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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25

ton and finds that I have escaped If it had not been for my pet, polly parrot, who flew in the window and brought my invisible medicine, should never have been able to get out of the prison :" And the Magician chuckled to himself in a very satisfied way.
 When he heard what the Magician said, the nice, fat policeman tip-toed back to his friends and told them.
 'Now we must think of a. way to capture this wicked creature" Raggedy Ann advised, "For if we don't, the Wild Gazook will never be able to find his dear Granma; and I am sure, we all wish this first of, all. Then we must get the Magical Burning Stick too and fix the Magician so that he can never work magic again r'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25

Peter Promises To Hold His Tongue Peter Rabbit stared across the pond of Paddy the Beaver. Then he rub, bed his eyes. Once more he stared and then again rubbed his eyes. Then he turned to Paddy and said in a very low voice Do you see anyone out there by your house?'
 q see Mir. and Mrs. Quack, my new neighbors," replied Paddy. Would you like me to introduce youT'
 Peter allowed long sigh to escape. "No thank you," said he. T know them already. just wanted to make sure that there was nothing wrong with my eyes"
 Suddenly Peter kicked up his heels in the funniest way then began a mad dance on the shore of Paddy's pond. Paddy stopped eating and watched Peter with a puzzled look. When Peter stopped for breath Paddy spoke ''Say, Peter," he drawled, ..are you taken this way often? You act to me as if you weree a little light-headed, . little crazy"
 "I'm all right, Paddy replied Peter five found out secret that's all."
 Paddy, looked puzzled. Whose se- cret?" he demanded.
 Your cousin's;. the secret of Jer- " Muskrat," returned Peter. "He wouldn't tell what had become of Mir. and Mrs. Quack and he knew all the timee." Ss& " az [ ea s~9
 "Of course he did. He sent, them up here," chuckled Paddy. SMy cousin Jerry has wise head on his should CTS, a very wise head. This is the only place where MrA rA,and Mrs. Quack can be safe, and nOs one but Buster Bear and Jerry Muskraf and you know that they are here. l think Hooty the Owl has suspicious, for he has been hanging around here the last few nights, But he isn't sure. Now, Peter, what we want to knew. is, are you go- ing to hold your tongue?'
 You mean keep it secret" asked Peter.
 That's it.-That's what we mean" said Mir. Quack, who had come, near enough to Overhear what Paddy had been saying. \
 You know all we have suffered" oA O1>S Ah NAhcs <u0SA HI dh uAAiVuS voice. If everybody knew we were here we wouldn't have any peace at all. Please, Peter, promise to keep our secret. If you will I will tell you another secret."' t
 Of course you won't mind if I tell Mrs. Peter," said Peter in hesit- ating sort of way. And then thexe is Sammy Jay. He is very anxious to know what has become of you, and you remember how he helped you find Mr.. Quack.
 Mrs. Quack shook her head decided ly. T know all about that, and we are every so grateful to Sammy Jay, but unless he finds us himself we would rather he shouldn't know. We would rather not have you even tell Mrs. Peter"
 Peter's face fell. q tell her every thing" said he.
 Mrs. Quack smiled. That is very nice of you Peter," said she. "I like
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
REDUCES WEDDING COST

Mustapha kemal. ruler of Turkey, has curtailed marriage festivities to harmonize with economic conditions. cheapened them as greatly as possible, so the poorest peasant may be married rather than establish an unlawful re- lation and an illegal home says the Ohio State Journal.
 The husband may not provide more than two costumes or more than one set of furniture, the bride must exhibit her dowry in public before the wedding, Vio- lHtion meaning the confiscation of all and music is forbidden unless legal sane ton is givcn. and the pay is limited to f5 for playing tm1 days and two nights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
0N THE WRNNG SIDE.

