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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23
The JingIe.Jangle Counter

The JingIe-Jangle Counter Ants love sugar, cows love hay; I never was sad til my sweetie went away
 George Logan, Jr. Do you love me, or do you not? You told me once, but forgot.
 John Bennett. Summer here and summer there, But where is last years underwear?
 James A. Sanaker. love brunette, and hate blonde hair, I doA't even like the taxi-fare!
 Edwin Wesselmann. ,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23

When Calvin was about year and half old his mother sought to interest him with nursery songs and sang the one that runs:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23

DAY OF THE DAUGHTER IS HERE
 The day when daughter was a novice on the athletic field is done. Her release from the bondage of the embroidery needle has come. She is stepping out in sport as in other things-Harrisburg Patriot,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23

"Rock-a-bye baby on the tree top.
 When the wind blows the cradle will rock When the bough breaks the cradle will fall. And down will come cradle, baby and all "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23

"Oh shucks!' exclaimed Calvin, to his mothers surprise and embarrassment
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Telephone (private branch exchange connect ing all departments), Main 1900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23
Our Own Horoscope Department

Mrs. Etta Gray: If you were born on June 23, Etta, your planet is Gutta Percha, mean ing Rubber Tree, the symbol of family life.
 Accordingly. you are a Home Body, and yet very ambitious. You will some day be president of the Housewives League, as you now know thirty-four crochet stitches and seventeen ways of disguising prunes.
 All signs indicate that you have travelled extensively, making some days a dozen trips or more from the ice box to the linen closet.
 Your lucky day is wash day, and your married life will be very happy, providing you pick man who doesn't drop cigar ashes on the carpet or forget to wipe his feet on the door mat.
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THE ACE.HERALD
LICK I. THOMPSON. .pREs1i

& Entered at Birmingham. Ala. post orfiee As
 eeeond-class matter. of Congress March s. 1s1a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23
A ShinxIad.RohP

A Shtngled.B0b? Aunt to Bobby (215 years old) Bobby do you ever have any fights with anyone? :? Bobby: "Oh, sure! fight Sister Betty. al the time."
 Aunty: "Is that so And who whips?" Bobby: Mamma does."-Mrs. Ray E Basket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23
Perfectly Legal!

Perfectly Legal! Hanna "Is yo' legally sep'rated from your husban'?"
 Mandy: T sho' is. De jedse done give him five years in jail fo stealth chickens !''- Edward H. Dreschnack.
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 0 OVER
The Lives of Coolidge and Dawes

Calvin Coolidge was born on a farm in Plymouth, Vermont, on the Fourth of July, 1872. Being born on the Glorious Fourth was wonderful lesson to him. Before he was day old he decided to give up trying to make himself heard by any vocal effort He has carried out this policy ever since
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23
Prepared

Minister: Mfrs Dugan, do you think your husband is prepared for the next world?"
 Mrs. Dugan "Shure, an he's been shovel in coal fer twinty years"-Harry J. Will Hams.
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Attention

We Announce an Important Discovery.
 Bible Glass Teacher: "Now what book in the Bible treats of the conjugal or marriage relation?'
 Bright Young Student: Must be Revela- tions, sir."-Mrs. Charles W. Fielder.
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Copyright, 1924. Reproduction Forbidden.
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NEWS BUREAUs-washfnsto goo Davidson Building; State Capital, Montgomery Journal |. Building; Tennessee Valley Deoatur Daily Bntidtng; Tuscaloosa, News Building; Jasper. Mountein Eagle Building; Anniston. Star Build tnE: GRdsden Journal Building; Muscle Shoals, Tri-Citkes Daily Building.
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On another occasion the minister called and rode the infant Coolidge on his knee, chanting:
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PREss-rhe As. ecctated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all dispatches credited to it. or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news published therein. All rights of republication of special dispatches are also re- served.
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Depends on Which Side.-The testimony or experts, after all, is pretty much like that Of anyone else. It all depends more or less upon which side they are testifying as to what their opinions are-Huntsyille Star
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23

Open to Suggestions. is no such word as success" for the community that resents suggestions as to improvements There is not such a community in tbe Ten nessee Valley.-Albany-D Decatur Daily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23

