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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-30

the soft-colar Romeoe In her set stand forth ike
Congressman in Heaven or Q black eye on
queen.
Millie cherished her dreams the more because
they were her own, alone. Her big fat mothsx.
would have thought her off her nut and her mar
ried brother, motorruan, would have rcared like
q rhinoceros. The other girls about were bus
zing with crude romapees concerning hicks and
round-heads. They looked up to Mile, the &C.
credited beauty of the section, who could have
alienated any of their soiled swains with wink
of either eye and knew it; but Mile upstsgsd
them and went to her movies alone ana heughs
her own gum and kept her own counsel
Chin Fung, who watched everything though he
never was caught locking up, never missed Mile.
coming or going. Her little figure, swinging by
in its ready-made blue business suit, her slim little
ankles twinkling in flesh-colored hose (Which she
washed every night and dried against the bathroom
mirror) above her patent-leather shoes, her rltzy
head held naughty and her lustrous eyes locking
neither to the right nor the wrong, none OF these
was lost on Chin Fung, the neighborhood mo-
body.
He had seen her grow land flower. He had
loved her as he could never love another thing
under the sky he rarely saw. He had never even
met her eyes She would have socked him one,
in approved local fashion, had he dared any per
sonalities. Yet Millie knew, and, strangely, Chin
Flung knew she knew. that he would cut throat
for her. even his own.
He had no wild hope that any of this would
ever change. He would idolize her to the brink OF
the grave and she would go out Of his vision soaa
day and never again think Of him; but he prayed
in his heather jargon to some god - whether thu
one Of his forefathers or the One who PsrsoH
Keller promised would give rest to the heavy laden
that she would not soon go away. His LIE was
wrapped up in the moment Of glory when she
wafted by 10 the subway in the morning, from the
subway in the evening, to church on SUNDAY, 70
the pictuTe-house after supper,
Not for years had she been In his laundry. He
washed the little white stiff collars and cuffs she
wore, and which she changed daily Over these
he numbled and mooned; maybe he even mustered
the courage to kiss them and hold them to his
auivering chest. Her mother always brought them
and got them. Into their starching and ironing ne
cemented the unshed tears of his dumb despair
from the unsounded wells of his unspoken love.
He stood thus, one late afternoon in Spring,
babbling with joy because the days were growing
long enough so that he could his Mile almost
as clearly on the way home as on the way down.
when up the street she tripped, like lovely ga
zele treading between muck-heaps- He caught
her from the corner of his eager eye, afar, and
every step and every gesture he ate greedily be-
cause his repast must be short and because each
atom was tingling thrill.
Almost to the low door Of his mean shop she
came. Then--holy shades of incense-interred an
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over. % help ne. and II II does--say. TN-"
"Mis.ia Mile" sargisd Chin Funs' ~ give.
Sure give"
And he welded wishln. late those uysaerieus
regions hehiAa the eyetenma curtains that divide
the front oefics 81 every chlaass laundry from
the rsss Of the world. end seen sstuxnsd.
Here" be said. and he sAseseAsd forth two
g-g-oOdea 49,
But she was seepplng On alE-ouk she tossed
back her head over enc alandaE yeRng shoulder
and asid. Ia txsnslk. SlgucA obliged. Chinky. III
make good" And with the ueasy ln her tightly
elutehing hand. she danced away. Chin Fung
watched her 70 the disappssyang peinA Then Ia
locked his deer and turned eff his gaa JET He
wanted to ssa no one else that night
He saw her several times again. She smiled b
him now % she passed By. But sha never cana ln
again, never spoke.
Thsa ona day 10 missed her. he was aeA sur
prised, but ha wss frightened. What Il die wsge
I'D, what IT, But he did not need 20 be IN sus-
pense long. The exprasswagon man In the Shanty
next door. rolling cigarette. stood before Gains
doorway lang sHough to pass word.
"D'ys hear about Millia MEller3" ha pspa&
met Well. shs didn't Do mueh sxeep' 60 an
grab herself one o the richest spekeys in the oeun
try, that's I'll che did. the dsReAhsR o. TlattooE
HA4a3USs u@&u1%@ &VR5 2@AqVN kNt4 $0Sw tAAB ~
sswsnt Ward Not euly hoekaA him. BE- but
MARRIED him. Mira Van HeeasuAssan 10 al thst
bimbo ID. that's al. Cot mstcA. chtnkyi'
Chin Flung never ssw his divine MiTlis again.
