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The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10
CHAPTER II
SheiIa Seaton.


'Taungs-one hundred miles from no
where-sizzled at eight o'clock in the
morning, though 1t had shivefed an
hour before in the rarefied air Of the
desert. The little station on the long
railroad line that rum from Cape Town
dom looked forlorn indeed, set down
in the middle of the scorching sands,
coated, like a NANCY dog, with patches
Of stubbly grass that would not show
green until the annual rains.
Winton got down from the train, col
lected his baggage, and watched the
engine go snorting down to the water
tank. He looked about him with the
curiosity of Que new to the life of
B~echuanaland, which had seemed COM
pounded, during the northward Jour-
aey, Of ragged negroes, farmers with
skinny oxen, heat, flies, sand, and
warming piccaninnies.
He say an array OF single-story prick
houses, with corrugated iron roofs that
rave the sun glare for glare. There
were also huts Of waffle and daub,
and tents pitched on lots in the heart
of the town. The market square was
filled with cumbrous, white topped
wagons before which many pairs of
oxen chewed and winked away the
flies, still harnessed on either side of
the wagon tongue. Every house
seemed a store, and every store APP
peared to be dedicated to the safe Of
old clothes and junk in front OF them
gangs of natives in loin-cloths, with
catered, filthy blankets about their
shoulders, were chaffering in a dozen
different dialects with the proprietors.
Taungs looked the dirtiest, meanest
place that Winton had ever seen. He
wished that it were possible to take it
up with the implement of the same
name and bury 1t. He was sure that IL
would not be terribly missed. He was
glad that he was to take the morning
stage across the desert for Malopo.
He hoped earnestly that Malopo looked
than Taungs.
A drunken native, wearing a loin-
cloth and a naval officers secondhand
which he had just purchased, and
carrying a knobkerrie, which is the To-
cal equivalent of the shillalah, lurched
by. A white man on the platform, TAX
ing q dislike to him, kicked him into
the road and sauntered on. Winton's
heart warmed toward his Caucasian
brother. He accosted him.
"Will you kindly tell me where the
coach Office Isl" he asked.
"Just arrived up-country and bound
for Malopo," answered the white man,
not in question, but az the result of
his analysis of WintOn.
He took him by the arm and pointed
up the principal street.
you'll find Zelden's hotel right at
the end" he said. you can't miss it.
It's by the garbage heap. He wants q
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10

pound a day, but you a beat him
down to five pounds a week. Better
get your board by the week."
"Why?" Injured Winton.
Because you won't start for Malopo
under a week, unless you hoof it or
60 by aryoplane."
"Travel pretty brisk?' asked Win
ton.
Look here, young Teller, If your hair
was a little shorter I'd ask you when
you came off the breakwater. Where
have you been living if you don't know
that men are rushing to Malopo from
Ill parts of the country?"
81 only landed last week." said Win
ton, trying to be diplomatic. HAS
there been a big strike of diamonds
there?"
big strike, Mr.. Van Wrinkle? Oh,
90! Just a middling one. Only a hun
dred thousand pounds worth of stones
taken out since Saturday, excluding the
ninety-fve-carat De Witt pebble
That's nothing to men like US. Ell?
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10

