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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
To Appear We'll Gowned.

Use hairpins-visible, invisible and all kinds.
 Wear a net or thin veil to keep in vag- rant locks.
 Cleanse your face with cream every night before going to bed.
 Keep your shoes polished and don't allow the heels to become run over.
 Wear immaculate neckwear, a clean shirtwaist and gloves without holes.
 Don't allow the public glinlpses of a soiled white skirt or a shredded silk One.s
 Don't display a hole in your stocking right above your heel when you hold up your dress.
 Don't go around with soiled nails or nails that are as yindictively long as a mandarin's.
 Don't wear your collar pins awry, and don't forget to sew on missing buttons. Don't wear veil with a slit across the face, and don't wear one at all un- less you can adjust it neatly.
 But, above all, look at your back in the glass before you start out; just remember that the punishment of Lots wife does not await you if you do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01

bookcase, over the desk, on the bureau and in the travelling bag.
 He rivals the popularity of the jig-saw puzzle When you are not patching pug zles you are buying or borrowing new Billiken.
 The statues are now loaned for 100 years at a penny a year This is the new fad. This includes Blliken's throne and also the luck he brings.
 The first pennies must be righteously paid, or your luck is gone. You mustn't give Billiken to anybody. You must loan him at interest. So everybody is do- ing t&fs a fad of the year
 If a Billiken is sold it is by hard hearted money -grubbing shop. After this Billiken Is owned or loaned.
 "Billken," you must know, is the "god of things as they ought to be- (with apologies to MT. Kipling). and he will help you to see things right and give you the power to do them.
 One of his best notices is :"Grin and begin to win"
 If anybody can keep from grinning when gazing upon the grin of Billiken one must have a sour soul, indeedI
 Get you a Billil1en right away, if you don't already possess one of these funny little statues
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
Eve Up-to-Date.

The sheath gown--tou jours the sheath! Day gowns, evening gowns, street gowns. reception gowns--tou jours the sheath! Modified, of course, but the clinging, soft, slashed kinds, nevertheless.
 Slender, long, straight lines, the der nier cri of the modish--no bust. no hips no curves-just broom stick effects are desirable There is no chance nowadays for the poor man in the Kreutzer Sonata who fell in love with a large buxom lass-only to find that most of her was imitation-for the sheath shows one as she is and not what she seems to be-
 Unless one is svelte the sheath gown is a positive menace. To the larger wom- and 1t means ''banting' and working harder than does any little grisette em- played in an atelier in the Rue de la Paix
 Says the woroan with her 16o pounds of avoirdupois
 'I am walking miles and miles each day reducing-so that l may be able to squeeze into my new sheath gown!'
 Why? Why?'' inquiries the irate hus- band. "all this foolishncss? Like Mrs. Joe Gargerty, you are fine figure of a woman You are fair. fat, but not 40. and there are those as admire you. Why such unnecessary work?''
 To which bandnage she answere with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
Horses and Fine Trappings.

Never was there a time when there was greater interest taken in good horses and fine trappings. With the gen. eral use and popularity of the automobile it was feared that the horse would be relegated to the background, not only for utilization purposes, but as a means of pleasure as well. Time, however. has ad- justed the situation, and the horse and machine are rivals no longer, for each has found it's proper niche A good horse and well-appointed brougham are now considered much more exclusive for mi lady's use than even her smart little elec- tric runabout or luxurious touring car
 The fall season has brought out some striking novelties in the line of new ve- hicles and conveyances. Reading in a well-known Gotham newspaper recently I was struck with a description of most unique arrangement, tandem and cart the appearance of which caused a posi- tive sensation. It came from West Fifty sixth street-that region of palatial stables and threaded it's way up Seventh avenue to the park. The horses were thoroughbreds. jet black and perfectly matched, while the high cart harness and reins were of pure white Under the cart ran a spotted black and white carriage dog Nothing more striking has been seen in some time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
Wives and Mothers
Save the Loved Ones From Drink Evil by Using Orrine-Cure Effected or Money Refunded-Can
 Be Given Secretly.

