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CHAPTER ~.
Chickio Meets Janina.

X Chickie couldn't bear the sight
of her own eyes-so gray and
sweet and trimmed with black.
They made her think of whispered
things. She turned from them,
4sholding in tears. Her gaiety was
X gone. Even when she talked with
Jonathan.
He took her face one night and
raised it in his great palms, search
ing it hungrily. Whats happened
to all the little springs, Chickie?"
She shut her eyes quickly, pull
ing his hands away. 'Never you
he so curious, cutie-cute--'
He drew her to him, chuckling.
"Well, you've got your old dad,
haven't your"
She. cried. And then she told
him. And how her heart was
broken.
<& He shouldn't have laughed as
his arms frightened. But he did.
She rushed from him into her
room, slamming. the door.
Gradually her heart grew to-
gether-almost dismayed her, it
healed so quickly. The glow came
bacl<to the sun and even the moon
ACkhAASO Al0 SANC4y 0CU0SJs
Only now and then, when she
passed that imp of a Tommy Blake
and I he'd shrill out: Jaw, say.
she feel a hot knife flashing
through her.
In a few months she could even
banter about it. When Mary
feased: Gosh! but didn't you have
the case on Arthur Sontag, though?
Remember" Chickie would toss
her head with debonair lilt and
whistle lightly. "Well, you know,
when one is sweet SIXTEEN"
Yet, deep in her mind was a
lettering, sweet regret as of some
thing gentle and holy that was
gone and would never be quite so
piercingly experienced again-the
flashing, deep astonishment of love
when it is new. A woman remem-
bers her first emotion so.
But she no longer dreamed of a
bungalow with garden so
sweet
She began to look forward with
frightened eagerness to work-to
the moment when she would leave
the gentle quiet of Jonathan's lit.
tile yellow cottage and Ego down
town to a business office--a ire.
fnendous thing in the life of a
girl not yet eighteen.
NJ. At the school the girls were all
/ on fire with questions. What kind
of a. job would they get? Sup.
pose they should forget every
thing?
!, That happened sometimes. Old
graduates told fearsome expe.
6riences. Edna Stickney, for in.
stance. She had three bosses. One
of them talked SO rapidly his own
breath couldn't keep up with him
but heavenly help her IL she
got 80 much as a comma twisted!
Tales like that sent them into
,ehivers Of apprehension.
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you?-are going to have their Sat
urday nights spoiled by a darn
little prude-"
1t was Chicl1ie's turn to sneer.
"I should worry about Harry
Lewis or Chris Thomas!"
Janina grew winsome, laughing
at Chickie. "Ah, but you do.
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CONTINUED from First Page.l

