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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-01
ALABAMA COAL IS IN GREAT DEMAND Market is Given a Decided
 Impetus MUCH GOES TO MEXICO Low Water in Ohio River Cuts Off the Pittsbure Product From New
 Orleans and the Gulf
 Coast.
MUCH GOES TO MEXICO

The cold weather, together with the fact that low water in the Ohio river prevents much movement of coal from Pittsburg trade in Alabama.
 The removal of the quarantine in Mexico also makes the shipment of coal, both dol mestic and steam, extraordinarily heavy from Pensacola and New Orleans.
 Great Demand.
 The demand for the Alabama product has been so great that 1t has been all most impossible to meet 1t and the fact that the railroads are refusing to allow their cars to leave their respective tracks is impeding transportation. It was stat ed yesterday that only about 55,OOO tons have gone down the river to New Orleans and that amount is not nearly adequate to meet the demand there,
 Consequently, every effort is being made to secure coal from Alabama. The cold weather also affects the quantities of steam coal. Furnaces and engines need at least twenty-five per cent more fuel In cold weather thus creating a further demand which taxes the railroads still further and stimulates the industry at this time of the year.
 Mexican Trade.
 The raising of the quarantine in Mexico admits of vessels making two trips where they have previously been making only one. consequently greater demand has been made for coal since October 15 than for some time previous and this requires much of the product to be dispatched to Pensacola and New Orleans.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-12

New York Evening Post.
The pomander, which was so highly
esteemed by our great-grandmothers, has
again come into fashion. 1t consists of a
ball of sweet-smelling herbs well pounded
and inclosed in a perforated gold or silver
case, and may be worn on one of the pretty
jeweled chains which nowadays no self
respecting woman would be without, or de-
pending from chatelaine or bracelet. In
the days of the plague pomanders were
made of special herbs, which the doctors
considered disinfectant, such as feverfew,
mugwort and hayweed. These were
stepped in stale ale. For typhus cinnamon
and oil of valerian were recommended to
be worn against the skin.
In old world gardens every variety OF
herb was to be found, many of them for
medicinal use; also plants from which per-
fumes could be distilled. An especial IA
vorite was the red bergamot, Whit OF
which takes us back to the days of hoops
and powder and sacques and clouded canes
when fine ladies and even finer gentlemen
shook out their lace-trimmed, bergamot-
scented handkerchiefs, the graceful per-
formance of which act was regarded as
almost as great an art as taking pinch
of snuff with due elegance. Woodruffe
with it's smell of new-mown hay, is pre-
ventive against moth and mice, and is still
largely used for that purpose in country
places where it grows.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-12

water. corked. sealed and put away for a
month, after which il was ready for use
IL was applied at night to the roots OF her
hair with brush to stimulate and fnv1g-
crate the roots. She used to say that IL was
certain preventive and cure for premature
grayness. For a hair tonic she would take
large bunch of rosemary from the garden
which she also made into tea, very strong,
and TO quart she would add an ounce of
recipe for causing the hair to grow. And
she would brush her eyebrows briskly with
the same brush. Probably that accounted
for her beautiful thick dark eyebrows.
she kept an erect and graceful carriage
by practicing balancing a basket on her
head for fifteen minutes each morning and
the same period at night She used fairly
large lightweight basket with some cloth
sewed over the bottom to prevent the cane
tearing the hair. If any of you will try
this you will find how erect and steadily
falling.
But buttermilk was not her only emol-
lient for sunburn. Maydew was another
of the old-world remedies she used for
freckles. Try ii, some of you. Any one
who will rise early and go to the garden
regularly and sweep her hand through the
wet grass and battle her face, letting the
dew dry on, each morning throughout the
month of May may rest assured. so the old
lady said, of skin without a freckle to
mar its beauty for the rest of the year.
You might try some of these things.
Country girls In England still practice
them, and any one there can see the result"
I'm afraid we can't my dear" said the
woman who had wanted to know. We'll
have to get along with the beauty parlors.
This is New York.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-12
The Perennial Shirtwaist.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
The contemplated banishment of the shirt
waist is not to be taken seriously, for
dressmakers cannot wither or fashion stale
the charms of this garment. The 'panier."
"polonaise'' and princess" may have their
day. but the shirtwaist is for all times
and all places. The reason for this per-
manency may be found in the fact that the
shirtwaist exemplifies the law of the sur
vival of the fittest; 1t is a high step in the
evolution of dress and the result of nat
ural process of selection. 1t came In with
the new woman with the advanced fem
mime ideals and the emancipation of the
SEX" and is no more to be ignored than
are the mental and moral qualities Ii SYM
bolizes. 1t might also be said that 1t is
the one feminine garment that has excited
masculine envy. Men have pitied women
In their bondage to skirts, but the coatless
coolness of the shirtwaist has goaded them
to an emulation that has resulted In
nothing but disappointment and, what In
mans eyes is worse, unbecomingness. The
shirt-waisted, short-skirted woman may
feel herself more cool-headed than the man
who is condemned to wool wearing even In
has come to stay, and, though time may
bring about variations in it's style and
cut in some form or other, Ii Will continue
to be recognized as the garment OF femi-
nine freedom.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-12
copyright 1903. by Robert Howard RussellI

