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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07

Almost every fellow envies the mys- terious magician who is constantly ,pringins some fresh surprise and mys- flying the audience by his capers. Fly yry fellow can do many of these same tricks without very much trouble. III tell you how some of these things are lone. as they have been explained te ne by professional magician, Max well the Great.
 First" cautions Maxwell, never ell an audience what you are going D do because that gets them locking DO hard and they are lnble to see ,omething which you wish te keep hid en. Never repeat the same trick the anne way during the same performance. If you happen to have hard luck and tive your trick away, don't get fusSed .ust make q joke out of it and get your audience laughing with you.
 Talk Constantly
 'Wlren you start your performance, be az mysterious as possible and talk Ill the time So that the audience will ac paying attention to what you are saying, not what you are doing"
 Here are three tricks of the Hindoo 'akirS and the line of chatter to go with the tricks:
 1. Observe closely this miracle of ne Ilindoo fakirs." invites Maxwell. You see on this table three glasses of lear water which I will name glasses .,ne, two and three, or Mary. Annie and Iinnie. take glass one and pour q title of glass TWO into ir and behold .-- [ becomes fiery red.
 Now. as ! pour little of glass hree int" inc red. it becomes clear gain" Here's what really happens: 'lasa ono is solution of phenolph- llalein, which you can get at drug ,lore. glass two is salt water and glass hree k a solution of hydrochloric acid.
 ?. With this simple little pocket handkerchief defy the laws of nature 'ecanse l place it over this lighted ''andle and ir 4ors not burn" says Max yell. You can do the same thing if 'ou prepare the handkerchief in ad- +ance, as Maxwell did, by previously tipping it into water glass" sub stance which is nsed to pickle eggs.
 ,. Ladies and gentlemen. l WiIl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
ELEPHANTS OF NORTH AMERICA

Did you know that members of the elephant family once roamed in herds all over North America? Now we see elephants only in ZOOS and circuses, but the elephants who lived in this coun- try long age would have lowered three feet above these circus elephants. Those elephants were known as the mammoths. Their huge bones have been found in many places where ex- cavating was done. Up in the ice country whole skeletons have been found preserves in the ice. That is how we know so much about these huge animals. that vanished before white men came to this country-in fact, before the time of the Indian legend.
 cred with hair, which helped them to and also helped to save their skins from the teeth of their enemies. Their tusks were not like those of the ele- plants we see today, but were beauti- fully curved outward and upward. These wonderful ivory tusks were at times as mu.:l as thirteen feet long, which Dleans that they would reach higher than the ceiling in your living room.
 When a herd of these monsters set off to go somewhere nothing could stop them. They could ford most rivers and swim the rest. If tree stood in their way one of the BaMmoths would just stop a minute, wind his trunk around it. pull it up. and 50 on his way, after tossing it aside.
 All Weren't Hairy
 In Mexico and the southern United States was another kind of mammoth which was not hairy, but was more like the elephant as we know it today.
 Not only in North America but in Asia and Africa and Europe, these huge creatures once made their homes. In Siberia one of them was found with the flesh and skin still on it, just as it had died thousands of years ago. It was sealed mp in the ice. Evidently it had slipped into creyice and died. The ice had closed over and acted as perfect refrigerator all those years. It even had a piece of grass in it's mouth that it had been eating when it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07

The fourth time you are down to the card you know,- so invite a spectator to look at this card carefully and bury it in one of the piles. Now have some one shuffle the cards.
 This done. turn over any two cards in the deck and make a pretense Of fIg- urins and then announce what card II was that the spectator locked at. Of course. you have known all along, but this must not be apparent to your au- dience. so put in plenty of hOcus pocus.
 Cap'n Zyb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
Here's Bafflins Trick

This makes one of the most effective card tricks l know. Know the fourth card from the tep of the deck and then make q pretense of shuffling, but do not shuffle So that it will disturb the top four cards. This done, place the tor to take the top card from the pile in which you know the fourth card and place it on or in one of the other piles. Invite second spectator to repeat the same action. It0 this q third time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07

blow through this glass tube into this clear glass of water and b. my fiery breath will turn it milk-white and cause a powder to settle on the bottom of the glass. Watch closely and see that l blow nothing but my own breath through the tube To do this, dO just as the magician did, but do not use clear water. He didn't, he used lime water and SD must you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
Peter Puzzle Saxs-

