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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-19
MITCHELL IMPROVED
Victim Of Peculiar Accident While
 HObOing Freight

Improvement was shown Friday in the condition of $. NJ. Mitchell, 17-year- old Draketown, Ga.. youth who was in iured at midnight Thursday on Sea board Air Line railroad freight train, according to reports from St. Vincents hospital.
 Mitchell, who stated be caught the freight at Draketown, Ga, and was on his way to Dora, Ala, was injured when the train stopped at the Twenty seventh street and Railroad avenue crossing and the machinery of the car on which he was riding shifted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-19
sTOCKYARDs THREATENED
Armour Plant Blaze Causes $500 ,OOO a -4spsssA nassRsaa .,sssS

Armour Plant Blaze Causes $5OO, ,0OO ast a rssa8 Damage
 CHICAGO. April 1S.-Three ware houses of Armour and Company in the heart of the stockyards district were party destroyed today by fire that for a time threatened the greater part of Packingtown and re- suited in loss estimated by packing company officials at half million dol lars. The loss. Armour officials said. is fully covered by insurance and the fire will not interfere with packing operations.
 The fire, believed to have been staSt- ed by a spark from a passing switch engine, started in one of three contigu- ous warehouses formerly used as the hog killing department of Morris and Company, whose assets were purchased by Armour and Company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-19
FAMILY PERIsHEs
All Dead Or Dying As Result Of Gas
 Explosion

JOHNSTOWN, Pa, Apr! 1S.-The entire family of Anthony r. Pracko is dead or dying following an explosion of gas in their home today.
 Someone struck a match in the kitchen. A terrific blast followed and flames swept the bedroom where the family slept. >
 Mrs. Anna Pracko, the mother, was so badly burned that she died in Mercy hospital. Leo Pracko,, 13, was killed outright. A baby, Rosy, IS months, died shortly after it's mother.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-19
cITY RATIfsEs PACT
Controyefsy With Genuty Secs Final Settlement

5 Ratification of the agrecmSnt be- tween the city and county in regard to the payment of withheld funds was completed at the meeting of the city commission Friday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-19
EIGHT KILLED
 IN CHICAGOFIRE

(Continued from Page One) whether owners of the building are re- sponsible in any way for the loss of life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-19

Want Ad Corner" The Age-Heraltl building g-conyeniept and results are sure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-19

He naturally out his fellovs looking his best. He wants to make impression know, who Hes decided to turn leaf keep himself and ccan and become known that manly little Smith boy who'll day be meyor president of the First Ma
 tiona That's what Easter does boy Makes him clothes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-19

These suits are really $l750 qualtyI They would be so priced except for the fact that we virtually manufactured them ourselves Bought the 1voolen piece goods direct and hired good factory to make them up during dull season-th thereby cutting nearly $5 off the cost of each suit,
 Plenty of dark patterns for the boy who wants
 his suit to again next Fall Ansizes 6 to
 16 years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20

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AttractIyene SIS
Proves Key to
popularity
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BY JULIA HOYT.

! was interested the other day. in
reading an article by man supposed
to be an authority on the subject. of
personality Improved again how really
impossible II is for anyone to lay down
rules as to what, in, the final analysis,
makes an attractive woman. We I'll
know one when we see her, but if asked
to define what really caused her to fas-
cinate us, it il hard to tell. 50
1t is. Of course, question of mag
netism, or one may, cali. it" charm
il one prefers. I'VE all know it in our
hearts. We may strive for beat +,
brains, talents-all of which unques-
tionably go toward making an attrac-
tive whole-but ii. we lack that, elusive
thing, Charm" we may be liked, ad-
mired and appreciated by some, but we
will not be universally attractive.
Have yeu not at, some time felt help
lessly sorry for some one who said:
II am as attractive looking as so and
so. 1 think am as intelligent. have
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
MRS. WALLACE PLEASES
RADIO LISTENERS

