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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27

the steamer, one should either put on
a semi-evening dress or an afternoon
dress, unless one happens to wish to
take simple low neck gown in case
there is concert or captains dinner
Even in this case it is not necessary
however. To me, the late afternoon
the time when one would have to be
dressing for dinner, is SO much the
most beautiful time to walk on deck
that can sympathize with anyone who
is remiss about changing for dinner on
the steamer. But that is just a per.
sonal habit--or failing, if you like.
1t is much more important to have a
number of choices of things to wear for
the day, particularly if crossing in to,
late spring. 1t is impossible to gauge
/ have crossed when one day a heavy
suit and coat were none to warm,
and the next a sweater and skirt were
warm enough. In consequence in the
spring it is essential to have two
weights of day clothes. And no matter
what time of the year you cross, never
fail to have a heavy coat!
Comfort is really the main considera
ton on an ocean trip, so a small hat
without stiff brim in the back is
much the most desirable. Otherwise
you can't lie back lazily in your deck
chair and look at the sea and sky And
who is there who does not love to do
that?
Another important item is shoes
High-heeled shoes on deck are ana.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27

sitting after lunch in the Palm room
In which there II Q loose carpet, re-
movable for dancing. As we were sip
ping cur coffee the ship gave a very
slow but very determined roll, and the
first thing we knew tables bearing cot.
fee cups and chairs bearing people were
sliding and upsetting across the room
But this is rather rare happening
these days and the old term of getting
your sea legs" land stomach, is pretty
much passing out of date.
Atlantic cruising has certainly been
made easy Large and luxurious cab
ms with bathrooms and closets, resta.
urants, inclosed steamer chairs, if you
want them personally / always want
the open ones except on rainy days)
equal the luxury of any hotel on land,
The simplest first-class cabins now are
far ahead of the best of twenty-five
years ago.
In spite of all this, the mode of dress
on boat should not be very different
In my opinion. There is no sense in
dressing up on shipboard, and there is
nothing that gives greatest proof of
newIiess in travelling, or of lack OF
knowledge, than the wearing of many
dressy and inappropriate clothes on q
steamer. When one sees woman
come down to dinner each night wear.
ing a different and rather elaborate
dress one can't help gaining the i'm.
preston that she has no other oppor.
tunity of showing them off
IL one likes to change for dinner on
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27

it is. clean, do 1t at definite hour.
The more responsibility you put on q
worker, granted ordinary diligence. the
more interest the worker will evince
in. his job. That is true Of the bust
ness office and of the home as well. To
be checking up on worker continually,
weakens his sense of responsibility.
/ have known many woman in vari-
Gus parts of the world, and visited at
many homes, and invariably have
found that the best housekeepers are
those who demand efficient and honest
service, but who. at the same time, are
considerable, polite and human with
the persons working for them. 1t ID
these women who have the households
to which we all love to be invited.
1t is a human problem that touehfs
every one Of us--this getting along with
those who work for us--and tt de-
serves the study of women today more
than ever before. Why? Because
nowadays each Of US is working for
someone else, at sometime or other.
Most Of us have to please others IN
some way in order to make a living. 1t
seems to me the opportunity to apply
the golden rule ON a grander scale than
ever before.
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Discipline Among
Those Who
Work
Nv .rJT,IA HOyT

There are certain established rules OF
etiquette for the actresses and actors
in the theatre, and there should be GER
tain established rules Of etiquette for
any business or employment. 1t makes
no difference If son of a rich man is
acting as office boy, aslong as he is
acting as office boy he must observe the
regulations laid down for him. In the
army we all know that rules of disci-
pline have to be followed, otherwise the
efficiency of each regiment is de-
cidedly lowered. believe that in run.
ming household the same thing holds
good. Both the employer and employee
should concur. A really efficient and
good worker viii take pride in knowing
the correct way to address and treat his
employer. Those who seem to feel that
they are losing cast by SO doing, are
simply showing that they have an in
feriority complex.
hope that have made it clear that
do not mean the employer should be
patr0nizing, rude or impatient in her
attitude; It is simply question of GER
tain set rules that should be followed.
The woman who wants smoothly run
ming household will have her work very
definitely partitioned off, and the man
ner in which it must be carried out will
be well defined in her mind. If her
helpers understand this from the be-
ginning, and know exactly what there
Us to do, both the employer and employee
will find things much easier.
A great mistake made by some house,
hold employers, / think, is to give the
impression of not trusting their help
to get their work done well. Some wom-
en- / know are forever hunting and
looking for slackness or laziness. If
the mistress once gives clearly the i'm
preston that she is good house
keeper and requires the work to be done
thoroughly, she should then leave her
help rather alone and never make them
feel that she is shopping. 1t is mis-
take to invade their quarters, the kitch-
en- for instance, and their bed rooms,
and make them feel that they have no
privacy. If you wish to visit the kitch-
en- each day, for instance, to see that
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27
Choosing Clothes
For Ocean
I rayel

