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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23
RESSEMER PLANS
 I'll CELEBRATION
Stores And Plants To Close Will Stage Wa
 termelOn Fight
(Bessemer Bureau)

REESEMER, Ala, June. 22.-Bes. sen$er will observe the Fourth of July with the closing of stores and plants end celebration in the business section, which is to be under the auspices of the recently organized Bicycle-Swim- ming club. The club is composed of some of the most prominent business men in the city and a definite pro- gram is to be worked out by a com nittee this week.
 Tentative plans are to hold short celebration in the business section, the houEAs. to be determined later. The cle club will assist the Swimming
 in staging a number of bicycle
 the prizes for which are to be
 by the mefchants. This will
 Faces for all classes of riders
 Dr lnegroes.
 has been decided to stage the an-
 'swatermelon figbasa sasse~vbioh has { the custom hsse fora number years. This sSsfs0rt, whicpriginated Tn Bessemer a14hd has beepcopied in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23
S1idin In

up in the cellar last season provoked discouraging prophecies for the current season.
 DetrOit's rise to one of the lead
 ing positions of the league was wholly. expected.
 The Yankees who are leading by a none too comfortable margin, still are hurrying along, stumbling here and bracing up there, with their pursuers pulling at their coat-tails. The Yankees recent western trip was unimpresgive, but they managed to reach their home ground in the lead.
 Sundays games slightly altered
 the situation.
 The Yankees lost to the Red Sox at the Yankee stadium by a score of 6 to 2. The Tigers also lost, their defeat coming in Detroit at the hands of the Cleveland Indians by z to score The Red Sox gained by their rivals defeats but the Tanks lead is still secure.
 All berths in the American
 league remained the same. The
 Senators nOsed out the Athletics
 in Washington, to 4, while the
 White SOx were trimming the
 Browns in St. Louis, to 4.
 The National league was dull Sun day. Only two games were played in that circuit. Art Fletcher's Phils con- quered the Dodgers in Brooklyn, z to b. by scoring run in the final inning. Jacques Fournier, leading home run hitter in the National league, knocked his fourteenth for the Dodgers. The blow came in the second inning with bases unoccupied.
 The Reds returned to fourth
 place by defeating the Pirates in
 Cincinnati, 9 to 4.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23
WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE

He-You are the sunshine of my life. Your smile falls like lightning into my soul. With you by my side l would defy all the storms of life!
 She-Is this a proposal or a weather report ?-Snodags Nisse, Stockholm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23

Roast srown of lamb, mint jelly new potatoes, peas, watercress salad with French dressing and rhubarb pie.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
REVENUE SOURCES TO
CREATE NO DISTURBANCE

In the preparation OF tho bill pro
yidlng for adjusted compensation for
American world war veterans. rpon.
soru OF the measure have named
revenue sources least likely 90 dis.
turb economic conditions. leaH, likely
10 mako any additional burdens upon
the average citizen or tho average
business. but sources which unaues.
ilonably would produce adequate re
turns for financing the proposed com.
ponsaiion and which would levy upon
tho surplus money of individuals and
corporations in proportions designed
20 in no way cripple them or drive
them on, Of business. There IL not
4 eonfisoaiory provision In tho Wat.
kins bill.
Sources OF revenue under tho pro.
vision Of the adjusted compensation
bill arc as follows:
/. Moneys in the treasury OF the
United States not otherwise nppro.
priaicd.
2, A poll tar OF $3.50 upon every
alien entering tho United States for
settlement or residence for a period
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
CHARGES MEASUREMENTS
BY SECRETARY MELLON

These misstatements were made 20
the president by Andrew Mellon, sec.
Rotary Of the treasury. who has con.
sistenily opposed any federal form OF
compensation for the war veterans.
He declared that the treasury was
confronted with deficit for the cur.
rent fiscal year. amounting 10 1850.
100000. This WINS bclied by the re-
port a, tho end Of the year. June 30.
1923. that the treasury had a surplus
Of ;2io. 900 ooo--a neat little mistake
OF almost a billion dollars.
Congress n year ago expressed the
VIII OF the people OF this country in
It's action: but II failed 10 provide the
machinery and motive power.
The financial condition OF the
treasury was represented as an OBJ
siaole last year: Il cannot be brought
up as an obstacle this year. The
treasury department has reported
that the condition now IL such that
!, would be possible TO reduce income
taxes $4,000. 900 without creating a
deficit.
According 20 the departments own
estimates. prepared for the senate n.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
Ramsay, BeWare!