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you, Say. wouldn't think of it,
Il / We're you, for about five or ten
years"
1t was like a refusal-as though
she had offered herself and he had
turned her down.
The next morning those words
were the first things she remenl-
bered. They returned to her with
pang;. they whispered in her ear
until she grew hot with shame.
But they went to the movies the
eame as usual. At the door he
stopped and kissed her. 1t softened
everything.
Then a terrible thing happened.
A week went by, and two, and he
didn't phone or come or send
!. single word.
q She went to Mary's one Saturday
afternoon. She went past the
stunted palm. up the neglected
lawn that ran along the side ofsthe
Blake house, to the kitchen door.
:. Little Tommy Blake came down
the steps, Mary after him, crying
indignantly: Oh, you wait, you
little villain! You just wait, Tom
my Blake! I'm going right up to
mother"
Tommy crouched behind a post
in the yard, stuck his thumb to his
nose and waggled all ten fingers,
yelling: Gee! Amt you grand,
though! Mother! Say, who do you
mean, Mommer?"
Mary waved her hand, saying
h
that, Chiclie? And I spent a
whole hour decorating that cake"
She pointed to the table.
There was a cake with little
finger marks in the soft chocolate
glaze, with big gouges where the
nuts had been hurriedly scooped
out.
Chickie's heart was too sore for
d trifle like that.
What do you care?" she said
carelessly You won't have to
bake for them all your life"
"Oh, I won't! Well how do you
know? Just because you're going
to marry Arthur Sontag you think
I won't have to stick righ. OH
here!'
Don't be an idiot, Mary. 1 would
mot think Of marriage, even with
arthur
Mary looked at her mystified,
whispering excitedly, What's hap
pened? Heavensv
Chickie suddenly wished to leave
to be alone. Mary was too sharp
Mary might get the WHOLE thing
out of her. But Mary set out the
cups as was their Saturday Gus
tom. They sat down.
IT won't dream of getting mar
ried," Chickie said with great air,
"until Arthur's had chance to
save. AS long as I've gone to busi-
ness college l might as well work"
Sure" Mary agreed. You
won't catch me tying myself down
at eighteen. I'm thankful for one
thing: 1 know what marriage
means"
They moved their chairs a little
Closer together. They hunched
their elbows.
Il. The screen door banged.
y. "Ho, ho!' Tommy, chewing
great we'd of gum, his eyes half
lost in their setting of freckles,
sidled over to the table. He made
funny grimace, twisting his
shoulder at Chickie.
She paid no attention. He flipped
his hat into the air, caught it on
one finger. "Hehehe Just saw
something! Just saw yer feller on
Mission street, Chickie! He! Saw
him walkin' along with. Dolly
Bacon." =,
!. She grew all cold inside-and
then all wild with heat.
Mary jumped up and grabbed
Tommy by the coat. "Ooh! You
little vixen! You better run!"
But she didn't say word to
,Chickie.
Arthur never phoned again.
One day Chickie met him. "Oh,
hello there, Chickie" He said just
that and didn't stop.
That was the day her heart
broke.
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you won't get very far with the
reputation you're winning"
Chickie stood still. What do
you mean, Janina?
'If you can't take tip, Chickie,
don't. If you think fellows like
Harry Lewis and Chris Thomas
you went out with him once. didn't
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That's the irony OF being wo.
man. We're all on our knees to
them. We've been put there by
centuries of training. We watch
their faces, glad when they smile,
wretched when they don't"
Janina walked along in silence.
Then she whispered, half taunting,
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CHAPTER v.
Don't Be q Prude!"

In Janina's eyes was little
spark of malignant triumph. 1t
made Chickie at once uneasy and
defiant.
In the next three days she
found Janina glancing at her with
the same quite exultance. She
wondered, What is Janina think
ing?"
Saturday at noon, Janina said:
"Have good time, little one"
Always dor Cnickie called back
flippantly.
But she was on edge. She said
to Mary: II wish I wasn't go
ing"
"Why?"
ct don't know
Don't get stage fright. You
may fall in love with him.
"Neve;!'
"Anyway--it can't hurt to go
out with him just once"
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in Chickie's ear. mot much Of q
peter, are your"
"What!' Chicl1ie was suddenly
all on fire with shame,
(TO Be Continued Tomorrow
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-17
FORD. OFFER ADVANCES

E With possibly no more than two dis ssnting votes, it is predicted that the hSuse committee on military affairs will favorably report the Ford offer for Muscle Shoals at an early date. Crairnan, Madden and MT. Garrett, rankinx. Republican and Democratic Members of the committee, are in agreement' on the main features of the Measure, including the construction oT a small auxiliary steam-plant to aerve in the capacity the offer desig- .iAtes for the Gorgas plant. The com xaittee' has stressed feature of the Undertaking which is fundamental Ssysd yet which is sometimes lost sight ~ in the discussion. and totally over faoked by the power companies in their bid. That feature is the part fke Shoals must play in national 6reparation for defense, as a source af explosives. Muscle Shoals was built in the emergency of war, because of failure of the government during peace to provide a source of explo- sfves. It would be the height of folly to repeat that mistake with the ex- ample of it's danger so fresh in our xaemories. The house military affairs committee very properly places na- tsonaf defense foremost in it's deliber- ssions. Henry Ford, although stress ing the manufacture of fertilizer, es- peeially nitrates, stiplates the main tenance of the plants in such state of readiness as to convert them promptly to the national need when eyer emergency so decrees.
 The longer and more carefully the Ford offer is studied, the sounder it appears and the more completely it seems to cover the ground. The out line is short and simple, but it is com pqehensive and to the point. It was developed by an intelligence superior
 that which produced it's rivals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-17
sColINTY scHooaL PROGRESS

