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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-07
LittIe Stories For Bedtime,
Merry Little Breezes Learn The Joy {
 Work
tBy THORNTON BURGESS,

VEOrA ips' To naake he minutes swigtIy Fly: { To i'll fhn dax4 with golden Joy s.sss y,.s- .s
 And ast sffse, hours skipping by.
 A IT, summer long the Merry Little "A Freezes of Old Mother West 4 "A Wind had played on the Green Meadows and in the Green Forest. To dance and play was what they were made for Atileast that is what they seemed to think. Why any one snould work wns something they couldn't un- .derEtand in spite of the fact that Old Mother West Wind herself worked ev- ery dsx When carly in the morning she wnnld turn them out of the big bag -fo nlav they would watch her go away to turn the windmills that pumped the water for the cows, to blow white-sailed ships across the distant ocean, to sweep away the smoke from great cities, and they would wonder why she did these things when it was so much easier to inst do nothing at all or to romp and play.
 But even playing becomes tiresOme, esnecially when nobody will play with vou. And now that the busy autumn had come there was no one to play with. Everybody was too busy to play. So if came about that the Merry L.stle Freezes, because they could think of nothing else to do, offered to help Striped Chipmunk, of whom they were very fond. They offered to shake down nuts from the trees that he might easier fin his secret stOrehouse. You know Striped Chipmunk is not much of a climber. He can climb if he has to. but he never feels at home in the trees and never likes to get far above tie ground. So for his winter stores he de- bends on what he can find on the ground, and let me tell you there are no brighter eyes than those of Striped Chipmunk when it comes to finding nuts and seeds hidden under brown leavesS
 But there are others quite as eager as Striped Chipmunk to find nuts for secret storehouses, especially his cous- ins, Happy Jack Squirrel and. Chat terer the Red Squirrel, and because they are bigger and stronger and very, very selfish, they often chase Striped Chip munk away. So is it any wonder that when the Merry Little Freezes offered to shake down the brown nuts for him Striped Chipmunk chased his tail for pure happiness?
 Happy Jack and Chatterer were still quarreling and their. voices sounded harsh and angry as the Merry Little Freezes danced along ahead of Striped Chipmunk to a tree some distance from where Happy Jack and Chatterer werC calling each other names and worst than wasting the golden minutes of that beautiful day. Striped Chipmunk looked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-07

What good does it do to the girl who wins? My notion is that it does her utterly no good at all, and if any thing, some harm.
 l have lately enquired into the ulti- mate careers of several girls who won beauty contests. Three of them were given jobs as chorus girls and one was engaged to play a small part in a movie. Another "went bad"
 It seems to me that the result of this investigation alone should stand as an indictment and a conviction of these so-called beauty contests. Besides, my feeling is that they are used as pro motion schemes for the profit of others and nothing else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-07

Mrs. l.. D. Ogletree and Mrs. H. F. Williamson have retutned to their home in Anniston after 6 visit to Birming=
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-07
By. Branner

sailed away, the Raggedys and their friends could hear the former Pirates and Red Higgins singing frolicking sea songs and they knew the sormer Pi- rates would have a very nice voyage. Release Tuesday, October 2, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-07

There'a nothing like some honest work i-f 10 make the minutes swiftly fiy;
 ro i'll fhn dax with golden Joy s-sts ,yss- 4 ssl And aet the hours skipping ov.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-07

TINTED LACE SCARFS
 Long fringed scarfs of tinted silk lace and huge squares of ombre crepe de chine and chiffon are among the novel, ties of the new season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-07
WeWOmen
Prniasaional Raauties