Wise Boys who trade in Produce and Man.
ufactured Staples"
Accordingly the Young Fellow put In an
application with a large Wholesale Con-
Germ. The High Guy called him in and gave
him a Talk
IF you are Strong and Willing. we can
start you at $3.50 per Week. juggling
Boxes" said the Manager. I'm ten Years
or so you will be moved up into the book
keeping Department. where you can get
$50 Month. just like finding IT, Before
you decide upon a Mercantile Career. may
as well warn you that IS per cent. OF those
who go into Business eventually blow up
and the other 5 per cent. compromise with
the Trust and get what they can. The ex-
perienced Kid without Capital who tries TO
get a Hammer-Lock on these air-tight
Combinations has about as much chance as
a Chicken at Camp Meeting. II you wish
TO sit on a High Stool so long that you
grow fast to II and then. at the wind-Up,
get a Floral Pillow from your Fellow-Em-
pioyes. come and join our Happy Band.
But IL you are Foxy. cut out the Mercan-
tile Act and try some Enterprise In which
you will have a Show TO pull out some
thing for yourself"
BY this time the Assets had shriveled to
about $50, and ii was up TO the ambitious
Stripping TO get Payroll or else begin
the systematic Touch.
Journalism looked very good TO him, be-
cause it seemed to require neither Expert
ence nor Funds, and he could mold Public
Opinion without Joining the Molders' Union.
An Old-Timer in the Business steered him
away.
Don't start into this Life" he said. Its
only Treadmill, and. after your Legs give
out you are dropped down the Dark Chute.
Besides, your Collegiate Training units you
to help out on the Comic Supplement An
other thing. the longer you daily with Jour-
nalism the less you know about IT, The
best Way in which to direct a Newspaper
is to stay away from the Office and write
Letters TO the Editor"
The poor Youth had just about played
his whole String. when he happened 10
think of the Stage. He was Good-Looker
and knew how to wear Clothes and had
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-12

Clothes all of the Time and get the Coin
without working too hard for ii.
His Idea of a dignified Snap was to sit in
a small Office about three hours every Day
and have the Public come in and pass
Money to him. The Medical Game struck
him as being about the softest Proposition
of all.
He thought that all Doc had to do was to
lead the Mark into the Chamber of Hor-
rors where they have the Skulls and the
Butcher Knives. look him over. ask few
Questions, tell him to stop Smoking and
then tap him for v.
So the hopeful Graduate went 10 the old
Family Physician for a few Tips.
The antique Medicine Man threw a Back
Twister when ne heard of the Boys Inten-
tions.
"Any one who tackles the Aesculapian
Stunt is a vitrified Mutt" said his Whis-
kers. ''If you must earn your living, be a
Porch-Climber or Short Change Man. We
now have in this Country four Medical De-
grees to every case of Tonsilitis. Most of
us are kept so close to the, Carpet that we
have to buy last years Magazines to put
in the Waiting Room. II Patient dies,
all of his Friends say that you helped to
push him off, so they undermine your Prac-
tice and begin to plug for Christian Science.
If he gets well, he gives you the Laugh
and you have to go after him with Con-
stable. If you acquire a Reputation, they
work the Night-Bell on you, and if you ar
range a Dinner Party it's Cinch that
some Old Lady three miles away will ring
in an Epileptic Fit and crab your whole
Evening Nix the Materia Medica! Turn
back before ii is too late
Thereupon the Collegian bethought him
of the Law. So he went to old Judge
Caveat and said he wanted to start right
in Reading.
''If you can dispense with Eating for the
next Is Years, come and join our noble
Profession" said the Judge. IF you have
got into the Food Habit, however and feel
that you may need Clothes now and then
take my Advice and duck. It's getting SC
that one can't drop Brick out of Win
dow without hitting at least three Lawyers
| The only ones who land are those that sell
their Immortal Souls to the Corporations
and they get roasted so hard that they
can't be elected anything except United
| States Senators. The Legal Profession is
a Lottery in which there are 999 Blanks to
| every Prize, and the one who gets the Prize
usually draws case of Nervous Dyspepsia
with it and has to live on Cereal Food. II
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-12
Things a Woman Can Do.