John went into lunch room and saw these things on the menu. At first he was puzzled. Then he succeed ed in rearraDging the letters and found out what they were. Can you do the same?
 Your PosSet
 Try Our Steak
 One Solid Lamb
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
SHE WON

The old lady was timidly inspecting the stock of spectacles. How much are these:' she asked, selecting a pair.
 "A dollar and half. madam"
 And Low much without the case?'
 "Well, the case makes little differ enee. Suppose we say S1.4J."
 What? Is the case worth only five cents:"
 "Yes, madam," firmly.
 Well, I'm very glad to hear it; it's the case l want
 And, placing a nickel on the coun- ter. the dear old lady took up the case and walked timidly into the street, while the optician gasped for breath.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07

front of the shaft uprights. The game is played by two people. The horses are set at the each person turns q crank The one who draws his horse across the finish line first is the win ner of this amusing Derby
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07

colors will add to it's attractireness. A little oil or soap rubbed on the siders, guides and track will make the parts move more easily.
 A finish line should be made across the track about two inches from the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
ANSWERS TO WORD PUZZLES

The word is S-n-i-p-e.
 The hidden names of animals are :: lion, bear.
 You can make a slow horse fast by tying him.
 The two hottest letters are K. \. (cayenne).
 The difference between a buffalo nickel and an Indian penny is four cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07

and insert heavy piece of twine or q match stick for the tail.
 SpooIs Must Match
 The speOls, of course. must be the same size, and the strings fastened to them must he of equal length. One end
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07

of the string is fastened to the spool and the otber end of the string is fastened to tack in the front end of the runner.
 Try out the game and see that all parts work easily. Paint of different
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
His Business

Wife: I say, what time did you come home last nightT'
 Policeman: T pulled in about 3 this morning."
 Wife: "I don't want to know how many you arrested; want to know when you came hOme"
 From a word square from words meaning frelie, a nsrrow road, a girls name and a periOd of several months.
Milford chronicle., 1924-02-22
FURNITURE SECOND FLOOR
$Day$ KENT GARAGE Inc.
MILFORD, DELAWARE
5th & WALNUT SITS.

Will this big dhand
downward course
Studebake
for this day. $675OO Studk
this $685.
mbrandne
want Ford
cOndH Touring
nAmeW
regular
0 Car ebOuhtOr
at fin
in wngN
at Mt geass
KENT GARAGE Inc.
WILLIAM RAMSEY Secretary
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
FARM BUREAU TO
MEET TWO DAYS
Bishop Fout viii Open SeS-
sion Monday,

Arrangements have been com
pleted for the sixth annual Indiana
Farm Bureau Federation convention
Nov. 24-25, at the SEVERN, according
to P. Fl. Crane. general secretary
Bishop H H. Fout will offer invo-
cation. followed by the annual adj
dress by President w. II. Settle.
Federation activities will be report
ed by Scott Meiks, live stock; l.. f.
Shuttleworth, purchasing; J. il.
Gwaltney, wheat marketing, and I.
I. Ferris. wool marketing
DR.. o. G. Lloyd Of Purdue tnlver-
sity will speak on Economic His
tory Of Agriculture, and Frank Q.
Iowden. former Governor of Illinois,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21

on "The Way Out for Agriculture. !"
Reports Will be made by Walter
Baker, tax legislation; onion mar
keting, N. E. Carter: serum produc-
ton, Fred Lghtfoot; canning crops,
John w Ritter, and dairy market
ing, A. d. King.
In the evening L. A. Pittenger
will discuss social and educational
work and Z. c. Salisbury, motion
pictures.
Second day speakers include H.
r. F'ehr Of Brotherhood Engineers
Cooperative Bank, who will talk or
"Cooperative Banking"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21

that there was a weak point in the
line now.
This weak point. he said. was to be
found in the more frivolous members
of the feminine sex.
The serene self-confidence of the
young woman of the period in her
ability to defy convention and tradi-
ton as to the ethics Of living may
be somewhat shaken by the knowl-
edge that she is giving away under
the strain. and that she is not as
good an animal as her brother" DR..
Fiske said.
AT every age period Of life, the
female population enjoys a lower
death rate than the male portion
except during the period ages II tc
80, when the rate is decidedly higher
among females"
F'iske blamed this on "the whole
postwar situation emphasizing tht
materialistic and self-indulgent
standard of living" and an unwilling
ness ito take advice and act upor
it II it interferes with pleasure"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
PRICE OF FREEDOM
DEATH, IS BELIEF
Frivolous Members of Feminine Sex Boost Mortality
Rate When They Lower Morality Physician AYERS

