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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
STOCK LETTERS

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-Notwith- standing the fact that today's volume of business was again abnormally large, the public still providing an immense number of buying orders, prices did not move upward as heretofore. But with exceptions, offerings increased on every little bulge. It must be apparent to all that old holders are distributing stocks as rapidly as the market can ab- sorb them. It would be surprising if this was not being done. It has been long time since there has been such an opportunity, especially In the rail department of the market. So far as business is concerned, conditions are ex- ceedingly promising with expansion. Many people are buying rail stocks. theory seems to be entertained that railroads are going up with industrials. But if automobile companies are not prosperous, if steel companies are not prosperous, as expected, where will the railroad propsrity come from? With this in mind it is time to use judgment and it Is also time to take profits.- John F. Clark & Co.
 NEW YORK, Nov. H.-The features of the early days trading commenced with activity during the first hour greater than any day heretofore since the recent upswing commenced follow ing the election. This rapid pace con- tinued through most of the forenoon but there was a distinct slowing down in the general list after midday when prices showed an easier tendency. De- spite profit taking coming from many different quarters the general list stood up remarkably well and was inclined to turn dull on reactions showing an exceedingly healthy technical condition of the market as a whole. Late in the afternoon constructive operations for the rise went ahead in many special issues, among them being Allis-Chal- mers and Marland oil. The market closed somewhat lower with Wool show ing the greatest weakness with loss of over 8 points for the day. Total sales, 2,24S, ,200.-Fenner & Beane to Kahn & Virgin.
 NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-As was to be expected, profit taking came into the stock market Friday, many longs tax ing advantage of the bulges to accept their profits. In the early hours sharp bidding up of some of the low priced rails was in evidence, which gave rise to renewed rumors of mergers, earnings prospects and the like, but for the most part the advances failed to hold. The industrials.remained firm as well as the tone of the independent steels and it is believed that considerable short interest exists here; many of these stocks have been sold as a sort of hedge against the general advance. We do not believe that the position of such short interest is entirely safeguarded. We feel that there has been more than little short selling of the entire list on the part of outside speculators and this selling is one of the reasons why the market continues to maintain it's technical balance and not become top heavy on the long side.-Steiner, Rouse ] & Stroock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
'ORBES WARNS AGAINST AIGC 1 l MS JUMP 1 N P R IC E s
business And Employ
 ment Prosperity Now Setting In
Nv B. c. FORBES

The quickest and surest way to nip the bud the business and employ ent prosperity now setting in would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE NO. 424-D.

 Age-Herald, Nov. 20, 2l, 22, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22

The nub of the whole matter is this: We should enjoy a period of both busi-
 ness and labor prosperity. But if sell
 CTS start marking up prices unduly
 workers unquestionably will demand higher wages, with the upshot that our spell of prosperity will be gravely en- .danRered and European nations will be
 able to outbid us in world markets.
 Moderation must be our watchword.
The Washington times., 1924-01-30

AS long few strands Of hair above his face
radiant beneath it, and smile at the
von he NOT ready for the mmOrtees and the rosewood
andsilver-handes
the spark of adventure working sufficiently to keep
q experiment. hHtation
o a idea Mes carburetor has not burned out
Middle age Of years, but state of mind; in
which the vanity ambition, the joy and the into
which nothing but the last will awaken them
twenty need not be kitten at forty, and DON
need not be chorus girls darling at ffy but
neither Of them need be cynic misanthrope, mere sen
mental "relic"
There are things be enthusiastic about between
young the "Peary Gaebween the last kiss
and the last breath.
may his hair his last friend and his last dol
his enthusiasm does the fuse burn
out his SOUL
lose her last tooth, her last dmp her last
penny, ovebut until she loses her last
illusion her spark vanity does the motor dead in
her heart
The fountain Of YOUTH OH all ye Ponce de Leon is sup
piled from the waters Of enthusiaSm!
Copyright 1874 Features Syndicate Ino)
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A Delightful Sequel to when Girl Marries" Which
Scored Such Tremendous Success Throughout
u the COuntrv

Peter Stanley snubbed Rosa
and Ramon the night / had them
meet. Rosa CLOSED it over then
for her own pride's sake, But
she'd never give him another
chance to belittle her in her own
eyes or the eyes Of anyone else.
"Are you suggesting that I
might handle the publicity for
the Ortiz company here in the
States?" I cried as If had just
awakened to the possibilities Of
the situation. I'd love to do
that!"
Manuelo Ortiz looked at Rosa
for his cue. And for once Rosa
appeared nonplussed.
'I'd say it was great stuff"
smiled. AFTER all, you have to
make q lot Of trading connec.
tons here. You want American
business as well as English com.
merce. and you have to get char
ters here. Now, I'd like nothing
better than to help. and I'd make
my rates attractive"
CTO BE Continued Tomorrow
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"Aesculapius''

