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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01
Afternoon Teas
Innovation At
Lodge

g UNDAY afternoon teas at Linger
- Longer lodge, an innovation inaug-
urated yesterday afternoon for the
summer, proved Unexpectedly popular
Owing to the bright, warm promise
of spring shown, the motoring to
Shades mountain was very enjoyable
and the club on its crest was crowded
from early morn to late evening.
Among those entertaining during the
day at Linger Longer lodge were Mr..
and Mrs. w. w. Gard, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
NJ. Coils, Mr.. j. Fulton Dilworth, Mr..
and Mrs. John j., Wilkerson, Mr..
Frank &. Conklin, DR.. and Mrs. II.
II. Fairfax, Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Dun
can Henry, Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Gil
lespy, Prof. and Mrs. Allen G. Loehr,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Fairman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. +. Burnett, Mr.. and Mrs.
Il. D. Burnett, Miss Mildred Smith,
Mr.. Clifford Dunn. Mr.. Charles Dren-
men, Capt. and Mrs. Willis A. He'd
den, Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome G. Ard,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Allen, Mr.. Paul
Penny, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas McCul-
Tough and Mr.. and Mrs. Houston
Cryer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01

replied, But l shall not keep my
promise !"
"Then you shall not come in - little
Rags puppy dog cried. "You are mean
and ill-mannered |"
"Ha, ha, ha!'' the old Witch cried.
whoever heard of puppy dog talk
ing? l can't understand word you
say about me being ill-mannered ~
Anyway Raggedy Andy said as he
placed chairs at the table and fastened
a bib on little Rags. You shall not
come in and if you are not very care
full we may call up the police station
and have you arrested
And the three friends sat down and
ate a very fine breakfast and the mean
old Witch had to wait until they had
finished, then Raggedy Ann handed
her a plate full of breakfast out a
had a candy heart and she felt sorry
for old Witch Virgins even if she was
a mean old Witch.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01
DENTAL ADVICE

.sW HAT shall l do" vailed TIL the
den toothache. Or. Pullem has gone
on his vacation and l haven't the re-
hottest idea where to go and I've got
to go somewhere! l just hate going to
strange dentist!'
People always hate going to the
dentists no matter whether he is a
total stranger or somebody they grew
up with from kindergarten days" de-
clared the handsome young man whose
teeth did not hurt him. when you
stop to think of it, it is very unjust
and hard on the dentists, who usually
are most worthy and industrious men,
and no doubt yearn to be regarded adj
miringly instead of with repulsion and
dismay.
Think of being a dentist if one is
a social sort of man and yet knowing,
whenever you appear anywhere. that
cold chills gallop up and down the
spines of representative people, who
Immediately hear the buzz-saw and the
trench-digger and retire rapidly in the
other direction.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01

Old Witch Virgins did not sleep very
well on the hard boards out on the front
porch, but the Raggedys and little Rags
puppy dog slept very we'll indeed. They
dreamed very pleasant dreams all night
long and awakened in the morning
when all the birds in the deep, deep
woods began singing their CHEEKY morn
ing greetings to nice Mister Sun when
he peeped over the hills through the
trees. "Now, I must get breakfast"
Raggedy Ann said as she put on one of
Witch Virgins aprons and hustled out
into the kitchen.
"If we only had some ham. we would
have some nice ham and eggs. if we had
some eggs!" Raggedy Andy laughed as
he peeped into the ice box.
Then he gave cry OF surprise.
"Why, Raggedy Ann" he called, The
Grocery boy must have come and
brought lot of groceries See, the ice
box is filled! ~ This was indeed true
The evening before, the Raggedys had
taken everything out of the ice box,
but now it was filled with food.
We'll, well, well' Raggedy Ann said,
What do you think, little Rags puppy
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01
Will Take OFF
All Excess Fat