She can hold her tongue.
She can be sure of her facts before say
ing, I'm just positive as can be-
She can say, 1T was very warm to-day"
instead of, "Oh, it frightfully hot
nearly died."
She can admire another woman's stylish
bonnet without signing, II wish 1t were
mine."
She can conquer her husband by chiding
him when he Is in a lamb-like humor.
She can use the metric system in cook
ing instead of 'teaspoonfus."
"proteids" instead of irrationally giving
She can shut her lips tight when she's
lust as mad as she can be-
She can surprise her husband by present.
ing him with so saved from the housekeep-
ing without Immediately asking for. a SOS
coat.
She can love and not be jealous.
She can reason: yes, indeed she can.
She can separate business and feeling
She can regard things and people from
dispaSsionate, impersonal standpoint-a
really truly one.
She can cultivate her mind without af-
fecting a drawl or neglecting her personal
appearance.
She can loyalty refrain from speaking i'll
of any other woman.
She can love her children and not talk
baby talk to them.
OF course she doesn't very often do these
things, but she can just the same If she
wants to.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-12
Simplicity Needed.

New York Tribune.
Many a woman would enjoy being SIM
pier If she only knew how. Having been
brought up on do the duty that lies near
est to YOU and Never put off till to-mor-
row. etc, she is mentally incapable of let
ting things-anything-go. She must be
about her own business or some other per-
sons business or she will not feel comfort
able. That is why she tries to include in
her own little life mothers congresses,
home sanitation, Browning classes, child
study, hygienic cooking, the chemistry Of
foods, teas. morning bridge, the civic club
and all the other uplifting and dutiful
things she can think Of 1t takes consid-
erable resolution not be drawn into the vor-
tex-one must be either in ii or else out of
il. In the matter of dust-collecting bric-a-
brac, however, it ought to be comparative
ly easy to please Mr.. Chubb, for one can
lay violent hands on ones "Old blue" or
ones collection of samplers or colonial sill
yer coffee pots, with much less difficulty
than ii takes TO down the mothers clubs,
for instance. woman who will take her
courage in both hands can in one morning
make complete clearance In a house. The
real difficulty would begin in removing
those objects which had dear, undying as
sociations. The vases that other people Sc
lected for her Christmas presents, the pin
trays, table covers, letter racks, burnt
wood trays, etc, that represented the in
teilectual or affectional life of others.
might go; but the objects that mark her
own experiences, travels, discoveries-these
are not easy to Danish.
One woman who has a house crowded
with mementoes of her parents and SOU
venirs of her own travels has hit on a
serviceable method She gives her bric-a-
brac turns. That is to say, keeps a statu-
ette or vase out for a few weeks, then puts
1t away and replaces it by some new article
from her trunk closet. In this way
there Is always something fresh to see, and
she herself does not get tired of her orna-
ments, as one too often does. Best of all,
perhaps, her house, though free from petty
the imagination.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-12

