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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25

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1t has been the dream Of the auto
motive engineer to design gasoline
engine that could be operated with a
high compression. For years the en-
gines in automobiles have been limited
to what we call low compressions, say
60-70 pounds tor at best not to exceed
so pounds. As the compression is in
creased the power goes up and the
fuel consumption goes down. But with
present fuels in present day engines; q
higher compression than that which Is
now used, will result IN plnglng or
knocking. Even with the low COM
preston the engine VIII KNOCK II II is
the least bit carbonized ana dne spark
is advanced on q steep grade. Inc en-
CINE will knock If it is overheated or
sometimes If 1t has to pun a heavy load
with quick opening OF the throttle:
A most startling thng mas happened
that Will make It possible Tor all own
ers of automobiles to operate their cars
without the pinging regardless OF grace,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25
bills EXPECTS
Big BUSINESS
Stocks Completely Prices
Are More Attract
i've Now

Anticipating rush of business, dur
ing the next few weeks, Bills Auto
Accessory shop has put in full stock
of new merchandise featuring these
things that are attractive to the motor
lists
Judging by the past business, we
are sure to experience big business
during the next few weeks and while
we are advertising that our prices grow
weaker and weaker, week by week,
we find that business grows stronger
and stronger and our prices more at
tractive. A large measure of our sue
cess, we believe to be due to the fact
that we are always emphasizing the
fact that we will return money on
any purchase found unsatisfactory"
said "Bilf Levy, Birmingham manager
Bills features low prices on Access
series, tires, batteries, tools and auto
mobile parts and is always insisting
that it pays to Get 1t at Bills"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25
HUMAN TRAITS IN TREES
Feel Pain And Are Vain OF Personal
Appearance, BOtanist Says

Appearance, Botanist Says
"Trees think. Trees are vain about
their personal appearance. Trees feel.
Trees have distinct personalities, like
human beings
Howard l.. Jones, who heads the tree
surgeon squad of Paramount park,
Philadelphia, says every tree he encoun-
tiers is like an interesting person, with
distinct likes, dislikes and almost HUI
man reactions, says the philadelphia
Bulletin.
AS he talked, he was perched on one
Of the high limbs of Ginko tree, that
John Bartram, colonial botanist, plant
ed nearly 200 years ago in his garden
that still survives at Fifty-fourth street
below Elmwood avenue. This tree was
brought from Japan and is one of the
oldest specimens of its kind in existence.
Its leaves resemble the maiden hair
fern and for that reason it is often
called the maiden hair tree.
See, you can tell this tree is for
eigner. Its limbs have the ways of a
Jap, and the feel of its bark is quite
different from our native trees"
He shifted his position ON the branch.
1--WE, who live with trees all our
lives, groy to look upon them as peo-
pie.
Most people do not realize that trees
think. If branch becomes too long,
time and again / have seen the branch
above come down and entwine the lower
one to hold it up.
1--WE have a honey locust tree, near
the Sedgeley guard house, that illus
trates very well how trees think. Two
large branches grow out from each
other. Often, we tree surgeons have
to cable them. together. But, in this
case, the branches grow together and
entwined, making a natural cable.
"Then, trees are vain about their
personal appearance. If we are COM
PEELED to- cut a branch. invariably it
shoots out another strong braAch to
retain its natural shape. If we are
compelled to cement its trunk, the tree
makes a great effort to grow back
over the patch. If we cut it right,
soon the cement is covered.
eve are just beginning to learn that
trees feel. There is an Indian botan-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25
NO USE FOR THEM