But. months later. long after the Van Hoossn-
hasena had returned from . long honsymoen
abroad. and the bride had shsoShsd the culture Of
tutors and associations end surroundings and a.
mosphers. che was sitting ct breakfast with her el
dsriy husband. who was opening the mornings
mail
whats this, Nlllieentf" be- asked, raising his
eyes from several papers sllpped together. 1.-THE
bank Eetuyns cheek tor thousand dollars signed
by you. made payable to enc C. FUNG.'"
%Oh, that was IN cid debt, DEAR" she answered
behind her seeisty Journal
"But Il was never paid. The check was re-
turned 10 the bank by the public administrator,
whose letter here says Il was found In q bog be-
longing 10 one Chin Fungs Chinaman, who died
suddsnly Of heart failure on Delaney street. It
had never bean deposited. yeu see, and he left no
known heirs. and % Il q rekuxned to the bank for
further inquiry"
Lovely" said Mrs. Van Hoosenhssen. "It
was quite calamity in my pin-money account,
that thousand-dollar check. It was for some jade
trinkets had bought from curio-desler. And 90
old Chinky's kicked off, eh?"
"What atrocious patois, MiIlicent," chided Mr.
Van Hoosenhasen "Are we dining at the Country
Club tonight, or ct homer
81 don't care" answered the daughter Of Flat.
foot" Miller. "Both are q bore"
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missed enough to be t-ted mlssink
at headquarters. The rich merchants, VINO
have camouflsge eurio shops and whose real sraf-
fic is in the juice Of the poppy which saps the
souls of unfertunates who become their Slaves
contrive to keep their nefarious ~eachery ecn1s-
dental as against everybody but tho bpdding
Gaboriaus who rave in the iS-cent magazines.
Anyway, around the far East Side In Manhat'
tan, where the yeggs, the philosophers. the taxi
drivers, the scholarship winners. the safebloweFss
the dreaners. the sluggers, the boishevists, the
Tammany idols, the shortstcry writer's and the
other sociological phenomena spFing frons-soune-
where east of sewers, where the best d liked the
worst-the chinky is regarded more - . goaf
than as menace.
Fresh youngsters heclkIe him and msks him the
butt Of tic-taeks and snowhas, for that IL one Of
the blrthrights OF framing youth In the submerged
regions. A Chinese laundry is priceless asset IN
any shabby block, for it keeps the kids out Of
mischief against their betters. Chinky is always
good for those queer nuts which grow in huge
paper bags, and he is paeifigt. The boys ride
him ragged, and the girls tease him and run away
and have nightmares, The tradesmem chest him
in true neighbOrIy fashion, and if he loses night
gown or scorches a cotton blouse he has to come
through with trousseau,
Z Chin Fung kept not far from the Manhattan
end OF the williamsburg Bridge, where there amt
more than nine commandments In nineteen LAM
ruaees at best, anu 9 man can drown thirst.
Chin was comparatively olG settler, though
to the polyglot SCUM of every starved and beaten
little monarchy in Europe he was foreigner"
He was, moreover q Christian, being regular ct
Parson Keller's mission up near the old RoWeEyi
missions still cling around the Bewery, for they
still believe it is tough, which costs lot OF tough
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or several times or ether and
amused her with proposals Or
annoyed her with PROPOSE
tons.
Mile, born and bred Of
sturdy stock. had other ideas
for her future, contemplating
at least one leading character
far removed from the slime
and CRIME and crime Of De-
lancsy Street. Mile worked
In Q department store. gents
nsckweaE. on Fifth Avenue.
And there abe saw and heard
and smslled life from other
worlds.
Tha addresses they gave for
deliveries proclaimed the other
worlda, and the charge &C
counts proved tneHh bO"n-
town. In thu far East Side,
thAy are incllned TO sneer at
the Sunday stories about
Observation-Disclosures. and will
bet yeu there amt no such
animals. But Mile saw men
buy ons necktie' for as much
as she earned a week. and
then lightly add, "Make it q
Dozen" which totaled up to .
John T. Kings ransom.
How different were
these men, most of them,
from the hoodlums and vul-
garians among whom she
lived. Their nails were man
toured. their hair ofttimes was
clicked with odoriferous eint-
unents. their shoes were shined,
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trousers were creased. their coats were made for
them.
