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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-14
BUSINESS BUREAU
IDEA SUPPORTED
Birmingham Commercial
Men Giving Full Coop
efation To Movement

Everything points to one Of the most
successfui undertakings In Birining-
ham 81 business field, when merchants,
manufacturers and the general public
meet April 25.
The date is that Of the banquet at
which the intensive campaign for Bet
ter Business Bureau of Birmingham
viii get under way, and the Ad club,
which is sponsoring this new movement
for commercial truth, expects gather
ing of representative men. and women
on that night to hear. William p. Green,
associate director of the National
Vigilance committee Of the Associated
Advertising Clubs of the World, and
other speakers explain the Better
Bureau movement, and the benefits ac-
cruing from such organizations.
In the meantime the committee on
personal contact, headed 6y Baxter
Eastburn, has been busy during me
past week on preliminary work, and his
report to the AID club at it's. Monday
luncheon will show success in lining up
merchants and manufacturers that ex-
ceeded expectations. The retail clothiers
were a unit in promising their support,
and number of other Zig merchants
have Joined the movement, expressing
their approval by Substantial pledges
for the support of the Better Business
Bureau.
: "A Must Sign Statement
q III spromising their support for Bet
Il L..
merchants sign the following Declare
ton Of Principles
Believing that the success of any
phase OF business is measured by its
seryiceto the public, we have become a
member of the Better Business Bureau,
Incs, joining with other members in an
effort to make all advertising and sell
ing methods in Birmingham of the ut
most service to the public.
We therefore declare that:
IL Our advertising shall always
stateathe truth. Moreover, 1t shall con-
tain no statement which, although lit
orally true, may convey false impress
sion..-
*2s Our employees shall in no way
misrepresent merchandise, but shall
make their verbal statements conform
to the high standards of service set
forth above.
80. We expect of others the same
adherence to trustworthiness in adver-
tising and selling to which we ourselves
subscribe, and commend newspapers aud
other advertising mediums that have
taken steps to eliminate deceptive and
therefore harmful advertising from
their space. LIT
Either we, or the Better Business
Bureau with which we cooperate, will
welcome statement from any person,
showing that we, or any advertisers or
employees, have violated these stand
ards"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-14
VOLTA! TALKS,
ACTORS CARR
WI Ms PRAISE

r ! il e.
PARIS. April l3.-tBy Associated
Press. Ut Descriptions of the cos
tunes Of actors is the latest thing in
some Paris newspapers. The reads
ers Of one journal were. told re-
Gently that the pajamas worn by two
actors in play produced last week,
lin Moroccan crepe, if somewhat 1dar-
ing, like the play, were most har-
monious." The p-to-date1 dressing
gown in satin broche, and the "ele-
CANT il amusing bathrobe appearing
in other scenes get as much notice as
if they had been the costumes of the
leading ladies.
Mems costumes for the Riviera in
another play;.are fully described, with
special mention of the shirts, which
are poems. A
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-14

sfacturer told of an increase in the
number of beehive coke ovens at the
Brookwood plant of the Alabama com
pany from 100 to $50.
The Montgomery Coal Washing and
Manufacturing company and the Craw-
ford-Vaughan Boiler and Locomotive
works. both of Birmingham, are build
ing steel and sheet metal additions to
their plants.
The interest of j. A. Mccartney in
pany has been purchased by Charles F.
DeBardeleben, Jr., and Price DeBar-
deleben. The latter will be actively as
ISOLATED with the company as secretary
and treasurer.
Out-of-town developments included
| the awarding of contracts for an IL
story building of the Merchants
Bank and Trust company at Tusca-
loosa. Structural steel for the build
ing was furnished by the ingalls, Iron
Works company of Birmingham. Mill
and Mine Engineers, incorporated, will
do the wiring, ;
Cast Iron Orders
Cast iron pipe orders received dur
ing the week by the American Cast Iron
Pipe company were announced as fol-
lows: Rochester, Mimi, 1874 tons /;
Wolfe City, Tex, 1876 tons Fostoria,
O., 1876 tons, and Santa Anna, CAL, 1877
tons.
Preliminary work on the eonstruc-
tion of the Southern railway shops at
Acipco, which will cost millions, was
well under way, with indications that
Ani ha he 81
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-14

repair shops, and highly developed
factory for the manufacture of Airco-
Davis-Bournonville torches, machines
and apparatus. In addition, the Air
Reduction Sales company maintain an
experimental laboratory and industrial
and railroad engineering department,
for the purpose of placing the great
economics of oxy-acetylene welding and
cutting at the disposal of its customers
and helping to solve their production,
repair and maintenance problems"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-14

