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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-18
The Gay snorts Coat

A light weight wool in herringbons weave and plaided in blue, black ana green, with a touch of yellow, is used for an exceedingly smart sport jacket made on mannish lines and worn with s skirt of black chevoit a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-18

all their lives to remove the earth by carrying it on their heads in baskets They were furnished with wheelbarrows to expedite the work Their European boss was astOnished to find that while they discarded the baskets, they car ried the earth-filled wheelbarows in their heads. The only comment of the coolies was that the wheelbarrows were not so comfortable on their heads as the baskets.
 A Cautious Messenger
 A cOolies, given a letter to deliver. placed the letter on top of his head and rock on top of the letter to prevent | it from blowing away.
 | A Chinese cook, having seen his mis- tress throw away a. bad egg while mix ing ingredients for cake, was observed always to break an egg and throw it away as a preliminary to his own cake baking.
 A tailor. wHo was given materials for suit of clothes, was furnished with an old suit to copy. He copied the old suit. quo Asu sVl uI lI5su! O SunlaSLoJ lou a patch precisely the same as a patch which he found in the old one.
 Slavish devotion to precedent explains
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-18
NelO Temple Thedter Opens MondayAt
 8 P. M. With "The Great White Way '
 Wonder Film Of Life On BroadUay

'The Great White Way opening attraction at the Temple Theatre this week is declared by critics to be the most graphic illustration of New York night life and it's celebrated figures of sport, art, the theatre and newspaper world that has ever been drawn for the screen. In bringing the thrilling story from Witwer's Cain and Mable" to the Cinema, neither time not expense was spared in making it an actual mir TOT of the great metropolis.
 The film was six months in the mak- ing and cost approximately $1.000. GOO. No phase of New, York life is neglected in the production. It pictures accur- ately the various elments which are woven into existence in the thriving metropolis, from the beehive interior of a metropolitan newspaper plant to the inner workings backstage of such Broadway institution as the famous ZiegfeId Follies.
 Not only does the picture show the outstanding features of New York life, but it brings to the screen for the first time many of the nations celebri- ties.
 Among those who are expected to prove most interesting to Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-18
ssSeeing Things At Night0
By HAYWOOD sRouHs

NEW YORK, May 1.-Two fine plays with healthy purpose in com mon met a dramatically contracting fate last week. "Catskifl Duteh," by Roscoe ". Brink was closed by public indifference after little less than a full weeks run, and Hell Bent Fer Heaven" by Hatcher Hughes, which had survived the ordeal by special matinee had grown to full estate in a regular run at the Frazee theatre, was awarded the Pulitzer prize.
 We cannot complain that these dis parate rewards were iiI-considered. Hell Bent Fer Heaven" was not merely good play. but it was also an interesting one, sympathetically put on and g0rgeously acted. ''Catskill Dutch" was good play interesting only in moments, and, it seemed to us, not very well cast. And there was one other difference between them, which we will get to a little later. which would not sway us personally from Mir. Brink to Mir. Hughes, but which, we imagine, does account for the fact that the public was more ready for the satire from the Blue Ridge than it was for the one from the Catskills.
 But the two plays were much more remarkable for their similarity than from their difference, because the two of them taken together did bring into the theatre tendency that we are wholly in favor of. We mean. that tendency to houseclean the question of religious behavior.
 It is an old question with the satir- ists. A few stout rebels here and there with Anatole France and his 'eThais'' at their head-have been long voices in the wilderness crying for a long time that much that passed for piety was anything but.
 Those lone voices have been increas- ing lately. If they are now lifted in the theatre, nobody could ask for a surer sign that they are mighty chorus outside of it. Before "Thais'' was let into the theatre, it was twisted about so that it said precisely what NJ. France did not mean.
 But these two plays of the American mountains were not twisted by any body. They made q flank attack on spurious religiosity, and nobody could mistake them. They said, in effect, that it was time we all refused to be taken in by the delusions of Ortho- doxy, however sincere they might be. They said further that however peril ous a thing it might be to assail the thing which had the look and the name of religious fervor, they would do it and take the consequences.
 The consequences for Hatcher Hughes were much better, probably than he expected. Those for MT. Brink were certainly worse.
 But then. Hell Bent Fer Heaven was by far the better play of the two. And the approach it made to its con. tention was along better trodden path. Mir. Hughes said, in effect, that when a scared, marred, underfed young man invented an overweening God for himself, it was just, as well for all those around him to look out for them selves: He spoke to world which re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-18