their legs after the tun-utils dffve. IhA
mules, embarrassed, rolled in the dnst
~delightedIy, while their ten successors
came dancing through the corral. The,
were inspanned, the driver cracked bis
whip, and once more the coach vas on
and away. and the post only a fieck
upon the bosom of the sand.
1t was insufferably hot. The whfrling
dust found its way through the crevices
of the window-panes and coated the ia
terror of the coach with white, plaster
ing the sWeat-stained faces of the
travellers. Daddy Seaton still crouched
in his corner, watching De Witt in fas
cinated terror. De Wits mood APP
peared to have changed when he re-
sumed his seat beside Sheila. With
hardly a word to her he settled him
self to sleep, as did the majority OF
the passengers. His body, swaying with
the swaying coach, gravitated now
toward her and now toward the man
next to him, who was himself asleep
his head resting against the glass of the
window; finally, however, De Wits
head fell sideways upon the girls
shoulder, and the nan lay with his
shoulders supported against her body.
Winton saw the same appealing loog
in her eyes. And this time he was
about to intervene, when Sheila ven
tured to protest by a Slight movement
which sent De Wits head back gently
against the padded bac8 Of the coach.
De Witt opened his eyes, looked
round, grinned, and settled himself
again deliberately in the ame posi-
ton. Next moment Winton was stand
ing in front Of him. white with pos
sion.
"Have the goodness to take your
head off that lady's shoulder" ha
demanded.
He "a aware Of a slight commotion
among the other passengers, such as IL
described in published accounts o.
speeches by the parenthetical word
sensation" But the effect OF hth
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per. / have been taking it ever since,
and you can hardly believe how different
l feel. l had just wanted to lie in bed
all the time, and when started to brush
utes. So you know how badly | felt. |
used to go to bed at eight and get up at
seven, still tired. Now | al work all
day and stay up until eleven, and feel
all right all the time. My homework is
all / do in summer, but in winter l work
in q factory. ! have told a good many
of my friends, and / have had three
come to me and tell me they wouldn't
do without the Vegetable Compound"
Mrs. SAMUEL MURPHY, 2l9 Cecil ST.,
Dover, Delaware.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10
HiuhIy EIattered.

The vicar of a parish in the west of
England fell i'll one Saturday afternoon
and a certain famous canon who
happened to be staying in the neigh
borhood consented to conduct the serv-
ices on Sunday.
At the close of evening service the
church wardens assembled in the
vestry to thank him..
Its very kind of you, we'm sure,
sir" said one of them. "a much worser
mar than you would have done for
we, but we couldn't find one."
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10
Diamonds Of Malopo
THE GIRL

SYNOPSIS. - Winton Garrett,
twenty-five and Just out of col
'ege. calls by appointment on
Archie Garrett, his New York
ccusin and executor, to receive
hr inheritance of 500. 900. Ar
chia honest, an easy mark and
a fool for luck, assures Winton
that he is practically a million
aire, as he has invested all but
$4,000 in a rubber plantation in
either the East or West Indies
and in a controlling interest in
the Big Malopo diamond mine,
somewhere or other n South
Africa, sold him as a special fa-
vor oy a Dutch promoter named
De Witt.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10
cuticura Comforts Baby's Skin

When red, rough and itching, by hot
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one of the indispensable Cuticura
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The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10
DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN
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Has Been Proved Safe by Millions.

Warning! Unless you see the name
'Bayer'' on package or en- tablets you
are not getting the genuine Bayer
Aspirin proved safe by millions and
prescribed by physicians for 90 years.
Say "Bayer'' when you buy Aspirin.
limitations may prove dangerous.-Adv.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10
Mo Kissing in South Seas.

Another closeup" finale is being
attacked. The South Sea islands are
often the scene of romantic stories
and scenarios, but a traveller from
there has remarked on the fact that
there are no customs there which in
clude kissing among the savages.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10
Endurance.

First NANNY wife talked four
hours at a stretch yesterday at her
club.
Second Man-That's nothing. Yes
terday at home my wife didn't say a
word for a full five minutes.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10

aSGOneSOmuchgOOd
to me. | had cramps
and faint spells and
bad palms. One
day | was over to my
neighbours house n
she told me | ought
totake LydiaE. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound. Solvent
to the store on my
way home and got a
bottle, and took the
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10
GETTING the Effect.

Mother-What are you shaking your
brother for?
HaroldAWhy, that silly little fellow
took his medicine and forgot to shake
the bottle.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10

If you use Red Cross Ball Blue in
your laundry, you will not be troubled
by those tiny rust spots, often caused
by inferior bluing. Try it and see.
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The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10
"CASCARETS" FOR LIVER
AND BOWELS-10c A BOX

Cures Biliousness, Constipation, Sick
Headache, Indigestion. Drug stores. Adv.
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The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10

The whole merit OF virtue consists
in the practice of virtue.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10
Knew His Numbers.