She can cut piece of crochefed lace
without its travelling if she sews across
the lace twice on the sewing machine
and, leaving tiny space, again stitches
twice, then cuts the lace through the
space between the stitchings.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-27
--
HENRI FABRE

TUE name Of Henri rabro Is now
l. appearing IA many scientific
books and articles 1, was practical
~ unknown a fow ycau ago. FOR
Fabrv. like many other scientists. did
not achieve real recognition while
alive
Fabro lived In Southern France
and his volumes constitute tho
worlds best authority on insects. lie
was a poor man all his lie, A. n
boy he earned his way b. manual
work. A. one time he procured a
place m teacher ia a school. lie
spent all his spare time studying
bugs and insects, People though, no
was crazy aud no had 20 give up his
teaching and return TO manual Ia.
Dor
After he was 80 years old. he man
aged TO acquire a few acres Of
ground that wcru useless for agri.
culture lie lived TO be % and spent
the last 20 years OF his llfc on this
plot Of ground with tho Insects he
studied His stories Of tho bee. tho
fy. the grasshopper. tho caterpillar.
The spider and many other small
creatures are not only the best scion.
titic authority. but are very inter.
cstinR md entertaining.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-27
It's "Napy Day." Mates! and Here Is
Something for You to Think About

is the merchant ship and the third ele-
ment is the base"
And Great Britain lays this country in
the shade in all three, particularly in
regard 10 bases.
Our only bases worthy of the name are
on our east coast. Panama, a vital out
post, could easily be taken from either
east or west, as was demonstrated during
the last naval manuevers.
On the west coast - off which expert
opinion agrees the next great conflict will,
in all probability, be staged-not single
base properly equipped. And, within $500
miles of Panama, none that could berth
a capital ship for major repairs.
Not even in rearl Harbor in Hawaii.
our one best bet in that part of the world.
Deeper water, heavy-duty cranes and all
sorts of things are needed there
It's long, sad story, mates. But this
is Navy Day" and here is something we
all ought to think about.
If you want to do something for your
country, resolve this day to get sharp
stick behind congress and make it make
the navy what it is entitled" to be.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-27
What Folks
Are Saying

DIR. a. l.. JACoBY. psyehlatrist.
Detroit. If high.powcrcd automo-
bllcs Rrc entrusted TO individuals
whose mental development is that Of
the average child Of 7. no matter
what the chronological age Of the
individual may be, VIC must expect
accidents"
LEWIS c. CANDY. Boston. VIII
New England ever cease worshlpping
its past generation and turn It's eyes
TO the futurc7'
DIR. HENRY VAN DYKE. preach.
cr.writor: The voice OF the people
is the voice OF Cod will hardly do as
81 motto for the man who Is seeking
truth"
r. II. LfNDLEY, chancellor Uni.
Yorsity Of Kansas. You can not
tack n $4,000 education onto a 90.
cent boy and receive many divi-
dcnds."
DIR, GEORGE r. VINCENT, New
York City: The disappearance OF
tho general medical practitioner
would be n serious loss. He is being
overshadowcd by tho specialist now.
but his entire disappearance Is not
to be contemplated without deep con.
Germ"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-27
Lo, the Poor East!

MOT so very long ago, when budding youth disappeared
from Eastern homes, it the habit of the papers
and folks of the section to invest the incident with the
spice OF humor by saying he boy has gone West to shoot
Indians. Never no more The West, as il is known in
this day, has few Indians comparatively speaking As
matter of fact the boy sangunary bent must either
stay in the East Central section go there for there
is where the unshot aborigine lives and thrives
Oklahoma has the largest Indian population with
119,9S9-within few hundred many as Arizona New
Mexico, California, Montana, Washington. Nevada and
Oregon taken together can claim. The Middle West and
ulation exceeding 5000 and including Oklahoma, can
boast Indian population of 2046f0 It seems strange
indeed to learn that New York state old and small as il
is and thcky populated has 1872 Indians which is with
IN $50 of being many live in Oregon while Mich
igan Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Carolina have
each quite twice many Nevada and considerably
than North Dakota. In addition it is developed
that Massachusetts, Maine, Florida Indiana and several
other Far Eastern states have scattering Indian COM
muntes.
What is interesting is the undoubted fact
that the oldest Indians known to active history-the
ables Indians and the Indians of finest romance and
tradton-were located in the West at ALL but in
Massachusetts,, New York Ohio and Indiana The marks
they made history good and bad still there
with their descendants and almost every foot of the soil
OF those states has its pregnant relation to the making
of wonderful land and government of men,
The Indian is novelty to the East and has BEEN
in truth Only has he been lacking, for these many many
years, in those wild cavortngs and rolling hoops that
piqued the trigger fingers of adventurng youth
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-27