It is interesting to learn that mem- bers of the Jefferson sonnty board of sducation and spending three days a week accompanying the superinten- dent of education on inspection tours ostudy school needs and tO determine where new schools are mostueeded. In addition committee appointed by the beard. is working on a comprehensive r6rvey of the county upon which to base recommendations for the 1924 building program. A number of con- tracts for buildings will be awarded this month, and building projects will be pushed as rapidly as practicable to relieve the congestion and to provide for the steadily increasing demands
 The needs for larger capacity and equipment for the county schools have been increasing for several years be- cause of the rapid growth of enroll ment. The county school system has attracted attention in far-away states for its increasing efficiency and its influence in reducting illiteracy in this action There have been per ceptible evidences of more interest in school improvement among all cltl- zens. People of the county are alert more than ever to the practical value of the schools. and are showing more willingness to coic:i pu,e 10 their ad- vancerlent.
 Careful sur.ey caJrl Heeds and school progress IS a..tsp for more ef- ficiency m the extension program. Several millions of dollars will be spent in the county in enlargements and improvements during the next few years. The building program for this year contemplates expenditures of more than half million dollars, and the work of further additions will 3e continued for several years. The 5seopIe, in voting large majorities for Continuation of the special school leVies for another period of years, showed their willingness to support the school expansion program. Eco homie and businesslike administration .sef~ ~the funds NRnder careful definite plans- based on actual study of re- quirements is doing much not only to hold the public interest already devel- oped in schools, but to stimulate and increase that interest as a factor in the establishment of educational progress all along the line. With the completion of the building and inn movement program the county school
 ystem will be more than ever a seurce of pride among the people, because of it's tangible benefits to the community.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-17
GOLF BALL FIGURES
Nashville Banner.)

Golf's popularity in the United States has been growing with phe- nomenal rapidity during the last decade and nothing evidences the fact more strikingly than the state ment from a manufacturer of sport ing goods that he estimates the an nual consumption of the exasperat- ing little white pellets in, this coun- try at no less than 24,000,000 and their cost at retail at .$1S,000, ,000. These figures do not take into ac- count the balls bought from cad dies after some unfortunate had hooked or sliced them into tempo rary oblivion, and they do not in- clude the vast number repainted and recovered. If the total could he obtained. it would likely make baseball tremble for it's continued supremacy and its right to be called our national game.
 In most of its aspects the increas- ing tendency to haunt the golf course is one to he greeted with en- thusiasm. There are individuals here and there, and a good many of them, who go to extremes on the question. but the great majority use the game as any game should be used, as an opportunity for health giving exercise in the open air. The amount of walking involved is not inconsiderable and that fact strengthens the case of the pastime before the public. It also undoubt- edly enlarges the vocabulary and aids in the development of an abil ity for swift and pungent utterance in times of stress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-17
HES A POLITICIAN"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.)

One handy phrase comes readily to the lips of self-righteous critics when they wish to condemn some appointee or aspirant for office. Like any other standard jest, it al- ways takes well.
 ''Oh, he's a politician" they say.
 Let it be admitted that politi- clans occasionally run for office and that they are sometimes elect ed. What does that prove? What is politician?
 The primary definition of poli- tician is one engaged in politics. Politics means the administration of public affairs. A politician, then. is one who has had some ex- perience in administering public business. If more than this is im- piled it is because language has be- come perverted by misuse.
 Public service in America needs men and women trained by expe- rience-politicians, if you please. Not machine politicians, not party errand.> boys or puppets for bosses, but clean. capable individuals who see in politics the possibilities of a reputable, useful professional ca reer.
 It is no legitimate criticism of a man to say he is a politician. On the contrary, it may constitute merited praise. If he is gang politician or dishonest or an oth- erwise undesirable politician, let his critics say so. Unless they say that they make no point.
 Public affairs not uncommonly suffer for the absence of real poli- ticians. We need more, not fewer, politicians in office. Provided, al- ways, they are politicians with abil- ity, courage and the right point of view. .-
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---------- A COSTLY CUSTOM

