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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27

Then l shall tell you who I am y the poor man said as he gave the witch thump, very hard one, with his cane. T am a friend of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy, that's who am !" And he thumped her again. we are tired of you two witches bothering us so much and have decided to put a stop to ftp
 "Oh! You have. have you?" Munga howled. We shall see about that r' and she tried to get her magic earns out of, her pocketbook. The nice poor man was too quick for her; he snatched the pocketbook away and pushed her into closet.
 "Now we shall let you stay there while and think it over !'' he laughed as he went to the ice box and let Rag gedy Andy out. II have the two witches locked in the closets and Rag gedy Ann is waiting for us outside with the magic hobby horse" the nice poor man said as he took Raggedy Andy's hand and ran out of Munga the witch's tumbled down shanty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27

the poor man whispered to Raggedy Ann as he left the house.
 When the poor man knocked at Witch Munga's house and she came to the door he asked, "Is this where Munga the witch lives?"
 What a nice man P Munga thought to herself, but out loud she said, ''Yes, I am Munga the witch. What do you wish?"
 The poor man took paper from his pocket and said: How would you like to buy some magic powder which will tell you just where things are hid- den?"
 Huh 1" Witch Munga thought to herself. T would be foolish to buy it of him when I can take it away from him for nothing!" And with that she grabbed the piece of paper, thinking it truly contained the magic powder.
 "Ha. You have fooled me-" the witch howled. Who are you and what do you want? Tell me before I work magic on you and change you into a monkey !'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27

may be little bit difficult for them to answer merely by saying. '"Oh, you wouldn't understand" or You are too little to know" No matter if there are thousand day, answer the questions.
 Another commandment is Thou shalt not tease a child" to which I say, Hear! hearl' Children, as we all know, are extremely sensitive and gen. orally rather shy. Besides, the quality which we all claim (but few really pos sess)--a sense of humor-is not very highly developed in them. The child is not unique in lacking a sense of humor about himself. We find this lack in people of all ages, and those who can most readily see joke on other people are the quickest to become very angry when the joke is at their own expense.
 The thing, however, which makes teasing child extremely unfair is that the child is probably not capable of an- swering back and is certainly not per- mitted to do so. Many people seem to think that they have right to take ad- vantage of this fact. and tease child for this reason when they would not dare to tease an adult,
 They Geem to think that alchild has no feeling and will tell you that they are too young to be made unhappy by any such little thing as teasing. Yet have seen an expression of Absolute suffering come over a child's face while it's doting mother or father tells some acquaintance some wrong word or ex- precision used by the child, or some ques- tion that has been seriously asked and which they consider extremely funny. To an adult it is, perhaps, small thing; to the child it is at that moment tragically important. A child's sensi- tiveness is very highly developed and many of the qualities which later on may tend to protect him from that sen sitiveness have not as yet developed Consequently he is humiliated and hurt by what is sometimes called innocent teasing. <,
 can remember the case of a little girl and her bachelor uncle which illus trAtes how important teasing can be- come in the mind of child. This un- cle really loved the little girl very much but seemed to think that the way to gain her affection was to tease her in- cessantly. The child grew to dread his visits to a point where she had to be al- most forced by her parents even to see him In fact, it made such an impress sion on her youthful mind that even later, when she grew to understand him, that curious subconscious feeling was never eliminated. The impressions of childhood are deeper and more lasting than any impressions gained in later years.
 The only kind of teasing that is any good for child is teasing from another child. The reason for this is that there they are on an equal plane; they can tease back. A certain amount of this kind of teasing is actually of benefit, believe. None of us must take our selves so seriously that we cannot stand a little humor at our own expense, and the teasing of a brother or an intimate friend cannot do child much harm. But it is my belief that this should be left entirely to the child's equal and never done by the people against whom the child is helpless to retort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27
WHEN JOE WEBER QUIT
Comedian At 9 Years Olt. Staged Sem
 satiOnal Exit From A Factory