Now and again one Of them made free with her.
as far as any one may across counter in popu-
lous public louvre. And their approach was skill
full, their technique war 9rdsmanly, their insults
were polished like their nails and their shoes.
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people e@F1aPa 4Fom
whittier they hare dxiatsd
with the adEenea e ne
times.
Millis ysiliss Tired
around lha easneF fyasa
Chin Fuasp iaubagy ard
had lnowN him alnas vig-
tailhood, ExeeEt that -
knew al Ghiaaaaea were
something WE'VE end
queer. she could not have
testified To anything e1s
color ''ens Chia sxespt
his skin. er anythin9
Sblique szespt the slant
Of his GA.
Dewn n tie Fsssssaa
of her fasnsla heart ehe
knew that Chin adezsa
her. You can't kssp that
kind Of information from
9 girl II she be deaf, dumb
and blind. and Mile Hill
Ter was none Of these BY
two big brown eyes that
could see . lot and be
seen plenty, two red lips
that could let loose a flood
Of straight palayer that
would stop . stevsdors.
and two esra that were
neFsr revealed bat never
nSiaseA aaythinR.
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~ Where the Best Is
Liked the Worst. and Some
Have Only a Chinanans Chance

"7 HEREVEH there are people there are Chin
w csc. This encient race. - ancient that q
has turned BIT nnuldy IN wots. Aas
crossed the seven seas and pussytooted IN On H.
padded tread to the renotest--and TO the slunn-
miest-corners Of this round sphere; which may be
geonetrical paradox. but b nevertheless geo
graphical cinch
They are always among the poor Of the white
races. Even the ones who wax rich never get
beyond the Businesses Of the rffraff and the rag
tag of their Caucasian neishbers. AChinatowns b
always somewhere between the ghette. the gas
house, the Little Italy, and the city dump. That
makes it long haul for the ruhhexneck wagons
In some localities, but the HABITS Of 90 old race
are hard to amend even for the exigeneies Of
modern Improvements.
80 There is tradition around all the respectable
outskirts of all Chinese sections In all towns that
the John Lees are mad over white girls. Little
feminine children are rarely trnsted 70 run the
errand to the Chinese laundry. And whenever
q white woman marries Chinaman there a .
tutrtutting and head-shaking. Whatever the urge
OF the saffron gents for pinksIinned peaches.
however. one rarely hears Of Q member Of che
Celestial race affronting any wonan.
And, while the Chinks are By sonaa eryptis
tradition supposed to be willy. fexy. nnAer cevsr;'
and while Bret Haste has Tor an time branded
them as PECULIAR ID seems 10 this sapoEssy. who
mas spent many years around polica sa&iaas courts
and other malodorous centers Of observation and
clearing houses Of infermatian whess sxrssziatsd
Chinese have dweit and bled and toiled ana died.
that they are patient. lopg suffering and pretty
persistentlys abused outfit.
They cannot and will not fight white msn; they
rarely can be dragged on the witness stand 10 tes-
fyagainst whita men or women; they are trimmed
bypicayune politicians iH<heirpreeincts though fhey
have no votes they builiad BY toughs and soaked
by landlords and shaken down by grating cons and
stuck up by all the contending gun gangs "a an the
nearby camps Of bFass-knuckla and backjack ttues.
Just the saaae, they 50 along and don't scar, 10
wear out much. these Hoiseless exenplaEu az the
yellow puerile. Now that Nah Jcnr ehaleupes
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Chin was not the only cavalier around those
corners who had a yen for Mile. He was only the
only one Who hadnt told her about it. The teanios
and The hOetlsggsEs and the msttrsss-sttchsrs and
the stsalgvetsra and the lOafsrs and tho gamblers
md the inciPieat seagwriteFs and the pugs had all
singled her out Of the herd at time or another
Coprrisht
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w els IL y CUAISos Su1AsAyS yVo
might O. noticed, ! amt just like
the rest O. the small-time james
around these corners. I got ambi-
lions. I want to get out-and get
up somewheres. Well, I've been
worlin' uptown, and met q lot O.
men, some Of 'em regular. I alwus
believed the right one was comm
along, and straight into nay life.