Spring is here, and ], for one, be-
gin to Gee visions of an Atlantic steam
er and the continent. Or, more par
ticularly-Paris! Paris In May, june
and early July, what wonderful visions
the thought brings to ones mind!
A trip to Europe has become very
simple thing in comparison with that
OF not 90 many years ago. Even can
remember voyages (my first trip was
made when / was four years old) when
we always had racks ON the table to
keep the dishes from sliding off and
when the deck chairs had to be tied to
the rails to prevent their coasting all
over the deck Racks are rarely used
now and chairs practically never have
to be tied.
The present great floating hotels
have obviated all these precautions
though one of the funniest things have
ever seen happened on one OF the biz
ships last year. She pitched very lit,
tie and rolled so slowly one hardly real
lied what was happening. We were al
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27
You Cannot Get
Something For
Nothing
BY SOPHIE IRENE LOEB

A friend of mine whom / might
well term DIR. Trouble. because every
body seems to take their difficulties to
him, was asked the other day how he
was able to do so many things for so
many people without any pay from
those he helped. For he seems always
to be giving something for nothing.
But does he get the something for
nothing! He smiled sad smile when
asked this question, saying HDoes any
Eody feel that he ever gets something
for nothing"
when / secure job for a friend
of mine or adjust some money matters
for him or aid him to get some back
ing or say a good word to give him
the boost that he needs at the time he
needs it most--for every one OF these
things / pay, and sometimes with
usurious interest.
! ITO every one Of these people to
I whom / am indebted for the favor
they have rendered to my friend, am
expected when the time comes to re-
spond in return for what they have
done for me"
Thus it happens that this particular
man goes to places, sees people and
does many things at great sacrifice to
his personal interests, to say nothing
( of his health, in order to repay those
who have done things to help his
friends. And somehow or other it is
in the very weave of this man to do
kind acts and kind deeds. But he
bestows in return service all the time
for that which has been rendered.
He certainly gives something for
nothing all the time, but he doesn't
get something for nothing. i often
wonder whether the people who are
constantly asking favors and begging
people to set them right or help
straighten up their backbone ever
realize that the person to whom they
are indebted must in turn pay for
what has been done for them?
1t seems to the one asking the help
that it is SO easy for the friend be
cause he has influence or means OF
reaching other people, etc.--and often
he wonders why any one should hest
tate. The one seeking aid little real
ICES to what difficulties and obliga-
tions he will put the man to whom he
is making the appeal.
No, my good friends, YOU do not
get something for nothing. Some
body has to pay for it, some way,
somehow. A good friend doesn't want
any return or any undue thanks for
any kindness he has shown you. He
is glad to be able to do it. His rec
ompense comes from the knowledge
ing ear and answering friend.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27
TREAT FEM R0IIGH