FTER partaking Of light. quick luncheon in Amer
"A lean fashion, Premier Ramsay Macdonald etc.
ETC." Thus London cablegram.
The cables overloaded with messages telling what
Brains labor premier intends to do and will do when
of the highest importance is information to the
dton of his teeth and stomach and to how and what
he eats Any good doctor, properly supported by any
good dentist DESTROYS of promoting business will testify
that cemeteries full Of graves dug by American
teeth and light quick uncheons and occupied by who
had possibilities of premiership, something else equally
grand and Britains first labor premier should be
posted by somebody.
For instance you enter any Second drug store.
number Of young men, in white aprons, behind long
counter, look like old times but aren't. Twenty stools
before the bar topped by folks who working their
elbows does boy who is doing the family churning
and wants to go skating You go down the line and take
position behind fellow whose pie is most gone
Only minute and you are on his STOOL Ham sandwich
apple pie and plain Soda pease Both hands to it, and
in four minutes stomach has conglomeration while
mind has the obsession that having been light and
quick, you've made 81 grow where only 50 cents grew
before
Some years later surgeon whets his knives you
on the ground that you've been having appendicitis or
ossified liver inspssated gall liberated stomach
But it's Of these. You've been having "the light
quick luncheon in American fashion, Premier Macdonald
The Prince Of Wales has STUDIED dress
which Is another way Of giving the tailor fits.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
BIRDS AND BEARS
BY DON RYAN

powder and believed with dia.
rnond rnys-reats lightly on
the arm Of her osoor;--the bear.
The arm Il short and power.
fui In the thick ovcrooat sleeve.
When II comes ont--AH the coat
= stripped away aud tossed 10
the check giFi-the wrist np.
pears covered with stir. black
hairs.
The bears head II sunk be-
tween his shoulders Ills poll IL
hardly gray. So Ia hla face
gray with = pailor Of hard sas.
Elons In an office. Of too many
cigars. TO much food and too
little exercise. Between fiabby
cheeks two small eyes twinkle
shrewdly. These eyes have seen
many things for the bear.
TUE giri with tho crisp red
l. hair and tho blue eyes that
are 80 large and look no young,
Tho man with his harsh. gray
poll and tho little. shrcwd eyes.
guiding the hands that take.
Can tho bird abide her bear7
That she can. for II In the bear
who feeds tho canary. BFd.seed
fasro mus, bs--snd fresh water
In tho eago every day. Else
birdie will loxo her charming
voice.
But does tho riri ever drcamf
In the movies sha sees girls like
herself--aiways mated eventual.
~ 10 young men who match
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31

ihem-younE men with straight
noses. broad foreheads. brown
hair that eurln wisifuIly. and
narrow waists.
Does the Girl with the red
hair and tho darkiy red checks
ever rec such young man In
her drcaIpa--a young man Of
her own agsl Docs no ever
como 90 her at night. riding
thru the window. his silver ar.
NOR aEieam in the moonlight
Does he ever stsaI Into her
dreams. coming close 20 her bed.
aide. whilo his boyihh nmllo
parts the curtains OF her daz.
xlsd mind like a sword.thrus;f
To whisper. softly and namely.
that no lovcH herr
Perhaps ha docs. And n II
thus falls out. tho young lady.
upon awakening NEXT day. must
remark. yRwning:
''Geci ia like 90 NEE, that
Euy--if he had the berries.-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
by noN RYAN

+ oS ANGELES. Jan. SILT
IL il feeding umo in Holly.
wood. The birds are coming In
with the bcars-io dine az tho
Monimartrr.
Two and two-aa the animals
entered tho ark. But tho AMI.
mails Of tho ark were paired b.
kind-two lions. two Esbraa, two
poFcupinen.
Tho birds Of Hollywood. tho
birds o. Eay plumage and sweet
song arc paired with big. hairy
bareback bears and brown.
Heavy In the chest. hlna.muE-
xicd. ponderous OF Eirth-and
twice their ages.
CiumpluE up tho thickly car.
poied stRira--tho birds twfttsr.
ing. Tho bears are tho ehoos.
crs- They buy the dinner.
DEARs which might have
II fought and won In tho hunt
Ing forests OF buainess-beaTs
who have ciawed others out OF
their heavy. laundering paths
snapped spines IN their power.
full hugs--and seized spoil OF
wild honey-thsse bears cat II
at tho Montmartrc.
Tho landing AZ the head OF
the stairway IL tho stage across
which they pass TO enter the
draped dignity OF tho dining
room.
Here. between tho curtains.
stands a gracious maitro d'hotel.
bowling the weltomc. Behind him
throbblng background Of Jazz
music, sho, with duh or bright.
er tints. where walters dodge
in haste. and dancing couples
swim mysteriousiy above white.
iinened tables.
TUE birds twit,er and tho
l. bears expand. with sol.
cmn POPULARITY and ponderous
preparation, they shuttle acroS,
the stage.
A blrd-brlliiant OF plumage.-
young. That bright and crisp
red hair II like tho sunrise on a
dcsert--sudden and strong. Her
cheeks are rouged darkiy, TO
match tho hair. Blue eyes are
clear beneath thin. pcnciled
brows. The swing OF every tail
on coat that cost the lives Of
40 squirrels. bespeaks tho sinu.
Gus grace beneath.
Ono slender hand-whits with
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
Frieda's Follies