o4bAUhdA 1IAhb IhOMh "A A0NsVAS
 The first professional engagement of the Weber and Fields team was at the Chatham Square theatre in the '70's. The boys were then 9 years old and their act was chiefly flip-flap repertoire Writing in the Saturday Evening Post Felix Isman and Wesley W. Stout tell how Joe Weber resigned from his job in cigarette factory to devote his whole time to his chosen profession.
 "Nothing so drab and unimaginative as merely asking for his pay was in his mind. Going straight to his bench, he lit cigarette with elaborate ostenta- tion. Smoking, he knew, was expressly forbidden. A hushed silence at this eff fontery, a silence broken by the fore mans roar. The rebel breather smoke ring in the foreman's direction and flicked feather of ash with an insolent finger.
 "'Are you addressing me" he in quired in the disdainful accent common ly used by the hero on the villain at the Bowery.
 'He was not mistaken. The foreman indubitably was addressing him. Joe waved the waspish words aside with a splendid gesture.
 "'Give your job,' he acclaimed, to your mother-in-law's half sister 1 re- sign. 1 now am an actor He turned to Josey Sand, a schoolmate who worked at the next bench. Boy he ordered, bring my wages down to the Chatham Square Museum
 He reached the door unassaulted be- fore the astounded foreman could re- gather his wits"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27
HAD DONE THEIR BEST

My dear,' remarked Jinks, who had just finished reading book on ''rhe Wonders of Nature" this really is a remarkable work. Nature is marvel Ous! Stupendous When read a book like this it makes me think how puerile, how insignificant is man."
 Huh P sniffed his better half. "A woman doesn't have to wade through four hundred pages to discover that Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27
RATS HIKE THE RENT
Animals Sent Up Dumb Waiter As
 Landlords Gift To Tenant

NEW YOYYRK.-Many are the de- vices-as revealed by court records of New YOrk's landlords to raise rents or to oust tenants that new Cnes may take the vacated quarters at higher monthly installments. In one instance recently rats were used as a means of obtaining more financial returns. S
 The case Scanae-~up in Washington Heights court. Miss Celia GIasermarl, i, who lives with her father at 600 West One Hundred and Fifty-seventh street, alleges that when, after five years resi- denee her rent was raised from $110 to $146 month, and she refused to pay, two rats in a glass jar inclosed in paper bag, were sent up her dumb wait CT. The next day, she swore, the land- lord'se son told her that if she didn't like rats he'd send up an elephant.
 The landlord and the building super. intendent denounced her story as a "frame-up" but the court set date for hearing. ts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27
The WeU-DreSsed Man Correct Clothes To Meet The Obligation Of EUery Occasion
 By BEAUNASH
V7HAT is fashion? Not something
 w that everybody wears, because

" that everybody wears, because
 what everybody wears becomes too fashionable and, thereby, ceases to be fashionable at all. Neither is fash ion what a small coterie of decorative idlers wear, because if we all wore what they wore. we would be wearing vacant looks. Nowadays fashion is largely the judgment of business men to whom correct dress is a symbol of success and an expression of taste and personality, but who have other interests in life besides putting on and taking off clothes.
 The proper approach to the subject of style is to adopt a sensible view of it and to avoid all extremes. Clothes sometimes termed ''snappy" and pep py'' and "jazzy" are not style. because they are made up of congregations and eccentricities, like an Overdone bow from the whist up or shaking hands high in the air. Such clothes are wrong, because they attract attention to the wearer's appearance, instead of to his taste The difference is as deep as a well and as wide as church door.
 Why do some men keep on their waistcoats when they are Enee-deep in summer? For the same reason or lack of reason, one supposes, that the bath ing girls in the movies never go near the water or that sleeping car is a place where you cannot sleep. Anyway, if you must go waistcoated, let 1t be thin, cool fabric that doesn't weigh upon you like reproachful conscience.
 Portrayed in the accompanying sketch is such a light waistcOat made of silk. linen or cotton. It is the skeleton affair having five buttons, blunt bottom cor ners and athletic armholes cut very low so as not to bind. If not too close fitting, this waistcoat will be found appreciably cooler than the usual wool
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27

thoughtful. Presently as they went on a fat beetle ran across the Crooked Lit tel Path. In a twinkling Jimmy Skunk caught it. But he didn't eat it. Instead he carried it very carefully. Johnny Chuck noticed this. After a while he ventured question.
 What are you going to do with that fat beetleT> he asked.
 "Take it to Peter Rabbit" replied Jimmy with a funny glance at Danny Meadow Mouse. ''He won't eat it, but he'll know I wanted to bring him some thing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27

waen an answer is
 sithin the range of Possibility, I know from personal ex- perience that they ask many questions which I, at least, have found myself quite incapable of answering.
 The theory is the right one, however, and not at all fol- lowed by many old CT people. They often cooly dismiss any ounstiou that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27
Miss Johnston Entertains At
 Luncheon

