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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
SERVICES ANNOUNCED
Rabbi Katz To Preach At. Beth.El
 Synagogue Sunday

Services in connection with the con cluding days of the SuccOth festival will be held at Beth-El synagogue, Beach street and Highland, avenue, at 3 80 o'clock Sunday afternoon when Rabbi Solomon Katz will speak on ''The Uni versal Aspect of Judiasm.
 Services also will be held at Knesseth Isreal, Seventeenth street and Seventh avenue, north, on Monday and Tuesday mornings, beginning at 8 o'clock.
 Regular Friday evening services will be resumed at Beth-El synagogue on next Friday at 8 o'clock. Rabbi Katz will conduct the services and preach on timely subject. The public is invited to all the services. -s-.. ..-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
POPULATION INCREASES
In The Past Year 10000 Foreigner
 Were NaturaIized.

France, with her ever ,declinging birthrate, halls with satisfaction any in crease in the number of French citizens. no matter from what source it comes. In an article in the current, number of the "Mercure de France" M. Ambroise Got quotes with evident satisfaction statistics which show that in 1923 France and the colonies increased their population to the extent of 10000 by the naturalization of foreigners.
 On the other hand, M. Got states that only 1911 French people cast off their nahc=ality in the same period. As might have been expected, new French citizens are mainly recruited from neighboring Latin or partially Latin na- tions. Last year by far the largest number of them-more than eight thou sand-were Italians, more than four thousand were Belgians, and some two thousand Spaniards. Only 232 English- men became naturalized Frenchmen, against 650 Germans. It may be noted that the naturalizations take place mainly in the large centers of popula- tiOn. ',t
 France, as everybody knows, not only has no unemployment but is freely i'm porting labor. Only small proportion of the foreigners who are working in France are, however, at present seek ing French citizenship, for NJ. Got esti- mates the total foreign working popula- tion at not fewer than four hundred thousand. It appears to be increasing. Official figures published since Nj. Got wrote his article show that last year alone France found work for more than seventy-egiht thousand agricultural la borers from abroad.-Mancheste Guardian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
MORALS OFTTWO-A-DAY"
Performers Arc Forbidden To POrtry
 an Immoral Charaato,.

Performers Arc Forbidden To Port,v
 an Immoral Character
 The average vaudeville performer, alas, IS burdened with very little sense Of his gh moral obligation to the public. A simple man, he has only one aim in life-to make that public laugh. If it shows a disposition to laugh at blue" line or an off-eoIor story or a suggestive piece of business, it is his lamentable tendency to give it just that.
 To restrain him there are flaws which aIil into two categories. One applies to morals properly so called and the other mercy to behavior. First of all, no aVOwedly- immoral character may be presented on the stage of a Keith theater. Ladies of easy virtue are frowned upon unsuitable for the fam fly trade. This ruling, however, ap- plies only to characters on the stage. The private lives of their delineators are not gone into.
 But moral purity is not enough. Vaudeville must not only be pure; it must also be purged of every possible talnt of vulgarity; it must be refined. Thus the words hell and damn are ab- solutely and irrevOcably barred from the vaudevillian's vocabulary. If an act should employ the old song, Hall. Hail. the Gangs All Here! it would have to finish the refrain with what the heck do I care!"
 What the reactions of the audiences are Ot this particular manifestation of regard for their finer feelings I have often wondered. For the most mart they see Into think it's rather cunning, They invariably laugh indulgently when some rOmper-elad sister act, harmoniz- ing aetuely, trips ot the edge of the tootlight trough and coyly warbles: "ViOlets in the meadow,
 Roses in the dell,
 l kicked my brother in the pants
 And ran ike-(a kittenish pause)-
 well!'
 Well!" - iaIonDrA- obdad h -Marian Spitzer in the American, Mercury.
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usual noises. The third can be obtained by avoiding lumpy beds and heavy cov- CTS that cause uneven pressure on the body.
 Ii you wish to cut down your sleep ing time, do it gradually and make the reduction from the night end of the sleep period. That. is, stay up later and rise at your usual time. When this is done, the deeper sleep that you get when you go to bed will compensa te for what you have lost-Prof. Donald A. Laid of Colgate University in Popu- lar Science Monthly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19