i He first became pcpular on sl:c sage fer his work .B vaudeville an1 musical comedy. In the ioriUr field he was a headliner for a faroid of i2 yaars, hefore taking pp q m work his fiss1 production. being Scratch My Back
 The story centers about the love af- fair of a musical comedy star and q champion of the prize ring. and the course of true love runs according to form, which means that it is far from smooth The progess of it's lively epi- sodes covers wide fields, from the roof of Madison Square Garden, showing hundreds of ''pugs" going through their arduous training, on to the mysterious regions back of the stage, from there to fashionable hotels, and on into the mys- terious places in Madison Square Gar den where the prize fighters ges ready for their bouts. Belmont Park race track is the background for more scenes. with an actual race to make you sit up and shout with excitement. Finally an actual bout ih Madison Square Garden culminates picture that is one big thrill after another until the two lovers, having passed through enough excitement to make d half dozen ordinary films, find com fort in each others arms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-18

China's backwardness. The Chinese ma tion is carrying a wheelbarOw on it's head.
 Face" on the Orient means prestige. It is jealously guarded by every one. A servant, who had been reprimanded before his fellow servants, decided he would have to resign to save his face" But he wanted to know, if he did resign, whether he would be hired right back again..
 A Last Request
 heard of a magistrate who, having been convicted of crime, was sentenced to death by decapitation, He requested that he be permitted, while his head was being but off, to wear his judicial robes. Only in that way could he save his face"
 A class of students, when informed by a European teacher that a young man of the western world proposes directly to the woman he wishes to marry, ex- pressed astonishment, for the students could not understand how the suitor, in case of a refusal, could survive the loss of face"
 A servant in a hotel was studying English. He had heard someone say Don't mention it." Not understanding the phrase, he consulted his dictionary The next day, when I thanked him, said, Don't talk"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-18
EAST LAKE SET FOR BIG WEEK
Many Improvements Meet ing With Approval
 Of Public

East Lake park, ever SYNONYMOUS of pleasure, hops away this week to the biggest week of the season. The return of warm weather, blue skies and sun shine will probably give to the new bathing beach the biggest attendance week in its history. The cold period of the past week or so threw a monkey wrench into the plans of the bathers. They had taken the dip at East Lake, had marveled oyer the wonderful i'm provements, and were all set for a daily round of water sports at the new beach. Then cold weather had to pull return engagement.
 Now, however, the chilly blasts have subsided and East Lake park promises to be yeritable beehive of happy swim mers from now until September. Hay ing had taste of the fun offered at the new beach the swimming and diving fans are anxious to resume operations. The new deep swimming and diving sector made q hit with them, fact that the pool was twice as large as ever, and the knowledge that 5,000,000 gal Ions of pure, fresh spring water flow through the pool daily convinced them that East Lake park was the safe and sane place for the swim. No germ could live in that fresh, flowing water {; no disease could exist with the contin- ual movement of the water as it flows through the pool and over the dam at the lower end of the lake.
 While the swimmers were bit peeved by the chilly period, business never slacked for a moment on the dozen thrilling rides. The big dipper, the new merry -go-round, the new Old Mill, the new electrical railway, the whip, the captive aeroplanes, the cater pillar ride, the dodgem, Queen Bess and, in fact, every riding device in the south's biggest amusement park has been doing a great business and has been entertaining thousands. The re- turn of warm weather is welcomed by the park concessionaries, however, and every attache of the resort is planning for a record week.
 Many big picnics have been booked for East Lake park this summer and they start this week. The picnic grounds are offered free to any organi- zation or family in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-18
MEIGHAN STARS IN STRAND FILM The Confidence Man Is Title Of This Weeks
 2 Picture

