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Evening star., 1924-08-09
WILL MAKE HEALTH TALK.
Howard Professor to Address Ne
gro League.

Dr. A. B. jackson, director of pub
lie health education at Howard Uni
versity, will deliver an address on
Health and Business at the twenty
fifth annual meeting of the National
Negro Business League, which meets
in Chicago August 20, 81 and %.
Other prominent negroes from Wash
ington are also to be present, 1t Is
stated.
The National Negro Business League
was founded by the late Booker T.
Washington in Boston, in 1900, and
for 25 years has served to develop
business enterprises of the colored
race.
Evening star., 1924-08-09
Musicians Plan Labor Day Strike.

CHICAGO, August 9.-Labor day,
September l., has been set by union
theater musicians here as a strike
date unless theater owners, who have
offered per cent increase, accede
to demands for 10 per cent wage
boost. The salaries now range from
$3.50 a week to $S7.75 a week, ac-
cording to classification. About zoe
musicians and 354. theaters are IN
RotNe4 .. III. &. - 1 - 81. e -
Evening star., 1924-08-09
Cardinal Mercier Ill.

BRUSSELS, August 9.-Cardinal
Mercier is indisposed, due to his con-
tinued exertions, and of late has been
obliged to remain in an armchair, al
though he receives visitors as usual.
His eminences is suffering from phle-
,bitia6eoe- dn{l ticnsoft
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
Poisoned By Plants Or
 Insects
By DIR. CHARLOTTE c. WEST

l THILDREN suffer more from the
 4 poisonous bites of insects and | from the ingestion of poisonous berries than do their elders Children are delight d with the variegated color. ing of spiders and insects, with the bright berries and beautifully hued flowers that adorn the woods and fields at this season. Every season one reads of certain cases of fatal poisoning from certain species of mushroom. Children should be especially cautious not tO gather these fungi, but unless one has the knowledge as to the varieties suit able for human consumption, they should be strictly tabooed | 7 Mushrooms at their best are Ques- tionable delicacy that need give us nc further concern here beyond the fact to be noted that those growing wild in | the woods are, as rule, the poisonous varieties. The alkaloiG muscarine con tained in them acts slowly, so that the cause of a severe attack of dizziness, vomiting and coma following some hours after cannot always be traced to the consumption of poisonous mushrooms, especially in the case of children who, l in their play and wanderings, are apt | to give little heed to what they have eaten. If possible, an emetic of fairly hot mustard water, or of lpecac should be given the moment symptoms arise. A large dose of castor oil should be given after vomiting has been induced. | The patient must be kept warm with hot bags, and stimulants should be given. This applies to the ingestiOn of poisonous berries and other plants as 1 well as to fungi.
 Ivy and sumac poisoning are very common. Some persons are so sus- | ceptible to poison ivy that they can re- ceive it through the atmosphere. How ever, it should be borne in mind that only the three leaved ivy is poisonous, while the five leaved variety is harm less.
 The berries of poisonous sumac are white and the pretty red berry is not so. Witch hazel is an excellent rem edy for ivy or any skin poisoning caused by plants. A combination of witch hazel, bicarbonate of soda and camphor water, frequently applied and allowed to dry into the skin is usually curative.
 Prompt attention should follow the bite or sting of insects. The large variety of ant that infests certain trees; animal and sand fleas, ticks, spiders, wasps and bees. all eject a poison under the skin which, besides causing considerable pain, may prove fatal in some persons who are peculiarly susceptible, or in a nervous child, who may develop convulsions. Anything that draws out the poison before it is absorbed into the system should at once be resorted to. The quickest way to do this is by sucking the wound. The first aid to the sufferer, however, must be careful not to swallow the poison. Poultices of earth fmud) act as a counter irritant Cooling poul- tices of mashed potatoes, bread and milk, lettuce and cabbage leaves, soaked in oils, anything that soothes and draws out the sting and reduces the bite, will prove helpful
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you seen any hunters near the Old Brier Patch yety' MT. Quack asked this anxiously.
 "No," replied Peter. g. This cool weather is sure to bring them out,' replied Mir. Quack uneasily. T almost wish we had started earlier, but we have been so happy here this summer that I cannot bear to leave until we have to. What's that" Mir. Quack started nervously and stretched his head up to listen. All the other ducks did the same thing. It was only the snapping of twig under Buster Bears feet, and in moment he ap- peared. At once the ducks dropped their heads and began swimming about again, for they did not fear Buster Bear. But it was very clear that they were uneasy, very uneasy, indeed, ss- pecially Mir. and Mrs. Quack. The young Quacks had had no experience with hunters, but they were uneasy too. The truth is ehey were anxious to try their wings. They were looking forward to that long journey as some thing very wonderful. They were anx- ious to be on their way. Something inside was urging them to start for their beautiful southland. It is often that way with the young. They did not fear because they did not know.
 Next Story: Peter Sees the Quacks
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Random Notes