81 TNDER the terms of the Washington
~ conference says President Cool
idgc. "the leading sea powers have united
in the agreement that the United States
is entitled TO maintain "A navy equal 10
that of any other power. Thus we are
assured of n naval rank second 10 none"
We are sorry the president said that.
The public, naturally enough, had long
since fallen into the same error
We are NOT assured of naval rank
second 10 none" by the Washington con-
ference. 1t merely ENTITLED" us to
such rank and we will be ASSURED"
Of il only If congress wakes up.
The truth is. our navy. far from being
Second 10 none," ranks far below that Of
Great Britain and hardly above that Of
Japan.
Sea power" says Admiral Robert T.
Coontz, commander-in-chief of our fleet,
lis the basis of our real strength. BY
sea power we mean combination of all
means by which we can gain and keep
control Of the sea.
The first great element of sea power
is the fighting ship, the second element
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-27
John w. Public and the Courts

MR.. ATTORNEY GENERAL BARRETT, of Missouri
AVl has been telling large audiences what is the trouble
nth the administration of the laws Listen 10 Barrett
law largely tho attitude Of the public
II tho public which Jury service and who,
render pnrlr vrrdcts. Is the public which
fictitious officers the law looking for
public which controls the selection Of the lgs
public sentiment which dominates legislative action
All of which is passing the buck Ii is also bunk The
gentleman from Missouri easily be shown
Who selects the jureS that give spinelesS verdcts The
lawyers. Who tries with every trick of his kind to
jury that will defeat his antagonist rather than fairly
decide upon the law and the evidence? The lawyer Who
tries with all the cunning ut his command to fill jury
box with ignorance doubt fayorng bias? The lawyer
And who permits this sort of Haunting of justice? The
lawyer the law and the court Who made the law and its
whole system seem tragic joke? The lawyer and the
court
And about these legislatures They largely made
up of lawyers! the creduous public having long held 10
he mistaken belief that the best way TO get sound and
beneficial laws is to select lawyers for the job And the
people have been betrayed gued and bamboozed by the
men they eyinced desire and purpose to trust. Quite
all the laws have the books written by lawyers
and could they have been passed had il not been for
the legislative votes of lawyers.
And the courts: Not thing in the wide world but
transplanted lawyers.
But lawyers all right-if they are all right Other
wise, to get just what getting in the
way of law and courts and justice
doctor terrible be blind
know politics.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-27
ARTHUR l.. MARSH
Secretary. Washington Educational
Association

An nun H. MA htAll
Secretary, Washington Educational
Association
TUE proponents Of Initiative
l. 80. 90 kay that high taxes
have produced a crisis IN Seattle.
because % this crisis. they Say.
wc must place an arbitrary limit
on tho tax upon real estate. ~
the very outset 81 these articles
Sc deny that any crisis exists 40
all More homes have been built
IN Seattle the past year than I'm
any previous year The 0ouatrucr
lion % office buildings and other
business structures has far cE-
eccded that ~ any similar period
IN tho city'a history In other
cities on tho Coast there has been
a serious business slump. but So
attic has been and h exceptional
ly busy and prosperous Folks
Directory estimates that We are
adding 10 our population a. the
rate % sbou, 10000 per year
just where. then. n tho rJisisT
The answer ~ found when Wo
discover who tho chief hackers
u the bill are They consist.
principally. % large rral estate
spectators who want 20 shift tho
burden Of taxation from their
shoulders onto the shoulders Of
other businesses ana wage earn
cn no that they can make h,ill
moro money out Of their spec.
ulations In their desperate effort
10 put this scheme across these
men arc saying that this bill IN
in the Interest o. the home own.
sr. Let Us sec about that Thr
average home owner IN Rsaitlr
pays less than 100 per year In
taxes The following are a few
% tho things he gets ior his
money.
Free textbooks and sup
piles for his children IN the pub
TIC schools,
e. Free tuition IA the high
schools
. a public health service
that makes Seattle tho hsalthtrst
city in tho world Tor his chill.
drsn.
4 Public parks and play
grounds unsquailrd anywhere
rirs
Such efficient fire proier.
iion that he has tho lowest in
nurapes rate IN the United States
Free garbage collection Tor
which he would pay a handsome
sum II hs lived IN another city
These nro only few Of $40
things the homo owner gets for
hiH taxes. We do not believe he
n ready 10 Kivc these up simply
70 make = few wealthy real estate
spectators still moro wealthy.
Ginothrr article tomorrow.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-27
; Questions )
AnSWered E!