1.-The ndgae that it always falls with the butter down is nonsense declared the radical young man. And lE's is true of all time-honored tradition> Just yesterday dropped slice of bread and it fell with buttered side up."
 You must have buttered the bread on the wronk side" replied his con servative friend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25

policeman continued, "what had we bet, ter do? Shall we go to the Magician s house and see if he is there?"
 Yes, this seemed the only thing to do, so the nice, fat policeman, the Raggedys, the Hoolygoolys and the Wild Gazook all ran to the house of the Magician. Whey they reached the front gate, the policeman said, "Now if we all run up to the door, am sure the mean Ma gician will hear us. So l will tip-toe up real easy and peep in the window. Then will come back and tell you what I see!" So very quietly, the nice, fat policeman tip-toed up and peeped into the Magician's window. =.
 At first, the nice, fat policeman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
LITTLE BEDTIME STORY
By TH0RMTQN W. DUReEss

to think that Mir. Quack tells me every thing, but sometimes I'm not quit: sure that he aoes.. Mir. Quack triei to look hurt, but looked little bit sheepish instead, and Paddy the Beaver laughed right out.
 ..But sometimes 1t isn't right to tell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
CHIVALRY OF BURGLARS

Mrs. Suburbs-I-I think-I'm sure 1 hear burglar downstairs.
 MT. Ditto-Well, you get up and go down, dear. No burglar would strike a woman.-New York Sun and Globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
WINNIE TWINKLE
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"Oh dear! Oh, dear '" the nice, fat. policeman cried when he and Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy and the Hoolygoolys discovered that the wicked Magician had again escaped from the police station where he had been locked up in a cell.
 When the Wild Ga zook heard his friends all talking excitedly, he knew something had happens cd, so he dashed into the po- lice station and was told that in some strange way the Ma gician had escaped.
 "See v the police man cried, "the iron bars are still very close together, just as they were when I poured. the Magical Shrink Medicine on them. There is hard ly room between the iron bars for a mouse to climb through ! How could the wicked Magician ueez through such a small place?"
 This was just like asking a real hard riddle and none of the policeman's friends could answer.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
Cough, cough, coughing
 aN night long A
You can stop 1t

That cough-it keeps you awake at night,
 breaks your rest, wastes your strength, en- dangers the delicate tissues of your throat / and chest-break it up nosc. N
 For more than fifty years thousands of
 families have relied upon Dr. Kings New k Discovery to break up coughs. It does this quickly naturally by stimulating the mucous membranes to throw of the secretions that clogging them Harm essy. and without any bad aftereects quiets the throat and lung spasms, and the irritation that is causing the cough then promptly clears s It has an agreeable taste All druggists. sfas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25

Next story: Goes a-spying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-15
INSTABILITY OF MODELS

News dispatches of the last few days do nc: seem to speak well for so-called "mode!s" in various fields of activity One day "model" messenger for big brokerage concern skipped out with se- curities worth thousands of dollars. An other day model" husband was found guilty of serious misconduct in divorce suit. Still another day came the news that "model" schoolboy was convicted of throwing iodine in women's faces.A
 And so it goes, through long lisG of so-called models" What constitutes a "model" lover or "model" wife, or any sort of model" has been theme for varied discussion for To these many years. But it would appear that many of the models" find difficulty in living up to expectations. That is hard task. Nor does it always prove practical from the dollero-and-cents standpoint. A distin- guishcd professional man, in reply to the question why he did not write a book, said: "For the reason that I can tell ali ! know about any one subject in thirty minutes" To the suggestion that he might do SO to preserve his reputation, he returned; "Ive spent fifty years taking care of my reputation; it seems to me that it is time my reputation were co:ng something for me"
 The fact is, it is frequently q handi- cap to be known as Q model" because tbc-c is always danger of losing one's when standing; on pedestal Tho stand.i< om. tpo.' nay O. npny not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-15
UNITED FOR ALABAMA
Mobile Registerl