MVAODDAVAaA4A
 FIT HAS lately become a fad to hold
 beauty contests. Gities throughOu
 the country have indulged them selves in great orgies of enterprise and eoubed the ranks of the beautiful to de- termine which girl, above all others, is entitled to represent that city in a convention to determine who IS the pret- tiest girl in the country.
 This may or may not be important enough to justify the enormous amount of energy required but, as the gentle man who has sold gold brick said upon discovery of the fraud, have my doubts of it.
 Beauty. of course, is only skin deep. These beauty contests, in view of this, should be judged for eOmplexions. Real beauty is not to be found in black but symertrical or gracefully defined set of features. One of the most genu- inely beautiful young women know would not survive the first elimination tests of a beauty contest such ls IS held so frequently nowadays. Stlll, ID my judgment, she remains the most beautiful young woman of my aequalnt- ance.
 She has beauty of character and that beauty asserts itself more impresslveiy and appealingIy on her face and in her eyes and manner.
 I really pity girls who become pro fessional beauties. Other girls-of the same order of intelleet-point them out and say: There goes So-and-So, whG won the beauty contest at SO-and-So.
 Poor girl If she has any other qualities at all they are soon obscured in the conversational publicity she gets Moreover, she becomes a target fol malicious criticism and gossip, too. AnC in addition to everything else just wha purpose does Q beauty contest serye'
Evening star., 1924-07-13
EVERYDAY RELIGION
By RT. REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D,
Bishop of Washington

Latterly we have shown a disposi-
tion to disregard, If not hold in con-
tempt, our laws. There has been too
much evidence of a disposition to
regard personal liberty as transcend
ing the law of the land. We may
change laws, but we dare not break
them, except to our peril.
Demand for Loyalty.
IT the recurrence of independence
day means anything to us at all, it
should mean the remuneration CT
our lives, our fortunes and our sacred
honor to those things that we regard
as fundamental to our corporate and
individual life. Every pulpit, school,
room, and rostrum should ring with
the message Of loyalty. Christian
people who recognize the sovereignty
OF Christ are bound by every solemn
obligation to uphold those institutions
and traditions that belong to, and
are a part of, our national being
Just now there is a peculiar de-
mand for loyalty to Christian stand
ards. The Master himself, when aues-
toned concerning loyalty to the state.
responded: Render unto Caesar the
things that are Caesars" but He also
added Render unto God the things
that are Gods" This was a demand
Y,
Nothing will do more to contribute
to real Christian unity than a com
mon recognition of those Fundamental |
principles of life that constitute our
security as people. We have known
of so-called Christian people who
boasted Of their ability to circum-
vent constituted law. and were proud
OF the fact that they were able to
avoid detection. This is altogether
reprehensible and worthy of the
sternest condemnation.
Undermining Foundations.
De Tocqueville long ago said that
all governments would be Just as
rascally as the people would let them
be. Little do some people seem to
realize that when they place personal
liberty above loyalty they are under
mining. the very foundations of the
house in which they dwell. 1t is in
conceivable that one should profess
loyalty to Christ and still indulge in
any form of disloyalty to the state
and to society. If Independence day
unity and solidarity as a people. 1t
witnesses to a successful effort made
by our fathers to set up a nation so
we'll compacted that it might endure.
These founding fathers gave their all.
and those splendid heroes who have
followed them in succeeding genera
tions have disclosed a like spirit of
sacrifice. and evinced a loyalty that
was unchallenged and unchallengable
We believe that the heart of the
nation is essentially sound, but the
only way to keep it SO is to demand
of every citizen who enjoys the pro-
lection of our flag and what it repre-
sents that he shall stand without
qualification or reservation for Amer
lean ideals, American institutions and
American laws.
Copyright, 1924, by Current News Features,
Evening star., 1924-07-13

