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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-12


 and Mir. Smiley sat upon Mir. Grumble's 8 front porch and wondered how to get the stone away from Mr. Grumble they heard Mir. Grumble howl and run out to the back door.
 "Quiekp Raggedy Ann cried, "he's running down the path out the back door P And sure enough, when the Raggedys and Mir. Smiley ran around Mir. Grumble's house they saw him rum ming down the path lickity split and he was hewling at every step.
 When MT. Grumble reached the brook he plunged in head first and splashed the water on top of his head as hard as he could.
 "Its all your fault, Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy!. MT. Grumble howled. You worked magic upon the lucky stone so that when put lini- ment upon the bump on my head and made a wish for the bump to quit hurt ing, the liniment made all the hair come off the top of my head and now the bump burns like fire! It's all your faultl''
 Don't pay any attention to what he says r Mir. Smiley said to Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy. Its just the stone bringing his bad luck, I'll bet '"
 "Of course it s!' Raggedy Ann and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-12
The WeU-Dressed Man
 By BEAUNASH Correct Clothes Meet The Obligation Of EUery Occasion
The Sporting Four-In-Hand

S PORT is fun, not a function, and D this principle must be applied to ones clothes. Anglo-Saxons have coined a term which never loses it's fine old flavor. The name is gentleman sportsman. It denotes one who plays the game, whatever it be, with the dress and department of a gentleman and the fairness of a sportsman. The gentle man-spirtsman, being first of all gem tleman, turns himself out in well-eut, well-fitting clothes. He does not share that ingrowing vanity of small natures, which study to be shabby in the mis- belief that, thereby, they show a high and-mighty contempt for things others hold in esteem. The gentleman-sports- man knows that the consciousness of be- ing fit to his finger-tips buoys the spirit and betters the stroke.
 However, neither does the gentleman sportsman go in for elaborately pattern ed or over-sleek clothes under the inn pression that these are dashing and pie toresQue. They are not. On the con trary, the yare as out of place as a Fiji-Islander in a ballroom bringing to outdoors the attitudinizing and arti- ficially of indoors. A mans mind
 
 should be off himsel fand on the game. If he is highly exercised about the knot of his cravat or the drape of his knick- CTS, he cannot exercise sufficient care an dskill to play the game.
 However, this need not exclude the adoption of minor styles which smack, in design or detail, of golf, tennis, polo and the like. The true sportsman is as proud of his devotion to some game as the university man is proud of his fealty to his alma mater. Therefore, four-in- hand scarfs embroidered, in contrasting colors, with golf clubs, riding crops, ten his racquets, dogs heads, crossed polo mallets, cricket bats and all the insignia of hunting have long been a fashion of sports in England and they are coming into broader vogue in this country.
 Three of these cravats are illustrated here not so much with the idea that they are widely in fashion, but rather to show the variety and versatility of styles which are available to the man who selects his clothes, as distinguished from the man who merely Durchas ses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-12
Hearts of TsOo
CHATTER POS

IHHE man and woman watching her | as she lifted the smallest child to her lap and motioned to the other two to perch on the arm of her great chair could not know the comfort this homesick girl was deriving from the touch of childish hands and arms. Her cares seemed to slip from her as she chatted with the happy young creatures. Jean, the oldest girl, and Myra, the sec ond, prattled eagerly, while little Helen, aged four, nestled against the strangers s shoulder as naturally as if she had known her all her life.
 What pretty names they all have" !" Marian remarked when, a half hour later, the children Lad zone with their nurse to supper and to bed.
 '"The two oder girls e named for their two grandmothers," Mrs. Crosby rejoined. "The youngest is named for a young relative of my husband's--a second or third cousin of whom we are fond-Helen Stagg. Why do you staft7"
 Because" Marian looked excited, "I happen to have friend in Fairtown who is-who-"
 She stopped, Hushing. George Dixoh was engaged to Helen Stagg, but in the only letter she had received from him | lately he had not told her that his l engagement had been announced.
 You don't mean that you know Hell en's betrOthedw Constanee exclaimed. Don't be afraid to speak of the affair, for it has just been announced. How stupid of me not to connect you with the FairtOwn in which Helen Stagg's fiancee lives! Do tell me about him" :"
 He is a dandy chap, and the best friend in the world" Marian declared. q am so surprised to think that you know the girl he loves that can hardly get my breath. have never met her, but I saw her only few evenings ago with a gentleman l fancied was her father"
 Probably it was," Tom Crosby re- piled. "Where did you see them?"
 The blood rushed to Marian's face. For a moment she had forgotten that she was a public dancer. But she must be frank. -.-,. :.
 "At RoscOe's," sch replied unflinch- ingly.
 sight. Why didn't you introduce your self to her2" Crosby queried. 1 Marian's face became still redder.
 Because" she said steadily. T do not think she is the kind of girl who knows public dancers socially. That was the reason why forbade George Dixon's arranging to have her meet me either here or in FairtOwn."
 The maid, appearing in the door at 1 this instant to announce dinner, spared the necessity of further comment on the subject.
 (To Be Continuedl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-12
Guard Your Mouth.

