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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16
COMPOSITIONS OF MIR. DUNKLEY
 foN3ENTED ON

TSe recital Of the compositions of Fir. punkley. which were recently riNcn iH Birmingham. have the fol- Blowing comment tn musical America. A recital of compositions by Fer ss'~:'sl1d DCnkley was given recently b ic;'" ne Birn:i gharl chapter os tle Mcdowell Colony league by Mary Emma Pearson. soprano: Mrs '. Miller. contralto: Owen Giles
 'ie teGer. and Nerman Kimbroug-l.
 a.tons. Eebecca Bazemore and 4llS. Herman Rich were also heard i' vocal numbers. The first part of the program consisted of the song ,ycle. "A Wreath From the Garden of Flowers" for mixed quartet. which MT. Dunk,ey composed for the convention Of the Northwest Music Tea chers association at Tacoma in 1915, and the second half of songs composed by MT. Dunkley at the Mcdowell Colony at Peterborough, V. H., during last summer. All the numbers were excellentiy given and were received with much applause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16
Mrs. White To Enter.
 tam For Visitor

Mrs. Frank J. White will be . hos tees or today. entertaining at a beau uaui appointed luncheon bridge com pttmenttng Mrs. ]. B. Elledge of Flor 3oa- the guest of her sister. Mrs Will liam Oberheimer.
 iand avenue will be decorated with Sut flowers, while the taohe in the osning room will have for a center a pretty basket artistically arranged with pink roses, narcissi and ferns.
 Alter a delicious seven-course luncheon number of games of bridge will be played by the follow William Cornell, Mrs. John Builder. : Mrs ". D. Smith. Mrs. NJ C. David son, Mrs T. l.. Bissell, Mrs F. L. j Whaiey, Mrs. John Eddy, Mrs. Henry kay. Mrs. William Oberheimer, Mrs i;ledge. Mrs Wade Martin. Mrs Jack Witt. Mrs. " I. Grubb, Mrs. Ed Brown. Mrs M. is- McCarty, Mrs Me Coy.e Mrs. Leonard Barker, Mrs. Fred Wood, Mrs. Henry Jones, Mrs. De- Bardeleben. Mrs. Thomas Dosenberry, Mrs. Mayo Holloway, Mrs. John Glaseow. Mrs. Angus Taylor. Mrs. Hu- neTt scrasgs, Mrs Earle Pettus, Mrs Ted Joy, Mrs. Bramledge, Mrs '. |.
 ancey. Mrs. Joe Houppert. Mrs. J. D. Monroe, Mrs. William Hammond. A,if John Maynard, Mrs. William Svftzer- Mrs. Frank Clayton. Mrs. c. Fl. Latham. Mrs. T. S. Neville, Mrs Joseph Weir, Mrs. Ira Watson Mrs William Hillhorse, Hrs. Alex McEa- ro., Mrs. Courtney Shropshire. Mrs L. l>. Mckay, Mrs. Carson Adanis-Sslrs- J'. $. Moore. Mrs. Dan Hogan. Mrs. Nrpoid MassburS, Mrs. S E. OBars. Yrs. Jack Embrey, Mrs. Ed A 2derscn, Mrs. A. Campbell, Mrs. Oscar Hund- ley. Mrs F. c. McCarty, Mrs. Jerome Aar1eula1 Mrs Williau, 21rA-ip Mrs. George Harris, Mrs. J. E. Craw- ford, Mrs. Ralph Nicholson, Mrs .Iohn Carroll, Mrs. R. E. Burger, Mrs t'. [. Smith and Mrs lack Conners
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16
TENsLEY-sOUTEsERN CLUB
 . HAS INTERESTIuG MEETING

HAS lNTSNbS1IMG AnsnsA A4& v .+
 At Ensley High school Tuesday morning. the Ensley-Socthern club gave their annual program under tne direction of O. Gordon ErickYon. The Ensley- Southern club is an organixa- ton composed of all former students of Ensley High school, who went to Birmingham Southern.
 After talk by Prof. Keith Powi- son, bursar of the college. giving reasons why high school graduates should go to college. and to southern especially the club president. Car ence O'Brien, introduced Stanton Gan dy. ex-captain and football star. who extended a cordial welcome to the football boys to come to Southern
 Oscar Farr, football captain elect. expressed his wish that Southern would get many students and football players next year.
 Then came the feature of the pro- gran, when the College Glse club sang again and again. by request. Verman kimbrough, the Glee club so- loist, gave the, favorite of Kipling, "On the Road to Mandalay," and as an encore, Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses." hsr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16
COMPLIMENTARY LUNCHEON TO BE GIVEN TODAY