A N Aesculapius is a doctor OF
"A medicine. physician. 50
called from the ancient
Roman god Of medicine. The
Greek form of the name Asclepius.
According to Homer, Aescu-
lapius was the 'blameless physi-
clan" whose sons were physi-
clans in the Greek army. The
common story is that he was q
son Of Apollo, and was instructed
by Chiron. the Centaur, in the
art of healing and in hunting.
He healed the sick and restored
the dead to life, for which reason
he was put to death by Zeus or
Jupiter. Afterward Aesculapius
was placed among the stars.
About the year 293 B. c., the
plague was raging in Rome. The
Sibylline books were consulted
for help. and aid was promised,
whereupon the worship Of Aescu-
lapius swas introduced into Rome
from Epidaurus.
Copyright, ls2a, King Features
Syndicate. Incl
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Former President Of the AmeriC
Medical Association.

~0H, YES! Little Willard!
Nothing much the mat
~ ter with him - only
mumps," said Willard's mother.
continuing: I'm glad he has it
Children all have to have it and
the sOoner the better"
This rather stereotyped expires.
sion INDUCED in by most parents
reminds me of the small boys
composition on the lobster.
"A lobster" wrote the Lad, "as
a fish, It is red and it walks back.
ward"
Correct except that a lobster
is not a fish, it is not red and it
does not walk backward" was the
teachers Endorsement on the
paper.
Correct except that mumps
may amount to much, all children
do not need to have it and 1t
ought not to be a source OF happi-
ness that one of your children has
it," is my comment on the imagi-
nary mothers observation.
Mumps is an infectious or
Catching" disease.
1t is conveyed from one person
to another by a poison that has
not yet been identified but the
existence Of which has been cir.
cumstantially demonstrated.
The poison causes inflamma'
ton Of a gland In each side Of
the neck just back of the angle
Of the jaw and just below and in
front Of the ear.
They are called the paroti6
glands and inflammation Of them.
as in mumps, is called parotiditis,
1t takes from ten to fifteen
days for the disease to develop
after exposure OF the susceptible
subject to the infection.
Then the child complains OF
not feeling well, is slightly fever
ish. does not eat. or II it does,
is liable to vomit it's food. It
soon develops a little tenderness
below the lobe Of one or both
ears. BY the next day there Is
distinct swelling and the lower
Jaw cannot be moved without
pain.
You win, Of course. at once
call your physician and win fol
low his advice.
For. remember, that while the
vast majority Of all cases recover
without complications, It is your
The Washington times., 1924-01-30
WHEN DID 1T
HAPPEN?

!. When did Lord Give win
India for England2
Q. When was Quebec founded
by Champlain?
3. When was the American
writer, Margaret Fuller. lost at
sea?
4. When was the famous italian
Academia della Crusca founded?
s. When did Michael Bakunin.
founder of Nihilisn. die?
ANSWERS to these queries win
be printed tOmOrrOw.)
ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions.
/. Michael Wigglesworth pub
lished his poem "Day Of Doom"
in 1869.
2. The District Of Columbia
was formed In 17SS-17S9.
8. Ceylon was conquered by tbs
Dutch in 1858.
4. Jay Gould, American capt.
talist, died December 2, 1899.
6. High Bridge, across the
Harlem river. New York city,
was bunt 1s42.1s49.
(Copyrieh ut. 1894, King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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WHY BOBBY DIDN'T HAVE THE FLOWER-BOX
nv HIS ROOM
IN HIS ROOM