Let WRIGLEY'S be the guar dian of your mouth and throat
 It will combat trouble of various kinds. It~helps to keep the teeth free from food particles that fer rnent and cause decay.
 It has an antiseptic effect. It re- lieves acid mouth and thus not only prevents harm to the teeth, but serves to sweeten the stomach.
 It stimulates digestion and helps to prevent the forming of gas that causes dyspepsia.
 Read, from a widely known medical. work:
 Chewing gum aids tooth nutri- ton and the cleansing action is, a definite benefit = it prevents dyspepsia. Good chewing gum is excellent for bad digestion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-12
the holes through which the salt may

The leather straps on the handles Of umbrellas soon wear out or break, in which case they cannot be mended, However a grossgrain or moire rib bon, if used in place of the leather strap, will prove more practical, more durable and more attractive. Run the ribbon through the hole in the handle and tie in a loop to slip over the hand. The ends of the rib bon may swing free or be tied into bow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-12
TAKE the youngster to a doctor ana

NAkE the youngster to doctor and
 have her thoroughly examined.
 Then take her to a, specialist in nervous diseases. From what you say I will hazard the guess that there is some kink in your child's nervous ma chinery. =
 Like most people, you still have the idea that certain children are good and others bad. Get that out of your head. There is physio-chemical cause for everything, if we can only find it out. That is only another way of saying that no matter how much any one of us likes to delude himself with the fond belief that he is doing just as be wants to do, the truth is the other way around--he is doing only what his protoplasmie inheritance and his environment forces him to do.
 This will shock many pious parents and others who still cling to the idea of free will. The sooner all of us cease our chatter about metaphysics and philosophy and get down to earth and seriously study chemistry, physics, bio logy and so on, the sooner will our lives be free from superstition and dogma.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-12

THE POPULARITY OF YELLOW
 Yellow is one of the favorite colors of the season and it is particularly sue. cessful in handmade frocks of voile that have touches of hand embroidery in color. '.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-12
Sending A Child To Dreamland

Sending A Child To Dreamland One Mother Says:
 My little son was a very difficult young man to send off to sleep. l have found that the easiest way to bring on a sleepy condition was to change the time of his bath to the time I set for his bedtime. I make the water quite warm. Then when the child is ready to hop in bed I give him a cup of warm milk. He is off to dreamland almost before his head has dented the pillow.
 If you would Hike to get a handy little book, entitled 400 Ideas for Mothers" containing the best ideas for mothers that have been published here, send 16 cents in stamps to Age.Herald Mothers Bureau, Room 98O, so S. panFboFn street, Chicago, H.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-12
AN AIRY PARASOL

An airy parasOl for formal wear is made of black chiffon with long petals of black taffeta lined with white ra- diating from the center.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-12
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know that it is wrong to take anything which belongs to another and Raggedy Ann told Mir. Grumble so, too, when he took the lucky stone away from Mir. Smiley and made Mir. Smiley cry as if his heart would break. You cannot expect the stone to bring you anything but bad luck ]" Raggedy Ann said when MT. Grum- ble, running away
 from Raggedy Andy, bumped his head
 against the door sill.
 But Mir. Grumble slammed the door be- hind him and locked 1t, and as he sat in side he rubbed the bump on his head with liniment from a green bottle. "I 'spect I shall never get the lucky stone back from Mr. Grumble P MT.
 Smiley said, "for Mir. Grumble is n very
 mean fellow Y
 |> sIf we could just get inside his house I wood mighty soon re tur nthe lucky stone to you !" Raggedy Andy
 said. q would wres- tie Mir. Grumble '" .n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-12

