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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-06
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Cole coupe, 1928.
Marmon touring, 1921.
Stutz touring, 1921.
Westcott touring, 1922.
Stephens sedan, 1923.
Studebaker touring, 1921.
Hudson speedster, 1923.
Peerless coupe, 1923.
Peerless tourings, 1923.
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Peerless sport touring, 1923.
Peerless sedan, 1921.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-06

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18
RAN PROVES
 GREAT DRAMA
South Sea Island Play Opens At Jefferson
 Theater

"Rain." the emotional drama of the South Seas, for two years one of the most popular plays on Broadway, and considered one of the leading dramas produced in the last ten years in Amer ica, began its three-day run in Bir- mingham at the Jefferson Monday night with crowded theater.
 An excellent cast is accompanying the southern tour of the play. Hilda Vaughn is the careless and entirely human Sadie Thompson, of question: able character, running for a probable penitentiary term and lands at the hotel and store of Joe Horn, at the port Pago Pago on the island of Tutuila.
 The incorrigible Sadie was unfOrtu- nate enough to meet Reverend David son at the hotel. He is fervent mis- ~sionary and is in the South Seas to cure sins, although natives living na- tural lives had to be taught what were sins.
 Rev. Davidson, strong minded, and entirely without sense of humor, at tempts to reform Sadie. The theme, although not trite, has its first clear presentation in Rain" that it has had in any drama.
 Dr. McPhail, the balancing charac- ter, clever, observant, and intensely human. is exceptionally played.
 To those interested in psychological osituations and tensions which the con- tinuous falling of rain draws gradually tighter: queer philosophies; lives of South Sea natives who are in some strange way kin to the supernatural Rain" the supreme emontional drama will prove an interesting and absorbing play.-M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18

that the grade of Avenue X, Ensley, from the north property line of War. rior Road, to the south curb line of 31st street, Ensley, and on the south side of 31st street. Ensley, from Ave. nue x, .Ensley. to Court X, Ensley, and the curbs on both sides thereof, be, and the same are hereby fixed and estab- Iished as shown on profile sheet Nos, 316 and 265, heretofore exhibited to this Commission and now on file in the City Hall, in the office of the City Engineer.
 Approved Nov. II. 1924.
 D. E. McLENDON,
 President of the Commission. A true copy. l.. E. GRAY,
 City Clerk. Age-Herald, Nov. IS, 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18
CIVIC ASSOCIATION PROPOSES NEW BANK
Will Discuss Move At Meeting
 Tuesday Night

A proposal for bank to be located at College Station will be the subject of discussion at the regular meeting of the East Lake Civic association Tuesday night.
 Maintenance of the detours on First avenue, while the paving work is being carried through and the sprinkling of Fifth avenue, northeast of Eighteenth street also will be discussed at the meet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18
ELKS' CHARITY CIRCUS

The Elks' charity circus, presented by the Bob Morton Circus company. opened Monday night at the Municipal auditorium, under the auspices of Bir- mingham lodge No. @, Benevolent Pro tective Order of Elks, for a weeks en- aagement, with free matinee Tuesday afternoon for the children of the va rious charitable institutions of the city. X large audience was present and gave enthusiastic approval to the performance from beginning to end. It is a reve- lation as to the merits of the indoor circus, combining all the big features of the tented show, with the possibili- lies of the indoor performance.
 There are about 20 regular circus acts on the program. all of the highest type and all professional. There is not q dull moment in the show. not even a wait Before the paraphernalia of one turn is dismounted the next act is set and started There is speed and pep and thrills q plenty. A noticeable fea- ture is the attractiveness of the equip ment. the freshment of the costumes and the cleanliness of all the entertainment features.
 There are lots of pretty girls, tight wire walkers, trapeZe artists, cOntor- tionists, horizontal bar experts and practically every other type of gymnas- tic performers. The outstanding fea- rure is perhaps the Mangean troupe, consisting of five men and two women, an aggregation of combined tumblers and somersaulting mOunters. Their con cluding feat, that of one of the male members doing a double somersault from a seesaw board into large chair on the shoulders of an understander, is real thriller and won deserved recog- milton from the audience.
 There is a regular colony of clowns in evidence all during the performance who kept the audience highly amused. IThere will be two performances Tues day, the free matinee at ? 30 o'clock for the children, and the night per formance commencing at $ o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18
by reason of the special benefits de