Do you know that there is a AsimpIa.
harmless effective remedy for overfatness
that may be used safely and secretly by
sIimness Of youth? There is; and IL IL
none other than the tablet form of the
now famous Marmola Prescription, known
az Marmola Prescription Tablets YcN
can we'll expect to reduce steadily ar
easily without going through long sieges
of tiresome exercise and starvation diet
Marmola Prescription Tablets are sold by
all druggists the world over at one dollar
for box, or you can secure them direct
Ave, Detroit, Mich, on receipt of price
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01

dog? Did you hear the grocery boy
come in the night?"
NO" little Rags puppy dog replied,
Il did not hear a sound I slept so
very comfortable all night! But then,
what good does it do for me to tell you
this for 1 have never learned to talk "
The Raggedys laughed at this and
patted little Rags.
Raggedy Ann friend three eggs
apiece and made pan cakes.
1t was a nice breakfast and when
old Witch Virgins smelled the good
things cooking. she kicked upon the
door and cried, YOU'D better open this
door and let me in! I'm hungry, that's
what"
IF we let you in and give you some
thing to eat, will you promise that you
will not bother lis when we leave with
the two magic books" Raggedy Ann
asked.
Yes! Ill promise y Witch Virgins
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01
INTER SOCIETY DEBATE At
MISSES HOWARD'S SCHOOL

The most important lnter-Soclety
function of the year at the Misses How
ards School for Girls was the annual
debate which occurred at the school
quarters Friday evening. The query
for discussion was: Resolved, That
Murderers Are More Injurious to Pres
ent Society Than Swindlers." The muir
derer side was most able defended by
Misses Hilda Webb and Mary Wilkin-
son; the swindler side was just as
ably defended by Misses Seba Palmer
and Margaret Johns. So strong were
the points and so splendid was the de-
livery on both sides that the very COM
petent committee declared it was hard
to reach decision. The audience knew
this was true and general opinion was
that all four of the young ladies did
so well that every one of them deserved
to win. After strong rebuttals in
which the young ladies astounded the
audience and committee by their keen
REPUTATION, the decision was rendered in
favor of the affirmative. School spirit
was high throughout the evening as
the deafening yells from each society
showed. And there was the keenest
competition in the display of the society
colors on both sides and flowers in pro-
fusion were presented to both sides.
In every particular it was brilliant
occasion.
The Judging committee consisted of
Commissioner Cloe, Judge Foster and
Mrs. T. II. Johnston.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01
WANTS A DIVORCE FUND

Mrs. Margaret Singleton will kiss
make up with her husband, Dave
II. Singleton. if he will agree to obey
her ultimatums. she has announced
says the Los Angeles Express.
For the sake of her baby, she says
she will return to live with her mate
if he will agree to turn his salary
over to her, to take her to places OF
amusement and TO provide her with
$500 to be used by her if she decides
to start another divorce complaint.
Declaring that it was she and not
her deserted admirer who shot Single
ton during a domestic melee, Mrs
Singleton in court recently was sue
cessful in clearing the alleged 'Other
man. ]. B. Bishop, of the accusation
of shooting the husband.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01
MRS. LELAND TO g
HONOR MISS PLATT

Miss Coventry Platt of Chicago. the
admired guest of her sister. Mrs. Jos
eph Leland. will be complimented
Thursday afternoon when Mrs. Leland
is entertaining with "A bridge party in
her honor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01
WINNIE WINKLE
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A FTER RAGGEDY

A FTER RAGGED1
IA Ann had told a
whole lot of stories
from the large fairy
tale book in Witch
Virgins house at the
top of the tall oak
tree, she and Raggedy
Andy and little Rags
puppy dog went to the
bed.
They had looked the
door SO that old Witch
Virgins could not
get inside, for they
knew that if Witch
Virgins once got in
side the house, she
would take the two
magic books away
from them.
So old Witch Wig
gins had to sleep out
on the front porch and
it wasn't a bit COM
Portable. That was
just what she deserved
for being such a mean,
stingy old creature. If
she had been a nice,
kindly Witch, she
never would have
taken the two magic
books from the Rag
gedys and then she
would have been in
vited inside to sleep
upon one of the nice,
RI
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01
SILVER TEA TO
E9NT CWWvTTAY