A correspondent of an Arkansas newspaper recently made statement which applies with equal truth to many farming districts of Alabama: "If we didn't have about the best county in the world, we couldn't buy so much feed stuff and fat meat from the North" However fertile and pro- ductive farm region may be, such practice is not profitable. Any farm system which requires purchase in distant markets of feed and food stuffs that could be cheaply produced at home is wasteful. Yet it is being done in many parts of Alabama where nearly everything in the way of food can be successfully grown.
 The ravages of the boil weevil are reasonably certain to keep down the size of the cotton crop. Chances are against the farmer who plants all his acres in cotton. All the food and feed stuffs to cover his needs should be given space so that in the event Of misfortune in his cotton crop the farmer will at least be provided with necessities that come high when inn ported.
 Another reason why the grower would be wise to hold his cotton acreage to reasonable proportions is that if he overcrops himself, he will find it impossible to obtain such labor as is necessary when the boil weevil and other pests require special efforts. Moderation is the safe and common sense plan for the Alabama farmer, and it is encouraging to note the ex- tent to which this is being praeticed in the agricultural industry of this state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-17
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION CITY

The Democratic naClOnaI cOnVeH- tion goes to New York City. For the first time in fifty-six years the na- tion's chief metropolis receives this political distinction. Although the third and deciding ballot was split among three cities, there seemed to be no decided objection to New York, even on the part of those voting for other cities. Undoubtedly the isola- tion of San Francisco and the expense attendant upon the long journey was a deciding factor against that city's strong effort to obtain the convention. As for the other chief contenders, St. Louis and Chicago, it was frankly stated that their offers respectively of one hundred and one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars were not impressive as, compared with the two hundred and five thousand dollars each of San Francisco and New York. It is doubtful, however, if that was really a chief deciding factor.
 Indeed, there are some who re- member the conference in Indiana last fall between Tom Taggart of Indiana, George E. Brennan of H. linois and Charles F. Murphy, boss of Tammany, and who regard the choice of New York as the outcome of that Tammany would be handicap for any candidate, especially if such in- dorsement were the outcome of a contest in which Tammany cast the deciding vote in favor of the conven- ton choice. The influence and pur- poses of Tammany are not wholesome, nor can they conciliate the support of the people of the United States. Even in New York it must be case of Tammany against the field. Any can didate who should win the nomination by equalization to TammanS forces would strike a deadly blow at his party's chances at the polls. To con- ouer the tiger in it's own lair then is the task of the better element in the party. With prohibition as an in- tegral part of our law on the one side and with 1ammany as the final stronghold of the old whisky ring on the other, here could be no hope of camouflage. And with such an issue joined there can be no doubt that the American people would strongly repudiate the resurrection of that notorious regime.
 The Democfstic party must rise to it's loftiest heights, if it would win at the polls. It must come before the people with clean hands and sincere purpose. No. one factor could con tribute, more to, its success than an
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dicate their belief that such vindica- ton wouldsnot follow a searching in- quiry.
 It has been suggested that the presi- dent could quash the investigation by appointing Fall to Mexico, thus plac- ing the seal of executive approval upon him. Nothing could be more fatal to Coolidge's prospects than such an appointment for such an un- worthy purpose. Nor could greater blow be struck at our Mexican rela- tions than the appointment of Fall whom the Mexicans believe to be hos tile to them. Besides, Fall would have to run the senate gauntlet of confir- nation, and it is not believed that the politicians would have the hardihood to invite the attack that would be sure to break. The best policy for all concerned is to set the real Teapot Dome facts on record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-17
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Tariff and Internal Revenue

Tariff and Internal Revenue To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 In Re: The Mellon tax reduc- ti0n plan.
 Quite naturally, considerable interest is manifested in the above matter. It may be that l am not alone in not understanding the in ter-relation between internal federal taxes and duties on protected com modities in the tariff on imports. It is my impression that the tariff rates on imports reflects directly the internal revenue taxes. To state the same in another way, the duty on finished commodities is composed of the element of internal revenue tax, the element of duty of the raw materials used in such fin. ished commodities, and the element of protection over and above these.
 My impression of the result of this arrangement is that the manu- facturer is enabled to raise the price of his commodities to equal all three of these clements, without meeting competition from abroad. And finally, the consumer pays the manufacturer strictly protective duty, his internal revenue tax of whatever form, us well as the duty on the raw materials.
 If you will investigate this with your editorial on the subject l that numbers of your readers will be pleased and instructed. From your editorial o nthe subject l know the writer will.
 JAMES J. JACKSON.
 Birmingham, Ala, Jan. 15, 1924.