The public health committee of the Axis club, of which Mrs. DuPont Thompson is chairman. is entertain ing at complimentary luncheon to- day at 12:30 o'clock at the munich pal market. The guests will be the members of the city commission and representative from every woman's club and school improvement associa- tion in the city. This will be . "get- together" affair for the purpose of boosting Birmingham's splendid new market and furthering plans to back Dr. Bowling in his work to improve conditions in the handling and dis tribution of food. It is urged that every woman who is fortunate enough to secure an invitation, will attend without fail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16

Because of it's unpopularity and superstition attached to it, the s2 bill Is said to be fast passing from circulation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16

EXTERNALLY applied, T. Vicks can be used as freely and as ofren as desired, even on the youngest child.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16

When you buy a broom press it to the floor, If the straws spread out and bend do not purchase it. Tn 8 good broom the straws remain solid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16
SILVER TEA re BE GIVEN BETHEL

A silver tea will be given at the home of Mrs. Sam Rpbenstein. 1140 Eleventh avenue, south, Monday. Janutry 21. beginning at 3 p. m. The ladies of Beth-El auxiliary and their friends are invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16

Rubberized silk covers to protect straw hats from rain have been in- vented by a Frenchman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16

For Deep Chest Colds. Sore Threat. Toasiiixaa
 Bronchitis. Coughs-Rub Ncks bsiskIy over the throat and ohes In severe csses first redden the skin eo open the pores (see direcrioos] Theo spread on thickfy and cover witf one or TWO thid. nesses ot hot flannel cloths 1.-the cough is annoy. ing ! small Pieee the size of Pea can be gwas-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16

MRS. MCGOWAN TO
 ENTERTAIN AT TEA
 Mr.. William McGowan will enter tain with 8 tea this afternoon at her home on Cliff Road. compliment. ing Mrs. Roy~Stuart of Los Angeles and Mrs. Guy Taste of Pensacola, Florida. -z
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16
HOW vIcKs SHOULD BE USED

HOW yTcKs SHOULD BE USED For Head Colds Asthma, catarrh, Hay Fever Vcks should be melted in a spoon and the vapors inhaled or listle can be applied up the nosrils and snufed up the head
 For Spasmodic Group. childrenss coIds-RuA
 Vicks over the throat and chest until tfe dficuIe breathing is relieved then spread on thickly and
 cover wi@ hot flannel cloth One application ari I bedtime usually prevents night attack of cfoup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16

OyR ez million jars o. EVicks have been used in the past five years.
Evening star., 1924-12-07

Dirt and acid still menace the air
of the cities, it is asserted in report
to the American Chemical Society by
DR.. H. B. Meller of the Mellon In
stitute of Industrial Research, Pitts
blrgh Legislation suppementing anti
smoke laws Is needed, according to DR..
Meller.
Much anti-smoke agitation" he
says, has taken place in the United
States during the past 10 or II years.
SURVEYS have been made and ordi-
nances passed. The net result has been
a decided decrease in the amount of
dense smoke in city air, without a
corresponding abatement of the dirt
and acid evils.
'Soot-falT studies have been COM
pleted in St. Louis, Cincinnati and
Pittsburgh In all these investigations
all solid matter that was deposited
was considered, while in Legislative
action, taken with a view toward
abatement, dense smoke only has
been prohibited. Excellent results
have been attained in combating this
nuisance. but dense smoke is re-
sponsible for only a small percentage
of the precipitate.
I'm London, where data has been
gathered since 1914, little improve
ment is shown. In Pittsburgh the
amount of tar has decreased ma
terially, while the combusttble other
than tar and also ash have increased.
This increase in solid matter deposit
Evening star., 1924-12-07

The International labor office, as
part of the League of Nations
through conferences and other means
of cooperation, has accomplished re
foSms in several countries that both
improve the status of labor and re-
duce unfair competition with coun-
tries like the United States that main :
tain better working conditions and
shorter hours. The reforms sought
vary in different countries, of course,
according to local conditions, climate
and customs.
AS a. result of the activities of the
international labor conference the
reforms accomplished in Japan and
Persia are briefly as follows:
In Japan the employment of chill
dren under the age of IL has been
prohibited. Children over the age Of
IL may be admitted to employment
If they have finished the course in
the elementary school.
The employment of children under
the age of IA years on board ship
has been prohibited.
Japan has prohibited the employ
ment of any child or young person
under IS years of age on board ship,
unless he is provided with a medical
certificate attesting fitness for such
work.
Japan has given effect to the un-
employment convention providing for
the establishment of free public en-
ployment exchanges and for reci-
procity of treatment for immigrants
under unemployment insurance sys-
tens.
Japan has also applied the conven-
,tion providing for the abolition of
private fee charging agencies for
finding employment for seamen and
Evening star., 1924-12-07