Mrs. Carl Lay of Gadsden is visiting sinst Mrs. Knox Fleming.
 Miss katherine Angle and Mrs. o. KJ. Angle of Anniston are spending a VI lie iu Birmingham.
 Mrs. Cecii Gaston and Miss Jose
 ae Cosby have returned from Ka-
 lga Lake. x. O., where they spent the 5 mmcr
 
 M.z. Fred Warren Wilson has re- lrned iron. visit to her parents, Mir. nd Mrs. T. H. Collins, in Anniston. S# Mrs. Chapline Hodges and children have returned from Lake Junaluska, N. C., where they spent some time. Il Lieut.. W. H. Perry will arrive from I New York on Wednesday to visit his sister, Mrs. l.. W. Hubbard and Mir. Hubbard. Lieutenant Perry has just returned to this country Rfter two years spent-in Europe, Asia and Africa. Miss Harrali James of Danville, Va, arrived last evening to be the returning from Montezuma, Ga, where  as the guest of Miss lone Mckenzie. z Miss Eleanor Gordy of Columbus, Ga, who has been the guest of Miss - Carolina Shields, is now visiting Miss Mildred Adams.
 Miss Dora Dawson has returned from a visit to Georgia.
 Miss Elizabeth Perry and Miss Eliz- abeth Rushton left Tuesday for Rollins college in Virginia.
 Miss Caroline Tanner left yesterday for Lynchburg, Va, where she will en- ter Randolph Macon college.
 Mrs. Irwin Ellis of Union Springs is patient at Dr. Scale Harris dietetic institute.
 Miss Katherine Swann, the daugh- ter of Mir. and Mrs. Theodore Swann, is leaving this evening for St. Mary's on the Hudson for the scholastic year.
 Miss Maybeils esowell and Miss Jacqueline Tutwiler are leaving this evening for St. Mary's on the Hudson.
 Mir. and Mrs. Carrell Waller of Rockford, H., are visiting MT. and Mrs. J. B. Baldwin, 1725 Fifteenth avenue, south. Mir. and Mrs. Waller made the trip in their car. 5A> MT. and Mrs. Horace Hammon and daughter, Catherine, are leaving Satur- day for a stay of several weeks in New York.
 4 ..a . ! Mir. and Mrs. Frederick Lakin, Mrs. H. l.. Bridgeman and Miss Kathe- rine Humphries of Flint, Mich, are the guests of Mrs. Catherine Erswell.
 
 MT. Sam P. Acton has returned to the kity after a three weeks stay in A lille, N. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
Little Stories For Bedtime
(By THORNTON BURGEss)
The Quacks Grow Uneasy nETER RABBIT doesn't like the uaru hnt weather of midsummer

" -4 DETER RABBIT doesn't like the very hot weather of midsummer any more than you or l do. He cannot 20 to the seashore or the noun tains as we can, and just think, he has to wear a fur coat all the time! Of course in this respect Peter is not worse off than lot of his neighbors. In fact, none of them likes the very hot weather. So with the coming of the first cool days in September new life seemed to fill Peter. He loves the fall. Next to the spring he likes the fall best. But for two things he thinks he might even like it the best of all the year. Those two who are leaving for the far away sunny southland, or who are preparing to sleep all winter, and the fact that the fall brings the dreadful hunting season when men with terrible guns deligl in spreading terror and suffering over the Green Meadows, through the Green Forest, along the Laughing Brook, around the Smiling Pond, up in the Old Pasture and even deep in the Great Woods.
 The fall is busy time for Peeter. You see there are so many friends to say k0Ou-UJ tO budt Hc lS some will slip away before he sees them. The first of the cool days had already come and Peter knew by things he saw that it would not be long before many of his feathered friends started on their long journey. Everywhere he saw them in flocks now instead of <, pairs, IS he saw them in the spring. They were making up parties for the long journey, for they prefer to travel in this way. It is quite necessary, because you know there are so many young birds for whom this will be the first time to make the long journey, and they must be shown the way by the older birds. Then it always is much pleasanter to travel with company.
 A great party of blackbirds flying over the dear Old Brier Patch reminded Pe- ter that it was quite likely that certain other friends would soon be starting, among others. the Quack family, who had spent this summer in the pond of Paddy the Beaver. So the first chance he got Peter hurried over to Paddy's Pond deep in the Green Forest. He was half afraid that they might have left already, and he half hoped that they might decide to stay all winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
NO SHOCKS IN ENGLAND. Garment No Longer The Agricultural
 LahOrer'S Uniform.