1AAAAg AGAAllk joints and relief comes instantly. St. Jacobs Oil is q harmless rheuma- tism liniment which n ev CT disappOints and which can not burn the skin.
 Get a 35 cent bot tie of St. Jacobs Oil at any drug store, and in a moment you'll be free from nain, soreness and stiffness. In use for ti5 years for rheu- m a t s m , sciatica, neuralgia, lumbago, Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
CHARGED WITH ROBRERv

Charged with rObbing William Brad ford, negro, of $15, Richard Dalton. negro, 14161a Second avenue, was ar rested Saturday by City Detectives HeltOn and Morris and placed in the city jail. The negro is said to have admitted the robbery and the money was recovered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
NEGRO IS SHOT
Steve Wagner Victim of Gun Play Saturday Night

SD6V6 NN6SNCI VA A~-S
 Saturday Night
 Steve Wagner, negro, 3S19 Avenue B, was shot one time in the back and probably fatally wounded by Levy Meadows, negro, 3S01 Avenue A, who made his escape, according to reports at police headquarters. Wagner was shot in the back as he walked down the street with another negro who had de- coyed him from his home.
 After being shot the negro is said to have run from the corner of Thirty ninth street and Avenue A, to Forty first street and Avenue B, where he fell on the sidewalk, He was identi- fled by Avondale citizens who gave him a good reputation. He was car ried to the Hillman hospital where his recovery is considered doubtful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
OUCH! RHEUMATISM
 RUB THE PAIN AWAY

Stop drugging! Rub soothing, pen etrating St Jacobs Oil right into your
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baekache, sprains.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25
Sees Threat In Immigration

The immigration question is one that
affects every American. Certain inter-
ests are seeking the destruction of i'm
migration restriction in order that
hordes Of low wage European workers
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25
ssWhy Men Leave Home
Picture At The Trianon
Humor And Pathos Found In Story Of Eternal
Triangle

covetous eyes upon him. Thus, aided
by a series Of unfortunate circum-
stances, fate gave John Emerson an
other wife-and a whole lot of trouble.
Emerson got rid of the new wife in
a hurry and was happy to receive the
old love.
1t is a distressing fact, but fact
nevertheless, that the marriage state is
the most popular butt of modern hui
morists. The svaudevillian, the, joke
writer and the songster all have fail
ing for this type of Shumor, and it
must be confessed that all of us.
whether we are married or not, APP
preciate such fun and relish it highly.
There are so many angles to married
life that it would be indeed be remark
able if it did not present so many op-
portunities for the funmaker.
That is one of the reasons for the
immense success that is being achieved
by "Why Men Leave Home" The
author, Avery Hopwood, is one of the
most successful. writer's of today, but
in one of his other plays has he struck
such a rich vein of humor. With a
young married couple and the mans
stenographer as the central figures he
has woven q tale that is gem of HUI
NOR, and Producer Stahl has con-
verified it into photoplay that eyokes
continuous shrieks of laughter from the
audiences.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25

(Copyright 1924, in u s. and Great
Britain BY North American Newspaper
Alliance for The Aee-Herald. Ali rights
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25
DEFECTTvE EYEsIGHT
Nine Out OF Every Ten American
Have Imperfect Vision, Report Says