Well, hes come"
Chin Fung ventured Q look. but
she was looking beyond and did
not see tat all
eyes, tie eems-hs's come.
He's . millionaire Not one q
them movie uaillionaires. Hs's o
blosd. Hes ground forty, been
married before. Has bean In half
q dozen times now, and he's
bought enough nsckties 10 90 twice
around the world SOS he could tsIk
to me. Now he's asked me OUT
asked mo to meet hin-Sund'y A.
ternoon--for tea. For ten. Chinlv
-me-with him. And ct tia toni
est RESTRAINT In town."
'That n-nicee. Missile Mfllie,"
checked Chin.
eyes, that's greatee. But
hsw'm I goin' to look in that joint
with that bird? amt got the
clothes. And I amt got a quarter
saved up to buy any. And I can't
ask my OF lady or my brother;
they wouldn't slip me a thin dime
Il they had it, and they amt got 1t.
eWell. that's where YOU come
IN. Chinky. laid up all las night
thinkiA' whsse, from who, could ]
raise fifty bucks. One after an
ether come and passed away.
Than. lika 0ut q Heaven. comes
Chinkyi I says it's worth the
chance, Now. I know that's q flock
o. jack. but. Chinky. Il yen could
Ii you would--I'd lick n haek
Q dellap . week Il this DENT 70
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cestors and no end Of punl<s and pagodasI-shs
was turning in!
Yes, she was.
"Hello, Chinky," she said, as his pulses pound
ed and his heart came up and strangled him.
"H-hello, Missile Millie,'' he gulped out.
"Chinky," she said, "you've alwus been kind
O. good scout, an, someway, alwus had bunch
that If needed somethini some day could come
to you"
He could only nod; he dared not talk or sven
raise his evna
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DASSD8lk ~ our REGIONAL pas
time, they still do not put on
any airs, but gumshoe through
the byways of metropolitan
civilization without leaving any
tracks or even any traces. They
don't assimilate, they don't fra
ternize, they don't sanawk ont,
loud and they don't talk United
States.
They are supposed to have
powerful 'ttongs" and do some
yeIlowish kukluxing. bat y
they can pull off any "Lime-
house Nights, stuff here, and
get away, with il to any ex-
tent and keep II as quiet as they
do, they are too subtle to polish
boiled shirts and dish up chow
mein as their principal methods
Of outwitting US stupid whites.
The Chinese opium Eden"
to-day is mostly q movie myth.
The beautiful whits girls who
have been swallowed up behind
the well-oiled, silent, fearsome
doors of the battling Chinese
dives with trapdoors and secret
passages, don't seem to be
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Once she had Showed up after httls under
standing fleetly and deftly suggested by patron,
who had taken her taxi-riding In Central PARK ana
worked fast but admitted he was married, which
washed up that affair; for Millie had the matri-
monial complex, being nobodys plaything unless
business was on the up and up.
But she cherished the memory. She couldn't
play the gentleman's way but still she had played
with gentleman. And the very approach which
she had rebuffed made the hobnailed advances OF
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1924-09-19

! we can save is about $500 year aftel
all our expenses and life Insurance
are paid"
you're wrong there. II you savs
$500 year you are doing very wen
indeed, and remember that the insur
ance you speak Of is in the nature OF
an investment ITSELF"
well know, Aunty. but somehow
investments always seem to mean
dealing in lots of money, thousands
and thousands of dollars. There GER
tainly can't be many good securities
which people with so little money as
We have could buy"
Indeed, there are number OF GOOD
investments for the small investor,
said Aunt Emmy. Even If you could
only set aside five or ten dollars
month you can be sure OF one invest
ment that you can safely make on
your own responsibility and that Ia
putting your money in savings bank,
the safest and most conservative way
of making it work for you. Even
though the interest will be moderate,
you will feel safe. Then there are
other securities you can buy. but don't
buy any before getting sound advice
from some trust company or bank
These investments are real estate
mortgages, industrial corporation Sc
curities. public utility corporation Sc
curities, government securities-any
one of these securities may be bought
on the installment plan. You may pay
as little as FIVE dollars month for
them or as much as you want to in
vest
"Of course you can never be actual
ly positive that an investment will
turn out we'll Human affairs are I'M
certain at best When you invest
what you really do is entrust
your money to business men to use in
q paying business. If your bank gives
a good account of the corporation
whose securities you desire to buy you
are comparatively safe. But never use |
4 cent of your capital for speculation. /
No matter who comes to you and tells /
you that a certain stock Is going up. |
hat it is a sure thing. don't speculate ,
IN it. Speculating in stocks is not for
,ur kind. You'd never believe it, but
ome people who are supposed to have
common sense will mortgage their
ZONES and ruin themselves in wild
peculations. The best thing for you
s to buy securities on monthly pay
nents."