The rerefendum vote showing Mobile prac- tically one voice in support of the Ford offer for Muscle Shoals has served to put Mobile an dthis part of the state in full rapport with the people of the Tennessee Valley and of the state at large. For very long time there existed an impression that in some way Mobile was different" from the rest of the state; that there was not complete sym pathy between this region and the other grand divisions of Alabama and that, politi- cally, at least, the First district was out of step with Central and Northern Alabama. This impression was a vague thing and based upon very little trustworthy evidence, yet it was widely current, and was prejtdi- cial to the best interests of all concerned, as was shown when the port amendment, upon it's first presentation. was rejected; but, later was ratified when the seaport's reia- tions to the rest of the state were better understood.
 The feeling of community of iatereSt which the vote of the state on the port amendment showed as q nexistins fact has now been strengthened. and W. believe. firmly estab' lished by Mobiles acton in deei:tr.hs it's no- sition in support of the great enterprise Ala bama has at heart-thE development of Mns- cle shoals. Ancient error is swept aside. United. we stand for everything that is for Alabamas good. This has always been the spirit animating Mobile. Our people are very glad that the truth of this is now demonstrated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-15
SUNSHINE SOMEWHERE By WJCKES WAMBOLDT

Do you have upward longings-ever? Do you yearn for better set of conditions into which you would fit harmoniously? Of course you do. And you have varying de- grePs of belief about getting there.
 X man said to me theother day: God happiness But onot believe I shall ever, knows l crave condition of peace and have it.. I have no doubts about hell; for am there right now"
 The remark caused me to think of grain of wheat--wlg I do no tknow. And the grain of wheat thought of had lain for threa thousand years in the tomb of an Egyptian pressed thought, it might have said There king. If that grain of wheat could have as. are nof such things as sunshine and fresh air" Yet along comes an Egyptomologist who opens the tomb and discovers the grain of wheat. He wantsto make 1t grow and he'll
 And then as the grain lay in the moist earth. changes whic hit might have conslh cred terrifying began to take place. 1t. com menced tosweii It burst open. Then, it pushed its way upward through the ground. And finally, to it's aniazement and delight, it emerged, transformed. into . world of sunshine and air for which it had craved> three thousand years. a5s.
 It seems to me that my discouraged friend is like that grain of wheat. He came ints this world from somewhere. he has become buried in the turmoil of this world, and all is gloomy and foreboding to him. The dis, turbance which is taking place within him now is but quickening process going on under the black loam of rich experience. Like the grain of wheat, he will undergo q transformation and will fight his way up into higher md happier realm.
 The very fact that we have longing b cendoubtedly proof that the thing we ls.. for exists. How could we long fc. |, thing thar is not? It .~rst ss.e ceing somewhere, or the idle" S,uld never have entered anyone.s -'.'S1lvusness. We know that in the field of science our widest imaginings do not begin to comprehend the things that are
 Our life here is but. 4 short time, wink m Eternity. We are grains of wheat being quickened into striving toward splendid. exalted sphere which does exist for us some. where
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-15
Descretjon And Lies
ny DR. FRANK CRANE

Don't tell it all. The love of truth is . rnost worthy sentiment, but even lt can De carried to hurtful extfaMes. Imitaee nature She is full of wise ooncealments- She m Ia nous keeper of secrefs. Tn 'fsets one of the mort striking traits of nature is her way of covering her tracks, hiding her Iawss anu misleadinE us as to her.-aims.
 How long. 1t was before mon guessed that she was really revolving the earth around the sun. or that the solid land and level sea were on the surface of ball spinning like toni How long she kept mum about steam, coal and electricity Instead of being open: frank and simple, nature is all sympols sha yeiis. What you see, ten to one, is not so- Only the trained, wise, skilled and patient can come at her secret. Hence 1t is we'll to be truthful but you must distinguish between tying and discretion.
 To lie, 1t is essential that there should be wrong intent. A statement that de The wrong in the case is always in the mind of the teller in the normal condition, from which the statement springs. Your confes- sions may be more wicked than your silence perhars the most merciful things about you are your reticences (lt you vnderstooa, perliaps you would consider ycnr friends silence is the greatest kindness to yo@l hides His purposes .,a ..
 Ii He shall tell it all, who could endure to live?
 s Let us thank our stars that
 Heaven hides from all the hook of fate All but the page prescribed, the present date.
 There are terrible secrets. Well. let them i.e They would do more terrible revelatians- If you have anything that is gnawinG within your bosom and which you must needs con fess. tell it to God Or to some soul that you are quite sure has some of the larEeness, charity. and understanding that God has For it takes very, very wise and strong Der son to endure being told the whole truth. Don't you know that all the little dear eie- ,ments in life spring from illusionsy And you might call illusions lies but you would be wrong. Truth is not necessarily nudity.
 There is difference between the physi- cian who tells patient he is not in danger. when to tell him the actual fact would kill him, real difference between him and the boy who lies about stealing apples and tries to lay it on his brother.
 If man." I read in book. like God, possessing the utter truth, should let it drop from his hands the world would be annihi- lated in an instant and the universe would disappear ns cloud. The divine Verify, like the Day of Judgment, would reduce 1t to powder" 2 -( .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-15
THE APPEAL OF MUSIC
By H. ADDING1 ON BRUCE