A family moved into Arkansas, and
as they had been accustomed to keep
ing everything under lock and key,
they brought their locks with them.
Having a substantial looking tool house.
the head of the family put big lock
on the door.
The neighbors for miles around
dropped in to look them over, but
seemed to be in hostile frame of
mind after one visit. Finally a dele
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25

on immigration, articles, the result of
which study seems to have vouchsafed
to her a picture of ''the long sad story
of humanity's migration" which she
embodied in "Still JIM" her second
novel, which Mrs. Willsie sold on hurry
call to one of the publishers who had
previously rejected it.
Z. Another novel, '9The Enchanted Can
yon," sprang from her curiosity about
the scarcity of old Anglo-Saxon names
among the employees listed in certain
federal statistics. For five years Mrs.
Morrow (then Mrs. Willsie) was editor
in-chief of the Delineator, resigning to
devote all her time to creative work.
Mrs. Morrow says that she feels her
best work was done a few years ago,
when she adopted Richard, who is now
about IL years old, and Felicia, al
most 8. s
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list by the name of Bose, who has made
a close study of this. He took two
trees, exactly alike, and transplanted
them in similar soil. To one he adj
ministered ether during the transplant
ing, just as you do to a human being
in an operation. The one to be trans
planted without ether dropped in real
pain while the other showed little
effect"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25
LIVING m HISTORY

Milton neither aspired to present
fame nor even expected 1t; but Ito
use lbs own words) his high ambition
was ito leave something so written to
after ages that they should not will
ingly let it die" But Cato finely OBJ
served he would much rather that pos
terity should inquire why no statues
were erected to him than why they
were-Colton.
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cation of leading farmers called on the
man of the house.
"Why did you move among us if you
thought we were as bad as you try to
make out?" they asked.
"Bad? Why, l have the best
kind of an opinion of you people"
well, then, why do you lock your
Toulouse? Don't you know that no.
body in Arkansas ever stole anything
to work with ?"-Judge.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25
CLASSIFIED

Cats is dogs" unused the. railway
porter inspecting an old woman's pet
witt. a view to its classification at tar
iff rates as per th company's law,
"and rabbits is dogs, and SOS parrots.
but this here tortis is hinsect." -
Weekly Edinburgh Scotsman. ~.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25
Open Models

Side Curtains Open with Doors
Trip1e-Balxed Enamel Finish.
Large Glass Window In Rear Curtain
BUrco Curtain Fasteners.
Curved Bottom Windshield.
Rubber Weather Strip.
Four Doors.
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
IA Delightful Sequel to when Girl Marries," Which
Scored Such a Tremendous Success Throughout
the Country.

; Out at Dreamwold with Vir-
ginia there is the little girl whose
birth had cost Phoebe's life. Lit
tie Carol--the song Of Phoebe's
heart ana Meals love-the baby
Virginia insisted on nami n &
Phoebe. / gashed the stiffness Of
the cab with a protest.
Virginia can't have Carol. I've
q right
with astounding perception
Ralph broke in gently:
"Of course you must have the
baby now. You've every reason
for wanting Meals baby. And
I'm sure Virginia won't refuse you
now.'
I turned and stared at Ralph in
the darkness.
Nothing more was said between
us. Nothing needed saying. I
did not know whether Ralph was
remembering that Virginia had
demanded the baby on the plea
that she knew I'd give him to
Neal If he returned, and that she
didn't think him fit to bring up
Phoebe's baby. But Neal won't
come back now. Virginia can't
terrify me with threats Of prose
cutting him unless I yield his baby
to her.
CTO Be Continued Tomorrow
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WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

1.-When did Washington cap
ture Stony Point on the Hudson
river?
2.-When were ,Wycnffe's bones
exhumed and burned? Il
S.-When did Swinburne write
Songs Before Sunrise?"
4.-When did Franklin settle in
Philadelphia?
5.-When was Beethoven, the
celebrated composer, born, and
when did he die?
ANSWERS to these queries win
be printed tomorrow
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
.!"OLD FOLKS" CAN
GET BACK CLEAR.
SMOOTH FACE, TOO
II loVe her lovely angel air."
Her face so truly, heavenly fair"
Burns.

