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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-31

 young man desires to meet her all he has to do is to go up and speak to her or ask her to dance.- To show what, the men of Europe think of American girls, 1t is not at all an unusual sight to see them sitting while chatting with girl standing at their elbow. It is absurd to assume that the French, with their rec ord of courtliness and grace of man ner, do not know any better; it is sim ply that they have no respect for the American girl"
 I hesitate to cast any reflection on the kind of places and the type of Americans and French this lady saw while abroad, and yet anyone who has been in Paris either frequently or re- gently is forced to the conclusion that she went to strangevand unusual places. They, and the type of person who ire quents them, can be found in any coun- try or city of the world but they are not typical. When I was in Baltimore last } year I happened to drop into a vaude- ville theater, where I saw perform anc& xcere loud and vulgar than any I have eyer seen in any other city, either in Europe or America Yet that Is not typical of Baltimore.
 I have but lately returned from a three months trip abroad, the majority of these months being spent in Paris. | was also there last year and many times before. I imagine that have seen as many and as varied c;des of Paris as anyone. I have gone to many cabarets and supper places, many sup posedly very gay and what we would call Bohemian. have never seen an American girl spoken to or invited to dance by man whom she did not know, nor have seen a Frenchman rude or disrespectful to a girl unless she was quite obviously the type that wanted or invited it. And even then, though he might speak to her without an intro dnction, he was generally meticulously polite. After all, the girl who wishes to be spoken to without an introduction does not have to go to Paris to achieve it and the girl who does not wish this to happen can quite as eaiily control 1t in Paris as anywhere else.
 PersonalIy, I distinctly resent the as. sertion that the foreigner has no respect for the American girl. Ten or fifteen years ago this foreigner did not quite understand the independence of the young girl from America; today that is no longer the case. The girl who is not hunting for and desiring imper- thence will receive no morei of it in France than she will here. The for eigner has, on the contrary, a great respect and admiration for the fine American girl. The other type may stay here or go abroad; she will re- ceiye the treatment she desires in either place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-31
Little Stories For Bedtime
Reddy Fox Does A Mean Thing
fBy THORNrON BURCEss

D EDDY FOX had tried all the old h tricks he could think of with
 which to fool Bowser the Hound snd not one of them had succeeded. It was clear that Bowser was wiser than he used to be and knew just what to do when his wonderful nose told him that Teddy had done something to make q break in his trail. Reddy had tried jumping far to one side from a stump. He had tried mixing his trail by criss- crossing it. He had tried jumping from stone to stone in the Laughing Brook. He had tried running in the shallow water. He had tried everything he could think of and every time Bowser Lad been smart enough to see through the trick and Reddy had gained only time enough to get his breath.
 There was one thing he could do, but which he wouldn't do unless he abso- lutely had to. He could make, straight for his home, his underground house. Once there hel would be safe for the time being, anyway. But to do that would be to lead Bowser straight to l.that house and then Bowser would know where it was and this might lead to all kinds of trouble. He knew what Granny Fox would say if he did such thing. No, he must think of some other way of getting rid of Bowser, some new trick. He was getting tired. He wasn't in the best condition to run. He was too fat with good living. He lost his breath too easily.
 Suddenly into Reddy's head popped the memory of how only few nights before three dogs had chased Lightfoot the Deer. He had seen that chase and the terrible eagerness with which those dogs had followed Lightfoot's trail. Probably Bowssr the Hound would rather hunt Lightfoot than hunt him. He began to wonder-what would happen if he! should just happen, mind you, 10 cross Lighafoot's trail. Then a thought, mean thought, came to him. Why not try it and see what would happen? At first he put that mean thought away from him, but, the more tired he grew and the more certain he became that he could not get rid of Bowser with his usual tricks, the more that thought persisted.
 He was nearer Lightfoot's hiding place in the daytime. He wondered if Lightfoot was there now. "Bow-wow- Svow" roared Bowser only little way behind him. Reddy shivered and headed straight for that favorite hiding place of Lightfoot's. As he drew near he heard crash in the bush ahead and he knew what it meant. Lightfoot had bounded to his feet and was bounding away in sudden fright. Straight on ran Reddy into the thicket, where Lightfoot had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-31
\ NEW BUILDING MATERIAL