Can you do that, Aunt Emmy?"
Certainly, and If you start to do It
QUILL soon find that you'll be willing
0 do without lots of little catch-penny
hings for the sake of owning q nice
omfortable bond."-Anne B. AymAa.
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COIue easy. ne statement 81
and buildings, the value of the
Of the year, such as grain, hay, fiber
crops, fruits and vegetables, etc. The
statement should also include the
number and value of the different
classes OF livestock, including horses
cattle. sheep, hogs, poultry, bees, etc
should also show value OF
crop machinery, dairy equipment
poultry equipment. harness. pleasure
vehicles, power machinery, etc. Under
other assets should be included cash
on hand or in bank, loans receivable,
accounts receivable, cash value Of in
surance policies. stocks and bonds.
United States securities and other
miscellaneous assets, not included in
the above.
The financial statement should also
list liabilities, such as mortgages,
both. real estate and chattel, notes
due bank, notes payable to others,
accounts or bills due others, pre-
miums on life insurance, interest on
taxes, etc.
The net worth may be determined
BY taking the liabilities from the to-
tai assets. II there are any contingent
liabilities they should also be listed
These would include endorsements on
notes Of others, security or bondsman
for others, leases or contracts, judg-
ments or suits pending.
Other information
In addition to the above, general in
formation could be given on the cash
value Of life insurance assets pledged
~ collateral or insurance carried on
buildings, insurance carried on live
stock, insurance carried on machinery
or implements. taxes for the year,
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CARRY THEM WITH You.

There's little pink tablet that
clears the skin Of bile and puts roses
In pale cheeks That's Chamberlain,s
Tablets. 1t aids digestion, starts
secretion OF bile, clears the bowels.
You never know you have taken them
except for your improved heath and
appearance. A regular"Vest Pocket,
treasure. Try them adv.
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STRENGTH IN RESERVE
Nations Financial Resources
Modified for General Good
81 When Need Comes.

There are more than thirty thou.
sand banks in the United States
largely owned by residents of tbs
cities towns and villages in which
they operate. They receive deposits
Of coin, currency or credits for the
current use Of business and for safe
keeping. and they loan out these
funds at interest to proper and profit
able business enterprises. agricul-
tural. Industrial or commercial, al
ways bearing In mind the necessity OF
having on hand. or quickly available.
sufncient funds to meet the demands
Of such customers as desire to make
Withdrawals. x
To meet the demands OF such Gus
toners and others upon the funds in
their care bankers must maintain re-
seryee-in their vaults, on deposit
with other banks, invested In securi-
ties which command a ready market.
or It may be In the form Of call loans,
payment OF which they can demand at
will
Before the establishment OF the
Federal Reserve System-in 1907, In
1896. In 1873 and many times before
the banks OF the nation were unable
to assist each other when panic
threatened. There was no provision
for effective leadership, and co-opera-
two action was out of the question.
Bank reserves, carried with other
banks which were no less embarrass-
ed. were least available when they
were needed most
Every country bank had reserves
In one or more of the larger cities in
its section as well as In the great cen
ters of population, and since the cor
respondent banks paid interest on
such deposits they were compelled to
loan them out. usually at call. When
ever panic or the growing fear Of it '
led any bank to draw upon its re-
serves--and panic usually led every !
bank to do so-the correspondent, in
order to meet such demands. was
to withdraw the money
from active service and the thousands
Of such Withdrawals, aggregating
many millions of dollars, only made /
the general situation worse by re-
Itricting essential business operations
and In many cases compelling the sale
II ssecurities. perhaps at grievous loss.
The direct result in more than one
Instance was 4 complete breakdown
II the country's banking machinery
md prolonged period of resultant
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WHEN SICK. THEY WANT MOTHER
A child In pain runs to Mother
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sudden or severe pain in stomach. aud
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ing diarrhoea, Chamberlain's Collie
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