Always keep milk in a bottle GOV cred until you are ready to use it. Always wash the bottle before you ODen it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-12
Child $ Actions Sign Of Bad
 IN erves S

My only child, girl of five years old, has been source of trouble to mo, She weighed but five pounds atibirth and has al- ways bean atteSsiess sleeper.
 ''In kindergarten she is constant. " moving and talking, interrupt. ing the class, and Is very naughty, slapplng the children. and making no effort to concentrate. She does not agree with the children, wants to boss, and pouts if she does not got her way. She seems absolutely iErespOnsive and deceitSul--lies about the most inconsequentia things and forgets corrections as soon as given. I have been very strict, spanking her on an average Of once day. I have tried to in. stilI truthfulness by not punishing If the truth were told, but spanking or putting her to bed If she lies. My being strict with her and spanking her so frequently is prob. ably one of the causes of her ex- treme nervousness, but her con stsnt twisting, Jumping and de- struction of her toys and etc, get on my nerves until I am positive wreck.
 "As last resort, would you stfg. gest sending her to a convent or training school? I feel If she were away from me for 2. while 1t might work wonders.
 MRS. E. ID. F."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-12
By Branner

things! Then everyone will think am much nicer !''
 And of course that was quite true, for we always love those who are nice and kind to us.
Evening star., 1924-01-31
SEEK TO LEARN HOW
MILLIONS ARE LOS!
Odd Lot Cotton Dealing Probe Be.
gins in New York as Result
of Complaints.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, January 31.-Edward
Bartlett, jr, president of the New
York Cotton Exchange. and Louis
Brooks, chairman Of the business con-
duct committee of the same exchange,
were among the first witnesses sum-
moned to appear today at the OPEN,
Ing of the public inquiry by Deputy
Attorney General Wilbur w. Cham
bers into the activities of odd-lot cot
TON exchanges and brokers.
Mr. Chambers said 1t was planned to
call officials of the odd-lot exchange,
the National Cotton and Grain EX-
change and the Federal Cotton Ex-
cnange, the three odd-lot exchanges
operating in New York. While the
New Iopk Cotton Exchange does not
90 business in odd lots, virtually all
purchases and sales of actual cotton
IN New York are made through il, Mr..
Chambers asserteds -s.
victims of number of odd lot cot
ton firms which failed during the pas
few months lost millions of dollars"
SAID Mr. Chambers. $50 many COM
plants have been received that a
searching investigation must he made
INTO the, odd-lot cotton brokerage
business"
Evening star., 1924-01-31
CRUDE OIL OUTPUT
GAINS DURING WEEK
Production Advance, However, Is
More Than Offset by Drop
in Daily Imports.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, January Sl.-The daily
average gross crude oil production of
the United States increased $3.50 bar
rels for the week ending January 26,
totaling 1.S94,S00 barrels, according
to the weekly summary of the Amer
lean Petroleum Institute. The daily
average production east OF the Rocky
mountains was 1,230,1 $50 barrels, a de-
crease of 12,70O
Daily average imports of Petroleum
at principal ports for the week ended
January IS were $4,000 barrels,
compared with 21S.2S5 barrels for the
previous week. Daily average re-
ceipts of California oil at Atlantic
and Gulf coast ports were 16S.S57
barrels, compared with 1914 for the
previous week
Pennsylvania crude oil was ad-
yanced % cents barrel on January
20 and % cents on January 80. and
is now being quoted for the Bradford
district $3.50 barrel and all other
grades S4.
Evening star., 1924-01-31
EARNS $3.50 PER SHARE.
Pennsylvania Railroads Net In
come for 1928 Estimated.

PHILADELPHIA, January ol.-
Pennsylvania, Railroad Company for
1923 will show net income equivalent
to per cent (s4.50 a share) or bet
ter on the roundly s500,000,0Q0 capi-
tai stock, according to present esti-
mates, says financial authority.
This will compare with 6.4s per cent
in 1922, with Ats per cent in 1921 and
6.57per cent in 1920.
Report for 1923 will cover settle
ment of accounts with the govern
ment for the federal control period.
but this will principally be reflected
in changes in the balance sheet and
will not figure in a large way in
income account.
Evening star., 1924-01-31
BUSINESS SLOW IN SOUTH,