A company has recently been organ ized to make a new building material similar to concrete, but which IS reaIly q combination of Portland cement ana nineralized sawdust. It is claimed to be cheaper, stronger and in nearly every way better than real concrete. Fms represents one of the many answers to the problem of saving forest waste and thereby lessening forest destruc- tion.-Nature Magazine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-31
PLAYERS $ssASs ;s s;. If :$ss;s .: :s & PIANOS :s'i $: vii ::s ::;. wat: 7:s
 money. Terms easy. E. E. FORBES & SONS PIANO co. 1922 srd Ave-, N. Birmingham Ala
sickly, Peevish Children

Children suffering from intestinal worms are cross, restless and un- healthy. There. are other symptoms, however. If the child is pale, has dark rings under the eyes, bad breath, and takes no interest in play, 1t Is almost a cert: IVY that worms are eating away it's vitality. The surest remedy Cor worms is Whites Cream Vermifuge. It is positive destruction to the worms but harmless to the child. Price S5c. Sold by Alleys Seven Stores.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-31

AN AN
 turned from Eur 0pe. She painted dramatically | pic. ture of Paris and its supposed influ- ence on the poor innocent American girl which was so hysterical and lun- true that I must answer it.
 Nowhere in Paris, '' she says, ifs an introduction to an American girl considered at
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-31
HARD LUCK

AHeartless Actress-"What, still alive! I thought you said you were going to shoot yourself when l refused you!'
 Love,Sick, Suitor-"So did but l missed !''-Passing Show, London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-31
PROOF

She-I showed father the verses you sent me He was pleased with theml He-Indeed! What did he say?
 She-He said he was delighted to find that I wasn't going to marry poet !- VikingenA Christania.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-31
My NeighborSGys

When making blue-watef, try adding a little common salt. This helps to distribute the color evenly, and prevents the clothes from looking streaked or patchy.
 Boil some vinegar in the tea kettle. This acid will act upon the alkaline deposit and cause it to soften and break away from the sides and bot tom. While still hot, scrape it out as thoroughly as possible. Then boil again with clean water. In future try placing an oyster shell in the kettle, the lime-the cause of the coating-will collect on that instead of on the kettle. This shell must, of course, be frequently renewed if it is really to be of use.
 A large safety pin is useful hold CT for old buttons or loose hooks and eles. Slip on the buttons, etc, close the safety pin, and you ghave every thing handy, easily seen, and always in order, whereas these small ar ticles get lost when loose in work basket.
 Should the knob come off the lid of a pan or kettle, a screw should be slipped through the hole with the head to the inside of the lid, and a cork screwed on the protruding end. This will make a knob that will not get hot and that can be removed when it becomes soiled.
 The unpleasant odor which arises from the boiling of sabbages or cauli- flower may be entirely prevented by placing q slice of bread over them ...hsln nnnLr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-31
American Girls s And The w avs
 Of Paris
By JULIA HOYT

A FEW days ago, I chaneed on an A interview given by the woman
 head of an American school. She
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-23
.SANT0 DOMINGO
CHIEF FETED
HERE
Gen. vasquez Given Cavalry
Escort and Entertained at
White House Luncheon

General Horacfo Vasquez, presi-
dent elect of Santo Domingo, was
received at the White House by
President Coolidge today. The
president elect and his party were
also entertained at luncheon by the
President, along with most Of the
official family of the President.
General VasqueZ is on a semi
official tour of the United States
before he is inaugurated. He ar
rived here yesterday afternoon ac-
companied by Joseph Flack, sec
rotary of the United States Lega-
ton in Santo Domingo, and Orme
Wilson, jr., representing the Presi-
dent and the Department Of State.
Mr.. Flack will act as aid to Gen.
eral Vasquez, during his stay In
the United States.
Upon his arrival at Union Sta
ton yesterday, General Vasquez was
met by J. Butler Wright, Third
Assistant Secretary of State, repre-
senting President Coolidge: Sumner
Welles, American Commissioner to
the Dominican Republic: Admiral
Edward w. Eberle, representing the
Secretary Of the Navy, and Briga-
der General Samuel D. Rochenbachs
representing the Secretary Of War,
Escorted By Cavalry.
AS the party emerged from the
station a troop of cavalry from
Fort Myer, came to salute and the
Army band played the national
anthem of the Dominican Republic,
followed by the Star.Spangled Ban
ner. Preceded by the military es.
cort, cars containing members Of
the party drove off as the salute
of twenty-one guns in honor of the
preSident-elect was being fired at
the Washington Navy Yard, going
direct to the Hotel Hamilton, where
the party win stay while in Wash
ington.
General Vasquez was rendered a
formal reception by the Secretary
OF State at IL o'clock this morning.
Doctor Leo 8. Rowe, director Of
the Pan-American Union, will give
a luncheon in honor of General Vas.
quez tomorrow at / o'clock, and on
Wednesday at 1870. General Vasquez
will be entertained at the Metro.
politan Club by Sumner Welles,
American commissioner to the re.
public.
NOtables at Luncheon.
Among those present at the lunch.
con today were Secretary Of State
Hughes Justice McKenna, Justics
McReynolds, the minister of the Do
minican republic, Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon, Secretary of War
Weeks, Attorney General Stone,
Secretary Of the Navy Wilbur, Sec
rotary of Agriculture Wallace, Sec.
rotary of Commerce Hoover, Secre-
tary Of Labor Davis, Congressman
Stephen G. Porter Of Pennsylvania,
Congressman John Jacob Rogers Of
Massachusetts, Admiral Edward W.
Eberle, Major General John A. Le-
jeune, Major General John L. Hines,
J. Butler Wright, Sumner Welles,
Brigadier General Samuel Rochen-
bach, Doctor Leo 8. Rowe, Senior
Jose del Carmen Aria, Senior AL
fredo Ricart, Senior FREDERICK AL.
vareZ, Colonel John D. Long, W. e.
Pulliam, Orme Wilson, jr., Captain
Adolphus Andrews and Colonel Glare
ence o. Sheriff..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-23
. TAKE lives,
F|FTHFA|LS IN
ATTEMPT
Three Men and Woman Die
From Gas and Bullet.
Other Man Dying
Continued from First Page)