If your husband or son has fallen a victim to the drink habit, stop pleading, scolding and crying. Use Orrine, which is recommended by thousands of leading druggists throughout the country be- cause they know the good 1t has ac- complsh ed.
 Hundreds of letters attest to the re- markable cures made by Orrine. Polk Miller Drug Co., of Richmond, Va.. writes: Mothers and sisters have told us of husbands and brothers who since they were given Orrine in most cases without their know1dge seem to have lost all desire for drink. Thus your preparation has brought much comfort and happiness to once desolate homes."
 This successful remedy can be given secretly if desired, using Orrine No. 1, or the patient can take it of his own free will, using Orrine No. 2. Either form destroys the desire for strong drink and builds up the bodily health, making the user strong and well, man in every sense of the word. Write for free pamphlet on cure of alcoholism to the Orrine Co.,, Washington, D. c. Sent in plain sealed envelope.
 The regular price of Orrine is $1 a box. There is no risk in buying Orrine as there Is guarantee in every box which entities you to a refund of your money if Orrine fails to effect cure. Orrine is for sale by Jacobs Pharmacy in Birmingham, and Fulton Bros. in Bessemer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
Woman.

Adelaide France, in the Garden of
 Epicurus."
 What constitutes society? Woman: she is it's sovereign arbitress; it exists for her, and for her exclusively. But woman forms the great educating influence for man; she it is trains him in the gifts that charm-courtesy, discretion, and the pride that shudders to be self-assertive. She it is teaches a few the art of pleas- ing, and all the useful art of not dis pleasing. From her we learn the lesson that human society Is more complex and more delicately adjusted than is gen erally suspected by the politicians of the cafes. Last, but not least, it is she brings home to us the great truth that the ideals of sentiment and the visions of faith are invincible forces, and that it is by no means reason that governs human kind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
The Brewing of Tea.

This is an art that every woman should know, but not all do On an English sampler appears a small kettle boiling and a tiny cup and saucer with these words:
 Kettle must boil. teapot be hot,
 Or good tea cannot be got
 While another old jingle runs
 Unless the kettle boiling B,
 Filling the teapot spells the IT. Here is the proper way to make tea, as approved by English experts
 l. Take fresh cold water (coft water is better than hard).
 2. Bring it to 8 bubbling boil and let it so continue for several minutes. 3. Use one teaspoonful tea for each cup of water required.
 4. Use a porcelain or china pot. ,. Pour the furiously boiling water over the tea leaves and let steep for not less than five nor more than seven minutes. 6. Pour off into another heated porcelain or china vessel, and do not use the dis cartsd leaves again. By adhering to these rules most delightful tonic may be had, and one which will not harm the normal person.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01

1 increased determination, as to her pur- l pose of losing flesh.
 But we leave this-the fashion is the sheath.
 In the first place the lovely lingerie of heretofore must be abandoned. For the elose-ftting, clinging skirt of the present, the ruffled, generous kind, must give place to the close-titting culottes of silk or satin to match the gowns and to offer the least resistance to it's cling ing to the figure. Then the gownl Oh, what art of the French couturiers! First there is an underslxirt made very scant and tackled in the middle to form. actual ly, pair of trousers. This fin turn is at- tached to a second petticoat almost as slim as the first and gives the close, clinging effect, modelling the limbs and outlining every movement. Daring, yes, but for the a-fashionables-those who would be tout a fait Parsenne, quite the thing.
 As a matter of fact sumptuary laws should be revived, insisting that wom- en's costume should be governed by their avoirdupois. For instance, women of good figure could dress in Empire style. Very thin women would have to wear "aes- thetic" creations which cover a multi tude of sins-of omission. Danes who err through plentitude would wear Tit ianesque costumes.
 MT. Phillip Hale. discussing womens dress from an artists viewpoint, says that our much beloved shirt waist should be ruled cut of the sartorial world.
 Imagine says Mir Hale, If you pos sibly can, a painting by Glorgione or by Watteau with shirt-waisted figures wandering therein. It's unthnkable The shirt waist cuts the body-coloristic- ally speaking-into halves and desFoys those long slithery lines which, I'm told, are all the style this autumn
 A well known theatrical manager in the east is said to have read the de- scriptions of the sheath gown with in ward misgiyings and outward murmur- lngs
 They'll be falling all over the house now and stopping the performance,' ne growleu T know what it means for fat women to have to look slim. They draw their stays tco tight and then over they go when no one is expecting them to and create rumpus in the big scene and make the star raging mad and cause a whole lot of other people to lose their lines while they are carried out and restored with burned feathers. There should be law to prevent any woman who wears tight stays going to the theatre, that's what there should"
 Physicians are beginning to talk about the probable i'll effects of the sheath gown. artists say that it is distinctly in- artistic, the elderly ladies say it is im- proper and the surly bachelor calls 1t a sign of degredation.
 Whatever It's vices 1t at least has the virtue of making conversation and copy"
 Meanwhile the dressmakers, clever women, are saying nothing, but are just saving wood.
 Their little assistants are threading needles and adjusting thimbles sewing on these froclSs, which, we are told, make all women look like sylphs and all sylphs look like angels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
Youngsters and Dirt.