! of 1t as applied to the things of char
acter?
AS we stand today at maturity do
we discover, as we disclose to our
selves our present status, that we
have grown stronger, finer, mere
Godlike? Are we standing today far
in advance of where we stood 10 or
more years ago? Do we discover that
old weaknesses have yielded and that
where once we failed now we stand
and spiritually into finer stature,
attaining to what is highest and
noblest in our nature? Life's high
est purpose Is fitness, fitness physical,
moral and spiritual. We know that
to neglect the body tissues Is loss of
efficiency; that neglect of the mind
results in lowered men al power. Like
neglect of life's supremest purpose,
which is development of mans soul,
can have but one logical consequence
-atrophy and ultimate decay.
To see a man striving for things
that he must eventually lose, without
any seeming consciousness of the
greater values that alone are lasting,
is one of the most tragic things we
witness. With no sense of attaining
ultimately before the great Judge of
Life: with nothing but the acquisition
of things, things that, however Valu-
able, must fall from His hands. What
a contrast Is suggested by the lines
of the greatest of hymns: Nothing
in my hands / bring, simply to thy
cross / cling" There are those who
are burdened with things, precious
things, who are as mendicants before
God. Without enrichment of char
acter, without soul recognized and
developed, they go out of life i'm
poverished-to stand before the Son
of Man. Standing beside the tomb of
the once master of Europe, l seemed
to hear again the words:
All that beauty, all that wealth ere gave,
Await alike the inevitable hour.
The paths Of glory lead but TO the grave.
!: = = =
What kind of worthiness do We
seek? What does our philosophy sug
gest is the final objective of this little
thing we call our life? Is it true. as
Shakespeare says, that il is rounded
with a sleep?
These questions will not be silenced,
they demand a reasonable answer
Growing A soul" is the suggestive
way some one puts it Developing
the enduring part OF our being. fitting
oneself for the great and final test,
the attainment of our highest, noblest
qualities-this means to be worthy to
stand before the Son of Man.
Copyright. 1924l
Evening star., 1924-12-07
ATTAINMENT.

st. Luke, TEf, part S6 u, "Worthy to
stand before the Son of man"
LII normal living is a struggle
~ after attainment. In one field
"A or another we are all seeking
4 n something; some evidence or
manifestation that we have at
least come part way toward attaining
our objective. When we cease to have
this normal desire we have reached
-he stage of senility. Man never is,
out always to be blest" is universally
true. The singer has never reached
her best: the musician has music In
his soul that he still hopes to put in
his score; the preahcer has yet to reg
tster his greatest, utterance; the
statesman will continue to prosecute
his difficult way until his choicest
measures receive approval and are
enacted into the laws of the people.
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All this Is what makes intellectual
development and advance possible. AS
Il matter of fact, we dare not stop,
else all that we seek-indeed, all that
we have accompltshed-may meet with
failure. Life Is one long search for
attainment. 1t Is the normal mental
condition Of healthy, aspiring men
and women. Gladstone, burdened with
90, to master Homeric Greek and finds
satisfaction in the accomplishment: ::
Beethoven. incapable of hearing his
own great symphonies, still keeps in
tune with the infinite and enricheS S
the world with melodies that suggest
the music of the spheres: Angelo,
though tired as he lies upon his back
painting the ceiling of the Sistine
chapel. declares to those who would
relieve him, Art Is a jealous mis-
Iress, She demands the whole man
All are seeking attainment In one
form or another; what satisfies one
dissatisfies ANOTHER. and so the world
IS enriched Though the perseverance
and devotion of her geniuses. Stife
his in man and the things we cher
tah most in life would be lost to US.
Every advance the world has made
l%as been the result of the work of
some adventuresome and daring pio-
neer who has gone forth to explore
regions hitherto unpenetrated and
largely unknown. We are enjoying
Today the service and labors of those
who dared to attain. This has many
and striking illustrations in our life
IS a people. From childhood to age
We are seeking something and we
shall not be satified until we find it.
and press on for new worlds to con-
Quer? What of this quest as related
TO mans finer spiritual nature? What
Evening star., 1924-12-07
Abatement of Smoke Nuisance
Still Leaves City Air Impure