asks a department store. and now
DR.. F'iske asks What Price This
Freedom"
He answers that the price of this
freedom for the sex that isn't used
to it is death-not necessarily quick
or violent death. but at least a
much higher mortality rate for those
who lower their morality rate. All
this was said in a speech to the
American Education Conference. o.
Leading up to his warning eau
tiously with the assurance that the
expectation of life has been in
creased from twenty-one years in
the Sixteenth Century to fifty-eight
years in the Twentieth. DR.. Fiske
arrived suddenly at his conclusion
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21

dog pound, 400 Massachusetts Ave.
Wednesday on reported riot. Instead,
found two women, an employee Of the
pound and a humane officer in heat
ed discussion with DR.. Elizabeth
Conger, superintendent. trying to
preserve order. Difficulties were adj
justed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
BB Times Special
- -

BH 2rteS SpCClut
NEW YORG. Nov 21.-Smoke.
drink, be merry-and tomorrow
you'll boost the mortality rate.
This sign post is one which Dr..
Eugene Lytan Fiske, medical di-
rector Of the Life Extension Insti-
tute, wants to put at every turn in
the path of freedom open To young
girls In these untrammeled days
Ever since the play What Price
Glory" became notorious for its pro
family and carefree method of han
ding a few sex problems. What
price t-che-ma-Call-it' has be
come a stock title for stories. lee
lures. editorials and advertisements.
What Price Prohibition2' asks a
newspaper. What Price Iiairpins?''
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
Remove Alkan

If you Will boil little vinegar oc-
casionally in the tea kettle it will
remove the alkaline substance that is
deposited along the edge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
Riot Call at Dog Pound

city officials and police attached
to city hall made a fast run to the
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26
ELECTRIC FANS

Our store is the cool
est place in Marietta.
Electric fans distribu-
ted all over the store.
You will find it COM
Portable these warn,
days in our store.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26
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BOYS oVERAILs

Boys Overalls and Coveralls in khika
and blue denim, made of extra heavy
quality, and double stitched ~
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26
WoMEN,s UNION SUITS

"omen's Athletic Union Suits made of
SOFT nalnsook, no buttons, and a shirred
'front.' Friday and Saturday
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26
GAUzE UNION SUITS

Ladles Gauze weight Union Suits with
Oand top loose knee. These viii be
1ound IN adj sizes. Friday and n
Saturday for ---~----r-.- D
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26
GAUZE VESTS

Ladies Gauze Vests. You can't hardf
nave too many of these this warm weather
friday and Saturday you get rs
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KHAKI PANTS

Something every boy should have
least two pair of. Khaki pants made
good material and workmanship. d.
Friday and Saturday ---- b
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26
CHILDREN's BOOMERS
TRAVELLING BAGS

10 inch Travelling Bags with leather
handle protected corners. Worth $3.50. to
sell Friday and
Saturday for ---- -
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26
ICE COLD WATER

Just one Of the little
services that we give
our customers. You
will find Ice Water all
the time with sanitary
drinking cups. All you
want free.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26
NAINsooK BLooMER TEDD1rs

Girls Nainsook Boomers knee Teddies
which have the hemstibched straps. These
are awfully pretty and
will sell for
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26
SILK BOOMERS

Jersey Silk Boomers, they are in dar
shades, and if interested big buy for 20
on next Friday and n g
Saturday I'D
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26
SLEEPING GARMENTS

Sl.50 Sleeping Garments for childpen.
They are full cut and made from nice ma
terials. Friday and d
Saturday, at -------- ID 4
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26
SLIP-rNS

Satinette Slip-Ins, cool and nice for sum-
mer wear The color is orchid, worth
twice as much, n q
to sell for I'D i
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26
TABLE LINEN
CAUSE VESTS
BOYS UNION SUITS

Boys Pajama Check Union Suits. They
are well made of a nice quality material.
Sizes are from As to las, n
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26
Csc SILK sox

Csc Silk Sox for children in white, pom
gee, romper blue, and yellow. On Friday
and Saturday we sell n
2 pairs for ID i
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26
$3.50 COSTUME SLIPS