; be all right. Because that is q
strange thing. Plants are a very
good thing in a living room
where there is light and partlct-
larly sunlight. The reason Is.
that the daylight acts on the
green leaves Of the plants in
such a way that it makes new
fresh oxygen in the air and de-
stroys the carbonic acid gas
which people breathe out Of their
lungs"
"How wonderful Foxy Grand
pa. But don't plants make fresh
oxygen in a room at night?" he
asked.
NO." said I, "only IN the day
time. That is the reason why
people should put flowers out Of
their rooms at night. And that
is the reason why I think It is
not wise for you to put the flow
er-box in your bedroom
I'm glad you told me that,
Foxy Grandpa"
"Well, 1 knew you would be
sensible enough a boy to want
to get all Of the fresh air at
night that you can"
Then where shall I put it?"
"Why not make q window-box
and put 1t out on the window
SILL" I suggested.
"Fine." exclaimed Bobby. Then
I can see the flowers all the
time and they can get more sun
light. too"
"A very good plan," I agreed.
"Then," said Bobby. "I'll paint
it red to match the trimming on
the house." And off he started.
as happy as could be to the vii
lage to buy his can of paint. ;
In Thursdays Story They Hear
the AngeIus i'm South America.
Copyright. 1894, International Feature
Service, Inc.
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EEXY OU'RE certainly busy
boy today" said I,
as I walked out into
the shed at the foot Of our yard.
For there was Bobby working
away, hammering and saving like
a regular carpenter.
"Now. what are you making?"
I asked.
I'm making a nower-box, Foxy
Grandpa"
"Well," said I. that's fine"
So the boy worked and worked,
for days and days. I used to love
to watch him. And ! must say
he handled his tools very well.
Finally. when the box was fin.
ished, Bobby came to me and
said:
Foxy Grandpa, will you please
give me some money to buy q
can Of paint for my nOwer>bOx?"
Indeed I WILL" said I.
''I'n save up my allowance and
pay you back for it." said Bobby,
very seriously.
"Oh," 1 laughed. That's all
right. I'll make you a present Of
the paint, Bobby. What, color are
you going to paint it?'
"I thought would paint 1t the
color Of the paint in my room
cream white"
"Oh, you're going to have the
box in your room? Do you think
that is wiser"
why not. Foxy Grandpa"
WELL" said 1. IL think you
need all the air you can get to
breathe at night and so will the
plants that you are going to put
in the box, and I don't believe
there would be enough for BOTH"
What do you mean Foxy
Grandpa?" Bobby asked in amaze
ment, what do you mean. Sure
ly plants don't breathe?"
plants don't breathe?" / ex.
claimed. They breathe Just as
much as you do. Why, nay dear
boy, breathing the fresh air keeps
them alive"
you don't mean it," Bobby
gasped.
YES" / explained. "Plants do
breathe. Now. If you were only
going to- have the box in your
room in the daytime, that would
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the Country.

; preston I meant to have convey
both gratitude and explanation.
But Rosa, as II loath to have us
come to any sort OF understand.
ing. broke in testify:
"Manuelo. he is as he say. new
to It all. It Is nice for you to bc
making the suggestion, Anne. I
think nothing can be kinder than
that you shall tell him what 1t is
you learn from the advertising.
Maybe now since you have in this
shipping corporation so many IN
terests you can make Nello the
acquaintance with more imp0r.
tant persons than the young
Park. How is It you do not think
right away Of that? Me, am
surprised you shall wait for me
to tell you how BEST you can
serve"
Rosa broke off and smiled at
me impishly. Like a flash I reaa.
lied that Rosa was anxious for
me to show my hand. / could SEQ
that her inviting me to her apart
ment to meet Nello was done
with a purpose.
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WINNING HER HEART BY MAIL
The Story Young Man Who Fell in Love with His Secretary
But Had Hard Time Making Her See It.

ended, Everything 10 fine here.
We all hope you will have a
pleasant vacation. Very truly.
yours-"
The answer that came was
very disconcerting to the peace
Of mind Of a girl who had come
to look upon a man as her ideal.
The letter was not from Billy
Everett but it was from Miss
Westland, who was evidently at
his country home with him.
''My Dear Miss Bennett: Mr..
Everett wishes me to thank you
for keeping him informed in re-
gard to the office. He is quite
ill-nOthing serious. I hope, but
any illness is greatly to be
lamented in this out-of.the.way
spot. The servants have gone
on strike and I am housekeeper,
cook, and nurse. A doctor came
cut from the city last night and
gave me something for the fever,
90 hope we will pull through
with no further difficulty. Please
continue to write, as news Of the
office IL imperative to Mr.. Ever
ett's peace Of mind. Sincerely,
MAZDA WESTLAND."
Miss Bennett continued to
write every other day for a week,
and then something happened
that caused her to stop in the
middle Of q letter. Nick, the Of
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A0S 6GNNGIT, am
M leaving tomorrow on
AVA a vacation"
Miss Bennett looked up from
her typewriter to meet the eyes
Of her employer.
Going to Winston Bluff a.
usual?" she asked.
Winston Bluff" he echoed.
"And wonder If you'd he 30 good
as to drop me a line every other
day, letting mo know how things
are coming on"
As soon as she expressed a
readiness to keep him Informed,
. he walked out Of the room and
she could hear him talking on
the extension phone. 1t had 10
do with reservation for the trip
to-Miss Bennett suddenly went
cold. Certainly Mr.. Everett was
not going to Winston Bluff by
way Of Appleton.
It was none of her business
whether her employer spent a
vacation at one place or the
other, but he had said distinctly
he was going to Winston Bluff.
Suddenly Miss Bennett recalled
some letters that had come re-
Gently from Appleton. That was
where this Miss Westland lived.
The next day Miss Bennett
wrote a business.like letter and
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flee boy. came bounding in with
q newspaper in his hand.
"LOokg he cried, the boss got
the air with that rich dame in
Appleton. Listen. This is what
1t says: Appleton society has
been rather startled by the sud.
den change Of plans that made
Miss Aline Crosby the bride d
Nelson Durr. Miss Crosby's en-
gagement to William Everett, Of
Chicago, was broken less than q
week ago."
"But-who is Miss Westland?"
gasped Alice Bennett.
Search me-"
Miss Bennett returned to her
typewriter. She trusted, in the
crispest language and the black
est Of type, that Mr.. Everett was
better. Everything was in ship
shape and she was very truly
The answer came back Dear
Miss Bennett: I was engaged to
Miss Crosby as you have heard,
but certainly 1 can't be expected
to feel any deep grief over losing
what was never mine. This fever
made me restless and was walk
ing UP the avenue in Appleton
two hours after I left Miss
Crosby, and / distinctly saw with
my own eyes a scene between the
lady and Mr.. Durr. I am quite
relieved by the turn of affairs.
Can't you sign a letter in any
other way than Yours very
truly" and it. was signed with
his initials.
This was easily enough under
stood. Mr.. Everett was in love
with Nadia Westland and was
probably satisfied with the break+
ing Of his engagement.
Miss Bennett wrote: Your ex-
PLANTATION should be made to the
person interested. The office Is
doing as nicely as can be ex-
pected. Very truly yours"
Billy Everett wrote again.
Dear Miss Bennett: How can a
girl get so dumb in twenty-four
hours? Miss Westland just cele-
brated her sixty-first birthday.
incidentally she is my aunt. She
has nursed me through a sickness
that might have been very seri-
Gus. You don't seem to realize
that you are very adorable girl
and that I have been in love with
you for more than six months. If
you sign another one Yours very
truly I shall hold you for breach
of promise. I love you. Wire me
if there is anything requiring my.
attention"
The wire that went back read:
"a little thing in the office,
with auburn hair and brown eyes,
needs your personal attention.
Yours very truly. Alice"
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By Ann Lisle,

3 i
NY HEN Rosa Cordova flung
at me the information
that the father Of Man
uslo Ortiz had placed the
boy In charge OF vast South
American shipping interests. some.
thing in my brain clicked. As
clearly a. if I'd taken a snap
shot, I saw the possibilities OF
this situation. Here might be the
explanation Of the check with
which Peter Stanley had met.
Rosa sat smiling at me across
her studio, incongruously serious
IN her daring Spanish dancing
costume, and as startlingly imper.
tlnent in repeating the things the
sullen enamored boy, had num-
bled in the words Of his native
language.
''That's q magnificent field Of
Ondeavor, isn't it?'' I asked smil-
ing at Manuelo and falling back
On the old weapons Of congratu-
lation and flattery. "A business
which covers wide seas appeals
% to the imagination. You must
Be feeling very proud. Mr.. Ortiz"
- mot much knowing have yet
that I shall bring to the ships"
smiled Manuelo modestly II
have 1t all to learn"
Are you in the passenger or
the freight end Of your gamer"
ut is the shipping, not the
steamers he have, like I am tell.
ing you" Rose interjected.
/. Exporting and importing" I
said innocently. ''The zelda I'm.
porting Company does its public
ity ana advertising through my
office. Perhaps you have met
young ROckhtll and Wayne Park.
inson, Sd. Mr.. Ortiz. II not, and
you'd care about the introduction.
I'll be glad to see that you meet
them. I've an idea that the ac-
quaintance might mean some.
thing to you."
"It IL not with the stockings
and the lingerie Manuelo Ortiz
shall DEAL" Ramon Informed me
with amused scorn. "It is the
coal and the wood and the steel
he shall make his boats to carry
from your Estados Unidos. And
when It Is from us the ships
they sail, the hides and the
grains shall come. Large are
the cargoes. Much is the money.
Ny Rosa, she understand, but
most women shall think like you
do that IL is some profits for
carry maybe hundred gross silk
stockings"
When Ramon finished he look.
cd at Rosa triumphantly, as IL to
ask II she didn't think him clever
to put me in my place 80 nicely.
He plumed himself on his loyalty
IN giving me to understand that
Rosa wounldn't make the same
stupid blunder I had Just made.
! But Rosa was scowling. Con.
vinced that she didn't think me
the uninformed and stupid little
goose Ramon was ready to call
me, I acknowledged:
I'm sure haven't the knowl-
edge Of the shipping world that
a thorough business woman like
Rosa has. But I didn't think the
zelda Company was the game
Mr.. Ortiz was after. I merely
thought Wayne Parkinson Sd and
Howard Rockhill might be men
OF the caliber he'd like to meet.
And I supposed sometimes boats
carried mixed cargces."
I smiled At Ramon with an ex.
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French farmers whose families
have cultivated the same soil for
over 800 years are to receive q
new decoration, the Croix de
Chevalier. Over $50 have quail
fled. the record tenure being
since A. d. 772. over eleven CEN
turtles.
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Yet, today as always, any man can find it
right in his own HEART.
Eternal youth is nothing but eternal en-
thusiasm.
Enthusiasm for work, for play, for religion,
for love, for anything; fpr anybody. Even for
yourself.
AS lang as you can THRILL to something,
ton, or your job, you are YOUNG with the
divine spark of youth.
AS long as q woman can powder her nose and
gaze in q milliner's window and envision herself in
a lowered spring hat, she is not "fat tire"
The Washington times., 1924-01-30