It is only in American films, which are not distinguished by fidelity to fact, that English agricultural laborers still I seen a man in smock, an old shep- herd in Worcestershire, who was so aged that he probably imagined that William the Fourth was still on the throne.
 When a workman wears jeans" or an overall, he does so, not as trade mark, but as a protection from the de- filement of his trade. He will not let himself be catalogued. The class war will not break out in England, because no one here, least of all a workman, will admit that he is ina class-J. St John Ervine in the Observer (Lon don.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
Tribute aid MT. Dunkley And
 Mrs. Simmons

The brilliant entertainments given recently at the Alabama Writers Con- clave at Florence, Ala, were enriched from an instructive as we'll as artistic standpoint by the addition of MT. Ferdi- maud Dunkley of this city. Taking for his subject, Poems and Their Suit ability for Music," Mir. Dunkley en- frightened the many Alabama poets with some specific suggestions as how to write singable poems.
 The poetry of a poem," said Mir. Dunkley, lis that subtle intangible something which, if present, makes the poem beautiful. Beauty requires ve- hicle for its expression. It may be the rhythm or the rhyme; alliterationf or harmony of zsound; it may be the form, the style, or, in short, any of the artificey employed in the making of a em. Let us never forget. though, q # it S the beauty of an idea which long csn create beautiful form of eEpression. The idea and its expression gre one in the completeness of beauty" a Mr. punkley spoke on the use of re- giaus poems as material for church ascstc Saying that those which were taerAy doctrin4 were unsuitable, as 1sNe mllaic k9bws no doctrines. They shona give Expression to the great z \. gual bngings of mans na- " 4s foQe1hstance, Beethovens mu-
 SRD 1er's Ode to Joy"
 wing this mlsterly discourse,
 Dunkley presented Mrs. Mary
 Pearson Simmons of Birming-
 whose delightful and sympathetic
 tetations of MT. Dunkleys songs
 much applause.
 The first group, "O'er Waiting Harp
 rfngs" and Love-" words by Mary Baker Eddy and music by Ferninand mnkley, was artistically rendered by both singer and composer.
 Next followed delicately beautiful \ musical setting of Miss Annie Belle k0ogPs charming lyric, "My Garden" |" Miss Koogle is also one of Birming- ham's own.
 Cradle Song'' and "Song of a Dream" words by Sarojini Nadiu and music by Ferdinand Dunkley, will long nxemembered by those who heard Mrs
 6ns' perfect interpretation of lem. The musical settings of these two numbers equal in tonal beauty the delicateness and charm of the word- 2 painting of the native poetess of India. x Soul of Mine" and the dialect num- 5 Der "Yearnin' Jes Fo' You" Annie de Lartigue Kennedy, also merited much S Applause.
 ''The Brand of the Rose" (Charles < Mackay) was fitting climax to de- lightful program. MT. Dunkley is not ' only gifted composer and an artistic < performer, but he is doing much in the south to create a musical atmosphere. He has recently been elected president of the Allied Arts club, an organization \ which will foster the arts in Birming- < ham.
 Our city is justly proud of her con- tribution to musical circles and Ala ] bama halls this musical genius with delight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
CHAPTER 15 The Ransom