Q. What T. the correct p6ssessiys
singular and posssssivo plural Of
''Chnries"7
a. The posscIsirc singular Of
Charles is ~Charlcfs- ard The
posscuirc plural u +ChorlesrF." bar
tho latter form u rrry rarely gscd.
Q What Is tho value Of the silver
accent piece Of 1887
4. This coin (proof oniyJ u ralucd
az 10 Is crHtE
Q. Can you name several famous
French writer's and one or two
each of the hooks they wrota7
4. Victor Hugo icroto ~Lcs Misor-
abira." "HcTHaHr.. Edmond Rodaud
ieroio "CyraHo dc Bcr0craC' and
chaHticlccr". Lamartinc wrote
"Mcdiiaiioaa Poc,iqucs' aud "Gro=l-
ella; Folfairc irrotc la Priuerssc
DC Snu1rrc. Mahomct"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-27
Tricks Of Fake Mediums
MaterialiZed
Slate Pencils
BY HOWARD THURSTON
America's Masier Magiclan

U'HE favvrite test" employed
i by medium some years
ago was tho naturalization Of
Tiny slate pencils on the tip OF
his forofinEcr lie held slate
in his left hand. waved his right
hand In the air. and wrote with
tho tip Of his forcfingcr on the
slate. Then n tiny pencil.
quarter OF an inch long. was
found clinging 10 the tip Of his
finger Tho test" was re.
peatcd
The tiny pencils lay on his
left knee. where they were in.
visible. He laid nm examined
slate on his knee: then allowed
his hands 10 be inspected. and
washed. when his left hand
picked up tho slate. the moist
thumb pressed against one of the
pencils, lifted II and silently
scraped IL on 10 the slate. After
waving tho right hand in the
air, Il was brought down TO tho
slate, and tho finger tip pressed
against the tiny pencil and wrote
the message.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-27
As To the BUSY Bee

MUCH has been said and written about the business
1Vl energy of the honey bee head and tall but has
remained for contemporary stastician to get down to
brass tacks in the matter He has studied the bee at
distance of but closely enough to get the goods
and figures on him.
There are 10000 bees in the average hive, says this
cam cold statstician and the summer product of the
whole kaboodle is worth $25 in the market pae Now
them divide s25 by 10000 bees and the quotent will be
onesxteenth of cent In other words the entire earn
ings of very busy honey bee for one whole summer is
one-sxteenth of cent.
It's sweet job for such small pay you will have to
admit Or is it true the late Charles Dudley Warner
commended that the bee attans considerable reputa-
ton for being busy by just buzzng around Men do that
sometimes all know. Why not the bee?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-27
SWZY g.; IS |EEiiEE :

SoMEBoDY started the habit just craving for
~ candy And fond parents win gladly they dren
Is handy.
You buy by the you figure twin s
need / tell? " 80
For sake often in n
little tot finds IT, it's always the none Of et for
yourself. " "
You think twill be safe old
then lock IT, But the goro vim no
melted In youngsters POCKET
There's only keep children sufng You find t
work youn try ~ I'm really sincere way buffng
Just cat It all you buy - ''s'
Copyright. 1924 star
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-27