When the brakes do not seem to hold
well the natural tendency for the driver
is. to use them sparingly in the. belief
that if they are used gip"erlv thew
will be more likely to last the day out.
This cOddling, however, simply agra
Yates the trouble. What the brakes
need is a little roughing up. If they
are thrown into action a few times
the driver will be surprised to see how
much better they will hold It he con
tinues driYin throughout the day.
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thema. They look foolish, and IL by
chance the boat should given a sudden
lurch, you will heartily wish you had
sacrificed the supposed better appear
ance of your foot for comfort. In ad-
dition to which, as appropriateness is
a large part of good looks, your feet
will look better on the deck of a steam
er with low heels.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27
RESUME PRAYER MEETINGS
Weekly Service Wednesday At South
sida Ranfisf Church

side Baptist Church
Wednesday evening prayer service at
Southside Baptist church will be re.
sumed this week, with the Woman's
Missionary society in charge.
Mrs. Edward p. West, recently from
Oklahoma, will give the lesson lee
ture. Mrs. Hugh f. Latimer will be
in charge of the devotional exercises.
Special music for the occasion will
be arranged by Mrs. X. B. league and
her committee.
After May 1 services will be held at
s o'clock,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27
TOO MUCH REPAIRS

In considering the advisabiity of max.
ing extensive repairs in order to rem.
edy one particular trouble always fig
ure on the amount of new trouble that
may be occasioned by the operation. "
One car owner recently had the cam.
shaft removed and when the job was
completed he found that he had &C.
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R &c X S
Now Is the Time to Get Rid Of These
Ugly Spots

Ugly Spots
There's no longer the slightest need
of feeling ashamed of your freckles, as
Otbine double strengths guaranteed
to remove these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of Othine-dou-
BILE strength--from any druggist and APP
ply a little of it night and morning and
you should soon see that even the worst
freckles have begun to disappear, while
the lighter ones have vanished entirely.
1t is seldom that more than an ounce is
needed to completely clear the skin and
gain a beautiful complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength
Othine as this is sold under guarantee
Of money back if it fails to remove
freckles.--Adv.
Evening star., 1924-01-06

meeting of NIL stockholders, 1t was
said today.
Charles III. Dougherty, representing
the investors trust association, said
today that he planned to lay the facts
before United States Attorney Will
liam j. Donovan, requesting fed
eral investigation.
Three Millions Left.
Approximately s3.O00,00O in live as
sets still remain in the L. r. Steel
Companies, according to report of
the trustees in bankruptcy. Twenty
six. million dollars were said to have
been poured into the Steel enterprises
by American and Canadian investors
prior to the bankruptcy proceedings
Of last April and the death of Leon
ard r. Steel, president and founder.
Subsequently Walter NJ. wilkins,
former vice president and head of the
bankrupt, and five associates were
indicted by federal grand jury here.
Wilkins Is said to be active head
of the L. r. Steel stockholders COM
mittee, of which Clarence Z. Booth
of Rochester is chairman.
The committees open letter to
stockholders, said to have threaten
ed the dropping of non-subscribers
to the trust fund, was mailed Decem-
ber 10, 1t was said today. In the
letter the committee stated that
holders had subscribed 10 per cent of
their stockholdings to the commit
tee, the total amount reaching
$2.0S3,S60.
Evening star., 1924-01-06
ST0CKHOLDER PLAN
DECLARED ILLEGAL
All Shareholders Have Rights in
Steel Firm Affairs, Attorney
General Says.
NEW GROUP Is PLANNED
Refusal to Subscribe to Trust Fund
Is Upheld.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
BUFFALO, January 5-Alleged
plans Of the L. r. Steel stockholders
committee to exclude nom subscribers
to the steel trust fund from further
participation in the affairs Of the L.
r. Steel enterprises were today char
acterized as fraudulent and dis
honest" by the attorney generals
office. The Characterization was made
in a letter from Deputy Attorney
General Hugh Reilly, countersigned
by Attorney General Carl Sherman,
received by Morgan Coakley of this
city in response to queries regarding
the reported plans.
The stockholders committee, in
communication to stockholders, was
said to have set today as the final
date for subscription to the trust
fund. Stockholders in any Of the
Steel enterprises who failed to sub
scribe were to consider themselves
severed from the organizations. The
attorney generals communication de-
clared the procedure illegal, and ad-
vised the stockholders that such ac-
tion could not deprive them Of their
rights as stockholders.
Plans Mass Meeting.
AS result of the communication
from the attorney generals office
another organization Of stockholders,
the L. r. Steel Investors Trust As
ISOLATION, has protested the execution
Of the plan and Is planning a mass
Evening star., 1924-01-06