Youngsters can get dirtier and look worse just as they can be cleaner and prettier than any other creatures. This was evidenced by an instance recently on the street car that was laughable and yet pathetic. A large stout woman, who looked as exhausted (after she had run to catch the car) as if she had just finished a Marathon race, pulling a small boy about years old after her, boarded the aforesaid car. The youngster had fal- len down, trying to keep apace with his mother, and his little face was all cov- cred with dirt
 Tn order to soothe him the mother gave him a ginger cookie, which he began to eat, still trying to cry and with big tears rolling through channels of dirt. The mix ture of dirt, tears and crumbs of cake, with which he soon covered his face plen- tifully, was a combination which was as thoroughly unique and amusing as any, thing l have ever seen.
 However, the youngster soon recovered his equanmity and did not seem to mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
Dolly's Answers to Core
 spondents.

''LITERATI.'-1t has never been fully settled in the minds of scholars whether Caesar should have crossed the Rubicon, although it is an established fact that it was the only way to get to the other side.
 THRIFTY. ."-Black paint. carefully applied with a soft brush, will remove all traces of red or yellow stains from deli cate fabrics, without injury to the brush "TOTTIE."-When the cat is fretful feed her the canary. It won't hurt Tabby, but alas! for the warbler
 
 HOUSEWIFE. best way to catch mice is to give a cheese party. This is an excellent suggestion. Kindly let be know if it is successful.
 'PERoXIDE. No, all blondes are not lighted. Some are merely foolish
 sINQUIRER''-T make old shoes seem like new, put three or four felt insoles in each shoe and try to walk in them.
 AY-SEED. "-The best way to enjoy the skyscraping architecture of the city, during your visit, is to stand in the mid ole of the street. This affords not only
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
With Apologies to Mir. Kipling

(From Dolly Dalrymple) A woman there was and she wrote for the press
 Gwen as you and D She wrote about people and gardens and dress, And on the art of cooking she laid much stress, But she never did hers that way I guess
 (Neither did you and D. Oh the hours we spent and the flour we spent. And the sugar and butter and pans. To copy a woman who never had cooked, And now we know she never could cook And did not understand. A woman there was and she wrote on the square
 Gwen as you and Il About "puffs' and "curls" and rats" for the hair And on the various ways of making one fair, And the proper methods to acquire "an air
 Gwen as you and D. Oh. the days we worked and the ways we worked With rogue and powder and paint In trying to be pretty and learning to faint, And being most everything but what we " aint'
 Gwen as you and D. A woman there was and she found it no fun
 Gwen as you and n To write recipes when she never tried one; To write about children-of course she had none; To write about things she never had done
 (Any more than you or D. Oh, it isn't the toll and it isn't the spoil That brings the tears to ones face; It's having it said she never knew beans This poor little woman who had never cooked beans, And was writing to fill up space.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
Kinks of Cookery.