Thomas Meiglfan comes to the Strand Monday in his newest picture, "The Confidence Man. assisted by Laurence Wheat and Virginia Yalli. The sub titles were written by George Ade. This picture was made by Meighan in response to thousands of letters he has received from his friends requesting that he make another picture similar to The Miracle Man.p After searching for monthe this is the result.
 In the picture Tom plays the role of one of the smoothest crooks in the game The story, which ran as a serial in Argesy All Story Weekly, brings the good luck star to the screen in the role of a clever confidence man type of crook. He goes to small town to rope in miserly old fellow on fake oil stock deal, gets in right with the people of the village, gets his victim money and prepares to skip when the man higher up" arrives from New York.
 From this point on the story steps right along. It keeps you guessing whats going to happen next. whether Tom will be exposed or if he'll reform and marry the pretty young girl he has fallen for.
 A new comedy, Ride Elm Cow boy" and the regular Strand news views complete. the program.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-18

membered that it was withered arm in Potsdam which first was lifted to the chant of "Meinself und Gott." And he spoke to those who were as restive as he was that lately in our public life the most aggressive pieties had come from those who could make the least show of true religion. n@
 Where Mir. Brink ran too far ahead of his time was in bringing in the fam fly for a bit of a scrubbing. There was. in fact, one small scene in his play which put the d-old-fashioned family life in such a sacrifying flare that we will not be surprised to dis cover it soon on the banners of the women's party.
 "Catskill Dutch made it's broadest attack on the evils that could lie GOV cred under unventilated community re- ligion. But the incidental volley on behalf of the subjugated wife was it's great point of, difference with Hell Bent Fer Heaven.p Mir. Hughes let the family alone. Perhaps he is sav- ing 1t up.
 Incidentally, we hope Mir. Brink will save up his little feminist scene from ''Catskill Dutch" and use it again. One week in public-and not much pub, lie at that-cannot have worn it out
 We hope, too, that if he does use ii again, he will not mar it by the cheaply comic finish it had in "Catskill Dutch "a A wife, who for twenty years had been all that this community ex- pected her to be-obedient. servile, and silent until spoken to--who had done what 9'her man" told her to, because the community steam roller would have nothing else from her, and who was re- quired to be beaten by her man if she would not obey, was one day stirred to a rebellion. She wouldn't obey. Her man, instructed by the elders to beat her to submission, got as far as lifting his arm.
 She dared him to strike her, and somehow he couldn't quite do it--he had good deal on his conscience at the time, and he knew that she knew it. "Very we'll" she said, "you did a good days work for yourself at that time. You could "a hit me, because I'm your woman, but for that same reason you'd a had to take me home with you. And let me tell you, you'd never d had another peaceful hour. The sound O my tongue would a fol- lowed you-down to the fields when you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-18

theatre goers and newspaper readers are Billy De Beck, creator of Spark Plug and Barney Google George Me Manus. creator of Jiggs and Maggie, Winsor Mckay, creator of Little Memo, Irwin $. Cobb, Tex Richard and the entire Ziegfeld Follies. Anita Stewart and Oscar Shaw who take the leading roles are at their best.
 What has been declared to be the most realistic prize fight ever screened is one thrilling scene of the picture and there is a race filmed at Belmont Park on Futurity Day that will appeal strongly to sport lovers. In the fight scene Oscar Shaw does some most creditable work, accord ing to sport and fight authorities, after he had tfained for three months, under Johnny sHennessey, well known sondi- tioner, 3
 Anita Stewart is one of few stars on the screen who haxe gained fame and position without drawing on the stage for assistance. Miss Stewart has never been on inc stage, as most film celebrities of today have. an1 her rise IS due entir,y 10 Eef meeits as q Iantomimic a.fIst.
 T. Roy Barnes, who takes the part If the press agent. is an ERglislIman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-18
Jefferson Players Offer
 Tn Love With LoUe" Next
Broadway Comedy Success Makes Premier
 Southern Debut This Week At Local Theatre