Mare and more the deyelophental and remedial possibilities of music are being ap- Dreeiated. The news now comes that, as 2 result of q sixty day test good music Is hence forth to have q place in the therapeutic re- sources of the New York Nursery and child's Hospital
 From Good Health l quote this statement by Dr. Harold c. Cox, resident physician oi the hospital.
 aThe test was tried mainly with tue moths srs In the maternity wards, but also. with the babies and sick children.
 tWhether it was tine appeal of rhythm, we do not know, but the tests have amply demon strated that music has q marked therapeutic effect on the spirits and general morale ot hospital patients"
 This statement certainly is guarded enough. The fact seems to be that music good music. has a tonic value to the bodily processes In general. This would naturally. follow from its possibilities iii ths way of pieasurab!y stimulating the emotions,
 When one listens-as 1 listened only few days ago to the singing of a master of ar- tistic .expression-to melodies and songs sen- sitively interpreted, one's whole being is tenn porarily exalted. The cares and worries and problems of everyday life are for the moment forgotten. One lives ill the ideal. The friend ly past again emerges, with it's host of treas ured memories. The surge of youth is in the veins A golden glow haloes the future. Peace and confidence have undisturbed pos, session, U
 Obedient to the impulses of the triumphant, axuiting soul the body stirs to new endeaver, If disease is present, it fights to down it. The cry of the soul is, Power! More power v And from the depths of ones being --mayhap from the supreme external source of all power--as by miracle power responsively emerges.
 Too long we have ignored the practical significance of rnusics appeal. We have deemed it a decoration, n recreation, an ayo- cation for the leisure hours. Even as we need food and air and light we need music. if we would live to our maximum-aye, and defeat the forces that ins.diousy strive to cut our lives short.
 Music" one enthusiast declares. lis a fine art which more than any other ministers to human welfare. Music is the voice of prayer There Is no greater truth obtainable to man than comes from music. Music is kind of inarticulate. unfathomable speed, which leads us to the edge of the infinite. The influence of music is not measurable"
 This may be deemed the language of ec- stacy, of hyperbole, of mystic exaggeration. I do not think 1t is And I do. think the day will come when mankind. far more gen. erally than at present, will sense the need for music in the life of every human being.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-15
THE DRAfED PROsCENIUM
iXarietYl

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 Sorrow over the passing of Woodrow Vii. son need not be confined to any trade or calling, nor need there be specific cause for mourning historic giant who has gone on- ward to immortality. But the theatre as an institution and every individual who draws his breath within it's atmosphere may well lay an added rose upo nthe grave which the world heaped with a grateful profusion of floral tributes. ,
 A sincere patron of the stage arts in every admirable manifestation. willing helper of the stage crafts whenever they were maligned or misunderstood, figure almost divine who lent tn" glamor of his person to heighten the effulgenee of ae institution so frequently shadow'd ay the intolerance of the soulless president and conmabdef-t -tn-ehief who en- listed ibe forcHs of amusement as a unit of the nation m iish ns the great Fight for interna tiona prnce aud liberty Woodrow Wilson elorifiei c,a history of the theatre as he sloriiied the history os his country and his world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-15
WATCHING THE PARADE
by JOHN PILGRIM