A Tip to the Farmer-The farmer sella more of the necessity of life than any other producer, yet gets the least price of all for his products. The others cooperate in buy ing and selling and thus cut down the mid dle-mans profit.-DeKalb County Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23

Much Building Activity--More building is under way in Tuscaloosa than there has been at this season of the year for a long time. Much more is in prospect for fh;. city.-Tuscaloosa News.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-06
In EVerybOdys COnfidence=s=e.e.s=.e
THE GATE-POST
By Harold Phillips

Die-hard managers who re-
paired to various cemeteries of
seclusion when Equity called
the strike in June, are stirring
restlessly with the falling of
the first leaves. "The Swan"
Molnar's emphatic hit, and
RAIN" another such a one, will
both reopen in New York this
month. presumably accompanied
by such capitulations as Equity
will approve. Both were closed
June ! upon their producers
refusing to accede to Equity's
platform.
Silence" by Max MARGIN
with H. B. Warner, Phoebe Fos-
ter and. others, is scheduled for
the National September 20, while
the week previous we will see
another new. one, "Cheer Up"
by Rida johnson Young; with
Tom Moore, Cyril Keightly,
Sylvia Field, Mona Kingsley,
Elizabeth Risdon and others.
The New York season will
find several plays viewed in
Washington the flag end of last
season during tryout periods.
Included are Dancing Mothers"
with Helen Hayes; "Kelly's Va
cation;" "Simon Called Peter"
with Ina Claire.
Webster; "Stella Dallas" with
Mrs. Leslie Carter; "The High
wayman," with Joseph Schild-
kraut; Grounds for Divorce"
with In aClaire.
If the information excites the
filmsiest ripple in what promo
ton men call "reader interest,""
purpose is served in the simple
telling that Mr.. Hopwood, at
Seventh and New York avenue
northwest, sells bedroom suites.
Reflections while viewing a
performance at one of our lead
ing rotisseries Tuesday night:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-06

All theaters ought to follow
the Keith hot-weather policy.
Everybody gets a fan, the orr
chestra hits a breakneck tempo
and human frailty for beating
time" accomplishes the rest.
The practice of using luke
warm water by many of our
theaters advertising washed
air" should be condemned.
Three of the hottest things in
town this week, reading from
left to right, are De Wolf Hop
per's llama goat wig, Sophie
Tucker, and the Avenue kiosk.
GOSSIP.
Peggy Hopkins Joyce, to
whom the daily press can never
show its full gratitude, will be
seen, if the rumor is not denied
between now and then, in a new
play around Labor Day, entitled,
"A Naughty Night" i.
Karyl Norman will shortly be
seen in d dual role in a new
play, That's My Boy" {.
A new all-colored musical revue,
Honey" with book by Miller
and Lyles, debuts at the How
ard here August 25. /.
Wallace Berry, noted as a screen
villain, was married yesterday
to Rita Gilman. Berry was
Gloria Swanson's first husband.
Eslie Ferguson will re-
turn to the screen long enough
to do "The Swan" noted stage
hit, for Famous Players. :.
James Cruze will direct Pola
Negi's next "A Woman Scorned."
Lowell Sherman be-
ginSrehearsals next week in the
latest from Willard Mack's pen,
"Lace Lingeries." Imo-
gene Wilson had just half com,
pleted framing her resignation
from the "Follies" when Mr..
Ziegfeld anticipated her con-
illusions and yesterday ordered
her separated from the payroll.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-06
FROG ~57:0RF'BF
MARK TWAIN
NOF|CT|ON
Texas Editor Knew Governor
Of Nevada Who Witnessed
Celebrated Contest
By s. j. HUGHES,
international News Service.