At the home Of Mrs Mabel Roy
Leedy, 1920 Cliff road, a silver tea
will be given by Mrs. Leedy and Mrs.
John W. O'Neill on Tuesday after
noon, April %, from to 5 o'clock for
the benefit of st. Pauls School I'm
provement association.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01
We Women

The president Of the Spokane WON.
ans club is emphatic in her belief
that we should have the right 70
propose to the men we feel we car
make US happiest. OF course. her
stand is entirely a logical one. The
only objection to it 10 that there are
many things which are Illogical in the
world and it is perhaps just as well
that they are. For instance, II We
are endowed with the right to propose
we shall be Obliged to surrender-up
to a certain point, at least-the greatsr
privilege of saying "no" to a man IN.
til he has proposed sufficiently in.
teresting number Of times. The right
setting this sacrifice, and I, for one,
am against It,
I 1t seems appropriate that subject Of
this kind should provide my text for to-
day. the president Of that woman's
club can't be serious. This is April
Fools Day.
I have no hesitancy in fooling with
her argument. / know it isn't any
thing anything like cobble-stone hid
den under an old hat or a tomato can
waiting to- be kicked, nor does It take
the form of an old purse left lying on
the sidewalk and tied to string, wait
ing to be- jerked away when some one
reaches for it. Moreover, the subject
isn't dynamite or in any other way
dangerous. 1t is perfectly harmless
and nobody will ever take it seriously.
doubt if men would allow us the privi-
lege. 1t is one. upon which, think.
they would exercise complete mo-
nopoly.
Anyhow, why should It be necessary
| for us to propose? The man who loves
you will soon find out IL you love him
and if you don't you wouldn't want to
propose. I am convinced it is wisest In
this instance to let things 80 a. they
are.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01

But perhaps the lady who objects
to the present scheme of things was
only joking. In any case, this is April
Fools Day and you might try out her
idea on some man who doesn't love you.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01

China shipped $15S,000 worth Of
horse to this country last year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01
9-Piece Dining Suite, $199.5O

handsome mahogany suite, in Tudor design
square extension table 66nch buffet, large roomy
china cabinet, five straight and one chair. This
is suite which has the appearance of a much
higher priced suite. Reduced to $1995O.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01

Schools, Of fish often can be located
by the flocks of gulls which follow them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01
1O-Piece Dining Suite, $17e.5O

In Charles II period design fine construction Of
une walnut veneer, two-toned effect 66-inch buffet
shaped extension table, large china, server and
chairs A big saving at this reduced price for this
week only-$179.50
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01
$3.50 Dining Suite, $599.5O

lLousX period, developed
mahog handsomely ando of a
al price for this week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01
9-Piece Dining Suite, $3.50

THIS suite is in Queen Anne period, mahogany-66-
inch buffet large obong extension table, large
china cabinet. This suite will grace your dining
room in the new home. worth while saving at the
special price. Reduced to $1s150.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01
$485 Suite Now $339.5O

A c in
could not obtain Reduced for this
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01
9-Piece Dining Suite, $1S9.5O

met oblong extension table five straight chairs and
chair chairs with tapestry seats suite
in very popular period design. Reduced to $lS9,5o.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01

1t seems appropriate that a subject Of
this kind should provide my text for to-
day. the president of that woman's
club can't be serious. This is April
Fools Day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-01
Di.fr.nehi.ins Teachers.

So the classroom teachers of the
convention, instead of having one
vote per teacher, would have one
hundredth of one vote per teacher,
or maybe one fve-hundredths of one
vote per teacher! And so the N. E.
A. would be made safe for the
superintendentsl
There was only one difficulty with
that scheme, and that was explained
to you when you were child and read
Aesop's Fables" The mice wanted
bell put around the neck of the cat,
but how was it to be done?
At some one convention of the N.
E. A., the classroom teachers of an
American city must be induced, not
merely to disfranchise themselves,
but to disfranchise the classroom
teacher of the entire country forever
and ever after
Such was the job; and l repeat that
the doing Of it was one Of the most
amazing public crimes in the history
Of the United States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-01
Signs Of cIa,. Struggle.