by reason of the special benefits de- rived from such improvements.
 Section 4:--That the estimated cost of said improvements is $1,765.00 and that the Commission of the City of'Bir- mingham will meet on the 9th day of December, 1924, in the Council Cham Der of the City Hall of Birmingham, atten o'clock, a. m. to hear any objec- tions, remonstrances or protests that may be made against said improve ments, the manner of making the same or the character of material to be used.
 Approved Nov. II, 1924.
 D. F. McLENDON,
 President of the Commission. A true copy. l.. E. GRAY,
 City Clerk.
 Herald, Nov. 1925, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18
AT THE LYRIC

Features of unusual interest add to the attractiveness of the bill at the Lyric for the first half of the week. A snappy revue, ''Girlies, Girlies Ev- crywhere,' has much of attractivenesS, particularly along feminine lines. Ben ny Barton makes decided hit with his cast of pretty demoiselles and with the high class performance his revue of fers. Helen Wehrle, Jessie Alcova, Belle and Lillian Dyer form the cast.
 Andy Gump finds his reputation as Gag" artist shaking on it's fOunda- tions, as Zuhn and Davis vie with each other in banded words in 'Dementus Americanos." The comical pair get away with some good stuff.
 Billy DeWhitt and Mabel Gunther are featured in an unusual little skit, the name of which just about describes the act, Baby Eyes and Baby Size V The three Melvin brothers perform sev- eral sensational gymnastic feats in the closing act on the bill. A dive from a high springbOard by one of the Mel wins into the upstretched hands of a brother is a suitable finale to an act of thrills.
 In the curtain raiser, White, Black
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18
EORJDAN FRESHNESS

The Illinois Central Railway Monday announced the resumption of their crack tourist passenger train, The Floridan, beginning December 1. The Floridan operates daily between Chicago and Miami and equipped with all of the conveniences and luxuries of modern passenger service trains has proved ex- ceptionally popular with the southward travelling public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18
GRADE ORDINANCE NO. 8S.

GRADE ORDINANCE NO. 6S4-C. An ordinance fixing and establish ing the grade of 23rd street, south, and the curbs on both sides thereof, from the south property line of Arlington avenue, to the north line of the alley first north of 10th avenue, south.
 BE IT ORDAINED, by the Com mission of the City of Birmingham. that the grade of 23rd street. south, and the curbs on both sides thereof, from the south property line of Arling- ton avenue. to the north line of the alley first north of 10th avenue, south. be, and the same are hereby fixed and established as shown on profile sheet No. 292 heretofore exhibited to this Commission and now on file in the City Hall, in the office of the City Engi- neer.
 Approved Nov. II, 1924.
 D. E. McLENDON,
 President of the Commission. A true copy.
 l.. E. GRAY,
 City Clerk.
 Age-Herald, Nov. IS, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18
GRADE ORDINANCE NO. 6s5. C

An ordinance fixing and establishing the grade of Avenue x, Ensley, from the north property line of Warrior Road, to the south curb line of 31St street Ensley. and on the south side of 31st street, Ensley, from Avenue X, Ensley, to Court X. Ensley, and the curbs on both sides thereof.
 BE TT ORDAINED, by the Com mission of the City of Birmingham,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18
ADJUSTMENTS
AT LOEW'S BIJOU