WHY. HE was that siily a crea.
ture
THAT EVEN society women
would have
NOTHING 70 do with him.
NOW YOU know he mus, have
been
HOPELESS.
HE MARRIED a Eiri from the
Foliier.
As IF I didn't read the nswspa.
pers.
HE SAID 20 me when next we
met.
Il TOOK her out OF n folio and
married her"
SMILED. with
"AND NOW ono would say she
was booked for
ANOTHER ONE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
A Lesson About Living

TT easy to tell lies. To make them stick is difficult
i When than person is lin" on lies, the diff
ficulties multiply.
The two greatest political scandals Of recent American
hstory-the Balinger scandal of 1910 and the Teapot
Dome eXpose-were both unearthed because fasehoods
failed 10 withstand the rigors Of investigation.
Had not the stories of President Taft and Assistant
Attorney General Oscar W. Lawer varied important
points, the Bannger might we'll have been showed
under avalanche of presidential generations
Had not the tales of former Secretary Fall and those
Of Edward Mclean, T. L. Doheny and j. W. Zevey been
entirely contradictory the whitewash might have been
applied hickly that this sordid tale would have
remained a secret
II is regrettable the hghly-honored public officials
should resort TO fasehood but il is protection to the
public that lies difficult to sustain.
Public officials whether presidents village mayors
learn from these notable that nothing is
foohardy dangerous than trying TO deceive the public
with lies.
Mr. Bk intentions good but the paved with that sort
n mater n should have ecaIed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31

a Jar of Resinol Ointment. Every night
before retiring, work UP on the face, with
warm water, thick, creamy lather of
Resinol Soap. Work it gently into the pores;
then rinse off, and splash on dash of clear.
cold water to close the pores. Then. with
special irritations, roughnesses, blcmishcs or
rashes, apply touch of Rcsinol Ointment
and smooth 1t IN very gently with the
fingers.
Do not rub or massage with harsh
methods. If possible, leave it on ovcrnisht.
Then IN the morning wash off again with
Resinol Soap,
Within week you will begin TO notice
the difference in your skin "a finer soft.r
texture ruddier glow-a clearing Of the
ugly little blcmishcs.. = ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
THE LEGION'S SIDE
Of the Fight for AID justed Compensation

nance committee. adjusted compsnaa.
ton would cost ;z42.000.0 900 IN the
first three-year period. or an average
Of slightly more than $4,000 900 a
year.
The treasury surplus could absorb
that first years inHtaiiment and stm
reduce taxes BY tZ42.000. 900. The
surplus % free funds FOR 1924 VIII b
enough 20 pay tho first installnsrt
on the adjusted compensation meas.
ure four times over.
u. ). CAN AFFORD 1T
AND STAY PROSPEROUS
THE COUNTRY CAN AFFORD
TO PAY THIS DEBT. 1T CAN AP.
FORD TO PAY IT WITHOUT DIS.
.TURBISC ECONOMIC CosDI.
TONS OR ISTERRUPTISG PROS.
PERITY.
In the first place. comparatively
little actual money will change
hands. ~ this congress approves the
Watkins plan. 10 cash Is issued 10
any but that minority Of the service
men and women whose short term Of
service would entltle them 20 $50 or
less each. The rest would be issued
IN the form Of credit.
Every other element Of the proA
posed act means sound investment
In n home. farm. irrigation develop.
ment or life insurance policy. or in
a man better equipped by vocational
trimming 10 serve bis country 10 a
civil capacity.
II means 4,ooo. 900 men and women
upon n more solid footing In the cit.
zen fabric OF tho country. Can the
United States Of America make a bet
ter investment than IN such a host Of
Americans7
Adjusted compensation does not
mean 100000 year tossed 10
the four winds; neither does II mean
financial ruin for It's corporations nor
bankruptcy for It's common taIpay.
ers. individually. the average Amer.
can will not feel the expense entailed;
and there are 1900. 900 civilian veter.
ans who VIII help him carry II.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31

