming its children wrongly. There
was a man with the govt who did this
once and it made him laugh so
naturally that he forgot his ailment
for an hour.
After looking up his own name,
which was Henry, and finding it de-
rived from the German, and meaning
The Gracious Gift of God, he was
intrigued, and went on to look up
other names, and so his JOY began.
The man who lived next door to
Henry was a man who, to Henry,
seemed as appropriately named as
was he himself. He was an extreme
ly henpecked man, having wife who
stood five feet ten and weighed 201
This man was called Archibald.
And then Henry sought Archibald
in his dictionary and found that it
meant in the original German Ex-
tremely Bold. And Leander, which
was Archibald's middle name, meant
Lion Man.
Presently Henry looked up Owen,
which was the name of the neighbor
on the other side of the house, a man
of vast proportions, and volcanic
temper. who was vaguely believed to
come home late from the country
club and spank his wife with q golf
stick. And Henry found that owen
meant A Lamb.
Then there was Thaddeus, who
lived across the street and had an
income that relieved him of work.
and who certainly would have died
If he hadn't had that income, being
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26
Mark Twain's Literary Hoax

(Here is famous passage from
Mark Twain's "a Double Barreled
Detective Story" The whole pass
age is an elaborate hoax, as indicated
by the lilacs blooming in October and
the esophagus described as bird.
Many letters came to Mark Twain
demanding an explanatory 1t was
crisp and spicy morning in early
october. The lilacs and laburnums,
lit with the glory fires of autumn,
hung burning and flashing in the
upper air, a fairy bridge provided by
kind nature for the wingless wild
things that have their home in the
tree tops and would visit together;
the larch and the pomegranate flung
the purple and yellow flames in bril-
liant broad splashes along the slant
ing sweep Of woodland. the sensuous
fragrance of innumerable deciduous
flowers rose upon the swooning
atmosphere. far in the empty sky a
solitary esophagus slept upon
motionless wing; everywhere brooded
stiffness, serenity, and the peace of
God"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26
MARX anb PIav

The two principal things in life are
work and play. Everybody ought to
do both in proper proportions, sys-
tema tically, rcligiously. To fail to do
either is perious. To overdo one and
fail to do the other is foolish. EX-
tIemists do not know how to balance
these two obligations Alright. One
person believes in work, work, and
more work. He has too many irons
in the fire. He tries to do so much
work that he spreads his output over
a large area. and naturally it becomes
thin. The quantity gets the best of
quality. This persons work soon be-
comes self-slavery. He drives his
tired, aching body when it ought to
seek diversion and relaxation. He
gets old prematurely. He wears out
before his time. Wearing out under
these conditions Is about as bad as
rusting out under other conditions
Grit,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26

the most ignorant man in the neigh
borhoOd. And Thaddeus turned out
to mean The Wise One. And there
was Phillip, who used to live in the
Italian villa down on the corner, but
who lost all his money on a race
horse and then one day went out and
shot them with rifle and went away
to MeXico-and his name meant
One Who Loves His Horses.
And there was Henry's married sis
ter, whom he had all his life strivcn
to silence in an argument without
ever succeeding, and her name. being
Etheling, meant Noble Snake, and
this SO deeply pleased him that he
rose out of bed and walked right
down to the telephone on his equity
foot and told his sister all about her.
self. with Celebrations. becoming one
of the happiest, most contented men
as he did It,
And he stayed thus happy until he
sought the meaning of his own mid
die name. and found it. The name
was Eustace. Eustace is Germanic.
and means Man of Good HEALTH
New York Sun,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26

Gloria was very, very sentimental;
she spelled Romance with capital;
she dreamed day and night OF Love,
Home, Husband and Children.
She was 20 when she first met her
first ideal, but he proved much more
mercenary than he seemed. for he
married her best friend who was
very very rich. Gloria's heart how
ever, was caught in the rebound a
year later when she met her second
ideal. He was rather older than she
and liked intellectual girls. which is
the only way to explain his marry
ing her chum, who was very, very
clever.
BY this time Gloria's twin sisters
were quite grown up. One was very,
very beautiful and the other had q
very daring. dashing style, and they
married Gloria's third and fourth
ideals.
once more Gloria tried to make
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26
The Lure of the Durian-Tree