Let water run from faucets a few min- utes in the morning before using for cooking. After remaining in lead pipes all night water is not wholesome.
 Always empty teakettle after using, and before filling again with fresh water rinse thoroughly. In that way you avoid boiling possible germs over and over and also keeping sediments from forming on the bottom of the kettle.
 In jelly making season it is a good idea to procure some of the tiniest tumblers that are on the market for sale and fill for the children's school luncheons.
 While preserving, any of the fruit juice that is left over after filling the cans may be put in the ice box and used up in the fresh apple pies or poured over the baked apples and pears.
 If you want to keep your desserts on the top of the ice, place newspaper over the ice and your dishes never slip off or tip over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01

said, T really don't know how to play The King would take no denial however, and she became rather embarrassed. "l assure you sir" she said, T could not think of playing. I don't know the diff : ference between a king and a knave. There was an awkward silence. and then she realized what she had said and was covered with confusion. The King, of course. laughed it off, and now tells the story with gusto
 The cryptic cleverness of MT. Henry James Is quite attractively displayed in a little story which comes from his home at Rye N. Y. Recently he left Rye for a time and took a house in the country near the estate of mil lionaire jam manufacturer, retired. This man. having married an earfs daugh- ter was ashamed of the trade where by he had piled up his fortune.
 "The jam manufacturer one day wrote MT. James an impudent letter, vowing that it was outra geous the way the James servants were trespassng on his grounds. MT. James wrote back
 Dear Sir-I am very sorry to hear that my servants have been poaching on your preserves.
 'P. S.-Excuse my mentioning your preserves
 MT. Clyde Fitch was recently the re- cipient of beautiful watch sent him by a Scotch admirer in Peebles
 "A jeweled watch from -Peebles. How strangely unexpected! It reminds me of an open-air performance of As You Like It that l once reh earsed.
 T rehearsed this amateur perform ance in garden that was overlooked by building operation. As my anna teurs postured and chanted the bards beautiful lines bricklayers above us laid bricks carpenters planed boards and masons clipped stones.
 And one afternoon during a silent pause in our rehearsal we heard a voice from the building operation say gravely:
 "I prithee malapert, pass me yon brick "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01

curing proper authority, wnele tals is now lacking to compel obstinate parents to take necessary steps.
 ,. Physical examination of children when applying for work certificates.
 '. Use of information gained regarding physical effects of bad living conditions 10 secure enforcement of health and tene- ment laws, restriction of hours of labor. control of dangerous trades, prevention of child labor.
 k 8. School buildings and school curricus lum should be so constructed and so man- aged that they cannot thmeselves eithev produce or aggravate physical defects.
 g. The effect of school environment and school requirements upon the child should be constantly studied. Teachers should be examined and re-examined, for their vitality which exercises an important in- f1uence upon that of the pupil.
 To- Hygiene should be so taught that children will learn their health rights and how to maintain them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
Little Stories About Big
 People.

A high-broWed young lady was playing on the plano to the great edifcation of all the other high brows present. After a while she announced graciously that she would play "a Chaminade,' and pro- ceeded to do so. At the close of it there was applause. Then an unsuspecting low brow piped up:
 By the way. what is a Chaminade?'
 He spoke as if not sure whether the thing was more like chamois or sere- made
 The young lady looked at him with eringly
 "Chaminade is composer she said with much severity That embarrassed the low-brow.
 Why l was sure that Grieg had writ ten Chaminade-a suite of Chaminades, in fact"
 Not at all," repeated the severe young lady. "Chaminade is a composer
 "oh. indeed" stammered the low-brow. Well, what did he writer
 ''He is she," the young lady informed him.
 ''What?, Is that so? Weller and went on stammerlng.
 Mark Twain has an interesting story in connection with Charlie Darwin. He was informed by a friend who was visiting the eminent scientist that he had noticed a copy of ''Innocents Abroad" lying on the great mans table. Darwin requested' him on no account to disturb the book, as it was his practice to read it night and morning. On the appearance of Dar- wins biography Mark Twain hastened to purchase a copy in order to ascertain what reference to himself it might con- tain. There was however, no mention whatever of the name, the only possible allusion to him being the statement that t.. l.t old from some kind of brain paralysis, which pre- vented him from following his ordinary mental pursuits, 'and compelled him to solace himself with 'thrashy' novels and ''vacuous humor"
 Some years ago the present queen of Norway when Princess Maud of Wales, was staying with the late Queen Vic toria at Osborne, and went to bazar at Shanklin, where she was assisting at one of the stalls Presently young mili- tary officer walked up to the stall, and, making some small purchase, tried to get into conversation with her royal high ness His efforts failed but he hade one last effort
 T am sure I know you" he said. Do your people live about hereY'
 No; l am staying here with my grand mother" was the princess reply.
 70, l dare say l know her then. know most of the people about here said the officer rather patronizingly Whats her name, by the way? l will look her up?"
 Queen Victoria was the crushing reply, as a mischievous smile played round her lips.
 A curious court story went the rounds some little time ago about a southerner one of whose verbal slips gave King Ed ward occasion for hearty laugh. A very lively parsonage with delightful accent, she made such favorable impression upon the King that he asked her to be his partner at bridge. But, sir she
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
School Hygiene.