ed that the same disaster arrives
after fourteen years warning Inc
public authorities are doing the pest
they can, now that the catas,lJhphe ch
And perhaps the war has brousnt
the people to accept such things IA
talistically. Everybody thinks, Weii:
We've been through worse tnan 1r,,n,- nn,S,
bling. Now and then somebody MUIR
murs. what we need Is 2 MUSE
lini," but that is pure absurdity: foa
on the one hand museums uttrinn nr the
other hand methods applicable on
one side of the Alps are not neces-
sarily applicable on the other. Inc
truth Is we would like 10 see oS
and continuity. That would not cure
all evils. but it would inspire great
ter confidence abroad.
Program Was Ignored.
Take the example of this Hood
and examine it impartially. A pro-
gram of public works to prevent
flood recurrence was adopted after the
flood of 1910. Nothing, or almost
nothing. was done to execute IT. Thls
was explained and excused by tne
war Such an undertaking was I'M.
Possible during hss the been ~aa lacking But
between 1910 and 1914, during four
years of peace, nothing was done:
Moreover, since the war. the city OF
of equal cost and far less utility. The
conclusion? Simply that the author-
tiles have failed to do the best tney
could with the materials In hanu.
And this conclusion applies TO MANY
other matters.
Too Much Resignation
The sense of fataiism. of which the
writer spoke a moment ago, MAKES
the people accept such catastrophes
with too much resignation, the
press, which, with two or three OK
ceptions, somewhat servilely follows
ali the meanderings of successive
governments, has lost public opinion
in "a maze of contradictions. All
sense Of governmental responsibility
has disappeared. The people grum,
ble and complain. but never demand
chastisement of the guilty.
Our great foreign problems have
suffered from the same malady In the
last four years, as well as our eco
nomic problems The elections are
only four months off, and the writer
is not sure but that, amid all this
confusion, the voters Will insist on
the accounting that is their due. -
France Too Passive.
Frances great danger is that she
has become too patient and too pas
sive. Nations, like individuals, have
diseases that come and go. What
France needs today is treatment on
methods of authority and RESPONSE
bflity.
Thus the topic of Paris floods leads
to some very general conclusions
And that Is because in the life Of
nations all questions are linked and
any one serves to shed light on all
others.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1924-01-06
Orgies of Beryiners on Ne,u Year
Scathingly Denounced by Harder,
German Publcist Calls Attention Appeals for Poor
By Mayor at Time When ReUelry Vas High.
est-Says Germany Not Responsible.

only by the guarantee of the produc-
This artificial adjustment. which lis
irreconcilable with honest economics,
created an atmosphere of indefinable
mistrust But prices of merchandise
finally became stable. and. since one
reckoned again in gold marks and
pfennigs. things that had seemed
dear at two hundred billions appeared
cheap when they cost simply -four
marks" although this was twenty
fold their former price.
Secure Feeling Elusive.
In addition to the renten mark, there
are about two hundred and fifty quad
rillion paper marks In circulation. con-
siderable amounts of treasury certifi-
Gates and also incalculable masses of
emergency currency, which was issued
by the municipalities and private indus
try. 1t is clear that such chaos. COM
b1ned with national debt of four hum
dred Quadrillion marks, cannot create a
feeling of security.
Therefore, the people-who fear the
loss Of the remainder of their prop
erty and mistrust this most eX-
traordinary 'stabilization"-are in
clined to get whatever pleasure is
possible from what still remains.
The horizon of international poll
ta; tics is somewhat brighter. The
peaSeiui lorceS OF brltlSn democracy
Will soon move more unhampered.
Since the Franco-Czecho alliance, the
first attempt at a western eastern
alliance, increases Frances territorial
security, President Mllerand and
Premier Poincare were able for the
first time to disclose reconciliation
with Germany as their aim.
Is the worst stretch of the thorny
way behind US? Perhaps--if Ger
many learns to love and not merely
to recognize the duties of a demo-
cratic republic and understands that
only those sacrifices which are made
voluntarily and not by order are
worth while and permanently valu-
able.
Copyright 1924.)
Evening star., 1924-01-06
TARDIEU SAYS FLOOD
MAY AROUSE PEOPLE
Revolution Against Government
for Not Taking Precautions
Is Forecast.
TREMENDOUS DAMAGE DONE
Thousands of Homes Cen Be En-
tered Only in Boats.
BY ANDRE TARDIEU.