Here are sateen and muslin costume slips
for ladies and misses that are real buy for
$3.50, we are selling Friday n
and Saturday for ------ ID 4
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26
$3.50 GOWNS

Just think of $3.50 crepe and nainsook
gowns that are in white and pink, well made
and a bargain at $15O, a.
selling for sO i
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26
$500 R. 8 G. CoRsETs

Just for Friday and Saturday we are going
to sell several different models of R. & G.
Corsets and Grdles, a.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26
CHILDREN,s soX

Here is one Of the biggest palues for you
"a length and regulars in light and dark col
ors. Friday and Saturday we d =
sell them at pairs for -- Cd
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26
$3.50 BOYS CAPS

For two days during our DOLLAR SALE,
Friday and Saturday, we sell $3.50 Boys
Caps in blue, brown and mixtures, d Z
sizes up to Is, for --- ID 4
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-06-26

SNT this good piece Of news? Forences have one of
their DOLLAR SALES" next Friday and Saturday. Our
not hesitate to tell that offering you some unu
ual Values for These prices will only be good for
he two days All merchandise will be priced regular Mon
ay morning which will mean big difference to you Read
very item listed here, and you will find others Also
The Washington times., 1924-04-10

Our entire stock of Boys New
Straw Hats at this price for
one day-dressy models in
white, black, navy and brown;
plain and color combination
styles; small and large shapes
for boys from 2 to 10 years of
age.
The Washington times., 1924-04-10
M NARY-H AUGEN
BILL HIT BY
RA|NEY
Congressman Attacks Farm
Measure in Letter to AgFi-
cultural official.

Vigorous condemnation Of the
McNary -Haugen farm products ex-
port corporation bill is made by
Congressman Henry T.. Rainey,
Democrat, of Illinois, in a letter to
is. H. Thompson, president of the
Illinois Agricultural Association,
who wrote demanding that Rainey
give active support to the legisla-
ton.
Thmopson wrote that the Illinois
Farm Bureau presidents had de-
cided unanimously that the Me-
Nary Haugen bill was the sound
est legislation" among all the pro-
posed farm relief measures. Rainey
is "a member of the Illinois Farm
Bureau.
Rainey announced his unalterable
opposition to the legislation, and
challenged Thompson to debate pro-
visions of the bill with him before
the people Of Illinois. He contepded
the scrip and bond issue provision
Of the bill would result in fiat
money and expansion, and enforce
ment would swell the army of en-
ployes. He said the farmer now has
on his shoulders two wealth con-
sumers, or those who derive their
income out Of taxes.
The legislation would throw the
Government into business, Rainey
commended, and was worse boil
shevism than that which had af-
flioted Russia. The big packers in
the end would profit most by it
because it would enable them to
crush out independents, and the
farmer faced disaster through It,
should it be enacted into law"
He told OF growing opposition to
the legislation among farmer organ.
izations,- especially in Kansas and
Oklahoma. and quoted George E..
Roberts, banker, of Chicago and
New York, on the fundamental
fallacieS" OF the legislation.
Congressman Rubey, Democrat,
of Missouri, member of the
House Agriculture Committee, to-
day announced his support of the
principles of McNary- Haugen bill.
He is opposed to the scrip pro-
vision
The Washington times., 1924-04-10
$4,000 TOTAL
IN SAL WALTON
ARMY FUND
Adiutant Holz Expects More
Generous Contributions in
Next Few Days.