Continued from First Page.l
Marshall Jones, city coroner. Clark
is survived by his widow and two
daughters.
Mrs. Miriam James, fifty-two, Of
the Highlands apartments, died in
Emergency Hospital yesterday from
the effects Of poison taken Friday
in her apartment, one month after
the death Of her husband, Francis
Bacon James, nationally known as
q lawyer, author and educator.
Girl Turns On Gas.
Miss Margaret Lynch, aged eigh-
teen, after being scolded by her
mother, went into the bathroom Of
her home at 111S Monroe street
northwest, and turned on the gas.
Smelling the escaping fumes the
girls mother traced them to the
bathroom and broke open the door.
Theg irl E'as found in an uncon.
scious condition and was rushed to
Garfield hospital.
Policeman w. A. Reith, Of No.
10 Precinct, administered first aid
and at the hospital 1t was reported
that she had $3.50 chance Of re-
coVery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-23
MAD00 AND SMITH DENY THEIR STRENGTH HAS BEEN
Pert Views Of Press
And Star Actors
Of Convention
BY international News Service.
THINGS thew SAYS.

Things they say:
Bryan, on McAdoo-'The
opposition of Wall street and
big business is fortunate for
McAdoo. Every kick from
Wall street is boost"
New York World, on Smith
He is without bunk or af-
fectation, without trick or eff
fort, the friend Of the plain
peope. They believe in him. !"
-McAdoo, on editors--"Wh
I would not say anything I'M
kind of the editors Of this im-
perial city, / feel quite sure
that the great mass of the dele
gates are at least equally as
well informed, on the issues of
the campaign as these editors"
New York Times, on the
Democratic platform 18th 9
league does not need endorse
ment from them, but they do
need to associate themselves
more positively than ever with
its advancing success"
Smith, on progresSivism-
"The progressive is one who,
recognizing evils in administra-
ton of the government, does
all he can to correct them.
The reactionary is Blind to
these and stands pat"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-23
The Tee1rling Times
By TINY TESSIE.

Vacation time 10 drawing near;
'tis time to hail It with good
Solicit for. vacation books, taxi.
your. simoleons from their hooks,
ali your ''unnerwears'' In suds'
And load yourself with all the
drivel known a. modern books.
vacation time 10 drawing near:
MOSQUITOES. starving for year,
Edge up their cherpe.t inolars and
They know when harvesting IL GOOD,
and how to get their daily food,
Though you buy all the oitronolle
sold In druggist shops.
The "whefe.to-eo' grown clouds
your PROV; you wish someone
To have good times innhmerablO
and yet save up your dough;
You want to be real good snort
and have nice men all pay you
Yet where IL such a Heaven on
Earth where real good girls can
No matter where you find your
sIn S.,, or park your Prophviac-
hush" or on q mountsfn TOP.
Two weeks will be your lonEest
session; next time you will use
Next time you have the wanderluat.
at home 10 where youth stop.
"PlOaso tCoIk into our porIor," SOos
the hotel olOrk'o best ss,are,
But notD tAey cannot spare the
space; they've tOdrO0nIS
Aoor1tpA1rA .N
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-23
GRIM TRAGEDY RESULTS
FROM FAMILY QUARREL