affairs Of tho ordinary wnEe Garner
under existing laws.
To him tar reduction has is chief
potency when II 10 mentioned In Us
bearing upon his local municipal
levlca. Federal revenues. being na.
,lonai in their scope and IN the nd.
ministration Of the purposes for
which they arc levied. are naturally
widely distributed as 20 source, but
tho big burden falls on big business
whore tho biggest profits are made.
and 10 which the average eiiizen con
tributes IN the small purchases he
makes. The price he pays for n given
article or service Includes cost Of pro.
duetion and haie. and profit. The nc.
iual cost Of production or service In
Guides whatever taxes arc imposed,
ff1tiHfrinnf sfafa or fcnFr-af
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
SPORTS

SfORlS
There are good sports and bad
sports. A good sport is n man who
can whistle MY Country TIssof
Thee while paying HIS taxos. A
bad sport Is n man who spend, go
much umo cusslng Congress he has
no time to vote.
BRO. TOMS KITCHEN
Whom too lazy 10 wash the dishes
shy you must let them soak.
BEAUTY SECRETS
Is some other girl taking your
shcik7 Smear a little gluo on your
lipstiok.
ETIQUETTE
Never say, II nm glad 10 meet
you" to bill collector. This Is
needless lying.
BEDTIME STORY
Daughter. tell that saphead to
NO home"
HEALTH HINT
Throwing the clock mt the cat
may be fun, hut II Is considered un.
healthy by the cat.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
BY pR. HINTON d. JONEZ
State Commander Of tho American
Legion

levy. county levy
and state levy.
These are the
taxes that bite big
chunks out OF his
poekstbook.
Unless no has
an income Of more
than tho $500 a
year. the average
m arried m a n
scarcely feels the
federal taxation
that Is applied
thru the income
tax levy. Federal
taxes aren's rock.
oned seriously IN
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
Please, Cabin

MAY rot be permitted to ask President Coolidge
1Vl why his man Daugherty, with all his Burns blood
hounds available doesn't produce the thieves of the Vet
Grams bureau and the scandal Of Teapot Dome before
some able-bodied federal grand jury?
OF course, we know that Attorney Daugherty may be
busy prosecution of Box and keeping red flags off
the White House. but there lot of federal jures
that don't TO be doing much and these Teapot and
Bureau matters ripe to rottenness.
Coolidge takes physical exercise other than walking but
tally, he takes few hurdles each day
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
With Lenin Gone
II ENIN and TrotskYl

| ENIN and IrotSky!
IL For six years, these two have been before the
world other pair of dreaded by abhorred
by others, observed by all.
Lenn educated statesman, srategst and undoubtedly
patriot Trotsky, of sword bloody executor of law.
And Trotsky is leftl There will be hot proceedings
in Russia unless the situation is close student OF
Russia puts it. thus:
Inside the bolshevk party Lenn largely written
off that is his death discounted, while outside he
still remained great factor Of stability to the admins
tration.'
bankers conferences to tho difficulties Of tho
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
1t puts back into your skin
the vital elements your daily life steals from it

NOES your skin perhaps
l. sallow, oily, or marred by
biackheads ever give you a
sense of hopelessness as YOU
stand before your mirror1
Yet within short while, with this
easy method of daily care, you can
unlock a hidden beauty in your skin.
No drugs, creams or cosmeticsl So
simple and effective, your own
physician himself will in all proba-
bility recommend II.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
4 LETTER From
AVRDGE MANN
January 81. 1924.

january 31, 1924.
Dear Folks:
I've noticed walking along the street the cripple who
sits on sheltered seat Because no crippled
blind. Job could handle to find Ia gather.
coins In his little cup pleading pancc no holds
1t up. give him a coin as him by wonder
bit as watch II go. IL he isn't making lot moro dough
than I.
And out OF the hundreds who pass each day figure he
really should pay nckels or dimes that Tho
passcrs give surely sufficient let him live For
people at hcart, kindly lot often will share anv
change they've got no. az l notice his bepor,
wonder bit, drop dime. isn't Weather
most OF the time-than l.
But still am glad that have my health for that IA tho
OF lots of wealth. And whether beggar mako n
pay I'm glad able TO work play-so what does n
matter II he could flount bigger healthier bank
account? For tho by with our purses slim
and sti give besgar bit aid, measure of money
could make trade-with him
M,uaae Ma~D
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31

and Resinol Ointment in the daily
care of their skin.
Often in few days, blackheads,
blemishes, and even infections that
appear to be more or less serious,
will yield to this gentle treatment.
Cleansing, soothing. mildly stimu-
latins, Resinol sinks deep into the
pores and starts the skin again act
ing normally.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
EXTRA!
TROUSERS
ADVERTISING