George Morton in "Vaudeville Cock tail'' bringing with him memories ot Stanley Hall, the ukelele expert, and Buster Keaton, in "The Navigator" will continue the full houses at each performance this week at the BiJou.
 The headline dancing act of Virginia Fucker and her four beaus, is entertain ing Miss Tucked is probably one of the most graceful and accomplished dan cers who will be presented at any time this season in Birmingham.
 Applause, which is considered the measure of worth. came next to Abbot and White, ragtime specialists, of sort that are seldom seen in Birmingham. One is a good accompanist on the piano and the other wins by his singing. The act is il delicious morsel to the musical palate.
 .n unusual offering is that of Pres tor anf Ysobel, dancing violinist and an aci ,batic tumbler. A novel skit ON the modern theme of what type of love the woman was billed as the third n :. One believed in making love hy Tulei and books, another by TO- Irance nd .inging and still third 1y mt: ned cave-man methods. The resalt i, q surprise.
 "The Navigator" directed by Buster himself nd Ronald Crisp IS one ot the trading ,medies of the year.
 BLOSSOM TIME" COMES BACK
 Sea gs on sale Friday morning, for the return engagement of one week, ll the Jefferson theater commencing MoadHy night, November 21, with mat iaers or Thanksgiving Day and Sat nrcay 5t he Messrs. Shubert's record hreskng success Blossom Time" Not in years has any attraction at tained the popularity of this matchless musical play, and the engagement at the Jefferson heater last season has been tle subieC of much comment. The company lich plays here, and which waS cons. .Gtred so fine by all who saw it returns.
 With Mir, Mendelsohn will appear Eliz Gergey, Robert Lee Allen, Ar uthur Geary, Fenita De Soria, Jules Epailley Edward Orchard, Harry +. Scott, Gene Wallin, Marjorie Hartman, Isabelle Vernon, Bermardine Brady, and all the other favorites.
 Mail orders are said to have been pouring into the theater steadily and this is an indication that the return visit will break all house records for attendance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18
REALTY TRANSFERS

R. A. Terrell and wife to Gregory Johnston, lot in block 91 according to the survey of the Elyton Land com pany, $5,000.
 w. $. Anderson and wife to l.. k. Hodgson and Dolly Hodgson, part of lot ? in block 62 in Forest Park, $10.000.
 N. w. Shannon and wife to P: K. McDavid and J. G. Farley, lot 20 in block 122, according to the survey Of the Elyton Land company. S47 ,oOO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18
SALESMEN

SALESMAN--A national organization, allied with auto industry, has opening for live wire salesman to travel Ala bama. calling on garages, repair shops, dealers, circulation work; man with car given preference; salary, car allowance or railroad fare, plus liberal commits sion; give phone number, with reply, and show evidence of being producer, to Box C-59, care Age-Herald. organization wants 20 specially salesmen capable of advancing to crew managers. Apply Room z, 40Sk N. 18th St.. g to 4:30.
 WANTED-All around furniture sales man with Alabama embalmers' license; salary $125. Address B-71, Age-Herald.
 SITUATION WANTED-MALE 54 TRUCK DRIVER wants position at once: best of references. Call Main 4031-W.
 SITUATIONS W'TED-FEMALE 55
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18

and Useless present typical rough riding mule act, in which Useless-the mule-comes out best. In addition to Pathe News-featuring football snap shots-Aesop's Fables round out the ,,botonloy offering
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18
BUSINESS EQUIPMENT

BUSINESS EQUIPMENT 74 TOLEDO SCALES Cno springsI. cash registers, showcases, iron safes. ice boxes, butchers coolers, meat choppers. Sou. Store Fixt. Co.,, 2021 5th Ave. Main 512S. CASH AND CARRY MARKET-An ideal place for grocery, meats and fruits; long lease, 722 S. 18th St.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
sPECIAIS AT STORES

OVER 400 SUITS and overcoats at $lb; good weights and models; best values In the city. Marc LAnx. 1911 1st Ave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18

WANTED-Stenograp position by bright. capable young lady, rapid and accurate in typewriting and taking dictation. Call Main 7271.
 PUBLIC STENOGRAPHERS - Mrs. Thomas or Mrs. Lacey, will call for your dictation. Call Main 172S. Thomas Lacey Co.,, 620 American Trust Bldg. POSITION-Wanted by experienced woman in bake shop or candy factory 231 11th Ave, N.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18
EMPLOYMENT
HELP WANTED--FEMALE