No other part OF your skin ID
subject to the effects Of exposure
which your face, neck, shoulders,
arms and hands are. That ID the
reason they become rough. wrin.
killed. and discolored. II you don't
give the skin the attention it must
have.
Look at the skin on your body
where it has been protected all the
time. If your face. neck, shoulders,
arms and hands had been covered
up all this time too, they would be
just as soft, smooth and clear.
Years Of neglect haven't made 1t
impossible to regain that glow OF
youth you once had. II you will
use the Cleansing Cream which
bears the well.known Black and
White label, and use 1t faithfully
each night, you will be surprised
by the wonderful transformation In
your looks in a few days. Black
and White Cleansing Cream doesn't
make the skin greasy like heavy
cold creams usually do, and you will
be delighted the way it makes it
good to look at and feel It can
be had at most all stores at tho
popular price of ESQ and SOC, the
same as the many other widely used
beauty creations bearing the Black
and White label
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
WHO SAID 1T
AND WHERE

"When shall all mems good
Be each mans rule, and universe
peace
Lie like shaft Of light across
the land?"
Tennyson's words, in 1.-THE
Golden Year." expresses the
thought that is uppermost in
mems minds today.
"A conscientious person would
rather doubt his own judgment
than condemn his Species"
The sensible person examines
his ideas carefully when they are
at variance with all other mems
as Burke says In a Letter to
the Sheriffs Of Bristol"
Copyright, 1924. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


What are you talking about2"
inquired.
Wild ducks" said Bunny.
ooh, I thought you had
changed the conversation to a
railroad yard or prohibition or
something" laughed. What
has a three-mile limit to do with
ducks?"
Everything in the world. Foxy
Grandpa" said Bunny. "Just
look on your sH4edometer and
see how Tar we've ridden.
Bobby" said Bunny.
Three miles and half" re-
piled the boy.
WELL" said Bunny earnestly.
Just watch now, when we go
back I'll bet you won't see a wild
duck for half a mile. But when
we pass the three-mile limit
you'll see all you want"
what does it mean," I asked.
"It simply means that the
ducks know that there is a law
against shooting them within
three miles Of town and they take
advantage Of it and spend a com.
Portable winter in safe place
where they are protected from
men and guns"
':The longer I live the more
nature surprises me-" said I, ring
ing my bell.
Copyright, 1924, by International
Feature Service, Incl
Saturdays StOry--The Story Of
Vulcan.
The Washington times., 1924-02-29

II" OAY GRANDPA" said
Bobby, Everybody
down here rides on
bicycles. Wouldn't you like to
try it?"
We were at a fashionable re-
sort in Florida and it was quite
the thing to bicycle.
Bobby. you little monkey. I do
believe you're daring me to ride
on BICYCLE" I laughed.
mo, I'm. not, Foxy Grandpa,
but It would be fun and you could
have a little basket put on in
front Of the wheel for Bunny to
ride in"
Fine ideav' said Bunny,
Strengthening up his ears.
"Well," I chuckled, lust to
show you am a sport I'll try it."
So off to the place we went
where we could hire bicycles and
before L knew it I was spinning
down the road by the lake like a
good fellow-the palm trees on
either side were flying by so
quickly that I felt as If were
on a railroad train.
I must say that I had strange
feeling that it might be hard to
get off, SO perhaps that is the
reason why rode so far. Final
ly, when we came to the end of
the road and it turned into. a
jungle path, Bobby dismounted
and with great courage stopped
my wheel and dismounted, too.
Ibid you see all the wild ducks
on the way down, Foxy Grand
PAP" asked Bobby.
Bobby" I chuckled, II didn't
|. have much time to look at any.
thing but the road"
well" said he, I'VE passed
dozens of them"
Eyes, SIR. said Bunny, who
was sitting in the basket on the
front Of my wheel. There are
many around the town."
II shaded my eyes with my
hand and looked out on the lake
and said:
"Well, don't see any here"
And this looks like a much
better place for wild ducks than
the waters around the town,
where there are so many motor
boats"
"You wouldn't think 30 II you
were a wild duck" said Bunny
seriously.
why nOt?" I asked.
You'd be very glad to stay
within the three-mils limitg' he
announced gravely.
The Washington times., 1924-02-29

ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions.
1.-The knights Of Labor. were
established In 1869.
2.-Benjamin Franklin was born
In 1706 and died in 1870.
3.-The aCrusades ended in 1921
ALBERT Smith Barker, q. q
NJ, ran line Of deep sea sound
i11gs around the world during the
years 1883 to 1885.
5.-Henry Clay wrote his ALA
bama Letters" in 1874.
Copyright, 1924. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
LIFTING THE
CHILD MIND

by WIN. "A. N1cAeeVer-
Noted Lecturer and Authority on
Educational and Sociological
Subjects.
Ut is conceded that the movies,
the theater and the presA
exercise a great influence on
the young.
Then I ask, why do not we
teach the young systematically
how to interpret the movies, what
to look for and how to see it?
Why do we not teach our pu-
pills what is best to attend at
theaters, how to seek combina-
ton of entertainment and instruc-
ton through theater going, and
how to encourage the dramatists
who contribute to high grade per-
formance?
Why do we not teach pupils
how to read the papers, and how
to select their literature?
The radio is now coming into
fourth place as nnoulder Of public
opinion and as educational de-
vice. We school men are going
to be called upon to do far more
than make a plaything out Of this
startling discovery. Unless we
get into the game of thinking for
it and managing it constructively,
you will soon be sending UP your
tale of woe about it's uneduca-
tional influences also.
Children come to the school
room with their desires, appetites
and interests still in the raw-ma-
terial form. Your task is to take
this Uniformed material and weave
it into character. But the big.
gest part Of the schools job to-
day, as see it, is not so much
to inform the mind Of the young
as it is to give him a technique
whereby he may Cope with the
powerful influences which seize
his thought and attention in the
after-school.
The movies, theaters and news
papers are all business institu-
tons and not public schools, as
defined by custom and tradi-
ton. But they incidentally con-
duct vast amount of schooling
Of young and old alike.
superintendent Of schools and
those under them are the ones to
whom the country must look for
the creation Of the taste and in.
terest-the "desire and demand"
which will slowly lead the
masses to seek higher entertain.
ment and literature.
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
TRY THIS
RECIPE
SWEET POTATO BISCUIT.

Two pounds sweet potatoes.
2 tablespoonful margarin, 2 eggs,
tablespoonful molasses, cup.
full milk, teaspoonful salt, 3
teaspoonfuls baking powder and
2 cupfuls bread flour.
Scrub and boil the potatoes
in their jackets until tender.
Skin and mash while hot; add
margarin. Cool and add the
eggs, well beaten; the molasses,
the milk and the flour, sifted
with the salt and the baking
powder. Toss lightly on a
Toured board, roll to three-fourths
of an inch in thickness, cut
with a biscuit cutter. prick
each biscuit with fork, place
on a CREASED pan and bake
twenty minutes in an oven
heated to 400 degrees F. Serve
hot, with plenty of butter.
The Washington times., 1924-02-29

BOBBIE AND
HIS PA
BY VIM. F. Kirk.