. - -
With $4,000 in cash and pledges
already subscribed in the Salvation
Army $4,000 appeal, Adjutant Err
nest II. Holz said today that he
hoped to boost this amount to $50, 009
within the next few days.
we have many promises of adj
dltlonal subscriptions in a day or
two and when they come in 1
think our present total will go up
considerable" he said
Workers met yesterday with the
advisory board at the office of
Rudolph Jose, chairman, and made
reports. The board expressed itself
as confident that Washington would
answer the army's annual appeal.
Reconstruction Aides of the Oc-
cupational Therapy Department of
Walter Reed Hospital through
Alberta Montgomery, supervisor,
sent in a check yesterday. She
said the aides considered it a priv
ilege to help.
Booth Hotel Gifts
More than $500 has been collected
by the women and girls living at
the Evangeline Booth Hotel, 1880
L street northwest, self-support-
hotel occupants are now seeking to
raise 81 900. More than zoe girls
live in this hotel, paying as low as
ten dollars week for room and
board. -.
All contributions to the appeal
should be sent to Thomas P. HEX
man, treasurer, care Salvation
Army, GOT E street northwest. The
appeal runs from April 2 to 16.
Adjutant Holz said that a few
days ago most pItiful case came
to the attention of the Army and
help given.
"A Washington man left home
last month to look for work in the
country" he said. "The man never
returned. He left his wife and five
children, ages ranging from 2 to
IL years, in destitute circumstances
and living in two small rooms.
Another baby is expected any day.
''One of our workers found this
family. We supplied them with
food and clothing and located them
in another home"
Other Good Work
The Missing Friends Bureau of
the Army is constantly doing good
work and has brought about many
reconciliations in families in and
out of Washington.
I'VE are always getting requests
to locate people in Washington,
Adjutant HolZ said. Sometimes it
is a relative, sometimes a friend.
We do whatever we can to render
service.
MANY times we find young boys
and girls who have run away from
home. We have succeeded in re.
turning many of them to their
homes. And in several !, cases we
have located men and women who
their families have not heard oil
for ten or more years"
Summer Camp Needs
The summer camp at Patuxent,
Nd, where mothers and children
are given vacations in the summer
will open again this summer, Ad.
jutant Holz said today. The camp
The Washington times., 1924-04-10
FRENCH BOY AT HARVARD
PROTESTS HIS ARREST

BOSTON, Mass, April 1O.-When
Henri de Castellane appeared in the
municipal court to answer charges
of drunkenness and assault on a
policeman, the arresting officer tes-
titled that the prisoner had said to
him:
"You can't ,tarrest me. I am a
French citizen and my father is a
French noblemAi4." De Castellane
Is junior at Harvard and his home
is in Paris. Whether he is con-
nected with the family of Count
Boni de Castellane could not be
learned today.
The Washington times., 1924-04-10
MARINE WHO KILLED
FELLOW GIVEN 20 YEARS

TOMS RIVER, N. j., April TO-
Norman R. Connolly, twenty Eight
years old, former Marine at Lake.
hurst Naval Air Station, was sen.
fenced to twenty to thirty years in
State prison by Supreme Court Jus.
tice Lloyd after he pleaded non vult
to charge Of first degree murder
for the shooting of John Eaton, a
fellow Marine on January 10, al
Lakehurst.
. Eaton was shot in an alleged argu.
ment over a girl both had visited
near Lakehurst, and died three days
later in the Philadelphia Naval Hos.
pital. Connolly's home is in Chi
cagO.
The Washington times., 1924-04-10
ALICE M. HAYS AWARDED
FINAL DIVORCE DECREE

Alice M. Hays has been awarded
a final decree for absolute divorce
from Raymond M. Hays by Justice
Stafford of the District Supreme
Court.
An interlocutory decree for Also
lutte divorce has been awarded to
Mrs. Olive Claspell against Walter
C. Claspell by Justice Bailey.
Naner DIETRICH has filed suit for
absolute divorce against Julian J.
DIETRICH, alleging misconduct.
The Washington times., 1924-04-10
MAN May Be Down
But He's Never Out
Sunpose nObOdv cared 2

Suppose nobody cared!
What would happen then :?
| The Salvation Army needs
$37, 900 to carry on with its
work among Washington's
poor. Help us to keep open
this summer our fresh air
camp for mothers and chill
dren at Patuxent, Md; to
continue our missing friends
bureau; keep open our en-
ployment department; to
help the needy in time of
trouble, and our many other
activities.
Will you help us carry on?
Our annual appeal runs
April PIG.
Please send your contribu-
ton to Thomas p. Hickman,
treasurer, GOT E street
northwest.
Name. 49,.
address. ...............
The Washington times., 1924-04-10
GEOGRAPHIC WILL HEAR
LECTURE ON COLORADO

Colorado and the Southwest in
Natural Colors," an illustrated ad,
dress by Fred Payne Clatworthy
will be delivered before members
of the National Geographic Society
tomorrow afternoon and evening at
the Masonic Temple auditorium and
will mark the close Of the society
1923.24 lecture course.
For years Mr.. Clatworthy has
been using the complicated processes
of natural color photography to
record the beauties of the Rockies
and the Southwestern deserts, and
is recognized as one of the most
successful users Of the method: