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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
Recommended MOUies

Motion pictures recommended by the national better films committee, show ing in Birmingham this week, as an nounced by Mrs. w. NJ. Shell, city amusement inspector, follow:
 Temple Theater-"Wine." high school age and over; ''The Last of the Duanes," "Penrod and Sam," for Sat urday young folks matinee.
 Trianon-"In Hollywood With Pot ash and Perlmutter," all ages.
 Strand-''The Arab" especially rec commended.
 Rialto-".The Covered Wagon" espe- cialIy recommended, all ages. -.
 Capitol-"Boy of Flanders" especial ly recommended, all ages.
 Odeon-"Derby Day." all ages; Unto the Net" especially recommended.
 West End-"Luck," high school age and over; Wet and Weary" high school age and over; "The Breaking Point :" ''Six Days" especially recom- mended, mature audiences.
 Strangers of the Night, y high school age and over, and college Luck" high school age and over; "No Wedding Bells," all ages; ''The Break ing Point" Man That Life Passed By especially recommended.
 Norwood-"Nobody's Money" espe- ciasly recommended, high school age and over: within the Law" The Speed er,'' "The Law Forbids,' high school age and over "The Spoilers especially recommended, high school age and over
 Avondale-"The Lone Chance" high school age and over; 'Oliver Twist, especially recommended.
 Five Points-"Ashes of Vengeance especially recommended, high school age an dover; Big Brother" "Tiger Claws. ''In to the Net" especially recommended North Birmingham-"Big Brother, Ashes of Vengeance" especially rec commended, high school age and over Trail of the Lonesome Pine. high school age and over; Into the Net" es' pecially recommended.
 Franklin-"Trail of the Lonesome 7 Pine," high school age and over Ashes of Vengeance" especially rec commended, high school age ahd over Big Brother" "Hells Hole" Champion-"Highgrow Stuff" high { s:hool age and over. -.... 'Frolic-"My Hero," high school ag' aud over. Famous-"The Lightning Rider, high school age and over; Where Wise ? Ducks Meet" all ages.
 Dunbar-''Horse Shoes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12

The all star cast presenting Wine" Universals daring and startling expose of the prohibition situation in America, is one. of the strongest .aggregations of fayorites ever assembled at Universal City. 2 ].
 The principal feminine role, that of tihe, innocent girl launched to deadly peril through wine, is played by Clara Bow, one of the sensational "finds" of the year. Her work was an outstand- ing feature of Black Oxen" and Down to the Sea in Ships. @
 Forrest Stanley, one of the best known leading men in Hollywood. who has appeared opposite many noted fem mine stars; Huntley Gordon is dis tinctive "aristocratic" type and has also appeared in many notable productions, like Dark Mirrors" and Our Mrs. Me Chesney." ~
 Myrtle Stedman is noted for her work in "The Silver Horde, The Teeth of the Tiger Harriet and the Piper, "Old Dad" and others; Walter Long is one of the most noted "heayies" in screendom. Others in the cast are Rob ert Agnew. Arthur. Thalasso and Leo White" t.f
 Wine performances start at lZ '5V, 3, , :45 and s :15 p. m. daily this week at the Temple theater.
 In addition to, "'Wine," the Temple will also present at II, 50, 4 :25, G :55 and 9 40 o'clock the Zane Grey story of the Texas rangers, "The Last of, the Duanes," starrang Tom Mix and his famous horse, Tony.
 Tom Mix scores again in "The Last of the Duanes" at the Temple this week, n perturbation of the story by Zane Grey. This William Fox produc- tion is one of the best western pictures ever seen here. In addition to having strongly sympathetic love story run ming throughout the drama. Tom Mix's impersonation of Buck Duane is pc culiarly vivid. It is difficult to real ize that any man could escape serious injury in the many things that the star has to do in this picture.
 Briefly, the story tells of Buck Duane, who has to kill man in self-defense- after which he flees from civilization and joins a band of outlaws. He res cues girl from the chief.
 In acting, in story and direction, this film is excellent We'll told-exactly as long as it should be, with good photo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
CnRRECT AT LAST

The witness had been cautioned to give more precise answers. we don't want your opinion of the question:" the judge told him. "We want it answered-that's all"
 You drive a wagon?" asked the prosecuting counsel. :. ''No, sir, I do not" was the decided reply.
 Why, sir, did you not tell my learned friends but a moment ago that you did?'
 No, sir, did not"
 ''Now, I put it to you. my man. on your oath. Do you drive q wagon :' No, sir
 "Then what is your occupation 2 asked the learned counsel in 'I"spera tiOn.
 II drive a horse," was the reply Answers, London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
Vaudeville And Fashion
 Show Both On At Lyric
Headline Act Consists Of Two Clever Artists In Musical And Dancing Turn With Comedy
 lnterspersed <

Marjorie Dale in Don't Say It," and Florence Seeley in "Kat Knaps," a musical pantomime comedy.
 The Fashion Review will contain four other numbers aside from the display of fascinating creations for women and the latest cut in the more sedate clothes for men,. A special setting has been Ob- tained for the occasion and a beautiful background is promised for the parade of the seven pretty Birmingham girls, chosen by several clubs, who will dis play the modes for women.
 During the course of the review Miss Mary Cowherd. whose lyric soprano is known to Birmingham lovers of music, will sing, accompanied by Miss Louise WOmack, noted harpist of Mem phis. Brown Bates, baritone, and Will liam Nappi's orchestra are other big features of the style show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
Auditorium Soon To Open
 With Big Music. Festiual
Louise Homer And Other Famous Metropolitan Opera Stars On Program For Dedication
 Event

Music Festival Week, marking the dedication of the new municipal audi torium. is drawing near. It comes the week of October 10 to 24, and brings with it notable galaxy of metropolitan opera stars, embracing Louise Homer, Marie Sundsiias. Arthur Middleton, Ma bel Garrisons Marie Telva, Allen Me Quhae and Clarence Whitehill.
 Louise Homer's appearance will be on Monday night, October 20. She is one of the very few modern singers who have been able to adapt the grand style of opera to the concert stage and while no one can sing trifles with more dain- tiness and grace there are very few who can reach the heights of the great arias which are fitted to be sung to the ac-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12

compartment of 90 or 100 musicians. Madame Homer has appeared with the Boston Symphony orchestra dozens of times. In several seasons she had from 10 to 13 consecutive engagements with that famous organization. She has sung many times with the New York phil harmonic and New York symphony, with the Chicago, Philadelphia, Minneapolis and Cincinnati orchestras and with the younger orchestras of Detroit, Cleve- land and San Francisco. In the last 15 years it is reasonable to hazard the guess that Madame Homer has had more orchestra engagements than any other singer. and very few instrumentalists have had more than she. This is in itself an extraordinary tribute to the art of this great American singer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
Temple Offers Double Bill
 Of TWo Big Feature Films
Shows Wine e''-Sensational Expose Of Prohi- bition Situation In America, Together
 With Tom Mix Special

play. the picture deserves the attention of playgoers.
 Tom Mix on Tony does some thrilling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
JOSEF HOFFMAN
 COMES IN FALL
Will Give Concert Under
 Auspices Of Music Study Club

There are only two ce the world s super-pianists," said Mrs. E. T. T, Rice, super-pianists," said Mrs. E. T. Rice, "who have never been heard in Bir- mingham. Josef Hofmann is one of them. It has long been the. ambition of the Music Study club to present Mir. Hofmann, but such superb attraction is naturally big financial responsibii- ity and any organization must feel sure of it's clientele before booking sueii an artist However, after the splendid sue cess of last years concert course. and, in view of the additional attractions of Chicago opera prima donna. fa- nous violinist, Metropolitan opera star, and a great symphony orchestra, the Music Study club felt thatNit would be justified in counting ion an even greater patronage during the coming season." f2s The concert course announced em- braces an imposing array of artists, in. cluding Albert Spaulding, famous yio- linist, and Claire Dux, prima donna so. prano of the Chicago Grand Opera company; in addition to Josef Hofmann, also Reginald Werrenrath, Metropolitan opera baritone the St. Louis Symphony orchestra and the Minneapolis Sym phony orchestra Season tickets are now on sale at Cable-Shelby Burton Piano company and the concerts will all be given in Phillips auditorium.
  Short, But True
 The dear kind lady had q heart that was bent on doing charitable things. First she had interested herself in the Little Drops of Water League. but she soon got tired of that. Then there was the Tracts for Tramps Association but one tramp had been rather rude, and so her enthusiasm for that cause was short-lived. .11
 Her latest craze was visiting sick children, and it was while she was doing the round of a hospital ward that she came upon golden-haired, blue eyed child. The visitor smiled and ruff fled the childs curls.
 And what is your name, dearT in quired the good soul.
 The child told her. and her next question was how old he was.
 "Seven," replied the child.
 "And what are you going to be-"
 Flight" was the short, but all-suffi- ] eing answer.-Answers, London. .'
Evening star., 1924-03-16

signals differ with each community.
We all know that in England "ff you
go right, You go wrong" in driving.
And We have laughed at the English
for their left-hand driving. But the
confusion arising from our own mul-
tiplicity of signals Is much more dis
astrous in result.
Now. to what body of men is in
ing colors used in signals? And, what
IL their specific fitness for their work :?
This work Is under the auspices OF
the American engineering standards
committee, widely representative
national standardizing body, COM
posed of fifty-eight delegates from
about thirty engineering fields, name
ly, half dozen of the leading pro-
fessional engineers societies, about
the same number of Industrial tech
nical associations, also some trade as
sociations closely allied to engineer
ing, seven departments of the United
States government, and Il few mis-
cellaneous other sources.
The specific fitness of this body to
do the work proposed is attested by
the prominence of the engineers COM
posing 1t. They have selected spe
cial group of forty-four men. repre-
ested in standardizing colors for traf-
fc signals. and 1T is this group who
will actually prepare the code.
What has it done to date?
Three working committees have
collected and digested the informa-
ton pertaining to visibility of differ
ent colors and have reached the con-
clusion that the experience of the
railroads dare not be disregarded by
using more than the three colors OF
red, green and yellow. in primary
| traffic control signals. They will
shortly formulate recommendation
as to just what meaning should be as
signed to each of these colors and
| just what range in color vision shall
be allowed to be called that color. In
other words. how orange red may
be and still be called red, not yellow
They have agreed that all highway
signals intended for automobiliSts tc
read, ought to employ the same color
! scheme. Whatever color is selected
| for the letters ought to be the same
| everywhere in the country. Also
whatever color is selected for back
ground. should equally be the same
| everywhere in the country. At the
present time, black, white, red. yell
| 10y, blue, green, brown, etc, are tr
| use Unfortunately for both letters
| and background, 50 that u motorisi
| observe Il sign on the roadside until
| he has read it. 1t is recommended
| too, that highway traffic signs in
| tended Tor pedestrians shall employ
+ a different color scheme from those
used for motorists directions. The
| committee will doubtless proceed, ir
| the near future, to the mex step oi
| selecting the particular colors to be
| recommended to road and street
| supervisors as reserved for traffic
| signs.
All these suggested colors and
| rules viii soon be drafted into the
| "orm of d code Of procedure to rec
! )mmend to police and highway of'i.
Evening star., 1924-03-16

but what II two long rows of bril-
liant boulevard lamps extend across
the field of vision in both directions,
or pair of glaring headlights daz-
ness? What about signal lamps in
daytime. and painted signboards as
well? Then some colors Withstand
the dimming effects of smoke. fog,
mist or dust better than others.
When, in the interests Of visibility, a
choice OF colors for signals must be
made these factors have to be taken
into consideration. Red and orange
appear to penetrate fog better; green
is more quickly rendered invisible by
fog. Again, distances must be re-
Inembered. If the signals can be
space between each Is inconsiderab BILE
then color need not be disqualified
because ii lacks fog-resisting power
Relative Contrast.
; That of relative contrast
That Is. contrast of signals with each
other. not with their background. All
can distinguish red from green, ever
in a fog especially If blue green and
orange red be used). They can dc
this with but a momentary glimpse
if they see the signal at all. But
very. many could not readily dis
from blue. There must, therefore, he
a wide gap in color that each color
may register an unfailinS mental
recognition on the mind of the be-
holder. This necessity. of course
greatly limits the number of coIors
available, and it is this limitation
which makes the problem of assign
ing uniform Significance to the color
signals so difficult.
After vast experience in the field
the railroads have unanimously reie.
gated to secondary uses all luminous
colored signals, except red, green anc
yellow. Blue, purple and dark amber
lights are employed to mark yarC
switches. stations and other less vita
points. but these colors never indicate
primary traffic control signals.
(Scme cities use diStinguis hing
shapes in combination with colors. Il
assist those whose color perception il
imperfect or slow: a circle, perha ps
for II red light, and a diamond shape
for green, 50 that the mind can be lee
to the same decision by two paths
Simultane ouSly).
other TrnfIic, Conditions.
So much for color signals. Com.
mittee meetings are being held to di-
sest the material bearing on thes.
points.
Signals, of course. are for traffic
No question relating to signals car
ignore other conditions inherent il
traffic. For example. instant recogni.
tion, so that drivers need not long di.
vert their attention from their driv-
ing. Even the matter of wording ~
signs is important. Why say drive
slowly" if SLOW" is enough? Or SLOW
down to Is miles per hour" if tn,
brief "15 miles" registers the same
impression? In critical situations ever
the small time required TO read al
extra word may be vital. At present
Evening star., 1924-03-16
Experts Study Standard Color
Problem for Traffic Signals
I 1l|lIl|eer l1lE|fferent Meanings attached to Same
Bkpices IL, Various Cities Held One of
" AuOidabIe Causes of accidents.

The condition 81 perfect safety,
alike for motorist and pedestrian,
may be regarded as unobtainable.
But that we, as Il nation exist under
conditions far below what is OBJ
tainable, the list of accidents in
every daily paper will convince any
one who gives the question serious
thought.
We need not hope that We shall
ever reach n condition in which no
pedestrian can be injured by Il mo-
torist. or no motorist by another.
But we can, ought to and must, reach
Il condition in which accidents are
reduced to a minimum. To attain to
this state of maximum of safety
the American engineering standa rds
committee is taking an important
step toward bringing the use of
highway traffic signals to Il condition
of nation wide uniformity.
Uniformity of traffic signals must
be procured and delay is costly in
human lives. Not a day should he
lost in determining upon any code,
which, adopted by every state and
every city, would lower the per-
very large aspect of this question of
signals deals with the colors of sig
nails, now arbitrarily determined by
each state and by each city in the
state and sometimes by almost each
street in the city-for itself.
Makes Accidents Certain.
This unco-ordinated condition makes
accidents inevitable. The congestion
attending the signal points tstreet
crossings) is such as TO call for
action in the fraction ct second,
and no mind is clear for the all hut
instantaneous rush forward. putting
on of brakes, swift turn To the right
or left, if it is trying to solve the
riddle: what does that colored sig
nal mean?"
But, it may be asked. is il really
true that this condition exists? Are
signals actually so confused?
The question can be answered off,
hand. Red, for example, is generally
held to warn. But at the exits in
Evening star., 1924-03-16

theaters it indicates safety. Green,
says one correspondent. is being
used in Chicago (on 'Stop" and GO"
signals) for the stop--whereas all
'Clear--tio Ahead" Instances of con-
fusion arising from this lack of uni
formity could be multiplied end on
end.
IT will readily be conceded that If
this state of things exists. it ought
street probably says: well. then.
why doesn't President Coolidge do
something about it?'
Experts on Job.
This question, again, can be readily
answere This special detail doesn't
happen to be particularly the Presi-
dents business. 1t is the job of the
American engineering standards COM =
lnittee-and il is reassuring to know
that Il committee of experts. under
the auspices of the y. E. :. c., is on
the job.
1t is a tremendous job. It involves
but color must be our present topic.
When color enters into this matter
Of signals and safety, 1t must be con-
sidered from many angles.
First. That of Significance. which
means, of course. uniformity of
one place and "this way OUT in
another? May green imply go
ahead in Philadelphia and hold
your horses" in New York?
When the use. or Significance, OF
any color has Deen agreed upon that
use or significance must be stand
ardiZed in every state, every city.
for all the signals of that significance
used in them. Then that color VIII
tend to produce an unconscious but
correct and effective reaction. No
pedestrian, no motorist should have
to stop to think, What does that
mean? It's all clear at home. but
does ii mean that here?" One stand
ard usage is demanded.
Question Of Visibility.
Second That of visibility. which
involves the question of distance and
hack ground. Some colors show clear
for greater distance than others
Almost any sort of light will show
up clearly and attract the eye when
standing against a dark background.
Evening star., 1924-03-16
QUEENS LIKED CHOCOLATE.
Bride of Louis XIII and Maria
Theresa Made It a Court Beverage.

From the Milwaukee Journal.
An early writer found chocolate 50
popular with the Spanish women at
Chiapa that when their bishop forbade
them to sup it in church they changed
their place of worship and, in re-
yenge, poisoned the bishop.
When Louis XIII OF France took a
Spanish bride, she brought her IA
vorite drink across the noun tains
with her and laid the foundation for
it's immense popularity when an even
more famous chocolate devotee, Ma
ria Theresa, wife of Louis XIV. made
it the favorite beverage of the French
court.
Engiands chocolate shops preceded
her coffee houses, the first one being
credited to an enterprising French
man. That was about 1856. a few
years later the forerunners of our
present day prohibitionists were de.
| mandins the suppression of chocolate
along with foreign brandy, rum and
tea, because these beverages cut
down the consumption of brews made
from home grown barley.
Evening star., 1924-03-16
CLINGS TO HIS MON0CLE.
Barefoot Baron Keeps Kaiser's Pic
ture on Wall of Hut in Paraguay.

Paraguay has long been a favorite
refuge for men from other climes who
for one reason or another felt better
with many miles between them and
their native countries, says the Ad-
venture Magazine.
In a village not far from Asuncion
lives Il baron from one of the oldest
and noblest houses in Prussia On the
wall Of his mud -ffoored hut hangs an
autographed photograph OF Wilhelm
ii. The baron. like his Paraguayan
wife and children, goes barefoot hab-
itually, Yet clings to monocle, last
remnant of his vanished splendor.
Working on an isolated cattle camp
is the brother of the royal equerry of
"A Scandinavian king. His story in
cludes duel with a semi-royaI scion
over the affections of a girl OF his
Fikinglike strength and beauty cana,
native rum, is slowly robbing him.
Evening star., 1924-03-16

structions Of Sir Austin LayarG, will
be opened when the foreign office
gives permission. Some time ago
Niscount Esher. author of The
Tragedy of Lord Kitchener" created
something of a sensation by announc-
ing his intention Of sealing up in the
British Museum the diary of K. of *.
with n ban on it's opening for sixty
years.
Evening star., 1924-03-16

death, and they will, in accordance
with instructions, become available
in two years time. The papers con-
cerning Earl Haig's command in the
west were deposited in the museum
not to be opened until 1910.
Documents from Sir Edward Hamil-
ton were intrusted to the museum
Eauthorities in 1915, TO be kept for
forty years, while diplomatic CORE
spondence, in accordance with the in
Evening star., 1924-03-16

cials for adoption. It Is to be hoped
that within very short time this
code will be ready for circulation, n,
and will be very widely circulated,
with the object that criticism of q
constructive nature may be secured
to improve the preliminary form. be-
fore the code is put into effect--and
the ultimate measure of safety pos
sible under human conditions, by its
aid assured to the public.
The committee to formulate the
code for standard colors of traffic
signals is headed by Charles J. Ben
nett. former state highway commits
sioner of Connecticut.
Evening star., 1924-03-16
British Museum Secrets.

From the London Telegraph.
The archives of the British museum
contain many sealed documents
which, ON account of their delicate
nature, have been deposited there to
await the opening at a future date.
Charles Dickens letters were placed
in the museum on the great novelist's 3
Evening star., 1924-04-03
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