So at N. E. A. conventions there
was beginning to be noticed that
major phenomenon of our time-the
class struggle. Here were the high
up and prosperous and powerful
superintendent and "great educat-
ors"; and here were the common riff
raft of the school proletariat.
In any big city it would happen,
inevitably, that the proletariat would
be in the majority. They would have
little idea what was going on, or how
they should vote; but here would
come dozen or two of the New York
and Chicago and Milwaukee "Bol-
sheviks," who would get up in meet
ing and ask questions and explain
matters to the classroom teachers,
and induce them to vote for their
own class-or shall we say for their
own classes?
This was the thing which the
educational employers decided to
change. They worked out the scheme
at their midwinter convention of
1918-the Atlantic City meeting Of
the Department of Superintendence
AAAoOCdu VI Tie ~. Es n. DGlnR gov
erned by the democratic vote of its
active members at the annual con-
vention, the N. E. A. was to become
a representative body, like the United
States of America; the members in
the various cities and towns and
counties would elect delegates to the
state bodies, and both local and the
state bodies would elect delegates to
the national convention. The gang,
of course, would be on hand at every
stage of these elections to pull wires
and get its own politicians chosen.
So, when the convention assembled
in some big city, the classroom teach
ers of that city would no longer have
votes as active members of the N. E.
A.; instead of that, they would be
represented by delegates on the floor,
one delegate for every hundred teach
ers, and, in case they had more than
five hundred members, one delegate
to each five hundred members there
after.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-01
IMPEACH COOLIDGE!
The Capitol Sanctuary

Closer to the White House creeps the in
vestigation of the Teapot Dome leases. Ed
ward Mclean, close personal friend of the
late President Harding, owner of the Wash
ington Post man about town and bon vivant,
is shown to have had free access to all ave-
nues of White House information including
the privilege of securing secret service oper-
atives to handle his leased wire messages dur
ing his frantic attempts to keep the Teapot
Dome investigation from involving him and
Fall.
Is there a normal child who believes that
President Coolidge knew nothing of the tenn
pest that was gathering and of the mad dash
for the cyclone cellar by his friends and sub
ordinates?
Of the fund of general information pos
sessed by the president we know nothing, but
certainly he is skilled in Interpreting the gyra-
tions of the political weather-vane. To attemnt
to place the presidential product resulting
from the combination of stale crabmeat and
a weakened constitution on a pedestal that
lifts him above the Grass criminalities of his
associates is evidence of gross stupidity or of
deliberate purpose to deceive.
President Coolidge has shown no intention
of aiding the investigating committee to ar
rive at full knowledge of the facts and per-
sons connected with the oil scandal. On the
contrary he has shielded to the utmost the at
torney-general whom he dare not in the face
of public disapproval, entrust with what is
the work Of the office he holds-investigati
the acts of and bringing to trial federal Off
Gals known to have been the agents of pri-
vate oil interests
President Coolidge, instead of scourging
from the capitol premises the thieving gentry
gathered there, sits silent and allows them to
control the machinery of government to sa-
botage by every means known to the under
world of finance, the investigation that even
under these unfavorable conditions has brand
ed them as hired men of powerful corpora
tons engaged in exploiting the workers and
farmers Of America.
Like the cathedrals and chapels Of the mid
die ages, the capitol today under Coolidge is
sanctuary for thieves big and little.
Is it too much to ask that president who
defies in such brazen manner the masses
whose servant he is supposed to be, be inn
peached and driven from office?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-01
IMPEACH COOLIDGE
Danger Ahead!