BISMARK, Mo-, June 2S.--Georse
PRESLEY, thirty.five years old, his
wife and their two.year-old son
old daughter seriously wounded ia
were found dead, and a four-year.
the PRESLEY farm home in the
thinly-settled hill section west OF
here In Iron county by officers
who went there to arrest PRESLEY
after he was alleged to have shot
his mother.in-law in a family quar-.
rel.
Police expressed the belief that
Presley shot the members of his
family and then turned the shot.
gun on himself.
Presley, according to reports.
shot his mother.in-law, Mrs. w, L.
McCWtcheson, when she and her
husband went to the PRESLEY home
to induce Mrs. PRESLEY to leave
her husband. Mrs. McCutcheson
was shot in the back, and her con-
dition is said to be serious.
Mrs. PRESLEY, It wasr eported.
twice before had been persuaded
by her parents to leave PRESLEY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-23
VALUE Of MAIL
LOOT IS NEAR
100000
Large Portion Of Stocks and
Bonds NegotiabIe-62
Sacks Total Loss

The value Of stocks ana bonds
taken in the Chicago mail robbery
may reach $2.0OO,OOO. according to
a report received today by Assistant
Postmaster General Bartlett from
Rush d: Simmons, chief postal in.
spector, who 10 directing the case
for the department in Chicago. Sim.
mons placed the estimate Of the
amount Of cash taken from the
train iby the robbers at $4,000.
The report OF the chief postal In.
spector indicated that q large por.
ton Of the haul Of stocks and bonds
are negotiable. although It is not
known what proportion. sixty.two
sacks Of registered mail, the value
Of which has not yet been esti.
mated, were reported as total
loss.
Four Of the ten men under in.
dictment for the hold.up are fusi-
tives, and were indicted for a SINH.
lar hold-up in Texas in 1921. In.
speCtor Simnona reported
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-23
ENGLISH ACTOR PLANS
SHAKESPEARE CARAVAN

LONDON, June 2S.-Shakespeare
on wheels, brought to ones door
Tor personal inspection, is the plan
OF +. r. Growcott, Shakespearean
actor, who intends to drive around
the country In a varavan built to
represent the room in which the
great poet and dramatist was horn.
Growcott will be dressed as Pc.
truchio, while the horse drawing
the caravan will wear sixteenth cen.
let.
Another caravan will represent
Ann Hathaway's cottage. AS the
tour proceeds. models OF Falcon Inn,
OLD Globe Theater and other STRAIT.
ford-on-Avon buildings associated
with ShAksapeara via BE- added
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-23
BRYAN H|TSHIGH
COP. TARIFF
RATES
commoner Says Policy Costs
Public $4,000, 900, ooo-Big
Interests Served
Continued from First Pagc)

Continued from First Pagc.)
the Republicans in their vOciferous
plea for tax reduction carefully
avoided a reduction in the burden
that goes into the pockets of the
beneficiarieS of protection and con.
fined their effOrs TO reductions that
diminished only such taxes as 60
into the Treasury.
But It is the income tax that
furnishes the easiest proof of the
republican party's partially toward
the rich.
Hits Mellon Plan.
The Mellon plan was the boldesi
iniquity attempted in many years
It was so notoriously unfair that
forty Republicans in the house
Joined the democrats in rejecting It
and seventeen Republicans Joined
the Democrats in substituting the
rates Of the Democratic substitute
There were enough progressive
Republicans in the Senate to en-
able the Democrats to convert the
revenue bin into a Democratic
measure.
Mr.. Mellon wanted to fix the
maximum surtax at Is per cent, but
the Democrats, with the aid Of the
progressive Republicans, fixed It al
40 per cent. No other cabinet Of
ficer has ever been kicked about
and cuffed and rolled in the dust az
Secretary Mellon has been, ana yet
he was given a great ovation al
Cleveland. He will get anything
but an ovation at the hands of the
Democrats
AS a result Of his efforts OF two
years ago to shift the burden Of
taxation from the rich to the poor
the Republicans lost seventy.six
seats In 1922 while the Democrats
did not lose one..
The record made by the Demo.
cratic Senators and members Of the
present Congress was the most
progressive made in many years
This convention cannot fail to en-.
dorse that record, and when It does
so, it will endorse the record Of the
progressive Republicans ,also--the
only endorsement that the Pro
gressive Republicans have received
this year.
The delegates are pouring in like
an army with banners--may they
all return happier than they come.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-23
RACING OSTRICH MEETS
DEATH. IN FIERCE FIGHT