This morning reeeipted for a psyehic jolt. l was sitting idly in street car--you know the old jest about the way farmer spends his winters--
 'sometimes we set and think and some times we just set--
 When my rowing eye fell upon the lady in seat opposite, her face seemed familiar. rakad my memory, and all at once it came to me with q jar.
 "she" I said to myself, "is the dead spirit and image of grandma"
 Same lines, same wrinkles, same jaw, same kind, lively, tired eyes, same intelligent in- terest in every little thing, same age, same Itair same everything. The only marked diff terence that I could detect was that grandma has been dead for fifteen years. But the likeness was 50 great as to astound, almost ;.larm me. When she got off the car fol- lowed her. Then the haunting similarity disappeared
 My unknown friend looked from the back like woman of twenty. Neat little high i.eel shoes, neat ankles, neat skirt. nifty coat. fashionable hat shopping bag that probably '0st fifty dollars, dewdads of various sorts that may haves run into hundreds more. When my dear old grandma was her age she was an old woman, knew 1t, acted it. looked; 1t. There was no pretense in those dayA Old women were old women and behaved as such., Their husbands would mighty soon have taken any nonsense out of them. I'd like to see and hear grandpa if his wife ap- peared in a young woman get-up like that.
 Poor grandma. Most of all, poor grandpa I'm sorry for them both. It really made no difference to grandma. There was but one man In the world for her, and she dressed to suit him only. But think of poor old man who was 50 bound about by little cast-iron prejudiees that lie objected to his wife put ting her best foot foremost
 Why shouldn't she have looked youthful, or as youthful as she could? There isn't any answer. That is no answer except s grunt of prejudice. A generation of hard headed stff-necksd, obstinate old men fought grace and beauty and youth with all their strength.
 Maybe it's mean thing to say. But I'm glad they're dead rt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-15
F..- 41e,7-v NOT T1NFAIR

It IS :. very subtle and misleading ef- jort indeed that is made by various road-materiai companies to make 1t ap pear that the state highway commission ies unfair 1T Spoc4i iCa EiSas for tha ehslton hitrhv ay, ' is the belief Of tScse who nave give i attention Go LigbwAy matters in this state that the commission for Cnce is being eminently fair to the people of Alabama. The present roads have been a hodge-podge of materials of various kinds, but few there are of the types that experience elsewhere has proved conclu- sively are the only ones that will with stand heavy automobile traffic.
 The highway commission called for a Class A concrete paving in Chiffon coun- ty. Of course, that barred out those who do not deal in concrete materials, but the state highway program is not pri- marily established for the purpose of di- viding the spells among road-material concerns. The primary purpose is to serve the traffic needs of this great and growing state, which has too long been denied its proper highway equipment, and which has already suffered untold millions of losses because of that denial. or material concerns.
 The highway commission would deserve the heartiest congratulations if it would shake off the shackles of indiscriminate construction which have impeded previous efforts at road building, and deter mine to profit by the successful high way experience of other sections--eNpe- rience which those localities have bought and paid high for-but which Alabama can profit by, merely through learn ing what that experience is. For tunately, the highway commissioners have gone abroad to see for them- selvec. They have seen and they have become convinced that the cheapest road is that which lasts the longest with the least expenditure for upkeep. Let the people not be deceived by any hue and cry raised by interested concerns. Nor should the commission permit the voice of any private interest to drown out the argument of the public welfare, which counsels that main roads be con s.ructed in the most efficient manner. Let the commission stand to it's guns. The people are behind them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-15
BID DuDLEY's RHYMES
Revenge

I watched the luscious gloobertrop one chill November day discussing pie with Claude, the Cop, to pass the time away. They spoke about the winklewurst--that goo glefnk so sweet--deelaring it wsF auite tbe first they'd seen on Seventh streef. The sky was very dark a'eyhead the sun quite brightly shoDe. Aud as they talked q skOo- pie sped along wth friFhtfui mean. The gloobertrop was st aneo grin, but Ca ide, the Copper, drowned. And then there came an awful din that dip', make sound Now. why. I ask, should this be so: 'che reason would learn. Of coarse, thu siqobertrop would grow, but th1ts not youP corcern. l thought, 10 sum rh easttar up, thelP talk was merely boast. No 5enJ threlbc>s lift the cup and drink a little toast