While the Presidents private secretary, c.
B. Slemp, that G. o. d. wholesale dealer in
post Office jobs, was away telling the Teapot
Committee that he went to see Fall and Nc
Lean at Palm Beach merely for his "health
and recreation" there was being perpetrated
before the momentarily deserted Coolidge an
act of the basest travesty on the good faith
of the suffering bankrupt farmers.
And who but Magnus Johnson, elected by
the Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota and
Lynn w. Frazier of North Dakota should find
themselves in the company of that false farm
ers friend, Capper Of Kansas pleading the
cause of the rural bankers before his royal
highness, Coolidge, the sworn enemy of every
poor farmer
There is danger ahead for the farmers
when these Magnus Johnsons and Fraziers
join hands with the northumberland Cappers
to put trust in the War Finance Corporation
headed by Eugene Meyer, one Of the financial
wizards of Wall Street,
Coolidge was informed by these so-called
militant defenders of the dispossessed farmers
that this plan was worthwhile not only be-
cause Of the financial help it would bring to
the hard-hit rival sections but also for the rea-
son that this movement would have a spen-
did effect because Of the assurance ii would
give to the bankers and agriculturists of the
sections in question that the Federal Govern
ment realizes the acuteness Of the present
situation and is not indifferent to the needs of
those in trouble"
SO here we have it! Farmer banker coop
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-01
'EU0' Wins Applause
at Performance by
DeutSches Theatre

The Deutsches Theater gave a very
fine performance of the operetta
Eva by Franz Lehar at the Athen-
aeum, Southport and Lincoln ave-
nues. The Deutsches Theater has
been reorganiZed under new manage
Iment and will continue, as in the past,
to produce plays and operettas in
the German language. The acting
and singing in the production of
Eva was more than good, and holds
out promise of worthwhile accom-
plishment in the future. Those in
terested in German drama would do
well to inform themselves further on
the activities of this organization.
In the production of Eva" the
leading parts were taken by Max
Bratt and Adelina Ernster-B aranyai
both of whom really distinguished
themselves by their splendid sing
ing as well as acting. Kurt Schlegel
and Anna Berneck supplied most Of
the comedy, especially Kurt Schlegel
who as the farceur in the operetta
produced plenty Of laughs in the au-
dience. The next performance
Of the operetta EVA" will take place
Sunday evening at S'15 at the
Turner Hall, 800 North Clark street.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-01
Dodssd Wage. Issue.

1t required a revolution in the or
ganization to secure in the year 1903
the appointment of a committee on
salaries, tenure and pensions; and
this committee made a report which
was full of Misrepresentation Not
until 1911 was action taken even to
gather the real figures on these ques-
tions.
l will give you a glimpse Of the
organization in those early days, just
to let you see how these things re-
main the same. At the 1901 conven-
ton in Detroit, the United States
Commissioner Of Education gave a
paper outlining the progress of the
schools.
He was an aged dotard; as an eye
witness said to me, "In the educa-
tional system we don't bury the dead
We let them walk around to save
funeral expenses"
This speaker congratulated the
country upon the growing number of
school pupils, but said not a word
about the need of more school money.
An orator who rose to applaud him
declared that the educational sky was
without a cloud, and his only regret
was that the American public schools
had not been able to get a donation
from Rockefeller.
But suddenly cloud rose upon the
educational sky. A thing happened
which had never before happened in
the history of the N. E. "A class
room teacher rose up from the floor
of the convention and asked to speak,
To make matters WORKS, il was a
woman teacher.
This female rebel declared that she
for one was glad that the American
public schools had not got any money
from Rockefeller, and she hoped they
would keep clear. of all corporation
influence.
If the rich wanted to help the
schools, let them pay their taxes; let
the railroads, for example, pay taxes
on their franchise valuations, which
they were everywhere evading.
You may not need to be told that
this was Margaret Haley, making
her debut to the N. E. A. twenty
three years ago. The great assem-
blage was stunned; to attack the
railroads, the N. E. AS main source
Of revenuel At that time, you see,
when you bought your ticket to the
convention, the ticket included your
dues, and the N. E. A. got the rake
off,