NEW ORLEANS. January 81 (Spe-
ciaD.-orders are coming in slowly
to wholesalers and manufacturers
here, and in some lines the volume
OF business this month has been far
below December. Backwardncss Of
crop preparation, which is affecting
country retail trade. is held resrou-
sible Collections in the rural dig
tricts have commenced 70 fall off
although retail trade in the cities is
Keeping up well, with large sales of
Aoods
Evening star., 1924-01-31

be united az a single corporation. the
Remington -NoiseIess Corporation. DIR.
Charles w. Colby, president of the
Noiseless company, announces The
new corporation, which has already
been formed. will issue 1880 shares
of preferred stock with a par value
Of 500. and $4,000 shares of common
stock, no par value.
B. L. Winchell, president Of the
Remington company. will become
president Of the Remington-N -Noiseless
Corporation, and DR.. Colby, chairman
Of the board.
The new corporation will begin
activities when the plan Is ratified by
pany. 1t will have It's own factory
at Middletown. Conn.
Evening star., 1924-01-31

put in operation in q local cotton mill
Friday. The machine weighs thirty
five tons and cost more than $4,000.
A bolt of cloth % feet wide, 800 feet
long and weighing 5000 pounds will be
woven In the machine In forty-eight-
hour week. The width of this bolt is
nearly seven feet greater than those
woven by the largest loom now operat.
ing. The machine is fed with thread
from 5000 spools.
Evening star., 1924-01-31
PARIS MARKET FIRM.

PARIS, January 31.-Prices were
firm on the bourse today-three per
cent rentes, "a francs.
Exchange on London, 90 francs.
Five per cent loan, 20 francs So
centimes.
The dollar was quoted at 81 francs
So centimes
Evening star., 1924-01-31
PEAS rs CTS. PER POUND.
Frost Damage Causes Price Boost In
California.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SAN FRANCISCO. January al
Shipments of early California peas to
eastern markets will. be delayed this
year by frost damage and lack of
rain. Early peas. which last year sold
locally at cents pound. are now
bringing % cents. Shipments Of
caulif1ower from the bay districts to
eastern points will not exceed 400
carloads this year. as compared with
$50 last year
Evening star., 1924-01-31

Mrs. Louise L. Chatham of Will
Transport. Pa, has just been admit
ted to practice before the Pennsyl-
mother of two boys.
Evening star., 1924-01-31
TYPEWRITER FIRMS
WILL SOON UNITE
Remington and Noiseless Compa-
nies Have Formed New
Corporation.

NEW YORK, January 31.-The
Remington Typewriter Company and
the Noiseless Typewriter Company Will
Evening star., 1924-01-31
MILL GETS LARGEST
LOOM IN WORLD
Baltimore Firm Pays $50, 1000 for
New Machine Which Weaves
Cloth % Feet Wide.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, January 81. The
largest cotton loom I'm the world will be
Smyrna times., 1924-02-13
SN0WSHEDS WILL BE RAzED
Picturesque but Monotonous Features
of Mountain Travel Are to
Disappear.

The snOwsheds along some of the
railroads through the Sierras are being
taken down, one stretch measuring IA
miles in length. Some sort of snow
fighting equipment will be used in
stead. These enormous structures were
novel at first, but when it came to rid
ing through them, mile after mile,
passengers grew tired of them and, be-
sides, they wanted to see the scenery,
remarks the Providence Journal.
Some of these sheds were built in
localities where the country was
somewhat lacking in picturesque fea-
lures, but at the same time passengers
were always trying to get a glimpse
through the windOw-like openings
which occurred at regular intervals,
but this was impossible as the move
ment of the train precluded anything
like a glimpse of the country-nOth-
ing but a flash of light.
Consideration of the wishes of pas
sengers, coupled with the fact that the
maintenance Of the sheds has been a
serious item of expense, prompted the
railroad people to dispense with the
long snOwsheds.
Smyrna times., 1924-02-13
HMetaI Mike" as HeImsman.

An American cOasting vessel recent
ly completed a voyage of 1900 miles
with a machine as helmsman. Ex-
cept for taking the vessel in and out
Of port, the steering was done solely
by this new device. and the vessel kept
a straight course throughout the trip.
at no time deviatlng from 1t by more
than a sixth Of a degree.
The new apparatus is known among
Metal Mike" has become so effective
to the ships compass in such a way
that directly the vessels nose begins to
take 1t out of the true course, an
electric contact is set in motion, which
moves the helm and brings the ship
back to the right position. Now that
Metal Mike" has become so effective
in practice, 1t probably will be fitted to
other boats.
Smyrna times., 1924-02-13

A telegram from Fairmount, West
Virginia, has reached Milford bring
ing the news to relatives and friends
of an automobile accident, in which
DR.. Harry Causey had both legs brOk-
en- and sustained other serious injur-
les. He was in the hospital in Vir-
ginia at the time the telegram was
sent. Later in the day further infor-
nation came from his home, confirm
ing the facts of the telegram; but
stated that he had regained conscious
ness and had asked for his brother,
who resides in Washington, D. C. Mrs.
A. Donnell Marshall of Milford, is a
sister.
Smyrna times., 1924-02-13
Almost a Yard.