made terrific Hits in Amateur Productions
The hardened Manager to whom he sent
his Card handed him a Cake OF Ice weigh
ing 300 Pounds.
1.-The Trouble with you is that you have
been attending the University instead OF
working on a Spring-Board. so as to do the
Double Flip-Flops," said the Rag-time I'm
presaric "You are next to the Greek Verb.
all right, but you are shy on Buck-and-
Wing Steps, and can't see that you have
a Chance in a Million. / suppose you have
studied Shakespeare. IL so. you may posi-
bly, hook up with a fiy-by-night Organiza-
ton. The Legitimate Drama is now being
played at the whistling Posts and Water
Tanks, but not in the great Thought Gen.
ters. II your Voice had been cultivated in
Europe / think / could fix IL for you to
carry Spear. but as you have not suffi-
cient Talent to get you into the Chorus,
/ suggest that you go down and play the
Stock Market"
Here was an Inspira tion- He would go
and find Employment in a Brokers Of
fee and study the Quotations and gradually
pike into the World of Speculation. He
sought out pious old Gambler who had
made Ton OF Money by never doing what
he let on he was going TO do. The veteran
Ffnancier would not be a Party to the ruin
alton of any Good Young Man.
Keep away from the Market" he said.
.'AlI those who play the Ticker get the
Solar Plexus Punch sooner or later. This
Speculation is very demoralizing. IL has
demoralized every one except me. al
ways warn Young Men 10 buy nothing on
Margins. Buy IT outright. You can do this
easily after you've earned the first Million
or two as a Stenographer."
There doesn't seem to be any safe OPEN
ing for an eager Soul with University
Training" said the Graduate.
81 might give you Hunch. on the Q. T.,
said the Old Gentleman. Those who are
very Bright often marry into the families
of the vulgar Rich. thus acquiring the
Means to go Abroad and study Art and
at the same time throw the Hooks into
their Native Land"
'I'I tackle Matrimony.' said the Col
legian. THAT appears TO be the only Field
that is not overcrowded."
Moral: Every Man knocks his own Line
OF Work and sticks TO IL like Glue.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-12
A Bit of Common Sense.

Brooklyn Eagle.
Elsie De Wolfe may not be a great act
ress, but she has earned the gratitude of
everybody, save the DOCTORS by advocating
the short skirt for women in business. Miss
De Wolfe is supposed by the press agent
to be an authority on fashion, and II she
can help the vogue of dresses which
clear the street she will have done so much
good that she is fairly entitled to the free
advertising-like this-which she gets out
of II. She is said to have posted on her call
board a rule that all the women of her COM
pany shall go to the theater in short skirts.
In explanation she said she was forced
to adopt such rule when her company was
on the road TO protect the health OF her act
resses; that railroad stations, sidewalks and
theaters in small towns were so dirty that
not until she established the reign of short
skirts were the members Of the company
to be depended upon. The actress added
that the only woman who had any business
to wear long skirt on the street was the
one who rode in her carriage; that is the
woman who has no business and so is priv
ileged to humor her whims. The women
who ride in carriages here a minority
that do not count. so far street fashions
go. The long skirt, which was made for
them in Paris, is adopted here by women
who must walk or ride in street cars, under
the impression that when they wear car
riage dresses people cannot tell them from
women who have carriages. After they
have worn their long skirts about twice on
the street the distinction Is clear to the
most unobservant. After gown has been
trailed through the mud for a fortnight
the sense of smell reveals the fact that. If
it was made for a carriage. it never saw
the inside of one. The long skirt in this
country is silly affectation: Perhaps it
has some subtle connection with the notion
that, because the American woman who
walks is lust as good as the one who
rides. she ought to wear the same clothes.
G. r1Gth xrr(ry tcrhf rtrrff IL hn
women who have plenty of places for their
trained gowns would keep them carefully
off the street, perhaps their sisters for
whom the big stores are their chief parade
ground would follow the good example.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-12
About Sweetbreads.

What To Eat.
Although we speak of sweetbreads as a
pair, in reality there is but one sweetbread,
consisting of two parts connected by a
short membrane. The round, compact part
is called the heart sweetbread, because 1t
is situated nearer the heart; it is much
better than the other or elongated part
which, from it's position below the throat.
is known as the throat sweetbread. These
glands are of unknown function and are
found only in young calves or lambs They
are prenatally developed and disappear
gradually as the animal changes from milk
to a grass diet. Lamb sweetbreads are not
considered in cookery, but veal sweetbreads
are a delicious delicacy, greatly esteemed
They are easily prepared and In combina-
tion with other things may be presented
in many pleasing and appetizing ways. For
invalid cookery they are invaluable because
so dainty and easily digested. Sweetbreads
are most plentiful and cheap during the
spring and summer. but they are obtain
able during all seasons.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-12