ed is due partly to an increase in th"
number of stacks, but mainly, it is be
lieved, to the fact that Legislation
has attempted to control only den&e
smoke.
IF tar Is taken as the criterion c5
dense smoke-and it is thought this
is fair measure-it will be seen
that Pittsburgh has been successful in
enforcing the anti-smohe ordinance.
However, the very means taken T.
eliminate dense smoke by increasing
the draft in a large percentage o
cases have resulted in increasing the
amount of solid material emitted
from stacks. as greater draft mean
higher veIocities and the carrying Of
more and larger solid particles into
the atmosphere.
Moreover, while the regulations
are enforced for locomotives, it Is
true that the locomotive of today
with it's so-called 'self-cleaning front
end which forces through the shoTi
stack practically all the solid materia !
which reaches that front end, is re
sponsible for much dirt and obnoxious
gas in the vicinity of the railroads
"It is clear that while results have
been brought together that show
enormous deposits of solid material III
large cities, legislation thus far has
been directed toward the abatemen,
OF dense smoke only, which repre-
sents a very small proportion of the
nuisance"
Evening star., 1924-12-07

Next he has to prepare the reports
to the House on each BILL and go
onto the floor of the House with
each bill, either in person or through
the clerk of that particular sub
committee having the bin in charge,
and be ready at a moments notice to
show justification in support of every
item in each bill.
He also attends the conferences
between representatives of the House
and Senate on each Dill that may
be in dispute.
Naturally, to get all this work done
promptly and efficiently, he must be
a good organizer and executive officer
of staff of clerks, each expert in
a certain line.
Then, too, he gets much additional
work through inquiries from mem
bers of Congress and hundreds of
others on disputed matters and in
relation to the finances of the Gov
ernment.
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That Mr.. SHIELD has given the high
est satisfaction in this trying and
exactirg position is well known by
Evening star., 1924-12-07

tastrophe. for which it was directly
rasnonsihle. has now invaded Asia
and North Africa and opened new
prospects which are by no means
promising of peace.
Takes on Importance.
IT is in this set of ideas that the
Egvptian affair takes on an lmpor-
tance which could not have attached
to any similar manifestation be1ore
the World War, and at least raises
tba question as to whether the next
half century, at least, is to be domi-
mated by the revolt of Asia and Africa
against Europe and expression on new
continents of the religion or natlon-
ality, which for full century mas
deluged Europe with blood ana mas
only paused, if in fact it has paused
there. at the moment when practically
eyerv tribe had achieved complete In
dependence at the cost of wrecking
the economic system, IL not the actual
civilization, OF the western continent.
Nor can it fall to be appreciated
that, If this be the case, our newly
constructed machinery for the pres
eryation of peace, namely, the League
of Nations, can be of little value, Tor
there is no possible manner of invok-
ing 1t. Designed to deal with dangers
arising between sovereign powers, it
cannot conceivably be invoked In
cases where a subject people seeks by
force to free itself from an alien RUE
This the circumstances in Egypt nave
already demonstrated. One may per-
haps recall, also, that 1t was under
the mounting force of nationalism
that the old holy alliance in Europe
broke down.
Thus, from every aspect, it is hard
to escape the conclusion that what
has happened in Egypt, is happening
in many places in Europe and In
Africa, may be the first stages in a
new worid drama the very limits OF
whiuh cannot now be hxed. but the
supreme Significance of which can no
more safely be ignored,
lcepyrlgkt. iaa4.l
Evening star., 1924-12-07

preparation, what the existing law is.
what the current appropriation is,
what are new Items and whether
they mean new legislation.
He usually has to start in Septem-
Der to have these bills ready for
Congress when it opens in December,
and usually his work is not COM
pleted for month or two after
Congress closes its session. In fact,
his office is always open and a great
deal of night work is done, particu-
larly during the time Congress IS in
session from December until March.
In a large measure the work of
the House and Senate Is dependent
upon the work of the appropriations
committee in having these bills ready
promptly.
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Then, after the budget has been
worked up into these bills, SHIELD has
to attend committee hearings and
must see that all the testimony taken
is properly prepared for printing
Incidentally, these hearings make
some 20 volumes of more than 10000
pages.
Evening star., 1924-12-07