y.
Have Imperfect Vision, Report Says
Eyeglasses, large and black-rimmed.
worn by an increasing number of per-
sons indicate diminishing power of
sight, and authorities see real danger
to the race unless greater. precautions
are taken, says the Toronto Globe.
Conspicuous horn rims have made the
custom more noticeable, even though
the safety of the lenses has been in
creased.
Nine out of every ten persons in the
United States have imperfect vision,
according to report from the Eyesight
Conservation Council Of America, and
the figures probably apply largely to
Canada.
AT least one1eighth of the serious
accidents are said to be due to inn
proper illumination. or defective vision.
"One is appalled, at the resulting waste
of effort and the ,inefifciency of mill
lions who daily contend with the handi-
cap Of faulty vision" says the report.
Ten years ago, there was nothing like
the, present prevalence of eye. defects,
and if the increase goes on the result
will be serious. Causes there are, Of
course, and among them:
Brilliant, powerful unshaded artifi-
cia1 lights frequently shine directly into
our eyes while the eyes are working.
The opposite condition of excessive
dimness, working with weak, dirty or
too-shaded globes, often ii rooms with
dark furnishings which absorb light.
Excessive contrast in lighting, such
as headlight glares and electric signs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25
HALTING SPEED DEMON
IL Almost Wrecked The Hotel, But
Constable's Scheme Worked

So many things happen at the Toad
Mountain crossroads where Mr.. John
son, in the Frazee Press, is keeping tab
on the world, that it is almost impos-
sible to keep up with the steady run
of news and incidents of that cheerful
countryside. However, we do our best,
writes A. J. R., in the Minneapolis
Journal.
Marshal Brobay has been so annoyed
of nate by automobile speeders wh6
rush through the town without even
hesitating, that he stretched an inch
rope the other night across the street
from the corner store to the Toad Noun
tain Waldorf-AstOria. Then he grinned
feebly to himself and laid in wait be-
hind the hotel, or adjacent to it, to see
who would be the first to happen.
A young sport from st. Cloud with
a checkerboard overcoat on attempted
to come through quick, without regard
to the peace and dignity of Toad Noun
tain as made and provided by the stat
utes. He hit the rope obstruction head
on, took up the slack in the rope in
about three-eights of a second, and
dragged the corner store and the hotel
about, eight feet off of their foundation
before he discovered that something
was interfering with. his progress on
the downward road.
: He hollered good when Marshal Bro.
bay dragged him before the village
judge in his nightie, and had him fined
So, but it did not advantage him any.
He paid his fine and drove away, nurs-
ing anger and a villainously smelling
cigaret that made noise like a soap
factory.
And the incident did not end there.
The landlord of the hotel and the pro-
prietor of the emporium, who had their
places of business dislocated in the en-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25

stitutions, and, first Of all, upon our
labor movement. They have organized
a veritable net Of destruction in our
country. They have sought to infest
and poison our unions, our civic organ
izations, our literary life, our schools
and churches and our sports
History has no parallel for the in
famous plotting and scheming of the so
called soviet government. Its uniqtitous
work has already brought to us effects
which we shall not be able to clear
away. for many years. The tactics of
boring from within" which have been
adopted as means to the destruction
of the unions have been adopted in
every. other direction and are applied
with no less vigor in practically every
organized social activity
Says Rich Are Benefited
Taxation touches ever person, direct
ly or indirectly. We are not by any
means offering a wholesale condemna-
tion of the tax reduction program Of
fered by Secretary Mellon, but we are
bending every effort in the direction of
a reduction for the wage earners and
those who earn the smaller salaries.
We are unable to see the logic of TAX
ing SO. much from the tax roll Of the
rich and SO little from the burden of the
poor.
We realize fully the inquiry of tax
exempt securities and we understand
the penalty that must be paid 5as q re-
suit of such enormous evasions Of tax
alton as are made possible by. such se-i
curities. Doubtless Secretary. Mellon
is entirely sincere in his proposal to re-
duce the excess profits and sur-taxes in
order to keep investment away from tax
exempt securities and lure it into more
useful fields.
But we cannot feel that is not with
out his zeal for the heavy taxpayers and
we feel that he views the small tax
payer in a rather academic light-Las a
tax paying obstruction that needs some
attention, but not too much.
So there are issues of tremendous
Importance on every hand. Some Of
them are so involved that even the best
informed are compelled to grope more
or less in the dark What is needed,
above all, is accurate information, fair
ly and fully presented to the public.
The public needs facts. If it can get
facts, without the biased views of those
who have personal or special interests
to serve, the decision of the people viii
be right.
Never was there a time so fraught
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25
FRANCE AFTER TAX DODGERS
New Law Permits Officials To Ex-
anime Books of Businessmen