Desperate fights over the ownership
of duriantrees are of yearly occur
renee. Sometimes, when a tree has
been found near a border-line, en-
tire villagea have been wiped out in
the struggle to- possess it.
This Unfortunately coveted fruit is
about the size of the pineapple. 1t has
a green husk armed with tough, half
inch spikes. Although the husk is ex-
ceedingly tough, it can easily be cut
or pried open. The fruit itself is di-
vided into five or six sections not un-
like those of an orange. In each of
these is a seed about the size Of
marble. One eats the fruit section by
section, sucking it from the seed. I'm
fortunately, no one in this part of the
world is likely ever to taste it. 1t ii
pens far too quickly for export. The
tree on which it grows is sixty to
seventy feet high and resembles the
elm but has a smoother bark. Since
the fruit drops to the ground when it
ripens, the natives do not climb for
it. AS the season approaches, they
build huts about the tree and watch.
They are careful lest the falling fruit
drop on them, for it's sharp spikes in
f1ict terrible. bleeding wounds.
1t is impossible to compare this
fruit, with it's extraordinary Odor and
favor, to any other. A cart-load OF
durians can be smelled long before it
comes into sight. TO western nostrils,
this odor is peculiarly disgusting. 1
was so repealed by it that had been
in the Malay Peninsula for eight
years before l ate a single fruit. The
natives would say: "Taste-good-it
makes you hot. But | would draw
one breath of that odor-and shake
my head. The first time l tried the
fruit. 1 did so gingerly. holding my
nose. A group of natives gathered
round me, eager to have me like this
supreme delicacy. laughing at my
grimaces. The first taste left me in
doubt. the second convinced me that
it might be good and the third that it
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26
Situations Wanted Male
FINANCIAL
Business OPPORTUNITIES

MAN WANTED-To omen
office. Act as exclusive wholesale dis
tributor in several counties for the
famous Air Gage Tubes and other
Paul Products now being advertised
in the Saturday Evening Post and
other ma gaines reaching twenty
million readers monthly. Must be
capable of organizing and managing
large sales force covering every town
and village in territory allotted. We
already have large number agents
working in your territory who we
could turn over to YOU immediately.
You should have $1.00o.00 to 100000
capital to finance stock merchandise.
We give exclusive protection in ter
ritory. Wonderful opportunity to es-
tahlish unusually profitable and per
manent business of your own. Wire
or write President. Paul Rubber Com
panN, Salisbury. y. Z.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26
CQMIhG EVENTS

June 25-Aug. 81 Of M. Summer
July lo-Aus. 1o-Bates Summer
'u G,n al.Ahus. 4-1osrd Infantry at
'uy sS-Piscataquls Democratic wom-
en- Dover-Foxcroft.
suly zs-Aug. 11-Unitarian Laymen's
p es,s'us institute. Isle Of Shoals.
'uy so.Annual meeting State Plumb
Ju,,s :. association. Island Park.
liz sVI,A Ug. 4-3sth annual reunion
Ins snp Bolan, Long Island. Portland.
us. l-kennebec Democratic women,
augusta City hall.
cE.. Third Maine Regiment Asso-
AM a,lon 4sth reunion. Augusta.
Avs ss-kennebec Pomona. Mt. Vernon.
Ans SS0oMonmouth Academy reunion.
G;r, .9.CEastern Maine Boys and
Maine. 'oui ~ ohi'eisi'' "a
Rcv !.ss-Western and Central Maine
i stsss ana Girls Clubs tour to Lew
Ans ,ston q and Auburn.
Ausi,t g:zO-Richmond campmeeting.
Ius sr!ie-Richmond Centennial.
Ius iIsiS-Old Home day. Yarmouth.
I'll ,r.ie-tIfteenth Maine Regimen
Ans esooys river.
"a sS,; l.Sc.ll,s--Encampment and tour Of
tiory.,, t1eld Artillery units Of Ma
Aur ~ guard, Camp Keyes, Augusta.
s,,, ,s0Ll-Maine Christian Endeavor
Win nthssre. school. Y. NJ c. A. Camp.
is-lS-Annual meeting Of Maine
BANG, Undertakers' Association.
aug. lS--Hancock County Farmers
An msid day. Eden.
saocc.,.toliver Hall School Reunion,
Aug eeiatlon. Garland.
Grews,roo,- Field day Of Maine Potato
Stats stiau Exchange. at Experiment
Aug ~ Farm, Presque Isle
C;ir,s, somerset County Boys and
At Adams. ioDs' Ne'u o"''
ccet -Field day of Penobscot, Han
Univannao Waldo Pomona Oranges, at
Aug 'y,ersity of Maine campus. Orono.
sum- ST. zsl.se-New England Baptist
Aug. az school, Ocean Park.
5eth maine Pathological Society,
anniversary. Highmoor Farm.
anaIss.2;S-Knox Academy of Arts
Sciant;,Nences host to Naturalists and
Aug % Rockland.
L. p,flerce Reunion, at home of
Aug. ), s!erce, Wade road, Augusta.
/, tursrs, c1LNew England Grange Lee
aug 22NiaaLLe rence. Amherst. Mass.
18th Maine Regimental AS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26

her dreams come true, but when she
found her fifth ideal preferred her
cousin, who had what is known as
charm, she decided to abandon the
chase, and from that time on she de-
voted her life to writing realistic
stories. She wrote of Love that was
real and lasting; she created Homes
where the servant question was un
known; she had new husband
whenever she desired without the
dren did exactly as they should with
out any tiresome study of Child Gull
ture.
Altogether she had much more
satisfying and satisfactory existence
than any of the wives Of her five
ideals.-Katherine Negley in Judge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26
ISOLATION annual meeting, East Va