By FRANK c. JACKSON
Secretary. i0Nlill Tax League

By FRANK c. JACKSON
Secretary. iO.Mill Tax League
A TAX limit IA sound prin,
y ciplo The load anything
can hear r. limited The tax
load real estate can hear with.
ont destroying ia value is 90
mills, More tends 90 force Il
Of tho tax rolls by confiscation
and dlsCounsrs buyers.
Tax limitation r. not n new
idea The necessity % limiting
the taxes on real and personal
property hns been recognized
over Tho entire nation Forty
states have adopted tho principle
either wholly o. Ia part.
The National Tax association.
tho most authoritative body In
america on taxation, advanced
tic idea Of tax limitation az its
ninth annual conference Ia 1850
Tho following IL "a report 81 one
OF 90 investigation committees,
taken from Bullock'a Readings
IN Public Finance. pages 7i7s5
Your committee directs your
favorable attention 10 tho device
u limiting hy law public cxpends
turra. public debts and tax
rates,
The limitation should prefer.
ably DO ur.on tho increase In the
total amount OF levy. Hltho this
may be prunlhhly accompanied
By carefully adapted limitations
upon tax rates or leyics for par,
tlcuiar purposes
Washington recognized tho i'm
portanco OF tax limitation when
the state constitution vas drawn
up, \ limit of mills was placed
upon tho state tax on real and
personal property. This was
later taken 20 tho courts and
therr legal irChnlrality was
found that permitted the judge
20 throw down the tafa and
leave Washington unprotected
Initiative 30 h again erecting
the barrier aKalna, excessive
taxation by replacing tho tmill
limitation 20 removed Tho
measure is not 20 revolutionary
as It's opponents wguif have tho
public believe j, limits state
taxes 20 mills. tho restriction
placed upon u ~ our fore
fathers School districts are
limited 10 10 mills az at present
Towns and cities are limited 20
Is mills. Towns have this limit
now. The measure spreads Il 10
the cltlea Counties ere limited
10 10 mills.
Tax limitation in the only
ms'hod Of forcing economy II
has compelled economy in other
states and IN Washington in
school districts and In toznH
under 10000 Both now have
the same limits Initiative 50 will
provide.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-27

taught manners. II there was one
chair he took It. and " there was one
bench, he monopollzed H. rolled up
my sleeves one day and said 20 him.
DO YOU know what YOU remind me
OFT The follow looked mo blinking.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-27
HOW NIGH
AIR NAH
MEN Sch
afTITF'fn
ig-1 Esv gor@


WAEHIEGTOE. Oct
" Those big ee1rehllghts
light up the rEy Tor the nj
air.ma1 nyom from CIeyelandl
Rock Spring. Wyoming. "a
guiding the night mail flyers b.
cause On an experience coiou0
Paul Henderson, head u the n
Mail service. had In q small Ger
t1i Illinois town.
lie says. when Il bscau.
common gossip that we we
thinking Of night operation
the air mail, many people eari
70 ~ with suggestions az 70
proper sort n light. Almost
~ ihese suRgratlOns were
some sort Of hiRh-rowered bel
shining directly and vertically.
10 the air We eLperimrt
with such Hghts and found
anything but desirable.
Then one night I happsns
be az railway station IN
in0is waiting for tho / o.
train for Chicago. r saw X.
headlight u the train and -.
70 gather my baggage togef.-
4 friend who rag waiting -
me told M ihut there VII.
hurry, that the train was 3 ~
least ~ miles AWAY and ih3H.
reusou I saw n was becaus y.
trick was perfectly stralga ~
that ! was booking dirscty II.
the head light Of the locor~st.
This. Henderson DECLARED ~.
cd the problem d lights fr A.
air mail night pilots. An
had 20 DO was put a bnnh-
search light Up iu the an ~
reyolye d 70 TINT n East or
during each revolution Il voga
shine directly into the cyesof Is,
pilot
This VIC did. making a PIE
tieni application of the de- !
two forms, one "a large ss.as
arc light search light. the o.hr
on is-Inch incan1 scent uar
light"
Each OF thcsc fso fype
lights rcvolves six times perna.
ute and throws out lis ban.
horizontally. one being vss
for over $50 mile. the Other b
over 30 miles Big lights an
placed on high towers ever n
miles and small ones ever 2
miles on windmill towers. II Is.
case Of tho small lighir. Il
necessary TO have indenrdT
lighting plants. with 4 lighihoa
keeper in charge all the iirue
In addition. there arc ee--e
or acctyiene lights outlining i.e
fields. with flood lights wa,sh
can be turned on jus; a. Ne
pilot Is ready TO land. and 1ickc-
ing acetylene lights every three
miles which shine UP and fish
100 times n minute.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-27
FABLES ON HEALTH
MAKING POULTICES

OLD linen bags. II saved. can be
~ turned into excellent homemade
poulticc containers for winter scrv-
Ice. Mrs Mann learned at tho sewing
club.
In making the poultccs, fiji the
bag half full Of the poultIco mixture
and then spread II flat by pressing
between tho palms
II boil or ubscoss Is being treat.
cd, place a piece OF storIllzcd linen
over the sore. then wet lightly with
olive oil and put on the plaster. II