Anyone that's ever been in love has an enjoyable time ahead of them this week. The list includes everyone, therefore capacity audiences ought to be the rule at the Jefferson all this week, where the All-Star Players will present that ratthng Broadway success of last season, In Love With Love-"
 Birmingham is the first city in the south to have an opportunity to enjoy this play, which is as human and as humorous as that striking success, "The First Year." Just released, arrange ments were made immediately so the All-Star Jefferson Players could pre- sent In Love With Love" to Birming- ham theatregoers.
 This comedy's success is founded on exactly the same sound basis that made ''The First Year. so great. It is a story that everyone can appreciate be- cause everyone has been in love; that is, everyone old enough to enjoy the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-18

theatre, Loving is the chief end of man after all. and some of its humor- ous complications are shown in Tn Love With Love"
 The trouble starts when a girl can't make up her mind about which suitor she desires for a husband. Her i'm decision leads her into great difficult ties and at the last minute she realizes she is being chosen rather than doing the choosing-even then she is no more sure of her heart than of her mind and the result is the most amusing dia- logue, situations and characterizations imaginable. Whether you're 20, 40 or 60, you'll love "In Love With Love"
 There are four principal players in this corking comedy. They are Miss Tamzon Manker, the girl in the case J. Glynn MacFarlane, Russell Fill more and DeFOrrest Dawley, her varied and persistent suitors. A. s. Byron, Miss Helen Ray, Miss Elaine Davies and Peter Buffers are all happily cast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-18
AT cAsCApE PLUNGE

The tuneful melodies of the Nishi Hawks orchestra, impressarios of jazz or the softer cadence of the waltz, is drawing the younger dancing set cl Birmingham to the smoothly polished floor of the pavilion out at cascads Plunge, the metropolitan pleasure rel sort, which opened its doors last Sat urdpy to the summer amusement ses. zion of 1924.
 Attractions of the table d'hote and dinner dance. from 6 80 until $ :30 D. m., are vieing with the popularity oi the after-dinner evening dance, from gI to 12 p. m, for the. spotlight at the Plunge. The allurements of the clean and sanitary swimming pool, deepita the slight chill of the early season. ia also drawing many swimmers, with every indication pointing to crowded attendance with arrival of real summed weather,
 Cascade Plunge all dressed up in a new spring gown of fresh paint and trimmings said by those who have enjoyed it's many enfrancing featured this spring to be more beautiful than ever before. The colored lights on tho cascade. the scintiliating fall of rushing waters at the deep end of the pool has been adiudged one of the most charming creations in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-18

was plowin' and in your bed all night"
 We quote from memory, but4we be- lieve it is pretty accurate. We heard from the first time the crack of the woman whip, and we aren't likely to forget it. We understood, better than we ever have from any argument. why the subjugation of women was too ex- pensive an experiment to be attempted any longer.
 We were, therefore, the less able to forgive Mir. Brink for winding up this epic moment by having this gallant wife demand new stove and Brus- sels carpet as the first fruits of her new victory. We look rather to the day when he writes play around this scene, for woman who wants some thing more than furniture for the pin feathers of her white plumes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-18
New Neckwear

The collar has once more returned to popular favor and scarcely frock is seen that has not the softening touch of lingerie or lace about the neck, Very pretty and just the thing for the tail. ored dress of dark blue is an exquisite set consisting of collar and deep cuffs made of watermelon pink organdie em. broidered in white.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-18

Carved and etched crystal ornaments are worn on long black cords about the neck. These ornaments are very large and effective. Others are of Cor nelian.
Evening star., 1924-04-12
ROCKS CASE RAISES
TURPITUDE ISSUE

Is moral turpitude involved in a
violation of the Volstead act?
This question Is squarely put up to
Justice Frederick L. Siddons of the
District Supreme Court, in answer
filed yesterday by the District Commis-
sioners to {. suit for mandamus re-
Gently brought against them by Will
bur II. Rock, a retired policeman,
whose pension was recently revoked
by the Commissioners following the
conviction of Rock in Baltimore on
a charge of transporting intoxicants.
The Commissioners defend their
action in revoking the pension on
the claim that the offense of which Rock
was convicted is a misdemeanor in
volving moral turpitude.
Attorneys Wilton j. Lambert and
Rudolph H. Yeatman, representing
Rock, insist that there is no moral
turpitude involved in the mere
transportation of liquor and declare
the Commissioners exceeded their
authority in taking away the pension
Of Rock. The case is scheduled for
hearing before Justice Siddons in Cir
cult Division 1.
Evening star., 1924-04-12
NEW LUNCHEON CLUB
! FORMED IN CAPITAL
"Good Fellowship" and Improve
ment of Business and Social
4 Interests Aims.