Miss Jane Wall of New Orleans, who is the guest of Miss Cecilgray Johnston, inspired an enjoyable luncheon which will be given by her hostess at the Country club. The affair is informal, including only few of the intimate school friends of the hostess and hono- roa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27
BRITAIN LOSES CRAFTSMEN

The migration of skilled workers from Great Britain, not to other parts of the Empire, but to the United States, which affords the best market for their serv- ices, is causing considerable concern in the mother country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27
BLACK AND WHITE

After season of much color it is in teresting to note the growing popularity of black and white. In hats, frocks, coats, parasols, shoes, etc., it is greatly featured in all the shop windows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27
About Answering l. Questions Of
 Children
By JULIA HOYT
DJ OOA1AA AAVAA JMBER eight of the command ments concerns something oi

which I spoke in former article Of mine in regard to children. It is, Thou shalt always answer child's questions" Iemusk confess to little sympathy for parents, relatives and friends of children who take that com lnsadment literally. Although I be- lyess strongly that we should answer sesery question put to us by child
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27

you don't look even a smidgin like Minga !! Minga is very thin, while you are very fat and that makes the but. ions ready to pop from the dress"
 Tt does feel very tight and uncom- fortable!" the fat man said, but if I can just get inside Munga's house I can fool her and rescue Raggedy Andy P
 T know itr' Raggedy Ann agreed, but we must find another way to dis guise you r'
 So she hunted around through the witch's and up in the attic she found a, suit of clothes. That is just the thing P the nice poor man said. T have always wanted to wear knee brooches with silver buckles and red coat v The clothes fitted the nice poor man we'll, and he did not even look smidgin like a poor man, for the brooches were of silk and the coat was of velvet and the hat was of silk, too.
 "Ha! Just you peek from the win dow and watch me fool old Munga w
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27

en garment that comes with the so-called three-piece summer suit. At the smarter sporting meets one notices that more lookers-on wear waistcoats than at any time within the last ten years. Per haps this is traceable to the change in our climate and the shifting of the sea- sons. Anyway. ''the gentlemen of the old school" who cannot bear to part with his waistcoat even in grilling weather, has some authority to support him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27
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The nice poor man had just rescued Rag gedy Ann from the ice box in the home of Minga the witch after he had locked Minga in a closet.
 I've must think of some way to rescue Raggedy Andy r the poor man said to Rag gedy Ann.
 The poor man had washed his hands and face in a brook so the witch would not know him and in this man. ner he had been able to get in her house and put her in the closet.
 ''I shall get one of the witeh's dresses and disguise myself as Minga !" the nice poor man said. Then I shall go to Munga's house and fool her, too !"
 So Raggedy Ann helped the nice poor ann dress up in Minga's clothes and then Raggedy Ann cut his whiskers off with the witch's scissors and put one of the witch's bonnets on him.
 Nope :" Raggedy Ann sadly said as she stood off and looked of fha niao v1oor vnar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27

The News Of Peters Sickness Spreads 'Tis when you're sick you learn to
 know How quick is sympathy to flow.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-03-13
DAUGHERTY WINS
BRIBE INDICTMENTS
ATTEMPTED TO BRIDE UNITED
STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND OTHER GOVERNMENT
PROSECUTORS
IMMUNITY PLOT LANDS TRIO
Head Of Big New York Law Firm Ac-
eused of Conspiracy to Buy of
Justice Department Head