A new phase of become tax collec-
ton in France was inaugurated the
other day to the discontinue of a
Paris marine insurance broker, who re-
ceived visit from a police official
armed with authority to examine his
books and business documents for the
purpose of checking his income tax re-
turns, says the Continental Edition of
The London Mail.
The right to enlist the aid of justice
in this way was accorded the taxation
authorities by the recently passed fis-
cal laws. The insurance broker, ac-
cording to the Matin, has already been
the object of the special attentions of
the authorities for an alleged attempt
to hide the truth about the profits he
made during the war, and in response
to repeated demands from the tax
gatherer to prove the accuracy of his
returns he has systematically refused
to do so.
A number of documents were seized
in the police visit, and they are to be
sifted by an accountancy expert. More
than ever now does it pay to be hon
est with the income tax collector.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25

The first year of married life is the
hardest-at least in the experience Of
the young couple whose marital adven-
lures are dangerously portrayed in
why Men Leave. Home" which is to
be the feature at the Triannon thea
tire this week. This First National
picture was produced and personally d.
rected by John M. Stahl from Avery
Hopwood's successful play, which ran
many months on Broadway.
The cast of the production is sterl-
ing one, including such popular players
as Lewis Stone, Helene Chadwick,
Mary Carr, Alma Bennett, William v.
Mong, Hedda Hopper, Sidney Bracey,
Lila Leslie, e. H. Calvert, Howard
Truesdell
The. story covers little more than
a year in the married life of the John
Emersons, during which the male por-
ton Of the steam turned from an atten-
tive love. into "a disagreeable "old
wretch" However. at the office he
displayed such a pleasant nature that
his pretty stenographer began to lay
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25
HoaU to Look Years
Less Than Your Age

The most aged face will look years
younger after the use of ordinary mer-
coIized wax for week or so. This re-
markable substance. because .of its pc
culiar absorptive power. actually removes
the thin veil of faded or wlthered outer
cuticie, q little at a time. Gradually the
fresher. more youthful skin underneath
is revealed. This absorption process being
a purely hygienic one, an entirely natural
complexion is acquired-quite different
from an artificial complexion. which APP
pears anything but girlish. though often
bearing painful evidence Of ehildishness.
An ounce Of mercolized wax, obtainable at
any drug store. is sufficient to rejuven-
ate any-eomplexion. 1t is put on like cold
cream at bedtime, and washed off morn
inss,
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Z
may be brought to America to destroy
our standards OF living and our, stand
ards of citizenship. This is menace
to every American interest.
To cut wages BY competition, or by
any other method, means to cut the
purchasing and consuming power of
our people, which. means to choke back
production in every direction, beginning
again the endless chain of unemploy-
ment and misery. We are against any
such disastrous program. And, further
more, we are against theimmigrationo of
peoples who cannot be assimilated into
our national life and who do not intend
to be so assimilated.
The question of recognition of the
soviets is one on which we have often
spoken our mind. 1t is a paramount
issue. The soyiets have declared war
fare upon our government, our free in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25
Inning ration Is Chief
Problem Before Nation
Gompers Says Farm Poll
cy Is Also COuntry's
Great Need