The following from the Atlanta
Journal will be of interest to the many
friends of. Mrs. Wallace in Birning-
ham, where she frequently visits. She
is in Atlanta with her sister and con-
tributed number of her compositions
over the radio Tuesday evening. Aside
from her compositions Mrs. Wallace
has A beautiful voice and is brilliant
pianist ......
Mrs. Mildred Wallace, composer of
Dream Boat" nation wide hit of the
day, is a visitor from CoIumbiana. Ala
Her song. originally a waltz, has passed
the hundred thousand mark in sales.
is being adopted by rochestras every
where in both waltz and fox trot ar
rangements and has found its way to
the photograph records.
The composer sang her own melody
most pleasantly and added two more of
her own ballads, Il Would Hold You
In My Arms and Good Night; May
Dreams Enfold Thee and Just a
Rose Mrs. Wallace's music have a
charm and originality of conception
that augur well for her future.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
You Cannot
Hide Your Fat

: ovsrfatness' is the one misfortune yoa
can not hide from yourself or from thoss
around you, If too thin, your dressmaker
Or tailor can supply the deficiencies, bat
the overfat carry burden they can not
eonceal. There ID one sure way to reducs
your weight surely and quickly. The harm.
less Marmols Prescription. which changes
the fatty tissues and fat-producing foods
to solid flesh and energy, helps the gem
4ral health and digestion, permits yoG to
AIT substantial food. and leaves the
skin clear and smooth. This famous pre-
ecription Is now condensed into tablet
form. Each tablet contains an exact
dose OF the same HARMLESS ingredients
that made the original prescription Ca pa-
Bile. Of reducing the overfat body steadily
and easily without the slightest Ill effects.
Take but one tablet after each meal and at
Bedtime until, the normal weight IL
rea&Sed and the bodily health completely
Hsstored. Ask your druggist, for Mar
nola Prescription Tablets, or send one dol
bar To- the Marmola Co. 1912 Woodward
Ave. Detroit, Mich, the price the world.
over, and you will receive enough to start
you well on the road to siimnsss and
kMvpiness.-Adv. IN 4
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
Brains T ell In
Societ y S
Whirl
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BY SOPHIE IRENE LOEB

In q society column considerable
space is devoted to woman WHIP has
made her way up in the social ranks
through her brains, the statement being
lat in this very-up-to-date age one
doen't have to posses Midas-like heaps
OF gold to become a dominant personals
ty. Mere brains have turned the trick"
Indeed, it would take volumes of
Social registers" to record the tricks
that mere brains have turned. In this
particular case the young woman, in-
stead of passing her time at pink teas
and other fleeing frivolities, talking
about nothing where nobody listens,
quietly developed a personality.
Her light shines in devious ways of
doing good. She has planned and car
RED through various big entertainments.
that have staggered those who have
nothing more than a family tree or
gold chest. <,
Z She produces real results in benefit
performances just as any woman would
at some business proposition, and she
finds them not only pleasing but profit
able in gaining social prestige.
While this may seem somewhat
strange or new or at least unusual in
this country, you have but to go abroad
to see how civilization has moved on
apace and, the social status is gradual
" being established .and developed
mainly from mere brains" r
No longer is drawing room com
plete or even considered worth while
unless there are few so-called celeb
rities-people who have achieved
something besides mere money-the ex-.
plorer, the man of science, the woman
who has made history in law-making or
fighting for, big principle, worth
while artists, musicians &c. These are
the people that are gradually securing
thescentre of the stage in che social
arena. = S
Not only this; but rich mems sons
and daughters in this day and age are
learning that they are nothing and mo-.
body unless they can develop individu-
atty and do something. Many of them
are breaking away from the bonds that.
bind them to too much riches.
Once when / returned from trip to-
Egypt on the same. steamer was one of
the richest men in the world, the late
Mr.. Morgan. He was heard to say:
AFTER all, can sleep only in one bed
at time, or ride in one automobile or
on one ship"
In other words, he can enjoy only SO
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20