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, June a.
BLACK Diamond" famous ostrich,
was killed.
The passing of the noted bird re.
calls the memorable event at Green.
vile, Ohio, seventeen years ago,
when BLACK Diamond" sprinted a
half mile in LOS, setting an Amer.
lean record which still stands.
BLACK Diamond" was killed In q
fight with six other ostrichcs at
the farm of Tom j. Cockburn, near
here. So fierce was the struggle
that the heavy fence about the
Enclosure in which the ostriches
were confined was splintered in
several places. Peace was restored
by attendants only after "Black
Diamond" lay mortally wounded.
BLACK Diamond" was fifty.nine
years old. He raced on many
tracks from California to New
England during a period Of fifteen
years and he never was defeated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-23
ACID PHOSPHATE HELPS
PLANTS SURVIVE FROST

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 2S.--Re.
cent experiments by soil experts at
Ohio State University have resulted
in important discoveries in the
cortification Of plants against late
frost.
Announcement to this effect FOL.
lowed examination Of tomato plants
In several experimental plots at the
university after the severe frost of
May %, which wiped out the tomato
crops Of many Ohio gardeners.
Acid phosphate, It was found,
when mixed with the soil, aids the
plant materially in withstanding the
frost. simultaneously, Il was
learned that the more manure the
soil contains the heavier the frost'l
toll --.-.--.-.-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-23
CITY ALL READY
To ENTERTA|N
EDUCATORS
10000 Delegates and Visitors
Expected for Convention.
Committee Plans

With the National Education AS.
ISOLATION conventions opening one
week away, local committees today
began putting the finishing touches
to the plans they have been work.
ing out for months.
The information committee, headed
by Charles Hart, principal of East
ern High School, has virtually COM
pleted arrangements for aiding visi-
tors and delegates in reaching their
stopping places, getting around the
city and being kept informed gen.
orally on convention matters. This
committee also is providing
luncheon for persons who attend the
general and group sessions uptown.
Two hundred teachers will be on
duty at twenty information booths
scattered throughout the city. They
Will be divided into three shifts.
beginning at 6 o'clock in the morn.
ing, with second shift from 10
until o'clock, and a third, from
to 8 o'clock.
1900 Visitors Expected
The magnitude Of the task before
the committees IL Indicated in the
number Of programs and informa-
tive pamphlets which will be put in
envelopes and given to delegates
and others in attendance.
There will be 1000 delegates who
VIII take part In the actual con.
vention business.
In addition, there are 10000 mem.
Der teachers, all Of whom must be
provided with q convention pro.
gram, an information guide. nam.
phlets prepared by the bureau Of
education, railway maps and other
literature.
Information booths viii be stu.
ated at Union Station, Central High
School, the tourists camp I'm 20.
tomac Park and at each Of the
hotels where various DELEGATIONS
VIII set up headquarters.
The corps Of teachers will 60 ON
duty Thursday morning. The heav.
lest demands will De made on the
booths Saturday Sunday and Mon.
day.
Provisions for Lunches
Lunch facilities are being planned
by subcommittee headed BY Misa
Alice Deal. principal OF Columbia
Junior High School.
me armory at Central and the
wilson Normal lunchroon will be
used, ana plAns call for preparinC.
1000 Tor several thousand persons.
without such facilities, those in
charge point out that persons at.
tending uptown meetings would
nave 70 return downtown for
luncheon.
Mrs. Lyman b. Swormstedt. chair.
man OF the hospitality committee,
has arranged to cooperate with the
information committee ana win r.
one member Of her COMMITTEES AT
each information booth.
Others Heading Committees.
Assisting Mr.. Hart as vice chair.
man OF the general COMMITTEES on
information are Miss Deal and Miss
Marian P. Shadd. as vice chairman.
Miss Deal also 10 Chairman Of the
subcommittee on providing litera.
| ture for the teachers.
Other subcommittee chairnen arc,
G.. ]. Schwartz. Eastern High
School, construction and location OF
booths: H. z. Warner, principal OF
l1ine Junior High School, Telephones
and Roy Scouts; DR.. A. L. Howard,
Business High School, personnel;
Henri wv. Draper, instruction OF in.
formation workers; and Miss @. B.
Holmes, Eastern High School,
badges and streamers.