cock was the brightest star. The
polo title was practically assured to
the Argentine team.
The final of the 100-meter dash
was won by Abrahams of Cambridge
University, England. In new Olympic
record time; Scholz, New York A. c..
second.
The final of the 4Oo-meter hurdles
was won by Taylor of Grinnell Col
lege, Iowa, in new world-record time.
A. Finn was second. The final of
the soo-meter run was won by Lowe
of Great Britain; Martin, Switzerland.
second. The time was half a second
behind the world record.
The final of the 3,000-meter steeple-
chase was won by Ritola of Finland
in new world-record time. Another
Finn was second.
The final of the running high jump
was won by Osborne of the Illinois
Athletic Club in new Olympic record
time; Browne, New York Athletic
Club, second.
The final of the pentathIon was
ond; lie Gendre of the Newark Ath-
lectic Club, third.
:. The contest was remarkable for
the fact that in one of it's five fea-
tures--the broad jump-Le Gendre
beat the world record. Ieaping TWEEN
ty-five feet six inches.
The final Of the 200-meter dash
was won by Scholz New Work Ath.
1etic Club, in time equaling the Olym-
pic record; Paddock. United States,
second.
The final of the sixteen-pound shot
put was won by Houser of the Uni
versity of Southern California: Hart
ranft of Stanford University second.
The final of the running broad
jump was won by Hubbard of the
University of Michigan; Gourdin,
United States, second.
was won by Kinsey. Uniyersitv of
Illinois; Atkinson, South Africa. sec
ond. seo
The final of the 1,50O-meter run
was won by Nurmi of Finland in
new Olympic record time. but a sec
ono slower than his own world rec
ord. A Swiss was second.
The final of the 5,O0O-meter run
was won by Nurmi Of Finland in new
Olympic record time, but slower than
ms own world record. Ritola of Fin
land was second.
The final Of the hammer throw was
won by TootelI, Boston A. A.: Nc
Gratn: New York A. c., second
In the final Of the pole vault Gra-
ham Of California Tech and Barnes
of Hollywood (Caiif.) High School
were tied for first place, Barnes win
ming in the jump-off
In one OF the trial heats of the 400
meter run Imbach of Switzerland es-
tablished a new world record, In
another heat Fitch, Chicago A. A.,
beat Imbaeh's record.
The final Of this event was won by
Liddell. Great Britain, who beat
Evening star., 1924-07-13

cent, while the quantity of material
available amounts to 250.00o to 3o0,-
600 tons of seed annually.
| Again, in the milling of patent -four
the wheat germ, constituting 2 to 3
per cent of the wheat, must be en-
tirely removed, and is usually dis
posed of as part of the shorts or
| content of 10 to IL per cent. Inves-
tigation of the commercial possibili-
ties in the utilization of wheat germ
| oil, the production Of which may cas-
lily reach 2,200 tons annually, has been
made.
/ For years DIR. Stockberger has been
recognized by those who have OBJ
| served his work as an efficient exe.u-
tive and an effective organizer Of new
| lines of work. AS an executive he
combines success in dealing with men
and the ability to direct their efforts
along productive channels. He dis
plays soundness of judgment in rec
ogniz.ng and developing the essential
| and practical features of lines of in
vestlgation placed under his direc-
! tion.
1t was because of such recognition
that DR.. Stockberger was made the
| classification officer for the entire De-
partment of Agriculture, where other
departments had boards in charge of
| this work. DR.. Stockberger himself
feels that his work on classification
mas been the biggest thing he ever
| handled. He has been the sole classi-
| ncatlon authority for the 10000 en-
| pioyes of this great department., IN
Guiding 400 in Washington, affected
| oy the classification act.
Salary Reclassinca tion.
Dr. Stockberger was detailed to the
congressional joint commission on re-
classification of salaries on June IS,
1919. Senator A. A. Jones, chairman
of this commission, testifies that DR..
Stockberger was one Of the leading
members Of the classification stafr
and at the end of the work was elect
ed president of the Federal Reclassi-
fication Society. Senator Jones says:
In the early stages Of the work Or.
Stockberger did some organization
charting. He was chairman Of the
medical science service, of the nursing
service and of the skilled trades and
labor service. He made a tentative
classification of all positions in the
two former services and wrote speci-
flcations for them.
Throughout his work DR.. Stock
berger foStered cooperation between
the various elements in the commits
sion's forces was careful to con-
tribute in a constructive way from
his experience in administrative and
research work in the government
The professional and scientific
Evening star., 1924-07-13
N. E. A. Has Grown
Rapidly Since 1921

With the National Education Asso-
citation comforting here, it Is OF
timely interest to note that enroll
ment in this organization has in
creased within the last three years
from 1854 to 1856.
Massachusetts, made a percentage
increase of S1f.7-her membership
growing from 1906 to 10,54o.
Florida's enrolment of -45 in 1921
was raised to 40 in 1924.
Montana Is one of the few states
whose membership in the national
association has decreased during this
period, her membership dropping from
400 in 1921 to 258 in 1924.
Growth of state associations has
been less rapid than that of the ma :
tional association. In enlarging her
state membership Florida has made
greater progress than any of the
others, the enrolment Of 500 growing
to S,759, or an increase Of 1,715.S per
cent over 1921. The Florida associa-
tion is one of the several which en-
roll lay members al well as teachers
Evening star., 1924-07-13
Toy Balloons ofU.S.
FOundOverWOrld

When you go to the beach or an
amusement park, or even to the Zoo
and see a large man with a whole
flock of toy balloons; when you tie
one OF these balloons to your auto
mobile, and a rush of wind. as Won
speed along, tears it away, or ner-
haps the thread slips from the fingers
oi young son, who walls his regrets
as the vividly colored bubble floats
skyward-pause and think, for these
are distinctly superior America
proouct which have a practical mn.
nopoly in the worlds markets.
Ihe toy balloon, made in the eood
old U. S. A, is already an importan
commodity in International commerce,
and the trade is destined to grow. be-
cause American manufacturers of tov
balloons need not fear foreign COM
petition unless their competitors in
stall modern machinery, which Is
doubtful.
How American toy balloons practi-
cally dominate the British and other
foreign markets has been told in Of
fcial dispatches to the United States
Department of Commerce. Although
foreign competitors are able to meet
American prices, they cannot compete
IN quality and they produce balloons
OF only two colors, thus affordinp
American manufacturers an impor-
tant selling point in the variety Of
colors they offer. The French. Bel
gian and British products are made
molds - Nppeo I'LL
The most popular colors are red
and yellow. The round balloon 10
Pei; PreIeIred to the airship type, one
british dealer stating that he sells
three In , times as many round balloons
IN the forty and fifty cubic cent?
meter M ter sizes as the airship balloons
OF the same sizes. The fifty and sew
enty cubic centimeter sizes are used
mostly 1or advertising purposes. The
iorty, n1ty, sixty and seventy sizes
are the pest sellers In the solid colors.
Gas balloons are not in great de-
mand. because of their high price
Their sale is affected by a Regulation
or the London County Council. which
prohibits their use at indoor affairs
owing to the fire danger.
whenever you visiA European re-
sort or hotel you are likely to en-
counter an old friend from home in
5ne shape Of loud-colored toy bal
loon. They are usually purchased hv
importers, who sell to wholesale toy
dealers, who in turn sell to hotels.
restaurants and shops at seaside re-
sorts. s... -
Evening star., 1924-07-13

Fitch's record, Fitch being second
An altogether unprecedented busi-
ness.
The final of the 1o,ooO-meter run
was won by Ritola Of Finland in new
worid-record time.
The javelin throw was won by
Finn.
Nurmi's double victory on the same
day at the longer distances is rightly
regarded as the most impressive per-
formance to date Of the meet, but 1
find myself more thrilled by the vic
Barnes in the pole vault, contest
that requires more nerve than any
other. 1t is to be noted that we still
lag behind in the longer distance
events-those requiring the most
stamina. On the evening OF July -
title with 1891 points. Finland was
second. with 1913.
On July S, in the Wimbledon, Eng
land, tennis tournament, Miss wills
and Mrs. Wightman of the United
States won the women's doubles title,
beating Miss McKane and Mrs. Covell
of Great Britain.
Richards and Hunter of the United
States won the mems doubles title.
Miss McKane and Mr.. Gilbert of
Great Britain won the mixed doubles
title and Jean Borotra won the mems
singles title, beating another French
man, Lacoste.
+ X r +
Notes-Stuart MacLaren, the Brit
ish world flyer, arrived at Kushimoto,
Japan, on July 6, and at Kasumi-
gaura, the great naval air station, on
the 7th.
The tribesmen in the Spanish zone
of Morocco have lately been making
themselves even more disagreeable
than usual. The Spaniards have suf-
fered some reverses: how severe is
not clear from the dispatches.
A so-called revolution" in the state
Of Sac Paulo, Brazil. is occupying
much space in the daily press, but
apparently it is only local insur-
rection of no great Importance and
Is being suppressed by the federal
government without difficulty Serious
trouble in Sac Paulo should greatly
interest us, as a very large part of
the worlds coffee production comes
from that state. (But later reports
indicate possibility that the situa-
tion is more serious than l had in
ferred.)
Evening star., 1924-07-13