FORT WORTH, Tex. Aug. g.
What the Governor of North Caro-.
lima said to the Governor of South
Carolina may have been an epochal
bit Of conversation, but what the
Governor of Nevada said to the
Governor of Texas which was
overheard by w. A. Adair. editor
Of the Marshall Messenger may de.
termine conclusively the authen.
ITCHY Of Mark Twain's jumping
frog story.
Upon reading a news dispatch
from Lodi, Cal, of a frog that,
through greedy consumption Of
several dozen ball bearings, was
unable to jump, Adair felt the urge
to fasten the stamp Of veracity
upon Twain's humorous yarn Of a
similar vein. The dispatch from
California had once again revived
the time,worn topic. Was Twain's
frog story fiction or fact?
Adair offers the following as un:
biased testimony:
II have heard the late Governor
Jewett w Adams, Of Nevada, re-
late in detail this jumping frog
story and can vouch for its authen.
ITCHY. Governor Adams said that
at the time Mark Twain secured
the material for his famous story
a certain gambler from Texas
named Crawford owned the illus
trious frog.
"One rainy day when everything
was dull, Twain proposed to play
joke on Crawford and his Gen
eral Jackson, the champion jump
ing frog.
Twain. in the presence of the
remarkably frogs owner, made
some very sighting remarks as to
the frogs jumping abilities. which
Immediately led to a wager that he
Twain could go down the gulch
and the first frog he could catch
could beat General jackson in n
jumping match.
ITO enforce the perfect legality
of the contest, Twain insisted that
CIdWlOIu accompany MIN 10 JIlS
gulch to witness the catching of
the tramp frog that he could see
for himself that he had not been
'cold.deCked' il the General was
defeated
Immediately after Crawford and
his companion left 10 apprehend
the contesting frog. the men left
in the cabin began rolling small
shot at the frog, and, installing
them for something to eat. the
flog swallowed the metal pellets
as fast as they were given to him.
AS a result General Jackson soon
had so much ballast he could hard.
ly lift himself from the floor Need.
less to say he lost the great jump
ing classic.
In later years Mark Twain wrote
the well-known story, sticking very
closely to the facts Jewett w.
Adams was later governor of Ne.
vada and superintendent of the
Mint after his gubernatorial ex.
perience. He was a close friend
Of Twain and was capable of re.
lating the actual facts that based
number of Mark Twain's humor
Gus works"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-06
HOPE . HAMPTON
SELECTED FOR
POMPADOUR'

Charles Dillingham; yesterday
announced that Hope Hampton,
the motion picture star, has been
chosen to play the title role in
Madame Pompadour, the Eu-
ropean operetta which Mr.. Dill
lingham, in association with Mar.
tin Beck, will present as the
opening attraction at Mr.. Beck's
West Side Theater.
It is expected that the theater
will be ready for this initial pro-
duction by the middle of October.
Madame Pompadour, originally
presented in Europe four years
ago, is now running in London,
as we'll as in several other Eu-
ropean cities. The score is by
Leo Fall and the adaptation to
be seen here is by Clare Hummer.
Shortly after his return from
Europe several weeks ago, Mr..
Dillingham; met Miss Hampton
and was so impressed by her per-
sonality that he told friend that
if she could sing, she would be
his ideal Pompadour. The friend
told Mr.. Dillingham; that Miss
Hampton had a voice and that
he had heard it over the radio
a few nights previously and that
he had been immensely pleased
by it's sweetness and clarity.
Investigation then revealed that
Miss Hampton had been prepar-
ing for the musical stage for sew
eral years, and finally had been
told by her teachers that her
progress had been sufficient to
justify her appearance in a musi.
cal play.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-06
News From London

Much to the regret of her
London admirers, Elsie Janis
closed a successful season at the
expects to sail for New York
shortly, according TO the Morning
Telegraph. After a brief rest
Miss Janis will begin an engage.
ment of six weeks on the Orph-
cum vaudeville circuit at Mil.
waukee about September l.
1t is said that she will receive
$4,000 a week and expenses dur.
ing her tour as headliner in the
Western States Of America.
Following her vaudeville en-
gagement Miss Janis will return
to New York, where she will open
a theater for which she is con-
GLIDING negotiations. 1t will be
konwn as the Elsie Janis Theater
and the Elsie Janis Revue" will
open the Janis Playhouse.
An unusual feature of the per-
formances will be the late cur
tain hour, the show starting at
$3.50 instead of the customary $50.
A prominent London producer
10 Soiu " nave llduS MISS JdnIS
an alluring offer to make her re-
appearance in the West End early
next year in revue to be known
as The Passing Show of 1925.
Her decision will likely depend
upon the success of her New
York venture.
Tallulah Bankhead opened in
THE Creaking Chair" a thrill
ing comedy drama by Allene Tup-
per Wilkes and Roland Pertwee,
at the Comedy Tuesday night.
Miss Bankhead plays the part
created by Mary Odette on. tour.
Miss Odette was unable to play
in London, as rehearsals closed
with her present motion picture
engagement.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-06
AoVER TIsEMENT
OVERPOWDERINC
DOESN'T MAKE
YOU ATTRACTIVE
I'm the presence Of her loneliness.
Unseen Is the lily; UNDECIDED the
rose. Burns.