soclatlon annual meeting, East vas
salboro.
Aug. 2o-New England Fat Mems Club
annual meeting. Portland.
Aug. 23-24-Centennial North Arson
Academy.
Aug. 2s-Knox and Lincoln Boys and
Girls Clubs tour to Augusta.
Aug. 2S-30-Androscoggin Vale y fair,
Canton.
Sept. 3-Labor day.
Sept. 5-7--Annual convention. Depart
ment of Maine, American Legion,
Pressure Isle.
Sept. 9-Westbrook. Portland, Bath.
Brunswick. Camden, Eastport, Ken
nebunk. Saco. Rockland and Bidde-
ford Daylight Saving ends.
Sept. 1S-21-Maine State Federation
Of Women's Clubs annual meeting,
Bar HarbOr.
Sept. 19-21-Maine Pharmaceutical As.
ISOLATION. Poland Springs.
Sept 24-26-Maine Universalist state
convention, Rockland.
Oct, 3-5-Maine w. C. T. u. annual
State convention. Pittsfield.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26
Newell C., Mansir

The community was saddened Mon
day. July %. to learn of the death of
Newell c. Mansir. proprietor of Carry
Pond Camps, whose home was in
Holyolle, Mass. For several weeks Mr..
Mansir has been staying in his own
private camp at Carry Pond, where
everything possible has been done to
make him comfortable. A trained
nurse has been in attendance all the
time and a physician part of the time.
Since the death of his wife in April.
1922, Mr. Mansir has been in failing
health. His age was SO years. He
leaves an aged mother and one, brother,
who are the only near relatives. al
though he leaves host of friends who
mourn the loss of this kind hearted
man.
A short service was held at Carry
Pond Tuesday afternoon and the re-
mains were taken to Holyoke, where
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26

1t is sterilized and then beaten to n
pulp. 1t is compressed by a special
machine, which rolls 1t out into
sheets a sixth of mile long. Three
or four bungalows can be built out
of each one of these enormous sheets,
and the peculiar quality of the sugar,
cane house is that it is proof against
both sound and heat, and so provides
quiet home which is cool in sum-
mer and warm in winter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26
good. The fruit is creamlike

was good. The fruit is creamlike in
substance. IL the meat of a banana
were squashed and mixed with an
equal quantity of rich cream. a small
quantity of chocolate and enough
garlic to lend a strong taste to the
whole. the result would be about the
nearest possible approach to the
flavor and consistency of the DURAN.
At the same time, the flavor is ex-
IA emely delicate and. Of course. in
describably rich. Before l left, had
grown intensely fond Of it. And writ
ing of lit now fills me with a longing
to eat a DURAN this minute.-Erom
A Tiger, Rhineo and the Ghost
Mountain. by Charles Mayer, in Asia
Magazine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26
Bungalow. Built Of suaarcane.

Until recently. half a million tons
of cane were being cast away an
nually as refuse. from the sugar
factories of Louisiana. Today, as the
result of two years of experimental
work, houses are being made of a
new material which can now be made
of this waste sugar cane. Hitherto,
after the sweet juice has been pressed
out of the cane, the PUPPY stalk has
been burned. but by this new process
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26

A patient workman has just finish
ed cabinet, consisting of 4S.300
pieces of wood and other materials. II
is of pedestal design, has decorative.
bordern and corners, contains an or
namental clock and Is further embel-
lished with pictures of noted men and
an American flag,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26
BINGHAM

PLEASANT RIDGE-Mrs. Helen
Benner and son Philip of Skowhegan
are guests of Mrs. Benner's grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George An
drews.
Edgar Nodine at Rowe Pond is ex-
pecting his electric lighting plant this
week.
Willis Locke of Mt. Vernon was in
town over the weekend.
Harry Greenlaw finished having
Saturday and has gone to Moscow to
cut lumber for F. s. Hunnewell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26

While the art of lacquer work was
first known to the Chinese and taught
by them to the Japanese, this latter
nation has so far excelled all others
that authorities have said lacquer
in all its uses and decorations Is q
truly Japanese belonging.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26

John Thompson was in town Friday
buying material for shovel blocks
which Forrest and Nasser Bean are to
make.
John Cahill of Bingham and crew Of
men are cutting the hay on Mrs. En-
ma Healy's farm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26
have been announced by the Univef-
by Beck

have been announced by the Univef-
sity Committee.
They are w. d. Macpherson (Har-
row x Trinity, Scholar of Trinity,
and Captain of the Real Tennis
Team, who will go to Harvard; F..
G. Moule weymouth and Emmanuel
College,, Scholar OF Emmanuel. and
a Rugby football player. who will go
to Yale: and II. st ID. Netleton elton
and Kings College,, Scholar of
Kings. lightweight boxer, oarsman
and actor, who will go to Princeton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26

Many locomotive engineers regard
it as unlucky to enter the cab with
the left foot frst.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26

Cambridge, July 10,-(A. i. by
Mail)-The winners of the II. j..
Dawson scholarships for 1923-4
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-26

arrangements will be made for the
funeral