~ UR teacher was reading a
peece. to us in skool
about a old Roman that
meeted a Lion onse in the Des-
sert & the Lion had a thron in
its foot & the Roman gent looked
the thorn out Of the Lions foot
& yeers afterward that Roman
was throwned to the lions by
Mister Nero, who was Vice Pres
ident then & the saim old Lion
appened to be there & he remem.
bered that it was the saim old
Roman witch had looked the
thorn out of its foot & he dident
eet the Roman but insted wagged
his tale, & purred & everybody
was glad.
Yes. sed Pa wen I taold him,
! red that saiIn yarn in my skool,
books. It is a vary pritty yarn,
sed Pa But / newer looked
much stock in 1t, sed Pa. I doant
think Lions have got that good
memmerys, Bobbie sed Pa.
II you saw Lion on the des-
sert with a thorn in it's hoof
wud you go & talk the thorn out?
sed me to Pa
I wud have to think 1t oaver
first, Bobbie, sed Pa. I mite &
then aggen I mite not, ,sed Pa.
OF course wen I was younger,
Bobbie, sed Pa, I wuddent be
afrade Of no Lion, but now am
not as I onst was, sed Pa.
You cuddent run so fast now,
cud you. deerest? sed Ma.
I newer saw the day I wud
run from nothing living, sed Pa.
Rely? sed Mo.
Rely, sed Pa. I newer ruined
from nothin or after anythin,' sed
Pa. If you win remember, wife,
sed Pa, dident eeven run after
you, did I? sed Pa.
doant know what you wud
call It, sed Ma. You haunted our
house during the days Of our
Court Ship. sed Ma.
I did that to pleese you, sed Pa.
You certingly dident do it to
pleese Father, sed Ma. He said
you were a regIar Fixture at our
hoam, sed Ma.
Yure old gent knew a lot about
Fixtures, sed Pa, espeshully bars
& back bars & nirrers, sed Pa.
1 wunder II he wud talk a
thorn out Of a Lions foot, I sed.
Ny father? sed Ma. He wud
do anything. He feered nothing
in this wide wurld, except my
deer mother.
Ha Ha, sed Pa, / win tell the
wurld, he feered yure mother.
She was the skipper & the first &
second mate in you're old bunga-
low, sed Pa. Yure old gent was
the cabin boy in yure hoam, sed
Pa. She shud have looked sum
lessons of me, sed Pa, here in my
hoam I am the Lion. the Monark
Of all survey, sed Pa, & If I
ever got a thorn in my foot you
& Bobby wud both run to talk It
out, sed Pa.
Pa certingly is sucked up, wen
grow up will be moar Meak
& Lowly, blessied are the Max
& Lowly beekaus thay are SO
Few & Far Apart, that is all for
this onst.
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY C. A. L.. Reed, M. D.,
J Former President OF the Ameri-
can Medical Association.

can Medical Association.
" HE soap that you use every
day is q combination, Of q
u fat in an excess Of some
alkali-such as potash in soft
soaps-potash and resin in strong.
hard soaps, and soda in milder
and purer hard soaps.
There is much talk now and
then about impure soaps and the
damage done by them.
1t may be true that In indi-
vidual instances, particularly in
homemade soaps, there may be
too much Of one ingredient that
may spoil the quality Of the soap,
as for example an excess Of ran
cid fats with insufficient boil
ing may make an offensive COM
pound.
But the most Of all soaps now
consumed Is made in large estab-
lishments with enormous capital
cation and under careful scien-
tific methods.
It is, therefore, Of the highest
financial interest to the manufac-
turer that his product shall meet
every requirement for which it is
made.
There are, however, instances
in which impurities such as white
earth and silica are introduced
into soaps to make theim weigh
heavily.
These are distinct frauds and
can be detected by dissolving some
Of the soap in a tumbler-full of
water and letting it stand for an
hour or so. If at the end Of
that time there is a layer Of
sediment in the bottom Of the
glass you will know that the soap
contains just that much which 10
not soap.
This sort of thing is a fraud
in toilet soaps and laundry soaps.
but it Is to be remembered that
in certain soaps coarse grits of
one sort or another are advan-
tageously added for cleansing pur-
poses.
II there is an excess Of potash
in either a soft soap or a strong
hard soap. it is liable to attack
and destroy the outer layer Of
the skin, thus causing sores or
opening up avenues for infection.
In working with such soaps the
hands should be protected by rub
Der gloves, or should be frequently
rinsed to prevent the continuous
action of the strong alkal. ~
If a given toilet soap produced
these changes on the normal skin
It should be discontinued.
The scare talk sometimes in
dulged in by more or less sensa-
tional medical writer's to the ef-
feet that some soaps contain
germs is generally hokum, for the
simple reason that most germs
really all the more dangerous
ones-cannot live for any long
time in the alkaline medium in
side Of any soap. I'm
The danger that may come
from contamination of the out
side of the soap is another and
really very important question.
Look at the bar of soap that
you may see on any washstand
but your own-on any public
washstand-and you will prof
able see its surface streaked with
black from the hands of the last
user.
-. Where there is black dirt from
a soiled hand, there is sure to be
some organic dirt in the form of
germs from the same soiled hand.
These germs may or may not
be, but generally are of the dis.
ease-producing variety-a fact that
has been confirmed by careful
meteorological examinations con.
Quoted by many health boards.
The result of these examina.
tons in many States has been TO
outlaw the cake of toilet soap ON
all public washstands.
ocopyright 1921 BY King Features