There is no way of estimating the
tremendous Influence for good
which follows the appeal of lowell.
ness, II 1t Is combined with genuine.
ness and simplicity.
When you See women and girl,
with that ridiculously overpowdered
look. and continually dabbing DIT
their face with a powder puff, 1t is
sure sign they haven't yet found
out how to put on their face pow.
der so 1t will look natural and stay
on for hours without needing any
further attention or thought" saws
a noted skin authority.
BY simply using the Peroxide
(vanishing) Cream which bears the
we'll known Black and White label
before you put on your face powder.
you don't have to paste" it onto
make yourself feel you look right
and it keeps your powder from Civ,
ing the complexion that glistening.
white look, which Is so far from the
soft, natural appearance everyone
raves" over. Then the rouge can
be blended with the powder 50
much more perfectly.
To prove its. tremendous poplar.
ity, Black and White Peroxide
Cream is now selling at the phenon,.
email rate Of more than two million
Jars a year. It's exquisite quality
and popularity Is only equalied ~
the Csc gold Rouge compact. the
soc Incense of Flowers" Face Pow.
der. the Csc Talcum Powder, the
liberal 25c size Gold Cream. etc.
All dNalepS havH AhArM
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-06
RICH, HE FINDS DAUGHTER
He GAVE AWAY IN 1903

NEW YORK, Aug. 6.Twenty.
one years ago two.year.old girl
was surrendered to charity officials
by parents too poor to care for
her. She was adopted by an up.
State family. Thus jeanette King
grew to womaNhood, believing her
own parents dead.
At seventeen she left the home Of
her foster parents to seek her own
way in tie, world. She came to
New York Two years ago she
was very i'll. Her meager savings
were soon exhausted and the by.
reau of charities was notified.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-06
Shakes Hollywood

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. s.
Mary Miles Minter, former movie
actress, is en- route to New York.
hoping, she said, it would never
be necessary for her to return
to California. Miss Minter, whose
financial difficulties have kept her
more or less before the public
since her retirement from the
screen a few years ago, boarded
the California limited at Pasadena
Sunday for the East. under the
named of Miss Shelby, accom-.
panied by a maid.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-06
DeMille Rests

Having completed the filming
of Feet of Clay" his newest
Paramount production, Cecil B.
De Mile is now enjoying a yacht
ing cruise through the Channel
Islands of southern California.
After a two-week trip he will re-
turn and complete the editing Of
Feet of Clay" and start story
conferences on his next produc-
ton, THE Golden Bed" which is
being adapted by Jeanne Macpher-
son from Wallace Twins story,
and is to be produced in the
East
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-06
GOINGS-ON
At the 7'heoters

POLI'S-De Wolf Hopper in
"Iolapthe."
BELASCO-Second week Of
"Smilin' Through"
KEITH'S Sophie Tucker,
Harry Fox and others.
TIVOLI-De Luxe features and
Viola Dana in film.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES triumph
"Wanderer Of Wasteland."
METROPOLITAN Corinne
Griffith in Single Wives"
PALACE--Ernest Terrence in
THE Sideshow of Life"
RIALTO-Virginia Valli in a
thriller, The Signal Tower"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-06

Learning the circumstances Of her
separation from her parents, an
investigation was instituted. 1t was
learned that couple named King
lived at Mt. Morris, N. Y.
Facts and circumstances concern.
ing the girl were exchanged. AS a
result Edward M. King, a prosper.
GUS merchant, became convinced the
girl was his daughter, whom he
had not seen since infancy All
whom he had in the prosperous
years sought to find without
avail. Yesterday. the girl, who had
been living at % Ridge street
Orange, n. j., went to Mt. Morris
to make the acquaintance OF her
parents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-06