Knew His Numbers.
Nov, Bobby, how much do six and
four maker"
eleven, sir.'s
"Guess again."
Twelve, nine, thirteen"
"How about ten?"
ooh, you can't mix me up that wayi
Five and five are temp
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10
When Medals Were Unknown.

From the fall of the Roman empire
until the beginning of the Fifteenth
century medals were almost unknown.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10
THIS WOMAN
RELIEVED FROM
SUFFERING
By Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. A Remarkable Story

Dover, Deli wish every woman
would take your wonderfully medicine as it
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10
Man Ever in Need of Aid.

No degree of knowledge attainable
by mar is able to set him above the
wants of hourly observation-disclosures.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10

The possession of a child is the
biggest investment life offers.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10

When You Buy a Plaster
always ask for "Allcock's'-the orig1-
nal and genuine porous plaster-a
standard external remedy.-Adv.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10
Nobody car fight ,he Judge
as Mr.. De Witt is his right
hand man."
(ro BE

Don't make yourself common: the
world only sits up and takes notice Of
the uncommon.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10

starts the liver and bowels acting with
put gripping. Contains no narcotics or
soothing drugs. Say California" to
your druggist and avoid counterfeits
Insist upon genuine california Fig
Syrup which contains directions
Advertisement.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10
A VAN OF INTEGRITY

A physician who reaches out to
benefit humanity leaves a record be-
hind him that is worth while" Such a
man was DR.. r. V. Pierce, founder of
the Invalids Hotel In Buffalo, N. Y.
He was an eminent physician, a lead
ing and honored citizen, known for his
honesty and executive ability. His
study along medical lines, and his
knowledge of the remedial qualities of
herbs and plants led to the discovery of
his wonderful herbal remedy, Doctor
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, the
woman's tonic. which has had the
greatest number of supporters for the
past fifty years. 1t is just the herbal
tonic required if a woman is borne
down by pain and sufferings at regular
or irregular intervals, by nervousness
or dizzy spells, headache or backache.
Favorite Prescription can now be had
in tablet form as well as liquid at most
drug stores.
Send 1Oc for trial sample to DIR. Pierce's
Inyalids Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-01-10
MOTHER! GIVE SICK CHILD
"CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP"
Harmless Laxative for a Bilious,
Constipated Baby or Child.

Constipated, bill
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to take genuine
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1t sweetens the
S t O m a C h a d
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
SESAME CLUB MEETS