81 had rather believe all the
fables Of the legend, and the Tai
mud, and the AIcOran than that
this universal frame is without
q mind"
Lord Bacon, in his essay "Of
Atheism" avows his belief In b
Supreme Being.
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SECRETS OF HEALTH
BY CHARLES A. L. REED. N. D.

. duty to safeguard your child
against such complications as do
sometimes occur.
Loss Of hearing. sometimes
complete, may and occasionally
does result from extension of the
Inflammation to the special nerve
of hearing or to the middle ear.
In very rare instances the In
flammation becomes virulent or
malignant. resulting in the de-
struction Of one or both parotid
glands and even in death.
One attack does not always
confer immunity against other at
tacl1s.
The liability to mumps dimin-
fishes with age. 1t is therefore
Of the highest importance for
you to avoid exposure of your
children to the infection.
It IL also your duty to keep
your children from spreading the
disease by preventing their con-
tact with over children for ten
days after the attack subsidies.
Tomorrow: When You Go to Bed.
Copyright. 1924. King Features
Syndicate, Ino)
To prevent cake from sticking
to the knife. dip the knife in hot
water, taking care to shake the
water off. The cake win then
cut smoothly and evenly.
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MEDITATION MS
MARRIED WOMAN
BY HELEN ROWLAND

VHE everlasting youth That the most vital and
teresng problem the world tOdayyesterday and forever
Today the time of Ponce de LeOn and women are
seeking youth all the face of the earn
magic springs in X-rsys, in monkey glands, in
focial in ho1 bOxe and
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This Day IN History.

THIS is the anniversary of the signing of the treaty
between Spain and the Netherlands, in 1648, in
which the independence of the latter recognized
after long era Of and persecution by Philip H.
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The Color of Water.

TROPICAL seas appear blue and as one travels fur
ther from the Equator the blue gradually changes
to green The color varies according to amount Of salt
Id solution so Southern seas seem more blue.
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years and Is today tho
largest selling liquid
laxative I'm the world.
Thousands Of families
have it in their med
icine chest ready when
Observation-Disclosures
Of dyspepsia, OOnstipa-
ton, torpid liver. sour
stomach, biliOusness,
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BY RUTH LOGAN.

I'm Kiss BENNETT, I am
NV leaving tomorrow on
AVA a vacation"
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ssssu,If You Want 20 Try IL Free Before Buyin
Syrup Pepsin," Sl7 Warrington ST.,
Monticello, Illinois.
need a good ldraiipe and iDould like 10 prov,
you say about Dr. CdldlDeLrs Syrup Pepsin By actI
Send me a free trial bottle. Address 70
Addrese. e....................s..
Not moro than one free trial bottle 90 a "a
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~0H, YES! Little Willard!
Nothing much the mat
~ ter with him - only