Copyright, 1924, in VI s. and Great
Britain by North American Newspaper
Alliance for The Age Herald All rights
BY SAMUEL GOAfPERs,
President Of the American Federation
Of Labor
II find myself unable to single out
from among the many Sitally important
issues three which appear paramount to
labor. Labor is interested in any issue
affecting the welfare OF humanity. La
Dor is seeking as best it can to- con-
tribute something ola constructive chars
acteF In connection with each such is
Esue.
SO many great issues confront the
people that it is not easy to narrow the
field to three predominating ones. We
have as public issues at.this time:
The question of immigration.
The question of taxation.
The question of communist propa-
ganda coupled with the movement to
extend recognition to the unspeakable
soviets.
The question of the League of Ma
tions, brought TO thsl front again by
the death of Woodrow Wilson.
The question of national farm policy
and program. II
The question Of railroad legislation
that will result in service to the people
and in abolition of the railroad labor
board.
An additional question is that Of the
development Of shper-power in such
manner as to result in service without
Iprofiteering, and in such manner as to
prevent monopolistic and autoeratic
control.
Labor's interest in national issues
is not narrow or selfish interest. We
are interested for example, in the shock
ing Teapot Dome scandal.
More than a year ago the American
Federation Of Labor demanded investi-
cation of that piece of iniqufty, point
ing out the fact that it was, a raid on
the public domain at the expense of
national safety and well-being and in
the interest of certain group bent
upon the accumulation of huge profits.
The daily newspapers were not inter-
ested at that time and only here and
there was there line published.
Neither were senators as eagerly inter
ested as now.
There is no reason why this whole
scandal should not have been investi-
gated at that time and the oil leases
cancelled when practically no damage
had been done to the public domain.
Likewise, it could have been done be-
fore private interests had piled up huge
profits in stock market manipulations.
Labor was interested then, but others
were silent.
Sees Threat In Immigration
The immigration question is one that
affects every American. Certain inter-
ests are seeking the destruction of inn
migration restriction in order that
hordes of low wage European workers
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counter, were on hand in the morning
terribly peeved and calling on heaven
and the village authorities either to
drag them back on their former founda-
tons, or else put new ones in under
thought by the contractors that the lat
ter alternative wilr be cheaper for the
village, but they declare that the So
fine will not coma anywhere near pay
ing for the job. This is all that the
village wishes to put into the affair,
however, and the matter may have to
go before the courts for adjudication.
Everybody has his-or her-troubles.
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with both helpful and hurtful possible
ties. Over the whole field there is the
difficulty of getting truth. Progress
today has hard row to hoe. The very
ranks of progressivism and liberalism
are poisoned and true liberalism must
fight to purge itself.
have an abiding faith, but, realize
fully that faith today must be accom-
panied by fighting. Without fighting
for progress we shall have no progress,
Indeed, without fighting for progress,
we may easily enough endanger our
whole fabric of civilization.
am not an alarmist and Lam not
afraid of the future for our country
and our institutions. But neither am
/ of the opinion thatsit is safe for any
freedom-loving, progressive American to
go to. sleep on the job. Liberty never
demanded eternal vigilance more than
now
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-12-21

FORM COMPANY
Realtors Offices Located
At 312 First
National

r. s. w. Browne, formerly of Ken
drick- Chambless, and J. w. Hamm, unit
recently in partnership with r. e. Eli
Oft, have joined forces and established
offices at 312-14 First National bank
building.
The move was made, it is said, because
Of the similarity of the two realtors
views on real estate matters, and also
on account of their previous success in
cooperating in business property sales
Their record over the past six months
has been impressive and includes the
handling of negotiations for many i'm
portant downtown corners.
The foundation of the company will
be built, an official announcement says,
on the policy of a thorough and personal
investigation of every piece of property
listed by the company before it is offer
ed for sale. "Frome the beginning
Hamm asserts, I'VE started out first to
sell ourselves on the property we had
listed and we have eliminated all those
which we felt were over-priced."
In speaking of the future possibilities
Of Birmingham real estate the company
says: 1T is just a case of great
city awakening and we expect to see,
with the next few years, Birmingham
outgrow any other industrial city in the
world. OF course, some investors have
paid what the termed a stiff price for
their holdings but IL they are willing to
take what investors in other cities
would consider a good profit, it will not
be long coming"