OPP, Ala, Feb. 2.-AIiss Mary Ida McDaniel was hostess to the Sesame club at the home of her sister, Mrs. c. ". Misell. at its annual business meet. ing on Tuesday afternoon, January %
 Two musical numbers were given by . quartet. Mrs. T. B. Hubbard, Mrs. J. II. yosey, Mrs. Hosea Myers and Mrs. J. E. King, who sang Annie Laurie and Mrs: c. W. Mizell, who played Grand Polka dc Concert"
 The officers for 1924-25 were elected:
 Mrs. J. c. Foster, president; Mrs. Annie King, vice president; Mrs Byrd Benton, secretary and treasurer Mrs. T. B. Hubbard, critic and parlia- mentarian; Mrs. J. E. King, reporter Mrs. G. c. Pierce, chairman of music
 The prospectus committee is com posed of Mrs. c. W. Mizell, Mrs. B. c. Stewart and Mrs. J. H. Josey.
 Plans were made for an education day program on February 15, when a talk by Mrs. NJ. o. Carroll of Ozark on her recent trip abroad will be the principal feature.
 The federated club members of the town and guests from the neighborins towns will bS invited to share this pleasure.
 At the conclusion of the business q delicious hot plate luncheon was served.
 When the speed of the United States navy transport "Argonne" was retard. cd suddenly without apparent reason during recent voyage, it was discov-
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eight years ago. The growth in that time has been remarkable. An invita- tion to hold the convention here was extended by the Music Study club at the last state meeting one year ago, bift the acceptance of this invitation was only received recently.
 Organ Recital
 Under the auspices of the sacred music committee of the Ensley chap ter of the Music Study club, Mrs. II. J. Cummings, chairmen, an organ re- cital will be given in the Fairfield Baptist church on Sunday afternoon, February 3. Mrs. Beatrice Tate Wright will be organist The solo singers will be Mrs. R. H. Bumgart- ner, soprano; Mrs. J. R. Pratt, con tralto, and Mir. Lawrence Cooper, ten or. Following is the program:
 Prelude (Kargenoff). Hymn of the Nuns" (Lefebre- Weily), Mrs. Wright. Tenor solo, selected. Mir. Lawrence Cooper. Serenade (Schu. bert), nocturne Chopin. Mrs. Wright Duet, "Forever With the Lord" (Gounod), MH. Bumgartner, Mrs. Pratt. Ave Maria" (Schubert), March From Tanhauser" (Wagner), Mrs. Wright.
 Thursday Morning Club Program
 The clubs next morning program will be given on Thursday, February 14. At that time Mir. Lewis Pendle- ton, bass-baritone, who has, recently become an addition to Birmingham's musical circles, will be heard in song recital, assisted by Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, violinist. Miss Mitchell, whose honYe is in Massachusetts, is the guest in this city of her sister, Miss Emma Reid Mitchell, vocalist. Club members are anticipating a mu- sical treat on this occasion.
 Thursday Mornings Program
 On last Thursday morning the club used as it's subject the correlation of Bethoven, Dante and Michael Angelo. Mrs. Charles A. Brown led with a most excellent and comprehensive pa- per, delightfully."- correlating the arts of these famous men in a most able manner. Mrs. c. W. Phillips played with fine expression the first move- ment of the Beethoven Sonata Pa thetic; Mrs. Frances Hunt, Miss Lotta Belden, Misses Abigail Crawford and Margaret Proctor rendered an eight hand arrangement of the Leonore over ture, and Mrs. Herman Rich sang two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
THE MUSIC STUDY CLUB

The musical outlook for Birming- ham during the next two months prom ises a feast of public concerts. In fact there have been more concerts of high order in the city this winter, and more distinguished artists appear ing here, than in any previous sea son. And they have all drawn large audiences. This argues we'll for the growth of musical appreciation in our great industrial city. It also rebounds to the credit of the musical workers who give their time and energies to forward the glorious cause of art and uplift.
 This is what the Birmingham Music Study club stands for-the object of its existence-the furtherance. of mu- sical interests and uplift in Birming- ham, and the study of music in all it's phases. The club is civic or ganization and civic asset. It's ..ac- tive members have been zealous in working toward these ends, giving freely of their time and labor without any financial reward of remuneration.
 Many people do not realize that the artist course is only one of 12 depart ments of the musical activities of the club, viz: Course of study, choral and festival, matinee musicales, extension department, community and sacred music, artists course, altruistic, jfnier, public school music, radio concerts, publicity and printing. The policy of it's artists course is educational, to bring artists of the highest attain ments who are progressing with, the art, who give the thrill of newhess, and render compositions of merit. We are thus enabled to hear those who have just reached the top in the prime of their careers. This applies par ticularly to Onegin. Morini and Fried man this season. The St. Louis Sym phony orchestra enabled us to hear several compositions of merit never before rendered here.
 All of this goes toward development in the appreciation of the higher forms of music. In it's junior and juvenile sections the club is reaping real fru- itiop in its educa tional efforts. Of the benefits accomplished by the clubs al- truistic work the half has not been told, nor does it seek to advertise this.
 The cooperation of the music houses of the city with the club in all of its endeavors is acknowledged and sin cerely appreciated.
 State Convention
 The state convention of the Fedora tion of Music Clubs will be held in Birmingham during the first week in April, and plans are being rapidly formulated for the entertainment of the delegates and the business meet ings. Birmingham feels a particular pride in welcoming the federation at this time, as it has not convened here since the occasion of its organization,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03