In a recent number of the North Amer ican Review, Air. William H. Allen, sec- retary of the bureau of municipal re- search, enumerates ten steps for the pro- tection and physical welfare of school children which constitutes programme that is immediately practicable in all states. They are as follows:
 1. A thorough physical examination of all children of all schools, public, paro- chial and private
 2. Notification of parents and family physicians as to childrens needs. That tens of thousands of records of defects piled up at health headquarters do not help children has been conclusively proved
 8. Follow up notices with visits to inform and persuade parents to correct defects and to remove their causes.
 A. Enforcement of existing laws and se-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
A Charming Authoress.

All the elements that have made Miss
 Annie Kendrick Walker one of the most
 gifted charming and brilliant writers Of
 the south contribute to make her fortn-
 coming book, Memoirs of the Graham
 Family" one of the most interesting and
 attractive of publications. Her rare tact,
 graceful diction, and altogether pleasing
 style has afforded manifold pleasure to
 the hundreds of newspaper readers, who
 have followed her splendid work With
 more than usual interest.
 The announcement that from her facile
 pen comes a volume of rare merit, pull
 sating with a spirit of loyal devotion,
 added to love and apprecianon ol tne
 beautiful in nature, will afford untold
 nleasure to the scores of admirers of the
 charming authoress.
 The "Memoirs of the Graham Family
 will shortly be gotten out by MT. Tobias
 A. Wright of New York, the well known
 genealogical publisher. The edition will
 be limited to 100 copies. It will be at tractively bound and Illustrated with iare aud hitherto unpublished portraits
 These memoirs trace the histroy of one
 of the most distinguished American fam
 flies Beginning with the period that
 marked the coming to America Of cer- tain illustrious families who had taken
 part in the rebellion of '98 against Eng land, and whose punishment took the form of DanlSnnenC IOr He, liieSe
 memoirs cover brilliant era in American civilization.
 They form a charming and entertain ing description of life in old Tazewell town where Hugh Graham, the founder of the family in this country, settled, and where European etiquette was insisted upon in a household from which went a 1 daughter to grace a foreign embassy. 1 They recount the social conauests of one l of the loyeliest women of that day to | whom European courts paid homage. | The family history is closely interwoven l with social life of this country and the l memoirs also reveal a romance of inter- l national interest.
 l Brief references to the court of Louis 1 Napoleon, to the American embassy in | Constantinople, to Schloss Miramar. 1 Maxmilian's place at the head of the 1 Adriatic, give these memoirs an added value while of equal interest and his- l torical significance are extracts from pri- i vate manuscripts giving description of | the old Patterson mansion in Philadel- 1 pha where were entertained the notables ] of two continents.
 l These memoirs are intended also to re- viye some forgotten memories of old | gardens that bloomed in the American l wilderness, for while the history of an l ancient family is accurately traced, the 1 pages of these memoirs are freighted l with the rosemary and lavendar of an l old garden.