New York.-A federal grand jury
indicted three persons for obstracting
Justice and attempting, for a price Of
$65,O00, to bride United States Attor-
ney General Daugherty and other gov
eminent prosecutors to protect men
who since have been sentenced for
using the mails in a fraud which
netted $4,000.
Those indicted were Thomas b. Eel
der, head Of a well-known law firm,
president Of the Georgia society and
defense counsel in several big bootleg
liquor cases; CASTOR B. Means, former
agent Of the department Of justice, and
Elmer Jarnecke, secretary to Means.
Means. Jarnecke and nine others
were indicted last October for using
the malls to defraud and engaging In
a conspircy through which SD cases
and 1900 barrels Of whisky were re-
moved from licensed distilleries and
diverted into bootleg channels. Eel
der Is Means attorney in the case.
Indictments charge the trio with
having received $4,000 from officers
of the Crager system, INC. and the
Glass Casket company. Of Altoona, Pa,
OF whom II since have been sentenced
for obtaining $4,000 in an alleged
fake stock promotion.
Those besides Attorney General
Daugherty whom the accused are al
legged to have promised to bride in
clude United States District Attorney
Hayward and two of his assistants,
John Holley Clarke, Jr., and Peter J.
Mccoy. -
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-03-13
DE VALERA SHOUTS SET
UP AT ELECTION RALLY

DubIln.-Excitemen Is growing in
Dublin in connection with the mutiny
in the ranks Of the nationalist army,
as disclosed In the official communion
ton, saying that orders for the arrest
Of Mai Gen. Liam Tobin and Col.
Charles Dalton had been issued.
A political meeting in connection
with the by-electlon for dali seat was
attended by about 10000 persons and
was characterized throughout by ex-
IRENE disorder. There were frequent
shouts of up, De yaleraF"
Precautions fIHve been tHikgTI for any
eventualIty. The guards have been
doubled at all Dublin barracks, leaves
Of absence have been cancelled and
there is unusual military activity.
In addition to the trouble at Temple
more, where the commandant and
other officers vacated the barracks
and retired to the hills with machine
guns, rifles and ammunition. there are
reports Of difficulties with the de-
modified officers at Gormanstown.
and other places.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-03-13
BODIES OF ENTONBED
MINERS BEING REMOVED
Several charred Bodies Brought Out;
One HeImetman Dies of Asphyxi-
alton in cas-fllled Galleries

Castle Gate, Utah.-Ten charred
and mutilated bodies have been re-
moved from mine No. , of the Utah
Fuel company. In which 175 miners
were eltombed as the result Of an
explosion. About 20 other bodies have
been located, but not removed from
the mine, Gas In the inner recesses
Of the mine Is hampering the work Of
rescuers, it Is understood. It is gen
orally believed all Of the miners per-
ished.
There are approximately 20 bodies
on one Of the slopes in the mine, but
II Is impossible to reach them because
OF Instructions. according to two
helmetmen who came out OF the work
Ings at o'clock in the evening.
The Interior recesses of the mine are
filled with poisonous gas, according
to helmetmen, and they have had to
proceed cautiously. There is no short
age Of men willing to risk life to get
to comrades within the mine.
Two helmetmen were overcome, and
George Wilson. head Of a crew from
Standardville, died from asphyxiation
when the nose piece Of his helmet be-
came detached several hundred feet
inside the main portal.
Rescue crews are getting better or
ganlzed. but just how long II will be
before all Of the mine can be explored
Is uncertain A United States bureau
of mines car arrived from Wyoming
and government officials are lending
all possible aid.
The Knights OF Phythias hall here
is being used as morgue and the
bodies recovered from the mine have
been taken there.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-03-13
TARIFF RAISED TO BAR
CANADA FLOOD OF GRAIN.

Washington-An Increase of II
cents a bushel in the tariff rate on
wheat was ordered by President Cool
idge. Acting under the flexible pro-
vision Of the tariff, the president also
ordered an. INCREASE of % cents hun
dred pounds in the duty on wheat flour
and a decrease of 90 per cent In the
ad valorem rate on mill feeds. The
new rate on wheat will be AZ cents
bushel, compared with the present
rate Of 30 cents. All rates become ef-
feetive in 30 days.
The increase will become effective
in time to be applied to the flood Of
Canadian wheat which descends on
the United States about the middle of
April each year with the opening Of
navigation on the Great Lakes.
The advance In rates was sought TO
aid particularly the hard wheat grow
ers Of the northwest, but the resultant
increase in the price OF spring wheat
Is expected to be reflected in the mar
ket quotations on winter wheat raised
in the middle western and other states.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-03-13
JnlIer HeId Up ana Two Esoaps