idea of putting the bride and groom into a skit and she wrote "Eloping'' as a vehicle for herself and Wilfred Berrick.
 MT. Berrick ands Miss Hart are dialogists of high repute, as well as clever singers and. dancers.
 The added attraction brings a touch of novelty to the bill. Zelda Santley, Little Miss Everybody" provides the novelty in her impersonations and i'm pressions of noted stage celebrities, with songs and bits of dialogue.
 The special feature is dancing act. Percy Oakes and Pamela Delour, with Jane Moore, put on dancing nHmber that is said to be in a class all by itself when it comes to grace and pep and action.
 Rounding out the bill are the Bow man Brothers, '"The Bluegrass Boys." and Larimer and Hudson, bicylcists. who are said to do things entirely out of the ordinary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
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Reduce. reduce. reduce. is the slogan of ell fat people. Get thin. be slim. is the cry of fashion and society. And the over. fat wiring their hands m modification and hslplessnsss; rsvolting at nauseating drugs. afraid of violent exercise. dread. ing the unwsleoms and unsatisfying diet until they hit upon the harmless Marmola Prescription and learn through it that they may safely reduce steadily and easily without one change in their mode of life. but harsnlsssly, secretly. and quickly reaching their ideal of figure, with a .rnoothsS skin. better appetite and health than they have ever known. And now comes Marmola Prescription Tablets from the same famously harmless formula as the Msrmola Prescription, It behooves you to learn the satisfactory, beneficial effects of this great. safe. fat reducsr by giving to your druggist one dollar for .. box: or sending like amount to the Maruaola. Company, 4e12 Woodward Avenue. Detroit. Mich, with s request that they mail to you . box of Marmola Prescription Tablets.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
GOOD MORNING,
 DEARE,' MONDAY
New York Musical Comedy Hit Opens At Jefferson Theatre
 Tomorrow Evening

"Good Morning Dearie,~ the rollick- ins musical comedy with the cheery title, will be at the Jefferson Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, with mati. nee also on Wednesday apd theater- goers will no doubt keep thu box ohice busy with money and mail orders.
 Remember 'The Red Mill, Tip Top" "The Night Boat" and Chin Chin?" All of these are the handiwork of Anne Caldwell, author of Good
 Jerome Kern has written the music, which includes such famous song hits "Ka-Lu-As and "Blue Danube Blues and compares favorably with his score for Sally" in fact Mir. Kern calls "Good Morning Dearie" the big sister of Sally"
 "Good Morning Dearie" is said to have one of the gayest and prettiest choruses on record. In addition to the flock of fappers there are the sensa- tional English dancers, the Sunbeam Girls" Even the thrill-proof are said to perk up when the Sunbeam squadron flashes on the stage.
 Good Morning Dearie'' even boasts plot, for Anne Caldwell has woven her story around a melodramatic situa- tion which bears a close relation to the Cinderella theme, only 1t is moderhized. The story tells of the love of young clubman for little shop girl, with an contemplating burglar for a hated rival.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
VIVID SCENE IN
 ANNA CHRISTIE
Screen Adaptation Of Stage Play With Blanche Sweet Is
 Strong Film

In all the history of motion pictures, no mishtier scene ever has been screen. cd than the "crux" scene of "Anno Christie" Thomas Fl. Ince's latest pic ture offering. which will be shown at the Trianon theatre next week. Adapt ed from Eugene ONeill's successful stage play, the scene has been filmed with even more daring than marked the stage offering. It portrays . girl, deserted in childhood by her father, who thinks he Is helping her by send. ing her far from the infleunce of the sea which he fears, trapped into a confession of the life into which her fathers spurning of responsibility forced her.
 When she tells her father, who thinks her . lovely Madona, and her sweetheart, who has fallen in love with her because she is the first decent woman he ever has known," just what she has been, the scene works up to . dramatic fury almost unbearable in Its intensity, Blanche Sweet, George Marion and William Russel are the actors in the powerful sequencA.
 The choice of the cast for "Anns Christie" presented one of the biggest problems which has confronted Thee in fourteen years of active production work. Three players had to be selected who could carry the exacting burden of three tensely dramtic roles. Unless every one of them fitted" the picture was doomed to failure before it left the cutting room.
 But the casting of "Anna Christie and its magnificent presentation stand out as one of the great triumphs of the screen world. The picture. is unique in many ways. In emotional appeal 1t has never been equaled.