Tho pipe named Gumshos In
atill missing. After robblng n
tobacco store late last night II
escaped by tripping up three
cops and suffocating all tho fro
men when they answered a gen.
eral riot call. Liberal reward
for thr pipe. dead or alive.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
A THOUGHT

The heart Of the wise Is In the
house OF mourning, out the heart Of
fools Is In the house Of mirth.--
EocL via.
ME arc governed by sympathy,
w and the extent OF our sym.
pathy is determined by that Of
our sensibIlity.- Haziitt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
Interesting, if True

OF interesting things, there's shortage. A
~ European physician claims he tell the sex Of
child several months before birth. by blood test
This implausibe than the theory of the
circulation Of the blood when first advanced by Harvey
group of mystics. deving in phychc phenomena.
claims has word from the Other Side that blue
is due to appear earth to share things with the white
yellow, red, black and brown
Two days after Lenn death Great Britain decides recognize the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
What Folks
Are Saying

OSCAR WILLARD WILHITE,
leading citizen OF EmporiA, Kan:
Every kid ought TO know how 10
work. II a boy goes bad while he's
under p and living with his family.
us mostly the parents fault. The
dad Of every kid that's sentenced for
a crime ought to be made 10 serve
half the sentence"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31

gently restore the pulsing of
the tiny capillaries in the
lower layers of the skin, to
carry off infection, and then
to stop new infection before it
starts - thousands. have
learned to use Rcsinol Soap
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31

Re'inoi Ointment also for more
serious skin affections
Not only Is Resinol Ointment used
everywhere for clearing away minor
skin blemishes but its soothing.
healing properties have for years
been successful in relieving more
stubborn skin affections. Rashes and
eczema - often itching. unpleasant
and embarrassing - will In many
cases vanish In a few days. Thou.
sands have wondered at the uuick.
ness of It's action. Even light appli.
cation sinks deep into the pores. at.
taeks the root of the disorder. and
starts the skin again acting normally.
Reslnol Is absolutely harmless. twill
not irritate even tho delicate texture
OF an infants skin.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
The basic cause of erery skin
blemish and fdnlt

Dust and SCOT, lack of exercise, the thou
sand and one little evils of daily life -e each
IN itself perhaps unimportant - are, COM
bincd, the one fundamental cause of every
skin fault. If the skin-any skin, your skin
-esn only be kept acting normally, say physi-
clans, the body itself will do the rest.
How to keep the skin dcting normally
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31
ClOM.
N E w s
EXTRA!
Famous Editor Solves Hard
Problem

| IODitin
| T ATELY our trousers have been
IL bagging SO at the knees we
found taking them off at night be.
coming very difficult.
Three weeks ago we could remove
them by imagining they wero boots,
and tugging accordingly.
Two weeks ago we were forced to
start using a bootjack.
One week ago the bootjack broke.
Then. by nothing loss than inspira.
ton. wo remembered n "home help"
wo wrote last summer. We put tho
trousers on backward.
After wearing tho trousers back.
ward three days tao bag at the
kneeu was gone. Now wo plan 70
alternate, one day the trousers will
be on right and tho next day on
backward.
II your trousers suffer from knee.
bagging try this plan.
HOME HELPS
Letters from an old flame arc fine
for starting fire.
EDITORIAL
A scientist Is planning to send n
rocket to tho moon. This Is aiming
pretty high. Even II no fails. as
seems likely, he will enjoy tho fun
OF trying. SO the moral is. Don't
look at the ground unless you want
TO go in that direction
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-31

Today CsmmnndsT Hinton ID. Jones
% che American Legion Of this
state explains how the Lesion pre-
poses 60 pay for che adjusted c0m-
Fensntion measure ~ ~ passes esn-
Errsa. This a. the fourth of esTiss
tsilinE the Legion eide Of this fiEht
and written sHrlusifsly for The Star
by Commander Jonss. You may not
sEree wit a. hut ~ you would be In
formed, you should read "a.
BY DIR. HINTON ID. JONEZ
State Commander Of tho American
Legion
NTHEN the average American cltl'
w zen thinks OF taxes. no thinks Of
specific thKos Of tho government
agencies Immediately surrounding
him.
TnIes 10 him mean the aggregate
OF his town or city tax levy. school