WANTED-Boy, 16 or IF years of age, for immediate opening; extra oppor- tunity for one not afraid of work; fair salary. Phoenix Supply Co, 2309 Ave. E. FOR competent help, call Main 1ls4.
 HELP WANTED-FEMAL 50
Evening star., 1924-03-23

the dividing stakes out of the ground
and prodded the tiger until he
crawled through the opening. Closing
the opening was a simple matter. In
fact, there is nothing difficult in the
transfer of a tiger from a trap to a
cage. He does not make half the
trouble for a trapper that a scream
ing. leaping monkey does.
This beast, on entering the cage,
crouched down, his ears pressed
tightly back against his head and his
eyes half closed. His upper lip was
drawn away from his splendid fangs.
His breath came in Kisses. The live
chicken, fiuttering above his head, an
gered him. With one blow of his paw
he killed IT, but he was much too
angry at the moment to eat it In
happier mood, had he not been
driven by hunger, he might have
played with 1t, catwise, when It was
dead, tossing 1t up and pretending
that it was alive and trying to es-
cape him.
Trapping animals was a business
and not a sport with me, but I always
felt the excitement of it and always
enjoyed the grace and strange moods
OF the creatures themselves. This
Evening star., 1924-03-23
Has Ep ma Natural ENEMY G Mn
@ Superstition hSh Fh Hug If "a P Un k Dis
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animals, though the tiger is the worst
offender.
/ determined to take every precau-
tion with my prize. 1 arranged that
the transporting should be done by
sixteen men, eight Malays from the
kampong and eight Sakai. Wan Mat,
a gun bearer, and / led the way. The
path lay open before us. We had got
what we had gone for, the faces of
the Malays were definitely turned to-
ward home and a generally festive
air pervaded the small procession as
1t logged along.
4 X x 4
CUDDENLY, from the Jungle, there
came grunt, a squeaL My gun
bearer, lowering the 50-110 Winches-
ter and whirling to place it in my
hands, gave me a violent blow across
the body with the barrel, which sent
me spinning. I was buried in a mass
of bushes and tangled vines. Strug-
Cling to regain my balance, I heard
shrieks, yells and bellowings. Half
turning, / was conscious that great,
moving mass was hurting past me.
The first intelligibIe sound that
reached me was the word "badak -
rhinoceros. "Badak' was screamed in
every pitch of rage and terror. 1 man
aged to pull myself free of smother
ing underground and stumbled back
to the path
Beyond lay the transporting cage
smashed, the tiger pinned down by
the ruins of it There was a terrible
wound in his side and he roared with
every breath.
The noise he made was half drowned
by the human bedlam. Back some ten
yards three Sakai sprawled on the
ground. One of them was dead, we
found afterward, and the two others
badly wounded
A rhinoceros had dashed out of the
jungle, lowered his head and charged.
1t had all happened in a fiash-so
quickly that there had not been time
for the men to drop the cage and run.
In his effort to get at the tiger the
great beast had killed one Sakai and
knocked down two others With one
blow from his lowered head he had
smashed through the cage. He had
ripped open the tigers side with his
horn and from the sheer momentum
of his great two-ton body, moving at
top speed, both cage and tiger had
been carried fully twenty yards.
Then, with a below, he tossed them
Evening star., 1924-03-23

was that their savage hides were bite
proof
Through Wan Mat as interpreter,
had a conversation with Naysar, the
head Sakai. He said that he had seen
the tracks of elephants, rhinoceroses.
tapirs and tigers. He pointed in the
direction opposite to that from which
we had come. They had never been,
he said, more than half a days travel
from their settlement. He did not
know how I could get to the Bukit
Han.
mo, no, tuan: no one ever goes to
the ghost mountain. No one has ever
gone there" He stared at me in a
kind of stupid wonder. 1 gave him a
good supper of rice and dried fish.
next few days to Wan Mats kampong
and told him that I would show him
how to build and set a trap for tigers
and leopards and how to dig pit.
discovered that in nets and snares he
was past master.
The next day he arrived, bringing
with him six OF his men to be in
structed. We built a crude trap while
they looked on. 1t was not unlike a
huge square rat trap, with the earth
for the flooring. Instead of wires there
were stakes driven into the ground.
The whole thing was concealed by
branches. We gave a demonstration
of how the door worked and how and
why it dropped when the animal en-
tered the trap. The Sakai watched
nv he IL
faces that they grasped the idea. We
showed them how V-shaped pit was
dug by actually digging one before
their eyes. 1t was a lesson practically
without words.
While we were awaiting the return
of Naysar, we set nets and snares in
the neighborhood, but with no bril-
liant results. We were at this for n
week; then Naysar appeared running.
Tiger" he cried. Tiger in trap"
We began work at once on a trans
porting cage. 1t was made of branches
and small tree trunks. For the floor,
these were laid close together and
bound with rattan. For the roof and
sides, they were left from an inch to
an inch and a half apart. All the
joints were secured with rattan. The
natives did this work with surprising
rapidity. 1t was finished before night.
The cage was long and narrow; that
is, sufficiently long to accommodate
a large tiger and not wide enough to
allow him to turn. 1t was lashed to
two long poles, which extended be-
yond it at both ends. At one end
there was an opening through which
the tiger would enter.
X X <
THE next morning, at daybreak, we
= started for our prize. The last
bit of preparation was the tying of a
live chicken inside the cage for the
tigers first mouthful in captivity.
|. Naysar led the way and in about four
Evening star., 1924-03-23
1unt in ~Hauned Wood Of Malaga Brings Tragic Events