who have been, perhaps, selfish, cold.
uninterested in others, yet who have
had many men in love with them. This
is quite true. All one can say about
such women is that they have charm
and consequently can have undesirable
qualities and attract people in spite of
them. But these are exceptions and
have nothing to do with most of us.
+ Moreover. that strange thing, fall
ing in love-" has really nothing to do
with universal popularity, for there
are women who have had many men
madly in love with them for certain
length of time, who generally are not
attractive to or liked by the most of us.
From my observation, both in Amer
lea and other countries, am convinced
that the duality back of most women S
popularity is the quality of genuine
and natural interest in others. No con-
scious- effort to- be attractive will be
long successful. 1t may have momen-
tary Success with new acquaintance,
but it cannot last.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20

this or that that perhaps she has not
got. and yet she is more popular
1t is difficult for anyone to be of
assistance to such people in their de-
sire:to achieve popularity. and yet I do
believe there is a possible way of ac-
quiring, or at least increasing, one s
natural charm. But it lis entirely a
thing that comes from the interior, in
my opinion, and not the exterior.
take exception to the person who
says: Women who attract men are
the women who truly wish to be at
tractive. Attraction, in my opinion
comes much more from 4. frame of
mind than any conscious effort or de-
sire to be attractive. The truly attrac-
tive people in the world are generally
not thinking about it at all: they think
about themselves very little. T.
Perhasp the most attractive quality
any one can have. and that is at the
basis of charm, is a genuine and unaf-
fected interest in others. II takes a
very. clever. person to simulate this.
They may be able to simulate it a very
small part OF the time but that is all.
This attitude of mind. or frame of
mind, is what shines through people s
eyes and makes you instinctively at
tracted to them. Our eyes are our
most tell-tale features; we can rarely
exert control over them. Have we not
often had some women give us beau.
tiful smile and yet, upon looking into
her eyes, felt repelled.-
can hear some one arguing with
me, pointing out examples of women
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20

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Single Bed Sheets, &c
Fifty dozen, heavy, serviceab1e,
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Single bed or cot Sizes. Excellent.
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orc.
Jewel Cloth Scarfs, 75c
Instead of 81. Monday only. Only
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Neat. attractive and trimmed with
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Indian Head-Yd., &c
1000 yards for Monday shoppers at
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finish. Monday only, yard, &c.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
Her Lucky Number

Mrs. .wieton was convinced that the
lucky figure 4of her life was seven.
PITS quite extraordinary" she said,
t'.how seven has dominated my life. I
was born ON the seventh day of the
month, and had seven sisters.
& Married. on the seventh p asked a
friend .,.,s km.
. "Well, i was married on June ,2s.--
really, but it's still a seyen-seyen
times four. And, only Yesterday i had
an enormous bit of lucky
Surely" said her friend, yesterday
was the thirteenth Z" ~
4 .0h, yes.. Isn't.it wonderful? The
seven again., you see. Seven and six
are thirteen, aren't they ?"-Pittsburg
Telegraph. 4, :. =? -.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20

through with stage love making for
time. When he returns his roles viii
be of another sort, says the New 1ore
World. 80 ~
when you give up the mantle as 3
stage love maker, who will wear it!-
he was asked.
1.-THE public will soon determine tn
man." Dietrich replied. Personally,
know of no one better suited to suci
roles than Allen Dinart. l have watch
ed him closely, and, for a young man,
he has fine technique when it comeg
to love making. l hope he reserves q
for the stage. 1t would be- terrible g
he begins to exercise it in private life;
OF the legitimate stage today, he was
pessimistic. - ~
1T is discouraging," he said. Mo-
ton pictures are TO blame for it all.
They are produced with the idea OF
meeting the mental requirements of 10
and 12-year-olds. The public has seen
in many of them that the morale OF
America has retrograded.- ;@s
The evil Of the influence has spread
to the legitimate stage until it is now
difficult to get over really intelligent,
clever play. Blatancies and triviah%
ties, paralleling those of the movies.
have invaded the legitimate stage. Ths
motion picture business, with its pro-
gram of moro developing, strikes deep
teresting plays
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20