In the glory of the following morn. ing, sparkling and clear after the storm, with an invigorating, briny tang in the air from the salt ponds on the south of the island, a curious scene was played on the beach cf the Virgen Magra, at the foot of a ridge of bleached dunes, beside the spread of sail from which Levasseur had improvised tent. Enthroned upon an empty cask sat the French filibuster to transact i'm. portant business: the business of mak. ing himself safe with the governor of Tortuga. Before him, guarded by two half-naked negroes, stood young POge- ron. Near at hand, and under guard, mademoiselle his sister, sat hunched upon a hillock of sand. Levasseur ad- dressed himself to NJ. d'Ogeron.
 T trust, monsieur" said he, with mock suavity, that I have made my. self quite clear. Your ransom is fixed at twenty thousand pieces of eight, and you shall have liberty on parole to go to Tortuga to collect it. Meanwhile, your sister remains with me as a hostage"
 II refuse-utterly and absolutely, do you understand? So do your worst, and be damned for a filthy pirate" cried fOgeron.
 Remember your sisted's honor is in pawn to me. Should you forget to return with the dowry, you will not consider it unreasonable that I forget to marry her" NJ. d'Ogeron observed the grey despair that had almost stamp ed the beauty. from her face.
 "No, you dog! A thousand times, now
 T beg that you will spare yourself and your sister," said the captain, "by being reasonable. I nave been too mod. est. But since have said twenty thousand pieces of eight, twenty thou sand pieces it shall be-"
 And for what, if you please, have you said twenty thousand pieces of eight!"
 Startled, Levasseur and his officers looked up and around. On the crest of the dunes behind them, in sharp sil- houette against the deep cobalt of the sky, they beheld tall, lean figure scrupulously dressed in black with sill. yer lace, crimson ostrich plume curled | about the broad brim of his hat afford. ing the only touch of color. Under that hat was the tawny face of Captain Blood.
 Good morning, my captain,P said he, it was last nights hurricane com. pelled our return. But who are these p
 Levasseur gnawed his lip, and chang. ed color. But he controlled himself to answer civilly:
 As you see, two prisoners"
 ',Ah! Washed ashore in last nights gale, ehT' (Continued Tomorrow)
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SYNOPSIS.
 Peter Blood, young Irish physi- elan, is deported as a slave in the Baradocs by King James He Is bought by Colonel Bishop and falls in love with Arabella, the niece of the colonel. Don Diego de Espinosa Valdez cautures Bridgetown. Blood saves Mary Braill and Ara bella. He captures the Spanish galleon. the Cinco Llagas. After es- caping from another Spanish ship at HispanioIa Captain Blood sails to Tortuga. rendezvous of the bucca- neers of the Spanish Main. There, feeling that Arabella is lost to him forever, he takes command of a pi- rate fleet and changes the name of 'the Cinco Llagas to the Afabella. Levasseur, Frenchman who is in love with Madelon. the romantic daughter of d'Ogeron, joins Blood. They are to sail together when Le- vasseur gets word from Madelon to rescue her from a Dutch brig. Le- vasseur takes the Dutchman, makes a prisoner of Madelon's brother, and earns her contempt by his brutality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
bNsERVATIVE IN SPEECH
Enr4 4shman Knows The Value Of Un-
 derstatement, Visitor Says

uGESt44DtHlCAAUS C0SO
 The statement made at recent ses- sion of the British Association for the Advancement of Science that "the rapid growth and extraordinary prosperity of America have produced a fetile soil for the development of a habit of exaggeration and what may be termed 'an exuberant love of ly- ing" finds something of a reflex in the contribution of a United States lawyer to the London Daily News. Robert Le Saner, a former president of the American Bar association, at the time of that organization, at the time of that organization recent visit to Britain, wrote his impressions of Bri- fishers mad British methods. Curiously enough he compares habits of speech as found in the Old and New World, and his conclusions, while not ex- pressed so tersely as those of the Bri- tish scientist, are much along the same line.
 Writing of what he saw in British courts Of justice, Mir. Saner says; The habit pf understatement rather than overstatement could not help but inn !. press 4ne coming from a country where cAr different hentality and cir
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against their projected enterprise. Per. haps because things had gone well with him that day, Blood ended by shrug- ging the matter aside. Thereupon Le- vasseur proposed that the Arabella and her prize should return to Tortuga there to unload the cacol and enlist the further adventures that could ,now be shipped. Levasseur meanwhile would effect certain necessary repairs and then proceed south, await his ad. mirael at Saltatudos for thei. enter. prise against Maracaybo.
 To. Levasseur's relief, Captain Blood not only agreed, but pronounced him self ready to set sail at once.
 No sooner had the Arabella departed than Levasseur brought his ships into the lagoon, and set his crew to work upon the erection of temporary quar- tors ashore for himself, his men, and his enforced guests during the careen ing and repairing of La Foudre.
 At sunset that evening the wind freshened; it grew to gale, and from that to such hurricane that Leyasseur was thankful to find himself ashore and his ships in safe shelter.
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When he got there he found Mir. and Mrs. Quack and the ten young Quacks now as big as their father and mother, still there.
 "Oh, I'm so glad v' cried Peter.
 What are you so glad about" de- manded Mir. Quack, swimming in close to where Peter was sitting on the bank.
 That you are still here," replied Pc ter. T was afraid you might have gone away. Are. you going to. take that terrible journey again this year, MT. Quack?v
 Certainly" replied Mir. Quack. "What else can do?"
 "Why, stay here all winter the same as do," replied Peter.
 "And what would we do when all the water has turned to ice, stupid ?" demanded MT. Quack.
 Peter looked foolish. q hadn't thought of that" said he. "Of course, you have to go where the water doesn't freeze. Just the same think it is dreadful that you have to take that terrible journey"
 "It wouldn't be so bad if it were not for the hunters with terrible guns," re- piled MT. Quack. We don't mind the Journey it is the terrible guns. Have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
NEW MATERIAL UNDEsIRED