from him, and, grunting and squeal-
ing, disappeared into the jungle
He probably never realized that
there was anything unusual in the
tigers position as he was being car
rled along somewhat like a lady in a
sedan chair. He got the scent OF the
tiger, gave him a death blcw and
went on about his business
The rhinoceros is a short-s4ehfexs
beast, but his sense of smell is sr-
ceedingly keen. He will always
charge tiger on scent He win not.
however, clash with an elephant. The
two big animals are shy of each
other, although the rhinoceros Is not
a match for the elephant when the
latter coils up his trunk out Of the
way and goes at the other beast with
his great tusks-
The tiger, on the other hand. is no
match for a rhinoceros and will not
light back. He has no weapon strong
enough. The tiger is not even a match
for water buffalo. His method of
killing the largest animal he attacks
"a bullock, for example-is to break
its neck Standing on his hind legs,
he reaches one paw to the buIlock's
shoulder and the other to the lower
thigh Then taking the animals neck
in his jaw, he throws back his own
head, jerking the neck OF the bullock
up and over and cracking it Nat
urally, the tiger cannot do this with a
rhinoceros nor make any impression
on his thick hide.
Our tiger, thus set upon by his nat
ural enemy, began making desperate
efforts to get clear of the cage There
was not the faintcst hope of saving
him. The best ] could do was TO
shorten his misery. rescued my gun
from the gun bearer, who was ges-
Evening star., 1924-03-23

heads?' from Bingo. Jack OF Hearts
was habbergasted.
"Rully, sir, | carn't say. Nobody
never arsked that question before.
We went down into the ar1nory of
Beauchamp Tower, where one of the
finest collection of weapons and suits
of mail in the world is housed. Blngo
spoke of the rooms as the "stove de-
partment." The long-suffcring guide
paused impressively before dummy
horse with knight on his back
armed cap-a-pie from plumed helmet
to spurs--a really exquisite example
of the armorer'S art.
And ere we ave the armor the
BLACK Prince wore at the battle Of
Agincourt. 1t is the most-beg paw
don. sir, wots wrong?" The impos-
sible Bingo was on his hands and
knees peering under the horse.
oh" he answered casually, 'T was
just looking for the hot and cold rum,
ming water"
We came to Sir Walter Raleigh
Walk-a terraced space between bS
Elements older than the village
Manhattan. Jack of Hearts began to
perk up. He stopped US before a
great windlass of black oak, on the
spool of which ancient rope was
wound.
"Below Were we stand. gent'mun, IS
the Traitors Gate, which is raised and
lowered by this engine. The gate
'asnt been dropped since Bloody Mary
wuz queen" Bingo wanted to know
how long ago that was.
"Oh, I should say, sir, all of three
hummer years" answered the beef
eater We passed on to fresh antiaui-
ties, and when Jack OF Hearts was not
looking, Bingo whispered to me:
Keep Jack interested. Tell him
the pitful story of your life while /
slip back and cut that rope That
Traitors Gate has been up too dam'd d
long"
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