A farmer had several hens stolen,
so he decided to buy dog. He sent
his man to town and told him to get a
good yard dog.
Soon the man returned, escOrting a
dachshund.
what do you call that thingT"
gasped the farmer.
WELL" replied the man, "it's the
nearest could get to a yard; It's two
feet eleven inches"
Smyrna times., 1924-02-13
Hangs by Wedding RInu.

When Mrs. James Carrlck, a New
Zealand woman, was standing on a
chair lifting a meat safe down from a
big hook her wedding ring caught In
the book and almost simultaneously
the chair slid frem under her. She
was thus suspended in midair until
her cries attracted attention and she
was released only after the ring had
been fled In two.
Smyrna times., 1924-02-13
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger Renin-
sula Towns and Communities

Bidgeville's annual town election
resulted in the following being elected:
Mayor, j. ]. Johnson; treasurer, R. J.
McAllen; commissioner for one year,
Minos Allen; commissioner for two
years, Arthur Stewart and Elmer
Wiley; assessor, Edgar Anderson.
Smyrna times., 1924-02-13
ImperlaI Palace often summed.

The Japanese imperial palace in
Tokyo was originally finished in 1456
and for centuries was occupied by the
shoguns, the virtual rulers of the
country. It has been the residence Of
the emperor of Japan since 1868, but
it has been so often destroyed by fire
that the present structure dates only
from 1888.
Smyrna times., 1924-02-13
Two Points Of View.

The Brute-Are you doing anything
this EVENING"
She (eagerly)-No, nothing at all.
The Brute-What a terrible waste
Of time.
Smyrna times., 1924-02-13
Test Of True Love.

She-You don't love me any more I
He-Why do you say that?
"The last three times you've left
before father made you"
Smyrna times., 1924-02-13

C. Douglas Buck, chief engineer of
the Highway Department, is planning
to try to start road construction in
few weeks, with operations in each
of the three counties. There is about
the same amount of road building to
be done in each county this year and
in order to avoid any criticism from
any section that the work in other
sections is being done first. he is ar
ranging his men so that some work
can be gotten under way in each coun-
ty at the same time. The stretch of
highway of about five miles from the
Lewes road to Rehoboth will be start
ed the last of this month if the wealth
er continues moderate. There is a
chance that the route may be relO-
Gated over the canal and that this will
mean the addition of a new street to
Rehoboth Beach. The new sub-high-
way police station one miles north of
Dover is about completed and will be
placed in service within a few days.
Smyrna times., 1924-02-13

Chief Engineer Douglas C. Buck,
of the State Highway Department,has
issued a warning to all persons who
are paid chauffeurs that they must
have their picture pasted on the driv
er's license issued to them by the
State. The person to whom a license
has been issued must also sign the
license card Immediately upon re-
ceipt of it. A clause in the new motor
laws requires that the picture and
signature be placed on the card, and
unless it is complied with an arrest
will follow. Four drivers were arrest
ed last week for failure to comply
with this provision of the motor laws,
and they were fined when taken before
magistrates Persons who are not paid
drivers are not required to have their
pictures pasted on their operators Ii
cense, but they must sign the license
card as soon as they receive it. This
is done as a protection to themselves,
as we'll as to eliminate the possibility
of a person other than themselves US
ing the card. There has been some
complaint in lower Delaware from
persons who were not we'll informed
on the subject. These persons thought
that all automobile drivers had to
have their pictures on the cards. Only
those who receive pay for driving
must do this.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
WE SELL AS WE ADVERTISE
 AND ALWAYS FOR LEss'

A collection of handsome Poiret twills, mixtures and plain coats, in all the lead ing styles of the season.
 You could not Lay the material alone in these coats for 12.75, say nothing of getting a fine, tailored finished garment at this price. This is a REAL PIZITZ SPECIAL.