Do you think scientists will ever sue ceed in hearing anything from Mars ?"
 I'm inclined to hope they won't" confided Senator Sorghum. If those canals up there are for irrigation pur- poses, the fact'll make the discussion of farm troubles more complicated than eyer.' Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
Mothers And Their Children

One Mother Says:
 In making bibs for my children I use unbleached. muslin, as it is mex pensive and is easily washed out. I cut the bib all in bne piece, so that ends of the material can be loosely tied at the back of the neck, instead of bothering with tapes ;which must often be re- placed. Most important, I make the bib long enough to cover the. child's lap, and this saves both his clothes and the floor. bna
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
INCREASING ONES RICHES

You want to double your riches, and without gambling or stock jobbing Share it. Whether it be material or in- tellectual, its rapid increase will amaze you. What would the sun have been had he folded himself up in darkness Surely he would have gone out. So with Cocrates.-Hare.
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cumstances lead us sometimes into rhetoric and sometimes into exaggera- tion and also sometimes into an acidity
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>H Remanes g das Spanish. .7zain TkA, CAPTAIN BLOOD BLOC!
SYNOPSIS,


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5A> Mr. and Mrs. Horace Hammon and daughter, Catherine, are leaving Satur- day for a stay of several weeks in New
 York
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Next Story: Peter Sees the ouacks
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Mir. and Mrs. Frederick Lakin, Mrs. H. l.. Bridgeman and Miss Kathe- rine Humphries of Flint, Mich. are the guests of Mrs. Catherine Erswell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17

Miss Katherine Swann, the daugh- ter of Mir. and Mrs Theodore Swann, is leaving this evening for St. Mary's on the Hudson for the scholastic year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17

MT. and Mrs. Carrell Waller of Rockford, H., are visiting MT. and Mrs. J. B. Baldwin, 1725 Fifteenth avenue, south. Mir. and Mrs. Waller made the trip in their car.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-17
Alkali in Shampoos
Bad for Washing Hair

Many soaps and prepared sham.
poos contain too much FREQ allali.
which is very injurious, as Il dries
tho scalp and makes tho hair brittle.
The best thing TO use Is Ntulslfied
cocoanut oil shampoo. for this is
pure and entirely grcaseless. 1t Is
inexpensive and beats anything else
all TO pieces. You can get this at
any drug store, and few ounces
will last tho whole family for
months.
Two or three teaspoonfuls il all
that Is required. Simply moistcn
your hair with water and rub Il In.
1t makes an abundance of rich,
creamy lather which clcanscs thor.
oughly and rlnses out easily. The
hair dries quickly and evenly, and
Is soft. fresh looking, bright, fluffy
wavy and easy 20 manage. Besides,
It looscns and takes out every par.
iiclc OF dust, dirt md dnndruff. -Ad.
vcrtlsemcnt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-17
VESSEL BRINGS
$50 PERSONS
$4,000, 900 in Silks Is In
cluded in Ships Cargo

with n passenger list OF more
than $50 people. the President Nc
Kinlcy. OF tho Admiral Oriental
Line fleet. arrived at Seattle Thurs
day morning. after n fast trip across
tho Pacific. Leaving Hong Kong
three days later. tho President Nc
Kinloy arrived at Victoria wedncs-
day afternoon. e hours ahead OF
schedule.
While at Yokohama Captain LUIS
tie. First officer Charles l.. Mac
Gregor and members OF the crew
wcro fcted by officials Of tho
Kyosen Kiscn Kaisha Steamship
Co. and Mt tho function were pre-.
sented with several very valuable
presents.
Tho presentation was made az a
token OF grateful appreciation for
saving tho lives of tho Japanese
saving tho lives OF the crew OF the
Japanese frcighter. Kyosoi Maru. on
January G. when First Officer Mac.
Grogor rescued so men from a sink
Ing ship during terrific storm
with the liners lifeboats.
The principal cargo on tho Nc
Kinlcy included 100000 worth OF
silk, rugs. Chinese foodstuffs, tea,
rice and hemp.