cause they are specially fitted for II. but
look for job. and often take the first place
that is offered. What chance is there OF
its fitting them or Of their being adapted
TO It? What chance is there. when answer
ing an advertisement OF Boy Wanted. or
going from door 10 door, Of a boys fnding
a place that will bring into play the pc
culiar faculties God has given him?
The job boy secures by chance may be
work that every faculty OF his being VIII
rebel against, and yet from uncertainty OF
other work. he must keep the job until IL
becomes second nature TO him, and he
gradually drifts into IL as ufe-work.
Such Is the history of toiling thousands
forced 10 stife both inward longings Tor
loved activities. and disgust at Imposed
conditions with the thought OF pressing ne
cessities. of hardship TO loved ones sure
to come IL the steps on the treadmill are
allowed TO falter. Faculties meant for use
shrivel and atrophy. and those the workers
are compelled 10 exert from lack or JOY
and spontaneity In the work, become ma
chine-like, doing just what Ia required to
insure the weekly wages
The boy who drifts into an occupation
for which he In untitled IL innocentiy COM
mitting murder upon the highest and best
in himself He IL a suicide galvanized tnto
capacity for toll by necessity.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-12

Sweetening tea with rock candy instead
of sugar is a late fad
Do not keep vinegar in stone jug, for
the acid may affect the glazing and be rem
dered unwholesome. A glass bottle is the
best vinegar receptacle.
1t is again to be what is called mil
liners season., when, II she likes, the
customer can select her braid and have her
hat handmade into any shape she may
prefer.
Hip and bodice yoke effects grow in fa-
for. and will prove special features of many
of the spring and summer gowns. as they
offer many combinations in silk, silk and
wool, linen. and fine cotton materials.
To wash a hair brush dip it in water con-
tanning a strong solution of washing soda.
Rinse twice, first in clear water, then in
weak alum water, which stiffens the bris-
ties. Dry in the sun. With little care
the brush can be washed without getting
the back wet.
A model ''rose-petal" gown is Of rose
tinted satin bordered with ruche of
chiffon and yellow rose leaves deepening
into pink, and draped with yellow chiffon
sprinkled with minute gold spangles. With
this are boa Of chiffon and rose petals,
and spangled rose-satin Empire fan.
Twenty motions with each arm is the
rule. with ten to begin with. in gymnastic
exercises. A quick sponge bath should fol-
low athletics. IL possible. but don't give up
the bath. Make liberal use of the Turkish
towels brisk rub may occasionally be
substituted for the bath
Briar, feather, fagot and simple stem
stitching, in black, white and delicateIy
colored silks. is used in numberless effec-
tive ways on skirt fiounces. seams, bands,
and tucked and box-plafted wa;sts, or cos
tunes made of linen lawn. batiste India
null and similar transparent materials as
well as on liberty satins. foulards, taf-
fetas and soft summer silks.
The old-time pieced cotton quilt Is In
| creasingly popular. especially for ma
| hogany beds-old-timers. or merely made in
the old designs. The genuine old quilts
bring high prices, and few women would
| care TO go to the pains OF quilting by hand
even the simple patterns They can. how
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-04-12
Professional Escorts.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune
Since we fund long ago all the new
fields for women there is nothing left for
those who love research in a similar di-
rection TO do but to discover new profess
sions or trades for men. The latest find in
this line is that a professional escort may
possibly become desirable and important
factor in society. Probably the perception
of this possibility had it's source in mind
which was turning on the subject OF the
great and growing number of women of a
single minded sort there are in modern So
ciety and the compassionate reflections that
ii must be unpleasant for them to go about
without male escorts. OF course only
women of means could afford TO employ a
professional escort, or perhaps half dozen
of them might on a pinch club together
and secure the services of such factotum
IL IL were found absolutely necessary to
have a man about.
So far as buying male attendants goes
we can't see that IL is one whit more ridicu-
lous than buying a husband. So much for
that view Of the case. Speaking from
quite another, that say OF staid Bos-
tonian, we can't see what on earth the
women OF this day and generation need of
such an circumference as a professional
escort. You can't go to any sort of respec-
table place by night or day In these times
that you don't see women unattended and
having as enjoyable a time as anyone
present. You don't suppose, do you. that
women can be meditating a visit to places