By Radio to The Star.
PARIS. January 5.-The year be-
gins badly for Parisians. with a flood
which bids fair to equal the devasta-
tion of 1910. and turns attention from
world affairs to those of rescue and
relief.
1t is absurd to try to wall up riv-
ers in the midst of great cities and
the ancients knew better than to at
tempt 1t. The moderns are less wise
or less prudent. Just as the Japanese
constructed modern American-style
buildings on volcanic ground. Paris
has confined the river Seine between
high walls of masonry, which it oc-
casionally overfiows with dire effects.
1t happened In 1910 and 1t seems
about to happen again.
Damage Already Great.
Already the damage is tremendous.
In 1910 the maximum flood was
reached on January 30-and we are
still far from that date. Above and
below Paris the river has overfiowed
widely. Thousands of houses can be
entered only i'll boats. Thousands of
families had to be evacuated and
their condition is serious. In view of
the housing shortage.
1t is much to be feared that de-
forestation of central France, neces-
STATED by the war. Is at the bottom
OF the trouble. The French and al
lied armies cut enormous quantities
of timber for ties and trench material,
with the result that the country's S
photographic balance has been up
set. This was a good reason for the
taking of extra precautions, but such
remedies take a long time and cost
enormously. We are poor, and all
our borrowing power is required for
rehabilitation and pensions. There
fore, the great canals which would
save Paris from flood have not been
constructed.
Face Evil Bravely.
People are facing this evil brave
ly, but cannot help being astonish-
Evening star., 1924-01-06
LOWDEN TO BE SPEAKER.

SYRACUSE, n. Y, January s.
Of Illinois, today wired to Chancellor
Wesley Flint. of Syracuse University
acceptance of an invitation to de-
liver the commencement oration at
the midyear graduation exercises at
the university February 4.
Evening star., 1924-01-06
PRINCESS SAILS FOR JAPAN.

PARIS, January 5.-Princess Kata-
shirakawa, whose husband was killed
nay, Normandy, last April, sailed
from Marseilles today for Japan. The
princess was injured seriously in the
accident, but recovered after an op-
Grafton. She was unable, however. to
accompany the body of the prince to
.Iapan,
Evening star., 1924-01-06
SEVEN DIE ON SCHOONER.

CURLING, N F., January 5.--The
loss of the schooner Donald Silver,
with her crew of seven men, last
Thursday, in St. George bay, off
Heatherton, sixty miles east of here.
was reported today. Five of the
bodies have been recovered. The ship
was bound from the Bay of Islands
to Gloucester, Mass.
Evening star., 1924-01-06
THREE DIE IN SNOW.
Alpine Passes Cut Off by
Storm.

BERNE, Switzerland. January g.
Three more fatalities in consequence
of the heavy snowfall throughout the
Alpine region are reported from the
Tyrol, where a party of five skiers
was struck by an avalanche.
The returns from one valley in the
Canton of Valais, cut off by snow
since the election of December 81,
were received only yesterday. But
nine votes were cast, the other voters
being snowbound in their homes.
Evening star., 1924-01-06
POLES ADVANCE BILL.

WARSAW, January 5.-The Polish
diet today voted the third reading OF
a. bill granting full powers to the
unanimous, but the deputies repre-
senting the national minorities abb
stained.
Evening star., 1924-01-06
CONFIRMS PRIEST MURDER
Belgian Legation in Peking Gives
Details.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PEKING, January 5.-The Belgian
legation here today confirmed the re-
port of the Staying of the Belgian
missionary. the Rev. Father Soenen.
and the .sacking of the Catholic mis-
sion at Tsaoti, near the Mongolian
border. recently.
The bandits applied for medical aid
at the mission and killed Father
Soenen while he was engaged in min
istering to their needs, according to
legation advices.
Evening star., 1924-01-06
CANADA DEPOSITS GAIN.

OTTAWA, January '5.-Savings
bank deposits in Canada increased
s3S,000.000 during November, accord
ing to monthly statistics issued today