Another luncheon club has come to
Washington. It's called the Monarch
Club, and it held its inaugural meet
ing Thursday at the Raleigh Hotel,
when a large gathering greeted III. S.
Omohundro. national president, who
acted as chairman in the gray room
at. 1880 o'clock. Purposes and aims
of the club were announced as fol-
lows:
ITO unite into active organization
men representative of their respec-
tive callings in life and through such
union foster the spirit Of good fell
lowship.' To undertake ~or assist in
any movement destined to improve
or uphold the business, commercial
or social interests of this COM
munity."
National headquarters have been
established in this city. The national
officers are: II. S. Omohundro, presi-
dent; DIR. c. c. Caylor. first vice presi-
dent; J. William May OF Alexandria,
Va, second vice president; DR.. Fl.
Foxworth Horne of Jack sonville, Fla,
third vice president; ]. L. Spaulding,
secretary; r. l.. Schreiner, treasurer;
Clarence r.. Ahalt. national lecturer.
The local organization will close
charter membership rolls with $50
names, the greater part of which are
Evening star., 1924-04-12
SUES F0RD's PAPER HERE
Newspaper Man Says Dearborn
Independent Owes $3,554.

James NJ. Miller, local newspaper
man, yesterday sued the Dearborn Pub
fishing Company of Dearborn, Mich,
publisher of the Dearborn Independ-
ent, described as the official organ
and mouthpiece of Henry Ford" for
$3,554S6. In his suit, filed In the Dis
tritt Supreme Court, he says the COM
pany owes him for services. Miller
declares he had contract for en-
ployment for one year from January
/. 1928, to contribute articles for the
Evening star., 1924-04-12

paper and to collect confidential polit-
ical information, for which he was to
receive monthly salary of 5000 and
travelling expenses. The plaintiff says
he has been paid only 5000, and the
defendant declines to settle the al
legged balance. Attorneys Douglas,
Obear d Douglas and j. V. Morgan
appear for the plaintiff.
Evening star., 1924-04-12

The North Carolina Pine Associa-
ton from Norfolk, Va, reports for
forty mills an increase of 1000, 900
feet in orders, 100000 feet in ship
ments, and 100000 feet in produc-
tion, as compared with the record of
thirty-one mills last year.
Evening star., 1924-04-12

expected to be listed by next Thurs
day. Following the next meeting,
permanent officers will be elected.
Meanwhile affairs of the club are in
the hands of temporary officers, in
cluding President H. TAFT Rodier and
Secretary H. S. Shepard.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-11-08

Chairman Western District,
Republican National Conafhitee-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-11-08

0o,0oo skyscraper now stands A
frame house stood On the corner then
and his father owned the property,
having purchased it for $1,000
Father" Of Auditorium
Mr. Peck Is credited with having
first visualized the Auditorium Thea
ter It was to Mr.. Peck that AdeIina
Patti sang On the historic night the
Auditorium was opened His guests
OF the occasion numbered Benjamin
Harrison, Levi P. Morton. Gov. Fifer
Of Illinois and Mayor Dewitt c.
Cregier Of Chicago.
Commodore Peck, as he loved to
be known, once entertained the Prince
Of Wales. later King Edward Of Eng
land He was conspicuous in the
Worlds Columbian Exposition. Chi
cago famous Worlds FAR; c0mmls-
sioner general OF the United States to
the Paris exposition in 1900. and 4
grand officer Of the Order Rationale
de Ia Legion D'Honneur. He served
as president Of the board Of educatioa
and held other city and honorary
Offices.
Mr. Peck was always one Of the
true friends Of the colored race in this
city and for more than % years Mr..
Morris Lewis, a colored man. served
as his private secretary.
May his kindly spirit or soul find
favor in the sight Of it creator
throughout eternity.