many creature comforts and SO many,
Injuries. Safety is very easily reach,
ed in, this connection, but for achieve
ment there is no end and there is no
satisfaction in the world such as some
thing that you have created yourself.
More and more the truth of Elmer
sons words are being realized, which
in substance is that if you build better
house or even better mousetrap than
your neighbor, though you hide yourself
in the woods the world viii make a
beaten path to your door,: !;
So it is even, with the. upper strata
of society. In this seething centre of
things one. cannot, help. but realize that
the accomplished doer lis more sought
than the idlig dreamer Anytime
passed with him and his personality
gives-people more than ,flimsy, pastimes
and they get more pleasure in TIT end.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
MR.. TURNER HOST
AT LYRIC PARTY

Mr.. Turner entertained last evening
with Lyric party complimenting Miss
Katherine Leedy and her guest, Miss
Rose German, who are home from St
Cecilia academy in Nashville for the
holidays.
The guests were Miss Leedy. Miss
German, Miss Lucy Lee Rives, Mr..
Aubury Allison, Mr.. John Marbry and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
Shifting Remnants
At 200 to 500
Less Than Regular

An early selection is advisable, for
these are wonderful bargains and
the choicest patterns viii go quick
ly. High-grade shifting. madras, in
beautiful patterns. Useful N to
31s-yard lengths.
Everfast Suitings, SOC
Genuine Everfast suitings, in all
colors. Every yard guaranteed fast
color. So inches wide.
Dress Linens-Yard, Csc
Just so pieces of 36-inch pre-shrunk
dress linens, in white and all the
wanted shades, to offer as an extra
special for Monday-yard, s5c.
Nurses Cloth-Yard, 2lc
An extra good quality, smooth fin
ish, finely woven. SO inches wide.
Very special, Monday, yard, 2lc,
(Burger-Phillips-Main Floor
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
GIVES UP HIS LOVE ROLES
Leo Dietrichstein Says He Is Through
With Stage Kind

Asserting movies are causing the
production of legitimate plays to de-
generate Leo Dietrichstein, noted stage
lover, said the other day before sailing
for a tour of Europe that he was
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
specials for Monday That Will Stir Thrifty Folks Into Quick Action!

Princess Nainsook
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Just so pieces of the genuine Lad
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Evening star., 1924-03-18
Keep Looking Young
It's Easy-If You Know DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets

The secret of keeping young is to feel
young-to do this you must watch your
liver and boweis-there's no need Of
having a satiow complexion-dark rings
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sparkle. Your doctor will tell you ninety
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DR.. Edwards, we'll known physician
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and bowels, which he gave to his
patients for years.
tDr. Edwards Olive Tablets, the SUBJ
stitute for caiomei, are gentle in their
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about that natural buoyancy which ali
should enjoy BY tonin0 up the liver and
cleariM0 the system Of impurities.
Or. EDWARDS olive Tablets are known
tS their olive color. 15c and 3oc.
Evening star., 1924-03-18
SENATORS CONFIRM
~ ~. C0LORED OFFICIAL
Appointment of Cohen to New Or.
leans Post Upheld by
Single Vote.
BRINGS END TO LONG ROW
Shipstead Known to Have Switch.
ed From Opposition.

Walter L. Cohen. negro republican
leader of Louisiana was confirmed
yesterday by the Senate as control
Ter of customs at New Orleans
After having been rejected twice
by the Senate, the appointment was
approved by margin of a single
vote
ThIrty-nine senator's voted yester-
DAY for a confirmation and thirty
eight for rejection, a net switch of
two votes from the poll on February
il, when the nomination was reject
ed, 81 to 90. One of the changes is
known to have been by Senator Ship
stead, farmerlabor. Minnesota. who
moved for reconsideration.
Senator Scores Action.
Senator Ransdell. democrat. Louisi-
ana, characterized the insistence of
Inc administration upon confirmation
OF the appointment as IAN outrageous
proceeding" and out of harmony with
representative government. Cohen
could not be elected to the least i'm
portant office in his own state, the
senator said. "and yet he is to be put
over hundreds of voters and tax
payers, not only in Louisiana. but in
several adjoining states"
NPoi 20 " uedlS were III
1he Senate before and after the last
rejection and these were said to have
influenced finally the repeated but
Unsuccessful attempts of Senators
Moses of New Hampshire and Jones
or Washington, republicans, to make
the secret vote public. On every such
occasion there was prompt objection
from the democratic side. Members
of that party f-om border states ex-
hibited keen desire to block any mo-
tion to lift the rules.
First Named i'm 1922.
The record of the Cohen case was
said to be almost unprecedented in
the Senate annals. He was given a
and his name was first sent to the
Senate by President Harding at the
special session which began that
action on the nomination. however.
and Cohen was given another recess
appointment.
time, December 6, 1922, and rejected
March ]. 1929. Another recess ap-
pointment again put him in office
and President Coolidge sent the NOM
jnation in for the third time last
december 10, only to have it rejected
February IL last by scant two votes.
Cohen then offered to serve without
pay and President Coolidge gave his
approval. AS a result of yesterdays
action, however, he will draw back
pay from May IL, 1923. the date of his
last recess appointment.
Evening star., 1924-03-18
$4,000 FACTORY FIRE.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
WALLINGFORD, Vt, March 1s.-
Fire which was said to have origi-
mated from the explosion of a kero-
sene engine in the basement totally
destroyed the Wallingford factory
Gf the American Fork and Hoe Com
pany of Cleveland, Ohio, late yester-
day. causing loss of s135, 900. The
flames swept through the three
story wooden structure in an hour,
,lestroyed a tenement house and a
freight car and menaced three nearby
tanks containing 1,500 gallons of oil.
A fire engine rushed from Rutland,
sen miles, by special train, was used
on checking the flames.
Evening star., 1924-03-18
U. S. FIRMS TO BUILD
RAILROAD IN TURKEY
Angora Report Says Concession to
Be Made to Two Ameri-
can Concerns.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CONSTANTINoPLE. March 1S.-An-
CORA dispatches say that the minister
of public works is about to approve
concession to Stone & Webster and
Uler & Co., two New York con-
Germs, for the construction of a rail-
way from the port of Ineboli, on the
Black sea, to kastamuni, about fifty
miles south of Ineboli.
The American group is said to be
ready to begin work on the lines i'm
mediately the concession is sanction
ed by the grand national assembly
III. d. Carrell of New York, repre-
senting the Stone & Webster inter-
ests, now is en- route to Angora.
Evening star., 1924-03-18

Complete with mattress.
Covered in plain green. Filled
with all new cotton. Opens
with one motion. Adds an
extra sleeping room.
Evening star., 1924-03-18

F n e Mattresses,
made of all new, clean
felt, built layer upon
layer, covered with art
ticking. tufted, and
with rolled edge. Com
Portable and service
able.
Palisadian., 1924-05-23

do not follow the few simple rules,
such as talking directly into the trans
mitter and enunciating clearly. The
experiments do show, however, that
the English language presents some
difficulties to telephone transmission
which are of course unavoidable.
Mirror Shows Light Beams
The machine with which the Bell
engineers test the tones Of voice is
called the oscillograph Briefly. the
operation of the machine may be de-
scribed in this way: The electrical
current carrying the voice. or some
other sound, is sent through two very
fine wires, to which is fastened be-
tween the wires a minute piece of
looking glass. An arc light is TO-
cussed on the mirror so that the re-
fected beam is thrown on a strip of
Photographic film that is wound on a
drum. AS the drum revolves, the light
beam appears as long, regular white
streak on the film.
1These fine wires pass through q
magnetic field and when the sound
frequency current passes over the
wires 1t pushes them back and forth.
This makes the looking glass wiggla,
which in turn causes the beam of
light to move back and forth across
the film, and photograph as a jagged
Line instead Of straight onA