Readers want fresh, informing and
agreeable writing in print. But only old
writers know how difficult that sort
of writing is. L have never achieved
it. Really good writer's are almost
as scarce as winning numbers in 4
lottery. The race is SO old there are
no new opinions. I wonder a pub
Usher does not start weekly devoted
to Information. There can be no new
situation in fiction, but there are 50
many facts we are not familiar with
that such a publication should d.
we'll.
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Art is anything clever I know
wife who manages a foolish husband
in manner so clever 1t becomes art.
And she asks nothing of him not u
his own and their joint best interests.
l don't believe he knows that, with
out the domination of a stronger will.
he would be almost a fool, whereas
she has made him reasonably re
spectacle man.
All domination should be OF this
character. Most leaders lead in such
a way as to inspire opposition: they
become irritable with their subjects,
and not much good is accomplished
The object of leadership should be
to assist the lead as agreeably as
possible.
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I've been noting d good many year
that danger sign pretty generally
means danger. and that the sign posts
pretty generally point in the right
direction.
When ] write a hosanna to william
Allen White, ] refer to him as "Mr
White" and he objects:
u L..
how 1 hate to be called Mr.. White
by you"
Mr.. White is such tremendous
fellow that | admit being timid IN
| his presence. He has such a bi@
heart, wishes to accomplish so man
| good things, weeps so much over the
sins of the world and tries so hard
to get rid of them that I cannot call
him Bill
For several Summers Mr. White
has been threatening to visit me.
Two years ago he wrote he was com
ing, and wanted to bring his friend
Finney. He said if it wasn't conve-
nient to bring Finney to frankly
say so.
So / replied that while / had no
doubt Finney was an agreeable man
telse he wouldn't be Mr.. White
friendD, I would prefer that Mr..
White and Sally come alone, as w
could take better care of two than
of four. and have a better time; Fin
ney being a stranger, / feared
would be a little timid in his pres
ence
But Mr.. White didn't come; he said
he had no car, and that Finney had
He asked me to be frank about
Finney, and when l was, he was q
little mad.
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So It has gone for two years. ever.
time Mr.. White talks of visiting 1.t
he again insists on bringing Fin
ney, and speaks of him SO highl@
have become much interested in the
man. Once, when it was all arranged
to bring Finney. Finney became Ill
he would find another man with
car.
| l said no: I wanted Finney; I had
heard so much about him L was Graz
| to know him.
| If Mr.. White doesn't come soon
shall beg Finney to come alone; | an
crazy about hinf. l hear he is a bus5-
ness man down Emporia way, and !
| like business men.
| In case Mr.. White comes along. !
| fear / shall continue to call him Mr..
| White.
Finney seems to be just an ord +.
nary man. and l shall feel comfori
able in his presence, but Mr.. White
When | think of his great mis-
sions, l cannoMcall him Bill.
Copyright. 1e24)
Evening star., 1924-12-07


seven days ended December 6:
United States of America
The final session of the eighth
Congress was opened at noon Decem-
ber !.
The Presidents annual message
was read to the two houses on De-
cember 8. For reasons sufficiently
known it contained few specific rec
concentrations as to Legislation in the
short session. Its chief declara-
tions and recommendations may be
summarized as follows:
THE national debt has been re-
duced by about one-fifth since 1919,
the national taxes per capita have
whereas Federal expenditures for the
fiscal year 1920 totaled about s6,5oO,-
600, 900, for the fiscal year 1924, they
totaled only about $500, 100000. Ma
tfonal finance still offers an enormous
field for the application of economy,
but the improvement has been
notable. Far different, ominously
different, is the case with the
State and municipal governments
the total of whose debts an
nually increases by about one Dill
lion dollars. The combined costs OF
our national and other governments
Is about s1O0 per head of the
nopulatton. whereof less than one
third is for national expenditures.
The estimated national surplus OF
revenue over expenditure for this
fiscal wear is very small. Pernaps
the most important work that TINS
session of Congress can do is TO con-
tinue the policy of economy ana
further reduce the cost of government
in order that we may have a re-
Evening star., 1924-12-07
Italy Plans to Issue
''Holy Year, Stamps

A special set of italian postage
stamps will be issued in commemora-
tion of the holy year" The stamps.
which will be of the face value of
90. 80, so and so .centesimi. and of
! and lire, will be sold at one
and a half times their nominal value
for the benefit of the general fund Of
the holy year committee.
The designs on the stamps will
represent the four chief churches OF
Rome-St. John Lateran, St. Paul
Outside the Walls. Santa Maria Mag
giore and St. Peter's-and the cere-
monies of the opening and closing of
the jubilee door.
The governments decision, which is
contrary to the decree issued last
year forbidding philatelic commemo-
ration. has caused much satisfaction
In clerical circles.