The DalIes, Ore.-C. R. Williams,
held In connection with the robbery Of
the BIosier State bank. and Bert Tay-
lor, serving six-month sentence for
larceny. escaped from the Wasco coun-
" jail by holding up the jailer with a
gun apparently struggled to them from
the outside. dashlng out. stealing an
automobile parked near By and driv-
ing out of town.
Williams had recently surrendered
himself into custody at Oregon City
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-03-13
I 1000 MEXICAN REBELS
YIELD; FORCE ROUTED


Mexico City.-One thousand rebels,
under Francisco Bertha, Guillermo
Castillo Tapia. Javier Ordonoz, Nova
Leon, Vega Bernal and General Din
orln surrendered Internationally, at
Tlapacoyan, Vera Cruz, according to
special dispatches from Vera Cruz.
The surrender came after failure to
obtain certain concessions in con-
ference with General Alvino Serillo.
General Guadalupe Sanchez one Of
the chief leaders aofthe revolt, is re-
ported to have been defeated at Teo
Cello, where he withdrew after aban-
doning Jalapa, by General Salvador
Gonzales, who reports that the rebels
lost SO killed, IL wounded and so men
made prisoner.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-03-13
HaIf MIIIIon Attend Bath Festival

lahabad.-Indla,s great bathing
festival. Adj Kumbh. held every SIX
years. attracted 10000 people to the
sacred spot at the junction OF the
Gauges and Jumna rivers. Govern
menf authorities had erected barriers
restricting the area for bathers be-
cause OK the shifting Of the river bed,
but Hindu extremists pulled down the
fences apparently with the idea that
pilgrims should drown II kated to do
40. Two million pilgrims were ex-
Deeted to bafhe IN the rivers during
shs festival. which lasts . month.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-03-13
FRENCH VESSELS BEAR
JUNGLE BEAST NAMES

ParIs.-French ingenuity has been
severely taxed In the choosing of
names to be given to the three cruisers
six destroyers, - torpedo boats six
submarine cruisers ana six submarines
for coast defense. now in course Of
construction as the first part Of the
naval program allowed under the
Washington naval records.
The names of renowned admirals Of
the French navy We're resurrected and
will be carried again to the confines Of
the far seas which they visited while
alive by the three fast cruisers, one of
which. the Duguay Trouln. was
launched Hast August. The other two,
to be known as the "LaMotte-PIcquet"
and the "Primauguet," viii be In COM
mission during the first months of
1925. They are 5000 ton ships and are
expected to develop speed OF 30 to ss
knots an hour.
Wild animals Of the Jungle were
called into service In the christening
of the grim destroyers.
1heg dfS the SueuhI' the fdhthV't
the Tiger, the Leopard, the Lynx and
the Chacal. The first two viii come
out Of the Lorient shipyards Deem
her. 1924. and January, 1925, respec-
lively. The last three are being con-
structed at Saint Nazaire and the
Tiger at Nanses-in the region where
was horn. They will all
be ready for service before April. 1924.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-03-13

washington. = The first test of
strength in the voting on Muscle
Shoals favored advocates Of the Ford
bid. A proposal to make the lease to
Ford subject to provisions Of the fed
eraI water power act and a proposal
to limit the lease to 80 instead Of 100
years were voted down.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-03-13
WOMENi WARNlNCl
DON'T BE FOOLED
lamondBes

Always ask for diamond DYES and
II you don't see the name Diamond
Dyes" on the package refuse Inland
1t back
Each 15-cent package OF Diamond
Dyes" contains directions 80 simple any
woman can dye or tint skirts, dresses,
waists, sweaters, stockings, kimonos.
coats, draperies, coverlngs-everythlng
new, even II she has never dyed before.
Choose any color at drug store. Refuse
substitutes
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-03-13

After the young thing at the party
had concluded her second encore the
old lady leaned toward her and said
Thank you so much for your songs,
my dear, They took me back to child
hood days on my fathers farm. There's
were times, when you sarg. that !
could shut my eyes and fairly hear the
old front gate creaking In the wind
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-03-13
HoaO BargIors Work IN Peru

Burglars In Peru, when about TO en-
ter house. supply themselves with q
sponge and bucket OF water. With
the sponge they molsten the mud-cov-
cred domiclIe, and the thin coating 10
easily dissolved. Then they readily
cut through the thin framework. and
make hole large enough to paas
through.