mary of the most important
i news Of the world for the
seven days ended July 12.
~ X X X
France.-A curious situation grew
out of the conversations at Chequers
between Premiers Macdonald of
Great Britain and Herriot of France
The week end of June 21-22, it will be
recalled, they agreed that a confer
ence of representatives of the allied
powers interested in German repara-
tions and of the United States Gf
willing) should be held in London be-
ginning July 16. to determine the pro-
cedure for putting the Dawes plan
into effect. M. Herriot went home and
told the French Chamber about the
conversations. He talked a little
vaguely about a moral agreement"
on essentials and that sort Of thing;
and the delegates were not ,satisfied
or happy about it. They feared that
Herriot might have. been Aim fam
med" so to speak, taken in by honey
ed talk, and that he might, in an ex-
cess OF altruistic enthusiasm have
committed himself to the prejudice of
French interests.
Well, Mr.. Macdonald sends out the
invitations in due course, and with
them he sends a memorandum set
ting forth the views Of his govern
ment on the most important ques-
tions to come before the conference.
To conf1ne to the main matter, he de-
clares 1t to be his governments opin-
ion that the power to decide, should
such a question arise, whether or
not Germany had defaulted in re-
spect of fulhllment of her obligations
under the Dawes plan, should be vest
ed. not in the reparations commission,
but In some other authority" such
as (only a suggestion) the financial
committee of the league of nations;
Tor, alleges the memorandum, this
duty cannot properly be entrusted to
the reparations commis1k4n, whose
functions are strictly determined by
the treaty of Versailles, skAce the en-
gagements to be entered into under
the Dawes scheme lie to a large ex-
tent outside the scope of that treaty"
Il say, the memorandum" as though
an Identical document had been sent
to the several governments. Appar-
emily memoranda differing from each
other in details of wording but iden-
ttcal In substance were sent. / con-
tfnue to say the memorandum
The memorandum was published in
a Paris newspaper, and the sensation
was as If a fleet of Zeppelins had
bombed the town. The opposition be-
came highly vocal and not only the
opposition. 1t was clear enough that
Parliament would not stand for such
Evening star., 1924-07-13

string them, with plans for laying
out new gardens and directions for
cultivating medical plants. Through
the establishment of these gardens
important material for the better in
Struction of students of pharmacy
are made available, as we'll as au-
thentic materials for Standardization
purity and quality of these important
products. At the same time valua BILE
data are secured on the adaptability
of drug crops to varying conditions
of soil and climate and on the prob
able economic value of drug crops in
comparison with others now grown
in the same locality.
AS a result of fifteen years work
on camphor culture under DR.. Stock
berger's administration, two CONNER
cial concerns engaged in production
on 5000 acres of cut-over land in
Florida with improved machinery for
planting and harvesting and improved
methods of distillation Of the gum.
Utilization Of Cedar Waste.
Utilization OF cedar waste is a
third Illustration of the practical aid
to industry through DR.. Stockbergers s
studies. OF the millions of feet of
cedar consumed annually in this coun-
try in the manufacture of cigar boxes
alone, it is estimated that fully so per
cent of the logs is wasted in the
form of Sawdust and trimmings,
which have been used only for fuel
in the mill and factory. Cigars
packed in cedar boxes derive an
aroma or flavor from the volatile oil
contained in cedar wood. and manu-
facturers consider 1t absolutely eS-
sential that cigars have this aroma.
Investigation of the cedar waste
showed it to be a profitable source of
cedar oil. 1t was demonstrated that
boxes made from poplar, or other
woods, may be impregnated with the
oil in such a way as to impart the
desired flavor to their contents. The
practical outcome of this investiga-
tion has attracted the attention of
large number of manufacturers.
The large quantity of red cedar lun-
Der used in the manufacture of red
cedar chests affords another instance
of waste of valuable oil material,
which is being checked by DR.. Stock
berger. The possibilities in the dis
tillation of the oil from this so per
cent waste have been studied, both
for value of the oil and the practi-
cability of impregnating chests made
of other lumber with the oil thus
obtained, making them equally secure
against infestation by moths.
Gaining Oil From Screenings.
Utilization of grain screenings as a
source of oil has been studied, and
DR.. Stockberger has found that the
oil content of some seeds in these
screenings runs as high as 3s per