AMBASSADOR - Betty Blythe
in "Recoil."
CENTRAL Marie Provost In
How To Educate a Wife,
OUTDOOR RESORTS - Glen
Echo, Chevy Chase Lake, Chesa.
peake Beach, Colonial Beach and
nightly excursions on steamer st.
Johns.
AVENUE GRAND-Marie Pre-.
vost in How To Educate a
Wife"
APOLLO-Blanche Sweet in
Those Who Dance"
SAVOY-Marie Provost in How
To Educate Wife"
YORK-Baby Peggy in THE
Law Forbids."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-06

-Children's Creepers and Romp-
ers, in maize, amber, pink, violet
gray and finished with stitch
ing, 49c
&C h i | dren's Boomers and
Drawers. Made of Sateen, Muslin
and Batiste. 39c to 75c values. To
close out, zoe
Dainty little white dresses of
fine nainsook with embroidery,
square yoke, inset in skirt and
trimmed with lace. Sizes
months to years. Special, $1.0O
nd Floor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-06

Infants Carriage Hats of Wolfe
and Southern Bonnets, in blue,
tomato and yellow, Worth $1.25 to
1926. Special, $1.OO
Infants White Socks with COL
ored tops, worth zoe. Special, 19c
Infants Sleeveless Cotton Shirts,
sizes up to 2 years. CSC values.
Special, 19c
-Children's Khaki Boomers, with
band at waist and buttons and
rubber at knees. Sizes 6 to ID
years, special, $1.OO
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-06

Kann's-Second Floor.
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Kann's-street and Fourth Floors.
The Chilkoot post., 1924-03-28


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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29
Exalt Trade Unionism
It is Life and Hope; 1t is Courage and Inspiration; 1t is
Truth and Achievement; 1t is Humanty's
Vehicle of Progress

movement how to run itself, how to
hurry things along, how to behave in
company.
The reason the American Fedora
tion of Labor stands today is because
it is run from the inside and not
from the outside
The world-savers ought to form a
little worldsaving society of their
own and then proceed to deliver the
goods. Trade unionism accepts coun-
sci and service gladly; it doesn't toll
crate outside bosses.
This Labor Day is good time to
pound home these simple truths. 1t
is a good time to get up on a stump
or box or platform and say things
in short sentences about the Amer.
lean trade union movement. 1t is
worthy of the best that can be sale
for it, the best that can be done fol-
it, the best that can be given to it.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS

things well, hut by his gift of fluent
talk he may be able to make an i'm
preston and get credit and earn fame
that he could not win by the merit
of his achievement. People of that
kind enjoy talking for it raises them
to level above their real deserts.
There are folks, however, who talk
a good deal, who do it merely to
draw other people out. They are
never boastful, are in fact rather
modest, but they feel persistent de-
sire to get the results of other peo-
Piles experience and observations.
Some of the most noted public men
and business leaders have been of that
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29
By CHESTER M. WRIGHT

By CHESTER M. WRIGHT
Director, American Federation of La
Dor Information and Publicity
Service.
The trade union movement doesn't
have to take back seat for anybody.
1t can stand up and proudly tell
the world what it wants, where it is
going and who it is serving.
1t doesn't have to apologize for
anything, or take back talk from any
where.
1t is a privilege and a duty to be
in this movement. The one who is
outside is the one who has the ex-
planning to do.
If there's anyone who goes around
with a limp, barking about what's
wrong with the unions, spot him as
sick in the head or weak in the spine
The trade union movement is just
about the rightest thing in this great
country, and it has right to de-
Lland loyalty and courage and up.
standingness from its members.
Does a decent person go around
apologizing for the defects of his
family? Does he permit his family
to be abused and lambasted by who.
ever happens to dislike the color Of
said family's hair?
Stand up for your union.
There are a lot of preaching mel
and women, persons who have moth
ing to do except save the world, wht
think they can tell the trade uniol
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29


type. They are always circulating
about among the peop trying to get
impressions and ideas and facts out
of the ordinary run of folks. Every
new personality one runs into may
be mine of new experience into
which one may delve to see what
nggets of truth one can find. The
returns are wholly disappointing in
many cases, yet some persons do not
weary of the search. Such folks may
spend too much time in mere talk, but
when it is done from the investigat-
ing rather than the boasting and
bluffng spirit; they may become keen
observers of life and develop practical